'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah *** You have everything. But you give it up for an affair. You're in passionate love. And grave danger... Alice Loudon couldn't resist abandoning her old, safe life for a wild affair. And in Adam Tallis, a rugged mountaineer with a murky past, she finds a man who can teach her things about herself that she never even suspected. But sexual obsession has its dark side - and so does Adam. Soon both are threatening all that Alice has left. First her sanity. Then her life. *** Praise for Nicci French: 'French leads the field' Sunday Express 'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror 'Tense, frightening, gripping' Easy Living 'Dark, nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society.

Nadat een geheime lettercode is ontdekt bij de restauratie van Michelangelo's schildering van de schepping in de Sixtijnse kapel, leidt speurwerk in de archieven van het Vaticaan tot grote opschudding.

Asche ist alles, was von ihr übrig geblieben ist. Fast alles. Als der Rechtsmediziner David Hunter die Überreste der Frau in einem verfallenen Cottage auf der schottischen Insel Runa zum ersten Mal erblickt, weiss er sofort: Dieser Tod war kein Unfall. Er will seine Erkenntnisse dem Superintendenten mitteilen, doch die Leitung ist tot. Ein Sturm hat die Insel von der Aussenwelt abgeschnitten. Da geschieht ein weiterer Mord.

Een rechercheur en een ex-collega hebben nog een appeltje met elkaar te schillen totdat de moord op een tiener hen dichter bij elkaar brengt.

Als de nieuwe financieel directeur bij een gentechnologisch bedrijf aantreedt, kan hij niet vermoeden dat anderen zo hun eigen, minder eerbare bedoelingen met het bedrijf hebben.

C.J. Townsend is a brilliant prosecutor known for keeping her cool even when trying the most horrific cases. The latest: an accused serial killer who savors cruelty and considers murder an art. But this case is different. C.J. recognizes the suspect. She knows what he's capable of. After all these years, she still has the nightmares to prove it. Now she's walking the fine line between justice and revenge. Even C.J. isn't prepared for where it will take her.

Holly Kraus lives life in the fast lane. A successful young business woman with a stable home life, she is loved and admired by all who meet her. But that's only one side of Holly. The other sees her take regular walks on the wild side - where she makes ever more reckless mistakes. And when those mistakes start mounting up, the two sides of Holly blur together and her life quickly spirals out of control... - Backcover.