Mission Mystery

Um zu überleben, musst du den Gipfel bezwingen. Doch erträgt dein Verstand, was deine Augen sehen? Ein Berg gigantischen Ausmaßes taucht plötzlich mitten im Pazifik auf. Der brillante Wissenschaftler Harold Tunmore steht vor dem größten Rätsel seiner Karriere. Nur zwei Personen sind von der ersten Expedition zurückgekehrt, eine davon nimmt sich im Anschluss vor Harolds Augen das Leben. Die andere ist seine Exfrau, die Harold vor vielen Jahren im Stich gelassen hat, als sie ihn am dringendsten brauchte.

Ratekrimi aus der Vergangenheit - so spannend war Geschichte noch nie! Um 1250 v. Chr.: Grabräuber im Tal der Könige! Thuja und ihr Freund Hapu ahnen nicht, welche Gefahren auf sie warten, als sie der Spur des sagenumwobenen Totenbuchs folgen. Die rätselhaften Weissagungen führen sie in die Grabkammern Thebens. Und plötzlich steht sehr viel mehr auf dem Spiel: Der Pharao selbst ist in Gefahr.

When a covert communication is intercepted, Jack Bunker and the town leaders of Clearwater swing into action to uncover the secret behind its deadly intent. However, before their defenses can be fortified and the threat neutralized, a ruthless faction gains a foothold, turning to kidnapping and torture for control. As the body count rises, Bunker is forced to summon a part of himself he loathes in order to save everyone he cares about. But rescuing his friends won't be easy, not when he's captured.

Ratekrimi aus dem Mittelalter. Florenz um 1500: Leonardo da Vinci ist entsetzt! Ein Einbrecher hat sich in seine Werkstatt eingeschlichen und ein Buch mit wertvollen Notizen entwendet. Leonardos Schüler Salai und dessen Freundin Caterina machen sich auf die Suche nach dem Täter. Bald schon nehmen sie die Spur eines geheimnisvollen Unbekannten auf.

Ratekrimis aus dem Mittelalter. Im Jahr 801: Kurz vor dem Besuch des frisch gekrönten Kaisers Karl des Großen werden wertvolle Schriften aus der Klosterbibliothek gestohlen. Für die Bauerntochter Anna und ihre Freunde aus der Klosterschule beginnt die gefährliche Suche nach einem Täter, der scheinbar keine Spuren hinterlässt. Es ist der Mönch ohne Gesicht.

Ratekrimi aus der Vergangenheit - so spannend war Geschichte noch nie! Im Jahre 218 v. Chr.: Vor den Toren Cartagenas zieht der große Feldherr Hannibal ein mächtiges Heer zusammen. Gerüchte über einen bevorstehenden Angriff Hannibals auf Rom verbreiten sich wie ein Lauffeuer. Doch dann verdichten sich Hinweise auf eine Verschwörung gegen ihn. Die Freunde Zirdan und Tazirat gehen den Gerüchten auf den Grund und geraten bald selbst in große Gefahr.

When a coordinated EMP attack takes out the nation’s power grid, a small town finds itself at ground zero of an all-out foreign invasion. With limited options and no time to prepare, the citizens have no choice but to turn to a mysterious drifter, Jack Bunker, for help. The former combat engineer has the skills to keep them alive, but he won’t be able to do it alone, not against an overwhelmingly superior force.

Ratekrimi aus der Vergangenheit - so spannend war Geschichte noch nie! Jahr 431 v. Chr.: Zwischen Athen und Sparta herrscht Krieg. Plötzlich verschwinden immer mehr Kinder aus dem belagerten Athen. Kephalos und sein Vetter Philon machen sich an die Verfolgung der Täter und kommen einem heimtückischen Plan auf die Spur. Doch dann fallen sie selbst skrupellosen Entführern in die Hände.

Jack heads to Egypt to investigate a crash-landed World War II fighter plane that was recently discovered in the middle of the Sahara. But something remarkable was left onboard, and people will stop at nothing to possess it.

When an Edinburgh car showroom is torched, leaving a charred body among the burnt-out luxury cars, Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner wonders if a life of crime has finally caught up with one of the city's most elusive villains. But the corpse turns out not to be that of Jackie Charles, the owner of the showroom, but his wife Carole. Skinner now finds himself on the same side as his old enemy. However, Skinner's number one priority is a murder much closer to home.

Secret agents are all Jack and his friends ever wanted to be. Spy adventures were the movies they watched, the books they read, and even the games they played. Playtime is over! Kelly, a political refugee and friend of Jack's sister, is targeted for revenge by the man her father sent to prison. Armed with nothing but heroic courage and skills born from their childhood dreams, Jack and his friends fight a battle against an enemy who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. If Jack is to survive, he and his friends must work as a team, and even then, winning comes at a terrible price.

When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps at a strange mural to get at a creepy-looking gnome and disappears into the painting, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. This time they have a new president, Richelle. A secret password leads Steven, Russell, and Richelle to the mysterious Mr. Chickee, who's living in a whole different universe!

A Cold War thriller, set in the early 1970s, unfolds high in the Himalayas, as a young Air Force officer, Bradford Lehman, is hand-picked for a special technical espionage mission sponsored by the United States and British intelligence agencies. A desperate, deadly clash between western and Soviet spies ensues on the slopes of Dhaulagiri, the seventh-highest mountain in the world. Climb. Fight. Survive - maybe.

CIA agent Jordan Sandor's mission is more complex and has more at stake than any he has faced before. From Bermuda to the United Kingdom, from France to the deserts of Iraq, Jordan must face down villains both known and unknown, recognized and hidden, as he struggles to prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people. Needing more help than ever, Sandor calls upon his usual group of talented associates.

Winston Churchill ist ein Perserkater. Genauer gesagt war er ein Perserkater, denn momentan steckt er im Körper des zwölfjährigen Mädchens Kira fest. Winston ist ein genialer Beobachter der Menschenwelt mit dem messerscharfen Verstand eines Detektivs. In Kira findet er die perfekte Partnerin: Sie stellt die richtigen Fragen, er recherchiert unerkannt. Zusammen sind sie ein unschlagbares Ermittlerteam und kommen jedem Täter auf die Spur.

Acclaimed for his evocative settings and gripping suspense, CBA best-selling author Athol Dickson won his third Christy Award for Lost Mission. Among the dirt-poor barrios and ultra-wealthy enclaves lining the hills of southern California, new construction unearths a long-lost Spanish mission. This discovery sets off a chain of events that presents four unrelated people with difficult choices.

It started with the smuggling of Mexican "wetbacks" for slave labor in the U.S. They were brought to an island in Lake Texoma, north of Dallas, to work on a top-secret operation directed by H.H. Christiansen...and were forbidden to leave. But it wasn't until twenty-five Mexicans died in a mysterious tank truck fire that the Penetrator was called in. That's when this simple smuggling assignment turned into a national security threat.

After a devastating experience in Darfur strips Alex Baines, former rising star of the State Department, of his security clearances, he is faced with two choices: spend the rest of his career in visa-stamping limbo or move to the private sector. On the verge of resigning, he receives a call from his old mentor with an incredible opportunity to start over, restoring both his security clearances and his reputation.

Without a mom and with her dad busy running the museum, Liberty Jacobs was practically raised by the tarantulas, leopard geckos, and rare butterflies of the Walnut Street Insectarium. She loves being the resident “Bug Girl,” but unless Liberty and her dad can snag a big investor, they’ll lose the museum, their home, and the funding Liberty needs to launch her dream business: a butterfly release program called Life & Liberty. The investor meeting is a week away, but there’s a big problem: Liberty has reason to suspect there’s going to be a "buglary" of the museum’s rarest animals.

Black Forest Huntsmen capture a werewolf's daughter to force him to commit treason. To prevent the president's assassination, resulting in a human werekind war, her father asks Nate, a powerful Alpha, and his foster-brother Eli, a human changeling werewolf, to save her.