Krim og spenning

Den åttende boken om Olivia Rönning og Tom Stilton.Krigen herjer i Ukraina, og Sverige har åpnet grensen for ukrainske flyktninger. Mange ønsker å hjelpe, men det finnes også profitører som gjør alt for egen vinning. I arbeidet med å intervjue ukrainske flyktninger som kommer til Sverige, får politietterforsker Olivia Rönning og hennes kollegaer nyss om et internasjonalt nettverk som organiserer menneskehandel og utnytter kvinner på flukt.Samtidig blir Mette Olsäter, som egentlig er pensjonert drapssjef, bedt om å hjelpe til med en sak, ettersom store deler av politistyrken er opptatt med arbeidet med flyktningene. Noen har stjålet et uidentifisert lik fra likhuset. Mette får med seg Tom Stilton til å se på saken.Abbas, Tom og Olivias gode venn, får uventet besøk av sin mor, som han ikke har sett siden han var barn. Hva gjør hun i Stockholm? Og hvorfor kommer hun etter så mange år?Etter hvert drar alle tråder mot en luksusyacht utenfor den franske rivieraen, en overtroisk russisk oligark og et forsvunnet Fabergé-egg som kalles Nattens øye.Nattens øye er det åttende boken i serien om Olivia Rönning og Tom Stilton.

Fyodor three son's, the youthful Alyosha, the impetuous Dmitri, and the logical Ivan, are involved in several triangular love affairs. Throughout their encounters, the family is confronted with love, murder, and an exhilarating trial.

*** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SILENT PATIENT ***'Infinitely thrilling and delicately crafted, the plot keeps everyone guessing until the very end, with an unscrupulous villain to underline just how good it is. DO NOT MISS IT' Daily Mail'Deliciously twisty and fiendishly clever. A highly enjoyable tale of subterfuge, secrets and murder' Observer'My favourite Alex Michaelides yet - the undisputed master of the twist' Lucy Foley'The king of all unreliable narrators, enough twists and turns to power two novels' David Baldacci'You'll think you know where it's going and you couldn't be more wrong' Linwood Barclay'A very special book and highly recommended' Janice Hallett'A masterclass in suspense' Steve Cavanagh'A glorious triumph - just brilliant' Stephen Fry'The best novel yet from Alex Michaelides' Sophie HannahEven better than The Silent Patient... Alex Michaelides is a magician' JP Delaney*****'There were seven of us in all, trapped on the island.One of us was a murderer . . .'On a small private Greek island, former movie star Lana Farrar - an old friend - invites a select group of us to stay.It'll be hot, sunny, perfect. A chance to relax and reconnect - and maybe for a few hidden truths to come out.Because nothing on this island is quite what it seems.Not Lana. Not her guests.Certainly not the murderer - furiously plotting their crime . . .But who am I?My name is Elliot Chase, and I'm going to tell you a story unlike any you've ever heard.BESTSELLING AUTHORS ARE ALREADY FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE FURY'The Fury is a masterfully woven story of Shakespearean twists and Machiavellian turns. A Greek Tragedy in the guise of a postmodern thriller. Do not miss this one' Holly Jackson'A classic, twisting, brilliant murder mystery. A wonderfully drawn cast of characters with a motive to kill for, in a location to die for, keep you guessing until the shocking finale. Clever, and fiendishly fun' Chris Whitaker'A very sophisticated book which takes the format of a classic murder mystery and elevates it to something very devious and clever indeed. The narrator is fabulous - I was throughly gripped' Harriet Tyce'Endlessly evolving, wildly entertaining, and like the very best fiction, impossible to pin down. Just when you think you have it cornered, it moves, impossibly and with stunning flourish, toward a devastating finale. The Talented Mr. Ripley for our time' Blake Crouch'Alex Michaelides is the grand master of the modern mystery. The Fury reads like Hitchcock with a heart, or Agatha Christie running amok on a wind-whipped Greek island. The Fury will, quite literally, blow you away. Totally brilliant' Tony Parsons'One of those rare books where really nothing is as it seems. As usual, Alex Michaelides does not disappoint' Ragnar Jonasson'Glamorous, sinister, and endlessly surprising, The Fury reads like Agatha Christie and Patricia Highsmith took a Greek vacation together and decided to write a book while there. It's twisty, twisted entertainment' Riley SagerThe Fury, the instant New York Times bestseller, January 2024, and Sunday Times bestseller, February 2024

Twisted, a riveting novel by Emily Mcintire, is a must-read for all book lovers. Published in 2023 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd., this book is a real page-turner. The story is a thrilling blend of suspense and drama, which is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Emily Mcintire, known for her captivating storytelling, has once again proven her prowess with this book. The genre of the book is difficult to pin down, as it seamlessly blends elements of mystery, thriller, and drama. Published by the renowned Dorling Kindersley Ltd., Twisted is a testament to their reputation for publishing high-quality and engaging books. If you're looking for an engrossing read that you won't be able to put down, Twisted by Emily Mcintire is the book for you.

She knows he's no saint, but she has no idea she's dancing with the devil.Cole Blackwell values control. He's the hottest sculptor in San Francisco-wealthy, successful, and respected. His only weakness is the dark impulse he carefully conceals. In truth, he's not just an artist: he's a predator, and the city is his hunting ground.Mara Eldritch is a nobody. Broke and damaged, she works three jobs while creating paintings no one will ever see. When a chance encounter throws Mara into Cole's path, her escape from certain death fascinates Cole. More than that-it fixates him.He begins stalking her, discovering there's more to the struggling misfit than he would have guessed. She makes him feel things he never thought he could feel. Want things he thought he'd never want. He doesn't know if he should protect her at all costs or destroy her before she ruins him. He's losing control, breaking the rules that have kept his true nature hidden from the world.Mara knows he's dangerous, but Cole is the only person who's ever recognized her talent, and it leads her heart astray, straight into the dark.Cole can teach her to get what she wants...but what might this vicious killer want in return?

A mind-bending, psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!Lesson #1: trust no oneEve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except¿Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal, with one student, Addie, at its center. And this year, Eve is dismayed to find the girl in her class.Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says.But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.

Contains material originally published in magazine form in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Isprinsessen er Camilla Läckbergs første kriminalroman med Erica Falck og politimannen Patrik Hedström. 12 MILLIONER SOLGTE BØKER En eldre fisker finner Alexandra Wijkner med oppkuttede pulsårer i badekaret i barndomshjemmet. Han styrter ut og kaster seg over den første han møter. Det er forfatteren Erica Falck, som er i Fjällbacka for å gjøre opp boet etter sine avdøde foreldre. Alexandra er hennes bestevenninne fra barndommen.

Grief is the price we pay for love... My name is Lorenzo Moretti. Born to be head of the Cosa Nostra, except that I chose love over my birthright. On our wedding day, my father cursed our union, swearing on his own blood that my wife and I would never live out our days in happiness. I guess he was right, because fate stole her from me and I'm left to live an empty life without her, with a shattered heart and only half a soul. On the day my wife died, I swore I'd never love anyone like that again, and it's a promise I kept for two years. A promise I kept until her... She sauntered into my life wearing a dress the color of sunshine and with nothing else but an old Mustang and a smile. Beaten and bruised and seeking refuge behind my family's walls. But I'm no white knight looking for redemption, and she's sure no damsel in distress. She's annoying as hell. With no filter and an eternally sunny disposition. She says whatever's on her mind, no matter how poorly judged it might be. She's everything I don't want. But she might just be everything I need. And I don't know how much longer I can resist her sweet smile and her sinful curves... Because there's only so long you can stand in the sun before giving in to its heat. This book containsGrumpy/ sunshineDark mafiaHeartbreak and angstLove after lossGrovellingA HEA

Åttende bok om politietterforsker Gunnar Barbarotti.Det er jul, pandemiåret 2020, og den kjente kunstneren Ludvig Rute inviterer alle søsknene sine til julefeiring i det avsidesliggende Sillingbo, til tross for alle restriksjoner. Det er noe han vil fortelle dem. De har ikke sett hverandre på mange år, og stemningen er spent. Det blir ikke bedre av at det skjer et mord på julaften.Paret Barbarotti-Backman får saken og begynner etterforskningen som i snøvær og pandemiens skyggeside nesten minner om en gammel britisk krimfortelling. I alle fall innledningsvis. Spørsmålet er om det finnes en ekstern gjerningsmann, eller kan det være en i familien?Det kom et brev fra München er den åttende boken om politietterforsker Gunnar Barbarotti og hans samboer Eva Backman.

Psykoterapeut Mariana drar til Cambridge da en studievenninne av niesen blir funnet myrdet. Her blir Mariana involvert i en hemmelig gruppe jenter som går under navnet Jomfruene. Da enda en student blir funnet drept, blir Mariana overbevist, til tross for alibiet, at den karismatiske professor Edward Fosca står bak drapene. Men hvorfor skulle professoren drepe studentene sine? Og hvorfor vender han stadig tilbake til teksten om Persephones reise til ned i underverdenen?

Desert Star, eng, Michael Connelly, 2023-04-27, Orion Publishing Group

Danmarks nye krimstjerne med andre bok i OXEN-trilogienKrigsveteranen Niels Oxen skjuler seg ved en avsides fiskefarm på Jylland. Her slåss han med sine traumer samtidig som han lever i konstant alarmberedskap. Han har en hemmelighet som holder ham i live - men som også kan ta livet av ham. Når en museumsdirektør blir myrdet, utløses en rekke voldsomme begivenheter. Den ettersøkte krigsveteranen har kun to muligheter: gå til grunne - eller gå til angrep.

'A richly told tale of tangled loyalties. French ratchets up the tension in increments . . . By the end, these characters have taken on such solidity that, long after finishing it, I often catch myself wondering how they're doing - a testament to the author's mastery of her craft' GUARDIANReturn to the dark underbelly of Ardnakelty in the thrilling new sequel to The Searcher.-----It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in the village. They're coming for gold. What they bring is trouble.Two years have passed since retired Police Detective Cal Hooper moved from Chicago to the West of Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less - in his relationship with local woman Lena, and the bond he's formed with half-wild teenager Trey. So when two men turn up with a money-making scheme to find gold in the townland, Cal gets ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey. Because one of the men is no stranger: he's Trey's father.But Trey doesn't want protecting. What she wants is revenge.Crackling with tension and slow-burn suspense, The Hunter explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide, from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Tana French. ---Nobody writes tension like Tana French:'Terrific - terrifying, amazing' STEPHEN KING'One of the greats of contemporary crime fiction' IAN RANKIN'The most important crime novelist to emerge in the last ten years' WASHINGTON POST'A truly great writer' GILLIAN FLYNN'Among the first rank of great literary novelists' OBSERVER'A masterful, beautiful mystery...' CHRIS WHITAKER'Crime fiction's biggest contemporary star' GUARDIAN'Completely, indescribably magnificent' MARIAN KEYES'Lyrical, suspenseful, unpredictable' HARLAN COBEN'Comes closer to perfection than anything I've read in the last decade' SARAH HILARY'A spectacularly talented writer' LOUISE O'NEILL

An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining of the classic crime novel - from the bestselling author of The Founders Trilogy.

A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way¿I used to clean other people's houses¿now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve.Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills¿The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors.Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here?I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the next instalment of the unbelievably twisty, tension-packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series. This book can be enjoyed as a standalone read: and once you start, it will have you up all night racing through the pages until the final explosive twist.

Lucinda Rileys fascinerende kriminalroman Mordene på Fleat House åpner med det plutselige dødsfallet til en elev ved Fleat House på St. Stephen's, en privat internatskole i det dypeste Norfolk, nordøst for London. Det er en sjokkerende hendelse som skolens rektor helst vil kalle «en tragisk ulykke».Det lokale politiet kan likevel ikke utelukke at noe mistenkelig har skjedd, og saken fører til at den anerkjente etterforskeren Jazmine 'Jazz' Hunter kommer tilbake til politiet. Noe motvillig går Jazz med på å lede etterforskningen som en tjeneste for sin gamle sjef.Et makabert funn på skolens område gjør saken til den vanskeligste drapsetterforskningen i hennes karriere. For Fleat House skjuler hemmeligheter som er mørkere enn Jazz og hennes team kunne ha forestilt seg.

The explosive sequel to the internationally bestselling thriller The Housemaid by Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret is an unbelievably twisty read about the secrets kept at the dark heart of a family

I en fjellside utenfor Madrid finner etterforsker Lucia Guerrero sin nærmeste kollega drept og korsfestet, i en scene som ligner et renessansemaleri fra Golgata.Samtidig komme en gruppe kriminologistudenter ved universitetet i Salamanca, Spania, på sporet av en seriemorder som har operert i det skjulte i flere tiår, når de avslører et grusomt mønster på åstedene.Ondskap og terror kobles med kunst og mytologi, med det moderne Spania som bakteppe, i denne nye serien fra Frankrikes største krimforfatter.Konfrontert med sin egen fortid og sin egen største frykt, avdekker Miniers hovedperson Guerrero en sannhet mer skremmende og ufattelig enn både hun og noen andre kunne forestille seg.

Tredje bok i serien om den originale kriminalpsykologen og profileringseksperten Sebastian Bergman. Dette er spennende, stilsikre og intelligente kriminalromaner.To venninner på fottur i Jämtland gjør et makabert funn. En skjeletthånd kommer til syne ved et elveleie, og det viser seg at skrenten skjuler seks lik - to av dem barn. Rikspolitikommisjonen blir tilkalt og Sebastian Bergman og resten av teamet begir seg til Jämtland. To av likene er et nederlandsk par, de fire andre en ukjent familie som ingen har meldt savnet. Alt tyder på at alle er blitt drept og begravet samtidig. Og hva med den amerikanske kvinnen i leiebil som forsvant på samme tid?Spørsmålene er mange, det er mye som ikke stemmer, og etterforskningen står i stampe. Säpo tar over, det er snakk om "rikets sikkerhet". Sebastian Bergman og hans kolleger får klar beskjed om å pakke sammen og dra.Men Sebastian Bergman har ikke tenkt å fjerne seg. Han skal finne fjellgravens hemmelighet. Koste hva det koste vil. "Med kjappe klipp mellom selve saken og de implisertes liv og hverdag får vi en dobbel spenningskurve. Det blir det en skikkelig underholdningsroman av."Ingvar Ambjørnsen, VG

Menneskers galskap, grådighet og konspirasjonsteorier.Politietterforsker Olivia Rönning har forsvunnet. Kollegaene hennes forstår hun må være bortført mot sin vilje. Hennes gode venn Tom Stilton er på landstedet sitt i skjærgården. Men da han hører om Olivias forsvinning, drar han tilbake til Stockholm for å bistå letingen. De finner spor som fører til en enslig hytte i skogen, men da de kommer frem, står hytta i full fyr. Brannmannskapet finner en forbrent kropp i ruinene. Er det Olivia? Samtidig gjør vaksinemotstandere og konspirasjonsteoretikere hva som helst for å sabotere vaksineleveransene til Sverige. Har det noen sammenheng med kidnappingen av Olivia? Den barmhjertige samaritan er den syvende boken med politietterforsker Olivia Rönning og hennes gode venn Tom Stilton.