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Als New Yorker Anwältin hat es Samantha Kofer binnen weniger Jahre zu Erfolg gebracht. Mit der Finanzkrise ändert sich alles. Samantha wird gefeuert. Doch für ein Jahr Pro-Bono-Engagement bekommt sie ihren Job zurück. Samantha geht nach Brady, Virginia,einem 2.000-Seelen-Ort, der sie vor groáe Herausforderungen stellt. Denn anders als ihre New Yorker Klienten, denen es um Macht und Geld ging, kämpfen die Einwohner Bradys um ihr Leben. Ein Kampf, den Samantha bald zu ihrem eigenen macht und der sie dasLeben kosten könnte.

2009-et írunk. Skóciában egy palackba zárt üzenetet sodor partra a tenger. A foszladozó papíron már aligolvashatók a vérrel írt sorok, amelyben egy testvérpár kér segítséget. A vizsgálódó helyi rendőrök kiderítik,hogy a palackot Dániában dobták vízbe ,1996-ban. Így kerül az ügy a koppenhágai rendőrség döglött aktákkalfoglalkozó osztályára, azaz Carl Morck nyomozó asztalára. Carl, valamint segítői, Assad és Rose gyorsanrájönnek arra, hogy a levelet egy bizonyos Poul Holt írta, akit öccsével együtt raboltak el tizenhárom évvelezelőtt, ám az eltűnésüket annak idején nem jelentették. De élnek, élhetnek-e még, s ha igen, vajon hol?

The new heart-stopping Rizzoli & Isles bestseller. In the murky shadows of an alley in Boston's Chinatown a hand has been discovered. On the rooftop above lies a woman's severed head. Two strands of silver hair - not human - cling to the body that liesnearby. These are Detective Jane Rizzoli's only clues, but they are enough for her and Dr Maura Isles to make a startling discovery: that this violent death had a chilling prequel. It soon becomes clear than an ancient evil is stirring in Chinatown: anevil that has killed before, and will kill again...

A series of seemingly random disappearances - stretching back to the millennium.A mother determined to find the truth.A retired cop desperate to get his old life back . . .It's been some time since Rebus was forced to retire, and now works as a civilian in a cold case unit. So when a long-dead case bursts back to life, he can't resist the opportunity to get his feet under the CID desk once more. But Rebus is as stubbornand anarchic as ever, and he quickly finds himself in deep with pretty much everyone, including DI Siobhan Clarke.All Rebus wants to do is uncover the truth. The big question is: can he be the man he once was and still stay on the right side of the law?

There's a serial killer on the loose. The social network sites all love him. Because he cuts the throats of rich and powerful men. And he's good at it. Twenty years ago seven rich, privileged students became friends at their exclusive private school,Potter's Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Enter Detective Max Wolfe. Single parent, devoted husband of a brutally departed wife, dog lover, boxer. Defender of the weak. And every murderer's worst nightmare. Newlyarrived in the Homicide division of London's West End Central, 27 Savile Row, Max follows the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the Internet and all the way to the corridors of power. As the bodiespile up, Max finds the killer's reach getting closer to everything - and everyone - he loves. Soon he is fighting not only for justice, but also for his own life...

A 14 éves Mattie Ross édesapját hidegvérrel megölte a gyáva Tom Chaney. A kislány pedig úgy dönt,igazságot szolgáltat. Az iszákos, félszemű rendőrbírót, Rooster Cogburn-t béreli fel a feladatra,majd együtt indulnak útnak, hogy elkapják az ellenséges indiánok területére menekült bűnözőt.Chaney bőrére azonban másnak is fáj a foga, egy LeBoeuf nevű texasi ranger szintén a fejére pályázik,egy másik ember meggyilkolása miatt.A történet alapján készült film szereplői:Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damonbemutató:2011.február 17.kartonált, 224 oldal

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are up against their smartestfoe yet - but in their midst there is a traitor . . .After losing their contract with the US government because of a daring raidtoo far, Cabrillo and his crew of mercenaries with a conscience are earningmoney the hard way: doing dirty, dangerous little jobs in the world's troublespots. Now they've accepted a mission deep in the jungles of Myanmar tofind a missing adventurer. But it is not long before Cabrillo and his teamrealise that they have been set up.Cabrillo - betrayed, tortured and played for a fool - is angry that he's beenused as a pawn in someone's deadly scheme. But with the US nuclearlaunch codes up for grabs and a madman bent on using them to holdmillions of lives to ransom, he hasn't time to worry about revenge.He's got to save the world first...

Harry Hole három éve visszavonult a nyomozói munkától, a rendőrtiszti főiskolán tanít, kiegyensúlyozott életet él. Ám a boldogság vékony jég, amely bármikor beszakadhat az ember lába alatt?Amikor egy fiatal nőt brutálisan meggyilkolnak a fővárosban,Mikael Bellman rendőrfőkapitány személyes okokból Harry segítségét kéri. Hamarosan újabb hasonló gyilkosságtörténik, Harry pedig sutba dobva élete szerelmének és önmagának tett ígéretét belevetimagát a munkába. Mindössze két nyom van, amelyenelindulhatnak: az első áldozat nyakán lévő sebekben talált rozsda- és festékmaradványok, valamint a tény, hogymindkét nő társkereső oldalak rendszeres látogatója volt.Harry azonban valami mást is lát. Valamit, amimegragadja a figyelmét, és arra ösztökéli, hogy mit sem törődve a kockázattal újra a nyomába eredjen agyilkosnak, aki egyszer már túljárt az eszén.

Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life - so who did kill her?According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life imprisonmentBut when Dr Arthur Calgary turns up a year later with the proof that confirms Jacko's innocence, he is too late - Jacko died behind bars from a bout of pneumonia.Worse still, the doctor's revelations re-open old wounds in the family, increasing the likelihood that the real murderer will strike again

Kinder verschwinden spurlos. Niemand meldet sie vermisst ...¯>Was wird er mit uns machen, wenn er zurückkommt?< Die Angst flackerte auf in den Augen seines Bruders. Sie wussten, dass bald alles vorbei war. Aus diesem Bootshaus gab es kein Entrinnen.®Niemand hatte die verwitterte Flaschenpost beachtet, der Hilfeschrei in ihrem Inneren war ungehört verhallt. Jahre später gelangt das verblasste Schriftstück ins Sonderdezernat Q in Kopenhagen. Die Materialanalyse zeigt, dass die Botschaft mitmenschlichem Blut geschrieben wurde. Die Entzifferung der Buchstaben führt Carl Morck und seinen Assistenten Assad auf die Spur eines entsetzlichen Verbrechens - und in Bereiche der Gesellschaft, die ihnen beiden einigermaáen fremd erscheinen 

In this delightful tale, an Eastern Prince arrives in England with some family jewels which he s having reset as a gift for his fiancee. However, the Prince also has a mistress

Sir Claud Amory's revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead,and Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe.BLACK COFFEE was Agatha Christie's first playscript, originally performed in 1930 and made into a now rarely-seen film the following year. Combining her typically beguiling plot and sparkling dialogue with his own faithful narrative, Charles Osborne'snovelisation is 'A worthy addition to the Christie canon' (The Spectator)

Agatha Christie's ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Lucy Angkatell invited Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great detective, her guestsstage a mock murder beside the swimming pool. Unfortunately, the victim plays the scene for real. As his blood drips into the water, John Christow gasps one final word: `Henrietta'. In the confusion, a gun sinks to the bottom of the pool.Poirot'senquiries reveal a complex web of romantic attachments. It seems everyone in the drama is a suspect - and each a victim of love.

HAZEL BANNOCK a világ egyik legnagyobb olajtermelő vállalatának a Bannock Olajtársaságnak az örököse. Afrikai muszlim kalózok támadják meg, a szomáliai partok közelében, az Indiai-óceánon hajózó magánjachtját. Hazel nincs a hajón, ezért könnyenelrabolják lányát, a 19 éves Caylát.A túszejtők elképesztően magas váltságdíjat követelnek.A bonyolult politikai és diplomáciai helyzetben a nagy hatalmak nem avatkozhatnak be.Hazel Bannock, amikor szembesül a helyzettel és megtudja, hogy lányát, Caylát, milyen iszonyatos kinzásoknak teszik ki, segítségért HECTOR CROSSHOZ fordul.Hector, a Cross Bow Security tulajdonosa és vezetője, ő gondoskodik a Bannock Olajtársaság biztonságáról. Hector félelmetes harcos. Hazellel elhatározzák, hogy saját kezükbe veszik az igazságszolgáltatást.Wilbur Smith elsőként ír, sajátos irodalmi eszközeivel, a szomáliai partok közelében, a nyílt tengeren történő kalóztámadásokról. A regény nemcsak túszdráma, hanem átfogó képet adó vérfagyasztó thriller.

A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger planeFrom seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite

Agatha Christie's most ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.'A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out

Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdictHercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead.But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that 'old sin leave long shadows'.

A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples...At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce - a hostile thirteen-year-old - boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in thehouse, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the `evil presence'. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer...

Der 92-jährige Holocaust- Überlebende David Josua Goldberg wird in seinem Haus im Taunus mit einem Genickschuss getötet. Bei der Obduktion macht der Arzt eine seltsame Entdeckung: Goldbergs Arm trägt die Reste einer Blutgruppentätowierung, wie sie beiAngehörigen der SS üblich war. Dann geschehen zwei weitere Morde, die Hinrichtungen gleichen. Welches Geheimnis verband die Opfer miteinander? Die Ermittlungen führen Hauptkommissar Oliver von Bodenstein und seine Kollegin Pia Kirchhoff weit in dieVergangenheit: nach Ostpreuáen im Januar 1945 ...

An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside houseWhat is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player?To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head.It's all part of a carefully paid plan - for murder

The ninth thrilling Miss Marple mystery As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was arousedby an old soldier's yarn about a murderer he had known. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her a snapshot of this acquaintance, the Major was suddenly interrupted. A diversion that was to prove fatal.

Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals.Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme

Eric Packer, a fiatal milliárdos egy átlagosnak tűnő áprilisi napon kilép New York-i lakásából, és beszáll a csúcstechnikával és luxuscikkekkel fényűzően berendezett fehér limuzinjába. Ezen a napon két komoly küldetés áll előtte: világrengető spekulációstámadást kell intéznie a japán jen ellen - és el kell jutnia Manhattan túlsó végébe a fodrászához.Ericnek hol az amerikai elnök motoros kísérete, hol egy zenészbálvány temetési menete, hol egy erőszakos politikai tüntetés állja útját. A kocsi kényelmes bőrülésén egymást váltják a látogatók: biztonsági, műszaki és pénzügyi szakértők, sőt Ericmenyasszonya és szeretője is, miközben a limuzin az egyre bizonytalanabb jövő felé araszolgat.A könyvből David Cronenberg készített nagyszabású, lehengerlő filmet Robert Pattison és Juliette Binoche főszereplésével.

For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side.In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat.The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously?After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses... and no corpse.

At an apparently respectable dinner party, a vicar is the first to dieThirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor's house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions and died.But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there was no trace of poison - just as Poirot had predicted. Even more troubling for the great detective, there was absolutely no motive

A striking novel of truth and soul-searching.Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks.Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her...Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.