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Bei einem Spaziergang im Wald macht die Hamburger Privatdetektivin Bella Block eine grausige Entdeckung: Was zunächst wie ein achtlos entsorgter Müllberg aussieht, entpuppt sich bei näherem Hinsehen als zwei verstümmelte Kinderleichen. Zeitgleich erreicht sie ein Hilferuf von einer Freundin: In Hamburg tauchen immer mehr verwahrloste Flüchtlingskinder auf, die im Rahmen einer internationalen Konferenz auf ihre verzweifelte Lage aufmerksam machen wollen.

Swim, bike… murder! A body turns up during a triathlon, but this death was no accident—it was murder, and things are about to get worse. Yoga instructor Lily Piper and her friends take refuge from the heat and humidity of a DC summer in their local bar & grill, where they meet a congenial team of athletes in town for a big competition. All seems perfect until one of them turns up dead. To help the police find the killer, Lily casts her mind back to the conversations she had with the dead man and his teammates, believing a clue to the motive behind the crime might be locked in her own memory.

Victoria Warshawski no tiene ganas de volver a su antiguo barrio del sur de Chicago, pero una promesa es una promesa. Cuando una amiga de la infancia le pide que encuentre al padre que nunca conoció, Victoria acepta, con la esperanza de obtener respuestas antes de que muera la madre de la mujer. Sin embargo, escarbar en el pasado resulta peligroso. Secretos enterrados desde hace mucho tiempo salen a la luz junto a un cadáver muy reciente, y Victoria pronto se ve atrapada en una mezcla letal de poder corporativo y corrupción química.

Three years after quitting her job as a homicide cop, Sam moves to Denver as a named partner with a boutique private investigation firm. She's finished with the violence and trauma that have marked both her personal and professional lives. But when a zealous eco-terrorist begins a killing spree with plans to escalate, Sam is once again hunting a serial killer whose past too closely resembles her own.

Roy Ballard ist als freiberuflicher Videofilmer tätig. Sein besonderes Händchen zeigt sich immer dann, wenn es darum geht,Versicherungsbetrüger zu entlarven. Während er nun wieder mal mit einem zeitaufwendigen Routinefall voller mühsamer Observierungen beschäftigt ist, sticht ihm etwas ins Auge, das ihn nicht mehr loslassen will. Dort, bei Roys Zielperson, steht ein kleines blondes Mädchen in einem pinken Oberteil und Jeansshorts – genau wie Tracy Turner, eine am Vortag entführte Sechsjährige!

Ein Pfarrer wird mit durchgeschnittener Kehle in einer Gasse aufgefunden. Ex-Polizistin Anne Steinbach und der Priester Paul Wagner ermitteln: Warum musste der allseits beliebte Seelsorger sterben? Die Jagd nach dem Schuldigen führt sie in die Sektenszene – doch je tiefer sie graben, desto verworrener wird der Fall. Und dann wird es plötzlich persönlich – denn der Killer hat Rache geschworen.

Da William Benson blev dømt for mord for seksten år siden, udstødte samfundet og hans familie ham. En fasttømret gruppe, herunder rådgivende advokat Tess de Vere, støttede ham. Han trodsede alle og åbnede sit eget advokatkontor. Nu står han over for sit livs sag – men også Helen Camberley's uhelbredelige sygdom, kvinden som hjalp ham med at lægge fængselslivet bag sig.

The first in the Amos Decker series, Memory Man is an astounding audiobook from blockbuster author David Baldacci, where an extraordinary man races to hunt down a terrible killer. When Amos Decker returned home eighteen months ago to find the bodies of his wife and only daughter, he didn't think...

The sixth in the New York Times bestselling Dave Robicheaux series delivers a heart-pounding bayou manhunt—and features “one of the coolest, earthiest heroes in thrillerdom” (Entertainment Weekly). When Hollywood invades New Iberia Parish to film a Civil War epic, restless specters waiting...

When ex-SAS major Ben Hope is urgently recalled to the UK from his base in France to assist with a family crisis, little does he know that he’s about to be drawn into one of the most dangerous missions of his career: his son Jude has been accused of a brutal murder, and all the evidence points to his guilt. To prove Jude’s innocence Ben embarks on a wild chase, facing up against mysterious killers and piecing together a fragile web of clues. 

A simple case of a missing sister. Or is it? When Ian Skair is invited to an ancient castle perched on a rocky promontory of the Angus coast, he expects to find a routine missing person case. Little does he know, the Laird of Drumlychtoun and his family have more secrets and black sheep than Ian could have ever anticipated. As Ian uncovers secrets and intrigues, thefts and legends, he finds himself and the family in a dangerous situation. Can he reunite the laird with his sister and discover the truth behind her disappearance? Or will the family's secrets be too much for them to handle?

It’s a snowy, peaceful Christmas at Le Val, the rural haven that is home to ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope and his associates. With most of the team away for the festive holiday, Ben, recovering from an accident, is one of the skeleton crew guarding the compound. That’s when a ruthless Corsican crime gang, knowing that Ben is injured and out of action, target the location for a violent raid.

Picking her battles is a luxury Amber never has. Still reeling from her brutal duel with the Queen of Diamonds, Amber must win over the Assembly. The price of failure? Her own execution and the utter destruction of Emergence. Traditionalist Athanate are calling her an abomination and baying for her Blood. When those who should be her allies attack her, she must bind enemies to her cause.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of I Am Missing by Tim Weaver. Read by Joe Coen, Charlotte Ritchie and featuring the author himself. When a young man wakes up bruised and beaten, with no memory of who he is or where he came from, the press immediately dub him 'The Lost Man'. Naming...

In Simple Genius, David Baldacci reintroduces the main characters from bestsellers Split Second and Hour Game. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are both haunted by their last case. Realizing that Michelle is teetering on the brink of self-destruction from long-buried demons, Sean arranges therapy...

Find a missing book. That was the job the woman in the Doc Martens gave us. Easy money, right? Only now it seems she's actually an ancient, powerful sorcerer, and the book is a Book of Power that doesn't want to be found. It wants to tear reality apart at the seams, and it'll use anyone it can to do it. So now we've got one spectacularly displeased sorcerer, a hungry, still-missing book, a dentist with bad hygiene, and a neighbourhood having some reality issues to deal with. Plus about a day before the book turns our world - and us - inside out.

Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth is seconded by counter-terrorism to investigate a spate of domestic events. There are no leads, no DNA, no witnesses, no CCTV footage. Jack and his team must work on instinct to figure out why someone would want to harm innocent victims, each of them curiously linked to a single blood transfusion. Then a hospital bomb threat erupts, and it's up to Jack's team to prevent the inevitable bloodshed.

Easter, 1177. Canterbury Cathedral, home to the tomb of martyr Saint Thomas Becket, bears the wounds of a terrible fire. Benedict, prior of the great church, leads its rebuilding. But horror interrupts the work. One of the stonemasons is found viciously murdered, the dead man’s face disfigured by a shocking wound. When the king’s clerk Aelred Barling and his assistant Hugo Stanton arrive on pilgrimage to the tomb, the prior orders them to investigate the unholy crime.

Tourist season is swinging into high gear in Miami. So are the activities of a bizarre terrorist group determined to keep the hapless "snowbirds" away. Armed with bombs, weed, and jumbled credos, they move toward their grand target, the Orange Bowl Parade, with plans to bring Miami and its tourist trade to a halt.

Despite all her years determining the fates of families, judge Hope Willis couldn't save her own. Her daughter taken, she's frantically grasping at any hope for Krissy's return. Desperate, Hope calls upon an unconventional team of experts for help.