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In a city of sunshine and secrets, the shadows belong to the animals. In a solar-powered future, humans live in luxury, served by unseen Little Helpers – artificially enhanced animals who maintain their masters’ perfect green cities. The animals’ number one rule: ‘do not bother the...

*Longlisted for BEST NOVEL by the British Science Fiction Association* *Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize* *Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize* AN EXTRAORDINARY SPECULATIVE THRILLER BY A MASTER OF THE GENRE An impossible death: Detective Ethan Krol has been...

Daniel ist ein unsichtbarer Mann. Körperlich gezeichnet, sozial aussortiert, gefangen in einem Leben aus Scham, Wut und Bedeutungslosigkeit. Bis ein Unfall alles beendet. Offiziell ist Daniel tot. Tatsächlich erwacht er an einem Ort, den es nicht geben dürfte. Sein zerstörter Körper wurde...

After the tragic death of her husband Henry, wealthy widow Carrie turns to a mysterious matchmaker named Helen in hopes of finding love again. Instead, she falls for Dominic—a breathtakingly handsome man who seems perfect in every way. But as their whirlwind romance deepens, Henry’s ghost begins appearing with terrifying warnings: Dominic is dangerous.

Ein Feelgood Krimi aus der Reihe "Ladies of the front row" So war das nicht geplant! Ein toter Museumswärter. Ein mysteriöses Verbrechen aus dem Mittelalter. Und was hat ein kleiner, blauer Wal mit der sizilianischen Mafia zu tun? Auf dem alljährlichen "Ladiesausflug" wollen Luise, Cosima, Thea und Mia die Nürnberger Altstadt erkunden...

Sur le continent de Shendara, quelque part dans le pays des Forêts Hualien, reprenant connaissance dans une grotte non loin de son village, Li Zhang se voit enfin offrir l’opportunité qu’il a attendu toute son enfance : devenir un guerrier divin. Avec l’aide de son étrange professeur, il peut désormais rejoindre le temple dans lequel s’entraînent tous les aspirants guerriers. Cependant, Li se démarque des autres, on voit en lui un élu, un miracle vivant capable de mettre fin aux invasions perpétuelles des démons.

There’s something wrong with this city. Welcome to Madripol, city of artists and madmen, city of mushrooms. When a strange plague infects Old Town, Johanna Kolibrik thinks the graffiti messages scrawled all over the city might be right. Kolibrik’s got her own problems, though—like paying the bills and keeping her PI business afloat—so when a well-dressed man from New Town offers to double her fee to find his missing wife, she ignores her gut and takes the case.

Rory's in a tight spot. Technically, she's in a lab refrigerator, hiding for her life. Who just stormed the primate facility with a gun, leaving the lab tech Andy shot through the neck, dead in a pool of his own blood? For Rory, survival consists of folding herself into the only hiding place available to live another day, affording her the opportunity to search for answers to the violence raging around her. And of course, the mystery of her missing research primate.

It's been five years since Paul Connert's fiancée died of a drug overdose and he's never forgiven himself for not trying harder to help. Now he plans to atone. He seeks a woman who reminds him of his lost love and fantasizes about getting her into rehab, even if by force. But then he meets the feisty, alcoholic, Vika Koslava, a beautiful Russian model who was sent on an erotic website assignment to Santa Barbara with her heroin-addicted sister. When her sister goes missing, Vika is left homeless.

Jon Gilligan is the only man with a pulse in a city of the undead. It's his job to maintain order between the factions of walking corpses and disembodied spirits. The workload has been driving him a little insane, leading him to take on the persona of a noir detective. He narrates his adventures, casting himself as a hero to all those under his watch.