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Joseph O'Loughlin ha una vita a prima vista perfetta: una famiglia felice, una brillante carriera da psicologo. Ma basta poco per sconvolgere anche l'esistenza più solida: nel caso di Joe, il misterioso omicidio di una ragazza che era stata in cura presso di lui, un giovane paziente sempre più instabile, una notizia inaspettata e la più grande menzogna della sua vita. Avvolto in una rete di inganni, ossessionato dall'immagine della ragazza uccisa, ricercato dalla polizia che lo accusa di due omicidi, Joe va alla ricerca della verità che può restituirgli ciò che ha perduto.

Nuda sotto una pioggia torrenziale, una donna è aggrappata al parapetto di un ponte, sospesa sul vuoto, in bilico sui tacchi delle sue scarpe rosse. Sulla pancia ha una scritta fatta col rossetto "Puttana", e all'orecchio un cellulare. Piange e supplica. Ma quando il noto psicologo Joseph O'Loughlin le si avvicina per parlarle e salvarla, la donna gli sussurra solo una cosa: "Lei non capisce." Poi, si lascia cadere. Un drammatico suicidio, una brutta storia finita male.

L'ispettore Vincent Ruiz della polizia di Londra si risveglia in ospedale dopo otto giorni di coma: è stato trovato su una barca alla deriva sul Tamigi, ferito e coperto del sangue di due persone di cui non si hanno più tracce. Nonostante i suoi sforzi, non riesce a ricordare nulla di ciò che gli è successo. Un'immagine però lo ossessiona: quella di una bambina di sette anni, Mickey Carlyle, rapita tre anni prima.

Joseph O'Loughlin appears to have the perfect life—a beautiful wife, a loving daughter and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted. Even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling. All it takes is a murdered girl, a troubled young patient and the biggest lie of his life. Caught in a complex web of deceit and haunted by images of the slain girl, he embarks upon a search that will take him from London to Liverpool and into the darkest recesses of the human mind.

Michael Robotham's Suspect, hailed as "a lightning-paced debut" by Entertainment Weekly, was an international best seller that raised the bar for thrillers. Now two characters from that acclaimed novel, Detective Vincent Ruiz and psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, return for the electrifying Lost. When Detective Ruiz is pulled from the Thames, he has a bullet in his leg, a photograph of a missing (and presumed dead) girl in his pocket, and absolutely no memory of what happened.

Under en vinternatt dras den svårt nerkylde kommissarie Vincent Ruiz upp ur Themsen. Han är skjuten i benet och blöder ymnigt, men minns inte omständigheterna kring skottdramat. Under natten har han både förlorat sin tjänstepistol och sitt minne. I hans ficka ligger ett foto av Mickey Carlyle, en flicka som rövades bort för tre år sedan och som antas vara död. Den enda som tror att hon fortfarande lever är Ruiz. Men eftersom en pedofil redan är dömd för att ha mördat henne vill ingen att fallet ska öppnas igen.

A naked woman in red, high-heeled shoes is poised on the edge of Clifton Suspension Bridge with her back pressed to the safety fence, weeping into a mobile phone. Clinical psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin is only feet away, desperately trying to talk her down. She whispers "You don't understand" ¿ and jumps.

Sami Macbeth is not a master criminal. He's not even a minor one. He's not a jewel thief. He's not a safe-cracker. He's not an expert in explosives. Sami plays guitar and wants to be a rock god but keeps getting side-tracked by unforeseen circumstances. Fifty-four hours ago Sami was released from prison. Thirty-six hours ago he slept with the woman of his dreams at the Savoy. An hour ago his train blew up. Now he's carrying a rucksack through London's West End and has turned himself into the most-wanted terrorist in the country.

Why would a man escape from prison the day before he's due to be released? Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars has never been recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is. For 10 years he has been beaten, stabbed, throttled, and threatened almost daily by prison guards, inmates, and criminal gangs, who all want to answer this same question, but suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he's due to be released.

When Sienna Hegarty turns up at his family home one night, covered in blood and frozen in shock, psychologist Joe O'Loughlin finds himself drawn deep into her world, trying to unearth the dark secrets her mind has buried. The police find a major piece of the puzzle at Sienna’s house: her father, a retired cop, is face-down in a pool of his own blood, his throat slashed and his skull caved in. The blood covering Sienna was his.

A naked woman is perched on the edge of Clifton Suspension Bridge weeping into a mobile phone. Clinical psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin is only feet away, desperately trying to talk her down. She whispers, 'you don't understand,' and jumps. Later, Joe has a visitor - the woman's teenage daughter, a runaway from boarding school. She refuses to believe that her mother would have jumped off the bridge - not only would she not commit suicide, she is terrified of heights.

A lost child. A shattered past. A life going under. Vincent Ruiz is lucky to be alive. A bullet in the leg, another through the hand, he is discovered clinging to a buoy in the River Thames, losing blood and consciousness fast. It takes six days for him to come out of his coma and, when he does, his nightmare is only just beginning. Because Vincent has no recollection of what happened and nobody believes him.

When a murder suspect broke her back across a brick wall, Alisha Barba's dreams of being a detective were shattered. Now on her feet again, but with her career and private life in limbo, she receives a message from an old school friend, Cate Beaumont, who is eight months pregnant and in trouble.

Michael Robotham ha creado a un gran héroe indefenso, un criminal honorable, envuelto en un gran misterio y preparado para guiar al lector hacia una persecución memorable. Audie Palmer ha pasado los últimos diez años de su vida en prisión por un delito de robo armado, en el que, cuatro personas resultaron muertas, incluyendo a dos miembros de la banda de asaltantes. Siete millones de dólares desaparecieron en dicho robo y todo el mundo cree que Audie sabe en dónde está el dinero.

Under en vinternatt dras den svårt nerkylde kommissarie Vincent Ruiz upp ur Themsen. Han är skjuten i benet och blöder ymnigt, men minns inte omständigheterna kring skottdramat. Under natten har han både förlorat sin tjänstepistol och sitt minne. I hans ficka ligger ett foto av Mickey Carlyle, en flicka som rövades bort för tre år sedan och som antas vara död. Den enda som tror att hon fortfarande lever är Ruiz. Men eftersom en pedofil redan är dömd för att ha mördat henne vill ingen att fallet ska öppnas igen.

I close my eyes and feel my heart begin racing. Someone is coming. They're going to find me. A mother and her teenage daughter are found brutally murdered in a remote farmhouse, one defiled by multiple stab wounds and the other left lying like Sleeping Beauty waiting for her Prince.

In this heart-pounding thriller, when a former student bungles a murder investigation, clinical psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin steps in to face a ruthless killer. A mother and her teenage daughter are found murdered in a remote coastal home, one defiled by multiple stab wounds and the other...

In this heart-pounding detective novel, a psychologist faces off against a killer who destroys his victims from the inside out. "The most suspenseful book I read all year." —Stephen King Joe O'Loughlin is in familiar territory standing on a bridge high above a flooded gorge, trying to stop a...

Als Tochter eines Londoner Gangsterbosses wandelt die Polizistin Phil McCarthy auf einem schmalen Grat zwischen ihrem Beruf und ihrer Familie. Doch Phil liebt ihren Beruf, und sie setzt alles daran, voranzukommen. Als sie eines Nachts mit einem Kollegen auf Streife geht, treffen sie auf ein kleines Mädchen, das mutterselenallein herumirrt. Phil bringt das Kind nach Hause und findet dort die Mutter tot auf. Zeitgleich wird wenig entfernt der Mann der Ermordeten überfallen und mit einer Sprengladung am Körper zurückgelassen.

Als Tochter eines Londoner Gangsterbosses wandelt die Polizistin Phil McCarthy auf einem schmalen Grat zwischen ihrem Beruf und ihrer Familie. Doch Phil liebt ihren Beruf, und sie setzt alles daran, voranzukommen. Als sie eines Nachts mit einem Kollegen auf Streife geht, treffen sie auf ein kleines Mädchen, das mutterselenallein herumirrt. Phil bringt das Kind nach Hause und findet dort die Mutter tot auf. Zeitgleich wird wenig entfernt der Mann der Ermordeten überfallen und mit einer Sprengladung am Körper zurückgelassen.