Clever Thriller

Charlotte’s daughter Stella is sensitive and brilliant, perhaps even a genius, but a recent change in her behavior has alarmed her mother. Following the sudden death of Stella’s babysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable. But what’s unsettling is that she has begun to mirror Blanka’s personality, from Blanka’s repetitive phrases to her accent, to fierce cravings for Armenian meat stew after being raised a vegetarian.

The last thing Eleanora Quinton expects when the dead body hits the floor, is love with the son of a duke. As society’s most capable housekeeper, Eleanora has conquered any number of social disasters. But when a dead body falls right into the middle of her mistress’ ball and her son gets kidnapped, the only person who can help her also forces her to face her most crippling fears

Something bad happened here. When Case arrives at a run-down, ivy-covered house tucked deep in the West Texas woods, an ashy haze lingers in the air and the sky is tissue-paper pink. Her best friend Drea has been living here with a few classmates Case has never met, and Drea asked her to visit in a letter dated two weeks ago.

Charlotte's daughter, Stella, is sensitive and brilliant - perhaps even a genius - but after the sudden death of Stella's babysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable. And what's more unsettling is that she has begun to mirror Blanka's personality, from her accent and repetitive phrases to fierce cravings for Armenian meat stew after being raised a vegetarian. Charlotte is pregnant with her second child, depleted and sick, and convinced that Blanka herself is somehow responsible for Stella's transformation. Has Stella somehow become Blanka?

Lady Jane Haven had to find a reason to survive. Widowed after an abusive marriage, Jane seeks solace in the arms of the one man she has always loved. But her scars run deep, and the physical comfort her lover brings does little to heal her pain. Richard Black, the Duke of Lofton and spy for the British War Office, waited for her, watching as the agony of marriage broke the woman he loved. His instincts tell him to protect her at all costs now that she has come to him, but when Jane stumbles into his current case investigating a bodysnatching ring, his intentions prove harder to keep.

Forced into the marriage to help her carry out missions as a female spy, Sarah struggles with accepting her position as a member of high society, a position that seems ill-gained in relation to her lowly birth. The fact that she is secretly in love with her husband, the earl, does not help matters at all. Alec Black, Earl of Stryden, and brilliant spy for the British War Office, cannot speak to his wife, which makes for a rather uncomfortable imprisonment.

Kimber Cassidy is a beautiful, brilliant, and sexy plus-size young woman, who's determined to follow in her late father's footsteps, a police detective in the Midwestern town of East Alton. While she mourns the 10th anniversary of her father's death in a nearby bar, a chance encounter embroils her in a murder investigation of Calvin Dunbar. Soon, it becomes obvious that things are not a clean cut as they appear. Was Calvin murdered, or did he commit suicide? Why was there a falling out with a close friend? And what was the mysterious research that Calvin was doing?

Michael Dixon relocates to the small town of Ashcott with his mother after his police officer Father’s murder in London two years earlier. The small house, nothing special to start with, is turning into something of a building site thanks to his Mother’s new love Gary. Gary is the worst plumber in the history of the building trade and seems incapable of sticking to a plan. Wherever he goes, chaos, destruction and irate customers follow. Depressed with the situation and as lonely as ever, Michael is at least blessed with the same sharp analytical brain as his Father.

Nach "Der Junge, der Gedanken lesen konnte" und "Entführung mit Jagdleopard" kommt nun der neue Detektivfall von Kirsten Boie: Bei Fee Ranzmeier, Jamie-Lees reicher Freundin, wird eingebrochen! Da versteht es sich von selbst, dass Jamie-Lee sofort in die Ermittlungen einsteigt. Als die beiden Freundinnen dann Mesut und Valentin kennenlernen, ist das Team komplett und die Einbrecherjagd kann beginnen. Die vier Spürnasen nehmen das Umfeld der Familie Ranzmeier unter die Lupe. Und wer hätte das gedacht: Sowohl der Chauffeur als auch der Bodyguard haben mächtig Dreck am Stecken.