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Catching a ride may not be as safe as we thought. Find out why when a couple of rides shares take a deadly turn.

Getting in his car was a mistake. But as the frigid air whipped through her thin coat, she felt too cold to say no. Now, snowflakes settle on her long dark lashes. Ice-cold and forever fifteen years old, she’ll never see her mother’s smile again… As the biggest snowstorm the Outer Banks has seen in decades ravages the coastline, Detective Casey White is called to an abandoned junk yard miles beyond the marshes. Teenager Jill Carter’s body is posed on her back, a look of terror frozen on her beautiful face.

It’s 1989 and Amos Fielding, onetime sheriff of Oscar, Iowa, is in his early seventies and grieving the recent loss of his wife, Sara. He packs up his few belongings and heads to a ranch in the far northwest corner of Washington State.The farther he can get from Oscar and his years there as sheriff, the better. Eager to escape painful memories, Fielding throws himself into the daily chores of a gentleman rancher. But there is evil afoot, as dark as any he faced in Oscar.

Louise élève seule son fils Sam, ce « petit magicien » capable d’enchanter une vie qu’elle a reconstruite à grand-peine après un deuil terrible et des années de dérive. Harcelée et brutalisée par son ancien compagnon, elle va croiser la route du commandant de police Jourdan, un homme sombre, désemparé et révolté par l’état du monde. Jourdan enquête avec son groupe sur des meurtres de femmes particulièrement sauvages.

When a cold, naked body is discovered by a couple on a jog through the lush woodlands of Pine Valley, California, new recruit Detective Katie Scott is stunned to discover the victim is Amanda Payton - a much-loved local nurse and the woman at the heart of an unsolved case she’s been investigating whilst getting a grip on her crippling PTSD. Weeks earlier, Amanda had run, battered and bruised, out into the headlights of a passing patrol car. She claimed to have just escaped a kidnapping, but with no strong evidence, the case went cold. The Pine Valley police made a fatal mistake....

Joshua is convinced there is a family curse. It has taken loved ones from him, it has robbed him of his eyesight, and it is the reason why his father was killed while investigating the homicide of a young woman. But after his father's death, Joshua is handed an opportunity he can't refuse: an operation that will allow him not only to see the world but to see the world through his father's eyes.

A family torn. A serial killer at large. A lone man forced to relive a horrible past, and for what end? This psychological-thriller will keep you guessing.

Jonathan Roper is a key player in the elite Special Investigations Unit. His autism, and a relentless drive, have given him an extraordinary range of skills which make him a formidable detective. His reputation has grown to the point where he has been invited to join the digital fight against terror - but that's not working out as it means losing contact with his boss, Chief Inspector Brian Hooley. The pair formed a powerful bond while bringing down a gang of ruthless mercenaries running riot in London, and now events are throwing them back together.

Holger Munchs und Mia Krügers erster Fall – die Vorgeschichte zu "Engelskalt". Auf einem Feld in Schweden entdeckt ein Bauer die Leichen von zwei elfjährigen Jungen, zwischen ihnen ein erlegter weißer Hase. Im Tagebuch eines der Kinder findet sich ein rätselhafter Eintrag: "Morgen kommt der Mond. Ich habe Angst vor dem Wolf". Acht Jahre später werden auf einem Feld bei Oslo ebenfalls zwei tote Jungen gefunden.

When the broken body of a seventy-one-year-old woman is found beneath the Humber Bridge, a sign around her neck with the words ‘Pure Evil’ spray-painted in red, Detective Hollie Turner can’t help but wonder–who would want this frail elderly woman dead? As she starts to delve into the victim’s personal life, Hollie discovers that the woman, Sister Brennan, ran a local mother and baby home at the Church of St Mary and the Angels. The unit may have shut down years ago, but the pain and anguish of those who were forced to give up their babies remains.

Et mord på en syrisk kvinde i Danmark får norsk og fransk politi til at tegne en profil af en racistisk morder – en teori, drabsefterforsker Felix Jørgensen dog ikke køber. Den komatøse kvinde, som blev fundet i en skovsø nær Holte, vågner og er i stand til at uddybe sit signalement af gerningsmanden; han har en karakteristisk øjenskade, som gør, at hans ene pupil ikke kan trække sig sammen. Ved hjælp af overvågningskameraet i den franske sportsbutik identificeres de to våddragtslig.

St Andrews, Scotland. When an elderly woman's naked body is found in her home, crucified to the floor, DCI Andy Gilchrist and his associate, DS Jessie Janes, find themselves in a hunt for a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion falls on Tap 'Dancer' McCrear, a career criminal recently released from prison after serving 15 years for a murder he swore he never committed. As Gilchrist begins to uncover the terrifying truth behind each of the killings, his worst fears are realised when he learns that McCrear is killing everyone involved in his murder trial....

Imagine, you are lounging on your couch, sipping coffee, and suddenly from nowhere a naked corpse of a woman appears in front of you. You get rid of the corpse somehow, without informing the police, but a few days later, you meet the same woman, alive and thriving. This is exactly what happens to Rehan. There is a serial killer on the loose with the means to dump his victims across time and space. Rehan makes saving the woman and catching the killer his mission. What's more, the police have an inkling that he is involved in the case somehow.

DCI Matilda Darke has been kidnapped and her nemesis, Steve Harrison, appears to be behind it. He’s currently residing in the supermax of Wakefield Prison and spends twenty-three hours a day in his cell, so how could he possibly be responsible? As Matilda’s team race to find her, they’re alerted to a body found in an abandoned car on the outskirts of Sheffield. With forensics scouring the woodland for clues, the last thing they expect is for the body count to rise. Meanwhile the search intensifies for the DCI when a video of her kidnapping is leaked to the media.

Falkenberg, Suède. Le commissaire Bergström découvre le cadavre terriblement mutilé d'une femme. Londres. Profileuse de renom, la ténébreuse Emily Roy enquête sur une série de meurtres d’enfants dont les corps présentent les mêmes blessures que la victime suédoise : trachée sectionnée, yeux énucléés et un mystérieux Y gravé sur le bras. Étrange serial killer, qui change de lieu de chasse et de type de proie.

The early years of the killer's life unfolded in a seemingly ordinary environment, yet beneath the surface simmered a darkness that would later manifest in unimaginable ways. Born into a family that projected a façade of normalcy, the killer's childhood was marked by neglect and cruelty. The seeds of violence were sown in a household where love was scarce and anger was abundant. Each moment spent in this toxic atmosphere nurtured a growing resentment and a thirst for control, laying the groundwork for a future steeped in horror.

A family is murdered as they sleep. FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera and her new team are tasked with determining whether there is any link between this attack and another triple homicide from four years earlier and more than 2,000 miles away. In the process, they’ll discover a serial killer so cunning that his grisly trail of death spanning nearly three decades has gone undetected. Each crime scene reminds Nina of the ghostly Latin folktale of La Llorona, which terrified her when she was an abandoned and vulnerable child. Now it’s back to haunt her.

A resilient young woman must outwit a sadistic psychopath in this pulse-pounding thriller from the author of The Silence of the Lambs, a "master still at the top of his strange and chilling form" (Wall Street Journal). Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on...

Un peculiar detective del siglo XVII llamado Capablanca, junto con su inseparable ayudante Fray Hortensio, se verá envuelto en un misterio, justo cuando está a punto de embarcar rumbo hacia las Indias. Se han producido una serie de asesinatos, sus víctimas siempre son mujeres y las muertes parecen obedecer a una especie de ritual sangriento. Capablanca descubrirá que el Madrid barroco de los bajos fondos y las altas esferas del poder no están tan alejados como cabría pensar.

Zwei ehrgeizige Ermittler, ein hochintelligenter Serienkiller – ein unerbittlicher Wettkampf gegen die Zeit. Gleich am ersten Arbeitstag steht das Ermittlerduo Jakob Krogh und Mila Weiss vor einem Rätsel. Am Rande einer Ermittlung stoßen sie auf die Leiche einer älteren Frau, die nachweislich nach ihrem Tod noch lebend gesehen wurde. Wie ist das möglich? Kurz darauf wird ein junger Student in seiner Wohnung gefunden, auch er war nach seinem Tod offenbar noch an der Uni. Aber damit nicht genug: An beiden Tatorten werden Krähen gefunden, ausgehungert und versehen mit einer unheilvollen Botschaft.