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For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal...because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit.

Three top secret research scientists are presumed dead in a boating accident, but the kidnapping of their families the same day raises questions the FBI and local police can't answer, leaving them waiting for a ransom demand that will never come. Central Intelligence Agency analyst Chris Leroux stumbles upon the story, and finds a phone conversation that was never supposed to happen. When he reports it to his boss, the national clandestine services chief, he is uncharacteristically reprimanded for conducting an unauthorized investigation and told to leave it to the FBI.

New Orleans has been quarantined, an unknown virus sweeping the city, killing 100 percent of those infected. The Center for Disease Control, desperate to find a cure, is approached by BioDyne Pharma who reveal a former employee has turned a cutting-edge medical treatment capable of targeting specific genetic sequences into a weapon, and released it.

A small town with big secrets. A neighbor who bites. Plus a house with a mind of its own. Welcome to Wisteria.

In den ersten drei Teilen der Krimiserie "Special Agent Owen Burke" muss der FBI-Ermittler knifflige Fälle lösen. Brutale Morde, eine Entführung, regelrechte Hinrichtungen und ein Serienmörder, der immer am Freitag, den 13. sein Unwesen treibt, halten Burke in Atmen. Doch auch spärliche Beweise und gefährlicher Zeitdruck sind für den erfahrenen Polizisten, für den der Tod zum Alltag gehört, kein Hindernis.

Earlsraven versinkt unter einer weißen Decke. Und auch Nathalie und ihre Freunde werden von dem Schneesturm, der über England hinweg zieht, völlig überrascht. Als Nathalie und Louise mitten in der Nacht eine Autopanne haben, wird es für sie gefährlich: Zwar können sie sich in ein Cottage retten - aber finden sie hier wirklich eine sichere Zuflucht? Ihre Freunde wiederum unternehmen alles, um einen verzweifelten Vater davon abzuhalten, aus Liebe ein Verbrechen zu begehen. Außerdem müssen sie herausfinden, ob der Weihnachtsmann die Geschenke bringt - oder stiehlt.

In November 1964, Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara went to the Congo with two hundred men, intent on making it his first step in taking over Africa and South America. He failed, thanks in large part to the efforts of an intrepid band of Green Berets. Licking his wounds, he retreated to Cuba to recruit more men and try the same thing in Bolivia. He failed there, too. In fact, he died there, and thus, despite his incompetence, became a glorious martyr to the cause. But who was trying to kill him, really - and who was trying to keep him alive?

A night of passion leads into an occult nightmare – and more lives are at risk. The Special Dead is the thrilling tenth book in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod. 'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' – Daily Mail When Mark is...

Bookstore owner Tricia Miles has put up-and put up with-her uninvited college roommate for weeks. In return, Pammy has stolen $100. But the day she's kicked out, Pammy's found dead in a Dumpster, leaving loads of questions unanswered...

In this exciting new series, W.E.B. Griffin reveals a city police force with all the authentic detail and drama that made THE CORPS and BROTHERHOOD OF WAR phenomenal bestsellers. Here is an explosive novel of the men and women behind the badge--a unique brotherhood of courage, loyalty, and trust...

Sono tre, sono poliziotti, o meglio, lo sono stati; adesso sono in pensione. Ma hanno ancora un bel po' di conti in sospeso con delinquenti e farabutti sfuggiti alle maglie della Giustizia. I loro nomi in codice sono: Maalox, Kukident e Semolino, e la loro è la "Squadra speciale Minestrina in brodo". Ferruccio Pammattone, ex sostituto commissario e vice dirigente alla Squadra mobile, Eugenio Mignogna, ex sovrintendente alla Scientifica, Luc (e non Luca per un errore dell'impiegato all'anagrafe) Santoro, ex assistente capo all'Immigrazione, hanno molte cose in comune.

Per Vani le parole sono importanti. Nel modo in cui una persona le sceglie o le usa, Vani sa leggere abitudini, indole, manie. E sa imitarlo. Infatti Vani è una ghostwriter: riempie le pagine bianche di scrittori di ogni genere con storie, articoli, saggi che sembrino scaturiti dalla loro penna. Una capacità innata che le ha permesso di affermarsi nel mondo dell'editoria, non senza un debito di gratitudine nei confronti dell'uomo che, per primo, ha intuito la sua bravura: Enrico Fuschi, il suo capo.

Few know more about what goes on in Singapore than Aunty Lee. When a scandal over illegal organ donation involving prominent citizens makes news, she already has a list of suspects. There's no time to snoop, though - Aunty Lee's Delights is catering a brunch for local socialites Henry and Mabel Sung at their opulent house. Rumor has it that the Sung's fortune is in trouble, and Aunty Lee wonders if the gossip is true. But soon after arriving at the Sung's house, her curiosity turns to suspicion. Why is a storage house she discovers locked?

Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its way to a place notorious for its record of supernatural incidents. Lighting inside the carriages is poor, and without warning, the lamp goes out in the last compartment of the second carriage, plunging it into darkness. When the special reaches the end of its journey, the passengers pour out on to the station platform. There are almost 60 of them in all, laughing and jostling.

Kurz vor Heiligabend werden Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson in die schottischen Highlands gerufen. Dort ist ein junges Mädchen verschwunden. Zwei rivalisierende Clans beschuldigen sich gegenseitig, darin verwickelt zu sein. Die beiden Engländer geraten zwischen die Fronten - und kurze Zeit später in Lebensgefahr.

Magnus "Steps" Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are especially indispensable, Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and follow trails over any surface better than anyone else. But there's a secret to his success. Steps has a kind of synesthesia, an ability that allows him to see whatever a person has touched in a unique color - what Steps calls "shine".

Die Ereignisse in den schottischen Highlands spitzen sich dramatisch zu, als Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson gefangengenommen werden. Wird es ihnen rechtzeitig gelingen, sich zu befreien, um einen "Krieg der Highlander" zu verhindern?

When men are plotting to assassinate European leaders, some take justice into their own hands. A train never makes it to its destination, in this short story penned in the 1890's.

Belle donne e auto di lusso, intercettazioni telefoniche e cacce al ladro, tra la riviera di Portofino e la Costa azzurra, Semolino, Kukident e Maalox entrano in azione. Sono stati congedati per raggiunti limiti di età, ma hanno ancora ben più di una cartuccia da sparare.

Quando alla radio l’oroscopo del mattino preannuncia un incontro inaspettato nel corso della giornata, Ferruccio Pammattone si fa una grassa risata: non crede a certe cose. Ma poco dopo deve ricredersi. Perché sulle scale della Questura fa davvero un incontro che gli riporta dolorosamente alla memoria una difficile indagine di quindici anni prima, condotta insieme agli inseparabili amici Luc Santoro ed Eugenio Mignogna. Era il novembre 2003.