Crime Thrillers

While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day the police arrived at their front door. Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way. `Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims.

On a midsummer's night, a stolen car packed with teenagers crashes at high speed on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. DI Jan Talantire arrives at the scene to find the victims of the crash. It appears to be a tragic accident until a worried mother turns up at the scene of the accident. Her daughter, Rhiannon, a friend of the joyriders, hasn't been seen since the previous night. The account dovetails with the statement of the householder who claimed to see a girl running near the crashed vehicle the moment he emerged.

On a winding cliff edge on the wild Irish coast, two cars collide. In one is Maura Claffey’s niece, Finn, and her baby daughter. In the other, Kathryn with her own newborn—and her own secrets. Both women survive, but one of the girls does not. In the aftermath, bruised and heavily medicated, both women struggle to come to terms with what happened that day.

If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before, or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. And when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, who is going to believe his side of the story. Danny is sentenced to 22 years and is sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped. But everyone has underestimated Danny's determination to seek revenge.

Far from the neon glare of the Vegas Strip, attorney Piper Danes walks away from a hotshot law firm to work as a guardian ad litem (GAL). Piper was once a vulnerable youth herself, and a GAL gave her hope when she needed it most. Now she’s committed to paying it forward. Her latest case is unlike any other: fifteen-year-old Sophie Grace is the sole survivor of a gruesome family murder. Teaming up with the formidable Judge Hope Dawson and enigmatic Detective Lazarus Holloway, Piper delves into a world more sinister than she could have imagined.

When her fifteen-year-old son Milo goes off the rails, Alex Harding is terrified she’s passed on her abusive father’s ‘bad’ genes. When she then makes the shocking discovery that her estranged son, Samuel, who she gave up for adoption as a baby, has been accused of murder, she becomes even more convinced nature not nurture is the cause. The only way Alex sees to help Milo, is to get to know Samuel and understand the crime that he has been accused of. But it isn’t long before Alex starts to wonder if she has made the biggest mistake of her life by inviting this man into her family.

When a local sex offender Albie Woodville is killed, it puts DI Harry Powell and DC Hazel Hamilton at the East Rise incident room under immense pressure. They must treat this case the same as any other murder, but they know better than anyone, the bad things Albie did when he was alive…But as the investigation progresses, it becomes clear this isn’t just a one-off killing —someone is out for revenge…

Every morning, I sit at the same table of my favourite café, sip my cappuccino, and watch them. The woman has no idea I’m watching, day after day, unravelling the secrets of her life. I see the way she smiles when he arrives, how she glances over her shoulder… like someone who is hiding something. She thinks she’s in control, but has no idea I’m on to them… I know a lot more about the man. For a start, he’s not who he pretends to be – his lies are as plain as the nose on your face. There’s more to this story than meets the eye, a lot more than I’ll ever let on.

WAS BIST DU BEREIT FÜR DEINE TOCHTER ZU TUN? Eine verschwundene Tochter. Eine geheime Organisation. Ein rätselhaftes Konto. Ein Ex-Staatsanwalt zwischen Auftragsmördern. Alles war ihm genommen worden. Seine Frau. Seine Tochter. Sein Ruf und die Karriere. Als Andreas Starck aus dem Gefängnis freikommt, möchte er nur eines: endlich seine Tochter Greta wieder in die Arme schließen, die er jahrelang nicht gesehen hat. Doch das Recht dazu wird ihm verweigert. Starck hat genug.

È una bella giornata di sole a Cambridge, Massachusetts, ed è anche il compleanno di Kay Scarpetta, che sta per partire per una vacanza a Miami con il marito Benton Wesley. Mentre è nel patio di casa sua a controllare la brace del barbecue, Kay nota sette centesimi di rame disposti in fila sul muro del giardino. Si tratta forse di un gioco di bambini? Ma se così fosse, come mai quelle monetine sono tutte datate 1981 e risplendono come se fossero state appena coniate?

In 1985, Kat McCann was six years old when renowned Austrian detective Alik Lisser solved her mother’s murder. And unfortunately proved Kat’s father as the culprit. Ten years later Kat is still obsessed with the heroic criminologist. She’s also addicted to the bestselling novels inspired by Alik’s ingenious deductions—penned by the grande dame of whodunits, who’s a bit of a mystery herself. Kat has devoured them all. Even the one based on her father’s crime.

Five young graduates, eager to start their careers, pool their resources to buy a house, hoping to get ahead of the surging property market. But what begins as a hopeful venture quickly turns into the house share from hell. After a wild New Year's Eve party, they discover a body—and it's clear they're the prime suspects. Each of them harbors a past that makes trusting the police unthinkable. To protect themselves, they devise a plan—one that entangles them in a web of secrets and lies.

Ein Mord im alten Bergwek – der packende Auftakt zur neuen Krimireihe im Ruhrpott Knochenfunde in Zeche Ludwig IV. Als der Notruf bei Hauptkommissarin Elin Kara eingeht, weiß sie sofort, worum es geht: Das Wandernde Dutzend wurde gefunden. Zwölf Bergmänner, die vor 34 Jahren im Füllort der Zeche verschüttet wurden. Doch es sind nicht zwölf Skelette, die die Einsatzkräfte bergen – es sind dreizehn. Das dreizehnte Opfer starb durch einen Kopfschuss. Die Patrone ist noch in seinem Schädel, den der Bergmann Werner Flemming findet.

New mum Lucy couldn't be more in love with her twin baby boys, but with her husband Andrew's return to long hours at work, she's left to deal with the sleepless nights alone. When her best friend Nina suggests they hire a night nanny, Lucy jumps at the opportunity - much to the distaste of her overbearing mother-in-law. But Evie is a natural with the boys and the extra sleep means the days are more manageable. Slowly but surely, Lucy is a finding a way back to her old self. Then things begin to go missing, the doubts start creeping in and Lucy finds she can't keep track of the truth.

Brillant, weiblich, rasant: Mit dem packenden Psychothriller "Die Anwältin" liefert Autorin und Juristin Bonnie Kistler authentische Hochspannung um eine ...

Sarah Thompson, a Delta police constable, is horrified when her friend and Vancouver police detective is brazenly kidnapped by a major crime gang. Working with these detectives to free her friend and colleague, they learn of a massive shipment of drugs on its way to the container port in Delta. Two competing crime families know of this shipment, and are anxious to get their hands on some of the hundreds of millions of dollars involved.

Eden Mercer, a determined young officer in the fog-shrouded, tight-knit town of Nightfall, Oregon, is haunted by her past in a fundamentalist cult. With her loyal K-9 partner, Shadow, by her side, she’s eager to prove herself in a department dominated by machismo. When a couple stumbles upon a woman’s body in a ritualistic burial deep within the dense, misty forests, Eden is thrust into a chilling mystery. As she delves deeper, disturbing clues and unsettling secrets tied to a local cult emerge.

Manca poco meno di una settimana a Natale. Adagiata contro le rocce grigie, con le sue casette di legno ammantate di neve, Fjällbacka regala uno spettacolo particolarmente suggestivo, un paesino fiabesco affacciato su un mare di ghiaccio. Martin Molin, collega di Patrik Hedström alla stazione di polizia di Tanumshede, ha raggiunto la fidanzata Lisette sulla vicina isola di Valö per una festa di famiglia. Mentre il vento infuria, il vecchio patriarca dall’immensa fortuna muore improvvisamente durante la cena.

El empresario de la construcción, Fabio Carcelén, sale de la prisión de El Dueso, en Santoña, Cantabria, tras diez años encarcelado. A los pocos días de su puesta en libertad, los inspectores María Pinta y Diego Olivares, investigan un accidente de tráfico, con tres fallecidos: el exsocio de Carcelén junto a su mujer, y una desconocida. Paralelamente los inspectores se presentan en el domicilio del expresidiario. Encuentran tres cadáveres. Pinta y Olivares inician una frenética búsqueda de Fabio Carcelén en lo que parece ser un estudiado acto de venganza.

In "Switch," Teezy Malik plunges listeners into the fractured psyche of Derrick Fallon, a man whose life spirals into chaos when his alter ego, Ronnie, emerges. Confident, reckless, and dangerous, Ronnie pulls Derrick into a world of crime and violence he never imagined.

Das Leben von Anna und Max Gavaldo könnte so schön sein. Sie sind glücklich miteinander und freuen sich auf ihr zweites Kind. Eines Tages wird Anna bedroht und kurz darauf geschieht ein grausames Verbrechen. Die 16-jährige Tochter Katharina hat das zweite Gesicht und scheint etwas zu wissen. Immer wieder führen ihre Visionen sie in die Vergangenheit und ins Reich der Toten – eine Faszination, der das junge Mädchen sich kaum entziehen kann. Und auch nicht dem Mann mit den dunklen Augen, dem sie in ihren Träumen immer wieder begegnet.

After her mother’s murder Emma joined the FBI to get answers. The search for the truth has led her down some terrifying paths. When Emma is sent to investigate an old mansion and its connection to a criminal entity. She stumbles upon a clue that leads her down a rabbit hole full of despair, mystique, and grave sites. It seems, the Garden of Bones is where nightmares are born.

Lylas Freund Nico, ein aufstrebender, wenngleich bislang relativ erfolgloser Schauspieler, bekommt das Angebot, bei der spektakulären Reality-Show "One Perfect Couple" dabei zu sein. Nach anfänglichem Zögern willigt Lyla ein, mitzumachen – auf einer Trauminsel im Indischen Ozean für ein halbes Vermögen Preisgeld gegen vier andere Paare anzutreten, klingt verlockend. Doch schon bald wird aus dem wunderschönen Traum ein Albtraum. Ein Sturm schneidet die Gruppe von jeglicher Zivilisation ab. Sie sind auf sich allein gestellt.

Charlie Edwards once-perfect life is shattered when she discovers her husband's infidelity and plan to kill her for an inheritance. Feeling helpless and in danger, Charlie turns to her mirror-image twin, Dani. They use their specialized skill sets to assure his plan does not succeed. FBI agent Brian Deeds is assigned to investigate Charlies' husband for bank fraud. When the possibility of his ex-fiancés' involvement arises in the case, will his feelings override his duty?

Eine Serie von Morden, bei denen die Opfer mit seltenen Blumen „verschönert“ und dann begraben werden, erschüttert die ganze Stadt. Für Kommissarin Katharina Winkler und ihren Kollegen Sebastian Fischer beginnt damit ihr erster gemeinsamer Fall, der an Wahnsinn kaum zu überbieten ist. Zusammen enthüllen sie nach und nach eine verstörende Verbindung zwischen den Mordopfern und verschiedenen Blumenläden vor Ort.