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We're all used to encountering even the most hardcore porn from the comfort and privacy of our computer screens, but how many of us would go see it live? Thought Catalog editor Chelsea Fagan did, spending an evening in the world of live sex shows and hardcore pornography. Here, she gives us the guided tour to everything from rules about condoms to the pressure of facials, showing us a world that is at once completely familiar and something we've never quite seen before.

When it comes to Eve Duncan, never say never....Is she dead or alive? That is the question on everybody’s lips. Eve appears to have been the victim of James Doane, the psychopath who kidnapped her and forced her to use her skills as a forensic sculptor to reconstruct the skull of his depraved son. That’s what everyone attending her funeral thinks, at least.

On a snowy December night, single mother Rebecca Carter drives her van into a snowbank to avoid hitting an elk on a desolate mountain highway. She is at the end of her rope, out of money and food. Still, she refuses help from a man in a pickup truck—Rebecca’s adolescent daughter, Moonflower, is on the run from a grisly secret, and the last thing they can afford is to be remembered by anyone they meet.

This compelling and compassionate mystery takes place in the quirky island town of Key West, Florida, where 21-year-old Jillian Dougherty, a newly graduated Boston nursing school student away from home for the first time, finds herself completely absorbed into the island's homeless population. Meet the island inhabitants that live under the bridges, behind the hedges, and on the edge of sanity in this tourist-island mecca.

With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. But the outsize influence that gardens and gardening have had on the mystery genre has been underappreciated. Now, Marta McDowell, a writer and gardener with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of the genre, illuminates the many ways in which our greatest mystery writers, from Edgar Allen Poe to authors on today’s bestseller lists, have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardens.

The race to Mars had ended generations ago, pushing those seeking fame to venture beyond known borders. Major corporations battled to be first in securing resources and the future, vying for ownership of a new galaxy, akin to historical westward settlers. A single blinking red light signaled a seismic shift—a colossal deposit of zosmodious ore that eclipsed all others. The catch? It lay on an uncharted planet, Code Name Viridian. Could this audacious find reshape the course of humanity, transcending even human boundaries?

Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic to help in the Milwaukee Police Department’s fight against injustice. But when Liz’s foster mother is found viciously murdered - and Liz is discovered unconscious at the scene - her only memory of the crime comes in the form of terrifying dreams...of creatures more horrific than anything Liz has seen in real life. What do these visions mean? And what in the world do they have to do with her former lover, Jimmy Sanducci?

Iris Johansen returns with a thrilling novel of action and danger where fan favorite Eve Duncan is thrown once more into a deadly game of intrigue. It begins when Eve receives a package containing a skull - and instructions for Eve to do her work reconstructing it. When she does, a beautiful woman's face emerges. But when Eve is introduced to the dead woman's mirror image, a game is on where her twin's life hangs in the balance.

Violin prodigy Cara Delaney has finally found peace in her career as a professional musician and stability in her relationship with her guardians, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy SEAL Joe Quinn. If only Jock Gavin, Cara's lifelong friend and a man with his own twisted history, would even talk to her, everything would be perfect. But the carefully constructed life Cara has built for herself is suddenly threatened when she is kidnapped by a mysterious man from her grandfather's past, setting off a violent chain of events that puts everyone Cara loves in danger.

Als ihr Vater einen Herzinfarkt erleidet, zieht die forensische Psychologin Gilian von New York zurück nach Rochester - sehr zum Ärger ihrer pubertierenden Tochter Christina. Die Umzugskisten sind noch nicht ausgepackt, da wird die Expertin schon zu einem Tatort gerufen: Sergeant Ryan Moore braucht ihre Unterstützung, um einen brutalen Dreifachmord im Wald von Devil's Bathtub aufzuklären. Die gemeinsame Fahndung reißt bei Gilian eine alte Wunde auf - denn die beiden Workaholics verbindet weit mehr als ihr unbedingter Gerechtigkeitssinn.

When overworked CIA agent Liz Valentine sets off for a yoga retreat on the gorgeous beaches of San Diego, the last thing she expects to find is love. But when one oh-so-enlightened yoga instructor catches her eye—and her heart—Liz must decide if the loveless life of a secret agent is truly what she wants after all.

When it comes to Eve Duncan, never say never…Is she dead or alive? That is the question on everybody's lips. Eve appears to have been the victim of James Doane, the psychopath who kidnapped her and forced her to use her skills as a forensic sculptor to reconstruct the skull of his depraved son. That's what everyone attending her funeral thinks, at least. But not even some of her top-brass colleagues know for sure whether her death is a hoax - a way to ensnare her brutal captor once and for all.

Pittsburgh police officer Kate O'Hern is on the trail of a killer targeting cops. Only problem, he's already killed her once. Trauma surgeon Joshua Lightner saved Kate's life, only to have her awaken suffering from an unexpected side effect: visions of other people's deaths. As a doctor, he refuses to believe in "psychic mumbo-jumbo", but as a man, he can't deny his feelings for Kate. When the killer targets them both, are they living on Borrowed Time?

Die Londoner Versicherungsdetektivin Ivy Ferguson soll die Echtheit eines wertvollen alten Sekretärs klären. Mit gemischten Gefühlen kehrt sie auf die Isle of Skye zurück, die Insel, deren raue Schönheit sie immer noch beeindruckt, auf der sie jedoch eine schwierige Kindheit verbrachte. Dort sucht sie den Antiquitätenhändler Ross MacKenzie auf, Herr von Ardmore Castle; doch der bärbeißige Schlossherr ist Ivy keine Hilfe und verweigert sich ihren Fragen. Einziger Lichtblick auf der Burg ist MacKenzies Neffe Calum, der sich um die Angelegenheiten seines kranken Onkels kümmert.

Ein grauenhaftes Massaker. Ein Verdächtiger, der beharrlich schweigt. Zwei Bürgermeister-Kandidaten, die die Tat für ihren Wahlkampf instrumentalisieren. Im zweiten Teil der Psychothriller-Reihe "Tödlich" von Alex Hansen gerät Kriminalpsychologin Gilian an ihre emotionalen Grenzen. Dr. Gilian Sanders ist nicht leicht aus der Fassung zu bringen. Doch der Tatort, zu dem Sergeant Ryan Moore sie mitten in der Nacht ruft, scheint einem Horror-Film entsprungen zu sein: Mehrere Jugendliche wurden während einer Untergrundparty im Nebenraum eines stillgelegten U-Bahnschachts brutal hingemetzelt.

Emmys Leben umspannt fast ein ganzes Jahrhundert. Ihre Kindheit auf einer kleinen Nordseeinsel ist geprägt von Ebbe und Flut und von ihrer verbitterten Großmutter Alma, die Schulpflicht für Unsinn hält. Als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, ist Emmys Schullaufbahn ohnehin beendet, noch bevor sie richtig begonnen hat. Alles, was ihr bleibt, ist ein Leben als Dienstmädchen im Tollhaus der Zwanzigerjahre: Berlin. Schnell lernt sie Hauke, einen Sohn aus reichem Hause, kennen. Der "eingebildete Fatzke" zeigt ihr das Leben und so einiges mehr. Es folgen drei Kinder und die harten Jahre des Zweiten Weltkriegs.

Femhundra brev från Wien, prydligt sorterade efter årtal, ombundna med snöre och förvarade i en IKEA-kartong. Adressaten var Otto, en judisk pojke som tretton år gammal ensam kommit till Sverige från ett Österrike som alltmer präglades av nazisternas maktövertagande 1938. Ottos föräldrar blev kvar i Wien och bevittnade den tilltagande terrorn mot den judiska befolkningen. Breven till Otto visar hur deras vardagsliv hela tiden kringskärs.

The quest for Earth's domination remains the primary directive of an ancient, inhuman enemy. Challenging this alien bid for iron rule, an elite force led by former magistrates wages war against Earth's enslavers. These rebel commandos are resourceful, dedicated and possess the immutable human willpower to survive — by any means necessary....

In his human skin, Baron Cobalt's quest for power nearly destroyed Cerberus. Now, evolved into his godly Annunaki form as Overlord Marduk, he's reconsolidating his power and claiming the Mediterranean. As Marduk's Nephilim-led forces challenge the ruling Hera Olympiad and her legion of cybernetic demigods to a death dance, Kane and the Cerberus warriors harness the power of a cyber army eager to bring retribution and justice to the real monsters of antiquity.

Frech und modern, direkt und sinnlich, das ist Carola Neher. In den letzten Jahren der Weimarer Republik sagt sie, was sie will, nimmt sich, was und wen sie will und trifft mit ihrer glasharten Mädchenstimme die Theaterbesucher mitten ins Herz. Die Tochter eines Alkoholikers läuft von zu Hause fort, weil ihre Sehnsucht nach dem Theater sich nicht niederzwingen lässt, wird für die Bühne entdeckt und auf einer Welle von Begeisterung in die Hauptstadt gespült, wo sie einschlägt wie eine Bombe. Sie spielt, tanzt, singt, und das taumelnde Berlin liegt ihr zu Füßen.