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It is a boiling hot Boston summer. Adding to the city’s woes is a series of shocking crimes, in which wealthy men are made to watch while their wives are brutalized. A sadistic demand that ends in abduction and death. The pattern suggests one man: serial killer Warren Hoyt, recently removed from the city’s streets. Police can only assume an acolyte is at large, a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of the madman he so admires. At least that’s what Detective Jane Rizzoli thinks.

He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. The precision of the killer's methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the Boston newspapers and the frightened public to name him "The Surgeon". The cops' only clue rests with another surgeon, the victim of a nearly identical crime. Two years ago, Dr. Catherine Cordell fought back and killed her attacker before he could complete his assault.

Entra nelle loro case di notte, scivolando silenzioso nelle camere da letto dove trova le sue vittime addormentate, ignare delle torture che le attendono. E sono torture terribili. La precisione dei suoi metodi suggerisce che sia un uomo di medicina, e spinge i giornali di Boston a soprannominarlo "il Chirurgo".

It all started with a simple, yet sneakily difficult challenge from global best-selling author Harlan Coben: Pick a bird of prey, then use it as the inspiration for a brand-new story. The response from some of the best writers on the planet: Game on! The result: Eleven stories that are twisty, scary, surprising and bursting with imagination. An egg worth more than its weight in gold. A mysterious operative known only as Owl. An eagle-watcher who sees more than she should. Even a story that somehow places the Maltese Falcon in a nursing home.

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?

Tres niños desconocidos entre sí se ven unidos por unos actos de violencia extrema que parecen carecer de motivo. Huérfanos y solos, son acogidos como estudiantes en Evensong, un internado para niños emocionalmente traumatizados en un remoto bosque salvaje de Maine. ¿ES UN LUGAR SEGURO? La patóloga forense Maura Isles ya tiene una conexión con la escuela: Julian 'Rata' Perkins, el chico de dieciséis años que conoció durante un caso anterior, ahora vive allí. Pero Isles sospecha que los fundadores de Evensong pueden estar usando la escuela para sus propios intereses.

In the murky shadows of an alley lies a female’s severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, a red-haired woman dressed all in black, the body nearly decapitated. Two strands of silver hair — not human — cling to her body. They are Rizzoli’s only clues, but they’re enough for her and medical examiner Maura Isles to make a startling discovery: This violent death had a chilling prequel.

Der erste Fall für Detektive Jane Rizzoli. In Boston dringt ein Unbekannter nachts in die Wohnungen von alleinstehenden Frauen ein, unterzieht sie einem gynäkologischen Eingriff und tötet sie. Auf Grund seiner brutalen, aber präzisen Vorgehensweise wird er von der Presse "Der Chirurg" getauft. Die einzige Spur führt Detective Thomas Moore und Inspector Jane Rizzoli zu der jungen Chirurgin Catherine Cordell, die drei Jahre zuvor nach ähnlichem Muster überfallen wurde, den Täter aber in Notwehr erschoss.

Kaum hat die junge Ärztin Dr. Claire Elliot ihre Praxis in dem Provinznest Tranquility eröffnet, muss sie erleben, wie eine ganze Gruppe Jugendlicher...

Als junges Mädchen musste Abby hilflos miterleben, wie ihr kleiner, herzkranker Bruder seinen Kampf auf Leben und Tod verlor. Damals schwor sie, später als Ärztin andere Kinder zu retten. Jahre danach gehört sie zum Top-Transplantationsteam eines Krankenhauses in Boston.

Doveva essere un tranquillo weekend in montagna. Maura Isles ne aveva bisogno più che mai, per staccare un po' da un lavoro, quello di anatomopatologa, che le ha fatto guadagnare il soprannome di «regina dei morti». E per dimenticare un amore impossibile. Doveva essere un tranquillo weekend e invece va subito tutto storto. La neve comincia a cadere troppo fitta. La stradina di montagna diventa indistinguibile. Il navigatore satellitare non funziona, così come i cellulari. Basta un attimo perché l'auto esca di strada.

Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong. These days, she’s living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement. But when a body turns up in Maggie’s driveway, she knows it’s a message from former foes who haven’t forgotten her. Maggie turns to her local circle of old friends—all retirees from the CIA—to help uncover the truth about who is trying to kill her, and why.

In Boston wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden - in der offenen Handfläche liegen ihre Augäpfel. Die Verstümmelung geschah post mortem, wie bei der Obduktion eindeutig festgestellt wird. Doch die genaue Todesursache bleibt unklar. Kurze Zeit später taucht die Leiche eines Mannes auf - Pfeile ragen aus seinem Brustkorb, die ebenfalls erst nach seinem Tod dort platziert wurden. Beide wurden Opfer desselben Täters, ansonsten scheint es keine Verbindung zwischen ihnen zu geben.

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.

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?

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.

When former spy Maggie Bird retired to the seaside hamlet of Purity, Maine, she settled in for a quiet life with breathtaking views. But enemies from her past soon threatened to destroy everything. Maggie survived, thanks to her wits and the collective intelligence of the Martini Club, the circle of ex-CIA friends in her cocktail-sipping book club. Their handiwork, however, caught the attention of young police chief Jo Thibodeau. Now Jo and her neighborhood ex-spies have an uneasy alliance.

The first time violinist Julia Ansdell picked up the Incendio Waltz in a darkened antique shop in Rome, she knew it was a strikingly unusual composition. The minor key and complex feverish arpeggios have a life of their own. But when she plays the piece, Julia blacks out and awakens to find her small daughter implicated in acts of surprising violence.

Vor dem Haus von Maura Isles wird eine Frau erschossen. Detective Jane Rizzoli glaubt zunächst, ihre Kollegin selbst sei das Opfer, da kehrt Maura von einem Kongress zurück - erschöpft, aber lebendig. Schockiert erfährt Maura, die weder von einer Schwester noch von ihren leiblichen Eltern etwas weiß, dass es sich bei der Leiche um ihren Zwilling handelt.

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.