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""Fiendish good fun."" —Anthony Horowitz From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because...

The Sangres Motorcycle Club are outlaws, notorious for drug-running, illegal weapons sales, and possibly even murder. But what they don’t know is that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has a man on the inside. Can Darrin “Koz” Kozlowski survive long enough to bring them down from within?

In a creative twist, a fatally ill man’s great humanitarian act is to seek out and kill someone deserving of death; but the horror of an innocent man being accused of the murder was not an outcome Mr Todhunter, or the friends who advised him, considered. His job is then to prove his own guilt. Dedicated to P.G. Wodehouse, the story is suspenseful, inventive and humorous, with a riveting attention to detail and a profound suggestion of the absurdity of trying to influence destiny.

In 1914, the war which was to have been wrapped up by Christmas had - in reality - only just begun, as all sides entrenched themselves deeper into the Great War. Christmas Eve, 1914 follows one company of British officers as they rotate forward to spend their Christmas on the front lines, a mere 80 yards from the German guns. Upper- and working-class men and boys are thrown together into one trench and struggle to survive.

Ensconced in the comfort of their elegant home in London's Berkeley Square, Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch are no longer subject to the perilous life of intrigue they led during the Napoleonic Wars. Once an Intelligence Agent, Malcolm is now a Member of Parliament, and Suzanne is one of the city's most sought-after hostesses. But a late-night visit from a friend who's been robbed may lure them back into the dangerous world they thought they'd left behind.

Die kurzen Filmsequenzen, die auf den einschlägigen Internetseiten der Sado-Maso-Szene immer wieder auftauchen, sind heiß begehrt...

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous, or simply Three Dialogues, is a 1713 book on metaphysics and idealism by George Berkeley. The book was written as a response to the criticism of his work A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. Berkeley faced opposition from many philosophers who held to the Platonic view. He argues that sensible qualities like color, sound, temperature and even shape are not inherent in matter, but are ascribed and understood by the mind.

Graduado con excepcionales notas en Matemática e Informática, Larry, el protagonista de esta novela, encuentra un medio para distraer su soledad y dar rienda suelta a sus pensamientos más íntimos con un amigo virtual. Es un geek cuyos andares alertan a la inteligencia cibernética...

In the heart of London, the daughter of a humble country parson mysteriously disappears. As fear and desperation set in, her father reaches out to amateur detective, Roger Sheringham. The case takes a dark turn when the girl is found dead - her life ended by her own silk stocking. Although initially believed to be a suicide, a disturbing pattern emerges when more young women are found dead in eerily similar circumstances. Faced with the chilling possibility of a serial killer, Sheringham must unravel the tangled threads of these tragic deaths. Are they mere copycat suicides, or is a sinister ...

Just as Roger and his cousin Anthony are about to embark on a much-needed vacation, a perplexing phone call from Scotland Yard alters their plans. Theyre rushed off to Hampshire to delve into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance and potential murder of Mrs. Vane. Initially deemed an accident by local authorities and media, Scotland Yard isnt convinced. Enter Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective, to uncover the truth hidden beneath the surface of this seemingly innocuous case. - Summary by Lynne T

Whole, I became, the moment God answered those prayers I put in and blessed me beyond measure. From that day, my priority has been and will always be catering to your every desire because you deserve a love that doesn't make you wonder, whimper, or worry. I've got that kind of love, and I'm here to give it to you.

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form. The Golden Age of detective fiction had begun inauspiciously with the publication of E.C. Bentley’s schismatic Trent’s Last Case in 1913...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2015 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, MEN’S JOURNAL, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, KANSAS CITY STAR, BROOKLYN MAGAZINE, NPR, HUFFINGTON POST, THE DAILY BEAST, AND BUZZFEED WINNER OF THE 2015 ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY...

"Ich wollte nur den Kredit begleichen und nun stecke ich in einer Fake-Beziehung, die sich immer mehr zu echten Gefühlen wandelt." Dalton Meyers, der Quarterback der Berkeley Bees, bringt auf dem Spielfeld Höchstleistung, doch sein skandalöses Privatleben stößt dem Club bitter auf. Die Lösung sehen daher alle in einer Fake-Freundin, um seinem Playboy-Image einen neuen Anstrich zu verleihen. Diese perfekte Frau für diese Aufgabe findet er in der unscheinbaren Cafébesitzerin Melissa, welche anfangs wenig begeistert von dem Deal scheint.

Anthony Berkeley was a journalist, novelist, and founding member of the Detection Club - whose members included Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers - and was one of crime fiction's greatest innovators, developing the idea of the psychological crime novel in the 1920s and '30s. One of his recurring and most-beloved characters was Roger Sheringham, a novelist and amateur detective. In these two classic tales, Roger Sheringham must investigate two terrible murders

I Now Pronounce You... Still Married! It had been a mistake... at least for Jonah Landis' new bride. She'd left him the morning after their whirlwind wedding. And he'd never forgiven her. But a year later, due to a legal technicality, it seemed the millionaire was still a married man. If his "wife" wanted out of their marriage, she was going to give him the answers he still needed... and the honeymoon he still craved.