Thirty-something Alex Owens knows very little about her childhood or who she really is, her only family an absent, emotionally fragile mother. Alex spent most of her adulthood searching for the missing link, drifting from job to job, relationship to relationship. But when an infant's remains are unearthed in her hometown in back-country California, Alex suddenly realises that she has a connection to the case. As if opening Pandora's box, long-lost memories start flooding in, dark and terrifying nightmares that haunt her every waking moment. When she arrives in Sonoma, the tight-knit community greets Alex with silence and suspicion, but Alex presses on, determined to get to the heart of a secret no one wants to see uncovered. As more violent deaths and a series of deadly rituals shock the small town, Alex is finally forced to confront the terrible truth about a single night that changed her family's lives forever…
Kate and Richard Ryan have the perfect marriage, except that they cannot have a baby, until Julianna Starr gives her child to them, but when Julianna molds herself in Kate's image-trying to steal Richard-the nightmare begins.
"I won't talk to anyone else – only you. Another child, another sweet girl will die. You can stop it, Kitt. Don't you want to stop it?"Five years ago, three young victims were found dead, posed like little angels. There were no witnesses. Strangely clean scenes. The Sleeping Angel Killer called his despicable acts "the perfect crimes."The case immobilized the close-knit community of Rockford, Illinois, and nearly destroyed homicide detective Kitt Lundgren's career – and her life. During the investigation, Kitt tragically lost her own child to illness. She was overwhelmed by the death of her daughter, ...
When her sister Rachel, a pastor in Key West, mysteriously vanishes, and two murders occur, Liz is forced to team up with former Miami cop Rick Wells to unearth the dark secrets that lurk beneath the surface of this seemingly perfect community.
Veintitr?s a?os antes, Anna North hab?a sobrevivido a una pesadilla. Un loco la hab?a secuestrado y le hab?a cortado el dedo me?ique. En la actualidad, Anna viv?a en Nueva Orleans, escribiendo novelas de suspense bajo seud?nimo. Por fin se sent?a a salvo. Pero, s?bitamente, la vida de Anna dio un giro aterrador. La novelista empez? a recibir cartas misteriosas. Una amiga suya desapareci? de pronto. Allanaron su apartamento. Alguien hab?a comenzado a acosarla…Desesperada, Anna acudi? al inspector Quentin Malone, pero el polic?a estaba m?s preocupado por los recientes asesinatos de dos mujeres en el Barrio Franc?s. Sin embargo, tras el hallazgo de una tercera v?ctima, pelirroja como Anna y con el me?ique amputado, Malone comprendi? que la novelista era el nexo de uni?n entre los asesinatos y que pod?a ser la siguiente v?ctima…
La historia de tres generaciones de mujeres, sus complejas vidas, sus misterios, sus pecados, y al hombre que lo sabe todo sobre ellas y puede desvelar los m?s ocultos secretos.Lily Pierron es una legendaria madame que sabe que en la c?lida Nueva Orleans se puede cometer cualquier pecado a cambio de un alto precio. Para ella, el precio es su hija Hope.Hope Pierron St. Germaine es la elegante y piadosa mujer de una acaudalado hotelero y la dedicada madre de Glory durante el d?a, pero por la noche sucumbe a las pasiones carnales que amenazan con destruirla.Glory St. Germaine ignora los vergonzosos secretos de su familia, pero sufre las consecuencias de una oscuridad cuya existencia desconoce. Obstinada y atolondrada, Glory encuentra el amor prohibido en el hombre que lo sabe todo sobre las Pierron.
To the outside world, Cypress Springs, Louisiana, is a postcard-perfect town where moral, decent citizens lead safe, wholesome lives. But outsiders, it seems, don't fare so well…When journalist Avery Chauvin returns home to Cypress Springs, Louisiana, after twelve years, it's as if time has stood still. Yet for her everything has changed – her mother died a year ago and now her father is gone. Devastated by her father's suicide and her inability to save him, Avery has taken a leave of absence from her newspaper job to come back and put his affairs in order. But in ...
"The White Rabbit beckons you to follow him, down the rabbit hole, into his world. He's a deceiver, a trickster. You won't know what is truth and what is a lie. He aims to best you. Beat you. And when he does, you die."When a friend is found brutally murdered in her New Orleans apartment, former homicide detective Stacy Killian has reason to believe her death is related to the cultish fantasy role-playing game White Rabbit. The game is dark, violent – and addictive.As a former member of the Dallas police force, Stacy was exposed to ...
For police captain Patti O’Shea, the discovery of a dead body is shocking, but part of the job. A dead body with the right hand severed is disturbing. But when a corpse is discovered with the police badge of her murdered husband, she is pushed over the edge. Driven by revenge, and working outside the law, Patti vows to track the monster responsible. But as the killings continue, it becomes clear that she is not the hunter – but the hunted.
Wypadek zmieni? ca?e jej ?ycie. Jane potrzebowa?a a? szesnastu lat, by po serii bolesnych operacji plastycznych odzyska? dawny wygl?d. Cierpienia rozwin??y j? duchowo: sta?a si? wzi?t? artystk?, tworz?c? pi?kne i niepokoj?ce dzie?a. Z mi?o?ci po?lubi?a znanego chirurga plastycznego, Iana Westbrooka. Kiedy zasz?a w ci???, wydawa?o si?, ?e nic ju? nie zak??ci idylli. Jednak szcz??cie nie trwa?o d?ugo. Ian zosta? oskar?ony o zamordowanie swej dawnej kochanki, Jane za? zacz??a dostawa? anonimy od nieznanego prze?ladowcy. W pierwszym z nich przeczyta?a: "Zrobi?em to specjalnie. ?eby us?ysze?, jak krzyczysz." Niegdy? Jane podejrzewa?a, ?e to, co sta?o si? na jeziorze, to nie by? wypadek. Teraz jest tego pewna.
Conejo Blanco es mucho m?s que un juego. Es m?s que la vida y que la muerte. Y cualquiera puede sucumbir antes de que la partida acabe… y el asesino se lo lleve todo.Cuando una amiga apareci? brutalmente asesinada en su apartamento de Nueva Orleans, la ex detective de homicidios Stacy Killian relacion? su muerte con Conejo Blanco, un juego de rol de culto, oscuro, violento y adictivo.Stacy se hab?a visto expuesta en innumerables ocasiones al horror del crimen y era una realidad de la que trataba de alejarse, pero cuando conoci? ...
My?la?a, ?e koszmar ju? si? sko?czy?…Dwadzie?cia trzy lata temu Harlow Grail porwa? psychopata. By zmusi? rodzic?w dziewczynki do zap?acenia okupu, obci?? jej palec, jednak okaleczona i przera?ona Harlow zdo?a?a umkn?? swemu prze?ladowcy. Kiedy doros?a, zmieni?a imi?, nazwisko oraz adres zamieszkania. Jako Anna North zacz??a robi? karier? literack?.Jednak najgorsze by?o dopiero przed ni?…Wok?? Anny zaczynaj? si? dzia? dziwne rzeczy. Ma?a wielbicielka przesy?a niepokoj?ce listy, w tajemniczych okoliczno?ciach znika jej przyjaci??ka, nieuchwytny morderca zabija rudow?ose, ...
W ma?ym miasteczku Charlotte w Karolinie P??nocnej nast?puje seria dziwnych zgon?w, jednak nikt nie przypuszcza, ?e s? one dzie?em wyrafinowanego zab?jcy.Nikt, opr?cz Melanie May, policjantki, kt?ra dostrzeg?a pewn? prawid?owo??: wszyscy zmarli m??czy?ni zn?cali si? nad kobietami lub dzie?mi, lecz unikn?li kary za swoje przest?pstwa. Melanie, ryzykuj?c karier?, namawia do wsp??pracy Connora Parksa, agenta FBI i znakomitego specjalist? w dziedzinie tworzenia portret?w psychologicznych przest?pc?w.Melanie rozpoczyna oficjalne ?ledztwo w sprawie tajemniczego mordercy nazwanego "Mrocznym Anio?em", ...
Dziennikarka Avery Chauvin jest wstrz??ni?ta wie?ci?, ?e jej ojciec pope?ni? samob?jstwo. Jak ten oddany ludziom lekarz m?g? targn?? si? na ?ycie?Powr?t w rodzinne strony, do Cypress Springs w Luizjanie, ma umo?liwi? Avery znalezienie odpowiedzi na dr?cz?ce j? pytanie. Tymczasem dochodz? j? szeptane plotki o dziwnych zdarzeniach, o zaginionych s?siadach… W domu ojca znajduje pude?ko z artyku?ami prasowymi sprzed pi?tnastu lat. Wszystkie opisuj? to samo wydarzenie: brutalne morderstwo pope?nione na mieszkance miasteczka. Dlaczego ojciec gromadzi? te wycinki?Nagle koszmarna przesz?o?? zderza ...
