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Following a convention in the Scottish Highlands, eight social media influencers vanish without a trace, leaving their followers–and families–in a state of shock, and the police clueless as to their whereabouts. And then, the livestreams begin. Broadcast live from their squalid underground cells, the young influencers are forced into a sadistic battle for survival. With each livestream, their captor pits them against each other in a twisted competition for likes. The influencer with the fewest positive reactions faces a gruesome end–live on camera.

‘Hi,’ she says, ‘I’m your new neighbour.’ Her smile is bright but her shoulders are tense as she stands on the leafy green Edinburgh street. She seems friendly. But soon I’ll discover her dangerous secret.... On the first day I meet my new neighbour, we share a glass of wine and talk into the night. We swap numbers and I vow to get to know her better. But as I get closer to her, I discover something about her past that changes everything. She isn’t who I thought she was.

It all started harmlessly enough. An egged window, a deflated car tire, and a few garden gnomes knocked over. But then, the silent calls began–late nights and early mornings to landlines and mobiles, and numbers that no one should have access to.

When a badly mutilated body washes up on the shores of Loch Ness, DCI Jack Logan's dream of a quiet life in the Highlands is shattered. While the media speculates wildly about monster attacks, Jack and the Major Investigations Team must act fast to catch the killer before they can strike again. But with Nessie-hunters descending on the area in their dozens, and an old enemy rearing his ugly head, the case could well turn out to be the most challenging of Jack's career. And, if he isn't careful, the last.

Disgraced ex-cop Robert Hoon has crossed the wrong people for the last time. Having struck a humiliating blow against the criminal network known as the Loop, Hoon has been targeted by the Alphas, an elite squad of assassins who will not stop until he is dead. Outnumbered, outgunned, and on unfamiliar territory, Hoon’s only chance of survival lies several hundred miles north, in a place he knows better than anyone else on Earth. He swore he’d never set foot there again, but almost four decades after he left, Bob Hoon is finally going home.

When a sadistic killer begins picking off victims on the streets of Inverness, Jack’s boss decides to bring in some outside help. But the new team member is an old flame from Jack’s past who isn’t quite ready to let him go. And as the dead bodies rack up, the happily ever after that Jack has been building for himself might just be the next victim to fall....

It is the first murder that the remote Highland village has ever seen. It will not be the last. Someone is targeting the elderly and vulnerable in their homes. Someone they know. Someone they trust.

DCI Jack Logan should’ve known things were going too well. Genuinely happy for the first time in years, Jack has almost fooled himself into believing that the world is a decent place. But when the discovery of a mutilated body kicks off a series of grisly murders, Jack’s dream of a peaceful life rapidly begins to crumble around him. With friends in danger and enemies begging for his help, Jack must risk everything to protect the final would-be victim and stop the most monstrous killer he’s ever faced.

Former soldier. Ex-copper. Current man on the edge. Shunned by his old colleagues, and dividing his time between a dead-end job and the bottom of a whisky bottle, former Police Scotland detective superintendent Bob Hoon’s life is a mess. Then an old face from Hoon’s Special Forces days turns up asking for help: His teenage daughter has been missing for months, the police have drawn a blank, and he needs the kind of help that only Hoon can provide. And besides, Hoon owes him one.

When a 15-year-old girl fails to make it home after school, DI Heather Filson believes she’s dealing with just another teenage runaway. The girl’s grandfather, a notorious Glasgow gangster, disagrees. Convinced one of his underworld enemies has grabbed her, he’s prepared to bathe the city in blood in order to bring his princess home.

Ex-Police Scotland detective Bob Hoon has made himself some powerful enemies. Following his brutal search for the missing daughter of an old army colleague, Hoon is being hunted by the Loop, a secretive criminal cabal with members in very high places and a tendency to eliminate all those who stand against it. Unfortunately for them, Hoon has never been one to back down from a fight, and he isn’t about to start now. Instead, he’s going to burn their whole damn organization to the ground. But first, he’s going to have to get inside.

When a much-loved Kilmarnock police constable is found beaten to death in his home, all signs point to a burglary gone wrong. But, when a second officer is slain while walking the beat, it becomes clear that something much more sinister is afoot. Somebody is murdering cops. Harassed by an infuriating new partner and a teenage true crime podcaster, DI Heather Filson must track down a brutal killer while tensions between the police and the public explode into violence.

My nine-year-old daughter Hollie should be leaving school smiling and laughing with all the other children but she’s not here. I run frantically, checking everywhere, my voice growing louder, but I can’t see her bright blue eyes and heart-shaped face anywhere. Pure panic washes over me. This is my worst nightmare. Her teacher asks me if she should call the police. My heart stops. I shake my head and pretend I’ve made a mistake. I see a look of suspicion creep into the teacher’s eyes. But the police can’t know. No one can. My hands shake as I realise I’m completely on my own.

Als Sarahs Ehemann Nick bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kommt, bricht ihre Welt zusammen. Es scheint für sie unmöglich der Zukunft ohne ihn entgegenzutreten. Aber vielleicht muss sie das ja auch nicht. Als Sarah von EternaTech hört, dem KI Programm, an dem Nick und sein Geschäftspartner im Geheimen gearbeitet haben, bekommt sie plötzlich die Chance über den Tod hinweg weiter mit ihrem Mann zu reden.

Elizabeths neunjährige Tochter Hollie geht zu einer Halloween-Party in ihrer Schule – und verschwindet spurlos. Elizabeths verzweifelte Suche ist erfolglos, und sie ahnt: Hollie wurde entführt. Von jemandem, der Elizabeths dunkles Geheimnis kennt. Ihr Albtraum wird wahr, als sie ein Foto geschickt bekommt, auf dem Hollie gefesselt und geknebelt ist. Der Entführer fordert sie auf, sich öffentlich zu ihrer Schuld zu bekennen, sonst wird ihre Tochter leiden. Doch Elizabeth darf sich nicht der Polizei stellen.

Le monde de Sarah bascule lorsque son mari, Nick, perd la vie dans un accident de voiture. Affronter l’avenir sans lui paraît impossible. Mais peut-être peut-elle échapper à cette fatalité. En découvrant EternaTech, le programme d’IA que Nick et son associé ont développé en secret, elle saisit l’ultime chance de pouvoir parler à Nick depuis l’outre-tombe. L’IA s’exprime comme lui, pense comme lui. La ressemblance est troublante…

Con la morte del marito Nick in un incidente stradale, il mondo di Sarah va in frantumi. Affrontare un futuro senza di lui sembra impossibile. Ma forse non deve farlo. Quando Sarah scopre EternaTech, il programma di intelligenza artificiale a cui Nick e il suo socio stavano lavorando in segreto, le viene data la possibilità di parlare con Nick dall’oltretomba. Sembra lui. Sembra davvero lui…

Tras la muerte de Nick en un accidente de tráfico, la vida que Sarah conocía se desmorona. Cuando descubre EternaTech, el programa de IA en el que Nick trabajaba en secreto junto a su socio, Sarah tiene la oportunidad de hablar con su difunto marido. Absorbida por el vínculo que crea con la versión digital de su marido, Sarah descubre secretos sobre sus últimos días que desconocía.

Schnell, hart, kompromisslos – der schottische Ex-Polizist Robert Hoon ermittelt undercover gegen skrupellose Mädchenhändler. Auf der Suche nach der Tochter eines Freundes hat der ehemalige Polizist Robert Hoon einem Menschenhändlerring einen schweren Schlag versetzt. Hoon erwartet, dass die Rache nicht lange auf sich warten lassen wird. Doch er weiß auch, dass die Verbrecher nicht mit seinem nächsten Schritt rechnen werden. Er wird nicht fliehen. Er wird sich nicht verstecken.

Zahlreich und gut ausgerüstet jagen die Killer eines Verbrechersyndikats den Ex-Polizisten Robert Hoon. Doch in seiner Heimat in den schottischen Highlands wird er sich ihnen stellen. Der schottische Ex-Polizist Robert Hoon hat sich zum letzten Mal mit den falschen Leuten angelegt. Der Mädchenhändlerring The Loop verfügt über mehr Männer, mehr Waffen und in London über bessere Verbindungen.