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Selma Falck's personal life and career as a lawyer have hit rock bottom. That is until Hege Chin Morell - Norway's best female skier - approaches her desperate to overturn a doping charge. With two months to the Winter Olympics, Selma faces the seemingly almost impossible task of clearing Morell's name. However, when a male skier is found dead after a training accident, it becomes clear to Selma that there is something more serious at risk. Encountering corruption, hidden enmity and shady connections, the pattern of recent crimes and ancient sins becomes undeniable.

Encouraging and Biblical Discussion at the Top of the Mountain

En pandemi har tagit över världen. Hanne Wilhelmsen, en legend inom polisen, är sedan länge pensionerad. Hon har levt isolerad i åratal. När Norge nu stängs ner vågar hon sig äntligen ut i den folktomma staden igen. Men bara efter mörkrets inbrott.

Hanne Wilhelmsen får högst oväntat besök av sin gamla kollega Billy T. som hon inte haft kontakt med på många år. Just då skakas de omgivande kvarteren av en kraftig explosion. En islamisk samlingslokal har sprängts och tjugotre människor mist livet. En fundamentalistisk grupp säger sig stå bakom och skräcken hos Oslos invånare ökar för varje vecka som går, utan att polisen kommer närmare gärningsmännen. De verkar helt enkelt inte existera, vare sig i verkligheten eller på nätet.

Först hittas en mördad knarklangare i en park i Oslo. Några dagar senare drabbas en advokat av samma öde, och kriminalinspektör Hanne Wilhelmsen börjar ana att det finns ett samband. Jakten på mördaren leder henne till en hittills okänd narkotikaliga–med förgreningar ända upp på regeringsnivå.

Den framgångsrike chefsåklagaren Sigurd Halvorsruds hustru hittas död framför den öppna spisen i familjens vardagsrum. Det står klart att hon är mördad—huvudet har skiljts från kroppen. Halvorsrud larmar polisen men blir själv misstänkt för mordet. När polisen efter långa förhör tvingas släppa honom inträffar ytterligare ett mord. En journalist vid en av Oslos största tidningar hittas död i en enkel hyresfastighet—också han halshuggen.

Fredagen den 4 april 1997, ett knappt halvår efter regeringsskiftet i Norge: Det har varit turbulenta tider för Birgitte Volter alltsedan hon övertog statsministerposten. Men nu är hon död. Hon har skjutits i huvudet. På sitt kontor, uppe på sextonde våningen i regeringsbyggnaden. Och frågan är: Vem är det egentligen som har blivit skjuten: är det statsministern, eller är det Birgitte, privatpersonen?

När kändiskocken Brede Ziegler hittas mördad på polishusets trappa befinner sig kriminalkommissarie Hanne Wilhelmsen långt därifrån. Efter livskamraten Cecilies död lämnade hon allt. Försvann spårlöst från Oslo, vännerna, arbetet... Men nu är det något som drar henne tillbaka. När hon återvänder hem hamnar hon mitt i en mordutredning på väg att haverera.

Fredagen den 22 juli 2011 lamslås den norska huvudstaden av ett terrordåd. Samtidigt genomlever Jon och Ellen Mohr en privat katastrof: deras åttaårige son dör i en tragisk olycka i familjens vardagsrum. Bara den unge polisen Henrik Holme fattar misstankar om att allt inte står rätt till i det välmående hemmet i ett av Oslo bästa bostadsområden. Utan erfarenhet men med stor viljestyrka och engagemang lyckas han dra in kriminalpsykologen Inger Johanne Vik i utredningen om Sanders död.

It has been 11 years since Hanne Wilhelmsen's life was forever changed by an assault that left her wheelchair bound. Now Hanne's self-imposed exile is nearing its end. When Oslo comes under attack from Islamic extremists in a series of explosions, the city is left reeling. A militant group claim responsibility, but the Norwegian police force doubt the group's very existence. The unfolding drama is brought to Hanne's door by her former partner, Billy T, who is convinced that his son, Linus, is involved in the recent events.

When Sheila Malory reluctantly agrees to help out in a charity shop for a few weeks, her friend warns her about the "control freak" manager Desmond Barlow. It is not without some trepidation that she begins her volunteer work. Before too long, she begins to get the measure of her fellow volunteers, including the bossy Norma Stanley; no-nonsense Jean; and Desmond’s mousey wife, Wendy. When Desmond’s lifeless body is discovered after an apparent botched robbery, Sheila finds herself at the heart of the investigation as Inspector Bob Morris seeks her help.

In 2001, three-year-old Dina is killed in a tragic car accident. Not long thereafter Dina's mother dies under mysterious circumstances, and Dina's father, Jonas, is convicted of her murder. In 2016, the cold case ends up on the desk of Detective Henrik Holme, who tries to convince his mentor Hanne Wilhelmsen that the father might have been wrongly convicted. Holme and Wilhelmsen discover that the case could be connected to the suicide of an eccentric blogger as well as the kidnapping of the grandson of a EuroJackpot millionaire.

Andrew "Mac" McDaniel comes to Saddle Wells, Texas, and buys the rundown Hannigan Ranch. But he's not just in town to get the place back to its former glory. He's on a mission to find the drunk driver who killed his twin sister, and his latest lead has brought him here. Once he arrives in town, he gets more help than he thought he wanted from a group of locals who want him to feel welcome, led by the sexy realtor who sold him the place.

My Boy Jack is the extraordinary story of Kipling's search for his son. John Kipling was reported missing in the Battle of Loos on the Western Front in 1915. His father, Rudyard, had pulled strings to get his myopic son into the firing line. Devastated at the loss of his only son, Rudyard undertook the sad mission to find John's grave but tragically never succeeded in his quest.

Esra Weaver, exo-geologist, is hired for the Kerberos-90 Mining expedition, but when she awakens in her Emergency Egress Pod on a tropical, uninhabited planet, she realizes her life has taken a drastic turn for the worse.

Um sich an die Wahrheit zu erinnern, muss sie die Lügen vergessen... Selma Falck sitzt mit zwei Freundinnen vor einem Café, als plötzlich ein Schuss fällt. Selma wird nur leicht gestreift, die Parlamentsabgeordnete Linda trifft es jedoch tödlich. Lindas relative Anonymität veranlasst alle zu der Vermutung, dass Selma das eigentliche Ziel des Attentats war. Auch sie selbst geht davon aus – zumal sie seit einiger Zeit einen Stalker hat, der sich heimlich Zugang zu ihrer Wohnung verschafft

Everything in Hazel's perfect life is going according to plan. But she's in for a surprise. When her best friend and roommate takes ill, Jenny begs Hazel to fill in for her on a trip to South Georgia. When Dalton Sullivan takes a spill from a bronc at the last rodeo of the season, his life changes forever. Uncertain about his future, his fortunes take another turn when Grandpa Joe bequeaths him a dilapidated horse ranch in his will. Dalton's plans to refurbish it and turn it into a working ranch again are interrupted when a beautiful woman shows up pretending to be someone she's not.

I'm his captive … and I want him to keep me. I was only a child when everything changed. Too young to understand, too old to forget. Broken and damaged. I thought nothing good could ever happen to me, but 10 years later, something did. I met a man. He swept me off my feet and swooned me into his bed. Cole's touch was perfect. His lips were made of velvet obsession. They helped me forget the memories that burned me from the inside out. For the first time in forever, I was happy. Then he locked me inside his home. He told me it was for my safety. And it was so easy to believe him.

I never thought I could love a monster. Then I met Machi. I shouldn't have been there that night. I shouldn't have seen that man die - or the face of his killer. Every part of me wanted to run and hide, to escape and forget what I saw. But then he caught me. He stole me and pushed me into his world. He wants me to believe that he isn't the bad guy. But I know better. Except...his hard jaw and full lips are hard to ignore, his voice makes my heart flutter, and his hands - his hands are purely toxic, unfurling my body with one touch.

Ranch owner Quinn Pedraza has to find someone to run the saloon he won in a bet, but more than that, he needs a woman who can handle his alpha personality... and closet submissive sexual cravings. When vampire Selene Torres arrives on the scene, he gets everything he wants - and learns what he really needs.