Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Suspense

Separated at birth by a desperate nurse who loses a millionaire's son to cot death, twin boys grow up without any knowledge of the other. Nat Cartwright lives with his middle-class birth parents and grows up to becomes a war hero in the Vietnam War before returning home to run for office in the Republican party. Fletcher Davenport becomes the only son of the millionaire couple. After graduating from Yale, he builds a reputation as a prolific criminal defence lawyer before he too delves into politics as a Democrat.

That evening the baker's wife ran down the village street in a tattered pink nightgown. She screamed as she ran. Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live. First, the river floods in June. The family wakes to find ducks sailing around the drawing room and dead peacocks bobbing in the garden. But the flood is only the beginning of their troubles. All of a sudden the miller goes mad and drowns himself. Then the butcher slits his throat. A peculiar illness is spreading through the town and picking off its victims one by one.

Jede Menge Action und Spannung garantiert der Thriller "Der Tempel" des australischen Bestseller-Autors Matthew Reilly! Professor William Race wird darin unvermittelt zusammen mit Soldaten der US-Armee auf einen geheimen Einsatz nach Südamerika geschickt. Er soll ein altes Schriftstück entziffern, welches wahrscheinlich den Aufenthaltsort einer Inka-Statue verrät. Die Zeit drängt, denn mithilfe des alten Artefakts könnte der kürzlich gestohlene Prototyp einer gefährlichen Waffe funktionstüchtig gemacht werden.

Ein Sturm hat Kiernans Lebens vor zwölf Jahren von einem Tag auf den anderen verändert: Ein Mädchen verschwand spurlos in der See, sein Bruder kam durch seine Schuld ums Leben. Als er nun in seinen Heimatort auf die australische Insel Tasmanien zurückkehrt, spürt er die Schuld noch immer. Nun aber hat er mit seiner Freundin Mia ein Kind und glaubt, die Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen zu können. Kurz nach seiner Rückkehr jedoch wird am Strand eine tote Frau gefunden – und plötzlich brechen alte Wunden wieder auf.

When Adele's brother, Peter, gets banged up for GBH, she reluctantly agrees to run his nightclub, The Golden Bell. Strong opposition from Peter's thuggish number two, Glynn, who isn't best pleased about answering to a woman, isn't the only challenge she faces. The Manchester club scene of the 1990s is a dangerous place, at the mercy of illicit protection rackets and rampaging gangs, and, despite Adele's efforts to keep everything legal, the club is beginning to feel like a poisoned chalice.

Welche Abgründe verbergen sich hinter der Maske der Gerechtigkeit? Nach einem aufreibenden Fall wollen sich Nachlasspflegerin Friedelinde Engel und Kommissar Nicolas Sander eine wohlverdiente Auszeit an der Ostsee gönnen ... Doch dann findet Friedelinde am Strand von St. Peter Ording eine Tasche voller Geldscheine – die Spur führt geradewegs zurück nach Hamburg. Gibt es einen Zusammenhang mit dem Skandal, der gerade die ganze Stadt erschüttert?

Murder is just around the corner... The Connection Investigation Agency is under new management, with partners Tessa, Luke, and Beth at the helm. As they reopen the office, a chilling discovery is made - a body hidden in the outhouse, bones lying undiscovered for twenty-five years. While Luke faces his first solo case, Tessa, a former DI, must prove herself, unravelling the mystery behind threatening notes sent to two women who later become murder victims.

The page-turning sequel to the best-selling psychological thriller 2Wrong Number". With her husband gone, and his legacy in her hands, Amanda Thorne is hell-bent on revenge. Amanda Thorne is on a mission to avenge her husband. Restoring his honour and protecting his legacy will be dangerous, but she will not rest until all those who have hurt her loved-ones have been dealt with. Her only option is to go undercover in the murky world of the gang kingpin McAllister. So, with her loyal companion Shane by her side, she heads back to Scotland to finish what they started.

The Queen of Scottish Gangland Thrillers is back! Donnie Black. Charming, successful... and utterly terrifying, he rules the Glasgow underworld with an iron fist. Nothing - or no one - will stop him and he's not afraid to get his hands dirty to grow his fortune. Layla Black. She's been married to Donnie for twenty years, enjoying the lavish world he has worked hard to create. But behind the perfect image, Layla is crumbling, numbing her pain with alcohol. But Layla doesn't know the secrets Donnie keeps - and the truth will send her spiralling.

Amber. As the top performer at Angel Silk gentleman’s club, she’s seen it all, been forced to do things she never wanted to do. She’s tired of this life... but can she escape it? Lizzy. To the women at Angel Silk, she’s the strong queen bee, mother to the girls. But she’s hiding her own dark secrets - and if they come to light, her life could be destroyed. Jade. The newest dancer at Angel Silk, she’s innocent, beautiful... and trapped.

Als frisch gebackener Vater eines kleinen Wunderbabys namens Lilly-Ann fasst Dexter den Entschluss, ab jetzt ein anständiges Leben zu führen und seine blutrünstigeren Hobbies an den Nagel zu hängen. Als dann jedoch ein junges Mädchen verschwindet und die verdächtigte Gruppe äußerst merkwürdige Praktiken an den Tag legt, hilft der Rechtsmediziner doch wieder seiner Schwester Deborah bei der Aufklärung. Zumal bald der Verdacht des Kannibalismus im Raum steht.

Durante casi los últimos 500 años de nuestra historia, desde que el Papa Pío V llegó al poder en el Vaticano hasta los papas más recientes, el Estado Vaticano ha tenido bajo sus órdenes a un servicio de inteligencia que en sus inicios se conoció como “La Santa Alianza” ha pasado a denominarse de forma más acorde con los tiempos actuales: “La Entidad”.

Die Polizei im nordenglischen Bradfield ist ratlos: Auf einer blutgetränkten Matratze wird in grotesk verrenkter Haltung die Leiche einer Prostituierten gefunden. Die Szene erinnert bis ins Detail an eine Mordserie, die zwei Jahre zurückliegt. Der Täter Derek Tyler sitzt längst hinter Gittern in einer psychiatrischen Haftanstalt und spricht mit niemandem ein Wort. Profiler Tony Hill ist sich sicher, dass die neue Mordserie mit Tyler zu tun haben muss.

Der zweite Band der spannenden Thriller-Serie der Bestseller-Autorin und Crime-Queen Val McDermid ist ein gnadenloser Pageturner: Der Polizei-Psychologe und Profiler Tony Hill händigt einem Elite-Polizeiteam zu Schulungszwecken eine Liste mit 30 verschwundenen Mädchen aus. Womit er nicht gerechnet hat, ist der Ehrgeiz der jungen und brillanten Shaz Bowman, die tatsächlich überraschende Zusammenhänge bei gleich sieben der Mädchen aufspürt.

Five friends. One deadly obsession. The salt-scented quadrangles of St Andrews University greet misfit first-year student Finn Nethercott with indifference. It is a place where privilege counts, and those from the right backgrounds can get away with murder. Finn is quickly seduced into a new circle of friends – four history scholars obsessed with the deepest roots of ancient Scotland – who sweep him away on wild adventures to forgotten castles and faerie lochs. But he soon discovers the darker sides of his new friends: deadly rivalries, midnight rituals, and a desperate search for a long-lost hallucinogen.

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.

They said, 'It's okay, Hannah. You know you can trust me.' They lied. When eight-year-old Hannah Perry goes missing in the small Suffolk village of St Just, the community is rocked. Heading up the investigation is Acting DS Rob Minshull, but he's out of his depth in a case that seems to mirror the disappearance of a young boy, seven years ago. That search ended in unimaginable tragedy... and Minshull is praying that history won't be repeated.

All families have secrets... some are deadly. When D.I. Matthew Denning is called to investigate a house fire in a North London street, he never anticipated the horrors that awaited him. As Denning and D.S. Molly Fisher search the wreckage, the bodies of the Galloway family - Brian and Ellie, son Simon, daughter Amber and 9-year-old grandson Caleb - are discovered in the smouldering house. All evidence points to a tragic accident... until Matthew and Molly discover that the family was dead before the fire, murdered in their home by a faceless psychopath.

Die dunklen Schatten der Erinnerung. Schwer verwundet wird Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz aus der Themse geborgen. Nach Tagen im Koma kehrt er ins Leben zurück - doch seine Erinnerungen bleiben im Dunkeln. Einziger Anhaltspunkt ist das Foto eines Mädchens: Die kleine Mickey Carlyle gilt seit ihrem Verschwinden vor drei Jahren als tot. Mit Hilfe des Psychologen Joe O'Loughlin gelingt es Ruiz, sich stückweise zu erinnern. In ihm wächst der Verdacht, dass Mickey doch noch am Leben ist und so nimmt er die Ermittlungen wieder auf.

Intrigue, illusions, and insidious motives... Still recovering from testifying against her abuser, Chief Inspector Sara Vallén is called out to investigate a mysterious death in an idyllic allotment on the outskirts of Lund. The victim - a beloved social worker - is found brutally murdered inside one of the potting sheds. But when Sara and the police dig deeper into the case, they begin to unravel a web of dark secrets surrounding the victim's seemingly perfect life.