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For centuries, stories had circulated of an Aztec city so rich that precious gems adorned the buildings and the streets were paved with gold. But like so many Aztec locations, this one had been abandoned and swallowed by the jungle. Since the time of the conquistadors, expeditions have set out to find it. None have ever returned. At their antique shop in 1938, Rick and Rose Sinclair come across what may be a map to the lost City of Gold in an Aztec artifact. The adventurous husband implores his more level-headed wife that this is their opportunity to become rich.

Staatsanwältin Femke Michelsen ermittelt mit nordischer Gelassenheit und dem typisch friesischen Charme. Staatsanwältin Femke Michelsen ist keine Teamplayerin. Sie bearbeitet die ungelösten Fälle aus der Vergangenheit, die sogenannten Cold Cases. Aber eine beim Eidersperrwerk geborgene Wasserleiche lässt sie kurzerhand an die Nordsee reisen. Als kurz nach ihrer Ankunft in der idyllischen Kleinstadt Tönning ein Mord geschieht, übernimmt sie die Ermittlungen. Gemeinsam mit dem jungen Polizeimeister Ole Westermann begibt sie sich in einen Sumpf aus Lügen, Gier und Macht.

Sobald du online bist, gibt es kein Versteck mehr... Die Dahlien-Morde von der australischen Autorin Ashley Kalagian Blunt ist ein echter Gänsehaut-Thriller um die Gefahren des Dark Web, den Verlust unserer Privatsphäre und Stalking im Netz. Nach einem traumatischen Ereignis in ihrer Kindheit findet Reagan Carsens Leben in Sydney ausschließlich offline statt: kein Handy, keine Sozialen Medien. Reagan fühlt sich sicher – bis zu dem Tag, an dem sie in der Nähe ihrer Wohnung beinahe über ein Mord-Opfer stolpert.

The Boscombe Valley Mystery, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine in 1891. Lestrade summons Holmes to a community in Herefordshire, where a local landowner has been murdered outdoors. The deceased's estranged son is strongly implicated. Holmes quickly determines that a mysterious third man may be responsible for the crime, unraveling a thread involving a secret criminal past, thwarted love, and blackmail.

The Adventure of the Crooked Man, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Crooked Man 15th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories... He met Nancy that evening, who was shocked to learn he was alive. Unknown to her, however, he followed her home and witnessed the argument, for the blinds were up and the glass door open. He climbed over the low wall and entered the room.

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and is the second and final appearance of Mycroft Holmes. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans fourteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes' brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans. Seven of the ten pages—three are still missing—were found with Arthur Cadogan West's body.

International oil exploration normally attracts large companies, big money, giant egos, and unscrupulous corruption. Against this backdrop, Montana-born geologist Jake Tillard pursues his dream to discover natural gas in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Unprepared for a nasty battle to control a previously worthless patch of desert, Jake encounters murder, kidnapping, espionage, and blackmail. Helped by a desert Bedouin, he struggles to outwit Israeli power brokers, Islamic fanatics, and US government agents to save his daughter and achieve his dream.

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in The Final Problem, and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival.

Wat’n Vörloop... Hemelheergott, Neuharlingersiel! De Hell is explodert! Oh weh, so’n Schrick! Eine Rauchsäule auf Langeoog und das am frühen Morgen... Oma Pusch weiß sofort, dass das ein schlechtes Omen ist. Und sie soll recht behalten, denn nur kurze Zeit später muss sie am Hafen Erste Hilfe leisten. Dass es der Camper vom Stellplatz dann doch nicht schafft und seine Ehefrau verschollen bleibt, wundert die Hobbyermittlerin ebenso wenig wie die Leiche im Sieltief. Doch das ist nur der Anfang einer unglaublichen Geschichte, in der ihre Freundin Rita und sie alles geben, um den schrecklichen Ereignissen auf die Spur zu kommen.

In the heart of Shadow Gulch, Eli Stone, a blacksmith with a lawman's past, faces a crisis that strikes at the very foundation of what he believes. The discovery of silver has turned his once-peaceful home into a den of opportunists and decay. As Judge Harlan Beck's questionable justice system starts to show its true colors, Eli is drawn back into a life he thought he had left behind, compelled to defend the underdog against an ever-growing tide of injustice.

Schweig! Oder du musst sterben. Was zunächst wie ein tragischer Unfall aussieht, entpuppt sich während der Obduktion schnell als brutaler Mord. Denn der Frau, die aus einem Fluss gezogen wurde, fehlt die Zunge, und ihre Arme wurden zerschnitten – eine Warnung? Aber an wen? Der Ehemann wird...

Six months have passed since the events of A Forgery in Paris when French-American translator Alex Thornhill and FBI agent Eugene Spector infiltrated the world of international art criminal Jacques Mornnais to try to restore a fortune paid for a fake Poussin. Now, Jacques' head enforcer has seemingly come back from the dead, and Alex and Eugene gingerly approach plunging back into Jacques' dangerous world-- and each other's arms.

»Die letzte verlorene Stadt« ist die mit Spannung erwartete Fortsetzung des internationalen Bestsellers »Die letzte Krypta«, des meistverkauften Romans auf Amazon in Spanien, der mehr als 250.000 Leser in aller Welt gefunden hat.Die Handlung von »Die letzte verlorene Stadt« beginnt mehrere...

Una tormenta de nieve azota Nueva York. Kat Guinee se precipita desde la azotea de un edificio del barrio Corona. Los hechos arrojan dudas desde el principio. ¿Se suicidó o la mataron? Los detectives Randall Jacobs y Dakota Siegel intentarán disipar la niebla que les impide ver más allá de las evidencias.

Dark secrets. An artist’s retreat. Unimaginable wealth. When a group of artists congregates to paint a local scene, all is calm and peaceful. But after an apparently unremarkable local man is attacked, Inspector David Graham and his team snap into action. As suspects surface, the Gorey police team must piece together a puzzle that can’t be solved without delving into the secrets of the town’s upper crust, taking them down a dark and unexpected path.

Patrick Flint is about to make the most harrowing climb of his life. When the body of Patrick's beautiful young climbing partner floats up dead in the creek behind the Flint home, rumors about the two of them explode, thrusting Susanne into the role of the woman scorned and the crosshairs of the police.

During a canoe trip on the Danube, two men are forced to stop on an island due to the current. What was supposed to be a peaceful temporary camping experience turns into a disturbing and supernatural ordeal: the willows covering the island seem to move and whisper in the wind, giving the impression of being alive; the presence of hostile and terrifying invisible entities is perceived, casting doubt on every capacity for rational thought.

Dr. Jessica Coran faces the most terrifying challenge of her career when her professional adversary, a criminal court judge, is kidnapped by a deranged man with an unnatural instinct for revenge....

Magazine editor and part-time archaeologist, Gill McArdle is getting it together. Or at least, he thinks he is, until the death of a friend throws his life into turmoil. He’s on Orkney, researching an elaborate stone carrying an ancient religious motif. But he’s perplexed as the carving long predates any previous incidence of the symbol’s first use. Either someone is tampering with Orcadian archaeology, or Gill is facing a puzzle that can’t be resolved.

Eco-activist Summer Avery abandons the bustle of New York City and scurries to the tiny coastal village of Tide Harbor, determined to accomplish what a crazy bomber has not—stop the destructive Minas Basin tidal energy project in its tracks and earn the EcoGreen directorship. Desperate for a safe place to raise his autistic daughter, recently divorced marine biologist Gil Moses takes a job with the tidal energy company, ostensibly to study lobsters, but actually to capture the bomber.