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San Francisco is about to receive the biggest delivery of MDMA to hit the West Coast in years. Raymond Gaspar, just out of prison, is sent to the city to check in on the increasingly erratic dealer expected to take care of distribution. In Miami, the man responsible for getting the drugs across the Pacific has just met the girl of his dreams - a woman who can't seem to keep her story straight. And thousands of miles away in Bangkok, someone farther up the supply chain is about to make a phone call that will put all their lives at risk.

Cesare Cardinale is an amoral, aristocratic Italian playboy - an entrepreneur and race car driver who wants for nothing - whether it's fast cars, beautiful women, or orgies of debauchery. Cesare, however, has two dirty secrets: First, he has a penchant for violence that borders on the sadistic and sociopathic; second, he owes his extravagant life to a Sicilian Mafia don, creating a seemingly perfect relationship - as he leads a double life as a Mafia assassin.

Newly promoted to detective first-grade with the NYPD, Jane Bauer, is back to work after a nearly fatal run-in with a killer. But while she’s happy to be back on the job, her new assignment - another cold case - seems to hold little promise of being solved. Eight years ago, Anderson Stratton, a schizophrenic, was found dead of starvation in his apartment. Nothing on the scene indicated foul play, and although he left no note, the death was ultimately ruled a suicide.

Un assassino spietato e una ragazzina. Esiste una coppia più letale? Una casa, una famiglia, una vita normale: queste sono solo alcune delle cose che Will Robie non potrà mai avere, un obiettivo impossibile da raggiungere, quasi quanto quelli che il lavoro gli impone.Narcotrafficanti, terroristi, ricchi sceicchi e criminali di ogni genere: se gli Stati Uniti ordinano, lui esegue, e questi individui spariscono dalla faccia della terra. Ma cosa succede quando entra in gioco la coscienza e non premere quel grilletto innesca una serie di pericolose reazioni a catena.

Mutig, clever & hautnah an der Realität: Im Rechtsmedizin-Thriller "Mit kalter Präzision" von Bestseller-Autor Michael Tsokos ermittelt erstmals Dr. Sabine Yao aus Berlin. Der erste Teil von Michael Tsokos‘ neuer True-Crime-Thriller-Reihe. "Mit kalter Präzision" ist der Start der neuen rechtsmedizinischen Reihe von Michael Tsokos. Hauptfigur ist Dr. Sabine Yao, die wir bereits als Rechtsmedizinerin im Sektionssaal an der Seite von Dr. Fred Abel aus der berühmten Fred Abel-Thriller-Reihe von Michael Tsokos kennen.

You could have saved her. The refrain drives Angus to the seashore at dawn, where a girl lies on the unblemished sand. She wears a green cloak and cradles a corps creadha, a Highland voodoo doll. She has suffered a ritualistic, three-fold death—her head bludgeoned, her throat cut, and symbolically drowned.

An unknown assassin has appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner, brutally taking out high-level human targets citywide. It's just the kind of case that will test the resolve of a tough FBI agent like Jaid Marlowe. Especially when her new partner is Adam Raiker, Jaid's former colleague - and ex-lover.

Eine blutige Spur in die Vergangenheit ... Nachdem sie für den Staat Israel einen Mord begangen hat, steigt eine Frau in Afrika in ein Linienflugzeug. Minuten später explodiert die Maschine in einem Feuerball am Himmel. Tausende Kilometer entfernt verfolgt Ex-Navy-SEAL James Reece die Berichterstattung über die Katastrophe. Eines der Opfer erkennt er auf Anhieb: eine Mossad-Agentin, die er in Diensten der CIA vor Jahren im Irak kennengelernt hat. Eine Frau, der er zu Dank verpflichtet war.

With their jobs in the spy world on suspension, all Nate and Jar wanted was a little vacation time out of the city. But not even two days on the road, their plans are hijacked by a teen’s cry. What starts out as helping the kid out of a tricky situation leads Nate and Jar into a dark world of fire and hate, of greed and corruption. As much as they might want to continue on their way, neither would ever do so. Because helping those who aren’t in a position to help themselves is Nate and Jar’s specialty.

Tony Colletti, a good suburban cop and father of a child with autism, finds himself drawn into the controversy over the apparent but rarely acknowledged connection between childhood vaccines and autism. His quest to uncover the truth forces him to risk all he holds dear while confronting corrupt government officials, the powerful pharmaceutical industry, and disturbing elements of his own past. Even while holding down his job and dealing with family crises, Colletti spearheads the drive to contend with industrial espionage, Russian gangsters, and sexual predators.

When Sally Blue was six years old, sleeping peacefully in her bed, a gunshot woke her up and subsequently ripped her world apart. Jolted awake by the scary noise, Sally ran to her parents' bedroom for comfort. Instead she found her mother slumped against the headboard, her ravaged nightdress drenched from a double-barreled wound.

Forensic linguist Macy Reid is an expert on kidnapping, having been abducted when she was a child. So, she is the perfect investigator to be called in when a Denver tycoon's 11-year-old daughter is abducted - for the second time. But Macy's biggest stumbling block may be a member of her own team: Kellan Burke, the wise-cracking, rule-breaking investigator who relishes getting under Macy's skin - and who just may be the man to help her confront the demons from her past.

Dans la lignée de La Vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert, un premier roman noir d'une grande finesse psychologique ; une réflexion grinçante sur la bonne société puritaine américaine, qui, sous la perfection de ses apparences, cache une obsession névrotique pour l'innocence de la jeunesse.

Chris Kovak est médecin, agoraphobe, incapable de sortir de chez lui. Quand un mystérieux patient le contacte, un compte à rebours meurtrier commence. Audrey Valenti est lieutenant de la brigade Évangile, spécialiste des crimes du métro. Lorsque le corps d'une inconnue habillée en sorcière est retrouvé sur les voies ferrées, débute la plus incroyable des enquêtes.

The year is 1995 and the NYPD has just graduated a promising new patrol officer named Karen Vail. The rookie's first day on the job is anything but easy when she finds herself at the crime scene of a young woman murdered in an unusual manner. Vail is unsure of what she's looking at or what it means - but it's a case that will weigh on her mind for nearly 20 years.

Jerome Burnel un tempo era stato un eroe. Molte persone, destinate a morire in circostanze tragiche e violente, devono a lui il fatto di essere ancora vive. Ma aver aiutato quella gente ha significato per Jerome la perdizione, la condanna a una vita di privazioni e umiliazioni, dolore e sofferenza. Ora, giunto al crepuscolo della propria esistenza, braccato da chi ne desidera la fine, Jerome racconta la sua storia al detective Charlie Parker.

Ci vuole un uomo crudele per dare la caccia al male. E se Victor l'Assassino un tempo aveva una bussola morale, quell'uomo è ormai morto e sepolto insieme alle sue numerose vittime. Eppure ci sono individui talmente crudeli che, per eliminarli, persino lui accetterebbe di mettere a rischio la propria vita per ragioni diverse dal denaro. È questo il caso di Milan Rados, ex comandante paramilitare serbo sfuggito al processo all'Aia e ora a capo di una rete criminale a Belgrado.

In convalescenza in una cittadina del Maine in seguito alle ferite provocate da un colpo d'arma da fuoco che stava per costargli la vita, il detective Charlie Parker fatica a superare le angosce legate all'esperienza drammatica recentemente vissuta. La clinica in cui è ricoverato ospita una vedova di nome Ruth e la giovane figlia di lei, Amanda, donne tormentate e sfuggenti, testimoni e vittime di un passato tragico che risale agli anni della Seconda guerra mondiale e a una città polacca, Lubsko, dove sorgeva un campo di concentramento nazista.

Ida is a self-confessed serial killer of predatory men. She feels no remorse for her victims but has decided she needs psychiatric help...if only to lay the groundwork for an insanity plea if she gets caught. Clarissa is a celebrity psychotherapist, the best in her field, a familiar face on television and in glossy magazines. For her, every patient is special—someone only she can save. When Ida walks into Clarissa's consulting room one day, the therapist doesn't know that they share a dark secret, buried in both their pasts.

Until someone killed her, the only mystery about adorable Iris Grodnik was why she had never married. But for 15 years, her strange disappearance and murder during a Passover Seder has remained a troubling piece of family history. So when Iris's relatives ask ex-nun Chris Bennett - now the wife of a New York City cop - to make one last attempt to learn the truth, she reluctantly consents. Iris's old friends and suitors have scattered, and Chris soon suspects that some of the relatives are not telling her all they know about Iris's life and death.