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Natasha, Riya, Anjali and Katherine were best friends in college - each different from the other yet inseparable - until that night. It was the night that began with a bottle of whisky and a game of Ouija but ended with the death of Sania, their unlikeable hostel mate. The friends vowed never to...

Am 20. Juli 1944 sprengen die Verschwörer um Graf Stauffenberg den „Führer“ in die Luft. Doch dem Jubel über Hitlers Tod folgt gleich die Ernüchterung: Die Attentäter haben nicht genug Rückhalt in der Bevölkerung und bei der Wehrmacht. Ihre verzweifelte Lage zwingt sie zu einem Bündnis mit Heinrich Himmler und der SS. Im letzten Augenblick wendet Deutschland die Niederlage im Weltkrieg durch einen Atomschlag ab. Die Deutschen zwingen die Alliierten zu einem Frieden, der dem Reich die Grenzen vom April 1940 garantiert.

In het plaatsje Starksville in North Carolina is een dertienjarig meisje verkracht en vermoord. De hoofdverdachte is Stefan Parks, de neef van Washington D.C. Detective Alex Cross. Terwijl het bewijs overtuigend lijkt, zijn Alex en zijn vrouw Bree niet overtuigd dat Stefan de dader in deze verschrikkelijke zaak is, en proberen ze zijn onschuld te bewijzen. Maar dit is niet het enige wat Alex bezig houdt tijdens zijn lang uitgestelde bezoek aan Starksville. Wanneer hij een familiegeheim ontdekt, begint Alex te twijfelen aan herinneringen uit zijn jeugd.

Un thriller oscuro y sangriento que desatará los secretos inconclusos del pasado de Zoe Natan. Zoe nunca se ha recuperado de la muerte de su hermano, asesinado diez años atrás. Pero cuando empiezan a aparecer hombres muertos y ahorcados, el pasado parece volver a ella con la fuerza contundente de un tsunami. La policía tendrá que investigar lo que está sucediendo y pronto verán el nexo en común entre los diferentes hombres muertos: todos acababan de salir de la prisión.

Felix "O" O'Connor is an ex-con from central Ohio who has spent the last seven years working on a ranch in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. Rarely does he venture out into the world and never does it come looking for him. Both of those things change when his twin sister, Alexa "Lex" Borden, calls from Columbus, Ohio, to ask for his help.

Henry Bins has traveled 3000 miles to see the sun. June 21st. Fairbanks, Alaska. Sunrise is 3:07 a.m. Fourteen minutes later, 800 people will be dead.

Das perfekte Motiv - Lucky und Cat sind seit ihrer Schulzeit ein glückliches Paar. Im Sommer 2021 unternehmen sie eine Reise mit Motorrad und Zelt quer durch Deutschland, weil Luckys Vater todkrank ist und sie in seiner Nähe bleiben wollen. Doch Cat kehrt ohne ihren Geliebten nach Berlin zurück. Kurz vor seinem Tod lässt Luckys Vater eine Vermisstenanzeige aufgeben. Allein zu Hause muss Cat lernen, dass sie den Mann, mit dem sie seit fünfzehn Jahren zusammen ist, nicht wirklich zu kennen scheint. Ihre Entdeckungen liefern ihr ein geradezu perfektes Mordmotiv.

Read by Daniel Weyman (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and featuring an author's note read by Peter James 'What a fool I've been not to have read Peter James until The Hawk Is Dead! A great story' – James Patterson, bestselling author of the Alex Cross series Roy Grace never dreamed...

Lady Eleanor Swift’s marriage to dashing Chief Inspector Hugh Seldon is just days away. There’s a lot to organise from the dress to the catering, including, of course, the all-important wedding cake. But Eleanor is heartbroken when their chef, apple-cheeked Annie Tibetts, dies of poisoning. And as the doctor confirms her death wasn’t an accident, accusations fly around the whole community.

1st-century Britannia is the setting for an epic and action-packed novel of tribal uprisings, battles to the death and unmatched courage in the Roman army ranks. From Simon Scarrow, author of the bestsellers The Emperor's Exile, Centurion and The Gladiator. The 21st Eagle of the Empire novel. If...

A storm is coming for Sean Dillon & company in the mesmerizing new thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author. It begins with the attempted assassination of the ex-President of the United States. Only the presence of Sean Dillon and the fellow members of...

While the residents on Beach Drive prepare for the welcomed arrival of a new baby, they are blindsided by the newest resident's plans to close down Marlow House. No one is prepared for the deadly secrets the new neighbor unwittingly conceals. Walt knows more than he realizes. If he can just remember.

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Searching for a wealthy friend's yacht, Travis McGee puts himself square in the center of the international cocaine trade, and finds himself the target of some of the most ruthless villains he's ever met. Contemplating his own mortality for the first time, Travis McGee discovers amid all the danger the astonishing surprise behind the cat-shaped pipe cleaners someone is leaving at his door.

Two thousand people go missing in Alaska every year. They vanish in the middle of mountain footraces, on fishing boats in the Bering Sea, on small planes in the Bush. Now a geologist known for going walkabout with his rock hammer has disappeared from the Suulutaq Mine in the Park. Was it deliberate? An accident? Foul play? Kate Shugak may be the only person who can find out. But for the fact that Kate, too, is among the missing....

When Agent Dillon Savich saves Kara Moody from a seemingly crazy man, he doesn't realize he will soon be facing a scientist who wants to live forever and is using "John Doe" to help him. But when the scientist, Lister Maddox, loses him, he ups the stakes and targets another to take his experiments to the next level. It's a race against time literally as Savich and Sherlock rush to stop him and save both present and future victims of his experiments. In the meantime, Cam Wittier and Jack Cabot must track a violent criminal through the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Don't mess with Harry! Harry Bosch soll den Erben des Milliardärs Whitney Vance finden: Der alte Mann hatte als Student ein Verhältnis mit einer Mexikanerin, die er auf Druck seines Vaters verließ, als die junge Frau schwanger wurde. Ein Leben lang hat Vance sich dafür geschämt, nun will er Wiedergutmachung leisten. Kaum einer ist von dieser Entwicklung begeistert. Bosch ist klar, dass er mit äußerster Vorsicht vorgehen muss. Doch kaum hat er erste Erfolge erzielt, erfährt er vom plötzlichen Tod seines Auftraggebers. Für Harry Bosch bedeutet das: Jetzt erst recht!

This is audiobook #21 in the Casca Series. Casca Longinus, cursed by Christ on Golgotha. Condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving and waiting for Him to return. It was the last gasp of Europe's royal families. World War I began with the assassination of an obscure archduke. But before it ended, most of Europe would turn into a corpse-littered battleground.

In the charming town of Middle Falls, Oregon, an extraordinary phenomenon occurs: those who die but aren't ready to move on are inexplicably revived at key moments in their lives, with their memories fully intact. Reggie Blackwell is one such soul—a boy with a tragic past who threatens to grow into a man with a thirst for the easy life. An unrepentant rogue, Reggie seizes the rare opportunity these resets offer, diving headfirst into a life without consequences.

Kale Mueez just wants to work on his computer programs and, okay, some not-so-legal hacking. Even though he sold one of his computer software companies for more money than he’d ever need, he wasn’t one to sit back and do nothing. That is especially true since his father is a super soldier known around the world. After spending time in the army, Kale returns home to his small town of Keeneston, working to hunt down The Panther, the one elusive criminal that’s ever escaped Kale. Until a wrong number changed everything.