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Christmastime in an isolated country house and, following a flaming row in the kitchen, there’s murder inside. When a much disliked visiting servant disappears without trace after playing Santa Claus, foul play is at once suspected - and foul play it proves to be. Only suspicion falls not on the staff but on the guests, all so unimpeachably respectable that the very thought of murder in connection with any of them seems almost heresy.

Two years ago, Dr. Gina Brady broke Thomas Prescott’s heart, but now her panic-stricken satellite phone call starts it beating again with a fury. Thugs kidnapped the good doctor from the remote jungle village where she was working, and now the retired homicide detective’s expert skills are desperately needed to save her. Led by a colorful, but perhaps untrustworthy local guide, Prescott journeys deep into the Bolivian Amazon, plunging into a world where the only thing more dangerous than the gun-toting drug traffickers and the ruthless tribesmen, is the jungle itself.

At 44, Eve Mozell has a wonderful husband and a creative job. She also has a temperamental teenage son, two headstrong sisters, and a demented old father. As she deals with her family's frequent crises, her days overflow with lengthy phone calls. She is never far from a dial tone. But as her father begins to die, Eve is tempted to disconnect and to sort out her feelings for this difficult man.

Das G-Team erreicht ein Notruf aus Maine. Bei der Bergung eines Trucks wurden neunzehn Leichen im Laderaum entdeckt. Eine der Leichen trägt als Tätowierung das Symbol eines terroristischen Geheimbundes auf der Brust: ein Ulfberht-Schwert. Bei ihren Ermittlungen erhalten Cotton und Decker die Unterstützung des Ex-Cops Ruben Scherbaum. Als dieser stirbt, hinterlässt er den FBI Agents eine mit Blut an die Wand geschriebene Botschaft: CENTERFOLD!

Matthew Worth is a mess. Somewhere between a good cop and a bad screwup, he botched a marriage and a career. His fellow officers think he’s a joke. His commanders are tired of cutting him breaks. Even his wife has left him for a flashy homicide detective. Busted to night patrol at a robbery-prone Omaha supermarket, Worth is doing time, wearing his uniform and asking shoppers if they want paper or plastic. If that isn’t enough, he suspects he might be falling for Gwen, the shy checkout girl who may be an even bigger mess than he is. It couldn’t get any worse. Until it does.

אונס אכזרי מפר את שלוותה של שכונה שקטה בצפון תל אביב ומותיר את המשטרה אובדת עצות: אין חשודים ואין עדי ראייה. אביה של הקורבן מסרב להיכנע. הוא פותח בחקירה עצמאית ונועזת ומצליח לזהות ולאתר את זיו נבו, האיש שכל העובדות ואף הנאנסת עצמה מצביעות עליו. לכאורה הכול ברור. אך רק לכאורה .

El rastro de un joven español se esfuma por el sur de Inglaterra tras dejar un mensaje de socorro en el teléfono móvil de su madre. Ella, que apenas ha abandonado su pequeño pueblo en contadas ocasiones, decide ir en su busca. Hace un año, su marido desapareció en las tranquilas aguas de la Albufera y no está dispuesta a vivir de nuevo una angustia como aquella.