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Battling the bottle one day at a time, ex-cop, sometime PI Matthew Scudder finds that next to staying sober, staying alive seems easy. But in the mean streets of New York City it never is. Not for the prostitute who wanted out and got her beautiful self slashed to ribbons. Not for a pimp named Chance who is betting his life that the broken-down detective can find her murderer. And not for Matthew Scudder - just trying to stay alive in a city that knows nothing better than how to die.

A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls...

Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer, and Angela is back in Ireland hooking up with a would-be record setter - in the field of serial killing. Will their paths cross again?

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress—and up against a rival PI—in this smart and atmospheric authorized mystery from acclaimed crime writer and "one-of-a-kind storyteller" Denise Mina (James Patterson), the first woman to recreate Raymond Chandler’s infamous detective. Has...

Kids can be so cruel. They'll call you names. Hurt your feelings. Push you to your death. In the garden of an abandoned house, Luke Connolly lies broken, dead. The night before, he and his friends partied inside. Nobody fought, everybody else went home safely. And yet, Luke was raped and pushed...

Im großstädtischen Hamburg geht es mörderisch zu. Ein furchtbarer Fund in einem unbewohnten Haus in Hamburg ruft Kommissar Uwe Jörgensen und sein Team auf den Plan. Mehrere Morde geschehen und ein tot geglaubter Profi-Killer erscheint erneut im Rampenlicht. Da kommt Kommissar Jörgensen einer weitreichenden Verschwörung innerhalb des organisierten Verbrechens auf die Spur. Alfred Bekker (geb. 1964 in Borghorst) ist ein bekannter Autor von Fantasy-Romanen, Krimis und Jugendbüchern.

The year 1894. The monstrous Hound of the Baskervilles has been dead for five years, along with its no less monstrous owner, the naturalist Jack Stapleton. Sir Henry Baskerville is living contentedly at Baskerville Hall with his new wife, Audrey, and their three-year-old son, Harry. Until, that is, Audrey’s lifeless body is found on the moors, drained of blood. It would appear some fiendish creature is once more at large on Dartmoor and has, like its predecessor, targeted the unfortunate Baskerville family.

'The Branded pulls you straight into the story, snares you, and won't let you escape until you turn the last page' Patricia Gibney During an unprecedented heatwave, the body of a young girl is found in a submerged suitcase in Loch Acorrymore on Achill Island. DS Lucy Golden is tasked with...

He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.

When Hedda Hellberg fails to return from a retreat in Italy where she has recently been grieving for her dead father, her husband discovers that her life is tangled in mystery. Hedda never left Oslo, the retreat has no record of her and, what's more, she appears to be connected to the murder of an old man gunned down on the first day of the hunting season in the depths of the Swedish forests....

A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just 37 years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he's dying. What is more, the cause is discovered to be prolonged exposure to toxins; in other words, someone has slowly but surely been poisoning him. Determined to find out who wants him dead, Jaakko embarks on a suspenseful roller-coaster journey full of unusual characters, bizarre situations and unexpected twists.

Guido Brunetti faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction. He is drawn in innocently enough: two young American women have been badly injured in a boating accident, joyriding in the Laguna with two young Italians. However, Brunetti's curiosity is aroused by the behavior of the young men, who abandoned the victims after taking them to the hospital. If the injuries were the result of an accident, why did they want to avoid association with it?

Dieses Hörbuch ist anders als alles, was Sie bisher gelesen haben. Nicht, weil drei Autoren drei Helden in drei Thrillern auf drei irrwitzige Trips schicken. Sondern weil die drei Autoren dabei ihre Helden tauschen. Ja, Sie haben richtig gelesen. Das Ergebnis dieser ungewöhnlichen Idee: Drei Novellen, wie sie, abgesehen von den Handlungen, unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Mehr noch.

“Ebullient entertainment.”—Time A hotshot reporter is dead. He'd gone to take a look-see at “Miami North”—little Wheaton, Massachusetts—the biggest cocaine distribution center above the Mason-Dixon line. Did the kid die for getting too close to the truth . . . or to a sweet lady...

Die Akademie des Todes. Düster. Blutig. Spannend. Nur kurz verliert Isa den kleinen Lukas aus den Augen. Im nächsten Moment ist der Junge tot. Brutal ermordet. Isa kann dem Mörder gerade noch entkommen. Als Kommissar Sydow hinzugerufen wird, ist die Leiche des Kleinen spurlos verschwunden. Was ist tatsächlich passiert? Und warum werden seine Ermittlungen von höchster Stelle sabotiert? Sydow stößt auf ein Geflecht aus Lügen und Mord, das ihn schon bald mit seinen eigenen Ängsten konfrontiert.

Ewige Weite, eisige Kälte. Ein Ort, an den nur Menschen mit viel Geld kommen - und solche mit düsteren Geheimnissen. Im klirrenden Eis eine Leiche. Und der Täter ist nah... Ein neuer Fall für die Leibwächterin. Bedrohliche Einsamkeit erwartet Leibwächterin Hilja an ihrem neuen Einsatzort: einem exklusiven Luxusresort in Lappland, umgeben von endloser vereister Landschaft. Wer hier Urlaub macht, will nicht gefunden werden. Doch nicht nur die Gäste sind außergewöhnlich. Auch von den Angestellten ist nicht jeder, wer er zu sein vorgibt.

Ever since I met my handsome husband Dr Gabe Bonneville, I started playing the role of the perfect housewife. He works hard as a surgeon, so I look after our home, and throw elaborate dinner parties with champagne cocktails for his best friends Hugh and Anita. He’s my safe place and my chance to have the family I’ve always wanted. I’ve managed to hide the mornings when I wake up and see a face in the shadows. I haven’t told Gabe the truth about the woman who raised me, or told him about the therapy I’ve been getting so my secrets stay hidden in the dark.

"COTTON RELOADED: NEMESIS" - Der Beginn einer neuen Ära! Das G-Team droht zu zerbrechen: Mr. High wurde suspendiert, Philippa Decker sitzt in der Todeszelle, und im Verborgenen lauert ein mächtiger Feind. Um zu überleben und sein Team zu retten, muss Cotton jede Regel brechen. Aber welchen Preis wird er dafür zahlen? Agent Dillagio macht sich auf den Weg nach Berlin. Dort will er Cotton und Decker endlich festnehmen. Kann er dem Auftragskiller zuvorkommen, der auf die ehemaligen Agenten vom G-Team angesetzt ist?

When the bonds of brotherhood are strained, who do you turn to? The celebration of the Viking Festival of Scira ensures that thousands descend annually on the small coastal town of Sheringham, but when one man dies amidst the grand finale, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his team to identify who the victim was and how he met such a grisly end. The victim was a local man, successful, hard working, and well respected. A motive proves to be elusive. As the case progresses it becomes evident that not all is at it seems.

Grausame Morde und eine Reihe unerklärlicher Unfälle erschüttern Gullton, die Stadt, neben der Sin City wirkt wie eine Klosterschule. Detective Deckard stößt bei den Ermittlungen auf immer neue Ungereimtheiten und Geheimnisse, und alles deutet darauf hin, dass Unterweltkönig Nero Roberts in die Sache verwickelt ist. Seine Schwester Melissa sucht nach einer Ausreißerin, während ein junger Krankenpfleger einer Frau begegnet, die sein Leben unwiederbringlich verändert.