"In this "skillfully penned tale of murder and cover-up that will keep readers enthralled until the powerful finish" (Fresh Fiction), family secrets and a serial killer from the past converge in this electrifying thriller.
In 1985, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher, ending the serial killer's reign of terror over the city of Seattle. But now in his eighties, Edward's action-packed glory days are long behind him. The decorated former Seattle police chief has given up his high-maintenance Victorian home to his grandson Matt for a quiet life at the nearby Sweetbay Village Retirement Residence, where mac-n-cheese Wednesdays have become the highlight of his week.
Though it's hard to watch his grandfather get older, Matt is thrilled to inherit the large house he grew up in. Already an accomplished chef with a popular restaurant and a TV show in the works, Matt's dream life is finally within reach…until he discovers a crate buried in the backyard that holds a secret about his grandfather so terrible, it threatens to ruin all their lives if it ever gets out. Especially his girlfriend Sam's, whose mother was killed when she was only two years old.
As Matt struggles with his dark family secret, Sam's obsession with solving her mother's murder continues to grow. A true crime writer now working on a book about the Butcher, Sam has always suspected her mother was one of his victims, even though she was killed two years after the Butcher was supposedly gunned down.
But when new victims begin to turn up, their murders eerily similar to the Butcher's all those years ago, Sam realizes she might be right. The more she digs into the old murders, the more dangerous it gets…and the truth is closer to home than she ever could have imagined.
"A tense, suspenseful, thoroughly creepy thriller" (Booklist), The Butcher sinks its teeth in you from the very first page."
"Marin hatte alles. Einen attraktiven Ehemann, einen fantastischen Job, einen entzückenden kleinen Sohn. Bis zu dem Tag, als der vierjährige Sebastian spurlos verschwand und ihre ganze Welt zusammenbrach.
Ein Jahr später ist Marin nur noch ein Schatten ihrer selbst. Die Polizei hat die Suche aufgegeben. Mit ihrem Mann wechselt sie kaum noch ein Wort. In ihrer Not wendet sie sich an eine Privatermittlerin. Doch statt Sebastian zu finden, macht diese eine andere Entdeckung - Marins Mann betrügt sie. Die Wut holt Marin zurück ins Leben. Nach ihrem Sohn wird sie nicht auch noch ihren Mann verlieren. Und schon gar nicht an eine andere Frau. Diesmal hat das Böse ein Gesicht, und das bedeutet, dass Marin es aus dem Weg schaffen kann. Für immer."
"Vor vierzehn Jahren kehrte Geos beste Freundin Angela nach einer Party nicht nach Hause zurück. Nun wird ihre zerstückelte Leiche gefunden. Für die Polizei ist schnell klar: Angela ist das Opfer des berüchtigten Serienmörders Calvin James. Doch für Geo ist Calvin nicht nur ein Serienmörder. Für sie ist er ihre erste große Liebe. Seit vierzehn Jahren weiß sie, was in dieser einen Nacht geschah, und vierzehn Jahre lang hat sie niemandem davon erzählt. Doch dann werden weitere Frauen ermordet, auf dieselbe Weise wie damals Angela. Der Mörder hinterlässt am Tatort eindeutige Botschaften. Und diese Botschaften gelten Geo ..."
"כשהייתה בת שש־עשרה בלבד, אנג'לה וונג, מלכת הכיתה, נעלמה בלי להותיר זכר. אף אחד לא חשד בכך שג'ורג'ינה שואו, הקרויה גם ג'יו, כיום מנהלת בכירה בחברת תרופות, הייתה מעורבת בהיעלמותה בדרך כלשהי. גם הבלש קייזר ברודי, שהיה חבר קרוב של שתיהן בתיכון, מעולם לא העלה בדעתו שדבר כזה אפשרי. ארבע־עשרה שנים מאוחר יותר שרידיה של אנג'לה מתגלים ביער לא רחוק מבית ילדותה של ג'יו, והבלש ברודי מגלה סוף־סוף את האמת. אנג'לה נפלה קורבן בידיו של קלווין ג'יימס, רוצח סדרתי שרצח שלוש נשים נוספות. קלווין גם היה אהבתה הראשונה של ג'יו. ג'יו מעולם לא סיפרה לאף אחד מה באמת קרה באותו לילה. במשך ארבע־עשרה שנים היא נושאת בליבה את האמת וגם לוקחת אותה אל בין כותלי הכלא. בזמן שכולם חושבים שהם יודעים את האמת, יש סודות אפלים שעדיין קבורים עמוק, אבל הם עתידים לצאת אל אוויר העולם כשקורבנות נוספים מתגלים. האם הבלש ברודי אי פעם יגלה את האמת? והאם הוא יהיה מסוגל לחיות איתה בשלום? צנצנת של לבבות מאת סופרת רבי המכר הבין־לאומית ג'ניפר הילייר הוא מותחן פסיכולוגי בעל עלילה מפותלת ומסמרת שיער המובילה את הקורא בנשימה עצורה אל הסוף הלא צפוי והמפתיע. סיפרה תורגמו לשפות רבות והיו מועדים לפרסים ואף זכו במקומות ראשונים. 'הספר צנצנת של לבבות תופס אותך בגרון! השילוב המושלם שבין הדמויות הסוחפות, הפרטים המצמררים והטוויסטים המפתיעים יוצרים מותחן יוצא דופן שישאיר אתכם דרוכים על קצה הכיסא עד הסוף המפתיע.' ליסה גרדנר, סופרת רבי המכר של 'ניו יורק טיימס'."
"From the bestselling author of the hugely popular thrillers Things We Do in the Dark, Little Secrets, and Jar of Hearts comes Wonderland, a roller coaster of a listen. Now in audio for the first time!
After a personal tragedy and professional scandal forces homicide detective Vanessa Castro out of Seattle, she takes a new job in Seaside, Washington, determined to make a fresh start for herself and her family. The small beach town, best known for its popular amusement park, Wonderland, seems like the perfect place to raise her young son and teenage daughter.
But it's not that easy starting over, especially as the town's new Deputy Chief of Police. When a dead body turns up at the park her first day on the job, and then a teenage Wonder Worker goes missing, Vanessa's investigation is met with resistance. After all, Wonderland is the largest amusement park in the Pacific Northwest, attracting tourists from all over the country and providing thousands of jobs for the locals. A scandal that hurts the park hurts the town, but the more questions Vanessa asks, the more questions arise . . . especially when she learns that the missing teenage boy is the not the first park employee to disappear. The deeper she goes, the more she begins to suspect that the terrifying rumors about Wonderland's dark past might actually be true.
Surrounded by secrets, lies, and corruption at the highest levels, Vanessa's family is now in the center of a serial killer's twisted game . . . and there's nobody she can trust but herself.
A Macmillan Audio Production."
"Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future.
When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom – covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her – she knows she'll be charged with murder. But as bad as this looks, it's not what worries her the most. With the unwanted media attention now surrounding her, it's only a matter of time before someone from her long hidden past recognizes her and destroys the new life she's worked so hard to build, along with any chance of a future.
Twenty-five years earlier, Ruby Reyes, known as the Ice Queen, was convicted of a similar murder in a trial that riveted Canada in the early nineties. Reyes knows who Paris really is, and when she's unexpectedly released from prison, she threatens to expose all of Paris's secrets. Left with no other choice, Paris must finally confront the dark past she escaped, once and for all.
Because the only thing worse than a murder charge are two murder charges.
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Audio."
"All it takes to unravel a life... is one home truth.
Marin used to have it all. Married to the love of her life, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family - until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. With her sanity ebbing, Marin hires a private investigator to pick up where the police left off. But instead of finding Sebastian, she learns that Derek is having an affair with a much younger woman. This discovery sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband. Derek's mistress is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix. Permanently.
“Little Secrets will leave readers completely floored. You don't just read this book; you inhale it.” MARY KUBICA"
"This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . .
When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong--one of the most popular girls in school--disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school.
But fourteen years later, Angela Wong's remains are discovered in the woods near Geo's childhood home. And Kaiser--now a detective with Seattle PD--finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women.
To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Geo, he's something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Geo's first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed.
For fourteen years, Geo knew what happened to Angela and told no one. For fourteen years, she carried the secret of Angela's death until Geo was arrested and sent to prison.
While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets buried deep. And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows. Now the obsessive past catches up with the deadly present when new bodies begin to turn up, killed in the exact same manner as Angela Wong.
How far will someone go to bury her secrets and hide her grief? How long can you get away with a lie? How long can you live with it? Find out in Jennifer Hillier's Jar of Hearts."
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