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After an attack on the job, Homicide Detective Isobel 'Bel' Emerson takes her dog and moves to the small town of Bajka in search of a less stressful life and career. But the quaint town's peace is disturbed when a local furniture designer is murdered, his body posed to look like a human chandelier. Thrust back into the fray, Bel must confront her personal demons as she investigates an impossible case, and as bodies turned into household objects start to pile up, all clues point to the reclusive millionaire who just bought the abandoned mansion at the edge of town.

When a mysterious man rescues her from near death, a young woman finds herself in the throes of a dark and dangerous storybook romance, where pleasure reigns but happy endings are no guarantee.

Chloe Mayfield has found herself in some tight spots before, but a full-on war? That’s new territory for her. Branded a terrorist and enemy of the United Fairy Commonwealth, she’s under fire from every direction, and there is no shortage of people eager to take advantage of the chaos, including a murderer who stalks the streets of Boston. It’s up to Chloe to restore order to her city, and if she can’t do it soon, then she’ll have no choice but to offer up her unconditional surrender. But how can you negotiate a cease fire with a nation that doesn’t actually exist?

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After her brush with death on a frozen mountain and an upsetting conversation with her boyfriend Eamon Stone, Detective Isobel "Bel" Emerson is desperate for her life to return to some semblance of normalcy. So when Aesop's Files, Hollywood's most popular paranormal crime drama, announces it'll be filming its upcoming episodes on location in Bajka, she hopes the excitement, the famous actors, and the overtime pay will be a welcome reprieve from the madness.

The Minotaur never died. His “death” was a myth—a lie told to comfort the world. Asterion, the beast of legend, still walks among us. Immortal, cunning, and endlessly hungry, he hides in plain sight luring victims into the ancient labyrinth beneath Crete, feeding on those foolish enough to enter the maze. But this spring break, the hunter becomes the hunted.

"Sie ist genau nach deiner Kragenweite. Einsam, verzweifelt und bildschön." Ich hätte es besser wissen müssen, als das Angebot meines besten Freundes Daven anzunehmen. Damit ich seine Geliebte am Leben lasse, verspricht er mir ein neues Spielzeug – ein hübsches und anschmiegsames Kätzchen. Noch in der Sekunde, in der ich Sienna zum ersten Mal sehe, bin ich verloren. Ich muss sie haben. Allerdings ist mir ein Rätsel, wie ich übersehen konnte, dass mein Kätzchen extrem scharfe Krallen hat.

On the very first day of 2019 a ten-year-old girl is found murdered in a backyard in Odense, Denmark. Her body is set up as a morbid work of art; a detailed copy of the final scene in H. C. Andersen's fairy tale; The Little Match Girl; crippled, frozen to death, crunching a pile of burned-out...

Sometimes, in fairy tales, the heroine falls in love not with the hero but with the villain. That was my story. I fell for the man many called the Beast of Boston, Cian O'Callaghan. I didn't plan on it, especially after he stole me away from my father and forced me to marry him. But like all good tales, there were twists along the way. The world saw only a beast when they looked at Cian, but I knew him as a man with haunting secrets—secrets that only drew me closer to him.

Phryne Fisher is asked to investigate the death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. She takes a job within the women's magazine that employed the victim. While Phryne is learning the ins- and-outs of magazine publishing first hand, her personal life is thrown into chaos. While waiting for her lover Lin Chung's return from a silk-buying expedition to China, she receives an unusual summons from Lin Chung's family followed by a series of mysterious assaults and warnings.

Brought to you by Penguin. The deliciously creepy Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Chalk Man. Driving home one night, Gabe sees the face of a little girl he knows in the rear window of the car in front. She mouths one word - 'Daddy'. It's his five-year old daughter, Izzy. He never...

On Christmas Eve in 1988, seven-year-old Alfie Marsden vanished in the Wentshire Forest Pass when a burst tyre forced his father, Sorrel, to stop the car. Leaving the car to summon the emergency services, Sorrel returned to find his son gone. No trace of the child, nor his remains, have ever been found. Alfie Marsden was declared officially dead in 1995. Elusive online journalist Scott King, whose Six Stories podcasts have become an internet sensation, investigates the disappearance, interviewing six witnesses, to try to find out what really happened that fateful night.

Shaw Hollander is desperate. Broke, unemployed, and determined to help his ailing mother, he falls on the good graces of a wealthy benefactor who is willing to give Shaw a job at his mansion in order to pay off his mother’s debts. Suddenly finding himself surrounded by lavish riches, he has no idea what his duties truly entail until he’s sent to the rose garden and meets the tragically mutilated Isobel.

Er hat mich verführt, belogen und gekidnappt. Wie komme ich hier je wieder heraus? Als ich die Augen öffne, finde ich mich in einer Welt aus Lügen und Gewalt wieder, deren Spielregeln ich nicht kenne. Ausgerechnet ich, die in ihrem Leben noch nicht einmal einen Strafzettel bekommen hat, soll bei der Falschgeldproduktion helfen. Wäre die Situation nicht so ernst, wäre es zum Lachen! Angst ist mein ständiger Begleiter, mein einziger Trost ist der andere Gefangene mit den gefährlich dunklen Augen.

Als Junge hatte ich Angst vor den Monstern in den Schatten. Heute bin ich eines von ihnen. Seit ich denken kann, war ich der Bluthund meines Vaters. Und genauso lange plane ich bereits seinen Untergang. Wer hätte gedacht, dass ausgerechnet Ellie, der einzige Mensch, den ich je geliebt habe, mir bei meinen Plänen von Nutzen sein könnte? Nur ist Ellie kein Mädchen mehr und ihr alleiniger Anblick bringt meine eiserne Selbstkontrolle ins Wanken. Dabei erinnert sie sich nicht einmal mehr an mich. Doch schon bald wird sie mir gehören und ich werde dafür sorgen, dass sie mich nie wieder vergisst.

Gnadenlos. Animalisch. Blutrünstig. Ich bin nicht umsonst als das Biest der Bratva bekannt. Und sie ist mein Geschenk. Wir hatten einen Deal mit den Japanern, jeder hatte seine Gebiete, seine Geschäfte ... Bis sie einen aus unseren Reihen umbringen und mir Kimi wie ein verdammtes Jungfrauenopfer übergeben. Sie ist schwach, zart wie eine Blume ohne Dornen. Jemand wie ich könnte sie nur allzu leicht zerdrücken.

Welcome to the dark world of The Hunted Kingdom, where the daughters of modern-day mob families are reimagined fairytale princesses like you’ve never seen before. In Huntsman, family is power... and power is everything. The Huntsman is after me. But he will be mine first. Nine years ago, my...

Dangerous. Intense. Utterly obsessed. And so off limits, I'm in trouble. One kiss with Mr. Tall, Dark, and Scary broke the trance. I was sleepwalking through life until the day he stormed in. Gabriel Jackson. With his boy-next-door charm and dimpled grin, he jolts me wide awake. He makes me crave the dark heat he promises. To frolic in the lust behind his eyes.

Workaholic art historian Aurora Black doesn’t have time for fairy tales or Prince Charmings, even in the most romantic city in the world. She has recently been hired by a Parisian auction house for a job that could make or break her career. Unfortunately, daredevil journalist Cédric Castel seems intent on disrupting Aurora’s routine. As Aurora and Cédric embark on a journey across France, they get more than they bargained for as they find themselves battling rogue antiques dealers and personal demons, not to mention a growing attraction to each other.

普普通通的年轻人得到一本《皇陵秘术》，他是否能拥有强大的机关破解之术，解开六壬极乐盘之谜？能改变世界所有人命运的“天眼”究竟是什么？帝王陵墓、古代遗迹、远古生物、宗教阴谋……所有谜题都会解开，天眼的终极秘密即将全部揭晓！…… 普普通通的年輕人得到一本《皇陵秘術》，他是否能擁有強大的機關破解之術，解開六壬極樂盤之謎？能改變世界所有人命運的「天眼」究竟是什麼？帝王陵墓、古代遺跡、遠古生物、宗教陰謀……所有謎題都會解開，天眼的終極秘密即將全部揭曉！