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When a prominent landowner goes missing, private investigator Atticus Priest is drawn into a web of secrets that stretch from the rolling fields of Wiltshire to the darkest corners of the past. The ancient estate of Brookmere—seat of the once-mighty Ainsley family—is crumbling, its future threatened by inheritance disputes, hidden debts, and buried scandal.

Ron Hansen has won an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for his rich writing and poetic style. Atticus begins in the vein of a contemporary western. As it unfolds, it includes an intriguing murder mystery and a dramatic parable of the prodigal son. For years, prosperous Colorado rancher Atticus Cody has tried to understand his rootless son, Scott, who is now living a marginal life in Mexico.

The youngest warlock to ever wield lightning, 14-year-old Anna Atticus Stone dreams of attending the prestigious Academy of Arcane Arts. Except her life is a mess. She's friendless, her older sister keeps knocking her teeth out, and her parents constantly argue.

Zou Lei, orphan of the desert, migrates to work in America and finds herself slaving in New York's kitchens. She falls in love with a young man whose heart has been broken in another desert. A new life may be possible if together they can survive homelessness, lockup, and the young man's nightmares, which may be more prophecy than madness.

But when a video is sent to the local newspaper showing the deceased man engaging in a compromising act with a minor, Atticus realizes that there's much more to this case than he initially thought. Is it blackmail? Suicide? Or murder? Two more bodies are found and two more videos are sent to the press. Atticus and his former colleague, detective chief inspector Mackenzie Jones, race against time to identify the culprit before he can strike again.

Private investigator Atticus Priest is employed by a disgruntled ex-husband to dig up dirt on his estranged wife. But when she goes missing after swimming in the River Avon, Atticus uncovers a conspiracy between five lifelong friends that goes back years. The friends did something when they were younger that they're not proud of. It's something that would land them in a world of trouble if it ever came to light. Something they've been trying to bury ever since. But Atticus finds one secret and then the next.

A dog walker finds a human bone on lonely Salisbury Plain. DCI Mackenzie Jones investigates the grisly discovery but cannot explain how it ended up there. She contacts disgraced ex-detective Atticus Priest and the two of them trace the bone to a graveyard in the nearby village of Imber. But the village was abandoned after it was purchased by the Ministry of Defence to train the army, so why have bodies been buried in the graveyard since the church was closed?

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Following Atticus is the remarkable true story of a man and a dog embarking on the challenge of a lifetime. This is author Tom Ryan’s inspiring tale of how he and his miniature schnauzer companion, the “Little Buddha” Atticus M. Finch, attempted to scale all forty-eight of New...

Atticus Symbols is a mix of original songs and reflections on life — the kind that drift between music, memory, and meaning. Each episode pairs with an AI-generated track with musings on everyday moments: love and loss, work and rest, family and solitude, curiosity and change. It’s part music experiment, part late-night journal — honest, unpolished, and human.

Voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the ""Best Crime Novel of all Time"" Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christie’s ten favorite novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal...

Atticus the Storyteller is determined to take part in the great Storytelling Festival near Troy. He leaves his family in Crete and sets off on a year-long journey round Greece with his donkey, Melissa; and wherever he goes he tells his favourite myths to anyone who'll listen. The 100 myths...

Privatdetektiv Atticus Priest wird von einem reichen Ehemann angeheuert, um Schmutz über dessen in Scheidung lebende Frau zu finden. Doch als diese nach einem Bad im Fluss Avon plötzlich verschwindet, kommt er einer Verschwörung auf die Spur. Denn eine Gruppe von fünf Freunden teilt ein Geheimnis, das sie nicht nur aneinander bindet, sondern sie auch in Teufels Küche brächte, sollte es je herauskommen. Ein Geheimnis, das sie um jeden Preis begraben müssen.

"Men så skete der noget. En af de røde kom så tæt på Murranus, at det lykkedes ham at lave en dyb flænge i hans lår med sit sværd. Murranus vaklede, og den angribende gladiator skulle lige til at springe i ryggen på Atticus. Livia gemte ansigtet i hænderne og var ved at besvime. Jorden sejlede under hende. Men i sidste øjeblik kastede Murranus af al sin kraft forken mod angriberen og ramte ham i halsen, så han med et skrig af smerte tumlede tilbage. I det sammen var endnu en af modstanderne over ham.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1953: An impoverished Cherokee named Buster Youngwolfe confesses to brutally raping and murdering his 11-year-old female relative. When Youngwolfe recants his confession, saying he was forced to confess by the authorities, his city condemns him, except for one man - public defender and Creek Indian Elliott Howe. Recognizing in Youngwolfe the life that could have been his if not for a few lucky breaks, Howe risks his career to defend Youngwolfe against the powerful county attorney’s office.

Atticus the Storyteller is determined to take part in the great Storytelling Festival near Troy. He leaves his family in Crete and sets off on a year-long journey round Greece with his donkey, Melissa; and wherever he goes he tells his favourite myths to anyone who'll listen. The 100 myths include all the favourites, such as the wanderings of Odysseus, the labours of Heracles, the stories of King Midas, Daedalus and Icarus, and Theseus and the Minotaur.

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As a child, Joseph Beck heard the stories - when other lawyers came up with excuses, his father courageously defended a Black man charged with raping a White woman. Now a lawyer himself, Beck reconstructs his father's role in State of Alabama vs. Charles White, Alias, a trial that was much publicized when Harper Lee was 12 years old.

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Hörbuchempfehlung für Thriller Fans: Winters Schmerz die globale Bestsellerserie von Mary Stone. Der Privatdetektiv Atticus Priest soll mehr über den Tod eines Mannes herausfinden, der vom Turm der Katehdrale in Salisbury gestürzt ist. Als kurz darauf eine Lokalzeitung ein Video erhält, das zeigt, wie der Tote Sex mit einem Minderjährigen hat, wird Atticus schnell klar, dass es an dem Fall mehr dran ist, als er zunächst angenommen hat. Geht es um Erpressung? War es ein Suizid? Oder Mord? Bald tauchen zwei weitere Leichen und zwei weitere Videos auf.