Willeke Lempens Books

The man lay on his front, his arms and legs bound and pulled up with a rope connecting the two. His head was arched back, so he faced the curtains, and there was masking tape over his mouth. Erika gingerly reached out and checked his pulse.Yep. Dead all right.When Detective Erika Foster finds politician Neville Lomas naked, hog-tied, and dead in his own bed, skittish higher-ups at the Met quickly rule the death from natural causes. Case closed . . . until two months later when a well-known casting director and a star footballer are found murdered and tied with the same knots. The Met can no longer ignore what’s staring them in the there’s a serial killer loose in London, and they’re out to settle a score.As Erika and her team investigate, things take a strange turn as CCTV footage turns up five female suspects . . . and they’re all identical.In the hunt to identify the women, Erika is outpaced at every turn by an elusive sex worker with dirt on enough powerful men to make the Met’s top brass nervous – and desperate.As time ticks away until the killer strikes again, it’s up to Erika to untangle the web of evidence and answer the critical What ties the victims together, who else is caught up in this scandal, and how far are the higher-ups willing to go to protect their own?Gripping, tense and impossible to put down, Lethal Vengeance will have you on the edge of your seat, racing to the final dramatic page.

How do you find a killer who has destroyed all the evidence? Detective Erika Foster is on a late-night walk near her new house in Blackheath when she stumbles upon the brutal murder of Vicky Clarke, a true-crime podcaster. Erika is assigned to the case and discovers that Vicky had been working on a new podcast episode about a sexual predator who preys on young female students around South London, staking out his victims in their halls of residence before breaking in at the dead of night. When Erika discovers that Vicky's notes and sound recordings were stolen from her flat at the time of her murder, it leads her to believe that Vicky was close to unmasking the attacker, and she was killed to guarantee her silence. The case takes on a disturbing twist when the body of a young Bulgarian student doctor is discovered in the same building, and this makes Erika question everything she thought she knew about Vicky. With very little evidence, the clock is ticking to find the killer before he strikes again.

When Kate Marshall finds the bloated body of a young man floating in the Shadow Sands reservoir, the authorities label it a tragic accident. But the details don't add up: why was the victim there, in the middle of the night? If he was such a strong swimmer, how did he drown? Kate is certain there is more to this case than meets the eye. As she and her research assistant Tristan Harper dig deeper, they discover a bloody trail that points towards an active serial killer hiding in plain sight. People have been silently disappearing for years, and when another woman is taken, Kate and Tristan have a matter of days to save her from meeting the same fate

Drie jaar geleden waren Spencer, Aria, Emily, Hanna en Alison de populairste meisjes op school. Op hun prada-schoenen en in Donna Karan-jurkjes liepen ze al roddelend door de gangen. Voor deze meisjes was het een perfecte situatie, totdat Alison - de mooiste en populairste van hen allemaal - plotseling verdween. Nu krijgen ze verontrustende berichtjes van de mysterieuze 'A' en zijn hun rijke leventjes in een nachtmerrie veranderd. De meiden moeten de waarheid over Ali en over de geheimzinnige A zien te achterhalen voordat een van hen het volgende slachtoffer wordt, is Alison echt wel dood, of...? Deze omnibus bestaat uit het derde en vierde deel van de verslavend spannende Pretty Little Liars-serie. Omslagtitel: Pretty little liars 3 & 4. - Bevat: Perfecte meisjes plegen perfecte moord? - Vert. van: Perfect. - HarperCollins, cop. 2007. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 2008. - (Pretty little liars ; 3) ; Je moet niet alles geloven wat ze zeggen. - Vert. van: Unbelievable. - HarperCollins, cop. 2008. - Oorspr. Nederlandse uitg.: 2009. - (Pretty little liars ; 4).

Robert Bryndza is ready to take the world by bestselling storm again with the introduction of Kate Marshall, a woman with a dark secret and a powerful sense of justice.A DETECTIVE WHO WOULD STOP AT NOTHINGKate Marshall was a rising star in the London Metropolitan police force. Young, ambitious and with a keen sense of justice, she solved several high-profile murder cases.UNTIL A KILLER STOPPED HER IN HER TRACKSBut when Kate was tasked with tracking down a vicious serial killer, even her sharp instincts couldn't help her find him - until he found her.NOW, HE'S BACK FOR MORESixteen years after her narrow escape, Kate lives a quiet life on the English coast, though her years with the police are still with her. And when one day she receives a letter from someone in her past, she is pulled back into the twisted mind of a murderer she knows only too well - and into a case only she can solve.

Unlimited consequences.The book that inspired the major film starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel'I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this manifesto for my life. Yes Man is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say YES to everything, in order to make his life more interesting.

In this electrifying debut, the slaying of an old couple in small town America looks like one-off act of brutal retribution. But at the same time, in Minneapolis, teams of detectives scramble to stop a sickeningly inventive serial killer striking again in a city paralysed by fear. When the two separate investigations converge on an isolated catholic boarding school, decades old secrets begin to fall away. It seems an old killer has resurfaced. Yet still the killer's real identity remains dangerously out of reach ..

Minneapolis detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are bored - ever since they solved the Monkeewrench case, the Twin Cities have been in a murder-free dry spell, as people no longer seem interested in killing one another. But with two brutal homicides taking place in one awful night, the crime drought ends - not with a trickle, but with an eventual torrent. Who would kill Morey Gilbert, a man without an enemy, a man who might as well have been a saint? His tiny, cranky little wife, Lily, is no help, and may even be a suspect; his estranged son, Jack, an infamous ambulance-chasing lawyer, has his own enemies; and his son-in-law, former cop Marty Pullman, is so depressed over his wife's death a year ago that he's ready to kill himself, but not Morey. The number of victims - all elderly - grows, and the city is fearful once again." The detectives' investigation threatens to uncover a series of horrendous secrets, some buried within the heart of the police department itself, blurring the lines between heroes and villains. Grace MacBride's cold-case-solving software may find the missing link - but at a terrible price.

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING CHLOE GRACE MORETZ 'Just listen,' Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.' I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. 'Stay,' he says. Everybody has to make choices. Some might break you. For seventeen-year-old Mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions might seem tough, but they're all about a future full of music and love, a future that's brimming with hope. But life can change in an instant. A cold February morning . . . a snowy road . . . and suddenly all of Mia's choices are gone. Except one. As alone as she'll ever be, Mia must make the most difficult choice of all. Haunting, heartrending and ultimately life-affirming, If I Stay will make you appreciate all that you have, all that you've lost - and all that might be. Includes interviews with the stars of the film, Chloe Moretz and Jamie Blackley.

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great uncle Iggie's Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined. From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. 'You have in your hands a masterpiece' Frances Wilson, Sunday Times 'The most brilliant book I've read for years... A rich tale of the pleasure and pains of what it is to be human' Bettany Hughes, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year 'A complex and beautiful book' Diana Athill

Her eyes are wide open, lips parted as if to speak, her dead body frozen in the ice. When a young boy discovers a woman's body beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called to lead the investigation. The victim, a beautiful socialite, seemed to live a perfect life. However, as Erika digs deeper, she connects the murder to the killings of three strangled prostitutes found dumped in water around London. What dark secrets does the girl in the ice conceal? As Erika inches closer to the truth, the killer is closing in on her. Her last investigation ended tragically, resulting in her husband's death. With her career on the line, Erika must confront her personal demons and a deadly adversary. Will she catch him before he strikes again? This gripping thriller is packed with suspense, perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, and Karin Slaughter. Readers rave about the book's compelling narrative, praising its tight writing and enthralling plot. With unexpected twists and a shocking conclusion, it promises to keep you on the edge of your seat, making it a must-read for crime fiction enthusiasts. Prepare for an addictive journey filled with lies, secrets, and relentless tension.

Naïve and already war-weary, James Gouding takes up a position in Naples in 1943. What he doesn't anticipate is that this involves a limited menu of fried Spam fritters and interrogating the would-be Italian fiancees of members of the armed forces. James's chance at true heroism arrives when a German tank is sighted and he is caught in its path. However, it is the imperious and dogmatic Livia who opens the hatch and yells at him to stop being such an idiot. Livia gladly becomes cook, translator and general factotum to James. The two begin to fall in love, but the eruption of Vesuvius triggers a chain of explosive events that will force the two to flee behind enemy lines and will alter their lives immeasurably.

A brilliant satire on globalization and marketing hype. In the future, the world will be run by giant American corporations. Everybody will be so happy, tax-free and rich that they will loyally change their name to that of their company. Which is where Hack Nike comes in. Hack s career is going nowhere fast. In the future, this is not a good thing. So when John Nike and John Nike offer Hack Nike a job marketing a new line of really, really expensive trainers he is understandably thrilled. Until, that is, he discovers his duties include establishing street cred for these shoes by shooting teenagers... Described by Naomi Klein as brilliant and hilarious , Jennifer Government is a wickedly funny thriller for the No Logo generation; a funny, fast-paced and ferocious satire on globalization and capitalism.

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