Modern Thrillers

Her changeling friends are imprisoned. To free them, she’ll have to break the laws of magic. Ember Wright managed to save her friends’ lives, only to see them locked up and tormented. With each passing day, the changelings weaken and submit to their interrogators. Secrets start to slip. Running out of options and allies, Ember turns to an ancient, forbidden form of advanced magic. Her reluctant teacher’s warning echoes in her head: Almost all mages who attempt the spell become corrupted by it.

The odds are never in her favor. Good thing this mage doesn’t play by the rules. She once passed as an obedient servant. Now, Senior Investigator Ember Wright shines a light on corruption wherever she finds it. But the corrupt are hitting back. They’re hitting back hard. Her cover blown, they’ve branded her as public enemy number one. With a target painted on her back and on anyone who dares help her, Ember leads a global uprising. When her changeling friends get caught in the crossfire, she learns the true cost of freedom.

Die neunzehnjährige Kim beendet ihre erste Saison rund um den wunderschönen See. Auf der Fähre wird eine Leiche gefunden, und die Polizei ist völlig ratlos und kann in dem hartnäckig schwierigen Fall keine weiteren Fortschritte machen.

Adrian and Delanie Michaels need a new beginning in their marriage. Old grievances have almost buried them. To begin again, they need new scenery. They need a new environment for themselves and their young son, Trey. They never imagined they would be able to afford a home the size of the two-story Victorian they find in an older, upscale Colorado neighborhood. They know the home is newer than those around it, and they know this is because the original home on the site burned to the ground.

Ty Dawson, now the sheriff of Oregon's Meriwether County, is ready to put a trying year behind him, but he's afforded no such luck. In a country still coming to grips with the Vietnam War, Watergate, and Charles Manson, Ty's neck of the woods isn't safe from the turmoil-especially when a commune of young so-called hippies springs up out of nowhere . . .

When Manhattan business tycoon, commonly known as the Takeover King, Montgomery Livingstone is pushed off a Widow's Walk and falls to his death, Maeve and Meg are again thrust into a murder investigation as they attempt to help a seemingly innocent young woman accused of the crime. But it turns out there are many secrets to be uncovered, and once again, Maeve, Meg, and their savvy Boston Irish mother must band together to solve the murder. Maeve races against the clock to bring the killer to justice while caring for her patients and pursuing her goal of motherhood.

Maeve O'Reilly Kensington loves her job as a nurse-midwife at Creighton Memorial Hospital in the quintessential New England seaside town of Langford. Nothing could bring her more pleasure than helping women usher new life into the world...except possibly having a child of her own. In the meantime, she's happy to celebrate the families of those she treats, and content to support her husband in his newly formed catering business. However when Creighton Memorial's Chief Obstetrician suddenly drops dead at his daughter's extravagant wedding reception, catered by Will, Maeve's two worlds collide.

高級住宅地に住むエリート一家で起きたセンセーショナルな事件。遺されたこどもたちは、どのように生きていくのか。その家族と向かいに住む家族の視点から、事件の動機と真相が明らかになる。

15年前、静かな田舎町でひとりの女児が殺害された。直前まで一緒に遊んでいた四人の女の子は、犯人と思われる男と言葉を交わしていたものの、なぜか顔が思い出せず、事件は迷宮入りとなる。

超高層マンション「スカイローズガーデン」の一室で、そこに住む野口夫妻の変死体が発見された。現場に居合わせたのは、20代の4人の男女。それぞれの証言は驚くべき真実を明らかにしていく。

親友の自殺を目撃したことがあるという転校生の告白を、ある種の自慢のように感じた由紀は、自分なら死体ではなく、人が死ぬ瞬間を見てみたいと思った。

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都内の運河沿いで、帰宅途中のＯＬが強盗に襲われ、殺害される事件が連続して起きた。二つの事件は手口や状況が似通っており、捜査本部も連続殺人としての見方を強めていた。

「何だ、これは？」追跡捜査係の頭脳・西川大和は思わず声を上げた──。「おいおい……」定年まであと八年のベテラン刑事・岩倉剛はコンビニエンスストアの前で固まってしまった──。

新人刑事時代のある捜査に違和感を抱いていた追跡捜査係の沖田は、二十年ぶりの再捜査を決意。

服役中の男の告白――墨田区の不動産業者の強盗殺人事件は、意外なところから容疑者が浮かび上がった。

捜査一課・追跡捜査係の沖田大輝とかつて強行犯係で同僚だった、刑事総務課・大友鉄が最大の危機に見舞われた。ベンチャー企業が開発した、次世代エネルギー資源を巡る国際規模の策謀に巻き込まれたのである。

白昼の新宿で起きた連続殺傷事件――無差別に通行人を切りつける犯人を体当たりで刺し、その行動を阻止した男がいた。だが男は、そのまま現場を立ち去り、そして月日が流れた。

「俺は穢れだから、近くにいないほうがいい」と言い、距離をとろうとする蠱師（まじないし）の高良。そんな高良の言葉に、澪の胸は痛む。

猛暑の八月、東京で謎の死体遺棄事件が露見した。連続強盗事件で逮捕された相澤直樹が、「檜原村に死体を埋めた」と突然告白。