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Forensic psychologist and FBI agent Alexis Forrest returns in her most chilling case yet. Set against the backdrop of Broken Hill, the small New England town where she grew up, she now faces her darkest challenge: a fourteen-year-old boy doesn’t show up to school after spending the night with his father and stepmother. Meanwhile, Alexis receives a sinister note threatening her and her family from the serial killer who took her sister’s life. Together with her old flame and partner Mitch, a bookstore and coffee shop owner, Alexis embarks on a race against time to protect her loved ones ...

When a father vanishes with his two-week-old daughter, leaving behind a frantic wife and their eight-year-old son, forensic psychologist and FBI agent Alexis Forrest is called in to investigate. The man's blood-stained truck is discovered abandoned on a dirt road, but there's no trace of him or the baby. As Alexis delves into the case, she uncovers a tangled web of secrets and lies. With the serial killer responsible for her sister's death now behind bars, Alexis hopes for a fresh start in the small New England town where she grew up. However, peace is hard to find. Alexis tries to move ...

The picturesque towns and quiet woods of New England hold their secrets close. Beneath the idyllic surface of historic charm and natural beauty lies a dark history of violence, a collection of the region's most haunting and perplexing cold cases. This gripping narrative journeys into the heart of these shadows, examining a series of baffling crimes that terrified communities and stumped investigators for decades. From the unidentified victims of the Bear Brook barrels to a string of unsolved slayings that plagued a single seaside city, these are the stories of lives cut short and the ...

Forensic psychologist and rookie FBI agent Alexis Forrest returns to her hometown of Broken Hill to investigate the disappearance of a missing teenage girl. Returning to this snowy New England town is the last thing Alexis wants to do. She has a strained relationship with her divorced parents whose relationship did not survive the disappearance and murder of Alexis’ older sister, or her dad’s prison sentence. The circumstances of this girl’s disappearance are surprisingly similar to her sister’s yet the local police aren’t exactly welcoming to an inexperienced FBI agent sent to ...

Forensic psychologist and FBI agent Alexis Forrest is on the hunt for a serial killer who has been terrorizing New England for decades. Years ago, her teenage sister fell victim to this predator, but the wrong person was convicted and sent to prison and the real killer is still out there. The eerie calm of Broken Hill, Alexis's hometown, is shattered when a string of brutal killings resurfaces, echoing the nightmare of her past. For years, everyone thought he was gone and then he strikes again. After her father's house is burned down and her mother receives threats, Alexis knows she's ...

Forensic psychologist and FBI agent Alexis Forrest's search for the serial killer responsible for her sister's murder has hit a wall. All the evidence she has found has led her to the identities of numerous victims, yet the killer is still unknown. But he knows who she is, and he is watching her from the shadows. He is hiding in plain sight near Broken Hill, the snowy New England town that Alexis used to call home. Meanwhile, a young suburban mother goes missing while out on a morning run. When Alexis starts to dig deeper, she finds out that the woman's perfect marriage and family are not ...

When she finds out that the man convicted of killing her sister may be innocent, FBI agent and forensic psychologist Alexis Forrest goes on the search for the real culprit. Evidence of her sister’s murder was found in a remote cabin, along with traces of dozens more young women. A serial killer has been stalking these woods for decades and he’s still out there. Alexis had returned to Broken Hill, the snowy New England town where she grew up, to investigate another case. But after finding the serial killer’s cabin with evidence of other victims, she will do anything to track him down. ...

Brothers. Business partners. Family. Then came the missing money, four murders, and two fires. For decades, Keith and Paul Caneiro appeared inseparable. They built businesses together, raised their families nearby, and shared a bond strengthened by a lifetime of trust. But by November 2018, that trust was collapsing. Keith had discovered troubling financial irregularities and was demanding answers. Hours later, he, his wife Jennifer, and their children, Jesse and Sophia, were found murdered at their Colts Neck home. The house had been set on fire. Earlier that same morning, another ...

He stole her name. She's stealing his freedom. Rowan Delafield spent fifteen years as a forensic accountant hunting down fraud. She thought she left that life behind to raise a family. She was wrong. It starts with a single envelope: a bank statement for an account Rowan didn't open, holding six million dollars she didn't earn, authorized by a signature that looks exactly like hers. Then comes the knock at the door. Arrested at dawn and charged with federal embezzlement, Rowan realizes the terrifying truth: This wasn't a mistake. It was a frame job. Her husband, Cameron—a wealthy hedge ...

They walked out of their homes, their workplaces, their lives — and never came back. The Vanishing Hour: Britain's Most Baffling Disappearances reveals twelve real-life unsolved missing person cases from the UK — stories that remain open, heartbreaking, and unexplained. From Yorkshire to London, Devon to Scotland, these are the true crime mysteries that continue to haunt investigators and families alike. In 2009, Claudia Lawrence left for work in York and vanished. In 2007, Andrew Gosden bought a one-way ticket to London and disappeared. In 1986, Suzy Lamplugh went to meet “Mr Kipper...

In the now-classic Forensics, internationally bestselling and award-winning “queen of crime” (CrimeReads) Val McDermid picks up the scalpel to uncover the secrets of forensic science, from the crime scene to the courtroom In the course of researching her best-selling books, McDermid has...

She trusted her. That was her first mistake. FBI Agent Alexis Forrest is supposed to be done with killers. Desk duty in Broken Hill, Maine. A baby on the way. A quiet life she's finally learning to want. Then her new friend's husband turns up dead. The local ME rules it a cardiac event. Natural causes. Nothing to investigate. But Alexis knows what a staged crime scene looks like. She knows what it means when a woman controls her husband's medication, asks his doctors all the right questions, and somehow knows details about the body that were never made public. She knows what this is. What ...

Now a gripping TV series starring Russell Hornsby and Michael Imperioli! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Bone Collector and The Devil’s Teardrop a spine-chilling thriller that puts renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme against the ultimate opponent—Amelia Sachs, his own...

The Singular Affair of the Hollow Quetzal A New Adventure of Sherlock Holmes When the rarest ornithological archives of the British Empire ring with the chime of tempered steel, Sherlock Holmes is summoned to unravel a conspiracy of unprecedented ingenuity. On a dense, fog-bound November morning at 221B Baker Street, an unhinged taxidermist collapses across the threshold, his fingers stained with cochineal and his mind unraveling in terror. He brings with him an impossible anomaly: priceless museum bird skins that have been hollowed out from within and replaced with dense, ticking ...

Africa has long been considered the cradle of life - where life and humans evolved - but somewhere west of Munich, Germany, paleoclimatologist and paleontologist Madelaine Böhme and her team make a discovery that is beyond anything they ever imagined: the 12-million-year-old bones of an ancient ape - Danuvius guggenmos - which makes headlines around the world and defies prevailing theories of human history and where human life began.

Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into Catrine Jarman's temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think—that with them came people from the Middle East, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain.

In a town of 300 people, the most dangerous suspect is the neighbour everyone trusts. Based entirely on documented historical events, court transcripts, and declassified police records, Monsters of the True North strips away the polite myth of Atlantic Canada to expose a chilling history of violence, isolation, and institutional betrayal. The postcard version of Canada’s eastern coast is famous for its lighthouses, fishing villages, and unlocked doors. But there is another Atlantic Canada—one shaped by brutal North Atlantic winters and a generational code of silence that has protected ...

Brought to you by Penguin. The highly anticipated new book from Malcom Gladwell, host of the chart-topping podcast Revisionist History. With original archival interviews and musical scoring, this enhanced audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers brings Gladwell's renowned storytelling to life...

VIEUX CARRÉ DETECTIVE In the French Quarter, the past never stays buried. Detective Mario DeLuca knows the rules—but he’s never been afraid to break them. In a city where shadows cling to every corner and secrets echo through centuries-old streets, justice doesn’t come easy… and it never comes clean. When forensic expert Olivia Johansson is drugged and left for dead, the attack makes no sense. No enemies. No warning. Just a silent, calculated attempt to erase her. But someone made a mistake. She survived. Now Mario, along with the ever-elusive undercover operative Howard Blitz, is ...

“Thrilling . . . a bracing summary of what we have learned [from] ‘archaeogenetics’—the study of ancient DNA . . . Krause and Trappe capture the excitement of this young field.”—Kyle Harper, The Wall Street Journal Johannes Krause is the director of the Max Planck Institute for...