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For a while, it seemed like both Taylor sisters had found happiness. Chloe landed a coveted publishing job in New York City. Nicky got married to a promising young attorney named Adam McIntosh and became a mother to a baby boy named Ethan. But now, 14 years later, it is Chloe who is married to Adam. When he is murdered at the couple's beach house, she has no choice but to welcome her estranged sister - her teenage stepson's biological mother - back into her life.

When she reunites with her two best friends for a holiday in the Hamptons, a drunken joke lands the trio in the middle of a missing persons investigation. As the case takes a deadly turn, and long buried secrets are uncovered, the three friends are suddenly unsure who they can trust, least of all each other.

The highly anticipated sequel to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic bestseller Where Are The Children?, featuring the children of Nancy Harmon, all grown up and again in peril. In Where Are the Children?, young mother Nancy Harmon, convicted of murdering her two children, became such a pariah...

When two young women are murdered on the streets of Manhattan - exactly one year apart, both after dates arranged through an online dating website - Detective Ellie Hatcher is moved to a special assignment on the elite homicide task force. The killer has left behind a taunting hint connecting the two cases, and Flann McIlroy, an eccentric and publicity-seeking homicide detective, is convinced that Ellie is uniquely situated to help him pursue a terrifying theory.

Chelsea Hart, a fresh-faced Indiana college student, spends the final night of her spring break in the VIP room of an elite New York City nightclub with her girlfriends and a fake ID. The next morning, joggers find her in East River Park, her celebrated blonde hair hacked off. NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher catches the case and quickly homes in on a group of privileged men who were last seen partying with Chelsea.

In the latest thrilling book in the bestselling Under Suspicion series, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons. The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way – handsome...

Television producer Laurie Moran and her fiancée, Alex Buckley, the former host of her investigative television show, are just days away from their mid-August wedding, when things take a dark turn. Alex’s seven-year-old nephew, Johnny, vanishes from the beach. A search party begins and...

Did he, or didn't he? Olivia Randall is one of New York City's best criminal defence lawyers. When she gets a phone call informing her that her former fiancé has been arrested for a triple homicide, there is no doubt in her mind as to his innocence. The only question is who would go to such great lengths to frame him - and why? For Olivia, representing Jack is a way to make up for past regrets and the hurt she caused him, but as the evidence against him mounts, she is forced to confront her doubts.

‘Should come with a warning…highly addictive.’ Karin Slaughter. When prep school junior Julia Whitmire is found dead in the bathtub of her family’s Upper East Side apartment, her left wrist slashed and suicide note resting on her dresser, Ellie Hatcher and her partner, J.J. Rogan initially write the case off as a suicide.

The plot of an Alafair Burke thriller doesn’t just rip from the headlines. She’s one step ahead of them. 212 scares you and keeps you turning the pages into the wee hours.” —Harlan Coben “Burke has created a strong female protagonist in the tradition of Sara Paretsky’s V.I...

Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid walks into her office in Portland's Drug and Vice Division one morning to find the sergeant of the police bureau's vice unit waiting for her. A 13-year-old girl has been brutally attacked and left for dead on the city's outskirts. Given the lack of evidence, most lawyers would settle for an assault charge; Samantha, unnerved by the viciousness of the crime, decides to go for attempted murder.

Elle se fait appeler Hope Miller, mais n'a aucune idée de qui elle est vraiment. Suite à un terrible accident, Hope Miller est devenue amnésique. Quinze ans plus tard, après un déménagement dans les Hamptons aussi brusque qu'inexpliqué, elle disparaît, entraînant sa meilleure amie avocate dans une course-poursuite désespérée. Une goutte de sang suspecte, l'ombre d'un serial killer, des meurtres que 2 000 kilomètres et près de vingt années séparent... La quête de la jeune femme se transforme vite en saut d'obstacles.

When New York University sophomore Megan Gunther finds personal threats posted to a Web site specializing in campus gossip, she's taken aback by their menacing tone. Someone knows her daily routine down to the minute and is watching her - but thanks to the anonymity provided by the Internet, the police tell her there's nothing they can do. Her friends are sure it's someone's idea of a joke, but when Megan is murdered in a vicious attack, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher is convinced that the online threats are more than just empty words.

Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid is back at work after an attempt on her life and a promotion into the Major Crimes Unit. When the husband of a Portland city judge reports his wife missing, Samantha is assigned the case. She assumes her only job is to make the district attorney look good until the judge turns up. When the police discover evidence of foul play, Samantha finds herself unearthing secrets that were meant to stay hidden.

For Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid's 32nd birthday, she gets an unusual gift: a homicide call out. The crime scene is in the elite Hillside neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. The victim is hotshot investigative reporter Percy Crenshaw, who has been bludgeoned to death in his carport.

When Angela met Jason Powell, while catering a function in the Hamptons, she assumed their romance would be a fling. But, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. The marriage meant a fresh start, a chance for Angela and her young son to move to Manhattan where no one knew of her tragic past. Six years later, her husband has become a successful and celebrated liberal figurehead, but when a college intern and then another woman come forward with allegations against him, their perfect life begins to unravel.

"Alafair Burke se surpasse de livre en livre." Harlan Coben Lorsqu'une mystérieuse superwoman sauve in extremis un adolescent tombé sur les voies du métro new-yorkais, McKenna Jordan pense tenir une histoire en or. En tentant d'identifier l'héroïne, volatilisée comme par magie, la journaliste - et ancienne procureure adjointe - met la main sur une vidéo de l'incident. Contre toute attente, elle croit y reconnaître une amie chère disparue dix ans plus tôt sans laisser de traces.

Le plus bel héritage de la reine du suspense : la suite de son roman culte, La Maison du guet. Melissa, avocate et podcasteuse à succès, vient d'épouser l'homme qu'elle aime. Il est veuf et père d'une petite Riley. Quelques mois plus tard, alors que Melissa et son frère Mike aident leur mère à s'installer dans les Hamptons, Riley disparaît. Tous deux se lancent à corps perdu dans une course contre la montre pour retrouver la fillette et la sauver du traumatisme qu'ils n'ont jamais surmonté : leur enlèvement, quarante ans plus tôt.

Quando Anthony Amaro fu dichiarato colpevole e condannato all'ergastolo, nessuno pareva avere dubbi: era lui il serial killer responsabile della morte di sei donne in soli sette anni, lui la mente disturbata che lasciava la propria firma rompendo gli arti alle vittime dopo averle uccise. Ma ora, dopo quasi vent'anni, il passato sembra tornare per reclamare un'altra verità: il corpo della psicoterapeuta Helen Brunswick, un tipo di donna molto diverso dalle ragazze perdute solitamente scelte dal killer, viene ritrovato nel suo ufficio a New York, una bambola di pezza con le ossa rotte.

Si fa chiamare Hope Miller, ma non ha idea di chi sia in realtà. È successo tutto quindici anni fa. Un incidente d'auto. Il trauma cranico che le ha fatto perdere la memoria. Anni di vita cancellati. Trovata senza documenti, e soprattutto senza ricordi, Hope ha dovuto iniziare da capo: nuovo nome, nuova città, nuova vita. Senza mai smettere di chiedersi che cosa si stesse lasciando alle spalle... o da cosa stesse scappando. Non ce l'avrebbe fatta, però, a ricominciare senza Lindsay.