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Against the backdrop of worldwide, unexplainable natural disasters, Dr. Virginia Marilyn Edwards (Emmy Award-winner Kerry Washington) seeks out Agent Scott Thomas (Emmy Award-winner Laurence Fishburne) at a secretive government headquarters. Virginia claims these events are signs, and unless Agent Thomas helps her, she believes things will only get worse. Her desperation is dialed up higher with a shocking proclamation as she stands before him pregnant, weak, and weary: “Agent Thomas,” she says, “I believe I am Mary.”

The battle between good and evil continues as Virginia and her infant son Joshua flee from Detroit, pursued by the sinister Luther Bell (Giancarlo Esposito) and his Morning Stars cult. With her estranged husband Ryan and Moses (Dulé Hill), a devotee with a mysterious past, Virginia finds unlikely allies in Samson (Rhenzy Feliz) and Delilah (Ebony Obsidian). Together, they uncover the truth about Joshua's place in an ancient prophecy. Each perilous step of their journey is guided by Virginia's haunting visions while Bell's forces close in, threatening to tear their world apart.

Sarah Brandt is surprised when the son of her superstitious next-door neighbor asks for her professional advice. She is even more surprised to learn that mild-mannered Nelson Ellsworth has a mistress and has gotten her with child. When the young woman later turns up dead under the infamous hanging tree in Washington Square, Nelson is the prime suspect. Sarah knows that he must be innocent, and she enlists the help of detective Frank Malloy to help her find the real killer.

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial...

Überall in Cumbria hinterlässt ein Serienkiller »Weihnachtsgeschenke« für die Polizei: abgetrennte Finger und dazu die Nachricht »#BSC6«. DS Washington Poe und die Analystin Tilly Bradshaw stehen vor einem Fall, der einfach keinen Sinn ergibt. Ihr einziger Verdächtiger leugnet hartnäckig, was sie zweifelsfrei beweisen können–gibt dafür aber Dinge zu, von denen die Polizei noch gar nichts wusste. Und warum haben die Opfer, die scheinbar nicht das Geringste miteinander zu tun hatten, alle vor drei Jahren dieselben zwei Wochen Urlaub genommen?

Der Erbe des berühmtesten Serienkillers aller Zeiten … und keine Frau ist vor ihm sicher … Zwei Jahre nach ihrer letzten Begegnung mit dem Bösen lebt Penny Archer wieder in Washington D.C. Hier schlägt sich die frühere Ghostwriterin als Sportreporterin bei einem kleinen Lokalblatt durch und kämpft noch immer gegen die traumatischen Erinnerungen ihrer Vergangenheit. Doch als zu Halloween ein Serienmörder die amerikanische Hauptstadt in Angst und Schrecken versetzt, reißen Pennys alte Wunden wieder auf.

After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined.

I spent years with a man who abused every part of me. He never loved me the way I loved him, and constantly kicked me when I was already the lowest of the low. Simmy came into my life, and though he was quiet and afraid, he loved me. Even when he couldn't admit it to me out loud, he showed me his love through actions. A provider, a leader, and the king. A man who would give his life for mine because he was raised that way. I've gone so long never knowing true love until I met Quasim Inferno. They took him from me… As the queen Inferno before me, there's no more running.

Wonder Sutton found the courage to leave a dead end relationship and start life over, but she left with more than unresolved trauma. She left with a bad habit. A habit that's going to do more harm than good, especially when it's the reason she becomes a witness to a horrendous crime. Wilde Hunter doesn't care about anyone but himself. He dubs himself a jerk and couldn't care less how anyone feels about him or his actions. When the opportunity to get underneath the skin of someone he loathes arises, Wilde refuses to let the moment go to waste.

Alle sind sich einig: Bruce Jansen wird neuer Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten. In jeder Situation beweist er Stärke - selbst als seine Frau...

Claudia Fleischman is beautiful, rich, intelligent, and has just been charged with the murder of her husband. Hardy, hired to look into the background of the case, is soon up to his neck in trouble. When his car is blown up and a friend is killed, Cliff finds himself with a personal stake in the action. His investigations introduce him to the shadowy world of corporate high flyers at Sydney's exclusive Washington Club and bring him into contact with loose cannon Haitch Henderson and his soft but unpleasant pimp of a son.

Drei atemberaubende Thriller – packend gelesen von Wolfram Koch. DAS WASHINGTON-DEKRET. Durch den kaltblütigen Mord an seiner Ehefrau und dem ungeborenen Kind gerät der neu gewählte amerikanische Präsident Bruce Jansen völlig aus dem Gleichgewicht. Er erlässt das "Washington Dekret" – einen Law-and-Order-Feldzug, der die USA in einen autoritären Unrechtsstaat verwandeln und sie an den Rand eines Bürgerkriegs bringen wird. Nur Doggie Rogers, eine der engsten Vertrauten des Präsidenten, wittert ein Komplott auf höchster Ebene – und beginnt zu ermitteln. Ein Politthriller vom Feinsten!

A Finalist for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History “A clever and imaginative tale.” —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author A thought-provoking novel that imagines what would have happened if the British had succeeded in kidnapping General George Washington. British special...

With this work, author Bill Campbell conducts a gleeful evisceration of the social tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracy theories running rampant in today’s popular culture. All the rappers in Koontown are being killed, and everybody thinks it is vampire crack babies who are doing the killing. Desperate, the police reach out to Genevieve Noire, a former supermodel and homicide detective now working as a private eye, to save the day.

What happened to Gina Washington? Twelve-year-old Erin's world was turned upside down twenty years ago when her mother suddenly vanished and never returned. Arriving at the Seafarer's Rest B&B in the coastal resort of Pacific Grove in California for a much-needed vacation, Erin is stunned to learn that her mother stayed at the inn shortly after disappearing all those years ago and makes a disturbing discovery in the grounds. Did Gina lay clues in the hope that Erin would one day try to find her?

In the small village of Fortbridge, it's hard to keep a secret. But bestselling crime writer Camilla Harton-Gray is faced with a twist she couldn't see coming: her very own stalker, whose behaviour seems to take a leaf out of Camilla's own novels. Grappling with a bizarre set of clues, stubborn coworkers and a crisis of confidence, DS Alice Washington knows this is her chance to get it together and prove herself. But as the pressure builds and Alice's grip on her instincts hangs by a thread, it becomes clear that Camilla's stalker will do anything to keep their identity hidden...

On an isolated island, vampire Nobility run a mysterious laboratory, continuously pumping out a white mist which compels the inhabitants of a nearby fishing village to become the vampire's slaves! When the village tries to retaliate, their fighters never return. The vampire hunter known only as D has been sighted on the island, but how did he come to be there, whose side is he on, and will any mortals survive the brewing conflict?

Devin "Smoke" Dillinger lives by a simple code—protect what's his at all costs. As the third oldest Dillinger and owner of a successful weapons distribution business, Smoke has a reputation that precedes him. He's a man of few attachments who prides himself on control, discipline, and keeping people at arm's length...until an unexpected visitor walks through his door.

En seriemorder mishandler og brænder folk levende. Han efterlader sig ingen spor, og politiet står magtesløst. Medierne døber ham brændoffer-manden.

Da den kontroversielle, suspenderede efterforsker Washington Poes navn viser sig at være snittet ind i brystet på de forkullede rester af seriemorderens tredje offer, ender Poe mod sin vilje med at blive kaldt tilbage og sat på sagen.

Kriminalassistent Washington Poe er i retten og kæmper for at kunne beholde sit elskede, øde landsted, da han pludselig kaldes ud til et bordel i Carlisle, hvor en mand er blevet tævet ihjel med et baseballbat. Poe undrer sig: Han jagter normalt seriemordere, så hvad skal han på en tilsyneladende banal drabssag? Men det viser sig, at højtplacerede, hemmelighedsfulde personer har ønsket at få netop ham på sagen.