In de heuvels van Los Angeles wordt een auto gevonden met een jong stel erin. Allebei zijn ze vermoord met een kogel door het hoofd. Bij haar is ook nog eens een metalen stang door het hart gedreven. Rechercheur Milo Sturgis beseft dat deze zaak op het terrein van zijn vriend komt, de psycholoog Alex Delaware. Het is het terrein van de menselijke geest - complex, geheimzinnig en met een angstaanjagende neiging tot het kwaad. Delaware volgt een pad dat leidt naar een bekende psychiater en naar meer koelbloedige moorden. Naar hebzucht en bedrog.
Sleeper (colloq.): 1. out-of-town hit man who spends the night after a local contract is completed. 2. A juvenile sentenced to serve any period longer than nine months in a state-managed facility. This narrative follows four young boys, lifelong friends who are intelligent, fun-loving, and wise beyond their years, as they navigate life in New York City's Hell's Kitchen. They thrive on pranks and believe they are untouchable—until a harmless scheme spirals into disaster, leading to a year in the Wilkinson Home for Boys. The oldest is fifteen, the youngest twelve. Their experiences there—brutal beatings and humiliation—will haunt them forever. Years later, one becomes a lawyer, another a reporter, while two become murderers and professional hit men. The trauma of Wilkinson fuels their desire for revenge. They plan to manipulate the legal system and commandeer the courtroom to settle scores, using the street smarts and violence they learned in their youth. If caught, they risk their lives. This extraordinary true story reveals a flawed system and the consequences faced by its victims, some innocent and others not. At its core is a sensational murder trial that highlights loyalty and love among friends, told with humor and compassion, making for an unforgettable reading experience.
It has been a house of secrets for over sixty years - Bridge House on the edge of Exmoor, beautiful and remote, a wild place where the sound of the rushing stream is ever present. Clio is staying there with her godmother Hester, reliving happy childhood memories. Jonah, visiting the area, chances upon the house where his mother stayed as a child during the fevered atmosphere of the second world war, a time when passions ran high. They don't yet know it, but their histories are inextricably linked. Hester knows the truth, but how much should she tell them? What would be gained by raking over the past? As the young couple become closer, Hester realises that they must know the truth, before it is too late.
A husband and wife are found imprisoned in their London home and their young son is missing. DI Jack Caffery is called in to investigate, but similar events from his own past make it hard for him to view this crime with the necessary detatchment.
Someone has murdered euthanasia champion Dr. Eldon Mate in the back of his own suicide van. The case is assigned to veteran LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis, who turns once again to his friend Dr. Alex Delaware. But working this case raises a conflict of interest for Alex -- one so profound he can't even discuss it with Milo.
Then a guest at the villa - a young woman he had instantly and innocently
warmed to - disappears on a mountain peak. The trail leads him back to
England, to a world he thought he had left for ever - and a past he has tried
desperately to forget.
A murder mystery that moves between a wedding party in 1981 and a murder in 1947. Chris Napier decides to delve into the events of the past to try and find out who killed his great uncle, Joshua Bradwell. Before long, larger mysteries begin to dog Chris's footsteps into the past.
Set in South East London, Detective Inspector Jack Caffery follows the Met's crack murder squad on their grisly mission of tracking down a sadistic sexual serial killer who has claimed five victims already.
When an explosion destroys the Pasteur Institute in Paris, Marty Zellerbach is left in a coma, while a top computer scientist - Emile Chambord - goes missing. Although a terrorist group takes credit for the bombing, officials begin to wonder whether there might be a more sinister plot at work.
