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Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience’s attention. Her latest story - a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal - is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner’s office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: The victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history - a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over 12 weeks and centres on a fascinating question: Did Grace Sebold murder her boyfriend, Julian, while on a spring break vacation, or is she a victim of circumstance and poor police work?  

Inside the walls of Indiana’s elite Westmont Preparatory High School, expectations run high and rules are strictly enforced. But in the woods beyond the manicured campus and playing fields sits an abandoned boarding house that is infamous among Westmont’s students as a late-night hangout. Here, only one rule applies: don’t let your candle go out - unless you want the Man in the Mirror to find you....

Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She's no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes by the media, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation.

Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are both high school seniors in the small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. When they disappear from a beach party one warm summer night, police launch a massive search. No clues are found, and hope is almost lost until Megan miraculously surfaces after escaping from a bunker deep in the woods. A year later the best-selling account of her ordeal has turned Megan from local hero to national celebrity.

Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She’s no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation. It’s been ten years since, and Alex hasn’t stopped searching for answers about the night her family was killed.

Ten years after a teenage girl's disappearance, a bizarre confession breaks open the cold case in dangerous ways…and threatens to tear apart her small Wisconsin town all over again in the masterfully twisty new psychological suspense novel from the internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later.

As a forensic reconstructionist, Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime-scene details others fail to see. Cleaning out her late father's law office a week after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a decades-old case come to life once more.  

When Dr. Sloan Hastings submits her DNA to an online genealogy site for a research assignment, her goal is to better understand the treasure-trove of genetic information contained on ancestry websites. Brilliant and driven, Sloan is embarking on a fellowship in forensic pathology, training under the renowned Dr. Livia Cutty. Sloan has one reservation about involving herself in the experiment: she’s adopted. Grateful for a loving home, she’s never considered tracking down her biological parents.

When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby nearly three decades ago, a woman’s search for answers draws her to an ominous small town in Nevada and a dangerous web of corruption, power, and lies in this engrossing, propulsive new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later.

Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience's attention. Her latest story—a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal—is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner's office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: the victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

En lille by. En uopklaret sag. En morders bekendelse. 17-årige Callie Jones forsvandt en sommeraften for ti år siden. Hendes lig blev aldrig fundet. Tidligere drabsefterforsker Ethan Hall indvilliger modstræbende i at vende tilbage til politiarbejdet for at løse sagen. Men seriemorderen Francis Bernard øjner en mulighed for at komme fri. Ethan bliver trukket ind i et psykologisk spil og tror, han er i sikkerhed, fordi Francis er spærret inde. Hvad han ikke ved, er, at Francis har en hjælper udenfor fængslet – og hun er parat til at dø for ham.

Ella no recuerda nada. Mejor así. Su verdad era solo la mitad de la historia. Megan McDonald está terminando el bachillerato, es popular, carismática, y tiene un futuro increíble por delante. Una de sus últimas noches en Emerson Bay la secuestran. Megan está dos semanas en cautiverio hasta que escapa, y pasa a ser conocida como “la chica que se llevaron”.

The bestselling author of Twenty Years Later delivers a chilling thriller where nothing is at it seems and each reveal is more shocking than the last…right up to the jaw-dropping final twist. Two abducted girls—one who returns, one who doesn't. The night they go missing, high school seniors...

Alexandra Quinlan fue acusada de masacrar a su familia cuando era apenas una adolescente. Un país entero la vio esposada mientras los medios la bautizaban Ojos de asesina. Años después Alex lo ha cambiado todo: su nombre, su apariencia y su pasado. Vive oculta, evitando a fanáticos del true...

No primeiro dia de aula no Instituto Médico Legal, Sloan Hastings é designada a uma investigação na área da genealogia forense―a ciência dinâmica em constante evolução, responsável por solucionar inúmeros casos arquivados complexos envolvendo serial killers e homicídios. Empolgada para dar início ao trabalho com uma extensa pesquisa das provas, Sloan começa enviando o próprio DNA para análise. Sua intenção é conhecer mais a fundo o potencial de informações genéticas presente nos registros de seus antepassados. No entanto, os resultados obtidos a conectam a um passado perturbador.

Algunos lugares parecen demasiado hermosos para ser tocados por el horror. Summit Lake, ubicado en las montañas de Carolina del Norte, es ese tipo de lugar con atractivas casas a lo largo de la costa al borde de un lago de agua prístina. Pero hace dos semanas, Becca Eckersley, una joven estudiante de derecho fue brutalmente asesinada en una de esas casas. Hija de un poderoso abogado, Becca era una chica brillante y ambiciosa. Ahora, mientras la ciudad se tambalea por el dolor y los conmocionados residentes especulan e intercambian sus teorías, la policía se encuentra perdida.

Den bästsäljande spänningsförfattaren Charlie Donlea är tillbaka med en otroligt skickligt skriven thriller som kommer att hålla läsaren i sitt grepp från första till sista sidan. Alex Armstrong har ändrat hela sin identitet – sitt namn, sitt utseende och sin bakgrund. Hon är inte längre den skräckslagna tonåring som tv-tittarna såg föras ut i handbojor från sitt hem den natt då hennes familj brutalt mördades. Flickan, Alexandra Quinlan, som i media kallades Tomma ögon, greps för morden men lyckades rentvå sitt namn och vittnade senare i det mycket uppmärksammade förtalsmålet som fängslade en hel nation.

El internado Westmont es un prestigioso instituto en el que las expectativas son altas y las reglas estrictas. Pero en el extremo más alejado del bosque que rodea el edificio principal se encuentra una residencia abandonada conocida entre los estudiantes como punto de encuentro nocturno. Aquí solo hay una regla: no dejes que tu vela se apague, a menos que quieras que el Hombre en el Espejo te encuentre.

En förödande sanning... Tjugo år efter en händelse som fick världen att skälva kommer ett isande mordfall för andra gången att dominera nyheterna. DNA från ett litet benfragment har gjort det möjligt för New Yorks rättsmedicinare att göra sin första framgångsrika identifiering på många år av ett av offren för elfte september-attentatet mot World Trade Center. Men kvinnan som identifierats, Victoria Ford, hade kort före terrordådet anklagats för det brutala mordet på sin gifte älskare.