Krimi. NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the interests of Manhattan's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. When a world-famous movie producer is poisoned on the first day of a Manhattan film festival called Hollywood on the Hudson, they are the first ones called
When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows. Owen Pick is invisible too. He's never had a girlfriend; he's never even had a friend. Nobody sees him. Nobody cares. But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine's night, suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen. Accusing him, holding him responsible for Saffyre's disappearance
A powerful, compelling, vividly written Australian crime novel, perfect for fans of Peter May and Jane Harper
When a Member of Parliament shows up at New Scotland Yard requesting an investigation into the suicide of the son of one of his constituents in the beautiful town of Ludlow, the Assistant Commissioner sees two opportunities in this request. The first is to have an MP owing him afavor, and the second is to get rid of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, whose career at the Met has been hanging by a thread for quite some time. So he assigns Havers to the case and, for good measure, partners her with the one person who shares his wish to see the back of her, Detective Chief Superintendent Isabelle Ardery. But Ardery has her own difficulties. She is not happy to be sent away from London, and as a result is in a rush to return. This causes her to overlook things, important things, and prevents her from uncovering an earlier crime that set everything in motion.
Nella quiete del crepuscolo di inizio settembre, Elisa Vandersteel, una ventitreenne, muore in un incidente in bicicletta lungo il fiume Charles. Sebbene sembri colpita da un fulmine, la bella giornata suggerisce un'altra causa. Kay Scarpetta, famosa anatomopatologa, riceve da giorni un messaggio vocale inquietante con una filastrocca inviata da un anonimo che si firma Tailend Charlie. Arrivata sulla scena della morte di Elisa, Kay riceve la settima filastrocca. Ha già informato il collega Pete Marino, il marito Benton Wesley e la nipote Lucy, ma quest'ultima, nonostante le sue abilità informatiche, non riesce a rintracciare Tailend Charlie o a capire come abbia accesso a informazioni private. È chiaro che l'anonimo è coinvolto nella morte della ragazza. Inoltre, altre due morti sospette per folgorazione convincono Kay dell'esistenza di un'arma letale che uccide a distanza, potenzialmente in grado di scatenare panico tra la popolazione se la sua esistenza venisse rivelata. Con Caos, Patricia Cornwell presenta il ventiquattresimo thriller con protagonista l'iconica Kay Scarpetta.
Dan Brown, autor svetového bestselleru Da Vinciho kód, ktorý čítali milióny čitateľov na celom svete, prichádza s ďalšou lahôdkou – starodávne tajné bratstvo sa vynorilo z tieňa, aby doviedlo do dôsledkov legendárnu pomstu. ...Keď zavolajú Roberta Langdona, svetoznámeho odborníka na symboliku, aby pomohol rozlúštiť záhadný symbol – vyrytý do hrude zavraždeného fyzika – objaví čosi nepredstaviteľné: oživenie starodávneho tajného bratstva známeho pod menom Illuminati, najmocnejšej organizácie, aká kedy bola na tejto zemi. Illuminati sa vynorili z tieňa, aby doviedli do dôsledkov legendárnu pomstu proti najnenávidenejšiemu nepriateľovi… katolíckej cirkvi! Langdonove najhoršie obavy sa potvrdia v predvečer konkláve vo Vatikáne, keď posol illuminátov oznamuje, že priamo v srdci Vatikánu je skrytá bomba. Spojí sily s krásnou a záhadnou talianskou vedkyňou Vittoriou Verou a výsledok ich horúčkovitého pátrania je jedinou nádejou pre záchranu Vatikánu.
Che cosa fai se la figlia della tua migliore amica è scomparsa... ed è solo colpa tua? Lisa è una donna come tante, che come tante cerca di essere una buona madre, una buona moglie, una buona lavoratrice. Come tante, annaspa per tenere insieme tutti i pezzi della sua vita. Non come Kate, la sua migliore amica, che non avendo impegni di lavoro può dedicarsi anima e corpo alla cura dei suoi figli, trovando persino il tempo di occuparsi dei problemi altrui. Una donna perfetta. Lisa sa di non essere perfetta, ma fa del suo meglio. Finché, in un giorno particolarmente difficile di una settimana estremamente dura, accade qualcosa di terribile. Basta un attimo di distrazione, un tragico errore, e la figlia tredicenne di Kate, che le era stata affidata per un giorno, sparisce nel nulla. La prima, sconvolgente ipotesi è che sia stata adescata da un maniaco sospettato di aver rapito e violentato un’altra adolescente nella stessa zona. Comincia così per Lisa un lungo calvario, fatto di accuse spietate da parte della pubblica opinione e di inevitabili sensi di colpa, che la spinge però a intraprendere un’indagine privata. Un’indagine che rivelerà l’orrore nascosto sotto l’apparente tranquillità della vita quotidiana...
Kay Scarpetta è tornata a Cambridge dopo un difficile caso, quando riceve una chiamata dal suo ex collega Pete Marino, che la informa del ritrovamento del corpo di una giovane donna sul campo da baseball del MIT. La vittima è Gail Shipman, un ingegnere informatico coinvolto in una causa milionaria contro una società di intermediazione finanziaria. Scarpetta sospetta che la morte di Gail non sia una coincidenza e teme un possibile legame con sua nipote Lucy. La causa della morte non è immediatamente chiara: il corpo è avvolto in un telo color avorio e disposto in una posa particolare, suggerendo l'operato di un killer esperto. Sul cadavere vengono trovate tracce di polvere fluorescente rossa, verde e blu, che collegano il caso a una serie di omicidi sessuali a Washington, attribuiti a un serial killer noto come Capital Killer, indagato dal marito di Kay, Benton Wesley. La famosa anatomopatologa e il suo team si trovano di fronte a uno scenario inquietante, che va oltre il semplice omicidio seriale, rivelando un legame con droghe sintetiche e tecnologia dei droni, coinvolgendo crimine organizzato e alte sfere governative. Questo è il ventunesimo caso di Kay Scarpetta, un'icona della narrativa thriller.
When Hadiyyah Upman disappears from London in the company of her mother, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is as devastated as the girl's father. They are her close friends as well as neighbours, but since the child is with her mother, nothing can be done. Five months later, Hadiyyah is kidnapped from an open air market in Lucca, Italy, and this triggers an investigation in the full glare of the media spotlight. Barbara's clever manipulation of the worst of London's tabloids forces New Scotland Yard to become involved. But rather than Barbara herself, her superior officer DI Thomas Lynley is assigned to handle a situation made delicate by racial issues, language difficulties, and the determination of an Italian magistrate to arrest and convict someone - anyone - for the crime.
The 16th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series They’ve come for Detective Alex Cross’s family. Now he’ll come for them. At a family celebration, Alex Cross hears the shocking news that his niece Caroline has been murdered. Grieving and furious, Cross’s investigation takes him to Washington D.C.’s wild underground subcultures – and reveals that Caroline wasn’t this killer’s only victim. Partnering with his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, Cross finds himself confronting a world of unchecked power, where the capital’s most powerful people are hiding dirty, dangerous secrets that they’ll stop at nothing to protect. As they close in on the killer, the evidence begins to point to the unimaginable – a revelation that could rock the entire world…
Hrdinka Cornwellovej detektívnych príbehov doktorka Kay Scarpettová prichádza do ženskej väznice v Savannahu. Má sa tam stretnúť s odsúdenou Kathleen Lawlerovou, biologickou matkou diabolskej Dawn Kincaidovej. Tá má na svedomí niekoľko vrážd v Massachusetts vrátane vraždy svojho biologického otca a doktorkinho spolupracovníka Jacka Fieldinga. Napriek manželovmu nesúhlasu sa Scarpettová rozhodne s touto ženou stretnúť a vypočuť si ju. Chce zistiť viac o Jackovi, súdnom patológovi a bývalom zástupcovi, ako žil v súkromí a čo ho spájalo s Kathleen Lawlerovou. Jaime Bergerová, prokurátorka a partnerka Scarpettovej netere Lucy, odišla z New Yorku do Savannahu, aby sa zaoberala prípadom ďalšej odsúdenej, tínedžerky Loly Daggetovej. Pred deviatimi rokmi ju obvinili z vyvraždenia rodiny miestneho lekára, ale celý prípad vyšetrili iba povrchne. Väznica teda osudovo spája tri ženy - Kathleen, Lolu a Jaime. Udalosti dostanú rýchly spád, keď Kathleen po návšteve Kay Scarpettovej za zvláštnych okolností zomiera. A Jaime Bergerová, s ktorou sa doktorka stretla v noci na neskorej večeri, na ďalší deň nedvíha telefón, nereaguje na odkazy. Napokon ju nájdu mŕtvu... Je to náhoda, alebo majú tieto udalosti nejakú súvislosť s odsúdenou Lolou? Alebo všetko smeruje k tomu, aby sa do niečoho vážneho zaplietla sama doktorka Scarpettová?
Detektivní thriller ze série případů soudní patoložky Kay Scarpettové. Do Vánoc chybí týden, doktorka Scarpettová a poručík Marino vyšetřují vraždu dívky Toni zabité v Central parku, není to však jediný případ, na němž Scarpettová pracuje. Kromě toho vyšetřuje souvislosti zmizení dcery bohatého magnáta. Vše se komplikuje, Scarpettová je objektem rozsáhlého spiknutí temných sil, které se snaží dostat nejen ji, ale i jejího muže Bentona a neteř Lucy, postavy známé z předchozích knih, a málem se jim to podaří. K čemu slouží zvláštní hodinky značky BioGraph nalezené na ruce mrtvé Toni a co je to projekt Caligula? Hrdinka, nikdy se nemýlící ve svých úsudcích a obklopená vymoženostmi nejmodernějších forenzních metod, kybernetiky a kompetentními kolegy se, přes všechny komplikace, dobere jako vždy správných odpovědí. (www.mlp.cz)
Copenhague, 1905. Severine Riis, esposa del pintor danés Viktor Riis, posa para él, siempre de espaldas. Para sobrellevar el silencio de las sesiones, comienza a escribir un diario con sus reflexiones íntimas. Bucarest, 1985. Joen Alsted, embajador de Dinamarca, hereda seis cuadros de Viktor y se relaciona con la familia Moore, donde su hija Freya cautiva a Sophia, su esposa, quien anhela ser madre. Londres, 2005. Tras la muerte de su marido, Sophia decide vender las obras de Riis, y el joven historiador del arte Peter Finch se encarga de su documentación. Freya, ahora casi treintañera, es invitada a la casa de Sophia, donde descubre los diarios de Severine. Esto desata una investigación sobre la vida y obra de Riis, con consecuencias inesperadas. Paula Vene Smith presenta una historia cautivadora en la que seis cuadros enigmáticos impactan la vida de varios personajes a través del tiempo. La autora explora la relación entre arte y vida, creando un caleidoscopio de emociones que atrapa al lector desde el inicio.
When one member of the Women's Murder Club is brutally attacked, her three companions work to keep her attacker behind bars, while Lindsay Boxer investigates a series of kidnappings in which children and their nannies are being abducted without ransom demands.
Join the Women's Murder Club on an exhilarating thrill ride as love and murder test their friendships like never before. Someone is killing the richest people in the city-and the Women's Murder Club will pay a high price for hunting him. At the party of the year, San Francisco's most glamorous couple is targeted by a killer-and it's the perfect murder. While Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the high-profile killings, a saintly street preacher is brutally executed. Reporter Cindy Thomas inquires into this neglected case and discovers the victim may have had very dark secrets. As the search for two criminals tests the limits of the Women's Murder Club, Lindsay sees sparks fly between Cindy and Lindsay's partner, Detective Rich Conklin. The Club now faces its toughest challenge: Will love destroy all that the four friends have built?
Kay Scarpettová opustila soukromou forenzní patologickou praxi v Charlestonu a odjela do New Yorku, protože ji místní policie požádala, aby vyšetřila jednoho zraněného pacienta na psychiatrickém vězeňském oddělení v nemocnici Bellevue. Spoutaný Oscar Bane si vymohl osobně ji. Sotva se ho dotkne, začne Bane mluvit – a Scarpettová vyslechne jeden z nejbizarnějších příběhů, s jakým se kdy setkala. Ke zraněním přišel Bane v den vraždy – tu však podle všeho nespáchal. Scarpettová je na pochybách: Má co do činění s šílencem, který je na ni fixovaný? Anebo je jeho paranoidní historka pravdivá a skutečně ho sleduje pravý vrah? Jisté je pouze to, že někdo mučil a pak zabil mladou ženu – a brzy následují další úmrtí. Ať má tyto vraždy na svědomí kdokoli, ví na minutu přesně, kde se cíle jeho zločinů právě nacházejí. Vše ostatní jsou však pouhé dohady: Je to jeden člověk? Má v tom prsty vláda? A spojuje oběti vůbec něco? Společně s manželem Bentonen Wesleym, soudním psychiatrem, a neteří Lucy, která si nedávno založila vlastní firmu na forenzní zkoumání počítačů a počítačových sítí, se Scarpettová tentokrát pouští do kyberprostoru i možná až příliš živých ulic města za odhalením zprvu nevysvětlitelné a poté o to děsivější pravdy.
When the world's largest cities are seized by terrorists who threaten to set off deadly bombs unless their demands are met, Alex Cross heads a joint investigation by the FBI, CIA, and Interpol to outmaneuver two vicious criminals known as the Weasel and the Wolf. By the author of The Big Bad Wolf.
"When the bady of eleven year old Thuy Sen is found in San Francisco bay, the police qwiftly charge Rennell and Payton Price with her grisly murder. A twelve person jury, helped along by an incompetent lawyer for the defence, is quick to find the brothers guilty - and to sentence them both to die for their crimes.
Kniha mrtvých, tak se označuje márniční katalog, do něhož se zapisují všechna přijatá těla. Pro Kay Scarpettovou však tento výraz dostane i nový význam. Sotva se vzpamatovala z ošklivé bitvy s psychopatem na Floridě, rozhodla se změnit nejen prostředí, ale také způsob života. Přestěhovala se do historického Charlestonu v Jižní Karolíně a otevřela si neobvyklou soukromou forenzní patologickou praxi, jejíž služby nabízejí spolu s věrným Petem Marinem a neteří Lucy zdejším kriminalistům a koronerovi. Zdálo by se to jako ideální poklidný život, kdyby ovšem nemusela odjet se soudním psychologem Bentonem Wesleym do Říma, kde bylo objeveno tělo zmučené a zavražděné vycházející americké tenisové hvězdičky. A kdyby se v opuštěných bažinách nenašla mrtvola utýraného malého chlapce. A další zavražděná žena v milionářském sídle na pláži. Benton má mezitím plné ruce práce s prominentní pacientkou, která se nechala přijmout do nemocnice, kde působí jako psychiatr. Pacientkou, která už do jejich životů také zasáhla. Scarpettová tak stojí před zdánlivě nekonečným řetězcem navzájem propletených úmrtí. Kniha mrtvých se zaplňuje dál a dál, až se nakonec ztratí i Marino…
The thrilling 9th novel in the phenomenal Alex Cross detective series
A candid and intimate narrative unfolds in this engaging novel by a celebrated contemporary writer. The story delves into personal themes, offering readers a deep connection with the characters and their experiences. The author's distinctive voice and insightful storytelling invite exploration of complex emotions and relationships, making it a compelling read for those seeking authenticity in literature.
Lindsay Boxer and friends must track down a deadly terror group who begins their killing spree by blowing up an expensive townhouse¿with the family still inside. In the meantime, a member of the club may be in some trouble of her own and Lindsay could be too late to save her.
As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing has prepared her for the brutal maniac who has begun a killing spree - slaughtering newlywed couples. Lindsay is sickened by the deaths, but her determination to bring the murderer to justice is threatened by a personal tragedy. So she turns to Claire Washburn, a coroner, Cindy Thomas, a journalist, and Jill Bernhardt, an attorney, for help with both crises, and the Women's Murder Club is born.
Jack Mullen is a driven student of the law. His brother Peter is a servant of the rich, parking the cars of the Hamptons' elite-and perhaps satisfying their more intimate needs as well. Then Peter's body is found on the beach. Jack knows the drowning was no accident, but someone's unlimited power and money have bought the cops, the judges, the system. Now Jack is learning a lesson in justice he never got in law school ... and his astonishing plan to beat the billionaires will have you reeling-and cheering-to the very last page.
Michael Moore, incubo degli "Stupid White Men" di tutto il pianeta, è tornato più scatenato che mai con un obiettivo semplice e chiaro, per nulla ambizioso: l'uomo che si è intrufolato nella Casa Bianca grazie all'aiuto non proprio disinteressato dei suoi amici petrolieri deve sloggiare. Ma nell'occhio del ciclone non c'è solo il povero George W.: gli tengono compagnia sulla graticola quei famelici megaboss delle multinazionali che hanno rubato miliardi dai risparmi e dalle pensioni dei loro dipendenti, quei legislatori che hanno fatto a pezzi le libertà civili americane in nome della "sicurezza della patria", nonché quel certo cognato destrorso che riesce, un anno dopo l'altro, a rovinare i pranzi di famiglia con le sue idiozie.
Chris Paget'S Well Ordered World Is Blown Apart By His Love For His Assistant, Terri, In The Sequel To Degree Of Guilt. Terri'S Ex Husband, Ricky, Is Determined To Destroy Them Both And Instigates A Child Custody Battle For Terri'S Four-Year Old Daughter, Accusing Terri Of Neglect And Paget'S Teenage Son Of Sexual Molestation. Then Ricky Is Murdered And Paget Finds Himself The Principle Suspect, On Trial For His Life. Eyes Of A Child Demonstrates Why North Patterson Is An International Bestselling Author. The Pace Is Superb, The Court Room Scenes Unsurpassable, But Most Importantly The Compelling Characters, Particularly Ricky, Terri'S Cunning And Amoral Husband, Show North Patterson As One Of The Strongest Storytellers Writing Today.
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed a singular trail through popular culture -- from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of six novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a wry comedy of manners and a deeply involving portrait of a vanished era.
Keď sa bývala herečka, speváčka a tanečnica Elfrida Phippsová presťahuje z bohémskeho Londýna na hampsirský vidiek, hneď sa tam cíti ako doma. Nič jej nechýba k šťastiu - má verného psa Horacea, vlastný domček, dobrých priateľov, ba aj nezávislosť. Idylku však naruší tragédia, čo obráti naruby viacero životov, a Elfrida sa opäť sťahuje - tentoraz na sever, aby pomohla milovanému mužovi znovu nadobudnúť duševnú rovnováhu. Teplo domáceho kozuba, uhrančivé čaro škótskej prírody, novo sa rodiace lásky starých i mladých a najčarovnejšie Vianoce, aké kedy Elfrida s Oscarom zažili, dávajú nádej, že všetko nie je stratené...
As Noone's friendship grows with a dying boy, he feels he can unlock his innermost feelings. But troubling questions arise, and he is forced to confront all his relationships - familial, romantic and erotic.
1967, Lake City, Ohio. Tony Lord and Sam Robb, both in their teens, are best friends and athletic rivals. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a successful San francisco attorney; sam is an assistant principal at Lake City High School. Sam has never left home, and Tony has never returned since the trauma that changed his life: the brutal murder of his first love, Alison, of which he was wrongly accused and which turned everyone, even Sam, against him. Now Sam is a suspect. One of his female students has been murdered. Tony, reluctantly but inevitably, comes back to defend him. At once, Tony is plunged into the unfinished business of his past. In the merciless arena of a murder trial, he must confront not only his fear that Sam is a murderer but also the buried truths that obscure the real meaning of Alison's death. Powerful in its portrayal of the complexities of male friendship, of the darkest recesses of love, and of the many ways in which the past stakes its claim upon the present, Silent Witness is that rare suspense novel which is far more - the kind of story we have come to expect from Richard North Patterson.
