Psychological Police Suspense

Der neue Thriller von Bestsellerautor Michael Robotham. Der jungen Londoner Polizistin Philomena "Phil" McCarthy steht eine vielversprechende Karriere bevor. Bis sie zu einem Fall häuslicher Gewalt gerufen wird. Der Täter ist ein hochdekorierter Detective, und Phils Versuch, seine junge Geliebte Tempe vor ihm zu schützen, enden damit, dass sie vom Dienst suspendiert wird. Zumindest Tempe dankt Phil ihren Einsatz: Die beiden Frauen werden enge Freundinnen, bald sind sie unzertrennlich.

Some scars hide dark secrets. Who are you? Hamburg criminal psychologist Dr. Evelin Wolf ponders, as she examines the mentally disturbed homeless man with the conspicuous scar on his face. The extremely aggressive man with no memory and no identity is said to have committed a brutal murder. But Evelin and Assistant District Attorney Alex Gutenberg doubt his guilt and suspect that there is much more to the supposedly crystal-clear case. Shortly afterwards, Hamburg is shaken by a series of murders that are unsurpassed in their cruelty and sadism.

Diese Flamme spendet kein Licht. Sie bringt den Tod. Die Tote ist in einem Ring aus Kerzen aufgebahrt und in ihrer Wohnung finden sich merkwürdige Zeichen. Haben es die Ermittler mit einem Ritualmord zu tun? Es gibt Parallelen zu einem ungeklärten Fall in Stockholm, bei dem ein Verdächtiger untergetaucht und eine Zeugin verschwunden ist. Während das Team um die Kriminalinspektorin Alva Claesson um Aufklärung ringt, geschehen weitere Morde nach einem ähnlichen Muster.

A shadowy figure stalks the streets of Copenhagen, preying on unsuspecting single women. Each victim becomes another macabre addition to the murderer's twisted collection, sending shockwaves of terror through the Danish capital. Enter Cecilie Mars, the maverick detective newly thrust into the spotlight as head of the city's homicide division. Tasked with bringing this fiend to justice, she faces not only the relentless pressure of a fearful public but also insidious opposition from inside the ranks of the police force.

Some deserve to live. Others deserve to die. A lunar eclipse hovers above Hamburg and bathes houses and streets in an unearthly light. In the exclusive district of Blankenese, four men are brutally murdered in the basement of a villa. Only the granddaughter of the owner survives the bloody massacre. Severely traumatized and completely listless, she is found sitting in the middle of the corpses. She cannot remember anything. Assistant District Attorney Alex Gutenberg, who has to struggle with a number of personal issues himself, asks the criminal psychologist Dr. Evelin Wolf for support.

A couple is found murdered in a suburban neighborhood, and all clues lead to dead ends. When Stella investigates, the neighborhood and its inhabitants seem peaceful, charming, and perfect—too perfect. As FBI Special Agent Stella Fall tries to enter the dark canals of the killer’s mind, she realizes that this case may just have a link to something that happened in the past—the far past. Or with another life on the line, is that just another dead end? With few leads and a ticking clock, Stella must put her brilliant mind to test to solve this seemingly impenetrable case.

To all appearances, the victim hit all the checkmarks of a successful life, working for an exclusive finance firm, a member of an exclusive yacht club, having the perfect house in suburbia, a wife, two kids, and a picket fence. But as FBI Special Agent Stella Fall goes deeper down the rabbit hole of evidence, she soon realizes he wasn’t as much of a good guy as he pretended to be. What was he really up to on Dad’s Night Out? On Dad’s weekends away? At his firm?

The body of an elderly woman has been found in the bowels of a derelict asylum on the banks of the Thames. As Detective Lew Kirby and his partner begin their investigation, another body is discovered in the river nearby. How are the two murders connected? Before long, the secrets of Blackwater Asylum begin to reveal themselves. There are rumours about underground bunkers and secret rooms, unspeakable psychological experimentation, and a dark force that haunts the ruins, trying to pull back in all those who attempt to escape.

Кого может оставить равнодушным вальс Евгения Доги, написанный к фильму "Мой ласковый и нежный зверь"? Фильму, снятому по мотивам повести Антона Чехова Драма на охоте. Драма на охоте – одна из ранних работ Чехова, написанная в редком для писателя жанре детектива. Однако, несмотря на детективную форму, на первом плане в повести психологизм и душевные переживания героев. Драма на охоте – это история юной красавицы Оленьки Скворцовой, ее жизни, любви и смерти. В сборник также вошла повесть "Дуэль".

Three years ago, Kate Doyle escaped a serial killer who died at the hands of her rescuers. FBI consultant and psychologist Ryan Strickland helped Kate rebuild her life, and the case was closed on the Rose Reaper’s seven victims—the six who were killed and Kate, the one who got away. Today, Kate has a good man in her life, a secure job, and hope. But her dreams for the future become a nightmare when a copycat killer starts hunting. One by one, with each new body, comes a gift for Kate: a single red rose. And then the warning: See you soon.

When a boy leaps to his death from a bridge in the northern town of Umeå, Sweden, police discover drugs scattered in the snow near his body. The town has seen a dramatic increase in narcotic use among its youth, but nobody knows where the pills are coming from.

After a night of a scary movie marathon, a cold thick fog rolls over Sherwood, bringing with it the promise of fall. And when FBI Agent Emma Griffin wakes up the next morning, she can't help but shake the feeling that something is off.

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.

A city united in grief. A journalist ready to kill to keep his secrets. A copper capable of darker deeds than murderers. An unworldly detective fighting to save an innocent man. Newly appointed DS McAvoy is an outsider to his new force and must confront his darkest fears, while hunting a killer that nobody else believes in. In a landscape at once tender and brutal, McAvoy must tread the path between the darkness and the light, before facing an enemy who will brand him for life.

Eighteen-year-old Jenny Moore is looking forward to a fresh start at college. There’s just one problem: the people in her life won’t let her go. When Jenny is viciously stabbed and left for dead, it’s her mother who finds Jenny’s body underneath the pines outside their home in the upscale town of Lewisboro, New York. State police investigator Susan Adler and her consultant partner Liam Dwyer are called to investigate the crime scene, but they sense something’s off right away. The clues contradict the story Jenny’s parents keep telling.

On the eve of their thirtieth birthday, twins Jasmine and Nicolas Moretti celebrate late into the night. But when Nicolas wakes several hazy hours later, Jasmine is dead—and he is covered in her blood. Panicking, he takes the murder weapon and runs into the cold Stockholm night. For the police, it’s an open-and-shut case. Nicolas is guilty. And given that he remembers so little of what happened that night, even he isn’t convinced of his innocence.

Twenty-five-year-old Linda Donovan has spent her life working for her father, Anthony, at Donovan and Daughter Exterminators in New York City. On the anniversary of her mother’s death, her father makes his annual visit to his late wife’s grave while Linda heads to a Park Avenue apartment building to work solo. When she arrives, she finds the body of an elderly resident, partially eaten by rats. The gruesome death not only speaks poorly of the Donovans’ exterminating services, it also points to foul play.

An einem regnerischen Junitag muss Angelina Maria mit ansehen, wie eine junge Frau im Meer ertrinkt. Aber niemand schenkt ihr Glauben. Als jedoch eine weitere Frau verschwindet, muss Kommissarin Degrassi erkennen, dass ein Mord stattgefunden hat - und die beschauliche Ruhe in Grado weicht einer bedrohlichen Atmosphäre der Angst. Dunkle Wolken an der Adriaküste: ein intensiver Psychothriller.

Vier Städte, vier grauenvoll zugerichtete Leichen - an verschiedenen Flughäfen Deutschlands werden innerhalb kurzer Zeit mehrere Männer ermordet. Die Spuren deuten auf einen Serientäter hin, doch zwischen den Opfern gibt es keine Gemeinsamkeiten. Die Ermittler beim LKA sind fassungslos, als sie schließlich herausfinden, dass die DNA-Spuren von einer Frau stammen! Das LKA bittet den knorrigen Profiler Falk Hagedorn, ein Psychogramm der Mörderin zu erstellen.

Du hast alles, wovon andere träumen. Ein Leben, für das jemand sogar töten würde. Und zwar jeden, der dir nahe steht. Jeden, den du liebst. Helsinki: Eine Frau stürzt aus dem achten Stock eines Wohnblocks. Für Hauptkommissarin Leena Inola sieht alles nach Selbstmord aus, doch dann wollen Zeugen gesehen haben, dass die Frau nicht alleine war, als sie gesprungen ist.