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Newly appointed police inspector Domenic Jejeune doesn't mind ruffling a few feathers. His success has elevated him into a poster boy for the police. The problem is Jejeune doesn't really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds. Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk town of Saltmarsh, Jejeune's two worlds collide with the grisly murder of a prominent ecological activist.

London is under attack. People are dead. Many more lives hang in the balance as a group of highly trained gunmen storm the historic Lanchester Hotel on Park Lane. The gunmen have given the government just five hours to meet their demands before they blow up the building. Shots ring out. Some guests panic. Others text their loved ones. Still more try to escape. All are united by one thing: fear for their lives.

The first book in an intense thriller series featuring Inspector Hannah Kaufman. On her way to work one ordinary Wednesday morning, Inspector Hannah Kaufman is unexpectedly called to Stockholm South Hospital, where she’s confronted by a far from ordinary event. Armed men are inside the children’s hospital, threatening to kill one child an hour if their demands aren’t met. Hannah and her colleagues face a dramatic hostage situation with enormous media attention. Meanwhile, inside the hospital walls, the clock is ticking for the innocent children imprisoned with the terrorists.

Eine ungewöhnliche Einbruchserie erschüttert die gehobenen Kreise Chicagos. Auffällig dabei ist, dass alle Einbrecher bereits wissen, wann die Polizei am Tatort erscheint. Und dass alle einen Buckel haben...

Amanda Marbely, eine steinreiche Lady aus London, beerbt ihren überraschend früh verstorbenen Cousin aus Königstein im Taunus...

Bryan Hale is a damaged man. The stresses of combat flying in England's summer skies during the Battle of Britain, and night-fighting in the icy darkness of the Blitz, together with the loss of friends and a shattered heart, have left him broken and grounded. Fortress Malta, and the unrelenting Nazi siege that aims to grind it away, will be the furnace that forges him anew.

Die Sherlock Holmes Hörspiel Box 11 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Der verschwundene Kutscher", "Das Haus mit den Zwingern", "Eine Frage des Teers", "Die dritte Botschaft".

Am Pfingstsonntag, dem 13. Juni 1886, kam Ludwig II. von Bayern unter ungeklärten Umständen im Würmsee zu Tode. Auch Prof. Dr. Bernhard von Gudden, sein behandelnder Psychiater, fand im nicht allzu tiefen Wasser den Tod. Die Ermittlungsergebnisse des Meisterdetektivs Sherlock Holmes diesen Fall betreffend, wurden bis heute unter Verschluss gehalten und werden hiermit nun erstmals der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht.