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Tensions are running high as the White House staff adjusts to a new chief usher and prepares for a high-stakes state dinner, where everything must be perfect. But as the date for the event approaches, things go disastrously wrong when the secretary of defense is found dead in his home, seemingly killed during a break-in. At the same time Olivia’s fiancé Gav is looking into the mysterious murder of an old friend.

When young fiber artist Willow Adams visits Izzy Chambers' knitting studio, she's immediately embraced by the Seaside knitters, and they see the monthly arts event at Canary Cove as a perfect place to showcase Willow's work. But the idyllic summer in Sea Harbor turns somber when the body of Nick Peabody - owner of a popular gallery - is found in a garden. Soon Nick's secrets begin to surface, and the residents of Sea Harbor realize they didn't know him at all.

White House executive chef Ollie Paras has to put her own interests on the back burner when a kindly electrician is electrocuted to death, and the First Lady’s nephew dies in an apparent suicide less than 24 hours after cleaning shrimp with Ollie. Ollie suspects something fishy is going on. She’ll have to watch her back - and find a killer unlikely to be pardoned.

Chef Olivia Paras has too many eggs in one basket - and is feeling like a basket case.... When NSA big shot Carl Minkus dies right after eating the dinner Olivia Paras' staff had prepared, all forks point to them. Now the Secret Service is picking apart the kitchen - and scrutinizing the staff's every move. The timing couldn't be worse with the White House Lawn Easter Egg Roll to prep for without access to a kitchen. Olivia must find the real culprit - before she cracks under pressure.

White House chef Olivia Paras and her arch nemesis, White House Sensitivity Director Peter Everett Sargeant, must work together to solve the double murder of one of the First Lady's assistants and the Chief of Staff - before they become the next victims of a merciless assassin with a secret agenda.

White House executive chef Olivia Paras has enough on her plate. But after gaining new information about her father’s death, the First Family isn’t the only family Olivia is concerned about… Olivia has always believed that her father was an honorable man - until a trip to visit her mother reveals that he was dishonorably discharged from the army. Olivia is even more shocked to learn that he was brutally murdered because someone at his company suspected him of selling corporate secrets. Refusing to believe that her father was a scoundrel, Olivia won’t rest until she proves his innocence.

With a new First Family, White House executive chef Olivia Paras can't afford to make any mistakes. But when a box of take-out chicken mysteriously shows up for the First Kids, she soon finds herself in a "no-wing" situation. After Olivia refuses to serve the chicken, the First Lady gives her the cold shoulder. But when it turns out to be poisoned poultry, Olivia realizes the kids are true targets.

When Lee hires a free-spirited employee with a tie-dyed, troubled past, she discovers that even the counterculture can conceal a killer....As much as the chocolate concoctions at Ten Huis Chocolade can tantalize people’s tongues, Lee’s newest hire is more likely to make them wag. Forsythia “Sissy” Smith is the granddaughter of Warner Pier’s resident hippie, but the fact that Sissy is a third-generation flower child is the least of Lee’s concerns. The previous winter, Sissy’s husband, Buzz, was found dead, and even though her alibi was airtight, the gossips are still pointing their fingers at her.

Querido Lector, normalmente, en la sinopsis o te describo la trama, o te doy pinceladas de lo que te espera en la próxima investigación. Sin embargo, esta vez, no puedo darte ninguna pista. Como habrás podido averiguar, la historia anterior, Vivo porque mato, acaba con un hito. A Álex le sucede algo y por eso no te puedo adelantar qué pasará en esta. Para no estropear esta maravillosa y tremenda intriga, tendrás que leerla sin que te dé más detalles. Te invito a que confíes en mí como escritor. No puedo desvelarte otros detalles, o perderías parte de la sorpresa y de la trama.

Un asesino que justifica su existencia a través de la muerte. Una ciudad atrapada en el pánico. Un enigma mortal que solo un hombre puede resolver.Álex Cortés regresa en una nueva y escalofriante investigación. Cuando una serie de asesinatos brutales sacude Barcelona, el inspector Cortés se sumerge en un oscuro juego de caza y captura. El asesino, que firma sus crímenes con un mensaje inquietante: Vivo porque mato, desafía a Álex a desentrañar sus motivaciones y detener su rastro sangriento.

"Questa è dunque la nostra storia, molti la chiamerebbero una storia d’amore”. Acca è un bambino di 10 anni, molto intelligente e con grande senso dell’umorismo, ed è la spiritosa voce narrante di questa storia, una storia diversamente gialla. Il rapporto con suo padre è inesistente, ma con Marta, la sua mamma, vive in tenera simbiosi: lei è l’unica persona con cui riesce a comunicare, attraverso un linguaggio che trova gesti e parole nell’empatia che li unisce. Perché Acca è cieco, muto e gravemente disabile, e Marta gli dedica ogni momento della sua vita.

Falkenberg, Sweden. The mutilated body of talented young jewellery designer, Linnea Blix, is found in a snow-swept marina. Hampstead Heath, London. The body of a young boy is discovered with similar wounds to Linnea's. Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1944. In the midst of the hell of the Holocaust, Erich Hebner will do anything to see himself as a human again. Are the two murders the work of a serial killer, and how are they connected to shocking events at Buchenwald?

¿Quién esconde cadáveres debajo de millones de litros de agua? Un pantano lleno de secretos. Una sequía que destapa un fondo oscuro. Una verdad difícil de...

Domenico Cigno, cinquantenne obeso e redattore sportivo dell’edizione del sud di un importante quotidiano, vive di grandi abbuffate e articoli copia-incolla. Senza moglie né figli, un passato da pugile aspirante olimpionico e un inizio di carriera giornalistica di tutto rispetto, Cigno ha già lasciato il meglio della vita dietro di sé. Ora abita in una cascante villetta con giardino sul litorale domitio, un tratto della costa campana che da Napoli arriva fino al confine col Lazio ricalcando in parte il percorso dell'antica via Domitiana.

¿Qué se oculta en las bolsas de basura para que sea un negocio tan rentable? ¿Existe el crimen perfecto? Tal vez sí, y alguien ha encontrado el método. Marcos es basurero en Oviedo y recibe sobres con dinero con un único requisito: hacer la vista gorda cuando realizan cierto tipo de recogidas. Él sospecha que se trata de cadáveres y, por eso, cuando una noche estacionan frente al portal de su exnovia, no puede evitar entrar en pánico. Iva, una investigadora privada, es contratada por una mujer que no sabe nada de su nieta, estudiante de Medicina, desde hace semanas.

Qualsiasi cosa per riaverla. Qualsiasi cosa per riaverle entrambe. Due donne, due amiche, Giulia e Livia, rapite una sera di novembre mentre tornano dal cinema. Una delle due riesce a fuggire, ma non ricorda nulla, né del rapimento né del suo passato. Il suo aiuto potrebbe essere determinante per la polizia, se solo riuscisse a mettere insieme le schegge di verità che come lampi le attraversano la mente. Il volto che però vede nello specchio continua a esserle del tutto estraneo.

Im München der Wilden Zwanziger riskieren eine Autorin und ihr Bruder Kopf und Kragen: ein rasanter Historienthriller der Drehbuch- und Romanautorin Katharina Lang und den Machern der Podcast-Sitcom JOUR FIXE – Die Startupper, Albert Bozesan und Robert Sladeczek.

Den Ring gilt's zu finden, den Mord zu ergründen... Beim Barte des Gandalf! Juwelier Gollmann ist fassungslos. Sein wertvollster Ring wurde gestohlen, und sein Mitarbeiter liegt blutend vor der Vitrine. Ausgerechnet jetzt, da Hunderte verkleidete Mittelerde-Fans anlässlich von Tolkiens 130. Geburtstag zum Cosplay-Event in der Stadt sind. Die Täterbeschreibung der Augenzeugen bringt die Kripo nicht weiter: Frodo soll's gewesen sein, unterstützt von Gandalf und zwei Orks.

"Per molto tempo ho cercato con fervida immaginazione di ricreare nella mia mente il secondo interrogatorio di Han Manu come se volessi incastrare dei mattoncini Lego. Il giovane era stato interrogato ben sette volte ma era questo interrogatorio quello in cui ci si era avvicinati più alla verità e alla direzione che infine avrebbe preso il caso. Ogni volta che immaginavo quell'interrogatorio, stranamente, era sempre presente un carico eccessivo di dettagli ed era come se quei piccoli e incurvati mattoncini Lego stessero cercando in tutti i modi una soluzione per incastrarsi bene.

Mordanschlag statt Doppelhochzeit: Landarzt Jan Storm schlägt zurück! Landarzt Jan Storm und sein Kumpel Jörg organisieren mit ihren Partnerinnen eine Doppelhochzeit, die Vorbereitungen laufen auf Hochtouren. Doch das turbulente Treiben steht unter keinem guten Stern: Zunächst wird Jörg Opfer eines Einbruchs, wenig später entgehen Jan und ein ehemaliger Militärkamerad nur knapp einem Mordanschlag. Die Taten bleiben zunächst undurchsichtig. Bis eine Gruppe Soldaten in den Fokus rückt, die nicht nur verschwiegen, sondern auch brandgefährlich ist.