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Is it possible to fall for a man you don't know? Before I saw his face, heard his voice, or felt the warmth of his touch, I fell in love with his mind. Devious. Cunning. Deceptive. The master of deadly and dangerous plans. The silent threat no one saw coming. Manipulating people's lives like pawns on a chessboard. When he steps out of the shadows, the king reclaiming his throne, he sets the world aflame and burns my heart to ash.

Ist es möglich, sich in einen Mann zu verlieben, dem man noch nie begegnet ist? Er ist verschlagen. Listig. Und verführerisch. Der Meister tödlicher und gefährlicher Pläne. Die stille Gefahr, die niemand kommen sah. Er manipuliert Menschen wie Figuren auf einem Schachbrett, setzt die gesamte Welt der Cosa Nostra in Brand.

Talia Kemper is on death row for murdering her husband. She had an alibi and no known motive, yet Talia’s unwavering protestations of innocence have always been ignored. Then one day in the visiting area, she sees a recognizable stranger she’s certain is her husband. It turns out the man she’s been convicted of killing may not be dead after all. But as the days tick away toward Talia’s execution, what will it take for her to be believed?

Ethan Dove’s family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it’s exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood. After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just the right moment, and when she offers to look after Rose during the school holidays, Ethan and Emma can’t believe their luck.

Detective Zora Beckers is called to a particularly brutal murder case. Several unidentifiable bodies are found in a junkyard. In addition, brutal bank robberies have been keeping the entire city on edge for weeks. At first, Zora and her colleagues have no useful leads. And then the detective, along with her young friend Tim, becomes embroiled in a bank robbery and is pursued by the merciless perpetrators. Zora's colleague Benno takes over the further developments to help the two. But events continue to escalate, reaching a new dimension beyond their imagination.

Eine junge Ermittlerin gerät immer tiefer in den Sog der Ermittlungen und lernt eine neue Art des Terrors kennen. Zora wird zu einem besonders brutalen Mordfall gerufen. Mehrere nicht identifizierbare Leichen werden auf einem Schrottplatz gefunden. Zudem halten schon seit Wochen brutale Banküberfälle die gesamte Stadt in Atem. Zunächst gibt es für Zora und ihre Kollegen keine brauchbaren Anhaltspunkte. Und dann wird die Kommissarin auch noch gemeinsam mit ihrem jungen Freund Tim in einen Banküberfall verwickelt und von den gnadenlosen Tätern verfolgt.

After the British military lose an officer to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, a desperate race begins to find his killers. Little do the assailants know that the precious information they have stolen could bring down the entire network of Western intelligence in the Mid-East. But then one of them is captured by US troops and flown to the States for interrogation. And so begins a nail-biting, claustrophobic and explosive thriller that will ultimately lead British operative John Stratton to the Styx penitentiary, America's undersea prison.

At least one battalion of flame-throwers is swinging around like a pack of crazy wild boars. Long, flaming red tongues of fire are hissing from the towers, charring every living thing. From the GPU-prison stream shoals of red prisoners. A barrage of incredible dimensions is hammering down behind the Germans. It seems like the Russians have guessed that they are pondering an escape and want to stop it with an impenetrable wall of fire, spreading as far as the eye can see.

Army Intelligence reservist Kat Caldwell is teaching Arabic at a military college in Virginia when the order comes: retired spy chief Dick Morrow needs to find a CIA informant who has slipped away from his handler in Spain and may be heading to Morocco.

«IN UN MODO O NELL'ALTRO, A QUALUNQUE PREZZO, AVREBBE AVUTO LA SUA VENDETTA.» Dopo essere scampata alla prigione di Zalindov e al mortale Giudizio degli Elementi, Kiva Meridan è una sopravvissuta. Negli ultimi dieci anni, il suo unico obiettivo è stato quello di riunirsi alla famiglia e distruggere le persone che hanno rovinato le loro vite, ma questa missione sta diventando più complicata che mai.

A deadly choice. A secret between friends or a stab in the back? Four friends as close as they come. Until a girl’s weekend away leaves them with a shared secret that could destroy them all. But a secret is safe among friends, isn’t it? That’s what they think until in turn they all in turn...

Nothing prepares you for finding your sister’s lifeless body covered in blood. But when the police arrest her ex, a man I know is innocent, I can’t sit by and do nothing. Not when I’ve been secretly in love with him for years. Heath may not want my help, but I won’t take no for an answer. To catch a killer, I’m forced to take a job at Saint View Prison. Maximum security. The place they send the worst of the worst. But it’s not just Heath who doesn’t want me there. With every lie we uncover, every secret we expose, the danger mounts.

Valeria, una de las concursantes del reality show La Cárcel, aparece muerta en su celda. En medio del estupor y el caos inicial, Vera, la directora de producción, toma las riendas y piensa que, cueste lo que cueste, hay que mantener la noticia en secreto hasta que acabe el programa, un mes.

في هذه الرواية الرائعة، تأخذنا الكاتبة في رحلة إلى عالم "فيزياء الكم" حيث توجد نظرية تعرف باسم "العوالم" حيث يمكن للإنسان أن يجد نفسه على أرض كوكب جديد محاطًا بمجتمع من النساء فقط، لكنهن لسن كالنساء اللاتي نعرفهن!!

Welcome to HMP Ashcroft. An institution run by a corrupt governor whose determination to impose his will at any cost will have far-reaching consequences on all the inmates. Within these walls, friendships are forged that will last beyond a sentence, but some inmates can turn in the blink of an...

1931 - The body found in the gutter in France led the police inspector to the dead man’s beautiful daughter - and to her hot-tempered American husband. 1941 - A hardboiled private eye hired to keep a movie studio’s leading lady happy uncovers the truth behind the brutal slaying of a Hollywood starlet. 1951 - A desperate man pursuing his last chance at redemption finds himself with blood on his hands and the police on his trail...

Venezuela's overcrowded prison system is hell on earth. Murders, corruption, and gang wars are nothing out of the ordinary. On a humid summer's day in the state of Vargas, a new prisoner arrives at "El Infierno," the country's most notorious gulag. Newcomers are subject to savage beatings. They're treated as slaves by the general prison population. But not this time....

One way or another, all men pay for their crimes. Some do their time locked in a cage, while others meet their due karma without a judge or a jury. My debt to society is almost paid, and soon I'll be free to get my son the justice he deserves. Justice he wouldn't be due if only I had done my job as his father and protected him. There's just one hitch, and her name is Charlotte.

I've counseled the most chilling criminals.... A young inmate who fell in love with a pedophile. A man who intentionally infected strangers with HIV. A patient with an extremely unusual addiction. A sociopath who wanted to have a conscience. A conspiracy theorist who harassed victims of a terrorist attack. And the patient who still haunts my dreams: A boy sold into human trafficking. In these files, you'll learn about the the psychology behind the world's most dangerous criminals. But you'll also learn about me - and the worst thing I've ever done.

Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane’s gritty fourth novel. Lily King has spent years behind bars Convicted of murdering her husband, London villain Leo King, she hasn’t been missed. Everyone believes she got what she deserved, but Lily knows she was fitted up. Now she’s...