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Ein blinder Junge und eine Nonne verschwinden. Einfach so, am helllichten Tag. Dann ein Leichenfund im Garten des New Yorker Oberbürgermeisters. Vier Tote mit herausgeschnittenen Herzen – und auch die Nonne ist dabei. Doch wo ist der Junge? Die Polizei, die Politik, die Medien, es wird viel geredet in der Stadt, die niemals schläft, und noch mehr wird verschwiegen. Nur Detective Mallory ahnt, dass irgendwo da draußen ein blindes Kind ist, allein mit seinem Mörder. Und dass nicht mehr viel Zeit bleibt, das Schlimmste abzuwenden.

Etwas ist faul in diesem Theater am New Yorker Broadway. Erst gruselt sich eine Zuschauerin bei einer Premiere im Saal zu Tode, dann wird der Autor des Stückes in der ersten Reihe umgebracht. »Zum Sterben schön« titelt die Presse über das Stück, doch zum Lachen ist niemandem zumute. Hinter den Kulissen trifft Detective Mallory auf geballtes Zwielicht: einen abgehalfterten Hollywoodstar, eine Hauptdarstellerin auf Koks, ein ziemlich unheimliches Zwillingspaar und einen Ghostwriter, der im Verborgenen die Strippen zieht. Was ist Wahrheit, was Fiktion? Kaum beginnt Mallory zu ahnen, dass das Massaker, um das es in dem Stück geht, gar nicht mal so ausgedacht sein könnte, da scheint auch ihr eine Rolle in dem Drama zugedacht – als die nächste Tote.

Carol O'Connell's latest novel featuring Special Crimes Unit Detective Kathy Mallory has an almost Dickensian feel. In her own way, O'Connell is as quirky and elusive as Mallory. [F]or those readers looking to escape the usual police procedurals, she's the ticket Chicago Tribune

The reviews called it 'a play to die for' after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didn't seem so funny the next night, when another body was found - this time the playwright's, his throat slashed. Detective Kathy Mallory takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight answer. Every night, an unseen backstage hand chalks up line changes and messages on a blackboard. And the ghostwriter is now writing Mallory into the play itself, a play about a long-ago massacre that may not be at all fictional.

Krimi. A little girl is abandoned in Central Park - her uncle's body in a tree not far away. Recognizing a kindred spirit in the girl, NYPD detective Kathy Mallory takes the case. But her investigation soon leads to a trail of murder and blackmail spanning 15 years

La donna è accasciata sul pavimento; il volto di cera, intonso, e gli occhi chiusi danno l'impressione che dorma, di un sonno triste però, senza speranze né desideri. Solo il busto, coperto di sangue e attraversato da una profonda ferita da arma da fuoco, la rende differente dai tanti corpi stanchi che trovano riposo nella notte. Accanto a lei un biglietto con scritto "l'amore è la mia morte". Per il sergente Riker, agente della polizia di New York, il caso potrebbe essere archiviato subito come l'ennesimo suicidio, ma la vittima, Savannah Sirus, è morta nell'appartamento di Kathy Mallory, sua collega al dipartimento, di cui non si hanno notizie da giorni. Nell'appartamento non ci sono tracce di Mallory, ma pare che Savannah abbia vissuto con lei per qualche tempo. Così Riker decide di cercarla, non può che credere alla sua innocenza, ma conosce Mallory e sa che rispettare le regole non è mai stato il suo forte, e questa volta potrebbe costarle la carriera o forse qualcosa di più.

Two teenage brothers go into the woods one day; only one comes back. What happened to the younger brother remains a mystery, until twenty years later, when the older brother, comes home after many years and begins to unravel the mystery when human remains keep appearing. Is Josh coming home bone by bone?

The story revolves around the haunting mystery of two brothers, Oren and Josh, who vanish in the woods, leaving only Oren to return. Two decades later, the truth about Josh's disappearance begins to unravel as chilling revelations emerge, with Oren receiving gruesome reminders of his brother's fate in the form of bones. The narrative explores themes of loss, guilt, and the dark secrets that can linger long after a tragedy.

Detective Kathy Mallory finds herself hunting a killer like none she has come across before in this acclaimed thriller by New York Times bestselling author Carol O'Connell.