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Tutte le persone hanno un odore caratteristico e Ari ha il dono di riconoscerlo. Si tratta di profumi o afrori che gli altri non avvertono ma lei, ragazzina tredicenne che ormai ha imparato a sfruttare questa sua abilità, sì. Dall’odore che una persona emana Ari sa capire molte cose. Spesso aiuta il padre Bart nelle sue indagini, ma questa volta è diverso: lo straniero appena arrivato nel paese è un caleidoscopio di odori.

Lennox Oliver is loving her new life in California. For the first time, she feels normal. She has friends, and a maybe boyfriend, and best of all no one knows the truth about her past and what happened to her mom. But everything changes the night after a party when a drive on the supposedly haunted Hicks Road turns deadly and Lennox hits something . . . or someone.

Teddy’s favorite place is Bottomrock Lake, where sunfish swim in their little saucer nests and lilypads edge the shore. She’s worked there as a lifeguard every summer, including last year, when her twin sister Izzy waded into the lake for a midnight swim and never came out. Now, Teddy can’t stop scripting stories for where she went. Izzy was an accomplished swimmer, so she couldn’t possibly have drowned. And if she did somehow drown, where’s her body and why is her passport missing?

All seventeen-year-old Maggie Warshauer wants is to leave her stifled life in Filliyaw Creek behind and head to college. An outsider at school and uncertain of her own sexual identity, Maggie longs to start again somewhere new. Inspired by a long-dead biologist's journals, scientific-minded Maggie spends her days sailing, exploring, and categorizing life around her. But when her beautiful cousin Charisse disappears on prom night and is found dead at the marina where Maggie lives, Maggie's plans begin to unravel.

Poor Clara. On the one hand, things are going well: she’s aced her Math final, and school’s almost out for the year. Dad’s hanging in there with contract jobs, Mom’s helping make ends meet by cleaning other people’s homes, and they’ve at least got a roof over their heads. Vegas isn’t the nicest place in the summer, but it’s no worse than the half-dozen other places she’s lived in her short life. But on the other hand, she has no friends. Everyone at school is either diffident or a bully—as if they can sense that Clara doesn’t quite fit in. And then there are the triplets.

As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of thieves and market vendors. Her plan is simple: 1. Hitch a ride to the planet of Ouris, the dazzling heart of the empire. 2. Sneak onto the imperial palace station to attend the emperor’s ball. 3. Steal from the rich, the royal, and the insufferable. But on the station, things quickly go awry. When the emperor is found dead, everyone in the palace is a suspect—and someone is setting Cass up to take the fall.

Pippa Fitz-Amobi ha chiuso con le indagini e i misteri. Risolvere il caso del doppio omicidio di Andie Bell e Sal Singh è costato un prezzo troppo alto in termini di rischio e sofferenza, per se stessa e per coloro che ama.Intanto però il podcast che svela tutti i particolari di quell’indagine è diventato virale, e quando a Little Kilton qualcuno di molto vicino a lei scompare, Pippa non può ignorare la richiesta d’aiuto del suo migliore amico e si trova immersa suo malgrado in una nuova indagine, con una seconda stagione del podcast tutta da fare, stavolta in tempo reale...

Nia Barnes is preparing to enter high school and trying to stay on her mama’s good side. Life in her small Midwestern city hasn’t been the same since her father’s unsolved murder, driving Nia’s love of detective novels and true crime stories. When the little boy she babysits is caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting, Nia and her best friends Dontay and Miracle Ruth secretly set out to get him justice. They look up police reports and listen to the conversations of their elders; they try to follow suspects the way Nia’s favorite teen detectives might.

Eine 100 Jahre alte Halskette und ein Einbruch im Stadtarchiv. Als die drei Freunde italienische Briefe aus der Zeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg erhalten, beginnt für das Team Undercover ein spannendes Abenteuer. Nicht nur, dass der Inhalt der Schriftstücke ihnen Rätsel aufgibt. Ihre Recherche über einen uralten Gerichtsprozess bringt sie in große Gefahr, denn sie sind nicht die Einzigen, die das Geheimnis der Halskette lüften wollen. Können sie den mysteriösen Code der Briefe entschlüsseln?

When a famous actor goes missing, the search leads playwright Richard Copplestone to the seaside town of Scarhaven. Every clue seems to bring about more questions as the intrigue goes much deeper than anyone suspects. Copplestone uncovers layer after layer of dark secrets, many of them involving the attractive Audrey Greyle and her family. If Copplestone does not discover the truth soon, he risks endangering the lives of the friends he has made in Scarhaven, including Audrey.

Detektiv Madsens hus har brunnit ner och Madsen är död. Den nyfikna grannpojken Anders hittar gamla dokument i askan från huset. Det är olösta fall som Madsen hade utrett. Anders kompis Kalle är nyfiken på innehållet i dokumenten. Kan de samarbeta för att ta reda på vem som mördade Nicki Hansen? Nicki var medlem i ett välkänt motorcykelgäng. Medlemmarna i gänget åker ofta runt på stan i västar med ett djävulskt märke på ryggen. Anders och Kalle tar tag i saken och beger sig till gängets högkvarter. Vilken gängmedlem ljuger och vem talar sanning? Kommer pojkarna själva att överleva utredningen oskadda?

Ed Kennedy leva uma vida medíocre, sem arroubos. Trabalha, joga cartas com cúmplices do tédio, apaixona-se por uma amiga que dorme com todos os vizinhos do subúrbio e divide apartamento com um cão velho. O pai alcoólatra morreu há pouco; a mãe parece desprezá-lo. Certo dia, ele impede um assalto a banco e é celebrizado pela mídia. O ato heróico tem conseqüência. Logo depois, Ed recebe enigmáticas cartas de baralho pelo correio: uma seqüência de ases de ouros, paus, espadas, copas, cada qual contendo uma série de endereços ou charadas a serem decifradas.

Una vez descartado lo imposible, lo que resta es la verdad. Aunque parezca improbable. Todo comenzó en 1920 con el asesinato de Jeremiah Perkins, un marinero inglés, en el remoto puerto de Havoysound, Noruega. Antes de morir, Perkins envió un paquete a Lady Elisabeth Faraday. Hay quien dirá que todo comenzó antes incluso, tras el descubrimiento de unas reliquias en una cripta.

Casey's life in Langston has been charmed. She's the queen bee of her prep school, a shoe-in for prom queen, and on her way to the Ivy League come fall. She can't wait to leave the whole town of Langston behind her. That is until her father loses his job and she finds herself on the brink of losing her ticket out of town. The town of Langston is known for its picturesque lake and robust summer tourism. Everyone who lives in town has heard the rumors at some point—there is a treasure buried deep below the surface that no one has ever been able to find.

Gaia Gill is the last person in the world anyone would expect to go missing. Beautiful, athletic, and recently accepted to a prestigious college, she has everything to look forward to—but the night of her going-away party at the Moon Mountain ski resort, she disappears. Gaia's younger sister Esme is supposed to be flying back to England with her family after the party, but she can't leave with Gaia missing—especially because nobody remembers Gaia leaving the party. Or if they do, they're not saying.

Bea Fletcher never met a cold case she didn't want to solve. So when she finds herself staying with family near Lake Paloma, she's torn. Sure, she's not thrilled to be bunking with her moody, taciturn uncle and his wife while her father's out of town. Being away from Cabot Cove means less time for Bea to work on her true crime blog, visit her great-aunt Jessica, and spend time with new friends Leisl, Leif, and Carlos and the mysterious underground treasure hunting game they've been playing.

Linden has always felt like an outsider and spending the summer at his best friend's vacation house, surrounded by money and privilege is doing nothing to lessen his imposter syndrome. But he soon has bigger concerns than fitting in - there's a body in the pool and everyone's a suspect - including him.

Nick har svært ved at se meningen. Meningen med at gå i skole, meningen med sig selv, meningen med at leve. På et morgenværtshus møder han en gammel bekendt, pusheren Tjavse, der holdt ham som gidsel for halvandet år siden. Tjavse bedyrer han er kommet på ret køl, ikke mindst pga sin lille datter. Da Nick har lovet Liv og Mateus at tage med til Roskilde, men ikke lige har penge til billetten, er det nærliggende at takke ja til Tjavses tilbud om en billet tilgengæld for lidt hash-salg under festivalen. Lette penge, så hvorfor ikke fortsætte til Skanderborg?

Bræk er en realistisk roman for unge om kriminalitet og flugt fra et liv som underdog. En bog med interessant stof til både diskussion og eftertanke.

Sjak vågner op på hospitalet med en bandage om hovedet og brækker sig ud over den betjent der udspørger ham om et væbnet røveri på tanken. I sengen ved siden af ligger offeret for overfaldet i koma. Hvad skete der egentlig den aften på tanken? Vil drengen ved siden af vågne op? Måske er det bedre at slå ham ihjel inden han når at afsløre for meget …

Det er et år og fem måneder siden, Jonathan forsvandt. En aften i byen vælger Rasmus fra klassen at springe ud overfor Nick og Mateus og introducerer dem til Close - en homobar i Indre By. Her møder de bøssen Lars, som er meget optaget af hate crimes, de stadigt stigende hadforbrydelser, der begås mod homoseksuelle. Og så er "Ikaros" pludselig på facebook igen: "Jonathan kom i miljøet. Han kendte Englen.” Var Jonathan homo? Hvem er Englen? Var det derfor han forsvandt?