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1979. Jaded Edinburgh journalist Neil Bannerman is sent to Europe, intent on digging up dirt. Yet it is danger he discovers, when two British men are found murdered. One victim is a journalist, the other a Cabinet Minister: the double-assassination witnessed by the former's autistic daughter. This girl recalls every detail about her father's killer - except for one.

The fifth Enzo thriller, from the best-selling author of Coffin Road, Entry Island and the Lewis Trilogy. Puy-de-Dôme, France. Footprints in the snow lead to the murder scene of Marc Fraysse, France's most celebrated chef - brutally shot before he could make the revelation of his career. Seven years on and the mystery still raw, Enzo Macleod, forensic investigator, forays into the heated world of haute cuisine to uncover bitter feuds and a burning secret. The Fraysse family history is as twisted as Enzo's own.

A prodigious Chinese swimmer kills himself on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. Days later, a champion weightlifter suffers a fatal heart attack prior to competition. Detective Li Yan senses a conspiracy surrounding the fatalities and finds a female athlete willing to talk. But she will trust only one person: Li's fiancée, Margaret Campbell. When Campbell's contact herself vanishes, the gun is fired on a race against time. And Li must now outrun, and outwit, an enemy bent on pushing him beyond endurance.

London is in lockdown under martial law. A hospital is being urgently built by the river Thames to contain the thousands of victims of a flu-like epidemic. Construction is brought to a sudden halt when a leather holdall containing the bones of a child is unearthed from the rubble. A psychopath has been unleashed on the city; his mission is to take all measures necessary to prevent the bones from being identified. But why are he and his handlers determined to go to such murderous lengths to hide the origins of the body?

It has been a whirlwind few years for Li Yan and Margaret Campbell. Nowadays, both are busy juggling their huge professional workloads - Li as the newly promoted chief of Beijing's serious crime squad and Campbell as lecturer at the University of Public Security - with the day-to-day raising of their young son, Li Jon. When a desperate mother appeals to Campbell's own maternal instincts, Li agrees to look into the disappearance of a 17-year-old Beijing girl, Jiang Meilin.

A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past. Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister. As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface and soon, he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.

It's the 22nd century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, we're at the bottom of the food chain. Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separates humans from the majority of the other races. While some of the stories deal with mercenaries, others introduce listeners to the other guilds, organizations, and races that make up the landscape of the Four Horsemen universe.

In 1942, the United States Golf Association (USGA) cancelled its four golf tournaments for the duration of World War II. But then it did something different in only that year - it sponsored the Hale-America National Open on the same weekend as the cancelled US Open. The great Ben Hogan won that tournament and went to his grave believing he had therefore won a record five US Open titles. In The Open Question, Peter May turns his attention to this controversial, colorful Hale-America National Open of 1942.

Wenn du jemanden getötet hättest, wüsstest du das - oder? Ein Mann wacht am Strand der kleinen schottischen Insel Harris auf, ohne zu wissen, wer er ist. Er trägt eine Schwimmweste und ist vollkommen durchnässt. Von den Inselbewohnern erfährt er, dass er offenbar Neal Maclean heißt und ein Buch über drei Leuchtturmwärter schreibt, die im Jahr 1900 von einer benachbarten Inselgruppe verschwanden. Auf der Suche nach seiner Erinnerung landet Neal schließlich genau dort, auf den unbewohnten Flannan Isles, wo er eine schockierende Entdeckung macht: In der verlassenen Insel-Kapelle liegt ein Mann mit eingeschlagenem Schädel.

Da et bestialsk mord begået på Isle of Lewis viser sig at bære ligheder med et andet mord begået på fastlandet, bliver Fin Macleod fra Edinburghs politi hentet ud af sin sygeorlov og udsendt til øen for at bistå efterforskningen. Fin er født og opvokset på Isle of Lewis og turen til fødeøen bliver en rejse tilbage til hans egen mørke fortid.

Da et yderst velbevaret lig dukker op i en tørvemose på Isle of Lewis, er øboerne overbevist om, at man har gjort et epokegørende oldtidsfund af samme betydning som Tollundmanden. Den døde bliver da også hurtigt omtalt som 'Lewismanden'. Men da retsmedicinerne finder en falmet Elvis-tatovering på Lewismandens overarm, og da en dna-analyse desuden viser, at han er i nær familie med en af øens kendte skikkelser, indleder det lokale politi en mordefterforskning.

"Das Geheimnis des Kolma Puschi" - Hörspiel von Peter Folken nach dem Roman von Karl May.

"Gefahr in der Wüste" - Hörspiel von Peter Folken nach dem Roman von Karl May.

Deutschlands Familienunternehmen sind das Rückgrat unserer Wirtschaft und der Stabilisator unserer Gesellschaft. Und müssen gerade jetzt einen tiefgreifenden Veränderungsprozess bewältigen. In offenen Gesprächen mit faszinierenden Familienunternehmern und anderen spannenden Persönlichkeiten gehen Deutschlands führender Berater von Familienunternehmen und seine Kollegen der Frage auf den Grund, worauf es jetzt ankommt. Kompetent, auf den Punkt und relevant. Lassen Sie sich inspirieren.

The Hedgehog Zone podcast covers everything Sonic the Hedgehog related! We'll go over games, shows, movies, comics, etc. & have interviews with Sonic fans & celebrities!

Death isn’t always the end or the answer. Sam thought his suicide would be the end of his suffering, but he was wrong, as he wakes up in a never-ending graveyard. He soon realises he has an opportunity to be reunited with his departed twin brother, Paul. Yet they must cross through the many planes of the afterlife to find each other. They will need to escape the hordes of the dead, survive forests where burning corpses are nailed to trees, and navigate the feuds and machinations of the people who promise to help them along the way.

A fantasy, science fiction, and horror anthology featuring seven short stories by well-received authors. They may scare you, thrill you, and capture your imagination. If you enjoy high-quality short stories that will excite you, then this is for you! E. R. Robin Dover’s “The Trees” (horror): In a remote desert region of southwestern New Mexico, centered along the Rio Grande, is an ancient grove of trees permeated with an evil that has always existed.

Fin Macleod har lagt sit arbejde i drabsafdelingen i Edinburgh bag sig og er faldet til på sin fødeø, The Isle of Lewis, hvor han arbejder som sikkerhedschef for en af øens store jordbesiddere. Jobbet bringer ham dog snart på kollisionskurs med sin gamle barndomsven Whistler Macaskill, områdets mest indædte krybskytte. Da Fin opsøger Whistler, bliver de to mænd vidner til et sælsomt naturfænomen. En dyb sø står pludseligt og uforklarligt drænet for vand, og op af mudderet stikker de næsten uskadte rester af et lille enmotors fly, som forsvandt sporløst for sytten år siden.

Skrupellose Verbrecher planen eine Revolte gegen den Gouverneur von Buenos Aires. Vater Jaguar, so genannt, weil er der gefährlichen Raubkatze mit bloßen Händen gegenübertritt, hat den Verschwörern den Kampf angesagt, zumal er mit einem von ihnen außerdem eine persönliche Rechnung zu begleichen hat. Auf dem Wege zur Salina del Condor begegnet er mit seinen Begleitern Haukaropora, dem letzten Prinzen der Inka, und dessen Diener Anciano.

Winnetou 3: "Der Berg des Todes". Nach längerem Aufenthalt in Europa kehrt Old Shatterhand in den Wilden Westen zurück, dort will er seinen Blutsbruder Winnetou treffen. Beiden Freunden bleibt nicht viel Zeit, friedliche Tage in der Heimat der Apachen zu verbringen. Es gilt, eine Bahnstation vor einem Überfall zu retten und die von den Ogellallahs verschleppten Bewohner der Helldorf-Siedlung vor dem drohenden Tode zu bewahren. Das Abseilen in den Krater eines erloschenen Vulkans ist der einzige Weg zur Befreiung der Gefangenen, ein Weg des Todes.