Krimi & Thriller

"In the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of a woman named Maria von Trapp. He's fascinated to learn about this Catholic novice who was living quietly as an Austrian nun until her abbey sent her away to teach a widowed baron's children. When the assignment turned into a marriage proposal and the family was forced to escape the Nazis, it was Maria who taught them to survive by using the power of their voices and song. It's an inspirational story, to be sure, and as half of the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein duo, Oscar knows Maria's story has big Broadway potential. But much of her life will have to be reinvented for the stage. ... When Maria sees the script, she is so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein, who foists her off on Fran, his secretary. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship as Maria tells Fran about her life, contradicting much of what will eventually appear in The Sound of Music and delivering a far grittier tale"--

Wir schreiben das Jahr 10823. William, Kyrian und Giorgino entführen uns in ihre neue Welt(en).Doch was hat das Jahr 10823 mit der Zeit der großen Depression der 2020er bis 2050er Jahre zu tun?Welche Rolle spielen die 'Artificial Minds' und unsere Protagonisten bei der Rettung der Menschheit und des Planeten Erde?

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands—in this razor-sharp debut. "A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women.”—The New York Times Book ReviewLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal • A She Reads and CrimeReads Best Book of the YearFive years ago, Geeta lost her no-good husband. As in, she actually lost him—he walked out on her and she has no idea where he is. But in her remote village in India, rumor has it that Geeta killed him. And it’s a rumor that just won’t die. It turns out that being known as a “self-made” widow comes with some perks. No one messes with her, harasses her, or tries to control (ahem, marry) her. It’s even been good for business; no one dares to not buy her jewelry. Freedom must look good on Geeta, because now other women are asking for her “expertise,” making her an unwitting consultant for husband disposal. And not all of them are asking nicely. With Geeta’s dangerous reputation becoming a double-edged sword, she has to find a way to protect the life she’s built—but even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry. What happens next sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything, not just for Geeta, but for all the women in their village. Filled with clever criminals, second chances, and wry and witty women, Parini Shroff’s The Bandit Queens is a razor-sharp debut of humor and heart that readers won’t soon forget.

Perfect for fans of women's fiction and suspense, two women from different backgrounds and eras deal with loss, forgiveness, and redemption as they solve a murder together.

Who is the face at Carmine's window, and why won't she let him sleep?You must read J. Herman Kleiger's psychologically textured mystery to find out. Tears Are Only Water entwines a complex and twisty plot with the raw journey of breakdown, healing, and transformation. "...With its suspenseful plot and eccentric characters, Tears Are Only Water simultaneously instructs and delights, like all powerful art." --Dr. Jeffrey Berman, Distinguished Teaching Professor, SUNY-Albany Psychoanalytic Memoires, Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 Carmine Luedke, a shy, narcoleptic bookkeeper hides from the world and comforts himself by reciting arcane mathematical equations and proofs. Unable to stay awake during the day, he works through the night balancing the books. But suddenly, the numbers aren't adding up.... One fateful night, an unexpected and shocking reunion with a long-lost friend he believed to be dead sends shockwaves through Carmine's carefully crafted routine. She arrives with an urgent plea and vanishes into thin air, leaving him with more questions than answers. Desperate for clarity, Carmine's life spirals into chaos, and he withdraws from the world, struggling to make sense of it all. His self-absorbed older sister, a battle-hardened deputy, and a wise Navajo Elder all attempt to reach him, but the question remains: is it already too late?Like Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night and Nelson's Bound, the characters grapple with their emotional scars, forcing readers to ponder whether it's better to confront their past or bury it.Read Tears Are Only Water now to find out if anyone can help Carmine uncover the identity of the face at his window and discover the truth about himself."Far from a "who dunnit," Kleiger delivers a page-turning novel about a man's desperate cry to be heard amid the fear of drowning in one's silent tears."-Jed Yalof, Psy.D., Professor Emeritus, Immaculata UniversityAbout the Author: From the author of the novel, The 11th Inkblot, James Kleiger, senior psychologist and psychoanalyst, has published six professional books on the Rorschach Test, psychosis, and bipolar disorders. "Kleiger has given us a mystery within a mystery, a poignant and cautionary tale of the dangers of compartmentalizing our feelings and running from our pasts."--Diane Tarnoff, M.A., MBA, Ft. Collins, CO

A disgraced FBI agent teams up with her ex-girlfriend to find a ritual serial killer in this heart-pounding modern twist on The X-Files.In the rural town of Sylen, Colorado, violent secrets and deadly lies converge.Recently suspended Special Agent Vera Aguilar is pulled into its enigmatic shadows after her cousin Alex's body is found. Desperate for answers, she teams up with her ex, Private Investigator Teddi Leon, and her team at The OIA.As bodies of local men pile up, they uncover an arcane force interwoven into the very nature of Sylen. Threats from townsfolk and the menacing forest close in as Vera and Teddi are forced to confront the painful past of their own ending.Love reignites. Trust is shattered. The truth could destroy them.When Ghosts Cry is a haunting tale of love, betrayal, and retribution. Perfect for fans of second-chance romance and supernatural conspiracies. Dive into the gripping first book of The OIA series now.

Zenya Cobb has had enough of a traditional life with her husband-to-be, Pavell. She returns to her life as a space pirate, setting out to find and claim as much gold and other treasures as she can.Except, due to a freak accident, she crash-lands on a planet that shouldn't exist - The mythical lost planet of Vunerth, reputed to have been the galaxy's richest spot until an asteroid destroyed it many years ago. But it's still very much around, and holds more secrets than even Zenya can imagine. She meets the mysterious natives, a peaceful alien community of traders with their own secrets, and hears whispers of conspiracy. Could Vunerth's disappearance be part of a web of darkness perpetuated by the government?While Zenya reels, her determined partner, Pavell chases her across the galaxy. But when they are reunited, they must make a choice. Leave this bizarre planet in their past and return to a life of peace, or risk their lives teaming up with the natives to save the planet and expose an intergalactic lie?

Porridge. Aswin tried to catch his racing breath and get ahold of his panic. He had been promised porridge. No one needed to be 'prepared' for porridge. But someone, someone, should have prepared him for... for... this. Being lost in the wood was frightening. Being lost in a wood reportedly haunted by a Wendigo was possibly terrifying. But being lost in the wood said to be haunted by a Wendigo and chased by a band of brigands sent by a mysterious Dark Fae with unknown nefarious purposes behind his desires was well more than a poor, previously sheltered Elfin lad was ever prepared to deal with. Even if Aswin was a Mage, his fluid magics were unpredictable at the best of times, difficult to control, and oft just outside his ability to grasp and hold them to his will. But there are other creatures in the forest. Things that move on padded feet and snarl with daggered teeth and raised hackles. Things that keep the Moon in their eyes and recall the smell of fear and the taste of blood and marrow. Creatures that make pacts for life, until Death. Somewhere between the old trees, deals will be made, blood will be shed, and new magics will find their wings.Even if it rips two worlds apart. This is a MM fantasy-adventure that includes bed-sharing, naturally, some gore, also naturally, and a guaranteed HEA.

This is a collection of five short catfight stories about an underground female fight club. When Annie struggled to find opponents to fight, her husband founded an underground female fight club on the dark web. This would grow into a respected female fight club with over a hundred active members. Yolandi loved a good fist fight. When she heard about the Dark Web Female Fight Club, she thought it was merely an urban legend. However, after a meeting with the owners, she soon faced her first opponent on a baseball field in the early morning hours. Twin sisters had their first fistfight against three cheerleaders at a college party. They were hooked. When a police officer picked them up after another fight in a club's parking lot, he introduced them to the Dark Web Female Fight Club. Erin and her sister had many fist fights against each other. When she joined the police academy, she soon had a fight against another woman who moved in on her boyfriend. They had their second fight against each other in a forest, as rookie cops. When an older female officer found out about their fight, she introduced Erin to the Dark Web Female Fight Club. When a firefighter almost lost her life after following the sound of a female fistfight video on a laptop, she had to test herself against another woman. The woman whom she saved in the fire introduced her to the Dark Web Female Fight Club.

In a world under the thumb of an empire, pirates sail away searching for a breath of freedom. But even the ocean is tainted by the powerful nation that has spread lies about women being bad luck at sea.Glenlivet has never cared about the fear-mongering. Her ship welcomes those who are rejected and need a home.For all the sailor¿s superstitions and "codes" of piracy the captain mocks every day, not leaving the docks when it's dark is a personal boundary she swears by ever since acquiring The Outsider about eight years ago.She just might have to break her own rules to protect her crew, escape the claws of a king who wants her dead, and murder the man who raised her.

"Dark and Violent, Night of the Furies showcases a talented new voice."-Dave Zeltserman, author of The Caretaker of Lorne FieldIn the late 1930s, Rico DiGiacomo ruled all of East Boston until he was brutally murdered by his own lieutenant, Bricks Mancini. That night, Rico's son Giorgio overheard the details as they were reported to the one who ordered it: Rico's wife. Giorgio vowed to avenge his father, no matter how long it took.Now, thirty years later, Giorgio has finally fulfilled that promise. As Mancini's bodyguards pursue him into biker bars and sleazy motels like a pack of vengeful demons, Giorgio recalls a life of humiliation at his mother's hands and the wisdom his father passed on to him. What he doesn't know is that Fate has still more in store for him, and one night can be very long indeed."Taylor delivers a revenge tragedy that reads like a dime novel by Sophocles, at once epic and compact. It's violent, operatic pulp. Badass and bloody good."-Jedidiah Ayres, author of Peckerwood"If Jim Thompson wrote about Boston's mean old days, then you'd have an inkling of the sheer quality of writing and gut-clenching darkness that J.M. Taylor provides in Night of the Furies. An outstanding debut."-Todd Robinson, author of The Big Bounce"[Night of the Furies] is a more than a noir novel. It's a sizzling epic span- ning generations, written by a writer at the top of his game. Scary thing is, you get the sense that Taylor is writing from personal experience." -Vincent Zandri, bestselling author of Murder by Moonlight

What do you do if the bad guys in your life grab you to get back a priceless diamond--which, by the way, you don't have--and they're willing to kidnap, torture, and/or kill to obtain it? After you make your escape, you help devise--with the assistance of the most devious people you know--a totally improbable plan to reproduce the lost treasure. Then you get really sneaky! Lorie and Jeff Preston and their devious friends go full tilt at the Blackheart Compact in the follow-up to Battle of Wills.

"Morphine" de Jean-Louis Dubut de Laforest plonge dans les méandres de l'addiction et de l'obsession. Ce récit saisissant dépeint la vie du docteur Morel, plongé dans une dépendance à la morphine. L'¿uvre explore de manière saisissante les effets dévastateurs de l'addiction sur la vie de cet homme, révélant la descente inexorable dans un monde de douleur, de désespoir et de solitude. Entre introspection et témoignage de l'emprise des drogues, ce récit poignant expose les ravages de la dépendance, offrant une réflexion profonde sur la fragilité de l'âme humaine face aux tentations et aux tourments intérieurs.

" Nous avons eu, dans ma petite vallée abailée, jusqüà près de huit degrés de froid dans les derniers jours de décembre bouillonner le vent a sauté au sud- ouest et tout dégelé dans une seule nuit. Au printemps de 1850, je convins Mr Alphonse Lemichez , qui a ce beau jardin d'hiver, rue des Trois Couronnes à Paris, le premier qui ai été créé, que lui à Paris, et moi à Sainte adresse , nous planterions en pleine terre quelques camellias."

Jaurès, avant d'être homme politique, fut professeur de philosophie. Plus que de véritables poèmes, ce sont des rêveries philosophiques qui nous sont ici proposées. L'édition, posthume (1921), ne nous permet pas de connaître la période de composition. Jaurès est né en 1859 dans un département, le Tarn, encore très rural. Il en garde une sensibilité réelle à la nature: nuages, oiseaux, soleil, étoiles, jeux de lumières, ciel bleu, terre, rochers, nuit. La philosophie fait intervenir Pascal, Copernic, Kant, Bossuet... et apporte les notions d'infini, d'espace, d'âme, de Dieu... Pour autant, l'homme n'est pas oublié: c'est un homme prométhéen, acteur de son progrès, qui apparaît dans «le blé». Derrière le tribun socialiste, nous voyons apparaître un homme complexe et sensible.Extrait : Bien souvent, dans la contemplation et la rêverie, nous jouissons de l¿univers sans lui demander ses comptes ; nous aspirons la vie enivrante de la terre avec une irréflexion absolue, et la nuit étoilée et grandiose n¿est plus bientôt, pour notre âme qui s¿élève, une nuit dans la chaîne des nuits. Elle ne porte aucune date ; elle n¿éveille aucun souvenir ; elle ne se rattache à aucune pensée ; on dirait qüelle est, au-dessus même de la raison, la manifestation de l¿éternel. Nous ne nous demandons plus si elle est une réalité ou un rêve, car c¿est une réalité si étrangère à notre action individuelle et à notre existence mesquine qüelle est, pour nous, comme un rêve ; et c¿est un songe si plein d¿émotion délicieuse qüil est l¿équivalent de la réalité...

" Donc nous voulons signaler de bons fruits à cultiver; mais, avant tout, il faut bien s¿ entendre. Nous n¿avons pas l¿intention d¿indiquer tous les bons fruits, ni même tous les meilleurs, non ; nous tenons seulement a en citer un certain nombre qui sont d¿ un bon goût, de culture relativement facile, d¿un bon produit ,d¿un volume convenable, auxquels on peut se fier en toute assurance, sans crainte de déceptions ni de remords, compagnons solides que nous avons éprouvés, peu nombreux mais sûrs, et dont le commerce est agréable."

New Tian, the city that always changes, has changed with both progress and underground corruption. With each district of this flower-shaped city being overtaken by triad gangs, violence has become the new norm. The emerging Bleeding Sun terror group as well as the disappearance of the Gifted Officers of the New Tian Police Department only worsen the situation. With no one else to save the city, The White Lotus has taken it upon himself to ensure justice to the city, one body at a time.

A body lies on the Giant's boot. Discord, as the master of secrets has been found. Can former spy Siobhan Duffy find the killer before they execute her former colleagues?When retired operative Siobhan Duffy sees the killing of her former master in the paper, her unease sends her down a path of discovery and fear. Aided by her young housekeeper and scruff of a gardener, Siobhan begins a quest to discover the reason for her spy boss' death and unravels a can of worms today's masters would rather keep closed. But in a world of secrets, the difference between revenge and simple, if brutal, housekeeping becomes the hardest truth to know.The past is a child who never leaves home!

"Baree, Son of Kazan" is a classic novel written by James Oliver Curwood. The story revolves around the adventures of a young wolf-dog named Baree, who is the offspring of Kazan, a wild wolf, and a domesticated dog. The novel was first published in 1917 and is set in the rugged wilderness of the Canadian North.In the narrative, Baree faces numerous challenges as he navigates the wild landscape and learns to adapt to both his wolf and dog instincts. He experiences the brutality of nature, encounters dangerous predators, and forms unexpected bonds with other creatures.Throughout the novel, Curwood masterfully captures the essence of the wild and paints a vivid picture of the untamed wilderness. The story explores themes of survival, loyalty, and the enduring spirit of nature. As readers follow Baree's journey, they are immersed in a thrilling and emotional tale of self-discovery and the unbreakable connection between humans, animals, and the natural world."Baree, Son of Kazan" remains a beloved piece of literature, appealing to readers of all ages with its timeless themes and evocative storytelling. It continues to be celebrated as a classic work of outdoor adventure fiction and a touching exploration of the bond between man and nature.

To watch is to protect. To protect is to serve. To serve is to fight.Working as a Watcher, the angel Calastair, does whatever it takes to protect his friends from the cruel jinn, Talock, who has been tasked to remove the memories of Tiffany and Johnathan, the only humans in their circle, because they know too much. As Reka and the others embark on a journey to a safe haven, Cal battles with the enemy.Meanwhile, Reka and Peter's relationship begins to heat up. The more time she spends with him, the more she begins to realize what a good mate he would make. But when an innocent flirtation creates a wave of jealousy, she wonders if there is more to her feelings than just choosing the right mate. Are they destined to be together, or will the struggles they face as they work to protect their friends be too much of a strain on their friendship?When Cal is injured, personal feelings are pushed aside as the group tries to find a way to help him. Seeking guidance from an array of otherworldly beings, they seek out the source of the angel's power and fight to survive along the way.Will the good guys prevail, or will evil prove to be too much for the group of young warriors?

In an age when imagination knew no bounds, and history and fiction entwined seamlessly, Elizabeth G. Birkmaier penned a tale that continues to resonate through the ages. Transporting us to a world of epic proportions, the story follows Atlano, the majestic ruler of Atlantis, as he grapples with the rise of the Pelasgians, a newfound naval power.With a blend of pride and determination, Atlano makes a daring choice that sets in motion a scries of battles destined to define the fate of his kingdom. Against a backdrop of tumultuous clashes and ancient forces, Poseidon's Paradise: The Romance of Atlantis weaves a narrative that captures the essence of a civilization on the cusp of vanishing into the annals of history.Originally published in 1892, this masterpiece takes readers on a journey of strategic intrigue, gallant heroes, and the weight of destiny. Elizabeth G. Birkmaicr's skilled prose transports us to a time when gods and mortals intermingled, crafting a tale that stands as a testament to the enduring allure of lost worlds.

A police jeep arrives, and Pratap ACP gets out and walks to the mutilated and decomposed dead body. Only a few bones of the skeletal structure are intact. The unusual occurrences and the intriguing circumstances of the serial murders provoke him to accept the challenge.Dr. Anand explains to Shekhar of the media the souls communicate.The paper has numbered words.1. Dreams.2. Repetitive dreams/Words.3. Animals/Objects.4. Meditation/Visions.A Sadhu clarifies Shekhar's doubts and asks him to fulfill the soul's ambition.Your dreams, memories, physical touch, and objects are linked with the people, with whom you have a relation... directly or indirectly affect you... Runanubandha Vimukthi.