Showing titles in Crime

Seventeen-year-old Tasha Nicastro lives a life of glitz and glamour, but she has no idea her family harbours a dark truth. Tasha might look like your classic high school mean girl, but behind the designer clothes is a sharpshooter who knows how to bring anyone to their knees. The only person who has ever gotten under her skin is her former best friend, Leo Danesi, the youngest son of the Nicastro family's rivals. After Leo returns to New York older and more handsome, Tasha thinks he'll be the worst of her problems—until the life she thought she knew takes a violent, shocking turn.

The heat of the summer sun bakes the streets of Prague, but Lumikki's heart is frozen solid. Looking to escape the notoriety caused by the part she played in taking down Polar Bear's crime ring, 17-year-old Lumikki Andersson escapes to Prague, where she hopes to find a few weeks of peace among the hordes of tourists. But not long after arriving, she's cornered by a skittish and strange young woman who claims to be her long-lost sister.

Dunkel. Mystisch. Geheimnisvoll. Der neue große All Age-Roman von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Elisabeth Herrmann führt an den nördlichen Polarkreis. Vardø, eine kleine Stadt weit über dem Polarkreis. Der Mord am reichen norwegischen Waldbesitzer Olle Trygg verstört alle, auch Ravna Persen, gerade frisch als Praktikantin bei der örtlichen Polizeidienststelle gelandet. Keiner nimmt sie ernst, als sie am Tatort glaubt, Hinweise auf einen samischen Hintergrund der Tat zu finden - einen Strich in der Erde.

When recent high school graduate Cameron Carter lands an internship with Congressman Billy Beck in Washington, DC, he thinks it is his ticket out of small town captivity. What he lacks in connections and Beltway polish he makes up in smarts, and he soon finds a friend and mentor in fellow staffer Ariel Lancaster. That is, until she winds up dead. As rumors and accusations about her death fly around Capitol Hill, Cameron's low profile makes him the perfect candidate for an FBI investigation that he wants no part of.

AN ODYSSEY AWARD FOR AUDIOBOOK EXCELLENCE HONOREE AN AUDIOFILE EARPHONES AWARD WINNER A raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel about a fifteen-year-old Texas girl set to stand trial for murder—and the one person who might be able to help her clear her name. A wealthy businessman...

The third novel in Elizabeth George's young-adult series. This genre-bending work combines Elizabeth's flair for crime and suspense novels with the paranormal. Late summer on Whidbey Island after nine weeks of no rain and fire season has arrived...along with a fire starter who soon begins tormenting the residents of this peaceful Pacific Northwest idyll with fires that escalate in intensity. Becca King and her friends, Jenn and Derric, are at the county fair when the third fire starts in a shed housing animals.

On Whidbey Island, secrets never stay buried. A mysterious girl who won't speak; a coal-black seal named Nera that returns to the same place every year; a bitter feud of unknown origin - strange things are happening on Whidbey Island and Becca King is drawn into the maelstrom of events. But Becca, first met in The Edge of Nowhere, has her own secrets to hide. Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location.

Farrah "Digit" Higgins may be going to MIT in the fall, but this L.A. high school genius has left her geek self behind in another school district so she can blend in with the popular crowd at Santa Monica High and actually enjoy her senior year. But when Farrah, the daughter of a UCLA math professor, unknowingly cracks a terrorist group's number sequence, her laid-back senior year gets a lot more interesting. Soon she is personally investigating the case, on the run from terrorists, and faking her own kidnapping - all while trying to convince a young, hot FBI agent to take her seriously.

When seventeen-year-old Willow Carter and her parents head to their annual camping trip at a small Pacific Northwest beach town, the last thing they expect is to have their vacation upended and their safety threatened. Twin Harbors State Park is all too familiar to the Carters, who have been camping there for years alongside their longtime family friends. As the two families settle into their neighboring campsites, they are greeted unexpectedly by a stranger who has no problem inserting himself into their daily activities.

The missing dead call to Violet. They want to be found.Violet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered and the matching imprint that clings to their killers. Only those closest to her know what she is capable of, but when she discovers the body of a young boy she also draws the attention of the FBI, threatening her entire way of life. As Violet works to keep her morbid ability a secret, she unwittingly becomes the object of a dangerous obsession.

A compelling psychological thriller set in New York City told from the point of view of a compulsive liar. Written by one of the most ingenious writers of Young Adult fiction today.

Prickelnde Romantik, dekadenter Luxus und dunkle Geheimnisse satt – exklusive Storys aus der Welt der The Inheritance Games-Reihe als Hörbuch. Vier Brüder, durch ein unzertrennbares Band miteinander verbunden, aufgewachsen in einem Haus voller Rätsel und Geheimnisse, umgeben von Freundschaft und Verrat, Liebe und Rache, Macht und unermesslichem Reichtum. Brandneue Geschichten aus der schillernden Welt der Familie Hawthorne enthüllen bislang unbekannte Details und Hintergründe aus dem Leben der vier Hawthorne-Brüder und der Erbin ihres Vermögens, Avery Grambs.

Brought to you by Penguin. Timely and powerful; the new coming-of-age thriller from the bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks. 1. Live your best life. 2. Uncover family secrets. 3. Trust no one What would you do when you hear the news that humans have done such damage to the earth...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods by Emily Barr, read by Tamaryn Payne. A commune hidden from the world. A terrible accident. A lifetime of secrets to uncover. The new YA thriller from Emily Barr. I've been trapped here for days. What if I die here? I...

When Ruben and Jeddy find a dead body in an evening suit washed up on the shore, they are certain it has to do with smuggling liquor. It is spring 1929, Prohibition is in full swing, and many in their community are involved. Soon the boys, along with Jeddy’s strong-willed sister, Marina, are...

The Secret History meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in #1 bestselling author Ava Reid’s brand new, thrilling, dystopian YA novel. There is no application process for Valeran Academy, but it boasts the brightest – and precociously criminal – students in the nation. A disgraced...

Somsak and his gang run the streets of Bangkok at night and run into some trouble with other gangs who also deal drugs and they try to keep the streets clean but they end up in more trouble.

Der 17-jährige Cooper wird von seinem besten Freund Jason dazu gedrängt, während einer Black-Lives-Matter-Demonstration einen Laden zu plündern. Doch dann geschieht das Undenkbare: In der Nähe ertönen Schüsse, und jemand kommt ums Leben. Am Tag darauf zeigen die Nachrichten vier Verdächtige mit Skimasken unweit des Tatorts: Cooper und seine Freunde. Nun steht plötzlich ihre gesamte Zukunft auf dem Spiel. Der Druck wird noch größer, als Jason verhaftet wird.

This energy drink is killer. In Japan, sixteen-year-old Miyuki always felt like a square being pounded into a round hole. She turned her back on tradition and earned the fury of her father. The father who burned her with a cigarette and sent her off to live with strangers in a strange land. Now Miyuki is one of the Gems, a group of four talented young ladies who spy for a mysterious world-wide organization known simply as The Authority.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a gripping mystery thriller following one girl's search for the truth about her mother’s shocking disappearance—and even more shocking...