This collection features stories of love amidst vampires. From a fugitive vampire forced to trust a boy who might work for the group bent on destroying her, to the legendary romance of two immortals whose love compels them to risk everything, this exciting, heart-pounding collection brings new meaning to the words 'love you forever.'
Ein perverser Serientäter unternimmt grausame Experimente an Frauen Ein Serienvergewaltiger macht die Straßen von Savannah unsicher. Er injiziert seinen Opfern eine Droge und unterzieht sie sadistischen Qualen. Die Polizei von Savannah tappt völlig im Dunkeln. Als Ryne Robel, dem Chef der Task Force, die forensische Psychologin Abbie Phillips zugeteilt wird, ist Robel nicht begeistert, hält er forensische Psychologie doch für Hokuspokus. Doch Abbie erkennt, dass es dem Täter nicht darum geht, die Frauen zu ermorden – er führt vielmehr grausame Forschungsexperimente an ihnen durch ... Der Beginn einer Serie um ein Team von forensischen Psychologen.
Irene Kelly, a reporter, and her husband, Detective Frank Harriman, delve into a complex case that intertwines a historical crime with a mysterious disappearance. As they navigate the challenges of uncovering the truth, they must also confront threats from their current lives, blending investigative intrigue with personal stakes.
Elizabeth Baskin hat ihren Traummann Roger geheiratet, doch nach sechs Jahren ist er zum gestressten Geschäftsmann geworden. Mit einem Pülverchen eines Wunderheilers verwandelt sie ihn zurück in den Supermann, doch nun kann sie mit seiner neuen Energie nicht mehr mithalten.
Molly Meredith is happy with her lot in life. She has a thoughtful, considerate husband in Joe, a house spectacularly decorated with her creative curtain making skills, and a gorgeous baby son, Eddie, who is considered cute and adorable by absolutely everyone he meets. Everyone, that is, except his father. For Joe has never come to terms with the fact that he has been adopted, and the arrival of his son just serves to rekindle painful memories. His reaction is to shut him out, and pretend that Eddie doesn't exist. Molly is understandably upset but is equally determined to do something about it. The key to their happiness, she decides, is the woman who gave him away all those years ago. When Molly finally tracks her down, she is shocked to discover who Joe's mother really is. Stella Milton is the intellectual sexpot of the British stage, an actress whose picture has adorned many an adolescent boy's bedroom. Joe is overjoyed at finally being acquainted, and for a while it seems that Molly's plan has worked. But then Joe starts spending more and more time with his mother, and less and less with his wife and son . . .
'Kinsey Millhone is up there with the giants of the private eye genre' Times Literary Supplement
Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Nord Lafferty was already in his fifties when Reba was born, and he could deny her nothing. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn't there for her when she was convicted of embezzlement and sent to the California Institution for Women. Now, at thirty-two, she is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months of a four-year sentence. Nord Lafferty wants to be sure she stays straight, stays at home and away from the drugs, the booze, the gamblers." "It seems a straightforward assignment for Kinsey: babysit Reba until she settles in, make sure she follows all the rules of her parole. Maybe all of a week's work. Nothing untoward - the woman seems remorseful and friendly. And the money is good." But life is never that simple, and Reba is out of prison less than twenty-four hours when one of her old crowd comes circling round.
Die Journalistin Irene Kelly stößt bei ihrer Arbeit auf die Leiche eines entführten Millionenerben. Zwanzig Jahre später untersucht sie den Fall erneut, was unerwartete und gefährliche Konsequenzen mit sich bringt.
Die frisch geschiedenen Freundinnen Elaine, Jackie und Pat genießen eine Kreuzfahrt. Doch als Elaine von einem Mordkomplott erfährt, das möglicherweise gegen eine von ihnen gerichtet ist, bleibt ihr nur wenig Zeit, um den Täter zu finden.
Barbara Chessner, eine erfolglose Immobilienmaklerin in Banyon Beach, kämpft mit Depressionen nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann. In einer stürmischen Nacht beschließt sie, ihre Seele dem Teufel zu verkaufen. Jane Heller schafft es, eine sympathische Heldin zu kreieren, die trotz teuflischer Machenschaften ihren Humor bewahrt.
