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Private investigator Atticus Priest is employed by a disgruntled ex-husband to dig up dirt on his estranged wife. But when she goes missing after swimming in the River Avon, Atticus uncovers a conspiracy between five lifelong friends that goes back years. The friends did something when they were younger that they're not proud of. It's something that would land them in a world of trouble if it ever came to light. Something they've been trying to bury ever since. But Atticus finds one secret and then the next.

A dog walker finds a human bone on lonely Salisbury Plain. DCI Mackenzie Jones investigates the grisly discovery but cannot explain how it ended up there. She contacts disgraced ex-detective Atticus Priest and the two of them trace the bone to a graveyard in the nearby village of Imber. But the village was abandoned after it was purchased by the Ministry of Defence to train the army, so why have bodies been buried in the graveyard since the church was closed?

Christian Windsor's odd genius brought him and his FBI unit fame when he stopped the sadistic murderer called The Surgeon. Christian's genius couldn't reveal the sociopath working right next to him, though: the world-renowned psychiatrist, Luke Titan. Dead bodies begin showing up again, but this time, Christian knows them. The killer doesn't want other people: He wants Christian. A delusional psychopath thinks Christian can bring God's return, which gives Luke Titan the perfect opportunity to continue his own sick purpose.

On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy. At first it seems like an open and shut case: a murder suicide committed by Ralph's volatile brother Cameron. Then new evidence makes Mack suspect the man who reported the crime is in fact the perpetrator. But Mack isn't the only one with a stake in the case.

When a prominent landowner goes missing, private investigator Atticus Priest is drawn into a web of secrets that stretch from the rolling fields of Wiltshire to the darkest corners of the past. The ancient estate of Brookmere—seat of the once-mighty Ainsley family—is crumbling, its future threatened by inheritance disputes, hidden debts, and buried scandal.

Beloved Father Cherian's murder is the latest in line of a slew of priests murdered by a serial killer. Was he just another victim or was his death a culmination of justice?A mysterious beggar loitering outside the church has the answers but it is up to Inspector Sayantani to uncover the secrets...

But when a video is sent to the local newspaper showing the deceased man engaging in a compromising act with a minor, Atticus realizes that there's much more to this case than he initially thought. Is it blackmail? Suicide? Or murder? Two more bodies are found and two more videos are sent to the press. Atticus and his former colleague, detective chief inspector Mackenzie Jones, race against time to identify the culprit before he can strike again.

Liverpool, 1539. A pregnant novice nun, Agnes Moore, ejected from her convent, claims to have been attacked in the ancient chapel of St Mary del Quay by Satan himself. Her former abbess, Lady Katheryn Lukeley, comes to her aid, but Agnes refuses to identify her lover.

Faith McGuire is a lawyer with a firm that represents individuals who claim they were abused by clergy in the archdiocese of Baltimore. When a well-regarded pastor of an inner-city church is accused of sexual misconduct after his funeral, the priest’s diaries cause her to doubt the claims. Faith hires an investigator and asks two reporters for help.

Ten years ago, his wife died in his arms. God saved him for Himself. Now, he wants his first love to catch her killer. Tom Greer left Myerton six months after his wife Joan’s death, determined to leave the painful memories behind. Ten years later, now-Father Tom Greer returns for a four-month assignment as the temporary pastor of Saint Clare's Parish in Myerton. His only desire is to serve God's people quietly, then leave again. But the past won't leave Father Tom alone…

In the house of a Roman Catholic bishop a man lies in a pool of blood. Out in the bishop’s diocese the quiet life of parish priest Father Vincent Ross is about to be thrown into turmoil by a terrifying revelation. There are ugly scandals being hidden by the church, and a murderer is on the prowl. The police and the authorities are groping in the dark, but Father Ross has been given special information that he cannot disclose to anyone.

Vier Leichen. Zwei Ermittler. Ein rätselhaftes Verbrechen. Am Heiligabend wird DCI Mackenzie Jones zu einer Schießerei in einem abgelegenen Farmhaus gerufen. Ralph Mallender glaubt, seinen Vater tot in der Küche liegen gesehen zu haben. Als drei weitere Leichen gefunden werden, wird klar, dass sich ein weihnachtliches Familientreffen zu einer grausamen Tragödie gewandelt hat. Zunächst scheint der Fall offensichtlich zu sein: Ein erweiterter Selbstmord von Ralphs jähzornigem Bruder. Bis neue Beweise Mack daran zweifeln lassen, dass er der wahre Täter ist.

In the darkest hours of communist rule, Father Merhum fought to protect the sanctity of the Orthodox Church. Now the Soviet Union is gone, but the bureaucracy survives, and within it lurk men who would do anything to undermine the fragile new Russian democracy. Father Merhum is on his way to Moscow to denounce those traitors when he is struck with an ax and killed.

She was leaning against the door. Her smile was a sickly twisted grimace; the sort a prisoner gives a judge when he's asked if he has anything to say before he's sentenced. Russell Haxby is a ruthless used-car salesman obsessed with manipulating and cavorting with married women. In this classic of hard-boiled fiction, Charles Willeford crafts a wry, sardonic tale of hypocrisy, intrigue, and lust set in San Francisco in the early '50s.

Hörbuchempfehlung für Thriller Fans: Winters Schmerz die globale Bestsellerserie von Mary Stone. Der Privatdetektiv Atticus Priest soll mehr über den Tod eines Mannes herausfinden, der vom Turm der Katehdrale in Salisbury gestürzt ist. Als kurz darauf eine Lokalzeitung ein Video erhält, das zeigt, wie der Tote Sex mit einem Minderjährigen hat, wird Atticus schnell klar, dass es an dem Fall mehr dran ist, als er zunächst angenommen hat. Geht es um Erpressung? War es ein Suizid? Oder Mord? Bald tauchen zwei weitere Leichen und zwei weitere Videos auf.

Ein Hundespaziergänger findet auf der einsamen Salisbury Plain einen menschlichen Knochen. DCI Mackenzie Jones untersucht den grausigen Fund, findet aber keine Erklärung, wie der Knochen dort hingekommen ist. Sie wendet sich an den in Ungnade gefallenen Ex-Detective Atticus Priest. Es gelingt den beiden, den Knochen zu einem Friedhof im nahe gelegenen Dorf Imber zurückverfolgen. Doch das Dorf wurde verlassen, nachdem es vom Verteidigungsministerium als Übungsgelände für die Armee gekauft wurde.

An assassin sent by Arma Dei disappears into the night, with him a collection of heretical art and writings. For five centuries, the satchel—containing sketches and writings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and many others—is pursued by kings, popes, princes, and scavengers. The Paletti notebook lives on through rumor and legend, which also suggest that it contains the infamous Gospel of Matthias, thought to be lost forever.