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The trajectories of Arvind and Arbaaz, both businessmen of a kind whose lives are unwillingly intertwined, ricochet off one another while they play out their sinister and murderous plots of personal and professional one-upmanship, all the while breaking every rule in the book. Both are unaware that what they seek and fight over is the very obstacle in realising an ancient secret that dates back to a time long forgotten. And yet, at the heart of it all, there lies tenderness...and pathos...and blood...and rare moments of an almost exalted happiness.

Connor Fitzgerald is the CIA’s most deadly assassin. On the brink of his retirement, he is sent to Russia for one last hit. Except this isn’t just another job. After a fall out between the CIA and the White House over the assassination of a prominent Colombian politician, his boss is now using the Russian Mafia to cover her tracks. Fitzgerald is not going to St Petersburg to kill, he’s going to die. A page-turning, political thriller about espionage and betrayal by the acclaimed British writer, Jeffrey Archer.

Separated at birth by a desperate nurse who loses a millionaire's son to cot death, twin boys grow up without any knowledge of the other. Nat Cartwright lives with his middle-class birth parents and grows up to becomes a war hero in the Vietnam War before returning home to run for office in the Republican party. Fletcher Davenport becomes the only son of the millionaire couple. After graduating from Yale, he builds a reputation as a prolific criminal defence lawyer before he too delves into politics as a Democrat.

Lubji Hoch escapes from the Nazis, moves to Berlin and changes his name to Richard Armitage. After a successful career in the British Army, he takes over a struggling newspaper and with unrivalled ruthlessness begins building his media empire. Meanwhile, Keith Townsend, the son of a millionaire and Oxford educated, returns to Australia from London to take over his father's newspaper with similar ambitions. As both men move their quest for power to the world stage, they realise they are more than a match for one another's brilliance and ambition.

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive... a female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle... a young artist gets the biggest break of her career... a restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration... an escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland... How will they react? How would you? "Twelve Red Herrings" is the third collection of irresistible short stories from master storyteller, Jeffrey Archer.

The expected never happens... a man calls unexpectedly on his mistress and sees another man leaving her flat. Accusing her of being unfaithful, he quarrels with her, strikes her. She dies. Leaving unseen, he tips off the police so that the other man is arrested and charged... Has he achieved "The Perfect Murder"? A tantalising opening to "A Twist in the Tale", a fantastic collection of short stories from bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin spirits readers away to the warm beaches of Sag Harbor in the second novel of her bestselling Summer series. Olivia Jones, hard-working and accomplished, has, against the odds, blazed an enviable...

Tauchen Sie ein in die Geschichten um Bente Brodersen, die nördlichste Kommissarin Deutschlands. Sylt, die Insel der Schönen und Reichen, hat zwar nur 15.000 Einwohner, lockt aber jährlich Millionen Touristen an. Für die Kripo-Sylt eine echte Herausforderung, denn Mord macht keine Ferien. Die raue See, der stete Wind und die endlosen Dünen machen Sylt zum idealen Schauplatz der spannenden Küstenkrimis.

Kämpfe und Abenteuer, Machtspiele und Intrigen, Liebe und Rache: Die spannende Reihe um Tankred, der mit dem Schwert in der Hand gegen Wikinger, für Gerechtigkeit und für sein Erbe kämpft. Während die Plünderer die Kirche stürmen, rettet er den berühmten Bücherschatz, bevor er aus dem brennenden Gemäuer entkommt. Um Judith zu retten, muss er nun erneut zum Schwert greifen. Im Auftrag des Königs soll der gebildete Kämpfer in einen erbarmungslosen Krieg gegen die Normannen ziehen, die sich unweit seiner Heimatstadt Maastricht verschanzt haben.

No memory, no resources, no secret lair, and no time to find her feet: this is the story of a self-made villain, and her fall into strife. Fleeing from unknown enemies and an early death, she emerges into a city gone dark in the aftermath of a complete systems failure. Hounded by heroes, menaced by gangs, and helped by the most unlikely of allies, she claws her way up from weakness to strength and works to build a better future for those who deserve it.

In The Land: Predators, the Mist Village has harnessed its power. With core buildings, professional fighters, and now their own dungeon, the settlement is primed to grow into a kingdom of true power and magic. The path to power has not been without risk, however. The MistVillage has been noticed. Evil nobles from the Kingdom of Law, bloodthirsty goblins from the Serrated Mountains, an undead lord with a penchant for human sacrifice, and fanatical kobolds from the Depths all plot the village's destruction.

She is omnivorous. No matter age or appearance, physical frailty or imperfection. It is not their flesh that feeds her appetites, but their souls. She devours young and old, men and women. She leaves only a desiccated husk. An unspeakable evil. An impossible gift. Renowned magus Taita is now over 100 years old and has ascended to a new level of wisdom and understanding about his world. But he must prepare himself for the biggest threat Egypt has ever faced: the great plagues and the failure of the Nile, brought about by the fire witch Eos, an ancient force of sheer evil.

Everybody believes movie star Denise Masters abandoned her family to pursue her dream, but the truth is much more complex. For years, she's longed to return to Coventry to repair her relationship with her daughter, but contractual obligations—and fear of being rejected—have kept her away. When a serial killer targets Hollywood actors, Denise decides to spend the Christmas holidays in New Hampshire. She will finally face the disgrace of her past.

Auf der idyllischen Ostseeinsel Poel schlägt ein brutaler Mörder zu. Er nennt sich selbst »der Bastard«, schneidet seinen Opfern die Kehle durch und sucht sogar Kontakt zur Presse – doch die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln. Als Profiler Vito Falk vom LKA Rostock hinzugezogen wird, stößt er schnell auf ein Netz aus Lügen, alten Feindschaften und einem grausamen, gut gehüteten Geheimnis.

Step into the twisted universe of The King of the Peso, a pioneering Original series that blends intense storytelling with unparalleled immersion into a world of corruption on both sides of the border. Picho, voiced by the sagacious Harvey Guillén, serves as our guide through the intricate tapestry of frauds woven by his intimidating con man of a father, Pietro La Greca, played with captivating charm by the one and only Peter Stormare.

Para la detective novata Anna Travis, su primer caso es un bautismo de fuego: seis mujeres, un mismo patrón de muerte escalofriante. Pero la séptima víctima rompe el molde. Anna debe ganarse el respeto de sus colegas mientras busca justicia. La investigación apunta a Alan Daniels, un famoso actor con un encanto peligroso. ¿Podrá Anna superar su atracción y descubrir la verdad, aunque eso signifique arruinar su carrera y poner en riesgo su propio corazón?

To escape her violent ex, Charlotte flees her home in the middle of the night with nothing but the cash in her pocket and a paper map leading her north to Alaska. She sheds her old self along the way: dyeing her hair, scrubbing off her fake California tan, and pawning all her jewelry. None of it is worth anything if she can't stay alive. Alone in the wilderness, Charlotte feels safe at last. Even if she's lost, even if she's only got a burner phone that lost its last bar miles ago, and even if she missed her turn and can't find the cabin she was promised by a friend.

Ellie hat alles: eine glückliche Beziehung, eine kleine Tochter und ein schönes Haus. Nur Carla, ihre beste Freundin aus Kindheitstagen und seit zwölf Jahren schmerzlich vermisst, fehlt nach wie vor. Als Carla eines Tages vor der Tür steht, sind alle hellauf begeistert – bis auf Ellie, die spürt, dass hier etwas nicht stimmt. Das hier muss eine fremde Frau sein. Je vehementer Ellie versucht, ihre Zweifel zu beweisen, desto mehr steht sie allein da. Familie, Freunde und auch Carlas Mutter halten Ellie für paranoid.

When nightmares become reality, how do you find the strength to keep hope alive? When eleven-year-old Danny Stone is kidnapped on his way home from school, panic grips his parents, Martha and Richard. As authorities scramble to find answers, their home in Bristol becomes a battleground of suspicion - until a ransom demand arrives, leaving Martha ready to pay any price. But as Richard hesitates, secrets begin to unravel and Martha fights to untangle her husband's web of deception while the fate of their son hangs by a thread.

It is 1929. At home, economic depression and dust storms ravage America, and abroad the goose step of Nazism is intensifying. Widespread fear of the "other" has reached a fever pitch. Against this tumultuous backdrop, two families share the spotlight in this sweeping saga: the Himelbaums of Poland and the Browns of Iowa. All Harry Himelbaum wants is to live somewhere happy and to send for the wife and child he must deny having.