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A fifty-five-gallon drum washes up in the Malibu Lagoon stuffed with the corpse of Gene Dent, the key player in a bribery scandal that ensnared several local politicians. LASD detectives Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone know the case—and all the likely suspects—well. Just as they begin their investigation, the sheriff publicly reveals evidence linking the crime to LA’s mayor. But Eve and Duncan realize the bombshell allegation, true or not, arises from corruption within the sheriff’s own office…because they helped cover it up years ago. If the sheriff goes down, so will they.

So hat Evi Pflaum sich ihren ersten Arbeitstag in der alten Heimat nicht vorgestellt: Ihr Vorgesetzter ist im Dauerkrankenstand und der erste Mordfall landet direkt auf dem Schreibtisch der jungen Staatsanwältin. Rätselhafte Malzspuren an der Leiche führen in die Brauereien und Mälzereien der fränkischen Bierstadt. Hochmotiviert legt sich die chronisch unterzuckerte Evi nicht nur mit ihrem neuen Chef an und betrinkt sich mit ihrer besten Freundin auf der Kerwa – sie verliert sich auch in den grünen Augen von Gerichtsmediziner Dr. Niklas Rosenbeet.

When it comes to Eve Duncan, never say never....Is she dead or alive? That is the question on everybody’s lips. Eve appears to have been the victim of James Doane, the psychopath who kidnapped her and forced her to use her skills as a forensic sculptor to reconstruct the skull of his depraved son. That’s what everyone attending her funeral thinks, at least.

Als die investigative Journalistin Alexi Ellis ihren Job verliert, macht sie sich mit ihrem unsozialen Wildkater Cosmo auf den Weg zum wunderschönen Hopgood Hall, dem Hotel ihrer alten Freunde Cheryl und Drew Hopgood, um endlich wieder zur Ruhe zu kommen. Doch das Chaos folgt Alexi auf dem Fuße und bei ihrer Ankunft sind Cheryl und Drew in völliger Aufregung: Ihre gute Freundin Natalie Parker ist verschwunden! Alexi hat mit dem Journalismus zwar nichts mehr am Hut, aber immer noch einen sechsten Sinn dafür, wo eine gute Story zu finden ist, und will der Sache auf den Grund gehen.

When a high-profile murder lands literally at her feet, Detective Emilia Hart sees a chance to expand her caseload beyond the endless succession of domestic violence she is forced to investigate. But this is no simple investigation. Another body, turns up, then another. Then more - a lot more. All men, all shot with a similar MO. It's not until a manifesto taking credit for the crimes is published by a group calling themselves Daughters of Eve that Hart confirms a link between the victims.

She is the perfect assassin. A Russian orphan, saved from the death penalty for the brutal revenge she took on her gangster father's killers. Ruthlessly trained. Given a new life. New names, new faces - whichever fits. Her paymasters call themselves The Twelve. But she knows nothing of them. Konstantin is the man who saved her and the one she answers to. She is Villanelle. Without conscience. Without guilt. Without weakness. Eve Polastri is the woman who hunts her. MI5, until one error of judgment costs her everything.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan’s mission is to bring closure to the families whose loved ones have vanished. She knows their anguish - her own beloved daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her when Bonnie was just seven years old. It is only recently that this mystery was resolved and Eve could begin her journey to peace. Now Jim Doane wants the same kind of answers that Eve always longed for. His 25-year-old son may or may not be dead, and he has only burned skull fragments as possible evidence.

When it comes to Eve Duncan, never say never…Is she dead or alive? That is the question on everybody's lips. Eve appears to have been the victim of James Doane, the psychopath who kidnapped her and forced her to use her skills as a forensic sculptor to reconstruct the skull of his depraved son. That's what everyone attending her funeral thinks, at least. But not even some of her top-brass colleagues know for sure whether her death is a hoax - a way to ensnare her brutal captor once and for all.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan’s mission is to bring closure to the families whose loved ones have vanished. She knows their anguish - her own beloved daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her when Bonnie was just seven years old. It is only recently that this mystery was resolved and Eve could begin her journey to peace. Now Jim Doane wants the same kind of answers that Eve always longed for. His 25-year-old son may or may not be dead, and he has only burned skull fragments as possible evidence. But he cannot go to the police for answers without risking his own secrets and exposing his dark past, so instead he chooses a bold step to find the truth....

A catastrophic wildfire scorches the Santa Monica Mountains, exposing the charred remains of a woman who disappeared years ago. The investigation is assigned to Eve Ronin, the youngest homicide detective in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, a position that forces her to prove herself again and again. This time, though, she has much more to prove. Bones don’t lie, and these have a horrific story to tell. Eve tirelessly digs into the past, unearthing dark secrets that reveal nothing about the case is as it seems.

Determined to escape the iron shackles of the Twelve, Eve and Oxana are trying something new. Something risky, even for them. They're going freelance. Their first client, sent their way by MI5, is Majid Ismailov. An international power player and an important friend to Britain, Majid is also a passionate racehorse owner with his eye on the racing calendar's most fiercely contested prize - the Prix de Arc de Triomphe, run annually in Paris.

Keke’s head is still spinning—and not just because of the hit she took securing a bombshell confession for her last story. On top of her full-time job with the Metro Journal, Keke now has an online column devoted to exposing unsolved murders of young people of color. She’s also freelancing as an investigative journalist in Indian Springs, where she maintains her rekindled relationship with her former employer and mentor, Honey Pot club owner Josephine “HoneyMama” Thibodeaux.

When a young woman falls to her death from a central London bridge, the police rule it suicide—until a witness comes forward with shocking footage of the moment she was pushed. The attacker is identified as Bradley Aspen, the son of an attaché to the US Embassy in London—giving him diplomatic immunity from prosecution. CPS lawyer Eve Wren knows the victim’s family and is determined to bring Aspen to justice. And when further victims come to light, she realises he’s no ordinary murderer: he’s a serial killer. S

Ex-MI6 officer Eve Polastri and assassin Oxana Vorontsova are living off grid in Russia. Their existence is pinched and drab; both know how close they came to mutual destruction. Oxana is approached by the Twelve. Frustrated by inaction, hungry for her old life, she allows herself to be brought in from the cold. Then she finds Eve gone, taken from her by those who think she still belongs to them.

Eve Masters is a crimefighter with a difference. Successful enough to retire from her career in showbiz management in her 40s, she is wealthy–but bored! When a body is discovered near her new home in Crete, she can’t help but get involved, not only in the investigation, but with her handsome neighbour too. Soon, she finds her amateur detective skills are in demand, leading her into a world of danger and deception.

Die Amerikanerin Eve Holdsworth lebt ihren typisch englischen Traum in einem malerischen Dorf auf dem Lande. Ben Dryden ist in Eves neuer Nachbarschaft ein Ausgestoßener, seit seine Frau vor fünf Jahren ermordet wurde und er der einzige Verdächtige war. Eve, die sich absolut sicher ist, dass jemand, der so charmant ist wie Ben, niemals ein Mörder sein kann, ist entschlossen, den Fall zu lösen und Bens Namen reinzuwaschen, selbst wenn es gegen seinen Willen geschieht.

Number 12 is an urban legend in 2060 New York City. The hot club in the 1960s, it is now reported to be haunted...and cursed. Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called there to investigate the apparent murder of Radcliff Hopkins, its new owner and the grandson of the man who made Number 12 a cultural icon.

Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now the escaped madman has her in his sights. With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop the man from exacting his bloody vengeance - or die trying.

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After the annual parade of Christmas presents in Tinker's Cove, Maine, has ended, Lucy Stone and her daughter Elizabeth are ready to ring in the new year in style. Elizabeth has won mother/daughter winter makeovers in Manhattan from Jolie magazine! But the all-expenses-paid trip is bound to have some hidden costs - and one of them is murder.