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Film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a Berlin filming assignment. He needed the work, needed to get back in the saddle after fighting off a life-threatening experience in East Africa - al-Shabaab had attacked his crew, intent on a much larger terrorist attack. Suddenly he finds himself under orders from his part-time employers at the State Department and the CIA when he is handed a mysterious package. It's an assignment he doesn't want. The problem is, it is a job contracted by mysterious patrons.

Johannesburg, 1980s Apartheid South Africa. Augustine flees her vengeful ex-boyfriend with nothing but her child and the clothes on her back, terrified he will find her. Because she also possesses a dangerous secret. One he will kill for. One he will never stop hunting her for. But Augustine is rescued by a wealthy white housewife who takes pity on her, offering both employment and refuge. Or so she thinks. It might seem that she is safe inside the walls of the prosperous Diamond family home, but outside her every move is watched. Her sanctuary has become her prison.

This thrilling anthology contains five action-packed tales of incredible journeys, a murderous treasure hunt, invaders from outer space and international espionage - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors.

Sustained by a deep religious faith, Jason Harrow has built a stable family and become a pillar of principle and patriotism in the Midwest. Then the phone rings, and his past is on the other end of the line. A woman with whom he once shared a life of violence and desire claims her daughter is missing - and Jason is the one man who can find her.

Sex, violence, murder, betrayal, revenge and a kick-ass unstoppable heroine with one big Achilles’ heel. That would be Winter. She’s been having kind of a bad week... Firestorm 2, the plot to mine data from the infamous murder-for-hire website, has been a success. But while Winter’s been held prisoner by Alek after saving his life, GCHQ has been ordering hits to eliminate every contractor on the site – and leaked footage of Alek and Winter together means she’s now public enemy number one.

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in South America. Jeremy Wheale’s well-ordered life is blasted apart when his brother is murdered. The killer was after a family heirloom – an antique gold tray – which sets Wheale on a trail from Devon to the tropical rainforest of...

In 1906, an Egyptologist uncovered a map carved in stone inside an ancient temple. Convinced that it pointed to a lost city of gold somewhere deep in the desert, he set out on another expedition the following year. He was never seen again. In present day Yale, a professor is brutally murdered on the university campus, and a mysterious artefact is stolen from its vaults.

It's the hottest summer on record. Norfolk is parched. One steaming night an old thatched barn at Wild Thyme Farm is torched. The battle to put out the blaze rages. Detective Sara is on the scene when there's a horrifying discovery: there's a body in the embers. Sara and her team have been investigating a series of fires breaking out all over the county—but this is the first body. Accident or murder?

«Консуэло» Жорж Санд – это история истинной любви, гимн музыке, творческой силе искусства, а также торжеству подлинности и вдохновляющей силе духа женщины. Изысканное повествование Санд мастерски переплетает романтику, тайну и историческую драму. В равной степени это роман о личностном росте и одновременно тщательное исследование классовой структуры, динамики власти и социальных норм эпохи, отражающее феминистские взгляды самой Санд.

Sherlock Holmes wird widerwillig in die Untersuchung einer Serie grausamer Morde verwickelt, bei denen erfolgreiche, wohlhabende Männer mit einem Eisenbahnnagel getötet werden – eine Methode, die an die biblische Geschichte von Jael erinnert. Als er und Dr. Watson tiefer graben, stoßen sie auf eine Gruppe ehemaliger Studienfreunde, die vor einem Jahrzehnt in den kanadischen Rocky Mountains ein dunkles Geheimnis teilen. Die Spuren führen zu einem Hotelvorfall und einem möglichen Rachefeldzug, der die Elite Londons in Angst versetzt.

When Sarah Wilderman is forced into an internship for the digital archive project DORESPRE in Seville to redeem herself after cheating on her exams, she expects it to be a slow summer. Then the priests start getting burned alive, and to stop the killer, Sarah and her new boss, Patrick Bauer, must solve a century-old mystery. But the deeper they dive into the secrets of the Spanish Inquisition and the Vatican itself, the more they realize the danger they are in. Because the killer will do whatever it takes to keep the secrets hidden.

Два почитателя таланта Шерлока Холмса, братья Густав и Отто Амлингмайеры, известные как Старый Рыжий и Верзила Рыжий, решаются круто изменить свою жизнь. Бывшие ковбои по найму бросают прежнее унылое ремесло и устраиваются охранниками на Южно-Тихоокеанскую железную дорогу. Это только первый шаг на пути к мечте Густава стать настоящим детективом, но неразлучные братья быстро обнаруживают, что на всех парах мчатся к катастрофе. Не успевает «Тихоокеанский экспресс» покинуть станцию, как подвергается налету печально известной банды Лютых, а смотритель багажа теряет голову — в буквальном смысле.

It's mid-Winter in the Cornish seaside town of St Foy. In the midst of a family birthday party Emily Duggan, missing for three years and presumed dead after murdering her best friend Star Bright, arrives unannounced. To the bewilderment and shock of her family, Emily insists she didn't do it and has an alibi, but refuses to answer any questions.

China has a plan for the next hundred years, and they're making moves around the world for complete domination politically and economically. When this situation suddenly becomes clear to Jake Adams in a very personal way, he and Sirena are forced to depart their sedate life on Pico Island in the Azores. Jake quickly discovers that his life could change forever, or suddenly end, if he allows the Chinese to seek total hegemony. He must gather his strength for a life or death battle to counter evil forces. But China will not go quietly without a fight.

It is summer 1943. Two of the Allies’ most important plans are at grave risk: Operation Overlord’s invasion of France and the Manhattan Project’s race to build the atomic bomb. A furious President Roosevelt turns to OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan — and Donovan turns to Dick Canidy and his teams behind enemy lines. They’ve certainly got their work cut out for them....

Kriminalkommissar Konrad Jung will mit seiner Freundin ein paar ruhige Tage an der Ostsee verbringen. Doch als sie in dem abgelegenen Haus ankommen, stoßen sie auf eine verweste Leiche. Noch ehe Sondermittlerin Lydia Westphal den Tatort erreicht, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse – und ein folgenschweres Unglück nimmt seinen Lauf. Unter dem Druck von allen Seiten gerät Konrad zunehmend ins Straucheln – bald stehen nicht nur seine Karriere und seine Beziehung auf dem Spiel, sondern auch sein Leben.

Nicht jeder Arzt ist ein Heiliger. Unzählige Male hat Dr. Christ Captain Monroe bereits zusammengeflickt. Dennoch misstraut Monroe dem Mann, über den er so gut wie nichts weiß. Als es Monroe nach einem verhängnisvollen Einsatz erneut auf die Krankenstation verschlägt, wirft er einen Blick hinter die noble Fassade des Doktors und steht plötzlich vor Abgründen voller todbringender Überraschungen. Dies ist der dritte Teil der Gay-Crime-Serie MIENAI – Die Unsichtbaren.

Jake Adams is living on Pico Island in The Azores with his girlfriend Sirena, the former Israeli CIA officer. When he is called back to work with Spanish billionaire, Carlos Gomez, Jake is not completely on board with this mission. Something isn't adding up with his job to track down a hacker last known to be in the autonomous Basque Country of Spain. Jake and Sirena quickly discover that they are not alone in search of this hacker who has been on the run for more than a decade.

ما السر الذي يسعى خلفه جماعة "المدنسون" وما الذي يحاول بطل الرواية إخفاؤه عنهم ؟ كيف يمكن الهروب من كل محاولات التخلص منه ؟ ولماذا بدأت كل تلك الجرائم بالحدوث في...

Vor fünfzehn Jahren sind Viktoria und Mia spurlos aus einem abgelegenen Sommercamp in den schwedischen Wäldern verschwunden. Nur Liv kehrte zurück – gezeichnet von Schuldgefühlen, weil sie es gewesen war, die diese verhängnisvolle Nachtwanderung vorgeschlagen hatte. Als Liv in der Stadt einer Frau begegnet, die Viktoria zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht, reißen alte Wunden auf. Getrieben von der Vergangenheit kehrt sie als Betreuerin in das Camp zurück, entschlossen, endlich Antworten zu finden.