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For years FBI agent Cameron Daggett has been on the trail of an international triggerman responsible for planting at least two nearly undetectable explosive devices on airplanes. When a strange murder takes place in a Seattle aircraft training installation, Daggett suspects that his nemesis is involved. The man who was murdered was a specialist in training pilots to fly the Duhning 959-600 - a new breed of ultra-sophisticated aircraft - and he was killed in a Duhning flight simulator.

When an old Delta Force buddy comes to Jon Reznick for help, paranoid and fearing for his life, Reznick feels duty-bound to protect him. As a black-ops specialist, loyalty to his brothers in arms comes before everything—even the law. But Jerry White proves difficult to protect. A runaway from a top-security psychiatric facility in upstate New York, he's considered a danger to himself and others, and Reznick is powerless to stop shadowy senior hospital managers taking Jerry back by force.

I've never been in love myself, but that doesn't stop me from secretly matchmaking for my friends. Who would suspect me, a world-class athlete, of meddling in other people's love lives? I love love, especially when it's not me who's doing the falling.... "No thanks." That's what Hollis Westbrooke said when I asked her on a date. Well, propositioned her, actually - but it was all a big joke; one she doesn't think is funny.

Navy SEAL Jared Sutter has a simple rule when it comes to women: keep 'em happy and keep 'em at a distance. He's got his reasons, and they all make sense until he falls for his neighbor and Cassie Bronson makes him want things he's always kept off-limits.

New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan is back with the enchanting third book in the Duke Hunt series about a marriage of convenience between a fierce female blacksmith and a handsome scoundrel. A devil’s bargain burns the hottest…. For years, fiercely independent Gwen Cully has...

Maya Andreyeva is a camera, a reporter with virtual-reality-broadcasting equipment implanted in her brain. What sh esees, millions see; what she feels, millions share. And what Maya is seeing is the cover-up of a massacre. As she probes into the covert political power plays of a radically strange near-future Russia, she comes upon secrets that have been hidden from the world… and memories that AI-controlled thought police have forced her to hide from herself. Because in a world where no thought or desire is safe, the price of survival is betrayal—of your lover, your ideals, and yourself.

Comet Anduru skimmed the clouds of Saturn. Rather than being drawn into the gas giant, it skipped back out into space. With the comet heading for Jupiter, speculation is mounting it’s an alien spacecraft making its way to Earth. Lieutenant Colonel Nolan Landis and Dr. Kath McKenzie are caught between an angry public and an anxious President as they grapple with the scientific, social, and political implications of first contact.

Einen Gummiring ans Handgelenk schnalzen lassen, wenn das Verlangen nach Essen gerade übermächtig wird. Oder heißes Kerzenwachs auf den Oberarm tropfen. Oder ganz laut Heavy Metal hören. Oder mindestens zwei Minuten lang die Nase in eine Packung Gummibären stecken. Und sich niemals Druck wegen Sport machen: Die Methoden für Abnehmen in diesem Buch stammen aus der Suchtmedizin. Sie sind brutal, effizient und wissenschaftlich fundiert.

Three terrorist attacks are launched from freighters against the United States. Only one fully succeeds, but in the blink of an eye all of the country west of the Rocky Mountains is transformed into the technological equivalent of the 18th century - no electricity, no computers, no electronics of anykind, or any of the amenities of modern life that depend on them. This is the story of ordinary and extraordinary people, high and low, who struggle to survive in a mortally wounded nation, as America's enemies within and without circle for the kill.

A raunchy, saucy audio romantic comedy series about three women who seem to have everything figured out... except love.If you think feelings are scary, friendship makes everything better, and ambitious women shouldn't have to choose between love and their dreams, this show is for you.Oh, and if you like dirty jokes, it's DEFINITELY for you. Written & Directed (and produced and edited) by Paige Feldman - @pfeld on TwitterStarring:Emily Hooks as Mona - @emilyahooks on Instagram Rebecca Hausman as Claire - @rebecca_hausman on Instagram Jennifer Cheung as HarperJosh Odsess-Rubin as Gross Gene - @...

When David Perry confides the sordid details of his bitter divorce to a sympathetic stranger, he never imagines the nightmare he would unleash. Now his socialite wife is dead, brutally murdered by a man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants…Veteran San Francisco homicide detective Jane Candiotti never allows her personal feelings to interfere with the job - until Jenna Perry is found strangled in the hills of Marin County.

The body of a teenage girl is found two days after being reported missing. A discussion with the pathologist reveals that another girl was found in similar circumstances only her murder never made it into the press. When DS Kevin Coupland looks into the earlier case he finds out-dated views and social stereotyping have thwarted the investigation from the beginning.

In Frankfurt wurden auf einem Feld die vergrabenen Leichen von sieben Jugendlichen aufgefunden. Die Narben an ihren Körpern deuten auf ein Martyrium kurz vor dem Tod hin. Kommissarin Mara Billinsky will sich mit voller Kraft in die Ermittlungen stürzen. Doch mit ihrer Sturheit und ihren unkonventionellen Methoden verstört sie ihren Chef wie auch den neuen Staatsanwalt - und wird von dem Fall abgezogen. Als sie trotzdem weiterermittelt, kommt sie einem Verbrechen auf die Spur, das ihr das Blut in den Adern stocken lässt.

Oslo, 1982: An einem eiskalten Dezembertag verschwindet die ehemalige DDR-Bürgerin und KGB-Agentin Christel Heinze. Hat ihre große Liebe Arvid Storholt, ein berühmt berüchtigter Doppelagent, damit zu tun? War es wirklich wahre Liebe oder nur eine Gelegenheit zum Verrat? Oslo, 2016: In einem See werden die Überreste einer Frauenleiche gefunden. Kurz darauf wird Arvid Storholt ermordet. Tommy Bergmann, selbstzerstörerischer Ex-Polizist, ermittelt für den norwegischen Geheimdienst. Gibt es eine Verbindung zwischen der toten Unbekannten und dem ermordeten Sowjetagenten?

Mexicantown, Detroit. August Snow kehrt mit zwölf Millionen Dollar Schadenersatz zurück in das Viertel seiner Kindheit. Genug Geld für den Ex-Polizisten, um seinen alten Humor wiederzufinden und ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Doch er hat die Rechnung ohne seine Feinde gemacht: Kurz nach seiner Rückkehr wird eine der mächtigsten Unternehmerinnen der Stadt tot aufgefunden. Snow setzt sich auf die Fährte des Mörders – und gerät in einen gefährlichen Strudel, der ihn in Detroits dunkelste Winkel hinabzieht.

When a catastrophic solar storm brings about the collapse of modern civilization, an Amish community in Pennsylvania is caught up in the devastating aftermath. Once-bright skies are now dark. Planes have plummeted to the ground. The systems of modern life have crumbled. With their stocked larders and stores of supplies, the Amish are unaffected at first. But as the English (the Amish name for all non-Amish people) become more and more desperate, they begin to invade Amish farms.

Samstagabend auf dem Campo Santa Margherita. Nach einem Drink lassen sich zwei Touristinnen von ein paar Einheimischen zu einer Spritztour in die Lagune verführen. In der Dunkelheit rammt das Boot einen Pfahl, und die Amerikanerinnen enden bewusstlos auf dem Steg des Ospedale. Warum alarmierten ihre Begleiter nicht die Notaufnahme, wenn alles nur ein Unfall war? Je hartnäckiger Brunetti ermittelt, desto näher kommt er einem Monstrum, vor dem sich selbst die Mafia fürchtet.

Die Hochzeit der Hotelerbin Constanze von Haferkamp sollte das gesellschaftliche Ereignis des Jahres werden, auch wenn böse Zungen es eher als Fusion bezeichnet hätten. Doch der Auserwählte erscheint gar nicht erst zu der Trauung. Ist er freiwillig verschwunden oder liegt ein Verbrechen vor?

Retired Army Ranger John Stone has settled into his life as a bar owner in Great Falls, Montana. But news about the death of a brother-in-arms and the kidnapping of his goddaughter shakes his world apart. John discovers the murder and abduction might involve the ex-wife of his fallen brother and a prototype technology that could threaten the security of the free world. Now, with time running out, John must rely on the abilities of his former life to save his goddaughter from the same fate as her father.

The 21st century will see great changes for humanity. True Artificial Intelligence comes into existence, and in its wake the world is ripped apart and reborn. In new technology ancient ways will find new expression, as the secret rulers of the world choose its future shape. It is a time of great change, of disaster and destruction matched only by the flowering of mind.