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Desirae Shythe is a physical therapist driven to see her patients thrive. Her happiness in life comes from her success, no matter how small the step. Ethan "Hammer" McCoy is known for having an iron fist and an iron heart. When an injury confines him to a wheelchair, he meets the fierce physical therapist who makes it her personal mission to see him walk again. As they both face the struggles of his rehabilitation, can he hammer his way into her heart?

Two old dudes want to kill me. Oh, and one of them is my ancestor.... And after centuries of practice, they’re pretty good at the whole murder thing. But at least they want to kill each other just as badly. Now, I’ve taken down a Greek goddess, worn a Horseman’s mask, and I ride a homicidal unicorn who hates rainbows with a passion. Some might say sending two senior citizens to a permanent retirement home should be a breeze. It ain’t. Because that’s not my biggest concern. One of my friends is in danger, or possibly dying, and I need to get her back before her fiancé kills me.

A thrilling new novella from best-selling author Greig Beck - starring the formidable Alex Hunter. When the coalition of Allied Forces established an international zone in Iraq, they meant to bring peace to the region. They were succeeding - until the moment something hulked into the zone and detonated a nuclear bomb. The last images from the area prior to the blast are not of drones or the trail of an ICBM. Instead they show a solitary figure carrying the enormous weapon to the soon-to-be ground zero on its back.

En Riversend, en un pueblo rural azotado por una sequía interminable, un joven sacerdote abre fuego desde la escalinata de su iglesia y mata a cinco vecinos antes de ser acribillado. Un año después, el periodista Martin Scarsden llega al aislado pueblo para escribir un artículo sobre el aniversario de la tragedia. Pero las historias que escucha no encajan con la versión que su periódico informó. Martin no puede ignorar sus dudas, ni la insistencia de algunos lugareños para descubrir la verdadera razón detrás del ataque del sacerdote, a quien asombrosamente todos defienden.

The course of true love never did run smooth for PI Mike Hammer. His secretary and partner, Velda, has walked out on him without explanation, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered - a cop who once worked with Velda on the NYPD Vice Squad. What's more, Mike's pal, Captain Pat Chambers, has discovered that Velda is in Florida, now the moll of gangster and drug runner Nolly Quinn.

Kämpfe und Abenteuer, Machtspiele und Intrigen, Liebe und Rache: Die spannende Reihe um Tankred, der mit dem Schwert in der Hand gegen Wikinger, für Gerechtigkeit und für sein Erbe kämpft. Während die Plünderer die Kirche stürmen, rettet er den berühmten Bücherschatz, bevor er aus dem brennenden Gemäuer entkommt. Um Judith zu retten, muss er nun erneut zum Schwert greifen. Im Auftrag des Königs soll der gebildete Kämpfer in einen erbarmungslosen Krieg gegen die Normannen ziehen, die sich unweit seiner Heimatstadt Maastricht verschanzt haben.

Mack Holland might as well have the word “former” tattooed across his chest. He’s a former Green Beret. A former CIA Ground Branch Team Leader. A former husband. A former father. At least his dog, Blue, still appreciates him. But when a black SUV with government plates crunches down the gravel driveway of his remote backwoods home, Mack’s quiet, post-operator life is shattered. The G-man who steps out brings news Mack never expected to hear: his daughter Lindsey, officially dead and buried for five years, is alive. And she’s being held hostage in Syria.

Pourquoi Julie, jeune pigiste talentueuse, est-elle morte, les veines ouvertes, dans sa baignoire ? Et qui est donc Mina, cette ancienne enfant de la DDASS, devenue SDF, dont les proches disparaissent, les uns après les autres ? En désobéissant à ses chefs, qui lui ordonnent d'arrêter l'enquête, quels risques Gloria Basteret, lieutenant à la Crim', fait-elle courir à ses enfants ? Dans ce roman social, Béatrice Hammer alterne avec brio les narrations et met en scène de magnifiques personnages féminins.

En 11-årig pige forsvinder sporløst i en sjællandsk provinsby.

Kort efter kaldes Konrad Simonsen tilbage på Politigården i København. Ledelsen ønsker ham som leder af Rigspolitichefens Efterforskningsafdeling, en nyoprettet afdeling, der skal håndtere uopklarede drabssager. Konrad Simonsen modsætter sig kraftigt; han nyder sin frihed som pensionist alt for meget til igen at lade sig indrullere i Politigårdens bureaukrati.

Konrad Simonsen er tilbage! En fynsk pyroman med adskillige brande og et dødsfald på samvittigheden er blevet dømt for en brand, han med al sandsynlighed ikke har begået. Justitsministeriets departementschef hyrer i al diskretion Konrad Simonsen til at efterforske sagen. Konrad Simonsen, der nu arbejder for et privat konsulentfirma, indvilger, men hurtigt må han erkende, at sagen er mere betændt end som så: Ikke blot er sagen hemmeligstemplet og overført til PET, ingen har tilsyneladende nogen interesse i, at sagen bliver genåbnet.

Yuwonderie's seven founding families have lorded it over their district for a century, growing ever more rich and powerful. But now—in startling circumstances—one of their own is found dead in a ditch and homicide detectives Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan are sent to investigate. Could the murder be connected to the execution of the victim's friend thirty years ago—another member of The Seven—or even to the long-forgotten story of a servant girl on the brink of the Great War?

Between 1940 - 41, in Berlin, nine women are killed during the blackouts. One of these is a young girl. Her face is covered in snow and it looks as if she is smiling. This murder differs from the others and detective Johann Braunmann is ordered to solve it. However, he quickly senses that he is...

Hitze. Mord. Rätsel. Schuld. Erlösung: der atemberaubende Nr.1-Bestseller-Thriller aus Australien Rivers End, ein Städtchen in der flirrenden Hitze des Outbacks: eiskalt eröffnet der junge Pfarrer vor der Kirche das Feuer auf seine Gemeinde. Er tötet fünf Menschen. Ein Jahr später kommt Reporter Martin Scarsden in den Ort, um über die Morde zu schreiben. Aber als er die Einheimischen befragt, begreift er, dass es mehr als eine Wahrheit gibt, was die Tat des Pfarrers angeht. Warum hat er wirklich getötet? War er ein Monster oder ein idealistischer Rächer?

La mujer, Maryann Nygård, fue asesinada hace más de veinticinco años, pero el modus operandi del asesino hace que al inspector le venga automáticamente a la cabeza un caso anterior en el que había trabajado. No solo se trata de las innegables similitudes entre las dos víctimas y la forma...

Quand Blanche, sa mère, meurt prématurément, Flora décide de comprendre pour quelles raisons Valentin, son père, ne s'est jamais occupé d'elle, et pourquoi, alors qu'il était célibataire, il n'a pas épousé Blanche qui l'aimait tendrement. Contre la volonté de Valentin, la jeune fille fouille son passé. Elle croise ainsi les routes de Fanny puis de Jacques, et découvre que tous deux sont les personnes au monde dont son père a été le plus proche, dans sa jeunesse.

Six full-cast contemporary tales of terror from horror legends Hammer Films: terror underwater in a helicopter crash simulator in Stephen Gallagher's 'The Box'... a neighbourhood clean-up campaign stirs up an ancient evil in 'The Fixation' by Mark Morris... the hate-filled words of an internet troll come to life in 'Sticks and Stones' by Robin Ince... a broken-down St Petersburg lift holds unimaginable terrors in Christopher Fowler's 'The Devil in the Darkness'... bingo, knitting and murder in 1970s suburbia in 'Spanish Ladies' by Paul Magrs... and myths and mosters on a Greek party island in 'Don't Go There,' by Stephen Volk.

Et intercitytog på vej mod Berlin afspores tæt på Vordingborg. Syv mennesker dør, heraf to fra politiet. Da man forsøger at opklare sagen, bliver chefen for Havarikommissionen opsøgt af en mystisk kvinde, der beder ham lade sagen ligge. Konrad Simonsen kobles på sagen, og togulykken viser sig hurtigt blot at være begyndelsen. Inden længe er Simonsen og hans team viklet ind i en sag, der involverer både russiske olieinteresser, en obskur dansk natradio, en gruppe amatørarkæologer og et internetfællesskab, der i smug planlægger hemmelige aktioner rundt omkring landet.

Mike Hammer is on the case, this time hunting the murderer of his old friend and bootlegger-turned-legit-businessman Packy Paragon. Already torn up by the disappearance of Velda, his beloved secretary, Mike Hammer carves a brutal path for vengeance. Drinking heavily, his relationships fraying, his behavior self-destructive, Hammer has to track down Paragon’s black book, with the names of every corrupt official in town. With deception everywhere, and a whole host of reasons to want the ledger, Hammer has to pull himself together and solve the case before all hell breaks loose.

Private investigator Mike Hammer and the beautiful Velda go on vacation to a small beach town on Long Island after wrapping up the Williams case from I, the Jury. Walking along the boardwalk, they witness a brutal beating at the hands of some vicious local cops - and Hammer wades in to defend the victim.

Winter, 1969. After a hit-and-run accident nearly kills her mother, Velda learns her father is not who she thought he is. Seeking to uncover her true heritage, Velda and Mike Hammer travel to sunny Dreamland Park, where retired law enforcement officers keep an eye on notorious criminals held under the Witness Protection Act. Just as Velda and Mike’s search leads to a dead end, a brutal attempt on their lives and a missing fortune in mob money leads them to a deadly midnight confrontation in a cemetery where secrets are buried and open graves await.