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Special Agent Constant Marlowe is passing through the charming college town of Prescott, Illinois, when a chance encounter with a terrified student stops her in her tracks. Kathleen Delaine thought she was doing the right thing when she demanded an inquiry into traumatic brain injuries among the university’s football team. But after a manosphere shock jock picks up the story on his radio show and makes it personal, the online uproar bleeds into the real world.

Celebrity chef Ian Curley is found dead in his walk-in freezer. The prime suspects are his three ex-wives, who meet up every Friday evening in their favorite corner booth of his restaurant. It’s a tradition for Anita, Mary-Jane, and Rosie to drink, dine, and commiserate. But commit murder? All aggrieved, each one has a motive and an alibi. And a brilliant detective has reservations. Who did it? The night will tell.

A 2026 Audie Awards finalist for Audiobook of the Year! “Narrator Adam Lazarre-White masterfully voices a wide range of characters. Listeners will be captivated by the layered storytelling, morally complex characters, and the powerful interpretation of a narrative steeped in pain, violence...

When vandals destroy beach hut 512 on Brighton’s iconic seafront, they reveal a dead body that has apparently lain undisturbed for two months. But according to the hut’s owner, Sims, its locks rusted shut three months ago and she hasn’t had access to it since. So how could the man have got in, and why is there no evidence of the murderer?

Janie is the last person Hannah and Christopher Bauer want to see again. But Janie’s moved back to Clarksville. She’s no longer the frail child Hannah and Christopher adopted over eleven years ago. The child who destroyed their lives. Now Janie is out of juvenile detention—a beautiful, confident young adult—and publicly promoting her new tell-all memoir.

Fay Roper is a divorced single mom and a globally famous actress. She’s also unlucky in love. Maybe because the last thing Fay wants in a man is yet another superfan. But somehow, every time she has a boyfriend who isn’t a stalker, he abruptly disappears from her life. With the help of her best friend and right-hand woman, Poppy, Fay decides to change the game and join an exclusive new dating app under a false identity. A subscriber named Oliver takes the bait. But Oliver likes to play games too. And only one of them can win.

Tiana Carter has just started college and is determined to make the most of it. She’s thrilled to be posting videos about dorm-room cooking and campus fashion for a small but loyal band of followers. When she dips into the online dating pool, her first swipe right raises a huge red flag. Tiana’s polite rejection is met with scorn, and now a group of self-proclaimed “high-value men” are hell-bent on ruining her life.

Special Agent Constant Marlowe is tasked with taking over the investigation of an obsessed serial killer trolling the small town of Clark Valley in the quiet—and eerie—plains of the Midwest. Two female victims in quick succession, the same brutal MO, and every indication that victim number three is only days away. Also in the killer’s scope is Constant herself. When she interviews a local family who may be potential witnesses, she leads the devil to their doorstep, throwing their lives into chaos.

One is Paul Offenbach, a sadistic crime boss with a life-threatening bullet wound. The other is his hostage, Dr. Stuart Collier, now faced with a harrowing ethical quandary. Mile by mile, as a calculated battle of wills and wits plays out, the killer plots his next move. So does the doctor, sworn to do no harm but desperate to escape.

Der Hunger nach Vergeltung ist unstillbar – Der neue Fall für den Kryptologen Arne Stiller von Bestsellerautor Elias Haller Dresden ist im Karnevalsfieber, doch die Feierlaune weicht blankem Entsetzen. Ein maskierter Mörder schlägt zu, foltert seine Opfer auf grausame Weise und hinterlässt rätselhafte Botschaften. Schon am ersten Tatort, einem Imbissrestaurant, wird der Kryptologe Arne Stiller mit einer Szene konfrontiert, die selbst ihn an seine Grenzen bringt. Der Tote ist bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verstümmelt – und ein scheinbar harmloses Foto bleibt als einziger Hinweis zurück.

Ein neuer Fall für den Kryptologen Arne Stiller von Bestsellerautor Elias Haller. Seine Rätsel fragen nach Schuld und Unschuld. So lange niemand die Antworten kennt, werden Menschen sterben. Splitternackt und von rostigen Nägeln durchbohrt wird am Boulevardtheater Dresden die Leiche eines pensionierten Polizeipräsidenten entdeckt. Als wäre der Mord an dem hochrangigen Ex-Polizisten nicht schon brisant genug, befindet sich am Körper des Toten eine Postkarte mit einem chiffrierten Text. Selbst Kryptologe Arne Stiller steht vor einer schier unlösbaren Aufgabe.

It’s an offer Grace Logan can’t refuse: ghostwrite the memoir of Claudia Blackwood, a successful novelist once accused of a ghastly triple murder. Did she really do it? In self-imposed exile in her island mansion, the frail Claudia is finally bringing her notorious past to a close. But for Grace, the end of Claudia’s story may be more than a sinister reveal…

Elizabeths neunjährige Tochter Hollie geht zu einer Halloween-Party in ihrer Schule – und verschwindet spurlos. Elizabeths verzweifelte Suche ist erfolglos, und sie ahnt: Hollie wurde entführt. Von jemandem, der Elizabeths dunkles Geheimnis kennt. Ihr Albtraum wird wahr, als sie ein Foto geschickt bekommt, auf dem Hollie gefesselt und geknebelt ist. Der Entführer fordert sie auf, sich öffentlich zu ihrer Schuld zu bekennen, sonst wird ihre Tochter leiden. Doch Elizabeth darf sich nicht der Polizei stellen.

Ein Zeichen so rätselhaft wie der Tod – ein mysteriöser Fall für den Dresdner Kryptologen Arne Stiller von Bestsellerautor Elias Haller. "Die Leiche ist... – um ehrlich zu sein, hat da drin der Teufel persönlich gewütet." Mit knappen Informationen wird Kryptoanalytiker Arne Stiller zum Tatort des Mordes an einem wohlhabenden Dresdner gerufen. Als er dort eintrifft, versteht er, warum seine Kollegen das Haus kein zweites Mal betreten wollen: Der Eigentümer liegt nicht nur gefesselt und blutüberströmt in seinem Bett, der Täter hat seinem Opfer auch das Gesicht vom Schädel geschnitten.

Der neue Provinzkrimi von BILD-Bestseller- und #1-Kindle-Humor-Autor Friedrich Kalpenstein »Da hat man das ganze Leben lang gespart, und dann ist der Tod umsonst!« Hauptkommissar Tischlers Nachbarin ist nervös. Denn ihre Freundin, die sie zu einer gemeinsamen Wanderung mit dem Frauenbund abholen wollte, hat sie versetzt und ist nicht erreichbar. Ungewöhnlich für die sonst so verlässliche Filialleiterin einer Privatbank. Da die alte Dame nicht locker lässt, schaut Tischler mit ihr zusammen nach dem Rechten. Wie sich schnell herausstellt, ist Frau Zettlwieser zu Hause. Leider tot.

Steven Ross, a family man from a small midwestern town, has been arrested for murder. Evidence suggests he’s an accomplice of the sadistic killer Paul Offenbach. County district attorney Evan Quill believes in his heart that Ross is guilty, but as the trial unfolds, doubts emerge. He presses forward anyway, in a legal fencing match against a brilliant big-city defense attorney. Will Quill’s uncompromising beliefs put an innocent man in jail? Or will a misstep let a killer go free?

A robbery goes awry. A female deputy is tortured and murdered. The killer, hiding in plain sight, has officials in rural Wisconsin under his thumb—except for Special Agent Constant Marlowe, on an unsanctioned mission to avenge her friend’s death. Constant isn’t letting a notorious sadist like Paul Offenbach get away. Traps are set. A cat-and-mouse game begins. Both hunter and hunted are ready to play.

In this explosive short story, international bestselling author Jeffery Deaver brings listeners a classic tale of star-crossed lovers who defy the boundaries of enemy territory. When an underworld kingpin gets taken out, his prime turf is up for grabs. For Irish crime lord Brendon Nagle and archrival John Yung, head of a forty-man tong, it’s war. For Nagle’s son, Andrew, and Yung’s daughter, Loi, it’s love at first sight. But others are watching as their secret love unfolds.

After a long run as a respected journalist, Edward “Fitz” Fitzhugh is on his way out when he stumbles across the story of a lifetime. The Gravedigger is a serial kidnapper who taunts the police with riddles. The other puzzle is his motive, which Fitz is determined to piece together. When an eyewitness to the latest abduction leads Fitz closer to the facts, he realizes that the last great story of his career is not at all what it appears to be.

Swan is a tattoo artist new to a community in the California desert when a mourning desert dweller named Kurt requests a tribute tattoo to his dead wife. Swan agrees, but the locals warn her: don’t indulge Kurt in his tragic memories. No wonder. As Kurt returns for more tattoos, the truth about his wife’s death begins to emerge in the ink. And it isn’t pretty.