When Kathryn Dance investigates after a panicking stampede kills six people at a small concert venue, she discovers the perpetrator has more attacks planned.

When Kathryn Dance investigates after a panicking stampede kills six people at a small concert venue, she discovers the perpetrator has more attacks planned.

In his classic thriller The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver introduced readers to Lincoln Rhyme-the nation's most renowned investigator and forensic detective.

Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector. And Rhyme must untangle the twisted web of clues before the killer targets more victims-or Rhyme himself.

THE SKIN COLLECTOR

The killer's methods are terrifying. He stalks the basements and underground passageways of New York City. He tattoos his victims' flesh with cryptic messages, using a tattoo gun loaded with poison, resulting in an agonizing, painful death.

When a connection is made to the Bone Collector-the serial killer who terrorized New York more than a decade ago-Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are immediately drawn into the case.

Rhyme, Sachs, and the NYPD must race against time to answer the many questions the investigation uncovers: Whom will the killer attack next? What is the message behind the victims' tattoos? Does the killer's own inking--a fanged centipede sporting a woman's face--hold any significance? And what is his ultimate mission?

As time runs out, Rhyme discovers that the past has returned to haunt him in the most troubling way imaginable...

In his classic thriller The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver introduced readers to Lincoln Rhyme-the nation's most renowned investigator and forensic detective.

Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector. And Rhyme must untangle the twisted web of clues before the killer targets more victims-or Rhyme himself.

THE SKIN COLLECTOR

The killer's methods are terrifying. He stalks the basements and underground passageways of New York City. He tattoos his victims' flesh with cryptic messages, using a tattoo gun loaded with poison, resulting in an agonizing, painful death.

When a connection is made to the Bone Collector-the serial killer who terrorized New York more than a decade ago-Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are immediately drawn into the case.

Rhyme, Sachs, and the NYPD must race against time to answer the many questions the investigation uncovers: Whom will the killer attack next? What is the message behind the victims' tattoos? Does the killer's own inking--a fanged centipede sporting a woman's face--hold any significance? And what is his ultimate mission?

As time runs out, Rhyme discovers that the past has returned to haunt him in the most troubling way imaginable...

One of Kirkus Review's "Best Books of 2013"

The shocking end is only the beginning . . .

#1 bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has created the most riveting and original novel of the year-a race-against-the-clock mystery, told in reverse.

THE OCTOBER LIST

Gabriela waits desperately for news of her abducted daughter.
At last, the door opens.
But it's not the negotiators. It's not the FBI.
It's the kidnapper.
And he has a gun.

How did it come to this?

Two days ago, Gabriela's life was normal. Then, out of the blue, she gets word that her six-year-old daughter has been taken. She's given an ultimatum: pay half a million dollars and find a mysterious document known as the "October List" within 30 hours, or she'll never see her child again.

A mind-bending novel with twists and turns that unfold from its dramatic climax back to its surprising beginning, THE OCTOBER LIST is Jeffery Deaver at his masterful, inventive best.

BLINDER FEIND - DEAVER JEFFERY - Random Germania

Lincoln Rhyme torna in scena, sulla scena del crimine, naturalmente: che questa volta si trova alle Bahamas ed è la stanza d'albergo in cui un cecchino ha ucciso Robert Moreno, cittadino americano, noto attivista a favore dei diritti dei popoli del Sud America. L'omicidio è stato commissionato dal governo degli Stati Uniti per sventare i piani terroristici dell'uomo, ma i primi accertamenti rivelano che Moreno stava preparando una manifestazione pacifica e non un attentato. Per Nance Laurel, rigida viceprocuratore distrettuale animata da una totale, quasi fanatica dedizione al suo mestiere, l'organizzazione che ha eliminato Moreno e altri due innocenti deve essere inchiodata alle sue responsabilità. Rhyme e la sua partner Amelia Sachs indagano seguendo la scienza e l'intuito, com'è loro abitudine. Ma ai Caraibi le tracce lasciate dal cecchino svaniscono appena prima che Rhyme le riesca ad analizzare, e la polizia locale non sembra ansiosa di collaborare. Rimasta a New York, Amelia Sachs segue una pista parallela ripercorrendo gli ultimi giorni di Moreno da vivo: e le sue intuizioni si rivelano così esatte da farle correre pericoli sempre più alti. Nelle pieghe del caso si annida anche un killer con la passione per l'alta cucina, che sa usare da virtuoso i suoi sofisticati coltelli; e intanto nella Stanza della Morte vengono prese decisioni che ancora una volta rischiano di confondere colpevoli e innocenti.

Delle sue vittime lui non vuole il corpo, vuole solo la pelle: per marchiarla a morte. È un novembre gelido, a New York, e nelle strade spazzate dal vento e dalla neve si aggira un serial killer. È scaltro, feroce, implacabile. Aggredisce donne e uomini nei seminterrati, li trascina nelle gallerie buie e umide che si allargano labirintiche nel sottosuolo, li tatua con un inchiostro al veleno lasciando loro sulla pelle incomprensibili messaggi fatti di numeri e lettere; poi li abbandona a un'agonia lenta e straziante. Chi è e cosa vuole? E il tatuaggio che porta sul braccio, un centopiedi rosso con zanne e un volto umano, ha un significato? A esaminare i primi indizi, il killer sembra ispirarsi al collezionista di ossa, il famigerato criminale che più di dieci anni prima aveva gettato nel terrore la città e messo a dura prova il brillante talento deduttivo di Lincoln Rhyme. Questa volta, spalleggiato dalla fidata Amelia Sachs e da tutta la squadra, il criminologo più famoso d'America sarà costretto a districarsi in un oscuro ginepraio di false piste e colpi di scena, in lotta contro il tempo per sventare un piano folle e diabolico. Perché il passato non muore mai, e il nemico non è mai così lontano.

Fiendish suspense. Shocking twists.
Twelve diabolical tales.

New York Times bestselling author and highly acclaimed storyteller Jeffery Deaver-the undisputed 'grand master of the plot twist' (Booklist)-returns with a dazzling new collection of short stories. In these twelve electrifying tales (including six written just for this anthology) Deaver proves once again his genius for the unexpected-in his world, appearances are always deceiving.

A devoted housekeeper embarks on a quest to find the truth behind her employer's murder. A washed-up Hollywood actor gets one last, high-stakes chance to revive his career. A man makes an impulsive visit to his hometown, and learns more about his past than he bargained for. Two Olympic track hopefuls receive terrorist threats. And Deaver's beloved series characters Lincoln Rhyme, Kathryn Dance, and John Pellam return in stories now in print for the first time.

Two men of words...
One seeking only peace.
The other, violence.
Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy -- and danger -- seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise.
Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, Tate's ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter, Megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns. Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver,Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a bestseller. It will leave you speechless.

When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, offduty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report?

Brynn stumbles onto a scene of true horror and narrowly escapes from two professional criminals. She and a terrified visitor to the weekend house, Michelle, flee into the woods in a race for their lives. As different as night and day, and stripped of modern-day resources, Brynn, a tough deputy with a difficult past, and Michelle, a pampered city girl, must overcome their natural reluctance to trust each other and learn to use their wits and courage to survive the relentless pursuit. The deputy's disappearance spurs both her troubled son and her new husband into action, while the incident sets in motion Brynn's loyal fellow deputies and elements from Milwaukee's underside. These various forces race along inexorably toward the novel's gritty and stunning conclusion.

The Bodies Left Behind is an epic cat-and-mouse chase, told nearly in real-time, and is filled with Deaver's patented twists and turns, where nothing is what it seems, and death lingers just around the next curve on a deserted path deep in the midnight forest.

Fiendish suspense. Shocking twists.
Twelve diabolical tales.

New York Times bestselling author and highly acclaimed storyteller Jeffery Deaver-the undisputed 'grand master of the plot twist' (Booklist)-returns with a dazzling new collection of short stories. In these twelve electrifying tales (including six written just for this anthology) Deaver proves once again his genius for the unexpected-in his world, appearances are always deceiving.

A devoted housekeeper embarks on a quest to find the truth behind her employer's murder. A washed-up Hollywood actor gets one last, high-stakes chance to revive his career. A man makes an impulsive visit to his hometown, and learns more about his past than he bargained for. Two Olympic track hopefuls receive terrorist threats. And Deaver's beloved series characters Lincoln Rhyme, Kathryn Dance, and John Pellam return in stories now in print for the first time.

Delle sue vittime lui non vuole il corpo, vuole solo la pelle: per marchiarla a morte. E un novembre gelido, a New York, e nelle strade spazzate dal vento e dalla neve si aggira un serial killer. E scaltro, feroce, implacabile. Aggredisce donne e uomini nei seminterrati, li trascina nelle gallerie buie e umide che si allargano labirintiche nel sottosuolo, li tatua con un inchiostro al veleno lasciando loro sulla pelle incomprensibili messaggi fatti di numeri e lettere; poi li abbandona a un'agonia lenta e straziante. Chi è e cosa vuole? E il tatuaggio che porta sul braccio, un centopiedi rosso con zanne e un volto umano, ha un significato? A esaminare i primi indizi, il killer sembra ispirarsi al collezionista di ossa, il famigerato criminale che più di dieci anni prima aveva gettato nel terrore la città e messo a dura prova il brillante talento deduttivo di Lincoln Rhyme. Questa volta, spalleggiato dalla fidata Amelia Sachs e da tutta la squadra, il criminologo più famoso d'America sarà costretto a districarsi in un oscuro ginepraio di false piste e colpi di scena, in lotta contro il tempo per sventare un piano folle e diabolico. Perché il passato non muore mai, e il nemico non è mai così lontano.

A woman tries to evade the police while negotiating with the kidnapper who took her daughter in this new thriller from the New York Times best-selling author of The Bone Collector. Simultaneous.

€ 18,50

COUNTRY-POP INGÉNUE Kayleigh Towne’s career is just reaching new heights with her huge hit single “Your Shadow”—but increased fame is also bringing unwanted attention. An innocent exchange with one of her fans, signed with an “XO,” leads Kayleigh into the dangerous and terrifying realm of obsession.

Edwin Sharp thinks Kayleigh’s songs contain messages that speak directly to him. Despite her clear rejection and threats from lawyers and law enforcers, he remains convinced that “Your Shadow” was written just for him, and he announces he’s coming for Kayleigh. Then a potentially fatal accident occurs at the concert hall where Kayleigh is rehearsing for a triumphant hometown performance, and she is convinced that someone—maybe Edwin—was there watching her from the darkness.

True to his word, Edwin Sharp soon makes an ominous appearance in town, and California Bureau of Investigation Agent Kathryn Dance, a friend and fan of Kayleigh’s on vacation in Fresno to attend the show, intervenes on her behalf, drawing Sharp’s frightening attention to herself. That night a member of the road crew whom Kayleigh had once dated is murdered in an eerie echo of an image from her chart-topping song. As more deaths loom on the horizon, Kathryn Dance must use her considerable skills at investigation and body-language analysis to stop the stalker and save more innocent victims. But before long she learns that, like many celebrities, Kayleigh has more than one fan with a mission . . .

This nail-biting thriller from suspense master Jeffery Deaver speeds along over just three short days, filled with terrifying twists that will keep readers held in rapt suspense until the final shocking revelation.

A woman tries to evade the police while negotiating with the kidnapper who took her daughter in this new thriller from the New York Times best-selling author of The Bone Collector. 300,000 first printing.

€ 13,90

DIE ANGEBETETE - DEAVER JEFFERY - Random Germania

Chiusa in una stanza, Gabriela aspetta da ore notizie della sua bambina. Finalmente, la porta di casa si apre. Ma non è la polizia, non è l'FBI: è l'uomo che ha sequestrato Sarah. E stringe in pugno una pistola... Comincia così, dalla fine, il thriller di Jeffery Deaver, che racconta a ritroso l'incubo in cui è precipitata improvvisamente la vita di Gabriela. Sua figlia Sarah di sei anni è stata rapita. E a lei hanno dato un ultimatum: se vuole rivederla viva, deve versare un riscatto di mezzo milione di dollari e recuperare un documento scottante, su cui molti vorrebbero mettere le mani, la October List. Il tutto nel giro di trenta ore. In un susseguirsi serrato di colpi di scena per le strade di Manhattan, Deaver intesse una storia adrenalinica che si dipana al contrario da una domenica sera al venerdì mattina, costruendo un inganno che si svela solo all'ultima pagina, ovvero al momento dell'imprevedibile inizio.

Includes a preview of the brand new sequel The Skin Collector.

This sequel to the New York Times best-selling The Bone Collector pits the former New York police homicide detective, who became a forensic consultant after becoming a quadriplegic, against another devious criminal mastermind. 250,000 first printing.

A serial killer scrawls cryptic messages on his victims using a poisoned tattoo gun as Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs try to figure out his next move in this sequel to the New York Times best-selling The Bone Collector.

Collects twenty short stories depicting spies, double agents, femme fatales, and the weaponry of the Cold War written by such modern authors as Joseph Finder, Sara Paretsky, and T. Jefferson Parker.

This collection features twenty short stories depicting spies, double agents, femme fatales and the weaponry of the Cold War written by popular modern authors including Joseph Finder, Sara Paretsky, T. Jefferson Parker and others. 25,000 first printing.

Collects twenty short stories depicting spies, double agents, femme fatales, and the weaponry of the Cold War written by such modern authors as Joseph Finder, Sara Paretsky, and T. Jefferson Parker.

Collects twenty short stories depicting spies, double agents, femme fatales, and the weaponry of the Cold War written by such modern authors as Joseph Finder, Sara Paretsky, and T. Jefferson Parker.