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Rosie is a beautiful girl - and it's always been enough. Boys crush on her; men stare at her; girls (begrudgingly) admire her. She's lucky, and she knows it. But it's the start of a new school year, and she begins to realize that she wants to be more. Namely, she's determined to be better to her best friend, Maddie, who's just back from a summer program abroad having totally blossomed into her own looks.

Catherine is dead. At least that's what the FBI claims. They say there's no point investigating the strange disappearance any further. Instead they want Gaia to stay in Quantico to carry on the search for the Lollipop Murderer.

Von Millionen Fans weltweit atemlos erwartet: Die Fortsetzung der Bestsellersensation The Inheritance Games als Hörbuch. Nachdem Avery Grambs das milliardenschwere Erbe der Familie Hawthorne angetreten hat, ruft sie einen jährlichen Wettbewerb der besonderen Art auf. Jeder der geladenen zehn Teilnehmer soll die Chance bekommen, Millionen zu gewinnen. Abgeschieden auf einer Privatinsel der Hawthornes stellen sie sich dem exklusiven Wettbewerb. Doch die Geheimnisse, die dabei ans Licht kommen, erschüttern nicht nur das Leben der Mitspieler, sondern auch das der Hawthorne-Brüder und Averys.

Ali Cross has always looked up to his father, former Detective and FBI Agent Alex Cross. While solving some of the nation's most challenging crimes, his father always kept his head and did the right thing. Can Ali have the same strength and resolve? When Ali's best friend Abraham is reported missing, Ali is desperate to find him. At the same time, a string of burglaries targets his neighbourhood - and even his own house. With his father on trial for a crime he didn't commit, it's up to Ali to search for clues and find his friend.

Nia Barnes is preparing to enter high school and trying to stay on her mama’s good side. Life in her small Midwestern city hasn’t been the same since her father’s unsolved murder, driving Nia’s love of detective novels and true crime stories. When the little boy she babysits is caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting, Nia and her best friends Dontay and Miracle Ruth secretly set out to get him justice. They look up police reports and listen to the conversations of their elders; they try to follow suspects the way Nia’s favorite teen detectives might.

After a harrowingly close contact with juvenile sociopath Simon Gutmunsson, junior FBI consultants Emma Lewis and Travis Bell went their separate ways. Emma rejected her Quantico offer and Travis stayed to train within a new unit of the FBI Behavioral Science division. But the unit’s latest case is feeling eerily familiar and Kristin Gutmunsson – Simon Gutmunsson’s eccentric twin – reaches out to Travis to send a warning: Emma is in peril. When Travis and Kristin turn up evidence that points back to Daniel Huxton, the serial killer that Emma had escaped, things become more complicated.

Miles Derkach is in trouble. Along with two friends, he stole a car and went joyriding. When the dust clears, he is all alone and his friends have left, leaving him to take the blame—and the punishment—while maintaining his silence. Placed on probation and sentenced to community service, Miles begins working for a man who, after suffering a stroke and not being able to drive, has kept his beloved hot rod under wraps in the garage. Seeing a chance to learn more about cars and pursue his dream of becoming a mechanic, Miles helps to restore the car.

EIN SPANNENDER NEAR-FUTURE-THRILLER. Die Welt im Jahr 2035 ist eine Welt ohne Papier. Alles ist digital und für alle zugänglich - dank der Datenbrille Mobril: jederzeit und kostenlos. Rob arbeitet als Scanner für einen Megakonzern: Er digitalisiert die letzten gedruckten Dokumente und stößt dabei eines Tages auf eine verbotene Organisation aus arbeitslosen Autoren, Buchhändlern und Journalisten. Kurz darauf sieht Rob sein eigenes Bild als Top-Terrorist auf allen TV-Kanälen. Im Kampf um Monopolisierung und Macht ist er mit einem Mal der Staatsfeind Nummer eins.

What would you pay to cure your heartbreak? Banish your sadness? Transform your looks? The right spell can fix anything. When Ari's boyfriend, Win, dies, she gets a spell to erase all memory of him. But spells come at a cost, and this one sets off a chain of events that reveal the hidden - and sometimes dangerous - connections between Ari, her friends, and the boyfriend she can no longer remember.

Young FBI agent Chevie Savano arrives back in modern-day London after a time-trip to the Victorian age, to find the present very different from the one she left. Europe is being run by a Facsist movement known as the Boxites, who control their territory through intimidation and terror. Chevie's memories come back to her in fragments, and just as she is learning about the WARP program from Professor Charles Smart, inventor of the time machine, he is killed by secret service police.

Eines Abends wird die junge Genna von einer Gang überfallen - in letzter Minute kommt ihr ein Fremder zu Hilfe. Ein Zufall? Keineswegs. Denn als sie kurz darauf Opfer einer Entführung wird und ihr wieder der junge Held zur Seite springt, wird klar, dass etwas Mysteriöses vor sich geht. Und die Erklärung ihres Retters Phoenix findet Genna noch verrückter.

La historia es la siguiente: un un hombre compra una casa un poco alejada de todo, pero ubicada cerca de ruinas que interesarían a cualquier curioso de la historia. El comprador de la casa invita a unos amigos a conocer su nuevo hogar y de paso a ver uno de esos lugares tan particulares donde los arboles están tan juntos que no dejan pasar la luz natural. Pero sucede una desgracia, cerca de "El ídolo de Astarté" uno de ellos es apuñalado y nadie puede imaginarse quién es el asesino.

Dues històries, la mateixa nit i una fosca sospita. Dues vides que es creuen de matinada a través de les xarxes. Dos joves que es lliuren a un joc misteriós: compartir somnis, il·lusions i pors, però no la seva identitat. Aviat donaran el pas següent: una cita a cegues. No obstant, trobar-se amb un desconegut sempre comporta riscos. Perquè tothom amaga secrets...

Life is looking up for Xavier. Things are good with Jennie, his baseball coach believes in him, he's earned the role of closer, and his dad's coming home after serving 10 years. But making up for lost time with his dad doesn't go as Xavier had hoped. It seems his dad's always angry with him. Or drinking. Or out. Or lecturing Xavier on what it means to be a man. When the tension at home builds, Xavier's own hot temper flares, threatening to send him down the same path as his father.

How badly do you want to be famous? What - or who - would you sacrifice? These are the questions Justine Childs is forced to reckon with as the main suspect in the murder of it-girl Eva-Kate Kelly. Not long ago, Eva-Kate drew Justine into her orbit before meeting her untimely end in a Venice Beach canal. Prosecutors and the public want to know: Did Justine, now a social media darling in her own right, kill her celebrity best friend? Can anyone be trusted to tell the truth? Justine has always wanted people to know her name - but not all notoriety is created equal.

On February 22, 1853, 15-year-old Niels Nelson is prepared to be executed on Gallows Hill. The master carpenter comes to measure Niels for his coffin. The master baker bakes bread for the spectators. The messenger posts the notice of execution in the town square. The poet prepares his best pen to record the events as they unfold. A fly, Niels' only companion in the cell, buzzes. A dog hovers by his young master's window. A young girl hovers, too, pitying the boy. The executioner sharpens his blade.

Milly, Aubrey und Jonah Story haben ihre legendäre Großmutter Mildred Margaret Story nie kennengelernt. Grund dafür war, dass ihre Eltern schon vor langer Zeit von der High-Society-Matriarchin enterbt worden sind. Da erhalten die Cousins eine Einladung: Sie sollen den Sommer auf dem Anwesen ihrer Großmutter auf der Insel Cape Cod verbringen. Die Eltern der drei sehen darin die große Chance, sich wieder auszusöhnen. Doch schnell wird klar, dass Mildred Margaret Story andere Pläne verfolgt - und dass die Familiengeschichte dunkle Abgründe birgt.

If I'd told the truth, it would have been fiction. Everyone loves Eva. Beautiful, bright, fun, generous - she's perfect. So when her body is found in a ditch in the local woods the only thing anyone wants to know is: Who could have done this? It has to be Luke, her boyfriend. He has the motive, the means, the opportunity, and he's no stranger to the police. Even though the picture is incomplete, the pieces fit. But as time passes, stories change. Who could have done this? You decide.

Hay caminos destinados a encontrarse. La segunda parte de novela en la que se basa la película de Netflix. Ángela se ha convertido en una escritora superventas gracias a su novela Los crímenes de la Complutense. Su vida da un vuelco cuando acepta ser la profesora en un retiro para escritores que se celebra en un campamento junto a un lago. Su novio, Nando, la acompaña hasta ese lugar idílico que se vuelve una trampa mortal al descubrir que el payaso asesino está allí escribiendo una nueva novela. Cualquiera puede morir en el siguiente capítulo. Cualquiera puede ser el asesino.

Mein Name ist Nikka. Ich wurde ermordet. Aber das war erst der Anfang... Als die 16-jährige Nikka in einem Krankenhaus zu sich kommt, hat sie Mühe, sich zu erinnern, was passiert ist. War sie nicht eben noch mit ihrer Freundin Zoe auf dieser Party? Dann plötzlich ... Filmriss. Nikka erfährt, dass sie tot war – schockierende 21 Minuten lang. 21 Minuten ohne Herzschlag, aber keineswegs ohne Erlebnisse. Denn sie erinnert sich an einen dunklen Tunnel, in dem sie einem Licht entgegenirrte und in dem auch Zoe war.