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Amy Nicols (Lizzy Caplan) was an FBI agent with a dogged need to protect everyone—until that instinct caused her to mishandle a crisis, lose innocent lives, and lose her job. Now a civilian working in private security, that mistake still haunts her. One morning on the commuter train, she overhears a young couple plotting a murder. Ignoring warnings from her family and friends, Amy’s instinct to protect and serve compels her to investigate. But the further she goes, the more she finds her own life in danger.

A new killer is stalking the streets of London’s East End. Though newspapers have dubbed him 'the Torso Killer’, this murderer’s work is overshadowed by the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel crimes. The victims are women too, but their dismembered bodies, wrapped in rags and tied up with string, are pulled out of the Thames - and the heads are missing….

Thirteen-year-old Loyal Raines is supposed to stay close to home on a hot summer day in 1934. When he slips away for a quick swim in the river and finds a dead body, he wishes he'd obeyed his mother. The ripples caused by his discovery will impact the town of Beverly, West Virginia, in ways no one could have imagined.

On a balmy evening in late March, Kata hosts a party on her husband's superyacht. Tables cover the massive deck, adorned with orchids, champagne bottles, name cards of famous people, while uniformed staff flank a red carpet on the landing dock. This night marks the attainment of something she's wanted for a long time: acceptance into the glittering world of high society. But some around Kata are full of resentment and closer to home than she could have ever imagined.

When police stop Dustin Webb with a warrant to search his trunk, he knows there’s been a mistake. He’s former military and owns a security firm. But he’s horrified when the officers find explosives, and he can’t fathom how they got there. Criminal attorney Jamie Powell was Dustin’s best friend growing up. They haven’t spoken since he left for basic training, but she’s the first person he thinks of when he’s arrested. Jamie knows she’s putting her career on the line by defending an accused terrorist, but she’d never abandon him.

Nate Beckett has spent his life fighting wildfires instead of the lies and rumors that drove him from his Colorado hometown. His mother begs him to come back now that his father has been released from prison, but it isn’t until he’s sidelined by an injury that he’s forced to return and face his past. But that means facing Brenna, too. Fourteen years ago, Nate was in love with the preacher’s daughter. When Pastor Strickland discovered Brenna defied him to sneak out with Nate, the fight between Strickland and Nate’s drunken dad was loud - and very public.

Sarah Bennett has two secrets: she sees ghosts, and she is in love with a spy. When Sarah takes a job with occult expert Dr Matthew Geisler, he promises to help her understand the sorrowful spirit that seems to have attached itself to her. As Sarah struggles to cope with the ghostly presence, she runs into Zeke, the man who left her six months earlier and is recovering from injuries suffered in an alleged accident. But Zeke has secrets of his own, and when an attempt is made on Geisler’s life, Sarah finds herself caught in a struggle between the living and the dead.

Der dritte Fall für Detective Elin Warner. Atemberaubende Berge, unberührte Wälder, die Stille der Natur. Detective Elin Warner unternimmt einen Hiking-Trip in einen portugiesischen Nationalpark, um sich in der Einsamkeit von den schrecklichen Ereignissen der letzten Zeit zu erholen. Es ist ein Ort zum Auftanken. Oder um spurlos zu verschwinden. Denn in dem Park wird eine Backpackerin vermisst. Als Elin von dem Fall erfährt und eine mysteriöse Landkarte entdeckt, die die junge Frau zurückließ, geht sie auf die Suche.

Was hältst du von den zehn Geboten? Ein biblischer Schrecken zieht durch die schöne Stadt Luzern und bereitet dem Ermittler Thomas Kramer und seinen Kollegen von Tag zu Tag mehr die Hölle auf Erden. Denn das mörderische Wesen, das sie jagen, ist ihnen immer mindestens um einen oder gar zwei Schritte voraus, und es scheint auch stets zu wissen, wohin sie sich mit ihren zunehmend von Verzweiflung geprägten Untersuchungen wenden. Diverse private Verwicklungen, unnachsichtige Pressevertreter, sture Vorgesetzte und eigene Kümmernisse machen das Ganze vor allem für Thomas Kramer nicht leichter.

Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is still recovering from when Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible. Now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames, and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy.

When Zeke’s sister-in-law Rachel Caen was found dead on Christmas Eve, her family assumed that she had taken her own life. Now five years later, one of the emeralds that Rachel was wearing at the time of her death is discovered at a stonecutter’s house in Portland, Oregon. With his brother Simon under suspicion for Rachel’s murder and stealing the emeralds, Zeke and detective Sarah are under pressure to clear his name. But with troubles of their own and in need of a place to hide, the duo return to Zeke’s hometown where a spiritual force helps Sarah find another emerald....

For all who believe in the unseen comes this gift of Miracles - two stand-alone stories now together for the first time. You'll savor these stories from award-winning, best-selling author Terri Blackstock that reveal how thin the wall really is between heaven and earth...and how God remains a God of miracles even today.

Chris Fellowes' family history of war heroism has been called into question, threatening to end his father’s career. It’s up to Chris to prove the truth, so he enlists the help of Lilly Collins, a university researcher, to help find evidence that his great grandfather destroyed a German submarine during WWII. Chris is strongly attracted to Lilly, but a previous bad marriage makes her slow to yield to romance. They travel to Britain, Europe, and Canada to research the truth.

Sarah Meyer has lived a rather interesting life. Conjoined with a Demon that won't let go, she has been under the protective custody of the Sisters of San Francesco. Under the guidance of her mentor, Father Lucian, she helps solve some of the world’s most terrifying paranormal mysteries. These are her stories.

Er will ihr nah sein, noch näher, immer noch näher. Bis es irgendwann nicht näher geht. London, Fundbüro des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs. Lester Sharp kümmert sich um herrenlose Fundsachen: Handys, Schlüssel, Portemonnaies - besonders gern um Kleidungsstücke und medizinische Gerätschaften. Er ist auch privat ein Sammler und Sonderling, der sich schwer tut mit Frauen und zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen. Als er der jungen Erin begegnet, weiß er zunächst nicht, wie er sich verhalten soll – findet aber schon bald eine Möglichkeit, ihr nah zu sein.

Schon seit langer Zeit schwelt in Newton ein Konflikt zwischen dem Heimatverein und dem Wohltätigkeitsverein. Als der Wohltätigkeitsverein einen Kasinoabend am gleichen Tag veranstalten will, an dem der Heimatverein jedes Jahr seine Gala veranstaltet, eskaliert der Konflikt endgültig. Die bis dahin rein verbalen Attacken schlagen in Schlägereien und Vandalismus um. Pater Brown versucht mit allen Mitteln, den Streit zwischen den beiden Vereinen zu schlichten, und stößt dabei auf kriminelle Machenschaften.

Dem adeligen Junggesellen Lord Robert St. Simon widerfährt während seiner Hochzeitsfeier das wohl schrecklichste Unglück, das einen Mann treffen kann...

After being mugged by a pair of pensioners outside the Darby & Joan Club, the Reverend Timothy Carswell has had enough of his rough, tough inner-city parish. Convinced that someone so meek would be better suited somewhere quieter, the Bishop packs him off to a nice, sedate residential neighbourhood where nothing ever seems to happen. However, unbeknownst to the vicar, his apparently respectable new parish is a hotbed of passion, paranormal experimentation and geriatric prostitution.

Mimi Rutherfurt erhält unerwarteten Besuch einer verzweifelten älteren Dame. Lady Cynthia Craven glaubt ihren Verstand zu verlieren. Seit einigen Tagen scheint es auf dem Landsitz der Familie zu spuken. Warum jedoch scheint dies nur die Hausherrin zu bemerken? Versucht jemand die Dame des Hauses in den Wahnsinn zu treiben oder wird ihr Heim tatsächlich von Geistern heimgesucht? Mimi zögert nicht lang und bietet ihre Hilfe an.

England hat sich kaum vom Schlag des Zirkels der Sieben erholt, als Mycroft Holmes die Nachricht über ein äußerst seltsames Verbrechen ereilt. Die Familie Jarvis wurde offenbar vergiftet. Mycroft Holmes bittet Professor van Dusen, der gerade bei ihm weilt, sich der Sache anzunehmen. Als die Denkmaschine dabei ist, den Tatort zu untersuchen, stößt überraschend Sherlock Holmes dazu. Wie es aussieht, wurde der große Detektiv von einem Unbekannten hierher gelenkt.