Krimi & Thriller

Der erste Band der Bestseller-Trilogie Die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, existiert nicht mehr. Kriege und Naturkatastrophen haben das Land zerstört. Aus den Trümmern ist Panem entstanden, geführt von einer unerbittlichen Regierung. Alljährlich finden grausame Hungerspiele statt, bei denen nur ein Einziger überleben darf. Als die sechzehnjährige Katniss erfährt, dass ihre kleine Schwester Prim als Teilnehmerin ausgelost wurde, meldet sie sich an ihrer Stelle freiwillig. Seite an Seite mit dem gleichaltrigen Peeta zieht sie in den Kampf. Wider alle Regeln rettet er ihr das Leben. Katniss beginnt zu zweifeln - kann es wirklich nur einen Sieger geben?Die atemberaubende, faszinierende Gesellschaftskritik voller Spannung - vielfach ausgezeichnet und aktueller denn je.

Stell dir vor, du befindest dich allein in einem sehr alten Haus. Es ist nachts und du wachst durch merkwürdige Geräusche auf, die diese Stille stören. An den Wänden kratzt etwas, doch Nager kannst du ausschließen. Plötzlich knarzen die Dielen über dir und du hörst schwere Schritte, die auf dich zukommen. Du betätigst hektisch den Lichtschalter, doch im Raum ist nichts zu sehen. Hast du dir das eingebildet? Dein Blick fällt neben dir auf den Nachttischschrank, da liegt dieses Buch, neugierig beginnst du zu lesen:In der Mitte des tausendjährigen Dorfes Schladebach spielen sich unerklärliche Dinge ab. In einer Villa aus dem 16. Jahrhundert kommt es immer wieder zu paranormalen Phänomenen. Ständig dringen Rufe aus den Wänden. Ein Mysteriumfolgt dem nächsten.Magdalena Hoffmann, die heutige Besitzerin hat dieses Haus von ihren Eltern vor einiger Zeit geerbt. Da sie sich jedochdie unbegreiflichen Szenarien nicht erklären kann, beauftragt sie einen Geisterjäger mit seinem Medium, um dem Spukein Ende zu bereiten. Plötzlich taucht nicht nur ein Geist auf, sondern es scheinen noch mehr Verstorbene anwesend zusein. Die Seele, welche die Villa zuerst bewohnte, sucht vergeblich nach seiner Frau. Was steckt dahinter?Können sie dem Spuk ein Ende bereiten?Eine atemberaubende Story aus Fiktion und Wirklichkeit ...

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A primitive human female gazes in awe at the burning meteor hurtling toward her, unaware of the great beast stalking her. All three meet in an instant. Flash foreward a few million years, yes she's still herre, she's always been here, in the shadows, ready to strike with gleaming fangs.

North American Adventures is another in the Odyssey series. It's another adventure trip with Captain Mobley and the good ship Sheila II. Our purpose is to see an old Indian friend who roams the north woods, mountain, and Ash Lake in Canada. He is the honored Ojibwe chief Eagle Feather, a friend to me and mentor to Hawk, an Ojibwe pilot introduced in "Return to Fiji."Many stories were told around the campfire at night by Eagle Feather. One was Return of the White Wolf, which I've included in this three-part book. Though Quest for Quannah has no connection to the other two, I've included it out of my love and respect for my friends in the Indian nation.This trip will be by sea and air! Come aboard for a fantastic journey!

In the town of Gainesville, Cooper Fox has a special place in people's hearts. Since the car accident that wiped his memories, Cooper has been...a little foggy. Cooper doesn't know how to do much, but one thing he instinctively seems to know about is strength training, and with his help, Gainesville High's football team has just won the Mid-States final. With Cooper the hero of the hour, the whole town is getting ready to celebrate in style. When three strangers crash the party and decide to pick on the harmless-looking guy carrying a cooler full of sodas, they trigger something inside Cooper. Afterwards, the folks in Gainesville can never look at him in quite the same way. Is he really just a regular guy who suffered a brain injury in a car crash, or is he someone else? Or something else? As Cooper tries to come to terms with baffling new memories, he's about to be plunged into a terrifying world of secret experiments and covert assassins that will test his new-found abilities to the limit.

In the context of this literary work, 'Pregnant Pages: Maternity of Words' metaphorically explores the birthing and nurturing of creative ideas. It is unrelated to the conventional sense of childbearing or maternity.This book contains a collection of self-contained stories, each a complete narrative in itself and holding no connection to the next. The work is enriched with approximately 294 images, many of which are AI-generated, to complement and enhance the reading experience. These visuals add a vibrant dimension to the stories, creating a visually immersive journey that harmonizes with the diverse tales within these pages.The work also features published articles touching on real-world topics and adopting light-hearted or satirical approaches. Some are metaphorical, symbolic, or outright absurd. Additionally, where deemed necessary, trigger warnings or parental guidance are included to alert readers to sensitive content, ensuring a thoughtful and considerate engagement with the narratives.

Maleva is a fictional sequel to the Universal film, "House of Dracula."(1945) It features many of the same characters from both that film and the earlier film, "The Wolf Man (1944).The book's premise is that Gwen Conliffe, the former lover of Larry Talbot, returns to Llanwelly in Wales two years after Talbot's death and later supposed "cure" and enlists the aid of the gypsy woman Maleva to help her find Talbot, for it is rumored he is not dead but has been resurrected from his tragic end and still walks the earth as a werewolf. The search begins in Wales and crosses the Irish Sea to Ireland, as Maleva and Gwen, with the aid of Gwen's former romantic interest and a band of Irish Travellers journey across Ireland to several locales to find Larry Talbot and help him find his predestined end. Told in alternate third-person and first-person stream of consciousness, Maleva is the story of Gwen Conliffe's and Maleva's quest to bring peace to the torturous existence of Larry Talbot

When Louise Lemay, self-proclaimed typical snowbird, has a chance meeting with a "funny little woman", through which she meets her new friend Julia Novo, Julia tells her that it's not merely chance, but some type of divine guidance that brings together a cast of characters to the same unusual open house on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Not all the guests are happy to be there, but some might kill to own the breathtaking, waterfront property. When the homeowner, who is intensely detested by just about everyone, is murdered, Louise becomes a reluctant but fascinated witness to the unnerving way in which Julia uses her otherworldly connections to solve the mystery. Spirits and sparks fly as the two join forces with detectives, but they use the kind of forces to which the police are not necessarily accustomed. Together they must dig up ghosts of the past and the present to narrow down the list of suspects. Will the murder victim join in the hunt for his own killer? Anything is possible in this whodunit, or as Louise's husband, Roger, describes it, "this open house of horrors". Louise doesn't know it yet, but life is about to be full of surprises that, for her, will change everything.

Sometimes, a good deed is motivated by a simple thought of kindness. And sometimes, the motivation is just a little darker.When his wife is killed in a house fire, Eric Messer finds himself no longer wanting to live in this world without her. So he devises a plan.First, he'll make sure he leaves his nieces financially secure to follow whatever dream they pursue when they grow up. Second, he'll ensure his nieces have good memories of him. Third, he'll take his own life.The first two steps of Eric's plan go well; so well that Eric almost forgets the third and most important step in his plan. Almost.Eric is set to take the third and final step, except the guy who helped Eric achieve step one, Paul Drake, needs a friend. And it's hard to say no when the guy cultivating the friendship is a multi-millionaire.Being friends with someone, however, means you take the good with the bad; and accept their present and past.But Paul's past is about to catch up with him...and Eric.

A mission to Mars is doomed from the beginning, but no one sees the signs. When the radar goes out millions of miles from home, the Atlas crew begins to realize they might be lost.Running out of fuel, oxygen and time, they must decipher the chaotic star charts and find a way to salvage their mission - without sacrificing themselves.

In 1896, Mark Twain arrives at the docks of Bombay, wife and daughter intow, and, after attending a party in his honour, vanishes from his room at theiconic Watson's Hotel in the dead of night.Desperate to find the legendary writer and avoid an international incidentbetween his country and Britain, the American Trade Consul, Henry Baker,teams up with Abdul, his trusted aide, and Maya Barton, a free-spirited Anglo-Indian with surprisingly intuitive detective skills. But they have their taskcut out for them: Mark Twain's disappearance appears to be entangled witha thriving opium trade; an intimidating, self-righteous preacher; an anxiousmagician who walks on stilts; a professional thief on the run; and a powerfullabour leader, Tuka, whose young wife is found strangled in her bed.Full of fascinating period detail and delightful cameos-and awash withsuspense-The Kidnapping of Mark Twain is a thrilling page-turner.

When Lias' wife was kidnapped, all his skills as a woodsman couldn't save her-or himself. Captured, sold repeatedly to different masters, Lias endures abuse, torture, and worse. By the time his latest master buys him, Lias is little more than an animal. At times, Necromis, a knight of the Order of the White Bear, would like nothing more than to oblige his aggravating new charge, but one thing stays his deadly hand: Lias is his last hope. The day of reckoning is coming, and there's only one way out of this bargain-capture the heart of a broken slave, or Necromis' soul will forever belong to Bonecracker.

Una identica leggenda curiosamente accomuna un Podere situatö nel basso Piemonte ad un Castello del nord della Germania. Il destino dei loro abitanti finisce per intrecciarsi in un alternarsi di momenti di splendore a delle tremende disgrazie, abbracciando un periodo di un ventennio a cavaliere della Seconda Guerra Mondiale.

Pick up right where Book 3 The Queen left off...give or take a few months, and get ready to leave the world of Maycly for a rootin' tootin' fantasy adventure complete with a map of the magical old west land, illustrations, and Boot Notes - yup - Boot Notes! Book 4 Planet Land begins with a once in a life time dedication to someone very special. Then it moves on to trigger a major quest to preserve good throughout the universe! Join Cub and Nash, two 10 year old boys, who unwantedly get sucked into the magical land of Lower West when the dirt wall of their underground clubhouse explodes. Little does Cub know he's a major player in The Grand Wizard's plan. Duck N' dive through twists n' turns and discover a topsy turvy world that will have you cheerin' and bitin' yer nails till the very last word! Can Iona save the day? You'll just have to keep readin' to find out!

Even the worst of us need someone to come home to. And Jacob Mallory is the worst of all. Jake, a thrill-seeking psychopathic serial killer, has lived under the radar for years, operating within the city of New York, making kill after kill and emboldened by his lack of capture. But Jake has one big surprise coming his way. When he gets a call from the hospital to pick up a vulnerable patient, one who claims that Jake is his emergency contact, he feels like he's won the lottery. But is there more to Nathan McGuire than meets the eye? And will this supposedly vulnerable young man make or break the city's most notorious uncaught killer? This satirical horrormance will have you rooting for the bad guy as he makes space in his heart for something more. Even if that something proves to be his undoing. Everybody needs someone to come home to, and what is life without family? The family you choose is the one you deserve.

Maine- where an American patriot could go to retire, or so he hoped. Stephen Moore was ready to put his police force days behind him. Unfortunately, Foreign superpowers disrupted his plan.China has been playing the long game for decades and has successfully managed to turn the United States against itself, further polarizing the red and blue and pitting the Federal government against its once-loyal citizens. It was the quagmire that China had been waiting for to launch an EMP attack using their proxy, North Korea.American Calamity is a fictitious dystopian page-turner that shows the ramifications of unchecked power in a society. Rooted in historical events, it paints an eerie picture of what could come to be in the near future and the choices many Americans would be forced to make in a post-apocalyptic world.Do you run or do you fight?Are they your ally or do they have ulterior motives?Where is the line between American patriot and militia rebel?Moore and an eclectic cast of characters are woven together through events that are not for the faint of heart- their stories told with just the right level of detail to thrust you into the chaos but with enough space to let your imagination fill in the terrifying blanks.Could this be the end of civilization as we know it? Not if an old tank named Spanky has anything to say about it!

The violence and destruction of the Insurrection has been squelched and now the task of rebuilding America must begin. The first order of business is a Constitutional Convention, which replaces the United States of America with the American Republic. Across the country tens of millions of people are mobilized and begin the long and hard task of rebuilding America's cities. The residential sections of every city in America, great and small has been reduced to rubble. Within five years new cities rise up out of the rubble. The task is made simpler for Burton and the N.A.P.A. when it is made know to them of advance technology that had been hidden from the American people since the end of World War Two. Armed with this new technology the country is transform and a new and improved infrastructure is created. The result is an economic boom and soon the American people are enjoying prosperity unlike anything they have known since the 1950s. At the same time tens of millions of non-white people flee the country. Millions flee across the southern border into Mexico while millions more try to sail to the islands in the Caribbean Sea. While America is busy rebuilding itself, the world takes advantage of America's weakness. China exerts its new found economic and military power in Asia, and world witnesses the rise of Militant Expansionist Islam.

2049 is the year God selected to hold a contest to determine if mankind is worthy of saving. The contest pits Archangel Gabirel against his evil twin brother, Archangel Lucifer. Each contestant gets to select five people currently living on Earth to help save the world. The last person selected was by God. The eleven human participants from around the world must all live by God's new covenant or mankind will be destroyed. Along the way, the participants, which God calls his flock, explore good vs. evil, religious beliefs vs. religion, heaven and hell, family dynamics, and acceptance of neighbors.

In another mind, in another place, and elsewhere in time, there is the world of Terra Moss. It is inhabited by tellurians, the cat eyed kindred, who are divided into many kindreds (races) of which the predominate are the Kedi, the Qitt, the Koboldlyn, along with other minor kindreds. A world of beauty, seid (magic), numerous gods, and thousands of years of history. An era had ended; a once-proud though arrogant kindred, the Twiniarians, the white-eyed kindred (the Hvitragua), had fallen; the victors showed little to no mercy. Their cities, great and small, were plundered and razed; the inhabitants fled, tossed to the winds to be either slaughtered or enslaved. This is the tale of one of the fallen, a white-eyed miris (male) named Burrwood-the Scrolls of Burrwood Aen'Nith, Amanuensis; Book 1, Terra Moss.

Ein rätselhafter Pfarrer unter Verdacht und eine Leiche zu viel … Die beliebte Cosy Crime-Reihe um Totengräberin Thea Shaw geht spannend weiterTotengräberin Alethea Shaw hat kurz vor dem ersten Schnee alle Hände voll zu tun. Als sie ein Grab umsetzen soll, entdeckt sie durch Zufall, dass gleich zwei Körper darin liegen. Wollte hier jemand eine Leiche unauffällig verschwinden lassen? Inspector Myrna Evans schaltet sich ein und ermittelt im direkten Umfeld der Kirche, so auch gegen Reverend Hughing. Die Schlinge um seinen Hals zieht sich zu, als klar wird, dass es sich bei der Toten um keine Geringere als die vor einem Jahr spurlos verschwundene Susan Mcanally handelt. Sie wollte die St. Benet's Church am liebsten schließen und stattdessen ein Begegnungszentrum bauen lassen. Thea will nicht wahrhaben, dass der Pfarrer, der zu ihrem engen Vertrauten geworden ist, jemanden ermordet hat, und stellt eigene Ermittlungen an …Weitere Titel dieser ReiheDie Tote vom Pendle Hill (ISBN: 9783987783487)Mord beim Krimidinner (ISBN: 9783987783494)Ein Mord auf der Speisekarte (ISBN: 9783987786860)Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Eine Totengräberin, ein Pfarrer und eine mysteriöse Leiche sind die Ausgangslage des packenden Kleinstadt-Krimis von Marlene Menzel." „Whodunnit mit Twist: Die Verwandlung von der Totengräberin zur Hobby-Ermittlerin habe ich gerne miterlebt."„Eine äußerst gelungene Fortsetzung dieser fesselnden Cosy Crime-Reihe!"„Geheimnisvoll, kurzweilig und spannend."

Drei junge Frauen werden grausam misshandelt und ermordet. Kommissar Neumann ermittelt zusammen mit seiner Kollegin Olivia, die der Mörder ebenfalls zu töten versucht. Der Roman spinnt den Faden aber weiter als bis zur Ergreifung des Täters. Was geschieht, wenn dieser nicht angemessen bestraft werden kann? Setzt er seine Verbrechen fort? Wie reagieren die Angehörigen der Opfer? Und wie verhält sich der Kommissar? Spannende Fragen eines psychologischen Kriminalromans um Schuld und Sühne!

Eletään 1600-luvun Skotlannissa, jossa kuningas Kaarle Stuart on syösty vallasta ja maata johtaa kovaotteinen Cromwellin hallitus. Sotilaan kasvatuksen saanut ylhäisötyttö Mary Fraser johtaa neuvokkaasti "Ylämaan susien" sissijoukkoa, joka pyrkii kaatamaan uuden hallituksen skottikuningasta puolustaakseen. "Susien" johtajana Mary joutuu kamppailemaan myös rakkauden rintamalla. Entä pysyykö rohkeasieluinen sissijoukko uskollisena nuorelle johtajalle? Teos aloittaa kolmiosaisen sarjan, joka vie lukijan Ylämaan sankareiden seikkailuihin keskelle Skotlannin lumoavan kauniita nummia ja tarunhohtoisia linnoja. Kaisa Ikola (nyk. Viitala) (s. 1974) on suomalainen historiantutkija ja kirjailija. Ikola on kirjoittanut erityisesti lasten- ja nuortenromaaneja, joista ensimmäisen hän julkaisi ollessaan 13-vuotias. Ikolan rakastetuimpiin teoksiin kuuluu hulvaton Hullu luokka –sarja.

In this Pennyfoot Hotel Christmas mystery, the head count is down-but the body count is up this holiday season... With one of her housemaids leaving to get married, Cecily Sinclair Baxter wants nothing more for Christmas than some good help. Instead of visions of sugar plums, she's calling the plumber to deal with flooded bathrooms. Then there's the surly new janitor, who acts like he got coal in his stocking. But as Cecily scrambles to hire and train new staff in time for the holidays, one of her guests is beyond help. Gerald Evans is found stabbed to death on the beach, and Cecily soon discovers he was a private investigator from London looking into dark doings involving the Pennyfoot. Who among the staff or guests was being pursued, and what secret drove that person to cold-blooded murder?