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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.

When a woman’s body is discovered submerged in a crab pot in the chilly waters of Puget Sound, Detective Tracy Crosswhite finds herself with a tough case to untangle. Before they can identify the killer, Tracy and her colleagues on the Seattle PD’s Violent Crimes Section must figure out who the victim is. Her autopsy, however, reveals she may have gone to great lengths to conceal her identity. So who was she running from?

Detective Tracy Crosswhite has a skill, and a soft spot, for tackling unsolved crimes. Having lost her own sister to murder at a young age, Tracy has dedicated her career to bringing justice and closure to the families and friends of victims of crime. So when Jenny, a former police academy classmate and protégé, asks Tracy to help solve a cold case that involves the suspicious suicide of a Native American high school girl forty years earlier, Tracy agrees.

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 rising star at her prestigious Seattle law firm, Dana Hill knows all about stress. She pours herself into her work and family with all the energy she has. But her carefully balanced life is about to be turned upside down. First a frightening medical diagnosis forces her to reassess her roles as a lawyer, mother, and wife to a man she suddenly no longer trusts. Then her life is rocked further by the shocking and brutal murder of her twin brother.

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.

Bodily Harm opens with a big win for Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass, in a medical malpractice case centered on the death of a child. But on the heels of this seeming victory, an unlikely character – toy designer Kyle Horgan – comes forward to tell Sloane that he’s gotten it all wrong. Horgan’s the one who’s truly responsible for the little boy’s death and others – not the pediatrician Sloane has just proven guilty.

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.

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.

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.

Der Serienmörder hat eine Botschaft. Und Tracy Crosswhite soll sie überbringen – Hochspannung von Bestsellerautor Robert Dugoni. Dreizehn Frauen hat der Route-99-Killer ermordet, die erste vor dreißig Jahren. Doch dann brach die Serie ab. Ermittlerin Tracy Crosswhite soll den Cold Case nun endgültig abschließen. Ausgerechnet mit ihrem Widersacher Captain Nolasco muss sie dafür zusammenarbeiten. Als sich ein Verdächtiger umbringt, glaubt Nolasco, dass der Täter sich selbst gerichtet hat. Aber Tracy ist überzeugt, dass der Schuldige noch lebt.

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.

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.

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.

Detective Tracy Crosswhite von der Mordkommission in Seattle steckt mitten in den Ermittlungen zu einem äußerst seltsamen Mordfall, als eine Kollegin sie bei einem Cold Case um Hilfe bittet. Vierzig Jahre zuvor wurde die junge Kimi Kanasket tot aufgefunden. War es wirklich Selbstmord, wie damals behauptet wurde? Tracy, deren eigene Schwester einem Mord zum Opfer gefallen ist, ist schnell bereit, sich um den alten Fall zu kümmern.

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.

Vor zwanzig Jahren verschwand Sarah, die jüngere Schwester von Tracy Crosswhite, spurlos. Tracy fragt sich seitdem, was damals wirklich geschah, denn sie glaubt nicht, dass Edmund House, der wegen des Mordes an ihrer Schwester angeklagt und verurteilt wurde, Sarah tatsächlich umgebracht hat. Tracy will die Wahrheit wissen und für Gerechtigkeit sorgen. Sie wird Polizistin und widmet ihr Leben als Detective im Morddezernat der Stadt Seattle der Jagd nach Schwerverbrechern.

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?

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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.