The 9th Girl
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
The fourth book in the Kovac and Liska detective series from Sunday Times bestselling author Tami Hoag
Tami Hoag is a master of suspenseful storytelling, seamlessly blending thrilling plots with character-driven tension. Her novels are renowned for their ability to draw readers deep into the minds of her characters, where dark motives and compelling mysteries intertwine. Hoag consistently delivers bestsellers, cementing her reputation as a leading voice in contemporary crime and thriller fiction.







The fourth book in the Kovac and Liska detective series from Sunday Times bestselling author Tami Hoag
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Detective Nick Fourcade arrives at Genevieve Gauthier's home in Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, to find a gruesome crime scene: her seven-year-old son, P.J., has been murdered, yet Genevieve remains unharmed, a perplexing witness. With no signs of forced entry or motive, the case baffles Nick, especially as his wife, Detective Annie Broussard, comforts the devastated mother in the emergency room. As a mother, Annie empathizes with Genevieve, but as a detective, she is troubled by the illogical circumstances. The situation escalates when thirteen-year-old Nora Florette, P.J.'s occasional babysitter, goes missing, igniting fear in the community and mounting pressure on the detectives from the new sheriff and anxious parents. As Nick and Annie investigate, they navigate Genevieve's complicated relationships and a cast of local characters, uncovering more questions than answers. The investigation takes a shocking turn when fingerprints at the scene link back to Genevieve, casting suspicion on her as both victim and accused. Is she capable of killing her son to escape motherhood, or is she spiraling into madness? Furthermore, what role does Nora play in this tangled web of tragedy? Nick and Annie must delve deep to uncover the dark truth surrounding the boy's death.
Assistant County Attorney Ellen North's assignment to the Kirkwood case has landed her in the hot seat - a position she thought she had left behind in the crime-choked Minneapolis court system. But politics and ulterior motives abound. As Ellen prepares for her toughest assignment yet, she faces not only a sensation-driven press corps, but an unwanted partner in Jay Butler Brooks, bestselling crime author and media star. Just as they are sure they have the right man, a second kidnapping occurs, and Ellen receives threatening phone calls. Dr Garret Wright has already been arrested for the kidnapping of Josh Kirkwood - but all the indications are that the kidnapper is still at large.
Mystery fiction. Two books from Tami Hoag in one volume.
On the damp, leaf-strewn ground a gruesome trophy is displayed. It's a young woman. Although her battered body has been buried, her head is propped on a stone like an offering, her mouth and eyes glued shut, her eardrums destroyed. This killer has struck this peaceful town before - and the savagery he inflicts on his victims is increasing. Vince Leone, a pioneering FBI profiler, is called in to try to unlock the mind of the killer - a strategy that pulls him deep into the devastated community. Suspicions thicken, secrets spill out and reputations shatter as Vince draws ever nearer to evil.
A woman lies on her kitchen floor, lacerated and naked. A four-year-old girl rests her head on the woman's bloody shoulder. A whisper hangs in the air: My daddy hurt my mummy¿ With a clue like that, finding the perpetrator should be easy. But nobody knows who Haley's daddy is and she won't say a word about it. Anne Leone, a child advocate, realises that unravelling the child's secrets will be difficult. But no one knows just how difficult. As FBI profiler Vince Leone begins to build up a picture of the killer he has one huge problem. Despite being well-known in her small town, Haley's mother seems never to have officially existed¿
In a small town burdened by its labels, sheriff's detective Nick Fourcade grapples with a gruesome murder while investigating the sudden disappearance of hometown hero Marc Mercier. Simultaneously, detective Annie Broussard, returning to work after a traumatic attack, takes on the case of B'Lynn Fontenot, whose son Robbie, a recovering addict, has gone missing. As both detectives delve into their cases, they uncover a web of deceit, jealousy, and hidden truths that intertwine their investigations, revealing the dark undercurrents of their community.
Detective and mystery stories. Suspense fiction. The 3rd in a trilogy of crime novels, which can also be read as a standalone. Lauren Lawton and her daughter Leah move to a new town in the hope of a fresh start, 4 years after Lauren's older daughter disappeared. But is her younger daughter now in danger? 'Hoag's books should come with a health warning. Too much tension and suspense can cause heart problems.' Guardian.
A dream holiday turns into a horrifying nightmare... Marilee Jennings had come to New Eden, Montana, for a much-needed holiday, but her dream getaway soon became a nightmare. For when she arrived her best friend was dead, and Mari couldn't silence her suspicions that New Eden was harbouring the killer ... Someone else has a stake in the wild beauty of New Eden. Someone with secrets worth killing for. Someone with an appetite for evil. Someone with the power to turn a slice of heaven into a Dark Paradise. And as Mari digs deeper beneath New Eden's picture-perfect exterior, finding the truth is suddenly no longer a matter of justice. It's her only hope of staying alive.
Kill the Messenger—Tami HoagJace has one last package to deliver but en route to delivering it to a defense attorney he is nearly run down by a car, chased through back alleys, and shot at. Only the instincts acquired while growing up allows him to escape with his life-and with a package someone wants badly enough to kill for.Brandenburg—Henry Porter November 1989. The fall of the Berlin Wall. One man is caught between East and West...Digger—Max AndersonA funny, thoughtful tale of one man's obsession with finding gold amidst crazy miners, forgotten communities, mosquitoes and dust of the Australian outback.Sight Unseen—Robert GoddardIt is a hot summer's day in the tourist village of Avebury. A man sits outside the Red Lion pub, waiting. He sees a woman with three young children, two of them running ahead while their sister dawdles behind. A child's voice catches on the breeze. For want of anything more interesting to do, the man watches. And then it happens.
When Serena Sheridan's grandfather vanishes into the vast and infamous swamps of Louisiana for no apparent reason, she feels compelled to abandon her successful career as a psychologist and go and find him. But Serena is deeply afraid of the hostile territory she is confronting and her only guide is the renegade Lucky Doucet, a dangerous Cajun who offers little hope of protection in the steamy Bayou swamps. However, determined to find her grandfather whatever the cost, she sets off with Lucky on a journey into the watery maze that will irrevocably change both their lives...
As the dreary, bitter weather of late fall descends on Minneapolis, Detective Nikki Liska is restless, already bored with her new assignment to the cold case squad. She misses the rush of pulling an all-nighter and the sense of urgency of hunting a killer on the loose. Most of all she misses her old partner, Sam Kovac. Kovac is having an even harder time adjusting to Liska’s absence but is distracted from his troubles by an especially brutal double homicide: a prominent university professor and his wife, bludgeoned and hacked to death in their home with a ceremonial Japanese samurai sword. Liska’s case—the unsolved murder of a decorated sex crimes detective—is less of a distraction: twenty-five years later, there is little hope for finding the killer who got away. Meanwhile, Minneapolis resident Evi Burke has a life she only dreamed of as a kid in and out of foster care: a beautiful home, a loving family, a fulfilling job. But a danger from her past is stalking her idyllic present, bent on destroying the perfect life she was never meant to have. As the trails of two crimes a quarter of a century apart twist and cross, Kovac and Liska race to find answers before a killer strikes again.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers a shocking new thriller...Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of victims. Nearly a year has passed since surviving her ordeal, but the physical, emotional, and psychological scars run deep. Struggling with the torment of post-traumatic stress syndrome, plagued by flashbacks and nightmares as dark as the heart of a killer, Dana returns to her hometown in an attempt to begin to put her life back together. But home doesn't provide the comfort she expects. Dana's harrowing story and her return to small town life have rekindled police and media interest in the unsolved case of her childhood best friend, Casey Grant, who disappeared without a trace the summer after their graduation from high school. Terrified of truths long-buried, Dana reluctantly begins to look back at her past. Viewed through the dark filter of PTSD, old friends and loved ones become suspects and enemies. Questioning everything she knows, refusing to be defined by the traumas of her past and struggling against excruciating odds, Dana seeks out a truth that may prove too terrible to be believed..
When Rachel Lindquist returned home to care for her ageing mother, she found herself chasing a ghost. Addie Lindquist insisted a presence haunted Drake House and hired parapsychologist Bryan Hennessy to investigate. But Rachel knew better than to believe in what she couldn't see. Until a second, more sinister force began to stalk her, threatening to drive her from Drake House - a force that could be banished only by a man who believed in the power of magic...
Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.--People Sorry. The single word is written on a mirror. In front of it hangs a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic? Either way, it wasn't murder. At least not according to the powers that be. But veteran homicide detective Sam Kovac and his wisecracking, ambitious partner, Nikki Liska, think differently. Together they begin to dig at the too-neat edges of the young cop's death, uncovering one motive--and one suspect--after another. The cloud of suspicion falls not only on the city's elite, but over the very heart of the police department. Someone wants the case closed--quickly and forever. But even with their careers and their lives on the line, neither Kovac nor Liska will give up. As they unearth a connection between a two-month-old murder case and one that has been closed for twenty years, they find themselves chasing a killer who will stop at nothing to keep a dark and shattering secret. Without a doubt, one of the most intense suspense writers around.--Chicago Tribune Tami Hoag is the queen of the crime story.--New York Post
He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won’t stop there. Only this time there is a witness. But she isn’t talking. Enter Kate Conlan, former FBI agent turned victim/witness advocate. Not even she can tell if the reluctant witness is a potential victim or something more troubling still. Her superiors are interested only because the latest victim may be the daughter of Peter Bondurant, an enigmatic billionaire. When Peter pulls strings, Special Agent John Quinn gets assigned to the case. But the FBI’s ace profiler of serial killers is the last person Kate wants to work with, not with their troubled history. Now she faces the most difficult role of her career—and her life. For she’s the only woman who has what it takes to stop the killer . . . and the one woman he wants next.
At the end of long, hard day battling LA street traffic, bike messenger Jace Damon is called on to make one last pick-up at a sleazy defence attorney's office - Leonard Lowell. Jace is tired, stressed and needs to get home to check up on his little brother who he's single-handedly bringing up. He makes the pick-up, but the delivery address turns out to be a vacant lot, a car tries to run him down and Jace only just escapes. He arrives back at Lowell's office to find it trashed, Lowell dead and himself the prime suspect. Jace is forced to elude both the police and the men who want him dead while he attempts to find evidence with which to clear his name. He also has to try to keep Ty, his brother, safe from someone prepared to kill...
In her latest thriller, Tami Hoag delivers a suspense-filled narrative with shocking twists leading to an explosive conclusion. The story centers on an ex-cop, a missing girl, and a killer in a deadly race. Eighteen-year-old Erin Seabright is trapped in a kidnapper's game for a ransom no one can afford. Her only hope lies with a washed-up ex-cop, Elena Estes, who has faced loss and despair multiple times. Once an undercover sheriff's detective, Estes now lives in self-imposed exile, haunted by her past mistakes and believing she has no future. When Erin's twelve-year-old stepsister, Molly, seeks Estes' help, it becomes clear that Erin is in grave danger. Despite lacking a P.I. license and a desire to re-enter the fray, Estes feels her instincts stirring as she uncovers the dark underbelly of the glamorous Palm Beach horse scene. Beneath its glittering surface lies a ruthless world of drugs, payoffs, and treachery. As Estes navigates this dangerous realm filled with dissolute playboys and corrupt horse-dealers, she finds herself on a twisted path of deceit and murder. The stakes rise as she races against time and a relentless killer, leading to a final showdown that could cost her everything. In this battle of life and death, Estes emerges as the dark horse, with no one betting on her victory.
Ήταν μια οπτασία, μια σειρήνα. Έγινε ένας εφιάλτης. Έπρεπε να την εξαφανίσει. Και ήξερε ακριβώς πώς να το κάνει... Η ελίτ του Παλμ Μπιτς φτάνει στα άκρα για να προστατέψει τα μέλη της. Η Έλενα Έστες το γνωρίζει καλά -ανήκε σ' αυτή την ελίτ, ώσπου, προδομένη από τους πιο δικούς της ανθρώπους, τα απαρνήθηκε όλα, κι έγινε μυστική αστυνομικός, πολεμώντας για τη δικαιοσύνη. Αλλά ένα μοιραίο λάθος έβαλε τέλος στην καριέρα της, κι από τότε ζει αποτραβηγμένη, εκπαιδεύοντας άλογα. Τώρα, όμως, μια καινούρια τραγωδία την τραβά πίσω στη δίνη από την οποία αγωνίστηκε για να ξεφύγει... Πρώτα βρίσκει το πτώμα -μια νέα γυναίκα που τη χρησιμοποίησαν, τη σκότωσαν και την πέταξαν σ' ένα κανάλι. Δεν είναι άγνωστη, είναι μια φίλη. Και καθώς η Έλενα ερευνά τις σκοτεινές πτυχές της ζωής της, ανακαλύπτει ότι η νεκρή συνδεόταν με τη ρωσική μαφία αλλά και μ' ένα κύκλο ισχυρών αντρών με περίεργα γούστα, που καλύπτουν ο ένας τις αμαρτίες του άλλου. Ανάμεσά τους κι ένας άντρας που κάποτε η Έλενα γνώριζε καλά: ο πρώην αρραβωνιαστικός της, Μπένετ Γουόκερ, που έχει ξεφύγει από τη δικαιοσύνη τουλάχιστον μία φορά... Αναζητώντας το δολοφόνο της φίλης της, η Έλενα ξεθάβει μυστικά που μπορούν να συνταράξουν την κοινωνία του Παλμ Μπιτς -αλλά και να βάλουν σε κίνδυνο την ίδια της τη ζωή...
Set in Bayou country, the novel centres around a mission to nail a killer who has walked free because of a technicality. On his trail, the cop whose mistake cost him the case, and his deputy, Annie Broussard. This leads Nick Foussard into an obsessive search for justice, and lands his deputy with a dilemma where she must defend or accuse him.
Attorney Laurel Chandler did not come back to Bayou Breaux to seek justice.
A sensational New York Times bestseller that was made into a CBS-TV miniseries, Night Sins has confirmed Tami Hoag's reputation as the new modern master of suspense. This gripping tale unfolds in a peaceful Minnesota town, where crime is something that just doesn't happen. But when a young boy disappears, it marks the beginning of a unspeakable nightmare. There are no witnesses, no clues—only a note, cleverly taunting, casually cruel. Has a cold-blooded kidnapper struck? Or is this the reawakening of a long-quiet serial killer? Now, a tough-minded investigator on her first make-or-break case, and a local cop who fears that big city evils have invaded his small town, are hunting for a madman. Together, they must outsmart a killer who knows no bounds...and protect a town that may never feel safe again.
When Elizabeth Stuart starts looking for a new home for herself and her son, somewhere she can recover from a particularly bruising divorce, Still Creek seems the answer to her dreams. Hidden in the lush Amish farmlands of Minnesota, Still Creek offers a sanctuary to the splintered family who look forward to settling down there. But on their arrival the locals are distinctly cool to the newcomers. And when Elizabeth becomes involved in a murder case, she realises that there is a lot more to life in Still Creek than meets the eye.
From award-winning author Tami Hoag comes a warm, moving story of two cultures in conflict and two hearts in love. Matt Thorne had come to his sister's rural inn to recover from an injury far from the city and his fast-paced life as an emergency room physician. Drifting between sleep and waking, Matt didn't trust his eyes when he saw the young woman who sat at his bedside in her plain cotton dress and apron, her chestnut hair tucked demurely beneath a white bonnet, like a beautiful vision from the past century. Sarah Troyer had been warned about the womanizing Dr. Throne, but nothing prepared her for the shiver of desire that shook her to her core when she gazed at him. Though her life was bound by the simple Amish way, Sarah had always longed for the world outside. Her job at the inn already branded her as a rebel in her community, and falling in love with a stranger would mean the loss of her family and the only life she knew. Yet something sparked within her with every touch of his hand, each glance from his dark eyes. Sarah was willing to allow herself a brief, secret adventure in the arms of a forbidden man. But she hadn't counted on Matt's passionate love—a love that would not let go, a love that could cost them both everything they knew....
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag tells a story of romance on the rebound in this classic novel about a woman torn between the demands of her career and the desires her new love has awoken within her. When did love get so complicated? That’s the question Kelsie Connors keeps asking herself. Stung by a bitter divorce, Kelsie’s been married to her job as a high-end animal wrangler ever since. So when her disastrous first encounter with advertising executive Alexander McKnight—a man so gallant he’ll overlook the destruction of his office by an out-of-control chimpanzee—blossoms into romance, she finds herself in uncharted waters. She certainly never expected to fall for a man this charming, this flawless, this quickly. For Alec, Kelsie’s devotion to her career is the only thing keeping her from saying yes to the best business proposition of all: a new relationship. He’ll try every trick in his arsenal to get her to put down the phone, set aside her calendar, and let him care for her and her two children. But with only so many hours in the day, can she set aside enough time to learn to love again?
A heartfelt romance unfolds as a man grapples with his feelings, while a determined woman sets out to prove her love to him. The story explores themes of love, commitment, and the challenges of opening one's heart. Tami Hoag's engaging writing captures the complexities of relationships, making it a compelling read for fans of romantic fiction.
Set against a backdrop of contrasting personalities, a charismatic Yankee heartthrob pursues a proper Southern belle who is fiercely protective of her emotions. As their worlds collide, the tension between their differing backgrounds creates a captivating love story filled with passion and resistance.
Zwei fesselnde Romane in einem Band! Feuermale: Als die sechzehnjährige Angie DiMarco Zeugin eines grausamen Mordes wird, übernimmt die ehemalige FBI-Agentin Kate Conlan die Aufgabe, das Mädchen vor dem Täter zu schützen. Doch Kate ist diejenige, die er als nächste will ... Dunkle Pfade: In einer Kleinstadt im Süden der USA kämpft die junge Polizistin Annie Broussard für Gerechtigkeit – und um ihr Leben, das von einem Serienkiller bedroht wird ...
If it s gripping, it s Gerritsen. The terrifying first Jane Rizzoli bestseller.
Frech, hinreißend und zum Schwelgen schön Rebecca Bradshaw ist keine Frau, die den gleichen Fehler zwei Mal begeht. Und Jace Cooper, der sie vor Jahren ohne jede Erklärung verlassen hat, war so ein Fehler. Doch nun ist Jace wieder da: Er braucht Rebeccas Hilfe – und ihre Liebe. Und plötzlich weiß Rebecca nicht mehr, ob sie auf ihre Vernunft hören soll – oder auf den drängenden Ruf ihres Herzens .
Chicago, 1984. Vier kinderen struikelen in het bos over het lijk van een gedeeltelijk begraven vrouw van wie de ogen en mond zijn dichtgeplakt. Vlak achter de kinderen loopt hun lerares, Anne Navarre, die geschokt reageert op deze ontdekking. Rechercheur Tony Mendez, net terug van een cursus bij de FBI, krijgt de opdracht de moord te onderzoeken. Hij gebruikt een nieuwe techniek het maken van profielschetsen om een theorie over de zaak te ontwikkelen. Een strategie waarbij hij zich grondig in de levens van de kinderen moet verdiepen. Zo komt hij ook steeds dichter bij de jonge lerares die net zo geïnteresseerd is in de recente gebeurtenissen als hij. Wanneer er nieuwe slachtoffers worden gevonden, beseffen Mendez en Navarre nog niet dat er in hun naaste omgeving een meedogenloze, berekenende psychopaat rondwaart...
Il vicesceriffo Annie Broussard è decisa a scoprire l'assassino di Pam Bichone a evitare che il brutale omicidio diventi l'ennesimo caso di giustizia negata alle donne. La pista ufficiale conduce a un corteggiatore troppo aggressivo, ma Annie non ne è persuasa. Siamo in Lousiana, e il suo celebre Carnevale è imminente: muovendosi ai limiti della legalità in un ambiente infido e ambiguo, la poliziotta si addentra in un labirinto di passioni e ossessioni arrivando a scoprire la verità.
1. Eine stürmische Affäre: Endlich frei! Auf ihrer kleinen Ranch in Virginia hat Alexandra für sich und ihre Tochter endlich das gefunden, was sie schon immer wollte. Was sie dagegen auf keinen Fall will: eine Affäre mit dem britischen Dressurreiter Christian Atherton. Aber je vorsichtiger sie ist, desto entschlossener ist Christian, ihr zu beweisen: Liebe und Freiheit müssen kein Widerspruch sein. 2. Verführung wider Willen: Ob in der Wildnis Afrikas oder im Großstadtdschungel die Fotografin Danielle Hamilton kommt mit jeder Situation zurecht. Die fünf Kinder ihrer Schwester allerdings bringen sie an ihre Grenzen. Sie sucht eine Nanny und bekommt mit dem charmanten Remy Doucet einen Kindermann! Das Ende aller Probleme? Keineswegs. Denn Remy will herausfinden, warum Danielle bis jetzt vor ihren Gefühlen geflüchtet ist.
Frech, hinreißend und zum Schwelgen schön! Lynn Shaw kämpft an allen Fronten: Ihr Sozialprojekt steht auf der Kippe, ihre Schützlinge drohen erneut ohne Zuhause dazustehen. Dann mischt sich auch noch ein jung-dynamischer und, zu Lynns Leidwesen, äußerst attraktiver Politiker in die Sache ein. Doch Lynn darf, will und kann sich einfach mit ihm nicht einlassen! Zu sehr hält sie ihre Aufgabe in Atem – und ihre eigene, bittere Vergangenheit ihre Gefühle immer noch gefangen …
Vom Glück der wahren Liebe … Devon Stafford war eine schillernde Leinwandgöttin – bis sie eines Tages ohne jede Erklärung verschwand. Der Journalist Jake Gannon ist fest entschlossen, das Geheimnis der Diva aufzudecken. Und er folgt ihrer Spur bis in den heißen Süden, wo er in einem kleinen verschlafenen Nest mit einer Autopanne liegen bleibt – und endlich auf eine heiße Fährte stößt: Denn Dixie Lafontaine, die schöne Fahrerin des Abschleppwagens, scheint tatsächlich etwas über den verschollenen Star zu wissen … Bittersüß, hinreißend und zum Schwelgen schön!
Wahre Liebe erblüht erst auf den zweiten Blick . Julia McCarver ist wie vom Donner gerührt, als kurz vor ihrer Hochzeit Storm Dalton vor ihrer Tür steht. Jener Mann, den sie einst über alles geliebt hat – und von dem sie doch so schrecklich verletzt wurde. Und dann bittet Storm sie um eine zweite Chance: zwei kurze Wochen, in denen er Julia beweisen will, dass ihre Herzen füreinander bestimmt sind . Bestsellerautorin Tami Hoag von ihrer romantischen Seite – charmant, hinreißend und zum Schwelgen schön!
Marilee Jennings wollte bei ihrer Freundin Lucy Urlaub machen, doch nach Lucys angeblichem Unfall wird sie von J. D. Rafferty bedroht. Marilee glaubt nicht an einen Unfall und ihre Ermittlungen führen sie direkt zu dem attraktiven Rafferty.
Nadat de vermoedelijke ontvoerder van een jongetje is opgepakt, volgt een tweede ontvoering.
Marilee Jennings hat ihren Job gekündigt, mit ihrem Freund Schluss gemacht und fährt spontan ins paradiesische New Eden, Montana, um ihre Freundin Lucy zu besuchen. Doch bei ihrer Ankunft erfährt sie, das Lucy angeblich verunglückt sei. Anstatt abzureisen stellt die ehemalige Gerichtsreporterin Nachforschungen an, und je tiefer sie in Lucys Leben eindringt, desto rätselhafter scheint deren Tod. Ihre Ermittlungen treiben Marilee direkt in die Fänge des mysteriösen Farmers Rafferty. Doch der versucht alles, um Lucy in Vergessenheit geraten zu lassen …
Nadat een als fietskoerier werkende rechtenstudent een kennelijk explosief vrachtje heeft gehad, wordt hij achterna gezeten door de politie en de moordenaar van zijn opdrachtgever.
Derniére Course. Le Soleil des Mineurs. Un Bon Cru. Funérailles
1. Tieň-Robert Harris: Tieňový spisovateľ, profesionálny spoluautor životopisov, má za úlohu dokončiť pamäti bývalého britského premiéra. Honorár je lákavý, no počas rozhovorov s premiérom sa ukazuje, že sa dostáva do nebezpečných vôd, keď sa objavujú nepríjemné pravdy z jeho minulosti. 2. Drahý John-Nicholas Sparks: John Tyree, stratený mladík, sa v predvečer septembra 2001 naverbuje do americkej armády a zároveň sa zamiluje do Savany Lynn Curtisovej. Ich láska, poznačená vojnou v Iraku, je plná nečakaných zvratov a otázok o pravom význame lásky. 3. Minulé priestupky-Tami Hoagová: Sudkyňa Carey Moorová sa v emotívnom prípade brutálnej vraždy rozhodne ísť proti verejnej mienke a vydá rozhodnutie, ktoré jej znepriatelí mnohých. Netuší však, že sa ocitne v smrteľnom nebezpečenstve, ohrozujúcom nielen ju, ale aj jej dcérku, pričom zlyhá aj podpora jej manžela. 4. Psí život-Jon Katz: Jon Katz sa stáva americkým Jamesom Herriotom. Čitatelia jeho stĺpčekov a poslucháči rozhlasovej relácie sledujú jeho premeny z milovníka psov v meste na majiteľa ovčej farmy v New Yorku. Jeho zvieracia rodina sa rozrastá a prináša množstvo veselých aj smutných príbehov.
Zásilka od mrtvého - Tami Hoag ( Pavel Medek) / Bohyně domácího štěstí - Sophie Kinsella ( Kateřina Sidonová) / Velké sólo - Pen Hadow ( Barbora Punge Puchalská ) Poslední šance - Michael Connelly
Domů, do krajiny plné tajemných bažin a romantických zákoutí, se vrací mladá advokátka, která potřebuje znovu nalézt životní rovnováhu po neúspěšném manželství a po osudném neúspěchu ve své kariéře. Než se stačí přizpůsobit dávno zapomenutému životnímu rytmu malého města, zaplete se do děsivého dramatického případu, který ji málem stojí život a v němž jí pomáhá okouzlující muž se záhadnou minulostí.... celý text
Prequel ke knize "Devátá dívka" První leden může být skvělým dnem. Může být plný naděje a odhodlání, zcela jistě je to ta nejlepší možná chvíle, kdy začít něco nového. Kdy si třeba dát předsevzetí. Jenomže ta holka, ležící v příkopu hned vedle dálnice, už žádnou naději nemá a nikdy už nic nového nezačne... Sam Kovac a Nikki Lisková, detektivové minneapolisského oddělení vražd, mají od první chvíle podezření, že tohle je práce sériového vraha. Aby se mohli pustit po jeho stopě, musí nejprve zjistit to základní – co byla tahle „Novoroční Jane Doe“ zač?
Život uštědřil Alexandře Gianni několik tvrdých lekcí. Dosud neměla s muži nejlepší zkušenosti, zejména s takovými vyhlášenými krasavci, jakým je Christian Atherton. Alex odmítá Christianovy pokusy o sblížení, protože se domnívá, že tomuto přitažlivému mužovi jde jen o povrchní vztah. Jeho opovážlivé pohledy a svérázný humor ji však neustále pronásledují a rozněcují oheň skrytý za chladnou fasádou její tváře. Christian si totiž umínil, že rozehřeje led v jejím srdci a přesvědčí Alex, že si zaslouží být milována. Alexandra s překvapením zjišťuje, že tento švihák z dobré rodiny, s pověstí ne nejlepší, je citlivým mužem, který ji dokáže něžně líbat a vyvolat v ní zvláštní, dosud nepoznanou touhu. Christian je okouzlený nezkrotnou a temperamentní ženou a chce se dozvědět tajemství, které před ním skrývá. A nejen to. Rád by zmírnil bolest, kterou v její duši zanechalo bezcitné zacházení jiných mužů. Uspěje tento obletovaný světák a najde klíč k srdci nedůvěřivé Alexandry? Poskytne ji vytoužený pocit štěstí a spokojenosti?