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Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience’s attention. Her latest story - a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal - is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner’s office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: The victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She’s no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation. It’s been ten years since, and Alex hasn’t stopped searching for answers about the night her family was killed.

Ten years after a teenage girl's disappearance, a bizarre confession breaks open the cold case in dangerous ways…and threatens to tear apart her small Wisconsin town all over again in the masterfully twisty new psychological suspense novel from the internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later.

When Dr. Sloan Hastings submits her DNA to an online genealogy site for a research assignment, her goal is to better understand the treasure-trove of genetic information contained on ancestry websites. Brilliant and driven, Sloan is embarking on a fellowship in forensic pathology, training under the renowned Dr. Livia Cutty. Sloan has one reservation about involving herself in the experiment: she’s adopted. Grateful for a loving home, she’s never considered tracking down her biological parents.

Inside the walls of Indiana’s elite Westmont Preparatory High School, expectations run high and rules are strictly enforced. But in the woods beyond the manicured campus and playing fields sits an abandoned boarding house that is infamous among Westmont’s students as a late-night hangout. Here, only one rule applies: don’t let your candle go out - unless you want the Man in the Mirror to find you....

Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are both high school seniors in the small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. When they disappear from a beach party one warm summer night, police launch a massive search. No clues are found, and hope is almost lost until Megan miraculously surfaces after escaping from a bunker deep in the woods. A year later the best-selling account of her ordeal has turned Megan from local hero to national celebrity.

As a forensic reconstructionist, Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime-scene details others fail to see. Cleaning out her late father's law office a week after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a decades-old case come to life once more.

Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She's no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes by the media, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation.

When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby nearly three decades ago, a woman’s search for answers draws her to an ominous small town in Nevada and a dangerous web of corruption, power, and lies in this engrossing, propulsive new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later.

Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience's attention. Her latest story—a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal—is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner's office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: the victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

Ella no recuerda nada. Mejor así. Su verdad era solo la mitad de la historia. Megan McDonald está terminando el bachillerato, es popular, carismática, y tiene un futuro increíble por delante. Una de sus últimas noches en Emerson Bay la secuestran. Megan está dos semanas en cautiverio hasta que escapa, y pasa a ser conocida como “la chica que se llevaron”.

No primeiro dia de aula no Instituto Médico Legal, Sloan Hastings é designada a uma investigação na área da genealogia forense―a ciência dinâmica em constante evolução, responsável por solucionar inúmeros casos arquivados complexos envolvendo serial killers e homicídios. Empolgada para dar início ao trabalho com uma extensa pesquisa das provas, Sloan começa enviando o próprio DNA para análise. Sua intenção é conhecer mais a fundo o potencial de informações genéticas presente nos registros de seus antepassados. No entanto, os resultados obtidos a conectam a um passado perturbador.

La verdad es fácil de perder, incluso cuando está justo delante de nosotros. Como reconstrucionista forense, Rory Moore arroja luz sobre los homicidios en casos fríos al unir detalles de la escena del crimen que otros no ven. Limpiando el despacho de abogados de su difunto padre una semana después de su entierro, recibe una llamada que la sumerge en un caso de décadas de antigüedad que cobra vida una vez más.

Två bortförda flickor. En kommer tillbaka, en gör det inte. Kvällen då de försvinner deltar de nyblivna studentskorna Nicole Cutty och Megan McDonald i en fest på stranden i småstaden där de växt upp, Emerson Bay i North Carolina. Polisen drar igång en massiv sökinsats, men dagarna går och allt hopp verkar vara ute - tills Megan lyckas fly ur en bunker djupt inne i skogen. Ett år senare har bestsellern om hennes svåra prövning gjort Megan till en celebritet.

El sol se oculta en Sugar Beach, Santa Lucía, una de las playas más hermosas del Caribe. Él la espera en un pequeño mirador en la montaña, con dos copas de champagne listas, para celebrar el momento más feliz de su vida. No escucha los pasos a sus espaldas; solo siente el repentino golpe en la cabeza, la sangre que fluye de su cuerpo y, después, el empujón al vacío. El cuerpo de Julian Crist aparece flotando en el mar al amanecer. La policía detiene a Grace Sebold en pocas horas y la acusa del asesinato de su novio.

O melhor livro de Charlie Donlea - até agora. O destino de Grace Sebold toma um rumo inesperado durante uma tranquila viagem com o namorado. O rapaz é assassinado... e ela é condenada pelo crime. Depois de dez anos na prisão, surge a chance de Grace provar sua inocência ao conhecer a...

El internado Westmont es un prestigioso instituto en el que las expectativas son altas y las reglas estrictas. Pero en el extremo más alejado del bosque que rodea el edificio principal se encuentra una residencia abandonada conocida entre los estudiantes como punto de encuentro nocturno. Aquí solo hay una regla: no dejes que tu vela se apague, a menos que quieras que el Hombre en el Espejo te encuentre.

En förödande sanning... Tjugo år efter en händelse som fick världen att skälva kommer ett isande mordfall för andra gången att dominera nyheterna. DNA från ett litet benfragment har gjort det möjligt för New Yorks rättsmedicinare att göra sin första framgångsrika identifiering på många år av ett av offren för elfte september-attentatet mot World Trade Center. Men kvinnan som identifierats, Victoria Ford, hade kort före terrordådet anklagats för det brutala mordet på sin gifte älskare.

To årtiers løgne, én knusende sandhed …

To årtier efter en begivenhed, der rystede verden, skaber en uhyggelig henlagt mordsag igen overskrifter.

DNA fra et lille benfragment har ført til, at embedslægen i New York har gennemført sin første vellykkede identifikation af et 9/11-offer i årevis. Victoria Ford var under anklage for det brutale mord på sin gifte elsker, da hun døde. I et sidste telefonopkald fra nordtårnet tryglede Victoria sin søster om at bevise hendes uskyld.

Två bestialiska mord på en exklusiv internatskola står i centrum förthrillermästaren Charlie Donleas nya roman om den forensiskarekonstruktören Rory Moore och hennes sambo, profileraren Lane Phillips. På andra sidan muren ligger skogen, och genom skogen går en glömd stig som leder till det ökända lärarhuset. I den vildvuxna utkanten av campusområdet runt Westmont Preparatory School i Indiana ligger en övergiven lärarbostad, ett hus som eleverna olovandes använt som nattlig festlokal och som blivit platsen för en livsfarlig lek.