Psychological Police Suspense

"Un caso irrisolto" è l'audiolibro 8 nella serie di bestseller dei misteri di Riley Paige, che comincia con "Il killer della rosa", bestseller (Audiolibro 1). C'è un solo caso irrisolto che ha tormentato l'Agente Speciale Riley Paige per tutta la sua carriera, restando nei meandri della sua mente, costringendola a pensarci e ripensarci. L'unico caso che non ha mai risolto, e che è riuscita finalmente a togliersi dalla testa. Finché non riceve una chiamata dalla madre della vittima d'omicidio.

Baby on hip, Angela Myles hums as she lays out breakfast before the school run when an unexpected knock on the door stops her in her tracks. But when she sees the familiar face through the peephole, she immediately tries to run with her kids out the back door. Because Angela knows her visitor; she knows why they’re here; and she’ll never give up her children.

Franziska, una separazione sofferta alle spalle, guarda verso il mare. Sotto un cielo gonfio di pioggia nuota una ragazza dai lunghi capelli argentati, sembra una sirena. Anche Angiolina Maria la osserva dal suo terrazzo, e quando la vede scomparire tra le onde, avverte la polizia. Ma nessuno crede a una donna anziana che passa il tempo a battagliare con demoni e fantasmi. A Grado è appena arrivata Maddalena Degrassi, il nuovo commissario. Ha un amore perduto oltre confine e un superiore che non vede di buon occhio una donna a capo delle indagini.

Eine einzige Sekunde hat Susannes Leben für immer verändert. Ein Kind ist tot. Für die junge Frau ein Alptraum, der nie endet, eine Suche nach Sühne, die vergebens ist. Dann sterben zwei Menschen. Sie wurden ermordet. Auch in ihrer Vergangenheit gibt es ein düsteres Geheimnis, eine Schuld, die für immer bleibt. Kommissar Dühnfort verfolgt einen Täter, der auf grausame Weise für seine Vorstellung von Gerechtigkeit sorgt. Ein Rächer, der Gleiches mit Gleichem vergilt und keine Gnade kennt.

Zwölf vermisste Mädchen, ein grausamer Ritualmörder: Sayer Altairs härtester Fall. Mitten in Washington liegt die Leiche eines Mädchens. Die Tote sieht aus, als würde sie schlafen. Wären da nicht die Axt in ihrer Hand, die geschnitzten Affenfiguren um sie herum und eine blutige Botschaft. Alles deutet auf einen Ritualmord hin. FBI-Agentin Sayer Altair übernimmt den Fall. Als herauskommt, dass das Opfer zu einer Gruppe vermisster Jugendlicher gehört, ahnt die Agentin, dass der Täter bald wieder zuschlägt. Ein Wettlauf gegen den grausamsten Mörder, mit dem Sayer es je zu tun hatte, beginnt.

Auf einer Kriminalistentagung lernt Hauptkommissar Georg Stadler die französische Kollegin Isabelle Hernier kennen. Sie erzählt ihm von einem Wesen, halb Mensch, halb Wolf, das in den Wäldern um ihre kleine Gendarmerie im Juragebirge sein Unwesen treibt. Angeblich hat der Wolfsmann bereits eine junge Bagpackerin zerfleischt. Am nächsten Morgen ist Isabelle weg. Stadlers Neugier ist geweckt und er reist ihr hinterher.

Special Agent Jefferson Haines puts the "order" in law and order. Meal kits. Gray suits. Consistent reps at the gym. But all his routines are thrown into chaos when he's called in to catch a serial killer whose MO is the stuff of urban legend: the Smiley Face Killer. Dripping paint. Wicked slashes for eyes. The taunting curl of a smiling mouth. After years evading capture, the serial killer is back again. As Jefferson races to stop the next attack, the investigation leads to the one man he thought he'd never see again, Fred "Finny" Ashley.

Ex-detective Ray Flowers thinks that all he has to worry about is his overgrown honeysuckle until an unexpected phone call shatters his complacence. The drug supplier known as Angel Eyes is back on the streets. They called him Angel Eyes, after the insignia he left behind at every crime scene. A pair of innocent blue eyes on a shred of paper. Angel Eyes vanished without a trace. But the lives he destroyed are still in ruins.

Putting out fires is what Lieutenant Charlie McMahon does best. The streets of Chicago keep him busy and provide a respite from his family's chaos. But everything changes when his rescue squad is called to a house where female victims are found chained to a wall and burned alive. The terror becomes personal as the women are identified, leaving Charlie to reel over one, haunting question: What have I done?

Two girls. One chance. When Lizzie's car crashes with her two daughters inside, she faces a terrible choice. And when she recovers from her injuries, she has to deal with the impact of that tragedy as well as the police investigation into it. As Lizzie and her family struggle to come to terms with the events of that night, things take an even darker turn. Just what did happen on that remote country road? Who is responsible? And can the family get through this together...or will the truth finally tear them apart?

When a teenage girl is found brutally murdered, DS Amelie Davis struggles to keep her own trauma from clouding the investigation. After suffering years of abuse at the hands of her father, Amelie has only ever trusted one man—her husband, Edward. In the middle of the night, she receives a phone call from an unknown number. The voice at the other end asks: Do you think you know your husband?

She looked like she’d drifted off to sleep, curled up in her white dress, blonde hair floating in the breeze. They called it the Angel Murder. Eighteen-year-old Angelica Brock is found dead at a local beauty spot, dressed in a pure white nightgown, her white-blonde hair arranged around her. For years her death is a mystery, her killer the one who got away for a whole generation of police.

In North London, families are being slaughtered by a merciless serial killer, with only one female relative left alive each time. There are no clues, just the sinister text messages sent to each surviving victim. Ex-Detective Sergeant Terence Marsland is trying to forget his former life as a policeman and husband, when he's begged by the Family Killer's original victim to privately re-investigate the case.

DI Fred Fairservice has just returned from holiday when he’s confronted with several mysterious deaths; the mutilated dead body of a junkie, the apparent suicide of a housewife, and the murder of a cannibal...But the strangest element of the case is the connection to the deaths of several old men and women who are found with spiders placed in their mouths. Slowly it dawns on Fred that it’s all too familiar and echoes something strange and macabre that happened to him when he was a boy. It can’t be just a coincidence.

Reporter Veronica Lee investigates the story behind a ruthless human trafficking ring after a captive woman's desperate plea for help sets her on a dangerous quest to unmask a remorseless serial predator. After the missing woman's battered body is dumped in downtown Willow Bay, a federal marshal arrives with a terrifying warning for the small town's chief of police: a convicted murderer has resurfaced after decades on the run, and the fugitive has a disturbing connection to Veronica Lee's troubled family history.

Eigentlich sieht es wie ein ganz normaler Mordfall aus — eine Frau wird in ihrer Londoner Wohnung tot aufgefunden. Doch dann findet sich der Fetzen eines Röntgenbildes in der geballten Faust der Leiche. Detective Inspector Tom Thorne ermittelt und findet bald heraus, dass die Mutter des Opfers ebenfalls ermordet wurde. Deren Mord liegt allerdings bereits fünfzehn Jahre zurück. Sie war eines der Opfer des berüchtigten Serienkillers Raymond Garvey. Die Jagd nach Garvey war eine der größten in der Geschichte der Met und endete erst, nachdem sieben Frauen ihren Tod gefunden hatten.

Einen Toten erkennt Detective Inspector Tom Thorne sofort, und das Foto auf seinem Handy ist eindeutig das einer Leiche. Nur wer ist dieser Mann, und warum hat man Thorne dieses Bild zugeschickt? Weitere Todesnachrichten folgen, und die Spur führt zu einem erst kürzlich entlassenen Häftling. Dessen Familie wurde durch einen angeblichen Autounfall getötet. Doch daran glaubt er nicht – er will Rache. Und Thorne weiß, dass es keinen gefährlicheren Killer gibt, als einen, der nichts zu verlieren hat.

Un grupo de jóvenes se encuentra grabando una película mientras ponen a prueba una nueva tecnología de realidad aumentada que les facilita el trabajo de memorizar sus guiones, les permite ver cómo quedarán las escenas o que tal les sienta el vestuario antes de probárselo. La película se desarrolla en una casa encantada rodeada de rumores y leyendas. ¿Serán ciertas? ¿Lo que ven y experimentan es fruto de su imaginación? ¿O todo es culpa de la tecnología? Lo que parece evidente, tras la muerte de uno de ellos, es que no pueden fiarse de lo que ven sus ojos.

DSI Billie Wilde is on a mission to catch the killer responsible for a horrific showcase of murders, in order to prove that she’s still at the top of her game. But when hidden skeletons come out of dark corners, she is forced to confront her past and face the truth—that she is the ultimate target. As Billie grapples with her past, and learns she isn’t who she thought she was, she uncovers devastating childhood links to each of the victims. The past refuses to stay buried and Billie soon finds herself wondering if she knows who’s behind the brutal murders.

When Aria, a young girl with autism, goes missing, search and rescue expert Beckett Stolle ventures into the swamplands of Texas to track her down. When he finds the girl, she is alive, sitting next to a corpse painted in blood. Accusations fly, including suspicion that Aria was involved in the macabre murder. Beckett, however, fears this is the work of a notorious serial killer, turning his rescue mission into a hunt for a murderer.