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When the CEO of the world’s leading artificial intelligence company is found murdered in his home, former Army CID officer Valerie Marks is thrust into her first case as a homicide detective. Valerie has a gift for reading people, a gift that has never failed her before. But that gift is put to the test when her instincts point her to an impossible suspect—an AI born from a secret venture with the Pentagon known as Project Nomad. To learn the truth, Valerie must team up with two men she doesn’t trust.

Erica Sands keeps her family legacy locked away – very few people know that her father is in a high-security prison, forever stained by the blood of his many victims. But when the body of a woman is found in an isolated cottage, a cryptic note concealed nearby, Erica is once more dragged into her father’s dark orbit.

US Marshal Katelyn Landers never expected her estranged sister-in-law, Vivienne Chandler, to show up on her doorstep, especially not with a chilling claim that her husband has emptied their bank accounts and vanished. But what begins as a shocking revelation takes a darker turn when Vivienne herself disappears in the dead of night, leaving behind three young children and a trail of unsettling questions. As Katelyn juggles the demands of her job and the sudden responsibility of caring for three traumatized kids, she delves into the murky mystery of her missing family members.

Sam Ireland wants to raise his daughter in peace, but when he saves a woman and child from drowning, he's drawn into a dangerous web of human trafficking. Joining forces with Waleed, an Egyptian intelligence chief, Sam pursues the mastermind, Habid, who has been sending Gaddafi loyalists to their deaths. As innocent lives hang in the balance, Sam navigates treacherous waters to stop Habid and confront the evil lurking beneath the surface.

Thousands of girls go missing every year in Las Vegas. Taken. Bought and sold. Or worse. These lost girls summon FBI Profiler Violet Darger to Sin City. There are fresh dead to sort through - two bodies burned beyond recognition in the trunk of a sedan - and there’s reason to believe there are missing girls waiting to be saved. Rumors swirl that a legendary killer is responsible for these crimes: an escaped prisoner with a personal grudge against Darger. One who disappeared for 20 years. If Darger finds the killer in time, the girls will live. If not...

To danske piger forsvinder sporløst på englandsbåden i 1985. Årtier senere dukker et foto af dem op i en kuffert hos en antikvitetshandler i kystbyen Brine. Den danske journalist Nora Sand, som arbejder for bladet Globalt i London, rodes tilfaeldigt ind i en gammel sag med en engelsk massemorder, der afsoner livstid i det berygtede faengsel Wolf Hall. De bestialske mord viser sig at traekke spor tilbage til Danmark, og snart frygter Nora for sit eget liv.

Sie dachte, sie könnte vor ihm fliehen. Sie lag falsch. Um ein traumatisches Erlebnis zu verarbeiten, reisen Nicci und ihr Mann in ein romantisches Resort in der Karibik. Türkisblauer Ozean, schneeweiße Sandstrände und goldene Sonnenuntergänge – das muss das Paradies sein. Doch es gibt mehr als eine Person auf dieser Insel mit einem dunklen Geheimnis. Und mindestens eine wird dafür sorgen, dass es begraben bleibt.

Almost one year has passed since the earth shook up Matt Horning and his coastal village. Now, the world’s foremost scientists have flocked to the remote town to study the aftereffects on the sea and land. Turns out, one of them isn’t a nice man. Famous geologist British Lord Phineas Stuart goes missing. As the investigation into Stuart’s disappearance gets underway, Matt and his colleagues quickly realize they’re not hurting for suspects who wish the geologist harm. Has Stuart just taken off somewhere, or is a jealous competitor responsible for the missing scientist?

A fresh murder in Arizona throws a family into chaos, and unravels a decades-old mystery. It’s been 20 years since the accident. A nighttime car crash on a desert road that left her parents dead and her sister disabled. Now a law enforcement officer with the Arizona Rangers, Michaela Sanchez has tried to get over the guilt she feels. She’s tried to move on. But when her brother is charged with the murder of a local activist, echoes of her family’s tragic night come crashing back. Michaela will do everything in her power to prove her brother’s innocence.

Der Polizeipräsident eines englischen Städtchens wird ermordet. Enthauptet. Seine Hinrichtung gefilmt und ins Netz gestellt. Alles deutet auf einen islamistischen Hintergrund. Doch als Journalistin Nora Sand vor Ort ermittelt, stellt sie fest, dass es in Toppingham keine Islamisten gibt. Dafür jedoch eine Menge Menschen, die den korrupten Polizisten keinesfalls vermissen. Und es gibt junge Mädchen, um die sich niemand kümmert. Die nachts durch die Straßen irren, ohne dass das Gesetz eingreift.

Den berømte digter Manash Ishmail er under sin flugt fra Iran til Danmark blevet adskilt fra sin kone Amina, der nu er som sunket i jorden, og han beder Globalts London-korrespondent Nora Sand om hjaelp. Jagten på Amina sender Nora til skjulte steder, hvor illegale flygtninge gemmer sig i evig frygt for myndighederne. Nora bliver til fare for sig selv, kastet ind i en verden, hvor nogle menneskeliv er meget mindre vaerd end andre.

Guns & God: Lines in the Sand is an electrifying adult crime-thriller involving murder, conspiracy, and infidelities that jolt a community as two neighboring families collide over political ideas about gun laws...when patriarch Luke “Fuzzy” Rose learns that a family member will stop at nothing to overtake the family business, all hell breaks loose, sending the family on a manhunt to end the dark plot and exposing its plans for civil war.