Brian Freeman Knihy

Cesta k spravodlivosti je niekedy poriadne kľukatá. Inšpektor Frost Easton z oddelenia vrážd už roky nevidel svojho bývalého priateľa Dennyho. Jedného dňa Denny zomrie rovno pred Frostovým domom, a skôr ako naposledy vydýchne, povie záhadné slovo: Lombard. Frost Easton si to nevie vysvetliť, a tak začne pátrať. Vysvitne, že Denny je najnovšia obeť série vrážd, ktoré spája charakteristická stopa, grafit červeného hada neďaleko miesta činu. Je to práca sériového vraha? Alebo je Dennyho smrť komplikovanejšia a osobnejšia? Pátranie po odpovediach zavedie Frosta do hniezda vreteníc, pochybnej sanfranciskej smotánky, v ktorej sa meno Lombard vyslovuje veľmi potichu a opatrne. Inšpektor zisťuje, že tajomstiev je oveľa viac. V nebezpečnej hre na mačku a myš s nepriateľom, ktorý pozná každý jeho krok, zisťuje, že nemôže nikomu dôverovať. A kdesi v kľukatých uliciach mesta uprostred šikovne utkanej siete striehne prefíkaný protivník, pripravený opäť zaútočiť.

Vo voľnom pokračovaní úspešného psychotrileru Nočný vták sa odsúdenému sériovému vrahovi podarí dosiahnuť, aby ho prepustili na slobodu. Pre mesto sa stane nočnou morou a pre detektíva Frosta životnou výzvou. Štyri roky po tom, ako sériového vrah Rudyho Cuttera odsúdili za vraždy siedmich žien na doživotie, inšpektor Frost Easton z oddelenia vrážd sanfranciskej polície odhalí podvod. Jeho kolegyňa a blízka priateľka sfalšovala dôkazy, aby nebezpečného Cuttera dostala do väzenia. Frost je nútený zverejniť pravdu a vrah, ktorý okrem iných žien brutálne zabil aj jeho sestru, sa dostane na slobodu. Inšpektor je odhodlaný dostať Cuttera späť za mreže, tentoraz však čestne a podľa pravidiel. Spojenca nachádza v spisovateľke Eden Shayovej, ktorá píše o Cutterovi knihu a vie o ňom viac než ktokoľvek iný. Má strach, pretože Cutter vo väzení spriadal plány na pomstu za stratené roky. Zvíťaziť nad prefíkaným vrahom, ktorý sa chystá opäť udrieť, však vôbec nebude jednoduché, pretože jeho nasledujúci krok je vždy na míle vzdialený od toho, čo inšpektor očakáva. Frost musí súčasne bojovať s vlastnými démonmi a diabolská hra začína byť osobná.

Keď niekoľko žien po nevysvetliteľnom nervovom kolapse spácha samovraždu, Frost Easton zo sanfranciskej polície má pred sebou záhadný prípad. Na prvý pohľad nesúvisiace obete majú jedno spoločné. Všetky boli pacientkami renomovanej psychiatričky Francescy Steinovej, ktorá pomocou spornej terapie vymazáva pacientom z pamäti traumatické spomienky. Okrem Eastona vedie vyšetrovanie na vlastnú päsť aj Steinová. Keď obaja začnú dostávať tajuplné správy od kohosi, kto sa podpisuje ako Nočný vták, prípad postupne nadobudne osobný charakter a na povrch vyplávajú dávne tajomstvá. Steinová musí čeliť záhadným výpadkom pamäti a Easton zasa vrahovi, ktorý pozná jeho najhoršiu spomienku. Počet obetí rastie a Nočný vták sťahuje slučku okolo Eastona a Steinovej čoraz tesnejšie. Na všetko odhodlaný policajt a brilantná psychiatričke musia zastaviť rafinovaného vraha, skôr ako ovládne myseľ ďalšej mladej ženy.

Rebecca embarks on a harrowing quest to uncover the truth about the mysterious Ursulina, delving into dark secrets that challenge her understanding of herself and her world. This prequel to a bestselling thriller explores themes of sacrifice and the impact of choices, culminating in a life-altering decision that will define Rebecca's future.

In an intense, emotional mystery that spans a decade in the life of a small town, bestselling author Brian Freeman brings us an unforgettable heroine who discovers that the dead may sometimes be easier to rescue than the living. Deputy Shelby Lake was abandoned as a baby, saved by a stranger who found her in the freezing cold. Now, years later, a young boy is missing--and Shelby is the one who must rescue a child. The only evidence of what happened to ten-year-old Jeremiah Sloan is a bicycle left behind on a lonely road. After a desperate search fails to locate him, the close bonds of Shelby's hometown begin to fray under the weight of accusations and suspicion. Everyone around her is keeping secrets. Her adoptive father, her best friend, her best friend's young daughter--they all have something to hide. Even Shelby is concealing a mistake that could jeopardize her career and her future. Unearthing the lies of the people in Jeremiah's life doesn't get the police and the FBI any closer to finding him. As time passes and the case grows cold, Shelby worries that the mystery will stay buried forever under the deep, deep snow. But even the deepest snow melts in the spring. When a tantalizing clue finally comes to light, Shelby must confront the darkest lie of all. Exposing the truth about Jeremiah will leave no one's life untouched--including her own.

From New York Times bestselling author Brian Freeman comes a gripping psychological thriller about a woman haunted by terrifying memories—of someone else’s life.On the Fourth of July, Hallie Evers dies at a rooftop party in Las Vegas.Hours later, she wakes up in the hospital, disoriented but alive. Why can’t she find the doctor who revived her? Why does her head feel crowded and loud? Why do her memories feel both foreign and familiar? Her self-doubt spirals into crippling paranoia.Hallie knows that mental illness runs in her family—her mother suffered from delusions that led to an early death. But now even Hallie’s dreams are fraught with details that seem like more than imagination—vivid images of a city she remembers but has never visited in her life. As she embarks on a cross-country search for answers, Hallie catches glimpses of what feel like another person’s memories. It’s a dark, horrifying, tragic vision…of someone else’s murder.But is any of it real?

Harrowing loss, psychological trauma, and a deadly mystery test the human will to survive in this electrifying novel from award-winning author Brian Freeman. Lisa Power is a tortured ghost of her former self. The author of a bestselling thriller called Thief River Falls, named after her rural Minnesota hometown, Lisa is secluded in her remote house as she struggles with the loss of her entire family: a series of tragedies she calls the "Dark Star." Then a nameless runaway boy shows up at her door with a terrifying story: he's just escaped death after witnessing a brutal murder--a crime the police want to cover up. Obsessed with the boy's safety, Lisa resolves to expose this crime, but powerful men in Thief River Falls are desperate to get the boy back, and now they want her too. Lisa and her young visitor have nowhere to go as the trap closes around them. Still under the strange, unforgiving threat of the Dark Star, Lisa must find a way to save them both, or they'll become the victims of another shocking tragedy she can't foresee.

A debut thriller from an author writing in the vein of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly.

From bestselling author Brian Freeman comes an explosive new psychological thriller that pushes the limits of reality as we know it. One rainy night, the unthinkable happens: Dylan Moran's car plunges off the road into a raging river, his beautiful wife drowning as he struggles to shore. In the aftermath, through his grief, Dylan experiences sudden, strange visions: wherever he goes, he's haunted by glimpses of himself. Dylan initially chalks it up to trauma, but that changes when he runs into a psychiatrist who claims he's her patient. She says he has been undergoing a unique hypnotherapy treatment built on the idea that with every choice, he creates an infinite number of parallel universes. Now those parallel universes are unlocked--and Dylan's doppelgänger has staked a claim to his world. Can Dylan use these alternate realities to get a second chance at the life that was stolen from him? Or will he lose himself...to himself?