Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Thriller & Suspense

Lazzaro Santandrea, detective in una Milano allucinata di fine anni Ottanta, sotto lo pseudonimo di Dottor Totem, specialista in tabù, riceve nel suo studio una varia umanità che lo crede cartomante, sessuologo, pranoterapeuta. In realtà lui, picaresco e freudiano quasi trentenne, attende la propria nemesi. Gli si presenta sotto forma di due ottantenni insospettabili, i quali rivelano che la loro bambina, Branka, già vincitrice di un premio di bontà, è diventata "un mostro" che avvelena i piccioni in Piazza del Duomo.

Joanna a disparu sans laisser de traces lors d'un voyage au Japon. Son meilleur ami, Alex, part à sa recherche et tombe par hasard sur Jade, sa jumelle qui est venue au pays du Soleil Levant pour la même raison que lui. En se lançant dans cette quête ensemble, ils sont loin d'imaginer tomber au milieu d'une lutte ancestrale entre nature et progrès... Une guerre opposant les Sentinelles de Sarutahiko aux Bushi d'Amaterasu. Quel est le rôle de Joanna dans ce conflit?

L’ultimo dell’anno, 1999. Quattro ragazzi lavorano fino a tardi nell’unico videonoleggio in una paesino del New Jersey. Mentre il resto d’America aspetta l’arrivo del nuovo millennio, i quattro ragazzi vengono aggrediti. Solo una ragazza rimane in vita; scioccata dall’accaduto, non riesce a ricordare il volto dell’aggressore. La polizia individua un possibile colpevole, il ragazzo di una delle vittime, che però riesce in qualche modo a scappare e a far perdere le sue tracce.

Süchtig machendes Familiendrama im Thrillerformat! Als die Freundinnen Marlis und Nora mit ihren Partnern aus dem lauten Berlin ins beschauliche Brandenburger Land ziehen, erfüllt sich für die beiden ein Traum. Auf ihrem neu gestalteten Hof tauchen sie in die Natur ein. Doch eines Tages wird die ländliche Idylle gestört: Marlies' Tochter aus erster Ehe taucht auf und fortan herrschen Eifersucht und Misstrauen. Ein Mord in unmittelbarer Nähe stürzt die Freundinnen ins Chaos.

Dexter Morgans Ruf ist makellos: als forensischer Spezialist hilft er der Polizei bei der Aufklärung rätselhafter Fälle und ist mit seiner charmanten Art und seinem attraktiven Äußeren allseits beliebt. Wäre da nicht sein kleines Geheimnis: als weltweit einziger Serienmörder mit dem Herz am richtigen Fleck, bringt Dexter nachts die Verbrecher zur Strecke, die tagsüber vom Gesetz nicht gefasst werden konnten. Dieses befriedigende Doppelleben wird durch eine Mordserie urplötzlich erschüttert, denn die Taten des Serienmörders sehen Dexters eigenen Taten zum Verwechseln ähnlich.

Das Leben des weltweit einzigen moralischen Serienmörders ist auf einmal deutlich komplizierter: Sergeant Doakes scheint ihm gegenüber misstrauisch geworden zu sein und so sieht Dexter sich gezwungen, auf der Couch seiner Freundin Rita den harmlosen Rechtsmediziner zu spielen, der außer Bier und BBQ definitiv keine dunklen Pläne schmiedet. Doch dann treibt ein neuer Serienmörder sein Unwesen in Miami und es wird zunehmend schwerer, Dexters blutrünstigen Gerechtigkeitssinn unter Kontrolle zu halten.

Illgärning och samvete föder skam och lögn. Ofta blir ånger och osanning nästa gärnings föräldrar... När Julia lämnas av sin man befinner hon sig i kölvattnet efter en svår depression, fylld av panikattacker och återkommande drömmar. Hon är dock fast besluten att komma på fötter så att sonen ska få bo hos henne igen. Julia bestämmer sig för att ta ett jobb som lärare i sin barndomsstad, Uppsala, men glädjen över en nystart har fördunklats av beskedet att hennes ungdomskärlek Per Stenlund tagit livet av sig.

Best friends tell each other the truth – don't they? When North Stones best friend Kelly Orton is found hanging lifeless in a tree, North knows for certain it wasn't suicide. Kelly had everything to live for – a loving boyfriend, a happy life, and most importantly of all, Kelly would never leave North all by herself. The girls have been friends since childhood, devoted to each other, soul sisters, or at least that's what North has always believed. But did Kelly feel the same way, or was she keeping secrets from her 'best friend' – deadly secrets.

Le Rescator... Qui est ce mystérieux personnage ? Nathan et Mickael avancent et en apprennent de plus en plus sur leur passé. Avec l'aide précieuse de nouvelles amitiés, ils vont découvrir que leurs vies ne sont que mensonges. Malgré un nouvel amour, Nathan n'a pas oublié Sophie et met tout en œuvre pour la retrouver. Mais le pire est à venir. Le Rescator met son plan machiavélique en marche, semant la destruction et la mort derrière lui. Nathan, Mickael et leurs amis vont-ils se sortir de cette périlleuse aventure ? Vont-ils pouvoir démasquer et stopper le Rescator ?

"Nel cuore del centro storico" è la prima avventura del giornalista Matteo De Foresta, nato dalla fantasia di Menini nel 2015. In una Genova ombrosa, perfetta scenografia per un romanzo noir dai contorni nostalgici, De Foresta conduce un'esistenza tutto sommato ordinaria, fra i contraccolpi emotivi di un matrimonio naufragato e le partitelle a calcetto con gli amici.

Il commissario Enzo Fellini, già protagonista di "Giallo veneziano" (2019), è incaricato dal questore Badalamenti di un nuovo, delicatissimo caso. In una gondola, infatti, è stato ritrovato il cadavere di Gudrun Kessler, una soprano tedesca stabilitasi da tempo nella città lagunare. Scontrandosi con l'ossessione del questore per l'opinione pubblica, oltre che con un imprevisto flirt, Fellini si immerge in un'indagine che ben presto assume toni decisamente allarmanti: chi è il Superuomo (come l'assassino stesso ama firmarsi)?

El volumen final de la trilogía de diarios carcelarios de Jeffrey Archer abarca desde su transferencia desde el Centro Penitenciario de Media Seguridad Wayland de Su Majestad hasta su puesta en libertad condicional en julio de 2003. Supone el relato del traumático período que pasó en la famosa Prisión Lincoln y los acontecimientos que llevaron a su encarcelamiento en ella. Asimismo, el libro presenta una dura visión de un sistema penitenciario a punto de quebrarse.

The search for a missing child reveals she is not the only one... In a little village in Lombardy, it's a cold November morning when Ami steps out of her house to go to school... and never comes back. As soon as her father raises the alarm, a frantic search begins. The investigation is led by Police Commissioner Sensi. His men immediately find a trail to follow, but it soon proves to lead nowhere. Three months later, Police Commissioner Sensi decides to visit Dr Claps, an old friend and a renowned criminologist, who guesses from his first few words the real reason for the visit.

He wasn't always a killer. At first, he just wanted to talk. D.C. Charlie Stafford has an odd case on her hands. And it may be her toughest one yet. A burglar who isn't interested in valuables, the subject of Operation Greystream is a strange but smooth operator. In the dead of the night, gloved and masked, he visits the elderly. He doesn't hurt them and, if they beg, he won't take anything of real value. All he wants is conversation... and they're powerless to refuse him. But then 87-year-old Florence Briarly is found by her friend, cold to the touch and neatly, too neatly, tucked into bed.

Is your house as safe as you think? Natalie spent most of her childhood feeling afraid. So when she moved into her cosy little flat in St Ives and met her three friendly neighbours, she knew at once it was somewhere she'd feel safe. Before long, Natalie's neighbours have become the family she never had. Kind, motherly Morwenna, serious, reliable Nigel, and sweet, anxious Daniel. They collect each other's mail, water each other's plants, and share each others lives. But as Natalie knows all too well, the people who are closest to you can also be the most dangerous.

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.

If you go into the woods, you're in for a dark surprise. Thirty years ago, three girls followed a stranger into the woods. Only two returned. The surviving pair have never been able to remember what happened or what the fate of the third girl was. Local rumours talk of hippies and drugs and mystic rituals, but no one has learned the truth. This story is just what Rowan Blake needs. He's in debt, his journalistic career is in tatters – as well as his damaged body – and he's retreated to the Lake District to write.

The perfect weekend away. A remote lodge, old friends... and murder. Set in a remote Scottish lodge in the depths of winter, this explosive and disturbing thriller asks what happens when dark secrets finally come to light. When a group of female friends gather at a beautiful but isolated Scottish island lodge for a weekend away, they're looking forward to relaxing, sharing updates on their lives, reminiscing... The furthest thing from their minds is death. But even though they've known each other since high school, some of these women have secrets.

Quando Eva Philips e Blake Miller si incontrano per la prima volta hanno almeno una cosa in comune: lei ha fatto ritorno a Seattle dopo otto anni trascorsi a cercare qualcosa di diverso; lui ha fatto lo stesso, abbandonando la propria casa e sforzandosi di non guardarsi mai indietro. La casa, oltre che un luogo fisico, è anche una dimensione ideale.

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron e Ibrahim – Il Club dei delitti del giovedì – sono ancora scossi dal loro primo caso risolto e non vedono l’ora di godersi un po’ di pace e tranquillità nell’elegante residence per pensionati dove vivono. Ma l’imprevisto incombe... Elizabeth riceve la lettera di un ex collega dei Servizi Segreti che ha commesso un grosso errore e ha bisogno del suo aiuto. È stato accusato di aver rubato diamanti per milioni di sterline agli uomini sbagliati e per questo motivo è in fuga da un mafioso violento e vendicativo.