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Inspecteur Karen Pirie Reeks

Deze meeslepende misdaadserie volgt een vasthoudende rechercheur uit de historische regio Fife in Schotland. Elke aflevering presenteert een nieuw complex misdrijf, duikend in duistere geheimen en ingewikkelde plots. De auteur creëert meesterlijk sfeervolle locaties en boeiende karakterstudies. Lezers die houden van uitdagende mysteries en de sfeervolle ambiance van de Schotse kust zullen hier veel plezier aan beleven.

Still Life
Broken Ground
Out Of Bounds
The Skeleton Road
Karen Pirie 2. Een duister domein
The Distant Echo

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  1. The Distant Echo

    • 496bladzijden
    • 18 uur lezen

    It was a winter morning in 1978, that the body of a young barmaid was discovered in the snow banks of a Scottish cemetery. The only suspects in her brutal murder were the four young men who found her: Alex Gilbey and his three best friends. With no evidence but her blood on their hands, no one was ever charged.Twenty five years later, the Cold Case file on Rosie Duff has been reopened. For Alex and his friends, the investigation has also opened old wounds, haunting memories-and new fears. For a stranger has emerged from the shadows with his own ideas about justice. And revenge.When two of Alex's friends die under suspicious circumstances, Alex knows that he and his innocent family are the next targets. And there's only way to save them: return to the cold-blooded past and uncover the startling truth about the murder. For there lies the identity of an avenging killer...

    The Distant Echo1
    3,9

  2. Karen Pirie 2. Een duister domein

    • 384bladzijden
    • 14 uur lezen

    Tijdens de beruchte mijnstaking in Schotland, in 1984, ging een mijnwerker ervandoor die zijn kameraden verraden zou hebben. Hij is nooit meer gezien. Kort daarna verdween een jonge vrouw, Catriona Grant, dochter van een steenrijke Schotse zakenman. Beide verdwijningen zijn omgeven met mysterie, met familieproblemen, met schande, met de dood. Wanneer rechercheur Karen Pirie van de afdeling Cold Cases zich op deze onopgeloste zaken stort, blijken ze allebei huiveringwekkend actueel.

    Karen Pirie 2. Een duister domein2
    3,8

  3. The Skeleton Road

    When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a crumbling, gothic building in Edinburgh, Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is faced with the unenviable task of identifying the bones. As Karen's investigation gathers momentum, she is drawn deeper into a dark world of intrigue and betrayal. Meanwhile, someone is taking the law into their own hands in the name of justice and revenge -- but when present resentment collides with secrets of the past, the truth is more shocking than anyone could have imagined . . . From number one bestseller, Val McDermid comes an atmospheric, spine-chilling tour de force -- her richest and most accomplished psychological thriller to date.

    The Skeleton Road3
    3,8

  4. Out Of Bounds

    • 496bladzijden
    • 18 uur lezen

    Number one bestseller Val McDermid is back with her most gripping, chilling and suspenseful novel yet.

    Out Of Bounds4
    4,0

  5. Broken Ground

    'Somebody has been here before us. And he's still here . . .' When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long-buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past - until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case where nothing is as it seems. It's not long before an overheard conversation draws Karen into the heart of a different case, however - a shocking crime she thought she'd already prevented. As she inches closer to the twisted truths at the centre of these murders, it becomes clear that she's dealing with a version of justice terrifyingly different to her own . . . Number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid returns with her most breathtakingly atmospheric and exhilarating novel yet.

    Broken Ground5
    4,1

  6. Still Life

    • 528bladzijden
    • 19 uur lezen

    On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the sea. It is quickly discovered that the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade-old investigation, when a prominent civil servant disappeared without trace. DCI Karen Pirie was the last detective to review the file and is drawn into a sinister world of betrayal and dark secrets. But Karen is already grappling with another case, one with even more questions and fewer answers. A skeleton has been discovered in an abandoned campervan and all clues point to a killer who never faced justice - a killer who is still out there. In her search for the truth, Karen uncovers a network of lies that has gone unchallenged for years. But lies and secrets can turn deadly when someone is determined to keep them hidden for good...

    Still Life6
    4,1