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At 44, Eve Mozell has a wonderful husband and a creative job. She also has a temperamental teenage son, two headstrong sisters, and a demented old father. As she deals with her family's frequent crises, her days overflow with lengthy phone calls. She is never far from a dial tone. But as her father begins to die, Eve is tempted to disconnect and to sort out her feelings for this difficult man.

Two years ago, Dr. Gina Brady broke Thomas Prescott’s heart, but now her panic-stricken satellite phone call starts it beating again with a fury. Thugs kidnapped the good doctor from the remote jungle village where she was working, and now the retired homicide detective’s expert skills are desperately needed to save her. Led by a colorful, but perhaps untrustworthy local guide, Prescott journeys deep into the Bolivian Amazon, plunging into a world where the only thing more dangerous than the gun-toting drug traffickers and the ruthless tribesmen, is the jungle itself.

El rastro de un joven español se esfuma por el sur de Inglaterra tras dejar un mensaje de socorro en el teléfono móvil de su madre. Ella, que apenas ha abandonado su pequeño pueblo en contadas ocasiones, decide ir en su busca. Hace un año, su marido desapareció en las tranquilas aguas de la Albufera y no está dispuesta a vivir de nuevo una angustia como aquella.

In only a few months, the small town of Hagen has lost two high school seniors, both under strange circumstances. When a third senior, the mayor’s son, drives through the plate glass window of the town’s diner and ends up in a coma, the deaths no longer seem unrelated accidents. The town is paralyzed with fear. The police can find no good explanation. Other students deny any knowledge of what’s happening, but Detective Kylie Milliard is certain at least some are lying.

After a shocking revelation Inspector Bronson is unsure on how to proceed. He takes advice from Detective White, who is now back on the case. Officer Swanson assists the men on their investigation, hoping to come face to face with the perpetrator and take justice into her own hands. The investigation leads them to an old warehouse in the industrial estate, where shock revelations wait in store.

After suffering an injury at the lighthouse, Detective White is taken to the hospital. Inspector Bronson, now working alone, has to double his workload to solve the investigation. An unlikely alliance is soon formed when the work is far too much for Inspector Bronson to manage on his own. Officer Swanson’s temper starts to get the better of her and a huge revelation leaves Inspector Bronson wondering what he is going to do next.

Inspector Bronson and Detective White continue their investigation into the murder of Leslie Sykes. Visiting her dorm and speaking to roommate Casey, they learn that the murder may have a motive, one that is drug-fuelled. Their investigation leads them to an old boathouse where they make some alarming discoveries. Armed with their new leads, they continue with their investigation back at the dorm only to run into another nightmare. Officer Swanson now becoming irritated by the investigation starts to show her true brute force. She is taking no prisoners.

Mud wrestling, motorcycles, fast cars, fast food, and fast men abound in this wildly entertaining seventh installment of the Stephanie Plum series from Janet Evanovich, the “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times). Semiretired mob guy Eddie DeCooch is caught trafficking...

When a couple of storage auction bidders win the contents of unit 37 at 'Best Price Storage', they discover the mummified remains of three dismembered bodies inside. Thus begins a new murder case for Boyd and his team. While East Sussex police force are concerned they may have another serial killer operating along the South Coast, Boyd suspects there may be a very different explanation.

After an alarming discovery Inspector Bronson and Detective White continue their investigation into the murders of Leslie Sykes and Casey Shawe. They learn a lot about Leslie’s background and may have found a motive for the murder. Their investigation leads them back to their beginnings with two new suspects. A surprise discovery leads to Officer Swanson severely injuring one of the suspects. Requiring a warrant to continue their investigation Inspector Bronson and Detective White make headway.

Christmastime in an isolated country house and, following a flaming row in the kitchen, there’s murder inside. When a much disliked visiting servant disappears without trace after playing Santa Claus, foul play is at once suspected - and foul play it proves to be. Only suspicion falls not on the staff but on the guests, all so unimpeachably respectable that the very thought of murder in connection with any of them seems almost heresy.

After reconnecting with an ex—now a Hollywood star—a struggling author discovers the dark side of fame when a stalker begins reenacting violent events from her novel. When Zoe Ann Weiss moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming a writer, her whole future is wide open. But then...

What happens when San Francisco’s handsome congenial Mayor Anthony Podesta is faced with the harsh reality of being termed out of the office, and all his wealthy mentor Jonathan Chalmers offers him is the job as California’s Lieutenant Governor? When the political cost to Anthony's survival is revealed as a conspiracy to drain the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and return the land back to Yosemite National Park and the Department of the Interior, Anthony is aghast at the task he's being asked to perform for an elected position of such insignificance.

Cyber-crime didn't exist in the 1980s. Or did it? Clem Chambers' gripping techno-thriller series, The Hacker Chronicles, is a reminder that the dark art of hacking is as old as network technology. Dial Up for Murder is set in 1984, long before the revolutionary advent of the Internet and World Wide Web. The hacker hero Peter is an entrepreneurial nerd struggling to attract paying subscribers to his new-fangled network. A chance meeting with a shady customer soon has the young computer whizz raking in the dough.

Das G-Team erreicht ein Notruf aus Maine. Bei der Bergung eines Trucks wurden neunzehn Leichen im Laderaum entdeckt. Eine der Leichen trägt als Tätowierung das Symbol eines terroristischen Geheimbundes auf der Brust: ein Ulfberht-Schwert. Bei ihren Ermittlungen erhalten Cotton und Decker die Unterstützung des Ex-Cops Ruben Scherbaum. Als dieser stirbt, hinterlässt er den FBI Agents eine mit Blut an die Wand geschriebene Botschaft: CENTERFOLD!

Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors, Thriller is the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Offering up heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises are 32 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature characters that made such authors as David Morrell and John Lescroart famous, to four of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify.

‘Compelling, chilling and an incredibly impressive’ Alexandra Brown ‘Shocking, and very cleverly crafted’ The Book Review Café ‘Disturbing and chilling’ Northern Crime Reviews ‘A gripping psychological thriller with a level of tension that will leave you breathless’ Tracy Book...