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A middle-of-the night phone call summons NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli and her partner, Detective P. J. Parker, to a politically sensitive murder scene. The victims - a US Senator, the pastor of a mega church, and a self-made music industry billionaire - appear to have been killed during a sex orgy.

She hasn’t left her house in five years. Can love unlock the door? It’s been 1,825 days since Fiona Dexter last set foot outside 14 Wellington Drive. Five years ago, something happened that changed Fiona forever. Now she is too afraid to walk beyond her front gate. It’s not the life Fiona had dreamed of but she has made it work, finding happiness in the safe routine of her days.

In Lethal Tides, Catherine Musemeche weaves together science, biography, and military history in the compelling story of an unsung woman who had a dramatic effect on the U.S. Navy’s success against Japan in WWII, creating an intelligence-gathering juggernaut based on the new science of oceanography. When World War II began, the U.S. Navy was unprepared to enact its island-hopping strategy to reach Japan. Anticipating tides, planning for coral reefs, and preparing for enemy fire was new ground for them, and with lives at stake it was ground that had to be covered quickly.

The Most Holy Rosary is one of the greatest prayers in the history of the Church. Garnished as it is with the testimony of saints and popes for the last thousand years, the only greater prayers are the Mass and the Divine Office. It is a prayer for the people, to be said over and over, and yet many still seek ways to enter into the deeper mansions of spiritual richness to be found in this devotion. If you seek to reap the full harvest of this bountiful prayer, focus on the mysteries to better follow the life of our Lord through the eyes of Our Blessed Lady.

When she was twelve years old, Kirra Mandarian’s parents were murdered and she barely escaped with her life. Fourteen years later Kirra is a commonwealth attorney back home in Porte Franklin, Virginia, and her goal is to find out who killed her parents and why. She assumes the identity of E.N.—Eliot Ness—and gathers proof to bring down the man she believes was behind her parents’ deaths. She quickly learns that big-time criminals are very dangerous indeed and realizes she needs Dillon Savich’s help.

With the reluctant blessings of their father, the rector of Kurland St. Mary, Lucy Harrington and her sister Anna leave home for a social season in London. At the same time, Lucy's special friend Major Robert Kurland is summoned to the city to accept a baronetcy for his wartime heroism.

Major Robert Kurland has returned to the quiet vistas of Kurland St. Mary to recuperate from the horrors of Waterloo. However injured his body may be, his mind is as active as ever. Too active, perhaps. When he glimpses a shadowy figure from his bedroom window struggling with a heavy load, the tranquil façade of the village begins to loom sinister....

Finn Fitzpatrick barely knows Mandy Breslin from the law firm where they both work. Mandy moves in the privileged world of the senior partners. Finn keeps to herself. But Mandy has secrets, and as Finn gets drawn deeper and deeper into her dead colleague's life, she finds out that Mandy isn't such a stranger after all. And that Mandy's not the only one at the firm with something to hide.

Margie Halloway is a normal woman. She works a job she doesn’t care about, avoids men who catcall her on the street, and goes home every night to Salem, her beloved cat who also happens to be named after the town she lives in. Despite its namesake, Salem is a pretty normal town. Until a string of murders occurs in her small town and she starts to feel…different. She can do things she couldn’t do before, like move objects without touching them, or get people to do whatever she wants.

Meet the indomitable lady detective Loveday Brooke. Able to assume a multitude of disguises and possessed of analytical powers rivaling those of the great Sherlock Holmes, she masters every baffling situation and solves each perplexing crime in these seven atmospheric and entertaining Victorian mysteries.

Cellphones have become a fact of life, with children as young as eight (yes, eight!) getting their very own “devices.” Such boundless access means our kids are in nearly constant contact with technology that was designed specifically for adults. And they’re doing so without any type of road map. Enter First Phone: the essential audiobook that apprehensive parents can confidently hand to their kids to listen to as they begin their journey into the digital world.

Un lecteur anonyme a découvert mon identité et menace de la dévoiler. Ce qui serait CA-TAS-TRO-PHI-QUE. Mais comment vais-je faire pour me sortir de ça? Qui es-tu, Anonyme03?

J’ai 14 ans. À l’école, je suis "la gentille Annabelle", la fille qui ne monte jamais le ton, qui n’a jamais rien de spécial à raconter et qu’on ne remarque pas trop. À la maison, entre ma grande sœur qui réussit à peu près tout et mon petit frère qui est le chouchou de mon père juste parce qu’il joue au hockey, je suis transparente. Quand on a envie de raconter des choses passionnantes mais qu’on a une vie plate, il vaut mieux inventer la vie dont on rêve. C’est pour ça que j’ai créé danslatetedanna.com.

Rose en Ben hebben een normaal gezinnetje samen met drie kinderen. Maar wanneer Ben plotseling vertrekt, komt ze achter al zijn verborgen geheimen. Niets in haar leven is wat het lijkt en nu moet ze zichzelf en haar rol binnen het gezin opnieuw uitvinden. De roman ‘In het begin’ vertelt het verhaal over een ongelukkig huwelijk en hoe Rose als alleenstaande moeder haar leven weer op de been probeert te krijgen.

De relatie tussen Beth en haar moeder Alice is altijd moeizaam geweest. Maar wanneer haar demente moeder op sterven ligt, laat Beth haar leven in Londen voor wat het is en komt ze terug naar huis in Dublin. Samen met haar broer James blijft ze tot haar laatste adem bij haar moeder. Wanneer ze de brieven leest die Alice heeft geschreven als spijtbetuiging over de ingewikkelde band met haar dochter, blikken ze terug op hun jeugd. Laat Beth haar moeder eindelijk toe in haar hart? ‘De ommuurde tuin’ is een ontroerende en intieme roman over liefde, spijt en hoop.

In our always-on, tech-addicted lifestyles, we often think of the pursuit of fun as an indulgence. When we do find time to relax, we often turn to activities that are not actually that enjoyable, let alone fun: bingeing on television and movies, doomscrolling the news, or feeding our FOMO on social media. But award-winning science journalist Catherine Price has learned the truth: far from being frivolous, fun is the key to living a more meaningful, fulfilling and happier life.

Trials have a way of changing us, for better or worse. They can humble us or harden us. They can make us run to God or away from him. Perhaps your trials have resulted in a closer walk with him, or maybe he seems far away. Often, God strengthens our faith through the witness of courageous Christians who’ve gone before us.

Branded as a child witch, Winnie survives years of brutal rejection. She flees her village in the hinterlands of South Dakota, with plans to reverse her grim fate and prove everybody wrong. Her journey—from being rescued by Lakota Sioux elders, adopted by Midwest farmers, befriended by hobos, or becoming part of the WWII aircraft workforce—brings her to Los Angeles, where her search for happiness and love picks up speed.

Seit fast 50 Jahren bewahrt die irische Krankenschwester Katie ein Geheimnis auf, gut versteckt im hintersten Winkel ihres Kleiderschranks: eine Kiste mit Armbändern. Sie stammen von Babys, die in den 70er-Jahren gegen den Willen ihrer Mütter zur Adoption freigegeben wurden. Katie sieht die Zeit gekommen, Mütter und Kinder endlich wieder zu vereinen. Denn hinter jedem Armband verbirgt sich eine Geschichte voller Herzschmerz und Hoffnung, und jedes Kind hat ein Recht auf die Wahrheit. Aber ist Katie auch bereit, sich ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit zu stellen?

At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller’s life is on the rocks in “this brilliant, tangled web of lies, cover ups and deception” (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author). Her once brilliant law career is falling apart. She and her husband, Dan, are about to be forced out of the apartment they love. After a warning from her firm’s senior partners, she receives an invitation from an exclusive women’s networking group, Panthera Leo. Membership is anonymous, but every member is a successful professional.