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Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound which is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense.

Nobody warned mob princess Hope Whitmore how boring witness protection would be, so when her boss sets her up on a blind date, she throws caution to the wind. Big mistake: she's secretly put her photo on a dating app, and the man across the table is the father of the teenager she once accused of murder. Paratrooper Max Beaumont has finally found evidence of his son's innocence—and the one witness who can prove it turns up on a dating app, of all places. But someone else has found Hope too, and they're dodging bullets before Max can even offer to pick up the check.

Film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a Berlin filming assignment. He needed the work, needed to get back in the saddle after fighting off a life-threatening experience in East Africa - al-Shabaab had attacked his crew, intent on a much larger terrorist attack. Suddenly he finds himself under orders from his part-time employers at the State Department and the CIA when he is handed a mysterious package. It's an assignment he doesn't want. The problem is, it is a job contracted by mysterious patrons.

World renowned neurosurgeon Jon Ritter is on the verge of a medical breakthrough that will change the world. His groundbreaking surgical treatment, using transplanted non-human stem cells, is set to eradicate the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease and give hope to millions. But when the procedure is slated for testing, it all comes to an abrupt and terrifying halt.

The sequel to Puzo's epic and brutal Mafia classic The Godfather. Once again Puzo brings the history of the Corleone family to life. Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano - if he can find him.

Detective Sam Helsdown hasn’t seen his daughter Zoe in two years and he’s excited and more than a little nervous to be at the airport picking her up for a visit. She’s 10 years old and has flown on her own for the first time. Flight BA631 from Athens has already landed and soon a trickle of people begins entering Arrivals. Among them is a little girl who runs towards him, head down, and throws herself into his arms saying ‘Daddy!’. But then he looks at her properly. This is not Zoe. This is not his daughter.

From the jungles of Indonesia to the very heart of New York City comes a plague that kills 100 percent of its victims. Medicine's greatest nightmare, this modern Black Death is caused by the most virulent and uncontrollable mutant virus humanity has ever witnessed. And medicine can do nothing to stop its merciless spread.

Thomas Austin was once a prominent NYPD detective, known for locking up a psychopathic serial killer dubbed "The Holiday Baby Butcher". Now retired in a small beach town in the Pacific Northwest, Austin runs a little café, trying to overcome the loss of his wife, a DA who was gunned down only one year ago.

When a top secret program of implanting harrowing memories into innocent people comes to light, neurosurgeon Tom McCarthy is literally caught in the crossfire. While McCarthy looks forward to a three day weekend, his office is suddenly raided by two Department of Defense investigators bent on arresting him for a crime he didn’t commit.

Der Leuchtturm von Hörnum leuchtet plötzlich blutrot. Das Licht führt das Team der SoKo Sylt zu einem Gewaltverbrechen. Eine Leiche in den Dünen ist nicht der letzte Tote an diesem Abend und schnell stellt sich heraus, dass einflussreiche Persönlichkeiten der Insel und alte Bekannte von der SoKo Sylt ein Kartell gebildet haben, das die ganze Insel in Atem hält. Und wieder müssen Lena und Malte ihre unterschiedlichen Stärken kombinieren, um einen Mord aufzuklären, hinter dem mehr steckt, als es zunächst den Anschein hat.

Suspendida de su cargo, Marta Escudero se refugia en su apartamento frente al mar, lejos de los casos y de las decisiones que la pusieron al margen. Pero el pasado vuelve a llamar con fuerza cuando una desaparición cercana desentierra heridas que nunca sanaron. En busca de respuestas, Marta viaja al norte junto a su hermana Lara, sin saber que está a punto de adentrarse en una red mucho más oscura de lo que imaginaba.

Everyone has a secret... Only some lead to murder. Introducing Leo Stanhope: a Victorian transgender coroner's assistant who must uncover a killer without risking his own future When the body of a young woman is wheeled into the hospital where Leo Stanhope works, his life is thrown into chaos...

Le Chiffre. Dr No. Goldfinger. James Bond has faced them all. But now the world is changing, and even 007 has no idea what’s coming for him… It starts with a murdered agent in the Saudi desert. Only a traitor could have known enough to bring him down. But even James Bond can’t guess at the...

Accident or suicide? That's the simple question put to Inspector Michael Green when a derelict stranger falls to his death from an abandoned church tower in a quiet river village at the edge of his jurisdiction. But when the victim turns out be a long-lost son of a local farm family cursed in recent years by tragedy, madness, and death, Green begins to suspect something far more sinister is at work. Probing the family's past, he uncovers a toxic mix of rigid fundamentalism, teenage rebellion, and a family secret so horrific that 20 years later, someone is still desperate to prevent the truth from coming to light.

Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. Reacher offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his...

Un romanzo che affronta una tematica estremamente delicata e attuale: la prostituzione minorile. Asha è la terzogenita di una famiglia di immigrati albanesi, in Italia da vent'anni, che a stento riescono ad arrivare a fine mese con i loro lavori. Vedere le amiche vestire bene e ottenere tutto ciò che desiderano, mentre lei veste abiti lisi e abita in una casa fatiscente, le fa provare invidia. Trascinata da un'amica, accecata dalla prospettiva di avere ciò che i genitori non possono darle, scappa e decide di vendere il suo corpo per ottenerle.

Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Never forgive, never forget. Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. But he has a burning desire to right wrongs - and rewrite his own agonizing past. Never...

Andrea e Katia sono due giovani dalle vite profondamente differenti. Lei, bella, intelligente, di buona famiglia, avviata a una brillante carriera da avvocato, abituata a ottenere sempre ciò che desidera; lui, imponente, sportivo, affascinante come la notte, ma senza genitori, e dunque costretto a badare a se stesso sin da quando aveva cinque anni. E poi, un pesante passato alle spalle e un difficile segreto che Andrea non può rivelare.

Tre persone. Un matrimonio. Un omicidio. Qualcuno è un bugiardo. Qualcuno è in pericolo. Qualcuno è un assassino. Potresti pensare di sapere cosa sta succedendo nel mio matrimonio, ma ti sbaglieresti.

Anna Karlatos es una mujer joven, valiente y guapa que lo único que ansía es recuperar la vida que le han robado. El calvario en el que se ha convertido su existencia solo le deja dos alternativas: huir o morir.