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Andet bind i krimiserien om kriminalassistent Ellie Reeves fra Georgia i Appalacherbjergene. Da kriminalassistent Ellie Reeves er ude at vandre i Appalacher-bjergene, som hun ofte er, efter at hendes forældres mørke hemmelighed er blevet afsløret, finder hun pludselig liget af en ung kvinde ligge i skoven på et leje af blomster med en tornet brombærranke om halsen og hænderne foldet i bøn. Snart findes endnu en ung kvinde dræbt i vildmarken. Ellie og hendes team er oppe imod en uhyggelig seriemorder, der myrder unge kvinder. Og pludselig kommer Ellie selv i fare.

Eine grausame Mordserie versetzt Köln in Angst und Schrecken. Ein Serienmörder tötet Frauen, schneidet ihnen den Uterus heraus und drapiert ihre Leichen auf Waldlichtungen. Jederzeit könnte er wieder zuschlagen, denn er hat eine Todesliste, die er auf bestialische Art und Weise abarbeitet. Noch immer schwer angeschlagen nach dem Mord an seiner Schwester Patricia, übernimmt der Ermittler Mark Birkholz die Ermittlungen. Eine folgenschwere Entscheidung! Und ehe er sich versieht, wird er in einen Strudel gezogen, der ihn hinab auf den Grund seines tiefsten Seelenschmerzes zieht.

Kidnapped and raised by serial killers, Charlotte Rowe suffered an ordeal that made her infamous. Everyone in the world knew who she was. But no one in the world has any idea what she’s become…Charlotte is an experiment. And a weapon. Enabled by a superpower drug, she’s partnered with a shadowy pharmaceutical company to hunt down and eliminate society’s most depraved human predators. But her latest mission goes off the rails in a horrifying way. Unsettled by her own capacity for violence, Charlotte wants some time to retreat so she can work on her new relationship with Luke.

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.

When Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major narcotics case was stashed in a disused quarry on the outskirts of London, she orders for it to be searched. From the thick sludge the drugs are recovered, but so is the skeleton of a young child. The remains are quickly identified as seven-year-old Jessica Collins. The missing girl who made headline news 26 years ago.

Ted Bundy. One of America's most notorious serial killers. For two women, he is the ultimate obsession. One is a cop whose sister may have been one of Bundy's victims. The other is a deranged groupie who corresponded with Bundy in prison - and raised her son to finish what Bundy started. To charm and seduce innocent girls. To kidnap and brutalize more women than any serial killer in history. And to lure one obsessed cop into a trap as sick and demented as Bundy himself....

TWO COPS. ONE KILLER. HUNDREDS OF GODS. 21st Century London — except the Norman conquest never happened. An uneasy alliance of ancient tribes has formed, but peace is threatened by a series of brutal murders. Detectives Aedith and Drustan must put aside their differences to track down a serial killer with a decades-old grudge.

It's the ultimate test of strategy and skill. The killer chooses each opponent carefully, learning each one's weaknesses. Every meticulously planned move is leading to a devastating checkmate. Because in this game, all the pretty pawns must die.

The body of Amos Price lies in a pool of blood on the polished floor of an otherwise empty house. With no signs of a break in and no clues left at the scene, Detective Jenna Alton is at a loss. But as the team begins to unpick the life of the reclusive victim, they discover a disturbing link between Amos and the disappearance of several young girls in the county going back years.

Three men, sleeping rough on London's mean streets, have been found brutally murdered - each victim kicked to death and found with a £20 note pinned to his chest. But were they killed at random, or were they targeted for a reason? Tom Thorne is posted to the same streets - working undercover, disguised as a homeless man. In a harsh and harrowing underworld, Thorne discovers the horrifying link between the homeless victims and the perpetrators of a 15-year-old atrocity. Those who know are keeping quiet. But the word on these streets is that the killer is a cop....

It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. And this grisly event eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to death months before on the same day. It is DI Tom Thorne who sees the link and comes to the horrifying conclusion. This is not a serial killer the police are up against. This is two of them - and two killers are way more deadly than one....

When a brutal serial killer defies all known methods, the police call in prolific lawyer and former homicide detective, Charlie Priest, to assist the hunt. Working together they soon discover a link to a lost scripture that contains a secret so devastating that its custodians are prepared to die to keep it. Tangled in a dark world of fanaticism, chaos and deadly secrets, Priest comes up against a nemesis more formidable and deranged than any he has previously encountered.

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

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....

Writing scrawled on the wall of Sheriff Jenna Alton’s office leads her, and her deputy, David Kane, to a secluded house on the outskirts of town. Inside, Jenna is devastated to find a much-loved local resident with stab wounds covering her lifeless body. As the small town grieves, Jenna discovers the wreck of a car with another dead woman inside. And, before she can make her next move, one of her own team is found unconscious, covered in the blood of a third female victim - a knife inches away from his hand. The clock ticks to uncover a dark secret that connects all three victims.

A wanted serial killer and his girlfriend are on a bloody killing spree across the United States. Agents Hank Rawlings and Beth Harper, along with the rest of their team, are on a nationwide manhunt to bring them to justice. Scene after scene and body after body only add to the media coverage. The wanted couple's faces are splashed across every television and cover the front pages of every newspaper, yet Hank's team remains a step behind.

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.

In the crippling heat of August in Rome, a flat goes up in flames, the doors sealed from the outside. Five illegal immigrants are trapped and burnt alive—their charred bodies barely distinguishable amidst the debris. When Detective Inspectors Rossi and Carrara begin to investigate, a terror organisation shakes the city to its foundations. Then a priest is found murdered and mutilated post-mortem—his injuries almost satanic in their ferocity.

Sie vergiften und erschlagen, sie erschießen und erstechen, und wenn es sein muss, tun sie das alles auch in Serie: die Mörderinnen dieser Welt. Die Autoren erzählen in diesem True-Crime-Hörbuch wahre Geschichten über perverse und ganz „normale" Mörderinnen aus sechs Jahrhunderten – von der „Blutgräfin" Elizabeth Bathory bis zur „schwarzen Witwe" Elfriede Blauensteiner. Auf dass allen Männern und Frauen das Blut in den Adern gerinnen möge … – Mütter, Töchter, Ehefrauen: Zu wenig Taschengeld?

Manche Leute kann man therapieren - andere muss man leider umbringen! Sophie Stach, Coachin und Psychoanalytische Supervisorin, führt mit ihrem Ehemann Jakob seit Jahren eine scheinbar harmonische Ehe. Sie nehmen sich Zeit für Paargespräche und Achtsamkeitsrituale, gemeinsames Wachstum steht für beide an erster Stelle. Bis Sophie überrascht herausfindet, dass Jakob nebenher mit einer anderen Frau ins Bett geht. Was sie noch mehr überrascht: dass sie im Affekt imstande ist, Jakobs Affäre zu ermorden. Leider löst das nicht ihr Problem, sondern führt zu einigen neuen.