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Elli är 21 år och uppvuxen i Djursholm. Hon har allt man kan önska sig: ungdom, skönhet, pengar och status. Kompiskretsen är liten, men tajt. De gränser vanliga människor håller sig inom har suddats ut. Här är det andra lagar och regler som gäller. På egen hand ska Elli navigera en vuxenvärld där gränserna för moral och lojalitet är otydliga.

The Humana Project is a global conspiracy mystery filled with all the "who done it?" anyone would want to listen to. In the business center and governmental centers of the United States, Valeska Vargas, the director of the GLOBAL OPERATIONS of the HUMANA PROJECT has selected two FBI agents to investigate why some of the small corner meat markets in northern Texas refuse to agree to a win-win scenario that is sweeping the nation.

A Narc’s Tale is a four-book series that is a first-hand account of stories, written like a memoir or personal diary, which gives you an inside glimpse of what it is like working six years deep undercover in the dangerous drug world as a city cop (Vol. 1), county vice and narcotics investigator (Vol. 2 and 3), and special agent with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (Vol. 4). Most undercover books only show this from one perspective, but you will get three here - city, county and federal - and realize the differences among them.

In the stack of envelopes on top of Gideon's desk, one was curiously unlabeled, the same as any random piece of junk. He slid it open nonetheless. All the envelope contained was a simple leaf...dark green with serrated edges, finely divided and lacy. It was almost triangular, broad at the base with the tip tapering to an almost point. No sooner did he lay the envelope down on his desk, his phone rang. It was the Chief of Police requesting his service on another case.

Tilannekatsaus: puolustussyyttäjä Jan Rosen puku on veressä. Hänet on kahlittu nippusiteellä kiinni matkustajan istuimeen. Eikä hän ole yksin – nainen näyttää aseelta, josta on poistettu varmistin. Tanskan historian salaisin oikeudenkäynti käynnistyy. Pahamainen ihmissalakuljettaja, "Hollantilainen", murhataan oikeustalon edessä. Asianajaja Jan Rose joutuu sekä poliisin että rikollisten valokeilaan olemalla väärässä paikassa väärään aikaan. Kaiken lisäksi hän on saanut vaarallisen vihollisen häikäilemättömästä huippuasianajajasta.

Da en række nådesløse likvideringer tyder på, at en brutal magtkamp er under opsejling, forsvinder chefanklager Patrick Nordstad pludselig sporløst. Specialkonsulent Hannah Bengtson får til opgave at finde ham, og opklaringen kan blive hendes store gennembrud. Men da hun graver dybere end forventet, må hun snart kæmpe for sit eget liv.

Reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart's character Rick Blaine from the classic movie Casablanca, Rocky Jordan relocated to Cairo after being ousted from St. Louis by his enemies. Now living in North Africa, Rocky Jordan owns and operates a gin joint, the Café Tambourine, and finds himself involved in an assortment of mystery and intrigue endeavors while unwillingly moonlighting as a crime fighter.

Første bind i den svenske krimiforfatter Håkan Östlundhs nervepirrende og neglebidende trilogi fra Stockholm. Under en forretningsrejse bliver den svenske embedsmand Anders Krantz brutalt dræbt, men hvorfor ville nogen slå den tilsyneladende grå og undseelige mand ihjel? Det viser sig, at Anders har levet et farligt dobbeltliv. Sammen med faderens chef, Ylva Grey, der også var hans elskerinde, begynder Anders' voksne søn, Elias, at efterforske drabet. Intet er, hvad det ser ud til at være, og i den iskolde stockholmske isvinter bliver Elias og Ylva pludselig jaget vildt.

L’esplosione che ha distrutto la Galleria Kensington del British Museum sembra non avere spiegazioni. Le ultime immagini delle telecamere di sorveglianza mostrano una sfera di luce che, entrando in contatto con un antico manufatto, innesta una reazione devastante. Nessuno riesce a capire cosa abbia scatenato quel bizzarro fenomeno naturale, eppure Safia al-Maaz, la brillante curatrice della collezione araba, scopre tra le macerie un oggetto sorprendente, rimasto nascosto per millenni, un cuore di ferro con inciso un nome leggendario: Ubar, la città perduta della regina di Saba.

El detective alemán Leander Lost, que se convierte en colaborador de la Policía Judicial de Faro, en Portugal, posee muchos atributos que lo convierten en un detective ideal: tiene memoria fotográfica, una mente infaliblemente lógica y la capacidad de mantener la calma en cualquier situación de crisis. Sin embargo, también convive con el síndrome de Asperger, y esto lleva a una serie de malentendidos en las primeras etapas de su estancia. Participa en un innovador programa de intercambio, sin saber que sus colegas en Hamburgo estaban más que deseosos por deshacerse de él.