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Retired to a small Colorado mountain town, former Denver homicide detective Woodrow “Mountain” Bell yearns only to fade away. He has failed in so many ways—as a father, a husband, friend, and cop—he fears he wasted his chance at a meaningful life. When Bell stumbles across a long-forgotten, unsolved child murder, his first impulse is to let it lie—but he can’t. He is drawn into the macabre mystery when he realizes the killer might still be near.

John Quarry is on vacation with his small son, Nate, when a tragedy occurs: During an overnight stop in the Fraser Canyon, the child disappears and is presumed lost to the river. The coroner's verdict is death by drowning, although the body is never recovered. While the authorities consider the matter closed, a provocative dream convinces John that his son is not dead, but stolen. With little hope and only a single clue, John sets out on a desperate search.

Two men, each unaware of the other, share a common family secret: They were sold for adoption by their American father shortly after their births in the Philippines. Three alternating stories interweave the experiences of father Andrew Breszky and the two sons who try to connect and piece together the puzzle of their reckless, impulsive father. One lives in New York and the other grows up in the south of France, later traveling all over Asia as a documentary filmmaker. Both will discover that their relationships somehow echo that of the young man whose history eludes them.

During the scorching hot summer of 1988, Michael Dukakis leads George Bush senior in the polls. And while political conventions and campaigns continue to be in session, Hawk and the rest of the "button gang" sell their buttons first to Democrats in Atlanta, then Republicans in New Orleans. As always, the gang sells to either side of any persuasion, offering a unique underview of the American political process, amoral hucksterism, and a corrupted form of capitalism.

Frisch verheiratet beschließt der selbsternannte Hobbydetektiv Ron Schröder, die Detektei aufzugeben und stattdessen mit seiner Frau Simone das Leben zu genießen. Außerdem steht noch eine Hochzeitsreise an. Doch dann werden Körperteile vor ihrem Haus im Westerwald gefunden. Anschläge auf ihre Freunde werden verübt. Will sich jemand an ihnen Rächen ? Trotz der Bitte seines Freundes Hauptkommissar Bruckmann weiter im Ausland zu bleiben, machen Ron und Simone sich langsam auf den Heimweg.

Eher aus Langeweile forscht Privatdetektiv Ron Schröder in der Vergangenheit seiner Haushälterin. Das geht mächtig daneben. Plötzlich ist er allein und merkt das er zu weit gegangen ist. Bevor er aber seinen Fehler berichtigen kann, findet eine Entführung statt, die ihm und seinen Freunden alles abverlangt.

Im zweiten Fall schickt der selbsternannte Hobbydetektiv Ron Schröder seine Haushälterin Simone in einen Erholungsurlaub. Die lernt dort eine junge Frau kennen, die plötzlich verschwunden ist. Simone wittert ein Verbrechen und schon sind die Beiden bei der Arbeit. Natürlich wieder mit eigenen Methoden und dem gewissen Knistern.

Nach dem letzten Abenteuer will Hobbydetektiv Ron mit seiner Haushälterin Simone noch ein paar Tage Urlaub machen. Auf dem Campingplatz werden Camper vermisst. Wilde Geschichten um Geister und verschollene Soldaten aus dem Krieg machen die Runde. Genug um neugierig zu werden. Schnell wird es gefährlich für die Beiden. Zudem stürzt Simone ihren Chef in Gewissenskonflikte.

Das dritte Abenteuer des Möchtegern Detektivs Ron Schröder und seiner Haushälterin Simone. Dieses Mal sind sie Augenzeuge eines Unfalls bei einer Rallye in Südtirol. Sofort wittert Ron ein Verbrechen. Simone hingegen versucht ihre Reize einzusetzen um bei ihrem Chef Mauern einzureißen.

Eigentlich wollte Simone nur Grillfleisch holen. Metzger Kruse erzählt ihr von Blut in einem abgelegenen Forsthaus. Sie wird neugierig und obwohl der selbsternannte Hobbydetektiv Ron ganz andere Sachen im Kopf hat, überredet sie ihn Nachforschungen anzustellen.

From the author of The Memory of Running-a beautifully crafted story of a man who returns home to discover the truth about his past Featuring the warmth and authenticity that made The Memory of Running such a major success, Traveler wraps a beautifully written ode to friendship within a...

A dying convict's last request thrusts small-town newspaperman Jefferson Morgan into a deadly maelstrom as he explores a 50-year-old case of child murder - a wound his town still isn't ready to scrape open. Under the heaviest deadline of his life, and amid threats from unexpected foes, Morgan must struggle with his own conscience to tell a story no matter the consequences, dig deep into the town's past, and unveil a killer who's managed to remain hidden in plain sight for almost 50 years.

On assignment for the Bureau of Investigation in the summer of 1927, Trey Ramsey seeks information regarding the disappearances of young Sioux women from their reservations in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Meanwhile, young rancher Kate Connolly is at the right place at the right time to thwart an assassination attempt on the president of the United States, who has made the State Game Lodge in South Dakota his "Summer White House".

Teddy Moon, ace major league relief pitcher, manic-depressive, and occasional amnesiac - is convinced that he's being framed for the bizarre murders of several transsexuals who are turning up in the garbage chutes of his team's various hotels. Hounded by the police, the Legion of Fear, and the elite cadres of the Politically Correct, Teddy takes off cross-country on a manic binge to find someone who doesn't think he did it.

Dan Shaw hopes to be a lawyer someday - if he can only stay out of prison long enough to pass the bar. Neither is likely when he agrees to help hotshot Florida attorney Thomas Petrie track down a slick con man who’s swindled a consortium of well-to-do Paradise Key clients out of $22 million. But the charismatic Victor Trebuchet and his sexy partner in crime are a lot more dangerous than anyone imagined.

Dan Shaw, night school law student, ex-Army cop, and part-time investigator for hotshot attorney Thomas Petrie, has 57 hours to find a man who may already be dead. Peter Falconer is one of the golden boys of Bell Harbor, Florida - or he soon will be after inheriting the family fortune. But what seems to be yet another typical case of murder for profit and passion is about to take a sudden U-turn. For Shaw is about to uncover a brand of thrill killing whose sheer evil he can’t begin to fathom.

Ron Hansen has won an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for his rich writing and poetic style. Atticus begins in the vein of a contemporary western. As it unfolds, it includes an intriguing murder mystery and a dramatic parable of the prodigal son. For years, prosperous Colorado rancher Atticus Cody has tried to understand his rootless son, Scott, who is now living a marginal life in Mexico.

While working one afternoon on the Northern Divide, a young tree-marker makes a grisly discovery: in a squatter's cabin near an old mill town, a family has been murdered. An army vet coming off a successful turn leading a task force that took down infamous biker criminals, Detective Frank Yakabuski arrives in Ragged Lake, a nearly abandoned village, to solve the family's murder. But no one is willing to talk. With a winter storm coming, Yakabuski sequesters the locals in a fishing lodge as he investigates the area with his two junior officers.

In 1875, two young Sioux are lynched in Lockwood, Wyoming, by a makeshift posse for a crime they may or may not have committed. Ethan Ramsey knows he must act quickly to prevent a bloody retaliation from their Sioux tribe. Can he gain the trust of both the Sioux and the townspeople of Lockwood to allow enough time to unravel the mystery of the crime and ensure justice is fairly served?

Back in hometown Chicago, Neville attends the funeral of the man he's murdered and meets his widow, Claudia, and her 3-year-old son. Neville gradually insinuates himself into the widow's confidence and conceives a plan to seize the victim's life - his wife, his son, his work, his wealth, and even his persona and appearance.