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Ein unschuldig wegen Mordes zum Tod Verurteilter soll hingerichtet werden. Der ehemalige Gefängnisaufseher Kihara und der auf Bewährung entlassene Jun'ichi erhalten den Auftrag, den wahren Täter zu finden. Für das ungleiche Ermittlerduo beginnt damit nicht nur ein dramatischer Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, sondern beide müssen sich auch ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit stellen.

It’s the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house - and to be sure the wrong man goes down for the crime. Because this time, the killer isn’t on trial. He’s on the jury.

Marsalis is one of a new breed...literally. Genetically engineered by the U.S. government to embody the naked aggression and primal survival skills that centuries of civilization have erased from humankind, Thirteens were intended to be the ultimate military fighting force. The project was scuttled, however, when a fearful public branded the supersoldiers dangerous mutants, dooming the Thirteens to forced exile on Earth's distant, desolate Mars colony. But Marsalis found a way to slip back.

Oscar Wilde und Henry Wheeler werden von Mycroft Holmes nach Sizilien geschickt. Am Fuße des Ätnas vermuten sie den Eingang zu einem der Schlupfwinkel des Zirkels der Sieben. Doch schon bei ihrer Ankunft in dem kleinen italienischen Küstenort machen die beiden Männer die Bekanntschaft mit einem gefährlichen Gegner. Die Spuren des Zirkels führen in das Haus des undurchsichtigen Conte Tressilo. Wilde und Wheeler werden in einen Strudel aus religiösem Wahn gezogen, der in düsteren Mordplänen gipfelt. Das Haus und alle darin befindlichen Personen sind dem Untergang geweiht.

Franklin P. Scudder liegt tot in Richard Hannays Wohnung und plötzlich sind alle hinter ihm her: Scudders Mörder, ein Verschwörer-Ring, der beim anstehenden Staatsbesuch in London den griechischen Premierminister beseitigen will und die Polizei, die wiederum Hannay für Scudders Mörder hält. Für Hannay beginnt eine atemberaubende Verfolgungsjagd durch die schottische Landschaft. Bei sich trägt er Scudders Notizbuch. Um an die dort aufgeführten Informationen heranzukommen, muss er aber erst einmal den Code knacken.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong delivers the novel her fans have been clamoring for: The epic finale of the Otherworld series. It’s been more than ten years, a dozen installments, and hundreds of thousands of copies since Kelley Armstrong introduced readers to the...

On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, 200,000 miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. Thirteen is the shocking and miraculous true story of how the astronauts and ground crew guided Apollo 13 back to Earth. Expanding on dispatches written for The New Yorker, Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. brings listeners unparalleled detail on the moment-by-moment developments of one of NASA’s most dramatic missions.

We know the number 13 to be traditionally viewed as an unlucky number, but for Nikol, it turned out to be the most transformative number of her life. This book is a story about the year Nikol’s life went up in flames, burning to ash all of who she thought she was. Nikol had spent decades carefully crafting her career, marriage, persona, and friendships. But as she watched the life she had built disappear into smoke, she found herself hearing a new, quiet voice within her. The voice of 13.

In early 20th Century England Hamilton James Macaulay relates the tale of how he found himself in a Scarborough Bric-a-brac shop. The owner of the shop has 13 long playing records that each contain a hidden track at the end, that tell strange tales of future times. These 13 tales of terror will change Hamilton James Macaulay's life forever and he will leave the shop a murderer. Thirteen is a portmantaeu audio anthology, harking back to the classic horror albums of the 1970s.

Castle House Lodge. A century ago it was an exclusive resort hotel. But for years it's stood empty, a haunting shadow of its former glories. Now, after twenty-five years of rumors and ghost stories, the overgrown grounds are showing signs of being tended. The building itself has been repaired. Castle House has new occupants. What was once a haven for the elite is now a madhouse, a private asylum for pregnant women.