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Kim Slade is at work when there's a knock at her office door. Someone is waiting for her in reception. A woman claiming to be her mother. The mother who abandoned her thirty years ago. Monica Slade has been working as a live-in housekeeper for a judge and his wife, she says. But now Judge Hawkes is dead. The last thing Monica says before the police take her in for questioning is: "There are things you should know. About the past."

When a rapist is found mutilated in a brutal attack, Detective Kim Stone and her team are called in to bring a swift resolution. But, as more vengeful killings come to light, it soon becomes clear that there is someone far more sinister at work.

When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable; that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping. And when a second text message pits the two families against each other for the life of their children, the clock starts ticking for D.I. Kim Stone and the squad.

When Detective Kim Stone is called to the home of Samantha Brown, she finds the young woman lying in bed with her throat cut and a knife in her hand. With no sign of forced entry or struggle, Kim rules her death a tragic suicide. But a visit to Samantha’s parents rings alarm bells for Kim - there’s something they’re not telling her. And, when she spots a clue in a photograph, Kim realizes she’s made a huge mistake. Samantha didn’t take her own life, she was murdered.

Finding my husband in bed with another woman was not how I planned to start my day. Or homeless the next minute. And broke. So, when a job comes my way from The Twilight Hotel—a paranormal hotel in midtown Manhattan that serves as a sanctuary and residence—I take it. Cue in tattooed, sexy as sin, grumpy restaurant owner Valen who can’t do drama or high-maintenance women. The problem? He’s cruel and dangerous. And he’s hiding something.

A #1 New York Times bestseller by Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a brilliantly crafted novel of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love Kim Edwards’s stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky, when a blizzard forces Dr...

A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Ensemble Performance “The best thriller of 2025.” —The Boston Globe * “Genius.” —The Washington Post “A literary thriller of the highest order” (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Couple), Heartwood takes you on a...

Consumed with grief over the tragic death of her husband, FBI Agent Victory McClane is obsessed with finding Ohio's serial killer, "The Wrapper". When another young woman turns up dead and the victim is linked to Derrick Lynn, son of the secretary of defense, Victory finds Derrick has all the right answers and is a little too helpful. Derrick has a secret: He's a government assassin who uses his unusual paranormal skills to eliminate targets. Determined to keep his own secrets buried, he offers to help find the Wrapper. But can Victory trust him?

Ma si tratta di una buca piccola: il corpo non è quello di un adulto. Una vita innocente è stata sacrificata per siglare un oscuro patto di sangue. E il segreto che lega i presenti è destinato a essere sepolto sotto terra. Anni dopo, la direttrice di una scuola viene brutalmente assassinata: è solo il primo di una serie di agghiaccianti delitti che terrorizzano la regione della Black Country, in Inghilterra. Il compito di seguire e fermare questa orribile scia di sangue viene affidato alla detective Kim Stone.

"Kim Novak badete nie im See von Genezareth" ist kein klassischer Krimi, handelt aber von einem Mord, den zwei Jugendliche in einer Sommernacht beobachten. Eine schöne Frau und ihr heimlicher Geliebter könnten Hinweise auf Motiv und Täter liefern, doch alle schweigen, und der Fall wird nie aufgeklärt.

Robert to policjant, mężczyzna z przeszłością. Pewnej nocy wraca ze spotkania z informatorem. Na moście dostrzega coś, co każe mu się zatrzymać. Młoda kobieta wchodzi na barierkę. Robert działa błyskawicznie. Ściąga ją na ziemię i zabiera na komisariat. Kobieta oznajmia, że właśnie tak świętowała swoje urodziny. Robert odwozi ją do domu. Od tej chwili nie może przestać o niej myśleć i szuka okazji do spotkań. Iza, artystyczna dusza, fascynuje go. Dlaczego mieszka sama w starym dużym domu? Czego mu nie mówi.

Florida investigative reporter Whitney Steel has lived in the shadow of her legendary father long enough. To prove herself she needs to find the "big" story. She found it. Now it may kill her. After receiving a lead pointing to the world's first cloned human, now a small child, Whitney vows to unravel the truth. However, sifting through the facts proves to have dangerous results, including death threats and murder.

Caught in a dangerous situation, Amy is backed into a corner. As she fights to regain control, she discovers a unique set of skills lurking below her surface.

Charlie e Amy, due bambine di soli nove anni, compagne di gioco, scompaiono all'improvviso. Un messaggio recapitato alle rispettive famiglie conferma l'ipotesi peggiore: le giovani sono state rapite. È l'inizio di un incubo. Poco tempo dopo, un secondo messaggio è ancora più mostruoso. I malviventi mettono le due famiglie l'una contro l'altra, minacciando di uccidere una delle due bambine. Per la detective Kim Stone e la sua squadra il caso è più difficile del solito. I rapitori potrebbero davvero trasformarsi in assassini spietati.

Nawet najmroczniejszych sekretów nie da się pogrzebać na zawsze. W Black Country z zimną krwią zostaje zabita dyrektorka szkoły. Ofiara wiedziała, że ten dzień nadejdzie, i nie próbowała zmienić przeznaczenia. Detektyw Kim Stone, która jedzie na miejsce zbrodni, ma przeczucie, że to dopiero początek serii bestialskich zabójstw. Sprawa dodatkowo się komplikuje, gdy równolegle z teraźniejszymi przestępstwami na jaw wychodzą okrutne mordy sprzed lat, mające miejsce na terenie domu dziecka w Crestwood. Wtedy to został zawarty pakt nad grobem dziecka, któremu odebrano niewinne życie.

Hvordan fanger man en morder, der ikke efterlader nogen spor?

En kvinde er blevet dræbt med ét enkelt, præcist knivstik, og ved første øjekast ligner det et røveri, der har udviklet sig fatalt. Men kommissær Kim Stone føler, at der er noget, der ikke rigtig hænger sammen.

Da en stofmisbruger bliver fundet myrdet med et identisk sår, ved Kim instinktivt, at der er tale om den samme morder. Men når intet forbinder de to ofre, står hun måske over for sin hidtil vanskeligste sag.

DØDE PIGER SLADRER IKKE ... KUN NÅR MAN LYTTER. Forskningsanlægget Westerley er ikke for sarte sjæle. Det er en ”kadaverfarm”, hvor man studerer menneskekroppens nedbrydning, og stedets beboere er lig i forskellige faser af opløsning. Men da vicekriminalkommissær Kim Stone og hendes hold finder det helt friske lig af en ung kvinde, lader det til, at en morder har opdaget det perfekte sted at skille sig af med sit offer. Da endnu en pige samme sted bliver fundet i kritisk tilstand efter et brutalt overfald, er det tydeligt for Stone og hendes folk, at en seriemorder er på spil.

Det forældrepar, der tilbyder den største løsesum, kommer til at se deres datter igen. Det par, der taber, gør ikke. Tag ikke fejl. Et barn kommer til at dø. Da bedsteveninderne på ni år, Charlie og Amy, forsvinder, bliver to familier kastet ud i et mareridt. En sms bekræfter det utænkelige: at pigerne er blevet ofre for en frygtelig kidnapning. Da endnu en sms spiller familierne ud mod hinanden for at redde deres børn, begynder uret at tikke for kommissær Kim Stone og hendes team.

Selv de mørkeste hemmeligheder kan ikke ligge begravet for altid... Fem skikkelser står forsamlet om en lav grav. De havde alle sammen skiftedes til at grave. Et hul i voksen størrelse ville have taget længere. Et uskyldigt liv var blevet taget, men pagten var blevet indgået. Deres hemmeligheder ville blive begravet, forseglet med blod. År senere bliver en skoleforstander fundet brutalt druknet, det første af en stribe makabre mord, der ryster Black Country. Men da der bliver fundet ligrester ved et tidligere børnehjem, kommer foruroligende hemmeligheder også for dagen.

Hævnens time er kommet. Da en voldtægtsforbryder bliver fundet brutalt myrdet i en passage, er det op til kommissær Kim Stone og hendes folk at løse sagen hurtigt. Men hun har ikke en chance for at vide, hvad hun egentlig er oppe imod. Bag mandens morder gemmer sig en vaskeægte sociopat, der udfører sine egne forskruede eksperimenter med nogle af samfundets mest sårbare. Da det ene hævnmord efter det andet sker, bliver det tydeligt for Kim, at der er noget langt mere uhyggeligt på færde.