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Catherine is dead. At least that's what the FBI claims. They say there's no point investigating the strange disappearance any further. Instead they want Gaia to stay in Quantico to carry on the search for the Lollipop Murderer.

An agent's work is never done. Hot-shot recruit Gaia Moore has just managed to close one case — and find her way back into the FBI's good graces — when the Lollipop Murderer strikes again. Every minute that passes with the killer on the loose puts more innocent women in danger.Gaia and Kim are closing in on the killer. But when all leads point to the same suspect, Gaia is thrown off balance — and into conflict with her partner. Because Kim's theories incriminate the one person she desperately wants to trust.

When high school senior Jonas moves to Seattle, he is glad to meet Levi, a nice, soft-spoken guy and fellow basketball player. Suspense builds like a slow drumbeat as listeners start to smell a rat in Ryan Hartwell, a charismatic basketball coach and sexual predator. When Levi reluctantly tells Jonas that Hartwell abused him, Jonas has to decide whether he should risk his future career to report the coach.

Denmark, Tennessee, stinks. Bad. The smell hits Horatio Wilkes the moment he pulls into town to visit his best friend, Hamilton Prince. And it’s not just the paper plant and the polluted Copenhagen River that’s stinking up Denmark: Hamilton’s father has been poisoned and the killer is still at large. Why? Because nobody believes Rex Prince was murdered. Nobody except Horatio and Hamilton. Now they need to find the killer before someone else dies, but it won’t be easy. It seems like everyone’s a suspect. But who has committed murder most foul?

Makkerparret Päivi og Mads vender atter tilbage som verdens allerhemmeligste agenter. Denne gang står de overfor en hel række tyverier, men da Päivis veterancykel bliver hugget, bliver de to venner enige om at få sat en stopper for tyverierne én gang for alle. Heldigivis viser det sig, at Charlie og Hilda er i besiddelse af nøglen, der kan løse gåden om tyverierne - så Päivi forhåbentlig kan få sin cykel tilbage. Serie om vennerne Päivi og Mads, der beslutter sig for at stifte en hemmelig klub, hvor de sammen opklarer mystiske og livsfarlige opgaver. Hans-Eric Hellberg (f. 1927) er en sv

Da 15-årige Frederik skal hjem fra en lidt våd fest, tager han imod et tilbud om et lift med en fremmed mand. Turen får uhyggelige konsekvenser. Ikke langt derfra i en forstad til Stockholm går livet tilsyneladende sin vante gang: Markus er forelsket i Nina, som er forelsket i Jajje; Teo blæser på skolen, og Lenita skal de alle sammen vogte sig for... Men hvad er det, der sker under overfladen? Hvor tæt på er morderen? Kåret til årets bedste svenske ungdomskrimi i 2003.

Chris Bradfords "Bodyguard"-Reihe ist ein Sensationserfolg. Die actiongeladenen Thriller rund um den 14-jährigen Bodyguard Connor Reeves halten Jugendliche auf der ganzen Welt in Atem. Das Hörbuch "Bodyguard - Das Lösegeld" erzählt von Connors zweitem Auftrag als Elite-Personenschützer. Mit seiner ungekürzten Lesung lässt Sprecher Philipp Oehme seine Hörer*innen und Hörer erneut in eine Welt eintauchen, in der ein kühler Kopf und die richtige Kampftechnik über Leben und Tod entscheiden.

A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying. She never makes it home. In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: A police officer has shot and killed an unarmed 13-year-old girl. The community is thrown into upheaval, leading to unrest, a growing movement to protest the senseless taking of black lives, and the arrival of white supremacist counter-demonstrators.

When recent high school graduate Cameron Carter lands an internship with Congressman Billy Beck in Washington, DC, he thinks it is his ticket out of small town captivity. What he lacks in connections and Beltway polish he makes up in smarts, and he soon finds a friend and mentor in fellow staffer Ariel Lancaster. That is, until she winds up dead. As rumors and accusations about her death fly around Capitol Hill, Cameron's low profile makes him the perfect candidate for an FBI investigation that he wants no part of.

Only three students had access to a teacher’s racy photos before they went viral. There’s Mouse, a brainy overachiever so desperate to escape his father and go to MIT that he would do almost anything, legal or not. Then there’s Drew, the star athlete who can get any girl’s number - and private photos - with his charm but has a history of passing those photos around. And finally, there’s Jenna, a good-girl-turned-rebel after her own shocking photos made the rounds at school last year, who is still waiting for justice.

Blink, man, what were you thinking? Sneaking into the hotel for a hot breakfast  -  hot scraps of someone else’s breakfast, really. Couldn’t you just feel  that it was a wrong place/wrong time scenario? Even before you heard the banging and saw those dudes in suits jet it out of room 1616? Now you’re not only witness to a crime; you’re linked to it, thanks to the smartphone you were stupid enough to jack from the room. And then there’s Caution. As in “Caution: Contents Under Pressure.” She’s also on the run, from a skeezy drug-dealer boyfriend and from a nightmare in her past that won’t let her go.

Seine ersten beiden Einsätze haben den 14-jährigen Connor Reeves nachdenklich gestimmt. Will er wirklich weiterhin einen Job ausüben, der ihn regelmäßig in Lebensgefahr bringt? Colonel Black, sein Vorgesetzter, hält es für sinnvoll, Connor eine Auszeit zu gönnen. Er schickt ihn als Begleitung einer Diplomatenfamilie auf Safari nach Afrika. Doch was als vergnügliche Urlaubsreise beginnt, gerät bald völlig außer Kontrolle... "Bodyguard - Der Hinterhalt" ist der dritte Teil der actionreichen Bestseller-Serie von Chris Bradford.

When trouble comes a-waddling into the dark depths of Wingcherpster, there are only two ducks you can rely on in your time of need. Their names are: Mr Jerry Skimps and DCI Terry Duck, and together they are the Duck Crime Investigators! Read this exciting new story which has been brought to you by the same team who created; 'The Companionship in A Case Of O.C.D.', 'Soap Box Derby', 'Wags Wd: Episode 1 The Beginning', and 'Devon: A Year in Photographs'.

Ce roman est l'histoire d'une fulgurante amitié qui tourne au drame. Charlène, jeune adolescente de 13 ans un peu effacée, entre en classe de cinquième. Dès le premier jour de la rentrée, Sarah, nouvelle dans l'établissement, fait sensation auprès de tous les élèves, séduits par cette fille à la personnalité magnétique. Charlène la regarde avec admiration et haine mélangées. Finalement les deux jeunes filles se lient d'amitié.

Annie and Fia are ready to fight back. The sisters have been manipulated and controlled by the Keane Foundation for years, trapped in a never-ending battle for survival. Now they have found allies who can help them truly escape. After faking her own death, Annie has joined a group that is plotting to destroy the Foundation. And Fia is working with James Keane to bring his father down from the inside. But Annie’s visions of the future can’t show her who to trust in the present. And though James is Fia’s first love, Fia knows he’s hiding something.

Hamlet's father has just died. By the time they've filled in the grave, his mother has remarried. Hamlet suspects foul play, and it's troubling his spirit. Or maybe he was always troubled. Ophelia is in love with him. His best friend Horatio can't work him out. Then, on a cold, still night, Hamlet meets the ghost of his father.

La historia es la siguiente: un un hombre compra una casa un poco alejada de todo, pero ubicada cerca de ruinas que interesarían a cualquier curioso de la historia. El comprador de la casa invita a unos amigos a conocer su nuevo hogar y de paso a ver uno de esos lugares tan particulares donde los arboles están tan juntos que no dejan pasar la luz natural. Pero sucede una desgracia, cerca de "El ídolo de Astarté" uno de ellos es apuñalado y nadie puede imaginarse quién es el asesino.

To pass the next training phase, Cassandra must kill a certain target, but the line between friend and foe quickly blurs.

In 1982, two teenagers – serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell – are recruited by the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers and provide insight and advice on cold cases. From the start, Emma and Travis develop a quick friendship, gaining information from juvenile murderers that even the FBI can't crack. But when the team is called in to give advice on an active case – a serial killer who exclusively hunts teenagers – things begin to unravel.

Der nervenzerreißenden Abschluss der Thriller-Reihe von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Jennifer Lynn Barnes als Hörbuch. Cassie Hobbes hatte ihre Ausbildung in der Eliteeinheit des FBI nur aus einem Grund angetreten: um die Wahrheit über den Mord an ihrer Mutter herauszufinden. Doch jetzt muss sie alles infrage stellen, was sie glaubte, über jene Nacht zu wissen. Denn ihre Mutter lebt! Doch die Menschen, die sie gefangen halten, sind mächtiger und gefährlicher als alle Gegner, denen sich das Team bisher stellen musste.