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Der Highway der Tränen–Eine Verkehrskontrolle in einer verschneiten Nacht führt zu einem erschütternden Fund: blutverschmierte Werkzeuge, ein Kinderrucksack und ein auffällig gelassener Fahrer. Dahinter steckt eine Mordserie entlang einsamer Highways. Er tötete nicht nur–er jagte. Heiliges Vertrauen–Fünfzig Jahre lang verbarg ein angesehener Kirchenführer ein monströses Geheimnis hinter den Mauern von Glaube und Gemeinde. Als die Wahrheit ans Licht kommt, erschüttert das Ausmaß seiner Täuschung eine ganze Gemeinde.

Drift into deep sleep with low-stress true crime mysteries where cozy heists and neat resolutions replace all the gore. Perfect for your nightly wind-down routine, these soothing tales of petty frauds and mild mix-ups transform the anxiety of traditional thrillers into pure bedtime relaxation...

A psychedelic guru, a magical toad and the dark side of the modern quest for transcendence. 'Entirely mesmerising . . . The Ego Trip is itself a trip' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'A one-of-a-kind book. I loved it' WILLIAM FINNEGAN 'Strange and wonderful' SUSAN ORLEAN In 2012, physician Octavio Rettig...

A lost tradition of "toad medicine," a global psychedelic movement, and the charismatic doctor who left a trail of destruction in his wake “Entirely mesmerizing. . . . Richly reported and written with humor and flair, The Ego Trip is itself a trip—and Kimon de Greef is a major talent.”...

Paul Skalnik was a prolific and ruthless conman and abuser. For more than three decades, he passed himself off as a Vietnam veteran, a college football star, a high-rolling oilman, a criminal defence attorney, an undercover FBI agent and a terminally ill cancer patient. From 1977 to 2015 he was...

A revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence—and fortune—to push a radical religious agenda Hobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar craft store chain with more than a thousand US locations, founded and owned by the Greens—an...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The riveting, true story of an audacious con man who helped send another man to death row for a murder he did not commit “Incendiary, emotionally devastating. [This] is a feat of dogged reporting, bravura storytelling, and clear-eyed moral conscience." —Patrick...

Kakistocracy is Greek for “rule by the worst people.” Why does turning away from elite rule and institutions so often lead to corruption, insta­bility, illiberalism, and economic decline? In Kakistocracy, Richard Hanania dissects the dominant political story of our era: the global rise of...

When the nephew of world-famous director Steven Spielberg turns up at a high school in suburban Virginia, he is untouchable. This 14-year-old - Jonathan Taylor Spielberg - is a star on the rise, filming for his latest movie close by. His new classmates are within touching distance of fame and talk about the new student spreads like wildfire. He promises to hook them up with Hollywood agents and it’s the late 90s, so his invite to the MTV Awards is enticing… But all is not what it seems. The students start to realize they have been unwillingly cast in a twisted real-life drama.

Carrie Jade is a chilling true-crime account of Samantha Cookes, a master manipulator who spent more than a decade reinventing herself across the UK and Ireland with an arsenal of false identities. From au pair and nanny to therapist, teacher, psychologist, even terminally ill author and...

We tell ourselves we would know. That a killer would carry some visible mark, and that the people we trust could never be capable of the unthinkable. But the most chilling crimes are committed by the husband across the breakfast table, the coworker closing the shop, the polished stranger who remembers your children's names. This collection moves through quiet suburbs, small towns, and faraway cities to reconstruct thirty-six cases where evil wore an ordinary face.

In January 2015, Craig Wright was facing financial ruin, with the Australian Taxation Office having uncovered a potentially criminal operation involving his raft of companies. Six months later he was sitting pretty, having signed a bailout deal that settled his tax affairs and afforded him a dream job in England. Somehow, Wright had turned it around. In truth, Wright had accepted a ticking time bomb. The deal that saved him was predicated on one very important premise: that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin.

A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 'AFFECTING' TELEGRAPH 'ENGROSSING' ECONOMIST 'MIRACULOUS' WIRED 'MORE THAN CRIME REPORTAGE' WALL STREET JOURNAL When his mother fell for an 'American soldier' who promised to send gold bars to their Madrid apartment, Carlos Barragán found himself...

An unbelievable table of greed, looted treasures and stolen history in the world's biggest art heist. In the shattered aftermath of Cambodia’s civil war, temples that had stood for centuries were found ransacked - sacred sculptures hacked from pedestals, towering statues of Hindu gods and...

The shocking true story of the prolific art smuggler who looted the cultural treasures of a war-torn nation—and the global network that connects criminals like him to billionaire collectors, glittering auction houses, and world-famous museums “An epic tale of art, war, and crime.”—Stuart...

スマホを通じてあなたにも犯罪者の脅威が忍び寄る！闇バイト、特殊詐欺、路上売春、ランサムウェア……近年ニュースをにぎわす犯罪は、従来の常識を覆すほど「デジタル化」が著しく、犯罪者たちの顔が見えない。

The remarkable, true story of an unusual childhood, complete with gangsters, guns, diamonds, drug smuggling, and fraud—just like any other little girl’s life. At twelve years old, Leslie Bradford-Scott watched police cars swarm her family’s suburban home in Ontario. Hours later, she, her...

Stevie Parker thought the hard part was over. She survived the phishing. The elder fraud. The romance scam that hit too close to home. She read the book, made the changes, and came out the other side prepared. Then her company got a private equity offer and someone handed her the keys to an AI rollout and told her to move fast. She moved fast.

London, 2019: Als der 19-jährige Zac Brettler vom Balkon eines Luxushochhauses in den Tod stürzt, kommt eine dunkle Wahrheit ans Licht – er hatte sich als Sohn eines russischen Oligarchen ausgegeben und immer tiefer in die kriminellen Machenschaften zwielichtiger Superreicher verstrickt. Die...

“Ma petite fée a bien dormi ?” “Comment va ma petite fée ce soir ?” Après la mort de son mari, Muriel pensait ne plus jamais être aimée. Mais ça y est, par la grâce d'un site de rencontre, elle a trouvé l'amour. L'homme s'appelle Charles Leroux, il y a des yeux bleu glacier et...