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Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it’s personal. She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help—and now she must bring her home.

Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it’s personal. She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help—and now she must bring her home. But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did. Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding?

From Atlanta's wealthiest suburbs to its stark inner-city housing projects, a killer has crossed the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries, too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael's lover before she became his enemy.

März 1991. Nach einer Party kehrt die 19-jährige Julia nicht nach Hause zurück. Die eher halbherzig geführten Ermittlungen laufen ins Leere. Eine Leiche wird nie gefunden. Weder die Eltern noch die beiden Schwestern der Vermissten werden je mit dem Verlust fertig. Vierundzwanzig Jahre später erschüttert eine brutale Mordserie den amerikanischen Bundesstaat Georgia.

Will Trent es un brillante agente de la Oficina de Investigación del estado de Georgia. Ahora enamorado, comienza a cargar con un pasado difícil. De repente, una estudiante universitaria ha desaparecido y Will es, inexplicablemente separado del caso por su supervisora y mentora Amanda Wagner. Cuarenta años atrás, en el verano en el que Will nació, Amanda daba sus primeros pasos en el Departamento de Policía de Atlanta y uno de sus primeros casos fue la investigación de un crimen brutal en uno de los barrios más peligrosos de la ciudad.

Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father - Pikeville's notorious defence attorney - devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night. Twenty-eight years later, Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself - the archetypal good daughter.

Will Trent is undercover at Fort Knox. His assignment: to investigate a 22-year-old murder. His suspect's name: Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher is in Fort Knox on his own mission: to bring down a dangerous criminal ring operating at the heart of America’s military. Except now Will Trent is on the scene. But there’s a bigger conspiracy at play - one that neither the special agent nor the ex-military cop could have anticipated.

It takes a split second for your life to change forever. And for Andrea Oliver that split second is a mass shooting in her local mall. But this shocking act is only the start. Because then, as the bodies fall around them, Andy’s mother Laura takes a step forward into the line of fire. Hours later, Laura is in hospital, her face splashed over the newspapers. But the danger has only just begun. Now Andy must embark on a desperate race against time to uncover the secrets of her mother’s past before any more blood is shed....

The fantastic prequel to The Good Daughter, the stunning new stand-alone from the number one best-selling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series. Protecting someone always comes at a cost. At the age of 13, Charlie Quinn’s childhood came to an abrupt and devastating end. Two men, with a grudge against her lawyer father, broke into her home - and after that shocking night, Charlie's world was never the same. Now a lawyer herself, Charlie has made it her mission to defend those with no one else to turn to.

UNA FAMIGLIA TOSSICA. OTTO OSPITI SOSPETTI. UN SOLO ASSASSINO. TUTTI SONO COLPEVOLI... MA CHI HA UCCISO MERCY MCALPINE? Qui tutti mentono, ma solo uno tra noi è anche un assassino. Benvenuti al McAlpine Family Lodge: una vacanza in questo lussuoso resort in alta montagna, nel cuore dei Monti Appalachi, sembra l’ideale per trascorrere un po’ di tempo lontano dalla frenesia della vita moderna e ritrovare se stessi. Se non fosse che qui tutti mentono. Mentono sul proprio passato. Alla loro famiglia. A se stessi.

Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her. Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who's been brutally attacked. But as the investigation progresses, led by GBI Special Agent Will Trent, it becomes clear that Dani Cooper's assault is uncannily linked to Sara's.

When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It’s a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon, former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton – home for Thanksgiving after a long absence – finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case.

Gerichtsmedizinerin Sara Linton und ihr Ex-Mann Jeffrey Tolliver werden zu einem neuen Einsatz gerufen. Ein Student hat Selbstmord begangen – so scheint es zunächst. Doch während Sara und Jeffrey die Leiche in Augenschein nehmen, geschieht ganz in der Nähe ein grausames Verbrechen. Saras hochschwangere Schwester wird mit einem Messer attackiert und ringt um ihr Leben. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass beide Taten zusammenhängen, und als sich ein weiterer Todesfall ereignet, nimmt ein dramatischer Showdown seinen Lauf.

John Shelley se réveille après une soirée d'étudiants mouvementée à côté de sa petite amie - morte, la langue tranchée... Il va vivre l'enfer de la prison pour un crime dont il n'a aucun souvenir. Le détective Michael Ormewood, en patrouille dans les bas-fonds d'Atlanta, découvre le cadavre d'une jeune prostituée sauvagement assassinée, la langue arrachée d'un coup de dents. On lui impose de travailler avec... Will Trent, agent qui cache comme il le peut sa dyslexie. Les trajectoires de Shelley et Ormewood vont se croiser, au paroxysme de la violence.

Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead. Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that’s about to change.

Es sollte ein unbeschwertes Date auf der gut besuchten Rollschuhbahn werden. Doch für Sara Linton und Polizeichef Jeffrey Tolliver überschlagen sich die Ereignisse, als plötzlich die 13-jährige Jenny mit einer Waffe in der Menge auftaucht. Sie droht damit, den Teenager Mark zu erschießen. Obwohl Jeffrey alles tut, um die Situation zu entschärfen, kommt es zur Eskalation: Jeffrey muss Jenny töten, um Mark zu retten. Und der Albtraum hat noch kein Ende gefunden.

Atlanta, Georgia: Eine junge Frau wird brutal attackiert und sterbend zurückgelassen. Alle Spuren verlaufen im Sande, bis Will Trent den Fall übernimmt. Die Ermittlungen führen ihn ins Staatsgefängnis. Ein Insasse behauptet, wichtige Informationen geben zu können. Der Angriff gleicht genau der Tat, für die er vor acht Jahren verurteilt worden ist. Bis heute beteuert er seine Unschuld.

In the first of the four cases in Trouble is My Business, Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses and cops and he's taken pity on the girl. There's nothing like making trouble out of your business.

El inspector Will Trent recibe una información inquietante mientras indaga sobre la muerte de un preso: uno de los reclusos asegura ser inocente de la despiadada agresión de la que fue acusado hace años. Afirma que unos policías corruptos, encabezados por Jeffrey Tolliver, le tendieron una trampa para inculparlo y que el verdadero responsable, un asesino que lleva años sistemáticamente atacando a mujeres en el estado de Georgia, sigue libre.

Will Trent is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent whose latest case has him posing as Bill Black, a scary ex-con who rides a motorcycle around Macon, Georgia, and trails an air of violence wherever he goes. The cover has worked and he has caught the eye of a wiry little drug dealer who thinks he might be a useful ally. But undercover and cut off from the support of the woman he loves, Sara Linton, Will finds his demons catching up with him.