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Finlay Donovan, single mum and floundering crime writer, is having a hard time. Her ex-husband went behind her back to fire the nanny, and this morning she sent her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an unfortunate incident with scissors. Making it to lunch with her literary agent is a minor victory but, as she's discussing the plot of her latest crime novel, the conversation is misinterpreted by a woman sitting nearby as that of a hit-woman offering her services to dispose of a 'problem' husband.

AI is the trendy new tech of the 2020’s and holds the promise of power and fortunes yet untold… and where there is lust and greed, there is their old companion… murder. America’s got a new pet serial killer. A killer who travels the inland waterways from Chicago to Florida, leaving a wake of blood behind. But the Loop Strangler isn’t your ordinary psychopath – whoever he or she is they’ve set their sights on small software firms and their founders.

It's Lex's first day back at work after maternity leave. She worries about the separation from her daughter as she leaves her with the nanny - but it's normal to worry, right? But Lex isn't a 'normal' mother. She's an elite-trained killer who works for a covert department within Her Majesty's Secret Service. She's just been given the assignment of her life, but can she juggle motherhood with the life of an assassin?

It's always awkward when 5,000 kronor goes missing. When it happens at a certain grotty hotel in South Stockholm, it's particularly awkward because the money belongs to the hitman currently staying in room seven. Per Persson, the hotel receptionist, just wants to mind his own business and, preferably, not get murdered. Johanna Kjellander, temporarily resident in room eight, is a priest without a vocation and, as of last week, without a parish. But right now she has two things at her disposal: an envelope containing 5,000 kronor and an excellent idea....

Mystery, mayhem, and monkeys, oh my! Welcome to the jungle, a treacherous place teeming with terrible secrets better left buried. Dr. Angélica García has returned to the site of her mother's death much to the displeasure of Quint Parker, the visiting photojournalist out to win her heart. While Angélica struggles to unearth the secrets behind the Maya site's dark past, Quint battles to keep the gutsy "Boss Lady" from sharing her mother's fate.

Jack “Rabbit” Fields knew a good thing when he saw it, whether it was a sound horse, a sure bet, or a pretty sage hen. When it came to locking horns with any curly wolves he ran into along the trail, he tended to shoot first - a notion that had saved his hide more times than he could count. But that was before he came to Deadwood. Now, someone is stealing freshly dead bodies right out of their graves, and Rabbit and his amigos are on the hunt to figure out who. And more important, why?

With time running against him, Jake untangles the past in order to illuminate the present. He and Kathleen infiltrate a secret organization that is backing the Supreme Court nominee. But their actions ignite violent and unintended consequences. Crushed with guilt, they wonder if Hannah and Claire are still alive, and, if not, if they are responsible for their deaths?

Sam's life unravels when his brother's death leads him on a relentless chase across continents, uncovering a shadowy conspiracy that stretches far beyond his wildest imagination. As he delves deeper into the enigmatic puzzles, he's hunted by forces determined to keep the truth hidden. With each step, the stakes escalate, and Sam finds himself questioning everything - his sanity, his allies, and the very fabric of reality itself. "The World as We Don't Know It" is a pulse-pounding thriller where the truth is the ultimate weapon, and trust is a luxury Sam can't afford.

Simon Templar heads to New York - to sip cocktails, listen to jazz, and have a good time. But he has a way of making enemies, and a quiet night in Cookie's Cellar sets him on a trail involving drugs, smuggling, dead bodies, a beautiful singer called Avalon Dexter, and finally the loathsome Cookie herself. The battle is on. Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication.

The mutilated body of C.I.A Section Chief Ned Bakke has been discovered in the car trunk of a sitting Supreme Court Justice. Who put the body there? Was Bakke’s murder a warning? And if so, by whom? Jake Cleveland and Wolf Johannsen fear this may be the work of a powerful cabal of men who have infiltrated the United States government at the highest levels.

When Nora Watts is approached by a man claiming to know her late father, she is thrown into turmoil. Struggling with the imminent death from cancer of her friend and mentor Sebastian Crow, she is unprepared for the memories that this encounter brings back. What happened to her father that made him kill himself and abandon Nora and her sister?

Within the shadows of the US Government, a decision has been made to declare war on the drug trade. Only a few know about this no holds-barred-war. Colonel Ethan Wade, USMC, has been assigned to place a mole within the Mexican Cartel. Colonel Wade calls upon a man from within his Black Ops team, Ricardo "Rico" Garcia, also known by his Marine handle, "Muerte". Rico is known within black ops as a speed-killer, and is given free rein to do whatever needs to be done to destroy the drug trade.

A heartbroken middle-aged mum sets out to kill her daughter’s murderer, her abusive son-in-law. She stalks him, awaiting her opportunity, and gets caught up in a bank robbery and a series of mishaps and misadventures as she goes on the run with her partner in crime. In their attempt to escape capture, they find themselves in foreign countries, and even on a cruise ship in a storm. It’s a road trip, a chase, with two middle-aged people trying to evade capture, with often disastrous or hilarious consequences.

Chino Genetti is about to break one of the first rules of being a hitman: Don’t fall in love with your target. The alcoholic assassin's life changes when he receives the assignment to eliminate beautiful jazz singer Ericka Green. When love clouds his judgement and he forgoes his loyalty to crime boss Cocoa, he ends up a target himself. On the run from assassins, Chino makes a begrudging deal to live in peace, but old wounds and retribution threaten to take away everything he loves.

When a catastrophic earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest, Elena Cordova finds herself trapped with the thief who just stole from her. Now, if either one hopes to survive, they'll have to get past their initial impressions and work together...because in 15 minutes, half the town will be underwater.

For the small town of Watkins Forge, the worst thing to happen is a heavy snowfall. That is, until widower Cory Keller visits for an annual hunting trip. When he witnesses a murder in the nearby forest, no one believes him. With no corpse, and as the only witness, he is faced with convincing the town's skeptical sheriff before the killer tracks him down to silence him.

Als Kellan Ayrwick zur Pensionierung seines Vaters, dem Präsidenten des Braxton Colleges, nach Hause zurückkehrt, findet er im Treppenhaus der Diamond Hall eine Leiche. Leider hat Kellan eine Verbindung zu dem Opfer, ebenso wie mehrere Mitglieder seiner Familie.

Murders are taking places in Maine, but why and who is doing all this? Detectives are on the run, and they will figure it out in no time. In the meantime, Ben is going through a blind study and searching for his disappearing girlfriend.

Money manager J. R. Johnson coasts through life in his adopted home of Austin, Texas. Seen as an underachiever by his family, J.R. has a complicated relationship with a client, movie goddess Lola Madison. When Lola asks J.R. to accompany her to a New York gala event, Johnson has reason to suspect that she may be moving her account to a Wall Street hotshot. J. R. investigates and suspects that the New Yorker is running an audacious Ponzi scheme.

Gabrielle, an "at-risk" young lady coming from a poor neighborhood in New York City, finished her college degree last semester. She was working for peanuts at the time when a better job came through, requiring her to move 200 miles away from home to Boston to work for a new startup. She didn't know that the history of bias and xenophobia in Boston may test the patience and perseverance of this young African American. But Gabrielle would be willing to risk it all for a better lifestyle.