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Miss Marple, living a quiet life in St Mary Mead, is saddened to hear of the death of Jason Rafiel. Not that they were friends - the old financier was much too irascible and self-centred for friendship - but they had once been allies in solving a series of murders that took place on the tiny...

The deadliest monsters are the ones lurking in the shadows. The ones you least expect to strike. Victor Morales took something from me, and I was back to orchestrate his downfall. Everything was going according to plan, until the man I left seven years ago was hired to protect me…again.

DS Lucas Walker is on assignment for the AFP, and it couldn't be more personal. This is his last chance to take down Stefan Markovich - the Vandals leader who tried to have him killed after Walker uncovered his drug operation, and has evaded justice for years. Having tracked Markovich to Berlin, Walker heads to Germany lure his nemesis out of hiding and into custody. And there is another draw for Walker in Berlin: he finally gets to see Barbara again.

Don’t Miss the Netflix series Detective Hole, based on Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series, premiering March 26, 2026! “Nesbø’s storytelling abilities are incomparable. Nemesis is crime novel as art form and great entertainment.” —USA Today Detective Harry Hole must use his maverick...

Sandra Meinke, Kriminalkommissarin bei der Hamburger Polizei, hat das Gefühl, auf einem Abstellgleis gelandet zu sein. Ihre aktuelle Aufgabe ist unbefriedigend, ihr Vorgesetzter eine Katastrophe. Dazu kommt, dass niemand ihre Theorie über einen professionellen Kinderhändlerring ernst nimmt. So ermittelt sie in ihrer Freizeit weiter, bis ihr ein folgenschwerer Fehler unterläuft, der sie direkt ins Visier der Verbrecher katapultiert.

Georgie Deacon thinks nothing of it when a gang of girls led by Yasmin, a member of the notorious Marx family, knock at her door and threaten to hurt her daughter—that is until her daughter doesn't return home. Detective Clark Kims ignores Georgie's plea to have the gang of girls brought in for questioning. He insists it is the work of the Kent serial killer, until Georgie realizes that the detective's daughter is part of the gang.

Michael Bale is an elite close protection officer. That's why the Met police has given him the toughest job of all: guarding the Minister of Defence at a moment when Chinese-British relations have hit a deadly boiling point. And when Michael's life isn't on the line for his work, he's taking his chances waging war on a powerful London gang family. Their dealer supplied a lethal ecstasy pill to his sister, and Michael is determined to take them down, one at a time.

"Desidero che facciate delle indagini su un omicidio." Davvero eccentrica la lettera che gli esecutori testamentari del vecchio miliardario Jason Rafiel hanno avuto l'incarico di consegnare a Miss Marple: nel documento infatti non si specifica di quale omicidio si tratti. Sarà compito dell'anziana signora scoprirlo, partecipando a un originale tour di visite alle ville e ai giardini famosi della vecchia Inghilterra.

Han er den farligste seriemorder, FBI nogensinde har fanget. Og han er lige flygtet fra fængslet. De mødtes første gang på universitetet, hvor de var værelseskammerater. To af de dygtigste studerende, der nogensinde havde taget afgangseksamen fra det psykologiske fakultet på Stanford University.

To rockere bliver ofre for en bilbombe i slutningen af krimien "Det onde netvaerk". Den ene er endda praesident for White Sharks, og nu skal de begraves i stor stil. Så her begynder Nemesis, og kriminalassistent Bjørn Agger og hans kollegaer må fortsaette opklaringen af bombeattentater, likvideringer, bandeopgør, haevnaktioner, kvindehandel, ulovlig prostitution, narkotikasmugling og alt det andet, de møder i deres daglige arbejde på Station City i København.

Das dramatische und epische Ende der "Mars Ultor" Reihe. Welche Gefahren werden auf das Team der Wayaki Industries warten? Wird Major Dener seinen Platz in Walhalla finden? Major Dener ist zurück auf der Erde. Doch statt Ruhe und die versprochene Bonuszahlung zu genießen, wird er zu einem geheimen Briefing im Wayaki Konzern gerufen. Die Ares-Station antwortet nicht mehr, auch die Funkverbindung zur Mars-Basis One ist verstummt. Major Dener und sein Team werden auf eine riskante Aufklärungsmission geschickt.

In the aftermath of disaster, China and America vie for control over North Africa and the world, while a band of engineers and mercenaries risk everything to save millions from starvation and forge a better future for all mankind.

Ein Club. Ein grausames Spiel. Eine Frau, die zurückschlägt: Auf einer Müllkippe in Florida wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau aufgefunden: enthauptet, der Körper brutal zugerichtet und gebrandmarkt wie ein Stück Vieh. C. J. Townsend, vor Kurzem als Staatsanwältin nach Miami zurückgekehrt, ist alarmiert, als sie das Brandmal auf der Schulter der Toten sieht: ein Blitz in einem Kreis, eindeutig die Handschrift eines Clubs, der bereits vor einigen Jahren ganz Florida in Angst und Schrecken versetzte.

Jessica Storm ångrar bittert att hon föll för, och gifte sig med, bilhandlaren och senare ledaren för triaderna i Sverige, Alex Storm. Men trots att kärleken slocknat, så brinner det fortfarande en låga i Jessica – hungern efter hämnd. I fyra år har hon förberett sin revansch på alla de som på något sätt var inblandade i mordet på hennes döttrar. Utåt sett lever Jessica som framgångsrik entreprenör i en exklusiv villaförort men i själva verket är hon Stockholms knarkdrottning.

Falling from the sky, a creature arrived more powerful than anything imagined on Earth: Morena, an alien Queen banished from her home world. Now, she's ready to start again, repopulating the world with her species. The government's first defense failed to stop the alien. Turning to one of the smartest men to ever live, they ask Kenneth Marks to save the world. Except as Marks assesses the situation, he understands he can gain more by helping the alien...even if it means damning humanity.

Light years from Earth, an alien planet forced their queen from power and cast her into space. For millions of years, the queen's ship wandered the cosmos, until it crashed on Earth. As a child, Michael Hems first lost his mother to cancer, and then his father to the bottom of a bottle. Growing up in a small town, Michael's friends became his life. The only one he knew. The only one he wanted. But the night he found the ship, everything he loved was thrown into jeopardy.

Morgan Tremayne has a heart of gold, but to keep her children’s charity afloat she’s had to resort to some less than legal means: donations from a notorious cat burglar who targets the wealthy. It’s only a matter of time before Morgan’s criminal connection blows up in her face—especially since her undeniable attraction to the man heading the investigation keeps putting her in tricky situations.

Former beauty queen Sheila Tremayne looks dainty, but she’s tougher than she seems. The hard-as-nails business woman is determined to bring down corruption among Lantano Valley’s rich and powerful. Her latest scheme to get technology tycoon Chadwick Oliver is going perfectly until a distraction arrives in the form of Malcolm—the man who broke her heart and who happens to be Chadwick’s son…

Nathan Tremayne shares a dangerous secret with sister, Sheila, and his father, Jackson. Together they are Nemesis, the infamous cat burglar who targets the wealthy. But when Jackson is framed for stealing the priceless Crown of Serpia, the whole family is at risk. Nathan isn’t about to let his father go down for a crime he didn’t commit, but finding the real culprit won’t be easy with Laurel Scott, the nosy, pushy, drop-dead gorgeous insurance investigator following his every move.

Ten holidaymakers are bound for Katastrophos, a tiny Greek island steeped in superstition and myth. Ten people whose lives are about to change forever, because one of them is planning a ruthless murder. Detective Inspector Jack Dawes of the Murder Squad is working undercover to prevent it, and takes his wife, Corrie, to the island, ostensibly on a belated honeymoon. Mayhem ensues when a storm destroys the island’s communications, cutting it off from civilisation.