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Partying with popular classmates they barely know is not what Eva and her friends had in mind for their spring break. But things have been off ever since that thing they don’t talk about happened with Miles, so a trip to a private beach lodge might be exactly what they need. And Eva won’t admit it, but the chance to reconnect with Colton is worth putting up with Piper’s constant live streams to her thousands of ‘besties’.

Seventeen-year-old Persey feels worthless much of the time. Her parents prefer her smarter, more enigmatic big brother to her, and she can't quite seem to succeed—let alone fit in—at school. But there is one thing she's good at: escape rooms. So when she's invited to compete in an escape room competition that carries a prize worth millions, Persey is all over it. Persey enters the competition along with seven other young contestants, but while most escape rooms are about teamwork and collaboration, this one is all about being cut-throat—literally.

Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There's been a murder on campus, and it's up to the students of Galileo to solve it. Follow 18 authors and 18 students as they puzzle out the clues and find the guilty party.

Devon Marsh is haunted by secrets. Like the identity of the person who killed her twin sister, Emily, in a hit and run accident last Halloween, which Devon has vowed to uncover. Like the things Devon said to Emily just before she died.

Mullory Prudence ricorda perfettamente le ultime parole di sua madre: "Se la stranezza ti trova, tu scappa". Un giorno come gli altri, delle misteriose lettere indirizzate a lei cominciano a spuntare nei luoghi più impensati. Contiene un invito alla tenuta Stoutmire per partecipare al Mystery Royale, un gioco con in palio una ricca eredità.

Gossip Girl meets Happy Death Day in this YA horror novel following high school outcast and anonymous social media gossip Ruby, who comes face-to-face with her own ghost dressed in a blood-splattered prom dress. With less than a week until the dance, Ruby must unmask her killer—or die trying.

Lockwood & Co. lösen ihren schwierigsten und letzten Fall! In ihrem letzten Abenteuer begeben sich die Agenten von Lockwood & Co. auf eine lebensgefährliche Mission: Sie brechen in das mit Sprengfallen gesicherte Mausoleum ein, in dem die legendäre Agentin Marissa Fittes ruht. Doch tut sie das wirklich? Und das ist nur eine der alles entscheidenden Fragen, deren Antwort die blutjungen Agenten ergründen müssen.

Cool, spannend & wahnsinnig witzig! Im vierten Abenteuer um die Geisterjägeragentur bekommen Anthony Lockwood und George es mit einem besonders schrecklichen Verbrechen zu tun. Um den Fall meistern zu können, bitten sie die in Geisterdingen hochbegabte Lucy in die Agentur zurückzukehren. Doch die Freunde ahnen nicht, dass sie mit ihren Nachforschungen Kräfte auf den Plan rufen, die selbst sie nicht mehr kontrollieren können.

Wenn Londons Geisterwelt erwacht. Dank des spektakulären Erfolgs im Fall der seufzenden Wendeltreppe ist Lockwood & Co. nun eine der angesagtesten Geisteragenturen Londons. Doch inzwischen wird die Metropole bereits von einer Reihe neuer grausiger Ereignisse erschüttert: In einer beispiellosen Diebstahlserie werden mächtige magische Artefakte entwendet und deren Hüter grausam ermordet. Als dann auch noch auf einem Friedhof ein schauerlich eiserner Sarg geborgen wird, dessen Inhalt unter mysteriösen Umständen verschwindet, steht fest: Ein klarer Fall für Lockwood & Co.!

From acclaimed author Phoebe North comes a riveting, unexpected, and beautiful contemporary novel about a girl whose brother mysteriously disappears, the family and friends he leaves behind, and the stories - real and imagined - that they tell themselves to fill the empty space.

Someone is trying to control the population using the simplest means—drugs. To manipulate law abiding people, one uses legal ways. Dangerous prescription drugs are everywhere, eroding the minds of innocent citizens. Gen Beaufont thought she eradicated the drug problem when she went after the dealers on the streets. She had no idea that the problem was so widespread and going after the youth was only the beginning. Now the power-hungry criminals are using their drugs to take over the middle class.

Sixteen-year-old Day Connor views life through the lens of her camera, where perspective is everything. But photographs never tell the whole story. After Day crosses paths with Julian, the world she pictures and the truths she believes - neatly captured in black and white - begins to blur. Julian is not the "armed and dangerous" escapee the police are searching for, but his alibis don't quite add up, either. There is more to his story. This time, Day is determined to see the entire picture...whatever it reveals. Did he? Or didn't he?

Leah schwört Rache. Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter ranken sich böse Gerüchte um sie, denen sie endlich ein Ende setzen will. Jemand in Ashriver hat es auf sie abgesehen und hängt ihr ein Verbrechen an, dass sie nicht begangen hat. Mithilfe ihrer Fähigkeiten als Leserin schleust sie sich in die Elite der Akademie ein, um den Schuldigen zu überführen.

Connor Reeves ist erst 14 Jahre alt, als er für eine weltweit agierende Bodyguard-Agentur akquiriert wird. Und bereits sein allererster Auftrag hat es in sich: Er soll keine Geringere als Alicia Rosa Mendez beschützen – die Tochter des amerikanischen Präsidenten! Schon bald gerät Alicia in große Gefahr und Connor muss unter Beweis stellen, dass er zu Recht für diese heikle Mission ausgewählt wurde.

Lucy Preston just wants to go on vacation. But being the daughter of a famous private detective means that sometimes, your beach vacay goes off the rails a bit. Think: a clandestine meeting at an abandoned amusement park—except instead of a meeting, Lucy and her mom find a body. Because of course they do.

The Island may be paradise to most of the agents stationed there, but Sarah and her twin brother Simon just want to leave. They’ve been training to be spies their whole lives and are ready for adventure. Strong, determined Sarah yearns to prove her worth as a top-notch agent, while intuitive, artistic Simon dreams of exotic wonders like street tacos and single family homes. The only problem? Their first assignment isn’t exactly what they hoped for.

Addie loves Michigan summers, especially those spent at the lake with her best friends. The high school basketball team celebrates another successful year until a perfect summer day turns tragic. A dead body surfaces on the shoreline, and the girls quickly discover that dead isn’t what it used to be. The group of friends complies with the government-issued quarantine until it’s clear that no one’s coming for them. Without food, water, and electricity, they know it’s time to save themselves.

The Mahoney brothers are the golden boys of Rutherford Institute. Collins Pruitt is going to ruin them. Theo Mahoney is well-connected and popular. He’s charming and beloved. But he’s hiding something. Jasper Mahoney is lauded for his intellect and athleticism. He’s studious and focused. But he isn’t as impenetrable as he seems. Collins will earn their trust - and then she’ll destroy them. But the closer she gets, the more she questions the reason she was sent to Rutherford in the first place...and if it’s possible to ruin the Mahoneys without also destroying herself.

At Academy Absconditi, classes include everything from knife-throwing and poisons to the art of deception. The other students are all children of the world's most elite strategists, in training to become assassins, spies, and master manipulators. November Adley doesn't know why she's been sent to this place, but she'll quickly discover that allies are few in a school where competition is everything. When another student is murdered, all eyes turn to November, who must figure out exactly how she fits in before she is found guilty of the crime...or becomes the killer's next victim.

Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern high society for one reason and one reason alone: to identify and locate her biological father. But the answers Sawyer found during her debutante year only left her with more questions and one potentially life-ruining secret. When her cousin Lily ropes her into joining a mysterious and elite secret society called the White Gloves, Sawyer soon discovers that someone in the group's ranks may have the answers she's looking for. Things are looking up...until Sawyer and the White Gloves make a disturbing discovery near the family's summer home.