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One bath wall is a mural of a brilliant-yellow sunflower. The theme carries over to the shower curtains, but the yellow vinyl is spattered with red blotches. Propped against the mirror is a South Kitsap High School photo of a teenaged girl. Detective Megan Carpenter is no stranger to horrifying crime scenes, but when she arrives at the home of a woman whose body has been brutalized, Megan is shocked to discover that she knows the victim. Monique Delmont helped Megan when she was in danger years ago. And the killer has left a disturbing calling card... two laminated photographs of a sixteen-year-old high school girl - Megan. Someone is taunting her in the worst way possible and Megan is convinced she knows who is responsible. She just has to find him. With the help of her new partner, Deputy Ronnie Marsh, Megan begins to unravel the clues that will lead them to the killer including links to three female murder cases from nearly twenty years ago - one of which was Monique''s daughter. But to protect those closest to her, Megan must continue to hide the dark truth of her past, even if that means lying to her team about her connection to Monique. When two photographs of a teenage Megan are found at her boyfriend''s place in Snow Creek, she knows the killer is circling and ready to strike again. Can she get to him before he finds her? And will she pay the ultimate price for trying to keep her terrifying past buried? An addictive edge-of-your-seat crime thriller from the Number One, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon Chart bestselling author.

The young woman''s body is lying with her arms stretched out to each side. Her lips slightly parted. Her face untouched by injury and her hair spread around her head like a fan. A redhead. Just like the others. When the body of Leann Truitt is found in a secluded cove in Mystery Bay, Detective Megan Carpenter is one of the first on the scene. The victim has tell-tale marks on her wrists, ankles and neck where she has been bound. But that''s not all. Next to Leann''s body lies a puzzling clue - an unusual symbol scratched into a rock. With rookie Deputy Ronnie Marsh under her wing and the investigation underway, Megan starts to receive disturbing messages. Someone knows about her traumatic past. They know what she did. Determined to stay focussed, Megan soon makes a chilling link between Leann''s brutal killing and the unsolved murder cases of two other women - all redheads with the same marks on their bodies, the same symbol carvings found at the crime scenes, and most shockingly, all had been pregnant. The killer stalks his prey, kidnapping and torturing them in a very exact and methodical pattern. And he is not finished yet... When the body of another woman is found bearing a striking resemblance to the other victims, Megan must crack the clues fast if she is to catch the twisted soul before they strike again. Megan might be closing in on the killer, but someone is watching her every move. Can Megan hide the secrets of her past threatening to destroy her future? And can she protect herself and Ronnie before they both find themselves in terrible danger? An addictive, gripping and completely unputdownable crime thriller from the Number One New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon Chart bestselling author. Read what everyone is saying about the Detective Megan Carpenter series: ''OMG!!...I was simply blown away by this... I couldn''t look away from my kindle even when I wanted to. The story took me by my throat making me gasp every few chapters...Wow!!'' Shalini''s Books and Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Holy cr*p what a complete stunner of a read this is. It had everything, sensational, creepy, addictive with a stunningly complex plot from beginning to end and I loved. loved, loved it !!...So this is going to rate as one my best reads of the year.'' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''OMG! Wow. I loved this book!! ...it was amazing! I can''t wait to read more! It kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn''t put it down. Loved, loved, loved it!'' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Read about the case that shocked the world and rocked the headlines -- about the lonely life of Mary Kay Letourneau and the young object of her obsession, the boy who fathered two of her children.

WITH PHOTOS! Three complete short stories by Investigation Discovery''s Dark Minds show host M. Williams with an introduction to the collection by New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen. DANCE WITH THE DEVIL In August 1982, a 30-year-old woman, Jane Goodwin, was found murdered in her Newark, New Jersey apartment. Her killer had strangled Jane until she passed out. Then, reportedly, he ripped open her blouse, posed her with her breasts exposed, and repeatedly stabbed Jane in the chest. He left no fingerprints or DNA-just a shattered, grieving family. Over the next 19 years, three other women were attacked in a similar fashion. Two of them, Karen Osman (at Rutgers University in Newark) and Carmen Rodriquez (in Hartford, Connecticut) died at this monster''s hand. Police eventually caught their assailant, Edwin "Ned" Snelgrove, a promising college grad with an uncontrollable desire to hurt women. Ned was jailed. Yet while serving a 20-year sentence, he developed a twisted obsession with one very sick hero-infamous serial murderer Ted Bundy, a man he wrote about extensively in his prison letters to a friend. Ned studied the notorious killer, looked up to him. And as Ned festered in prison, waiting for the day he was to be cut loose, he decided he would be better than Bundy when he got out and started killing once again. Author M. William Phelps takes readers to some very dark places here, so hang on. EASTBOUND STRANGLER Here, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Phelps takes readers and fans of the series deep into his personal life and a dark connection to the Eastbound Strangler case, how he feels about several suspects named by law enforcement, and shares an exclusive interview he conducted with a woman who claims she was with the Eastbound Strangler and his final victim, Kim Raffo, on the night before Kim''s body was found. In November 2006, the bodies of four women were discovered in a drainage ditch behind a row of hotels, on the fringes of Atlantic City, New Jersey. After years of intense investigation, law enforcement remains baffled by the fact the victims'' shoes were missing, and their heads were all pointing east. Three of the women were known prostitutes who worked "The Track," a wasteland of broken dreams behind the casinos, on the dark side of Atlantic City''s famous boardwalk. NOTHING THIS EVIL EVER DIES Did Son of Sam have an intimate, homosexual relationship with a fellow (serial killer) inmate while in prison? Was Sam''s real name Richard Falco? Has Son of Sam-who claimed in 2011 that he does not want to seek parole because he has been "freed" by Jesus Christ-been perpetrating a fraud with his supposed "salvation"? In quoted excerpts from these exclusive letters written by Son of Sam to serial killer Gary Evans, a deeper, more interesting and eccentric psychopath emerges. For the first time, author Phelps explores how Son and Sam and serial killer Gary Evans (from Phelps''s bestseller Every Move You Make) became best friends while doing time together in a New York state prison. If you thought you knew Son of Sam, think again. THE SERIAL KILLERS DOWN THE ROAD In this introductory essay, author Gregg Olsen recounts the serial killers who''ve crossed his path in Washington State - Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway, Linda Burfield Hazzard, and Robert Yates.

Twins Hayley and Taylor explore new facts about their past while investigating the bizarre murder of a foreign exchange student whose best friend has been accused of the crime.

A true crime collection culled from the crime files of the New York Times bestselling series, Notorious USA.

"Megan, you need to call me. Wallace was here. He left a message to say please don''t worry. He''s coming for you soon." As I hang up the call, my blood runs cold. I''ve spent a lifetime running from this man. But as I look down at his next victim, their face frozen in one final moment of fear, I can''t escape the feeling that I will be next to die. When the body of Detective Susan Dupont is discovered lying across the dividing line of two counties, Detective Megan Carpenter is immediately called to the scene. When her body is examined they find a sharp piece of metal has been lodged in her eye. A detail that takes Megan back to a deeply-buried memory which she has long been running from. Twenty-four hours later, retired Detective Riley Denton is found dead at home. His death is deemed a tragic accident. He fell down the stairs and had no enemies. Why would anyone want him dead? But Megan feels sure there is a link to the deaths and there is only one person she can trust with her theory. Calling in the help of her partner Detective Ronnie Marsh, they start to piece together a link that places Megan right at the centre of a deadly plot. As they race to find the killer before they strike closer to home, a string of murder victims going back years starts to emerge. And when Megan discovers how the murders are linked, she has to finally accept a dark truth she has spent her life running from. A killer from her past is back just like they promised and they will stop at nothing to take everything she loves. Can Megan stop them dead in their tracks or will she pay the ultimate price? A totally addictive mystery thriller that will have you racing to the end, from a number one, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Robert Dugoni, Michael Connelly and James Patterson. Read what everyone is saying about the Detective Megan Carpenter series: "OMG!!... I was simply blown away by this... I couldn''t look away from my Kindle even when I wanted to. The story took me by my throat making me gasp every few chapters... Wow!!" Shalini''s Books and Reviews, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Holy cr*p what a complete stunner of a read this is... It had everything, sensational, creepy, addictive!... I loved, loved, loved it!!" Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "OMG! Wow. I loved this book!!... it was amazing! I can''t wait to read more! It kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn''t put it down. Loved, loved, loved it!" Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Absolutely heart stopping... gripped my heart and soul... A fantastic read!" Goodreads reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I HAD to get my hands on this... will keep you up way past your bedtime!... an edge-of-your-seat, hold on for dear life, kind of thriller. The suspense is out of this world!" ThrillByThePage_, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Evil lurks and strange things happen, so 15-year-olds Hayley and Taylor Ryan secretly use their wits and their telepathic ''twin-sense'' to uncover the truth about their town''s victims and culprits. "Envy", involves the death of old friend, Katelyn. Was it murder? Suicide? An accident? Hayley and Taylor are determined to find out and as they investigate, they stumble upon a dark truth that is far more disturbing than they ever could have imagined. Based on a shocking true case of crime cyber-bullying.

Adam a Sophie Warnerovi přijíždějí se svou tříletou dcerou strávit prodloužený víkend na pobřeží přírodní rezervace Hood Canal ve státě Washington. Tři historické chatky přímo u vody, dokonalé místo jako stvořené pro rodinnou relaxaci. A možná i pro oživení jejich trochu ochladlého manželství. Hned první den ráno vezme Adam dcerku na loďku na lov krabů a ústřic, kterými je oblast vyhlášená. Jenže když jsou více než sto metrů od břehu, ozve se výkřik a oni jen bezmocně sledují, jak Sophii přímo u chatky přepadl neznámý cizinec a táhne ji pryč. Nemohou jí nijak pomoct ani nedokážou útočníka identifikovat. Sophie beze stopy zmizí. Únos měl další svědky. Jejich sousedka Teresa z vedlejší chatky, hlídající zde svá dvě vnoučata, zaslechla křik a stařík, který zrovna venčil psa, dokonce všechno z dálky viděl. Sousedé ze třetí chatky, Kristen a Connor Mossovi, ale o únosu nevědí nic víc, než co slyšeli ve zprávách, alespoň to tvrdí. Adamovou záchranou se stává jeho dávná přítelkyně z mládí, místní policejní vyšetřovatelka Lee Husemannová, která udělá všechno, aby Sophii našla, nebo na to Adam přinejmenším spoléhá. Zatímco Lee dává dohromady jednotlivé dílky matoucí skládačky, Adamova paranoia roste a životy všech aktérů se nečekaným způsobem proplétají v jeden znepokojivý obraz, ve kterém nic nemusí být, jak to na první pohled vypadá. Zdá se totiž, že všichni mají co skrývat. Před cizími lidmi, ale především před těmi, vedle nichž každý večer uléhají do postele.

Ainda hoje, passados tantos anos, as irmãs Nikki, Sami e Tori Knotek sobressaltam-se com facilidade. Basta um barulho (como o desenrolar brusco de uma fita adesiva) ou um cheiro (como o da lixívia), para que revivam memórias do mais absoluto terror. E nesses momentos, mesmo na segurança das suas casas, sem querer regressam ao passado, à infância. Durante anos, e sem que ninguém soubesse, foram sujeitas a abusos inimagináveis por parte da mãe. As humilhações, a degradação e a tortura que sofreram criou entre as irmãs (filhas de pais diferentes) um elo que ficou para a vida. E que lhes permitiu não só sobreviver, como libertarem-se do jugo materno. Hoje estão vivas, casadas, felizes. E contaram a sua história ao escritor Gregg Olsen. Não Contes a Ninguém é um relato extremamente bem documentado sobre o que se passou naquela casa. Lê-se como um perverso thriller, mais assustador ainda por sabermos que tudo aquilo aconteceu. Narrativa de cortar a respiração, que nos revela o mal em estado puro, conta-nos ainda outra história: de resistência, de amor, de laços forjados nas mais terríveis circunstâncias. As irmãs, agora adultas, criaram as suas famílias, tiveram filhos e dão-lhes o amor e o carinho que nunca conheceram em crianças.

Den sanna berättelsen om tre systrar fångade i klorna på en kallsinnig och beräknande mördare deras mor. Efter mer än ett decennium svider det fortfarande när systrarna Nikki, Sami och Tori Knotek hör ordet mamma. Det river upp minnen som de har hållit hemliga sedan barndomen. Fram tills nu. I flera år, bakom de stängda dörrarna till deras gård i Raymond, Washington, utsatte deras sadistiska mamma, Shelly, sina flickor för ofattbara övergrepp, förnedring och både fysisk och psykisk tortyr. Genom allt detta utvecklade Nikki, Sami och Tori ett trotsigt band som gjorde dem mycket mindre sårbara än vad Shelly föreställt sig. Även när andra drogs in i deras mammas mörka och perversa nät, fann systrarna styrkan och modet att ta sig igenom en eskalerande mardröm som kulminerade i flera mord. EPUB3: Reflowable

Liz vient de renverser un petit garçon. Le petit garçon de sa voisine. Qui est aussi sa meilleure amie. Vous pensiez que Liz avait déjà commis l’irréparable ? Il y a pourtant pire... Dans cette petite communauté paisible et gentrifiée de l’Oregon où tout n’est qu’image et faux-semblants, la disparition du jeune Charlie va créer un séisme et faire remonter à la surface tout un tas de terribles secrets pourtant enfouis avec soin. « Terriblement astucieux ! Diabolique. » LISA GARDNER « Olsen va vous terrifier... et vous allez adorer ça. » LEE CHILD

New York Times bestselling authors Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris take a new look at some of the country''s most notorious crimes. Overkill is a compilation of Notorious Colorado, Notorious Arizona and Notorious Utah. Colorado''s edition includes three of the country''s most infamous crimes which all occurred in the same area of Colorado: the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, the Columbine school shooting, and the Aurora movie theater massacre. They also report on an Amish serial killer, a fatal attraction that led to a murder, and on a minister''s wife whose illicit passion drove her to murder. In Arizona''s, they update several cases, including: a man suspected of marrying vulnerable women, then killing them; two infamous Arizona killers freed after decades in prison; television''s "it girl" Jodi Arias; a woman who was her mother-in-law''s worst nightmare; and a football mom who got a little too cozy with members of her son''s high school team. And in Utah''s edition, they report on one of the most sensational and heartbreaking crimes they''ve come across-Megan Huntsman, the Utah mother who hid seven dead infants in a garage; a cold case that was finally solved by a child''s Lego; the rogue Fundamentalist Mormon who thought it was his right to marry and rape young girls; the sad case of children dying in hot cars; the husband who ended years of lying with murder; and an update on the disappearance of Susan Cox Powell, the case Olsen and Morris write about in their book If I Can''t Have You. Stephanie Cook, Contributor. GREGG OLSEN IS THE NEW YORK TIMES, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of twenty books, both true crime and fiction, including If I Can''t Have You, Abandoned Prayers, Closer than Blood, A Twisted Faith, Starvation Heights, If Loving You Is Wrong. He appears frequently on Dateline NBC, NPR, Good Morning America, The Early Show, FOX News; CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Extra, Access Hollywood, Snapped, Deadly Women, and A&E''s Biography. REBECCA MORRIS IS A VETERAN JOURNALIST and the New York Times bestselling author (with Gregg Olsen) of Bodies of Evidence, and If I Can''t Have You - Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children. She is also the author of Ted and Ann - The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy. She has appeared on Investigation Discovery, HLN, and in many other media.

După mai bine de un deceniu, când surorile Nikki, Sami și Tori Knotek aud cuvântul mamă, îl simt de parcă sufletul le-ar fi sfâșiat de gheara unui vultur, declanșând amintiri care au fost secretul lor încă din copilărie. Până acum. Ani la rând, în spatele ușilor închise ale fermei lor din Raymond (Washington), mama lor sadică, Shelly, și-a supus fetele unor abuzuri inimaginabile, umilințe, torturi și terori psihice. Trecând împreună prin toate aceste experiențe, Nikki, Sami și Tori au dezvoltat o legătură sfidătoare care le-a ajutat să devină mult mai puțin vulnerabile decât și-a imaginat Shelly. Chiar și în timp ce alții erau atrași în pânza întunecată și perversă a mamei lor, cele trei surori au găsit puterea și curajul de a scăpa de un coșmar tot mai intens, care a culminat cu mai multe crime. Tulburătoare și sfâșietoare, Dacă spui cuiva... este povestea unei supraviețuiri în confruntarea cu răul absolut — și a libertății și a dreptății pentru care Nikki, Sami și Tori și-au riscat viața. Surori pentru totdeauna, dar fără a mai fi vreodată victime, ele au găsit în întuneric o lumină care le-a ajutat să devină femeile rezistente care sunt astăzi — iubitoare, iubite și capabile să-și continue viața fără a se mai uita în urmă. Gregg Olsen a scris peste treizeci de cărți, nonficțiune și romane, majoritatea legate de infracțiuni, dintre care multe au fost bestselleruri New York Times, USA Today și The Wall Street Journal. Cunoscut pentru abilitatea sa de a crea narațiuni vii și fascinante, a fost invitat la numeroase emisiuni de radio și televiziune, precum Good Morning America, Dateline, Entertainment Tonight, la CNN și MSNBC. Printre cele mai cunoscute volume ale sale se numără Starvation Heights (1997), Abandoned Prayers (2003), The Deep Dark (2005), A Shocking True Story (2013), If Loving You is Wrong (2013), A Killing in Amish Country (2016); și romanele Victim Six (2010), The Last Thing She Ever Did (2018), Lying Next to Me (2019) și The Sound of Rain (2016) șiThe Weight of Silence (2018) (din seria Nicole Foster). Originar din Seattle, Olsen locuiește în Olalla (Washington) împreună cu soția sa și cu Suri, un teckel foarte răsfățat. „O relatare înfiorătoare, care îi va face pe cititori să-și pună întrebări în legătură cu toate rudele ciudate pe care le-au cunoscut." Publishers Weekly „O poveste tulburătoare despre trei surori și dragostea care le unește, despre curaj și puterea de a rezista." People Magazine „Dacă spui cuiva... reușește ceea ce și-a propus — un portret convingător al terorii și o imagine cât se poate de onestă, dar sensibilă, a puterii de a supraviețui." Bookreporter

Qu’est prête à risquer Nicole Foster pour venger la mort impardonnable d’une fillette ? Un thriller palpitant et sombre par l’auteur N°1 du classement des best-sellers du NEW YORK TIMES et de USA TODAY L''inspectrice Nicole Foster a enfin trouvé un équilibre dans une vie instable et est reconnaissante d''avoir eu une seconde chance. Et quoi de mieux pour tout recommencer que la maison de son enfance sur la côte de Washington, où elle élève sa nièce et garde un œil sur son père de plus en plus fragile. Mais le passé trouble de Nicole ressurgit quand une nouvelle affaire étrange réveille les sombres souvenirs de l''enquête obsédante qui a brisé sa carrière quelques mois auparavant. Au beau milieu du mois d''août le plus chaud depuis un siècle, une fillette est retrouvée morte dans une voiture en stationnement. Son père persiste dans l’impensable : il l''a oubliée. Et pour Nicole, l’affaire devient encore plus insupportable, ses propres secrets l’étouffant, ceux qu’une vieille rivale réveille et qui poussent l’inspectrice à bout, une fois de plus. Désormais, où que se cache la vérité, résoudre cette affaire et venger une mort impardonnable est la mission la plus importante de la carrière de Nicole. Mais pour aller jusqu''au bout, jusqu''où est-elle prête à aller ? Et qu''est-elle prête à risquer cette fois-ci ?

''Echte urgentie in het verhaal, een uitstekend plot, een schokkende misdaad, geloofwaardige personages.'' - Lee Child Voor de fans van Het meisje in de trein en Gone Girl Vanaf het moment dat de familie Franklin een charmant oud huis heeft laten platgooien om er een gigantisch, zielloos nieuw gebouw neer te zetten, heeft Liz Jarret een hekel aan hen. Haar man Owen heeft het veel te druk met zijn bedrijf verkopen, in de hoop ooit zelf een even zo groot huis te bezitten, om zich daar druk over te maken. De enige die ervoor zorgt dat de burenruzie niet escaleert, is het kleine zoontje van de Franklins: Charlie. Een lief knulletje dat het liefst de hele dag buiten speelt. De gespannen situatie neemt een schokkende wending als Liz - doodmoe na een nacht studeren voor een examen - zonder in haar spiegel te kijken haar garage uitrijdt. In eerste instantie denkt ze dat ze een kat of een hond heeft aangereden als ze de doffe klap hoort. Wanneer ze ziet dat het kleine Charlie is, komt haar leven in een stroomversnelling terecht van vergissingen, leugens en onherstelbare fouten. Ze komt terecht in een nachtmerrie waaruit ze niet kan ontsnappen en die met het uur dat verstrijkt erger lijkt te worden...

WITH PHOTOS A seven-year-old goes missing and his step-mother is the chief suspect. Two women, fifty years apart, make history for committing the most shocking of crimes. A father kills his three young children and his wife and impersonates a disgraced journalist. Oregon''s most famous murderer explains how her jail breaks show she''s ready for parole. New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen (If Loving You Is Wrong, Starvation Heights) and veteran journalist Rebecca Morris (Ted and Ann - The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy), take a new look at Oregon''s most notorious crimes. Cases include: Angela McAnulty - The mother tortured her teenage daughter until it was too late to save her. Kyron Horman - The boy with the tooth grin disappeared June 4, 2010. Why hasn''t his step-mother been charged? Jeannace Freeman and Gertrude Jackson - Central Oregon was as shocked by their lesbian affair as it was by the murder of Jackson''s two children. Christian Longo - He failed in his own life, so he killed his family and assumed someone else''s. With two bonus essays, one about coming of age in Oregon as serial killers trolled I-5, and one about Gregg Olsen''s "date" with Oregon''s most notorious murderer, Diane Downs.

A twisted murder, a tangle of lies... Now Rylee must run for her life What if you discovered that everything you thought you knew about yourself was a lie? Rylee is fifteen. She comes home from school one afternoon to find the most shocking thing possible - her father dead, with a knife through his heart, and a key clutched in his hand. Her mother''s purse is on the counter, but she appears to be long gone. A message in blood is written on the floor... RUN. With her brother in tow, Rylee begins a dark journey, one that will uncover horrific and chilling crimes and lead her to an unexpected and gruesome discovery about her real father and what - or who - is behind his insatiable desire to kill. By the journey''s end Rylee''s childhood is a long way behind her... RUN is the first title in the new Vengeance series, following Rylee as she begins to piece together the story of her life and to avenge unpunished crimes - starting with her own. This is DEXTER with a feisty female protagonist unlike any other in contemporary young adult fiction.

With Photos! From the dark and bloody ground of Kentucky, to the peaceful Amish communities of Pennsylvania, to the cities and towns crisscrossing Ohio, murder and mayhem has been a part of it all. Within the pages of this latest volume in Notorious USA''s New York Times bestselling series you''ll discover how the unsuspecting succumbed to the evil that caught them by surprise, and what the authorities had to do to stop the madness. Cases include: Kentucky Sarah Hansen - A cheerleader and all-around good kid, she met a nightmarish death. Heather Teague - A young woman is abducted from a beach and is never seen again. Margaret Seitz - A mother of five, she killed two of them and then herself. Dr. John Strange - A newlywed disposes of his bride but doesn''t know what to do with her head. James Sefchick and Danny Tetrick were drive-in killers, and no ticket-taker was safe. Jessica Thornsberry - Only 12, she went to her friend''s house for a sleepover and wound up dead. Pennsylvania Alec Kreider - He had a hunger for murder and started with his best friend''s family. Charles Carl Roberts - loving husband, father, and killer of young Amish girls. Gary Heidnik - A collector of women, and it was death to those who complained. George Sodini - He never found the love of a woman, so he made women a target for murder. Ohio Anthony and Nathaniel Cook - A murdering duo, they terrorized Toledo for years. Death of an Amish Wife - What happened to Ida Stutzman? Donald Harvey - An ordinary looking man, he earned the title: Angel of Death. Della Sutorius - She loved the book, The Bad Seed, and guided her life accordingly.

She wakes to find herself alone in complete darkness. Fearing for her life, in that moment her only thought is for her beloved daughters. What will they think when they find out she''s missing? Then it hits her. She''s kept a secret hidden from her family for years. Is she about to pay for it with her life? When Victoria Marsh disappears from her family''s exclusive resort in Cougar Point, Washington, her family is devastated. A charity worker and pillar of the local community, how could she just vanish without a trace? Though not officially her case, Detective Megan Carpenter races to the scene for a very personal reason. Victoria is Ronnie''s mother and Megan will do anything to help her when she has sacrificed so much. Together they build up a picture of the days before the disappearance but the only clue is a note with the words, "You promised" scrawled on it. It soon emerges that Victoria''s marriage was far from perfect and she had spent years running from a deadbeat brother. Could someone in Victoria''s family want her dead? But when the body of another woman is found, Megan starts to link the cases. Both women had huge ransoms placed on them. Both families received chilling threats in the mail. And with one victim already dead, time is running out to find Victoria alive. Local law enforcement warns Megan off the case but she''s certain that the disappearance is more than just bad blood. But with a potential serial killer on the loose, how much is Megan willing to risk? Worse still, could they be closer to her than she had ever imagined? A completely gripping mystery thriller that will have you hooked to the very last page, from a number one, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Robert Dugoni, Michael Connelly and James Patterson. Read what everyone is saying about the Detective Megan Carpenter series: "OMG!!... I was simply blown away by this... I couldn''t look away from my Kindle even when I wanted to. The story took me by my throat making me gasp every few chapters... Wow!!" Shalini''s Books and Reviews, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "OMG! Wow. I loved this book!!... it was amazing! I can''t wait to read more! It kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn''t put it down. Loved, loved, loved it!" Goodreads reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Holy cr*p what a complete stunner of a read this is. It had everything, sensational, creepy, addictive with a stunningly complex plot from beginning to end and I loved, loved, loved it !!" Goodreads reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Absolutely heart stopping... gripped my heart and soul... A fantastic read!" Goodreads reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I HAD to get my hands on this... will keep you up way past your bedtime!... an edge-of-your-seat, hold on for dear life, kind of thriller. The suspense is out of this world!" @ThrillByThePage_ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Had me hooked right from the first page... a must read." NetGalley reviewer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Pacific Northwest is home to the world''s most famous serial killers, as well as more than its share of parents who kill their children, teenagers who kill their parents, women who marry for money, naughty teachers, America''s first female serial killer, and even a few who are wrongly imprisoned. New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen ("If Loving You Is Wrong," "Starvation Heights") and veteran journalist Rebecca Morris ("Ted and Ann - The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy"), take a new look at the Northwest''s most notorious crimes. Many of them made history. Two - Ted Bundy''s killings and Mary Kay Letourneau''s teacher sex scandal - made Time magazine''s list of the top crimes of the 20th century. Some are lesser known or have taken on new importance, such as one of the country''s first school shootings, in Moses Lake, Washington. Cases include: Washington Barry Loukaitis - Before Sandy Hook and Columbine, there was Frontier Middle School in Moses Lake, Washington. Rosalina Misina Mendoza Dugeno Manthie Edmondson - She had many last names as she married and killed one husband after another. Ruth Neslund - Her husband thought captaining a huge freighter right into the West Seattle Bridge was the worst that could happen to him. It wasn''t. Mary Kay LeTourneau - She said they were "soul mates." He made a bet with another student that he would sleep with her. Ted Bundy - There''s only one "Ted" and he remains a part of our lives. Now we''ve learned more about his. Kenneth Bianchi - Los Angeles'' most terrifying murders were finally solved 1,200 miles north in Bellingham, Washington. With a bonus essay by Washington native Gregg Olsen on growing up in the shadow of serial killers Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway, and Robert Lee Yates, Jr. Oregon Angela McAnulty - The mother tortured her teenage daughter until it was too late to save her. Kyron Horman - The boy with the toothy grin disappeared June 4, 2010. Why hasn''t his step-mother been charged? Jeannace Freeman and Gertrude Jackson - Central Oregon was as shocked by their lesbian affair as it was by the murder of Jackson''s two children. Christian Longo - He failed in his own life, so he killed his family and assumed someone else''s. With two bonus essays, one by Rebecca Morris about coming of age in Oregon as serial killers trolled I-5, and one about Gregg Olsen''s "date" with Oregon''s most notorious murderer, Diane Downs. Idaho Shasta Groene - the brave little girl was the only survivor of a random murder and kidnapping in Coeur d''Alene. Jeralee Underwood - the eleven-year-old had the bad luck to meet a ruthless killer as she performed her favorite task of the day, delivering newspapers to her Pocatello neighborhood. Robin Row - the only woman on Idaho''s Death Row, she set fires that killed her children soon after buying life insurance on them. Angie Dodge - Carol Dodge grieved her daughter''s murder for years, until she became convinced the police had coerced a confession and convicted the wrong man. Now she''s working for Christopher Tapp''s release. Lyda Trueblood - America''s first female serial killer liked to bake apple pies. She sprinkled in a secret ingredient - arsenic. Sarah Johnson - The teenager with the blonde ponytail shot her parents with a rifle, then hid her blood-spattered pink bathrobe in the family garbage. With a bonus essay from Olsen, author of the 2005 Idaho Book of the Year, The Deep Dark - Disaster and Redemption in America''s Richest Silver Mine.

All that was left of Doctor Linda Hazzard''s sanitorium was the foundation and the masonry incinerator that swelled from the ground like a huge grave marker. A perfect row of old firs and pines lined up like sentinels along the road. Every one of the trees marked the spot where the doctor had buried each of her victims. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire, and Dora Williamson, arrived at an unfinished sanitorium in the forests of Olalla, Washington to undergo the revolutionary "fasting treatment" of Doctor Linda Burfield Hazzard. It was supposed to be a holiday for the two sisters, but within a month of arriving at what the locals called ''Starvation Heights'', the women underwent brutal, evasive procedures and became emaciated shadows of their former selves. How did Hazzard persuade the sisters to undergo such monstrous treatments? And why, on Claire''s deathbed, did Dora, near to death herself, still hold such an extreme belief in Hazzard''s methods? In this chilling true story of deception and murder, Gregg Olsen brings us inside the disturbing world of Hazzard who would stop at nothing to achieve her dream of creating the most renowned sanatorium in the world - but ended up a convicted serial killer. A gripping and fascinating account of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history that will hook fans of The Five and The Devil in the White City. What readers are saying about Starvation Heights: "A fascinating turn-of-the-century story of medical malpractice and murder. If you liked The Alienist, you''ll find Starvation Heights all the more gripping because this story is true." Michael Connelly "An engrossing and compelling look at a shocking crime in another era. Olsen''s deft touch takes us back to the early 1900s so cleverly that reading Starvation Heights is akin to stepping into a time machine." Ann Rule "Even the most devoted true-crime reader will be shocked by the maddening and mind-boggling acts of horror that Gregg Olsen chronicles in this book. Olsen has done it again, giving readers a glimpse into a murderous duo that''s so chilling, it will have your head spinning. I could not put this book down!" Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author "One of today''s true-crime masters." Caitlin Rother, New York Times bestselling author "An account of real-life villainy that outdoes anything a novelist might concoct." Les Standiford, author of Meet You in Hell

Een waargebeurd verhaal over moord, familiegeheimen, en de onverbrekelijke band van drie zussen die vastbesloten zijn om het horrorhuis van hun moeder te overleven. Een #1 Wall Street Journal, Amazon Charts, USA Today, en Washington Post bestseller. Telkens wanneer de zussen Nikki, Sami en Tori Knotek het woord moeder horen, wekt dit zelfs na tien jaar nog steeds herinneringen op aan hun gruwelijke kindertijd. Achter de gesloten deuren van haar boerderij in Raymond, Washington, onderwierp hun sadistische moeder Shelly haar dochters aan onvoorstelbaar misbruik, vernedering, marteling en psychische terreur. Nikki, Sami en Tori ontwikkelden een band die hen veel minder kwetsbaar maakte dan Shelly zich had voorgesteld. Zelfs toen anderen in het duistere en perverse web van hun moeder werden getrokken, vonden de zussen de kracht en moed om te ontsnappen aan een escalerende nachtmerrie die zijn hoogtepunt bereikte in het plegen van meerdere moorden. Dit is het schrijnende en hartverscheurende verhaal van overlevenden van het absolute kwaad. Het verhaal van de vrijheid en gerechtigheid waarvoor Nikki, Sami en Tori hun leven riskeerden. Ze zijn voor altijd zussen en geen slachtoffers meer. Ze vonden een licht in de duisternis dat hen vormde tot de veerkrachtige vrouwen die ze vandaag zijn: liefhebbend, geliefd en klaar voor hun verdere levens. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie.

Native American pathologist Birdy Waterman and sheriff''s detective Kendall Stark go up against a female serial killer whose powers of persuasion seem to have no end, forcing the two to make a fateful decision.