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On a sullen, cloudy July day ten years since 7/7, the happy, confident and optimistic British Prime Minister is visiting a charity in East London. It's just two months after the general election which saw John Campbell's government returned to power with a clear majority, the economy is on the mend and the coalition is fast becoming a bad memory. Suddenly, a man appears out of the crowd and shoots him three times in the chest.

In an authoritarian America, personal freedoms are at risk, information is being controlled, and legal citizens suddenly find themselves being deported. A growing resistance movement is active, angry, and looking to strike back. And a TV show for kids may be the key. Enter Celeste Montgomery and Bailey Vance. Celeste is an intern for the show that features Bailey singing and dancing with puppets. While Bailey teaches the kids about geography, Celeste is planting codes into the script, songs, background, whatever she can do to pass messages for the resistance.

This was to be her last day alive. The renowned criminal psychologist Ira Samin prepared her suicide thoroughly. The death of her eldest daughter had weighed too heavily on her conscience for her to carry on and she yearned for one last drink to raise a toast to oblivion. Her morbid plans are interrupted and she is called in to negotiate a gruesome hostage situation at a radio station where a psychopath is playing a morbid game.

This was to be her last day alive. The renowned criminal psychologist Ira Samin prepared her suicide thoroughly. The death of her eldest daughter had weighed too heavily on her conscience for her to carry on and she yearned for one last drink to raise a toast to oblivion. Her morbid plans are interrupted and she is called in to negotiate a gruesome hostage situation at a radio station where a psychopath is playing a morbid game. While the show is on air, he calls people from the phonebook at random. If they pick up the phone with a certain slogan, a hostage is set free. If they don’t, then the hostage is unceremoniously shot.

Er ist der beste Headhunter Norwegens. Und er begeht einen fatalen Fehler. Plötzlich wird er vom Jäger zum Gejagten. Der Bestseller von Norwegens Star-Autor Jo Nesbø als nervenzerfetzender Hörspiel-Thriller mit Devid Striesow in der Hauptrolle. Roger Brown, 35 Jahre alt, 1,68 m klein, ist ein arroganter Widerling - und der beste Headhunter Norwegens. Wenn er anruft, springen die Firmenbosse. Seine dankbaren Kunden ahnen nicht, dass Roger ein einträgliches Nebengeschäft betreibt, um seiner schönen Frau ein luxuriöses Leben bieten zu können: Er raubt seine Klienten aus.

David Collins, a British private investigator living in LA, is hired by Geoff Hoffman, a billionaire tech magnate running for the US Senate in California. As his campaign is threatened by rumours of a past scandal, Hoffman tasks David with discovering the truth. And soon David uncovers troubling facts - ones that lead back as far as Hoffman’s Jewish grandfather during World War II. An alternating narrative contrasts the dark, depraved world of Nazi Germany with the corporate, sun-scorched landscapes of Los Angeles in 2019.   

Nele Neuhaus zählt zu den erfolgreichsten deutschen Krimiautorinnen. Ihr Debütroman um korrupte Eliten New Yorks kurz vor der Jahrtausendwende jetzt als Audible Original Hörspiel in Kooperation mit Hörbuch Hamburg. Starbesetzung, u. a. mit Marleen Lohse, Till Hagen, Nina Petri und Samuel Finzi. New York, 1998: Investmentbankerin Alex Sontheim ist durch harte Arbeit da angekommen, wo sie immer hinwollte: ganz oben. Alex ist jung, erfolgreich und weiß sich in der Männerwelt der Wall Street zu behaupten. Auf den Partys der Elite trinkt sie Champagner mit den Schönen und Reichen.

Die SE Glashaus, die Antwort der deutschen Regierung auf Bedrohungen aus dem Netz, nimmt ihren Dienst auf. Noch herrscht großes Chaos in der Zentrale. Zum Kennenlernen bleibt kaum Zeit. Der Cyber-Hacker Godspeed fordert die SE sofort heraus - er hat sehr medienwirksam ein Video eines Drohnenabsturzes in Afghanistan ins Netz gestellt, das die Bundesregierung bloßstellen soll. Das Kanzleramt will, dass Godspeed zur Strecke gebracht wird.