John F. Case Book order (chronological)

There's nothing in a glorious summer's day to suggest anything even remotely sinister. In fact, Alex Callahan, a news correspondent, surprises himself by enjoying the Renaissance Faire that his six-year-old twins, Kevin and Sean, have forced him to visit. The boys are delighted by the jugglers and magicians, jesters and foodmongers dressed in full Elizabethan costume. But it's the joust that the boys have really been waiting to see. Alex takes a break to watch, while keeping half an eye on the twins, but when he turns to see how they are enjoying themselves, they're nowhere to be seen. The perfect day has turned into every parent's nightmare. His sons have disappeared, and Alex is an immediate suspect. But no one can explain the bizarre origami figure he finds after he returns to his empty house. Or the bowl of water that has been left on the top shelf of the wardrobe. Or, the T-shirt soaked in blood... As police attention to the case wanes, Alex's own investigations uncover a sinister, underground world that he never dreamed existed. A world where reality is portrayed as illusion, and where the reason behind the twins' disappearance is more terrifying than anything Alex can imagine...

Der Schatten des Herrn§ In einem abgelegenen italienischen Bergdorf geht ein weltberühmter Wissenschaftler zur Beichte. Er hat nur noch kurze Zeit zu leben und bekennt eine Sünde, die so entsetzlich ist, daß der Pfarrer ihm die Absolution verweigert. Wenig später ereignet sich in Washington eine furchtbare Tragödie: Eine junge Frau und ihr kleiner Sohn werden auf grausamste Weise getötet. Bei seiner Jagd nach den Mördern stößt der Bruder der Getöteten, Joe Carpenter, auf eine Reihe ähnlicher Fälle, die sich wie ein blutiges Band um die halbe Welt ziehen. Opfer sind stets kleine Jungen und ihre alleinerziehenden Mütter, die in der Vergangenheit eine Klinik in Italien aufgesucht haben. Welches tödliche Geheimnis verbindet sie miteinander? Die Spur führt Carpenter zu "Umbra Domini", einer sektenähnlichen Organisation konservativer Katholiken - und in das dunkelste Geheimnis moderner Medizintechnologie ...

Reporter Frank Daly misses a scientific voyage to the Arctic. Catching up with the scientists on their return, he finds them reluctant to talk, and he probes until he discovers the shocking truth.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Terrifying . . . a spellbinding biomedical thriller.”—San Francisco Examiner “A classic that will grip you until the end.”—Houston Chronicle A phone call in the dead of night brings Joe Lassiter shattering news: His sister and young nephew have died in a fire in their home near Washington, D.C. Yet Lassiter soon learns a chilling fact: His loved ones were brutally murdered before the blaze was set. The mysterious suspect’s identity only raises more questions. Then Lassiter uncovers another crime—another innocent mother and child murdered. The more he investigates, the larger the web of conspiracy grows, as Lassiter’s search for answers leads him on a dangerous international chase toward a truth that will shock him— and the world—to the very core. . . .