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Diverse, provocative, eerie, and inspired, this collection of Jeffery Deaver's best stories exhibits the amazing range and signature plot twists that have earned him the title "master of ticking-bomb suspense" by People. With nods to O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe, these beautifully crafted pieces pulse with subtle intrigue and Deaver's incomparable imagination.

Special Agent Constant Marlowe is tasked with taking over the investigation of an obsessed serial killer trolling the small town of Clark Valley in the quiet—and eerie—plains of the Midwest. Two female victims in quick succession, the same brutal MO, and every indication that victim number three is only days away. Also in the killer’s scope is Constant herself. When she interviews a local family who may be potential witnesses, she leads the devil to their doorstep, throwing their lives into chaos.

Carmen Sanchez is a tough Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules. But when her sister is attacked, revealing a connection to a series of murders across Southern California, she realizes a conventional investigation will not be enough to stop the ruthless perpetrator. With nowhere else to turn, Sanchez enlists the aid of Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert who, unlike Sanchez, believes rules are merely suggestions. The two have a troubled past, but he owes her a favor and she’s cashing in.

One is Paul Offenbach, a sadistic crime boss with a life-threatening bullet wound. The other is his hostage, Dr. Stuart Collier, now faced with a harrowing ethical quandary. Mile by mile, as a calculated battle of wills and wits plays out, the killer plots his next move. So does the doctor, sworn to do no harm but desperate to escape.

Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when an escalator malfunctions. The stairs give way, with one man horribly mangled by the gears. Sachs is forced to let her quarry escape as she jumps in to try to help save the victim. She and famed forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme soon learn, however, that the incident may not be an accident at all, but the first in a series of intentional attacks.

Every New York City neighborhood has a story, but what John Pellam uncovers in Hell's Kitchen has a darkness all its own. The Hollywood location scout and former stuntman is in the Big Apple hoping to capture the unvarnished memories of longtime Kitchen residents, such as Ettie Washington, in a no-budget documentary film. But when a suspicious fire ravages the elderly woman's crumbling tenement, Pellam realizes that someone might want the past to stay buried.

John Pellam had been in the trenches of film making, with a promising Hollywood career - until a tragedy sidetracked him. Now he's a location scout, who travels the country in search of shooting sites for films. When he rides down Main Street, locals usually clamor for their chance at 15 minutes of fame. But in a small town in upstate New York, Pellam experiences a very different reception.

Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics - until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. But now a diabolical killer is challenging Rhyme to a terrifying and ingenious duel of wits. With police detective Amelia Sachs by his side, Rhyme must follow a labyrinth of clues that reaches back to a dark chapter in New York City’s past - and reach further into the darkness of the mind of a madman who won’t stop until he has stripped life down to the bone.

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.

Teaming up with New York Times best-selling author Jeffery Deaver, Suspense Magazine offers up a nail-biting anthology titled Nothing Good Happens After Midnight. This thrilling collection consists of 13 original short stories representing the genres of suspense/thriller, mystery, sci-fi/fantasy, and more.

Recruited to help the FBI and the Immigration and Naturalization Service perform the nearly impossible, Lincoln and Amelia manage to track down a cargo ship headed for New York City and carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as "the Ghost". But when the Ghost's capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and Amelia find themselves in a race against time.

Rhymes Erzfeind kehrt zurück, während Terroristen New York in Panik versetzen – ein neuer nervenzerreißender Einsatz für das Ermittlerduo Rhyme und Sachs! Mitten in New York stürzt ein Baukran auf mysteriöse Weise ein, verursacht massiven Schaden und tötet eine Person. Eine politische Gruppe bekennt sich zur Sabotage und droht mit weiteren Anschlägen in 24 Stunden. Die Uhr tickt für den querschnittsgelähmten Rhyme und seine Partnerin. Sie müssen die Terroristen stoppen, um Menschenleben zu retten. Doch auch Rhymes Leben steht auf dem Spiel.

Rhymes Erzfeind kehrt zurück, während Terroristen New York in Panik versetzen – ein neuer nervenzerreißender Einsatz für das Ermittlerduo Rhyme und Sachs! Mitten in New York stürzt ein Baukran auf mysteriöse Weise ein, verursacht massiven Schaden und tötet eine Person. Eine politische Gruppe bekennt sich zur Sabotage und droht mit weiteren Anschlägen in 24 Stunden. Die Uhr tickt für den querschnittsgelähmten Rhyme und seine Partnerin. Sie müssen die Terroristen stoppen, um Menschenleben zu retten. Doch auch Rhymes Leben steht auf dem Spiel.

In Kansas entführen drei entflohene Schwerverbrecher einen Schulbus mit zwei Lehrerinnen und acht taubstummen Mädchen. Sie flüchten mit ihnen in einen abgelegenen ehemaligen Schlachthof und stellen ein Ultimatum: Im Austausch gegen ihre Geiseln wollen sie einen Hubschrauber – sonst stirbt jede Stunde ein Mädchen. Arthur Potter, psychologisch geschulter FBI-Spezialist, ist fest entschlossen, die Täter zur Strecke zu bringen. Während die Geiseln im Schlachthof durch die Hölle gehen, nimmt ein nervenaufreibendes Feilschen um ihre Leben seinen Lauf.

A small town in Northern California is at risk of being destroyed by a failing levee, and Colter Shaw has been hired to locate a family swept away by the raging water, with just mere hours to survive. But is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes or is someone sabotaging it? With the help of his sister, Dorion, the duo must save the citizens before the old town washes out at the hands of a secret conspirer.

Du kannst Teil der Sekte werden. Aber du kannst sie nie wieder verlassen ... Der zweite Teil der spektakulären neuen Thriller-Reihe von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Jeffery Deaver. Colter Shaw spürt vermisste Personen auf, mit den ausgesetzten Belohnungen verdient er seinen Lebensunterhalt. Doch dann nimmt ein Auftrag eine tragische Wendung. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Shaws Nachforschungen führen ihn zu einer Organisation, die sich als Selbsthilfegruppe ausgibt. Doch Shaw vermutet, dass die Gruppe weitaus perfidere Ziele als Trauerbewältigung verfolgt - und tritt ihr bei.

Du kannst Teil der Sekte werden. Aber du kannst sie nie wieder verlassen... Der zweite Teil der spektakulären neuen Thriller-Reihe von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Jeffery Deaver. Colter Shaw spürt vermisste Personen auf, mit den ausgesetzten Belohnungen verdient er seinen Lebensunterhalt. Doch dann nimmt ein Auftrag eine tragische Wendung. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Shaws Nachforschungen führen ihn zu einer Organisation, die sich als Selbsthilfegruppe ausgibt. Doch Shaw vermutet, dass die Gruppe weitaus perfidere Ziele als Trauerbewältigung verfolgt - und tritt ihr bei.

Amanda and Charlie are spending their first weekend away in months. They’ve rented a luxurious vacation house on Lost Valley Lake. Swimming, bicycling, and romance are the order of the day, and all is good. That is, until someone - or something - appears on the shore across the lake, just as the sky turns gray and the water chill and choppy. When the apparition, or whatever it might be, grows closer and closer, it soon becomes clear that there are certain types of evil that you can’t protect yourself from with locked doors and windows.

Death is a topic Bradford Douglas is intimately familiar with. The young attorney is on a crusade against capital punishment. He’s saved a number of death row inmates, but none of his cases has been as tough as the one he now faces: Henry Combs, a vicious serial killer, has only hours to live when Douglas is summoned for a Hail Mary attempt to have the man’s sentence commuted to life imprisonment. As Douglas races to pursue whatever strategies he can think of, he finds his passion for justice giving way to something altogether different. An obsession.

Evan Hart lives the good life, enjoying his job, his sports club, the occasional date - and especially his comfortable home, nestled in the thick woods surrounding his property. But that tranquility is shattered when he realizes a figure from his past has arrived in town, armed with a knife, his intentions clear from the man’s attempts to break into Evan’s house in the middle of the night.