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Rechtsmediziner Paul Herzfeld findet im Kopf einer monströs zugerichteten Leiche die Telefonnummer seiner Tochter. Hannah wurde verschleppt...

Karen Rainey lives a sheltered life on the edge of the city. For the last five years, she has rarely left the home unless it was unavoidable. She has her food and anything else she needs delivered to the front door. She works from home to avoid venturing outside. But Karen isn’t agoraphobic. She’s terrified of her ex-boyfriend, Zach, who is serving a life sentence in prison for a string of bank robberies after Karen testified against him. With the constant threat that Zach might send someone to find and kill her, Karen keeps a low profile.

Beth couldn’t be happier. She is eight weeks pregnant and married to the man of her dreams. But after returning home from a celebratory meal, she finds a wreath from her sister’s grave hanging above the bed and a kitchen knife embedded in her pillow. There are no signs of a forced entry. Nothing is stolen. And no one other than the cleaner has a key to the house. Then a campaign of terror begins. Beth becomes increasingly paranoid as it becomes clear that someone close to the family is behind these disturbing events.

When Danny and Joanne Lindstrom's camping trip in the Cascade mountains goes terribly awry, beautiful young Joanne is left alone and stranded in the savage wilderness. Her last hope is to rely on another camper, a tall stranger who seems to know the forest and the dangers there all too well. Without him, she will surely die; with him, her future is as unpredictable as the lowering clouds that envelop the mountain. He asks only that she trust him.

Tiefe Verzweiflung erfasst die junge Katie. Doch in der kleinen Amisch-Gemeinde von Lancaster County kann sie niemandem ihr Geheimnis anvertrauen. Deshalb betet sie zu Gott, dass das hilflose Bündel vor ihr im Stroh für immer aus ihrem Leben verschwinden möge - und steht wenig später unter Mordverdacht. Vor dem faszinierenden Hintergrund der Lebenswelt einer Amisch-Gemeinde erzählt Jodi Picoult von Liebe und Tod, Verrat und bewegender Treue: ein meisterhafter psychologischer Thriller und die Geschichte einer mitreißenden Freundschaft zweier ungewöhnlicher Frauen.

Jack e Faye começaram a namorar na faculdade: um garoto criado em berço de ouro e uma jovem que se esforçou para enterrar um passado sombrio. Quando ele decide criar uma empresa, ela deixa os estudos e passa a trabalhar de dia, dedicando as noites a traçar a estratégia do novo negócio. A companhia se torna um sucesso bilionário, mas Faye se sente como um lindo pássaro preso numa gaiola, apenas cuidando da filha em casa e sendo exibida pelo marido, que toma todas as decisões da empresa. Jack agora despreza sua inteligência, esquecendo tudo o que ela sacrificou por ele.

Trapped in a stifling marriage with a man she no longer loves and struggling to make a living as a painter, Emily Fischer is also grappling with something much more devastating: the recent death of her lover, Will. Already tormented by headaches and a strange recurring dream, she begins to notice blank spots in her memory. In her quest to discover what really happened the night Will died, she finds herself losing trust in her husband, her family - and, slowly but surely, herself.

Since Becca Wall’s mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, every day Becca loses a little more of the loving, caring mother who would do anything for her only daughter. But when one day Nancy Wall confesses that Becca is not her child, Becca's world falls apart. Becca tells herself that the words are just a cruel symptom of Nancy’s illness; after all, she has her birth certificate, and pictures of herself as a newborn along with her Mom, Dad and older brother, Danny.

One serial killer terrified the world. Imagine what an army of them could do.... Former soldier Claire Madden is arrested at the scene of a brutal murder. She will speak only to former crime reporter Joe O'Connell. Joe's obsession with Obadiah Stark, aka The Tally Man, cost him everything. He is about to learn that Stark's message did not end with his death. They believe in what The Tally Man stood for. They believe in what The Tally Man did. But he was one, and they are many. Once they have you, they will never let you go....

Quando o filho de cinco anos de Juliette e Richard morre de repente após cometer uma série de atos inexplicáveis de violência—instigado, segundo ele, por uma voz misteriosa—o mundo dos dois desmorona. Seis meses depois, Juliette se recusa a sair de casa e passa os dias fazendo gravações no quarto do filho, esperando conseguir provas de que ele continua lá. Enquanto isso, Richard tenta ao máximo não pensar no menino e volta a atenção para o terreno do outro lado da rua, o qual escava pacientemente, em busca de fragmentos de um carvalho lendário.

A assistente social Claudia Morgan-Brown está prestes a realizar o sonho de sua vida: vai dar à luz uma menininha. Apesar da ausência do marido ao longo da gravidez–James é oficial da Marinha e fica semanas e até meses longe de casa–ela mal pode esperar para segurar seu bebê nos braços após várias tentativas e perdas. Porém, as diversas tarefas de Claudia, além da responsabilidade de cuidar dos gêmeos Oscar e Noah, filhos do primeiro casamento de James, deixam o casal preocupado. A próxima partida de James se aproxima, e eles decidem contratar uma babá.

Jerry has a traumatic past that leaves him subject to psychotic hallucinations and depressive episodes. When he stands accused of stealing a priceless Van Gogh painting, he goes underground, where he develops an unwilling relationship with a woman who believes that the voices she hears are from God.

Depois de anos presa em um casamento aparentemente perfeito, Faye conseguiu se libertar e se vingar de seu ex-marido, Jack. Agora ela leva uma vida dupla: numa cidadezinha da Itália, é uma mãe dedicada; na Suécia, uma empresária bem-sucedida, prestes a transformar a Revenge em uma marca de cosméticos mundial. De repente, porém, tudo começa a desmoronar, quando Jack foge da prisão e um investidor misterioso tenta tomar o controle da empresa que Faye ergueu com as próprias mãos.

Carl, reeling from the death of his brother, is drowning in visions. Followed by shadow men through the crumbling outer regions of the city. Unable to trust those closest to him. Doubting his own reality. As a wave of brutal, ritualistic gangland killings sweeps through the underworld, Carl’s involvement with a life he thought he had left behind catches up with him, with terrifying results.

Die kleinste Abweichung im Klang einer Stimme genügt dem berühmten forensischen Phonetiker Matthias Hegel, um Wahrheit von Lüge zu unterscheiden. Zahlreiche Kriminelle konnten mit seiner Hilfe bereits überführt werden. Hat der Berliner Forensiker nun selbst gelogen? Allzu freimütig scheint sein Geständnis, eine Obdachlose in einem heftigen Streit ermordet zu haben.

Blutüberströmt hat man die Malerin Alicia Berenson neben ihrem geliebten Ehemann gefunden - dem sie fünf Mal in den Kopf geschossen hat. Seit sieben Jahren sitzt die Malerin nun in einer geschlossenen psychiatrischen Anstalt. Und schweigt. Kein Wort hat sie seit der Nacht des Mordes verloren, lediglich ein Bild gemalt: Es zeigt sie selbst als Alkestis, die in der griechischen Mythologie ihr Leben gibt, um ihren Mann vor dem Tod zu bewahren. Fasziniert von ihrem Fall, setzt der forensische Psychiater Theo Faber alles daran, Alicia zum Sprechen zu bringen.

New beginnings. Old secrets. Theo and Pilar. The perfect couple. Successful, beautiful and very much in love. Until a year ago - and the tragedy that nearly tore them apart. When their baby died, a part of them died with him. Now they’re trying to rebuild themselves, moving to a stunning house in rural Cornwall. But someone knows all their secrets - and will stop at nothing to disturb their fragile peace. Theo and Pilar are about to learn that you can try to hide - but you can never outrun your past.

Una coppia perfetta, Étienne e Vive. Solida di una solidità costruita in dieci anni di convivenza. Come tutte le coppie, Étienne e Vive hanno i loro rituali: i vernissage a cui viene invitata Vive, i concerti di Étienne il martedì, le vacanze insieme in Italia, ogni agosto. Una vita sociale piena, a cui Vive partecipa con entusiasmo e che Étienne in parte subisce. I problemi di soldi, gli occasionali litigi, le riappacificazioni. Étienne e Vive si compensano.

"Niemand entkommt den Schatten seiner Vergangenheit. Irgendwann wirst du die Dinge bereuen, die du getan hast." "'Ich muss hier weg, ich ertrage das alles nicht länger. Was ist das bloß für ein Albtraum?' Er wendet sich um und rennt durch den Gang zurück, sucht verzweifelt die Tür zum Außendeck. Als er sie endlich findet, stürzt er hinaus ins Freie. Er läuft zur Reling und umfasst das kalte Metall. Als er auf den enger werdenden Fjord hinausblickt, in den das Schiff unaufhaltsam hineinsteuert, weiß er längst, dass er in der Falle sitzt."

Rechtsmediziner Paul Herzfeld steckt sein letzter Fall noch in den Knochen, weshalb er vorübergehend von Kiel nach Itzehoe auf eine vermeintlich ruhigere Stelle in der Pathologie versetzt wird. Doch die dortige Ruine des Klinikumarchivs zeugt von einem Flammenmeer, in dem nicht nur tausende Akten und Gewebeproben dem Feuer zum Opfer fielen, sondern auch Herzfelds Vorgänger in der Pathologie den Tod fand. Ein Todesfall mit zu vielen Ungereimtheiten, wie Herzfeld findet. Und je weiter er nachforscht, desto klarer wird, dass er einem Skandal ungeheuren Ausmaßes auf der Spur ist.