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Detective Samantha Jesse is determined to hold on to what she has. Whenever she gets too happy, life corrects that mistake and takes the joy from her. Her new partner, Detective Romeo Alvarez, was there the day of the biggest correction, but despite his assertions, that doesn’t mean they’re forever connected. Unless her worst fears come true and he changes his ways because he fell in love at first sight with her sister, Bristol. As if Samantha needs that complication in her quiet life.

DCI James Hardy was hoping for a quiet life. He stepped away from his career at Scotland Yard and moved his family to the south coast to start over. But now the past is catching up with him. Hardy recently learned that Edward Fischer, the man he arrested for a string of killings, is also the man who orchestrated his wife's murder. And now, Fischer has escaped from prison and is on the run. Fischer is a free man, and before he disappears for good, he's looking for compensation from Hardy.

Did someone manifest murder or was it simply a tragic glamping accident? Spring has arrived in the charming riverside town of Newberry, along with the thorn in Mia’s side—her formidable mother is in town to attend a manifestation retreat at a nearby glamping site. Mia reluctantly agrees to join her for mother-daughter bonding time and immediately regrets her decision when one of the retreat members is found dead.

Stone Gallo has lived life like every day is a party. No attachments, no responsibilities, and absolutely no falling in love. He spent his days at Inked, and his nights wherever he pleased. But when Stone rescues a beautiful woman in need, his entire world gets turned upside down, and he’ll never be the same.

Dante Alighieris "Inferno", Teil seiner "Göttlichen Komödie", gehört zu den geheimnisvollsten Schriften der Weltliteratur. Ein Text, der vielen Lesern noch heute Rätsel aufgibt. Um dieses Mysterium weiß auch Robert Langdon, der Symbolforscher aus Harvard. Doch niemals hätte er geahnt, was in diesem siebenhundert Jahre alten Text schlummert. Gemeinsam mit der Ärztin Sienna Brooks macht sich Robert Langdon daran, das geheimnisvolle "Inferno" zu entschlüsseln.

Bosnia, 1993. A small army of Serbs, Muslims and Croats, formed to defend the isolated mountain town of Zavik and under the command of Reeve, a renegade Briton, has begun mounting raids further afield in search of food, fuel and medical supplies. All sides in the civil war are enraged by its exploits; even UN mediators recognise the need for its suppression. But there are only two people Reeve will listen to: his ex-wife and an ex-comrade in the SAS.

The Florida coastline has been ravaged by hurricanes. Food supplies and electricity are dwindling. Oni-Agent infested creatures prowl the flooded streets in search of prey. But they aren't the only evil that plagues people struggling to survive the brutal conditions. Dom and the Hunters travel to post-apocalyptic Miami to investigate rumors of human trafficking. Opportunistic cartels and other nefarious organizations seek to carve out a piece of the region for themselves. The Hunters navigate the criminal underworld to put a stop to these horrific groups.

Johann und Elisabeth fliehen aus dem unheimlichen Bergdorf und schlagen sich durch in Richtung Wien. Schnee, Eiseskälte und gefährliche Wegelagerer machen ihre Reise zu einem riskanten Unterfangen. Als sie trotz der Gefahren ihr Ziel erreichen, scheint eine sichere gemeinsame Zukunft in greifbare Nähe gerückt - bis Feinde aus Johanns Vergangenheit auftauchen. Zu allem Übel bricht plötzlich eine rätselhafte Krankheit aus, die sich wie ein Leichentuch über Wien legt.

My familiar brings us word. Another one of my mates has their life on the line with this deadly game with the Hellhounds and the mysterious Prince of Hell. They don’t seem to know Lilith is on our side. We have our secrets too. The game strikes a little too close to home and I’m in a fighting mood. It’s time to fight back. I have this idea I can play the Hellhounds like they’ve been trying to play me. My little game goes a little too far as my angel gifts start appearing when I’m not trying to call them.

In the hellish city of Miscordia, a serial killer stalks the shadows, leaving a trail of brutal murders each more sadistic and depraved than the last. Enter Detective Valentina Nero, determined to unmask this savage killer before his final, chilling masterpiece is revealed to the world. To navigate this killer's twisted psyche, she must turn to Dr. Renee DeVilliers, a brilliant yet notorious murderer in his own right.

Style and seduction collide as the world’s best-dressed men and women shed their clothing...and their inhibitions. On the run from her abusive fiancé, ER doctor Mallory Bryant arrives at her sister’s Connecticut resort desperate for a place to restore balance to her life. But Club Inferno is more than a haven for the rich and fashionable. Beneath its elegant facade, dominants and submissives play out their fantasies.

V knize Andělé a démoni americký spisovatel Dan Brown poprvé představil postavu hardvardského symbologa Roberta Langdona, který se pak znovu objevuje ve světovém bestselleru Da Vinciho kód. Langdon je při návštěvě Evropy povolán k případu rituální vraždy, k jejímuž objasnění může přispět díky své znalosti v oboru kódů a šifrování a dějin tajných společností. Ve špičkovém švýcarském výzkumném ústavu CERN je nalezen brutálně zavražděný vědec.

The heroine, Hanne Kristensen, the beautiful Danish geologist appointed Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources for the newly independent Greenland, has to maneuver through a wave of setbacks to foil both a Chinese attempt to control Greenland’s natural resources and a more aggressive Russian attempt to gain hegemony over the sparsely populated fledgling country as well as to save her friend, the ousted Premier of Russia, Pavel Laptov.

In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-60s, her rank and expertise hard-won from decades of battling for respect in the male-dominated Italian police force. Soon she finds that buried deep in these mountains are whispers of a dark and dangerous history, possibly tied to a group of eight-year-old children.

Una Milano come non ve l'hanno mai raccontata. Pietro Mai, coriaceo ex pugile con burrascosi trascorsi, e l'ispettore Liana Sestini sono più che un istruttore e un'allieva. Uniti da vincoli d'onore e di passioni inconfessate, sono al centro di una guerra. La mala vecchia contro quella nuova. L'Antico, il Truce, il Riccio, il Serpente, Roxy, Milky Sex, mafiosi ucraini, russi e turchi: un girone infernale che schiera tutti contro tutti per il potere, la vendetta e un favoloso malloppo che riemerge dopo anni. Milano è lo scenario vibrante di un "nero criminale".

After suffering a great loss, Abigail Blanque’s mission in life is killing every rogue vampire within her reach. All too soon, Abby finds herself marked by a malevolent ancestor hell-bent on returning from her talisman-encased prison. She only needs one thing: Abby's soul. But something even more sinister is brewing in New Orleans. A dark force is taking over the supernaturals in the city, but no one knows who's bringing the black magic forth or why it has its sights set on Abby.

Die Idylle auf Wiens Weihnachtsmärkten ist trügerisch, jeden Tag wird dort ein Obdachloser entführt. Inspektor Karl Öhlinger vom Wiener Landeskriminalamt erhält regelmäßig anonyme Briefe, wo der nächste Sandler verschwinden wird.

Il quinto volume della serie "Factory", una guida nel Museo dell'inferno, attraverso i corridoi più oscuri di una mente omicida.

Quali abissi deve aver attraversato l'anima di un uomo capace di fare a pezzi i corpi delle proprie vittime per ricomporli poi con dedizione maniacale, estatica, come un artista che plasmi la sua materia per l'allestimento di una galleria degli orrori?

Gino Cataldi is a man hanging on by a thread. Cancer took his wife, and drugs put his son in rehab. All he has left is his badge. When a teenage girl is kidnapped it brings back nightmares from the worst case he ever worked - the one that tore his life to shreds and forced him out of Philadelphia. Gino doesn't want this case but he knows he has to take it. Not just to save the girl, but to earn redemption for what went wrong in Philly.

After being married for 25 years, I realized that I no longer wanted to be married. What should I do? The simple answer was file for divorce, but life was seldom that simple, and mine certainly wasn't. There was the house to consider, two cars, the jewelry - and the safe deposit box. I thought about the options and finally decided that murder was the best solution - not the easiest, but the best - and I knew just how to do it.