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Captain Thomas Monroe hat erkannt, dass der Doktor der unterirdischen Anlage nicht nur ihn, sondern auch Victor bereits jahrelang als wissenschaftliches Forschungsobjekt missbraucht. Um Victor vor den finsteren Machenschaften des Doktors zu retten, schließt Monroe mehr als nur ein Bündnis mit Leuten, die er bisher stets als seine Feinde betrachtet hat. Das Risiko, damit einen tödlichen Fehler zu begehen, ist hoch, denn nicht alle davon sind menschlich. Dies ist der fünfte und finale Teil der Gay-Crime-Serie MIENAI – Die Unsichtbaren.

Can a sinner's son outrun his father's shadow, or will darkness follow him everywhere and taint everything? No one's life should be reduced to random items in an evidence box, only to collect dust for decades. Seeking justice for the forgotten will bring a temporary partner into Sawyer's life...

In the cities and untamed wilds of Ireland, monsters are rising up against Unionists. Luckily. Sam and Hel aren't English. Samantha Harker and Dr. Helena Moriarty might have solved the Paris case, but that doesn't mean the Royal Society for the Study of Abnormal Phenomena trusts them. Sam's...

Bloomsbury presents The Shrine by Lesley Thomson, read by Richard Atlee. 'This is Lesley Thomson at her very best; a wonderfully twisty story told with her customary warmth and brilliant eye for social detail. I loved it.' ELLY GRIFFITHS A decades-old murder. A haunting legacy. A plot for...

A male escort in pursuit of independence, no matter the cost. A dollar store cashier with an unhealthy fixation. And a married man whose double life promises to be his undoing. As their fates converge at the lonesome motel, the guest in Room 10 watches. Waits. Hungers. The darkness is her playground. The night is still young. And their nightmare is only just beginning....

1791. The dressmaker, his lover and his lover's wife. A house full of secrets where danger lies behind every door. Matthew came from nothing. Now he is a skilled corset-maker adored by high society. But he must hide his true self from prying eyes, seeking love in the riotous underbelly of...

The emotional fallout from their last case has left DCI de Silva and DS Barclay’s lives in tatters. Barclay’s marriage has failed and de Silva is still haunted by the loss of her husband and wondering whether she ever really knew him. When the National Crime Agency takes over their investigation, the duo are reassigned to a cold case: a dismembered body found in Formby Woods, hidden for decades. And then, another body is discovered.

Chicago, 1898. In the midst of the Progressive Era, twenty-one-year-old junior detective Harriet Morrow is determined to prove she's more than a lucky hire as the Prescott Agency's first woman operative. But her latest challenge—a murder case steeped in scandal—could become a deadly setback....

Psychic detective seeks rigid unbeliever for impossible romance. Yoga a plus. Kevin Quinn is living with new psychic abilities he refers to as the 'gift that keeps on taking.' His attempts to use his talents to help the police meet with limited success. Yet, when teenage boys go missing from Southern California beach cities, Kevin gets on a plane to his hometown, where he faces his father, who turned his back on Kevin once before.

Brought to you by Penguin. A recipe for disaster. When chef Paul Delamare agrees to help his old friend Christian by teaching at an exclusive residential cookery school in Belgravia, the only thing he expects his students to murder is his taste buds. But on the first night, the unthinkable...

Claire Brackett spent years searching for ways to avoid the pain of her past. Following her father’s direction, she traversed the globe, seducing allies and adversaries to further his agenda. He used her as a pawn to maintain power and thwart enemies. William Brackett made one major mistake. He sent Claire on a mission to get close to FBI Agent Alex Toles. That decision would set Claire on a path that would change her life forever.

Stiletto is a timely, fast-paced feminine mystery told in two diverse voices—a tense, erotic duet between the sharp, intuitive Detective Anna Crane and her prime suspect, the brilliant biochemist Eleanor Kiernan. Both women are haunted by the tragic loss of a sibling, but Kiernan's twin brother died of an overdose of the opiate she helped to create.

Sloane West is an ex-New York City cop turned private investigator, Irish whiskey aficionado, and untrained witch in an emotional slump. Her mother just died, and her ex-best friend and ex-lover have sent her an invitation to their upcoming nuptials. Thankfully, a solicitor arrives and distracts her faster than a night of drinking Jameson neat with news that Sloane has inherited her late grandparents'—who she didn't know existed—island estate.

Un matin, Raphaëlle est troublée de découvrir des empreintes d'ours devant la porte de sa cabane. Quelques jours plus tard, sa chienne disparaît. Elle la retrouve gravement blessée par des collets illégalement posés. Folle de rage, elle laisse un message d'avertissement au braconnier. Lorsqu'elle retrouve des empreintes d'homme devant chez elle et une peau de coyote sur son lit, elle comprend que de chasseuse, elle est devenue chassée. Mais Raphaëlle n'est pas du genre à se laisser intimider. 

"Manchmal reicht es eben nicht, sich an das Gesetz zu halten." Vom Detective Inspector bei Scotland Yard zum Privatschnüffler innerhalb weniger Tage... Einige würden diese Entwicklung als Karriere-Crash bezeichnen. Ryan Branigan ist da anderer Ansicht. Für ihn gibt es einen sehr guten Grund, sein Leben in ruhigeres Fahrwasser zu steuern und statt Kapitalverbrechen aufzuklären, untreuen Ehepartnern hinterherzujagen. Bis ein seltsamer Kauz in seinem Büro auftaucht, um Ryan einen noch sonderbareren Auftrag zu erteilen.

The members of an elite girls swim team are the reigning queens at their South African boarding school. And then Italian student Fiamma Coronna joins their ranks. Beautiful, athletic, and suddenly commanding all the coach's attention, Fiamma is the envy of every girl on the team—until the summer she walks into the rural grasslands surrounding the school and disappears.

With a serial killer's crosshairs on my back, the world as I knew it is turned upside down. The threats are real, the fear is palpable, and my survival? Questionable. Enter Gabriel Fernandez, a hunky detective-bodyguard hybrid with a mission to shield me from danger. Our connection is instantaneous, sparking an undeniable attraction that threatens to melt us both on the spot. But yielding to our emotions could jeopardize my safety, exposing me to danger. Our solution? Draw a line until the killer is caught, then reassess things. 

Una novela de gran intensidad amorosa entre los dos chicos protagonistas, aderezado con la vertiginosa intriga que supone la entrada en escena de un asesino en serie y los extraños métodos que utiliza con sus víctimas. Todo ello enmarcado en el paralelismo entre la ciudad de Torrelada, brillante y espaciosa, y el barrio de Oseras, peligroso y empobrecido.

Despite his usual clientele of gamers, Ben is barely earning enough to keep the store running and stay on top of his father's medical bills. Then a local toy and game collector named Clive offers him a winning strategy—to purchase a turn-of-the-twentieth-century edition of The Landlord's Game, the realty and taxation game that inspired Monopoly, at a tenth of the rare edition's true value. Suspicious of Clive's shady, low-priced deal, Ben turns the offer down.

Moscow, 1993. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union have brought unimaginable change to Russia. With this change come new freedoms: freedom to travel abroad and to befriend Westerners, freedom to make money, and even the freedom for an underground gay scene to take root. Encouraged by the new climate of openness, twenty-one-year-old Kostya ventures out of the closet and resolves to pursue his dreams: to work in the theatre and to find love as his idol Tchaikovsky never could.