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Karen Rose Hafer

    Muori per me
    Kill for Me
    You Can't Hide
    Count to Ten
    The Cincinnati Series - 3: Every Dark Corner
    Scream for Me
    • FBI Agent Tom Hunter has been chasing down leads to find the brutal cult that damaged some of his closest friends. They managed to escape to tell their stories, but Eden's location has always remained a mystery. Liza Barkley is struggling with her feelings for Tom and wonders if their friendship can survive the secrets they've kept from one another. But they may be forced to confront the truth when a chance to help the investigation puts Liza directly in the line of fire

      Say Goodbye2023
      4,2
    • Mercy Callahan thought she'd escaped the cult decades ago, but its long fingers are reaching out for her again in this electrifying novel in the Sacramento series...Seventeen years ago. That was the last time Mercy Callahan saw Ephraim Burton, the leader of the twisted Eden cult where she was raised. But even though she escaped the abuse and terror, they continue to haunt her.When her brother Gideon discovers new evidence of the cult's—and their victims'—whereabouts, Mercy goes to Sacramento to reconnect with him. There, she meets Gideon's closest friend—homicide detective Rafe Sokolov. From Rafe, she receives an offer she never knew she needed: to track down Ephraim and make him pay for everything.But Ephraim, who had thought Mercy long dead, discovers she is in fact alive and that she is digging around for the cult's secrets. And now he'll do anything to take her back to Eden—dead or alive.

      Say No More (The Sacramento Series Book 2)2022
      4,1
    • In all his years in the Chicago Fire Department, Lieutenant Reed Solliday ahs never experienced anything like this recent outbreak of house fires - devastating, vicious and in one case, homicidal. He has another problem - his new partner, Detective Mia Mitchell. She's brash, bossy, and taking the case in a direction he never imagined. Mia's instincts tell her the arsonist is making this personal. And as the infernos become more deadly, one look at the victims' tortured faces convinces her and Reed that they must work closer to catch the killer. With each new blaze, the villain ups the ante, setting firetraps for the people Reed and Mia love. The truth is almost too hot to handle: This monster's desire for death and destruction is unquenchable ... and for Mia he's started the countdown to an early grave.

      Count to Ten2020
      4,3
    • Held captive by a killer, will a young girl escape his clutches? SCREAM FOR ME is a terrifying thriller from bestselling Karen Rose, and part of the Philadelphia/Atlantic series, featuring Daniel Vartanian. 'Unforgettable' James Patterson. Special Agent Daniel Vartanian has made a horrific discovery - photographs, taken years ago by his brother Simon, show a gang of teenagers raping young girls. Disgusted, Vartanian vows to bring them all to justice. Alex Fallon's family fell apart when her sister was murdered thirteen years ago. And history now seems to be repeating itself with her stepsister Bailey's disappearance. When Vartanian meets Alex, and realises that her dead sister was in the photos, he starts to believe that the rapists may be behind Bailey's disappearance. Bailey Crighton is being held captive by a monster. Alone and unable to escape, all she can do is scream for help. Vartanian and Alex must now confront their pasts head-on if they are to find Bailey - before it's too late...

      Scream for Me2020
      4,4
    • Terror has forever changed the life of psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli. Someone is tormenting her patients, pushing them to commit suicide, and setting her up to take the blame. But Tess can't break her oath to protect her patients' privacy at all costs. Even when detective Aidan Reagan demands a list of everyone she's treating. Even when the mounting danger threatens Tess herself. Aidan doesn't like anyone who stalls his cases. Still, he can't help but admire Tess's fierce loyalty to her patients, especially when it becomes clear that a nameless, facelss enemy is set on destroying her career, her family , and finally, Tess herself. As Aidan's heart softens, the killer's will hardens, and one thing becomes clear - the noose is tightening around Tess's neck.

      You Can't Hide2019
      4,3
    • Every Dark Corner is the new thriller from Karen Rose, and Book 3 in the Cincinnati series, following on from Closer Than You Think and Alone in the Dark . When FBI Special Agent Griffin "Decker" Davenport wakes from his coma, he is desperate to find the missing children he knows are in danger. At the end of his last investigation, when he thought it was all over and justice had been served, he discovered that not everyone had been rescued, but he was shot before he was able to tell anyone. Special Agent Kate Coppola has recently moved to Cincinnati. She says she's chasing a promotion but she's actually running away from heartache. She's found the recordings from Decker's time undercover and has been at his side in the hospital while she tries to put together the pieces of the crime he was investigating—and what connection it has to his own mysterious past. When someone tries to kill Decker in his hospital bed, he and Kate realise that the children are not the only ones whose lives are threatened, and that they must stop at nothing to hunt down the perpetrators. And danger is waiting in every dark corner.

      The Cincinnati Series - 3: Every Dark Corner2018
      4,4
    • Deacon Novak has returned home. The FBI Agent knows moving to Cincinnati's Major Crime Enforcement Squad will be tough, but the greater challenge will be saving his brother from becoming someone Deacon needs to arrest. Faith Corcoran has escaped her old life. Providing therapy with victims of sexual assault was rewarding, but her work with the offenders has jeopardized her safety. This is her chance to begin anew in the empty old house her grandmother left her. But Faith doesn't know that a killer has made the house his playground. And now she's about to disturb his fun. With a murderer stalking her, Faith will have to put her trust in Deacon if she's going to survive. Because this killer is closer than she thinks.... The first in a brand new series and Karen Rose at her tense, tantalising and thrilling best.

      Closer Than You Think. Dornenmädchen, englische Ausgabe2018
      4,1
    • Nothing to Fear

      • 592pagine
      • 21 ore di lettura

      Sue Conway is out of control. Recently released from prison she is determined to find the people responsible for putting her there and to give them a taste of what she has had to endure. When Sue kidnaps an eleven-year-old deaf boy it's only the first stage in an elaborate plan. Running to Chicago, Sue poses as a battered woman and it leads her to Hanover House, an inner-city women's shelter, run by Dana Dupinsky. Dana safeguards many secrets in her own life and in the lives of those around her but she would never harbour a murderer, that is if she knew that one was living at the shelter. Distracted by the presence of a new man in her life, Dana only realises the danger when those around suddenly start dying and she is thrust into the middle of Sue's dangerous and evil game...

      Nothing to Fear2018
      4,0
    • Star prosecutor Kristen Mayhew has a dangerous, secret admirer. He seems to knows her every thought, her every move. He sends her letters. And he kills the criminals she herself is powerless to stop. This avenger even knows Kristen's deepest secret - the one that has made her keep her distance from Abe Reagan, the police detective sent to protect her. In the shadow of a calculating serial killer, the two have no alternative but to work together if they are to stop the messages and halt the vicious murders. Because sooner or later, the killer's obsessive need for retribution will make Kristen a target and then their real problems will begin...

      I'm Watching You2017
      4,2
    • Wreed weerzien

      Thriller - druk 1

      • 176pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Wreed weerzien is een thriller over wat er kan gebeuren als je elkaar na jaren weer opzoekt en er een groot geheim boven water komt... Tijdens hun studententijd was er een hevige liefde. Nu, jaren later zijn ze elkaar uit het oog verloren, maar door een briefje in een jaarboek komt er een reünie tot stand. De liefde bloeit weer op. Maar ze worden in de gaten gehouden door iemand die nog iets van hen weet...

      Wreed weerzien2014
      3,7
    • The contents of a dying woman's flash drive lead private investigator Paige Holden and district attorney Grayson Smith into a world of politics, blackmail, dark secrets, and a decades-long string of murders. This is an investigation they'll survive only by trusting each other--and the truth. Original.

      No One Left to Tell2014
      4,2
    • Kill for Me

      • 415pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      Five teenage girls have been viciously attacked. One survived. Only she can reveal the secrets of a disturbing ring of people who kidnap and sell teenage girls on the black market. But those responsible for the crimes will do whatever it takes to maintain her silence. Susannah Vartanian and Luke Papadopoulos have both sworn to stop the murderers for their own personal reasons. The investigation leads them to the shady realm of Internet chat rooms, where anyone can mask his or her identity. They soon discover a chain of deception so intricate they don't know whom to trust. Finding comfort in each other's arms, they begin to unravel the intricately knotted threads, but the killers are ruthless and determined, and won't hesitate to take extreme measures to insure their anonymity and keep their business intact. When Susannah proves to be inexplicably linked to the crimes, her life is soon in danger, and Luke will do everything he can to save the woman he loves.

      Kill for Me2012
      4,3
    • Muori per me

      • 570pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      Un assassino implacabile, un videogioco nel quale le vittime sono reali... Un campo innevato ai margini di Philadelphia. Sedici fosse, alcune di esse sono ancora vuote, altre ospitano cadaveri disposti con una cura meticolosa. Le vittime sono state brutalmente torturate e le tecniche di cui si serve il serial killer provengono da uno dei periodi più oscuri dell'umanità, quello dell'Inquisizione. È per questo che il detective Vito Ciccotelli decide di rivolgersi a Sophie Johannsen, un'archeologa specializzata in storia medievale. Nonostante gli anni di esperienza i due si ritrovano ad affrontare la lama affilata del terrore: l'assassino non ha ancora finito la sua opera e chi cercherà di fermarlo rischia di diventare l'ultima pedina del suo gioco di morte. Vito teme che il prossimo grido di orrore possa essere quello di Sophie, proprio ora che l'ha trovata, ora che la passione è tornata a bussare alla sua porta. In questo thriller, Karen Rose esplora le sfumature più oscure della mente umana, unendo il terrore allo stato puro e la sensualità più intensa.

      Muori per me2008
      4,3