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LE NOUVEAU COLD CASE DE FRANKIE ELKIN, L’ÉPATANTE HÉROÏNE DE LISA GARDNER. Timothy O’Day était un pro de la randonnée en forêt. Pourtant, il y a disparu sans laisser de traces lors de son week-end d’enterrement de vie de garçon, laissant derrière lui deux parents inconsolables, une fiancée désespérée et quatre garçons d’honneur rongés par la culpabilité. Frankie Elkin ne connaît rien à la forêt. Elle a en revanche un flair unique pour retrouver les disparus.

Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they’ve committed to her audience. She can’t guarantee the police won’t come after her “guests,” but her show grants simultaneous anonymity and instant fame—a potent combination that’s proven difficult to resist. After an episode recording, Poe usually erases both criminal and crime from her mind. But when a strange and oddly familiar man appears on her show, Poe is forced to take a second look.

Bree knew that life married to a beat cop would be tough, especially in the crime-infested city of East Bernheim, but she believes they will be fine living in the Burner even after she has their first child. Family life is manageable until one day crime follows them home, threatening their safety. At a loss of how to keep his family safe and keep his job, Jake agrees to stretch their finances and move an hour away, to a bigger house in a somewhat better neighborhood.

نشرتُ هذه المقالات في أماكن متفرقة، وإن كان معظمها في جريدة الدستور قبل اغتيالها، وفي موقع (بص وطل) على شبكة الإنترنت، يمكنك أن تجد كل حرف كتبته على شبكة الإنترنت، لكنني في النهاية ابن الكتاب وربيبه، ولا أؤمن أنني كتبت شيئًا ما لم أمسك به مطبوعًا على ورق جميل.. تضع خطًا أو تثني صفحة أو تسكب كوب الشاي على الصفحة. هذا هو اختراع الخواجة (جوتنبرج) في كامل عنفوانه ومجده

FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on the human side of investigations, a blindness that sometimes even includes people in his own life, like his beloved seven-year-old daughter Camila. Gardner and his squad of brilliant yet quirky agents make up the Patterns and Recognition (PAR) unit, the FBI’s hidden edge, brought in for cases that no one else can solve. When DNA links a murder victim to a serial killer long presumed dead, the team springs into action.

"The man was hanging stiffly by a slip noose, his shirt ripped to shreds, with a thick stick piercing his belly." Police constable Maria Wern and her colleagues are stunned by the bestiality they encounter. A similar murder occurred in Uppsala nine years earlier. The killer had apparently died in a car fire. Could there be a connection after all? Thanks to Maria's persistence, the image of a murderer begins to coalesce—a human being betrayed and degraded to the point where reality gives way to insanity.

Was ist gut? Was ist böse? Diese skurrile, von schwarzem Humor angehauchte Komödie stellt so manche vermeintliche Gewissheit auf den Kopf. Zwei ältere Schwestern, Judy und Titty, leben mit ihrem Mops Filippo in einer etwas heruntergekommenen toskanischen Landvilla. Judy, die etwas Jüngere von beiden, war bereits in ihrer Jugend nach Italien ausgewandert, um dort als Wedding Planner zu arbeiten; ihre kettenrauchende Schwester Titty heiratete indes einen Engländer und zog erst nach dessen Tod in die Villa.

Indiana Sebring's life takes a sinister turn when her ex-fiancé, Jacob Ballentine, emerges as the prime suspect in a series of violent crimes. As the chilling truth unravels, Indiana grapples with the shocking revelation, and her existence becomes a twisted puzzle of past love and present danger. Local news reporter Stella Foxworth, hungry for her breakthrough moment, uncovers a connection to the killer that hits uncomfortably close to home. Stella's relentless pursuit of the truth propels her down a dangerous path, each step bringing her face-to-face with the darkness lurking in the shadows.

When a string of high-profile deaths shocks the city, all linked by the use of rare and toxic plants, botanist Dr. Lily Evans is thrust into the heart of a chilling investigation. Known for her expertise in botanical toxins, Lily is called upon by the police to uncover the mystery behind the murders. But as she delves deeper into the case, Lily discovers a disturbing connection to her late husband’s groundbreaking—and secretive—research into rare plants.

In Clubs and Cartels, Jake “Brick” Donnelly, a hardened nightclub bouncer and former bare-knuckle fighter, finds himself thrust into a violent underworld he’s long tried to avoid. Haunted by his brutal past and spiraling into cocaine addiction to numb his demons, Jake's life unravels as he becomes entangled with Tony Farah, a notorious local crime kingpin controlling the city’s underbelly.

A family torn. A serial killer at large. A lone man forced to relive a horrible past, and for what end? This psychological-thriller will keep you guessing.

It's scary how much life can change in an instant. One minute I'm preparing for a new school year in my San Diego town, and the next I'm being ripped from my childhood home. Making the cut from my father's death two years ago that much deeper. Not only am I being forced to leave a place that reminds me so much of him, but I'm being forced to move hundreds of miles across the country to a city I've only learned about through Mom and social media.

In this gripping adventure, Laura, a young woman trapped in a recurring year-long cycle (a little like Groundhog Day), meets an older woman living an isolated, hippyish lifestyle on the edge of a field near Stonehenge, England. As their relationship deepens, Margaret, reveals that her husband died in mysterious circumstances years ago. Laura realises that because of the lack of closure, Margaret is still grieving for him. A few years after his death, Margaret's money and savings were stolen, and the culprit disappeared to South Africa.

When a young woman’s body is found at a cave entrance by the pretty fishing village of Robin Hood’s Bay, DCI Tom Raven is called to investigate. A trail of footprints leads from the body on the shore to the nearby youth hostel. But the killer’s identity is far from clear as the picturesque façade of Robin Hood’s Bay conceals more than it reveals.

A fast paced novella about a woman with a dark past who enters a nunnery to escape the demons that haunt her. She was involved in an unsolved murder and wants to put it all behind her. She becomes obsessed by a disturbing thought and vows to silence the one man who can send her to Hell.

When a popular mystery novelist dies suspiciously, his writing partner must untangle the author’s connection to a serial killer in award-winning John Copenhaver’s new novel set in 1950s McCarthy-era Washington, DC.

After years of working the streets of Miami, veteran detective Jon Marzett craves a quieter life. Taking a job as sheriff in the sleepy town of Big Pine Key seems like the perfect place to wind down his career. But the town harbors dark secrets, and corruption festers deep below the surface of what seems like paradise. Jon soon finds himself thrust into a battle against a powerful cartel determined to maintain its grip on his new hometown.

¿Existe algo peor que asesinar? Una nueva ola de crímenes asola Barcelona, pero esta vez las víctimas no aparecen muertas, sino algo mucho peor: alguien los ha convertido en muertos vivientes. El criminal más retorcido de la ciudad va más allá de matar a sus víctimas: les deja en un estado vegetativo. Estas apariciones encienden una alarma de la policía. Prácticas quirúrgicas de otros tiempos despiertan problemas olvidados. Entretanto, la farmacéutica más famosa de Barcelona se verá involucrada en un caso ajeno. Todas las víctimas llevan un mensaje del verdugo: una palabra, una venganza.

Desapareció sin previo aviso. Desapareció sin dejar rastro. Para millones de londinenses, la mañana del 16 de diciembre es como cualquier otra. Pero no para Sam Wren. Una hora después de salir de casa, se sube a un vagón del metro y desaparece. No hay testigos, y en las cámaras de seguridad no hay rastro de él. Seis meses después, sin opciones y desesperada por encontrar respuestas, la mujer de Sam, Julia, contrata a David Raker para localizarlo. Raker ha hecho de la búsqueda de personas desaparecidas su profesión. Entiende cómo piensan y sabe que todos tienen algo que ocultar.

Gerade ist der junge Kilian Passlick vor Gericht wegen Drogenbesitzes freigesprochen worden, da entdeckt Journalistin Charlotte Schrader die Leiche seines Entlastungszeugen in einem entlegenen Hamburger Teich. Ein Unfall? Oder hat jemand beim Ertrinken nachgeholfen? Der Mann wollte ihr vor seinem Tod etwas Wichtiges anvertrauen und sollte als Mitglied in einem Ruderclub eigentlich bestens mit dem nassen Element vertraut sein. Charlotte beginnt zu ermitteln und wird dabei nicht nur von Kilian unterstützt, sondern auch von dessen attraktiven Patenonkel Niklas Ahrens.