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Två unga män avlider under tragiska omständigheter på kort tid i Växjö. Kommissarie Pierre Hultman tar sig an fallen som rubriceras som en olyckshändelse och ett självmord. Men stämmer verkligen det? För om det inte gör det är detta kanske början på en våg av döda tonåringar.

Juni 2012. Sista gången någon ser Helena Svahn är inne i en klädbutik i centrum. Polisen som utreder fallet är Pierre Hultman, en kriminalkommissarie med lång erfarenhet på jobbet, men med ett tragiskt förflutet. Ingen verkar ha något ont att säga om Helena, och Hultman och hans kollegor Sofia Hård och Mattias Fridlund har en svår nöt att knäcka. Har hon bara åkt hemifrån, eller har det hänt något fruktansvärt? Februari 1998. 16-åriga Denise kämpar mot sitt förflutna och sin sorg på Sankt Sigfrids Sjukhus. Runt henne händer det märkliga saker - eller är det de kraftiga medicinerna som påverkar henne?

“Sneaks up on you with its insight and poignancy.” —Entertainment Weekly From New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters and how far they’ll go to save one of their lives—even if it means swapping identities. Jayne and...

A New York Times bestseller! “Smart and funny…warm and rewarding.” —Booklist (starred review) “A compelling and quirky tale of love and negotiating early adulthood in New York City.” —School Library Journal From the New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact, which...

Anna is a possession. She is owned by the man named Will, shielded from the world of struggles by his care. He loves her, protects her and then breaks her. Anna is obedient, dutiful and compliant. Anna does not know her place in the world. When she falls pregnant, Anna leaves her name behind, and finds the strength to run. But the past - and Will - catch up with her in an idyllic town with a dark secret, and this time, it's not just Anna who is at risk.

This candid and darkly witty memoir recounts an exhilarating life - and a few close brushes with death. With remarkable sangfroid and a humorist's eye for absurdity, H. K. Roy describes his many strange and risky exploits in his long career with the CIA. Whether he was pursuing Soviet and Cuban spies, running "denied area" operations in Eastern Europe, hunting Bosnian War criminals, or providing actionable intelligence to US government and coalition forces in Iraq, Roy usually found himself at the right place at the right time.

The allure of literary letters and rare first editions captures the imaginations of three professors of English literature and leads to tragedy in the wake of the Great Kobe Earthquake of 1995.

Medal of Honor recipient Jack H. Lucas’s classic memoir of his heroics at the Battle of Iwo Jima—with a foreword by Bob Dole and reissued to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the battle in 2020. On February 20, 1945, the second day of the assault on Iwo Jima—one of the bloodiest...

A collection of the funny, curious verse written during the 19th and 20th centuries, read by some of Britain's most renowned actors. Humorous and whimsical verse are collated together in these timeless readings of poetry from our funniest writers. Performed by Sir John Gielgud; Imogen Stubbs; Tim Pigott-Smith; Peter Orr; Wendy Hillier. 

When beloved local teacher and devoted mother, Claire Nelson, is discovered murdered in her kitchen, stab wounds covering her delicate pale skin, FBI Special Agent Val Costa is drawn out of retirement. Claire’s two children are in pieces, and Val won’t rest until they have the justice they deserve. Battling nightmares about the serial killer she escaped just weeks ago, Val has her work cut out for her. A church regular, Claire was adored by her neighbours and spent her spare time helping the homeless. Who would want to hurt this beautiful soul? 

Dos hermanas que no se soportan, pero que harán lo que sea por salvarse mutuamente Jayne y June Baek no se parecen en nada. June es la primogénita, una sabelotodo con un demandante trabajo y un departamento igual de frío que ella (según Jayne). Por otro lado, Jayne es un manojo de nervios...

Die Zeitzeugengeschichte 1941-1948: Die sieben längsten Jahre meines Lebens handelt von den persönlichen Erlebnissen eines jungen Mannes im Krieg und in Gefangenschaft von 1941-1948. Als 18-jähriger 1941 zum Reichsarbeitsdienst einberufen, macht er erste Erfahrungen mit dem Krieg im Ostfeldzug. Später dient er in der Waffen-SS und erlebt verschiedene Stationen im Russlandfeldzug und in Frankreich. Bei Kriegsende gerät er in amerikanische und französische Kriegsgefangenschaft und ist nach mehreren Fluchtversuchen Ende 1947 endlich wieder zu Hause.

Katie and her younger brother Leo knew this fire personally. Leo was too young to recognize the fire as anything more than flames. Katie, however, knew this fire served the purpose of inflicting terror in families like theirs. A terror their hearts could never release. Ten years have passed. Even with the time given, Katie is unable to rid the pain and distaste she hold for those who birthed that fire years ago. Even with the love of her best friend, Avery Ivy, Katie is unsure if she will ever regain love in her heart once again.

Two Princesses. Two Enemy Nations. One Chance to Save the World. While Princess Kailyn of Oleanders has always yearned to explore the kingdom beyond the walls of her father’s castle, she’s content to spend her days with her books. But when her father is assassinated, she is forced to flee...

A decades-old photo. An unknown child. A secret someone would kill to keep buried. When private investigator Martina Monroe is hired to identify the infant in a decades-old photograph, the case seems simple enough. But the search leads her back to the hometown she swore she’d never return to—a place haunted by old wounds, buried lies, and people desperate to keep the past hidden. As Martina digs deeper, the questions begin to multiply. Who is the child in the photo? Why does no one want her asking questions? And what happened all those years ago that still has the town living in fear?

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is an audio adaptation of the ⁠OpenStax Principles of Management textbook⁠. The audiobook is produced by ⁠Audileo⁠. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management...

'A sharp, hilarious, unsparing mother-daughter story' Rachel Khong 'Culturally incisive and relentlessly smart' Michelle Zauner 'A magnum opus and a vibe' Bryan Washington Stevie cannot wait to escape her mother. Whilst many people dream of moving to LA and into the spotlight, she is desperate...

The next Dark Lord rises with the blood of dragons in his veins. Deklin Faust is no stranger to overthrowing tyrants and leading rebellions across his many lives, and he's determined to tear it down all over again. With an irreverent witch, a necromancer orc, and an aspiring monk, Deklin creates...

Martina Monroe knows some cases leave scars that never heal. After a year that nearly destroyed her life and threatened her family, she’s sworn off anything that could pull her back into danger. That is, until a desperate and heartbroken father walks into her office. His twenty-three-year-old daughter, Lena, is missing. The police are stalled, and he believes time is running out. Martina tries to hand the case to another investigator, but the father refuses to give up.

Detective Leslie, once a key figure in the Cold Case Squad, is convinced she’s closed the case on Darren, Martina’s brother, for a cold-blooded murder. But Martina, shaken by her brother’s guilty plea and an anonymous tip claiming his innocence, starts questioning the conviction. As Martina delves into the details, she encounters a series of unsettling discrepancies. The investigation’s weak foundation, coupled with the lack of physical evidence and a dubious motive, ignites Martina’s suspicions.