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New York City in the 1970s is a dark, dangerous, and threatening place. One of the bright spots in this decaying metropolis is Paul Konig. As the city’s chief medical examiner, he has developed an impressive reputation for his skills in forensic pathology - skills that will be put to the ultimate test when a dangerous psychopath kidnaps Konig’s daughter. Herbert Lieberman takes his readers on a gruesome journey through the ten most difficult days in the life of a man at the very end of his rope.

'Jesus Christ. I found one.' These words are blurted over the phone to Constable Snowy Lane, who is preoccupied with no more than a ham sandwich and getting a game with the East Fremantle league side on Saturday. They signal the beginning of a series of events that are to shake Perth to its foundations. It is 1979, and Perth is jumping with pub bands and overnight millionaires. 'Mr Gruesome' has just taken another victim. Snowy's life and career are to be forever changed by the grim deeds of a serial killer and the dark bloom spreading across the City of Light.

In self-exile on the remote island of Tasmania, Taylor Bridges is the only ranger of an isolated national park, its town slowly drowning beneath the rising waters of the new dam project. Still struggling with the guilt of losing his daughter, Claire, Taylor is a chronic sleepwalker. So, when another little girl goes missing in his park a year to the day of his own child’s unsolved disappearance, Taylor’s sense of redemption finds him wading in over his head to find her.

For Broome detective Dan Clement, it seems that crime is as plentiful as wet season rain. When his sergeant is beaten up, and a woman is brutally assaulted, it seems like the same two suspects are behind both incidents. But when a woman's hand is discovered in crocodile-infested waters, things take a macabre turn. The stakes rise sky-high as Dan races against time to solve this complex and puzzling case.

It is London in the early 1960s and Teddy Bean is making a name for himself as a private detective. However, his personal problems are taking over, with his brother, John, only slowly recovering from a heart attack and his wife, Pearl, dying in a car accident. Added to this, he takes on a difficult case involving a woman presumably drowned at sea by her husband. Teddy needs help while his brother is incapacitated and finds it in his friend, ex-Detective Inspector Tony Halliday. With the added support of their secretary Muriel, the Bean Detective Agency is open for business once more!

This is the 1927 book that years later inspired the movie of the same name. It is a book about criminal violence, corrupt politics and police, and illicit sex. The City of New York, from the late colonial period up to the early twentieth century, was a bustling hub of commerce, industry, and immigration. For many the city was the gateway to a new life in America, and for many others it was a place to steal a buck from their fellow New Yorkers and visitors to the city with thievery, fraud, and vice—in neighborhoods such as the Five Points, the Bowery, Hells Kitchen, and the Water Front.

Detective Inspector Daniel Clement is back in Broome, the tropical town where he grew up, licking his wounds from a busted marriage and struggling to be impressed by his new team of small-town, inexperienced cops. But stagnation and lethargy soon give way to a case with urgent purpose. On the edge of the desert, a man is found dead in a crocodile-infested watering hole. And he is only the first. The connection between the victims is elusive, but Clement must pursue it as a decades-old mystery begins to unravel and a monster cyclone brews on the horizon.

In 1999 and 2000, a number of young women go missing in the Perth suburb of Claremont. One body is discovered. Others are never seen again. Snowy Lane (City of Light) is hired as a private investigator, but neither he nor the cops can find the serial killer. Sixteen years later, another case brings Snowy to Broome, where he teams up with Dan Clement (Before It Breaks) and an incidental crime puts them back on the Claremont case.

The calling card of the killer known as ‘The Jeweller' is as elegant as it is gruesome: a pair of ring fingers, separated from their owners, encircled by a band of wire, and delivered directly to Senior Detective Joe Capello. When the Jeweller taunts Joe and his team into meeting him in the diseased grounds of Barren Park, the consequences of that evening will have permanent repercussions for everyone involved. And for Joe, it gets personal.

A violent death by crucifixion near a remote north-west station has Detective Inspector Dan Clement and his Broome police officers disturbed and baffled. Other local incidents—the theft of explosives from a Halls Creek mine site, social justice protests at an abattoir, a break-in at a child-health care clinic—seem mundane by comparison. But as Clement starts to make troubling connections between each crime, he finds himself caught in a terrifying race.

In secluded Devlins Reach, on the shores of the Hawkesbury River, three bodies are unearthed in an excavation site. When a wilderness expert, Park Ranger Taylor Bridges, is called in to assist local police, he soon discovers the town has an unsettling history - one to match Taylor's own haunted past. But the quiet location and picturesque beauty of The Reach are hiding something darker than Taylor could have anticipated. Within the town's tight-knit community of loggers, store owners and tight-lipped locals, someone is targeting the residents one by one.

Verbotene Pillen und verhängnisvolle Fotos: Gasperlmaier ermittelt am Catwalk. Nicht genug, dass die Dreharbeiten einer bekannten Model-Castingshow mitsamt schriller Modelmama die beschauliche Idylle in Altaussee stören. Jetzt wird auch noch der Set-Fotograf tot im See aufgefunden. Das kommt für Franz Gasperlmaier höchst ungelegen, hat ihn schließlich das Hochzeitsfieber gepackt. Bevor seine Tochter Katharina ihrer Stefanie das Ja-Wort geben kann, gilt es nun also nicht nur deren etwas eigenwillige Eltern kennenzulernen, sondern auch die Ermittlungen im Dunstkreis der TV-Show aufzunehmen.

Thirteen years ago, Jori Trahan’s boyfriend vanished without a trace. Now, after moving back home to Alabama to care for her ailing grandmother and autistic brother, she comes face-to-face with the deadly mystery behind his disappearance. Jori has a rare form of synesthesia, meaning she can “hear” colors; to her, tones of voice are as unique as fingerprints. With the help of this ability and a sympathetic cop, Jori comes dangerously close to uncovering the truth. But those responsible will go to any length - including murder - to keep their dark secrets buried.

Ten years ago, 15-year-old Darren Davies was shot dead at the river mouth. The killer was never found. Now, Darren's mother Sandra receives a visit from the police. Her best friend, Barbara Russell, has also been found dead, out in the bush. And Barbara's DNA matches the DNA found under Darren's fingernails. When the investigation into Darren's murder is reopened, Sandra begins to question what she knew about her best friend. As she digs, she discovers that there are many secrets in her small town - and that her late son had his own, too.

Frances, a public servant, struggles to come to terms with the disappearance of her colleague. While piecing together spreadsheets and reports, she begins to discover clues that could help her solve the mystery of Eric's vanishing. As Frances uncovers a trail of corruption that leads to the highest levels of government, she must use her wits and resourcefulness to stay one step ahead of those who want to keep the truth hidden.

Mardi Gras has secrets. Like why would Felix's brother, a well-off and successful doctor, let the midnight train roll over him? Especially just as his new Carnival Krewe prepares for their inaugural parade? Felix has had an easy life, coasting by as the black sheep of a wealthy family. He spends his time under the green canopies of Uptown New Orleans, whiling away his days in leisure and mediocrity.

Kommissar Nils Trojan steckt in einer Sackgasse. Innerhalb weniger Tage wurden drei Menschen getötet, zwischen denen es scheinbar keine Verbindung gibt. Was sie eint, ist allein die schaurige Inszenierung ihrer Augen, die golden wie Bernstein leuchten. Aber dann stößt Trojan plötzlich auf eine Spur: ein mysteriöser Thriller, in dem eine Frau in einem Verlies um ihr Leben schreibt. Und jedes der Opfer scheint mit diesem teuflischen Werk vor seinem Tod in Berührung gekommen zu sein. Als eine weitere junge Frau verschwindet, weiß Trojan, dass der Countdown läuft.

Eine tote Köchin und viele kalte Spuren: Wer braut hier ein böses Süppchen und verdirbt sogar Franz Gasperlmaier den Appetit?Großkopferte in Altaussee und ein Mord im Catering-Zelt. In Altaussee wimmelt es wegen eines russisch-österreichischen Gipfels vor Polizei - und die fremden Beamten verdrängen Postenkommissar Gasperlmaier einfach von seinem Schreibtisch. Da ist er fast ein bisschen froh, als eine tote Köchin gefunden und deshalb seine Lieblingskollegin Dr. Kohlross nach Altaussee beordert wird.

Die Wurzeln des Bösen reichen tief! Das kleine Mädchen Alexandra musste schon früh lernen, was es heißt, wenn jemand grundlos böse ist, wenn jemand voll von Hass, Frust und Aggression ist. Die erwachsene Frau Alexandra scheint die schwere Kindheit völlig hinter sich gelassen zu haben - doch wirkt das nur an der Oberfläche so. Von den düsteren Geheimnissen, die in ihr schlummern, wissen weder ihr Mann noch ihre beiden Kinder. Manchmal sind sie so weit weg, dass selbst Alexandra sie vergisst.

Wenn Wut die Kontrolle übernimmt. Von einem, der auszog, um dich das Fürchten zu lehren. Der Weg eines unschuldigen Kindes zum rechtsradikalen Mörder: vorbestimmt oder frei gewählt? Leo ist ein unschuldiges Kindergartenkind – Leo ist ein rechtsradikaler Mörder. Sein Hass hat einen Ursprung: Leos Vater. Denn der weiß ganz genau, wie sein Sohn zu sein hat: als Kind gehorsam und ordentlich, als Erwachsener autoritär und angesehen. Leos Mutter steht daneben und fängt die Schläge ab, bevor sie Leo treffen. Aus ihr macht das eine gebrochene Frau. Und aus Leo?