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L'ex detective della sezione 'Infiltrati' di Dublino Cassie Maddox viene convocata con urgenza dal suo vecchio capo Frank Mackey: una giovane donna è stata trovata uccisa, pugnalata al petto, in un cottage diroccato della campagna irlandese. Sembrerebbe un caso di routine, se non fosse che la vittima somiglia in modo impressionante a Cassie e che se ne andava in giro con un'identità fittizia, facendosi chiamare Lexie Madison. Il nome non è per niente nuovo a Cassie: nella sua prima missione, appena uscita dalla facoltà di psicologia, lo aveva usato come copertura allo scopo di infiltrarsi in un giro di trafficanti di droga all'interno del campus universitario. Della giovane donna trovata morta si sa solo che stava seguendo un dottorato in letteratura e che viveva in un'antica residenza georgiana, Whitethorn House, con altri quattro studenti. Ma chi era esattamente? Perché usava il nome di Lexie Madison? E l'assassino conosceva la sua vera identità o l'ha scambiata per la poliziotta? Cassie decide così di accettare la proposta di Frank e tornare a indossare i panni di Lexie, prendendo il posto della ragazza - senza divulgare la notizia della sua morte -, in modo da avvicinare le persone che frequentava e identificare i sospetti. Ma ben presto scoprirà di avere in comune con lei molto più del volto e di un nome falso...

The course of Frank Mackey's life was set by one defining moment when he was nineteen. The moment his girlfriend, Rosie Daly, failed to turn up for their rendezvous in Faithful Place, failed to run away with him to London as they had planned. Frank never heard from her again. Twenty years on, Frank is still in Dublin, working as an undercover cop. He's cut all ties with his dysfunctional family. Until his sister calls to say that Rosie's suitcase has been found. Frank embarks on a journey into his past that demands he reevaluate everything he believes to be true.

Antoinette Conway, the tough, abrasive detective from The Secret Place, is still on the Murder squad, but only just. She's partnered up with Stephen Moran now, and that's going well - but the rest of her working life isn't. Antoinette doesn't play well with others, and there's a vicious running campaign in the squad to get rid of her. She and Stephen pull a case that at first looks like a slam-dunk lovers' tiff, but gradually they realise there's more going on: someone on their own squad is trying to push them towards the obvious solution, away from nagging questions. They have to work out whether this is just an escalation in the drive to get rid of her - or whether there's something deeper and darker going on.

In Broken Harbour, a ghost estate outside Dublin - half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned - two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder squad's star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once. Scorcher's personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and she's resurrecting something that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control: what happened to their family, one summer at Broken Harbour, back when they were children. The neat compartments of his life are breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk . . .

'A gripping read for those still pining for GONE GIRL' Elle's top five beach reads The photo shows a boy who was murdered a year ago. The caption says, 'I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM'. Detective Stephen Moran hasn't seen Holly Mackey since she was a nine-year-old witness to the events of Faithful Place. Now she's sixteen and she's shown up outside his squad room, with a photograph and a story. Even in her exclusive boarding school, in the graceful golden world that Stephen has always longed for, bad things happen and people have secrets. The previous year, Christopher Harper, from the neighbouring boys' school, was found murdered on the grounds. And today, in the Secret Place - the school noticeboard where girls can pin up their secrets anonymously - Holly found the card. Solving this case could take Stephen onto the Murder squad. But to get it solved, he will have to work with Detective Antoinette Conway - tough, prickly, an outsider, everything Stephen doesn't want in a partner. And he will have to find a way into the strange, charged, mysterious world that Holly and her three closest friends inhabit and disentangle the truth from their knot of secrets, even as he starts to suspect that the truth might be something he doesn't want to hear. From the multi-award-winning author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller In the Woods, The Secret Place is a searing novel of psychological suspense.

Twenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that takes place in the same wooded area, a case that forces him to piece together his traumatic memories.

Retired detective Cal Hooper moves to a remote village in rural Ireland. His plans are to fix up the dilapidated cottage he's bought, to walk the mountains, to put his old police instincts to bed forever. Then a local boy appeals to him for help. His brother is missing, and no one in the village, least of all the police, seems to care. And once again, Cal feels that restless itch. Something is wrong in this community, and he must find out what, even if it brings trouble to his door. Our greatest living mystery writer weaves a masterful tale of breath-taking beauty and suspense, asking what we sacrifice in our search for truth and justice, and what we risk if we don't.

Zsfg.: One night changes everything for Toby. He's always led a charmed life - until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at his family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with memories of wild-strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins. But not long after Toby's arrival, a discovery is made: a skull, tucked neatly inside the old wych elm in the garden. As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and himself.

»Ich sehne mich nach der Wahrheit. Und ich lüge.« Er ist ein erfolgreicher Ermittler. Man vertraut ihm schwierige Fälle an. Er löst sie alle. Bis eine Leiche gefunden wird – an dem Ort, der seine tiefsten Ängste weckt ... In der Ausgrabungsstätte Knocknaree bei Dublin wird ein Mädchen tot aufgefunden, aufgebahrt auf einem Opferaltar. Der junge Ermittler Rob Ryan und seine Partnerin Cassie Maddox übernehmen den Fall. Doch alle Spuren führen nur tiefer in ein unergründliches Dickicht. Und niemand darf erfahren, was mit Ryan vor zwanzig Jahren im Wald von Knocknaree geschehen ist. »Fangen Sie mit diesem Buch nicht an, wenn Sie die Nacht gut durchschlafen wollen.« Publishers weekly

»Ich sehne mich nach der Wahrheit. Und ich lüge.« Er ist ein erfolgreicher Ermittler. Man vertraut ihm schwierige Fälle an. Er löst sie alle. Bis eine Leiche gefunden wird - an dem Ort, der seine tiefsten Ängste weckt ... In der Ausgrabungsstätte Knocknaree bei Dublin wird ein Mädchen tot aufgefunden, aufgebahrt auf einem Opferaltar. Der junge Ermittler Rob Ryan und seine Partnerin Cassie Maddox übernehmen den Fall. Doch alle Spuren führen nur tiefer in ein unergründliches Dickicht. Und niemand darf erfahren, was mit Ryan vor zwanzig Jahren im Wald von Knocknaree geschehen ist.

Тоби Хеннесси - беспечный счастливчик, которому всегда и во всем везет. Но однажды он сталкивается в своем доме с грабителями, которые жестоко избивают его и оставляют умирать. И даже тут удача не изменила Тоби - он выжил и постепенно восстанавливается. Пытаясь оправиться от травм, физических и душевных, Тоби решает пожить у своего дяди, в старом семейном доме, который все называют Домом с плющом. Однако надеждам Тоби на спокойную размеренную жизнь в доме детства не суждено сбыться. В старом вязе обнаруживается пугающая находка, которая переворачивает жизнь и самого Тоби, и всех его близких. Расследование давнего преступления открывает перед Тоби бездну: он понимает, что больше не может верить всему тому, в чем никогда не сомневался, что, возможно, его счастливое прошлое — фикция, мираж, а он сам вовсе не тот милый, славный парень, каким всегда себя считал. Сложный психологический детектив о том, как наши действия меняют нас и на что мы способны, если больше не знаем, кто мы есть на самом деле.