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In the New England town of Frog's Ledge, the Holiday Light Festival is a Christmas tradition. Killing Santa is not. To bring joy back to the season, organic pet patisserie owner Kristan "Stan" Connor will have to find another Santa before it's too late . . . To the townspeople's delight, the annual lighting of the tree is a spectacular success. Unfortunately, Santa pulled up in his sleigh, DOA. At first Stan is sure it's Seamus, her boyfriend's uncle, inside the red suit. But the victim turns out to be an employee from the town's Christmas tree farm.

Seven months after the Hemorrhage virus swept across the world, Jack, his wife, Dee, his friend Boss, and the Renegades, a ragtag collection of civilian and military personnel, have been sent on two missions. Jack likes the first: recon. The second is insane: reenter the laboratory they barely escaped from a few months back and retrieve a logbook, a logbook that could provide the cure to end the madness.

Charley Glass arrived in her family’s lives like the hurricane she'd escaped. But she hadn't run far enough: the ruthless Giordano family are on her tail and want two things—her life, and the return of the property she stole from them. No matter how many bodies stack up. After years of hoping, Charley finally has the family she’s always wanted, but now she’s going to have to tell them the real reason she came looking for them. There is only one way she’s going to stay alive, and that is to employ the muscle of the notorious Glass Family.

Hector's parents, wealthy east coast college professors, raised him to work towards making the world a better place. In New Liberty, Arizona, gangs have ravaged the city. As a young police officer who lost his mentor, he struggles with the question. Why did his partner kill himself? Across town, a sickly-looking, small man approaching fifty is about to make a move. DeShawn "The Knife" Galloway has a reputation as a contract assassin who prefers to kill with the Japanese Tanto. It's time to take control. The war will start on his terms.

In the heart of San Diego, a technological revolution is brewing, one that promises to blur the lines between the virtual and the real. "N.V." unfolds the story of Mike Russell and Fred Ashton, two ambitious visionaries and lifelong friends who stand at the forefront of this revolution. Together, they co-found New Virtuality, a company set to redefine human interaction with the world through their groundbreaking device, the Thimble.

Eigentlich wollte Bodie Kane ihre Zeit am Internat in New Hampshire für immer hinter sich lassen. Zu schmerzhaft ist die Erinnerung an vier Jahre als Einzelgängerin und an den Mord an ihrer Zimmergenossin Thalia Keith. Trotzdem kehrt Bodie als Dozentin für Medienwissenschaften zurück an das College. Als eine ihrer Schülerinnen beginnt, an einem Podcast über Thalias Tod zu arbeiten, gerät sie in einen obsessiven Strudel aus Erinnerung, nächtlicher Internetrecherche und imaginären Gesprächen mit ehemaligen Zeitgenossen.

The year is 1976. Veteran New Haven homicide detective Frank Suchy has finally learned to cope with the demons in his life and the daily pressure of "the job" - being exposed to every manner of death that could possibly befall someone - all the while celebrating his third year of sobriety. But when his best friend's child is brutally murdered in broad daylight outside a downtown shopping mall, his world begins to deteriorate, bringing back the nightmares that he thought were locked away long ago.

Der fulminante Abschluss der Erfolgsserie um FBI-Ermittlerin Atlee Pine. Was wurde aus Mercy? Ihr Leben lang hat Agentin Atlee Pine nach ihrer Zwillingsschwester Mercy gesucht. Endlich hat sie Anlass zur Hoffnung. Denn Mercy konnte ihren Entführern vor Jahren entkommen. Doch seitdem ist sie nie wieder aufgetaucht. Sinnt sie auf Rache? Ist sie wirklich noch der Mensch, an den sich Atlee erinnert? Auf ihrer Flucht hat Mercy eine Leiche zurückgelassen, und das ist nicht das einzige Verbrechen, mit dem sie in Verbindung gebracht wird. Zudem hat sie sich gefährliche Feinde gemacht.

Enthralled with a lavish wedding, the town gossips flourish until the specter of a long-deceased spirit intervenes. Based loosely on a true crime story from the turn of the nineteenth century in New England, this novel uncovers a simple truth of humanity—from the well-off to the working class, everyone falls victim to the transience of joy and the struggles of human nature.

"Fenella Pemberlaine wurde entführt." Als die Krimiautorin Rae diese Nachricht bekommt, verdreht sie zunächst die Augen. Die Freundinnen ihrer Grandma übertreiben mit Sicherheit schamlos. Es ist nicht ungewöhnlich, dass ihre Großmutter ohne Vorankündigung verreist. Und außerdem: Wer sollte bitte eine harmlose alte Dame wie Fenella entführen? Trotzdem macht Rae sich auf den Weg in ihren Heimatort im Norden Schottlands, um herauszufinden, was passiert ist. Dort muss sie feststellen, dass die Umstände von Fenellas Verschwinden tatsächlich verdächtig sind – und dass ihre Grandma mehr Geheimnisse hatte, als Rae je vermutet hätte.

When downtrodden office clerk Gordon Scrimgeour transforms into DIY spy John Bentley, he isn't to know it would lead him into a deadly vortex of evil, where sinister forces seek to hold the world to ransom and that only he, with the help of a few accidental accomplices, is the only one to prevent carnage of global proportions. But without the support of MI6, Bentley must create his own home-made gadgetry and somehow manage to avert a disaster of catastrophic magnitude. One minute he's in bed with a beautiful woman, the next he's running for his life from men who have been sent to kill him.

Botanist Millie Whitehall leaves her New Jersey home to take a job in New Mexico. She plans to spend a peaceful summer surveying rare plants. Instead she becomes entangled in two heartless murders. Millie befriends one too many characters that she encounters during her work in the back country. Will it be the friendly oil and gas hand, out-spoken environmentalist, laid-back cowboy, charming foreign tourist, or handsome young Navajo biologist that ends up threatening her life?

"Beschütze sie” steht auf dem Zettel, den Hannah eines Vormittags von einer Unbekannten in die Hand gedrückt bekommt. Er stammt von ihrem Ehemann Owen, der am Morgen wie jeden Tag, zur Arbeit gegangen ist. Oder? Hannah kann ihn nicht erreichen, er ist spurlos verschwunden – und von einer Sekunde auf die andere verändert sich Hannahs Leben für immer. Denn ab heute hat sie nur noch zwei Aufgaben: Die Liebe ihres Lebens wiederzufinden. Und Owens Tochter Bailey zu beschützen.

Female friendship is intense and that intensity can erupt into dangerous passions when teenage girls are cooped up in an exclusive East Coast boarding school. Beautiful, streetwise Cassidy Thomas; debutante jock Abby Madison; academic, sensitive Karen Mullens; and sophisticated troublemaking Zoey Spalding are four seventeen-year-olds who should be cruising happily through their Senior Year. But jealousies are simmering. And when Zoey plays a game with the class list—if you lose your virginity you get a star beside your name—it sets in motion a chain of shocking events.

New Hampshire, 1865. Marion Abbott is summoned to Brawders House asylum to collect the body of her sister, Alice. She’d been found dead after falling four stories from a steep-pitched roof. Officially: an accident. Confidentially: suicide. But Marion believes a third option: murder. Returning to her family home to stay with her brother and his second wife, the recently widowed Marion is expected to quiet her feelings of guilt and grief. Just when the search for the truth seems hopeless, a stranger approaches Marion with chilling words: I saw her fall.

Auf den Spuren seines Vaters! Jack Reachers 23. Fall ist sein persönlichster. Der weltweite Nummer-1-Bestseller endlich auf Deutsch. "Lacona, New Hampshire" stand auf dem Straßenschild. Obwohl Jack Reacher noch nie hier gewesen war, entschied er sofort, dass er den Ort besuchen würde. Denn hier war sein Vater aufgewachsen, und auch wenn dieser niemals zurückgekehrt war, wollte Reacher sehen, was das für ein Ort war. Als er den Entschluss traf, ahnte Reacher noch nicht, dass es einen guten Grund gab, warum sein Vater Lacona den Rücken gekehrt hatte.

You come home to find your wife missing - and the body of a woman you've never seen in her place. A phone in her hand starts to ring. A voice says you have 24 hours to clear your name; 24 hours to save your wife. But there's only one way to do it. You must kill someone for them. Someone you've never heard of. A complete stranger. And the clock is ticking.

1942, New Zealand. Edith’s been locked away for a long time. She was just five years old when she was sent to Seacliff Lunatic Asylum. Fifteen years later, she has few memories of her life before the asylum, but longs for one beyond it. When she survives a devastating fire that destroys her ward, Edith is questioned by the police and a young doctor, Declan Harris. Intrigued by his beautiful patient, Declan begins to doubt the official reasons for her incarceration. Is she truly mad - or could the impossible stories she told as a child actually be true?

Iris Buckley is hoping for a bit of rest and relaxation now that the summertime rush is winding down in Blueberry Cove, Maine. Her apron shop Ruffles & Bows has been a huge success, her friendships are stronger than ever, and now she's ready for all of the end of summer cookouts on the beach that she can handle. But before Iris can even turn on the grill, Bella's latest fling, former Olympian sailor and gorgeous bad boy Lance Pederson, is killed in a hit-and-run while jogging at dawn - and all the evidence points to Bella herself.

Chicago homicide detective Kate Delaney fiercely defends victims - which is why, despite death threats, she's testifying to a federal grand jury about local police corruption. It's also why she's infuriated by the New Orleans police department's blasé attitude toward her estranged sister's death. But pursuing an investigation in a strange city means allying with someone who knows the territory. And the players. Someone with a total disregard for the rules.