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Brought to you by Penguin. **SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** Seductive and cunning American spy-for-hire Sadie Smith has been sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France. Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced by the...

When a scientist working for the Gomez Organization is found dead in a remote Antarctica station, Jake Adams is called back to work for the billionaire. The problem is Sirena is away visiting a friend in Europe, and he is tethered to his Utah ranch with his eighteen-year-old daughter, Emma. So...

Revenge is a dish best served cold When an old college friend leading a religious tour in Assisi asks interpreter Rick Montoya to fill in for their guide who's gone missing, Rick is happy to oblige. He's looking forward to seeing his old friend, and the food and wine of Umbria sound like the...

Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn't be surprised when an author's manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime. Karen can't ignore the plot's chilling similarities to the unsolved case of an Edinburgh University student who vanished from her own doorstep. The manuscript seems to be the key to unlocking what happened to Lara Hardie, but there's a problem: the author died before he finished it.

Alex Morgan's first mission as a black-ops Interpol agent sends him to the war-torn streets of Africa. Tasked to evacuate innocent civilians from a coup-threatened nation, he soon uncovers a sinister plot involving a rogue MI6 agent and shadowy forces. In his first solo mission as a black-ops Interpol agent, Alex Morgan is thrust into a world of betrayal and violence. Tasked with evacuating ex-pats from a coup-threatened African nation, Morgan soon uncovers a sinister plot involving a rogue MI6 agent and shadowy forces that threaten global stability.

During the National High School Cultural Festival ceremony, Yoshiyuki Shimizu - the current Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and a literary giant - was fatally stabbed by a man who rushed out from backstage. The arrested suspect, 37-year-old Akatsuki Nagase, began publishing his memoirs in a weekly magazine following his arrest.

Egyptologist Harold Barnaby has just made the discovery of the century. While retranslating some old hieroglyphs, he has found clues to the location of a pharaoh's lost tomb. But this discovery leads him to make the ultimate choice: rather than share his find with the rest of the world, Professor Barnaby is determined to locate the tomb and keep whatever treasure he finds inside for himself. But to pull off the greatest heist in the archaeological history, Barnaby will need help. Enter Robert Pierce, a transient freelance writer looking for excitement.

On the Greek island of Vidos the past lingers like salt in the air. The inhabitants - former members of MI6 - are sent here to be forgotten. Exiled. Either too damaged or too compromised to be allowed to live freely. For years, residents make the best of their fate - old enemies reconcile, long-lost friends swim together in the warm sea and estranged lovers share a bed once more. But secrets bind tightly. And when one of their own washes up dead, alliances fracture and a tide of suspicion begins to rise.

They thought it was an open and shut case, they were wrong. When former MI6 agent Selwin Birks is found dead in his Costa Blanca villa, police call it a suicide. A few days later, MI5 agent Chris Kane is also found dead, killed on his boat. But the local police can see no connection. Maverick...

Osaka, 1943: as the Second World War rages and American bombers rain death down upon the city, the once prosperous Omari family is already in decline, financially ruined by the terrible conflict. Then the household is struck by a series of gruesome murders. Can anyone solve the mystery of these baffling slayings before the Omari line is extinguished entirely? To do so, and unravel the killer's fiendish plot, they will have to delve into the family's past, where a dark and deadly secret has been festering for decades...

Brought to you by Penguin. The trip of their dreams is about to end in murder. When five old friends are invited to join Abigail Blythe at the launch of her luxury hotel in the Costa Rican rainforest, they jump at the chance to spend a week in paradise. None of them have heard from Abigail since...

Winter 1944: Months after the Liberation of France, ex-Boston cop Billy Boyle finds himself in a Paris reeling from the carnage it has endured but hopeful that an end to war is in sight. When Billy finds a rare piece of artwork after a tense shoot-out in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, he thinks it could be connected to the Syndicat du Renard, a shadowy network of Nazi sympathizers known to be smuggling stolen artwork out of France. Trailing the Syndicat, Billy discovers that someone with a high level of communications clearance may be using his position to aid the thieves.

6 days, 13 hours and 37 minutes to go . . . At the end of The Prodigal Daughter, Florentyna Kane is elected President – the first woman President of the United States. At 7.30 one evening the FBI learn of a plot to kill her – the 1572nd such threat of the year. At 8.30 five people know all...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q In this tenth installment of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling series, the team must solve the cold case that has put their own leader behind bars, a place where his enemies are plentiful and time is quickly running out. When the...

Aus Norwegen erreichen beunruhigende Meldungen Faith und ihre Mitstreiter. Nachdem mehrere Leichen von Opfern gefunden werden, die im Hochsommer erfroren sind, kriecht alsbald auch eine eisige Nebelwand auf die nahen Siedlungen zu, die den sicheren Tod mit sich bringt. Steckt ihre Erzfeindin Pagena hinter den unheimlichen Geschehnissen? Faith und ihre Freunde haben keine Wahl. Sie dringen in den Nebel vor, wo tödliche Gefahren auf sie lauern ...

Ten years ago Oz Blackstone, movie icon, died tragically while filming in remote Guatemala; mourned by millions, his story came to an end, and his secrets died with him. His soul mate, Primavera Phillips, took their young son, Tom, back to the Spanish village where he was conceived and built a new life for them both in Oz's honour. For sure Oz was an idol, and as is the way with ill-fated legends, there are those who have never accepted his death, who have kept the faith ever since.

In the Chizurui family mansion, a haunting presence casts a shadow over its residents. By night, an eerie figure, clad in a sinister Hannya mask is seen roaming around the house. An amateur murder mystery writer, Akimitsu Takagi, is sent to investigate—but his investigation takes a harrowing turn as tragedy strikes. Within the confines of a locked study, the head of the family is found dead, with only an ominous Hannya mask lying on the floor by his side and the lingering scent of jasmine in the air.

Schönbrunn bei Regen und eine der immergleichen Jagdgesellschaften – Kaiserin Sisi kann sich nichts Langweiligeres vorstellen. Als auch noch Kater Carl zu viel Schaumrolle nascht und erkrankt, scheint der Tiefpunkt erreicht. Doch plötzlich fallen Schüsse, und Sisi ist wieder ganz in ihrem Element. Ein Verbrechen ist aufzuklären und das Reizvolle daran: Der Täter stammt aus ihren eigenen Reihen.

På et fly fra Mexico City ser Wanda Stroud bekymrende indhold på den bærbare computer hos en passager, der sidder foran hende. Næste dag dukker Wanda ikke op til en kaffedate, hun har aftalt med sin veninde. Ray Wyatt undersøger historien, mens han klynger sig til sit sidste håb om, at hans søn, Danny, ikke er død.

Der werdende Vater Detlef Dierksen wird blutüberströmt und schreiend auf dem Dockkoog-Parkplatz aufgegriffen. In einem nagelneuen Sportwagen wird die Leiche seines Bruders gefunden. Je tiefer Oberkommissarin Sophie Meerkatz gräbt, desto mehr Leichen findet sie, und zwar im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Kommissar Rüdiger Thomsen und seine Kollegin Sophie Meerkatz klären Verbrechen an der Nordseeküste – das garantiert Spannung und Humor vor der wild-romantischen Kulisse von Küste, Strand und Meer in der Region rund um Husum.