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    Fractured
    Triptych
    De Hoogvlieger
    Unseen
    De grens van de waarheid
    Genesis
    • Unseen

      With bonus novella 'Busted'

      • 530 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      Sent to Macon for an undercover mission to infiltrate a drug and prostitution ring, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Will Trent hides the facts about his latest assignment from his girlfriend, Sara Linton, when the stakes prove higher than any he has yet encountered.

      Unseen2013
      4.2
    • A savage murder with no apparent motive - DS Morrow's most challenging case brings her work and home lives dangerously close... Winner of the prestigious Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. When wealthy Sarah Erroll dies a violent death at her home in a posh part of Glasgow, the local community is stunned by what appears to be a truly gratuitous act. Heavily pregnant with desperately wanted twins, DS Alex Morrow is called in to investigate and soon discovers that there is more to Sarah's murder than it first seems. On the other side of town, Thomas Anderson is called into the headmaster's office at his boarding school to be told that his tyrannical father - a banker responsible for the loss of many livelihoods in the recession - has committed suicide by hanging himself from the old oak tree on the lawn of their home. Thomas returns to the family home to find his mother and sister in a state of numb shock. The head of the household is dead, yet their initial reaction is not that of grief, but relief. As Alex Morrow slowly unravels the connections between the two cases, she faces her greatest challenge yet as her work and home lives collide with potentially disastrous consequences.

      The end of the wasp season2012
      3.4
    • Doorn in mijn vlees

      • 61 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      It could have been just any night, and they could have just been any two brothers -- but it wasn't, and they weren't. The scene is an Atlanta bar. The music is loud and the dance floor is packed. The good-looking brother picks up a girl. But when dark deeds ensue out in the parking lot, what happens next can only be described in two words: vintage Slaughter.

      Doorn in mijn vlees2011
      3.3
    • Sarah Linton has fled to Atlanta seeking refuge from the patient in her ER. She finds herself deeply ensnared in a case which rips the lid off secrets as dark and complex as they are disturbing. When Will Trent and Faith Mitchell join forces to probe into the life of the victim, they embark on an investigation which will change them all.

      Genesis2010
      4.2
    • "In the tower of Count Stelli in the ancient city-state of Agora, two children meet, apparently by chance. At first, their only goal is survival: In Agora, everything can be bought and sold, debt is death, and Mark and Lily must barter their labor for their lives. But they are destined to fulfill the prophecy of the secret Midnight Charter devised by Agora's founders. What is the Charter? How and why are members of the city's powerful elite involved--and who among them can Lily and Mark trust?"--Page 2 of cover.

      The Midnight Charter2009
      3.5
    • Discover second book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today!' TESS GERRITSEN Now a major TV Series on Disney+ ----------- When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail's life forever. Now, in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Special Agent Will Trent must find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta's wealthiest, most privileged communities - before it's too late... ----------- Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter- 'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 'A writer of extraordinary talents!!' KATHY REICHS 'Fiction does not get any better than this' JEFFERY DEAVER 'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES 'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT 'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the very last' CAMILLA LACKBERG 'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGUR ARD TTIR Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023

      Fractured2009
      4.0
    • Love Falls

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      On a holiday with her father, Lara meets the Willoughby family, rife with illicit alliances and vendettas. The more embroiled Lara becomes with them, and with the beautiful Kip, the more consumed she is with doubt, curiosity and dread. And so begins her journey into self discovery and across the fine line between childhood and what lies beyond.

      Love Falls2008
      3.1
    • Without even his own memory for an alibi, will DI Ruiz ever prove his innocence? THE DROWNING MAN is the fantastic new thriller from the author of THE SUSPECT.

      The Drowning Man2008
      3.8
    • De grens van de waarheid

      • 319 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Een vader, een dochter en familiegeheimen die onbespreekbaar blijven. 'Beste Eleanor Roosevelt, Houdt u van verhalen?' Zo begint op 11 september 1940 de eerste brief van Itzak Lejdel aan de echtgenote van de Amerikaanse president. Itzak is een joodse jongen uit Brussel op de vlucht voor de nazi's. Hij is aan boord van de Quanza, een Portugees stoomschip dat een maaand eerder met 317 joodse vluchtelingen uit Lissabon vertrok. Itzak vestigt zijn laatste hoop op Eleanor Roosevelt. Hij schrijft haar een serie brieven in de hoop door haar tussenkomst alsnog een visum te krijgen. New York, 2003. Sara Leader, de dochter van Itzak, probeert erachter te komen wat er tijdens de Tweede Wereloorlog met haar vader en zijn familie is gebeurd. Hij heeft nooit ergens over willen praten en ontwijkt al haar vragen. Door zelf op onderzoek uit te gaan ontdekt Sara het geheim van het verdriet da thij noooit met haar heeft willen of kunnen delen.

      De grens van de waarheid2007
      3.5
    • The dead hour

      • 459 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      In the brilliant sequel to "Field of Blood, " reporter Paddy Meehan is riding high on the success of solving the Brian Wilcox case. Then she meets a mysterious blonde who later turns up dead. Paddy Meehan is thrilled with her new job: working the police beat at the newspaper. Responding to a late night call, she arrives at an elegant villa, where a calm blonde woman with blood on her mouth answers the door. The woman has already convinced the police to leave, and soon Paddy realizes how: she slips fifty dollars into Paddy's hand and begs her to keep the incident-whatever it is-out of the press. The next morning, Paddy sees the lead news story: The woman has been murdered. Soon after, the body of a suicide is pulled from the river. Was the blonde more than just a spoiled trophy wife? Are the two deaths related? In pursuit of answers, Paddy is drawn into a web of violence and greed.

      The dead hour2007
      3.6
    • The Field of Blood

      • 360 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Sticks and stones will break your bones...A powerfully gripping thriller from 'one of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years' Ian Rankin. In Glasgow, a child goes missing, taken from the front garden of his home - and the investigation leads the police to the doors of two young boys. Paddy Meehan has just started her new job working for a local newspaper, where she dreams of becoming an investigative journalist. She starts looking into the case of the missing child but, unlike everyone else, does not believe the boys acted on their own. Convinced there is more to it than this, she begins to ask some very awkward questions. But Paddy's investigation has repercussions she never anticipated. Shunned by those closest to her, she finds herself dangerously alone...

      The Field of Blood2006
      3.7
    • Triptych

      • 512 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      Troubled by a rocky marriage and the recent loss of his partner, Atlanta detective Michael Ormewood launches an investigation into the savage murder of a local woman, but for ex-con John Shelley, desperate to prove his innocence, the nightmare has just begun. Reprint.

      Triptych2006
      4.0
    • Smithson Ide's life so far has led him nowhere. He's 43 years old, weighs 279 pounds, and keeps himself numb with food and alcohol. His only emotional ties are to his parents and to the memory of his older sister, Bethany, who has been missing for 20 years. Then his parents die in a car crash and he learns of Bethany's death in LA County. Suddenly there isn't enough beer in the world to keep Smithy from his feelings. Drunk and bereft, he takes his old Raleigh bicycle and starts cycling. Once he starts, he can't stop and then he's riding across America to recover his sister. Along the way he meets all sorts of people who help or hinder him. He hears the confession of a priest, he rescues a boy from a snow storm, he has a gun pointed in his face, he's hit by a truck and helps a man dying of AIDS. Smithy's ride is an extraordinary quest, to rediscover the past and memories of Bethany, but it's also his journey back to life.

      The memory of running2005
      3.7
    • De Hoogvlieger

      • 255 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Philip Randall heeft het helemaal gemaakt. Hij is knap, hip en rijk. Hij werkt bij een prestigieus advocatenkantoor in Manhattan, is getrouwd met een vrouw die door haar vader bedolven wordt onder elke denkbare luxe, heeft een loft in Soho en een bloedmooie minnares, Jessica. Er is één nadeel: Jessica is de vrouw van zijn beste vriend, Connor. Dan duikt er een oude bekende op die Philip achtervolgt. Philip weigert te aanvaarden dat hij deze situatie onmogelijk in zijn voordeel kan keren – hij wordt het middelpunt van een moordzaak. Zal deze veelbelovende carrièrist zijn verdiende loon krijgen?

      De Hoogvlieger2001
      3.8
    • The Fig Eater

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      When a young woman's body is discovered in the summer of 1910 Vienna, the Inspector's wife is certain the figs found in her stomach during the autopsy are the clue to the identity of the murderer—for there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time of year.

      The Fig Eater2000
      3.0