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Depuis ses fiançailles, Laurie Moran, la célèbre productrice de l'émission Suspicion, nage en plein conte de fées : mariage et lune de miel prévus à l'été prochain ! C'est sans compter sa nouvelle enquête qui risque de bouleverser ses projets... Un couple vient en effet de la solliciter pour rouvrir un dossier vieux de cinq ans, le meurtre jamais élucidé de leur fils, assassiné devant sa résidence de Greenwich Village. Principale suspecte : la femme du défunt, que ses beaux-parents accusent du crime, mais qui bien sûr s'en défend.

Musique, rires et flirts : on n'est pas sérieux quand on a presque dix-huit ans ! Kerry profite de l'absence de ses parents pour organiser une grande fête de fin d'année. Ce sera sa dernière danse : au petit matin, le corps sans vie de la jeune fille est retrouvé au fond de la piscine. La thèse de l'accident écartée, la famille de Kerry doit se résigner à l'idée qu'elle a été tuée par un membre de son cercle proche. Son petit ami, avec lequel elle s'est disputée pendant la fête ? Jamie, le voisin de la famille, dont la mère retrouve une pile de vêtements mouillés ?

Laurie and her team have uncovered the worst of humanity over the years, from the murder of a rich woman at the Met Gala ball to the gunning down of Laurie's own husband. And now Laurie and her crew will be faced with their most difficult case yet....

Die Investigativjournalistin Gina Kane bekommt eine verstörende Nachricht: Eine Person namens C. Ryan enthüllt, dass sie in ihrer Firma, einem großen Nachrichtensender, "schreckliche Erfahrungen" gemacht habe. Und sie sei nicht die einzige. Jeder Versuch Ginas, mit C. Ryan Kontakt aufzunehmen, scheitert jedoch. Nach endlosen Recherchen entdeckt Gina den tragischen Hintergrund: C. Ryan ist vor Kurzem bei einem Jet-Ski-Unfall ums Leben gekommen. Doch die Hintergründe ihres Todes sind sehr merkwürdig.

Nous sommes au milieu de l'été. La célèbre productrice de l'émission Suspicion, Laurie Moran, et son fiancé Alex Buckley, récemment nommé juge fédéral, sont à quelques jours de leur mariage. Mais les préparatifs tournent au cauchemar lorsque le neveu d'Alex, Johnny, disparaît sur la plage. Des témoins racontent avoir vu le garçon de sept ans jouant dans l'eau et ramassant des coquillages derrière une cabane. Puis plus rien...

When talented journalist Penelope 'Casey' Harrison starts to research a piece about the #MeToo movement that includes an incident in her own life that she has been trying to put out of her mind for years, she does not realise that the young man who drugged and assaulted her at a fraternity house party in college is now a wealthy, powerful industrialist on the eve of a merger which will make him a billionaire - and who will do anything, even murder, to cover his tracks.

Ernie and Wilma Bean have finally made it! Their lucky number has won the special Christmas lottery. Wilma is out of town, though, and it's tough to keep news like that a secret for too long. It couldn't hurt to celebrate a little with Loretta Thistlebottom, could it? In another story, the country cabin where Mike spent so many idyllic summers with his grandmother ought to be the perfect place for his wife, Laurie, to recover from the nightmares of her childhood. But now that Mike and Laurie have arrived, what could be causing such an ominous feeling to come over both of them?

The Met Gala ball: the world's most glamorous fundraising party, an incredible night where the rich and famous wear extraordinary designer gowns and rub shoulders in New York's famous Metropolitan Museum of Art. People would kill for an invitation. Three years ago, Virginia Wakeling, a member of the Met's board of trustees and one of the museum's most generous donors, was found dead in the snow outside the building.

Zwanzig Jahre ist es her, dass die talentierte Jungschauspielerin Susan Dempsey abends zum Vorsprechen aufbrach - aber nie ankam. Am nächsten Tag wird sie ermordet im Park gefunden, mit nur noch einem Schuh an den Füßen. Zu den Verdächtigen gehören einflussreiche Hollywoodgrößen, aber der Mordfall wird nie aufgeklärt. Bis Laurie Moran, die als TV-Journalistin auf Cold Cases spezialisiert ist, sich des Falls annimmt - und sie sich zur Zielscheibe des Täters macht.

Le plus bel héritage de la reine du suspense : la suite de son roman culte, La Maison du guet. Melissa, avocate et podcasteuse à succès, vient d'épouser l'homme qu'elle aime. Il est veuf et père d'une petite Riley. Quelques mois plus tard, alors que Melissa et son frère Mike aident leur mère à s'installer dans les Hamptons, Riley disparaît. Tous deux se lancent à corps perdu dans une course contre la montre pour retrouver la fillette et la sauver du traumatisme qu'ils n'ont jamais surmonté : leur enlèvement, quarante ans plus tôt.

Television Producer Laurie Moran has spent her career solving cold cases on screen. But her next case takes place away from the glare of the spotlights...and the missing person is a member of her growing family. Laurie is just days away from her midsummer wedding when her fiancé’s nephew, seven-year-old Johnny, vanishes from the beach. Witnesses spotted Johnny playing in the water and collecting shells, but no one remembers seeing him after the morning. When Johnny’s bodyboard washes up to shore, everyone realises that the worst could have happened.

A lawyer-turned-successful podcaster, Missy has recently married a man whose first wife died tragically, leaving him and their young daughter, Riley, behind. While Missy and her brother Mike help their mom Nancy relocate from Cape Cod to the equally idyllic Hamptons, Missy’s new stepdaughter goes missing. Drawing on the experience of their own abduction, Missy and Mike race to find Riley to save her from the trauma they still struggle with - or worse.

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.

Eighteen-year-old Kerry Dowling is found fully dressed at the bottom of the family pool. She threw a party the night before, while her parents were away; her house was full of people. But no one saw anything. The police immediately suspect her boyfriend, with whom she had a bitter argument at the party. But other people had a grudge against Kerry, too, including her 20-year-old neighbour. Everyone knows he wanted to come to the party. Everyone knows how angry he was that Kerry didn't invite him.

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.

When talented journalist Penelope "Casey" Harrison starts to research a piece about the #MeToo movement that includes an incident in her own life that she has been trying to put out of her mind for years, she does not realize that the young man who drugged and assaulted her at a fraternity house party in college is now a wealthy, powerful industrialist on the eve of a merger which will make him a billionaire - and who will do anything, even murder, to cover his tracks.

Ronald Thompson inväntar döden. Han är dömd för ett brott han påstår att han inte begått - mordet på en ung kvinna. Snart är det dags för honom att kliva upp i den elektriska stolen. Men något håller på att hända. Någonstans i skuggorna väntar en mystisk gestalt på att träda fram. Och gestalten vet saker som kan förändra allt... Mary Higgins Clark är en amerikansk författare. Hon började skriva som väldigt ung. Hennes drygt 50 thrillers har varit bestsellers.

Cela fait désormais cinq ans que le petit Timmy vit sous la menace du tueur qui a abattu froidement son père devant lui. Est-ce dans l'espoir de retrouver la trace de l'assassin que sa mère Laurie, célèbre productrice télé, lance une série choc sur des cold cases ?

Weißt du, wer du bist? Zwei Jahre ist es her, dass Alexandra "Zan" Morelands kleiner Sohn Matthew im Central Park entführt wurde....

Sladrebladsjournalisten Ethel Lambston findes myrdet. Hun var elsket af få og frygtet af mange, og lige inden sin død nåede hun at fortælle omverdenen, at hun ville afsløre en række yderst pinlige skandaler inden for New Yorks modeverden. Nerve Kearney, datter af byens tidligere politidirektør, drages ind i efterforskningen af sagen. Det viser sig, at mindst tre mænd har haft god grund til at ønske Ethel Lambston død.