Crime Thrillers

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.

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.

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.

Picho, voiced by the sagacious Harvey Guillén, serves as our guide through the intricate tapestry of frauds woven by his intimidating con man of a father, Pietro La Greca, played with captivating charm by the one and only Peter Stormare. Pietro, our suave protagonist, moves from one con to another, finally running Mexico’s biggest money-laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country’s history.

Quando riceve una telefonata dalla sua ex compagna di università Gabby, che la invita a trascorrere il Natale nella sua casa sul lago in una sperduta località della Scozia, Sasha sa che sarebbe meglio non accettare. Dodici anni prima, mentre festeggiava la Vigilia di Natale con le cinque persone a lei più care, era accaduto un fatto orribile che aveva cambiato per sempre la loro amicizia. E da allora Sasha non ne ha più parlato con nessuno.

Cuando ya creía estar habituada a convivir con esa carga en su conciencia, una llamada telefónica vuelve a sacudir su vida. Se trata de su amiga Gabby Shard, la anfitriona de aquella fiesta, que doce años después pretende reunir a todos los asistentes para pasar página de aquella terrible noche, cuando tenían veintitrés años y se preparaban para el futuro prometedor que se abría ante ellos después de la universidad.

Psycho-Thriller-Fans aufgepasst! Gemeinsam mit Deutschlands erfolgreichstem Autor Sebastian Fitzek bringt Audible seine Meilenstein-Bestseller als völlig neue Hörerfahrung heraus. Überarbeitet von den besten Hörspiel-Dramaturgen, besetzt mit einem atemberaubenden Cast und begleitet von einem vollen Orchester-Soundtrack, dringt die Spannung intensiver ins Ohr als je zuvor - dieses Mal mit der sehr eindringlichen Hörspiel-Version von einem der unheimlichsten Thriller von Sebastian Fitzek: Der Heimweg.

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.

Twelve months ago, maverick Government Officer Sam Taylor was shot and left for dead while investigating a black-market organization. Now, the shooter—a mysterious and beautiful agent—has been found dead in Amsterdam. Sent to identify the body, Sam is reunited with old acquaintances and introduced to the lead investigator, Interpol agent Karl Vogt, a man with his own agenda. But when the group arrives at the mortuary, they discover the body has vanished…

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…

It's been years since Zoe last saw them – since they graduated, drifted apart, and lost touch. Years since Zoe ended things with Dan because the memories were too painful to bear. Years since that night – the night an unexpected death shattered their close-knit group of friends. Now, Zoe is invited to Scotland for a wedding – a grand affair at a manor house on a remote island. Apprehensive about the reunion, she hopes the long drive with Lily will help ease her nerves. But things are far from simple.

After his twin brother's imprisonment for murder, DI Fraser Brodie has devoted his life to catching the very worst criminals of the Hebrides. When a local mechanic is found dead and mutilated, Brodie is on the search for a murderer. But then more bodies start turning up, and it doesn't take long for Brodie to conclude he has a serial killer on his hands. The investigation isn't proving so easy to crack, and when he discovers the missing link between the victims has connections to his own past, the race is on to find the culprit before more damage is done...

Han tror att hans hemlighet är säker. Men hon vet sanningen... Min man är läkare. Han är smart och charmig, och alla litar på honom. Alla utom jag. Vid första anblicken kan det verka som om jag har allt: det perfekta äktenskapet, den perfekta mannen, det perfekta livet. Men det är långt ifrån sanningen. Drew Devlin är inte den ansevärda person han utger sig för. Anledningen till att vi flyttade till det här vackra, gamla huset med utsikt över havet, var att vi behövde en nystart, lämna vårt förflutna bakom oss.

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.

Le autopsie possono rivelare i segreti dei DEFUNTI. E questa vittima sta inviando a Kay Scarpetta un messaggio. Mentre è impegnata nel caso di omicidio di una bambina, la anatomopatologa Kay Scarpetta viene convocata in un parco a tema abbandonato per recuperare un cadavere, ed è sconvolta nell'apprendere che la vittima è l'astrofisico Sal Giordano, vincitore di un premio Nobel e collaboratore della Casa Bianca, ma soprattutto l'uomo di cui Kay un tempo era innamorata.

Hattie Gilby has not been back to her family home since the devastating events that took place there years ago. Events that changed Hattie and which continue to haunt her today. But one phone call changes everything. Now Hattie is going back to her family home to face her brothers, Adam and Luke and to hear the last words of her dying mother.

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.

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.

Eine Mordserie an der Ostsee: der neue spannende Thriller von Bestsellerautor Elias Haller. Das Foto einer schrecklich zugerichteten Frauenleiche wird zusammen mit einer kryptischen Botschaft auf Instagram gepostet. Hardy Finkel, der nach zwanzig Jahren beim BKA in die Ostseeregion zurückgekehrt ist, wird gleich am ersten Arbeitstag zusammen mit seiner neuen Partnerin Greta Silber mit diesem grausamen Fall betraut. Als ein weiteres Opfer auftaucht und dadurch der Ermittlungsdruck steigt, stoßen Hardy und Greta auf weitere Puzzleteile. Bald wird klar, dass sie einen perfiden Gegner jagen.

Ein perfekt codierter Tresor, ein meisterhafter Rätsellöser, ein skrupelloser Psychopath - und nur einer kann gewinnen. Das renommierte Rätselgenie Mike Brink wird vom japanischen Kaiser persönlich eingeladen, nach Tokio zu kommen und dort am großen Wettbewerb um die Lösung der sagenumwobenen Drachen-Rätselbox teilzunehmen. Was diese enthält, ist ein Mysterium, aber es ist gewiss von unschätzbarem Wert.

I am accused of the worst of crimes – murdering my baby – and I have hours before this passenger ferry docks in Spain to find him, alive. Someone knows about my difficult past and darkest secrets, and now I think they’ve taken my baby. But who would do this to me and why? I know the answer. Or least I think I do…The police want to know why I have fled my home and husband. How do I tell them that I had a breakdown after my first baby died? That today is the anniversary of his death? That my husband is planning on having me sectioned? Despite what my husband says, I’m not ill. Am I?

Stanley Harper war einst einer der gefürchtetsten Männer der gesamten USA. Monatelang versetzte er das Land - und die reichsten der Reichen - in Angst und Schrecken. Er machte es sich zur Aufgabe, Machtmissbrauch und Korruption in einem kaputten System zu bekämpfen und ermordete mehr als zwanzig Menschen, bevor er vom FBI geschnappt wurde. Doch zuvor tötete Harper die Frau des leitenden Agenten John Greyson. Fünf Jahre nach der Festnahme entgeht Stanley Harper seiner Hinrichtung. Er entkommt und macht sich zurück auf den Weg nach Washington D.C.

"Wenn man den Pfad der Vergeltung beschreitet, soll man zwei Gräber ausheben."(Konfuzius) Jules Lefèvre ist Lehrer an der Public École im normannischen Lion-sur-Mer. Jules und seine Frau Malin genießen das Familienglück mit der kleinen Tochter Lilou. Doch dann zwingt ein Burn-out Jules, sich zu Hause einzuigeln. Die Genesung verläuft schwierig, denn seine Wahrnehmung ist getrübt. Er ist psychisch instabil und paranoid.Auch als ihm Paul Moreau, der Rektor seiner Schule, einen Besuch abstattet, misstraut Jules dessen Freundlichkeit und Hilfsbereitschaft.

Five years ago, when Detective Jena Campbell put the Leviticus Killer behind bars, she locked her darkest secret away with him. Something never meant to surface. Something better left to rot with the madman who had destroyed so many lives. When a strange man calling himself Azrael appears on social media with threats to unleash ten plagues, ten deaths, in ten days, unless Leviticus is released, Jena is forced to reopen that door and face her past.