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Hello, my furless friend! Are you ready for a festive adventure? Join me, Junior Catch-A-Doggy-Bone, and my doggy pals on the poochiest, most barktastic journey through the Howliday Season. We’ll learn all about Fangs Giving, Crisp-Mouth and the mysterious Saint Lick. Find out why people called Carol come and sing outside the front door. And why trees suddenly appear inside your kennel!

Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.

Lindsay Boxer's beautiful baby is born! But after only a week at home with her new daughter, Lindsay is forced to return to work to face two of the biggest cases of her career. A rising star football player for the San Francisco 49ers is the prime suspect in a grisly murder. At the same time, Lindsay is confronted with the strangest story she’s ever heard: An eccentric English professor has been having vivid nightmares about a violent murder and he’s convinced it's real. Lindsay doesn't believe him, but then a shooting is called in - and it fits the professor's description to the last detail.

A stunningly brilliant psychopathic killer who has skillfully eluded the police from London to Paris to New York. A beautiful woman journalist suddenly in grave danger. An unorthodox New York detective whose motive for stopping the killer couldn't be more personal or emotional. With his latest release, the best selling author of When the Wind Blows and Cat and Mouse, turns 1999 into the Summer of St. Germain. You'll listen in terror as New York Cop John Stefanovich pursues Alexandre St. Germain, the most deadly and powerful member of the secret society of criminals known as the Midnight Club.

Cory Friedman was an ordinary fun-loving little boy. That fateful March morning in 1989 started just like any other, but later that day, he started to feel very different, and the course of his life was set to change.

It started with an irresistible urge to shake his head, and before long, his body became a volatile, explosive, and unpredictable force. Overtaken by physical urges, tics, and compulsions, the bright young boy started to feel and look like a puppet on a string.

The world is changing - the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside-down when they are hauled out of bed one night, separated from their parents, and thrown into a secret compound for no reason they can comprehend. The new government is clearly trying to suppress Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Being a Normal Teenager.

A collection of three gripping new stories: 3 Days to Live - A CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned—leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge. Women and Children First - When a deal goes bad on a tech executive in Washington, DC, he turns an order to kill his family into a chance to relive his military glory days. The Housekeepers - A Los Angeles doctor trusts her two housekeepers, but when she's murdered in a botched attempt to steal drugs, the pair of grifters vie to control their former employer's estate.

The wealthiest zip code in Florida doesn't just have billionaires, yachts, and private planes - it also has the best murder plots money can buy.

De integriteit van het bureau wordt op het spel gezet als Jack Morgan moet kiezen tussen vergelding en gerechtigheid. Private is het meest exclusieve detectivebureau ter wereld. Hier wordt betaald voor maximaal resultaat en maximale discretie, en zijn de geheimen van de rijken der aarde in handen van een team eigenzinnige, vastberaden rechercheurs.

Michael Campion was a people's hero, a popular governor's son who publicly battled against a rare and debilitating heart illness. When he vanished without a trace one evening, his disappearance and the search to find him, dead or alive, hit the headlines daily. But the trail went cold very quickly. Now with a new lead, Detective Lindsay Boxer is determined to find out what happened to San Francisco's Golden Boy.

Husband and wife Archie and Francine Hughes are heroes in their hometown of Philadelphia. Archie is a football star, while Francine is a Grammy-winning singer. So everyone is in a state of shock when news breaks about the seemingly perfect couple. One spouse is murdered. The other is Suspect Number One. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it's the hottest ticket in town. For the defence: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to the stars. For the prosecution: Veena Lion, an attorney so bright she's got to wear shades.

Whether you're a Vegas regular or have only heard the city's tales through whispers, this book will surprise and astound you... It's not just the five-star dining, or the casinos, or the clubs, or the crowds. It's the electrifying chemistry of America's most round-the-clock city. In this dazzling 24-hour journey, James Patterson lifts the lid on America's notorious hub of gambling and excess. Fuelled by original interviews and in-depth reporting, What Happens in Vegas uncovers the vice, crime and entertainment that made Sin City an infamous desert mecca.

This book presents the fullest account yet written of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Rooted in a wealth of oral histories, it tells the dramatic but underreported story of a people who confronted the unprecedented devastation of sixty five thousand homes when the eye wall and powerful northeast quadrant of the hurricane swept a record thirty-foot storm surge across a seventy-five-mile stretch of unprotected Mississippi towns and cities. James Patterson Smith takes us through life and death accounts of storm day, August 29, 2005, and the precarious days of food and water shortages that followed. Along the way the narrative treats us to inspiring episodes of neighborly compassion and creative responses to the greatest natural disaster in American history

A hilarious audiobook from the best-selling author of the Middle School series. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I’ve been waiting ages to tell my story, and now it’s finally happening! Being Rafe’s dog isn’t always easy, but it is always exciting! I’ve got so much to tell you about: the amazing Catch-a-Doggy-Bone kennel. My favourite places for hiding snacks. And my ultimate nemesis - the vacuum cleaner! All the most important parts of a dog’s life.

Everybody’s favourite kid comic, Jamie Grimm, is out to conquer the world - with laughter, of course! Comedian Jamie Grimm can’t help feeling like he’s reached the top - he has his own smash hit TV show, and he’s won a national funny-kid competition. But now he’s taking his fame and fortune to international levels by competing in the upcoming world kid comic contest! Will Jamie prove that he’s the funniest kid on earth - or does he stand (or sit!) to lose his crown?

James Patterson brings the fifth and final book in the bestselling Witch & Wizard saga to a head by exposing the nature of power – and what it means for the heroes that have it. Whit and Wisty Allgood have fought and defeated their world's greatest threats: the evil dictator, The One Who Is The One, as well as his wicked father and son.

Max Einstein's typical day is not your average 12-year-old's. She teaches classes at a New York college, dodges kidnapping attempts with her best friends, goes on secret missions for her billionaire boss and has a mysterious connection to Albert Einstein. Just a day in the life of the Change Makers Institute's top agent!

Rafe and Jimmy, two misunderstood troublemakers, are finally up to something good. They're in charge of a huge celebration of books and reading - but when a small issue snowballs into a big problem that threatens to derail the whole event, they need to work fast to keep things on track!

Ein verheerender Vulkanausbruch bedroht Hawaii. Doch der Vulkan birgt ein Geheimnis, das die gesamte Welt vernichten könnte... John MacGregor, wagemutiger Wissenschaftler des Hawaiian Volcano Observatory und passionierter Surfer, steht vor der schwersten Aufgabe seiner Karriere. Der Mauna Loa, der größte aktive Vulkan der Erde, wird in nur wenigen Tagen ausbrechen. Doch unterhalb des Vulkans lauert ein von der Army streng gehütetes Geheimnis, das jedes Leben auf dem Planeten zu vernichten droht, sollte die Lava es freisetzen.

The circus has come to town! I've never been to a real live circus before, but I know it will be the best thing ever! I've heard all about circus things from Mama Mange, and, wow, does she have some stories! I can't wait until opening night. It all looks so amazing! Well, apart from those scary man-monsters with green hair and red noses.... Hopefully I can steer clear of them.... With my whole pooch pack alongside me - and, of course, my favourite pet human, Ruff! - what could possibly go wrong?