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Ada Hobbes has cleaned for Dr Tindall for many years and begins the morning like any other day. But the house is not empty after all. The blood-covered George Tindall is sprawled across the floor. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy arrive to a horrific scene. Someone enjoyed killing Tindall, without a doubt. Their investigation takes them out of London and on the trail of three different women as it emerges that Dr Tindall was not the respectable local GP after all, but a bigamist whose third wife had some very interesting connections in the crime fraternity.

Mitch Rapp, Amerikas kompromisslosester Agent, stößt bei einer Auseinandersetzung mit dem pakistanischen Geheimdienst an seine Grenzen. Von falschen Spuren in die Irre geführt, hetzt er mit seinem Partner Scott Coleman von Kontinent zu Kontinent, um zu verhindern, dass das Atomwaffenarsenal des iranischen Nachbarstaats in die Hände von Terroristen gelangt.

Combining social and cognitive neuroscience with real-life accounts from genocide perpetrators, this book sheds light on the process through which obedience influences cognition and behavior. Emilie Caspar, a leading expert in the field, translates this neuroscientific approach into a clear, uncomplicated explanation, even for those with no background in psychology or neuroscience. By better understanding humanity's propensity for direct orders to short-circuit our own independent decision-making, we can edge closer to effective prevention processes.