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Im Stadtpark von Flint City wird die geschändete Leiche eines elfjährigen Jungen gefunden. Augenzeugenberichte und Tatortspuren deuten unmissverständlich auf einen unbescholtenen Bürger: Terry Maitland, ein allseits beliebter Englischlehrer, zudem Coach der Jugendbaseballmannschaft, verheiratet, zwei kleine Töchter. Detective Ralph Anderson, dessen Sohn von Maitland trainiert wurde, ordnet eine sofortige Festnahme an, die in aller Öffentlichkeit stattfindet. Der Verdächtige kann zwar ein Alibi vorweisen, aber Anderson und der Staatsanwalt verfügen nach der Obduktion über eindeutige DNA-Beweise für das Verbrechen - ein wasserdichter Fall also?

Evil has many faces…maybe even yours in this #1 New York Times bestseller from master storyteller Stephen King—also an HBO limited series starring Ben Mendelsohn! An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is discovered in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one...

In The Outsiders, you'll learn the traits and methods striking for their consistency and relentless rationality that helped these unique leaders achieve such exceptional performance. Humble, unassuming, and often frugal, these "outsiders" shunned Wall Street and the press, and shied away from the hottest new management trends. Instead, they shared specific traits that put them and the companies they led on winning trajectories: a laser-sharp focus on per share value as opposed to earnings or sales growth; an exceptional talent for allocating capital and human resources; and the belief that cash flow, not reported earnings, determines a company's long-term value.

Piet Verboom hat sich den Strick genommen – so zumindest sieht es aus, als Adjudant Grijpstra und Brigadier de Gier am Tatort eintreffen. Bei näherem Hinsehen hatten jedoch viele Menschen eine Rechnung mit dem Toten zu begleichen. Die beiden Ermittler gehen vor wie immer: Sie warten in aller Ruhe ab und machen dann einen entscheidenden Fehler, der sie einen großen Schritt weiterbringt.

A compelling and chilling suspense novel, which will delight all readers of King's bestselling Hodges Trilogy. Following the phenomenal success of his Bill Hodges series, MR MERCEDES, FINDERS KEEPERS and END OF WATCH, all Number 1 bestsellers, Stephen King has written an unputdownable crime...

THE ICONIC INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH OVER 25 MILLION COPIES SOLD The inspiration for the Tony Award–winning Broadway musical! A heroic coming-of-age novel revolving around friendship, belonging, and brotherhood that has touched the hearts of readers for generations. “The Outsiders...

The Socs and the Greasers are rival gangs from the opposite sides of town. The Socs’ idea of a good time is cruising around in their flash cars and beating up long-haired Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and that he can count on his older brothers and other friends—until one night when someone takes things too far. Ponyboy may seem tough, but on the inside he is running scared.

Am helllichten Tag wird DIA-Agent Matt Drake in Austin, Texas, auf offener Straße von mehreren Attentätern überfallen. Wer hat die Killer angeheuert? Warum wollen sie ihn töten? Ist auch seine Familie in Gefahr? Die Antworten auf diese Fragen führen Matt an einige der gefährlichsten Orte...

A psychologically twisted story of the escape of a lifelong prisoner.

A gripping new crime thriller with a ticking clock! 'Thrums along at a breakneck pace' Irish Times 'Fast-paced and action-packed' Woman & Home December Book of the Month 'Pacy, gripping and tightly plotted' Guardian A notorious family… The country-house lifestyle of the Carter family may seem...

Einmal ist keinmal. Oder? Als Freddie eine Einladung zu einer exklusiven Party erhält, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie dort einem gutaussehenden Fremden begegnen ...

We all make mistakes, but starting the Third World War would have been a rather large one. To this day, I still maintain it was not entirely my fault. But I'm getting ahead of myself. During the course of my life, I've barely escaped the wrath of an arms dealer in Hamburg, been strafed by a MiG during the Nigerian civil war, and landed during a bloody coup in Guinea-Bissau.

Joyce Doyle has spent her whole life being invisible… She struggles to be noticed by her successful family and, at work, she’s the one people forget in meetings. Quiet. Polite. Easily overlooked. So when her handsome colleague Ben takes an interest in her, she’s flattered, charmed…...

Brought to you by Penguin. The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep The revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women'. Uncompromising...

Audre Lorde ist die revolutionäre Denkerin und Ikone des Schwarzen Feminismus Audre Lorde wusste, was es heißt, als Bedrohung zu gelten: als feministische Dichterin, als Schwarze Frau in einer weißen akademischen Welt, als lesbische Mutter eines Sohnes. Viele „Formen menschlicher Verblendung haben ein und dieselbe Wurzel: die Unfähigkeit, Unterschiedlichkeit als eine dynamische Kraft zu begreifen, die bereichernd ist, nicht bedrohlich". Lorde widmete ihr Schaffen dem Kampf gegen Unterdrückung. Verschiedenheit und Schwesternschaft, Zorn, Erotik und Sprache wurden zu kraftvollen Waffen.

In this groundbreaking audiobook, coach and author Nick Werber draws on over a decade of specialized experience to reveal that the family outsider wasn’t the flaw they were told they were. They were a mirror the family couldn't stand to look at.

Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind … Der siebzehnjährige Charlie Reade hat kein leichtes Leben. Seine Mutter starb, als er drei war, und sein Vater ist dem Alkohol verfallen. Eines Tages offenbart ihm der von allen gemiedene mysteriöse Nachbar auf dem Sterbebett ein Geheimnis, das Charlie...

Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard. The AI gods who rule the galaxy declare her work heretical, and Yasira is abducted by their agents. Instead of simply executing her, they offer mercy - if she'll help them hunt down a bigger target: her own mysterious, vanished mentor. With her homeworld's fate in the balance, Yasira must choose who to trust: the gods and their ruthless post-human angels, or a rebel scientist....

No Way to Run a Country is shocking, honest and darkly funny insider's account of nine tumultuous years of Tory rule, through five prime ministers, Brexit, Covid, the invasion of Ukraine and destructive rise of populism. Johnny Mercer was an unlikely Tory MP. When he stood in the 2015 election...

'A remarkable story, a real page-turner' JOE DUFFY 'Powerfully written ... a gripping narrative' FINTAN O'TOOLE The remarkable story of one man's journey from the edge of death to the heart of a hidden past. Adopted at age three, Paul Cullen always felt like an outsider. After a near-fatal fall...