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Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.

Jessica Niemi is drawn into a high-profile investigation after the wife of a famous author, Roger Koponen, is killed in a bizarre ritual. As more twisted murders occur in the coming days, it becomes obvious that Jessica is hunting a serial killer - one that is taking brutal inspiration from Koponen’s best-selling trilogy. Has a devoted fan lost their mind, or is this case more personal?

Thirteen bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors are contained in this first of volume of a must-listen collection.

Will you look her in the eyes, just before she dies? A terrifying crime thriller that will set your pulse pounding. Perfect for fans of M. J. Arlidge, Robert Bryndza, and Angela Marsons. A psychopath calling himself I, Killer has posted two photos of his first victim online - before death and after death. They've gone viral before DCI Fenton's team even discovers the body. Soon another victim's photo is similarly posted...and so begins the killer's following. DCI Fenton is determined to discover the identity of I, Killer.

With Alex Silva facing time behind bars, his family are in freefall. Wife Maggie doesn't know how she's going to cope without her beloved Alex. How will they survive? But survival is in the Silva blood and Alex has taught his children well. And this new generation is going to cause more trouble than anyone can handle...Will the Silvas survive or will trouble follow them...

Three full-length time travel books and a short story from the magical Middle Falls universe: The Stubborn Lives of Hart Tanner, The Alternative Lives of Aiden Anderson, The Heartfelt Life of Max Hartfield, and The Encore Lives of Effie Edenson.

Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed. But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world beyond. And now that secret is about to come storming through the fence to wipe out this last, fragile remnant of humanity.

Nestled amid picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town of Wayward Pines is a modern-day Eden – at least at first glance.Except that within its fences, the residents are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. None of them know how they got here. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise.

"Jestem porywaczem, a może również mordercą". Mikołaj Popławski budzi się w luksusowej rezydencji nad Bałtykiem. Poza swoim imieniem i nazwiskiem nie pamięta niemal niczego. W piwnicy odnajduje skrępowaną kobietę. Czy to możliwe, że jest porywaczem? Czy odważy się zdjąć knebel z ust dziewczyny, aby usłyszeć o sobie prawdę? Kilka rezydencji dalej czeka matka. Być może nawet nie ma się o co martwić. Może wszystko jest w porządku, a niewinna zabawa trwa w najlepsze. Ale matka wie. Matka czuje i wie. Osiedle Baltic Resort.

Six months have passed since Jessica's encounter with the mysterious serial-killing coven of witches and the death of her mentor, Erne. Her nightmares about her mother and the witchcraft that undid her have only gotten worse, but she's doing what she can to stay focused. Her homicide squad, now under new leadership, has been given a murder case and a new series of disappearances to investigate. A young woman's corpse has washed up on an icy beach, and two famous Instagram influencers have gone missing at the same time.

Berlin Kreuzberg: Eine junge Frau wird bestialisch hingerichtet und mit Federn und einem toten Vogel bedeckt...

With no police to investigate and no escape, could it be the perfect setting for a crime? Martin Schwartz (Beesley) is an undercover detective who is recovering from his wife and sons' bizarre disappearance from a cruise ship 5 years ago. He is a desperate man willing to take big risks. Martin never wanted to step onto a cruise ship again until he receives a call which can't be ignored. On average, 23 people per year disappear without a trace from cruise ships. Never before has someone come back... until now.

On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found. Now, journalist Abigail Foster and her historian father have set out to explore the long-abandoned town and learn what happened. With them are two backcountry guides - along with a psychic and a paranormal photographer who are there to investigate rumors that the town is haunted.

Den Berliner Kommissar Nils Trojan erwartet ein albtraumhaftes Szenario, als er mitten in der Nacht am Schauplatz eines Verbrechens eintrifft: Ein Mann wurde in seiner eigenen Küche auf grausame Weise hingerichtet. Und noch bevor Trojan Atem holen kann, schlägt der Mörder wieder zu. Der Kommissar hat nicht den geringsten Anhaltspunkt, doch nachdem zwei kleine Mädchen spurlos verschwinden, beschleicht ihn der Verdacht, dass ein Zusammenhang zwischen den Fällen besteht.

Als Nils Trojan am Schauplatz eines Mordes eintrifft, wird er mit einem Schrecken ungekannten Ausmaßes konfrontiert: Ein Liebespaar liegt grausam hingerichtet auf dem Bett, in einer grotesken Umarmung im Tod vereint. Bei ersten Recherchen stößt Trojan auf eine Spur zur Frau seines Chefs. Kann es ein, dass sie im Wahn zu Dingen fähig ist, an die sie sich später nicht mehr erinnert? Doch Trojan hat keine Zeit für Spekulationen, denn ein weiteres Paar wird ermordet, und es wird nicht das letzte sein.

Als der Berliner Kommissar Nils Trojan an den Schauplatz eines neuen Mordfalles gerufen wird, ist er zutiefst erschüttert von dem Anblick, der sich ihm bietet: Der Täter hatte eine junge Frau in den Keller gelockt und sie dort auf ungeahnte Weise ermordet - ihr Körper ist erstarrt in einem monströsen Sarkophag aus getrocknetem Schaum. Bei seiner Recherche stößt Trojan auf einen älteren Fall, der verblüffende Parallelen aufweist.

Der Federmann kehrt zurück. Die Berliner Kriminalpolizei steht vor einem Rätsel, als man drei Leichen findet, in deren Haut geheimnisvolle Botschaften geritzt wurden. Doch während Kommissar Nils Trojan noch versucht, deren Sinn zu entschlüsseln, wird sein schlimmster Albtraum wahr: Der bestialische Serienmörder, der ihn vor vier Jahren fast getötet hätte, ist wieder aufgetaucht.

"Undisclosed Location" is one of the best financial thrillers I've read. Power. Betrayal. Blood. In the shadowy world of global finance, revenge is a currency that demands its pound of flesh. When the most powerful banker in America faces his darkest secrets, the global economy hangs by a thread. The head of the Federal Reserve holds the world's financial fate in his hands. But behind closed doors, he's fighting a more personal battle. His past is a maze of murder and corruption, and his ex-wife, now a powerful figure in Venezuela's criminal underworld, wants him destroyed.

Der Berliner Kommissar Nils Trojan kommt einem Rätsel auf die Spur: Warum gibt sich eine Jugendliche fälschlicherweise als ein seit vielen Jahren vermisstes Mädchen aus, kurz bevor sie in den Tod springt? Bei seinen Ermittlungen trifft er auf die Kriminalpsychologin Carlotta Weiss, die unter Lebensgefahr versucht hat, die Jugendliche von dem Sprung abzuhalten. Trojan ist auf Anhieb fasziniert von seiner unkonventionellen Kollegin und bietet ihr an, in dem Fall zusammenzuarbeiten.