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Dr. Kay Scarpetta has left Virgina in quest of peace, but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in Florida, where she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life.

A tragic death. A grieving brother. A plot to deceive the entire world. Ex-SAS major and kidnap recovery specialist Ben Hope is looking for peace in a quiet Spanish town. What he gets instead is the kind of trouble that only a man like him can handle. Raul Fuentes can’t accept that his sister, Catalina, took her own life. Ben isn’t convinced, but ghosts from his own past compel him to help Raul discover the truth.

When detectives John Stone and Carmen Dehan, who run the Cold Cases Department at the 43rd Precinct in the Bronx, choose their honeymoon together, there are three things they are very clear on: There must be good steak and whisky, it must be remote, and they must forget about work, cold cases, and murder for two weeks.

Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar removed the spectre of invasion and England is now free to seek conquests and colonies in the furthest reaches of the world. Captain Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town, a strategic imperative to secure the rich trade-route to India. But even if the British can defeat the enemy and take possession of the capital, there is still more fighting to be done.

John Pearce, having negotiated the highly questionable sale of the two French prizes taken in The Devil to Pay, has left HMS Flirt, as well as the crew and the wounded Henry Digby in Brindisi, and is headed for Naples to see his lover. In an uncomfortable journey, he seeks to work out a way to best both Admiral Sir William Hotham and Captain Ralph Barclay, men who are his sworn enemies. All his calculations are thrown into turmoil when he discovers that Emily is pregnant.

When AJ Bailey heads to the Florida Keys for a scuba diving conference, she's looking forward to a relaxing trip. But when an old friend goes missing and his wife is in trouble, the holiday is over. Amid a sea of threats and lies, AJ has 24 hours to find her friend and the mysterious package he took, before payback will be taken in lives.

The positive pregnancy test rocks my world harder than any bomb or bullet. Like the hurricane bearing down on Miami, it threatens total destruction. I’m confident I can escape Miami, evade the mercenaries intent on killing me, and uncover the people who hired them. But telling the father I’m pregnant…raising a child....

Two days ago, Eric Winston was about to be a made man. As the head of Mjollnir Industries, he had operated at the forefront of the criminal underworld for over three decades and was finally getting his chance to join the big leagues. An international conglomerate of businessmen and government officials comes together to form one of the largest drug rings in existence. Winston's final task before being officially brought on board? Host a one-night, winner-take-all event featuring the best underground fighters in the world. Everything was in order, until a competitor had to back out

Der Lügner kennt zumindest die Wahrheit ... Hauptkommissarin Bente Brodersen ermittelt mit friesischer Sturheit auf Deutschlands nördlichster Insel. Auf der Lister Fähre bricht ein Mann zusammen und ruft mit letzter Kraft: Es war Mord! Die Kripo identifiziert ihn als den Staatssekretär des Wirtschaftsministeriums in Kiel. Sehr schnell schaltet sich daraufhin der Staatsschutz ein und Hauptmann Clausen vom BND übernimmt den Fall. Eine zweite Leiche, die in einem Fischernetz gefunden wird, verwickelt Bente und ihr Team in eine komplizierte Ermittlung, die sie an die Grenzen ihrer Zuständigkeit bringen.

La hija de un poderoso banquero ha desaparecido. Solo hay dos pistas: el hallazgo de una muñeca en un minúsculo ataúd, cerca de la residencia familiar, y la participación de la joven en un juego de rol en Internet dirigido por un oscuro gurú. Todo apunta a otros antiguos casos no resultos. El inspector Rebus se pondrá a hurgar en la primera pista, mientras la agente Siobhan Clarke seguirá a un misterioso "Programador" en una investigación contrarreloj.

A ruthless white supremacist group intent on terrorizing a town. A fearful community that sleep with guns beside their beds. A rebellious girl who cried wolf too many times. And a hit man with nothing to lose. Following a lead through Arkansas on the disappearance of Dana Grant, Jack Winchester stops in the small town of Dresden. But when an act of kindness gains more attention than he wanted, he soon finds himself in the crosshairs of the law and on a collision course with trouble.

Henry Rohmers New York Detective Reihe vereint spannende Kriminalfälle mit dem authentischen Bild der Großstadt New York. Rasant erzählt und immer am Puls der Zeit, taucht der Privatdetektiv Bount Reininger tief in die Unterwelten der Metropole ein, auf der Spur von Kleinkriminellen, Terroristen und Serienmördern.

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Boris Karloff, Bea Benaderet, Orson Welles, and many more.

In Emden wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden. Jauke Feuerbach hatte gerade ihr Leben vollkommen umgekrempelt, um ihr abgebrochenes Medizinstudium wieder aufzunehmen. Wer wollte verhindern, dass sie ihren Traum verwirklicht? Diederike Dirks stößt schnell auf einen Verdächtigen, aber der Fall erweist sich als komplex.

A woman’s plea to find her missing husband sends Special Agent Kurt Hunter down a road he doesn’t want to go. For all its pristine beauty, Biscayne National Park can be deadly for those lost and unprepared. Open water and inhospitable islands are the most obvious obstacles in a life or death battle, but there is something even more dangerous than nature—man. The search leads to the mangrove-lined shores of the barrier islands, where smugglers and pirates have lurked for centuries. With the clock ticking, Kurt and his team take to the backwaters of Biscayne Bay to find him.

The fires burn so hot, there is nothing left. There is no body. No bones. Nothing is left to prove he was ever there. Of the car and driver, only a scorched hole in the concrete remains in the street. Detective Sharkey works with Mike Logan, a fire inspector, who had seen this type of fire before, but now, memories that he had tried to repress are rekindled.

Edouard MONTEL, jeune trentenaire revenu d'Afrique après un exil forcé consécutif à des soucis avec la justice, revient en France où il retombe rapidement dans ses travers. Ruiné aux jeux, sans famille, sans amis, il décide d'en finir avec la vie et se rend dans le vieux château délabré, unique témoignage de la grandeur passée de ses ancêtres, pour se suicider. Le canon de son browning contre la tempe, prêt à appuyer sur la détente !

In Philadelphia - suffering among the country's highest murder rates - the tension between the Philadelphia Police Department and its Citizens Oversight Committee has long been reaching a boiling point. That turmoil turns from bad to worse shortly after the committee begins targeting police shootings - especially those of twenty-seven-year-old Homicide Sergeant Matt Payne, the "Wyatt Earp of the Main Line" - and then the committee's combative leader is found shot dead point-blank on the front porch of his run-down Philly row house.

It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own - or died in the park.

Nick has traveled the southwest! From Salt Lake to Phoenix, from Phoenix to Santa Fe, Nick’s journey continues! He’s been poisoned, knocked out, and stung by a wasp. At every turn, he’s solved a difficult case. But when he reaches Oklahoma City, everything changes. He’s not only a witness, but Nick also is a victim, and the solution will threaten everything he knows and may change his life forever.