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A locked vault. A deadly prize within.Upon the successful completion of a risky, undercover assignment in the States, Korso, elite covert salvage operative, is contacted by his only real ally, the mysterious hacker M. D. Dog. Tracked down by Interpol‿s cybercrime unit, Dog faces life imprisonment unless they betray a client, the merciless South American crime lord Miguel Quezada, whom Interpol are convinced ordered the Guatemalan Vice President‿s assassination a year before. Knowing Korso is the only person who can help, Dog wants him to infiltrate Quezada‿s heavily-guarded private compound to recover the murder weapon ‿ a Mayan jade dagger ‿ hidden in a safe room somewhere on his property. Get the dagger to Interpol, and Dog goes free. Fail? And it will be the end of them both... A suave and sophisticated action thriller with a killer hook, perfect for fans of Lee Child, James Swallow and Adam Hamdy.

Steven Mason, a young career villain, needs to find his boss's girlfriend Dominique. Straightaway, he knows things are not going to be easy when he finds a dead hand in Mickey Finn's old fridge.

A dinner party gone awry. Two butchered victims. Four suspects.Art dealer Benedict Belford and artist Simonne Turner are found in a pool of blood at his country house, their throats slashed and their bodies mutilated.The investigation plunges Chief Inspector George Alcott into Benedict's extravagant life. A hidden world of stylish women and lewd get-togethers soon comes to light, yet no one seems to have a motive for the vicious murders -- not the art-gallery owner or the lecturer in German literature, nor the suspense writer and her crabby husband.But is Alcott prepared when the case takes a shocking turn and the last piece of the puzzle falls into place?Dog Days, Crazed Blood is a novella full of mystery, ambiguity, and deception.

Horsepower and green thumbs meets justice and flip-flops.I'm a late bloomer.A geek, an introvert, an enigma, and a watchdog. My name is Paco.I'm determined enough to bide my time, yet too clever to pass up on opportunity. I'm a steadfast rebel.An outcast, a defender, a hothead, and an eccentric.My name is Mel.I'm resolute enough to carve my own way, but not too blind to see a better path.We are established loners-each limited by the boundaries we set-but when a young boy's life hangs in the balance, we discover we have more in common than we thought.

What is your deepest fear? Things that exist in plain sight? Those that hide in the darkest corners of your soul? Our deepest fears come in many forms. The seen and the hidden. The real and the imagined. The flesh and the incorporeal. Between the covers of this book, you'll find a bit of all this. Monsters, real and imagined. The familiar and the alien. So open the book. Be prepared to confront your worst fears.¿Things That Don't Belong in the Light

The girl in the photo was laughing, her head thrown back, her lips painted a bright red. Jessie could feel the simple joy reflected in that moment. And as she looked closer, she saw the same gold cross and chain that had adorned the first victim's neck.When a young woman falls to her death from a parking garage, the Boston police department rule it as a suicide. But when Jessie Novak examines the scene, she isn't so sure... The girl's delicate hands are bruised and her fingernails torn: evidence of a struggle. Did someone push her from the roof?Then a second young woman is found dead, this time at the foot of her dorm building, her hands injured in the same way as the first victim's with a gold cross and chain clutched in her fist. Jessie is convinced there is a connection and that a twisted killer is on the loose.Forensics connect the necklace to several murders of college girls in other states-and a suspect who the police had in their sights but were forced to let go-and Jessie knows her hunch is correct.Just as Jessie thinks she is closing in on the culprit, her worst fears are realized: a third girl is found dead. The gap between murders is closing: the killer is getting more confident. He will never stop until he is caught.But little does Jessie know that, while she works to pick up the trail of her suspect, he is already on hers. She is the only one who can stop this monster before he kills again-but to save the next innocent life, is she prepared to risk her own?A thrilling and totally gripping crime thriller that will grab you from the start and not let go until the final, heart-stopping page. Utterly addictive reading for fans of Lisa Regan, Robert Dugoni and Melinda Leigh.Readers love Roberta Gately:"My heart was racing, the tension building and the excitement exploding... I read this book in a day, reluctantly putting it down when real life got in the way." Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿

This page-turning dystopian thriller launches the long-awaited HeroPlot series from debut author Scott Harvey, with his epic science fiction masterpiece, The Spear of Destiny.A young ambitious student succumbs to the temptations of promise. Rewards, however, are not without their price, and as the role that he is asked to play becomes increasingly clear, the willing apprentice finds himself dragged ever deeper into a dark underworld where only one can prevail. Friend against foe, apprentice against master, whoever succeeds will hold power the like of which has never been seen before.Fortune will favour whoever is willing to force the hand of fate, but how long can hatred be held before vengeance can offer freedom? The world will soon discover and find no mercy as it gives rise to The Dawn of DomiNation.In the darkness, hope remains. From the secret societies and hidden networks once formed in the shadows of this utopia, those aggrieved may still forge an invaluable alliance. For now, at least, the future resides in mortal hands, but a war is coming. A war in search of heroes, where loyalty may yet prove to be the greatest strength of all.The Spear of Destiny is the first book in the all-new young adult science fiction series, HEROPLOT.Starting in modern-day USA, Harvey leads us on a journey which is rich in character development and gripping dialogue as we follow the story of a young student called Edgar, whose lust for absolute power and control sees him betray those closest to him.The plot thickens, as Harvey fills us with intrigue and a vision that can only be described as richly cinematic. For what seemingly begins as a teenager coming of age, thrust into the midst of a medical drama, quickly turns into a fast-paced and nail-biting psychological thriller. Edgar's career takes us further into the world of genetic-engineering, as his pursuit of power continues, and his adventure turns into a quite extraordinary political battle where nothing and no one is safe. Secrets come to light, and a mysterious ghost from his past returns to haunt his present, but is it already too late?¿A once utopian dream now stands on the threshold of a dystopian nightmare, where all who are innocent may bear witness to its downfall. Those who have wronged him may yet be forced to pay the ultimate price, but will those who have fallen stay fallen, or will The Spear of Destiny rise to decide the fate of us all?

Im Sommer 2020 wird der Psychoanalytiker Dr. Hofmann in seiner Praxis in Frankfurt überfallen und lebensgefährlich verletzt. Die betagte Hausbesitzerin wird dabei ermordet. Das Motiv des Überfalls ist zunächst völlig unklar. Die Untersuchung übernimmt Kriminalhauptkommissar Bauer, der vor Jahren selbst Patient bei Hofmann war. Er trifft seinen ehemaligen Analytiker als Patienten an und erfährt in einem zähen Ringen um die ärztliche Schweigepflicht, dass eine neue Patientin, Amalia R, die als Escort-Dame im Dienste der kalabrischen Mafia arbeitet, Anlass für das Gewaltverbrechen sein könnte. Nicht nur die Ndrangheta, sondern auch andere Verbrechersyndikate kämpfen um Informationen und Einflussnahme auf wichtige Personen. Dr. Hofmann möchte seine Patientin Amalia, die ihm mehr bedeutet, als ihm professionell lieb ist, schützen, und verleugnet dabei, dass er selbst in Gefahr schwebt. Der Kommissar will die Mörder fassen und das Verbrechen aufklären; er möchte aber nicht, dass seine Rolle als damaliger Patient bekannt wird. Alle drei Hauptpersonen durchleben innere Konflikte von seelischem Leid wie Depression, Angst, aber auch Lust, Erotik und sonstige Abgründen, die sie so nicht hätten, wenn sie sich nicht begegnet wären. Stimmt der Satz des Philosophen Thomas Hobbes: Homo homini lupus? Werden Amalia und Dr. Hofmann davonkommen? Sicher ist: Der Coronavirus und seine Pandemie sind wie das internationale organisierte Verbrechen eine ständige und unheimliche Bedrohung der Menschheit - nicht nur im Sommer 2020.Der Kriminalroman "Freud & Leid" rückt die Beziehungen und Lebensgeschichten der Protagonisten in den Vordergrund und legt weniger Wert auf die Schilderung blutiger Gewalt. Er berührt beiläufig und humorvoll gesellschaftliche Themen, wie aktuelle Fragen des Gesundheitswesens, die elektronische Patientenakte, die Schweigepflicht, psychoanalytische Praxis, Ethik, Etymologie, Mythologie und Philosophie.Es handelt sich ein die dritte korrigierte Auflage (Nov. 2023).Der Autor arbeitete als Psychoanalyliker. Sigg Battenberger ist sein Pseudonym.

"An eerie tone permeates the entire story, with even mundane events feeling off-kilter. The whole cast seems to have multiple personas, all tinged with darkness." - Foreword Clarion ReviewThe dead don't come back, but some never leave... Jack Kelly remembers everything about his wife and children. The wonderful smell of his wife's hair, the way she whispers to him at night. His three children running through the house, the sound of their laughter. That was his life before the accident. His near-death experience left him in the in-between space, somewhere between this world and whatever comes next. But he recovered and woke up as his thirteen-year-old self. The doctors tell him it is a false memory, a result of his fall and the insult to his brain from his injuries. "How can a thirteen-year-old boy have a wife and three children?" They ask. But how can he see and hear dead people, demons, ghosts, and shadowy creatures? And if they exist, then is it so inconceivable to believe that Jack's life as a 47-year-old man with a wife and children existed too? Jack begins his journey to find out why and how. And, in the end, he resolves to find his way back to his true existence, back to his family. The Book of Souls is the first book in the series, so be sure to grab The Book of Demons...and be on the lookout for the next installment in this gripping series, Pandora's Box. "... a Spiritual roller coaster ride! Harry Potter meets the Exorcist!" - American Online Radio

Ethan Zabad, a descendant of history's strongest man, has fought battles all over the world. Now he faces his toughest mission yet. Not only must he travel across the country to reunite with his family but also try to stop the advance of a global scheme that has killed millions and will kill millions more. Ethan's son David continues to hold out hope that his father will arrive and at the same time hold his small group of family and friends together, even as sinister forces threaten to tear them apart and end their bid for survival through a cold, dark and desperate winter. Friendships will be tested, the bonds of family will be strained and it will require all the strength they have to overcome not only the threat of a deadly human enemy but winter itself.