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Podobně jako ve svém předchozím románu Fatální řez líčí britská autorka Priscilla Mastersová příběh lékařky, která se vydává na stopu zločinu… Harriet Lamontová je povolána k případu Reubena Carnfortha, starého muže, který žije na kraji lesa. Při přepravě do nemocnice ji umírající Reuben požádá o pomoc: před deseti lety se mu ztratila šestiletá vnučka a Reuben nyní po lékařce chce, aby její zmizení objasnila. Když se nedlouho poté definitivně rozpadá lékařčino manželství, pomáhá jí k překonání životní krize zaujetí pro záhadný úkol, který před ni předestřel Reuben. S neodbytnou představou ztraceného děvčátka bloudícího v lese se pouští do pátrání po dívce - a po jejím vrahovi… ... celý text

Napínavý thriller z nemocničního prostředí budete číst jedním dechem do poslední stránky... V areálu nemocnice bylo nalezeno mrtvé tělo. Pitva prokázala násilnou smrt a posmrtný chirurgický zákrok. Vyšetřováním je pověřen inspektor David Forrest. K hrůze všech jde pouze o první ze série činů masového vraha, který má podivnou zálibu v práci chirurgů a přes snahu policistů i povolaného soudního psychiatra stále uniká. Proč záhadný "chirurg" operuje své oběti poté, co je usmrtí? Co o tom ví patoložka Karys Harperová?... celý text

Zatváranie očí pred pravdou môže mať temné a smrteľné následky. Calluma Hughesa označili za vraha a psychopata. Takúto nálepku mu dali médiá, spolužiaci a predovšetkým rodina chlapca, ktorého prebodol. Rogera Gougha nazvali obeťou. Všetci, ktorých polícia vypočula, ho opísali ako športovo založeného, zábavného a obľúbeného chlapca. Callum ho vraj brutálne zavraždil… Život je však zriedka taký čierno-biely. Koronerka Martha Gunnová chápe bolesť spôsobenú stratou milovaného človeka a význam spravodlivosti, ktorú si zaslúžia mŕtvi. Je totiž vdova a navyše sa musí vyrovnať s odchodom syna na futbalovú akadémiu. Keď Calluma nájdu mŕtveho v cele iba dva dni po jeho zatknutí, polícia dospeje k záveru, že sa jednoducho nedokázal prispôsobiť novému prostrediu a spáchal samovraždu. Bol však taký plachý a inteligentný chlapec schopný vraždiť bez motívu? A dokázal by si vôbec siahnuť na život? Martha sa odváži preniknúť hlbšie a odhalí pravdu, ktorá je oveľa znepokojujúcejšia a desivejšia ako čokoľvek, čo si dokážu vymyslieť noviny. Je odhodlaná vyriešiť záhadu zničených životov dvoch zásadne odlišných chlapcov.

Annabelle Bellange and her friend Dorothée left Paris for a summer hitchhiking holiday in England, but the only contact from them has been a postcard sent three months ago. DI Joanna Piercy investigates, and must answer two important questions: what is the anxious bed-and-breakfast owner trying to hide, and where are Annabelle and Dorothée?

Set in the medieval town of Shrewsbury, this is the third in the compelling ‘Martha Gunn’ series - When a woman arrives in A and E clutching a child in a pink blanket, Martha Gunn is not quite ready to make the discovery that the evening has in store for her. The baby is dead, and not only that, it has been mummified. Post mortem reveals the child to be a new born, deceased for over five years and, despite the mysterious woman’s protestations that it is called ‘poppy’,  most certainly a boy. As always coroner Martha Gunn reserves judgement until she is able to get to the bottom of the case.

Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy faces a tense hostage situation when elderly Joseph Holden is taken captive in his mansion by an armed intruder who demands to speak only with her. With limited negotiation experience, Joanna grapples with the intruder's knowledge of her and the underlying motives tied to a long-buried crime. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Staffordshire, this gripping mystery weaves together personal stakes and a shocking revelation, appealing to fans of renowned mystery authors.

Joanna bent down to peer at the work, neatly done, evenly stitched in bright silk, and now spattered with blood. She read out the title: 'Massacre of the Innocent'. A spate of robberies targeting old women is disturbing enough, especially in a town as peaceful as Leek. But then DI Joanna Piercy is called to the eerily-named Spite Hall, where the elderly Nan Lawrence has been found bludgeoned to death over the tapestry she was embroidering. Have the robbers turned from simple theft to murder? Joanna is surprised to find that Nan's near neighbours are her estranged brother and his grandson, neither of whom seems keen to co-operate. Slowly Joanna unravels a mystery - the tangled threads of which are rooted years in the past. 'A crime writer with a sure touch and the ability to shock.' - Peter Lovesey. 'Joanna's strong, independent personality drives the story and will carry readers to the novel's sober yet satisfying denouement.' - Publisher's Weekly. The sixth of Telos Publishing's reissues of noted British crime author Priscilla Masters' Joanna Piercy mystery series

Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy and her sergeant, Mike Korpanski, find themselves investigating the murder of a ten-year-old boy whose burning body is found beneath the Winking Man, a desolate outcrop from which nature has carved a human face. The boy's body is scarred by cigarette burns, his hands tattooed and clothes scruffy - but he is wearing expensive Reebok trainers and on his left hand a monogrammed solid gold ring that belonged to the local MP, who has been dead for over a year... Who is the young victim? And who is the mysterious old woman who watched his body burn? 'Hauntingly atmospheric' - Peter Lovesey

Truck driver Dave Shackleton senses that all is not well at Hardacre farm when he arrives to collect the morning's milk. The cows are loose and the farmers nowhere to be seen ... In the farmhouse, he discovers the bodies of Aaron Summers and his son Jack, killed with their own shotgun. Sweltering in a heatwave, Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy is now faced with solving a double murder by person or persons unknown; and when she learns that Aaron also had a daughter, Ruthie, she sets in motion a massive search to find her - either alive or dead ...

Sharon Priest is out on the moors in a flimsy red dress and spindly high heels. It is cold - very cold - as a snowstorm sweeps the moors and the nearby town of Leek. But Sharon doesn't feel the cold any more ... Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy is at the annual Legal Ball, fending off solicitor Randall Pelham, who wants her to find his missing daughter Deborah. However, it is not Deborah but Sharon who soon occupies Joanna's mind. When the thaw sets in, Sharon's frozen body is exposed; and its horrific injuries reveal that Joanna and her team have a shocking murder on their hands. And not just one, either ... 'Clear and well-crafted story-telling that pulled me in right from the start ... I'm so glad that these books will get a wider audience.' - Ann Cleeves