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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.

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.

Maggie Bird is a lot of things. A chicken farmer. A courteous neighbor. And a seemingly average 60-year-old woman living a quiet life in bucolic Purity, Maine. She attends a weekly book club where she drinks martinis (stirred, not shaken) with her other retired friends. She's a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past. When a mysterious woman turns up dead in Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. Maggie and her "book club" swiftly revert to espionage mode.

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?

Eine namenlose junge Frau in der Gerichtsmedizin - für Maura Isles nichts Ungewöhnliches. Doch als die Pathologin den Leichensack öffnet, schlägt die vermeintlich Tote plötzlich die Augen auf. Maura fährt die unterkühlte Frau sofort ins Krankenhaus. Aber kaum dort angelangt, tötet die Unbekannte einen Wachmann und nimmt erst Maura und, nachdem diese fliehen kann, Patienten als Geiseln - darunter Detective Jane Rizzoli, die kurz vor der Entbindung steht.

A blessed event becomes a nightmare for pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli when she finds herself on the wrong side of a hostage crisis in this timely and relentless thriller. 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.

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?

When Ava arrives at Brodie’s Watch, she thinks she has found the perfect place to hide from her past. Something terrible happened, something she is deeply ashamed of, and all she wants is to forget. But the old house on the hill both welcomes and repels her, and Ava quickly begins to suspect she is not alone. Either that or she is losing her mind. The house is full of secrets, but is the creeping sense of danger coming from within its walls, or from somewhere else entirely?

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.

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.

ÉL VIGILA. ESPERA. ELLOS DESAPARECEN. Estás justo donde el asesino quiere que estés... La médica forense de Boston, Maura Isles, viaja a Wyoming para una conferencia médica y se une a un grupo de amigos para un viaje de esquí de último momento. Pero cuando la camioneta todoterreno se encaja en un camino de montaña nevado, quedan varados sin ayuda a la vista. Cuando cae la noche, el grupo se refugia de la tormenta de nieve en el remoto poblado de El Reino Celestial, donde doce casas idénticas aguardan, oscuras y abandonadas.

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.

Boston, pochi giorni a Natale. La città è imbiancata dalla neve, serrata dal gelo in attesa delle festività. Ma la morte non ha rispetto per luoghi sacri o ricorrenze: Maura Isles, patologa della polizia metropolitana soprannominata la Regina dei Morti, viene convocata dal detective Jane Rizzoli a ora tarda, nella cappella del convento di Nostra Signora della Divina Luce. A terra giacciono due corpi massacrati: la novizia Camille e suor Ursula, più anziana e con un passato nelle missioni del Terzo mondo.

Taryn Moore er ung, smuk og lynende intelligent … så hvorfor skulle hun begå selvmord? Da kriminalassistent Frankie Loomis ankommer til gerningsstedet for at efterforske pigens dødbringende spring fra hendes altan, siger hendes mavefornemmelse hende, at der hører mere med til historien. Hendes instinkter bliver bekræftet, da overraskende oplysninger kommer for dagens lys, oplysninger, der kunne være tilstrækkelig grund til Taryns selvmord – eller et motiv til at myrde hende.

En morder, som kender sit håndværk

Det er en bagende hed sommer i Boston. Byens plager forstærkes yderligere af en række chokerende forbrydelser, som ender i bortførelse og død. Fremgangsmåden peger på én mand – ’Kirurgen’, seriemorderen Warren Hoyt, der er berygtet for delvist at dissekere sine ofre, og som for nylig er blevet sat bag tremmer.

Jeg har en hemmelighed. Og nogen vil sikre sig, at jeg aldrig afslører den. Hold tæt med det, du ved, eller også vil du dø som de andre … En ung kvinde bliver fundet død i en lejlighed udsmykket med horrorplakater. Hun ligger på sin seng med to blodige genstande knuget i den ene hånd. Kriminalassistent Jane Rizzoli og retsmediciner Maura Isles bliver kaldt ud til gerningsstedet, men stillet over for det grusomme syn, kan de ikke fastslå den umiddelbare dødsårsag.

Esattamente un anno dopo la cattura di Warren Hoyt, il serial killer soprannominato il Chirurgo, un nuovo incubo è calato su Boston. Come uno spettro, l’assassino si introduce nelle case. Per giorni studia giovani coppie, poi le sorprende nel sonno, stordisce il marito, lo lega costringendolo a guardare le violenze subite dalla moglie e alla fine gli taglia la gola. Della giovane donna, nessuna traccia. Rimane solo la firma del serial killer che giornalisti e poliziotti chiamano già il Dominatore: la camicia da notte della vittima macchiata di sangue ma ordinatamente ripiegata su una sedia.

Jane Rizzoli y Maura Isles, -en quienes se inspiró la exitosa serie de TNT- continúan con su exitosa racha de resolución de crímenes. Se esconde. Las mata. Las conserva. A la patóloga forense Maura Isles le solicitan asistir a un examen intrigante. Una momia antigua ha sido encontrada en el sótano de un museo, lo que causa gran entusiasmo mediático. Horrorizada, comprueba que no es tan antigua como pensaban... una bala muy moderna aparece en la pantalla. La detective Jane Rizzoli debe investigar y pronto descubre un segundo cadáver momificado y luego un tercero.

Una bella mujer anónima parece ser solo otro cadáver más en la morgue. Tras un supuesto suicidio, yace sobre una camilla, aguardando el bisturí de la médica forense Maura Isles. Pero cuando Maura abre la bolsa que contiene el cadáver y lo mira, se lleva el susto de su vida. El cadáver abre los ojos. La mujer está indudablemente viva, y tras ser llevada al hospital, con serena y espeluznante precisión mata a un guardia de seguridad y toma varios rehenes... uno de los cuales es una paciente embarazada, Jane Rizzoli.

El Club Mefisto es el sexto libro de la afamada serie Rizzoli & Isles y la inspiración detrás de el éxito televisivo. "HE PECADO." Las palabras están escritas con sangre en la escena del crimen más atroz que la patóloga forense Maura Isles y la detective Jane Rizzoli han presenciado en su vida. El asesino ha desangrado a la víctima y la ha desmembrado horriblemente. Cuando ocurre un segundo asesinato, la policía descubre un vínculo con una sociedad secreta llamada el Club Mefisto. Su misión es aterradora: encontrar el verdadero origen del mal sobre la tierra.