Un lago nei pressi di New York: Elizabeth, una giovane donna, viene uccisa e sfigurata. Otto anni dopo, sulla sponda di quello stesso lago, vengono trovati altri due cadaveri. Intanto David, il marito della donna assassinata, riceve inquietanti messaggi che solo la moglie potrebbe inviargli. Un macabro scherzo? L'FBI riapre l'indagine, e principale sospettato diventa proprio David. Ma se Elizabeth fosse ancora viva? David deve trovarla, e deve farlo prima che gli inquirenti trovino lui.
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Caught
- 388pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Seventeen-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. WHich is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst.Wendy Tynes is a reporter on a mission, to identify and bring down sexual predators by elaborate - and national televised - sting operations. Working with local police on her news programme Caught in the Act, Wendy and her team has publicly shamed dozens of men by the time she encounters her latest target. Dan Mercer is a social worker known as a friends to troubled teen, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined.In a novel that challenges as much as it thrills, filled with the astonishing tension and unseen suburban machinations that have become Coben's trademark, Caught tells a story of a missing girl, the community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her, and the reporter who finally realises that she can't trust her own instinct about this story - or the motives of the people around her. 'Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist - luring you on the first page, only to shock you on the last.' - Dan Brown
The Woods
- 464pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
Paul Copeland's sister went missing twenty years ago. Now raising a daughter alone, after the death of his wife, Paul - known as Cope - balances family life with a career as a prosecutor. But when a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope, the well-buried secrets of the past are threatening everything. Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive? Cope has to confront so much he left behind that summer so long ago: his first love, Lucy, his mother who abandoned the family, and the secrets that his parents might have been hiding even from their own children. Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truths can be brought to the light. Can he find absolution?
David e Elisabeth si danno appuntamento come ogni anno al lago nella proprietà di famiglia per festeggiare l'anniversario di matrimonio. Ma un urlo squarcia la notte: è quello di Elisabeth che si dibatte furiosamente, trascinata da due ombre sul molo. David cerca di raggiungerla ma qualcosa lo colpisce violentemente alla testa facendogli perdere i sensi. Qualche giorno dopo il corpo della giovane viene rinvenuto orribilmente sfigurato. Sono passati otto anni da quel terribile incubo quando vengono ritrovati due cadaveri vicino al lago. David riceve una inquietante e-mail con particolari della sua vita che solo Elizabeth può conoscere e un messaggio: "Non dirlo a nessuno". L'FBI riapre l'inchiesta e David, in una spirale di avvenimenti incalzanti e di coincidenze fortuite, diventa il principale sospettato...
Non hai scelta
- 383pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Marc Seidman ha tutto ciò che si può desiderare dalla vita: chirurgo plastico di successo, vive con la bella moglie e la figlioletta Tara di pochi mesi in una bella casa nei sobborghi di New York. Ma quando riprende conoscenza in una camera d'ospedale dove è stato ricoverato in fin di vita, Marc scopre con orrore d'aver subito un'aggressione durante la quale la moglie è stata uccisa e sua figlia è scomparsa senza lasciare traccia. Come se non bastasse Marc si ritrova ad essere il primo sospetto...
Live wire
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
A beautiful woman walking into Myron Bolitar's office asking for help should have been a dream come true. Only this woman, Suzze T, is in tears - and eight months pregnant . . . Suzze's rock star husband has disappeared, and she fears the rumours questioning her baby's paternity have driven him away. For Myron, questions of fatherhood couldn't hit closer to home. His own father is clinging precariously to life, and the brother who abandoned the family years ago has resurfaced - with danger following close behind. Myron is soon forced to confront deep secrets in Suzze's past, his family's mortality - and his own . . .
David and Cheryl Burroughs are living the dream - married, a beautiful house in the suburbs, a three year old son named Matthew - when tragedy strikes one night in the worst possible way. David awakes to find himself covered in blood, but not his own - his son's. And while he knows he did not murder his son, the overwhelming evidence against him puts him behind bars indefinitely. Five years into his imprisonment, Cheryl's sister arrives - and drops a bombshell. She's come with a photograph that a friend took on vacation at a theme park. The boy in the background seems familiar - and even though David realizes it can't be, he knows it is. It's Matthew, and he's still alive. David plans a harrowing escape from prison, determined to do what seems impossible - save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened that devastating night.
Se ti trovi in pericolo
- 381pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
The school year is almost over. In these last pressure cooker months of high school, some kids will make the all too common and all too dangerous mistake of drinking and driving. But Myron is determined to help keep his friends’ children safe, and so he makes two neighborhood girls promise him that if they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their parents, they will call him. Several nights later, the call comes at two a.m. The next day, a girl is missing, and Myron is the last person who saw her. Desperate to fulfill a well-intentioned promise turned horribly wrong, Myron races to find her before she’s gone forever.
Just One Look
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Grace Lawson is living a happy, straightforward life in the suburbs with her husband, Jack, and two young children. But that security is about to come to a brutal end. For when Grace picks up a set of holiday snaps, amongst them is one shot that doesn't fit: a faded image of a life that Grace doesn't recognise and of her husband as she never knew him. Within twelve hours, Jack has disappeared, a brutal hitman is stalking her family and the safe world she knows has been turned upside down. And all Grace can see is that the past is coming back to haunt the present and people are getting hurt...
Win
- 429pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Over 20 years ago, heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery at her family's estate. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors, and the stolen items were never recovered. Until now. On New York's Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his apartment alongside two objects of note: a Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. Windsor Horne Lockwood III, or Win as his friends call him, doesn't know how his suitcase or his family's lost painting ended up in the dead man's home. But he's interested, especially when the FBI tell him that the men who kidnapped his cousin and stole the painting may still be at large. The case has baffled the FBI for decades. But Win has three things the FBI has not: a personal connection to the case, a large personal fortune and his own unique brand of justice
Exploring the intricate connections to our past, this thrilling narrative delves into the emotional complexities of relationships shaped by deception. The story unfolds with suspense, revealing how lies can intertwine lives and influence choices. As characters navigate their intertwined fates, readers are taken on an engaging journey that examines the impact of secrets and the enduring bonds that can both uplift and ensnare.
Suburbia Killer
- 393pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Matt Hunter è uscito di galera dopo nove anni di reclusione, colpevole unicamente di essersi intromesso in una rissa in cui una persona aveva perso la vita. Fuori dal carcere Matt è solo un ex detenuto con una strada tutta in salita. Lo aiutano a rialzarsi la moglie Olivia e il figlio che lei porta in grembo. Ma il passato in qualche modo sembra tornare a perseguitare Matt quando una serie di omicidi sembrano indicare in lui il principale sospetto. Uscire dalla legalità per cercare di trovare la propria innocenza per Matt e Olivia diventerà un percorso obbligato.
A solid lie can build a successful life, but when the truth comes to light, everything can be lost. The Stranger appears out of nowhere—in a bar, parking lot, or store. His identity is unknown, and his motives unclear, but the messages he brings change everything. At a lacrosse parents' meeting, lawyer Adam Price is approached by the Stranger, who claims that Adam's wife has deceived him by faking a pregnancy. The man provides evidence to support his claim. After confronting his wife, she disappears, only contacting him via text, asking him not to search for her. Adam and his sons are devastated. The Stranger reveals more secrets, and soon after the murder of Heidi Dunn, a friend of one of the victims, Detective Johanna Griffin begins an investigation. She uncovers a group led by the Stranger and reaches out to Adam. The lawyer and the detective join forces to find Adam's missing wife. As they uncover more about her life, Adam realizes that nearly everyone around him harbors secrets, and the only way to discover the truth is to find the Stranger, even if it shatters his orderly world.
Long Lost
- 374pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Myron is summoned to Paris at the behest of an old lover, Terese. She is in unspecified trouble and needs his help. When he gets there, he discovers that her husband has been murdered and she is the main suspect. The interesting thing is that more than one blood-type has been discovered at the scene - and the other blood can only be attributed to his daughter. But she died 10 years before. As Myron and Terese try to find out exactly what's going on, they uncover more and more questions. Did the daughter really die? Did Terese's husband have a further child with someone else? But when the truth is something no one expected . . .
STOP PRESS NEWS! NOW A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER, AND OPTIONED FOR FILM WITH JULIA ROBERTS TO STAR IN AND PRODUCE If your husband was murdered And you were a witness How do you explain it when he appears on your nanny cam? You thought you trusted him. Now you can't even trust yourself. Dark secrets and a terrifying hunt for the truth lie at the heart of this gripping new thriller by the 'master of the double twist', Harlan Coben.
Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for... but she is not Natalie - and Jake's world is turned completely inside out. As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either can't be found or don't remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jake's search for the woman who broke his heart - and who lied to him - soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on carefully constructed fiction. Read by Kerry Shale
Brava a letto
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Cannie Shapiro ha 28 anni. E' carina, è spiritosa, ha tanti amici. Scrive, con humor e stile, per il quotidiano della sua città, il "Filadelfia Examiner". E' grassa. O, se preferite, "rotonda", "appetitosa", "sensuale". La cosa non la turba più di tanto, almeno fino al giorno in cui il quasi-ex-fidanzato, Bruce, giornalista per una popolare rivista di moda, non dedica alle sue rotondità un pezzo dal titolo imbarazzante: "Brava a letto. Amare una donna abbondante". Cannie è sconvolta. Tanto più che, nell'articolo, Bruce rivela di considerare definitivamente chiusa la loro relazione, ufficialmente solo congelata nella più classica (e ipocrita) delle pause di riflessione. Lo shock proietta Cannie in una dimensione nuova, fatta di dolore e insicurezza, ma anche di ironia, di incontri improbabili, di colpi di scena, delle scommesse e delle vittorie che le regaleranno l'anno più travolgente e incredibile della sua vita.
The Cater street hangman
- 288pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Careless of both murder and manners, two determinedly unconventional young sisters ignore Victorian mores and actively join the police investigation into the murder of their servant girl.
Mauvaises manières
- 380pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Voici vingt-deux nouvelles noires, sélectionnées par la romancière de La Nuit du renard, ex-présidente de l'association des « Mystery Writers of America ». Certaines sont l'oeuvre de débutants, d'autres d'écrivains confirmés comme Joyce Carol Oates, Christianna Brand, P. D. James ou Laurence Black... Un chauffeur routier se lance à la poursuite d'un collègue qu'il croit responsable d'une série d'accidents ; un jeune homme étudie le vaudou pour venger la mort de son oncle ; deux garçons rôdent la nuit dans la cité en jouant au mortel « jeu du loup-garou »... Amour devenu haine, confiance trahie, solitude menant au meurtre : il y en a pour toutes les peurs ! Avec un point commun à tous ces récits : un art consommé de la narration et du suspense, qui entraîne le lecteur si irrésistiblement que celui-ci quitte son rôle de spectateur et s'identifie à la victime... ou au coupable !
Une femme sous surveillance
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
Un mari qu'elle aime, un enfant, une vie paisible dans une petite ville américaine... Rien ne manquait à Laura, jusqu'au jour où l'irruption d'un tueur bouleverse tout. Alors les langues se délient, la calomnie et la haine se déchaînent. Laura, héritière d'une grosse fortune, est désignée comme la commanditaire du meurtre de son mari. Séparée de son fils, incarcérée, elle entreprendra de refaire sa vie avec Ian. Mais ce nouvel amour aura encore un long chemin à parcourir avant de briser les soupçons injustes et de faire surgir la vérité... Après Un étranger dans la maison et La Double Mort de Linda, Patricia MacDonald confirme ici avec éclat sa place dans le thriller psychologique : au premier rang.
Play Dead
- 528pagine
- 19 ore di lettura
A perfect marriage unravels on their honeymoon in this shocking thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once. Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time which should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon, her husband goes for a swim - and never returns. But what has happened to David - can he really be dead? Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief, Laura is plagued by questions and doubts. Was it an accident? Or suicide? As events begin to unfold, Laura starts to question David's mysterious disappearance. She begins to uncover a conspiracy which reaches deep into the past, and is now slowly beginning to destroy everyone involved. Someone will do anything to keep Laura away from the awful truth - and she has no idea who she can trust . . .














