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Elle se fait appeler Hope Miller, mais n'a aucune idée de qui elle est vraiment. Suite à un terrible accident, Hope Miller est devenue amnésique. Quinze ans plus tard, après un déménagement dans les Hamptons aussi brusque qu'inexpliqué, elle disparaît, entraînant sa meilleure amie avocate dans une course-poursuite désespérée. Une goutte de sang suspecte, l'ombre d'un serial killer, des meurtres que 2 000 kilomètres et près de vingt années séparent... La quête de la jeune femme se transforme vite en saut d'obstacles.

Casey Carter was convicted of murdering her fiancé - famed philanthropist Hunter Raleigh III - 15 years ago. And Casey claims - has always claimed - she's innocent. Although she was charged and served out her sentence in prison, she is still living under suspicion. She hears whispers at the grocery store. She can't get a job. Even her own mother treats her like she's guilty. Her story attracts the attention of Laurie Moran and the Under Suspicion news team - it's Casey's last chance to finally clear her name, and Laurie pledges to exonerate her.

"Alafair Burke se surpasse de livre en livre." Harlan Coben Lorsqu'une mystérieuse superwoman sauve in extremis un adolescent tombé sur les voies du métro new-yorkais, McKenna Jordan pense tenir une histoire en or. En tentant d'identifier l'héroïne, volatilisée comme par magie, la journaliste - et ancienne procureure adjointe - met la main sur une vidéo de l'incident. Contre toute attente, elle croit y reconnaître une amie chère disparue dix ans plus tôt sans laisser de traces.

Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York’s gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before.

Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a luxurious Manhattan town house, a coveted spot at the elite Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, a handwritten suicide note left on her bed, her parents insist that their daughter would never take her own life. But Julia’s enviable world was more complicated than it seemed. The pressure to excel at Casden was enormous.

Magazine journalist McKenna Jordan is chasing the story of an unidentified woman who heroically pulled a teenage boy from the subway tracks. When McKenna locates a video snippet that purportedly captures the incident, McKenna is shocked to discover that the woman in the video bears a strong resemblance to Susan Hauptmann, a close friend who vanished without a trace 10 years earlier. What might have been a short-lived Metro story sends the former-prosecutor-turned-reporter on a twisting search to dark secrets buried dangerously close to home....

In Angel's Tip, Detective Ellie Hatcher enters the high-priced world of New York City nightlife when a pretty club goer is found brutally murdered.

212 is acclaimed author - and former deputy district attorney - Alafair Burke’s gripping thriller featuring hip, Manhattan-based detective Ellie Hatcher. Fans of Lisa Gardner, Sandra Brown, Karin Slaughter, Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, and PJ Tracy will find it hard to stop listening to 212 until the very last moment.

Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid walks into her office in Portland's Drug and Vice Division one morning to find the sergeant of the police bureau's vice unit waiting for her. A 13-year-old girl has been brutally attacked and left for dead on the city's outskirts. Given the lack of evidence, most lawyers would settle for an assault charge; Samantha, unnerved by the viciousness of the crime, decides to go for attempted murder.

When a student is murdered following a series of threatening messages posted on a college gossip site, NYPD detectives Ellie Hatcher and J.J. Rogan are assigned the case. As they dig deeper, however, they discover the victim was only one of many—and the killer isn’t finished.

Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid is back at work after an attempt on her life and a promotion into the Major Crimes Unit. When the husband of a Portland city judge reports his wife missing, Samantha is assigned the case. She assumes her only job is to make the district attorney look good until the judge turns up. When the police discover evidence of foul play, Samantha finds herself unearthing secrets that were meant to stay hidden.

When psychotherapist Helen Brunswick is murdered in her Park Slope office, the entire city suspects her estranged husband - until the District Attorney's office receives an anonymous letter. The letter's author knows a chilling detail that police have kept secret: The victim's bones were broken after she was killed. Her injuries were eerily similar to the signature used 20 years earlier by Anthony Amaro, a serial killer serving a life sentence for his crimes. Now, Amaro is asking to be released from prison, arguing that he was wrongly convicted, and that the true killer is still on the loose.

"Croiser au petit matin une belle femme en robe de soirée, qui boit du champagne un livre à la main... Que faut-il de plus pour attirer l'attention de l'écrivain que je suis ?" Olivia Randall est avocate pénaliste à New York. Lorsqu'elle apprend que son ex, Jack Harris, est accusé d'avoir abattu trois personnes sur le front de mer de Manhattan, elle ne doute pas un instant de son innocence. Celui avec qui elle est sortie vingt ans plus tôt est un homme au-dessus de tout soupçon, père aimant d'une adolescente. Tout ceci ne peut être qu'une grossière erreur.

Die Met-Gala ist der gesellschaftliche Höhepunkt des Jahres in Manhattan, doch diesmal stürzt Virginia Wakeling, eine steinreiche Witwe, vom Dach des Kunstmuseums. Die Polizei verdächtigt den über zwanzig Jahre jüngeren Geliebten des Mordes, doch findet keine Beweise gegen ihn. Drei Jahre später soll Laurie Moran den Fall mithilfe ihrer TV-Sendung "Unter Verdacht" aufklären. Sie entdeckt eine Vielzahl weiterer Verdächtiger, und eine Person hat gar kein Interesse daran, dass Laurie der Wahrheit näher kommt.

Le donne pensano che gli uomini siano creature fin troppo prevedibili. E se non fosse poi così vero? Quando incontra Jason Powell, Angela non immagina che il loro flirt possa diventare qualcosa di serio: gli uomini li conosce, e non si aspetta molto da questo professore di Economia della New York University, corteggiatissimo e con una brillante carriera davanti a sé. Eppure, pochi anni dopo, eccoli sposati, con un figlio da crescere.

Es sollte der schönste Tag ihres Lebens werden... Laurie Moran traut sich endlich wieder vor den Altar, nachdem ihr geliebter erster Mann vor Jahren kaltblütig erschossen wurde. Alles scheint perfekt. Doch dann verschwindet Lauries zehnjähriger Neffe Johnny spurlos. Schnell erhärtet sich der Verdacht, dass er entführt wurde. Johnny ist adoptiert - könnten seine leiblichen Eltern etwas damit zu tun haben? Lauries Vater dagegen verdächtigt einen verurteilten Mörder, den er vor 18 Jahren ins Gefängnis gebracht hat und der nun auf Rache schwört.

Chloe war die jüngere,schönere erfolgreiche der beiden Taylor-Schwestern - und dann heiratet sie auch noch Adam, der zuerst mit der älteren Nicky verheiratet war, und erzieht deren Sohn. Das Glück scheint vollkommen, bis Adam ermordet wird.

Vor fünf Jahren wurde der hochangesehene Dr. Martin Bell in seiner Auffahrt erschossen. Der Täter blieb unbekannt. Nun flehen Bells verzweifelte Eltern Laurie Moran an: Sie soll die mental instabile Witwe, die sie für die Schuldige halten, ihrer gerechten Strafe zuführen. Laurie gräbt sich immer tiefer in die erschütternden Zusammenhänge und bemerkt dabei gar nicht, dass sie selbst ins Visier eines Stalkers geraten ist. Eines Stalkers, dessen Hass auf sie keine Grenzen zu kennen scheint.

Chloe è la più giovane delle sorelle Taylor, ma è sempre stata la più amata, forse perché nella sua vita tutto è sempre apparso sotto controllo. Invece Nicky... La scapestrata Nicky. Quella che ha sempre combinato tanti casini. Che ha sempre bevuto un po' troppo. Che ha sposato d'impulso il giovane avvocato Adam Macintosh e ha avuto un bambino, ma non sa essere né moglie né madre. Oggi, Chloe e Nicky sono due perfette estranee. Nicky è rimasta a Cleveland, sola. Chloe lavora a New York in un importante giornale di moda. Ce l'ha fatta.

Als Angela den attraktiven Jason Powell trifft, denkt sie nicht, dass der renommierte Wirtschaftsprofessor sich für sie interessieren könnte, doch zu ihrer Überraschung verliebt sich Jason in sie. Er heiratet sie und nimmt ihren Sohn auf, als wäre es sein eigener. Endlich glaubt Angela, ihre dunkle Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen zu können. Sechs Jahre später ist Jason dank eines Buches zu einem Star geworden - und eine junge Studentin wirft ihm vor, sie sexuell belästigt zu haben.