Trauma Mystery

"Once begun, listeners will find narrator Maggie Thompson unstoppable."—School Library Journal (Starred Review) Noni Reid has grown up in the shadow of her mother, Dr. Radiance Castine, renowned scholar of Black literature, who is alarmingly perfect at just about everything. When Dr. Castine...

Auf einer Beerdigung steht Fallanalytiker Max Bischoff plötzlich einer Frau gegenüber, die seiner großen Liebe Jennifer Sommer zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht. Aber Jennifer ist seit fünf Jahren tot. Und Max gibt sich noch immer die Schuld daran. Die Begegnung lässt ihm keine Ruhe, und er spricht die Unbekannte an. Sie ist ebenso erstaunt wie er, es gibt keine Verbindung zu Jennifer.

1975, Ballarat Alice is happy in her world and in return for her happiness the world is good to her. She has everything she needs—a lovely house and children, and a devoted husband. Even though her journalism job doesn't pay much, she doesn't have to worry about the bills. All is well with her world until a terrible accident rips a child from her, a profound betrayal is uncovered, and things fall apart. On the same day, Alice's world collapses, a man is found brutally murdered on respected teacher Ellery's farm.

Der erste Thriller von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Rolf Börjlind und seiner Tochter Molly. Ein windiger Tag in den Stockholmer Schären. Die 25-jährige Emmie taucht überraschend in dem abgelegenen Ferienhäuschen ihrer Eltern auf. Sie will endlich herausfinden, was mit ihrem kleinen Bruder Robin geschah, der verschwand, als sie noch Kinder waren. Angeblich ist er ertrunken, aber sein Körper wurde nie gefunden. Emmie möchte ihr eigenes Leben anfangen, sie sucht nach Antworten. Ihre Eltern bleiben stumm. Die Mutter ist seltsam kalt, der Vater wirkt auf einmal bedrohlich auf die Tochter.

Patty Decker, a socially awkward widow, moved in, and her neighbors keep leaving, the hard way. A misunderstood hussy dies and practically everyone has a motive.... Patty has solved all the unexpected deaths in her park so far; but there were no unexpected deaths before she moved in! She closes in on her suspect, who has no choice but to "remove" Patty from the investigation. Will she live to sleuth again?

Auf einer abgelegenen Insel im skandinavischen Schärenmeer schlummert ein dunkles Geheimnis, das nie hätte ans Licht kommen dürfen. Ein packender Thriller voller Rätsel und unerwarteter Enthüllungen! Sommer 1981: Inmitten des Schärenmeers verbringt der zwölfjährige Daniel Nygård die Ferien auf einer düsteren Insel. Aber ein Mörder geht auf dem Eiland um: Kinder verschwinden spurlos und die Einheimischen leben in Angst. Als Daniel dem Täter durch Zufall auf die Spur kommt, wird er in einen Sog des Bösen gezogen, der sein Leben fortan bestimmt.

Una nuova avventura a tinte più nere che mai per il biblioterapeuta Vince Corso, un enigma che lo porta a interrogarsi sul potere minaccioso e salvifico delle parole. “Questa storia è nata in un carcere. Un detenuto albanese mi rivelò, in un incontro, il vero significato dell’antico soprannome della mia famiglia, Vrascadù. Avevo sempre creduto che volesse dire Braccia Cadute e fosse una contrazione del siciliano. Si trattava invece di una frase arbëreshë; il ragazzo mi consegnò la traduzione su una pagina strappata che ho portato con me per anni: Uccido chi voglio.”

Il biblioterapeuta Vince Corso torna con un nuovo caso: una donna gli racconta ha un fratello malato di Alzheimer che da qualche tempo ripete delle frasi spezzate, sempre le stesse, senza alcun legame tra di loro. Era stato uno studioso di fama e un lettore vorace e quelle parole potrebbero essere citazioni da un romanzo. La sorella vuole scoprire di che romanzo si tratta per leggerglielo a voce alta. Il biblioterapeuta si mette al lavoro, con una domanda che lo assilla: se avessi perso tutto, e ti venisse concesso di salvare un solo ricordo, quale sceglieresti?

When 16-year-old Amy returns home, she can't tell her family what's happened to her. She can't tell them where she's been since she and her best friend, her cousin Dee, were kidnapped six years ago - who stole them from their families or what's become of Dee. She has to stay silent because she's afraid of what might happen next, and she's desperate to protect her secrets at any cost. Amy tries to readjust to life at "home," but nothing she does feels right. She's a stranger in her own family, and the guilt that she's the one who returned is insurmountable.

Nach einem Motorradunfall soll sich der 17-jährige Timo im Rehabilitationszentrum Markwaldhof von seinem schweren Schädel-Hirn-Trauma erholen. Schnell stellt er fest, dass sich merkwürdige Dinge im Haus abspielen: Der Wachkomapatient, mit dem er sich das Zimmer teilt, läuft nachts herum, spricht - und droht damit, Timo zu töten, falls er anderen davon erzählt. Und allmählich entdeckt Timo an sich selbst Fähigkeiten, die neu sind: Er kann Dinge, die er nicht können dürfte. Weiß Dinge, die er nicht wissen sollte.

Former NYPD Detective Tim Jacobs takes his wife and his young daughter on a road trip on the brink of a snowstorm. They are on their way to visit his parents for Christmas, but they never arrive. Tim has an unshakable feeling that something will go horribly wrong even before they set off. What happens is far worse than he could have imagined. The tragedy that occurs sees grief-stricken Tim back in his investigator role, seeking justice.

One day, on her way to a date, Isabella Huffington gets hit by a bike. What begins as a concussion with a diagnosed recovery time of seven-to-ten days becomes more than two years of debilitating pain with no apparent end and a string of unhelpful doctor and specialist visits. In the wreckage, jobs are canceled. Leases are broken. There is no second date. What’s left is Isabella, her body, and her pain. Because the source of her pain cannot be located within the body, she is told over and over that her pain is psychosomatic. And Isabella believes it, over and over.

Kate Willis, consultant for the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia, is tasked with interviewing six-year-old Henley Haskell about the girl’s alleged past-life recollections. The evaluation also marks a return for Kate to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and to troubling recollections of her own. Here, twenty-four years ago, Kate’s friend Becca McGuire vanished from her bunk at a now-shuttered summer camp and was never seen again—presumably drowned in Lake Sauquamet.

Das grandiose Finale der Trilogie um Katja Sand: Bei einem Hafturlaub bringt der zu lebenslänglich verurteilte Martin Wolf eine Pistole an sich, erschießt zwei JVA-Beamte und ergreift die Flucht. Katja Sand ist wie gelähmt, ihre Vergangenheit holt sie ein. Vor siebzehn Jahren war sie es, die Wolf ins Gefängnis brachte. Zusammen mit einem Komplizen hatte er einen Geldtransporter überfallen, den Fahrer erschossen, über zwei Millionen Euro erbeutet und eine Geisel genommen, für die Katja sich austauschen ließ. In einer Scheune im Wald hielt Wolf sie gefangen, die versprochene Hilfe kam nicht.

Having narrowly escaped a deadly attack in Bavaria, Jake and Mike return to Washington, D.C., and reveal what they believe to be the true identity of “The Package” and the role played by Group 45 in its disappearance. Still in need of the key to break Simon Branson’s code, and ordered by President Fletcher to verify the identity and whereabouts of “The Package”, Jake and Mike travel to South America and then Mexico in search of the truth.