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Jing-nan has known Peggy Lee, a bullying frenemy who runs her family's huge corporation, since high school. Peggy's father has been kidnapped, and the ransom the kidnappers are demanding is not money but IP: a high-tech memory chip that they want to sell in China. Jing-nan feels sorry for Peggy until she starts blackmailing him into helping out. Peggy is worried the kidnappers' deadline will pass before the police are able to track down the chip. But when the reluctant Jing-nan tries to help, he finds himself deeper and deeper in trouble with some very unsavory characters.

Fare il poliziotto nella Seine-Saint-Denis, dipartimento alle porte di Parigi con un tasso di criminalità alle stelle, è un mestiere diverso da ogni altra area metropolitana europea. Nell'agglomerato di casermoni incolore popolato da individui spesso ai margini, vittime e aggressori rispondono unicamente alla legge della strada. Perciò, quando alle quattro di un mattino di gennaio una telefonata sveglia Victor Coste, lui già sa che da qualche parte qualcuno si è fatto ammazzare.

When private investigator Mike Hammer accompanies a conservative politician to Moscow on a fact-finding mission, he is arrested and imprisoned by the KGB on a bogus charge. He quickly escapes, creating an international incident by getting into a firefight with Russian agents. On his stateside return, the government is none too happy with Hammer. Russia is insisting upon his extradition, and various government agencies are following him. A question dogs our hero: Why him? Why does Russia want him back, and why was he singled out to accompany the senator to Russia in the first place?

1 mariage, 1 menace, et 99 victimes potentielles... Chère Colombe, Bienheureux Jérôme, Permettez-moi de vous féliciter pour cet émouvant mariage. Ce fut un moment de grâce. Mais le temps des réjouissances est désormais terminé. Il est l’heure de régler vos montres et d’enclencher le compte à rebours. Vous vous pensez aptes à résoudre n’importe quelle énigme ? À compter de ce jour, vous allez devoir faire fonctionner vos cellules grises comme jamais, afin d’empêcher la mort de l’un des 99 convives à votre mariage si touchant... Seulement, je ne dévoilerai ni qui, ni quand, ni comment !

Eight-year-old Grace is last seen in a sweetshop. Her mother, Emma, is living a nightmare. But as her loved ones rally around her, cracks begin to emerge. What are the emails sent between her husband and her sister? Why does her mother take so long to join the search? And is there more to the disappearance of her daughter than meets the eye?

Charlotte Smith's future is planned to the last detail, and so was her sister's - until Phoebe became a disruption. When their parents commit Phoebe to a notorious asylum, Charlotte knows there's more to the story than madness. Shedding her identity to become an anonymous inmate, "Woman 99", Charlotte uncovers dangerous secrets. Insanity isn't the only reason her fellow inmates were put away - and those in power will do anything to keep the truth, or Charlotte, from getting out.

هل يقتصر الانتقام على الأحياء فقط أم أن الفرصة قائمة لاسترداد حقوقك والانتقام ممن ظلموك حتى وأنت جثة تحت التراب!! تذكر دائمًا يا صديقي حينما يدق ناقوس الخيانة إما...

لصٌ بلا مكان يضرب ضربته ثمّ يختفي دون أن يترك وراءه أثرًا... يعمل وحده فليس له أعوان يمكن مقابلتهم...يعتمد على أحدث مبتكرات العلم.. ومساعده الوحيد جاسوس من طرازٍ جديد...

Die alte Mrs. Foggarty wird ermordet. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass die alte Dame nur ein zufälliges Opfer eines ebenso zufällig in ihrem Haus stattgefundenen Einbruchs gewesen ist. Es kommt zu weiteren Einbrüchen, und der örtliche Handwerker Harold Friggle wird niedergeschlagen. Als die Bridge-Runde von Mrs. Foggarty in den Fokus der Ermittlungen rückt, ist Pater Browns Spürnase gefordert.

Das Jahr 1797 bist 1798 gilt als Schillers Balladenjahr. Hier entstandenviele seiner schönste und wichtigsten Balladen...

بدأ هذا اللغز في محطة المعادي عندما تسبب الكلب زنجر بإيقاع السيدة ثريا والتي كانت جالسة في إحدى الكراسي ومعها زوجها المهرب الدولي (السبع) والبواب شحتة حيث أصر...

It is 1992 in Warsaw, Poland, and the communist era has just ended. A series of grisly murders suddenly becomes an international case when it's feared that the victims may have been couriers smuggling nuclear material out of the defunct Soviet Union. The FBI sends an agent to help with the investigation. When he learns that a Russian physicist who designed a portable atomic bomb has disappeared, the race is on to find him - and the bomb - before it ends up in the wrong hands.

The Break explodes into the gangland world of 90s Soho, by snooker world champion and national superstar, Ronnie O'Sullivan. It’s 1997 and Cool Britannia’s in full swing. Oasis and Blur are top of the pops and it feels like the whole country’s sorted out for E’s and wizz. But it’s not...

Bologna, anni Novanta. Una serie di crimini si sussegue a un ritmo inspiegabile, tanto che Sarti Antonio non riconosce più la sua città. Quando Settepaltò, chiamato così perché indossa un numero spropositato di cappotti l'uno sopra l'altro, viene massacrato di botte, il questurino decide di non archiviare il caso.

Nach seiner Rückkehr aus dem südafrikanischen Burenkrieg wendet sich James M. Dodd hilfesuchend an Sherlock Holmes. Dodds Kamerad Godfrey Emsworth wurde vor einem Jahr im Krieg verwundet. Seitdem ist er verschollen. Holmes macht sich auf die Suche nach dem verschwundenen Soldaten und entdeckt dabei sein düsteres Geheimnis.

Hilton Cubitt sucht Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson auf. In seinem Gepäck: mehrere kryptische Botschaften, die auf den ersten Blick wie das Gekritzel eines Kindes wirken. In Wahrheit aber steckt weitaus mehr dahinter. Dies entdeckt Holmes aber erst, als es fast schon zu spät ist.

When a man kills a stranger in a hit-and-run accident, his not-too-loving wife decides to frame him.

Bei Bauarbeiten im Tower wird eine Leiche gefunden. Mord? Unfall? Zunächst nicht feststellbar, denn der Tote hat keine äußerlich sichtbaren Verletzungen. Sherlock Holmes wird eingeschaltet und kommt einem raffinierten Komplott auf die Spur.