Ernst de Boer Book order (chronological)

Perfecte prooi van Helen Fields is na Perfecte resten het tweede deel in de serie met inspecteurs Luc Callanach en Ava Turner in de hoofdrol. Voor de fans van de Helen Grace-serie van M.J. Arlidge. Tijdens een rockfestival valt een medewerker van een liefdadigheidsinstelling midden in het publiek dood neer. Zijn buik is met één haal opengesneden. Niemand heeft de moordenaar gezien. Een week later wordt in een vuilcontainer het lichaam van een basisschoollerares aangetroffen. Ze is gewurgd met haar eigen sjaal. Inspecteurs Ava Turner en Luc Callanach hebben geen aanknopingspunten en kunnen geen motieven vaststellen. Ze tasten in het duister, totdat blijkt dat de slachtoffers op diverse gebouwen in de stad met graffiti worden beschreven. Dan ontdekken ze dat de boodschappen geschreven zijn voordat de mensen vermoord werden en begrijpen ze dat de moordenaar zijn volgende slachtoffer zo aankondigt. Hoe onschuldiger de prooi, hoe beter… Perfecte prooi van Helen Fields is een must-read voor lezers die houden van duister, dodelijk, griezelig en aangrijpend.

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "WORKS BEAUTIFULLY... If you like being terrified, The Whisper Man has your name on it." —The New York Times, Editor's Pick "SUPERB" —Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review "BRILLIANT... will satisfy readers of Thomas Harris and Stephen King." —Booklist, Starred Review "POIGNANT AND TERRIFYING" —Entertainment Weekly In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father and son caught in the crosshairs of an investigation to catch a serial killer preying on a small town. After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help him and his young son Jake heal. A new beginning, a new house, a new town. Featherbank. But the town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered five residents. Until Frank Carter was finally caught, he was nicknamed "The Whisper Man," for he would lure his victims out by whispering at their windows at night. Just as Tom and Jake settle into their new home, a young boy vanishes. His disappearance bears an unnerving resemblance to Frank Carter's crimes, reigniting old rumors that he preyed with an accomplice. Now, detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis must find the boy before it is too late, even if that means Pete has to revisit his great foe in prison: The Whisper Man. And then Jake begins acting strangely. He hears a whispering at his window...

"On a remote Highland mountain, a body burns. All that's left behind are the victim's teeth and a fragment of silk. Meanwhile, in the hidden room of a house in Edinburgh, a second woman screams into the darkness. It's D.I. Luc Callanach's first day with Police Scotland, and he's handed a homicide investigation. With everything to prove, he and his new colleague D.I. Ava Turner are up against a killer who meticulously covers his tracks. When a third woman is taken, Callanach is desperate to prevent another innocent death--but the real fate of these woman is more twisted than he could have ever imagined..."--Back cover.

"An electrifying literary thriller introduces an unforgettable mother and son, whose simple trip to the zoo one afternoon is transformed into three hours of terror and survival after gunshots ring out. What would you do to protect the ones you love? After school on a late October day, Joan has taken her four-year-old son, Lincoln, to one of his favourite places on earth: the zoo. Just before closing time, as they need to go home, she hears some loud pops like firecrackers. Not thinking much of it, they head for the exit...until Joan realizes the eerie human emptiness means danger, then sees the figure of a lone gunman. Without another thought, she scoops up her son and runs back into the zoo. And for the next three hours--the entire scope of the novel--she does anything she can to keep Lincoln safe. Both pulse-pounding and emotionally satisfying, Fierce Kingdom is a thrill ride, but also an exploration of the very nature of motherhood itself, from its saving graces to its savage power. At heart it asks how

She loves her husband. She's obsessed by a stranger. She's a devoted mother. She's prepared to lose everything. She knows what she's doing. She's out of control. She's innocent. She's guilty as sin. She's living two lives. She might lose them both.

Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award and a Sunday Times bestseller 2010, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE by Maggie O'Farrell is a gorgeously written story of love and motherhood from the author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realises she cannot wait any longer for her life to begin, and leaves for London. There, at the heart of the 1950s Soho art scene, she carves out a new life. In the present day, Elina and Ted are reeling from the difficult birth of their first child. Elina struggles to reconcile the demands of motherhood with her sense of herself as an artist, and Ted is disturbed by memories of his own childhood that don't tally with his parents' version of events. As Ted begins to search for answers, an extraordinary portrait of two women is revealed, separated by fifty years, but connected in ways that neither could ever have expected.

From the bestselling author of Hunting Unicorns comes Bella Pollen's most compelling and moving story yet . . .

Londen, 1944. Op een ijskoude winteravond wordt een Pools meisje, Rosa Nowak, op brute wijze vermoord. Voor de politie, die het al druk genoeg heeft met de bloeiende zwarte markt in oorlogstijd, is dit een schokkende maar schijnbaar willekeurige misdaad. Waarom zou iemand een onschuldige vluchtelinge vermoorden? Maar bij de voormalige politie-inspecteur John Madden komt het misdrijf extra hard aan. Rosa werkte op zijn boerderij en het gaat Madden aan het hart dat hij haar niet voldoende bescherming heeft geboden. Zijn oud-collega's van Scotland Yard buigen zich over de zaak maar komen nauwelijks verder met de weinige aanwijzingen die ze hebben. Hun enige aanknopingspunt wijst naar het vasteland van Europa. Maar aangezien er oorlog woedt op het gehele continent, is het zeer de vraag of ze de moordenaar in de kraag kunnen vatten voordat hij opnieuw toeslaat.

Now a major BBC TV drama, In the Dark is uniquely disturbing thriller from the number one bestselling creator of the Tom Thorne novels

The bestselling first historical love story set in Venice from Marina Fiorato. For fans of Philippa Gregory, Sarah Dunant and Alison Weir.