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When Detective Maria Miller walks up creaking stairs into the attic of the old brownstone she senses this isn’t an ordinary crime scene. The brutality of the murder is enough to shock even an experienced detective like Maria. But there’s something else. An unsettling presence seems to lurk in the shadows sending a chill through Maria’s bones, making her desperate to run back down the stairs and never return. The killing is identical to the murder of an actress sixty years before, a crime that tore a family apart and sent shockwaves through New York City.

Beautiful, bright-eyed Michelle Jackson, a loving wife and mother, has been killed. Her husband Paul is accused of murdering her. Their little girl Emily, numb with grief, is refusing to speak. You’ll hate Paul for what he’s done. Everyone said they were the perfect couple, always holding hands. They did everything together. But when you hear about their whispered arguments and the terrible lies they both told, you’ll be certain Paul is guilty. But everything you think you know is wrong. After all, behind closed doors every marriage has secrets. And some are deadlier than others.

Shortly before midnight, four teenagers broke into the old abandoned psychiatric hospital on Beacon Hill. Only three came out again. The missing girl—Riley Holt—is the seventeen-year-old daughter of the local police chief and she appears to have vanished into thin air. Called from Manhattan to take over the case, Detective Maria Miller and her partner Frankie Conroy uncover the sinister past of the abandoned hospital, which was once the hiding place of the notorious College Kid Killer, who never revealed the burial site of his final victim.

When the bodies of two teenage girls are discovered in a rundown New York City hotel room, Detective Maria Miller is called to the crime scene. The best friends were supposed to be at a sleepover miles away in the suburbs. With no record of the girls checking in and the room on the thirteenth floor closed off to guests, what were they doing there? Sinister messages on their phones suggest the girls were lured to the hotel, using its reputation for hauntings as bait. The killer left no DNA behind and Maria’s efforts to trace their identity leads to a dead end.

This collection of gripping crime stories has become a classic. The idyllic village in the Swiss mountains with its iconic luxury hotel is not what it seems: Some of the guests do not have relaxation and winter sport on their minds - but murder. Death comes in many guises and in the most unlikely locations: in the cosy surroundings of hotel bars, on sunlit ski slopes and on thin ice.

Thirty-two-year-old Catherine Hope has a great memory. But she can't remember everything. She can't remember her ninth year, or when her insomnia started. And she can't remember why everyone stopped calling her Catherine-Maria. With a promiscuous past, and licking her wounds after a breakup, Catherine wonders why she resists anything approaching real love. But when she loses her home to the devastating deluge of 2007 and volunteers at Flood Crisis, a devastating memory emerges.

Genova, 1968. Maria Viani, universitaria fuori sede, scopre che Elisabetta, la sua bellissima coinquilina, è scomparsa. L’aiuteranno nel difficile compito di ritrovarla l’ispettore Sergio Cantini, vecchia conoscenza di Maria, e il fratello della ragazza. L’impresa, però, si rivelerà più difficile di quanto possano immaginare. Maria Teresa Valle, nata a Varazze (SV), risiede attualmente a Genova. Giallista di successo, ha pubblicato con Fratelli Frilli Editori numerosi romanzi, tra cui le due serie di successo con protagonisti Maria Viani e Damiano Flexi Gerardi, soprannominato il Becchino.

Il ritorno in grande stile di Teresa Maritano, ex poliziotta dal passato complesso e dal cuore d’oro...Teresa Maritano viene svegliata da una notizia assurda: hanno sparato al vicequestore Marco Ardini! La relazione fra Teresa e il suo ex superiore, già complicata, è resa ancora più difficile dal comune legame con Paola, la ragazzina che per qualche tempo lei aveva avuto in affido. Ma perché gli hanno teso questo agguato nella spiaggia sotto casa? Il vicequestore non sembrava coinvolto in indagini particolarmente rischiose.

La prima indagine della celebre serie investigativa - firmata da Maria Teresa Valle - con protagonista Maria Viani, biologa in pensione con il pallino per le storie con delitto. Maria Viani, biologa in pensione, trascorre felicemente le sue giornate in un tranquillo paesino dell’Appennino ligure dividendo il suo tempo tra l’orto e la raccolta di funghi nel bosco. Il ritrovamento del cadavere di un abitante del piccolo paese le offre l’occasione di trasformarsi da tranquilla signora di campagna in detective.

Teresa Maritano, detta Tea, ha chiuso con la polizia. Al titolo di ispettrice preferisce quello di barista, alla frenesia delle indagini preferisce una vita più calma e rilassata. Quand'ecco che, in seguito alla morte del capitano Alberto Terracini, suo ex marito apparentemente caduto durante un'escursione in montagna, Teresa finisce per ereditare un rustico nella campagna piemontese. Senza porsi troppe domande, l'ex ispettrice decide di trasferirsi nel rustico.

Ottenuto l'affidamento della piccola Paola, la vita di Teresa Maritano sembra finalmente aver preso la svolta tanto desiderata. Il suo passato nella polizia è finito, e ora gestisce un bar nella tranquilla provincia ligure. Eppure, come già successo in precedenza, l'arrivo del commissario Ardini rimescolerà di nuovo le carte in tavola. Tormentato da un trauma della sua infanzia, riflesso in un oggetto rinvenuto sulla scena del crimine del falegname Remo Valsi, Ardini è incapace di continuare le indagini.

Aidan Sheppard has always resisted his darker urges - only the violent ones, he’d never deny himself anything sexual - until one night when he goes too far. Way too far. It doesn’t matter that it was an accident; it still happened, and he can’t escape it. Now he must choose between what’s expected of him, morality, and what he truly wants, depraved release. But as bloody fantasies flood his mind, Aidan struggles to find control. Desire taking over, he dives deeper into his darker side.

Tuesday Truman spent half of her life in the dark, knowing nothing of the horrible truth behind her lineage. And now, nearing 30, she’s still trying to make up for all of the wrongs committed by her parents. She’s awkward, but honest, and because of her past she’s got a real thing for true crime - which lead to her successful podcast on the subject. But Tuesday may have bitten off more than she can chew with her current endeavor - helping a listener identify and stop her uniquely horrible stalker - when she goes from hunter to hunted.

From the outside, Bee Iverson and her fiancé, Aidan Shepard, look like any other happy couple - but looks can be deceiving. Not long into their engagement, secrets seep out of her past, lies surround them, and unwelcome surprises leak into their lives, breaking down Bee’s confidence not only in herself but in their relationship, too. Secret: Bee’s keeping a piece of her past from Aidan - for him. Aidan knows Bee’s a serial killer, preying on men as often as she can. In fact, their shared passion of such dark desires fuels their love for each other.

Wenn niemandem mehr zu trauen ist... Ein tödliches Lügengeflecht scheint den Vatikan unterwandert zu haben... Gerade wurde einer seiner ältesten Freunde brutal ermordet – und jetzt steht er selbst unter Verdacht: Geschichtsprofessor Don Cavelli fühlt sich in einem Albtraum gefangen. Er lebt im Vatikan, er ist "einer von ihnen" – und doch wird er über Nacht zum Staatsfeind Nr. 1 erklärt. Ihm bleibt nichts anderes als die Flucht.

Some people are born into what may be considered unfortunate circumstances. Of those people there are those that decide they aren't going to follow that way of living. They want their children to have a better life, to be raised with better values.

All I want is get back to normal. Whatever ‘normal’ is these days. After all, our family will be scarred forever after everything that’s happened. My sister-in-law falling prey to the serial killer that stalked our usual peaceful town is something I’ll never get over. But equally, I’m beyond relieved that my husband has been exonerated of involvement in any of the women’s deaths. Our nightmare is finally over. Or is it?

When a bird flu pandemic reaches the picturesque yet uncanny island Gotland, panic spreads among the inhabitants who are frantic for an elusive cure. As the community becomes more desperate, the hunt for scapegoats begins. Extremist and anti-immigrant groups gain ground while nurse Sandra Hägg...

Dreizehn Messerstiche haben Stan Schulin getötet, einen Siebzehnjährigen, dessen Leiche in einem Waldstück nahe Helsinki gefunden wird. Maria Kallio kennt den Jungen: Einige Stunden zuvor hat er ihr gegenüber am Vernehmungstisch gesessen. Er steht mit Gangkriminalität in Verbindung, Videos auf seinem Computer zeigen schwere Gewaltverbrechen. Musste er deshalb sterben? In der Nähe der Leiche greift das Team der KiJu-Abteilung einen möglichen Täter auf.

Dawn's friend Vince, who she has spent months caring for, is now on his death bed. The morning of May 8th, she takes Max, Vince's dog, out for his final walk. David becomes concerned when she doesn't return.