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FBI Agent Genna Snow’s successful career cannot fully erase the heartache of a shattered childhood. After breaking the silence surrounding the abusive acts of a summer camp counselor, young Genna was abandoned by her family even as justice was being served in the courtroom. Years later, Genna was forced to relive the pain of abandonment when the man she loved, Special Agent John Mancini, walked out of her life without explanation. Now, having returned from his own private hell, John is determined to win Genna back.

Despite her hope for peace as the protector of the Siyee, Auraya is unable to avoid being caught in up the building conflict. As the gods’ demands increase, Auraya finds that she must choose between those she loves and those she’s sworn to serve. Meanwhile, Mirar enjoys acceptance and respect as he reclaims his place among his people, and Emerahl is at last able to join the Thinkers in their search for the Scroll of the Gods...

No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. Colin was so shy; Roy was so popular. Colin was fascinated by Roy - and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day, Roy asked his timid friend: “You ever killed anything?” From that moment on, the two were bound together in a game too terrifying to imagine - and too irresistible to stop.

A rollicking perpetual best seller in the best English humor tradition of P G Wodehouse and Monty Python. Three friends traveling by boat sculling and towing up the Oxford upriver and floating back with a dog carrying on, humor, follies, and insights in each chapter will having you laughing and awestruck by insights in the Oxford Cambridge tradition of old.

Harley Mason, you may love her or hate her, but never underestimate her. As the Masons settle down to a more normal life following the death of three family members, a shocking discovery of a schoolgirl found dead in nearby woods starts the finger pointing once again. Lewis Sanders, the detective on the case, struggles to believe that a teenage girl is capable of such a horrific crime. Yet the discovery of a second body could put Harley Mason in the frame.

Fiete, der alte Seebär! Als Frau Helbing ihre demenziell erkrankte Nachbarin Frau Paulsen im Pflegeheim besucht, begegnet sie dort zufällig einem alten Angelfreund ihres verstorbenen Mannes. Früher ist Fiete Jacobsen von Hamburg aus als Kapitän um die halbe Welt gefahren, jetzt hockt der Arme buchstäblich auf dem Trockenen. "Gift ja nix hier", beschwert er sich. Dem bringe ich mal eine Portion Labskaus vorbei, sagt sich die pensionierte Fleischereifachverkäuferin. Allerdings eröffnet ihr Fietes Betreuerin Frau Fischer unter geheimnisvollen Andeutungen, Herr Jacobsen werde bald umziehen.

Bei ihrem zweiten Auftritt soll Elfie Ruhland Ordnung in die chaotischen Steuerunterlagen der „Pietas" bringen, einer erfolgreichen Bestatterkette, die von der herrischen Juliane Knörringer geleitet wird. Elfie findet heraus, dass die Knörringer sich nicht zu schade ist, ihre trauernden Kunden aufs Fieseste übers Ohr zu hauen. Als dann ein aufgebrachter Witwer verschwindet, kommt Kommissarin Alex ins Spiel. Elfie gerät unter Verdacht und beginnt, eigene Nachforschungen anzustellen.

Ein allergischer Schock durch drei Wespenstiche? Frau Helbing ist sich sicher, dass ihr freundlicher Nachbar, der namhafte Fagottist Henning von Pohl, einem Verbrechen zum Opfer gefallen ist. Die pensionierte Fleischereifachverkäuferin mag zwar von klassischer Musik ebenso wenig verstehen wie von moderner Technik, aber mit Mordfällen kennt sie sich aus: Seit dem Tod ihres Mannes Hermann, mit dem sie vierzig Jahre lang eine Metzgerei im Hamburger Grindelviertel geführt hat, verbringt sie ihre Tage am liebsten mit der Lektüre von Kriminalromanen.

Büroleichen aller Art Wer andere schikaniert, lebt gefährlich - zumindest in der Umgebung von Elfriede Ruhland, die als freiberufliche Office Managerin von Büro zu Büro zieht. Dank ihr werden Arbeitsabläufe optimiert, Papierberge und Büroleichen aller Art verschwinden einfach. Denn ganz nebenbei, immer mit einem Lächeln auf den Lippen, entsorgt Elfie kurzerhand die wahren Problemfälle eines jeden Unternehmens - despotische Deppen mit Entscheidungsgewalt, intrigante Zicken aller Art, fiese Vorstandsmitglieder und perfide Controller.

Four novella-length stories written to illuminate Lindsey Davis's unparalleled output of the last 30 years, with an introduction written and narrated by the author. Lindsey Davis has received the Crime Writer's Association Lifetime Achievement Award for her two immortal series of detective...

This is an excellent, page-turning Sherlock Holmes pastiche by noted author and historian Barry Day. It explores the fascinating "what if" proposition supposing the latent return of a legendary murderer, whose "signature", left upon his victims' skillfully eviscerated bodies, alerts Holmes and Scotland Yard to his unmistakable presence anew in England. To quote the cover of this recently released book: "Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper, Oscar Wilde, and THE Woman!"

Das Luciafest könnte für Gitte Madsen mal wieder der schönste Wintertag in Marielyst sein – würde nicht die diesjährige Lucia plötzlich vor aller Augen blutüberströmt zusammenbrechen. Glücklicherweise ist sie nicht tot, sondern nur alkoholisiert. Doch von jemandem muss das Blut auf ihrem Kleid ja stammen … Unglücklicherweise kann sich die junge Frau an nichts erinnern. Als ein paar Tage später die Leiche des Pfarrers gefunden wird, kann die Bestatterin Gitte einfach nicht anders, als der Sache auf die Spur zu gehen.

Born mute, twenty-two year-old Alice has never known a normal life. Kept from the outside world by her cruel mother and overbearing father, her only friend is her neighbor Hailey with whom she communicates through sign language. When Alice's father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Alice must attend and care for him, all the while listening to his feverish drug-induced ramblings. That is until, in his final days, he reveals something Alice never expected. He confesses to murdering several women.

Die Chinesin Xia ist nur eine unter den vielen migrantischen Personen, die in der Bucht von Porto Taverna auf Sardinien versuchen zu überleben, in dem sie Hüte, Sonnenbrillen und anderen Tand verkaufen. Sie ist die Frau mit den goldenen Händen, das am Strand Einheimische und Touristen massiert. Xia weist den frühpensionierten Polizisten Gerhard Beckmann, der auf der Insel lebt, früh auf ein Melanom auf seinem Rücken hin und rettet ihm damit das Leben. Beckmann geht die Frau daraufhin nicht mehr aus dem Kopf, und er begibt sich auf die Suche nach ihr.

A killer is looking to silence them, once and for all. FBI agent Jordan Wallace is close to cracking the human trafficking case she’s been working, when she does the one thing she should never do: let her guard down. The botched undercover mission is semisalvaged by the last-minute appearance...

FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera escaped a serial killer’s trap at 16. Years later, when she’s jumped in a Virginia park, a video of the attack goes viral. Legions of new fans are not the only ones impressed with her fighting skills. The man who abducted her 11 years ago is watching. Determined to reclaim his lost prize, he commits a grisly murder designed to pull her into the investigation...but his games are just beginning. And he’s using the internet to invite the public to play along.

Each short story is a self-contained experience — tight, twisty, and impossible to pause — written by acclaimed thriller author Sam Johnson and brought to life by the immersive voices of Lucy Walker and James Goodwin. Whether it's the woman trapped in an elevator with someone who remembers what she forgot… the man whose new phone begins syncing surveillance photos of himself… or the late-night confession that reveals the priest's own darkest sin, every tale is a psychological maze with no guaranteed way out.

Who would want to kill widowed mother of two Ellen Tailor, a seemingly innocent, inoffensive woman, and leave her body for her children to find? Rina Martin’s policeman friend Mac can’t find anything that looks like a motive and not much more in terms of suspects. While it is true Ellen didn’t get on with her mother-in-law, it seems hard to believe their arguments escalated into a brutal killing. A former abusive partner seems a more likely suspect, but unfortunately for Mac he seems to have a watertight alibi....

Gunther Kane and his white supremacist group are using forced prostitution to finance the purchase of automatic weapons. Kane snatches young women off the streets and sells them to hundreds of men. When a victim is used up, she's killed and dumped. After all, there are always more where she came from.

A rollicking good tale about 4 men righting wrongs the courts did not do. These 4 act honorably by giving most of their targets a chance to escapee their form of vigilante justices. This case is about an English Cabinet minister set to expel refugees of principle from England to labor camps or execution in their despotic homelands.