Bøger af Erica Spindler

When seventeen-year-old Katherine McCall awakened one morning to find her beloved sister, Sara, brutally murdered, her whole life changed in the blink of an eye. Kat was named the prime suspect and, on a string of circumstantial evidence, charged and tried. While the jury found her innocent, not everyone else agreed, and her only choice was to go into hiding. But she carried a dark secret with her, one that made her worry she might actually have had something to do with Sara's death . . . Now, years later, Kat is still haunted by her sister's unsolved murder and continues to receive chilling anonymous letters, but she has tried to move on with her life. Until, on the tenth anniversary of Sara's death, she receives a letter that makes the past impossible to ignore: "What about justice for Sara?" What about justice for Sara? And for herself? Kat realizes that going back to Liberty, Louisiana, might be the only way to move forward and find some peace. And there's a killer out there who was never caught. But the town she's come back to is hardly different from the one she left. The secrets and suspicions still run deep. Kat has an ally in Detective Luke Tanner, son of the former Liberty police chief, but he may be her only one. With plenty of enemies, no one to trust and a killer determined to keep a dark secret buried, Kat must decide if justice is worth fighting--and dying--for. Bestselling author Erica Spindler returns with a chilling new suspense novel about a woman who goes home ten years after her sister's murder to find the true killer

She thought the nightmare was over....Twenty-three years ago, Anna North survived a living nightmare. A madman kidnapped her, cut off her pinkie, then vanished. Today Anna lives in New Orleans, writing dark thrillers under another name. She finally feels safe.But it was only just beginning....Suddenly Anna's quiet life takes a frightening turn. Letters start to arrive from a disturbed fan. Anna is followed, her apartment broken into. Then a close friend disappears.Anna turns to homicide detective Quentin Malone, but Malone's more concerned with the recent murders of two women in the French Quarter. But after a third victim is found - a redhead like Anna, her pinkie severed - Malone is forced to acknowledge that Anna is his link to the killer...and could be the next target.Now Anna must face the horrifying truth - her past has caught up with her. The nightmare has begun again.

They were only watchingThe mysterious lovers the three girls spied on were engaged in a deadly sexual game no one was supposed to know about. Especially Andie and her friends, whose curiosity had deepened into a dangerous obsession . . .Now, fifteen years later, someone is watching Andie. Someone who won't let her forget the unsolved murder of "Mrs. X" or the disappearance of "Mr. X." Suddenly Andie doesn't know who her friends are . . . Because loyalty can be murder.Andie. Julie. Raven. Three very different women, bound by more than friendship.

Rachel Howard, der er præst på øen Key West i Florida forsvinder efter at have lagt en panisk besked på sin søster, Liz Ames’, telefonsvarer. Politiet mener, at hun har fået et sammenbrud og er forsvundet af egen fri vilje, så de henlægger sagen. Men den forklaring tror Liz ikke på, så hun flytter til Key West for at bevise sin mistanke. Hendes eneste spor er søsterens kryptiske besked og en tegning af en særpræget hornet blomst. Inden for et døgn begår en velhavende bankmand selvmord, og en teenagepige bliver brutalt myrdet. De rituelle aspekter ved mordet leder tanken hen på den berygtede ”Det Nye Testamente-morder”, men han sidder på dødsgangen. Kan teenageren være blevet myrdet af en kopimorder? Og hvad var pigens tilknytning til Rachel? Politiet har en logisk forklaring på alt og tror ikke på, at alle de forskellige ting hænger sammen, og Liz møder ikke andet end mistro og hån. Den eneste, der vil høre på Liz, er den forhenværende politimand Rick Wells, og de kæmper i fællesskab for at afdække den ondskab, der lurer i det tilsyneladende idylliske samfund. Men de støder hele tiden på nye spørgsmål – og nye dødsfald. Og inden længe modtager også Liz trusler…

Hun troede, at mareridtet var forbi… For 23 år siden overlevede hun som barn en grusom kidnapning ved at flygte i sidste øjeblik. I dag bor den voksne Anna North i New Orleans og er ved at skabe sig et navn som krimiforfatter. Hun er langt om længe ved at føle sig tryg. Men så vender fortiden tilbage. Kvinder, der ligner hende, bliver myrdet, og hun bliver selv forfulgt. Til sidst må Anna se den frygtlige sandhed i øjnene: Mareridtet er begyndt igen!

En fredelig sydstatsby. Ondskaben selv. Tavshedens magt. Journalisten Avery Chauvin bliver dybt ulykkelig, da hun hører om sin fars selvmord. Hvordan kan han, en dedikeret læge, have taget sit eget liv? Avery indleder en desperat søgen efter svar i sin barndomsby Cypress Springs. Alt hun finder er løse rygter og en kasse med 15 år gamle avisudklip i sin fars hus, der alle omhandler det brutale mord på en lokal kvinde. Hvorfor havde hendes far gemt dem? Og så ramler fortid og nutid sammen. En kvinde findes myrdet og skamferet på det grufuldeste. En fremmed på gennemrejse forsvinder sporløst. Og Avery begynder at tro, at hendes far måske er blevet myrdet. Jo nærmere Avery kommer sandheden, jo mere bedrag får hun afdækket, og hun bliver nødt til at erkende, at ondskaben selv har taget bolig i denne fredelige sydstatsby, og at den – indtil nu – har været beskyttet af tavshedens magt.

Sommeren 2005 efter orkanen Katrina gør redningsarbejderne et makabert fund. I et gammelt køleskab finder de seks afhuggede kvindehænder – alle sammen højre. Politikaptajn Patti O’Shay, som altid følger regelbogen til punkt og prikke, får overdraget sagen. Men hun har svært ved at løse den, da hun ikke kan finde øleskabets ejer, og alle beviser er ødelagte på grund af orkanens rasen. To år senere er Patti stadig ikke kommet sig oven på den tragedie, der ramte hende, da hendes mand og kollega blev myrdet i den mordbølge, der fulgte oven på orkanens katastrofe. Men da en kvinde findes myrdet uden sin højrehånd, tager Patti sagen op igen, og på drabsstedet finder hun noget, der er endnu mere chokerende: Ved siden af offeret ligger hendes mands politiskilt! Patti glemmer nu alt om reglerne. Hun glemmer alt om frygt i hendes søgen efter sandheden… for hvis hun ikke gør det, kan hun ende med at blive morderens sidste offer.

For fem år siden blev byen Rockford opskræmt af mordene på tre små piger, der blev fundet liggende fredfyldt i deres senge. Så holdt mareridtet op – tilsyneladende. Men nu dør der atter småpiger i byen. Er seriemorderen vendt tilbage, eller har en ny galning besluttet sig for at kopiere hans gamle mord? Kriminalassistent Kitt Lundgren lover sig selv at opklare de grusomme forbrydelser for enhver pris. Sagen har allerede kostet hende sin lille datter, sit ægteskab og næsten også karrieren. Hun er ude i tovene, og det forstår morderen at udnytte til det yderste.

Sommeren 2005 efter orkanen Katrina gør redningsarbejderne et markabert fund. I et gammelt køleskab finder de seks afhuggede kvindehænder – alle sammen højre. Politikaptajn Patti O’Shay, som altid følger regelbogen til punkt og prikke, får overdraget sagen. Men hun har svært ved at løse den, da hun ikke kan finde køleskabets ejer, og alle beviser er ødelagte pga. orkanens rasen. To år senere er Patti stadig ikke kommet sig oven på den tragedie, der ramte hende, da hendes mand og kollega blev myrdet i den mordbølge, der fulgte oven på orkanens katastrofe. Men da en kvinde findes myrdet uden sin højrehånd, tager Patti sagen op igen, og på drabsstedet finder hun noget, der er endnu mere chokerende: Ved siden af offeret ligger hendes mands politiskilt! Patti glemmer nu alt om reglerne. Hun glemmer alt om frygt i hendes søgen efter sandheden ... for hvis hun ikke gør det, kan hun ende med at blive morderens sidste offer. Erica Spindler spinder en mesterlig fortælling sammen om en by, der danner rammen om mord og spænding. En by, der er blevet forvandlet på grund af en katastrofe. Det er en historie, man sent glemmer.

”Jeg gjorde det med vilje. For at høre dig skrige.” Freden bliver forstyrret af en motorbåd, der nærmer sig. Den 15-årige Jane vinker vildt med armene for at fange førerens opmærksomhed. Men båden fortsætter ufortrødent direkte mod hende … Der er nu gået 17 år siden den grufulde dag, der ændrede Janes liv for altid, og hun har alt at leve for. Hun har fået sit kønne ansigt rekonstrueret ved en lang række kosmetiske operationer, hun er ved at bryde igennem som kunstner, og hun venter barn sammen med sin elskede mand – den kendte plastikkirurg, dr. Ian Westbrook. Men Janes lykke bliver knust. En kvinde med nære bånd til Ian bliver fundet brutalt myrdet, og af ukendte årsager retter politiet deres mistanke mod Janes mand. Hun er endnu ikke kommet sig over chokket, før hun modtager et anonymt budskab, der lyder: ”Jeg gjorde det med vilje. For at høre dig skrige.” Politiet, deriblandt Janes søster, kriminalassistent Stacy Killian, mener, at budskabet kommer fra en tilfældig sindsforvirret person, der bare har hørt om hende i medierne. Men Jane selv ved bedre. Det kommer fra ham. Den mand, der ikke alene smadrede hendes ansigt, men også hendes tryghedsfølelse. Hun er overbevist om, at han gjorde det med fuldt overlæg dengang, og at han nu er kommet tilbage for at få ram på hende!

Denne gang er det ikke nogen leg Da en nær veninde bliver brutalt myrdet, lover Stacy Killian sig selv at opklare sagen – koste hvad det vil. Hun har ellers forladt Drabsafdelingen for at studere litteratur. Hun får hurtigt brug for al sin erfaring, da hun bliver hvirvlet ind i en udspekuleret morders djævelske rollespil, fyldt med hemmeligheder, had og hævntørst. Men hvem sidder i labyrintens centrum og styrer de blodige begivenheder? Er det den stenrige computerekspert, hans mystiske ekskone, venindens ekskæreste eller en helt fjerde? Stacy aner efterhånden ikke, hvem der er ven, og hvem der er fjende. Hun ved bare, at hun er i yderste livsfare.

Erica Spindler ahonda como nadie en el complejo mundo de las relaciones humanas y sabe manejar lenguaje y situaciones con excepcional maestría. ¿Qué ocurre cuando la persona que estuvo a punto de terminar con tu vida vuelve diecisiete años después para acabar su trabajo? A esto es a lo que se tiene que enfrentar Jane cuando creía tener una vida perfecta y feliz. En ¿Por qué a Jane?, Erica Spindler mantiene un angustioso suspense a lo largo de toda la novela y nos plantea cómo incluso la más insignificante de las decisiones que tomamos puede influir en nuestra vida y en la de todos aquellos que nos rodean. La feliz vida de Jane da un tremendo giro cuando su marido se convierte en sospechoso de asesinato y ella empieza a recibir anónimos. A partir de ese momento su prioridad es probar la inocencia de su marido, pero cada paso que da apunta a su culpabilidad, Mientras ella lucha contra la duda y la sospecha, su acosador se acerca cada vez más, y Jane debe afrontar la horrible verdad: su torturador lo sabe todo sobre ella. Los lectores se sentirán irremediablemente atraídos por las tramas policíacas. Publishers Weekly

Ensalzada por la crítica por su fina percepción del oscuro mundo del terror psicológico, Erica Spindler desarrolla historias capaces de mantener a los lectores al borde del asiento hasta el último momento. Cuando una amiga aparece brutalmente asesinada en su apartamento de Nueva Orleans, la ex detective de homicidios Stacy Killian tiene motivos para creer que su muerte está relacionada con Conejo Blanco, un juego de rol de culto, oscuro, violento y adictivo. Stacy, antiguo miembro del cuerpo de policía de Dallas, se ha visto expuesta en innumerables ocasiones al horror del crimen. Mudarse a Nueva Orleans fue un intento de llevar una vida normal. Pero el asesinato de su amiga vuelve a situarla en el papel del que huyó. Especialmente cuando conoce a Spencer Malone, el detective de homicidios encargado del caso. Convencida de que Malone, un policía novato y pagado de sí mismo, no está a la altura de su misión, Stacy se propone atrapar por su cuenta al asesino. Sus pesquisas la conducen al círculo íntimo del brillante creador de Conejo Blanco, Leo Noble, un hombre cuyo pasado oculta oscuros secretos y cuya vida está envuelta en el mismo aire enigmático e irreal que el juego de su invención. A medida que se acumulan los cadáveres y el juego avanza, Stacy y Spencer se ven forzados a trabajar codo con codo. Pronto se encuentran atrapados en el escalofriante y desquiciado universo de un juego en el que Leo Noble y cuantos lo rodean son sospechosos, crípticos mensajes anuncian quién será la próxima víctima y nadie, absolutamente nadie, se encuentra a salvo. Porque Conejo Blanco es mucho más que un juego. Es más que la vida y que la muerte. Y cualquiera puede sucumbir antes de que la partida acabe... y el asesino se lo lleve todo.

Erica Spindler nos retrata con gran habilidad la historia de tres generaciones de mujeres, sus complejas vidas, sus misterios, sus pecados, y al hombre que lo sabe todo sobre ellas y puede desvelar los más ocultos secretos. Lily Pierron es una legendaria madame que sabe que en la cálida Nueva Orleans se puede cometer cualquier pecado a cambio de un alto precio. Para ella, el precio es su hija Hope. Hope Pierron St. Germaine es la elegante y piadosa mujer de una acaudalado hotelero y la dedicada madre de Glory durante el día, pero por la noche sucumbe a las pasiones carnales que amenazan con destruirla. Glory St, Geramine ignora los vergonzosos secretos de su familia, pero sufre las consecuencias de una oscuridad cuya existencia desconoce. Obstinada y atolondrada, Glory encuentra el amor prohibido en el hombre que lo sabe todo sobre las Pierron. Los lectores se sentirán irremediablemente atraídos por las tramas policíacas.. Publishers Weekly

Descended from an ancient race, Earth's few remaining Lightkeepers battle the forces of darkness that threaten humanity. The countdown continues . . .Detectives Micki Dare and Zach Harris are called in to investigate when a millionaire developer leaps from atop his luxury hotel on the night of its grand opening.After Micki receives a mysterious package from her long-dead mentor, and Zach suspects something supernatural is working against them, they realize this is no ordinary case. A dark force is once again threatening the Big Easy. Aspects of this case prove eerily similar to an unsolved murder from years before, making the stakes dangerously personal for Micki. This time it's her life on the line.It will take the ingenuity and special skills of their misfit band of light beings and humans to bring this perpetrator down . . . but can they do it before they lose one of their own?"Erica Spindler pulls out all the stops with the beginning of a supernatural series that is not to be missed!" --Fresh Reviews on The Final Seven

A remorseless killer. A string of innocent, clean-cut victims. Detectives M.C. Riggio and Kitt Lundgren must race against a cold-blooded predator who moves at breakneck speed in this heart-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author Erica Spindler.Hot on the heels of their last case, partners Mary Catherine (M.C.) Riggio and Kitt Lundgren, detectives in the police department's Violent Crimes Bureau in industrial, blue-collar Rockford, Illinois, are called out to a college student's apartment where a young man with no criminal record, not even a noise complaint from his neighbors, appears to have been murdered in his sleep.The trail seems cold, until another victim turns up, and then another... each one striking closer to home for M.C. The growing list of seemingly emotionless kills leaves M.C. and Kitt little to follow-like the first victim, all the targets are young adults, kid-next-door types who've never taken a step outside the law. Meanwhile, the case starts to take its toll on M.C.'s personal life, setting her on edge with her partner and putting their hard-earned friendship in jeopardy. As M.C. and Kitt hunt a faceless killer, they are led deep into the cyberuniverse, where no one is who he seems and you never know who's watching. At the heart of this mesmerizing thriller is the relationship between two headstrong women as they struggle to balance their dual roles, to learn to trust, and to walk the fine line between upholding the law-and taking it into their own hands.

In this bare-knuckled adrenaline ride from New York Times bestselling author Erica Spindler, Alex Clarkson's worst nightmares are about to come true...A sinister, hooded figure...When Alexandra Clarkson starts having terrifying visions filled with blood and ceremonial images, she tries to find a rational explanation - maybe her mind is playing tricks on her, resurrecting creepy tableaux from her research on religious ceremonies and sects. But when Alex's mother, Patsy, commits suicide without leaving behind any information, Alex is left wondering: could she be haunted by something from the childhood she doesn't remember?Naked, writhing bodies...Detective Daniel Reed was the last person to speak to Patsy. What he reveals to Alex is shocking. Twenty-five years earlier, Patsy was married to Harlan Sommer, one of Sonoma County's most prominent vintners, when their infant son disappeared without a trace. The loss destroyed the Sommers' marriage, causing Patsy to leave and take Alex with her.A dead child...Called on to investigate the identity of a baby's remains unearthed in a Sonoma vineyard, Reed had picked up a trail that led him to Patsy in San Francisco. Now Reed and Alex both wonder if the cold bones could be her baby brother Dylan, and Alex decides to accompany Reed back to Sonoma for the investigation. No sooner does she arrive, however, than she is drawn deep into the search for a twisted killer...

In Spindler's thrilling new psychological drama, one woman's journey to recovery becomes her worst nightmare... Before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, stained-glass restoration artist Mira Gallier had it all: a thriving business doing work she loved and an idyllic marriage to the perfect man. But the devastating storm stole her beloved husband - his body swept away by floodwaters, never to be found.Now, after years of pain and turmoil, it looks as if Mira is finally on the verge of peace and emotional stability. But her life, like the magnificent windows blown to bits by Hurricane Katrina, is about to be shattered once again. And this time, it's not a killer storm she faces, but a psychopath who will stop at nothing until he possesses her, body and soul...First, church windows that she restored are vandalized, and the priest who looked over them brutally murdered. Spray-painted across the glass are the words: He Will Come to Judge the Living and the Dead. Then, New Orleans is rocked by a terrifying chain of murders that all seem to be linked to Mira. The police, led by homicide detective Spencer Malone, are following a string of clues left by the killer on each victim - and beginning to wonder if the murderer isn't Mira Gallier herself.As Mira begins to unravel under pressure from all sides - and fear for her life - it's unclear whom she can trust. And when a man from her past appears out of nowhere, sparking something long forgotten in her heart, he quickly becomes the police's new prime suspect. One by one, the people in Mira's life are targeted, until it's clear that the killer has been saving her for last . . . and that there's nowhere left to run.

Jane lebt an der Seite des Schönheitschirurgen Ian Westbrook als erfolgreiche Künstlerin in Dallas. Ihr Glück bricht jedoch zusammen wie ein Kartenhaus. Mit Drohbriefen meldet sich der Mann zurück, der sie vor vielen Jahren fast getötet hätte. Will er sein Werk nun vollenden? Steckt er auch hinter den jüngsten Frauenmorden? Oder muss Jane sogar Angst vor ihrem eigenen Mann haben? Für die Polizei ist er tatverdächtig. Doch welche Rolle spielt Janes Halbschwester Stacey, die die Ermittlungen leitet? Sie wollte sich schon längst an der Schwester rächen, an Jane, die immer auf der Sonnenseite des Lebens zu stehen scheint. Wem kann Jane nun noch vertrauen? Sie zieht in den Kampf – um ihr Leben und für ihre Liebe.

Sienna Scott, who grew up in the dark shadow of her mother’s paranoid delusions, returns home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life.In her mother’s shuttered home, an old fear rears it ugly head. One that had taken root inside Sienna all those years ago—that it was she who had been the killer’s target that night. And now, with it, a new fear—that the killer not only intended to remedy his past mistake—he’s already begun.As the walls close in, the line between truth and lie, reality and delusion disintegrate. Has Sienna’s worst nightmare come true? Has she inherited more than her mother’s beautiful face? Or will she unmask a killer and finally prove she may be her mother’s look-alike, but she’s not her clone?THE LOOK-ALIKE, written in Erica Spindler’s trademark style — fast-paced, with twists and turns that lead to a final, shocking conclusion — proves once again why she has legions of fans around the world and has been dubbed the Queen of the Romantic Thriller.

Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter and Karen Rose, Erica Spindler is master of classic crime fiction and the twist you won't see coming.

The outstanding new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Erica Spindler.

The first Saturday in July. A missing woman. The number seven carved into her door. The countdown has begun . . .Detective Micki Dare is a seasoned, no-nonsense cop. She doesn't need a partner, especially an irreverent charmer like Detective Zach Harris, who's fresh out of an 'experimental' FBI training programme. And Micki's assignment, to keep Zach alive while he fights crime using his special skills, is not what she signed up for. But the decision's been made and there's nothing she can do about it.Micki soon realises that there's more to her partner than meets the eye - and there's more at stake than just catching bad guys and closing cases. Because there's a new kind of evil lurking, something more cunning than she's ever encountered before. And she and Zach may be the only ones who can stop it.As another victim goes missing and the darkness closes in, Micki acknowledges a terrifying truth: they might not make it. This time the evil they're facing might destroy them all . . .Full of twists and drama, The Final Seven is a compulsive and heart-pounding thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.