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The island of Tarawa, a tiny spit of sand out in the middle of the Pacific, teemed with five hundred pillboxes filled with artillery pieces and highly motivated Japanese soldiers. Their commanding officer encouraged his troops, saying, “It would take one million men one hundred years” to conquer Tarawa. They were convinced that the Americans would be slaughtered before they ever got ashore.

The odd couple of detection, the brilliant but cranky Arthur Bryant and John May of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit, return in a tense, atmospheric new thriller that keeps you guessing right to the end. This time the detectives are up against a series of bizarre murders that defy human understanding, and a killer no human hand may be able to stop.

Enter the world of the Pendleton: The original owner became a recluse - and was rumored to be more than half mad - after his wife and two children were kidnapped in 1896 and never found. The second owner suffered a worse tragedy in 1935, when his house manager murdered him, his family, and the entire live-in staff.... Craftsmen and laborers working on renovations disappear or go mad.... For years, the Pendleton is a happy place, until a bad turn comes again.... Voices in unknown languages are heard in deserted rooms....

79 Park Avenue starts on the seedy streets of inner New York City and ends on luxurious Park Avenue. Over time Marja claws her way from street urchin to stripper, ultimately becoming the madam of a Mob-owned pleasure empire. Marja--now known as Maryann--provides access to the city's most exciting and sensual escorts. But when Maryann runs afoul of the law, endangering her empire and angering the Mob, she must face an ambitious prosecutor who stands to benefit by bringing down the call-girl ring.

John Tyler has gone rogue, pursuing an international vendetta against those responsible for killing his brother. But he's lured back by the CIA for one final mission. Simple, for a man like Tyler: journey to an old Soviet-era hotel in the frozen wastes of Siberia to obtain information from a Russian scientist about a double agent within NATO. But strange things are afoot, events related to the hotel's grisly past and the KGB's Cold war experiments into psychic phenomena.

It's all part of his sick game. A game he's been planning for an entire decade. Now everything is perfect: one woman and one man have been selected. They used to be a couple - and they can no longer stand one another. They are the perfect victims. He doesn't intend for the game to be easy. He wants to push them to the brink of insanity, to make his hunt real.

Giulia studia medicina a Cuba ed è completamente all’oscuro dello tsunami piombato sulla sua famiglia. A Torino, infatti, Anna e Gianni, genitori di Giulia, vengono coinvolti in un evento che sconvolgerà le loro esistenze fino a cambiare identità. Giulia si mette sulle tracce dei genitori, attraversando tre continenti, aiutata dal fidanzato, dal suo professore e da quelle precognizioni che le hanno sempre reso la vita difficile ma anche emozionante. Il colpo di scena finale costringerà anche il lettore a rivedere molte delle credenze sul concetto di realtà e libero arbitrio.

David “Mac” McPherson has a personal stake in making sure this predator stays down for good. His family died in the cyberattack. Mac knows that God says “vengeance is mine”—but surely an exception can be made. Surgeon Tracie Hunter is determined to stay sober and keep saving lives in Fairbanks, Alaska—even if it means being a little obsessive. After all, that same kind of determination is how she kept Mac alive after the murderer targeted him. And she won’t let Mac run himself into the grave looking for payback; he’s come to mean too much to her.

Ein abgelegenes Schloss, kein Kontakt zur Außenwelt und mittendrin ein wahnsinniger Mörder. Seit ihr kleiner Sohn spurlos verschwand, ist Moderatorin Bea nicht mehr dieselbe. Nach einem peinlichen Aussetzer währen einer Live-Sendung beschließt sie, ein dreitägiges Schweigeseminar in einem abgelegenen Schloss zu besuchen. Vielleicht kann Stille ihr helfen, die Trauer zu verarbeiten? Aber die Methoden der Seminarleiterin sind mehr als seltsam, und dann findet Bea am ersten Abend des Seminars plötzlich einen Schuh ihres Sohnes auf ihrem Kopfkissen.

Maryann Flood hade känt fler män än hon kunde minnas och några få som hon aldrig skulle glömma. Styvfadern som slängt ut henne på gatan. Miljonären som varit villig att betala vilket pris som helst för henne. Och åklagaren som dragit henne inför rätta för bestickning. Maryann hade kämpat sig upp från livet som gatflicka till att bli en framgångsrik affärskvinna. Problemet var att hennes affärsverksamhet i själva verket var en exklusiv eskortservice. Men Maryann hade ett ess i rockärmen; åklagaren var nämligen förälskad i henne.

Une comédie déjantée, où l’inattendu rencontre l’humour à chaque page! Je m'appelle Damien Hachett : 34 ans, légiste, catapulté médecin chef à l'Institut Médico-Judiciaire. Tard le soir, entre deux macchabées carbonisés ou livrés coupés en morceaux dans un joli paquet cadeau, j'écris des bouquins. Jusqu'à ce qu'une nuit, mon plus vieux lecteur atterrisse sur ma table d'autopsie. Et maintenant... que les ennuis commencent !

Brought to you by Penguin. A page-turning and evocative novel set in 1950s London from the author of That Green Eyed Girl. West London, 1958. 73 Dove Street is a shabby house in a shabby street. But this boarding house’s attic room suits newcomer Edie Budd very well. It’s somewhere to hide...

On a leafy suburban street in Dublin, beautiful, poised Stella Greene lives with her successful husband, Matt. They're the perfect couple in every way, and Stella appears to have it all. Next door, at number 72, however, lives Rea Brady. Gruff, bad tempered and rarely seen besides the twitching of her net curtains, rumour has it she's lost it all...including her marbles, if you believe the neighbourhood gossip. But appearances can be deceiving, and when Stella and Rea's worlds collide they realise they have much in common.

Karin Müller of the German Democratic Republic's People's Police is called to a factory in the east of the country. A man has been murdered - bound and trapped as a fire burned nearby, slowly suffocating him. Could his murderer simply be someone with a grudge against the factory's nationalisation, as Müller's Stasi colleagues insist? Why too is her deputy Werner Tilsner behaving so strangely? As more victims surface, it becomes clear that there is a cold-blooded killer out there taking their revenge.

Grace Nolan walked away from the Devlin Group carrying Alex Rossi’s child in her womb and his bullet in her shoulder. But years later, a ghost from the past has kidnapped her son. The ransom? Alex Rossi. To get her son back, Grace will have to step back into the life she’d left behind and reveal her secret to Alex.... With vengeance for his mother’s murder nearly at hand and a deadly substance on the loose, the last thing Alex Rossi needs is to find himself at the business end of Grace’s gun. Now they must race to save a child and stop a madman bent on destruction.

Unit 77 is a cyborg...but he used to be so much more. Tortured by glimpses of his past, former Captain Andrew Fischer goes through his days in a metallic nightmare, feeling broken inside though he doesn't know why. Doctor Claudia Chambers is distraught. After a land mine blew up Drew Fischer and his unit of elite Space Corps Marines, she was forced to implant the CyBRG device in all of them which turned the men into machines. But she keeps catching glimpses of humanity from the supposedly inhuman Captain...could it be that part of Drew is still in there, longing to get out?

In 1974 long-time radio producer Himan Brown convinced CBS to green-light a new anthology of radio dramas, CBS Radio Mystery Theater (CBSRMT). Radio drama had been declared "dead" 12 years before (the last broadcasts of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and Suspense were in Sept. 1962). With TV being the shiny cash-cow that it was, it is surprising Brown was able to convince CBS executives to dedicate resources and an hour of air time to a radio project in 1974.

In 1974, long-time radio producer Himan Brown convinced CBS to green-light a new anthology of radio dramas, CBS Radio Mystery Theater (CBSRMT). The show was pitched as appealing to an audience that had grown up during the Golden Age of Radio Drama, and it was hoped that it would attract younger listeners as well. This collection is volume 7, featuring 1975-76 shows.

In 1974, long-time radio producer Himan Brown convinced CBS to green-light a new anthology of radio dramas, CBS Radio Mystery Theater (CBSRMT). The show was pitched as appealing to an audience that had grown up during the Golden Age of Radio Drama, and it was hoped that it would attract younger listeners as well. This collection is volume 9, featuring 1976-77 shows.

Hardboiled Los Angeles PI Cain Noble is hired by wealthy and gorgeous Camille Astor to find her husband and a priceless work of art, both of which have disappeared. At the nightclub owned by Mr. Astor, Cain encounters the mesmerizing Lily Lavender, who has the body of a goddess and the sultry voice of an angel - but is really a young man named Riley who attracts trouble like a magnet. What’s a private dick in the vein of LA’s bygone era and a cross-dressing burlesque starlet to do when faced with the hidden decadence and lethal dangers of the Hollywood Hills?