Bøger af Jilliane Hoffman

C.J. Townsend is a brilliant prosecutor known for keeping her cool even when trying the most horrific cases. The latest: an accused serial killer who savors cruelty and considers murder an art. But this case is different. C.J. recognizes the suspect. She knows what he's capable of. After all these years, she still has the nightmares to prove it. Now she's walking the fine line between justice and revenge. Even C.J. isn't prepared for where it will take her.Book 1 in the C.J. Townsend trilogy.

She could have stopped an awful crime. She could have saved a life. She tried to forget about it. But now, the truth is out. The terrifying new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Retribution and Pretty Little Things.Faith Saunders is the perfect wife, mother, and community champion - loved and admired by all who know her. One night will change everything.As she drives home in the pouring rain, a dishevelled young woman appears out of nowhere, pleading for help. The isolated stretch of road is dark, and with her daughter Maggie asleep in the backseat, Faith refuses to let the stranger in. What she sees next will haunt her forever.When the missing-person posters go up, Faith's guilt consumes her. And then it turns out Maggie wasn't asleep that night, her perfect life begins to unravel. Maggie's testimony leads to an arrest. But Faith is the only one who can identify a second man involved in the woman's abduction and subsequent murder. She has one chance to convince a jury of what happened. If she fails, two killers will be set free. And they know exactly where to find Faith and her family...

The chilling new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Retribution and Pretty Little ThingsTHEY WATCH.The body of a student who went missing from a Florida nightclub is found in a dumpster. A horrifying scene, but nothing compared to what she had to endure before her murder. She was drugged and tortured - all broadcast live for the twisted pleasure of a snuff club.THEY WAIT.Detective Manny Alvarez works the homicide alongside young hotshot Assistant State Attorney Daria DeBianchi. The media spotlight shines on the accused, a privileged playboy seen leaving the club with the victim. But without cast-iron evidence, Daria and Manny must dig deeper to crack the case.THEY TAKE WHAT THEY WANT.The investigation exposes a terrifying connection between numerous unsolved murders and abductions stretching across the country. Their only lead is through notorious serial killer William Bantling, who knows the sinister society's secrets first-hand. But Bantling won't show his hand for free - he wants off Death Row.For Manny and Daria, the nightmare is just beginning. And the only thing more devastating than this case's past is what lies ahead...

THE GRIPPING LEGAL THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RETRIBUTIONSome fear madness, some people choose it . . . The defendant: David Marquette. A successful attorney. Devoted father and husband. The victims: His own wife and three small children. The plea: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. But is his insanity defence a cover-up for cold-blooded and calculated murders? And is there a link between him and a string of unsolved homicides across the state? The trial will take young prosecutor Julia Valenciano on a painful personal journey back into her own past - a past she is trying to forget. And it will bring her face to face with a future that is so frightening, she's not sure she ever wants to see it.Praise for Jilliane Hoffman:'Intensely readable' Guardian 'Grim and gripping' Crimespree'Writes like an angel' Independent on Sunday 'Hugely readable' Daily Mirror

A terrifying serial killer thriller which fans of Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell, and Karin Slaughter will love. 'Like Patterson or Cornwell, Hoffman creates vivid, engrossing crime investigations' Time Out __________Two years ago William Bantling was put on death row by Florida's Assistant State Attorney, CJ Townsend - for the torture and murder of eleven young women.But now the three cops crucial to Bantling's conviction have been brutally slain. And what's more, CJ knew them all - and the shocking secret they took to their graves.But it's clear that somebody else also knows the truth - though their reasons for wanting it kept quiet are very different to CJ's. Which leaves her with a terrifying choice: reveal the secret she swore to keep and stay alive - or be its last witness, and the next to die . . .Praise for Jilliane Hoffman:'Intensely readable' Guardian 'Grim and gripping' Crimespree'Writes like an angel' Independent on Sunday 'Hugely readable' Daily Mirror

THE THRILLING PAGE-TURNER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER JILLIANE HOFFMAN'Intensely readable. A tale of personal horror, thrills and vengeance' GuardianOne terrible night in New York City, brilliant law student Chloe Larson is brutally attacked in her own home - and her life is changed for ever . . . LIFE OR DEATH?Twelve years later and calling herself CJ, she's a State Attorney in Florida when the hunt for a sadistic serial killer called Cupid appears to be over. But for CJ, the terror is only just beginning . . . KILLER OR VICTIM?Because if Cupid is the same man who left her former self for dead all those years ago, the price of vengeance might be her career - and her sanity. But if he isn't, the truth could cost CJ a whole lot more . . .JUSTICE OR RETRIBUTION?Praise for Jillian Hoffman:'Grim and gripping' Crimespree'Writes like an angel' Independent on Sunday 'Hugely readable' Daily Mirror