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James Bond genießt einen romantischen Abend mit einer hinreißend schönen Frau. Da erreicht ihn ein dringender Alarm...

A killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes the police have him surrounded. Then a scream rings out, followed by a gunshot. The police break down the door. The room is empty. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate. For the ambitious Sachs, solving the case could earn her a promotion.

They have never seen a murder like it. A talented tattoo artist is using poison instead of ink. His victim is a young woman. And on her skin he's left a message: 'the second'. Drafted in to investigate, NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs find the scene has been scrubbed of evidence. All except for one trace - a scrap of paper that connects this case with one they will never forget.

Jeffery Deaver discusses his latest book, Edge, as well as the story tellers that inspired him, his love for audiobooks, and his research methods.

The only leads in a broad-daylight kidnapping are the account of an eight-year-old girl, some nearly invisible trace evidence and the calling card: a miniature noose left lying on the street. A crime scene this puzzling demands forensic expertise of the highest order. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate. Then the case takes a stranger turn: a recording surfaces of the victim being slowly hanged, his desperate gasps the backdrop to an eerie piece of music.

New York is being held to ransom. Manhattan’s electricity grid has been the victim of a horrific attack...and more are planned. While the FBI and Homeland Security try to determine who's behind the carnage, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race to decode the forensics in order to prevent the next assault. But all is not what it seems.

New York City is thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. The cops go to Lincoln Rhyme, an ex-NYPD forensics expert left paralysed after an accident on the job. Rhyme reluctantly postpones his ambitions towards suicide and puts together a forensic investigation team, enlisting as his eyes and ears young police officer Amelia Sachs.

Colter Shaw ist hart, er ist kompromisslos und die letzte Rettung für Menschen, denen die Polizei nicht helfen kann oder will. Als er von einer verschwundenen Collegestudentin hört, bietet er dem verzweifelten Vater seine Hilfe an. Seine Ermittlungen führen ihn in das dunkle Herz von Silicon Valley und in die billionendollarschwere Videospielindustrie. Es gelingt ihm, die junge Frau zu finden - doch dann gibt es eine zweite Entführung. Shaw ist überzeugt, dass der Täter versucht, ein Videospiel zum Leben zu erwecken.

Unique investigator Colter Shaw is searching for the answer to his father’s final posthumous riddle. It will lead him to evidence that will topple the secretive espionage company BlackBridge. He believes BlackBridge to be responsible for his father’s murder and brother’s disappearance. They can outmanoeuvre anyone, as the long trail of bodies behind them can confirm. But they haven’t yet met Colter Shaw.

Lincoln Rhyme tracks down a terrifying serial killer in the second in the series. The Coffin Dancer, America's most wanted hit man, is back. He's been hired by an airline owner who wants three witnesses taken care of before his trial, and has got the first, a pilot, by blowing up his entire plane. Enter quadriplegic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme, who can find forensic evidence to hang a man in the smallest debris, and his assistant, Amelia Sachs.

Two never before published novellas from some of our very best crime writers, compiled and edited by Ed McBain.

A spring night in a small town in Wisconsin. . . . A call to police emergency from a distant lake house is cut short. . . . A phone glitch or an aborted report of a crime? Off-duty deputy Brynn leaves her family's dinner table and drives up to deserted Lake Mondac to find out. She stumbles onto the scene of a heinous murder. . . . Before she can call for backup, though, she finds herself the next potential victim.

Jeffery Deaver, best selling author of The Empty Chair and Speaking in Tongues, turns his talents to the labyrinthine world of cyberspace - a world where the most powerful can lose their wealth, their minds, and their lives with a hacker's touch of a button.

When Lincoln's estranged cousin Arthur Rhyme is arrested on murder charges, the case is perfect - too perfect. Forensic evidence from Arthur's home is found all over the scene of the crime, and it looks like the fate of Lincoln's relative is sealed.

Fresh from Afghanistan, James Bond has been recruited to a new agency. It operates independent of Five, Six and the MoD, with its very existence deniable. Its aim: to protect the Realm, by any means necessary. The Night Action alert calls Bond from dinner with a beautiful woman. GCHQ has decrypted an electronic whisper about an attack scheduled for later in the week. And 007 has been given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to fulfil his mission.

When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, offduty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report?

Ten years ago in California, Daniel Pell, a self-styled Charles Manson, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering an entire family: husband, wife, and two children, plus one of his young male followers. He is brought to Salinas, California, to interview with Kathryn Dance after he is implicated in yet another killing. Things go terribly wrong during an interview break, and Pell escapes, intent on killing again.

Colter Shaw ist hart, er ist kompromisslos und die letzte Rettung für Menschen, denen die Polizei nicht helfen kann oder will. Als er von einer verschwundenen Collegestudentin hört, bietet er dem verzweifelten Vater seine Hilfe an. Seine Ermittlungen führen ihn in das dunkle Herz von Silicon Valley und in die billionendollarschwere Videospielindustrie. Es gelingt ihm, die junge Frau zu finden - doch dann gibt es eine zweite Entführung. Shaw ist überzeugt, dass der Täter versucht, ein Videospiel zum Leben zu erwecken.

Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver, Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a best seller. It will leave you speechless. Browse more Deaver.

Ein gefährlicher Stalker versetzt ganz New York in Angst und Schrecken – der packende 15. Fall für Lincoln Rhyme und Amelia Sachs! Er kommt nachts in dein Haus. Er beobachtet dich, während du schläfst. Er trinkt deinen Wein. Er stiehlt wertlose Dinge. Er verbringt Zeit bei dir. Keine Tür kann ihn draußen halten. Keine Überwachungskamera kann ihn aufzeichnen. Und nun ist er bereit zu töten. Niemand in New York ist mehr sicher. Jetzt liegt es an Lincoln Rhyme, das Netz an Hinweisen zu entwirren und ihn aufzuhalten.