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Kommissar Max Kandlbinder hatte sich seinen Frühruhestand im Bayerischen Wald anders vorgestellt. Statt Ruhe und Natur trifft der hypochondrische Münchner auf die quirlige Veronika Obermaier, die sich auf seinem geerbten Hof breitgemacht hat. Als dann auch noch auf dem Hausberg die Leiche des Brauereibesitzers gefunden wird, brodelt es im Dorf. Der Bürgermeister fürchtet um das Jubiläumsfest der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr und drängt Kandlbinder, sich der Sache anzunehmen. Widerwillig lässt er sich dabei von der Obermaierin helfen.

A young woman falls to her death. The only people with her are four schoolfriends. One - or maybe all of them - is responsible. Twenty years later someone is intent on letting them have their just desserts.

Nineteenth-century Europe, from Turin to Prague to Paris, abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night...

Als Michael Rogers auf das Anwesen "Gipsy"s Acre" stößt, fühlt er sich sofort von dem Ort angezogen. Er erfährt von Einheimischen, dass ein Fluch auf dem Anwesen liegt. Er würde es aber dennoch gerne kaufen, leider hat er nicht die finanziellen Möglichkeiten. Bei einer Auktion auf dem Anwesen lernt er die reiche Waise Ellie Guteman kennen, sie verlieben sich und heiraten kurz darauf. Kurz nachdem sie in ihr Traumhaus auf dem Anwesen gezogen sind, müssen sie feststellen, dass die Zigeunerin, die sie gewarnt hat in das verfluchte Haus zu ziehen nicht so ganz unrecht hatte.

When a client drops dead during Lexi's spin class, she's not too surprised. After all, it's a tough class. But within days, another death occurs, this time on the treadmill. Then, when her running partner bites the dust, it becomes personal. Sent undercover, Lexi takes a job as Montgomery's newest gym instructor in a bid to find the killer. With her professional and personal lives headed on a collision course, Lexi is glad to take the case.

Als Michael Rogers auf das Anwesen "Gipsy's Acre" stößt, fühlt er sichsofort von dem Ort angezogen. Er erfährt von Einheimischen, dass ein Fluch auf dem Anwesen liegt. Er würde es aber dennoch gerne kaufen, leider hat er nicht die finanziellen Möglichkeiten.

A heart-stopping crime thriller and the fourth consecutive No. 1 Bestseller from the author of the Logan McRae series and Birthdays for the Dead. He’s back… Eight years ago, ‘The Inside Man’ murdered four women and left three more in critical condition – all of them with their stomachs...

“V.I. Warshawski is as dogged and ferocious as ever. So is Sara Paretsky, who is at the top of her crime novel game.” — C.J. Box Chicago’s legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski, knows her city’s rotten underbelly better than most, but she’s unable to avoid it when her goddaughter...

A summer camp for teens, on a beautiful island. It should have been a haven. But it soon becomes hell on earth when two men start shooting. The families gather, desperately hoping their children have survived. Some have their prayers answered. Some must confront their worst nightmare. A family that will never be the same again....  

* * *NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES * * * THE #1 BESTSELLING AUSTRALIAN CRIME NOVEL WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGER SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'Shimmers ... a tortured tale of blood and loss' Val McDermid 'Stunning ... Scrublands is that rare combination, a page-turner that stays...

As richly complex and brutal as the terrain it depicts, here is the mesmerizing, darkly original novel that heralded the arrival of Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir—and introduced Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigators weaned on the blue-collar...

A fast-paced thriller from the author of the international bestselling "Shepherd series". The gruesome killing of more than 300 white squatters in a South African village is still unsolved when the alleged assassin enters a storage facility in the US and takes several hostages. No demands and an obvious play for time leave hostage negotiators on edge. When the FBI is called in, they bring Dr. August Burke, a young man with James Dean looks and a brilliant mind capable of seeing behavioral patterns where others can't.

Two cars are involved in a head-on collision on a country road with no traffic. The collision is violent. Ten year-old Cecilia is catapulted through the windscreen and killed instantly. Five years later, Detective Inspector Walter Grohn gets a perplexing case on his desk - one dead taxi driver and a killer who has no idea why he committed the crime. The first murder is followed by others, all equally as brutal and inexplicable.

Ever since high school, somebody’s been playing the echo game on Will Williams. A look-alike with the same tattoos and the same name has been following him. Starting by implicating Will in petty crimes, and escalating to offenses with serious prison terms, he’s undermined every attempt Will has made to get his life on track. Now, drifting from city to city, Will’s doing everything in his power to outrun his shadow.