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When a hostage rescue mission intended to save innocent lives takes a devastating turn, Hayes, a Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialist, leaps into action and plunges headlong into danger to save Rosalie. He must summon all of his Navy SEAL training as his experience and skill are put to the test as he leads Rosalie on a daring rescue through the jungles of Nicaragua.

In Jazz-Age Shanghai, Jingwen dances at the cabaret by day and runs errands for a powerful gang by night. But when a mysterious attacker steals faces from her fellow dancers, Jingwen is plunged into a world of powerful businessmen, silver-limbed gangs and vengeful gods as she tries to uncover the culprit.

When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes into business as a private detective. Heartbroken and cash-strapped, she takes a case that dredges up dark memories and attracts dangerous characters from across the Cold War landscape. Before it's over, she'll chase a lost child through foster care and follow a trail of Dominican exiles to the Caribbean. Forever looking over her shoulder, she nearly misses what's right in front of her: her own desire for home, connection and a new romance at the local bar.

It's spring 1971 and Vera Kelly and her girlfriend, Max, leave Brooklyn for an emergency visit to Max's estranged family in LA. Max's parents are divorcing—her father is already engaged to a much younger woman, under the sway of an occultist charlatan and her mother has left their estate with no indication of return. Max prepares for the trip with equal parts dread and anger. Upon arriving, Vera is shocked by the size and extravagance of the Comstock estate, while Max attempts to navigate her father and the occultist, who is charming but appears to be siphoning family money.

New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA. Next thing she knows she's in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman and infiltrating a group of student activists in Buenos Aires. When a betrayal leaves her stranded in the wake of a coup, Vera learns the Cold War makes for strange and unexpected bedfellows.

Katie always looked after her beloved younger brother Chris - until she left him alone for one selfish afternoon, and their picture-perfect family fell apart. Although Chris survived the attack, the scars ran deeper than the ones left across his face. Now they're adults, and they haven't spoken in years. Then she gets a call, from Detective Laurence Page. Page is facing an unusually disturbing crime scene. Alan Hobbes, a distinguished and wealthy philosophy professor, has been brutally murdered.

Her father was gunned down by a ruthless gang. Enraged, Rosalie Addis leaves behind everything she knows, including her fiancé, to become a bounty hunter. She rounds up the members of the gang, one-by-one, until only the elusive leader remains. Hell-bent on vengeance, her heart is not prepared when her betrothed, Paden Brooks, shows up with the tip she's been waiting for. The only catch is that she must marry him.

Le policier de province, Marcus Kubiak rêve de ses vacances dans les îles. Un cadavre sur la falaise compromet ses plans. Dans la petite station balnéaire de Wimereux, aux portes de l'Angleterre et de la Mer du nord, dans des paysages sauvages à couper le souffle, c'est le choc. Surtout à l'approche de la saison touristique... Marcus Kubiak se voit confier l'enquête et croise sur son chemin l'intrépide journaliste, Zoé Rousseau et son flair redoutable. Mais le printemps vire au cauchemar quand un second cadavre remonte à la surface...

Ein Sommer unter der Mitternachtssonne Schwedens, wo das Licht die Dunkelheit stets streift und die Schatten dennoch niemals ganz vergehen... Ungezwungen, wild und frei, mit der besten Freundin an der Seite – so erlebt die zwanzigjährige Soley die köstlichen, bunten Seiten des Lebens in einem herrlichen Stockholm-Urlaub. Aber er endet für sie in den Fängen nordischer Wölfe, Anführern eines illegalen Reiches, in dem normalbürgerliche Gesetze keine Rolle spielen: Soley wird entführt und doch beschenkt, ein Widerspruch, dem sie keinen Raum gibt.

Living up to the legacy of my impressive parents - Orin and Simone - is beyond intimidating. Still, I’m determined to forge my own way in our world. Too bad my fiery, impulsive nature has me repeating the same mistakes. Like falling for a very moody Fae and a tempting human who’s exceedingly curious about my magic. Having my very own adventure would be exciting if it weren’t for the magical assassins trailing my every step. Could that have something to do with my uncertain destiny?

Blaring sirens break the stillness of the night. Fast-running footsteps are heard through the dark. Oh, what crime is happening now? Underground Stories is a collection of crime stories that will make you stay wide awake at night. This is the perfect thriller that can fill your time with hair-raising tales about crime drama, political suspense, edgy literature, and even poems.