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Im Lübecker Hafen liegt eine Leiche. Der Tote ist von Kopf bis Fuß in ein dickes Tau eingewickelt. Jonas Starck und seine Kollegin Sascha Novotna von der Lübecker Kriminalpolizei ermitteln im Umfeld des Toten. Nur einen Tag später wird eine bekannte Springreiterin tot im Stall ihres Hengstes gefunden. Alles sieht aus, als wäre sie von ihrem Pferd totgetreten worden. Doch plötzlich stoßen die Ermittler auf ein Detail, das die Opfer verbindet. Als sie begreifen, dass ein Serientäter seine Signatur hinterlassen hat, jagt der Unbekannte bereits sein nächstes Opfer.

Eine alte Scheune in den Weiten von Kansas wird Zeuge grausamer Ereignisse! Dane Gelton kommt als junger Mann völlig mittellos mit einem alten Pick-up in Glendale/Kalifornien an. Auf der Suche nach einem Neuanfang findet er durch seine fröhliche Art schnell Freunde und eine neue Existenz. Niemand weiß, woher er kommt und was ihn nach Glendale getrieben hat. Erst durch einen brutalen Überfall kommen seine düsteren Geheimnisse ans Tageslicht. Erinnerungen aus der Kindheit treiben ihn zurück in die Hölle, aus der er einst geflohen war – zu der Farm seiner Eltern nach Kansas.

Eleanor-Rigby est journaliste au magazine National Geographic, elle vit à Londres. Un matin, en rentrant de voyage, elle reçoit une lettre anonyme lui apprenant que sa mère a eu un passé criminel. George-Harrison est ébéniste, il vit dans les Cantons-de-l'Est au Québec. Lui aussi reçoit un message accusant sa mère des mêmes faits. Eleanor-Rigby et George-Harrison ne se connaissent pas. L'auteur des lettres leur donne rendez-vous dans un bar de pêcheurs sur le port de Baltimore.

When Rosie inherits No.13 Arundel Crescent from the birth parents she never knew, the large house in London’s upmarket Notting Hill feels like a dream come true, at first... But dreams can become nightmares. The house is crumbling around her and has conditions attached. She can’t sell it on, and before long, she’s forced to take in lodgers, just to pay the bills.

In the shadows of a small, unsuspecting town, terror takes on a new name—Monster John. By day, John appears as a quiet, unassuming man, the kind no one would ever suspect. But beneath his calm exterior lies something far darker—a fractured mind tormented by memories of blood and betrayal. As a child, John witnessed an unspeakable horror: his own father brutally murdering his mother, grandmother, and aunt. The trauma shattered his psyche, giving birth to another self—a remorseless predator driven by rage and the echoes of the past. Now, years later, that buried monster has awakened.

Marcus Hale believes he’s a good neighbor. He keeps his yard neat. He minds his business. And when something unsettling happens next door late one night, he convinces himself it isn’t his problem. But silence has consequences. As small omissions begin to pile up, Marcus is forced to reckon with what it means to witness something—and choose not to act. The truth doesn’t arrive all at once. It settles in slowly, tightening with every rationalization.

David Dale has been running from guilt for three years. The car accident that killed his family was his fault. Now he has one chance at redemption: opening a charity for families shattered by tragedy. But that's made him the perfect target. Days before the launch, anonymous messages begin. Precise. Threatening. Someone’s been watching him. Someone knows exactly how to break him. What begins as extortion becomes a calculated campaign to dismantle David’s life, piece by piece. The charity launches to national attention — which only makes things worse.

What if the reflection staring back at you wasn’t really yours? Evan Cole lives a life built on routine. The same train. The same seat. The same quiet ride home every night. Until the evening his reflection doesn’t move when he does. At first, he tells himself it’s stress. Fatigue. A trick of light in the glass. But when the world begins to freeze around him — and the reflection keeps watching — Evan realizes something is following him. Studying him. Waiting.

È una Genova invasa dall'acqua, quella che fa da sfondo alla fuga di Olmo Vivera, un vecchio rapinatore che si trova improvvisamente e ingiustamente accusato di aver rubato una valigetta misteriosa, fregando il suo capo banda e la mafia russa. Il povero Olmo si trova così ad affrontare una caccia all'uomo spietata, aiutato solo da Mara, una cantante jazz di poca fortuna, e dall'amico d'infanzia Carlo, suo complice d'un tempo. E proprio insieme a Carlo, Olmo cercherà di organizzare un colpo molto ambizioso provando a chiudere la questione una volta per tutte...

Una famosa paleontologa sparisce durante gli scavi in un cimitero di dinosauri. Il giorno seguente nella baia di Boston viene ripescato il cadavere mummificato di una donna insieme a una rara specie di tartaruga marina. Kay Scarpetta intuisce che i due eventi sono da collegare alla scomparsa di altre donne. Cosa e chi si nasconde dietro tutto questo? Forse per la prima volta Kay teme di essere davvero sola di fronte a un nemico che sembra impossibile sconfiggere.

What makes a man a legend? Is it his choices, or the blood he leaves behind? In this explosive prequel to Wastra, Arjun returns as the Rooh, a man haunted by betrayal and bound to violence. From the back alleys of Colaba to the warzones of Sri Lanka, Africa, and the Middle East, his path twists through gang rivalries, mercenary missions, and the ghost of a love that will not die. Each battlefield carves him further into myth, and each betrayal pushes him closer to becoming the weapon others see him as.

Nach internen Querelen wurde Detective Stilwell vom Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department nach Catalina Island versetzt. Eine kleine Pazifikinsel keine vierzig Kilometer vor L.A. – und doch eine völlig andere Welt. Bis er die Nachricht erhält, dass am Grund des Hafens eine Leiche gefunden wurde, in Plastiksäcke verpackt und mit einer Ankerkette beschwert. Niemand scheint die tote Frau zu kennen, niemand hat sie als vermisst gemeldet.

Fünf Männer überlegen fieberhaft, an welcher Stelle Stockholms sich am Besten ein Attentat auf den hochrangigen Gast aus den USA durchführen ließe. Das Ganze ist ein Planspiel, und die fünf Männer sind schwedische Polizisten – vorerst. Denn in Stockholm ist die internationale Terroristenorganisation ULAG aktiv. Ihr Kennzeichen: eine ungeheuerliche Brutalität, die schon viele Unbeteiligte das Leben gekostet hat. Doch ist bei ihren Aktionen keine politische Zielrichtung erkennbar – die Opfer waren bisher Liberale und Konservative, Faschisten und Kommunisten.

For Jaison, it was always his family which came first. Even when he worked tirelessly, it was to provide for them, to give them a better life. Running a financial firm, he does not make much to get by, but still hopes for a good future. Life, however, has other plans in store for him. One fateful night, the unexpected happens and he finds himself in a situation he has no control over.

It’s a ticket to paradise. Flight 868 has nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over a dozen tipsy passengers are off to a destination wedding. A team of high school baseball players is headed to a tournament. The plane is packed with people eager to escape their lives, and others who can’t wait to return to their beloved home. But sweet anticipation turns to terror when a lightning strike short-circuits the avionics and plunges the plane into darkness.

Special Agent Constant Marlowe is passing through the charming college town of Prescott, Illinois, when a chance encounter with a terrified student stops her in her tracks. Kathleen Delaine thought she was doing the right thing when she demanded an inquiry into traumatic brain injuries among the university’s football team. But after a manosphere shock jock picks up the story on his radio show and makes it personal, the online uproar bleeds into the real world.

Spencer Charnas is dead. That's the bold claim detailed by Roy Merkin in Welcome to Horrorwood, written in the maverick journalist's courageous and virile prose. This is a forbidden chronicle ripped from the controversial manuscript of District Attorney Marcie Kent, the very woman who put Spencer Charnas on trial and then put him in the ground. The people and organizations who want the world to believe that the person, thing, or artificial intelligence masquerading as Spencer around the globe is the real deal have fought mercilessly to keep this book from publication.

"No one survives her cleansing.” When the town sleeps, the car wash awakens. Water crashes against steel, brushes grind in rhythm, and thick steam rolls across the floor, smothering everything in silence. To most, it is routine—a place to rinse away dirt and grime. To Marla Haines, it is her altar. She knows the tunnels beneath the wash, the broken cameras, and the blind spots no one has ever noticed. She slips through the hidden hatch when the doors close and the cycle begins. The pounding spray hides every sound, the fog blinds every lens, and the drains carry away what remains.

Als der renommierte Pharmazieprofessor Konstantin Uhlken in einem Park erschlagen wird, ahnt zunächst niemand, dass der vermeintliche misslungene Raubüberfall ein kaltblütig geplanter Mord war. Doch Uhlken hatte sich kurz zuvor Hilfe suchend an Nik Pohl gewandt – der Privatermittler hat einen neuen Fall. Nachdem ein Mitarbeiter einer Pharmafirma bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kommt, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse. Als auch sein engster Vertrauter in Lebensgefahr gerät, wird Pohl klar: Er muss die Hintermänner finden, bevor es weitere Tote gibt.

“Open any of his novels—from the outset, the magic operates: from the first paragraph you are caught in the jaws of a trap that will not release you until the full-stop at the end of the last page, and even then with the book closed, you remain dizzy and panting as you try to regain your...