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The two a.m. phone call is from a young, frightened, lost girl who has called the one adult who had promised to help her if she ever got into any trouble: Myron Bolitar. But his help proves not to be enough. He picks her up from a cold street corner and - against his better judgment - is persuaded to drop her at an unknown address. This is a mistake that he lives to regret, for Aimee Biel's final wave from a darkened porch turns out to be the last time anyone will see her.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. For the next eight years Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his life. Then one afternoon, he receives an anonymous e-mail telling him to log on to a certain web-site at a certain time, using a code that only he and his wife knew. The screen opens on to a web cam - and it is Elizabeth's image he sees. Is it a practical joke?

They were looking for a miracle cure... Sara and Michael, the ideal celebrity couple, darlings of the media - until their lives are shattered by a mystery illness. Dr Harvey Riker, his clinic has found the miracle cure that millions seek. One-by-one his patients are getting well. One-by-one they are targeted by a serial killer more fatal than the disease. Lieutenant Bernstein, his true desires make him a perfect choice to track the killer - or a perfect victim.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

On October 17, 11 years ago, Julie Miller was found brutally strangled in the basement of her house in the township of Livingston, New Jersey. On that day, Will's brother, Ken Klein, became the subject of an international manhunt accused of the crime. He has not been seen since. Will has tried to get on with his life in the intervening years. He has a beautiful new girlfriend, Sheila, and a job working with the homeless.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Dr Marc Seidman is living in New Jersey with his new wife, Monica, and their baby daughter, Tara, when the shocking attack occurs. When he wakes in the hospital, he learns that Monica is dead, and Tara is missing from her crib.

Matt Hunter's life has already been blown away once. At the age of 20, he got into a fight outside a party and accidentally killed someone. That momentary lapse of reason cost him four years in gaol and a small sliver of his soul.

Ex fashion model and successful business woman Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time that should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon, her sports superstar husband goes for a swim - and never returns. But what has happened to David - can he really be dead? Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief, Laura is plagued by questions and doubts. Was it an accident? Or suicide? Or is it some terrible, ill-judged hoax?

No leito de morte, a mãe de Will Klein lhe faz uma revelação: seu irmão mais velho, Ken, desaparecido há 11 anos e acusado do assassinato de sua vizinha Julie Miller, está vivo. Embora a polícia o considere um fugitivo, a família sempre acreditou em sua inocência. Quando resolve investigar melhor o caso, Will sofre outro grande choque: sua namorada, Sheila—que sempre manteve seu passado em segredo—, some e as impressões digitais dela são encontradas na cena de um crime no Novo México. Será que essas tragédias têm algo em comum?

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.

Há vinte anos, durante um acampamento de verão, quatro adolescentes entraram na floresta à noite. Dois deles foram encontrados mortos. Os outros dois desapareceram sem deixar pistas. Quatro famílias tiveram a vida mudada para sempre. E tudo está prestes a mudar de novo. Paul Copeland, mais conhecido como Cope, finalmente está começando a aceitar a perda da irmã naquela noite. Criar sozinho a filha de 6 anos enquanto cuida da sua carreira em ascensão como promotor do condado o distrai de seus traumas do passado.

Enquanto comemoravam o aniversário de seu primeiro beijo, o Dr. David Beck e sua esposa, Elizabeth, sofreram um terrível ataque. Ele foi golpeado e caiu no lago, inconsciente. Ela foi raptada e brutalmente assassinada por um serial killer. O caso volta à tona oito anos depois, quando a polícia encontra dois corpos enterrados perto do local do crime, junto com o taco de beisebol usado para nocautear David. Ao mesmo tempo, o médico recebe um misterioso e-mail que aparentemente só pode ter sido enviado por sua esposa.

Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now she's got two kids, a perfect husband, a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a talented documentary photographer, but at age forty he finds himself in a dead-end job posing as a paparazzo pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. Broome is a detective who can't let go of a cold case - a local husband and father disappeared seventeen years ago, and Broome spends the anniversary every year visiting a house frozen in time....

Aos sete anos, Wilde foi encontrado morando sozinho na mata e ficou conhecido por todos como “o menino do bosque”. Agora, depois de uma tentativa malsucedida de se integrar à sociedade, ele está decidido a voltar para a floresta das montanhas Ramapo, o lugar a que realmente pertence.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their 16-year-old son, Adam, has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate Spencer Hill - the latest in a string of issues at school - they can't help but worry.

Tot zijn vrouwelijke ster, Valerie Simpson, op klaarlichte dag wordt vermoord, met een van haar mannelijke tegenspelers als belangrijkste verdachte. Myrons naspeuringen leiden hem naar een oude moordzaak, de maffia, een corrupte senator, een jaloerse moeder en iemand die vastbesloten is zijn zoektocht te verhinderen...

Em uma cobertura em Nova York, um homem recluso é encontrado morto. Junto ao corpo, há duas peças dignas de nota: uma pintura de Vermeer e uma mala de couro com as iniciais WHL3 gravadas. Levado até o local pelo FBI, Win não faz ideia de como sua mala e o quadro que foi roubado de sua família anos atrás foram parar lá. Mas ele decide que vai descobrir, principalmente depois de saber que o homem assassinado pode estar ligado ao sequestro de sua prima, ocorrido há mais de 20 anos.

La mort est un jeu dangereux... Le maître incontesté du thriller vous plonge dans les méandres d'un labyrinthe fatal, à la découverte des profondeurs infiniment noires de l'âme humaine. La police new-yorkaise découvre dans un pent-house des beaux quartiers le corps mutilé d'un vieil homme à moitié ermite, ainsi que plusieurs objets de valeur volés aux Lockwood des années plus tôt. Appelé à venir les identifier, Win Lockwood voit soudain ressurgir un passé familial englouti.

Für Simon wird ein Alptraum wahr, als seine Tochter Paige von einem Tag auf den anderen verschwindet. Hinterlassen hat sie eine Botschaft, in der sie klar macht, dass sie nicht gefunden werden will. Panisch begibt sich Simon auf die Suche, und als er Paige im Central Park tatsächlich entdeckt, erkennt er seine Tochter nicht wieder. Denn diese junge Frau ist völlig verstört und voller Angst. Sie flieht vor ihm, und Simon hat nur eine Chance, wenn er sie retten will: Er muss ihr in die dunkle und gefährliche Welt folgen, in deren Sog sie verloren ging.

Vor über zwanzig Jahren wurde Patricia Lockwood während eines Raubüberfalls entführt und schwer misshandelt. Ihr gelang die Flucht, doch ihr Peiniger wurde nie gefasst. Auch die damals gestohlenen Gemälde blieben verschollen. Bis in einem New Yorker Apartment neben einer Leiche eines der Bilder gefunden wird - und der Koffer, den der Entführer Patricia zu packen zwang. Zeit für Patricias Cousin, Windsor Horne Lockwood III, den Dingen auf den Grund zu gehen: Win, wie seine wenigen Freunde ihn nennen, ist hochintelligent, skrupellos und wild entschlossen, den Fall zu lösen.

Der zweite Thriller von Harlan Coben endlich im Hörbuch. Sara Lowell und Michael Silverman sind eines der bekanntesten Paare New Yorks: sie eine beliebte TV-Journalistin, er ein erfolgreicher Basketballspieler, beide jung und attraktiv und aus zwei der besten Familien der Stadt. Eine glorreiche Zukunft liegt vor ihnen. Bis Sara bei den Recherchen zu einer Mordserie eine erschreckende Entdeckung macht: Alle Opfer waren HIV-positiv und bei einem Arzt in Behandlung, der ein Heilmittel für die tödliche Krankheit gefunden zu haben scheint. Kurz darauf wird auch er ermordet.