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Olivia studeert aan de universiteit van Cambridge. Ze is mooi, veelbelovend en heeft al twee jaar een relatie met Nick. Maar wat de buitenwereld niet weet, is dat ze een zwaar jeugdtrauma heeft. Als ze samen met Nick naar het meifeest gaat, vindt ze het toegetakelde lichaam van een medestudente: June. Olivia is in shock. Vooral omdat dit niet de eerste moord op de campus is. Haar angsten uit het verleden komen in volle hevigheid terug… Later blijkt dat Olivia alle slachtoffers persoonlijk kende.

The patients at Beechway High Secure Unit are terrified. Unexplained power cuts have lead to a series of horrifying incidents. And now fear has spread from the inmates to the staff. DI Jack Caffery is called to investigate, whilst working the most impossible case of his life. Will he be able to stare pure evil in the eye, and survive?

Een jonge vrouwelijke rechercheur raakt verzeild in een luguber virtueel spel op leven en dood waarbij ze een psychopathische computerfreak moet uitschakelen.

Een journaliste die in Australië op zoek is naar haar verloren gewaande familie, gaat, wanneer een vriendin daar verdwenen blijkt, samen met een politieman meer geheimzinnige verdwijningen natrekken.

He collects his victims. But he doesn’t keep them safe.Elspeth, Meggy and Xavier are locked in a flat. They don’t know where they are, and they don’t know why they’re there. They only know that the shadow man has taken them, and he won’t let them go. Desperate to escape, the three of them must find a way out of their living hell, even if it means uncovering a very dark truth. Because the shadow man isn’t a nightmare. He’s all too real. And he’s watching.

Night is falling in the West Country as murder detective Jack Caffrey arrives to interview the distraught victim of a car-jacking. What he hears horrifies him. The car was taken by force, and on the back seat was a passenger. An eleven-year-old girl. Who is still missing. Before long the jacker starts to communicate with the police. And Caffrey becomes certain that he is planning to take another car. And another child. Who is the car-jacker? How is he choosing his targets? And - most urgent of all - can Caffrey find where the child has been hidden? Before it's too late ...

Student Grey Hutchins comes to Tokyo seeking answers to what happened during the notorious Nanking Massacre in which, in one city, the Imperial Japanese Army killed up to 300,000 civilians. Only one man can help her, a survivor of the Massacre, and now a visiting professor at the prestigious university of Todai in Tokyo; a man who is rumoured to possess documentary evidence of Nanking. ut first Grey must gain his trust. Increasingly desperate and alone, she accepts a job as a hostess at the 'Some Like It Hot' club, an upmarket nightspot catering for Japanese businessmen and wealthy gangsters. One gangster dominates - an old man in a wheelchair guarded by a nurse with sharpened teeth -said to rely on a powerful elixir for his continued wealth and well-being; It is an elixir which other members of the club want for themselves - at any price ith its focus on 1980's Tokyo and China in the late 1930s, and a woman who has quite a lot to prove and even more to hide, this is a literary thriller of the highest order. With its heady atmosphere of overt violence, lurking fear and sexual tension, Tokyo is a novel that takes hold of the reader and does not let go until its explosive final.

'A potent cocktail of urban blight, perverse feminism and vigilante justice' - back cover.

A mysterious and suspenseful novel from the bestselling author of The Winter Folly and The Snow Angel.

The government abandoned him. Now they're asking for his help. But they're not going to like his answer. A secret department of Homeland Security is recruiting agents to work undercover in the Middle East, and the director wants his second-in-command, Matt Egan, to bring aboard an old friend, Salam Al Fayed-better known as Fade. He seems perfect for the job: A New Yorker and ex-Navy Seal, he is the son of immigrants and he speaks perfect Arabic. Trouble is, he's "retired;" he got shot in the back in the line of duty, and the U.S. government refused to pay for the risky surgery that could have helped him. Now Fade lives the life of a hermit, walking around with a bullet lodged near his spine and liable to shift at any moment, and the last thing he wants to hear is that his country needs him-least of all, his ex-best friend Matt Egan, whom he sees as responsible for his present condition. Against Egan's wishes, the director forces the issue and tries none too subtly to "persuade" Fade to join the team. But Fade, angry and hopeless, is prepared to fight back at any cost; the ensuing confrontation is a bloody one. And the chase is on-will Matt be able to find his friend-turned-fugitive before Fade can take the ultimate revenge? Fade is a remarkable, take-no-prisoners read from an unparalleled writer at the height of his talents.

It's been 22 years since Ellie Cavanaugh's testimony against 19-year-old Rob Westerfield convicted him of the murder of her sister. Now, Rob is up for parole. Ellie returns home to write a book, But she soon uncovers horrifying facts about her sister's murder.

Het lijk van een jongeman in een park in Miami. Waarschijnlijk een lid van een gang of een drugsdealer met pech. Maar waarom is hij dan wel beroofd van zijn geld en niet van zijn drugs? Een bij de FBI bekende terrorist plaatst een bom in het huis van een dokter en zijn familie. Al twee jaar is hij niet gepakt; een erekwestie voor Horation Caine dus, die zweert hem zo snel mogelijk in te rekenen.

From the award-winning and bestselling author of Into the Darkest Corner comes a delicious Victorian crime novel based on a true story that shocked and fascinated the nation.

What if you found yourself divorced, penniless and with a teenage daughter to support? What if the only way to survive was to do thing you never thought possible? These are the questions Sally has never really thought about before. Until now. Her sister Zoe is a detective inspector working out of Bath Central. No one would guess that she hide a crippling secret that date back twenty years, and which - if exposed - may destroy her. -- back cover

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS, MARIAN KEYES 'JUST BRILLIANT' SUNDAY TIMES ___________ 'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.' 'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?' If only. Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving her. He still loves her, he's just taking a break - from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together. Six months in South-East Asia. And nothing she says can stop him. But when does a break become a break-up? A lot can happen in six months. And it's enough to send Amy and her family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers teetering over the edge. When Hugh returns, if he returns, will he be the same man she married? Will Amy be the same woman? Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then . . . isn't she on one too? _____________ 'Mercilessly funny' The Times 'I laughed . . . I cried' Daily Mail 'Full of darkness and light, this is Keyes at her classic and most brilliant best' Red SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

Set in the heart of Europe, 'Inferno' follows renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon as he becomes drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces: Dante's Inferno.

Artemus Bourne, een van de rijkste ondernemers ter wereld, staat aan het hoofd van een gigantisch zakenimperium. Hij is niet alleen schatrijk, maar ook zeer machtig, want met zijn geld heeft hij menig belangrijke politicus in het zadel geholpen. Op zekere dag bezorgt de post Bourne een pakket met een gruwelijke inhoud, namelijk drie afgehakte mensenhoofden, waaronder dat van de viroloog Cecil Winfield, de directeur van zijn biochemische bedrijf VaalChem in Angola. De boodschap is duidelijk: de anonieme afzender weet wat er zich afspeelt bij VaalChem en dat zijn zaken die het daglicht niet kunnen verdragen. Want in het diepste geheim worden bij VaalChem vaccins geproduceerd, maar dan voor ziektes die nog helemaal niet bestaan...

Op de faculteit Antropologie van de Universiteit van Nevada arriveert een pakje zonder afzender, en als de dood wordt opengemaakt, blijkt de inhoud schokkend te zijn: een gekrompen hoofd. Aanvankelijk beschouwen Gil Grissom en zijn team van technische rechercheurs - Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes en Greg Sanders - dit als een curiositeit, een gruwelijk relikwie uit het verleden. Maar als alles wijst op het feit dat het hoofd in werkelijkheid het resultaat is van een recente moord, rijst al snel het vermoeden dat er een wrede seriemoordenaar met een onorthodoxe modus operandi losloopt..

Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated, but never bettered. Against her own judgement and the advice of Benton Wesley and her niece, Lucy, Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on a case involving the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Accompanied by Pete Marino she finds the once familiar territory of her morgue and her department much changed, and the new Chief Medical Examiner treats her with disdain despite the obvious fact that he is in desperate need of her expertise. But professional as ever, she re-examines the evidence and proves the girl was murdered. She also finds trace evidence which matches that found on an accident victim and at the scene where one of Lucy's operatives was attacked. It is not only a forensic puzzle, but opens up the probability that someone is after those closest to Scarpetta. Visit the author's website at www.patriciacornwell.com

After her resignation as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner and the horrifying events which threatened her life in THE LAST PRECINCT, Kay Scarpetta has abandoned her elegant home in Richmond and is quietly living in Florida, beginning to get some balance back in her life and slowly establishing herself as a private forensic consultant. But her past won't let her rest, and her grief for Benton Wesley continues to grow, not diminish, as does the rage within Lucy, her niece. Then the architect of her changed fortunes contacts her from his cell on death row: deformed, blinded by Scarpetta's own actions, incarcerated in Texas strongest prison, Jean-Baptiste Chardonne still has the ability to terrify. But, unkown to Scarpetta, there are other forces behind the wolfman's apparent actions, invisibly shepherding her and those closest to her towards eliminating those who threaten them all. And it is all orchestrated by the one man in her life who knows every nuance of her soul. Visit the author's website at www.patricia-cornwell.com

On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modest means, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. The caller is dead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that kind of money. He's confident that Mitch will find a way. If he loves his wife enough... Mitch does love her enough. He loves her more than life itself. He's got sixty hours to prove it. He has to find the two million by then. But he'll pay a lot more. From its tense opening to its shattering climax, The Husband is a thriller that will hold you in its relentless grip for every twist, every shock, every revelation. This is a Dean Koontz novel, after all. And there's no other experience quite like it.

All-original crime dramas based on the critically acclaimed and wildly popular CBS television series!

Een schietpartij in een goedkoop motelletje lijkt een doorsneezaak voor Catherine Willows en Nick Stokes, maar als ze op de plaats delict aankomen en het slachtoffer identificeren als een locaal bekende privédetective, doemt een heel ander scenario op. Op hetzelfde moment worden Greg Sanders en Riley Adams naar een kleine luchthaven geroepen waar ze met een mysterie worden geconfronteerd: hoe een piloot tijdens een solovlucht vermoord kan worden terwijl hij kilometers boven de aarde vliegt...

Februari in Miami. Een scène die alles heeft van een mislukt terreurincident. De plaats van de aanslag ligt bezaaid met lijken en er wordt bloed gevonden dat wordt geïdentificeerd als dat van ene Abdus Sattar Pathan. Horatio Caine is ervan overtuigd dat hij dezelfde is als een internationaal gezochte terrorist, bijgenaamd de Haas. Maar hoe kan hij dit bewijzen?

A forbidden passion leads to a lifetime of consequences for Cressida Felbridge, a debutante in 1960s London. Set to marry a friend of her brother's, her father insists on a portrait to commemorate the occasion. Upon meeting the painter, Ralph Few, Cressie realizes her life is about to change forever. She falls deeply in love with Ralph, despite the complication that he is still married to Catherine. As Cressie becomes entangled in this complex relationship, Catherine's behavior grows increasingly erratic. To escape the turmoil, Ralph and Cressie retreat to her family home in Cumbria, but Catherine is determined to reclaim Ralph. In the present day, Emily Conway appears to have it all: a beautiful home in West London, two children, and a successful husband, Will. However, their lives take a tragic turn when Will reveals his betrayal by a business partner, leading to a catastrophic car accident. After waking from her injuries, Emily learns of an unexpected legacy: a house in Cumbria, left to her by a woman she never knew. This house could offer her a fresh start, but it may also harbor secrets that need to be uncovered before she can find peace. The Snow Angel is a captivating family saga that intertwines past and present, exploring love, betrayal, and the quest for redemption.

The author of "The Devil of Nanking" delivers a taut, chilling tale of clandestine occult practices, New Age medicine, and the drug underground, set in a hypermodern urban landscape challenged by colliding immigrant cultures.

The nineteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. The prisoner is a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer. Against advice, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out - she believes she may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings. As she learns more, Scarpetta is compelled to conclude that this is only the beginning of a terrifying terrain of conspiracy on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it . . . Praise for the groundbreaking series: 'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express

When the decomposed body of a young woman is found by near railway tracks just outside Bristol one hot May morning, all indications are that she's committed suicide. That's how the police want it too; all neatly squared and tidied away. But DI Jack Caffery is not so sure. He is on the trail of someone predatory, someone who hides in the shadows and can slip into houses unseen.And for the first time in a very long time, he feels scared.Police Diver Flea Marley is working alongside Caffery.Having come to terms with the loss of her parents, and with the traumas of her past safely behind her, she's beginning to wonder whether their relationship could go beyond the professional. And then she finds something that changes everything. Not only is it far too close to home for comfort - but it's so horrifying that she knows that nothing will ever be the same again.And that this time, no one - not even Caffery - can help her ...

Perfect for fans of THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE and A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW 'This has everything - engaging characters, a thrilling story and beautiful scenery' KATIE FFORDE ________________________ The start of a war. The end of a dynasty. VIENNA, 1911. Greta Goldbaum has always dreamed of being free to choose her own life's path, but the Goldbaum family, one of the wealthiest in the world, has different expectations. United across Europe, Goldbaum men are bankers, while Goldbaum women marry Goldbaum men to produce Goldbaum children. So when Greta is sent to England to marry Albert, a distant cousin she has never met, the two form an instant dislike for one another. Defiant and lonely, Greta longs for a connection and a place to call her own. When Albert's mother gives Greta a garden, things begin to change. But just as she begins to taste an unexpected happiness, the Great War breaks out, threatening to tear everything away. For the first time in two hundred years, the family will find themselves on opposing sides. How will Greta choose between the family she's created and the one she was forced to leave behind?

Tally Nowata is getraind in het redden van mensenlevens. Als lid van een Amerikaans rescueteam is ze gespecialiseerd in overlevingstechnieken onder de meest extreme omstandigheden en heeft ze veel, vaak zwaargewonde, mannen en vrouwen in de bergen opgespoord en veilig teruggebracht. Twee jaar na de gruwelijke moord op haar minnaar Paul in de Australische Outback heeft Tally zo goed en zo kwaad als het gaat de draad van haar leven weer opgepakt. Ze gaat nog steeds gebukt onder een groot verdriet maar ze heeft zich weer met volle overgave gestort op dat wat haar passie is: het reddingswerk in de bergen. Tot een alarmerende oproep van een anonieme beller haar de bergen inlokt en haar meesleurt in een nachtmerrieachtig scenario. Als een van haar collega's op mysterieuze wijze verdwijnt, valt namelijk alle verdenking op Tally en moet zij alles op alles zetten om te bewijzen dat zij niet de schuldige is, maar de nietsontziende moordenaar die het eigenlijk op haar leven gemunt heeft. En op het leven van dat van wat haar het liefste is: haar kind.

In the span of 24 hours, everything Laurel Shields believes about her life and her marriage to a prominent doctor will be shattered if she survives.

SEE EVILJournalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes.But what he sees when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island forces him to question everything he thought he knew. HEAR EVILWhy have

In Miami vindt de jaarlijkse kerstmannenconferentie plaats. Honderden vrolijke en vriendelijke oude mannen in rode pakken zwermen uit over de stad. Het is een groot feest, totdat een van hen op gruwelijke wijze wordt vermoord... CSI: Miami: Zondvloed is een superspannende thriller van Donn Cortez, gebaseerd op de in Amerika met vele prijzen bekroonde televisieserie.

Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta - a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.

The No. 1 bestselling series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.

Als Kate Benson de recente vakantiefoto's van vrienden bekijkt, krijgt ze de schrik van haar leven: haar man Charlie staat op de foto. Dat is onmogelijk, hij is namelijk overleden. Maar Kate weet zeker dat het haar grote liefde is die op de achtergrond staat. Ze besluit terug te keren naar de plaats waar hij een jaar eerder op mysterieuze wijze verdronk. Of werd hij vermoord? Haar vrienden verklaren haar voor gek, maar Kate ontdekt de schokkende waarheid.

NEMESIS combines the intrigue of Dan Brown's THE DA VINCI CODE with the excitement of a high-tech disaster thriller

Vanuit een luxueus kantoor op de bovenste verdieping van een wolkenkrabber regeert de mooie Joan Kinkade met ijzeren hand haar succesvolle adviesbureau, een verantwoordelijke positie die haar vaak tot lang na kantooruren aan haar bureau gekluisterd houdt.

Using the firsthand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell has used the demanding methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the contemporaneous evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders. These include state-of-the-art DNA testing on various materials, computer enhancement of watermarks and expert examinations of hand-writing, paper, inks and other relics. She has also used her knowledge of profiling on the possible suspects, as well as consulting experts in the field. On presenting her conclusions to a very senior Metropolitan Police officer she learned that had the investigators of the time been presented with the facts she has unearthed her suspect would definitely have been arrested and would probably have faced trial. In the first edition of this book Patricia Cornwell named the killer as the artist, Walter Sickert. This paperback includes even more evidence for her compelling and credible conclusion. Visit the author's website on www.patricia-cornwell.com

Tijdens de restauratie van een beroemd schilderij in Urbino komt een dramatische geschiedenis uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog aan het licht.

Roman over hartstocht, ambities en politieke machinaties binnen de r.-k. kerk, van de hand van een r.-k. geestelijke.

Om stof voor een tweede roman op te doen reist een Amerikaans-joodse schrijver naar Israël, waar hij met soldaten naar het front gaat.