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When 12-year-old Paul disappears from school, Yorke’s only clue is a pool of animal blood. Fearing the worst, he turns toward the most obvious suspect: recently released local murderer Thomas Ray. But as the snow in Salisbury worsens, Ray’s mutilated body is discovered, and Yorke is left with no choice but to journey into the sinister heart of a demented family that has plagued the community for generations.

Connor Laird frightens people: he's intense, he's fearless, and he seems to be willing to do anything to protect himself and those he loves. He arrives in the Longacre Children's Home seemingly from nowhere, and instantly becomes hero and villain to every other child there.

When young Josie Vance vanishes from Cove Park, California leaving behind her light-up sneakers, Special Agent Emily Ray leads the investigation to find her. She is the very best at finding abducted children. Twenty-eight years ago she was one of them. As she leads the hunt, the kidnapper sends a drawing. It depicts a little girl in pink leggings, standing before a brick house, clutching silver balloons. The address scrawled in the background is identical to where Emily was held captive.

How do you stop a perfect killer? After the terrible events of the past year, DCI Yorke's team are on the verge of finding peace. But after a terrifying act of violence shatters their equilibrium, they are forced to dance with a skilled assassin who knows no equal. After it becomes clear that this hitman is connected to the most shadowy of criminal organisations, Yorke is forced to dive into his own past, and face a future in which he is either alone, or dead.

Cuando Wanda Stroud, una bibliotecaria jubilada, vuela de regreso a Los Ángeles desde Ciudad de México, ve algo inquietante en el ordenador portátil del pasajero que tiene delante. Al día siguiente, Wanda había quedado con una amiga para tomar café, pero no apareció, algo muy inusual en ella. El periodista Ray Wyatt investiga la desaparición mientras se aferra a la esperanza de que su hijo, Danny, todavía esté vivo.

Twenty years ago, Tatia was adopted into a well-off home where she seemed happy, settled. Then the youngest boy in the family dies in an accident, and she gets the blame. Did she do it? Tatia is cast out, away from her remaining adopted siblings Joel and Poppy. Now she yearns for a home to call her own. So when she see families going on holiday, leaving their beautiful homes empty, there seems no harm in living their lives while they are gone. But somehow, people keep ending up dead. Did she kill them?

In his latest bizarre concoction, Dorsey picks up - sort of - various plot strands from his earlier books, including Florida Roadkill, Hammerhead Ranch Motel, and Orange Crush. There's still the matter, you see, of the briefcase full of cash, and still unresolved are the stories of Serge Storms, the serial killer and history buff; Johnny Vegas, the startlingly handsome virgin; Jethro Maddox, the Hemingway look-alike; and Paul, the Passive-Aggressive Private Eye. Fans of Dorsey's magnificently off-kilter adventures will be thrilled to rejoin these characters....

A victim. A mutilated body. A single word. A young woman is found dead on the streets of London. Her throat slashed, her body mutilated, and one word carved into her flesh: “DON’T.” Detective Superintendent Ray Paterson is assigned to the case. Young, handsome and from a wealthy background, he’s tipped for the top. He joins a team based out of Bermondsey, South London. It’s meant to be a stepping stone to his next promotion, but this case will threaten to bring down his career and everything he thought he knew about policing.

Bev may not know who she was before she showed up in the quaint village of Pigsend five years ago, but that doesn't bother her much. She's made a tidy little life for herself as the proprietor of the Weary Dragon Inn, where the most notable event is when she makes her famous rosemary bread. But when earthquakes and sinkholes start appearing all over town, including near Bev's front door, she's got to put on her sleuthing hat to figure out what—or who—might be causing them before the entire town disappears.

Back to the roots: Rufus' und Rays Ermittlerkünste sind wieder gefragt! An Bord des Kreuzfahrtschiffes "Golden Silverstar" sollen die Erdmännchen-Spürnasen mit ihrem früheren Kompagnon Phil einer Bande auf die Spur kommen, dem berüchtigten Ocean’s Club. Unter dem Künstlernamen "Phil & Friends" werden Rufus und Ray zur größten Entertainment-Attraktion an Bord und ermitteln nebenher undercover. Doch ihre Gegner sind gewieft. Am Ende müssen Phil & Friends Kopf und Pelz riskieren, um das Geheimnis des Ocean's Club zu lüften.

Firewing Investigations follows dragon shifter PJ Norris as he searches the land newly freed from an evil queen for more of his kind. Along with his best friend Grant, and a brand new amulet that unleashes the dragon in his mind, PJ sets off on a magical, cozy adventure – solving a few magical mysteries along the way.

Rien ne va plus, Madame! Keine gute Stimmung im Erdmännchen-Bau: Roxy fühlt sich unterfordert, Rocky versteht die Welt nicht mehr, Häsin Grete braucht bitte mehr Me-Time, und Natalie möchte erst mal keinen Nachwuchs mit Ray. In all diese Beziehungs- und Sinnkrisen platzt ein Anruf von Interpol, und wenig später sind Phil, Rufus und Ray unterwegs zu den Reichen und Schönen an die Côte d’Azur. Denn dort heiratet der Sohn einer zwielichtigen Investmentfonds-Größe eine Frau aus bestem Haus. Zu Gast sein wird auch »Samtpfote«, Kopf eines mexikanischen Drogenimperiums.

New York Times best-selling author Stephen Hunter is back with another breakneck thriller, in which ex-Marine sniper, Ray Kruz, must outwit a group of murderous Somali terrorists who’ve laid siege to the Mall of America. Recently retired marine sergeant Ray Kruz has been talked into a mall trip by his fiancé, the beautiful Molly Chan. For Ray, Molly represents a way to reconnect with normal life, something his 20 years in the service and five tours in two combat zones have prevented.

After the Second Kingside War, magical folks like baker Lillie Dean are once again able to live freely and use magic openly. Lillie is taking this new freedom to heart, and has just moved to the seaside town of Silverkeep to start a brand new bakery and begin her life again. But all is not sweet in the idyllic village, especially when Lillie gets a threatening note saying if she doesn't get out of town, everyone will find out about her villainous past.

Ex-detective Ray Flowers thinks that all he has to worry about is his overgrown honeysuckle until an unexpected phone call shatters his complacence. The drug supplier known as Angel Eyes is back on the streets. They called him Angel Eyes, after the insignia he left behind at every crime scene. A pair of innocent blue eyes on a shred of paper. Angel Eyes vanished without a trace. But the lives he destroyed are still in ruins.

Samantha Moore, una universitaria de Queens, de camino a Canadá con su novio para empezar una nueva vida cuando desaparece sin dejar rastro en un pequeño motel de Vermont. Su desaparición no es más que el último de una serie de extraños sucesos que han ocurrido durante décadas en los solitarios bosques de Vermont. Tras un macabro hallazgo relacionado con el caso, la agente del FBI Jill McDade es enviada a Vermont, donde su camino vuelve a cruzarse con el del veterano periodista Ray Wyatt, encargado de investigar el misterio en torno a la joven desaparecida.

For the past two years, Titus Ray, CIA intelligence officer, has been in Iran trying to recruit assets willing to feed him intel on the Iranian opposition. When he unexpectedly meets Amir Madani, one of Iran's premier nuclear scientist, he can't resist the opportunity to pursue him as a CIA asset. Although Chaman, a beautiful Iranian socialite, warns Titus to stay away from Madani, he ignores her advice and befriends the nuclear scientist. The consequences prove disastrous for Titus, and as the secret police close in on him, he's forced to find shelter.

Auf einem Flug von Mexiko-Stadt nach Los Angeles erhascht Wanda Stroud einen schicksalhaften Blick auf den Laptop des Passagiers in der Sitzreihe vor ihr. Am nächsten Tag erscheint sie nicht zu ihrer Verabredung zum Kaffee mit einer Freundin. Special Agent Jill McDade wird in die Lösung des Falles verwickelt, der Verbindungen zu zwielichtigen Netzwerken im Dark Web hat und weit über die Grenzen der USA hinausreicht.

Ausschließlich als Hörbuch erhältlich: das Prequel zur Bestseller-Serie! Süßer die Erdmännchen nie klingen: Christoph Maria Herbst macht das Weihnachtsabenteuer von Rufus und Ray zu einer Sternstunde für alle, die Weihnachten und beste Unterhaltung lieben. Es weihnachtet im Berliner Zoo. Kong schmückt sein Gehege, es duftet nach gebrannten Mandeln und die ersten Schneeflocken fallen. Lange bevor Rufus und Ray offiziell Ermittler werden, müssen sie den Vermisstenfall eines unglücklichen Bernhardinerwelpen namens Benni knacken.

Cuando dos excursionistas encuentran a un niño traumatizado que deambula solo por un rincón remoto de las montañas Adirondack, en el estado de Nueva York, siguen sus pasos hasta una cabaña, donde hacen un horrible descubrimiento. El periodista de sucesos Ray Wyatt recibe el encargo de indagar en el perturbador caso, mientras McDade y Wyatt tendrán que poner sus vidas en juego en una lucha contrarreloj para descubrir la verdad detrás de uno de los crímenes más atroces de la historia del estado de Nueva York.