Sphere Insidious Intent Макдермид Вэл

On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the sea. It is quickly discovered that the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade old investigation, when a prominent civil servant disappeared without trace. DCI Karen Pirie was the last detective to review the file and is drawn into a sinister world of betrayal and dark secrets • But Karen is already grappling with another case, one with even more questions and fewer answers. A skeleton has been discovered in an abandoned campervan and all clues point to a killer who never faced justice - a killer who is still out there • In her search for the truth, Karen uncovers a network of lies that has gone unchallenged for years. But lies and secrets can turn deadly when someone is determined to keep them hidden for good

- Кто-то побывал здесь до нас. И он все еще здесь • Когда в отдаленных уголках Высокогорья обнаруживают тело, старший инспектор Карен Пири оказывается в нужном месте в нужное время. Обнаруженная вместе с чьим-то давно похороненным наследством, жертва, кажется, принадлежит далекому прошлому - до тех пор, пока новые улики не свидетельствуют об обратном, и Карен вызывают, чтобы распутать дело, в котором все не так, как кажется • Однако вскоре подслушанный разговор втягивает Карен в суть другого дела - шокирующего преступления, которое, как ей казалось, она уже предотвратила. По мере того, как она приближается к извращенной правде, лежащей в основе этих убийств, становится ясно, что она имеет дело с версией правосудия, ужасающе отличной от ее собственной

When human remains are discovered in the grounds of an old convent, it quickly becomes clear that someone has been using the site as their personal burial ground. But with the convent abandoned long ago and the remains dating back many years, could this be the work of more than one obsessive killer? • It's an investigation that throws up more questions as the evidence mounts, and after their last case ended catastrophically, Tony Hill and Carol Jordan can only watch from afar. As they deal with the consequences of previous actions, someone with a terrifying routine is biding their time - and both Tony and Carol find themselves closer to the edge than they have ever been before • Electrifying and filled with masterful suspense, this is the most eagerly anticipated thriller yet from number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid

'That day, waiting had been almost unbearable. He wanted something more spectacular, something that couldn't be ignored. These deaths needed to make a mark ...' Psychological profiler Tony Hill is trained to see patterns, to decode the mysteries of human behaviour, and when he comes across a series of suicides among women tormented by vicious online predators, he begins to wonder if there is more to these tragedies than meets the eye. Similar circumstances, different deaths. Could it be murder? But what kind of serial killer wants his crimes to stay hidden? Former DCI Carol Jordan has her own demons to confront, but with lives at stake, Tony and Carol begin the hunt for the most dangerous and terrifying kind of killer - someone who has nothing to fear and nothing to lose

Второй захватывающий криминальный роман из серии Карен Пири, автор бестселлера № 1 Sunday Times Вэл Макдермид • Двадцать пять лет назад женщина и ее маленький сын были похищены и удерживались с целью получения выкупа. Катриона Грант погибла, и с тех пор судьба маленького Адама остается загадкой • Когда на заброшенной тосканской вилле обнаруживается новая улика – наряду с ужасающими уликами недавнего убийства, – эксперту по нераскрытым делам Ди Карен Пири поручается пойти по следу • Она уже работает над делом того же года. Во время забастовки шахтеров в 1984 году исчез рабочий шахты Мик Прентис. Куда он на самом деле делся? И есть ли здесь связь с тайной Гранта? • Правда более странна – и гораздо мрачнее – чем вымысел • Книга на английском языке • The second riveting crime novel in the Karen Pirie series, from No

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Mia thinks of herself as a grown up. Her twenty-two-year-old sister, Clare, is once again in the death throes of an affair that was always doomed to failure. Mia now understands that relationships need work; that in an adult partnership, passion and spontaneity give way to something different but more lasting. With Pete she knows that her search for 'The One' can stop. Until, tripping over Pete's phone on the way to the loo one night, she reads a text message that sends her blood cold. Everything in it - its tone, the kisses at the end, Pete's evasions about the sender 'Liz' - is wrong, and suddenly the blinkers are off. It's time to get back in the game, and with everything to play for, Mia is about to discover a capacity for deceit she never knew she had