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1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel, in Fell. But Viv feels that something is wrong, something disturbing and haunting. And then she vanishes. 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv. She decides to move to Fell and take a job at the hotel - as a night clerk - to try to get to the bottom of the mystery. But Carly soon discovers that, before she vanished, Viv believed she was on the trail of something truly sinister.

State prosecutor Chastity Riley runs off to Glasgow. For one, there is that letter, written by a lawyer, that lures her to the birthplace of her great-great-grandfather. And secondly, her life in Hamburg has arrived at a sad impasse. In the rough Scottish city, she meets Tom, who knows the key that unlocks the Rileys’ family secret. She never dared confront the painful truths about herself, but some whisky and a few ghosts help her to do just that.

When neatly packed male body parts wash up by the River Elbe, Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues begin a perplexing investigation. As the murdered men are identified, it becomes clear that they all had a history of abuse towards women, leading Riley to wonder if it would actually be in society's best interests to catch the killers. But when her best friend Carla is attacked, and the police show little interest in tracking down the offender, Chastity takes matters into her own hands.

After convicting a superior for corruption and shooting off a gangster's crown jewels, the career of Hamburg's most hard-bitten state prosecutor, Chastity Riley, has taken a nosedive: she has been transferred to the tedium of witness protection to prevent her making any more trouble. However, when she is assigned to the case of an anonymous man lying under police guard in hospital - almost every bone in his body broken, a finger cut off, and refusing to speak in anything other than riddles - Chastity's instinct for the big, exciting case kicks in.

Twenty floors above the shimmering lights of the Hamburg docks, public prosecutor Chastity Riley is celebrating a birthday with friends in a hotel bar when 12 heavily armed men pull out guns and take everyone hostage. Among the hostages is Konrad Hoogsmart, the hotel owner, who is being targeted by a man whose life - and family - have been destroyed by Hoogsmart’s actions. With the police looking on from outside - their colleagues’ lives at stake - and Chastity on the inside, increasingly ill from sepsis, the stage is set for a dramatic confrontation.

Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story...Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched. Only this car isn’t empty.

Klara schwebt auf Wolke sieben. Ihre Liebe zu Philippe und der neue Job in Monas Café sind zu schön, um wahr zu sein. Wäre da nur nicht die Geburtstagseinladung von Monsieur Bloque senior, dem Patriarchen einer wohlhabenden Juristenfamilie. Was Philippe als perfekte Gelegenheit sieht, seinen Eltern die neue Freundin vorzustellen, stellt für Klara eine echte Herausforderung dar. Die Furcht, dass man sie als einfache Reinigungskraft mit ihrer Vorgängerin Stine vergleichen und sie ablehnen könnte, setzt ihr sehr zu.

Finally, Georgia has found the one. Luke is kind, handsome, and makes her feel safe - which is what she needs after everything she's been through. The only problem is his ex-girlfriend. Luke says Cadence just can't accept the breakup, and that explains the texts, the emails, the notes.... But then things start to go very wrong - will Cadence really do whatever it takes to get what she wants?

Sydney, the present: journalist Nick Eatwell has just lost his job, but his day is brightened when a fellow reporter, South African Susan Vidler, comes into his life looking for help with a story. Susan is chasing information about Nick's great-great uncle, Cyril Blake, who fought in the Anglo-Boer War and later joined the struggle for independence across the border in the German colony of South West Africa, now Namibia. A long-lost manuscript proves Nick's forebear was a somewhat reluctant hero.

On a warm September morning, an unconscious man is found in a cage at the entrance to the offices of one of the biggest German newspapers. Closer inspection shows he is a manager of the company, and he’s been tortured. Three days later, another manager appears in similar circumstances. Chastity Riley and her new colleague Ivo Stepanovic are tasked with uncovering the truth behind the attacks, an investigation that goes far beyond the revenge they first suspect...to the dubious past shared by both victims.

One mission...countless enemies. Former mercenary Sonja Kurtz is hired by business tycoon Julia Clyde-Smith to head an elite squad. Their aim: to take down Africa's top poaching kingpins and stop at nothing to save its endangered wildlife. But as the body count rises, it becomes harder for Sonja to stay under the radar, and she is targeted by an underworld syndicate known as The Scorpions.

Hannah Rosenbaum steht vor einem Rätsel. Sie hat ein Opfer, das offenbar von einem Scharfschützen getötet wurde, aber es gibt weder ein eindeutiges Motiv noch irgendwelche Spuren. Selbst die Kugel aus der Mordwaffe ist verschwunden. Jürgen Zimmermann – ihr Partner, beruflich wie privat – kann ihr bei diesen Ermittlungen auch nicht helfen, da er nach einem betrunkenen Eklat auf der Beförderungsfeier eines Kollegen vorläufig suspendiert wurde.

IL CAPOLAVORO DI UNO DEI MAGGIORI AUTORI DEL SOL LEVANTE, UN BESTSELLER DEFINITO IL DELITTO E CASTIGO GIAPPONESE. Il corpo di un avvocato noto in città viene trovato morto in una macchina. Sembra semplice per la polizia locale trovare il colpevole, visto che in poco tempo un uomo viene interrogato e poi indotto a confessare l'omicidio. Purtroppo, però, c'è una certa differenza tra l'arrestare qualcuno e il fare giustizia. E questa differenza è la molla che spinge i due protagonisti di questo romanzo a perseguire un'indagine che per le autorità competenti è già chiusa.

Eine unterkühlte Hotelbar am Hamburger Hafen. Unten an den Docks glitzern die Lichter, oben sind die Tische eher dünn besetzt. Plötzlich gehen die Türen auf, zwölf schwerbewaffnete Männer kapern die Bar, nehmen Gäste und Personal in Geiselhaft. Mittendrin: Chastity Riley, die sich eigentlich auf ein schmerzhaftes Wiedersehen mit alten Freunden eingestellt hatte, jetzt aber gemeinsam mit allen anderen Geiseln lernen muss, dass es Verletzungen gibt, die sich einfach nicht mehr reparieren lassen... Der Kiez in den 80ern, ein junger Mann will raus.

Der erste Fall für Chastity Riley: Hamburg, ein nebliger März, an der Elbe liegen tote Stripperinnen. Wer hat die jungen Frauen auf dem Gewissen? Warum wurden sie skalpiert? Was sollen die Perücken? Staatsanwältin Chastity Riley ist zuständig für Verbrechen, die sich rund ums Rotlichtviertel abspielen, wobei ihr das Rotlicht mehr liegt als das Verbrechen. Obwohl: Ihre Stärke ist es, zu denken wie eine Kriminelle. Ihre Schwäche sind Kneipen, Zigaretten, junge Männer und schummriges Licht.

Ein spannendes literarisches Städteporträt und eine tiefschwarze Liebeserklärung an eine Stadt, die vor allem eines ist: keine Sekunde langweilig. 13 Kurzgeschichten, 13 Blickwinkel, 13 Stadtviertel–und 13 faszinierende Teile eines größeren Puzzles. Das Verbrechen zieht seine blutige Spur vom noblen Grunewald bis in den tiefsten Wedding, vom beschaulichen Altglienicke über das bunte Kreuzberg bis ins lebendige Friedrichshain, spürt den tödlichen Geheimnissen der Geschichte nach und setzt die Gegenwart als dunkel schimmerndes Kaleidoskop neu zusammen.

Weil sie einen Vorgesetzten der Korruption überführt und einem Gangster die Kronjuwelen weggeschossen hat, ist Staatsanwältin Chastity Riley jetzt Opferschutzbeauftragte und damit offiziell kaltgestellt. Privat gibt es auch keinen Trost: Ihr ehemaliger Lieblingskollege setzt vor lauter Midlife-Crisis zum großen Rachefeldzug an, während ihr treuester Verbündeter bei der Kripo knietief im Liebeskummer versinkt. Da ist es fast ein Glück, dass zu jedem Opfer ein Täter gehört.

Der Krimi ist von Lucinda Riley, das Hörbuch liest Simone Kabst – eine gelungene Kombi. St Stephens, ein kleines Internat im idyllischen Norfolk. Eines Tages kommt der 18-jährige Charlie Cavendish in Fleat House, einem der Wohnheime der traditionsreichen Schule, unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben. Der Direktor beeilt sich zu erklären, dass es sich um einen tragischen Unfall handelt, aber die Polizei beginnt unter der Leitung von Detective Inspector Jazz Hunter zu ermitteln.

The sexy-looking prime material witness has literally fallen into Detective Jake Brewer’s arms, and he is rapidly falling for her. To his chagrin, she is not only a witness but also a potential victim of the same killer.

Partire dal fondo per arrivare in cima. New York, inizi del Novecento. Charlie Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel e Frank Costello sono soltanto dei ragazzini: figli degli ultimi, emigranti senza un soldo in tasca, rinchiusi a Ellis Island e poi risputati nel fango del Lower East Side, il quartiere più miserabile di tutti e cinque i distretti. I ragazzi hanno sete di riscatto, non vogliono assomigliare ai propri genitori che tirano a campare con un salario da fame. Decidono di diventare qualcuno a qualunque costo: onoreranno la Terra delle Opportunità a modo loro.