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A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it's Christmas.

When the body of a radical protestor is found floating in one of Bologna's underground canals, it seems that most of the city is ready to blame the usual suspects: the police. But when private investigator Daniel Leicester, son-in-law to the former chief of police, receives a call from the dead man's lover, he follows a trail that begins in the 1970s and leads all the way to the rotten heart of the present-day political establishment.

"Only in Bologna" reads the headline in the Carlino after a professor of music is apparently murdered leaving the opera. But what looks like an open-and-shut case begins to fall apart when English detective Daniel Leicester is tasked with getting the accused man off, and a trail that begins among Bologna's close-knit classical music community leads him to suspect there may be a serial killer at large in the oldest university in the world. And as Bologna trembles with aftershocks following a recent earthquake, the city begins to give up her secrets.

It's truffle season, and in the hills around Bologna the hunt is on for the legendary Boscuri White, worth more than its weight in gold. But when an American truffle 'supertaster' goes missing, English Detective Daniel Leicester discovers not all truffles are created equal. Did the missing supertaster bite off more than he could chew?

Eine Küste im Sturm, ein Meer in Flammen. Die malerische Hafenstadt Barfleur ist berühmt für ihre Muscheln, die frisch aus dem Meer auf die Teller in ganz Frankreich gelangen. Jetzt aber kämpfen die Fischer um ihre Existenz: Denn die weltbekannten "Blondes de Barfleur" sind spurlos verschwunden und niemand weiß warum. Immer öfter entlädt sich die Verzweiflung der Seeleute in blindem Hass. Hat auch der Anschlag auf einen örtlichen Kapitän damit zu tun? Als wenig später ein Mann an Land gespült wird, dessen Körper übersät ist mit Brandmalen, spitzt sich die Lage zu.

The city of Kolobrzeg, located in Poland on the Bearing Sea coast, is a relatively small city of about 50,000 people. It is also home to Pauli Zukowski, the popular owner of the Zukowski Candy Store, and a newer business called the Polish Popcorn Company. His understanding of chemistry and experimentation allowed him to create some unique candy and popcorn assortments and the businesses grew due to his ingenuity. One day, reading a chemistry newsletter, he read an article describing how explosive companies used a trace chemical in their products.

Several goose hunters are found shot dead in rural Iceland, and detectives Gunnar Maríuson and Birkir Hinriksson are assigned to the case. Lead after lead goes cold before a mysterious letter arrives at the Reykjavik police department that reads, “My nature is to kill. I hunt men and never let go.” Gunnar and Birkir set a trap for the one they call “the Gander.” But the killer sends them on a deadly wild-goose chase, as lives hang in the balance.

In einer spannenden Rückblende wird Daniels Weg durch Goma nachgezeichnet. Nach der Drohung eines anonymen Anrufers macht er sich mit einem mulmigen Gefühl auf den Weg zu seinem Kontaktmann in der Stadt. Dort angekommen, wird seine böse Vorahnung bestätigt... In Boston beschließt Miles für die Ermittlungen in dem Mordfall eine alte Freundin zu Rate zu ziehen. Die bringt schon bald Licht ins Dunkel, sodass Miles und Sam beginnen, eine heiße Spur zu verfolgen. Doch die Zielperson führt das Ermittler-Duo aufs Glatteis.

Israelis and Palestinians cooperate to make a difficult situation worse. Good people, doing bad things for the best of reasons. A complex murder investigation of a complicated set of murders starts when an Arab collaborator's body is found by a collapsed wall in the new Israeli settlement of Oranit. His death is hushed up and the body burned by the Palestinian villagers who hated him.

On the brink of World War II, Jane Benjamin wants to have it all. By day she hustles as a tomboy cub reporter. By night, she struggles to raise her toddler sister, Elsie, and protect her from their mother. But Jane’s got a plan: she’ll become the San Francisco Prospect’s first gossip columnist and make enough money to care for Elsie. Jane finagles her way to the women’s championship at Wimbledon, starring tennis phenom Tommie O’Rourke. But then she witnesses Edith “Coach” Carlson, Tommie’s closest companion, drop dead in the stands of apparent heart attack.

La madrugada en que el cuerpo de Jimmy Minor aparece flotando en las oscuras aguas del canal, ni Quirke ni su hija Phoebe pueden intuir hasta qué punto esa muerte va a remover sus propias vidas. Mientras Phoebe abre los ojos a una sensualidad desconocida, la investigación arrastra a Quirke de regreso al infierno de su infancia en el orfanato católico de Carricklea. ¿Podrá descubrir qué callan los muros de Trinity Manor? Y si lo consigue, ¿será capaz de sobrevivir a la herida de los propios recuerdos y regresar a la superficie?

This 5th installment in the McGowan series finds the President now compelled to trust only one man for his protection. Can Bruce arrange to get the President safely returned to Washington on his own while the insurgents, who are leaving scores of innocents in their wake, continue their relentless hunt for Eagle One? And will the terrorists actually follow through with their threat of detonating a radioactive dispersion device in city after city until the President surrenders, wreaking even greater devastation than was realized on 9/11?

The history of Jack Hudson remains safely locked in the vaults of the CIA. He had dedicated his life to serving his country and he had recently considered retiring. He had been out to dinner in the evening and as he walked towards his rented apartment in Moscow, he felt the heat of a bullet whiz by his head.

The longest night in Nikolai Crowe’s life begins when he’s framed for murdering his ex-girlfriend, Jade Sho. To save himself and clear his name, he must search for the reason behind Jade’s assassination. He’ll have to do so without getting caught by crooked cops, who would rather see him dead than captured. Luckily, Nikolai has help from a human clone, identified as Alpha Replica 3007, who is guiding Nikolai toward something Jade left behind for him.