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"I’ve always wanted to see something of the Empire outside Rome." AD 71. Germania Libera: dark, dripping forests inhabited by bloodthirsty barbarians and legendary wild beasts, a furious prophetess who terrorises Rome, and the ghostly spirits of slaughtered Roman legionaries. Enter Falco, an Imperial agent on a special mission: to find the absconding commander of a legion whose loyalty is suspect.

A city gripped by fear, a detective framed by shadows. A new commander takes the helm of the homicide unit at the Copenhagen police. The controversial and reckless Cecilie Mars has unexpectedly and, with the blessing of Minister of Justice Beatrice Klerke, taken over the chief's office. But Mars soon realizes that Klerke's favour is a trap, embroiling her in an old, unsolved murder - one that now casts Mars as the prime suspect. As she grapples with betrayal in the police ranks, a crazed killer haunts the city, hunting single women in his sinister game.

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Featuring original music by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon! It's 2003 and Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility, deep in California's Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: the San Francisco of her youth and her young son, Jackson. Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and the absurdities of institutional living, which Kushner evokes with great humor and precision.

In this fourth and final installment of the Detective Ace Sloan series, Sloan must solve the murders of multiple members of a prominent Martian family and a distinguished poet all while cultivating a relationship with a new lover and dealing with a sudden serious health issue. More than ever, he must lean on Detective Kate Hammer to assist him in solving the crimes.

La justicia podría no ser suficiente...En medio de una serie de asesinatos violentos a mujeres en Dinamarca, la inspectora jefe Cecilie Mars es arrastrada a las sombras de un mundo oculto lleno de odio. Los asesinatos se remontan a un antiguo caso de violación olvidado que une a un grupo de hombres con una rabia desmedida contra las mujeres. En su investigación, Mars descubre una sociedad secreta y no tardará en darse cuenta de que la ley no basta para detener a los autores.

Earth is dying. Luna is uninhabitable. Mars is our last chance. Once considered humanity's future home, Mars hasn't worked out like anybody hoped. Plagued by crime and a terraforming project that's centuries from completion, Mars is a red hell. Denver Moon, P.I., works the dark underbelly of Mars City. While investigating a series of violent crimes linked to red fever - a Martian disorder that turns its victims into bloodthirsty killers - Denver discovers a cryptic message left by Tatsuo Moon, Mars City co-founder and Denver's grandfather. The same grandfather who died two decades ago.

2029. Fentanyl, nitazene, captagon and synthetic poisons kills millions. As the body count grows frustrated value engineer Rave Maps takes direct action infiltrating Chinese drug labs and Mexican cartel strongholds. Once that effort proves futile Rave pivots, joining one of the first tourist excursions to Mars aboard a Chinese ship. The journey provides her one desperate, risky chance to destroy her own Digital Twin before game-changing AI technology falls into the wrong hands.

IL SAIT CE QU'ELLE A FAIT – S'IL PARLE, C'EST LA FIN... Copenhague, tard dans la nuit. Cecilie Mars – récemment promue commissaire de police – a fait un choix lourd de conséquences : horrifiée par l'impunité d'un criminel, elle a décidé de lui rendre justice elle-même. Ce qu'elle ne sait pas, c'est que ses actions sont filmées. Et ce mystérieux témoin menace de tout révéler si elle n'obéit pas à son plan terrifiant.

Sara Sue is bored with her suburban life, but then late one night, she witnesses something sinister in the park near her home and things get interesting. The next day, Sara Sue makes a gruesome discovery in the shadows of the playground. Compelled to investigate, she soon realizes all is not what it seems in her sleepy neighborhood. Dark secrets lie just beneath the surface. Someone close to her is hiding the truth.

När ett automatvapen försvinner från ett militärt lager är det först ingen som reagerar. Men när sju personer mejas ner ute på en landsväg i glesbygden blir det en nationell angelägenhet. Lena Ek är gammal i gamet. Hon vet hur media och kollegor ska tas. Åtminstone till en viss gräns. När det blir uppenbart att fallet kommer att dra med flera högt uppsatta personer börjar Lena Ek tvivla på sin förmåga. Det här fallet är kanske även för stort för henne. Men Lena Ek är inte den som ger inte, inte ens när hon själv tvivlar.

Aimee Leduc has her work cut out for her - running her detective agency and fighting off sleep deprivation as she tries to be a good single mother to her new bebe. The last thing she has time for now is to take on a personal investigation for a poor manouche (French Gypsy) boy. But he insists his dying mother has an important secret she needs to tell Aimee, something to do with Aimee's father's unsolved murder a decade ago. How can she say no?

En mördare sprider skräck i Köpenhamn genom att uppsöka ensamstående kvinnor och döda dem, som en del av ett sjukt spel. Någon måste stoppa de brutala morden fort, innan fler oskyldiga kvinnor faller offer för seriemördaren. Cecilie Mars har med justitieminister Beatrice Klerkes godkännande intagit kontoret på Köpenhamnspolisen som chef över avdelningen för mordutredningar. Cecilie och hennes team får i uppdrag att lösa fallet och ta fast mördaren. Men snart upptäcker Cecilie att det finns fiender även innanför väggarna på poliskontoret.

Tortured, then murdered, a university student dressed up as Santa Claus is left hanging from a meat hook on Christmas Eve - a gift intended for one particular cop. Detective Emile Cinq-Mars, local hero and old-style cop, wants the truth - and his gripping search takes him through a bone-chilling Montreal winter and into the heart of the city's colourful criminal underworld, where rival biker gangs, the Russian Mafia, and meddlers from the CIA all vie for a piece of the frozen city.

Un incorrigible parieur veut susciter, par défi, les conditions d'un meurtre qui n'a aucune raison d'être. A quoi le mènera cette perversité ?

Deux jeunes femmes de la bourgeoisie prennent le thé. L'une se plaint de l'enfer que lui fait vivre son mari, l'autre lui suggère de commettre un crime parfait : "la mort causé par l'imagination".