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El 19 de abril de 2003 desapareció Fiona Clark, una joven de diecisiete años, en la localidad ibicenca de San Antonio. Su cadáver fue hallado dos semanas más tarde en un bosque cercano. Aunque la Guardia Civil siguió varias líneas de investigación, nunca se encontró al culpable y el caso fue archivado. Dieciséis años después, Paco Marín, escritor de novelas policiacas, con la ayuda del detective Álex Zarco, tratará de descubrir la verdad. Ambos iniciarán una investigación que los llevará a descubrir que nada es lo que parece… y que la víctima también tenía secretos.

Die Brüder Adam und Stu betreiben ein Gewächshaus, in dem einige ihrer frisch gesäten Pflanzen plötzlich mutieren und zu unheimlicher Größe heranreifen. Nicht nur das, sie entwickeln einen mörderischen Appetit, der auch bald sein erstes menschliches Opfer findet! Während Adam zunehmend in den Bann der fleischfressenden Gewächse gerät, übt auch ein stadtbekannter Gangsterboss Druck auf ihn aus, da er in den Monsterpflanzen eine ideale Möglichkeit sieht, um lästige Zeugen spurlos verschwinden zu lassen.

Als ein geheimnisvoller Einbrecher die Polizei an der Nase herumführt, sind Niklas, Linus und Melissa sofort zur Stelle, um den Fall zu lösen. Doch auch in der Schule wartet ein Rätsel auf die drei Pfadfinder von der "Pollution Police": Was verbirgt der neue Mitschüler Milo, der sich manchmal gar nicht im Griff hat?

Amelia Ashley shares everything with her followers—her favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurants, her best fashion tips, and her European trip of a lifetime with her hot boyfriend. Josh has no choice but to return home without Amelia after she abandons him in Rome. He has no clue where she went or how her blood got in his suitcase. Why won't anyone believe him? To Harper Delgado, Amelia Ashley is just another missing white girl whipping up a media frenzy. But with each digital knot she untangles about the influencer, Harper wonders: who is Amelia Ashley?

Somebody cursed Lucinda’s Abuelita. But who? And why? And why are the authorities and her family too frightened to investigate? When Lucinda recognizes she is Abuelita’s only hope for survival, she and her best friend enlist the help of the most unlikely ally, the son of the local gang boss… …the gang boss her family killed. Using bruja witchcraft, Lucinda and her friends open a gateway to relive Abuelita’s memories, only to discover terrible secrets and powerful enemies who pose an even greater danger than a single curse.

For decades, J. Everett High has staged an annual murder mystery to put its criminology students to the test. And this year, crime junkie Dulce Castillo is dead set on winning. Soon, the game kicks off, and the student playing the victim, Xavier Torres, is found poisoned in the school's greenhouse . . . except his death isn't pretend.

Determined to unravel the dark dealings of an illicit enterprise discovered in Jamaica, Dawn and Elle join forces with a brother-sister hacker team. While the investigation intensifies, Dawn struggles to reconcile new perspectives with her parents, church, and longtime boyfriend. Elle's dad gets more serious with his girlfriend—leaving her juggling scheming twins, grieving her mother's death, and deciphering her attraction to an unavailable boy.

Costa Malva é uma ilha tranquila na Península Ibérica, e La Forquilla é uma cidadezinha com uma energia mística inexplicável. Quando Isabel Cisne resolve sair da casa da mãe, na cidade de Valência, para morar lá com o pai, ninguém entende bem o motivo... nem ela mesma. Em vez de encontrar paz e sossego, Isabel acaba se envolvendo com uma família cercada por rumores estranhos. Ao mergulhar nesse mistério, ela percebe que o próprio passado guarda segredos que Isabel reluta em aceitar.

It's finally summer and all Tara Leverton plans to do is spend the time sunbathing, hanging out with Kaolin and doing as little as possible. Her gift has kept her busy and now is the chance for some serious down time before her final year at school.

Darian Sabine Arden loves her family’s summer home in the picturesque Massachusetts village of Kesuquosh. It’s where her three best friends live, and it’s the only place in her life where she isn’t haunted by reminders of the worst thing that ever happened to her. The villager's belief in a godlike, benevolent scarecrow who protects the town only adds to the charming local colour. But when Darian’s magnetic, mercurial crush KJ is chosen during a bizarre ritual on Halloween, Darian is forced to admit that Good Arcturus is more than just a quaint, folksy superstition – he’s terrifyingly real.

When Everly Hart's best friend Holland disappears, all signs point to an online game orchestrated by the enigmatic Mad Hacker, a grimm who preys on unsuspecting Gravemark students. He lures them into his perilous games, where victory promises rewards but defeat could lead to a descent into madness. Everly is torn between her complicated relationship with Hunter and her growing feelings for half-werewolf Ian. Both men are dangerous distractions as she tracks down the latest killer grimm plaguing their town.

Gosipnya, suami-istri Maxwell penyihir. Ada juga yang bilang pasangan itu ilmuwan gila. Tidak sedikit yang mengatakan mereka keluarga ningrat yang melarikan diri ke Littlewood. Hanya itu yang Laura tahu tentang tetangganya tersebut.

X, the cursed reaper, wrestles with the growing darkness within him. Haunted by his mother’s death and his father’s betrayal, he navigates the undercity in search of answers about his mark—a mysterious symbol pulsing with dark energy. Guided by fragmented memories and cryptic warnings, X is drawn deeper into a web of conspiracies where survival demands more than strength—it demands sacrifice.

Anthropes are regular people with a disease, one that makes them transform once each lunar cycle into animals. Wolves, dogs, horses, elephants, and more, each presents a threat to public safety. So the government requires them to report to containment facilities for each transformation.

Renata Marinka mengalami amnesia akibat kecelakaan. Hidupnya kini bagaikan kepingan puzzle yang berserakan dan penuh misteri.

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.

Ein deutscher Unternehmer reist 1860 gemeinsam mit zwei Ingenieuren nach Kairo und macht dort eine unfassbare Entdeckung. Arthur schwelgt in Erinnerungen an seine schönste Zeit in Lesser Hill. Doch er muss auch an die große Flut in Derby und deren Ursprung denken. Im IQIK hält Jack einen Vortrag über ein System der Zeit, bis er plötzlich jäh unterbrochen wird. Und nachdem sich Nikola Tesla einem sehr ernsten Gespräch mit dem Investor J. P. Morgan stellen musste, drängt Adam ihn zu einem riskanten Experiment.

For fans of Alechia Dow and Pittacus Lore comes "Leeta Simtar: A Life on Two Planets"—the latest book from young adult author Annie Fox about an interspecies hybrid looking to find herself on a new planet. A coming-of-age story that explores the meaning of birth family and found family, Leeta Simtar shows listeners how breaking out of the past can help us figure out where we’re going next. Leeta Simtar isn’t the only interspecies hybrid on the planet Fure, though she is, without a doubt, noticeably different from all the others.

Sadie Morelli and Cason Tano were friends in middle school, before Sadie transferred to another school. When they meet at the local ice rink where Sadie waitresses and Cason’s hockey team plays, what was once friendship turns into something more. Given the intensity of the rivalry between their schools and friends, their budding relationship is a secret for them alone.

he horrific struggle for power continues as war gnaws on the fringes of the kingdom. As armies of two nations clash with endless waves of bodies against one another, and ravenous monsters haunt and skulk in the shadows to gorge on the cadavers of the endless dead, the youngest princess of the kingdom, Acacia Odofredus Krone, continues her journey to ascend to her proclaimed rightful throne as queen, before her terminal illness—the consumption—steals her last breath. Not having the power to do so alone, she continues her journey and friendship with the most horrifying monster of all.