Karin Dufner Libros

Geri, eine attraktive Büroangestellte, wird von ihren Macho-Kollegen in einen Nachtclub gelockt und entdeckt dort ihre Faszination für das Tabledance. Sie beginnt ein aufregendes Doppelleben, in dem sie tagsüber arbeitet und nachts als Tänzerin ihre erotischen Fantasien auslebt. Ein fesselnder erotischer Roman!

An assistant curator of Munich's National Museum, Vicky Bliss is no expert on Egypt, but she does have a Ph.D. in solving crimes. So when an intelligence agency offers her a luxury Nile cruise if she'll help solve a murder and stop a heist of Egyptian antiquities, all 5'11" of her takes the plunge. Vicky suspects the authorities really want her to lead them to her missing lover, the art thief and master of disguises she knows only as "Sir John Smythe." And right in the shadow of the Sphinx she spots him. . . with his new flame. Vicky is so furious at this romantic stab-in-the-back, not to mention the sudden arrival of her meddling boss, Herr Dr. Schmidt, that she may overlook a danger as old as the pharaohs and as unchanging. . . a criminal who hides behind a mask of charm while moving in for the kill.

A morning jog turns fatal for HMO executive Tim Markham when he is struck by a car and later dies under suspicious circumstances in his own hospital. The situation escalates when his family is murdered, leading Lt. Abe Glitsky to suspect Dr. Eric Kensing, who has both motive and opportunity. As Glitsky navigates the investigation with the help of inexperienced rookies, defense attorney Dismas Hardy must protect his client while also safeguarding a close friend, all while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens their lives.

Die Fotografin Tally Palmer verlässt ihren Freund Simon Emmet, der panisch reagiert und behauptet, sie sei von Jack zur Trennung gezwungen worden. Detective Inspector Alec Friedman und seine Freundin, die blinde Expolizistin Naomi Blake, glauben ihm nicht. Als Simon niedergestochen wird, entdecken sie ein Geheimnis aus Tallys Kindheit.

Meridian Sozu is a Fenestra—the half-human, half-angel link between the living and the dead. She has the dark responsibility of helping souls transition safely into the afterlife. If people die without the help of a Fenestra, their souls are left vulnerable to be stolen by the Aternocti, a dark band of forces who disrupt the balance of good and evil in the world and cause chaos.Having recently lost her beloved Auntie—the woman who showed her what it meant to be a Fenestra—Meridian has hit the road with Tens, her love and sworn protector, in hopes of finding another Fenestra. Their search leads them to Indiana, where Juliet, a responsible and loving teenager, works tirelessly in the nursing home where she and several other foster kids are housed. Surrounded by death, Juliet struggles to make a loving home for the younger kids, and to protect them from the violent whims of their foster mother. But she is struggling against forces she can't understand . . . and even as she feels a pull toward the dying, their sickness seems to infect her, weighing her down. . . .Will Meri and Tens find Juliet in time to save her from a life of misery and illness? And will Meri and Tens' own romance weather the storms of new discoveries?From the Hardcover edition.

La detective aficionada Alvirah y su marido Willy se ven envueltos en un misterio que exigirá toda su capacidad deductiva y sentido común. En efecto, una joven soltera abandona a su bebé en el portal de una iglesia de Manhattan, en el mismo momento en que dentro un hombre está robando un valioso cáliz adornado con un diamante en forma de estrella. El bebé y el cáliz desaparecen. Siete años más tarde, una serie de pistas aparentemente inconexas llevarán a desentrañar el dramático enigma.

The nineteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. The prisoner is a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer. Against advice, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out - she believes she may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings. As she learns more, Scarpetta is compelled to conclude that this is only the beginning of a terrifying terrain of conspiracy on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it . . . Praise for the groundbreaking series: 'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express

A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect the paleontologist's disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age. When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator Pete Marino and FBI husband Benton Wesley have secrets of their own. Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.

Thriller de la serie protagonizada por la forense Scarpetta, quien ahora trabaja como free-lance para la National Forensic Academy en Florida. Este servicio le asigna un investigación que la llevará a indagar en Florida y Boston. Acompañada de su habitual equipo - compuesto por su sobrina Lucy Farinelli, su compañero sentim ental Benton Wesley y su colega Pete Marino-, intentará dar con la identidad de un ser peligrosamente desquilibrado.