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Sandro Vasiliadis, a nurse at the Whidbey Island General Hospital, has died of an apparent heroin overdose. When his grieving mother bends over to kiss her son's corpse at the viewing, she shrieks, "That's not Sandro!" Convinced that her son must still be alive, Maria Vasiliadis hires Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin to solve the mystery. With questions of foul play continuing to swirl around the death, the detectives' inquiries lead them deeper into Sandro's life and eventually to a medical clinic that specializes in transgendering.

The second in the Islands Investigations International Mystery series, Always Kiss the Corpse takes Kyra and Noel's investigation from the rush of Seattle to the seeming peace of the San Juan Islands in this thrilling pause-resistor. It's only once the detectives come to understand Sandro in life that they unlock the secret to his death.

The Islands Investigations International team is back! This time, Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin are sleuthing around Quadra Island in the employ of Noel's old high school buddy, Jason Cooper. In a quiet wooded area of the island, Jason, his wife and two younger boys are worried for the oldest son in the family. Derek was discovered badly beaten in the woods by Campbell River and has remained in a deep coma for three weeks. Desperate to find out what happened to his son and why, Jason hires Noel and Kyra.

Hours after rejecting the Corrowa People’s native title claim on Brisbane’s Meston Park, Justice Bruce Brosnan is brutally murdered in his home. Days later, lawyers against the claim are also found dead. Aboriginal people were once prohibited from entering Brisbane’s city limits at night, and Meston Park stood on the boundary. The Corrowa’s matriarch, Ethel Cobb, is convinced the murders are the work of an ancient assassin who has returned to destroy the boundary, but Aboriginal lawyer Miranda Eversely isn't so sure.

A woman flees from the city and seeks refuge in the tiny, sleepy, beach village of Tomakin (not Tomahawk). Her new life consists of daily seaside walks, getting to know the local characters, solitary cocktails, dogs and dreams. Seclusion with a stunning ocean view. Her old life was a relationship built on control, isolation and jealousy taken to the extreme. Now, hiding in Tomakin, she must live on cash and stay totally off the grid.

My life is rooted in evil and sin. My hands are washed in the blood of corrupted souls, including my own. In the end, they all beg for mercy. They all ask for forgiveness. But absolution is not mine to give. All I want is their pain. I accepted long ago my soul belonged to the devil. Redemption for a man like me doesn't exist. Sage should have walked away, but she refused. That was her first mistake. Her second mistake was giving herself to me. Now that I've had a taste, I'll be damned if I let her go. Sage is perfect. I'm broken. But she just might be my salvation.

Abel LeBlanc, better known to his brothers as Riggs—president for The Kings of Retribution MC, Louisiana Chapter. As a former Green Beret, he runs the club with the same amount of precision and grit he did serving his country. Dedicating years of his life to mercenary missions, and to his club, left no time or desire to settle down and start a family of his own. What good could come of loving a woman if he could never promise her forever, when he willingly puts his life on the line every day? No one has ever come close to making him want more. No one until Luna.

"Aber ich will nicht unter Mördern leben." "Das kannst du nicht ändern. Wir sind hier alle Mörder." Die Stadt Helena wird von Mördern regiert. Ich beobachte sie schon seit Wochen, diese verdammten selbsternannten Beschützer, die 7-2-o. Sie sind Mörder. Allesamt. Und ich werde alles tun, um zu ihnen zu gehören. Sie haben meinen Bruder getötet, und ich will Rache. Ich werde nicht aufhören, bis ich bekomme, was ich will. Auch, wenn das bedeuten würde, den zu töten, den ich liebe.

In a wintry graveyard, a young man looks death in the eye and does not live to tell the secrets he holds. In Russia, the opening of a dusty archive reveals clues about a deadly mission which went terrifyingly wrong. In an isolated farmhouse, an old man is kept prisoner while his captors try to extract vital information from his rambling mind.

Private eye Travis McGee outwaits and outwits a deranged killer as he searches for a missing wife on a remote Caribbean island, where he also tangles with a baby-faced businessman with a taste for murder.

Wie du mir, so ich dir. Ein Mann wird tot aufgefunden. Er wurde brutal gefoltert, und auf seiner Stirn prangt der rote Lippenstiftabdruck eines Kusses. Kommissarin Tanja Müller soll sich dem Fall der Todesküsserin annehmen, der sie schnell an die Grenzen ihrer Belastbarkeit bringt. Denn ins Visier der Medien gerät ausgerechnet ihre beste Freundin, und weitere Morde folgen. Hat die psychisch kranke Emma tatsächlich etwas mit den grausamen Taten zu tun? Plötzlich steht Tanja vor einer tödlichen Entscheidung.

Betrayed by the governments who used his skills, freelance agent Oscar Reilly has only one choice if he wants to live: to take the authorities offer of safe haven. The catch is, he has to accept a wife as part of his cover. Anna is a young woman with a past of her own and secrets she has no intention of sharing with a stranger. Unexpectedly, she finds herself responding to this mysterious, attractive man. But is her trust misplaced?

Früher hätte sich die Menschheit durch ihre Lügen fast ausgerottet – die Überlebenden haben geschworen, dass es nie wieder so weit kommt. Heute erscheint jedes gesprochene Wort narbenähnlich auf der Haut. Die Elite herrscht stumm, während die sprechende Bevölkerung als Abschaum gilt. Olive und Kyle kommen aus zwei verschiedenen Welten. Die achtzehnjährige Olive lebt in einer Welt, die von absoluter Stille und Reinheit geprägt ist. Selbst unter der stummen Oberschicht gilt sie als Juwel. Kyle dagegen trägt tausende Wörter auf der Haut und ein gefährliches Geheimnis im Herzen.

Du hast die Wahl in fünf... vier... drei... zwei... eins... Die Influencerin Sabine fährt ihr Leben an die Wand und will den Tragödien, die ihre Freunde Emma, Tanja und John erleben, entkommen. Sie will atmen, ankommen, sich finden... Als sie zu einem spontanen Wandertrip aufbricht, wird sie entführt. Sabine findet sich in einem Lost Place wieder, wo sich Martha, eine alte Dame, um sie kümmert. Wieso trägt sie Dessous? Was wollen die Menschen von ihr? Kann sie fliehen, bevor sie es herausfindet?

"Ob sie fühlt, dass ich da bin? Ob sie darauf wartet, dass ich gleich unter ihrem Bett hervorkrieche?" Nach den schrecklichen Erlebnissen mit der "Todesküsserin" will Emma ein neues Leben beginnen. Doch so turbulent hat sie sich das nicht vorgestellt.

Was würdest du tun, wenn du mehr Angst vor deinem Mann als vor einem Serienmörder hast? Berlin ist in Aufruhr: Ein Killer foltert und tötet Männer auf grausame Art. Sie alle verbindet eine Gemeinsamkeit, sie wurden wegen häuslicher Gewalt angezeigt. Während die Polizei erfolglos den Täter jagt, wendet sich plötzlich das Blatt. Frauen werden ermordet, die Jahre zuvor unter häuslicher Gewalt gelitten haben. Neben ihren übel zugerichteten Leichen liegen Barbie-Puppen und umgeschriebene Gandhi Zitate, die die Ermittler vor ein großes Rätsel stellt.

Ich blinzle mehrmals, als könnte ich dadurch mehr sehen, doch es bleibt tiefschwarz. Meine vors Gesicht gehobene Hand ist nicht zu sehen, als hätte die Dunkelheit mich aufgefressen. Katharinas Leben besteht aus One-Night-Stands und durchfeierten Nächten. Zur Frankfurter Buchmesse erhält sie eine Einladung von ihrer Verlegerin und kommt dabei ihrer Vergangenheit, die sie so verzweifelt vergessen will, gefährlich nahe.

As the ruler of the Volkov empire, Demetri has made many sacrifices for the sake of the family. Those sacrifices meant nothing after uncovering his father's dark secrets and his ex-wife's lies, and betrayal. Looking to rebuild what was taken from him, Demetri sets his sights on Montana, where his path collides with a feisty, headstrong woman who unintentionally ignites a spark he thought had been extinguished forever.

Nothing remained of Blake's life before the club except death, deceit, and corruption. He was on the road to self-destruction when his path crossed with Jake, the President of Kings of Retribution. Now Blake is dedicated to the MC and loyal to the men he calls brothers. The club gave him a family and purpose. Blake thought he finally had everything he ever wanted. Until Ember.

Austin Blackstone lives and breathes for his club—his family. At seventeen, tragedy brought Austin and his sister to Polson, Montana, to live with a grandfather they never met before. His life-altering move eventually put him on the path to finding the Kings of Retribution MC. New Orleans is where he first laid eyes on Lelani. She needed their help, and he wanted nothing more than to protect her—to claim her as his own. The moment Austin allowed himself to kiss her, it became his undoing.

As a young boy, Gabriel Martinez had his family - his entire life - ripped away from him. Revenge and indignation became his means of survival. Several years later, a series of events leads him to his new family, the Kings of Retribution MC, where he meets Alba Jameson. Heartbreak being the final push, Alba chooses the life her sister worked so hard to give her by going off to college. While trying to bury her feelings for Gabriel, she finds herself faced with the unexpected. Finding strength and courage, she starts to pave her own path in life, until a faceless threat sends her home.