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Disgraced city banker Malachite Peck seeks a fresh start in the quiet Cornish village of Golden, but when renovations of her bookshop unearth a body, the village is thrown into turmoil. With her only friend arrested for the crime, Mal is determined to clear his name, no matter the cost. Desperate to uncover the truth, Mal must confront ancient family feuds and suspicions, and navigate the dark secrets of the village. But when her life is threatened, she must decide: trust the police or follow her instincts? The last time she did the right thing, she ended up in jail.

Single mom Sophie "Phee" Kimball isn't a detective—she's an account clerk in chilly Mankato, Minnesota. But when her mother Harriet insists that her book club's latest pick is cursed—after four members die under suspicious circumstances—Phee reluctantly heads to Harriet's retirement community in sun-soaked Sun City West, Arizona. Phee doesn't believe in curses, but something is clearly not right under the blazing desert sun. As she digs deeper, she uncovers secrets, rivalries, and motives lurking behind friendly smiles.

Ties heeft een probleem. Tenminste… dat vinden de meeste mensen. Ties vindt dat niet: hij heeft een vriend. Gozert. De tofste, leukste, stoerste, coolste vriend die je je kunt voorstellen. Alleen is Ties de enige die Gozert ziet en hoort.

Na een verschrikkelijke uitzending in Afghanistan wil inlichtingenofficier Amy Cornwall niets liever dan haar familie weer in de armen sluiten. Maar thuis in Virginia wordt ze niet opgewacht door haar man en dochter, maar door een leeg huis en een rinkelende telefoon. Amy krijgt een onmogelijke taak, en 48 uur om die te volbrengen. Amy weet dat dit haar haar carrière en misschien haar leven zal kosten, maar lukt het niet, dan zal ze haar familie nooit meer zien.

At least one battalion of flame-throwers is swinging around like a pack of crazy wild boars. Long, flaming red tongues of fire are hissing from the towers, charring every living thing. From the GPU-prison stream shoals of red prisoners. A barrage of incredible dimensions is hammering down behind the Germans. It seems like the Russians have guessed that they are pondering an escape and want to stop it with an impenetrable wall of fire, spreading as far as the eye can see.

David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and one of the greatest European explorers who ever lived. He fought all his life against slavery, and is remembered as a national hero for opening up the interior of the so-called "Dark Continent"; his expeditions had a tremendous influence on the colonization of Africa and the relation between Europeans and Africans. The son of a Christian missionary himself, Livingstone felt a spiritual calling to reach people in the interior of Africa in order to find new commercial routes and thus free the Africans from the plague of slavery.

René Descartes is often described as the first modern philosopher, but much of the content of his "Meditations on First Philosophy" can be found in the medieval period that had already existed for more than a thousand years. Does God exist? If so, what is his nature? Is the human soul immortal? How does it differ from the body? What role do sense experience and pure reason play in knowing? Descartes stands out from his predecessors because of the method he developed to treat these and other fundamental questions.

Desde 1951 el Mossad, conocido como ‘el Instituto’, se convirtió en uno de los más temibles servicios de espionaje al mando del Estado de Israel. Mitad mito, mitad realidad, el Mossad y sus Katsas supieron salvaguardar ese halo de misterio y secretismo que los convirtió en auténticas leyendas cuando en 1960 una unidad del Metsada secuestró al criminal de guerra Adolf Eichmann en Argentina y, tras trasladarlo clandestinamente a Israel, fue juzgado y ejecutado en la horca.

Detective Alex Cross gaat op jacht naar de dader van meerdere brute taximoorden. Al gauw komt hij op het spoor van een werknemer van de Britse ambassade in Washington D.C. De verdachte is manisch depressief en verslaafd aan een bizar online rollenspel, dat veel meer blijkt te zijn dan een simpel spelletje. Samen met drie andere spelers vermoordt hij mensen en plotseling staan ook de levens van Cross en zijn verloofde op het spel.

Als rechercheur Alex Cross op het punt staat zijn baan in Washington D.C. op te zeggen, smeekt zijn goede vriend John Sampson hem te helpen bij een allerlaatste zaak. Een van zijn oude vrienden uit de Vietnamoorlog, sergeant Ellis Coop, is gearresteerd voor een moord die hij niet gepleegd heeft. Naarmate het onderzoek van Cross en Coop zich vordert, wordt pijnlijk duidelijk dat hij erin is geluisd.

Das bayerische Ermittlerduo Wallner und Kreuthner steht vor einem Rätsel: Wer schoss an einem schönen Oktobersonntag dem Kleinkriminellen Kummeder auf dem Gipfel des Riederstein mit einem Präzisionsgewehr den Kopf weg? Die Suche nach dem Täter sorgt für einigen Wirbel in der oberbayerischen Idylle. Schnell wird klar, dass das tragische Geschehen in einer Neumondnacht vor zwei Jahren während einer legendären Schafkopfrunde seinen Anfang nahm.

Aufnahmeleiterin Paige hat am Set ihrer Renovierungs-Realityshow alles unter Kontrolle – nur nicht den Star der Sendung. Der Tischler Gannon King ist nicht nur wegen seiner talentierten Hände enorm beliebt: Er ist sexy, er ist leidenschaftlich – und unfassbar schlecht gelaunt. Die täglichen Kämpfe mit dem mürrischen Handwerker würden Paige eigentlich zur Weißglut bringen, wäre sie nicht eine Meisterin darin, ihre Gefühle zu kontrollieren.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, Styrkar, loyal housecarl to the fallen King Harold, journeys to Ireland in search of the dead king's exiled sons. When a plot to murder Harold's widow and infant son is uncovered, duty pulls him in a different direction. Fleeing back to England with the dowager and child, Styrkar's loyalties are tested as he's forced into an uneasy alliance with his old comrade Eadnoth, now sworn to William the Conqueror. When the sons of Harold return to reclaim their birthright, Styrkar must choose: stand with his blood brother or his brothers-in-arms?

Sur les sommets glacés des Dix-Cités, un barbare, un nain, un halfelin et un elfe noir s'allient. Leur objectif ? Sauver leur monde face des hordes de barbares et de l'Éclat de cristal. Alors que la menace de l'éclat de cristal grandit, leur quête de liberté devient une lutte pour leur survie.

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. A mother leaves her seven children at home while she ventures into the forest to find food. Before she leaves, she warns her young about the Big Bad Wolf who will try to sneak into the house and gobble them up. The wolf will pretend to be their mother and convince the kids to open the door. The young children will be able to recognize their true mother by her white feet and sweet voice. The mother leaves and the seven kids stay in the house.

The setting of 1st and 2nd Maccabees is about a century and a half after the conquest of Judea by the Greeks under Alexander the Great. It tells how the Greek ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted to suppress the Jewish religion, resulting in the Maccabean Revolt from 175 to 134 BCE.

Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past... When Flora receives a shocking telegram about her father’s sudden death in a riding accident, she rushes back to her childhood home, Cleeve Abbey. Once a governess to young Eddy, Viscount Trent, and daughter of the Earl’s trusted butler, Flora finds the house steeped in unease. Her plans to lay her father to rest beside her mother, Lily, are upended when mystery surrounds Lily’s final resting place.

La guerre est en marche, et les dieux arpentent les Royaumes. Assassinats de nains, menaces d'invasion et complots familiaux venant des profondeurs de Menzoberranzan : autant de périls qui placent Drizzt et ses amis en première ligne et en dernier rempart. Accompagné de Catti-Brie, ils s'aventurent dans l'Outreterre, là où Drizzt est né et a grandi. Entre conflits imminents, alliances improbables et rencontres inattendues, leur quête les mène à travers des batailles acharnées contre des drows soutenus par des démons et des luttes de pouvoir empoisonnées.

A weekend escape. A body in the water. And nowhere to run when the storm closes in. Mal Peck’s peaceful bridge weekend at an idyllic Cornish island hotel takes a deadly turn when the young bride of a fellow guest is found drowned. Her plans shattered, Mal is pulled into a spiralling puzzle, one that turns darker still when another body surfaces. As a savage storm cuts the island off from the mainland, Mal teams up with her friend Jacques Pellofey to hunt a killer.

In this collection comprising of thirteen short stories, Jansson masterfully crafts unsettling narratives that delve into unexpected connections, awkward encounters, and solitary moments. From reconnecting with childhood friends in "Party Games" to exploring the theme of ageing in "Trip to the Riviera", Jansson's short story collection "Letters from Klara" beautifully and intimately depicts the human condition in all its pain and joy. Finnish-Swedish writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is globally cherished for creating the Moomin universe.