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Mordet på en ung, kvindelig universitetsprofessor lammer lokalsamfundet i Grant County. Det er retsmediciner Sara Linton, som finder liget på et toilet på den lokale café. Inden kvinden blev myrdet, er hun blevet brutalt voldtaget og lemlæstet. Sara Linton har aldrig set noget værre, men hendes chok bliver ikke mindre, da hun genkender kvinden som Sibyl Adams; tvillingesøster til hendes eksmands mest betroede medarbejder. Saras eksmand er Jeffrey Tolliver, byens politimester.

Sara Linton, børnelæge og retsmediciner i Heartsdale, Georgia, ved udmærket, hvilke rædsler der kan gemme sig bag lukkede døre i små lokalsamfund. Men da et skænderi mellem teenagere en lørdag aften i den lokale skaterpark fører døden med sig, og den efterfølgende obduktion afslører beviser for en rituel selvskamfering og seksuelle overgreb - går det op for Linton, at virkelig ondskab er tættere på, end hun havde forestillet sig.

Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta, hoping to leave her tragic past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlanta's Grady Hospital, she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in to the emergency room, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror.

Desire leaves a man destroyed.... A young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden.... An accidental encounter on a train ends violently.... Ambition leads to a curious exchange.... An uncanny likeness changes two lives forever.... Here is a novel in 16 chilling parts, linked by a glittering charm bracelet that brings misfortune to everyone who handles it. In Like a Charm, the cream of British and American crime writers combine for a must-have collection.

Leigh and her sister Callie are not bad people - but one night, more than two decades ago, they did something terrible. And the result was a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, devastated by violence. Years later, Leigh has pushed that night from her mind and become a successful lawyer - but when she is forced to take on a new client against her will, her world begins to spiral out of control.

The fantastic prequel to The Good Daughter, the stunning new stand-alone from the number one best-selling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series. Protecting someone always comes at a cost. At the age of 13, Charlie Quinn’s childhood came to an abrupt and devastating end. Two men, with a grudge against her lawyer father, broke into her home - and after that shocking night, Charlie's world was never the same. Now a lawyer herself, Charlie has made it her mission to defend those with no one else to turn to.

The past will always find you. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. Her blood-soaked body bears a startling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in - and a past that could hold the clue to the killings.…

Dopo quella notte, niente è più stato lo stesso. 15 anni fa, dopo che una serata di festa è stata distrutta da una violenta aggressione, Sara Linton ha deciso di rivoluzionare la sua vita. Adesso è una dottoressa di successo, fidanzata con l’uomo che ama. Il passato è definitivamente alle spalle. O almeno così spera. Finché una sera, durante un turno in pronto soccorso, Sara viene chiamata a visitare una ragazza che è stata brutalmente assalita.

A walk in the woods takes a sinister turn for police chief Jeffrey Tolliver and medical examiner Sara Linton when they stumble across the body of a young girl.

Will Trent es un brillante agente de la Oficina de Investigación del estado de Georgia. Ahora enamorado, comienza a cargar con un pasado difícil. De repente, una estudiante universitaria ha desaparecido y Will es, inexplicablemente separado del caso por su supervisora y mentora Amanda Wagner. Cuarenta años atrás, en el verano en el que Will nació, Amanda daba sus primeros pasos en el Departamento de Policía de Atlanta y uno de sus primeros casos fue la investigación de un crimen brutal en uno de los barrios más peligrosos de la ciudad.

Die 15-jährige Flora fühlt sich ausgenutzt und will nur weg - weg aus der Drogenhölle ihrer Großeltern, weg von deren perfiden Machenschaften. Inständig bittet sie Charlie Quinn um Hilfe. Als die Anwältin die Familie ihrer Klientin zur Rede stellt, schlägt ihr ein unerwarteter Hass entgegen. Um jeden Preis will sie verhindern, dass die Jugendliche zum Opfer von Geldgier und Gewalt wird. Doch ihre Nachforschungen konfrontieren Charlie mit einer furchtbaren Wahrheit.

Ein brutaler Mord. Eine Blutspur ins Nichts. Eine verhängnisvolle Waffe. Es ist der persönlichste Fall in Will Trents Laufbahn. Das spürt der Ermittler schon in dem Moment, als er das leerstehende Lagerhaus betritt und die Leiche entdeckt - die Leiche eines Ex-Cops. Blutige Fußabdrücke weisen auf ein zweites Opfer hin. Eine Frau. Von ihr fehlt jede Spur. Das Brisante: Gegen den prominenten Eigentümer des Lagerhauses ermittelt Will bereits seit einem halben Jahr wegen Vergewaltigung. Erfolglos!

Una feroce storia di violenza sulle donne, che ricorda la Millennium Trilogy di Larsson. Claire e Lydia sono sorelle che non si parlano da più di vent'anni. I loro rapporti si sono interrotti quando Claire ha deciso di sposare Paul, affermato architetto, e di diventare la sua sofisticata moglie trofeo. Lydia, invece, è una madre single, ha una storia con un ex detenuto, e fatica ad arrivare alla fine del mese.

Andrea Oliver's mother, Laura, is the perfect small-town mum. Laura lives a quiet but happy life in sleepy beachside Belle Isle. She's a pillar of the community: a speech therapist, business owner, and everybody's friend. And she's never kept a secret from anyone. Or so Andrea thinks. When Andrea is caught in a random violent attack at a shopping mall, Laura intervenes and acts in a way that is unrecognizable to her daughter. It"s like Laura is a completely different person—and that's because she was. Thirty years ago. Before Andrea. Before Belle Isle.

Will Trent is undercover at Fort Knox. His assignment: to investigate a 22-year-old murder. His suspect's name: Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher is in Fort Knox on his own mission: to bring down a dangerous criminal ring operating at the heart of America’s military. Except now Will Trent is on the scene. But there’s a bigger conspiracy at play - one that neither the special agent nor the ex-military cop could have anticipated.

1970s Atlanta: A time of great change and yet for many the fierce desire to keep things exactly the same is still strong. For women like Maggie Lawson and Kate Murphy every day is a battle. From different sides of the tracks they are united in their determination to be good cops. But they have to fight the prejudice of people like Maggie's uncle Terry who are convinced a woman's place is in the home. And all this in a city where 10 cops are killed a year and most of the city is a no-go area - even for their male colleagues.

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

Will Trent es un brillante agente de la Oficina de Investigación del estado de Georgia. Ahora enamorado, comienza a cargar con un pasado difícil. De repente, una estudiante universitaria ha desaparecido y Will es, inexplicablemente separado del caso por su supervisora y mentora Amanda Wagner. Cuarenta años atrás, en el verano en el que Will nació, Amanda daba sus primeros pasos en el Departamento de Policía de Atlanta y uno de sus primeros casos fue la investigación de un crimen brutal en uno de los barrios más peligrosos de la ciudad.

"Lauf!", fleht ihre große Schwester Samantha. Mit vorgehaltener Waffe treiben zwei maskierte Männer Charlotte und sie an den Waldrand. "Lauf weg!" Und Charlie läuft. An diesem Tag. Und danach ihr ganzes Leben. Sie ist getrieben von den Erinnerungen an jene grauenvolle Attacke in ihrer Kindheit. Die blutigen Knochen ihrer erschossenen Mutter. Die Todesangst ihrer Schwester. Das Keuchen ihres Verfolgers.

Forbryder, Slaughters nyeste (2013) krimi er en beretning om kærlighed, loyalitet og mord. Den strækker sig over fyrre år og omfatter to uhyggeligt ens mordsager og en god mands dybeste hemmelighed. Will Trent er forelsket og begynder så småt at lægge sin plagede fortid bag sig. Men så forsvinder en lokal universitetsstuderende, og Will bliver af en eller anden mærkelig grund holdt væk fra efterforskningen af sin chef, Amanda Wagner. Will kan ikke helt gennemskue chefens grund, før de to i bogstavelig forstand tørner sammen på et forladt børnehjem.