Visiting sixteen-year-old "Rat" Perkins at the isolated Evensong boarding school for emotionally traumatized children, Maura Isles is astonished to learn that all of his classmates, survivors of violence, are being instructed in scientific detective skills, a discovery that coincides with Jane Rizzoli's investigation into the murder of a boy's foster family.
"La ville de Wind Gap dans le Missouri est sous le choc : une petite fille a disparu. Déjà l'été dernier, une enfant avait été sauvagement assassinée... Une jeune journaliste, Camille Preak, se rend sur place pour couvrir l'affaire. Elle même a grandi à Wind Gap. Mais pour Camille, retourner à Wind Gap, c'est réveiller de douloureux souvenirs. À l adolescence, incapable de supporter la folie de sa mère, Camille a gravé sur sa peau les souffrances qu'elle n'a pu exprimer. Son corps n'est qu'un entrelacs de cicatrices... On retrouve bientôt le cadavre de la fillette. Très vite, Camille comprend qu'elle doit puiser en elle la force d'affronter la tragédie de son enfance si elle veut découvrir la vérité..."--
Tami Hoag returns to the bestselling series of her career with a Kovac and Liska case that will delight fans and new readers alike. It was a shocking crime. A middle-aged couple - hacked to death in their own home - with a samurai sword. Normal people. Who were they? And why were they targeted? It was a shocking crime. But it wasn't the first. Twenty years ago a policeman was murdered in his own back garden and the killer was never caught. One woman might link these mysteries. But she is being watched. Can Detectives Nikki Liska and Sam Kovac find her before it is too late? Suspense fiction doesn't get smarter than this. Taut, tense and terrifying, Hoag weaves a relentlessly thrilling tale which twists and turns with every page
HE HIDES, HE KILLS, HE KEEPS . . . Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles is asked to attend an intriguing examination. An ancient mummy has been found in a museum basement, prompting great media excitement. But with horror she realises that itâe(tm)s not as ancient as they thought...A very modern bullet is showing up on the scan. Detective Jane Rizzoli is called to investigate and soon discovers a second âe" and then a third âe" mummified body. Who is this killer and why does he preserve his victims so meticulously? And who will be the next to join his monstrous collection?
When a young woman is found dead, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are called to the scene. The body bears stratling wounds, though the actual cause of death is a mystery. The another body is discovered - a seemingly unrelated crime, but the lack of an obvious cause of death shows they have more in common than it would at first appear. As Rizzoli and Isles race to discover the link between the victims before the killer strikes again, a young woman watches from the sidelines. She has the answers they're looking for. But she has to stay quiet, if she wants to stay alive ...
Petero ljudi okupe se oko plitkoga groba. Kopali su ga naizmjence. Trebalo bi im puno više vremena da su kopali jamu za odraslu osobu… Mnogo godina kasnije, ravnateljica ženske škole nađena je okrutno utopljena. Bilo je to prvo u nizu jezivih ubojstava koji su potresli Black Country. Ali kad otkriju ljudske ostatke na zemljištu nekadašnjeg doma za nezbrinutu djecu, s njima na vidjelo izađu i uznemirujuće tajne tog mjesta. Policijska inspektorica Kim Stone nedugo nakon toga shvati da lovi izopačeni um, čija ubojstva sežu desetljećima unatrag. Broj tijela raste, a Kim mora spriječiti ubojicu prije nego što ponovno napadne. Međutim, da bi ga uhvatila, Kim se mora suočiti s vlastitim demonima iz prošlosti prije nego što bude prekasno.
1956. La mort du « petit père des peuples » a plongé le pays dans le chaos. Tandis que Khrouchtchev entreprend sa politique de déstalinisation, les langues se délient : le temps est venu de régler les comptes. Ex-agent zélé du MGB, Leo Demidov, aujourd'hui repenti, est à la tête d'un département de criminologie. Avec sa femme, Raïssa, il a adopté deux fillettes. Mais l'aînée, Zoya, hait ce père de substitution. Et elle n'est pas la seule... Dans l'ombre, quelqu'un attend son heure, une femme que la colère et le sentiment d'injustice ont rendue ivre de vengeance. Pour sauver les siens, Leo n'aura bientôt plus d'autre choix que de se jeter dans la gueule du loup : le terrifiant goulag de la Kolyma...
'Crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best' HARLAN COBEN THE VICTIMS In Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles investigate a bizarre murder. A man has been found gutted and hanging in his home. When the remains of another victim are found, it is clear that this murderer has been at work for years, and not just in Boston. THE KILLER Five years ago, a group of travellers set off on an African safari. None of them was seen again âe" apart from one woman who stumbled out of the bush weeks later, barely alive. The only woman to have seen the killerâe(tm)s face. THE SURVIVOR Has the âe~safari killerâe(tm) resurfaced in Boston? Jane is sent to Africa to find the one link between the two cases âe" the only survivor. And convince her to face death once again...
Returning from Paris to discover a murder victim in her driveway, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the victim looks exactly like her and is a twin sister she never knew.
Although serial killer Warren Hoyt is behind bars, a copycat acolyte continues his diabolical legacy of murders performed with twisted medical techniques, and Detective Jane Rizzoli races against time to stop the vicious crime spree. By the author of The Surgeon. Reprint.
