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Romeo und Julia - das bedeutet nicht nur erbitterte Familienfehden, Intrigen und Verrat, sondern vor allem die wohl bekannteste Liebesgeschichte der Weltliteratur. Soweit, so Shakespeare. Nach "Macbeth: Ein Epos" hat sich Audible erneut mit Autor David Hewson zusammengetan - und diesem Klassiker ein ebenso neues wie dramatisches Leben eingehaucht:

"Julia & Romeo" erzählt die bekannte Geschichte aus Julias Perspektive, und führt uns dabei in das Italien der aufziehenden Renaissance.

Drei seltsame Gestalten ziehen durch das Dickicht des schottischen Hochlands - die Hexen sind auf der Suche nach Macbeth und Banquo. Sie wollen Duncans Kronvasallen eine folgenschwere Prophezeiung überbringen: Auf Macbeth warte die Krone, aber nur Banquo werde einen königlichen Nachkommen zeugen. Die beiden Freunde versuchen, die Prophezeiung abzutun, bis Macbeths schöne Frau Skena ihrem Gemahl einflüstert, dass er - und nur er allein - ein Anrecht auf den Thron habe.

Sarah Lund, 38, ist Kommissarin bei der Polizei in Kopenhagen. Frauen wie sie kennen keine Alpträume, keine Angst. Doch der grausame Mord an einem Mädchen geht auch ihr unter die Haut. Freitag, 31. Oktober: Ein gleißendes Auge verfolgt die neunzehnjährige Nanna wie ein Jäger das angeschossene Wild. Im Zickzack bewegt es sich durch den Pfingstwald, rückt langsam näher. Blutverschmiert, zitternd, keuchend klettert Nanna eine Böschung hinauf. Und plötzlich ist es da, das gleißende Auge, ist der Schein einer Taschenlampe auf ihr.

An einem Pfahl der Mindelunden-Gedenkstätte in Kopenhagen wird die brutal ermordete Rechtsanwältin Anne Dragsholm gefunden. Wenig später entdeckt die Polizei Myg Poulsen, kopfunter hängend in einem Vereinsheim für Kriegsveteranen. Der an einen Rollstuhl gefesselte David Grüner verkohlt unter einem übergestülpten Autoreifen. Und Lisbeth Thomsen wird von einer Sprengstofffalle nahe der Insel Skogö in Stücke gerissen...

Kopenhagen im Spätherbst: Die Polizei findet die zerstückelte Leiche eines Unbekannten, die kleine Tochter eines der größten Arbeitgeber der Region wird entführt und die Finanzkrise gefährdet die Wiederwahl des Ministerpräsidenten. Lund versucht, die Spuren der unterschiedlichen Fälle zu deuten und gerät dabei immer tiefer in die Verstrickungen zwischen Wirtschaft und Politik.

Der ehemalige Ermittler für Kriegsverbrechen Harold Middelton besitzt ein unbekanntes Manuskript von Frederic Chopin, welches von den Nazis im zweiten Weltkrieg im Kosovo versteckt wurde. Middelton ist davon überzeugt, dass es sich bei dem Dokument um eine Fälschung handelt. Doch nachdem er wegen Mordes angeklagt wird, von amerikanischen Agenten verfolgt wird und schließlich nur knapp mehreren Mordanschlägen entkommt, ahnt er, dass ein größeres Geheimnis in dem Manuskript schlummert.

It is a tale of ghosts, of madness, of revenge - of old alliances giving way to new intrigues. Denmark is changing, shaking off its medieval past. War with Norway is on the horizon. And Hamlet - son of the old king, nephew of the new - becomes increasingly entangled in a web of deception - and murder. Beautifully performed by actor Richard Armitage ("Thorin Oakenshield" in the Hobbit films), Hamlet, Prince of Denmark takes Shakespeare’s original into unexpected realms, reinventing a story we thought we knew.

Macbeth: A Novel brings the intricacy and grit of the historical thriller to Shakespeare’s tale of political intrigue, treachery, and murder. In this full-length novel written exclusively for audio, authors A. J. Hartley and David Hewson rethink literature’s most infamous married couple, grounding them in a medieval Scotland whose military and political upheavals are as stark and dramatic as the landscape in which they are played.

Amsterdam is bursting at the seams and the police are out in force, struggling to manage the crowds. Brigadier Pieter Vos is on duty with his young assistant, Laura Bakker, when the first grenade hits. In the chaos a young girl wearing a pink jacket is kidnapped. But she isn't the daughter of an Amsterdam aristocrat as the terrorists first thought. What is the life of one immigrant child worth in the greater political game emerging?

Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police department before moving to Sweden. But everything changes when nineteen-year-old student, Nanna Birk Larsen, is found raped and brutally murdered in the woods outside the city. Lund’s plans to relocate are put on hold as she leads the investigation along with fellow detective Jan Meyer. While Nanna’s family struggles to cope with their loss, local politician Troels Hartmann is in the middle of an election campaign to become the new mayor of Copenhagen.

It's a story you think you know: the age-old tale of "star-cross'd lovers"; two families at war; a romance, so pure and absolute, fated for a tragic end. It's a story so thoroughly embedded in our culture, and so frequently retold. Yet, nothing captures the spark, the possibility, and the surprise of Shakespeare's work quite like this....

Sarah Lund, 38, ist Kommissarin bei der Polizei in Kopenhagen. Frauen wie sie kennen keine Alpträume, keine Angst. Doch der grausame Mord...

15 thriller masters. 1 masterful thriller! Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frederic Chopin. But he is unaware that, within it's handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans. As he races from Poland to the U.S. to uncover the mystery of the manuscript, Middleton will be accused of murder, pursued by federal agents, and targeted by assassins.

Two years after the events of the Audiobook of the Year - The Chopin Manuscript - former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton and his Volunteers once again must crack a secretive conspiracy that not only threatens their lives, but the stability of the world. Their race against time will take them from London to the U.S. to Russia and beyond. And at the heart of it all is one question: What is the secret of the Copper Bracelet?

Authors Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, David Hewson, and Jim Fusilli discuss the creation of The Copper Bracelet, the sequel to the Audiobook of the Year, The Chopin Manuscript. The conversation was recorded at ThrillerFest 2009 in New York City.

Thirty nine steps rose from the busy road of Tuborgvej into Mindelunden, with its quiet graves and abiding bitter memories. Lennart Brix, head of the Copenhagen homicide team, felt he’d been walking those most of his life. Beneath the entrance arch, sheltering from the icy rain, he couldn’t help but recall that first visit almost fifty years before. A five-year-old boy, clutching the hand of his father, barely able to imagine what he was about see…

Anneliese Vos, 16-year-old daughter of detective Pieter Vos, disappeared three years ago. Her father's desperate search revealed nothing. One day, Laura Bakker, a trainee detective, visits to tell him that the daughter of local politician, Katja Prins, has gone missing in circumstances similar to Anneliese. Vos is drawn back into the life of a detective, hoping that somewhere will be a clue to his daughter’s fate….

A familly in turmoil. A country in crisis. All debts must be settled. Detective Inspector for homicide, Sarah Lund, is contacted by old flame Mathias Borch from National Intelligence. Borch fears that what first appeared to be a random killing at the docks is the beginning of an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Troels Hartmann. The murder draws attention towards the shipping and oil giant, Zeeland, run by billionaire Robert Zeuthen.

Kim and Mia Timmers were just 11 years old when they were imprisoned in a local psychiatric institution, accused of murdering the man they believed to be responsible for the death of their family. Now, 10 years later, they are due for release. Detective Pieter Vos is given cause to reopen the case when the girls disappear. His investigation takes an unexpected turn when it becomes clear that someone is posing as Little Jo - Kim and Mia's other sister, who was killed along with their parents.

Twenty-two-year-old Annie Schrijver works in the picturesque Albert Cuyp flower market. But then she goes missing, only to be found barely alive, tied to a stone angel in a graveyard. But Annie seems to have been the lucky one, as a body is found nearby. Detective Pieter Vos knows that if he is to outwit the murderer, he will need to employ everything he has to avert a greater tragedy.