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In 2008, a serial killer known as the Cajun Cannibal brutally murders and consumes the flesh of eight people in a small Louisiana parish. With law enforcement closing in on him, he takes his own life before he can face the inside of a courtroom. Ten years later, when forensic psychiatrist Dr. Vincent Blackburn discovers he and the Cajun Cannibal are more closely connected than he realized, he begins a case study into the sociopathy behind the killer’s grisly deeds.

Der neue Standalone-Psychothriller von Nr.-1-Bestsellerautor Andreas Winkelmann: Ein Mädchen verschwindet. Der Vater begeht einen verhängnisvollen Fehler. Und eine junge Frau weiß als Einzige, was damals geschah - doch auch sie ist spurlos verschwunden ... Jonas war früher einmal Polizist. Bis er für das Verschwinden seiner Tochter einen Verdächtigen zur Rechenschaft zog. Franka ist Privatdetektivin mit einem Talent für digitale Spuren und auf der Suche nach einer Vermissten. Ihre Ermittlungen decken Verbindungen zu einem alten Fall auf - dem von Jonas' Tochter, die nie gefunden wurde.

As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning, a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher. To anyone else it would be the beginning of a great page-turner, but to Elizabeth it is the beginning of the end. She knows this story. It's all familiar because she lived it.

When Emily Hauk’s mother dies, it’s time for her and her husband, Josh, to finally leave San Francisco. A farm in rural Nebraska is everything they want for a fresh start: clear skies, low costs, and distance from the grief back home. They should have asked why the farm was for sale. Three years ago, a teenage girl went missing from the farm. Soon after, the girl’s mother mysteriously died. The deeper Emily digs, the more stories she finds of women with a connection to her new home who’ve met their own dark ends.

The second book in the bestselling Goodreads Choice Award–nominated series about a woman kept within the walls of a terrifying dystopian prison, where her survival means fighting back against the very men who have been raised to subjugate her.

As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning, a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher. To anyone else it would be the beginning of a great page-turner, but to Elizabeth it is the beginning of the end. She knows this story. It’s all familiar because she lived it. The girl in the story was her best friend Jocelyn, and Elizabeth knows exactly how the story will end—with the professor dead. Because she was the one who killed him.

Annabelle Reynolds has everything she’s ever wanted. A devoted husband, two wonderful daughters, and a career she loves. She couldn’t be happier. So why is she suddenly plagued by disturbing dreams of a future where she hates her husband and her daughters’ lives are at risk? At first, she chalks the dreams up to an overactive imagination. But when details from her dreams, details she couldn’t possibly have predicted, begin to materialize, she realizes these aren’t just dreams but rather premonitions of a terrifying future.

Lena wants her life back. Her wealthy, controlling, humorless husband has just died, and now she contends with her controlling, humorless son, Drew. Lena lands in Naxos with her best friend in tow for the unveiling of her son's pet project—the luxurious Agape Villas. Years of marriage amongst the wealthy elite has whittled Lena's spirit into rope and sinew, smothered by tasteful cocktail dresses and unending small talk.

The Ophelia is your typical billionaire yacht: ridiculously luxurious, owned by a ruthless money man, and staffed by a crew whose only job is to indulge the guests’ every wish. Model-gorgeous Sasha is a last-minute hire for a weeklong Atlantic crossing. She joins fellow stewardesses Jade, Imogen, Euphemia, and Lola. The Ophelia’s stewardesses are almost identical—blonde and model-gorgeous—and all were lured to the Ophelia by high wages and a chance to leave their problems behind when they set sail. But despite its sleek opulence, the Ophelia isn’t as heavenly as it seems.

Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, she’s one of the first on-site for crimes, including murder scenes and a mysterious string of arsons popping up throughout the rural Maine community her department serves. But the tragedy of her little sister’s disappearance sixteen years ago has always weighed on her the most; Thea is never far from her thoughts or dreams, and Shaw knows that her obsession with finding the truth about Thea is driving her husband away and impacting her two boys. Still, she can't let it go.

Seattle, 1985—Crime reporter Holly Sparks is driven to obsession by her sister's unsolved murder—a crime she's convinced was the work of the infamous Green River Killer. But her investigation takes a terrifying turn when she uncovers a chilling truth: There might be two killers stalking the city, and one wears a badge. Five years later, her bestselling true crime novel can’t erase the pain of her sister’s unsolved case.

DA Kirsten Lord saw her husband gunned down before her eyes. Now Kirsten is living in fear, telling her secrets to psychologist Alan Gregory … and hiding deep in the Witness Protection Program, where every stranger is a threat, every phone call is a menace. Until she realizes … The Program is the deadliest place of all.

Whitney Falls was supposed to be the perfect place for me to disappear, with its quiet leafy streets and tulip-lined gardens. I didn’t intend to make any new friends. But when the pastor’s wife saves me from an accident, I can’t help but fall into her orbit. Soon enough, I become a regular at church, and the pastor and his wife welcome me into their home with open arms. But the more time I spend with them, the more I begin to feel something isn’t right.

Entführt. Gequält. Aufgegeben Freunde werden zu Feinden Familie zu Fremden Herzen werden zerfetzt Seit sechs Tagen wird die sechzehnjährige Alyssa vermisst. Die Kommissare Silver und House sind restlos überfordert Zeitgleich wird ihr Privatleben auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Eine unerwartete Begegnung stellt alles auf den Kopf und verstrickt Silver in einen Kampf mit seinen Gefühlen. Eine furchtbare Tragödie ereilt die Kommissare. Währenddessen kämpft Alyssa qualvoll um ihr Überleben und wird mit ihren schlimmsten Ängsten konfrontiert. Ein dunkles Geheimnis kommt ans Licht.

Chris Harlan should have died in the cave. Everyone else did. What dragged itself out of that sinkhole wasn’t quite the same man who went in—and he knows it. Something followed him back. Not in the air. Not on his skin. In him. Whispers in the static. Eyes in the mirror that don’t blink when he does. Memories that don’t belong to him—and some that do, but not the way he remembers.

Роман про то, что убежать от себя можно, но пути назад уже не будет. На Алтае, вдали от цивилизации, из конной туристической группы исчезает туристка Ася. На ее поиски отправляется повар Катя, которая горит не столько желанием найти плохо приспособленную к суровым условиям горожанку, сколько странным чувством нереальности происходящего. В старых урочищах свои законы. Ветер здесь хранит давно забытые имена, в ночной тишине лишь тихонько позвякивает конская сбруя. И если смотреть в темноту слишком долго, она начинает смотреть в ответ.

HERBSTAFFÄRE - Am Ende das Böse Nichts kommt dem Tod so nah wie das Schweigen, stellt Malin an einem trüben Herbsttag fest. Wenn die Worte keinen Platz mehr finden, sagt sie sich, tritt die Sinnlosigkeit an ihre Stelle. Ein Grund mehr, sich von Ehemann Adrian zu trennen. Neun Jahre nach der Scheidung ist Malin wieder verheiratet, hat zwei Kinder und eine heiße Affäre mit den Journalisten Paul. Getrieben von dem Wunsch, die Schatten der Vergangenheit abzuwerfen, hört Malin in Paris aus ihrem soeben erschienenen autobiografischen Roman "HERBSTAFFÄRE".

Sophie wasn’t expecting to find love in Sicily. But then she sees him: Emilio, a professor who works at the university where she is teaching for the summer. He’s kind, intelligent, funny, exciting and deliriously unpredictable… …maybe perfect. But paradise quickly turns to purgatory as she uncovers the haunting disappearance of Emilio’s first wife. And when she senses a shadowy character following her, watching her every move, Sophie starts to question her grip on reality. Is she being paranoid, or is nothing about her new life really what it seems?

Ross Stubbard is a failed, angry, and depressed writer who struggles to find inspiration for his next book. One night a strange apparition stands by his bedside – an apparition that embodies Ross’s ghostly alter ego. The apparition urges Ross to write a short story. At first, working with the apparition helps Ross to rediscover his lost writing skills, get him out of his writer’s block, and to develop a gripping story. But then what his alter ego suggests takes on a much darker hue and urges Ross to write a tale of darkness and despair based on himself and his own failed life.

Cuando el Departamento de Policía de Buckeye City recibe una carta de alguien que pretende «matar a trece inocentes y a un culpable» para expiar una muerte innecesaria, la detective Izzy Jaynes no sabe qué pensar. ¿Están a punto de asesinar a catorce personas por venganza? Preocupada, decide acudir a Holly Gibney para que la ayude.