After sending his family out of town, architect Evan stays home alone over the weekend to finish an urgent project. Two cute girls in their twenties, soaked to the skin, knock on his door and say they are lost. Evan could not even imagine how helping these seemingly innocent creatures would turn out.
Determined to avenge his brother's death, the sheriff conducts his own investigation. He tracks down the Faerfly family and hires brutal killers, the so-called elusive couple, to take down the villains. The most brutal and sophisticated torture pales in comparison to the meat grinder that awaits the sheriff's enemies.
Thana, a beautiful mute girl, is sexually assaulted twice in one evening on her way home from work. This nightmare damages her sanity, and she decides to take revenge into her own hands. Since then, every evening, the provocatively dressed beauty wanders the streets of the city alone, provoking attacks and killing anyone who decides to “take advantage” of her with a .45 caliber pistol. But gradually, her nightlife begins to seep into her everyday life.
Nicholas, a small-time crook and alfonso, dates only those women who are able, if not to support him, at least to keep him afloat. All means are used: a "sweet Seville accent", a resemblance to the French actor Charles Boyer, and even a wig that hides a vast bald spot. After a short time with his mistresses, Nicholas robs them and disappears. And everything would go smoothly, if not for the meeting with a very unattractive, lonely, sexually unsatisfied woman of lush forms, named Coral. To keep Nicholas to herself, she becomes his shadow. Presenting themselves as brother and sister, the lovers together continue to rob and kill women desperate of loneliness. Over time, the pathological relationship of the heroes grows into a mutual passion....
Lincoln Rhyme is a renowned forensic scientist, author of many books, forever confined to a hospital bed. Amelia Donaghy is a rookie cop taking her first tentative steps on the bloody sidewalk. When a terrifying maniac shows up in town, she becomes Rhyme's eyes and ears on the terror-stricken streets. With her help, the forensic genius tries to unravel the secret cipher hidden in the unpredictable murders....
Journalist Grace Collier investigates the deaths of two children, in which Dr. Lakan was mysteriously involved many years ago. Soon she meets the doctor's assistant Angelica and her twin sister Annabel. But, entangled in this strange case full of mysterious deaths, Grace herself becomes part of the experiment...
Two bandits are traveling through the American province, leaving behind numerous corpses. One day they find themselves in the quiet town of Millbrook, Indiana. In this town lives Tom Stoll, a respected owner of a small diner, and his family - his wife Edie and two children, Jack and Sarah. During an attempted armed robbery of his diner, Tom Stoll kills the bandits and becomes a local hero, with television coverage of his exploits. The next day, mysterious people appear in Millbrook, who for some reason call Tom by the name of Joey and ask him about Philadelphia.
