Thriller/crime

He was young, arrogant, wealthy and in the bloom of health—or was he? “Undoubtedly one of the best writers of English mysteries and chiller-killer plots.”— The Los Angeles Times Like any small community, Linchester has its love affairs, money problems, unhappy marriages. But the gossip is elevated to new heights when young Patrick Selby dies on the very night of his beautiful wife’s birthday party. The whole neighborhood was there, witness to the horrible attack of wasp stings Patrick suffered at the end of the evening. But did Patrick die of a wasp sting? Dr. Greenleaf thinks not. Heart failure, more likely. Still, Greenleaf isn’t at peace about his death. After all, everyone in Linchester hated Patrick. With the help of a certain naturalist, Dr. Greenleaf begins to think about murder... “Rendell is awfully good.”— The New York Times Book Review

Jenny is a successful family doctor, the mother of three great teenagers, married to a celebrated neurosurgeon. But when her youngest child, fifteen-year-old Naomi, doesn’t come home after her school play, Jenny’s seemingly ideal life begins to crumble. The authorities launch a nationwide search with no success. Naomi has vanished, and her family is broken. As the months pass, the worst-case scenarios—kidnapping, murder—seem less plausible. The trail has gone cold. Yet for a desperate Jenny, the search has barely begun. More than a year after her daughter’s disappearance, she’s still digging for answers—and what she finds disturbs her. Everyone she’s trusted, everyone she thought she knew, has been keeping secrets, especially Naomi. Piecing together the traces her daughter left behind, Jenny discovers a very different Naomi from the girl she thought she’d raised.

Eighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer. In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train to the Highlands is derailed, along with the festive plans of its travellers. With the train stuck in snow in the middle of nowhere, a killer stalks its carriages, picking off passengers one by one. Those who sleep on the sleeper train may never wake again. Can former Met detective Roz Parker find the killer before they kill again? All aboard for . . . Murder on the Christmas Express

Pip ist keine Detektivin mehr. Mit der Hilfe von Ravi Singh hat sie einen True-Crime-Podcast über den Mordfall veröffentlicht, den sie letztes Jahr gemeinsam gelöst haben. Der Podcast ist viral gegangen, doch Pip besteht darauf, dass ihre Tage als Ermittlerin hinter ihr liegen. Aber sie wird dieses Versprechen brechen müssen, als jemand, den sie kennt, verschwindet. Jamie Reynolds ist verschwunden – in derselben Nacht, in der die Stadt eine Gedenkfeier zum sechsten Jahrestag der Todesfälle von Andie Bell und Sal Singh veranstaltete. Die Polizei wird nichts unternehmen. Und wenn sie nicht nach Jamie suchen, wird Pip es tun und dabei weitere dunkle Geheimnisse ihrer Stadt aufdecken ... und diesmal hört jeder zu. Aber wird sie ihn finden, bevor es zu spät ist?

Das Finale der Reihe »A Good Girl's Guide to Murder«. Am Ende dieser Mystery-Reihe wirst du nie wieder auf dieselbe Weise über brave Mädchen denken … Pip steht kurz davor, aufs College zu gehen, doch sie wird noch immer davon verfolgt, wie ihre letzte Ermittlung endete. Nach ihrem viralen True-Crime-Podcast ist sie an Online-Todesdrohungen gewöhnt, aber sie kann nicht anders, als eine anonyme Person zu bemerken, die sie immer wieder fragt: Wer wird nach dir suchen, wenn du diejenige bist, die verschwindet? Schon bald eskalieren die Drohungen, und Pip erkennt, dass ihr jemand auch im echten Leben folgt. Als sie Verbindungen zwischen ihrem Stalker und einem örtlichen Serienmörder entdeckt, der vor sechs Jahren gefasst wurde, fragt sie sich, ob vielleicht der Falsche hinter Gittern sitzt. Die Polizei weigert sich zu handeln, also bleibt Pip nur eine Möglichkeit: Sie muss den Verdächtigen selbst finden – oder das nächste Opfer werden. Während sich das tödliche Spiel entfaltet, entdeckt Pip, dass in ihrer Kleinstadt alles wieder zum Ausgangspunkt zurückkehrt … und wenn sie die Antworten nicht findet, wird sie diesmal diejenige sein, die verschwindet …

Agatha Christie's most daring travel mystery. The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything – until she lost her life. Who is also on board? Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot is on holiday. He recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.’ Despite the exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems…

Three women Ingrid gave up a promising career to support her husband. Then she finds out he’s having an affair. Birgitta is skipping her medical appointments. That way no-one will discover the bruises her husband leaves. Viktoria left her life in Russia to marry a man she met online. But her new husband is nothing like she imagined. Three destructive marriages Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders…

Tento lahodně děsivý hororový román, vydaný v novém dětském nakladatelství Jamese Pattersona, má děj inspirovaný vraždami Rozparovače a nečekaný, mrazivý závěr... Sedmnáctiletá Audrey Rose Wadsworthová se narodila jako dcera lorda a měla před sebou život plný bohatství a výsad. Mezi společenskými čaji a zkouškami hedvábných šatů však vede zakázaný tajný život. Navzdory přání svého přísného otce a očekáváním společnosti Audrey často tajně odchází do laboratoře svého strýce, aby studovala hrůznou praxi soudního lékařství. Když ji práce na řadě brutálně zabitých těl vtáhne do vyšetřování sériového vraha, její hledání odpovědí ji zavede nebezpečně blízko k jejímu vlastnímu chráněnému světu. Šokující zvraty příběhu, doplněné skutečnými zlověstnými dobovými fotografiemi, učiní tento oslnivý debut autorky Kerri Maniscalcové, bestseller číslo 1 podle deníku New York Times, nezapomenutelným.

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine... and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend. But her life's dream is soon tainted by blood-soaked discoveries in the halls of the school's forbidding castle, and Audrey Rose is compelled to investigate the strangely familiar murders. What she finds brings all her terrifying fears to life once again. In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Kerri Maniscalco's haunting #1 debut Stalking Jack the Ripper, bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer...or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. It's up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer's horrifying finale?

In the shocking finale to the bestselling series that began with Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the White City Devil. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant serial killer—-or see their fateful romance cut short by unspeakable tragedy. Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London they knew. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well. When the two attend the spectacular World's Fair, they find the once-in-a-lifetime event tainted with reports of missing people and unsolved murders. Determined to help, Audrey Rose and Thomas begin their investigations, only to find themselves facing a serial killer unlike any they've heard of before. Identifying him is one thing, but capturing him—-and getting dangerously lost in the infamous Murder Hotel he constructed as a terrifying torture device—-is another. Will Audrey Rose and Thomas see their last mystery to the end—-together and in love—-or will their fortunes finally run out when their most depraved adversary makes one final, devastating kill?

Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas. But how many will die before Twelfth Night? The annual Christmas Game is afoot at Endgame House, the Armitages' grand family home. This year's prize is to die for—deeds to the house itself—but Lily Armitage has no intention of returning. She hasn't been back to Endgame since her mother died, twenty-one years ago, and she has no intention of claiming the house that haunts her dreams. Until, that is, she receives a letter from her aunt promising that the game's riddles will give her the keys not only to Endgame, but to its darkest secrets, including the identity of her mother's murderer. Now, Lily must compete with her estranged cousins for the twelve days of Christmas. The snow is thick, the phone lines are down, and no one is getting in or out. Lily will have to keep her wits about her, because not everyone is playing fair, and there's no telling how many will die before the winner is declared. Including additional scavenger hunts for the reader, this clever murder mystery is the perfect gift for fans of classic mysteries, festive Christmas books, and armchair detective work.

The brand new unmissable crime thriller from Holly Jackson, best-selling, award-winning author of the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It’s a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. There’s no mobile phone reception and nobody around to help. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that this is no accident. There’s a sniper out there in the dark watching them and he knows exactly who they are. One of the group has a secret that the sniper is willing to kill for. A game of cat-and-mouse plays out as the group desperately tries to get help and to work out which member of the group is the target. Buried secrets are forced to light in the cramped, claustrophobic setting of the RV, and tensions within the group will reach deadly levels. Not everyone will survive the night.