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When former Reno, Nevada, sheriff Keenan Fitzpatrick wins a free moose hunting trip to Newfoundland, Canada, he is happy to get away from his current job as a casino security officer. Shortly after arriving at the isolated hunting lodge forty miles from the nearest road, a man is shot to death. The other guests and guides immediately recruit Fitz to solve the murder. But without any technology to run background on all of the characters at the lodge, Fitz must rely only on his personal skills to uncover the killer.

Vienna, 1893. A gravedigger at the city’s famous Central Cemetery, Augustin Rothmayer is aan unorthodox yet highly educated oddball who finds solace amongst the dead as well as in the writing the pages of the first almanac of his profession. But his fragile peace is abruptly disturbed when young inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt, an ambitious young transfer from Graz, arrives in need of help from someone expert in death. No one knows the subject better than Augustin Rothmeyer.

Una giovane donna, Serena Ceccarelli, viene trovata morta sul letto nel suo appartamento alla Garbatella, dove viveva sola. Sul comodino una bottiglia di whisky e un flaconcino vuoto di un ansiolitico. Era divorziata, impiegata in un'agenzia di polizia privata, ma in passato era stata un'ispettrice della polizia, lavoro che aveva volontariamente abbandonato sei anni prima Ha tutta l'aria di un suicidio, l'autopsia conferma che il decesso è dovuto al micidiale cocktail formato da alcol e ansiolitico, anche se nessuno fra amici e vicini di casa sa spiegare il motivo di quel gesto estremo.

Alla giovane e ancora poco esperta commissaria Bianca Pereira, appena trasferita da Trento alla Squadra Mobile di Roma, vengono affidate le indagini sulla morte violenta di una ragazza. La vittima viene ritrovata impiccata ad un albero, completamente nuda, in un angolo nascosto di Villa Borghese, il grande parco pubblico al centro della capitale, in un caldo pomeriggio di giugno. All'apparenza si tratta di suicidio, quindi di un caso da chiudere in fretta, ma al contrario l'investigatrice si convince rapidamente che si tratta di omicidio e comincia a indagare puntigliosamente in tutte le direzioni.

È un giorno bellissimo, una donna sorride alla sua nuova vita. Ha lasciato da poco una condizione economica modesta, un lavoro che non le piaceva, un'esistenza tutto sommato priva di emozioni. Il suo conto in banca è finalmente solido, si è fatta un guardaroba griffato, un'auto nuova, sta per traslocare in una casa nuova e spaziosa, cose che fino a tempo prima non avrebbe potuto permettersi. Come ha fatto? Controlla per l'ultima volta il suo home banking, è felice e pronta a festeggiare con la sua gatta quando viene colpita da una pallottola alla tempia.

Auf der Suche nach seinem verschollenen Bruder stoßen Phileas Fogg und seine Freunde auf eine verborgene Höhle mitten in einem Felsmassiv auf Key West. Von dort zweigt ein Tunnel ab, der unterhalb des Atlantiks verläuft. Die Abenteurer folgen den Spuren der Bauarbeiter, die vor zwanzig Jahren spurlos verschwunden sind. Tief unter dem Ozean entdecken sie eine bewohnte Stadt und kommen damit einem gut gehüteten Geheimnis auf die Spur. Doch nicht bei allen Bewohnern der vergessenen Kolonie sind die Fremden willkommen.

"Wut setzt das Böse im Menschen frei." Rechtsanwältin Aenne Feddersen ermittelt mit zwanghaftem Scharfsinn und nordischem Charme dort, wo Gummistiefel und Fischbrötchen zum Kulturgut gehören. Der Mord an dem Pfarrer auf der Hallig Langeneß ruft Aenne als Pflichtverteidigerin auf den Plan. Ein Drogensüchtiger aus Hamburg wurde am Tatort aufgegriffen, hat aber Schwierigkeiten, sich zu dem Vorfall zu äußern. Die Spurensuche vor Ort konfrontiert Aenne mit der eingeschworenen Gemeinschaft der Halligbewohner, die seit Jahrhunderten alle Belange unter sich regeln.

Jake Adams, former CIA officer and Air Force Intelligence captain, is back with a new thrilling adventure. This second installment pits Jake against some of the most idealistic terrorists ever to strap on a suicide bomb. Jake is hired by a Portland, Oregon company as a private security agent during an international agriculture conference in Odessa, Ukraine.

Der Lügner kennt zumindest die Wahrheit ... Hauptkommissarin Bente Brodersen ermittelt mit friesischer Sturheit auf Deutschlands nördlichster Insel. Auf der Lister Fähre bricht ein Mann zusammen und ruft mit letzter Kraft: Es war Mord! Die Kripo identifiziert ihn als den Staatssekretär des Wirtschaftsministeriums in Kiel. Sehr schnell schaltet sich daraufhin der Staatsschutz ein und Hauptmann Clausen vom BND übernimmt den Fall. Eine zweite Leiche, die in einem Fischernetz gefunden wird, verwickelt Bente und ihr Team in eine komplizierte Ermittlung, die sie an die Grenzen ihrer Zuständigkeit bringen.

When AJ Bailey heads to the Florida Keys for a scuba diving conference, she's looking forward to a relaxing trip. But when an old friend goes missing and his wife is in trouble, the holiday is over. Amid a sea of threats and lies, AJ has 24 hours to find her friend and the mysterious package he took, before payback will be taken in lives.

When an artifact with the potential to destabilize the Middle East disappears, experts Avery Turner and Carter Mosley are summoned to retrieve it. Their destination: Egypt. Their target: a centuries-old relic—a small pin of solid gold, shaped like an ancient goddess.

"The Secret of the Old Mill," the third book in the Hardy Boys series by Franklin W. Dixon, follows Frank and Joe Hardy as they investigate a mysterious counterfeiting operation in their hometown of Bayport. When they receive a strange, counterfeit bill at the local post office, the brothers suspect that something sinister is afoot. Their sleuthing leads them to an old, abandoned mill on the outskirts of town, where they uncover evidence of a secret criminal operation.

A bleeding-heart liberal. That’s what they called Jim Weldon when he promised Black voters he would put an end to systemic racism once he became president. The strategy worked, as a record Black turnout at the polls propelled him to victory by the tightest of margins. True to his word, he immediately signed the SCALE ACT for Social Justice, along with its trillion-dollar budget, into law.

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.

Jimmy, a vivacious journalist, longs to trade his sheltered life for a summer of adventure. Nova, an aloof scientist, wants to resuscitate his dead love life but hasn't found the right man. Sparks fly when a chance encounter drops Jimmy and Nova into the same orbit.

Discovering an ancient skeleton can be murder, as homicide detective Eileen Reed discovers when her parents ask for her help in a missing person's case. The missing man, an archeologist, has been excavating a Lakota buffalo jump at the Reed Ranch near Devil's Tower, Wyoming. The discovery of his murdered corpse and the treasure he took from the ancient skeleton are complicated further when a hired assassin targets Eileen's fiancé, Joe Tanner, a top-secret defense programmer.

Jacob Fehr has devoted his life to neutralizing high-level threats. From his days in Unit 217, an elite division within the Israel Defense Forces, to his current service with the Mossad, Jacob's skills have been honed in the crucible of undercover operations across the Middle East. Little does he know that his most challenging mission is about to unfold.

"La Banda de Lunares" es un fascinante misterio de Sherlock Holmes. El detective investiga un siniestro complot que involucra a una sociedad secreta marcada por misteriosos tatuajes, desentrañando una compleja red criminal.

Phileas Fogg und seine Gefährten befinden sich auf der Reise nach Genf, um Baron Frankenstein aufzusuchen, der Fogg als Kind behandelt und ihm die Erinnerungen an seinen Bruder Aaron geraubt hat. Bereits auf der Zugfahrt ereignen sich mysteriöse Zwischenfälle, denen es zu verdanken ist, dass Fogg und seine Begleiter die Bekanntschaft mit einem jungen Engländer namens Fayne machen. Doch kaum sind sie in der Schweiz angekommen, ist der Mann spurlos verschwunden, als hätte es ihn nie gegeben. Phileas Fogg geht der Sache nach und kommt dabei Victor Frankenstein in die Quere.

Als bei der Explosion einer Autobombe eine junge Frau und ihre Tochter ums Leben kommen, setzt die Kölner Kriminalpolizei um den Ermittler Lasse Brandt alles daran, die Täter schnell zu fassen, auch aus Sorge, dass weitere Taten geplant sein könnten. Noch ahnt Brandt nicht, dass der Anschlag dem ehemaligen US-Topagenten Peter Walsh galt. Auch Walsh sucht die Täter, weil bei dem Attentat sein bester Freund schwer verletzt wurde. Aber im Gegensatz zu Brandt, sinnt er auf Rache und ist dafür bereit, über Leichen zu gehen.