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Detective Tracy Crosswhite has agreed to look into the disappearance of investigative reporter Lisa Childress. Solving the cold case is an obsession for Lisa’s daughter, Anita. So is clearing the name of her father, a prime suspect who became a pariah. After twenty-five years, all Anita wants is the truth—no matter where it leads.

Called in to consult after a young woman disappears, Tracy Crosswhite has the uneasy feeling that this is no ordinary missing-persons case. When the body turns up in an abandoned well, Tracy’s suspicions are confirmed. Estranged from her family, the victim had balked at an arranged marriage and had planned to attend graduate school. But someone cut her dreams short. Solving the mystery behind the murder isn’t Tracy’s only challenge. The detective is keeping a secret of her own: she’s pregnant.

A year after the devastating murder of his wife, attorney David Sloane has returned to Seattle after three months in Mexico. At a black-tie dinner where he’s been persuaded to give the keynote address, Sloane reconnects with Barclay Reid, opposing counsel in his most prominent case. Barclay is suffering from her own personal tragedy - the death of her teenage daughter from a drug overdose. In the aftermath, Barclay has begun an intense crusade against the Russian drug traffickers she holds responsible for her daughter’s death, pursuing them with zeal for justice.

Beverly Ford lost more than just her husband when he died in Iraq from a fatal wound and faulty body armor - she also lost her faith in the government and its military. After no response to her unlawful death claim, she's taking them both to court. Successful attorney David Sloane, a former Marine, knows Beverly's case is a no-win situation, but his conscience won't let him abandon her.

In San Francisco's seamy Tenderloin district, a teenage street hustler has been murdered in a shelter for boys. And the dedicated priest who runs the struggling home stands accused. But despite damning evidence that he's a killer—and worse—Father Thomas Martin stands by his innocence. And attorney Peter Donley stands with him.

After a harrowing escape from Russian agents on his last mission, Charles Jenkins thinks he’s finally done with the spy game. But then the final two of the seven sisters—American assets who have been deep undercover in Russia for decades—cut off all communication with their handlers. Are they in hiding after detecting surveillance? Or have they turned and become double agents? It’s Jenkins’s duty to find out, but he’s been added to a Russian kill list. It will require all of Jenkins’s knowledge of spycraft—and an array of disguises—to return to the country undetected.

Betrayed by his own country, former spy Charles Jenkins survived an undercover Russian operation gone wrong. The retired family man is through with spy games. Then he learns of a woman isolated in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo Prison. If it’s Paulina Ponomayova, the agent who sacrificed her life to save his, Jenkins can’t leave her behind. But there’s no guarantee it’s her. Or proof Paulina is still alive. To find out, Jenkins must return to Russia and blackmail Viktor Federov, a former Russian officer with his own ax to grind, into helping him infiltrate Lefortovo.

His old life in the rearview, Del Castigliano has left Wisconsin to work homicide for the Seattle PD. Breaking him in is veteran detective Moss Gunderson, and he’s handing Del a big catch: the bodies of two unidentified men fished from Lake Union. It’s a major opportunity for the new detective, and Del runs with it, chasing every lead - to every dead end. Despite the help of another section rookie, Vic Fazzio, Del is going nowhere fast. Until one shotgun theory looks to be dead right: the victims are casualties of a drug smuggling operation.

Quitting her job as a high school science teacher to join the Seattle Police Department was an easy decision for Tracy Crosswhite. Years earlier, what should have been one of the happiest days of her life instead became her worst nightmare when her younger sister, Sarah, disappeared. After the murder trial, while her family disintegrated, Tracy turned her heartbreak and her lingering questions into a passion for justice.

Early in the morning on August 27, 1996, 20-year-old Scott Dominguez showed up for an ordinary day at the fertilizing plant where he worked. By 11:00 am, he was clinging to life, unconscious and suffocating from toxic exposure to cyanide in a tank that was supposed to contain only mud and water. EPA Special Agent Joseph Hilldorfer was tasked with finding out what really happened on that horrific day in Soda Springs, Idaho, but the answers would not be easily uncovered.

In this prequel short story to Robert Dugoni’s #1 Kindle-bestselling novel, My Sister’s Grave, Tracy Crosswhite is a young patrol officer, paying her dues, keeping her head down, and hoping a solid record will get her promoted to detective. While years have passed since the disappearance of Tracy’s sister, the experience has made her one of the city’s most dedicated cops.

As David Sloane continues to piece his life back together in the wake of his wife's vicious murder, he also struggles to handle his difficult teenage son, Jake. Reeling from the loss of his mother, Jake's bad behavior escalates and his relationship with Sloane is pushed to the brink. When Sloane's old friend, Detective Tom Molia, recruits Sloane and Jake to join him and his son on a camping trip, Sloane sees the trip as an opportunity to repair their broken father/son bond.

In a quiet South Seattle neighborhood, a suspected drug smuggler and his girlfriend are murdered in their home. When a young man named Michael Westbrook is accused of the brutal double homicide, his uncle JP Harrison turns to Keera Duggan to defend him. JP is Keera’s trusted investigator, and he desperately needs Keera to save his nephew against escalating odds.

Detective Tracy Crosswhite von der Mordkommission Seattle hat einen neuen Fall: Ein Serienkiller, bekannt als "der Cowboy", bringt mit einer perfiden Fesseltechnik junge Tänzerinnen um und hinterlässt dabei kaum verwertbare Spuren. Tracy und ihr Team ermitteln mit Hochdruck. Während die Lösung des Falls mit einer hochbrisanten Ermittlung zu tun haben könnte, die zehn Jahre zurückliegt, ist Tracy anscheinend selbst ins Visier eines Stalkers geraten. Oder ist es am Ende der Killer selbst, der die attraktive Ermittlerin in Blick hat?

Ein Killer auf Rachefeldzug. Eine Ermittlerin getrieben von ihrer Vergangenheit. Der neue Thriller von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautor Robert Dugoni Detective Tracy Crosswhite, die auch in heiklen Situationen ihre Gefühle immer unter Kontrolle hat, gerät während eines Verhörs völlig aus der Fassung. Denn der Verdächtige Erik Schmidt hat Verbindungen zu dem Psychopathen, der damals ihre Schwester ermordet hat. Seine verstörenden Bemerkungen lassen Tracys Trauma aufleben.

Tödliche Geheimnisse hinter verschlossenen Türen: Robert Dugonis Bestseller-Reihe geht weiter. Eine junge Joggerin verschwindet spurlos. Freunde und Familie fürchten das Schlimmste. Die Suche führt Detective Tracy Crosswhite und ihren Kollegen Kinsington Rowe in eine angesehene Wohngegend im Norden Seattles, mit freundlichen Nachbarn – und dunklen Geheimnissen hinter fest verschlossenen Türen. Aber auch ein Cold Case beschäftigt Tracy intensiv. Gerade erst Mutter geworden, kümmert sie sich um den Fall eines vermissten kleinen Mädchens.

Als die Mordermittlerin Tracy Crosswhite mit ihrem Mann Dan und ihrer kleinen Tochter nach Cedar Grove zurückkehrt, lauern dort dunkle Erinnerungen auf sie. Hier wurde ihre Schwester brutal umgebracht, ein weiteres Mädchen starb einen gewaltsamen, nie geklärten Tod. Nach einer Brandstiftung, bei der eine Reporterin stirbt, bittet die örtliche Polizei Tracy um Hilfe. Während auch Dan als Jurist einen mysteriösen Fall untersucht, ermittelt Tracy. Sie kommt einem Killer gefährlich nah - der längst sie und ihre Familie im Fadenkreuz hat.

Eine packende und rührende Geschichte über Mut und die Suche nach sich selbst von Bestsellerautor Robert Dugoni. "Wir glauben, dass wir unseren Lebensweg selbst wählen. Aber da täuschen wir uns." Aufgrund eines Gendefekts hat Sam rote Pupillen. Für seine Mutter ist das Gottes Wille, die anderen verhöhnen ihn als "Teufelsjungen". Erst als Sam die rebellische Mickie und den afroamerikanischen Ernie kennenlernt, ist er nicht länger einsam, und die drei Außenseiter werden Freunde.

In einem stillgelegten Brunnen wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau entdeckt: Tracy Crosswhite von der Mordkommission Seattle ermittelt und findet heraus: Die Ermordete war zwischen den traditionellen Werten ihrer indischen Familie und dem Wunsch, Medizin zu studieren, gefangen. Vermisst, ermordet: Das erinnert Tracy schmerzlich an ihre eigene Schwester. Um jeden Preis will sie den Täter überführen. Was riskant ist: Sie ist schwanger, eine neue Kollegin scheint entschlossen, ihren Job zu übernehmen.

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter sucht die junge Sarah Zuflucht im Strandhaus ihrer Großmutter Constance. Während diese alles unternimmt, um das Sorgerecht für die Enkelin zu bekommen, verbringt Sarah viel Zeit allein am Strand. Eines Tages lernt sie dort die sensible, sehr kluge Faith kennen, die vor ihrem übergriffigen Ehemann geflohen ist und sich gut einfühlen kann in die Ängste des jungen Mädchens. Als die Vergangenheit sie beide einholt, müssen sie den kleinen Küstenort verlassen - auch wenn sie nicht wissen, wo es eigentlich hingehen soll.