Showing results by author "Nora Roberts" in Mystery

On a hot July afternoon, a worker at an Antietam Creek construction site drives the blade of his backhoe into a layer of soil - and strikes a 5,000-year-old human skull. The discovery draws plenty of attention and a lot of controversy. It also changes the life of one woman in ways she never expected.

Kelsey Byden always believed that her mother was dead. But now, after all this time, she has discovered the truth: Naomi Chadwick is still alive - after spending years in prison for the murder of her lover. Now, at Naomi’s Virginia horse farm, Kelsey is trying to sort out a lifetime of deception - and her feelings about her mother. The bonds of love can be fragile...as Kelsey learned from her recently ended marriage.

Photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway thought she'd escaped the house called Sanctuary long ago. She'd spent her loneliest years there, after the sudden, unexplained disappearance of her mother. Yet the sprawling inn on an island off the Georgia coast continues to haunt her dreams. And now, even more haunting are the pictures someone is sending her: strange close-ups and candids, culminating in the most shocking portrait of all - a photo of her mother - naked, beautiful, and dead.

Antiques dealer Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. At least, that's what everyone in the small town of Angel's Gap, Maryland, thinks. They have no idea that she used to be Elaine O'Hara, the daughter of a notorious con man... Laine's past catches up with her when one of Big Jack's associates turns up in her shop with a cryptic warning and is then run down in the street. Now the next target of a ruthless killer, Laine teams up with sexy PI Max Gannon to find out who's chasing her, and why.

Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. All he knew was that ever since he saw Manet Hall, he'd been enchanted - and obsessed - with it. So when the opportunity to buy the house comes up Declan jumps at the chance to live out a dream.

Als die Archäologin Callie Dunbrook an den Fundort eines fünftausend Jahre alten menschlichen Schädels gerufen wird, ahnt sie nicht, dass dieses Projekt auch ihre eigene Vergangenheit heraufbeschwören wird. Zuerst muss sie erfahren, dass sie ausgerechnet mit ihrem Exmann Jake eng zusammenarbeiten soll, und dann sieht sie plötzlich ihre ganze Identität infrage gestellt. Denn eine fremde Frau, angeblich ihre leibliche Mutter, behauptet, dass Callies Eltern sie als Kind entführt haben.

Combining explosive suspense with sensual passion, the bestselling author of Carnal Innocence and The Reef turns up the heat in this classic tale, available for the first time in hardcover-the sizzling story of a man and woman on the trail of a demented killer... and on the verge of...

Studious, obedient Elizabeth finally let loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed changed her life forever. Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance programmer, she works at home designing sophisticated security systems. Her own security is supplemented by a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms.

ll lavoro di Lila Emerson consiste nel badare alle case altrui in assenza dei proprietari. Un'occupazione all'apparenza semplice e senza particolari implicazioni. Questo almeno è quello che ha sempre pensato fino al giorno in cui, guardando fuori dalla finestra, assiste a un omicidio: una giovane donna precipita nel vuoto, da un appartamento in cui verrà poi trovato il cadavere di un uomo, Oliver Archer.

La apasionante historia de una mujer traumatizada que busca el refugio de una isla donde espera olvidar todo lo que le ocurrió. A ojos de los demás, Fiona Bristow lleva una vida idílica. Vive en una preciosa casa en una isla de la costa de Seattle, se dedica al adiestramiento de perros y también colabora con la policía en la búsqueda de personas desaparecidas. Tampoco le falta buena compañía: para esto tiene a sus tres perros labradores, cariñosos y fieles. Pero pocos conocen la pesadilla que vivió antes de llegar aquí.

Solan Cooper ist klinisch tot, als sie in letzter Minute zurück ins Leben geholt wird. In den atemberaubenden Bergen Marylands findet sie Frieden – und lernt Nash kennen, der in der Natur seinem alten Großstadtleben entkommen möchte. Doch dann wird die Idylle jäh gebrochen, als eine junge Frau spurlos verschwindet. Sloan und Nash versuchen herauszufinden, was dahintersteckt und stoßen bald auf eine ganze Reihe von Vermisstenfällen.

"Himlen var molnfri och lika perfekt sommarblå som på en tavla. En bris viskade genom rosenbuskarna. I fjärran syntes dimhöljda berg. Luften var mättad av doften av blommor, hav och gräs. Var det verkligen igår som hon stått och tittat ut på ett grått New York? Bara för en dag sedan? Det kändes overkligt att ha förflyttat sig från en värld till en annan på så kort tid." Semester var precis vad Morgan behövde - en paus från jobbet som tolk inom FN och tid att fundera kring sitt liv.

Florenz: dunkle Geheimnisse und gefährliche Begierde in der Stadt der Medici In Florenz untersucht die Kunstexpertin Miranda Jones eine unbekannte Bronzefigur. Doch Miranda hat sich mit ihrer Expertise Feinde gemacht. Einzig der attraktive Galerist Ryan Boldari steht auf ihrer Seite. Bald wird klar, dass es bei der Bronzefigur um mehr geht, und Miranda gerät in ein Netz aus Leidenschaft, Täuschung und Mord. Zu spät ahnt sie, dass sie in großer Gefahr ist. Nur einer scheint sie retten zu können, doch ist Ryan tatsächlich ihr Freund?

Una serie de asesinatos mantiene en vilo al departamento de policía de Washington y más concretamente al detective Ben Paris. Uno tras otro, los cadáveres de mujeres rubias y de complexión ligera aparecen estrangulados en distintos puntos de la ciudad. Ninguna de ellas presenta signos de violencia.

Nate Burke, ex poliziotto di Baltimora, accetta il posto di capo della polizia di Lunacy - un paesino dell'Alaska che conta 506 abitanti - per fuggire alla crisi causata dal fresco divorzio e dal trauma della morte del suo compagno di lavoro, per la quale si sente in parte responsabile. I primi giorni nella cittadina scorrono tranquilli, a parte qualche piccolo problema di ordine pubblico e una relazione un po' movimentata con l'umorale Meg Galloway, bella e sfacciata. All'improvviso, però, in una grotta nascosta viene ritrovato il corpo del padre di Meg, scomparso sedici anni prima.