Sophie Brinkman Livres

Een jonge kluizenaar ontvangt eind 13e eeuw van een vertrouweling van St. Franciscus een geheimzinnige brief met onbegrijpelijke aanwijzingen, die gevaarlijk zou zijn voor de orde.

Als een oudere, gescheiden vrouw hoort dat ze een hersentumor heeft, besluit ze een kamer in haar grote huis, dat vol staat met kostbaar, antiek porselein en aardewerk, te verhuren.

A riveting psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction - Val McDermid. In the Peak District village of Scardale, thirteen-year-old girls didn't just run away. So when Alison Carter vanished in the winter of '63, everyone knew it was a murder. Catherine Heathcote remembers the case well. A child herself when Alison vanished, decades on she still recalls the sense of fear as parents kept their children close, terrified of strangers. Now a journalist, she persuades DI George Bennett to speak of the hunt for Alison, the tantalizing leads and harrowing dead ends. But when a fresh lead emerges, Bennett tries to stop the story - plunging Catherine into a world of buried secrets and revelations. 'This book changed everything I thought I knew about crime fiction' Belinda Bauer, bestselling author of Snap 'Every now and then, a writer transforms the landscape of the literary canon: Val McDermid is one such writer' Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle 'Just mesmerizing' Joseph Knox, bestselling author of Sirens 'A brilliant book' Holly Watt, award winning author of To the Lions 'From the first pages, we know we're in the hands of a master ' Jeffrey Deaver 'Beautifully written' Daily Telegraph 'One of the best detective stories I've read' Ruth Rendell 'Possibly the best McDermid has written' Sunday Telegraph

Dr. Tony Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan return in the award-winning series that is the basis for the BBC television show. In a small grim room, the body of a woman is discovered, panic and pain etched in her face. The scene matches in every detail a series of murders two years ago-murders that ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of a deeply disturbed young man named Derek Tyler. But there's no way Tyler could have killed the latest victim. He's been locked up in a mental institution since his trial, barely speaking a word. So is there a copycat? All his years of experience tell top criminal psychologist Dr. Tony Hill that there isn't-but that would make the murders literally impossible. While Hill tries to crack Tyler, DCI Carol Jordan and her team must mount a desperate undercover operation to trap the murderer-a decision that will have terrible consequences. In The Torment of Others, Val McDermid keeps the tension mounting, as a mixture of psychological insight and dogged detective work leads inexorably to a terrifying climax where Tony faces one of the most perverse killers he has ever encountered.

The Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other for eighteen years. They have shared everything from family picnics to chicken pox- so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. When the midnight calls come in from the hospital, no one is prepared: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head, inflicted by Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact. He tells the police the next bullet was meant for himself. A local detective has her doubts. And the Hartes and Golds must face every parent's worst nightmare and question: do we ever really know our children at all?

Een strafgevangene in 1830 op Van Diemen's Island weet te overleven door zijn uitzonderlijke tekenkunst.

Eerst was er Clarice Starling. Toen kwam Kay Scarpetta. Nu is er Grace Flint. In deze verbazingwekkende tweede thriller is Grace Flint terug in de vuurlinie en in meer moeilijkheden dan ooit. Ditmaal zijn haar eigen relaties, haar eigen diepste emoties, verdacht. Flints grote witwasonderzoek loopt gruwelijk mis: een agente wordt vermoord, de dader ontsnapt en Flint wordt van de zaak gehaald. Haar wereld stort in als ze ontdekt wie het lek is geweest. Al snel blijkt dat niets van wat ze geloofde over haar lieve, wereldvreemde en spoorloos verdwenen man waar was...

Na het succes van Het grote boek van de rust nu Het grote boek van de onthaasting waarin Paul Wilson dieper ingaat op het verband tussen geestelijk welzijn en succesvol functioneren. Hij laat zien hoe je aan de hand van zijn heldere, eenvoudige technieken meer kan bereiken dan ontspanning en gemoedsrust alleen. Wilson stelt de lezer in staat het leven in rustiger vaarwater te brengen, en het daar te houden.

A killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction. His prey - the writers of crime novels who have turned psychological profilers into the heroes of the nineties. But this killer is like no other. His bloodlust shatters all the conventional wisdom surrounding the motives and mechanics of how serial killers operate. And for one woman, the desperate hunt to uncover his identity becomes a matter of life and death. Professor Fiona Cameron is an academic psychologist who uses computer technology to help police forces track serial offenders. She used to help the Met, but vowed never to work for them again when they went against her advice and subsequently botched an investigation. Still smarting from the experience, she's working a case in Toledo when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin, tells her a fellow crime novelist has been murdered. It's not her case, but Fiona can't help taking an interest. When the killer strikes again Fiona finds herself caught in a race against time - not only to save a life but also to find redemption, both personal and professional. Rich in atmosphere, Killing the Shadows uses the backdrops of city and country to create an air of threatening menace, culminating in a tense confrontation between hunter and hunted, a confrontation that can have only one outcome.