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Henry Bins is only awake one hour a day. Can you imagine only being awake for one hour each day? Can you imagine having to cram your entire existence into sixty measly minutes? Two minutes to shower. Three minutes to eat. Five minutes to watch TV. And in that 3600 seconds you have awake, imagine that you have to figure out...Who murdered the woman across the street?

Bloomsbury presents Red Notice by James Comey, read by Cassandra Campbell. In the most crucial case of her career, US Attorney Nora Carleton must confront a murderous espionage plot that risks the security of the United States. The unmissable new legal thriller from the former director of the...

Elle payera au fort prix de sa vie le crime qui aura fait d’elle un monstre à l’égal de l’homme qui, lui, voit sa violence partout exaucé.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. A prima donna soprano is commissioned to give a command performance at a country estate. It sets off a chain of tragic events – but are they accidents or an act of revenge?...

Matthew Riker keeps to himself, doesn't cause trouble, and never talks about his past. But after a chance encounter with a woman and a small child on the run, Riker will have to make a choice: use his hard-won skills to protect two innocent victims, or stay in the safety of his quiet life. What follows is an adrenaline-soaked thrill ride that will take Riker on a cross-country chase, through the seedy underbelly of a New York criminal empire, and into the darkest places of the human heart.

Der Fall der jungen Frau, die in den Maßregelvollzug eingewiesen wurde, scheint klar zu sein: Bianca Kehler ist eine Betrügerin und Mörderin. Alle Indizien sprechen gegen sie. Doch immer wieder erwähnt sie eine geheimnisvolle Frau, mit der ihr Unglück angefangen haben soll. Da es für die Existenz dieser Unbekannten keine Beweise gibt, vermuteten sogar die für ihren Fall zuständigen Ermittler, sie könnte unter einer Wahnerkrankung leiden.

All Natalie ever wanted was to keep her beloved little boy safe. But it’s now been more than three years since she saw Harry’s sweet face, or heard him call her ‘Mummy’. Three years that she’s been locked away for a crime she didn’t commit. But everyone – even her husband – believed she was guilty, and since then, she’s not seen him or Harry once. She’s determined to get her son back. But Natalie also knows someone has gone to great lengths to destroy her life.

Leonie is one of 12 jurors chosen to decide the fate of a nurse accused of murdering his patients with lethal doses of adrenaline. Britain is under chemical attack, and the courthouse is locked down. The accused has escaped his cell and is on the loose, playing twisted games with the group, and Leonie is his next target. Because he knows something about her. A secret she's kept hidden from the others – about just how far she'll go to tip the scales of justice in her favour.

Alexandra has the perfect life: a successful business, a loving husband, and two beautiful children. But twenty years ago, she witnessed something she was never meant to see. When she finds a perfectly folded origami bird on her kitchen table one morning, she knows someone from her past is after her. Only four people knew her nickname—Birdie—and one of them is dead. She thought she'd buried the past. She thought she was safe. Now she’s forced to confront the night that changed everything.

The Edgar Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box delivers a thriller in Back of Beyond about a troubled cop trying to save his son from a killer in Yellowstone. Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor and...

Ex-Police Scotland detective Bob Hoon has made himself some powerful enemies. Following his brutal search for the missing daughter of an old army colleague, Hoon is being hunted by the Loop, a secretive criminal cabal with members in very high places and a tendency to eliminate all those who stand against it. Unfortunately for them, Hoon has never been one to back down from a fight, and he isn’t about to start now. Instead, he’s going to burn their whole damn organization to the ground. But first, he’s going to have to get inside.

Hay muchos tipos de crímenes y muchas formas de contarlos. En los relatos de Bastante seguro a menudo hay alguien que necesita que alguien muera, a menudo hay dinero a cambio; a veces hay, también, amor o despecho. No faltan los espías, francotiradores, periodistas, guardaespaldas, agentes del gobierno o policías. Una galería de profesionales buscando la perfección del crimen. En este libro asistimos a una colección de los momentos de oro de Lee Child: cuando plantea los escenarios, las tensiones, los argumentos, que aquí se resuelven en pocas páginas.

Zoe Bennett tiene una vida anodina y rutinaria. A sus cuarenta años, es una mujer seria, solitaria y con un pasado triste, que se refugia en su trabajo como restauradora en el prestigioso Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston. En una aburrida fiesta para conseguir donaciones conoce a Noah, un...

Youths disappearing from the streets. Smashed bodies ejected into the River Aire. And CSI Eddie Collins is about to find out how they died. Abandoned by a malicious wife and tormented by a hateful boss, the only thing keeping CSI Eddie Collins sane is his job. When a dead youth is found on a...

Dos asesinatos sin resolver separados por más de una década. Dos espejos antiguos como pistas. El reflejo de la verdad puede ser devastador. Doce años después de que el asesinato de Amanda Stewart obsesionara su carrera, el detective Luca Bruzzo se enfrenta a una escalofriante réplica: un nuevo cadáver encontrado en una mina abandonada y, junto a él, un antiguo espejo idéntico al de Amanda.

Le tueur parfait n'a pas de nom, il a plusieurs visages. Kylar Stern a renoncé à sa vie d'assassin. Son maître Durzo et son meilleur ami Logan Gyre, l'héritier du trône, ont trouvé la mort au cours de l'invasion brutale du pays par les armées du Roi-dieu. Kylar part s'installer dans une autre ville, fait de nouvelles rencontres et change de métier. Mais lorsqu'il apprend que Logan est toujours vivant, prisonnier dans une prison infâme où il doit cacher son identité, Kylar est confronté à un terrible dilemme.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall, read by Nick Hendrix and Eleanor Matsuura. Passion, obsession... and murder. A deeply unsettling psychological thriller in which a secret game between lovers has deadly consequences. Most of us spend our whole lives searching for the person who’ll make us feel complete. But Mike and Verity know they’re different. They’ve found their soulmate, and nothing can tear them apart. Not even the man Verity is marrying.

After an impressive performance in front of a full house, local college basketball stand-out Davonte Blair celebrates the victory with a few friends. But when a fierce argument over drugs ensues, the evening takes a violent turn — and one member of the group goes missing. When police discover the body of the basketball team manager, the town turns into a tinderbox of emotions. The media is calling it a hate crime. The college president is desperate to avoid a scandal. And the police department is under intense pressure to solve the horrific case.

In Melbourne for a passing visit for a friend's birthday, Detective Sergeant Nick Vada meets the beautiful Evie Gibson. Twenty-four hours later, he is sitting in the lock-up of the Victorian police headquarters, arrested for murder. Detective Sergeant Eli Roberts is brought onto the case to investigate just what would cause the detective to snap and commit such a horrible crime. Detective Joanna Gray is sent in to assist the investigation and soon finds that not all is what it seems.

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