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Vera Stanhope, star of ITV’s Vera, returns in the tenth novel in number one bestseller Ann Cleeves’s acclaimed series. Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now, they still return every five years to celebrate their...

The Sleeping and the Dead is a tense and twisting detective story from Ann Cleeves, creator of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series. Northumberland detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Lake, where a diving instructor has made a gruesome discovery. In the water lies a corpse – the...

A cabin in the woods. Three dead, one in critical condition. Property owned by not just any Tennessee local, but one of the richest men in the country. Vera Boyett isn’t quite sure what it means. But that’s why Sheriff Gray “Bent” Benton called her: to figure it out. Criminal analysis is what she does best. Even when the town is in panicked shambles, even when the case is more delicate than most…and even when it’s not the only case on her plate.

Vera Boyett is a master at cracking a case. After tragedy destroyed her career as deputy police chief, she felt lost. Moving back home near her sisters, she put her skills back to use as a crime analyst, and now her star is finally back on the rise. Vera’s work really begins to heat up after the local sheriff, Gray “Bent” Benton, calls to ask her for assistance with a pressing case. Pushing aside their complicated past, Vera agrees to help Bent search for a missing reporter.

Andrea e Katia sono due giovani dalle vite profondamente differenti. Lei, bella, intelligente, di buona famiglia, avviata a una brillante carriera da avvocato, abituata a ottenere sempre ciò che desidera; lui, imponente, sportivo, affascinante come la notte, ma senza genitori, e dunque costretto a badare a se stesso sin da quando aveva cinque anni. E poi, un pesante passato alle spalle e un difficile segreto che Andrea non può rivelare.

It's spring 1971 and Vera Kelly and her girlfriend, Max, leave Brooklyn for an emergency visit to Max's estranged family in LA. Max's parents are divorcing—her father is already engaged to a much younger woman, under the sway of an occultist charlatan and her mother has left their estate with no indication of return. Max prepares for the trip with equal parts dread and anger. Upon arriving, Vera is shocked by the size and extravagance of the Comstock estate, while Max attempts to navigate her father and the occultist, who is charming but appears to be siphoning family money.

Wenn der Bullerbü-Urlaub zum Albtraum wird: Der neue Thriller der Meisterin der Gänsehaut-Atmosphäre. Spätestens nach dem ersten Twist werden Sie dieses Hörbuch nicht mehr aus der Hand legen können! Als Henrik und Nora mit ihrem fünfjährigen Sohn Fynn ins schwedische Västernorrland fahren, erwarten sie einen idyllischen Urlaub. Doch bereits bei ihrer Ankunft spüren sie, dass die verlassene Ferienhütte etwas Bedrohliches umgibt. Der Eindruck bestätigt sich, als im angrenzenden Wald ein jahrzehntealtes Kinderskelett gefunden wird. Dann verschwindet Fynn.

Un joven descubre el cadáver de una chica debajo de una gruesa capa de hielo en un parque del sur de Londres. La inspectora jefe Erika Foster será la encargada de dirigir la investigación del caso, mientras lucha contra sus propios demonios personales. Cuando Erika comienza a indagar en el pasado de la víctima, todo parece apuntar a que su asesinato está conectado con el homicidio de otras tres mujeres que han sido encontradas también bajo las aguas heladas de otros lagos en Londres.

It’s the year 1949. The war is over. NYC Detective Johnny Verohas been promoted to lieutenant, partly as a result of capturing the serial killer Jean-Paul Vincent in France the previous year with the help of Interpol.

The Sabre Blue Society (SASBO) is a fictitious arm of the NYPD created by author, Fred Berri. He created this as a specialized elite unit that deals far beyond the depths of the department's undercover and Internal Affairs brothers in blue.

Fred Berri’s Ten Cents a Dance is a suspenseful thriller! Can homicide detective Johnny Vero stop the strange string of murders? Johnny Vero travels to France and works with Interpol to hunt a serial killer. The killer targets dance hall women who charge a fee of 10 cents for a three minute spin on the dance floor.