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Folk forsvinder i Christchurch. Cooper Riley, der er professor i psykologi, dukker ikke op på arbejde en dag. Emma Green, der er en af hans studerende, kommer ikke hjem. Da den forhenværende kriminalbetjent Theodore Tate bliver løsladt efter fire måneder i fængsel, beder Greens far ham om at hjælpe med at finde Emma. Tate sad trods alt i fængsel, fordi han nær havde slået hende ihjel i en spiritusulykke året forinden, og derfor står han i gæld til Greens far. Stor gæld.

Theodore Tate, detective privato, non ha mai dimenticato la sua prima scena del crimine. Quindici anni fa, quando era ancora uno stimato poliziotto, fu lui a ritrovare il corpo di una bambina, Jessica Cole, in un mattatoio abbandonato. Il killer fu identificato e arrestato e giustizia fu fatta. Ma è stato davvero così? Oggi, a quindici anni di distanza da quell’omicidio, un nuovo killer si aggira per Christchurch in Nuova Zelanda, e ha una lista di persone da uccidere, tutte coinvolte nell’assassinio di Jessica. Così Tate si trova, suo malgrado, proiettato di nuovo nelle indagini.

"Gotowy na wszystko" to najnowsza książka Paula Cleave'a, przebojowego pisarza kryminałów z Nowej Zelandii. Noah Harper dwanaście lat temu prowadził śledztwo w sprawie zaginięcia siedmioletniej dziewczynki w Acacia Pines. Postanowił sobie, że uczyni wszystko, aby mała wróciła do domu. W tym celu przekroczył granice, co sprawiło, że choć dopiął swego i uratował dziecko, stracił żonę, pracę i w niesławie musiał opuścić rodzinne miasteczko. Teraz, dwanaście lat później, ten były zastępca szeryfa zostaje poproszony przez ojca owej dziewczynki sprzed lat o pomoc. Raz jeszcze.

Joe tiene sotto controllo ogni aspetto della sua modesta esistenza, inclusi il lavoro che svolge di giorno presso il dipartimento di polizia e quello "notturno" consumato per le strade di Christchurch, in Nuova Zelanda.

Morderca poszukuje mordercy. Nieprawdopodobne? A jednak! Joe nie wyróżnia się z tłumu. Wiedzie spokojne, wręcz monotonne życie: dwa razy dziennie karmi złotą rybkę, raz w tygodniu odwiedza matkę i pracuje. Jest wzorowym, choć może nie najbystrzejszym pracownikiem, sprzątaczem w komendzie policji. I robi coś jeszcze - zabija kobiety, metodycznie i zgodnie z planem, sześć, jedną po drugiej. Policja nazywa go nieuchwytnym seryjnym mordercą, Nożownikiem z Christchurch. Kiedy na jaw wychodzi siódme zabójstwo, Joe wpada w szał.

Charlie budzi się w ubraniu zbroczonym krwią i z potężnym guzem na głowie. Okazuje się, że dwie kobiety, w których towarzystwie spędził miniony wieczór, zostały brutalnie zamordowane. Wszystkie poszlaki wskazują na Charliego, ale on wie, że prawdziwym zabójcą jest Cyris. Problem polega na tym, że nikt nie wierzy w istnienie Cyrisa. Charlie samotnie wyrusza na poszukiwanie mordercy, choć nie ma pewności, czy Cyris nie jest aby jedynie wytworem jego wyobraźni.

Kan krimiforfattere slippe af sted med drab? Cameron og Lisa Murdoch har succes som newzealandske krimiforfattere, er lykkeligt gift og topper alverdens bestsellerlister. De har i årevis været promoveret i medierne og spøger med, at de ved mere end nogen andre om, hvordan man slipper godt fra forbrydelser. De lever trods alt af at skrive om det. Så da deres psykisk udfordrede syvårige søn Zach forsvinder, spørger politiet og offentligheden helt naturligt sig selv, om de nu har besluttet sig for at føre bevis for det, de selv så længe har hævdet.

Da den syvårige Alyssa bliver bortført, sætter vicesherif Noah Harper sig for at finde hende for enhver pris - og en del af prisen bliver at krydse grænser, han aldrig kan vende tilbage fra. At finde pigen kan ikke redde Noah fra at miste både sit arbejde og sin hustru og blive fordrevet fra Acacia Pines. Han får at vide, at hvis han nogen sinde vender tilbage til den lille by, bliver han kastet i kachotten, hvor han kan rådne op. Tolv år senere ringer telefonen.

Jerry Grey is bij veel mensen bekend onder zijn pseudoniem als thrillerauteur: Henry Cutter. Op zijn 49e wordt hij met alzheimer gediagnostiseerd en in een verzorgingstehuis geplaatst. Zijn herinneringen en zijn fantasie beginnen daar door elkaar te lopen; de beschreven moorden zijn niet zomaar verzinsels, hij biecht op ze zelf gepleegd te hebben. Gevolgen van die ziekte, zeggen mensen tegen hem. Maar als dat waar zou zijn, waarom blijven er dan mensen dood gaan om hem heen?

Edward Hunter har allt en kärleksfull fru och dotter, ett bra jobb med goda inkomster, en ljus framtid och ett mycket mörkt förflutet. För tjugo år sedan fångades och dömdes en seriemördare som sedan dess suttit inspärrad i Nya Zeelands mest ökända högsäkerhetsfängelse. Den mannen var Edwards far.

Joe Middleton's story is this: He doesn't remember killing anyone, so there's no way a jury can convict him of serial murder. He calls himself Joe Victim, trying, as he awaits trial, to convince the psychiatrists that he wasn't in control of his actions, trusting that the system will save him in the end. But others know Joe as the infamous Christchurch Carver and they want to see him dead. There's Melissa, Joe's accomplice in one of the murders, who plans on shooting him on his way to the courthouse before he gets a chance to start talking.

In Acacia Pines wird der Schüler Lucas entführt. Sheriff Cohen übernimmt den Fall und findet heraus, dass Lucas in die Fänge eines Serienmörders geraten ist. Eine erbittere Jagd auf den Täter beginnt in der Hoffnung, Lucas noch lebend zu finden. Doch nicht nur das treibt den Sheriff an...

Joshua is convinced there is a family curse. It’s taken loved ones from him, it’s robbed him of his eyesight, and it’s the reason why his father is killed while investigating the homicide of a young woman.

Twenty years ago, a serial killer was caught, convicted, and locked away in the country's most hellish of penitentiaries. That man was Edward's father. Edward has struggled his entire life to put the nightmares of his childhood behind him. But a week before Christmas, violence once again makes an unwelcome appearance into his world. Suddenly he's going to need the help of his father, a man he hasn't seen since he was a boy. Is Edward destined to be just like him, to become a man of blood?

When the body of a convicted rapist is found, obliterated by an oncoming train, Tate works the case, trying to determine if this is murder or suicide. The following night, two more rapists go missing. It's hard to investigate when everyone on the police force seems to be rooting for the killer. There's a common plea detectives get from the loved ones of victims: When you find the man who did this, give me five minutes alone with him. And that's exactly what someone is doing.

A standard exhumation becomes anything but for private investigator Theodore Tate when bodies begin bubbling to the surface of the cemetery lake. Tate knows he has to let it go. But when the coffin is opened and its occupant is not the old man supposed to be inside, he knows he cannot walk away. But he cannot let the police keep digging, because they are getting dangerously close to digging up the real truth: the truth about him.

In this heart-pounding thriller, only the dead know what happened last night. On the run, Charlie suspects a man named Cyris, but no one believes that Cyris exists. Not the police and not Charlie’s ex-wife Jo, though she wants to trust that the man she once loved is innocent. Soon, Charlie has Jo bound and gagged in the trunk of his car, fleeing across the countryside while the killing hour approaches yet again.

Theodore Tate never forgot his first crime scene—ten-year-old Jessica found dead in the Laughterhouse, an old abandoned slaughterhouse with the S painted over. The killer was found and arrested. Justice was served. Or was it? Fifteen years later, a new killer arrives in Christchurch, and he has a list of people who were involved in Jessica's murder case, one of whom is the unfortunate Dr. Stanton, a man with three young girls. If Tate is going to help them, he has to find the connection between the killer, the Laughterhouse, and the city's suddenly growing murder rate.

People are disappearing. Cooper Riley, a psychology professor, doesn't make it to work one day. Emma Green, one of his students, doesn't make it home. When ex-cop Theodore Tate is released from a four-month prison stint, he's asked by Green's father to help find Emma. After all, Tate was in jail for nearly killing her in a DUI accident the year before, so he owes him. Big time. What neither of them knows is that a former mental patient is holding people prisoner as part of his growing collection of serial killer souvenirs. Now he has acquired the ultimate collector's item—an actual killer.

Il y a pire que de tuer quelqu'un : ne pas savoir si on l'a tué. Les auteurs de thrillers ne sont pas des personnes très fréquentables. Ils jouent du plaisir que nous avons à lire d'abominables histoires, de notre appétit pour des énigmes qui le plus souvent baignent dans le sang. Ce jeu dangereux peut parfois prendre des proportions inquiétantes et favoriser un passage à l'acte aux conséquences funestes. Eux les premiers, qui pensent connaître toutes les ficelles du crime parfait, ne sont pas à l'abri de faire de leurs fictions une réalité.