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As David Sloane continues to piece his life back together in the wake of his wife's vicious murder, he also struggles to handle his difficult teenage son, Jake. Reeling from the loss of his mother, Jake's bad behavior escalates and his relationship with Sloane is pushed to the brink. When Sloane's old friend, Detective Tom Molia, recruits Sloane and Jake to join him and his son on a camping trip, Sloane sees the trip as an opportunity to repair their broken father/son bond.

In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer - Vincent’s last taste of innocence and first taste of real life - dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one’s own destiny.

In San Francisco's seamy Tenderloin district, a teenage street hustler has been murdered in a shelter for boys. And the dedicated priest who runs the struggling home stands accused. But despite damning evidence that he's a killer—and worse—Father Thomas Martin stands by his innocence. And attorney Peter Donley stands with him.

Seattle, 1933. The city is in the grips of the Great Depression, Prohibition, and vice. Cutting his teeth on a small-time beat, hungry and ambitious young reporter William “Shoe” Shumacher gets a tip that could change his career. There’s been a murder at a social club on Profanity Hill—an underworld magnet for vice crimes only a privileged few can afford. The story is going to be front-page news, and Shoe is the first reporter on the scene.

The last time homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite was in Cedar Grove, it was to see her sister's killer put behind bars. Now she's returned for a respite and the chance to put her life back in order for herself, her attorney husband, Dan, and their new daughter. But tragic memories soon prove impossible to escape. Dan is drawn into representing a local merchant whose business is jeopardized by the town's revitalization.

A year after the devastating murder of his wife, attorney David Sloane has returned to Seattle after three months in Mexico. At a black-tie dinner where he’s been persuaded to give the keynote address, Sloane reconnects with Barclay Reid, opposing counsel in his most prominent case. Barclay is suffering from her own personal tragedy - the death of her teenage daughter from a drug overdose. In the aftermath, Barclay has begun an intense crusade against the Russian drug traffickers she holds responsible for her daughter’s death, pursuing them with zeal for justice.

Quitting her job as a high school science teacher to join the Seattle Police Department was an easy decision for Tracy Crosswhite. Years earlier, what should have been one of the happiest days of her life instead became her worst nightmare when her younger sister, Sarah, disappeared. After the murder trial, while her family disintegrated, Tracy turned her heartbreak and her lingering questions into a passion for justice.

Called in to consult after a young woman disappears, Tracy Crosswhite has the uneasy feeling that this is no ordinary missing-persons case. When the body turns up in an abandoned well, Tracy’s suspicions are confirmed. Estranged from her family, the victim had balked at an arranged marriage and had planned to attend graduate school. But someone cut her dreams short. Solving the mystery behind the murder isn’t Tracy’s only challenge. The detective is keeping a secret of her own: she’s pregnant.

His old life in the rearview, Del Castigliano has left Wisconsin to work homicide for the Seattle PD. Breaking him in is veteran detective Moss Gunderson, and he’s handing Del a big catch: the bodies of two unidentified men fished from Lake Union. It’s a major opportunity for the new detective, and Del runs with it, chasing every lead - to every dead end. Despite the help of another section rookie, Vic Fazzio, Del is going nowhere fast. Until one shotgun theory looks to be dead right: the victims are casualties of a drug smuggling operation.

Bodily Harm opens with a big win for Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass, in a medical malpractice case centered on the death of a child. But on the heels of this seeming victory, an unlikely character – toy designer Kyle Horgan – comes forward to tell Sloane that he’s gotten it all wrong. Horgan’s the one who’s truly responsible for the little boy’s death and others – not the pediatrician Sloane has just proven guilty.

Betrayed by his own country, former spy Charles Jenkins survived an undercover Russian operation gone wrong. The retired family man is through with spy games. Then he learns of a woman isolated in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo Prison. If it’s Paulina Ponomayova, the agent who sacrificed her life to save his, Jenkins can’t leave her behind. But there’s no guarantee it’s her. Or proof Paulina is still alive. To find out, Jenkins must return to Russia and blackmail Viktor Federov, a former Russian officer with his own ax to grind, into helping him infiltrate Lefortovo.

In this prequel short story to Robert Dugoni’s #1 Kindle-bestselling novel, My Sister’s Grave, Tracy Crosswhite is a young patrol officer, paying her dues, keeping her head down, and hoping a solid record will get her promoted to detective. While years have passed since the disappearance of Tracy’s sister, the experience has made her one of the city’s most dedicated cops.

A rising star at her prestigious Seattle law firm, Dana Hill knows all about stress. She pours herself into her work and family with all the energy she has. But her carefully balanced life is about to be turned upside down. First a frightening medical diagnosis forces her to reassess her roles as a lawyer, mother, and wife to a man she suddenly no longer trusts. Then her life is rocked further by the shocking and brutal murder of her twin brother.

After a harrowing escape from Russian agents on his last mission, Charles Jenkins thinks he’s finally done with the spy game. But then the final two of the seven sisters—American assets who have been deep undercover in Russia for decades—cut off all communication with their handlers. Are they in hiding after detecting surveillance? Or have they turned and become double agents? It’s Jenkins’s duty to find out, but he’s been added to a Russian kill list. It will require all of Jenkins’s knowledge of spycraft—and an array of disguises—to return to the country undetected.

Als die Leiche einer Frau in einer Krebsfalle aus dem kalten Meer gefischt wird, sieht sich Detective Tracy Crosswhite mit einem äußerst schwierigen Fall konfrontiert. Bei der Autopsie stellt sich heraus, dass die Frau zu Lebzeiten alles darangesetzt hat, ihre Identität zu verschleiern. Vor wem war sie auf der Flucht? Als Hinweise auftauchen, es könnte sich bei der Unbekannten um eine Frau handeln, die vor ein paar Monaten unter dubiosen Umständen verschwand, wird Tracy einmal mehr von Erinnerungen an den lange unaufgeklärten Mord an ihrer Schwester verfolgt.

Ein Killer auf Rachefeldzug. Eine Ermittlerin getrieben von ihrer Vergangenheit. Der neue Thriller von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautor Robert Dugoni Detective Tracy Crosswhite, die auch in heiklen Situationen ihre Gefühle immer unter Kontrolle hat, gerät während eines Verhörs völlig aus der Fassung. Denn der Verdächtige Erik Schmidt hat Verbindungen zu dem Psychopathen, der damals ihre Schwester ermordet hat. Seine verstörenden Bemerkungen lassen Tracys Trauma aufleben.

Detective Tracy Crosswhite von der Mordkommission in Seattle steckt mitten in den Ermittlungen zu einem äußerst seltsamen Mordfall, als eine Kollegin sie bei einem Cold Case um Hilfe bittet. Vierzig Jahre zuvor wurde die junge Kimi Kanasket tot aufgefunden. War es wirklich Selbstmord, wie damals behauptet wurde? Tracy, deren eigene Schwester einem Mord zum Opfer gefallen ist, ist schnell bereit, sich um den alten Fall zu kümmern.

Eine packende und rührende Geschichte über Mut und die Suche nach sich selbst von Bestsellerautor Robert Dugoni. "Wir glauben, dass wir unseren Lebensweg selbst wählen. Aber da täuschen wir uns." Aufgrund eines Gendefekts hat Sam rote Pupillen. Für seine Mutter ist das Gottes Wille, die anderen verhöhnen ihn als "Teufelsjungen". Erst als Sam die rebellische Mickie und den afroamerikanischen Ernie kennenlernt, ist er nicht länger einsam, und die drei Außenseiter werden Freunde.

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Tödliche Geheimnisse hinter verschlossenen Türen: Robert Dugonis Bestseller-Reihe geht weiter. Eine junge Joggerin verschwindet spurlos. Freunde und Familie fürchten das Schlimmste. Die Suche führt Detective Tracy Crosswhite und ihren Kollegen Kinsington Rowe in eine angesehene Wohngegend im Norden Seattles, mit freundlichen Nachbarn – und dunklen Geheimnissen hinter fest verschlossenen Türen. Aber auch ein Cold Case beschäftigt Tracy intensiv. Gerade erst Mutter geworden, kümmert sie sich um den Fall eines vermissten kleinen Mädchens.