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A killer so clever, nobody hears the screams . . . When the mutilated body of a woman is discovered in her home, DCI Bishop from the Met murder squad is called in to oversee the case. The horrific killing bears a striking resemblance to three other murders years before, but the cases were never...

Cuando Penny Dahl contacta con Finders Keepers para que la ayuden a encontrar a su hija, algo en la voz desesperada de la mujer hace que Holly Gibney se vea obligada a aceptar el trabajo.

Brought to you by Penguin. A case shrouded in secrets. It’s just before Christmas, 1953. Grasby and Juggers are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthley’s Bay. A fisherman has been found dead on the beach, with a stocking wound tight round his throat. A festive mystery...

Holly Wakefield works for the NHS as a criminal psychologist specialising in serial killers. She has particular reason to be good at her job - but she keeps that to herself. When DI Bishop from the Met Police approaches Holly to investigate a recent killing, Holly is horrified by the dismembered bodies and the way they have been theatrically positioned. More shocking still is when the pathologist reveals this is not the first time she has seen these mutilations. It means a serial killer is out there, and they're going to kill again - soon. 

On a cold winter's morning, the body of a young boy is discovered in Epping Forest. The body is pristine and peaceful, his head resting gently on a pillow, an angel pendant clenched in his small fist. It is a murder as carefully planned as it is brutal, and there's one person DI Bishop needs back on his team to help solve such a calculated crime. Holly Wakefield, clinical psychologist for the Met Police, is better than anyone Bishop knows at getting inside the brains of psychopaths.

Holly Wakefield was just nine years old when her parents were murdered by notorious serial killer The Animal. The devastating event influenced her career as a criminal psychologist and now she helps the Met Police catch the most dangerous psychopaths. But Holly's world is turned upside down when she starts discovering messages at gruesome crime scenes from the person she fears above all else. The world believe The Animal is dead, yet Holly knows he is alive and killing again—and he wants her to know.

Stone Barrington tracks a mobster within the witness protection program—with a little help from Florida police chief Holly Barker—in this “full-throttle”* thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Stone Barrington is, once again, right at home in New York City. But this time...

Discover the book everyone is talking about! This fun and festive mystery is perfect for fans of Murder on the Christmas Express and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot’s Christmas A village of secrets. Yorkshire, 1952. Christmas is fast approaching when a dead stranger is found lodged up the...

Some truths are better left buried, but Jace Walker is determined to unearth the skeletons in her family’s closet. Leverage is all she needs to keep her brother alive, and she’s willing to risk everything to save him.

Rebecca Crow’s four-year-old son is dead, and her husband is missing. Divers find her husband’s car at the bottom of a canal with their son’s small, lifeless body, inside. The police have no suspects and nothing to go on but a passing mention of a man driving a van. Guilt and grief cloud Rebecca’s thoughts as she stumbles towards her only mission: Revenge. James Porter knows exactly what happened to them, but he’ll do anything to keep it a secret. James didn’t plan to kill Rebecca’s son, but he’s not too broken up about it, either.

Stuart Woods brings back small-town police chief Holly Barker—and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisy—for another exhilarating adventure in this New York Times bestseller. When Holly Barker’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing...

Blood Orchid is the third adventure of one of Stuart Woods's most engaging characters, Chief of Police Holly Barker. This time out, Holly is trying to get her life back together after the shattering loss of her fiancé. With the help of her wily Doberman, Daisy, and her father, Ham, she throws...

Holly has drifted from one place to the next for as long as she can remember, never settling long enough to build a life. It's the only way she knows how to survive in a world that has no place for someone like her. But when mysterious footsteps follow her home, and she finds a cryptic note taped to her door, she realizes she's stayed too long. The man she's hiding from has found her. But how?

Holly Saemann es una mujer agradable que, habiéndose ganado la simpatía del pueblo de Oyster bay gracias a su apariencia amable e inofensiva, da rienda suelta a sus apetitos por la carne humana. En su diario registra todos y cada uno de sus crímenes con un detalle aterrador, así como la parte más dolorosa de su infancia y adolescencia.

Ein Junge wird ermordet in einem Londoner Park gefunden, fast nackt und arrangiert, als würde er schlafen. In seiner Hand befindet sich eine Kette mit einem Engelsanhänger. Der ermittelnde Detective Inspector Bishop bittet Profilerin Holly Wakefield um Hilfe. Es ist ihr zweiter gemeinsamer...

Holly Saemann es una mujer agradable que, habiéndose ganado la simpatía del pueblo de Oyster bay gracias a su apariencia amable e inofensiva, da rienda suelta a sus apetitos por la carne humana. En su diario registra todos y cada uno de sus crímenes con un detalle aterrador, así como la parte más dolorosa de su infancia y adolescencia.

Wer stirbt als nächstes? Die Profilerin Holly Wakefield und Detective Inspector Bishop arbeiten an einem neuen Fall. Eine Prostituierte wurde brutal erstochen und verstümmelt. Geht es um eine Rachetat im Rotlichtmilieu? Holly erkennt schnell, dass der Fall einen anderen Hintergrund hat. Der Täter hat eine Strichmännchenzeichnung neben der Leiche zurückgelassen. Sofort denkt Bishop an zwei ungelöste Fälle vor mehreren Jahren. Damals wurden zwei Männer ähnlich brutal ermordet und dazu noch kastriert. Bei den Leichen wurden ebenfalls Zeichnungen von Strichmännchen gefunden.

Aus der Dunkelheit erhebt sich ein Mörder. Holly Wakefield war gerade neun Jahre alt, als ihre Eltern von dem berüchtigten Serienkiller "The Animal" ermordet wurden. Aus diesem Grund hat sie sich für eine Karriere als Kriminalpsychologin entschieden und macht Jagd auf die gefährlichsten Psychopathen. Ihre Welt wird auf den Kopf gestellt, als sie an grausamen Tatorten Botschaften von der Person entdeckt, die sie am meisten fürchtet. Die Welt glaubt, "The Animal" sei tot, doch Holly ist sich sicher: Er lebt – und er will, dass sie es weiß.

 By day, he wears a mask, concealing his true nature from the world. By night, he conducts his plans, carefully composing death for those deemed less worthy in his eyes of existence. When bodies of convicted felons start turning up, Detective Gregory Shaw is called upon to investigate. His suspicions fall on a well-known attorney, but can he prove his hunch holds merit?