Elizabeth is a brilliant loner with a troubling secret she doesn't even know. As if the trauma of her mother being abducted before her eyes as a young girl wasn't enough, the small town she lives in thinks she’s crazy. That all changed when she met Michael, a mysterious and handsome man who identified with her like no one else before.

Michael’s long-time friend Vincent visits and drops the bombshell of a lifetime on Elizabeth and her world becomes completely unraveled. Vincent’s information has revealed the world for what it is; a place where the impossible is real, and myths and legends walk slyly in shadow. A world that Elizabeth will learn she too is a member.

Now, the three are caught up in a thousand-year-long conspiracy they never could have imagined. The three must rely on one another and the secret connection they all share if they have a chance to survive.

Baby is a gripping psychological thriller that explores the inherent greed and evil of man, dooming the planet. This novel serves as a cautionary tale of the merciless disrespect man gives his planet and the vulnerable creatures entrusted to him.

Set during the years of Prohibition in Sussex County, New Jersey, the story introduces Netty, a naive teenage farm girl given in marriage to an older brutal opportunist. After years of enslavement, Netty flees from her rapist and bootlegger husband, finding solace in an enigmatic alien she names Baby. Together, they experience happiness and fulfillment, despite the unforeseen changes to Netty's body and their farm.

Their tranquil life is complicated when a handsome Italian stranger enters Netty's life, leading to a heart-rending and astonishingly brutal climax. The novel not only tells the tale of Netty and Baby but also serves as a prologue to a series that foretells the selfishly destructive path man has followed since his species evolved.

With a blend of tenderness, violence, laughter, and hope, Baby and its sequels invite readers on a journey that is both charming and brutal, warning of the depraved indifference towards our planet and its inhabitants.

The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series.

A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood.

The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them.

James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network. But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun.

As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens. Pirate fleets, mutiny, and betrayal may be the least of the Rocinante's problems. And in the uncanny spaces past the ring gates, the choices of a few damaged and desperate people may determine the fate of more than just humanity.

Despite early setbacks, things are now progressing between Lily and Stuart. Not only is their relationship made official when she attends a public fundraiser on Stuart’s arm, but he finally introduces her to the exclusive and mysterious club ‘The Powerhouse’.

Things initially seem idyllic until events take a violent turn and their future seems under siege. Progress is made when an arrest puts one dangerous character behind bars, and they face one of the ghosts of Lily’s past and the cause of much of her self-doubt - her mother.

Wildly stylish and terrifically entertaining. It ticks all the psychosexual boxes.

When Forensic Pathologist Amelia Sharpe moves to Washington, D.C., she introduces herself to the successful and enigmatic man that moves in next door: Guy Davidson. But terrors from her past resurface, and she finds herself seeking answers.

Tormented by her inner demons and Guy’s need to control, their lives take an unexpected turn, posing challenges neither of them anticipate. When a step too far is taken, Guy takes the law into his own hands. Just when Amelia feels that she really does have it all, both Guy and Amelia find out just how far they are willing to go in the name of love.

George Hartley wakes up and realizes that he’s lost his memory. He sees a dead woman sitting in a wheelchair. George searches the place and finds himself trapped in a skyscraper. Someone left the documents revealing that his ex-colleagues, financial partners, and even intelligence officers had been spying on him, watching his business activity, digging up dirt on him, and someone must have poisoned him. Numerous facts show that George Hartley was one of the most influential investors and traders in London. He was the head of the largest British financial fund.

All of a sudden, his enemies make an attempt to kill him, and George Hartley barely escapes the skyscraper. He shakes off the pursuers, finds a temporary hideout, and continues to collect the information on his life. Soon, George finds out that for many years, he has been engaged in high-level behind-the-scenes machinations as a creator and manipulator of future financial developments, events, international scandals, information wars that affected stock and commodity markets’ prices. For the past several months, he met North Korean leader and convinced him to launch a missile, conducted an operation against Saudi Arabian Oil Company, and set off a panic in the oil market, held a secret meeting with a Russian oligarch to speculate on sanctions against Russia. The more facts George Hartley finds out, the more he realizes he misled and deceived thousands of traders and investors, and probably bankrupted them. He hates his past and wants to start a new life.

But his ex-colleagues and enemies don’t let him leave the game. They start using him as a money-making machine, trading and manipulating his life and death. George Hartley has nothing to do but to declare financial war against them.

A gripping thriller from the Richard and Judy award-winning author of Girl, Missing, Sophie McKenzie.

When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to the lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister.

But when Rachel and Theo are attacked by men from RAGE - the Righteous Army against Genetic Engineering - at Rachel's school disco, they are rescued by strangers and taken to meet a mysterious figure. There, they both make some startling discoveries about their identities, which will affect their past, present, and future in dramatic and life-altering ways...

Caleb is a man with a singular interest in revenge. Kidnapped as a young boy and sold into slavery by a power-hungry mobster, he has thought of nothing but vengeance. For twelve years he has immersed himself in the world of pleasure slaves searching for the one man he holds ultimately responsible. Finally, the architect of his suffering has emerged with a new identity, but not a new nature. If Caleb is to get close enough to strike, he must become the very thing he abhors and kidnap a beautiful girl to train her to be all that he once was.

Eighteen-year-old Olivia Ruiz has just woken up in a strange place. Blindfolded and bound, there is only a calm male voice to welcome her. His name is Caleb, though he demands to be called Master. Olivia is young, beautiful, naïve and willful to a fault. She has a dark sensuality that cannot be hidden or denied, though she tries to accomplish both. Although she is frightened by the strong, sadistic, and arrogant man who holds her prisoner, what keeps Olivia awake in the dark is her unwelcome attraction to him.

WARNING: This book contains very disturbing situations, dubious consent, strong language, and graphic violence.

How is it, that someone can make decision after decision attempting to get away from their past and somehow end up right back where they started?

When Brenna decided to leave the only life she'd ever known, she never thought she'd ever be back. Now, five years later, she's running from her clean-cut husband straight back to the motorcycle club that raised her... and the man she left behind. She left with a secret, and as soon as she returns, the truth will break her carefully constructed life wide open.

Would you help a desperate young woman knocking on your door? As a security guard, do you really have a choice?

A desperate young woman is knocking on the door of the Israeli consulate in Boston, seeking asylum, claiming that she is the only survivor of an Israeli spy network. The gate remains locked, but a security guard, who falls in love with her, is trying unsuccessfully to rescue her. He embarks on a discovery trail, meeting tough American and Israeli government agents, cynical merchants, and passionate dreamers. By the end of the trail, he discovers the woman and the truth that lies underneath her story and his own life.

Dancing Bear is a political thriller, in which the author managed to bring in his life experiences into the story and create a fast-paced read with twists and turns. The story ripples with things just under the surface, waiting to be revealed by the reader.

They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light...

He ran with the wolves...
Materialized from the mists...
Hijacked the very heavens to his whims...

He was the dark guardian of his people. So how, after centuries of a bleak, soulless existence, had he, Lucian Daratrazanoff, suddenly come to crave petite, curvy, colorful lady cop Jaxon Montgomery, who foolishly made it her life's work to protect others from harm?

Fiercely daring, Jaxx would sacrifice anything to shield others—particularly since a deadly menace dogged her every footstep, threatening all who got close to her. And strangely seductive, piercingly erotic Lucian was no exception.

Lucian was powerfully, perilously mesmerizing—oddly gentle yet clearly a born predator. He had vowed to possess her, to guard her for all time. Yet with his every thirsty kiss, was he drawing Jaxon more deeply into danger...and his dark, mysterious desires?

Growing up with telepathic abilities, Sookie Stackhouse realized early on that there are things she'd rather not know. And now that she's an adult, she also realizes that some things she knows about, she'd rather not see—like Eric Northman feeding off another woman. A younger one.

There's a thing or two she'd like to say about that, but she has to keep quiet—Felipe de Castro, the vampire king of Louisiana (and Arkansas and Nevada), is in town. It's the worst possible time for a human body to show up in Eric's front yard—especially the body of the woman whose blood he just drank.

Now it's up to Sookie and Bill, the official Area Five investigator, to solve the murder. Sookie thinks that, at least this time, the dead girl's fate has nothing to do with her. But she is wrong. She has an enemy, one far more devious than she would ever suspect, who's set out to make Sookie's world come crashing down.

Sometimes it's best to stay out where you're not welcome.

Demented will chill you to the bone, for these are not your usual bedtime stories. From a son who wants to teach his mother a lesson, a deadly myth on Kingly Road, people who have a certain bizarre diet, and more terrifying things than you have ever imagined—these stories will give you goosebumps, shivers, and more.

There are also stories about a vengeful unborn baby, a psychotic babysitter, and a creepy bus that leads you to hell. These tales will torment your head with eerie echoes and haunting screams, and compel you to turn and check what's lurking behind... every few minutes.

With twisted scenarios that will make you second-guess who you can and cannot trust, these are stories that may tell you what could actually be hiding under your bed... or perhaps make you realize that they're not under the bed... and that maybe you're the monster.

Carly: Her cousin, Lisa disappeared, her family murdered in front of her. Held in prison for her kidnapper’s murder, she has to try and find a way to save Lisa.

The Box: Fifteen years after their mother walked out on them and their father, twenty-seven-year-old Charlene, and her sister Stacy open The Box that their father keeps his secrets hidden away in. What they learn changes everything.

Bernie and the Beast: Bernie has started having visions, he sees what the beast with yellow eyes does. Can he stop it before it's too late?

Bad Memories: It only takes a second to destroy a life, to wipe the memory from this earth. And, who really cares when it’s gone?

She was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. It was supposed to be just another night of partying for Hayley Larson... that is, until things go horribly wrong. She witnesses her father’s brutal murder and barely escapes with her life.

Now orphaned, Hayley's life quickly goes on a downward spiral. She is passed from one guardian to another and eventually ends up in the infamous Downright High, a place meant to discipline even the nastiest, most despicable delinquent. She is abruptly thrown into a life where indoor brawls, school lockdowns, and torturous hours of disciplinary isolation are all expected to happen before dinner.

Amidst the madness, Hayley meets Colin—an arrogant yet irresistibly captivating delinquent with his own set of issues. The attraction between them is unmistakable. And just when they begin to open up to each other, Hayley's dark past catches up with her.

Will Colin look beyond his own problems and reach out to help Hayley? Or will he serve as the final straw that will finally push her to the brink of self-destruction?

In a time when secrets and lies were the foundations of life, someone has discovered the truth. And they are going to tell.

Jules knows what her predecessors created. She knows they are the reason life has to be lived in this way.
And she won't stand for it.

But Jules no longer has supporters. And there is far more to fear than the toxic world beyond her walls.
A poison is growing from within Silo 18.
One that cannot be stopped.
Unless Silo 1 steps in.

Mike Hepp is an L.A. millennial post-grad, who dreams of making it big in the TV & film industry. He auditions by day and tends bar at night to satiate his massive student debt, credit card payments, and rent.

Until one knuckle-busting, full moon Saturday night launches his life into complete upheaval, suddenly placing him in the middle of an international drug smuggling operation and an undercover police sting, consequently ruining his reputation in Hollywood.

Can Mike survive his unsolicited undercover work and cleanse his sullied reputation? Or will he end up as shark bait for double-crossing the wrong people?

The clock is ticking for the human race.

Max Dumerick has spent his life doing the dirty work of the highest bidder. When his last job awakens his reluctant conscience, he finds himself teaming up with an unlikely duo to try to stop a would-be god.

When Melanie Edwards realizes she is being hunted, her desire to protect her family forces her to make hard choices… ones that will lead her into the belly of the beast.

Abandoned by the woman he loves and left with nothing but infrequent, cryptic messages, Ryan Edwards stumbles across evidence of the coming apocalypse... and must make a choice between warning the world and protecting his daughter.

What is a single life worth? In our modern world, where wars are on the cusp of igniting at a moment’s notice, new diseases ravage entire populations, and hidden atrocities erase the lives of thousands, what can the death of a single person mean?

It can mean the tenuous line between peace and destruction.

Kurt Ramis knows this, as he watches the aftermath of an assassination on his television set. His years in the CIA have prepared him for such a dreadful day.

“Rasul” knows this, as he follows his young guide down the streets of New York City, with a gift for his adopted country.

The soldiers and sentries of Camelot’s Corridor, deep under the sands of Texas know this, as they prepare the secret bunker for the President’s arrival.

Mike Keogh knows this, as he remembers fallen friends, betrayals, and mention of a secretive monster named the Tangerine Demon.

Jessie Rosen will know it soon enough, as she descends the steps to Kubrá, to meet her deliverer. Her new family descends those steps as well, calling for their Lord to hear their prayers.

Phil Barr begrudgingly knows this, as he cowers in his palatial Hollywood Hills mansion, murderers and thugs auditioning on live TV, sirens ringing in his ears. This wasn’t how his charmed life was supposed to turn out.

And DaRWIn knows this best of all, as it predicted the assassination, and the calamitous after-effects some time ago.

On a certain day, on a certain street in the Middle East, the taking of a single life will mean everything, and it will shake the foundation of humanity. It will be the pulling of a loose strand in mankind’s tapestry, undoing the progress of a thousand years, ripping apart at the seams countless lives, countless societies.

Intertwining lives and stories, some saved and some ended, some Going, some Gone…

Two pie loving police officers are questioning a man suspected of murdering his wife. The Accused Man keeps having visions of past events, warning him there are things he should not seek an answer for.

And an FBI Agent Lutricia Bell, conducting an investigation of her own, reveals a different angle on the nature of the crime. Realities will mash together as three different viewpoints paint the picture, creating a question, is the crime itself what truly matters?

I am Maria. My only desire in this world is to have a real family, to have a mother and father that I could call my own. So why did I kill the people who gave me home? They did nothing wrong to me. But I have to do it, Mom and Dad aren't real.

The stench of the blood from my father is invading my nostrils. I need to close my eyes again, the blackness comforts me better than the view of the dead bodies in the living room. I should feel no guilt, my real family is waiting for me...

HOUDINI HEART harkens back to the masters of suspenseful supernatural horror: Poe, Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, but speaks with a wholly fresh voice. Once caught in its pages, there's no escaping Longfellow's terrible tale. Weeks ago, she was one of Hollywood's biggest writers, wed to one of its greatest stars. The doting mother of their golden child. But now? She's alone, tortured by a horrifying secret no woman could bear. Pursued by those she can't outrun, anguished by a guilt she can't endure, and driven close to madness, she flees to the one place she's ever called home: a small town in Vermont where River House still stands. To a child, the splendid hotel was mysterious and magical and all its glamorous guests knew delicious secrets. Cocooned in its walls, she will write one last book. Her atonement? Or her suicide note? But life is never as you dream it, and River House isn't what she'd always imagined it was. Intense, literary, and harrowing, Houdini Heart is a tale of bone-chilling horror, emotional torment, and psychological terror. Gripped by River House, trapped in an aging hotel of mirrors only Houdini could escape, how much can haunt a mind before it too is only a thing once imagined?

Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth—musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies—the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.

Now, for the first time, this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and newly added second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story—of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

Wayne Kendrick is suspicious. His best friend, Jim Carson, has suddenly disappeared, and Jim's claim has been taken over by The Blake Mining Company, which claims the land was abandoned.

When Wayne meets with Jim's family, he finds the reason for his friend's sudden disappearance: he has been kidnapped! Reading a ransom note that Jim's family has discovered, Wayne promises he'll bring Jim home safely, aware even as he makes the oath that if his friend isn't dead already, he will be once the ransom has been paid.

Wayne reasons that The Blake Mining Company has a part in Jim's disappearance and decides to spy on them. Disguising himself as a miner and buying space on Jim's land, he sets up his camp and begins his investigation.

When Wayne befriends Davis, an abandoned African-American boy, he is led to a secret mine hidden within a mountain. Inside the mine, he is shocked to discover chained slaves forced to work the mine for their kidnappers.

Risking both slavery and death, Wayne Kendrick faces off against the slavers to save both his friend's life and the lives of the other slaves.

Magic is a disease. Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary.

Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever.
And then there's the small matter of Kitana. A normal teenage girl who, along with her normal teenage friends, becomes infected. Becomes powerful. Becomes corrupted. Wielding the magic of gods, they're set to tear the city apart unless someone stands up against them.

Looks like it's going to be another one of those days…

18 dark stories from the twisted mind of the master of the bizarre, D.B. Tarpley. Lick the Razor is a foray into the world of dark fiction, or "splatterpunk". A miscellany of the macabre, Lick the Razor conjures up a mood of insidious disquiet, foreboding, and inevitability.

Not only is it creepy, haunting, and smart, it also digs deep into the twisted state of the human mind. A classic of its kind. For the first time, enjoy The Definitive Collection, complete with bonus material including a new forward and an additional story.

Dark warriors of might... Mel is a vampire warrior sworn to hunt and kill demons in the dark streets of Vancouver. But he's burdened with a new assignment: find the meaning behind the Vampire Prophecy. Having no faith in the gods and their empty words, he believes there's no truth to the ancient legend until he meets Breeana, a human woman who bears the mark of the prophecy and resembles the mysterious woman haunting his dreams.

When a vengeful demon spies Breeana in his arms, she is marked for death. He must take her from the world she knows until he can eliminate the threat. But the real danger is the role Breeana must play in fulfilling the prophecy and the intense feelings she brings out in him. Mel is forced to choose between his obligations to his kind, the world, and the woman he loves. Can he turn his back on love to let her go, or will he risk her life and bind her to him for all eternity?

Small warriors of light... Veterinarian, Dr. Breeana Spencer yearns for love and companionship, but the disappointment of failed relationships has taken their toll. She now finds solace in romance novels. But when she meets a mysterious stranger, she's drawn to him by a connection so forceful it shatters all reason, leaving her incapable of resisting him. Yet there's more to him than smoldering good looks and a rock-hard body. As she's drawn deeper into his danger-filled world, she learns she's part of an ancient vampire legend. Breeana fears her future is no longer hers and will not include Mel. As their enemies close in, desperate to destroy them both, she must fight to convince Mel her place is at his side. A life-altering choice is before her—one that will take all her courage and love to make.

Akcja najnowszej powieści Jacka Dukaja toczy się w alternatywnej rzeczywistości, gdzie I wojna światowa nigdy nie wybuchła. Jest rok 1924, a Królestwo Polskie wciąż zamrożone jest pod władzą cara i w Belle Epoque. Warszawę skuwa lód – w środku lata burze śnieżne zasypują drogi.

Lute, nieziemskie anioły Mrozu, spacerują ulicami miast, zamrażając prawdę i fałsz. Benedykt Gierosławski, zdolny matematyk, ale i niepoprawny hazardzista, na zlecenie carskiego Ministerstwa Zimy zostaje wysłany Ekspresem Transsyberyjskim do skutego lodem Irkucka, skąd ma wyruszyć na poszukiwanie swojego ojca, podobno potrafiącego porozumiewać się z aniołami mrozu – lutymi.

Tysiąc rubli gotówką wydobyłby Benedykta z długów, ale czy misja nie jest przypadkiem zbyt niebezpieczna? Szybko okazuje się, że dla Benedykta będzie to podróż, która odmieni jego życie…

Fabuła Lodu wprost skrzy się od zapierających dech w piersiach zwrotów akcji, intryg politycznych, miłosnych, kryminalnych i gospodarczych, naukowych i metafizycznych; wypełniona fascynującymi postaciami, z akcją rozpiętą między brudnymi oficynami carskiej Warszawy, luksusami Ekspresu Transsyberyjskiego na tle lodowej Azji, irkuckimi salonami bogatego mieszczaństwa polskiego, a także podniebnym pałacem generała-gubernatora.

Jest powieścią, na jaką czekali wszyscy miłośnicy prawdziwej przygody, inteligentnej, pobudzającej intelekt i wyobraźnię, zmieniającej nasz pogląd na rzeczywistość. To opowieść o Historji, czyli o tym, co nie istnieje. To kolejny literacki majstersztyk Jacka Dukaja, dzięki któremu czytelnicy będą mogli poznać nie tylko fascynującą, mrożącą krew w żyłach "inną możliwą" historię świata, ale również będą mieli okazję wraz z bohaterem powieści odbyć niezwykłą podróż ekspresem transsyberyjskim i stanąć oko w oko z Innym.

From the universe of the Until the End of the World series (Note: The City Series can be read before or after the Until the End of the World series)

Sylvie Rossi has the loner thing down pat, with the exception of her best friend, Grace. But when the two are trapped in a hospital during the last gasp of a dying city, alone time is no longer an option. A nurse’s offer of sanctuary promises Sylvie the supplies she needs to survive the zombies–it’s the coexisting with people that might do her in.

Eric Forrest will do whatever it takes to get into the dead city for his sister, including ending up dead himself. He’s used to taking risks, but with every mile he travels death looks likelier and likelier, and finding his sister may be his only prospect for survival—if he can make it home.

Sylvie doesn’t need more than food, water and shelter. Eric wants only to find his sister. But sometimes what we think we need isn’t what we need at all, and what we find is more than we expected.

What would make the perfect man? That's the deliciously racy topic that Jaine Bright and her three girlfriends are pondering one night at their favorite after-hours hot spot: Mr. Perfect.

Would he be tall, dark, and handsome? Caring and warmhearted -- or will just muscular do? As their conversation heats up, they concoct a tongue-in-cheek checklist that becomes an overnight sensation, spreading like wildfire at work and sizzling along e-mail lines.

But what began as a joke among friends turns deadly serious when one of the four women is murdered.... Turning to her neighbor, an unpredictable police detective, for help, Jaine must unmask a killer to save her friends -- and herself. Now, knowing whom to trust and whom to love is a matter of survival -- as the dream of Mr. Perfect becomes a chilling nightmare.

Nothing Can Come Between Us is a gripping drama that delves into the dark sides of lust and hate, weaving a tale of sex, drugs, money, and betrayal.

After experiencing a devastating heartbreak, the beautiful and alluring McKeisha undergoes a transformation, revealing an evil persona. Her unstable nature leads her to develop an unhealthy obsession with her naive best friend's boyfriend. When a crisis hits, McKeisha seizes the opportunity to commit the ultimate betrayal, embarking on a journey of backstabbing and deceit, stopping at nothing to achieve her desires.

As McKeisha's childhood friends, Sha'Lena and Dominique, reach their dreams of musical stardom, her jealousy intensifies. The story escalates to a tragic climax where one girl's life is cut short. Will they find the courage to end this deadly friendship, or will McKeisha become ensnared in her own web of deception?

Lieber Herr Miggel,

Streitgenossen habe ich genossen über den 1. Mai, sehr gut wie Familienumfeld und Charakter zusammen kommen, die Rivalitäten innerhalb und zwischen den Kanzleien, die Komik der präzisen Erfassung der steuerlichen Problematik des Lösegeldes, alles um nur nicht auf den Punkt zu kommen, glaubhaft wie größte jurisitische Rationalität bemüht wird um höchste Irratonalität anzugehen.

Das steigert sich alles schön bis zur Mitte, dann treten die Streitgenossen und mit ihnen die Story auf der Stelle. Auch das überraschende Ende ist nicht ganz so überraschend, man hat irgendso eine zweite ebene erwartet, wenn auch nicht diese. Das schwächt den pay-off (Hornberger Schiessen).

Sicher gute Vorlage für einen TV Krimi/Gesellschaftsdrama, allerdings in USA eher als bei uns; ich höre die Anwaltsserien haben hier wenig Zuspruch, bin da ber kein Spezialist. Jedenfalls eine empfehlenswerte Lektüre.

Kompliment
Ihr Volker Schlöndorff

It only seems to start Theo Lindner, an internationally active law firm partner and father, an ordinary working day: In an unexpected meeting scheduled, he learns that his colleague Joachim Peters has been the victim of a kidnapping - the 20 million euro ransom to the members of the Board of their private pay.

Within the firm a thrilling tug of war starts at the adequate handling of the emergency, on the one hand, anyone can associate a potential victim of the kidnap victims to identify the other hand, see all their material well-being threatened for years to come.

The situation is alarming and, as encrypted, the second sign of life references to Peters' whereabouts, and he seems to contain Theo Lindner, with whom he privately nothing extraordinary, explicitly send out greetings.

A breathtaking, exciting thriller in the legal environment, authentic and psychologically brilliant.

Nur scheinbar beginnt für Theo Lindner, Partner einer international agierenden Anwaltskanzlei und Familienvater, ein ganz normaler Arbeitstag in Berlin: In einer unvorhergesehen anberaumten Sitzung erfährt er, dass sein Kollege Joachim Peters Opfer einer Entführung geworden ist – die 25 Millionen DM Lösegeld sollen die Mitglieder der Sozietät aus ihrem Privatvermögen berappen.

Innerhalb der Sozietät beginnt ein nervenaufreibendes Tauziehen um den adäquaten Umgang mit der Notlage, denn einerseits kann sich jeder Teilhaber als potenzielles Opfer mit dem Entführten identifizieren, andererseits empfinden alle ihr materielles Wohlergehen auf Jahre hinaus bedroht.

Die Lage spitzt sich zu, als das zweite Lebenszeichen verschlüsselte Hinweise auf Peters’ Aufenthaltsort zu enthalten scheint und er Theo Lindner, mit dem ihn privat nichts außergewöhnlich verbindet, explizit Grüße zukommen lässt …

Ein atemberaubend spannender Krimi im Juristen-Milieu, authentisch und psychologisch brillant.

One Dark Window is a gripping tale that takes you on a journey through a world shrouded in mystery and suspense.

Rachel Gillig weaves a narrative filled with unexpected twists and dark secrets, perfect for fans of thrilling adventures and enigmatic plots.

Dive into a story where every shadow hides a secret and every character has something to hide.

Pack's Posse is the thrilling eighth installment in the Simon Pack series by John M. Vermillion. Join Simon Pack and his posse as they embark on another heart-pounding adventure through the rugged terrains of the Wild West.

In this book, the stakes are higher than ever as they face off against formidable foes. Action, suspense, and mystery abound as Simon Pack navigates through challenges that test his courage and resolve.

Get ready for a wild ride filled with twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This is a must-read for fans of western adventures and thrilling mysteries.

Un couple qui a tout pour être heureux, se voit brutalement arracher sa petite fille de 5 ans. Layla a disparu.

Brisés, ils se séparent.

Cinq ans plus tard, elle est retrouvée vivante à l'endroit exact de sa disparition.

Les interrogations succèdent à la joie des retrouvailles.

Où était-elle ?

Avec qui ?

Pourquoi est-elle revenue ?

Matilde Martínez es una pediatra decidida a cambiar el mundo. Eliah Al-Saud es un soldado profesional, demasiado cínico para creer que es posible cambiarlo. Sin embargo, cuando Eliah y Matilde se conocen, la atracción es innegable, y, pese a sus diferencias, caen rendidos ante la pasión que los domina.

Su romance se convertirá en una aventura peligrosa, con el conflicto palestino-israelí y una amenaza atómica como telones de fondo. Una adictiva novela contemporánea en la que dos personajes intensos y cautivadores lucharán por sus vidas y las de sus seres queridos, pero ¿conseguirán también salvar su amor?

The President's secret task force has developed an unprecedented defensive weapon that relies on an extremely rare radioactive element—and Dirk Pitt has followed a twisted trail to a secret cache of the substance. Now, racing against brutal storms, Soviet spies, and a ticking clock, Pitt begins his most thrilling mission—to raise from its watery grave the shipwreck of the century...

Among the many things Peter doesn’t know, he doesn’t know he’s an archetype, the Prince of Coins incarnate. He doesn’t know his fiancé is a fortune teller either. He doesn’t know Russian culture, politics, or language, but he does know American business. And he knows his fiancé speaks Russian. He thinks she can make him the new Tsar of the timber industry, but first they must survive a weekend with the Russian mob.

Red Russia is the story of an American businessman and his interpreter in Russia, of business, lies, and deception, of fortunes bought and told.

I know you're alone...

Shattered by her boyfriend's tragic death, Stacey is struggling in her first year of college, hoping that somehow, somewhere, Jacob is still alive. Now her nightmares are back, haunted by ghosts and misery. Casting healing spells brings Stacey closer to Porsha—a troubled girl who's also dreaming of death—and to a strange boy whose life is in danger. To save him, it'll take all the strength and magic they've got. And maybe even cost them their lives...

Winter has arrived, and along with it, Russia's terrorist faction: The Red Letter.

Feisty seventeen-year-old Ayla is abducted from her life of privilege and forced to train in the ranks of The Letter alongside other stolen teenagers. Life is made even more complicated by her attraction to a Red Letter henchman - the arrogant and infuriating Drew.

As the stakes rise, Ayla must set her own moral compass as she attempts to fight her way out. In this gripping novel of haunting choices, intrigue, and new relationships, only one thing is assured. It's kill for The Letter. Or die.

If the world you lived in was someday revealed to be nothing but a lie, would you really want the truth? Elizabeth McBeth did, and she's paid the price for it...

After almost 10 years since Liz's mother was taken from her, Liz finally found her mother, Mary. But Mary has been forever changed, something that Liz will have to accept. The beginning of happier times, one would think...

The conspiracy has been exposed; Liz, Vincent, Mary and Michael had all thought that the vampire plot had been destroyed. They should have never underestimated Klein. Klein has reinforced his armies, splitting the entire vampire species with the question... is Klein the vampiric messiah?

Unfortunately for the heroes and the world itself, Klein has set in motion a plan that will destroy the world and recreate it in his own image.

Will the group be able to defeat Klein and restore the balance to nature? Or are they already doomed?

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Suzanne Collins continues the amazing story of Katniss Everdeen in Catching Fire, the second novel of the phenomenal Hunger Games trilogy. Read Chapters one and two to find out what happens next.

Saturday is a masterful novel set within a single day in February 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man — a successful neurosurgeon, happily married to a newspaper lawyer, and enjoying good relations with his children. Henry wakes to the comfort of his large home in central London on this, his day off. He is as at ease here as he is in the operating room. Outside the hospital, the world is not so easy or predictable. There is an impending war against Iraq, and a general darkening and gathering pessimism since the New York and Washington attacks two years before.

On this particular Saturday morning, Perowne's day moves through the ordinary to the extraordinary. After an unusual sighting in the early morning sky, he makes his way to his regular squash game with his anaesthetist, trying to avoid the hundreds of thousands of marchers filling the streets of London, protesting against the war. A minor accident in his car brings him into a confrontation with a small-time thug. To Perowne's professional eye, something appears to be profoundly wrong with this young man, who in turn believes the surgeon has humiliated him — with savage consequences that will lead Henry Perowne to deploy all his skills to keep his family alive.

Shadow Team is the third book in the Starbirth series. Lock Harford, a teleporter who can move his body through a dark matter dimension using the power of his mind, knows that the only way to release Britain from the grip of marauding teleporter criminals is to fight like with like.

His employers want him to head a team of enhanced-ability operatives whose special powers will be created by controlled procedures—rather than substance abuse of the illegal drug Starbirth. The dubious quality of candidates delays the process. Among them is Jimmy Mackenzie, the SAS trooper Harford knows well, who is joined by rookies Postie and Dave.

The fledgling team’s unique and memorable characters develop with likeability despite their flaws. Together, with Harford, they enter an uncertain future in which ‘defending the realm’ becomes a personal fight for their lives.

At the same time, Harford is under personal attack and he has to protect his family as well as his country against dark threats emerging from the madness of Starbirth addiction, hindered by devastating treachery closer to home.

Shadow Team GB is the third book in the Starbirth series and each book can be read as a stand-alone. The set of characters in Harford, Jimmy, Dave and Postie combine in a tale of brotherhood and humour. They take the rules, break the rules and they become so four-dimensional that the reader will miss their cohesion when the book is finished.

What do coincidences mean?

Laureth Peak has always been taught by her father to look for recurring events, patterns, and numbers. It's a skill she's remarkably talented at. But when her father goes missing while researching coincidence for a new book, Laureth and her younger brother must embark on a journey from London to New York to unravel a series of cryptic messages to find him.

The challenge? Laureth is blind.

Reliant on her other senses and on her brother, Laureth discovers that rescuing her father will demand all her skill at spotting the extraordinary and sometimes dangerous connections in a world filled with darkness.

Join Laureth in a thrilling adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Slough House is Jackson Lamb's kingdom; a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've screwed up: left a secret file on a train, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They're the service's poor relations - the slow horses - and bitterest among them is River Cartwright, whose days are spent transcribing mobile phone conversations.

But when a young man is abducted, and it's threatened that he'll be beheaded live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. Is the victim who he first appears to be? And what's the kidnappers' connection with a disgraced journalist?

As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone involved has their own agenda...

Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth, Scotland. After five years in exile, his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston. Even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life, staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up.

Stonemouth is an estuary town north of Aberdeen, with a beach that can be beautiful on a sunny day. But on a bleak day, it seems to offer little more than fog, cheap drugs, and gangsters—plus a suspension bridge that promises a permanent way out.

Although there's supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart and the town's biggest crime family, it's soon clear that only Stewart is taking this promise of peace seriously. As he steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt and all that it has lost him, Stu uncovers ever darker stories. His homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even he had anticipated.

Tough, funny, fast-paced, and touching, Stonemouth cracks open adolescence, love, brotherhood, and vengeance in a rite of passage novel like no other.

Saifudin - Muncul semula dari Tasik Hulu Melaka setelah 6 purnama dalam pengawasan dan rawatan Hang Tuah. Pengembaraan pun bermula ke Negeri Atas Angin untuk memburu Taghut durjana. Pelayaran telah mengundang banyak pancaroba. Namun, dia tetap berazam dan bertawakal memburu musuh yang telah banyak menyesatkan manusia.

Raja Roman - Setelah Sang Petala berlepas diri, Taghut terkapai-kapai hilang kesaktian. Lebih mendukacitakan apabila dia kematian permaisurinya... Sutera. Namun, dia masih berazam untuk menghapuskan Laksamana Sunan sehingga ke hujung nyawa.

Makhluk Sumpahan - Sang Dewi muncul akibat sumpahan Maharani Pulau Utara sebelum kerajaan itu runtuh suatu waktu dahulu. Sang Dewi menyeru nama Saifudin menerusi lontaran suara naluri. Sang Dewi kerap memerangkap Saifudin ke alam tidak berdinding.

Saifullah - Pada abad ke-21 ini, dia memburu sisa kejahatan yang berlanjutan dari tahun 1511. Abid Kamal dan Shahril turut menyertainya kerana Saifullah mirip Saifudin yang pernah hidup pada tahun 1511.

Ramlee Awang Murshid - Sutera Bidadari, bukan hanya mempamerkan aksi lasak yang menguja pembacaan, malah turut memanipulasikan emosi kerana karya kali ini menggabungkan kedua-dua elemen yang tidak terungkai sehinggalah ke noktah terakhir.