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For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she'd accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lauren receives two unexpected invitations. The first is her repentant father's offer to finally bring her to Egypt as his colleague on a new expedition. The second is a chance to enter the world of New York's wealthiest patrons who have been victims of art fraud.

Twice upon a time, Prince Rupert and Princess Julia saved the Forest Kingdom. They have earned the right to live happily ever after. But there' s a blue moon on the rise... Hawk and Fisher, famous for their years of keeping the peace in Haven, are really quite happy being legends. They gave up the hero business when they decided they'd grown too old for it. Now they run the Hero Academy, training young hopefuls to be heroes. Legends never die, but it seems they cannot retire, either.

Daniel Carter was a London cop who just wanted to do the right thing. But during a raid on an organ-selling chop shop, he is almost torn to pieces by monsters. And no one believes him. Hurt and crippled, his career over, and his life in ruins, Daniel is suddenly presented with a chance at redemption. And revenge. It seems that more than two centuries ago, the monsters of the world disappeared - into the underworld of crime. Guild-like clans now have control over all the dark and illegal trades.

Ishmael Jones is someone who can’t afford to be noticed, someone who lives under the radar, who drives on the dark side of the road. He’s employed to search out secrets, investigate mysteries, and shine a light in dark places. Sometimes, he kills people. Invited by his employer, the enigmatic Colonel, to join him and his family for Christmas, Ishmael arrives at the grand but isolated Belcourt Manor in the midst of a blizzard to find that the Colonel has mysteriously disappeared.

The CEO of a promising start-up company is found dead in a luxurious hotel room. Two men who underwent what were supposed to be simple surgical procedures died on the operating table in two different hospitals. Are the deaths related? Ronnie Saar, a newly promoted partner in a leading venture...

A 17-year-old sets out to meet her secret lover by an Ottawa waterfall. Three days later, her body washes up in the shallows. The public fears a sexual predator is on the loose, but Inspector Green suspects a more personal connection. His search for answers draws him into the world of elite young athletes, drugs and teenage sexuality. Then a social worker who knows too much disappears, and blood is found in the house of a star with NHL prospects. Unless Green can unravel the truth, how many others will pay the ultimate price for a young mans dreams?

If Tipsy Collins learned one thing from her divorce, it’s that everyone in Charleston is a little crazy - even if they’re already dead. Tipsy, a gifted artist, cannot ignore her nutty friends or her vindictive ex-husband, but as a lifelong reluctant clairvoyant, she has always avoided dead people. When Tipsy and her three children move into the house on Bennett Street, she realizes that some ghosts won’t be ignored. Till death do us part didn’t pan out for Jane and Henry Mott, who have haunted the house for nearly a century.

Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. He even stole his current identity. Who was he originally? Now, that would be telling. One thing's for sure though, he's not the bad guy. The people he steals from always have it coming. Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. To get past his security, he's going to need a crew who can do the impossible....

When Kester fulfills his mother's dying wish and meets his father, he is thrown headlong into the family business: catching supernatural spirits. 

Orphaned at 18, a naïve and solitary Chris Pritchard joins the Metropolitan Police in search of a family, friends and a regular income. He is posted to Stoke Newington police station in London’s tough East End. Despite barely concealed contempt for her hapless new charge, his experienced instructor, WPC Dawn Matthews, puppy walks him through a journey, which is regularly amusing, frequently sad and occasionally bizarre. You will not listen to a more accurate account of how London was policed a generation ago.

Dolly Stone mag blind sein, taub ist sie nicht: In Maggies turbulentem 20. Fall wird die alte Dame zur Ohrenzeugin in einem aufsehenerregenden Kriminalfall. Als auch noch das erste "Slow Dating" von Green Haven eine rasante Wendung nimmt, herrscht im Ort endgültig helle Aufregung.

Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore’s novel features an American major who goes "native" with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer, and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.

Tratsch, Mobbing und Psychoterror bedrohen den dörflichen Frieden im 17. Teil von Harriet Mansfields Cosy-Crime-Reihe Green Haven - und diesmal ist Maggie eines der Opfer. Maggie versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Erst wird sie von Hannahs und Jims Hochzeit ausgeladen, dann scheinen auch die drei Ps sie zu meiden. Doch sie ist nicht die Einzige, die sich plötzlich in der Außenseiter-Rolle wiederfindet: Die neue Schulleiterin Heather Hartley wird bedroht. Steckt Hannahs Jugendfreund, ein chaotischer Biker, hinter den perfiden Aktionen?

Ein Museumswächter wird ermordet - welches Geheimnis hütete der Mann? Im fünften Teil der Cosy-Crime-Reihe "Green Haven" von Harriet Mansfield, gesprochen von Cornelia Meinhardt, ermittelt Maggie Mirren im Boxclub-Milieu. Trubel in Green Haven: Eine Gruppe Touristen und eine Horde Fußballfans kommen zeitgleich am Bahnhof des verschlafenen Nests im Lake District an. Doch auch eine Leiche sorgt für Wirbel. Kurz vor seinem gewaltsamen Tod rief Tommy Biggs in Maggie Mirrens Antiquariat an - aber warum? Gut, dass sich Maggie bei ihren Ermittlungen auf die Unterstützung von Alice O' Kelly und Oliver verlassen kann.

As foretold by ancient prophets, an apocalypse destroyed Earth during the twenty-first century. But two thousand years later Elyon set upon the earth a new Adam. This time, however, he gave humanity an advantage. What was once unseen became seen. It was good and it was called...Green. Complete...

A young African boy has been murdered in a back alley. Despite running low on empathy, social worker Stella Hardy heads into the night to comfort the grieving mother. But when she gets there, she makes a discovery that has the potential to uncover something terrible from her past. Enlisting the help of Senior Constable Phuong Nguyen, Stella's investigation draws her further and further into a dark world of drug dealers, sociopaths and killers.

Ein Pfarrer taucht ab, ein anderer taucht auf und Maggie wird zum Ziel unerwarteter Avancen - im 14. Teil von Harriet Mansfields Cosy-Crime-Serie "Green Haven", gesprochen von Cornelia Meinhardt. Phoebe ist verzweifelt: Der Pfarrer ist verschwunden - und der Neue passt so gar nicht nach Green Haven! Die drei Ps gehen der Sache auf den Grund und entdecken, dass ihr Reverend ein tierisches Laster hatte. Maggie hat inzwischen andere Sorgen: Der gerissene, aber äußerst charmante Spekulant Joe Fox interessiert sich auf einmal auffällig für ihren Laden. Oder gar für Maggie selbst?

Ein Dieb geht um in Green Haven - und der hat nicht nur flinke Finger, sondern auch das Talent, sich unsichtbar zu machen. Kommt Maggie Mirren ihm im neunten Teil von Harriet Mansfields Cosy-Crime-Reihe auf die Schliche? Laue Abend auf der Seeterrasse, tiefe Blicke über das Rotweinglas hinweg - Maggie genießt die Zweisamkeit mit Oliver. Doch ist ihr Herz wirklich bereit für eine neue Liebe?

Ein gruseliger Fund, ein Mord aus Eifersucht und ein schockierender Verdacht: Maggie Mirren ermittelt im sechsten Fall der Cosy-Crime-Reihe von Harriet Mansfield, gesprochen von Cornelia Meinhardt. Maggie Mirren organisiert mit Olivers Hilfe eine Schnitzeljagd für ihre Enkelin Minette. Doch bei der Vorbereitung macht sie eine schaurige Entdeckung. In einer Ruine liegen Knochen - menschliche Knochen. Sie erinnern Maggie an einen spektakulären Mordfall: Vor zwanzig Jahren erschoss Felix "the Finger" aus Eifersucht seine Freundin Camilla. Kurz darauf verschwand Camillas Liebhaber Oswald spurlos.

Wieder ist Maggie Mirrens kriminalistischer Spürsinn gefragt: Im dritten Teil der exklusiven Cosy-Crime-Reihe "Green Haven" mit Sprecherin Corneila Meinhardt. Moment mal - gerade lag doch noch eine Leiche am Rand der Landstraße? Doch als Maggie Mirren Constable Charly Hargreaves zum Fundort führt, ist der Tote verschwunden. Handelte es sich um Maddox Whittaker, der halb Green Haven mit dubiosen Anlagegeschäften in den Ruin trieb? Verdächtige gäbe es dann genug: Trailer-Bill, der Barmann Alex und selbst Maggies Freundin Pauline hatten mit Whittaker noch eine Rechnung offen.