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The instant Captain Declan Frobisher lays eyes on Lady Edwina Delbraith, he knows she's the woman he wants as his wife. The scion of a seafaring dynasty accustomed to success, he discovers that wooing Edwina is surprisingly straightforward - not least because she makes it plain that she wants him as much as he wants her.

Ben Gannon is the best deep-sea recovery expert in the business. No salvage is too deep, no job too risky. But when Ben and his crew find several bodies - shot - in a helicopter wreck, the risk becomes deadlier than even the most hostile waters. Lured to an ultra-high-tech oil rig in the middle of the ocean, Gannon finds himself thrown into a deadly game of cat and mouse against trained killers. Trapped in the balance: the lives of everyone aboard the rig. With no hope of rescue and nowhere to hide, He must survive long enough to stop a murderous fanatic’s devastating plans.

Der Buchclub des englischen Küstendorfs St Tredock ist eine eingeschworene Gemeinschaft: Die Rentnerin Phyllis kennt alle Agatha-Christie-Krimis in- und auswendig, Arthur liest seiner Frau Liebesgeschichten vor, und der schüchterne Teenager Ash flüchtet sich am liebsten in Science-Fiction-Romane. Eines Tages bekommt die bunte Runde unerwarteten Zuwachs: Der geheimnisvolle Michael taucht auf – und verschwindet während eines Treffens genauso plötzlich wieder. Kurz darauf wird seine Mutter tot aufgefunden, und 10.000 Pfund fehlen in der Kasse des Gemeindezentrums.

The year is 1796, and a trading ship arrives in the vibrant trading town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. But it's a ghost ship - her entire crew has been decimated by a virulent fever which sweeps through the harbor town, and Newburyport's residents start to fall ill and die with alarming haste. Something has to be done to stop the virus from spreading further.

Punk’s War reveals the inner workings of the US Navy as only an insider can. An authentic and riveting thriller, it is a highly acclaimed novel of a fighter pilot’s experience in the era just before 9/11. As the US military enters another postconflict period, the themes of leadership during crisis and accomplishing the mission make Punk’s War more relevant than ever.

1904. The Russo-Japanese War has been raging for almost a year. When blacklisted former Royal Navy officer Marcus Baxter is offered the chance to spy on a Russian ship passing through the North Sea, he jumps at the chance to regain his commission. Accompanied by young Tommy Dunbar, desperate to earn his sea legs, Baxter is betrayed by the crew and captured by a Russian cruiser, the Yaroslavich, where both he and Tommy are held captive in an attempt to avoid escalating tension with Britain.

It's 1803. The Napoleonic Wars are raging, Britain is on her heels, and His Majesty's Secret Service has just lost its best agent, Thomas Grey. Deeply depressed by his wife's untimely death, Grey resigns from the service and accepts an offer to join a lumber firm in Boston. But when a sea battle with a privateer forces the ship carrying him west to make port in neutral Portugal, Grey is approached with a counteroffer: Become a wealthy man by selling out Britain's spy network to France.

James Culdee, a career US Navy noncom who has served his country with distinction for 20 years, is suddenly and unfairly forced into a disgraceful retirement. Devastated, Culdee retreats into alcoholism until he is rescued by his daughter, Miranda, a charter boat skipper whose sloop, the Seamark, has been stolen. When Miranda learns that the Seamark has been sighted in the dangerous and primitive Flyaway Islands of the Philippines, father and daughter sail off in pursuit, on a voyage that will carry them across the Pacific.

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...

Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits. Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course: a silent graveyard deep beneath the ocean's surface, eagerly waiting for the first sign of life.

Set in the late nineteenth century, A High Wind in Jamaica recounts the perilous fate of seven children, as they board a ship which soon becomes captured by pirates. The Bas-Thornton siblings, raised on a plantation in Jamaica, are sent home to England after a high wind obliterates their family house. But once the pirates seize their ship, the Captain flees the scene, abandoning the children to fend for themselves. As gripping as it is brutal, A High Wind in Jamaica is a poignant tale of survival, adventure and having to grow up long before one's own time.

1774: Rob Courtney is growing up in Fort Auspice, Nativity Bay, a trading outpost on the east coast of Africa, and has always dreamed of going to sea. When his grandfather Jim Courtney dies and the mysterious Captain Marston calls into the fort, Rob's passion is ignited, and he stows away on Marston's ship as it sails to England. Arriving in London, Rob is seduced by its charms and makes friends with a group of fast-living men and ends up in terrible debt.

Private investigator Dan Armstrong is no stranger to working with criminals, but when he’s approached for help by Bianca Moretti, he’s on high alert. Bianca is intelligent and beautiful, and Dan likes her, but he also once sent her to prison…Bianca explains that a guest has been found dead at her father’s luxurious and private retreat on the beautiful Italian Riviera. The police are sure the death is accidental, but Bianca is convinced the man’s been murdered. Dan’s sure he can get to the bottom of things…as long as Bianca is telling him the whole truth.

Ausgerechnet er! Hauptkommissar Kai Brötler fällt aus allen Wolken, als er von Rostock nach Kühlungsborn strafversetzt wird. Vor Ort bekommt Brötler es mit einem spektakulären Mordfall zu tun: Eine junge Frau wurde in der Bäderbahn Molli erschossen. Gemeinsam mit der hiesigen Oberkommissarin Frauke Eigen nimmt Brötler die Ermittlungen zum rätselhaften Tod auf. Erfrischende, spannende und humorvolle Unterhaltung mit Urlaubsfeeling sind bei diesem Küstenkrimi garantiert.

Ein mysteriöser Todesfall sorgt im idyllischen Greetsiel für Schlagzeilen. In der Seniorenresidenz „Haus Friesenglück" wird eine ältere Dame leblos in der Badewanne aufgefunden. Ein Föhn lag im Wasser, und schnell diagnostiziert der Arzt des Hauses Selbstmord. Doch es gibt viele Unstimmigkeiten, Fenna Stern und Tammo Anders von der Kripo Greetsiel ermitteln. Schon bald finden sie heraus: Es war nicht der erste rätselhafte Tod im „Friesenglück" ... Immer mehr Indizien deuten auf Mord, doch wer hat ein Motiv?

Finalist, 2023 Arizona-New Mexico Book Awards, Historical Fiction "Parotti's expertly detailed accounts make for constant tension." —The Historical Novels Review Phillip Parotti's novel chronicles the fast-paced action of a collection of American submarine chasers as they battle to reduce the...

September 1907. George Dillman sets sail from Liverpool to New York on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. Posing as a passenger, Dillman is in fact an undercover detective hired by the Cunard Line to keep an eye out for petty crimes. But after some uneventful days aboard, the ship’s blueprints are stolen and then a body is found. As Dillman works to get to the bottom of the crimes, he makes an unusual friend, first-class passenger Genevieve Masefield, and the two uncover secrets aboard the ship that prove explosive.

"It isn't every one who's been a god," said the sunburnt man. "But it's happened to me..." When the Ocean Pioneer sinks in twenty fathoms of water, she takes fifty thousand pounds of pure gold dust down with her. Desperate to strike it rich, a crew of rogue salvagers launches a secret expedition...

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...

Auf einem Campingplatz im Süden der Ostseeinsel Fehmarn wird ein Hamburger Geschäftsmann tot aufgefunden. Wie es aussieht, ist der Mann an einer Kohlenmonoxidvergiftung gestorben. Die Heizung in seinem Luxus-Wohnmobil lief auf Hochtouren. Alle Fenster waren verschlossen. Doch weshalb hat der vom Erfolg verwöhnte Mann sich umgebracht? Inselkommissarin Frieda Lieken ermittelt. Schnell findet sie heraus, dass es sich bei dem vermeintlichen Suizid in Wahrheit um einen kaltblütigen Mord handelt. Und mehr als nur eine Person hatte ein starkes Motiv für die Tat.