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'The Butcher of Belle Vue' has struck again. Like the first two victims, the third has been partially skinned and dumped on waste ground. Only this time, her face has also been removed. Jon Spicer and his new partner, Rick Saville, are approached by a woman who insists she heard 'The Butcher' claiming his latest victim in the next-door room of a run-down hotel in Belle Vue. But all she has to back up her story is an Escort’s business card recovered from the empty room the following morning.

READERS LOVE GEMMA's DARK WORLD 'If you are after something that is both shocking and horrifically beautiful then take a journey and discover this little atrocity for yourself'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I kept telling myself I really should turn off the light and get to bed now, eyes dry, head heavy...

LA homeboy Magdaleno Argueta is desperate for a fresh start out of gang life, but after doing time on a frameup, he finds the only door open to him is continuing with his clica, the Cyco Lokos. He figures he’ll stay in for a while to save money to get away from Los Angeles with his girl, but his archrival homie Rico sees him as a threat and schemes to get Mags out of the way forever. Mags plays right into Rico’s hands, only realizing what his homie is up to after it’s too late. Then Mags must make a difficult sacrifice to save his family and himself.

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.

Detective Mary Hume is on the trail of a vicious serial killer. A killer who leaves a baffling code carved into the skin of his victims. The first victim, a young man, lies spreadeagled in his stylish Soho flat. Carved deep into his hairless chest—while he was still alive—are the numbers 1-4-3. The second victim is a vicar—murdered and mutilated in his own church, his body posed kneeling in the front pew. Etched into his torso are more cryptic numbers.

Ich bin ein Serienkiller. Das hier ist meine Geschichte. Ich erzähle dir von meinen Taten, von meinen Ideen, davon, was mich zu dem gemacht hat. Ich möchte, dass du an meiner Seite bist, während ich mein nächstes Opfer finde. Und ich will, dass du dabei mitwirkst. Sieh nicht nur zu.

Als Christian den Link zu dem Video anklickt, ist er entsetzt über das, was er sieht: einen bis zur Unkenntlichkeit entstellten menschlichen Körper, der regungslos auf dem Wasser eines Swimmingpools treibt. Das ist nur der Höhepunkt einer ganzen Reihe von seltsamen Ereignissen, die sich in Christians sonst so geregeltem Leben plötzlich häufen. Doch als er sich der Polizei anvertraut, reagiert diese anders als erwartet. Christian hat das Gefühl, dass man ihm nicht glaubt.

The girl was slumped over the edge of the old clawfoot tub, her eyes tiny shards of broken glass, her expression void of anything. Her long, wet hair dripped onto the floor. She was dead. The night Katelyn Berkley died, everything changed… For as long as they can remember, twins Hayley and Taylor Ryan have been able to hear the dead. With a true crime writer and psychiatric nurse for parents, the twins were taught to use their gift to give a voice to the innocent.

For the first time in one unforgettable collection, Skin and Bones features eight gripping original short stories in the bestselling Mike Bowditch series—including one brand new, never-before-published story—from Edgar-award nominated author Paul Doiron.

Il fût un temps où cette ville était au centre du monde. Un temps où sa puissance se nourrissait du sang et du fer. Mais aujourd'hui elle n'est plus que rouille et elle attend la ruine. C'est un territoire parfait pour Willie Flambeaux et Randi Wade. Lui est agent de recouvrement, elle, détective. Mais lorsqu'une série de meurtres particulièrement atroces ensanglante cette ville qu'ils croyaient si bien connaître, ce n'est plus dans dans le labyrinthe des rues qu'ils auront à mener l'enquête, mais dans les recoins les plus sombres de leurs propres passés.

In Skin and Bones, an original short story in the Paul Doiron's bestselling Mike Bowditch series, the killing of a bald eagle unearths ties to a tragic case from mentor Charley Steven’s past. When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch discovers a bullet-ridden bald eagle in the Maine woods, he is...

Álvaro, un exitoso escritor, y Mateo, un crucigramista en números rojos, acabarán atrapados en el caótico trazado medieval de la villa y bajo una impenitente cencellada. Ambos serán parte de un macabro juego en el que la sed de venganza los llevará a tomar decisiones que condicionarán sus vidas en el caso en el que alguno logre superar la jornada.