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In the half-built skeleton of a monstrously vulgar mansion in one of L.A.’s toniest neighborhoods, a watchman stumbles on the bodies of a young couple–murdered in flagrante and left in a gruesome postmortem embrace. Though he’s cracked some of the city’s worst slayings, veteran homicide cop Milo Sturgis is still shocked at the grisly sight: a twisted crime that only Milo’s killer instincts–and psychologist Alex Delaware’s keen insights–can hope to solve.

Eines Nachts wird die kleine Olivia Zeugin eines blutigen Mordes und verliert auf schreckliche Weise ihre Eltern. Erst in der friedlichen Abgeschiedenheit von River’s End, weit entfernt vom Ort des Geschehens, verlieren die Bilder über die Jahre ihre bedrohliche Kraft. Aber Olivia muss noch einmal in ihre Vergangenheit eintauchen, denn sie kann dem Mann, der hinter dem Verbrechen steht, nicht entrinnen.

Lisbeth Salander und Mikael Blomkvist gegen den Rest der Welt: Im Frauengefängnis Flodberga herrscht ein strenges Regiment. Alle hören auf das Kommando von Benito Andersson, der unangefochtenen Anführerin der Insassinnen. Lisbeth Salander, die eine kurze Strafe absitzt, versucht tunlichst, den Kontakt zu vermeiden, doch als ihre Zellennachbarin gemobbt wird, geht sie dazwischen und gerät ins Visier von Benitos Gang.

Eve Lattimore’s family is like every other on their suburban street, with one exception. Her son Tyler has a rare medical condition that makes him fatally sensitive to light, which means heavy curtains and deadlocked doors protect him during the day and he can never leave the house except at night. For Eve, only constant vigilance stands between an increasingly restless teenage son and the dangers of the outside world.

Karen Hollander is a celebrated attorney who recently removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968 - an episode she’s managed to keep secret for more than 40 years. Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, she’s about to let the world in on that shocking secret - as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions. A resonant coming-of-age story and a thrilling political mystery, True Believers is Kurt Andersen’s most ambitious novel to date, introducing a brilliant, funny, and irresistible new heroine to contemporary fiction.

In the rough, shadowy hills of Appalachia, a nation carved from the United States following years of government infighting, Caitlyn and her companions are the prey in a terrifying hunt. They must outwit the relentless bounty hunters, skirt an oppressive, ever-watchful society, and find passage over the walls of Appalachia to reveal the dark secrets behind Caitlyn's existence and understand her father's betrayal.

It is the Year of the Wood Dragon, and the ingenious Mike Brink has been invited to Tokyo, Japan, to open the legendary Dragon Box. The box was constructed during one of Japan’s most tumultuous periods, when the samurai class was disbanded and the shogun lost power. In this moment of crisis, Emperor Meiji locked a priceless Imperial secret in the Dragon Box. Only two people knew how to open the box—Meiji and the box’s sadistic constructor—and both died without telling a soul what was inside or how to open it.

Als Edie Ledwell, verwirrt und völlig außer sich, in Robin Ellacotts Büro erscheint und mit ihr sprechen möchte, weiß die Privatermittlerin zunächst nichts mit deren Problem anzufangen. Die Co-Entwicklerin der Kult-Animationsserie Das tiefschwarze Herz wird von einem mysteriösen Fan mit dem Pseudonym Anomie terrorisiert. Edie ist verzweifelt und will endlich herausfinden, wer dahintersteckt. Robin glaubt nicht, dass die Detektei Edie dabei helfen kann und schickt sie weg.

Nie hätte die Juristin Dana Marin geglaubt, diesen Tag wirklich zu erleben: Bei einem Besuch in Athen nimmt die griechische Polizei den Ex-Präsidenten der USA im Auftrag des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs fest. Sofort bricht diplomatische Hektik aus. Der aktuelle US-Präsident steht im Wahlkampf und kann sich keinen Skandal leisten. Das Weiße Haus stößt Drohungen gegen den Internationalen Gerichtshof und gegen alle Staaten der Europäischen Union aus. Und für Dana Marin beginnt ein Kampf gegen übermächtige Gegner.

Gracie Mueller is a proud mother of two and devoted wife, living with her husband Randy in upstate New York. Her life is complicated by the usual tedium and stressors and she’s settled down comfortably enough. But when Randy’s failing career as a real estate agent makes finances tight, their home goes into foreclosure, and Gracie feels she has no choice but to return to the creatively illegal and high-stakes lifestyle of her past in order to keep all that she’s worked so hard to have. Gracie has a lot to hide about where she’s from, who she is, and who she’s been.

Martin Benner befindet sich in der Hand von Unterweltboss Lucifer, der ihm den Auftrag erteilt, Mio zu finden - den Sohn der Serienmörderin Sara Texas. Wohl fühlt sich Benner damit nicht, schließlich arbeitet er nun für denjenigen, der Sara solche Angst einjagte, dass sie von einer Brücke gesprungen ist. Doch damit nicht genug: Jemand ist dabei, Benner zwei Morde anzuhängen, und er hat keine Ahnung, wer das ist. Als Benner von seiner eigenen Vergangenheit eingeholt wird, begreift er, dass er nicht durch Zufall in die ganze Geschichte geraten ist.

Winter in South Dakota. Der Bus, in dem Jack Reacher unterwegs ist, gerät auf einer Brücke ins Schleudern und landet im Straßengraben. In der Kleinstadt Bolton schlüpft Reacher bei einem Cop unter - und erfährt, dass die Polizei eine Seniorin zu schützen versucht, die Zeugin eines Drogendeals wurde. Reachers Alarmglocken schrillen, als kurz vor der Gerichtsverhandlung eine Gefängnisrevolte ausbricht und ein stillgelegtes Army-Flugfeld vor den Toren der Stadt von Schnee und Eis befreit wird.

Zum ersten Mal nach 23 Jahren kehrte Lea in ihr winziges Heimatdorf auf der Insel Poel zurück. Doch sie kann sich an jene zwei Tage im Mai nicht erinnern - denn sie endeten in einem schrecklichen Unglück. Bei dem rätselhaften Unfall kam ihre Schwester ums Leben, Lea selbst wurde schwer verletzt und leidet seither an Amnesie. Vier Monate später will sie endlich herausfinden, was sie damals auf die Insel führte und wie es zu dem Unfall kommen konnte.

The Trinidad contract was supposed to be simple: To make a living man become a dead man. When the job goes bad under the watchful eye of a bank security camera, there is nowhere for agent MX-401, known as Reaper, to hide from the fearsome local warlords, the Laventille Killers. Her employers, the Barbarians, send her to Barbados, the next island over, barely two hundred miles away, with the LK's in hot pursuit of the woman who took many of their own.

Even on leave from the FBI, Ana can’t kick old habits: when she witnesses a drive-by shooting at an Italian restaurant in London, she helps the injured and gives testimony to the police. Still, it comes as a shock when, soon after, the Bureau contacts her—not because they want her to investigate the shooting, but because they want her to investigate the half sister she never knew she had, Cecilia, who lives in Siena and is married to Nicosa, a coffee mogul with some suspicious connections.

The best-selling author of When The Bough Breaks, Blood Test, and Over The Edge delivers the most stunning novel yet, featuring psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware. At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a face from his own past - Sharon Ransom, an exquisite, alluring lover who left him abruptly more than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints that she desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The next day she is dead, an apparent suicide.

As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic, but now he wants the full story and asks his ex-boss, Stephanie Nelle, to secure the military files. What he learns stuns him: His father's sub was a secret nuclear vessel lost on a highly classified mission beneath the ice shelves of Antarctica. But Malone isn't the only one after the truth.

Michael Murphy heads to the ancient city of Babylon in pursuit of one of the most famous and mystifying of Biblical prophecies: The Handwriting on the Wall. But the closer he gets to deciphering the true meaning of Daniel's ancient message for our troubled times, the closer Murphy comes to a shattering confrontation with the forces of darkness that will cause the earth itself to tremble. In The Europa Conspiracy, Tim LaHaye once again shows how his thrill-a-minute storytelling and deep understanding of the Bible have combined to make him one of today's most popular and influential fiction authors.

An invitation to a country house party at Beaumont Castle provides a perfect solution to Tobias and Lavinia's most exasperating challenge: how to escape the chaos of London for a remote, relaxing, romantic retreat from prying eyes. But the lovers' plans are foiled when their first cozy interlude of the weekend is disrupted by the appearance of a stunning woman from Tobias's past. Aspasia Gray's beauty is as haunting as her connection to Tobias. Her long-deceased fiancé was a friend of his - in addition to being an eccentric assassin. The mysterious nature of the bond between Tobias and Aspasia makes Lavinia more than a little uncomfortable.

Hard-boiled ex-cop Tony Valentine has a new profession: spotting casino cheats and exposing a casino's flaws to the owners. Now he must unravel the mystery of an amateur player impossibly raking in the dough on blackjack. However, his investigation stirs up a hornet's nest worth of problems.