Valentina Guani Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

It is nearly midnight, and very cold. Yet in this dark place of long grass and tall trees where cats hunt and foxes shriek, a girl is waiting... When Saffyre Maddox was ten something terrible happened and she's carried the pain of it around with her ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides from him, invisible in the shadows, learning his secrets; secrets she could use to blow his safe, cosy world apart. Owen Pick is invisible too. He's thirty-three years old and he's never had a girlfriend, he's never even had a friend. Nobody sees him. Nobody cares about him. But when Saffyre Maddox disappears from opposite his house on Valentine's night, suddenly the whole world is looking at him. Accusing him. Holding him responsible. Because he's just the type, isn't he? A bit creepy?

A powerful, compelling, vividly written Australian crime novel, perfect for fans of Peter May and Jane Harper

When a Member of Parliament comes to New Scotland Yard demanding an investigation into a suicide, the Assistant Commissioner sees an opportunity to get rid of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, whose career has been hanging by a thread for some time. Barbara is sent to the beautiful town of Ludlow to review the case, under the cold eye of Detective Chief Superintendent Isabelle Ardery, who more than shares the Commissioner's view of her. But Ardery has problems of her own and in her haste to return to London, she overlooks certain uncomfortable facts. So, soon the case is reopened, and this time it is Detective Inspector lynley who must accompany Havers to Ludlow, with little more than a week to save the Met's reputation and Barbara's job. And the more they investigate, the more it looks as if the suicide was part of a much more sinister pattern of events.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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?