Als zwei Mädchen in Nordirland verschwinden, wird die forensische Psychologin Paula Maguire, eine Expertin für Vermisstenfälle, um Hilfe gebeten. Widerwillig verlässt sie London, um in ihre Heimatstadt Ballyterrin zurückzukehren. Umgeben von Menschen und Orten, die sie vergessen wollte, wird sie bald in in einen düsteren Strudel aus Gerüchten und Geheimnissen hineingezogen. Und schließlich erkennt Paula eine schreckliche Wahrheit: Schon seit Jahrzehnten verschwinden junge Frauen aus der Umgebung spurlos. Unter ihnen auch Paulas Mutter ...
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Diese Serie begleitet eine forensische Psychologin bei der Aufklärung komplexer und beklemmender Fälle im einzigartigen Umfeld Nordirlands. Jeder Teil enthüllt dunkle Geheimnisse und psychologische Profile von Tätern und Opfern. Die Erzählungen bieten fesselnde Spannung, unerwartete Wendungen und sind tief in der besonderen kulturellen und historischen Atmosphäre der Region verwurzelt.






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The Dead Ground (Paula Maguire 2)
- 408 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
The second novel in the highly acclaimed Paula Maguire series and the gripping follow up to The Lost by Claire McGowan, who Lee Child proclaims as 'a knockout new talent'. The Dead Ground sees forensic psychologist Paula Maguire working in the missing persons unit in Northern Ireland, where there are many deadly secrets to dig up...
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The Silent Dead (Paula Maguire 3)
- 390 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns in The Silent Dead, the third in Claire McGowan's hard-hitting crime series. Peter James calls it 'astonishing, powerful and immensely satisfying'. When a group of suspected bombers start turning up dead, Paula is faced with a challenging case with blurred moral boundaries between victim and perpetrator.
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Victim: Female. Twenty-two years of age. Reason for investigation: Missing person. ID: Alice Morgan. Student. Last seen at a remote religious shrine in Ballyterrin. Alice Morgan's disappearance raises immediate questions for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire. Alice, the daughter of a life peer in the Home Office, has vanished along with a holy relic - the bones of a saint - and the only trace is the bloodstains on the altar. With no body to confirm death, the pressure in this high-profile case is all-consuming, and Paula knows that she will have to put her own life, including her imminent marriage, on hold, if they are to find the truth. A connection to a decades-old murder immediately indicates that all may not be as it seems; as the summer heat rises and tempers fray, can Alice be found or will they learn that those that are hungry for vengeance may be the most savage of all?
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A Savage Hunger is the fourth in the crime series featuring forensic psychologist Paula Maguire by Claire McGowan acclaimed as 'Ireland's answer to Ruth Rendell' by Ken Bruen.
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Blood Tide (Paula Maguire 5)
- 352 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns in BLOOD TIDE, the fifth novel in Claire McGowan's series. Paula is sent to investigate the disappearance of a couple from a remote island off the Irish coast. For fans of Sharon Bolton's LITTLE BLACK LIES and Elly Griffiths' THE WOMAN IN BLUE.
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The Killing House (Paula Maguire 6)
- 336 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns in THE KILLING HOUSE, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan's highly acclaimed series. When a puzzling missing persons' case opens up in her hometown, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire can't help but return once more. For fans of Sharon Bolton's DAISY IN CHAINS and Elly Griffiths' THE WOMAN IN BLUE.