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When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation. The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet when Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect the dots between the murder and the killings of three prostitutes, all found strangled, hands bound, and dumped in water around London.

Kate Marshall was a promising young police detective when she caught the notorious Nine Elms serial killer. But her greatest victory suddenly turned into a nightmare. Traumatized, betrayed, and publicly vilified for the shocking circumstances surrounding the cannibal murder case, Kate could only watch as her career ended in scandal. Fifteen years after those catastrophic events, Kate is still haunted by the unquiet ghosts of her troubled past. Now a lecturer at a small coastal English university, she finally has a chance to face them.

When Detective Erika Foster finds politician Neville Lomas naked, hog-tied, and dead in his own bed, skittish higher-ups at the Met quickly rule the death from natural causes. Case closed...until two months later when a well-known casting director and a star footballer are found murdered and tied with the same knots. The Met can no longer ignore what’s staring them in the face: there’s a serial killer loose in London, and they’re out to settle a score. As Erika and her team investigate, things take a strange turn as CCTV footage turns up five female suspects...and they’re all identical.

When schoolgirl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective Kate Marshall has been approached by a true crime podcast producer with an intriguing question they need her help answering: What if Janey was killed by Peter Conway, the notorious Nine Elms Cannibal? The contract would be the most lucrative of Kate’s career, but it comes with a price of its own, dredging up a sordid, complicated past that she would sooner forget . . .

Detective Erika Foster is on a late-night walk near her new house in Blackheath when she stumbles upon the brutal murder of Vicky Clarke, a true-crime podcaster. Erika is assigned to the case and discovers that Vicky had been working on a new podcast episode about a sexual predator who preys on young female students around South London, staking out his victims in their halls of residence before breaking in at the dead of night.

When Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major narcotics case was stashed in a disused quarry on the outskirts of London, she orders for it to be searched. From the thick sludge the drugs are recovered, but so is the skeleton of a young child. The remains are quickly identified as seven-year-old Jessica Collins. The missing girl who made headline news 26 years ago.

In the dead of a swelteringly hot summer's night, Detective Erika Foster is called to a murder scene. The victim, a doctor, is found suffocated in bed. His wrists are bound and his eyes bulging through a clear plastic bag tied tight over his head. A few days later, another victim is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. As Erika and her team start digging deeper, they discover a calculated serial killer - stalking their victims before choosing the right moment to strike.

On a cold icy morning, a mother wakes to find her daughter’s blood-soaked body frozen to the road. Who would carry out such a horrific killing on the victim’s doorstep? Straight off her last harrowing case, Detective Erika Foster is feeling fragile but determined to lead the investigation. As she sets to work, she finds reports of assaults in the same quiet South London suburb where the woman was killed. One chilling detail links them to the murder victim - they were all attacked by a figure in black wearing a gas mask.

When a battered suitcase containing the dismembered body of a young man washes up on the shore of the river Thames, Detective Erika Foster is shocked. She's worked on some terrifying cases but never seen anything like this before. As Erika and her team set to work, she makes the link with another victim - the body of a young woman dumped in an identical suitcase two weeks ago. Erika quickly realizes she's on the trail of a serial killer who's already made their next move.

He's your perfect date. You're his next victim. When the tortured body of a young woman is found in a dumpster, her eyes swollen shut and her clothes soaked with blood, detective Erika Foster is one of the first at the crime scene. The trouble is, this time it's not her case.

When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into a riptide current in the sea, the near-death experience leaves her shaken. During her recovery, she befriends Jean, an elderly lady on the same ward. Jean tells the harrowing story of how her three-year-old grandson, Charlie, went missing 10 years ago during a camping trip on Dartmoor.

When Maggie’s husband, Will, is shot dead in their London home, she thinks he is the victim of a burglary until the police tell her the shocking news that Will was the one who pulled the trigger. Maggie is consumed with grief and questions. Will wasn’t suicidal. He had so much to live for.

Robert Bryndza heeft deze novelle speciaal voor de kerstdagen geschreven, waarmee hij Coco Pinchard terug in de tijd laat gaan. Zodra we de voordeur door stapten, kreeg ik het benauwd. De centrale verwarming stond op de hoogste stand, er hing een sterke geur van meubelpoets en alles had een doffe glans. Mam leek klaar om de strijd met Kerstmis aan te gaan, gekleed in een dure, rode nylon blouse met enorme schoudervullingen, een strakke zwarte kokerrok en gevaarlijk hoge zwarte stiletto's aan haar voeten.

Wanneer rechercheur Erika Foster een politicus naakt, vastgebonden en dood in zijn bed aantreft, sturen de leidinggevenden van de Metropolitan Police aan op een natuurlijke dood. Zaak gesloten. Totdat er een beroemde casting director en een stervoetballer vermoord worden aangetroffen, vastgebonden met dezelfde soort knopen. Terwijl Erika en haar team de zaak onderzoeken, duiken er camerabeelden op van vijf identieke vrouwelijke verdachten. Terwijl het een kwestie van tijd lijkt totdat de moordenaar opnieuw ­toeslaat, is het aan Erika om het web van bewijsmateriaal te ontwarren.

Sanningen döljer sig i mörkret. Privatdetektiven Kate Marshall förs i ilfart till sjukhus efter att ha dragits ut till havs av en kraftig ström och denna nära döden-upplevelse påverkar henne starkt. Medan hon återhämtar sig lär hon känna Jean, en äldre kvinna på samma avdelning. Jean berättar den fruktansvärda historien om hur hennes treåriga barnbarn Charlie försvann elva år tidigare under en tältsemester på Dartmoor.

Deel 1 in de Coco Pinchard-serie van multitalent Bryndza. Ha Chris, heb je een goede kerst gehad? Ik niet. Ik kreeg de volgende cadeaus: Marlboro Lights. Ik weet niet wat treuriger is: dat mijn zoon sigaretten als mijn kerstcadeau heeft gekocht, of dat ik ze op mijn verlanglijstje had gezet. Corrigerend ondergoed. Drie paar dikke zwarte kousen en een fles antimuggenspray, aan elkaar getapet. 'Voor je spataderen,' fluisterde Meryl. Ik neem maar aan dat ze de kousen bedoelde. Een iPhone, waarover later meer. Coco Pinchard is net veertig geworden en ze voelt zich fantastisch.

Cuando una maleta estropeada que contiene el cuerpo desmembrado de un joven es hallada a orillas del río Támesis, la detective Erika Foster queda sorprendida. Pero no es la primera vez que ve un asesinato tan brutal. Dos semanas antes, se encontró el cuerpo de una joven en una maleta idéntica. ¿Qué conexión puede haber entre las dos víctimas? Cuando Erika Foster y su equipo se ponen a trabajar, rápidamente se dan cuenta de que están tras la pista de un asesino en serie que ya ha dado su siguiente paso.

Il corpo di una donna viene ritrovato in un cassonetto, con gli occhi spalancati e i vestiti ricoperti di sangue, e la detective Erika Foster è tra i primi a giungere sulla scena del crimine. Il problema è che questa volta il caso non è suo. Mentre tenta di assicurarsi un posto nella squadra investigativa, Erika non può fare a meno di notare che le caratteristiche del ritrovamento ricordano un omicidio irrisolto avvenuto quattro mesi prima. Il cadavere di un'altra donna, abbandonato in un luogo analogo, presentava una ferita identica: un'incisione fatale sull'arteria femorale.

För att begå det perfekta mordet behöver man den perfekta täckmanteln. En kall morgon vaknar en mor och hittar sin dotters bloddränkta kropp fastfrusen på marken. Vem skulle mörda så brutalt vid dörren till offrets hem? Kriminalkommissarie Erika Foster har nyss avslutat ett upprörande fall och känner sig sårbar, men är fast besluten att leda utredningen. När hon inleder arbetet hittar hon rapporter om överfall i just den stillsamma förort i södra London där kvinnan dödades.

Le indagini del detective Erika Foster. Il corpo congelato. Occhi spalancati e labbra socchiuse. Come se fosse morta mentre era sul punto di parlare... Quando un ragazzo scopre il cadavere di una donna sotto una spessa lastra di ghiaccio in un parco di Londra, la detective Erika Foster viene subito incaricata dell'indagine sull'omicidio. La vittima, giovane, ricca e molto conosciuta negli ambienti della Londra bene, sembrava condurre una vita perfetta.