Domestic Crime

A NEW CASE OF INSPECTOR VEGA MARTÍN. An addictive thriller by the Spanish bestselling author in Spain who has captivated over 400,000 readers worldwide. PARADISE AND HELL CAN GO HAND IN HAND… …And the “perfect” couple is about to find out. Lucía becomes, in less than two months, the fourth victim of the elusive Glove Killer. Information leaked to the press and many speculations, but nothing sufficiently revealing for Inspectors Vega Martín and Daniel Haro, until a security camera in the right place brings them closer to the shocking truth. Astrid Rubio and Hugo Sanz, the ...

Kicking off season three of their hit reality TV show Domestic Partners is a home renovation project with an irresistible hook. Woods Hall is a lavish 1913 manor home in the Detroit suburb of Pleasant Woods, once belonging to the town's founding family. It also comes with its own ghost. Twenty-five years ago during a Halloween night party, automotive heiress and beauty queen Emma Wheeler-Woods, wearing a white Princess Diana wedding gown as a costume, fell from a third-floor balcony to her death. Or was she pushed?

Whispers in the Hydrangeas: Some Gardens Hide More Than Beauty Eleanor Wilson's beloved blue hydrangeas aren't just beautiful—they're the perfect cover for watching her quiet suburban street. When the Chos move in across the way, Eleanor's keen eye notices something off about the couple and their elaborate greenhouse. Behind Vivian Cho's polished exterior and her mysterious midnight gardening sessions lies a dangerous secret. When Eleanor discovers exotic plants with deadly properties and George Cho's unexplained injuries, she realizes her new neighbor's "botanical research" may be far ...

A cold spring day brings murder to the Oregon coast. No one is safe—and someone dear to Logan may be the next to fall. What starts as a peaceful run on the Oregon coast with her rescue dog Dixon, turns into a nightmare when Logan McKenna stumbles upon a shocking murder at a local dog training camp. The victim is a stranger, but Logan’s new friend, Oletta Hartley—the camp's owner and skilled dog and horse trainer—becomes the prime suspect. Determined to clear Oletta's name, Logan delves into a tangled web of lies where everyone has something to hide—and a reason for murder. As ...

She was supposed to be the perfect mother—until the night everything went wrong. When Peyton Hayes survives a horrifying car crash with her six-year-old son, she awakens to a living nightmare: a year of her memories erased, a nagging suspicion that she wasn’t alone in the car, and cryptic warnings scrawled on slips of paper. Everyone insists her life is flawless—her ex-husband suddenly wants back in, her best friend is eerily devoted, and her son flinches whenever she asks about that fateful night. But Peyton’s half-glimpsed flashbacks scream that something far darker lurks beneath ...

Cleo Forsum is a best-selling novelist turned scriptwriter whose TV series The Baking Detective is a huge success. Writing is all she's ever wanted to do, and baking and murder stories have proved a winning combination. But now she has decided to walk away from it all—including divorcing her husband, Wallace—before her past secrets catch up with her. As Cleo drafts the final ever episodes of the series, people she knows start getting hurt. And it's soon clear that someone is trying to frame her for murder.

La violencia doméstica no es una enfermedad nueva. Las mujeres son víctimas de la violencia doméstica con mucha frecuencia. Las formas y la frecuencia de la violencia doméstica en el mundo actual son inimaginables. La violencia doméstica es un delito y debe ser eliminada de la sociedad lo antes posible, o de lo contrario este delito podría dar lugar a otros delitos. Hoy, esta historia real trata de una mujer que es víctima de la violencia doméstica.

For the last seventeen years, Harry and Zara King’s lives have revolved around their only daughter, Sophie. One day, Sophie leaves the house and doesn’t come home. Six weeks later, the police are no closer to finding her than when they started. Harry and Zara have questioned everyone who has ever had any connection to Sophie, to no avail. Except there’s one house on their block—number 210, across the street—whose occupant refuses to break his silence.

Vanessa Sawyer knows all about pain. She’s felt it every day since marrying the boy who fathered her baby in high school. All he’s meant are broken bones, broken heart and broken dreams. But he also brought her the love of her life. When her son, Wren, was born, her baby boy was her salvation. Vanessa watches Wren grow and become a young man she can be proud of. Until one night everything changes, including Wren. One night that her son refuses to speak of. Now, Vanessa can’t rest, not until she uncovers the secret that her son has been hiding from her.

A Long-Awaited Romantic Interlude Turns Deadly…At long last Alex has returned to Wyndley Farm, her childhood home, with her infant child and the love of her life, undercover operative Jacob Stark. Her happiness is short-lived and abruptly ends as CIA agent Digger Stildove gathers intel that suggests trouble from the other side of the globe. Digger and Jacob leave Virginia for the Middle-East but danger escalates quickly on the homefront as the Secret Service detect terrorist activity near the farm. updated 10.9.2020

Isaiah Whitcomb is found dead in a parked car. Isaiah is a promising athlete and he also happens to be Detective Greg Holt’s nephew. It’s personal for Holt and he will stop at nothing to find who is behind his nephew’s murder.

Andrea was Leah’s best friend. A strange attraction between a wild, confident, fun-loving, widow and a quiet, insecure housewife.But Leah’s gentle and loving nature hide the depths of an underlying iron-hard mental strength. After surviving her vicious husband’s terrifying games and the mental asylum he committed her to, Leah’s only desire now is for a life of peace with her new partner, and her best friend, Andrea. What could possibly go wrong?Plenty, as it turns out. With her husband now on the run from a mob hitman, and his family each hiding their own secrets, they are prepared ...

Louise ha tenido que soportar que su marido, Andrew, que la abandonó hace cuatro años, haya creado una nueva familia. La “otra” es ahora su mujer, pero Louise no está preparada para dejar que Caz disfrute de la vida que una vez fue suya, ni para dejar marchar al hombre que aún ama. Cuando Louise empieza a hurgar en el pasado de Caz, las buenas intenciones de mantener una buena relación entre ambas empiezan a desvanecerse. Mientras cada una de ellas intenta destruir a la otra, descubrirán el espantoso secreto que esconde el hombre con el que ambas se han casado.

Losing her mother to a hit-and-run at age fifteen threw Beatrice "Beans" Bennett's life into turmoil. Bereft, she developed a life-threatening eating disorder, and went through a challenging recovery process which paved the way for her work as a clinical psychologist decades later. When a new patient arrives at her office and insists that Beans's mother is still alive—and in danger—Beans is forced to revisit her past in order to uncover the truth.

Domestic Abuse - Parent Abuse, Children’s Story, Those Left Behind, Our Stories & More of Our Stories Bundle. These are stories about the friends and families who have lost loved ones. Some have been forced to leave their abuser by going into hiding. Others haven't been as lucky. These people that are left behind tell their heartbreaking stories of their losses and grief.

Monique, the daughter of San Diego Chargers football great Earl Faison, married her high school sweetheart soon after she discovered she was pregnant with his child. Her relationship with Chris was shaky from the start, but turned tumultuous as he became verbally and physically abusive. When she could no longer put up with the abuse, she left him with their children. That was when the stalking and genuine threats began. Nothing stopped him - not protection injunctions, police warnings, or even arrests. One fateful Monday morning, Chris kidnapped Monique....

Parole and probation officers must deal with individuals suffering from psychiatric or substance abuse disorders on a frequent basis. Ellis Amdur and Alan Pelton offer parole and probation officers a comprehensive set of strategies to keep themselves as well as the general public safe, while functioning at the highest level of professionalism. The first section of this book offers an overview of the role of community corrections in dealing with the mentally ill and/or substance abusing offender. The second section is tactical: everything from field safety and tactical planning on one side, ...

‘A bloody confrontation at a massage parlor leaves a customer fighting for his life as a masseuse flees into the night. Detective Tom Stone swings into action, searching for the suspect while monitoring reports on the victim’s condition. He investigates a nearby bar where the owner, Jasmine, is closing for the night and wants nothing to do with the police. A shadowy figure huddles at a back table and Stone approaches to question her, but she escapes to the back parking lot and takes off in her car. Jasmine, fearful of the power that law enforcement wields, offers to show Stone where the...

This novel was a Finalist in 2022 for The Kindle Storyteller Award in Spain. ARE YOU SURE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT? The lives of Greta Leister, a renowned painter who gave up everything for love, and Diego Quirón, a writer of modest success, become intertwined in Redes, a coastal town in A Coruña, through Leo Artes, her husband. Leo, a pop music legend, joined the infamous 27 Club when he died at that age under tragic circumstances. After many refusals, Greta has hidden reasons for finally allowing Diego, pressured by his brother and his financial problems, to be the one to write Leo's ...

El antiguo pájaro de la muerte El fotógrafo de vida silvestre Sam Daniels tiene un trabajo de ensueño: viaja a lugares exóticos y toma fotos de animales increíblemente hermosos para que todos los puedan ver. Sin embargo, durante un viaje a la jungla amazónica a la que viajó por ese motivo, Sam y su guía se encuentran con un pájaro diferente a cualquiera que hayan visto antes, completamente hermoso e hipnotizante. Se las arregla para conseguir algunas fotos, pero no antes de que la extraña criatura asesine a su guía y salga volando, gritando. Petrificado y traumatizado, Sam ...