Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Dark waters hide deadly secrets. When the headmistress of a Portsmouth school is found brutally murdered on an old structure in the middle of Langstone Harbour, Detective Andy Horton of Portsmouth CID is assigned to the case. The victim, discovered with a note with the words ‘Have you forgotten ME?’, was a steely, determined woman who made enemies on her path to success. But did any of them hate her enough to want her dead?With the clock ticking and Superintendent Uckfield pressing for results, Horton is forced to make a decision that will put his life on the line.

Helen Turrell is a young and well-off single woman, living a the countryside village. But one day, she decides to travel to southern France and returns home with a baby called Michael. Helen says that Michael is the son of her brother, George, who died in India after falling off a horse. However, the truth is quite different and secretly, Helen tells Michael that he can call her "Mummy". Why did Helen travel to France? Is Michael really her nephew? Find out the truth in Rudyard Kipling’s story "The Gardener" from 1925. B. J.

Will Britain take him in... or mark him as its enemy? Faustus Valerianus is the son of a Roman father and a British mother, a captive sold among the spoils after Claudius’ invasion. When both parents die within a month of each other, he sells the family farm and enlists, joining legendary general Agricola’s campaign to conquer the entirety of the British Isles. But Faustus will have to contend with more than ferocious British warriors and whip-cracking elements. For the bonds of blood can weigh heavy on one’s soul. The call of his mother’s true people.

Oonagh O'Neil is back with another gloomy and heart-wrenching investigation. If only someone had listened... When the supposed suicide of famous Scottish football coach Harry Nugent hits the headlines, the tabloids are filled with tributes to a charitable pillar of the community that gave so much back to sport and to those less fortunate. But something isn't right.

That evening the baker's wife ran down the village street in a tattered pink nightgown. She screamed as she ran. Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live. First, the river floods in June. The family wakes to find ducks sailing around the drawing room and dead peacocks bobbing in the garden. But the flood is only the beginning of their troubles. All of a sudden the miller goes mad and drowns himself. Then the butcher slits his throat. A peculiar illness is spreading through the town and picking off its victims one by one.

Five friends. One deadly obsession. The salt-scented quadrangles of St Andrews University greet misfit first-year student Finn Nethercott with indifference. It is a place where privilege counts, and those from the right backgrounds can get away with murder. Finn is quickly seduced into a new circle of friends – four history scholars obsessed with the deepest roots of ancient Scotland – who sweep him away on wild adventures to forgotten castles and faerie lochs.

When the victim is fifteen centimetres tall and has wings, even a hardened detective knows this case won't follow the rules. Inspector Nick Paris believes in facts, not fairytales. But when a murdered fairy turns up in the middle of Manchester, he's dragged into a hidden world of magic, mayhem, and mythical creatures with attitude problems. Soon he's sheltering dwarves, dodging demons, and trying not to take career advice from a chain-smoking, talking crow. As the barriers between realms begin to crumble, Nick must face the unthinkable: magic is real – and it's seriously messing with his city.

Die Reichsmordkommission eilt nach Torsby, nachdem dort eine Familie mit zwei Kindern getötet wurde. Kommissar Torkel Höglund und seine Kollegen finden bald heraus, dass es eine Zeugin gibt: Nicole, die zehnjährige Nichte der Carlstens. Doch das Mädchen ist verschwunden. Den sonst so ruppigen Kriminalpsychologen Sebastian Bergman erinnert Nicole an seine verstorbene Tochter. Ein aufstrebender Fernsehstar wird ermordet, regelrecht hingerichtet mit einem Bolzenschussgerät im Klassenzimmer einer Stockholmer Schule. Eine Vergewaltigungsserie erschüttert Uppsala.

Man verschenkt nicht mal eben 25.000 Dollar. Doch der Mann, der bei Kinsey Millhone, Privatdetektivin aus Kalifornien, am Tag vor Halloween auftaucht und sich als Alvin Limardo vorstellt, hat genau das im Sinn. Kinsey soll einen Jungen ausfindig machen, dem Limardo viel zu verdanken hat, und diesem das Geld überbringen. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen professionellem Interesse und Argwohn nimmt die Ermittlerin den ungewöhnlichen Auftrag schließlich an. Doch schon bald muss sie erkennen, dass nichts an diesem Fall so ist, wie es scheint.

Jede Menge Action und Spannung garantiert der Thriller "Operation Elite" des australischen Bestseller-Autors Matthew Reilly! Die Majestic-12, eine geheime Gruppierung, setzen darin im dritten Teil der Scarecrow-Reihe ein millionenschweres Kopfgeld auf 15 Personen aus, darunter auch auf Shane M. Schofield. Doch der Elite-Marine erfährt von der Verschwörung und versucht herauszufinden, wer die anderen 14 Männer auf der Abschussliste sind und warum sie umgebracht werden sollen. Eine Hetzjagd um die halbe Welt beginnt.

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused of treason on the day of his marriage. He is directly imprisoned in the fortress of If without any investigations being conducted. Edmond does not give up and he is determined to find his way out. The endpoint is the Isle of Monte Cristo which hides a great fortune.

Hidden in the lush vegetation of the Central American rainforest lie the remnants of the Mayan civilization. These ruins bear witness to a thriving society that flourished for almost four millennia. Here, rulers presided over communities with millions of inhabitants, scholars developed advanced mathematical calendars, and slaves toiled to raise pyramids so towering that they surpassed even the great structures of the Egyptians. Yet, inexplicably, the Mayans vanished from their cities, and their once-mighty civilization faded into obscurity.

Sir John Gilmour has received a letter from his old friend Gavron Murillo, who lives in Paris to say that he only has a very short time to live and wants to see him urgently before he dies. Gavron, who was of Oriental appearance and a very rich man, had helped Sir John and his father with their finances when they had been almost on the point of bankruptcy and he had made them very wealthy. When Sir John arrives at Gavron’s bedside, the old man tells him that his dying wish is that he should marry his daughter, the beautiful Melita.

Auf einer ruhigen griechischen Insel ist ein US-amerikanischer Luftwaffenstützpunkt angegriffen worden – von einem Jagdflugzeug aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg . . . einer berühmten gelben Albatros, die angeblich 1918 auf See verloren gegangen ist. Eine Mission für Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino und den Rest des NUMA-Teams. Sie sollen herauszufinden, wie der Vorfall mit mysteriösen Sabotageakten gegen eine wissenschaftliche Expedition, einem internationalen Schmuggelring und einer dunkelhaarigen Schönheit mit einigen gefährlichen Geheimnissen zusammenhängt.

It seemed like an open-and-shut case. But they couldn’t have been more wrong. When a 25-year-old woman is found dead in Stockholm, detective Vanessa Frank knows that there is more to the case than meets the eye. And when Vanessa finds herself on the trail of a dangerous internet community who call themselves "incels", her world starts to unravel. These ‘involuntarily celibate’ men have fostered hatred towards the women who turn them down, and now women are turning up dead.

The stakes are high, and time is running out... When a charred body is discovered on a burning boat at Horsea Marina, Detective Inspector Andy Horton is called to investigate. The victim is identified as Tom Brundall, a wealthy financier from Guernsey, who was terminally ill. Puzzled, Horton wonders why a dying man would return to his hometown of Portsmouth and who would want to kill him. As Horton digs deeper, another body surfaces, forcing him to grapple with not just the victims' pasts but also the unresolved mystery of his own mother's disappearance three decades earlier.

From enemies to lovers... Nina wordt gedwongen te trouwen met Roman, de meedogenloze leider van de Russische Bratva. Hoewel ze zich voordoet als de perfecte echtgenote, leeft ze in constante angst en droomt ze van ontsnapping. Maar Roman heeft andere plannen: hij is vastbesloten haar voor altijd bij zich te houden. Wat begint als een huwelijksdeal, verandert al snel in een gevaarlijk spel vol passie en macht.Perfectly imperfect Stap in een wereld vol intriges en gevaar, waar de meedogenloze mannen van de Italiaanse en Russische maffia de dienst uitmaken.

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Five years after the brutal murder of his girlfriend Eva, haunted PI Ravn is dragged back into the one case he's never been able to close. New evidence surfaces, igniting a desperate chase for justice that plunges him into a dark web of crooked cops, a dying hitman, and a powerful elite guarding a deadly secret. To get the answers he craves, Ravn must strike a dangerous bargain with ruthless crime boss Kaminsky: recover 71 million in stolen cash, or lose everything. From Copenhagen's gritty underworld to the corridors of corrupt power, Ravn will risk it all to unmask Eva's killer.

Wer schoss dem Kleinkriminellen Kummeder auf dem Gipfel des Riederstein mit einem Präzisionsgewehr den Kopf weg...