Having had a traumatic experience 12 years prior, Abigail Lowery lives in a remote area, holed up on a house with high-tech security measures, a fierce guard dog and a cache of weapons, but this only serves to further inrtrigue police chief Brooks Gleason, who aims to protect Abigail from what she fears.
Lil Chance fell in love with Cooper Sullivan pretty much the first time she saw him, an awkward teenager staying with his grandparents on their cattle ranch in South Dakota while his parents went through a messy divorce. Each year, with Coop's annual summer visit, their friendship deepens - but then abruptly ends. Twelve years later and Cooper has returned to run the ranch after his grandfather is injured in a fall. Though his touch still haunts her, Lil has let nothing stop her dream of opening the Chance Wildlife Refuge, but something - or someone - has been keeping a close watch. When small pranks escalate into heartless killing, the memory of an unsolved murder in these very hills has Cooper springing to action to keep Lil safe. They both know the dangers that lurk in the wild landscape of the Black Hills. And now they must work together to unearth a killer of twisted and unnatural instincts who has singled them out as prey . . .
Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions … The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed. Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning …
When Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara is grabbed by a man who throws a hood over her head and brutally assaults her, she can't help but be deeply shaken. Then threatening messages show up on her doorstep, and she's not just alarmed but frustrated. How do you go face-to-face with an opponent who refuses to look you in the eye?
En su cautivador debut, Gilly Macmillan explora la búsqueda de una madre por su hijo desaparecido, tejiendo un thriller psicológico tenso y absorbente. Rachel Jenner está caminando en un parque de Bristol con su hijo de ocho años, Ben, cuando él le pide que le deje correr adelante. Es una solicitud ordinaria en una tarde común, y Rachel no tiene motivos para preocuparse, hasta que Ben desaparece. Se llama a la policía, se organizan grupos de búsqueda, y Rachel, ya insegura tras su reciente divorcio, siente que todo se desmorona. A medida que pasan las horas y luego los días sin señales de Ben, todos los que lo conocían son cuestionados, desde su exmarido recién casado hasta su hermana, considerada madre del año. La atención de los medios también se centra en Rachel, y la actitud del público hacia ella comienza a cambiar de simpatía a sospecha. Mientras desesperadamente intenta unir las pistas, Rachel se da cuenta de que nada es como lo imaginaba, ni siquiera su propio juicio. Y los mayores peligros pueden no estar en los extraños anónimos de las pesadillas de cada padre, sino detrás de las sonrisas familiares de quienes más confía. ¿Dónde está Ben? El tiempo corre...
Nine years after escaping the violence in Cameroon, Vanessa Michael Munroe, the daughter of American missionaries, agrees to help Houston oilman Richard Burbank find his adopted daughter, who vanished four years ago while visiting west central Africa.
Coben's second novel - now back in print. They were looking for a miracle cure ...Sara and Michael. The ideal celebrity couple, darlings of the media - until their lives are shattered by a mystery illness. Dr Harvey Riker. His clinic has found the miracle cure that millions seek. One-by-one his patients are getting well. One-by-one they are targeted by a serial killer more fatal than the disease. Lieutenant Bernstein. His true desires make him a perfect choice to track the killer - or a perfect victim. Can anyone stop the killer who will do anything to prevent the world's most desperately needed miracle cure ...?
Emily Robertson looks like the woman who has it all, the lovingly restored Tuscan farmhouse, the three beautiful children, the successful, attentive husband. But when her husband dumps her by text message, she has to face up to some stark home truths.
Greece 1936. A young British diplomat and his wife have been posted to Athens. Hugh loves the life there but his spirited and unconventional wife, Evadne, finds it hard to fit into the whirl of endless parties and socialising. When Hugh is sent to Crete to sort out a problem, they stay in a rundown house owned by his family. His wife falls in love with the place and the people, and stays on when Hugh returns to his duties. As she tries to rebuild the ramshackle home, Evadne - known as Heavenly by the locals - makes firm friends with Anthi, a young woman from the village and Christo, the handsome and charismatic young builder. But the dark clouds of war are gathering and the island will become a crucible of violence and bloodshed in the days to come. For Heavenly, her friends and family, it will be the greatest test they have ever known.
The new keep-you-up-all-night suspense thriller from one of the UK's best crime writers.
Het is eind jaren zestig van de vorige eeuw. Na een jaar op een strenge Engelse kostschool is de zeventienjarige Angel blij dat ze weer terug is op Kreta, het eiland waar ze geboren is en waar haar hart ligt. Zij en haar jeugdvriendin Chrissi zijn van plan om samen een vrolijke, luie zomer door te brengen in het bergdorp van hun jeugd. Maar dan overlijdt Angels moeder onverwacht. Haar vader, die zich geen raad weet met zijn opstandige dochter, wil dat Angel terugkeert naar Engeland. Zij en Chrissi besluiten samen weg te lopen en verschuilen zich in de grotten langs de kust van het Griekse eiland, waar in die tijd een hippiegemeenschap woont. Het leven is daar echter lang niet zo idyllisch als het eruitziet. Wanneer ze door hun onvolwassen roekeloosheid een arts nodig hebben die hen gratis en discreet kan behandelen, maken ze kennis met ene Constantinos. Angel wordt wanhopig verliefd op hem, maar wat ze niet weet is dat ze niet voor niets zo veel in hem herkent. Hun liefde is voorbestemd om dramatisch te eindigen.
