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Sydney, Australia. Charlie Cooper needs more time with his family. With his transfer out of homicide to a quieter station fast approaching, the weary detective's only regret is the decade-long serial killer case he couldn't crack. But when he's called to one last murder scene, Cooper can't believe the victim is the perp he's been chasing for years. Certain the sociopath's latest abductee still lives, the desperate cop races to find her before the clock runs out.

War, wenn du die Familie deines neuen Freundes kennenlernst – und dabei auf einmal mit den Schatten deiner eigenen Vergangenheit konfrontiert wirst? Betty Ulrich hat bereits einige Abenteuer hinter sich – von Wien über Teneriffa bis nach Montenegro. Doch diesmal steht sie vor einer Herausforderung, die sie lieber umgehen würde: ein ganzes Wochenende mit der Familie ihres Freundes Flo. Ein Familienbesuch am Bodensee klingt harmlos, aber Betty ahnt, dass alte Muster und ungelöste Konflikte aus Flos Vergangenheit die Idylle schnell ins Wanken bringen könnten.

La noche en que encontró a la Perra, la Humana estaba drogada. Por eso dejó que la siguiera a casa. Ahora convive con un animal que se va llenando de toda la energía que a ella le falta, y al que de pronto le viene un celo incontrolable. La Humana tiene treintaidós años, pero ya no desea. Está en la vida, pero no la ejerce. Llegó a la ciudad hace poco, huyendo de sus días en el campo con un novio que tenía.

Beyond Reality is a collection of short stories surrounding the paranormal, the supernatural, and the unknown. It chronicles the team of researchers, who just happened to possess certain psychic abilities, as they investigate the unknown and attempt to bring answers.

Prendere la propria vita e andare - per capire se stessa, trovare un futuro, non scendere più ma restare. Sono questi i motivi per cui, una mattina di maggio, Beatrice lascia Torino per trasferirsi tra le montagne. Quelle montagne che, ne è certa, sono donne anche se spesso recano nomi maschili. Donne come lei, che appena arrivata al rifugio del Barba, un uomo burbero dal passato misterioso, si sente respinta, in quanto "fumna e strangera".

Il romanzo di Isabel Allende racconta la storia di Maya Vidal, un'adolescente che cade nel circuito dell'alcol e della droga a Las Vegas. In fuga da spacciatori e agenti dell'FBI, Maya approda nell'arcipelago di Chiloé, nel Sud del Cile. In queste isole remote, Maya impara a conoscersi e a scoprire verità nascoste sulla sua terra d'origine, trovando infine l'amore. Il romanzo alterna il racconto della difficile storia precedente di Maya, fatta di marginalità e degrado, con la sua rinascita in un'atmosfera di vita semplice e valori solidi.

Alex Walker has always looked up to her perfect older sister. Maddie has succeeded in all the ways Alex has not: She escaped their hometown and seems to have put the memories of their unstable childhood behind her. But despite the different paths their lives have taken, the two sisters made a pact to spend one week together every summer. It was a promise they’d never broken . . . until now.

Enter the captivating world of "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James, a timeless classic that explores themes of love, independence, and personal choice. This audiobook transports you to the high-society drawing rooms of Europe and the inner thoughts of its enigmatic heroine, Isabel Archer. With James' exquisite prose and psychological insight, the narrative delves into the complexities of human relationships and the consequences of the choices we make.

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place she grew up, finding solace in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she ruminates on her childhood in the nearby town. She finds herself turning again and again to thoughts of her mother, whose early death she can't forget.

Bad things don’t happen in Cason Glen. The locals make sure of it. So, when the residents of the town’s most exclusive subdivision discover one of their own is missing, it sends a wave of panic and discord throughout the neighborhood. They are supposed to be safe. But they quickly realize not everything is as it once seemed in their idyllic world.

John Fowles’s The Magus was a literary landmark of the 1960s. Nicholas Urfe goes to a Greek island to teach at a private school and becomes enmeshed in curious happenings at the home of a mysterious Greek recluse, Maurice Conchis. Are these events, involving attractive young English sisters, just psychological games, or an elaborate joke, or more? Reality shifts as the story unfolds. The Magus reflected the issues of the 1960s perfectly, and it continues to create tension and concern today.

Nina McCarrick has it all: a loving husband, two beautiful boys, a well-appointed home and more time than she knows what to do with. Life is perfect. Until her husband, Finn, is killed in a car accident and everything Nina thought she could rely on unravels.

"[ Memnoch] is one of Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . . Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form."( The Seattle Times)

A new breed of evil has come to old New York. The horribly mutilated body of a young male prostitute turns up in the East River in 1896. Reporter John Moore and his mentor Laszlo Kreizler decide to investigate.

On his way back to Duluth, Stride stops to visit the grave of his mother in a small Wisconsin town. After a shocking occurrence in the cemetery, Stride becomes enmeshed in a gruesome and suspenseful search for a killer who knows things no one else alive should know.

Gwen Proctor won the battle to save her kids from her ex-husband, serial killer Melvin Royal, and his league of psychotic accomplices. But the war isn’t over. Not since Melvin broke out of prison. Not since she received a chilling text... You’re not safe anywhere now. Her refuge at Stillhouse Lake has become a trap. Gwen leaves her children in the protective custody of a fortified, well-armed neighbor.

When the body of a woman is discovered in a local park - with her bewildered four-year-old son sitting beside her - veteran social worker Ellen Moore is called in to assist in the police investigation. Positioned beneath a statue of Leto, the goddess of motherhood, the crime is weighted with meaning and, Ellen discovers, remarkably similar to one from a decade past. Ellen's professional duty is to protect the child, but she's not equipped to contend with a killer. As she races to connect the dots, she knows her time is running out.

Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier, the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city, is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.

Dostoevsky’s narrator is the anonymous voice of the masterful novella. Retired and isolated from society, he is bitter, contemptuous, and contemplative as he presents his anecdotes and philosophical outlooks. Presented as an extract from the narrator’s memoirs, Notes from the Underground is divided into two parts. Opening with a monologue attacking Western philosophy, Dostoevsky follows this theoretical exploration with the anti-hero’s accounts of various destructive and restorative life experiences.

The story introduces us to Ferdinand Mason, a sickly Civil War veteran who finds himself alone in a rundown hotel, overlooked and forgotten, despite his acts of valor for his country. His situation changes when his aunt arrives, determined to nurse him back to health in her comfortable home by the Hudson River.