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Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming, where 12 eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Meals remain untouched on dining room tables, cars are still in garages, and the town's residents have vanished into thin air. This is the disturbing setting where vacationing medical examiner Maura Isles and her traveling companions find themselves trapped during a ferocious snowstorm.

Miranda Wood thought she had seen the last of Richard Tremain, her rich and married ex-lover - until she discovered him stabbed to death in her bed...with her knife. With her world falling around her, Miranda is determined to clear her name and discover who killed Richard. But proving her innocence may become secondary to staying alive.

Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil � human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder.

Maggie Bird’s ‘book group’ is an unusual one – a group of retired spies living an anonymous life in the seaside town of Purity. And this summer they plan little more than ‘reading’ (whilst sipping martinis), and some gentle birdwatching. But trouble is just around the corner as the summer guests arrive. For acting Police Chief Jo Thibodeau, summer brings its own problems – packed streets, bar brawls, petty theft.

A nameless, beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. An apparent suicide, she lies on a gurney, awaiting the dissecting scalpel of medical examiner Maura Isles. But when Maura unzips the body bag and looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. Very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where with shockingly cool precision, she murders a security guard and seizes hostages...one of them a pregnant patient, Jane Rizzoli.

Questa non sarà un’autopsia di routine. L’anatomopatologa Maura Isles ne è certa. Ad attenderla, all’ospedale, c’è lei: Madame X, coperta interamente da bende di lino impregnate di resina, che risalgono a duemila anni prima. I suoi organi interni sono stati asportati, solo il cuore è rimasto al suo posto, perché è lì che gli antichi egizi credevano risiedesse l’intelligenza. Madame X infatti è una mummia, ritrovata per caso negli scantinati di un museo. Quando la TAC arriva alle gambe, Maura scorge qualcosa di impossibile.

A series of horrific murders seem disturbingly familiar to Detective Jane Rizzoli. They remind her and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles of those committed by a killer known as the Surgeon, who they recently put behind bars. While they’re still trying to track down the new killer, the unthinkable happens: the Surgeon escapes. Suddenly, Jane is chasing not one but two brilliant and twisted minds, united by one goal....

Two nuns are brutally attacked within the walls of their convent. There seems to be no shred of motive. But during the autopsy Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles discovers something entirely unexpected. And when a second heavily mutilated body is found and linked to the case, she and Detective Jane Rizzoli find themselves in the midst of a terrifying investigation that seems to implicate everyone. Because who can really say they’re free from sin?

Jahr für Jahr kommen die Sommergäste nach Purity und beziehen die imposanten Ferienhäuser am Maiden Pond – misstrauisch beäugt von den Anwohnern, die den reichen Großstädtern nicht über den Weg trauen. Als eines Tages ein Mädchen aus einer der Urlauberfamilien verschwindet und kurz darauf menschliche Überreste aus dem See geborgen werden, spitzen sich die Ereignisse in der Kleinstadt zu. Die Polizei ermittelt erfolglos – bis Maggie Bird und der "Martini-Club" ihre Expertise zur Verfügung stellen. Der Club mag zwar aus Spionen im Ruhestand bestehen, doch das Ermitteln verlernt man nie.

Julia Hamill ist schockiert: Bei Gartenarbeiten stößt sie auf die Überreste eines menschlichen Skeletts. Dr. Maura Isles wird als Pathologin hinzugezogen und stellt schnell fest: Die Gebeine stammen von einer jungen Frau, die offensichtlich ermordet wurde – und zwar vor zweihundert Jahren. Wer ist die Tote, und wer hat sie heimlich im Garten des alten Herrenhauses verscharrt? Die Neugier lässt Julia keine Ruhe. Ihre Nachforschungen führen sie in die Vergangenheit der medizinischen Fakultät der Bostoner Universität. Boston 1830: Ein brutaler Mörder treibt sein Unwesen in der Stadt.

Über die sechzig jährige Maggie Bird kann man einiges erzählen: Sie züchtet Hühner, ist eine zuvorkommende Nachbarin und lebt ein ruhiges Leben im idyllischen Purity in Maine. Wöchentlich besucht sie einen Buchclub, wo sie mit ihren Freunden Martinis trinkt. Als eines Tages eine tote Frau in ihrer Auffahrt liegt, weiß Maggie: Dies ist eine Nachricht aus der "guten alten Zeit". Vor über fünfzehn Jahren arbeitete sie für die CIA, und nun scheint die Vergangenheit sie eingeholt zu haben.

Rizzoli and Isles return in the nail-biting new thriller from Sunday Times best-selling author Tess Gerritsen. Detective Jane Rizzoli and forensic pathologist Maura Isles are investigating the gruesome murder of a nurse, whilst also protecting a young student from a stalker. But immersed in their day jobs, will they lose sight of something sinister happening much closer to home?

'I have sinned.' The words are scrawled in blood at the most shocking murder scene forensic pathologist Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli have ever witnessed. The victim, a young woman, has been entirely drained of blood and horrifically dismembered. When there's a second murder, the police uncover a link to a secret society known as the Mephisto Club. Their mission is a terrifying one - to find the true source of evil on earth. But has evil already found them?

Tranquility, Maine seems like the perfect place for Dr. Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent son from the distractions of the big city - until a deadly epidemic threatens to destroy everyone she loves.

Um grupo de turistas desembarca em Botsuana para um safári, sem imaginar que entre eles há um assassino cruel, um predador que, ao término de uma semana, transforma uma aventura na selva em um pesadelo. O que ele não sabe é que, nessa caçada humana, uma de suas presas consegue escapar. Seis anos depois, um homem é pendurado e eviscerado em sua própria casa em Boston.

Dr. Toby Harper works the night shift in an emergency room. She spends her daytime hours alone with her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. When elderly Alzheimer's patients from the same retirement home start dying mysteriously, Toby is the only one suspicious enough to investigate. As a result, she finds herself, her mother, and her own sanity at risk.

Der erste Fall für Detektive Jane Rizzoli. In Boston dringt ein Unbekannter nachts in die Wohnungen von alleinstehenden Frauen ein, unterzieht sie einem gynäkologischen Eingriff und tötet sie. Auf Grund seiner brutalen, aber präzisen Vorgehensweise wird er von der Presse "Der Chirurg" getauft. Die einzige Spur führt Detective Thomas Moore und Inspector Jane Rizzoli zu der jungen Chirurgin Catherine Cordell, die drei Jahre zuvor nach ähnlichem Muster überfallen wurde, den Täter aber in Notwehr erschoss.

Pathologist Maura Isles has dissected her fair share of corpses. But this time, it's different, because the victim looks exactly like her. Detective Jane Rizzoli is assigned to investigate and finds herself tracking a twisted killer across the country. To catch him, Maura is forced to delve into a dark and dangerous family history - her own. Blood ties are the hardest to escape.

Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil � human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder.

In Boston wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden - in der offenen Handfläche liegen ihre Augäpfel. Die Verstümmelung geschah post mortem, wie bei der Obduktion eindeutig festgestellt wird. Doch die genaue Todesursache bleibt unklar. Kurze Zeit später taucht die Leiche eines Mannes auf - Pfeile ragen aus seinem Brustkorb, die ebenfalls erst nach seinem Tod dort platziert wurden. Beide wurden Opfer desselben Täters, ansonsten scheint es keine Verbindung zwischen ihnen zu geben.