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Die alte Mrs. Mulligan bietet Sherlock Holmes und seinen Freund Dr. Watson um Hilfe. Ihre Tochter Louise ist seit einigen Tagen spurlos verschwunden, weshalb die gebrechliche Dame vom Schlimmsten ausgeht. Die Detektive werden bei Ermittlungen von dem übereifrigen Reporter Geoffrey Cooper begleitet, der einen großen Bericht über Holmes schreiben will und ihnen keine Minute von der Seite weicht.

What do you do when your ex who left you 10 months ago suddenly walks back into your life? For Nikki, absolutely nothing. Her resolve is strong that if Mike left before, he’ll leave again. Unfortunately, they own a bar together and can’t avoid each other. Mike has made it clear he has every intention of getting Nikki back, even if it means playing games again. Can Nikki forgive Mike for leaving? Even if she can get past his sudden absence, there are still answers she doesn’t have.

Amanda last saw her best friend Keely’s ex Ted when he was fighting for Keely. The last thing Amanda expects is to see Ted walk into her store looking to be fitted for a suit. The connection between them is instant and impossible for them to ignore. Ted is relentless in his pursuit for Amanda’s heart, proving to be difficult for her to resist his charms. Keely isn’t the only roadblock holding Amanda back from Ted, though. His reputation as a player precedes him. Can Amanda trust Ted enough to risk her friendship with Keely?

Keely does what any girl would do once she starts to have fantasies about Caiden, her best friend since kindergarten. She represses them and starts dating Ted, the attractive man who shows up at the 24-hour restaurant where she bartends and serves coffee. Things go well until Caiden breaks up with his girlfriend and leans on Keely for support. One night under the influence and a bad decision later, and their friendship as they knew it is in jeopardy. Is it possible that Caiden has real feelings for her? Is it possible she has real feelings for Caiden?

Floyd Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile, and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th century". Though he was primarily a newspaper and magazine editor, most prominently of the radical left-wing magazine The Masses, he also published many best-selling feminist works. As a staunch advocate of feminism, socialism, psychoanalysis, and progressive education, his writing greatly shocked the American bourgeoisie at the time, to the point where it became so controversial, he was put on trial twice for his subversive literature.

Silvesterabend 1973: Auf der ausschweifenden Neujahrsfeier im Schloss von Lord Burlington kommt es zu einem tragischen Todesfall. Die Anwesenden beschließen das Unglück zu vertuschen. Keiner soll die Wahrheit erfahren. Doch einer weiß Bescheid und lässt exakt ein Jahr später die ersten Köpfe rollen. Inspektor Ryan Porter folgt der Spur des unheimlichen Rächers. An seiner Seite der junge, ungestüme Kenneth Stafford, der mit diesem Fall seine Bewährungsprobe im Yard antritt. Wird er den Erwartungen gerecht?

A song half-heard. The murmur of a voice singing in the dark. There it is again...a few words set to an old melody filled with mystery, heartbreak and horror. Out of Tune gathers a collection of original dark fantasy tales inspired by folk ballads. Here you'll find stories of strange creatures and strangers humans, treachery and love, murder and monsters.

Once believed dead and gone, Daemons have found a way back into the world. But the only people who can withstand their assault are spread across the face of the Sfaera. Free at last from the influence of assassins and emperors alike, the psimancer Winter sails back to her hometown - only to find a new trouble stirring. Meanwhile, the heretic sisters Jane and Cinzia Oden are beset by supernatural attacks. And soon their allies, the vampire-girl Astrid and the former assassin Knot, must face the terrifying Black Matron.

Aladin packt aus! Aladin, der Junge aus den Gassen von Bagdad, erzählt selbst von seinen Abenteuern im Orient: Von der zauberhaften Wunderlampe und ihrem mächtigen Bewohner, dem Dschinni, dem launischen Lampengeist, der jeden Wunsch erfüllen kann, und wie er auf einen sagenhaften Schatz stieß.