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When the Capo dei Capi of the Cosa Nostra comes to Sicily to give his approval for his cousin, Stefano, to take me as his bride, I know my fate is all but sealed. Marrying Stefano is the last thing I want, but being a woman, I don't have a say in the matter. Damiano Falco is merciless and rules the Cosa Nostra with an iron fist. Everyone fears him and won't dare go against him. I'm still trying to accept that I'll have no choice but to marry Stefano when Damiano utters the last word anyone expects to hear. "No." He doesn't give his approval, nor does he offer any explanation.

In the fourth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series, Persis and Archie travel to the old colonial capital of Calcutta, where they collide head-on with the prejudices and bloody politics of an era engulfed in flame. Can a white man receive justice in post-colonial India?...

Meet Preach, Digit, and Maria, three lost and damaged souls trying to make it on the streets of New York City, running petty scams to stay alive. A twist of events changes their lives forever when they accidently kill a man connected to the mob and find a small fortune. Now on the run, the trio tries to escape a notorious hit man called B-Boy. Along the way, they run into more shady characters and more trouble. Seduced by the siren call of the money and struggling with their own demons, Preach, Digit, and Maria will soon discover even the closest bonds can't overcome their past traumas.

ಕಾರ್ತಿ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಕಾರ್ತವೀರ್ಯಾರ್ಜುನ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ. ದೊಡ್ಡೋರು ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಚಿನ್ನಮಾದಿರೆಡ್ಡಿ ಅವರ ಕೊನೆಯ ಮಗ. ಅವನಿಗೆ ಡಾನ್ ಫ಼್ಯಾಮಿಲಿ, ಹತ್ಯೆ,ರೌಡಿಸಂ ಒಂಚೂರೂ ಇಷ್ಟವಿಲ್ಲ. ಅಸಲಿಗೆ ಅವನು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಲ್ಲಿರೋದೇ ಕಡಿಮೆ. ತಂಗಿ ಮದುವೆಗೆ ಅಂತ ಬಂದೋನು ದೊಡ್ಡೋರ ಮೇಲೆ ಆದ ಅಚಾನಕ್ ಮರ್ಡರ್ ಅಟೆಂಪ್ಟ್ ನಿಂದ ಅದರ ಬೆನ್ನಿಗೇ ತನ್ನ ಮೇಲೇ ಆದ ಅವಮಾನದ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ತಾನೇ ಎರಡು ಕೊಲೆ ಮಾಡಿಬಿಡ್ತಾನೆ. ಈ ಕೊಲೆ ಅವನು ಬಯಸಿದ್ದಲ್ಲ. ಅವನದನ್ನು ಎಂಜಾಯ್ ಮಾಡಲಿಲ್ಲ. In fact ಅವನಿಗೆ ಇವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಬೇಕಾಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಸೂಸನ್ ಜೊತೆ ಜೀವನಪೂರ್ತಿ ಖುಷಿಯಾಗಿರೋದಷ್ಟೆ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಬೇಕಾಗಿದ್ದಿದ್ದು.

Despite her hope for peace as the protector of the Siyee, Auraya is unable to avoid being caught in up the building conflict. As the gods’ demands increase, Auraya finds that she must choose between those she loves and those she’s sworn to serve. Meanwhile, Mirar enjoys acceptance and respect as he reclaims his place among his people, and Emerahl is at last able to join the Thinkers in their search for the Scroll of the Gods...

The most brutal don in the city has a weakness: me. I never wanted the life my parents tried to force on me, so I vowed I’d never marry a mobster. Yet here I am, walking down the aisle toward mobster of the century, all to save my sister. Rafaele Messero. Cold, ruthless, and irritatingly handsome. Not that I’ve noticed. After all, this marriage is the end of all my hopes and dreams. And for him, it’s nothing more than a calculated business move. At least that’s what I think, until he snaps at the priest to hurry up so that he can kiss me.

Three stories about one story... The God Particle is told out of chronological order and follows three main interrelated stories. Hitwomen Egypt, Asia, and Persia arrive at an apartment to retrieve a briefcase for their boss. A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order. Warning: There will be blood.

Martina De Rossi is off-limits, and not just because her brother is about to become the Don. When I agree to protect her while he’s out waging a brutal war, it isn’t only out of loyalty. It’s because Martina is the perfect pawn in my game of revenge.

1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world’s great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes’s retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it’s a suicide. The victim, a young man, recently suffered a disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a place where the desperate and depressed leap to their deaths. Holmes, however, suspects murder. As he and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy with shocking ramifications.

Hermes Lively ha sempre vissuto per la ribalta, con le sue battute taglienti e i suoi modi seduttivi, è sempre stato il re delle notti folli di Yale. Ma ora tutto è cambiato: su di lui un'accusa di omicidio pesa come una condanna e una scritta sulla porta della sua camera lo definisce ASSASSINO. Questa volta non c'è un copione e sul palco bisogna improvvisare. In un campus che lo tratta come un mostro, Hermes dovrà decidere se togliersi la maschera o diventare il personaggio che tutti si aspettano.

When the thief guilds all join forces to steal the treasure of the city, Gabriel and the Shadow Foxes face their toughest challenge yet. But throw in a powerful gorgon, the prying mage academy, and a berserker vigilante hafling, and...well...let’s just say that Gabriel’s unique brand of controlling magic is going to be the only thing that can save the day. If he can just survive the day.

The god of death is allowed to take a holiday, conditional on completing a task. Eamon the Handsome Ghoul deputises, but grows to like the job. Mason, a violent misogynist detective, agrees to let the god of death assume his identity.

Olympus wages war against a malevolent underworld gang. The death toll soars, on the orders of Dimitar Marinov–a ruthless criminal whose reign of brutality has left an indelible mark on British shores. Amidst the chaos, Phoenix and Athena find themselves thrust into a pivotal encounter with Zeus and the other Project leaders. The stage is set for a cataclysmic battle that will redefine power and the fate of the organisation.

En god far er en intens, psykologisk roman om en læges spændingsfyldte søgen efter at komme ind i sindet på en formodet politisk snigmorder.

En almindelig dreng med et almindeligt liv anklages for at have myrdet USA?s næste præsident.

Dr. Paul Allen er en respekteret læge, der lever et lykkeligt og behageligt liv med sin anden kone og deres to drenge. Men en aften banker det på døren, og hans verden bryder sammen. En populær præsidentkandidat er blevet skudt, og politiet hævder, at det var Pauls søn af første ægteskab, der gjorde det.

Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Tired of being homeless and down on his luck, the incorrigible...

The Speechless God is Anna Jansson's debut novel and the first in the hit Nordic crime series about Detective Constable Maria Wern. "The man was hanging stiffly by a slip noose, his shirt ripped to shreds, with a thick stick piercing his belly." Police constable Maria Wern and her colleagues...

The son of a hustler, it’s no surprise that Power has followed in his family’s footsteps and made a name for himself as one of the most respected hustlers on the streets of New York. Along with his best friend and partner Kane, the duo create a super group that sets out to take the streets and hip-hop world by storm. But soon Power finds himself in the middle of a love triangle gone wrong with a label owner and his lead singer, Egypt, which threatens the freedom and livelihood of everyone involved.

It is harvest season in St. Hilaire, and for those who take their living from the land, it should be a joyous time. But in the fall of 1943, there is no joy in France. Paris has fallen, the Vichy government is collaborating with the Germans, and the Gestapo roam the countryside, conscripting French men to toil in faraway German factories. For Sister Gabrielle, a novice in the local convent, the occupation tries her faith as nothing has before. But she is about to get an opportunity to stand up to evil in a way that few of her countrymen have dared.

The heat is on for DCC Bob Skinner. His career hangs by a thread, as a recent illness has given his enemies a weapon to use against him. A body found in the detritus of a flood is identified as the hated brother whose existence he has kept hidden for years. And an incendiary device destroys a valuable painting in the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. As Skinner and his team tackle these crises, his wife Sarah, recovering from the loss of her parents, finds comfort with an old college lover.

Ciudad de Dios es, a su vez, producto de un estudio de la antropóloga Alba Zaluar sobre la favela Ciudad de Dios, de donde el autor de esta obra fue su habitante. Asimismo, Lins fue integrante del equipo de investigación de Zaluar. De ahí que estas páginas sean una fiel mirada sociológica sobre el fenómeno que aquejó a la sociedad carioca en la década de los noventa, cuando explotó una caótica guerra por la droga.