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Republican vs. Democrat. The Haves vs. the Have Nots. Left vs. Right. Us vs. Them. We believe these are the divisions that are threatening to tear America apart. But what if the culprit isn't a political ideology or a class of people but a puppet master? He's been manipulating us for centuries–and now he’s brought us to the brink of implosion.

Seine geschriebenen Sätze bringen den Tod ... Der erfolglose Autor Max Delius erhält den Auftrag, einen Thriller zu verfassen. Noch während er schreibt, sterben die Mordopfer, nicht nur auf dem Papier. Max weigert sich, weiterzuschreiben. Als seine Tochter entführt wird, muss er das Werk vollenden, sonst stirbt sie. Doch der Horror endet nicht mit dem letzten Satz ... Ein Thriller über einen Autor, der zum Spielball eines geheimen CIA-Programms wird.

When Ella Leonard arrives at work one Monday morning, she's stunned. The place isn't just shut – it's gone. Boarded up, closed down. Days later, she gets home to find she's been evicted from her flat, her belongings piled on the doorstep. It's as if, bit by bit, someone is taking her entire life away from her. Who, and why? And how much worse can it get? The answer? A lot worse.

Autor Grady Green ist überglücklich, als er die Nachricht erhält, dass sein Roman auf die Bestsellerliste der New York Times geschafft hat. Ungeduldig wartet er auf die Rückkehr seiner Frau, um ihr davon zu erzählen. Doch sie kommt nie zu Hause an. Ihr verlassenes Auto wird auf einer Klippe gefunden. Ein Jahr später trauert Grady immer noch. Niemand weiß, was mit seiner Frau passiert ist. Um endlich auf andere Gedanken zu kommen und sein neues Buch zu schreiben, reist Grady auf eine abgelegene Insel vor der schottischen Küste. Dort sieht er eine Frau, die Abby zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht.

The heads of state of the world's most powerful nations - the United States, Russia, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, and France - are meeting in Jakarta, on the island of Java, to issue a joint declaration to the Chinese government. China must stop its nuclear testing or face the strictest sanctions of the World Economic Council. But a powerful group of Communist terrorists has other ideas.

When ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason gets a call from the Vatican, he knows it is bad news. Marduk, crazed leader of The Amori cult, has escaped from a fortress-like prison in Milan, and he's hell-bent on revenge. His target? None other than Joe Mason himself. Fuelled by an unrelenting hatred for Mason, Marduk launches a burning vendetta: to not only destroy his nemesis but annihilate the very foundations of the church itself.

Somebody is killing the women of Rocky Start, which probably seems fair since they’re all retired assassins. Well, not all. There’s Rose Malone who’s trying to start her life over with herself at the center this time, once she stops her daughter, Poppy, from taking their secondhand shop online since Rose is still hiding out from the cops (nineteen years and still not in jail). She’d also like to have her lover back from the Appalachian Trail, but first, there’s this attempted assassination she has to foil.

When multiple inmates start turning up dead at a Californian Correctional Facility, John Milton steps in and Sam and Tim are assigned to find the culprit. With the team split on either side of the fence, both race against time to discover the true identity of the killer. As Sam dons an officer’s uniform and Tim joins the general population, the pair will have to work quickly to save the lives of more innocent victims. With the body count rising and a system struggling to stop the violence, will Sam end another killer, or will he add her partner to his growing list of victims?

One lousy Monday, Jenna loses her job, her boyfriend, and her home. She finds a job that feels like a holiday - cataloguing books for an elderly cousin, Kitty Everest, at her country mansion. Jenna soon gets involved in Kitty’s life and the lives of those around her: especially Kitty’s infuriating godson, Alexander Latham, and his icily disapproving fiancée. She is horrified to discover that Kitty may be forced to sell Holtby House.… But when she tries to help save it, an attempt is made on her life. Jenna finds herself at the heart of a baffling plot and a race to save Holtby, Kitty - and herself.

When ex-SAS major Ben Hope is urgently recalled to the UK from his base in France to assist with a family crisis, little does he know that he’s about to be drawn into one of the most dangerous missions of his career: his son Jude has been accused of a brutal murder, and all the evidence points to his guilt. To prove Jude’s innocence Ben embarks on a wild chase, facing up against mysterious killers and piecing together a fragile web of clues.

The year is 1995, and an energetic senator wants to disarm, perhaps even eliminate, the CIA. To accumulate the evidence necessary to persuade the Senate, he needs the cooperation of Blackford Oakes, now retired. He wants from Oakes an account of his covert activity 10 years earlier, when Oakes served as chief of covert activities for the CIA. But, what will the frustrated senator do to compel cooperation from Blackford Oakes?

Einst wurde Jake Finch Bonner in New York als Autor gefeiert. Doch sein großer Wurf liegt Jahre zurück und mittlerweile unterrichtet er Kreatives Schreiben an einem kleinen College in der Provinz. Eines Tages erzählt ihm ein Student von seiner Romanidee: Es ist die perfekte Geschichte. Als Jake Jahre später von dessen Tod erfährt, übernimmt er den Plot für seinen eigenen Roman. Das Buch wird zum Bestseller. Doch dann erhält Jake eine anonyme E-Mail, die nur einen Satz enthält: "Du bist ein Dieb."

Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead. Home to the Montagues, Battle has caught the paranoid eye of King James. The Catholic household is rumoured to shelter those loyal to the Pope, disguising them as servants within the abbey walls. And the last man sent to expose them was silenced before his report could reach London. Daniel Pursglove is summoned to infiltrate Battle and find proof of treachery. He soon discovers that nearly everyone at the abbey has something to hide.

本有声书是一部反映中国新疆神秘地域里发生的惊险侦探故事。西部神探杜云飞面对一个又一个错综复杂的恐怖案件，运用神奇而令人难以预料的手段，揭开了一个又一个神秘之谜…… 本有聲書是一部反映中國新疆神秘地域裏發生的驚險偵探故事。西部神探杜雲飛面對一個又一個錯綜複雜的恐怖案件，運用神奇而令人難以預料的手段，揭開了一個又一個神秘之謎……

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One of them would kill to be a mother… When someone tries to steal a newborn from Darkford General Hospital, everyone is horrified. Even more so when evidence suggests it was one of the midwives … Katie, Erica and Sue are used to being heroes, not villains, as colleagues on the labour ward...

陆钟等一行，为圆师父韩枫的秘籍之梦，继续奔走在大江南北。可最有智谋的陆钟遭人暗算被困澳门牢狱……陸鐘等一行，為圓師父韓楓的秘籍之夢，繼續奔走在大江南北。可最有智謀的陸鐘遭人暗算被困澳門牢獄……

John Rain isi doreste un singur lucru: dupa atatia ani traiti ca asasin platit, sa se retraga si sa locuiasca fericit impreuna cu frumoasa Delilah. Destinul a decis insa altceva… Un dusman demult uitat ii ia ostatic un prieten vechi si-l sileste pe japonez sa comita trei asasinate, care sa nu poata fi deosebite de niste decese naturale.

A nation will fight for its freedom. The first novel in a major new series as Robert Low moves from the Vikings to the making of Scotland. In the dying days of the 13th century, Scotland is in turmoil. The death of Alexander III has plunged the country into war, both with itself and with Edward...

Writer Karen Walker knows more than most about murderers. Her first love went on to become The Bagman, a notorious serial killer now locked away for life in a maximum-security prison. Karen has spent her life running from the weight of having loved him, defended him and, ultimately, leading the police to his door. But now, ten years later, just as she’s about to publish her account of his crimes, a young woman is abducted in horribly familiar circumstances.