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Welcome to Unspace Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn't recognise, unable to remember who he is. All he has left are journal entries recalling Clio, a perfect love now gone. So begins a thrilling adventure that will send Eric and his cynical cat Ian on a search for the Ludovician, the...

Ambitious, brilliant, and beautiful, Alex Sontheim is the star of Wall Street - and she knows it. So when Levy Manhattan Investments taps her to take their firm to the next level, she can name her price - but she may be getting in over her head. Preoccupied by her steamy relationship with handsome real-estate mogul Sergio Vitali, Alex is blind to the reality that behind LMI’s glittering facade is a dangerous criminal cartel - and it expects more than just top-notch work and discretion. Desperate to put an end to this organized crime, New York’s crusading mayor needs someone on the inside, and no one is in deeper than Alex.

For two years, Eddie Donagan was on track to become the greatest Red Sox pitcher of all time. Then one day, without warning, he went from unhittable to ineffective - forcing him to drop out of the Majors before he even hit his prime. Attorney Brady Coyne met Donagan before he turned pro, and stays friends with him even as the faded star drifts into depression, disappearing from his wife and child for days at a time. Finally, the Donagans are thrown into crisis - but it isn't Eddie's disappearance that causes it. It's his son's.

A mutilated body is found lying on the ground in Chicago, a dead hand pointing down Adams Street, also known as Route 66, a road of many names. And now of many deaths. A silent caravan of cars, dozens of them, drives down the road, each passenger bearing a photograph, but none of them the same. They are the parents of missing children, some recently disappeared, some gone a decade or more.

Larry Dolman is a rather literal-minded ex-cop who now works private security. Eddie Miller is an airline pilot who's studying to get his real estate license. Don Luchessi is a silver salesman who's separated from his wife, but too Catholic to get a divorce. Hank Norton is a drug company rep who gets four times as many dames as any of the other guys. When a friendly bet goes horribly awry, they find themselves with two dead bodies on their hands and a homicidal husband in the wings - and acting more like hardened criminals than upstanding citizens.

Der Ruhestand in der Waldorfstraße nagt an Tom Sharks Nervenkostüm. Mürrisch wartet er in seinem quietschenden Schaukelstuhl auf neue Herausforderungen, bis die Stadt von einem vermeintlichen Frauenmörder heimgesucht wird. Doch nicht die Tatkraft Tom Sharks bringt den Unhold zur Strecke, vielmehr ein Messer im Rücken und das noch direkt im Vorgarten des Meisterdetektives. Sofort ist Kommissar Wendler zur Stelle. Doch statt Licht ins Dunkle zu bringen, überstürzen sich die Ereignisse.

One of the biggest trivia competitions in the world is coming to Paradise Lodge, and Hali Waverly is expecting an influx of guests. What she’s not prepared for is murder. When a body drops on the resort’s beach, however, she finds herself knee-deep in the investigation along with her new boyfriend Gray Hunter. Unfortunately for her, there are a few too many suspects for her comfort level.

Auf, auf ihre Kanaillen, das vorerst letzte, große Abenteuer wartet auf Tom Shark. Die Zeiten sind unruhig in Berlin. Ein monströser Menschenaffe treibt sein Unwesen. Oder ist es ein menschgewordener Alptraum? Die Spuren führen den Meisterdetektiv, seinen Freund Pit Strong und ihren treuen Diener Bill zu dem umjubelten Dr. Sardou - ein bedeutender Mediziner, der behauptet, den Alterungsprozess durch einen chirurgischen Eingriff aufhalten zu können. Ist das die Wahrheit - oder nur eine vage Behauptung, um abscheuliche Experimente zu vertuschen?

When Norwegian ex-police officer Anne Bonnevie is released from prison in The Bahamas, she fights the urge to return to Guana Cay to seek revenge on her former boss who framed her. But when her friend is kidnapped, Anne and her friend Sylvia follow the trail and end up on Guana Cay anyway. Their neighbor Dana disappears on a fishing charter. Anne suspects something sinister is afoot when it turns out that several wives have gone missing in Caribbean waters. As she investigates further, she finds that the owner of the fishing yacht from which these women went missing is her former boss.

Nach den Strapazen von Paris gönnt sich der Meisterdetektiv Tom Shark eine Auszeit, doch sein ruhiges Heim wird von weiblichen Fans nur so umlagert. Kurzerhand nimmt er gern die Einladung seines alten Kumpans Heinz von Brendo an, einer Jagdgesellschaft auf dem Rittergut der Brendos in der Altmark. Kaum umgezogen zum abendlichen Diner, beginnen die seltsamen Ereignisse. Ein dreifingriger Dienstbote, die attraktive Ellen, ein Stromausfall und Schüsse in der Dunkelheit.

George made his reputation as a master of the new AI crime system. It dramatically improved clearance rates in homicide. But he came unstuck when he decided to try and charge a particularly awful government minister. In the wash up, George just disappeared. Now a new gruesome case has the AI systems and all the detectives stumped. The complete absence of any motive leaves them struggling to make progress. They sure could use George, but will he return?

Sixteen years ago, Sergeant Lei Texeira met Harriet Vierra and Malia, the infant she adopted, in a deadly encounter in Mexico. Now a detective with the Maui Police Department, Harry works with Lei, and Malia, a teen sleuth, is determined to find her lost friend Camille. But Camille is only one of many missing girls. Young women are vanishing across the islands without a trace. Lei and Harry search for answers with the FBI, as Malia secretly conducts her own dangerous investigation: but for the girls taken by traffickers, time is running out.

Christian Roberts, a handsome, young Floridian, has retired from horse racing and sets off with his wife, Allie, to cruise the Caribbean on his new sloop. Tragedy strikes, ending the dream vacation, and Christian becomes the prime suspect in a murder. Shattered and guilt ridden, Christian believes his actions caused the death. Suicide lurks in his thoughts, a way to end his pain, but he can't act on the impulse, at least not yet. He must honor a dying request.

Margaret Maron continues her best-selling Deborah Knott series with Sand Sharks - an "outstanding ... neat mystery that [is] highly recommended" ( Library Journal, starred review). Judge Deborah's hopes for relaxation at a seaside judicial conference are dashed when she stumbles upon the murdered body of a colleague. And when more judges turn up dead, Deborah fears she could be next.

Wer ist Tom Shark? Nur wenige unser Hörer kennen diesen kühnen Mann, kennen ihn nur aus kurzen Notizen der amerikanischen Presse, die schon seit Jahren von seinen oft fast unglaublich anmutenden Heldentaten zu berichten weiß. Tom Shark, der unübertroffene Meisterdetektiv, ist nun endlich heimgekehrt! Heimgekehrt? Ja, heimgekehrt nach Deutschland, denn in Deutschland wurde er geboren, das Blut einer deutschen Mutter fließt in seinen Adern. Tom Shark befindet sich also augenblicklich in Berlin, der Heimatstadt seiner Mutter, wo er auch einen Teil seiner Jugendjahre verbrachte.

Kate Kingsbury and her retired police dog Whiskey chase a killer across the high-seas in this pulse-pounding addition to the best-selling Shark Key series. When Kate Kingsbury and crew rush to help after a brutal hurricane widows a family friend, they stumble on an ancient mystery. Five indigenous idols are scattered throughout the Caribbean. Together, they hold the key to a fortune - and murder.