Psychological Police Suspense

Alison ha tutto ciò che si può desiderare: un marito amorevole, una figlia adorabile e una carriera legale sulla rampa di lancio: le è stato appena affidato il suo primo caso di omicidio. La cliente che difenderà in giudizio non nega di avere pugnalato il marito e pare decisa a dichiararsi colpevole. Eppure c'è qualcosa di profondamente sbagliato nella storia che racconta. Ma anche nella vita di Alison non tutto è come sembra… Alison beve troppo e sta trascurando la sua famiglia.

He stands in the shadows. Watching them. DI Sara Ramsey's life is about to change forever. Recently moved to the area and in charge of a new team, she's tasked with finding a serial killer terrorising a rural community. Crimes as heinous as this rarely happen in picturesque rural idylls. The community is living in fear, desperate for Sara to keep them safe. When the killer changes his MO and abducts a vulnerable resident, Sara realises she is in a race against time to prevent the killer from claiming yet another victim.

A tough special agent with the Department of Justice and a dedicated single mother to her orphaned nephews, Samantha Chase is unbreakable. Until two women, both from the shadows of Sam's past, are discovered strangled. For Sam, the most unnerving detail is the eucalyptus branch tucked behind the victims' ears - the signature of a notorious serial murderer already convicted and executed for his crimes.

Nora's daughter, Annabelle, has disappeared, last seen on her way home from a party. Gullspång's inexperienced police are wilting under the national media spotlight - and its residents desperate for answers. Stockholm DI Charlie Lager must return home to find Annabelle and then get out of town as soon as she can. Before everyone discovers the truth about her....

Sequel to international best seller Block 46 and next in the award-winning Roy & Castells series. Whitechapel, 1888: London is bowed under Jack the Ripper's reign of terror. London 2015: actress Julianne Bell is abducted in a case similar to the terrible Tower Hamlets murders of some 10 years earlier and harking back to the Ripper killings of a century before. Falkenberg, Sweden, 2015: a woman's body is found mutilated in a forest, her wounds identical to those of the Tower Hamlets victims.

When troubled teen Connor moves to Exeter from the US after a horrific school shooting, he finds himself embroiled in a world of popular kids and easy girls. Everyone wants to be his friend, but they don’t know about what he did...and they don’t know about his father. As Connor’s life in England begins to unravel, DS Adrian Miles and his partner, Imogen Grey, are working up against the clock to catch a serial killer who dates his victims before he kills them. Determined to uncover the truth, Imogen is forced to act as bait - but will she take it too far and risk her own life?

After the death of her adoptive mother, Ava Saunders comes upon a peculiar photograph, sealed and hidden away in a crawl space. The photo shows a shuttered, ramshackle house on top of a steep hill. On the back, a puzzling inscription: Destiny calls us. Ava is certain that it's a clue to her elusive past. Twenty-three years ago, she'd been found wrapped in a yellow blanket in the narthex of the Holy Saviour Catholic Church - and rescued - or so she'd been told. Her mother claimed there was no more to the story.

When the granddaughter of one of Florida’s most powerful judges disappears, it triggers a personal trauma for Detective Alice Garner: the kidnapping and murder of her own child. As a flood of painful memories comes rushing back, Alice sees herself in the guilt-ridden and emotionally fragile mother Charlotte Burke, who has become the target of a rush to judgment.

While attending a gala at Prescott University's lavish new campus, Hester Thursby and fellow guest Detective Angela White are called to the home of the college's owners, Tucker and Jennifer Matson. Jennifer claims that someone broke into Pinebank, their secluded mansion on the banks of Jamaica Pond. The more Hester and Angela investigate, the less they believe Jennifer's story, leaving Hester to wonder why she would lie.

Nick and Amber Miller are splitting up and selling their Devon family home. But despite the desirable location, the house isn’t moving. Not a single viewing so far. When their estate agent suggests an open house event, Amber agrees, even as she worries about their gossiping neighbours attending and snooping around their home.

Menschliche Knochen sind seine Leidenschaft. Er sammelt sie mit Hingabe und Geduld. Seit seiner Flucht aus London hält er sich in einem kleinen Ort am Meer versteckt und hat eine junge Frau im Visier, deren Gesicht durch eine Fehlbildung entstellt ist. Perfekt für seine grausige Sammlung. Und er braucht einen Nachfolger. Dann wird er Rache nehmen. An denen, die ihn um seinen größten Schatz gebracht haben.

Ein stürmischer Oktoberabend: In seinem Wochenendhaus am Starnberger See wird ein pensionierter Kinderarzt tot aufgefunden. An eine Heizung gefesselt, ist er langsam verdurstet - ein qualvoller Tod. War es Rache oder doch nur ein Raubmord? Kommissar Konstantin Dühnfort enthüllt nach und nach den dunklen Charakter des Toten und stößt auf ein Drama, das seine längst erwachsenen Kinder bis heute verfolgt.

When Presidential Deal hit the bestseller lists, fans of Les Standiford’s other books, including Done Deal and Raw Deal, rejoiced. They already knew what new listeners would find: taut suspense, tough characters, and a superb sense of mood. Now in Black Mountain, Standiford combines high-country adventure with a tale of ruthless revenge.

There's nothing strange about bodies buried in cemeteries - unless they don't belong there. And when six murdered women are discovered in other people's graves, the hunt for a sadistic serial killer begins before he can claim a seventh victim. Agent Cam Prescott of Iowa's Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the search alongside forensic psychologist Sophia Channing, who knows the minds of psychopaths inside and out. And after a brief but passionate affair, she knows Cam almost as well.

Eine Ausgrabungsstelle am Rande Hamburgs. Archäologen machen eine schreckliche Entdeckung: Die Grabungsleiterin Melanie Dahl ist tot, ihr nackter Körper mit Runenzeichen bedeckt. Hauptkommissar Jörg Albrecht und seine hochschwangere Kollegin Hannah Friedrichs ermitteln in einem ihrer schwierigsten Fälle. Die Tote hatte sich mächtige Feinde gemacht, auch durch ihr Team ziehen sich tiefe Risse. Alle Spuren führen jedoch zu einer neuheidnischen Sekte.

For months, Doctor Rowan Dupont has been staring death in the face. It followed her back to her hometown of Winchester, Tennessee 10 months ago, cloaking the walls of her family’s Victorian funeral home like a shroud. In investigating the mysterious deaths of her loved ones, Rowan has unearthed enough family secrets to bury everything she’d previously thought true. But each shocking discovery has only led to more bodies and more questions; the rabbit hole is deeper than she ever imagined.

When Detective Lauren Medina sees the calling card at a murder scene in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, she knows the Pied Piper has returned. When another teenager is brutally murdered at the same lagoon where her sister's body was found floating years before, she is certain that the Pied Piper is not just back, he's looking for payment he's owed from her. Lauren's torn between protecting the city she has sworn to keep safe, and keeping a promise she made long ago with her sister's murderer.

Erik Winter macht mit seiner Familie einen Ausflug ans Meer. Der Tag nimmt ein jähes Ende, als seine Tochter einen Toten in der Brandung entdeckt. Etwa zur selben Zeit werden in Göteborg zwei junge Frauen gefunden, die erstickt wurden. Da behauptet die junge Polizistin Gerda Hoffner einen Zusammenhang zwischen den Fällen erkannt zu haben. Niemand glaubt ihr, außer Erik Winter. Gemeinsam verfolgen sie die Spur. Als auf einem Video ein weiterer Mord angekündigt wird, sehen sie ihren Verdacht auf grausame Weise bestätigt.

Ein verlassener Wagen im nächtlichen Göteborg, Schüsse auf einen bekannten Autor − nichts scheint zusammenzupassen. Doch Kommissar Erik Winter spürt, dass ein mächtiger Gegner ihn belauert. Immer tiefer gerät Winter in ein verzweigtes Netz aus Lügen und Intrigen, das ihn weit in die Vergangenheit zurückführt. Dann geschieht ein Mord, und Winter muss von vorn anfangen. Noch längst hat er nicht überall Licht ins Dunkel gebracht, da fordert ihn sein Gegner zum Showdown.

Er hat Rache geschworen. Jetzt ist er da, um seine Drohung wahrzumachen. In einer eiskalten Dezembernacht werden Hauptkommissar Jan Theisen und seine Partnerin Laura Schüle zu einem Tatort gerufen. Unweit vom Frankfurter Hauptbahnhof wurden drei Menschen auf erschreckend brutale Weise ermordet. Der Täter machte sich nicht die Mühe, seine Spuren zu verwischen. Kurz darauf ereignet sich in einem Hotel ein weiteres Massaker. Dort weckt ein Indiz bei Laura einen grässlichen Verdacht: Sie kennt den Täter. Und er hat es auf ihre neunjährige Tochter abgesehen.