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Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns in The Killing House, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan's series. When a puzzling missing persons' case opens up in her hometown, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire can't help but return once more. Renovations at an abandoned farm have uncovered two bodies: a man known to be an IRA member missing since the '90s and a young girl whose identity remains a mystery.

Victim: female. Twenty-two years of age. Reason for investigation: missing person. ID: Alice Morgan. Student. Last seen at a remote religious shrine in Ballyterrin. Alice Morgan's disappearance raises immediate questions for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire. Alice, the daughter of a life peer in the Home Office, has vanished along with a holy relic - the bones of a saint - and the only trace is the bloodstains on the altar.

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond and Lying in Wait, a biting and masterful “dark jewel of a novel” (A.J. Finn, #1New York Times bestselling author) that explores the many ways families can wreak emotional havoc across generations—for fans of HBO’s...

Twenty years ago, a serial killer was caught, convicted, and locked away in the country's most hellish of penitentiaries. That man was Edward's father. Edward has struggled his entire life to put the nightmares of his childhood behind him. But a week before Christmas, violence once again makes an unwelcome appearance into his world. Suddenly he's going to need the help of his father, a man he hasn't seen since he was a boy. Is Edward destined to be just like him, to become a man of blood?

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Visitors come to Cutter’s Pass to disappear into nature…not vanish into thin air. Don’t miss this “eerie thriller [that] can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining” (Booklist) about a disappearing...

“An Agatha Christie vibe make[s] this whodunit an excellent beach read” (Library Journal). Discover secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer—all on one street in this gripping suspense from New York Times bestselling author and “master of misdirection and sudden plot twists” (Booklist)...

As a child she made headlines. As an adult no one knows her real name. But some nightmares linger even after you open your eyes…Don’t miss this “hauntingly atmospheric and gorgeously written page-turner” (Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Marriage) from...

Chris Falco is an ex-con who wants a new life. He thinks he's found it when he reconnects with his college sweetheart, Azalea, and moves to the city to be with her. She’s beautiful and glamorous, and the romance heats up quickly, but just as fast, Azalea starts acting strange. She sees things that aren't there, and talks to people who aren't there, like the man in the grey suit.

Rechtsmediziner Paul Herzfeld steckt sein letzter Fall noch in den Knochen, weshalb er vorübergehend von Kiel nach Itzehoe auf eine vermeintlich ruhigere Stelle in der Pathologie versetzt wird. Doch die dortige Ruine des Klinikumarchivs zeugt von einem Flammenmeer, in dem nicht nur tausende Akten und Gewebeproben dem Feuer zum Opfer fielen, sondern auch Herzfelds Vorgänger in der Pathologie den Tod fand. Ein Todesfall mit zu vielen Ungereimtheiten, wie Herzfeld findet. Und je weiter er nachforscht, desto klarer wird, dass er einem Skandal ungeheuren Ausmaßes auf der Spur ist.

Financial struggles have forced Grace Rockwell, along with her husband and their baby daughter, back to the family homestead. Luckily, the move to the Bittersweet Hollow Morgan Horse Farm isn't all bad. Her sister Portia is there with her toddler son, and Grace soon finds a way to improve their finances - by entering riding competitions with her family's gorgeous horses.

Rechtsmediziner Paul Herzfeld ist irritiert, als sich sein Vorgesetzter, Prof. Schneider, bei der Obduktion einer zerstückelten Frauenleiche überraschend schnell auf eine Machete als Tatwaffe festlegt. Auch der Sektionsassistent wirkt ungewöhnlich nervös und fahrig. Und tatsächlich taucht kurz darauf das blutverschmierte Mordwerkzeug in einer Kieler Parkanlage auf: eine kunstvoll verzierte Machete. Von den Medien wird Schneider sofort als rechtsmedizinisches Genie gefeiert, sein Aufstieg zum Direktor der Kieler Rechtsmedizin scheint reine Formsache.

Den internationale bestsellerforfatter bringer endnu en gang en af sine mest kendte romanfigurer på banen, den frygtede og berygtede Christchurch-snitter – men nu er det hans liv, der står på spil. Joe Middleton husker ikke at have slået nogen ihjel, så efter hans mening kan en jury umuligt dømme ham som seriemorder. Joe er fuldkommen overbevist om, at retssystemet nok skal redde ham til sidst.Andre kender Joe som den berygtede Christchurch-snitter og ønsker ham død.

Girls like me, we know how to survive. We each have our own little ways, but we acquire those skills at the same tender age. If you ask me how many times a person can die, I’ll tell you many times. As many times as a man stabs you in the stomach with betrayal and wrings out your heart with lies. Girls like me, we live. We don’t get a choice. We step over the cliff and fall. Eat, sleep, die, and repeat.

The Fall of the House of Usher, like many of Poe's stories, blends Gothic horror, psychology, and symbolism to explore themes of madness, decay, fear and death. Through the description of the House of Usher, its inhabitants, and the mysterious events that take place there, Poe plunges us into an oppressive, unsettling atmosphere, where architecture and the human psyche are mystically linked.

La Chute de la Maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher), est une nouvelle d'Edgar Allan Poe publiée en 1839. Elle a récemment donné titre à une série télévisée de huit épisodes. La série entremêle les adaptations de diverses nouvelles de Poe, s’inspirant également du Masque de la Mort Rouge, de Meurtre sur la rue Morgue ou encore du Corbeau.

When a bilateral government order to assassinate a couple prominent Afghan elders goes spectacularly tits up, three of the six-man mercenary team are killed, two escape, and on an ex-SAS trooper, Alex Langdan is captured and held hostage by the Taliban. Now, three years on, Alex has finally gained his freedom along with a new identity. Now, he is hell-bent on seeking revenge on those that broke the unwritten rule “never leave a man behind".

Le Chat noir (The Black Cat), publié en 1843, est une autre des nouvelles emblématiques d'Edgar Allan Poe. Comme dans Le Cœur révélateur, cette histoire plonge dans les thèmes de la folie, de la culpabilité et de la violence, tout en explorant les conséquences de l'alcoolisme et du mal-être psychologique. C’est un récit d’horreur qui examine la dégradation d’un homme sous l’influence de ses obsessions et de ses vices.

What hides in your walls? Do you really want the answer? This story will make you wonder what is behind the walls in your rooms where you live. Do you live in an apartment or, maybe, a house? Either way, you are not safe.