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Danielle Rycroft suspects someone close to her has a dark secret. In the confidential setting of therapy, her patients share their anxieties and fears. Now, with a string of murders in town putting her on edge, Danielle’s own worries come close to eclipsing her patients’. In each case, the pattern is the same: parents killed while their children sleep blissfully unaware in their beds. Her best friend, Detective Tami Sloan, is the only person she has confided in.

Growing up on the cold, mean, inner-city streets of Baltimore is Netta, leader of an all-girl clique called the Pussy Pound. With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, Netta learns at an early age how to use her beauty and her body to get the things she wants: money, cars, and jewelry. Chasing the almighty dollar, she meets Black, a local drug dealer with a deep-seated hatred for New Yorkers who falls head over heels in love with her. With a broken heart, Black discovers that Netta is only after his money and seeks the ultimate revenge against her life.

Observations will enable the listener to observe his own life more carefully so as to make it more of what it should be.

Drey Winston is a fierce competitor who enjoys challenging her mind and body. But when it comes to her heart - no one ever gets close enough to compete for it. Having grown up believing she was an unwanted burden to her parents, she prefers to keep her feelings well hidden. Just when her hard-fought goals are finally within reach, the audacious Jesse Devlin comes along to breach her carefully guarded defenses. After a disastrous marriage early in life, Jesse Devlin prefers strings-free relationships.

Achille Peroni erhält den Auftrag, sich um das Verschwinden einer jungen Frau zu kümmern, die in dem italienischen Badeort Jesolo als Sängerin gearbeitet hat. Es scheint sich lediglich um eine Routineangelegenheit zu handeln. Doch je intensiver Peroni sich mit dem Fall beschäftigt, desto mehr fasziniert ihn die geheimnisvolle schwarzhaarige Schönheit. Schon bald muss er feststellen, dass er mit seinen Untersuchungen in ein Wespennest gestoßen ist.

"Røven fuld af penge, og en pik i laser. Men ingen medaljer for lang og tro tjeneste." Efter mange år i udlandet slår den udbrændte forretningsmand Giovanni Baltzer sig ned i København, hvor han kort studerede som ung. Baltzer har købt et falleret antikvariat i en anonym sidegade. Det perfekte gemmested, hvor ingen kommer forbi, og lyset aldrig falder ind. Men timeglasset er ved at løbe ud, og fortiden tager i døren. Baltzer er ligeglad.

Katherine’s move to the famous castle town of Carrickfergus promises a new beginning for an unconventional, wanderlust-filled family trying to salvage a life shattered by personal grief. Home-schooled, socially awkward, and a self-diagnosed worrier with only a teddy bear and a rabbit as companions, obsessively curious Katherine hides from the world in books because the worry beast doesn’t lurk there. But when Sammy the Bull and his gang of Terribles invade her garden, demanding the return of his former hideout, all seems lost.

Amelia has always lived in a manor by the sea with her father, and she looks forward every summer to a visit from Alex. However, her perfect life is dashed one summer when tragedy strikes. Will her life ever be happy again?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Life on Mars is pretty standard…. until a mysterious virus hits. Don’t miss this timely and unputdownable novel from the bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish. Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular...

The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II—and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war 12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a ragtag group of American scientists overcame one of...

The Crusades shook the world. But why did they happen? Their origins are revealed in a new light. As part of a medieval world war that stretched from Asia to Europe. At its center was an ancient empire Byzantium. Told for the first time as a single, linked narrative are three great events that changed history: The fall of Byzantium in the 11th century, the epic campaign of the First Crusade and the origins of modern Turkey. Nick Holmes not only presents the First Crusade in a wider global context but he also puts forwards new interpretations of the original sources.

Aspiring horror author, Nick Teravelli has just signed a contract with Ruby International Promotions, a prestigious agency with a reputation for skyrocketing clients to fame and fortune...or at least the ones who don’t die in the process.

It's the year 2465, 200 years since the stars were opened to humanity by the invention of the shift drive. So began the First Interstellar Expansion Era, catapulting humanity into a deadly race for the limited resources of navigable space.

"Hun følte den samme mathed i ryggen igen, når hun tænkte på, at hun skulle konfirmeres sammen med verdens flotteste fyr. De skulle mødes hver dag, og sammen skulle de læse om Jesus og hans brødre, og de skulle bede aftenbøn sammen. Hun vil sikkert komme til at smøre marmelade på fingrene og bide sig selv i hånden ved morgenbordet, mens han stod ved siden af og fnisede ad hende." Johanna og Karl-Ludvig møder hinanden på en konfirmationslejr for kristne unge.

Athen, år 63 før vor tidsregning. Lægen Demetrios tilkaldes, da et drengelig bliver fundet i et af Piræus' pakhuse. Snart er han rodet ind i en affære, der truer med at knuse både ham selv og hans familie. Og alle spor fører mod Rom, hvorfra han er idømt eksil på livstid.

In Jennifer L. Holm's New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor winning middle grade historical fiction novel, life isn't like the movies. But then again, 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all...

In the first place, what do we mean by life? We mean that which we see, feel, hear, touch or taste, and the reason for it. We must have come into contact with all we know of life. We have already found what life is or we could not have had any of these experiences. In the beginning was God, or life. Out of this life which is, everything which is, is made. So life must flow through all things.

In her mid-thirties, Lucy-Anne Holmes still felt like a novice when it came to sex. But when she tried to find out what she could do about it, she realised everything she googled was geared to male pleasure rather than to women’s. Determined not to let this stop her, Lucy penned a list and set...

Eleanor is happy to be living with her brother and sister-in-law. She loves helping with her mischievous nephew, John. When John gets away from her one day, it sets off a chain of events that will change her life. A short short story of faith, friendship, and family. A prequel story for Brothers and Betrayal.

One day Alditha is content living with her family, the next she is taking her friend's place to serve at the King's castle. Her father's final instructions, to keep smiling and to do what is right, will be harder to live out than she ever imagined. She will face a royal nephew who delights in making people miserable, an angry servant girl who will stop at nothing to get what she wants, and noblemen who plot murder. Will she be able to keep the promise she made to her father? Will she find the faith she longs for during all of her adventures and adversities?