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It is 1792, and the ruthless Reign of Terror during the French Revolution is in full swing: waves of aristocrats are being ordered to be executed daily, and the fear of bloody massacres is at an all-time high. Enter eccentric English dandy, Sir Percy Blakeney, who is far more than what meets the eye. Under the guise of his alter ego – the quick-thinking, masterful swordsman, the Scarlet Pimpernel – Blakeney has made it his duty to free the incarcerated from their guillotined fate.

Jean Deveaux is a French interpreter living a solitary life in Dublin - until an old associate shows up asking for a favour that pulls him into a darker, hidden world. Veo's niece, Maria, has vanished while begging on the streets. The police have done little, and Jean is the family's only hope of speaking to the detective in charge.

Crowley, Louisiana is the kind of town that runs on tradition: Crawfish, Ride an Cajun Music with handshakes, family names, and the belief that the parish takes care of its own. Until a troubling pattern starts to rise from the back roads and bayou shadows. Major Harvey John is pushed into a case that refuses to stay quiet. The leads don’t add up. The timing feels intentional. And the closer he gets, the more he realizes somebody isn’t just hiding somebody is working with precision. Then a phrase starts circling through the department and the town like a warning bell: The Thin Blue Line.

More action from the 509 Crime Stories! This police procedural series is set in Eastern Washington and features revolving lead characters. Each novel is a standalone tale that can be listened to in any order. You’ll get the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth books in this digital box set collection. The Path of Progress: a crime spree is blamed on a homeless camp but is it really at fault? When the Wicked Rest: a short story collection featuring murder, robbery, and other forms of mayhem – all set in Eastern Washington. The Golden Witness: a murder is witnessed from 1,700 miles away.

When love hit Cutler, it knocked him down. That’s when life kicked him in the teeth. Police officer John Cutler knew better than to fall in love. He should have walked away because she was dangerous. Cutler instinctively understood why, yet he couldn’t say no. That only led to him begging her to stay. When his world fell apart, Cutler lost everything —his job, his friends, and his self-respect. Now, he’s getting a chance to rebuild, and he’s making the most of it. John Cutler isn’t the man he wants to be, but he’s working on it.

Die zehnjährige Olivia verliert durch ein schreckliches Verbrechen ihre Mutter Pauline. Deren Ermordung ist der Auftakt zu einer Serie blutiger Gewalttaten – und der Grund, warum sich Olivias Leben eines Tages in einen Alptraum verwandeln wird. Grausam zugerichtete Leichen und ein ungewöhnliches Ritual lassen die Krefelder Ermittler um Hauptkommissar Paul Gießen keine Sekunde daran zweifeln, dass sie es mit einem raffinierten und skrupellosen Täter zu tun haben, der auch nicht vor dem Leben eines Polizisten Halt macht.

Komedia kryminalna, która rozbroi Cię śmiechem! Natalia, ze złamanym sercem po burzliwym romansie z nieodpowiedzialnym, ale zabójczo przystojnym Wiktorem, wraca do Starych Strzelb. Myślała, że zazna spokoju, ale na miejscu czeka na nią prawdziwa rewolucja! Okazuje się, że jej ciotka i spora część mieszkańców wsi mają obsesję na punkcie odkupienia ziemi od wyjątkowo uprzykrzonej sąsiadki.

When Sadie Gray gets called in to help the rugged and isolated DEA agent Luke Calloway on a case deep in the heart of Humboldt County, she’s less than thrilled, and plenty scared. Fresh from a forced and much needed break but without Brad or her usual team for backup, Sadie is pitched into a deadly game of survival on the notorious Murder Mountain.

They took his family. They think he won’t fight back. They’re dead wrong. Darryl “Jack” Daniels isn't a hero. He’s just a rough-around-the-edges, simple Aussie bloke trying to find his way in the world. But when a corrupt cop tears his family apart to support an underground criminal empire, Jack is left with no option but to stand up and be counted. A young female police officer, Leanne Miller, confides in Jack and offers him a deal: help her expose the corruption festering behind the badge, and she'll help get his family back—but her deal comes with a heavy price tag.

What risks would you take if you had nothing left to lose?1970s New York City is almost bankrupt. Police, schools and other municipalities struggle under massive layoffs, buildings are abandoned and the streets are dangerous. For Johnny Alvarez—a young runaway, haunted by abuse suffered at the hands of his sadistic older brother and dysfunctional parents—the lawlessness offers camouflage and opportunity. He squats in a derelict tenement and gathers a gang of streetwise kids, most of whom struggle with their own issues.

Mack Denver has settled—sort of. With his chosen “family” around him and his flash temper mostly in check, he’s trying to do the right thing while digging into a twisted case of city-wide corruption. But this isn’t just any case—it’s tangled up with one run by his old mentor, Sergeant Tom Stein of Boston South PD. And it’s about to get personal. With a sharp-tongued librarian, a born-again newsman, and the ever-patient Wanda at his side, Mack follows a trail through Boston’s underbelly—from snake dancers and shady fixers to a half-mad witness no one believes.

Am Abend des Hörnumer Hafenfestes wird ein Fischverkäufer überfallen und niedergestochen. Schnell verbreitet sich das Gerücht vom Hafen-Mörder auf der Insel. Als weitere Anschläge folgen, sieht sich die SOKO Sylt gefordert, Schlimmeres zu verhindern. Doch dieses Mal versuchen einflussreiche Gemeindemitglieder, Lena und Malte an der Aufklärung des Falls zu hindern. Denn hinter den Morden steckt etwas viel Größeres und das Team um Hauptkommissarin Lena Berger hat alle Hände voll zu tun, den finsteren Machenschaften auf Sylt etwas entgegenzusetzen.

Professor S.F.X. Van Dusen, weltberühmte Koryphäe auf allen möglichen Wissensgebieten, wird in diesem Fall in die Internationale Politik verwickelt. Ein Offizier ist vom Schlachtschiff „Maria Theresia" des Königreichs Österreich-Ungarn verschwunden, das zurzeit die USA besucht. Baron von Hartzfeld und ein Admiral der Kaiserlichen Flotte bitten die Denkmaschine darum, das Rätsel um den verschwundenen Offizier für sie zu lösen. Natürlich steckt noch viel mehr dahinter und wie immer weiß Van Dusen bald die Lösung, denn zwei plus zwei ergibt immer vier.

In Westerland wird in der Vorweihnachtszeit ein Mann auf offener Straße brutal erschlagen. Der Täter, ein junger Mann, lässt sich widerstandslos festnehmen. Die Suche nach einem Motiv führt Bente zurück in die Vergangenheit. Nach und nach deckt sie menschliche Abgründe und Tragödien auf. Erst als sie auf ungewöhnliche Ermittlungsmethoden zurückgreift und einen alten Fall wieder aufnimmt, kommt endlich Licht ins Dunkel.

NightfallSome soldiers don’t come home to normal life. Alexis Graves is former British Army, living quietly in the East Midlands. Officially, she runs a small rural operation. Unofficially, she’s surrounded by people like herself, veterans who never quite fit back into the world they were told to return to. When opportunities begin to appear in the criminal undercurrent of the region, Alexis and her circle are drawn into something that demands discipline, secrecy, and absolute loyalty.

Lähmende Angst legt sich wie ein Schleier über die Kurstadt Baden-Baden! Wir schreiben das Jahr 1990, nach einem ausgelassenen Frühlingsfest werden die Leichen eines jungen Paares entdeckt. Die schrecklich zugerichteten Körper wurden wie Abfall in einem Landkanal entsorgt. Auch der sechsundzwanzigjährige Rolf Heerse, der gerade erst beim Morddezernat begonnen hat, ist über die Brutalität der Tat entsetzt.

'Old-school creepy… a five-star horror novel' STEPHEN KING on Ascension IT'S NOT JUST THE DEAD WE BURY Private Investigator Arlo Abbas is broke, between cases, and running out of reasons to get off the couch. Then £10,000 lands in his bank account from a stranger, with a note: Find Sophie...

A skeleton is found entombed in a hundred-year-old tree, then another, fresher body in a much younger tree. Is it a century-old killer? Or a family of murderers who've passed their grisly trade down through the generations? Brilliant FBI Agent Ella Porter, currently banished to the small town of Nome, discovers a woman's remains in an ancient tree and the clues bring her to a small, secluded lake town in the beautiful inland of Alaska. Meanwhile, a wraith from her past wants to forge an unlikely alliance, but some boundaries can't be uncrossed.

Street Ohana is a gritty coming-of-age crime novel about loyalty, survival, and the cost of growing up where the streets raise you faster than life ever should. Ghost never planned on becoming the man he is. He learned early how to fight, how to protect his own, and how to move through a world where trust is rare and consequences are permanent. Surrounded by his crew, brothers bound not by blood, but by shared scars, Ghost navigates love, violence, ambition, and loss in a city that never forgives weakness.

Bill has come home to see his little sister get married. He brought along some of his Army buddies to enjoy this slice of small-town America. They were looking forward to getting some rest and relaxation away from war. Unfortunately, war has found them here, on the streets of small-town America. This tranquil setting is interrupted when a man forces a woman down on her knees in the middle of Main Street. When he brings the muzzle down, just inches from her beautiful face, the soldiers are forced to take action.