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Quando Jaclyn Blackstone varca la soglia del suo studio, Eldon Chance non può immaginare che quella che all'apparenza è solo l'ennesima paziente affetta da amnesie possa rappresentare il più grave pericolo che abbia mai corso. Il dottor Chance è un rinomato neuropsichiatra di San Francisco nel bel mezzo di un divorzio difficile, alle prese con i problemi di una figlia adolescente piuttosto complicata, con l'invidia dei colleghi e con grane finanziarie che non gli danno tregua.

Master of suspense, James Patterson, takes us into a terrifying underworld with this second thriller in his dazzling Women's Murder Club series. When a little girl is shot on the steps of a San Francisco church, Detective Lindsay Boxer knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club. Working with reporter Cindy Thomas, assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay tracks a mystifying killer who soon turns his pursuers into his victims.

Desperate to rekindle the spark in her failing marriage, Amelia surprises her husband, Garret, with a secluded mountain getaway for their seventh anniversary.

Gertie hasn't seen her siblings since she was a toddler. Now, she's back at the family home she barely remembers, summoned there to witness the reading of her father's will. Shockingly, Gertie stands to inherit a substantial portion of the family business and her father's prized Palm Springs home. And no one is more surprised—and angry—about Gertie's inclusion in the will than her sisters and brothers.

High-powered Atlanta Attorney Sydney Jones never backs down from a case. So when her bodyguard and boyfriend is accused of murder, she’s determined to fight for him in court. Instead, the charges are suddenly dismissed, and he vanishes without a trace. Suspecting CIA involvement, Sydney takes on a lawsuit with Chinese Black Society ties and finds a startling connection to her missing man. But as she digs deeper, she discovers that someone may kill to keep the secret.

When eight-year-old Vinni Stewart disappears from a Jersey shore town, Maddy, her distraught single mother, begins a desperate search for her daughter. Maddy’s five-year journey leads her to a bakery in Brooklyn, where she stumbles upon something terrifying. Detective John D’Orfini sees more than a kidnapping in the plot-thickening twists of chance surrounding Vinni’s disappearance, but his warnings to stay away from the investigation do not deter Maddy, even when her search puts her in danger.

It started with a child's letter. Psychologist Karen Wiley thought she understood moral dilemma. Now, somewhere out there, an anonymous child has begun to cry for her help. The letters keep coming...and then something far, far worse. Until the terror in the Trueblood trailer, police chief Ella McCullers believed she knew crises of faith.

Dani hasn't had an easy life. She's made some bad choices, and now she's paying the ultimate price: prison. With her young daughter, Bethany, growing up in foster care, Dani is determined to be free and reunited with her. There's only one problem: Dani can't stay out of trouble. Dani's new cellmate, Martha, is quiet and unassuming. There's something about her that doesn't add up. When Martha offers Dani one last chance at freedom, she doesn't hesitate.

In UNA NUOVA CHANCE (Un Mistero di Mackenzie White - Libro 2), l'agente dell'FBI in addestramento, Mackenzie White, lotta per lasciare il segno all'Accademia FBI di Quantico, dopo il suo trasferimento dal Nebraska, cercando di affermarsi come donna. Con la speranza di avere la stoffa per diventare un'agente dell'FBI e di lasciarsi definitivamente alle spalle la vita nel Midwest, Mackenzie desidera soltanto fare una buona impressione ai suoi superiori tenendo un profilo basso. Ma tutto cambia quando il cadavere di una donna è rinvenuto in una discarica.

'Als die erste Kugel in meine Brust einschlug, dachte ich an meine Tochter.'
Als Marc Seidman wieder zu Bewusstsein kommt, liegt er auf der Intensivstation, seine Frau ist tot, und von seiner sechs Monate alten Tochter Tara fehlt jede Spur. Doch Tara lebt: Eine Lösegeldforderung trifft ein, die Marc neue Hoffnung gibt. Die Entführer geben Marc allerdings nur eine Chance, seine Tochter wieder zu sehen. Doch die Lösegeldübergabe geht schief...

Als die erste Kugel in meine Brust einschlug, dachte ich an meine Tochter.Als Marc Seidman wieder zu Bewusstsein kommt, liegt er auf der Intensivstation, seine Frau ist tot, und von seiner sechs Monate alten Tochter Tara fehlt jede Spur. Doch Tara lebt...

Magic only has to be right once. Or twice. One time might have been a coincidence. Lucky. But the second time was undeniable. Something magical is happening to Charlie Holiday and he doesn't have the foggiest idea what to do about it. Has he been called to save the world? Maybe they got the wrong guy?