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    • 2020

      De dood van Harriet Monckton

      Thriller: Een klein dorp in de greep van een mysterieuze moordzaak

      • 505 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      In november 1843 wordt de 23-jarige lerares Harriet Monckton dood gevonden achter de kapel in Bromley die ze regelmatig bezocht. Het dorp is geschokt, helemaal wanneer het autopsierapport vermeldt dat ze zwanger was. Harriet bleek verwikkeld te zijn in relaties met ten minste drie mannen, maar ook haar goede vriendin Frances wordt gezien als verdachte in deze moordzaak. Wie heeft Harriet vermoord en wie is de vader van haar ongeboren kind? De dood van Harriet Monckton is gebaseerd op historische feiten.

      De dood van Harriet Monckton
    • 2016
    • 2015

      No.1 bestselling author 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.

      Flesh and blood
    • 2013

      *NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS AND FELICITY JONES* Florence: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object found hidden in his belongings. A threat to his life will propel him and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, into a breakneck chase across the city. Only Langdon's knowledge of the hidden passageways and ancient secret that lie behind its historic fa�ade can save them from the clutches of their unknown pursuers. With only a few lines from Dante's Inferno to guide them, they must decipher a sequence of codes buried deep within some of the Renaissance's most celebrated artworks to find the answers to a puzzle which may, or may not, help them save the world from a terrifying threat. . .

      Inferno
    • 2011

      Hanging Hill

      • 560 pages
      • 20 hours of reading
      3.9(4832)Add rating

      The Victim: A teenage girl has been brutally murdered on her way home from school. The cryptic message ' all like her ' is crudely written on her body. The Silence: The dead girl's friends are deeply shocked and upset, but they all refuse to reveal anything about her last movements. Who are they protecting? And what more do they know? The Fear: Headstrong Detective Inspector Zoë Benedict knows exactly how she wants to work this case. But Zoë's own dark past, if exposed, may jeopardize the search for justice . . . and destroy her too. Tense, thrilling and brilliantly original, Hanging Hill reveals the evil side of human nature and the terrible things normal people can do...

      Hanging Hill
    • 2011

      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

      Red Mist
    • 2010

      Leaving Virginia in search of peace and quiet, Dr. Kay Scarpetta journeys to Florida, where a series of baffling murders entangles her in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the most unexpected circumstance of her life. Reprint.

      Blow fly
    • 2010

      Schaduwkant

      • 350 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.8(89)Add rating

      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.

      Schaduwkant
    • 2010

      Gone

      • 415 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.0(7286)Add rating

      November in the West Country, and evening is closing in as DI Jack Caffery arrives to interview the victim of a stolen car. But this is no ordinary theft. The man who's stolen the car was wearing a Santa Claus mask. And, on the back seat, packing away the shopping, was an eleven year-old girl. And she's still missing.

      Gone
    • 2009

      Nemesis / druk 1

      • 399 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Wanneer een komeet, die door Rusland uit zijn baan is gebracht, Amerika dreigt te vernietigen, moet een groep geleerden het tij proberen te keren.

      Nemesis / druk 1