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This daughter of a rock star has it all - until murder crashes her world. The exciting and suspenseful Rayne Tour series features 16-year-old Shaley O'Connor, on tour with her mother's popular band. Shaley lives in a whirlwind of backstage secrets, hotels, and limos. With beauty and fame of her own, Shaley wants for nothing... except the one thing she can't have. During a concert, sixteen-year-old Shaley O'Connor stumbles upon the body of a friend backstage. Is Tom Hutchens' death connected to her? Frightening messages arrive. Paparazzi stalk Shaley.

All they need to do is get out. Alissa, Sky, Miles and Mint are ready for a night of fun at the Escape Room. It's simple. Choose their game. Get locked in a room. Find the clues. Solve the puzzles. And escape the room in 60 minutes. But what happens if the Game Master has no intention of letting them go?

A trip to the French Riviera should be a nice vacation for high school super-sleuth P.C. Hawke and his best friend Mackenzie. But when a woman is murdered at their hotel, P.C. and Mac can't just sit around and wait for the cops solve the crime.

Savana Caruso and Jesse Melo have known each other since they were kids, so when Jesse texts Savana in the middle of the night and asks her to meet him at Cray’s Warehouse, she doesn’t hesitate. But before Savana can find Jesse, she bears witness to a horrifying murder, standing helpless on the ground as a mysterious figure is pushed out of the fourth floor of the warehouse. Six teens were there that night, and five of them are now potential suspects.

Seventeen-year-old film noir fan Neve Lanier is a girl who just wants to be seen, but doesn't really fit in anywhere. When Neve is betrayed by her best friend, Yasmin, at the end of the school year, she heads off to a girl's empowerment camp feeling like no one will ever love her again. So when she grabs the attention of the beautiful, charismatic Diane, she falls right under her spell, and may accidentally promise to murder Diane's predatory step-brother, Javier, in exchange for Diane murdering Yasmin. But that was just a joke…right? Wrong.

Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since she died. Her dad, a detective, is the only one who can see and hear her - and he's drowning in grief. But now they have a mystery to solve together. Who is Isobel Catching, and what's her connection to the fire that killed a man? What happened to the people who haven't been seen since the fire? As Beth unravels the mystery, she finds a shocking story lurking beneath the surface of a small town and a friendship that lasts beyond one life and into another.

A congressman's daughter who has to be perfect. A star quarterback with a secret. A guy who's tired of being ignored. A clarinet player who's done trying to fit in. An orphaned rebel who wants to teach someone a lesson. A guy who wants people to see him, not his religion. They couldn't be more different, but before the morning's over, they'll all be trapped in a school that's been rocked by a bombing. When they hear that someone inside is the bomber, they'll also be looking to one another for answers.

Violet thought she had made peace with her unique ability to sense the echoes of the dead and the imprints that cling to their killers . . . until she acquired an imprint of her own. Forced to carry a reminder of the horrible events of her kidnapping, Violet is more determined than ever to lead a normal life. However, the people who run the special investigative team she works for have no intention of letting her go. Violet will do whatever it takes to keep her loved ones safe - even if it means lying to her boyfriend, Jay.

In the world of high-stakes espionage, it pays to be able to change your face. And that's just what sixteen-year-old Jory and her family of shapeshifting spies can do-alter their faces and bodies to look like anyone. Jory is in training to be a full member of the family business-when she can convince her parents to let her help with their elaborate cons. But when Jory's parents go missing on the job, Jory is thrown into a world of secrets, lies, and stolen identities that will put all her training to the test.

"Oktober er den koldeste måned" er en stemningsfuld spændingsroman, en blanding af Daniel Woodrells Winter's Bone og Kerstin Ekmans Hændelser ved vand, for unge læsere. Men det er også en stærk fortælling om en ung kvindes seksuelle, følelsesmæssige og intellektuelle opvågnen. Vega Gillberg er 16 år. En dag banker politiet på hjemme hos hende og spørger efter hendes storebror. Jakob er forsvundet. Det er længe siden, Vega har hørt fra ham, men hun ved, at hun er nødt til at finde ham, inden politiet gør.

In the tradition of Memento and Inception comes a thrilling and scary young adult audiobook about blurred reality where characters in a story find that a deadly and horrifying world exists in the space between the written lines. Seventeen-year-old Emma Lindsay has problems: a head full of metal, no parents, a crazy artist for a guardian whom a stroke has turned into a vegetable, and all those times when she blinks away, dropping into other lives so ghostly and surreal it's as if the story of her life bleeds into theirs.

Bestseller-Autor Andreas Gruber mit einem packenden Jugend-Action-Thriller. So explosiv hat sich Jayden seinen ersten Einsatz als Agent der Last Line of Defense nicht vorgestellt: Als eine junge Journalistin in der britischen Botschaft in Argentinien Schutz sucht, wird das Gebäude von Raketenangriffen erschüttert. Sofia hat einem High-Tech-Konzern brisante Daten gestohlen – und wird nun gnadenlos gejagt. Eine atemlose Verfolgungsjagd quer durch Buenos Aires entbrennt. Schnell wird Jayden klar: Es geht um mehr als die Daten. Um viel mehr...

Cora should remember every detail about the night her stepsister, Hannah, fell down a flight of stairs to her death, especially since her Cerepin - a sophisticated brain-computer interface - may have recorded each horrifying moment. But when she awakens after that night, her memories gone, Cora is left with only questions - and dread of what the answers might mean.

Rennie is in Uruguay when his cousins discover a secret cache at their dead grandfather’s cottage. Thousands of dollars in foreign currencies. A mystifying notebook. Multiple passports, some obviously fake. A gun. A disguise. And a photo of some Nazis. Rennie’s mission: to find out whether there was more to the old man than anyone knew. Was he a spy? If he was, what did he do? And for whom? Did he help a Nazi war criminal escape justice?

¿Qué pasaría si los youtubers más influyentes del país empezaran a cerrar, de repente y sin previo aviso, sus cuentas en la red? ¿Qué podría estar obligándolos a desaparecer? Tres adolescentes inquietos estarán dispuestos a todo por descubrirlo.

Elaine Bennett ist nach einem Unfall ans Bett gefesselt. Da sie Pflege bis zu ihrer Genesung benötigt, wohnt sie vorübergehend wieder bei ihren Eltern, die erst kürzlich in ein altes Landhaus gezogen sind. Ihr Freund Louis und Harry, sein bester Kumpel, leisten ihr Gesellschaft, als die Eltern übers Wochenende wegfahren. Alles ist scheinbar ausgelassen, doch Elaine glaubt bald eine unheimliche Stimme aus dem Nichts hören.

Im IPHR in Amesbury setzen sich Jonathan Salacca, Jack L. E. Moore und Rüdiger Bayan mit den Vorkommnissen des ersten halben Sprungs auseinander. Jetzt verlangt Jonathan von den Wissenschaftlern, dass sie ein weiteres Experiment wagen. 1937 hält Victor Schauberger einen Vortrag vor den Chef-Ingenieuren von Siemens. Er ahnt nicht, dass seine vorgestellte Technologie längst auf großes Interesse beim Vorstand gestoßen ist. Und im Ungarn des Jahres 1611 beginnt der Prozess gegen die "Blutgräfin" Báthory Erzsébet.

Mia Callan is a seventeen-year-old girl from a suburb of Minneapolis. Mia's parents homeschool her, and she has a job as an ethical hacker and many clients. But something is wrong with Mia's life. She has an eating disorder, which her mom, Sara, tries to ignore. Mia loves running to leave her pain behind, at least for a while. Milo Chatham is also seventeen; he has epilepsy that ruins his life with horrible seizures and affects his family. Milo is severely depressed and even suicidal. He meets Mia at her home when he comes for a piano lesson with her dad, Seth.

Welcome to "Grandpa's Campfire Stories” a collection of scary and not-so-scary tales for all ages designed to captivate the imaginations of children, teenagers, and adults who are still young at heart. Whether you're gathered around a crackling campfire in the woods or simply enjoying a cozy evening at home, these stories are sure to entertain, thrill, and sometimes send a shiver down your spine. From spooky legends that will make you check over your shoulder to heartwarming tales that will leave you smiling, there's something here for everyone.

No blood. No body. No murder. That’s what the police found after Penelope spun her bizarre tale. In a hysterical state, she said her father was butchered and eaten by a mob of birds—in her bedroom. They claim she’s crazy. That she suffers from delusions. Penelope is dead set on proving them wrong. After being institutionalized for eight months, Penelope is out and more determined than ever to find answers to her so-called hallucinations.