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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the twenty-fourth thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta"--

Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta - a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.

Nonostante il parere contrario di Benton Wesley, Kay Scarpetta si dirige verso la Georgia Prison for Women per incontrare una detenuta condannata per reati sessuali e madre di un killer. Determinata a scoprire la verità sulla morte del suo vice, Jack Fielding, ucciso sei mesi prima, Kay sa che la sua indagine è sia personale che professionale. Come direttore del Cambridge Forensic Center e grazie ai suoi contatti con il dipartimento della Difesa, ha bisogno di elementi utili per indagare su una serie di eventi macabri che crede siano collegati alla morte di Jack: l'uccisione di una famiglia a Savannah, una donna nel braccio della morte e altre morti misteriose. Ma qual è il legame tra di essi? Kay scopre che un apparente attentato alla sua vita è parte di un disegno più complesso. Quali trame oscure si nascondono dietro questi eventi? La nebbia inizia a diradarsi, rivelando un complotto terroristico internazionale che solo lei può fermare. Questo diciannovesimo romanzo della serie dedicata a Kay Scarpetta offre un thriller avvincente, mettendo in luce le straordinarie capacità di Patricia Cornwell nel genere.

A desperate mother, her missing child, and a stolen chalice set the stage for a gripping Christmas mystery. In "All Through the Night," Mary Higgins Clark, the Queen of Suspense, delivers a tale that keeps readers engaged throughout the holiday season. The story features beloved characters Alvirah, a lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and her husband, Willy, who rely on Alvirah's keen deductive skills and Willy's practical wisdom. The plot kicks off when a young, unmarried woman leaves her newborn on a church rectory doorstep in Manhattan, coinciding with the theft of a cherished chalice adorned with a star-shaped diamond. Both the infant and the chalice vanish without a trace. Fast forward seven years, just before Christmas, and Alvirah and Willy are helping Willy's sister, Cordelia, a nun who runs a thrift shop and after-school shelter for local kids, prepare for a Christmas pageant. However, the shelter's future is in jeopardy when the city condemns the building, and a nearby brownstone, intended as a new location, is claimed by a young couple who may not be what they seem. Alvirah is determined to prove their legitimacy and becomes embroiled in the mystery of the missing chalice and child. In this festive tale, Clark offers her readers a captivating Christmas gift.

È la settimana prima di Natale e Kay Scarpetta sta prestando servizio volontario presso l'Istituto di medicina legale di New York, dove le viene chiesto di esaminare il cadavere di una ventiseienne, ritrovato poco prima dell'alba a Central Park. La causa del decesso sembra banale ma, quando si tratta di stabilire l'ora precisa della morte, l'ipotesi di Kay pare incompatibile con gli elementi emersi dalle indagini. Quella sera stessa, tornata a casa, riceve un pacco sospetto, forse una bomba. Una minaccia che ha origine nel suo passato e in quello delle due persone che le sono più vicine: il marito e la nipote Lucy.

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.

Scarpetta is investigating the disappearance of four people from their home when Marino discovers a woman living nearby murdered in her bed.

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From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Guilt and The 13th Juror comes an electrifying thriller featuring San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy, who faces the case of his career when his family becomes involved. Dismas, a devoted husband and father, is thrown into turmoil when his wife, Frannie, fails to pick up their children from school. His fears are confirmed when he learns that Frannie is in jail, summoned before a grand jury in a murder investigation. She has refused to disclose a secret entrusted to her by a friend, a fellow parent accused of killing his wife, who has now vanished. To free Frannie, Dismas must clear her friend of murder, but finding him proves challenging. As he navigates the intricate world of San Francisco's politics and big business, Dismas grapples with his wife's loyalty to another man, leaving him questioning the nature of truth and the depths of their relationship. What could compel a wife to protect another man at such a cost? With a masterful blend of suspense and emotional complexity, the author delivers a gripping narrative that explores the fragility of trust and the lengths one will go to for family.

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.

Natalies Welt bricht zusammen, als ihre beste Freundin Babs heiratet. Enttäuscht sucht sie Trost bei einem Frauenhelden, vernachlässigt ihren Job und entfremdet sich von ihrer Familie. Erst durch Bab's eindringliche Worte erkennt sie, dass sie ihr Leben ändern muss, um ihre Freundschaft zu retten.

'Beautifully written ... a marvellous read, one of my ten best of the year' Brian Case, Time Out

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.