Val McDermid Knihy

You should have been a detective. If there's one thing the last year has proved, it's how good you are at finding things out. Not simple things. Hard things. Things that nobody is supposed to be able to find out. Things that are buried so deep nobody even thinks twice about them. The sort of things that turn people's lives inside out once they're exposed.' Meet Tony Hill's most twisted adversary - a killer with a shopping list of victims, a killer unmoved by youth and innocence, a killer driven by the most perverted of desires. The murder and mutilation of teenager Jennifer Maidment is horrific enough on its own. But it's not long before Tony realises it's just the start of a brutal and ruthless campaign that's targeting an apparently unconnected group of young people. Struggling with the newly-awakened ghosts of his own past and desperate for distraction in his work, Tony battles to find the answers that will give him personal and professional satisfaction in his most testing investigation yet.

Across the country, dozens of teenage girls have vanished. Authorities are convinced they're runaways with just the bad luck of the draw to connect them. It's the job of criminal profilers Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan to look for a pattern. They've spent years exploring the psyches of madmen. But sane men kill, too. And when they hide in plain sight, they can be difficult to find... He's handsome and talented, rich and famous--a notorious charmer with the power to seduce...and the will to destroy. No one can believe what he's capable of. No one can imagine what he's already done. And no one can fathom what he's about to do next. Until one of Hill's students is murdered--the first move in a sick and violent game for three players. Now, of all the killers Hill and Jordan have hunted, none has been so ruthless, so terrifyingly clever, and so brilliantly elusive as the killer who's hunting them...

When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long-buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past - until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case where nothing is as it seems. It's not long before an overheard conversation draws Karen into the heart of a different case, however - a shocking crime she thought she'd already prevented. As she inches closer to the twisted truths at the centre of these murders, it becomes clear that she's dealing with a version of justice terrifyingly different to her own.

Legendární slečna Marplová se opět vydává po stopách zločinu – tentokrát ve dvanácti nových příbězích! Karen McManus, Ruth Ware, Val McDermid, Lucy Foley a další autorky napínavých knih se spojily, a tak vznikl tento unikátní soubor. Slavná vyšetřovatelka s neobyčejnou znalostí lidské povahy vyráží do všemožných koutů světa, aby znovu předvedla svou bystrost a důvtip při řešení těch nejzapeklitějších záhad. Tucet povídek dokonale respektuje styl klasické krimi, zároveň však každá z nich osobitým, originálním způsobem dokazuje, proč zůstává slečna Marplová dodnes jednou z nejoblíbenějších detektivních postav na světě.

Criminal profiler Tony Hill and his ally DCI Carol Jordan are back in a terrifying psychological thriller from bestselling author and mistress of suspense McDermid.

Stephanii Harkerovou cestou na idylickou dovolenou při rutinní kontrole na letišti zadrží bezpečnostní rám. Pětiletý Jimmy prošel detektorem kovu před ní. Stephanie v panice sleduje, jak uniformovaný zaměstnanec letiště odvádí chlapce pryč – a ona uvízla na opačné straně brány, hysterická strachy. Obsluha rámu nechápe Stephaniino chování, neví o Jimmyho existenci, vidí jen ženu, která jedná vyšinutě. Muži Stephanii brutálně strhnou k zemi a zpacifikují paralyzátorem, aby ji udrželi na uzdě. A než dostane příležitost vysvětlit, co se stalo, je Jimmy dávno pryč. Když ovšem zadržená líčí svůj příběh agentce FBI, začíná být jasné, že s touto napohled normální rodinou není všechno tak, jak se zdá. Jaká je Jimmyho minulost? Proč by ho někdo měl chtít unést? A jak čas rychle běží, klesá šance, že by Stephanie mohla chlapce dostat zpátky. Nesmírně hutný a poutavý psychologický román Konec hry je zatím nejpropracovanějším autorčiným samostatným románem, chytlavou a brilantní prací.

'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent 'No one can plot or tell a story like she can' Daily Express Someone is brutally killing women. Women who bear a striking resemblance to former DCI Carol Jordan. The connection is too strong to ignore and soon psychological profiler Tony Hill finds himself dangerously close to the investigation, just as the killer is closing in on his next target. This is a killer like no other, hell-bent on inflicting the most severe and grotesque punishment on his prey. As the case becomes ever-more complex and boundaries begin to blur, Tony and Carol must work together once more to try and save the victims, and themselves. Breathless, gripping and thrilling - the Queen of the Psychological Thriller is back with her most spine-chilling novel to date. __________________ Don't miss the electrifying new Tony Hill & Carol Jordan thriller - HOW THE DEAD SPEAK is out now ___________________ Praise for Queen of Crime Val McDermid: 'It grabs the reader by the throat and never lets go' Daily Mail 'So gripping it puts your life on hold' The Times 'As good a psychological thriller as it is possible to get' Sunday Express 'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review 'McDermid remains unrivalled' Observer The eighth book in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, from No. 1 bestselling author Val McDermid

A riveting psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction - Val McDermid. In the Peak District village of Scardale, thirteen-year-old girls didn't just run away. So when Alison Carter vanished in the winter of '63, everyone knew it was a murder. Catherine Heathcote remembers the case well. A child herself when Alison vanished, decades on she still recalls the sense of fear as parents kept their children close, terrified of strangers. Now a journalist, she persuades DI George Bennett to speak of the hunt for Alison, the tantalizing leads and harrowing dead ends. But when a fresh lead emerges, Bennett tries to stop the story - plunging Catherine into a world of buried secrets and revelations. 'This book changed everything I thought I knew about crime fiction' Belinda Bauer, bestselling author of Snap 'Every now and then, a writer transforms the landscape of the literary canon: Val McDermid is one such writer' Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle 'Just mesmerizing' Joseph Knox, bestselling author of Sirens 'A brilliant book' Holly Watt, award winning author of To the Lions 'From the first pages, we know we're in the hands of a master ' Jeffrey Deaver 'Beautifully written' Daily Telegraph 'One of the best detective stories I've read' Ruth Rendell 'Possibly the best McDermid has written' Sunday Telegraph

A quiet night on a country road. The stillness shattered by a car engulfed in flames, and a burned body discovered in the driver's seat. As the investigation unfolds, DCI Carol Jordan and psychological profiler Tony Hill quickly realise that this is more than just a tragic accident. And so begins the hunt for a truly terrifying killer, someone who believes he is invisible, untraceable and untouchable. As other victims are found to have met the same terrible fate, and with more women at risk, Tony and Carol are drawn into a dark and twisted web of fear and revenge that will force them to question their own ideas of justice...

hlavní roli Kate Branniganová Seznamte se s Kate Branniganovou, soukromým očkem z Manchesteru, sympatickou hlavní hrdinkou série detektivek skotské autorky. Napínavé příběhy se odehrávají v atraktivním prostředí šoubyznysu i v pochybných čtvrtích severoanglických měst. Val McDermidová je skutečnou mistryní napínavých psychologických románů. Nikdo nedokáže vystavět takové zápletky nebo vyprávět příběhy jako ona. Budou vám vstávat vlasy hrůzou na hlavě.