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A space shuttle is destroyed during flight, and the CIA recalls disgraced agent Blaine McCracken to uncover the people responsible. A space shuttle disappears during a routine repair mission, 180 miles above Earth’s surface. An intelligence operative with a dark secret is murdered, his car set ablaze, while he is in the middle of fulfilling a depraved fantasy. And a reporter receives a message from a dying man that suggests the organization responsible may be one of the world’s most prestigious corporations. The government knows just one man who can untangle this mystery: a throwaway on the deactivated list. Exiled to a desk job in Paris for stepping on the wrong toes, Blaine McCracken is a killer—a ruthless pursuer of truth who will let no one, friend or enemy, stand in his way when civilian lives are in danger. McCracken gets results, and his country needs him now more than ever.

A Vietnam special-forces veteran investigates a government conspiracy to build a superweapon that could alter the very fabric of reality. In San Diego, a cadre of American scientists toils on a weapon with the power to make things flit in and out of reality. If perfected, Project Vortex will make the atomic bomb look like a bow and arrow. They test it on a 727 on its way into Kennedy airport, and the experiment is successful, save for two dangerous aberrations.

At a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane, 84 of the most dangerous psycopaths alive have vanished from their cells without a trace. Leading their ranks: the Candy Man - the most ruthlessly brilliant serial killer ever in captivity. The only way to catch a crazed killer is to think like one. Rogue agent Jared Kimberlain - the most dangerous man who ever worked for the forces of good - is the only man driven enough to do the job. Or die trying.

It spite of the tightest high-tech security ever conceived, billionaire Jordan Lime is savagely killed by a weapon that tears him apart limb by limb with grim, laserlike efficiency. An army unlike any other has fired its first shot. In its ranks are the world's most vicious killers, fortified by a super-advanced arsenal against which there is no defense. It is a madman's plan to conquer the earth by destroying it. He will unleash the devastating powers of the atom and let the cataclysmic wrath of nature do the rest.

Since he first went behind enemy lines in Vietnam, Blaine McCracken has faced death on every continent. In the line of fire he is an iron man, but now he faces a different challenge: fatherhood. His son, Matt, is 13 - the unknown product of a long ago tryst. When the boy’s mother dies, McCracken goes to England to meet him. He finds a son cut in his father’s mold: a young athlete determined to put his body at risk to serve his country.

Far beneath the sands of Alexandria, an archaeological team digs deeper than anyone has before, seeking an ancient power older than the pyramids. What they unearth is an evil that threatens the whole world. First it targets the worst of humanity: Ex-Nazis, Central American warlords, and the pushers who peddle drugs to children are found massacred, ripped limb from limb without having fired a shot in their own defense. But the next to die will be ordinary people.

There are 96 names on the list. They are those of businessmen, judges, and senators - the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful. And they are all going to die. A man named Takahashi has hired the world’s finest assassins to eliminate these men in secrecy and style, crossing names off the list without raising any suspicion. And they are killing ahead of schedule. But someone has noticed the pattern of these seemingly unrelated deaths, and she knows enough to call Blaine McCracken.

In the last years of the Cold War, policy and trust for the Russians have led to disarmament treaties and hope for a new beginning. But peace is not yet within grasp. An entire American town has been wiped off the map: not by nuclear strike, but rather a space-borne particle cannon capable of reducing the entire nation to dust in hours. But who pulled the trigger? Was it the Russians, making a final bid for world domination? Or was it a third power - some aspiring conqueror hoping to pit the superpowers against each other? It’s up to Blaine McCracken to find out.

Holmes und Watson haben keine andere Wahl, als zu Fuß zum nächsten Bahnhof zu gehen. Durch Wälder und über Felder erreichen sie Landstraße. Als Watson hilfesuchend ein Automobil aufhalten will, gibt es eine unerfreuliche Überraschung.

„ Eine Studie in Scharlachrot " (engl. A Study in Scarlet) ist ein Kriminalroman von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle und der erste Auftritt seines Detektivs Sherlock Holmes. Im Teil 2 wird die Vorgeschichte des Mordes erzählt. Sie spielt in einer Mormonengemeinde in Utah. - Zum Abschluss spricht noch einmal Watson und bringt durch seine abschließenden Bemerkungen beide Teile zusammen.

Ein beschaulicher Küstenort, ein Jahrhundertsturm und eine verschwundene Leiche – das ungewöhnlichste Bestatterduo der Ostsee ermittelt. Es ist Nacht. Das Telefon klingelt im Bestattungsinstitut. Die Feuerwehr hat eine tote Frau aus ihrem brennenden Fahrzeug geborgen. Jesper soll die Leiche über Nacht in seinem Kühlraum aufbewahren. Sie wird in die Gerichtsmedizin überführt werden, sobald der Sturm sich gelegt hat. Am nächsten Morgen ist die Tote jedoch verschwunden. Jesper ist außer sich und in seiner Berufsehre verletzt.

Der packende Bestseller aus der "Wuthenow-Thriller"-Serie von Kindle#1-Autorin Roxann Hill. Vergiss nie: Ich töte dich. Der renommierte Profiler Dr. Carl von Wuthenow wird von der Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft um Unterstützung bei den Ermittlungen in einem politisch besonders brisanten Mordfall gebeten: Ein minderjähriger Stricher wurde bestialisch getötet, seine Leiche auf einem Bauplatz entsorgt. Der junge Mann stammte aus dem arabischen Raum, und die Spuren des Täters weisen in die rechte Szene. Carl von Wuthenow willigt ein.

Ricky Savage is Sharon McCone's brother-in-law, and the hottest country singer in the business. He's on top professionally, but hitting rock bottom in his personal life. His longtime marriage to Sharon's sister, Charlene, is breaking up, forcing him to question if it was all worth it: the struggle, hard times, and hopes of stardom that finally came true. Even worse, Ricky has been getting anonymous letters threatening not only himself, but also his children.

Rogue special-operations agent McCracken has never been shy about answering the call, and this time it comes in the aftermath of a deep-water oil rig disaster that claims the life of a onetime member of his commando unit. The remnants of the rig and its missing crew lead him to the inescapable conclusion that one of the most mysterious and deadly forces in the universe is to blame: Dark matter, both a limitless source of potential energy and an unimaginably destructive weapon.

Mit der siebenten Tür des Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalenders erreichen Holmes und Watson endlich das Heilige Land. In der Hafenstadt Jaffa treffen sie mit einem einheimischen Kollegen zusammen, der gemeinsam mit ihnen für die Ermittlungen zuständig ist.

Holmes und Watson haben keine andere Wahl, als zu Fuß zum nächsten Bahnhof zu gehen. Durch Wälder und über Felder erreichen sie Landstraße. Als Watson hilfesuchend ein Automobil aufhalten will, gibt es eine unerfreuliche Überraschung.

Mit der siebenten Tür des Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalenders erreichen Holmes und Watson endlich das Heilige Land. In der Hafenstadt Jaffa treffen sie mit einem einheimischen Kollegen zusammen, der gemeinsam mit ihnen für die Ermittlungen zuständig ist.

A drone-based terrorist attack in Israel kills dozens on a sun-splashed beach in Caesarea as America awakens to the shattering news that Vice President Stephanie Davenport has died of an apparent heart attack. That same morning, a chance encounter on the Washington Metro results in international private investigator Robert Brixton thwarting an attempted terrorist bombing. Brixton has no reason to suspect that the three incidents have anything in common - until he’s contacted by Kendra Rendine, the Secret Service agent who headed up the vice president’s security detail.