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Five international vacationers, strangers to each other, misfits running from their daily lives, are brought together at the same small seaside Hotel of Dreams, by a rental scam, an international art heist, passion, murder, and a haunting. It had seemed like the perfect getaway for Malibu's famous TV private investigator, Mac Reilly, and his girlfriend/partner, Sunny Alvarez, along with his three-legged, one-eyed rescue dog, Pirate, and her snippy three-pound fiend on four paws, the chihuahua Tesoro.

What does it take to learn your own worth? Laithry's older brother has just ascended to the throne of Valeria, and his first act is to condemn her beloved stepmother for murder. Caught between love and family loyalty, Laithry finds that her only option is to choose forgiveness - a choice that leads her to exile among the alien Fae, where all her assumptions about herself will be tested. When she can finally return to her own realm, she finds it a very different place: a mess of intrigue and political unrest, haunted by mysterious deaths and the threat of rebellion. Stripped of everything - ...

No mystery is too great for super-sleuth Cam Jansen and her amazing photographic memory! Mysteries follow super-sleuth Cam Jansen everywhere she goes...even to a park with U.F.O.s in sight! Cam and Eric see flashing lights in the sky, and everyone thinks aliens have landed. But Cam knows there's more to it than meets the eye. Can she solve this unearthly mystery?

Journeys Beyond the Map “Use this stick to vanish from sight, But return before the fall of night.” Jack and Emily, siblings who didn’t always get along, are sent to visit their aunt, a specialist in ancient magic and archaeology. While exploring a secret room in the basement of her mysterious home, they discover an enchanted map that transports them to far-off worlds. In each place, they must solve puzzles and help the local inhabitants, all while racing against time. If they fail to complete their tasks before nightfall, they risk being trapped there forever. Through these thrilling...

Mysteries follow super-sleuth Cam Jansen everywhere she goes...even to the zoo. When a few monkeys suddenly go missing from their cage, Cam is sure she knows how the thief took them. Can she find the missing monkeys before they are lost forever?

What if someone you accidentally killed came back to haunt you? When the perfect crime results in the kidnap and murder of Megan, his only child, East End villain Mickey Speight is grief-stricken. But now, nearly 30 years later, Megan sends a message to her father, gone-to-ground in present-day Margate. As the messages from his dead daughter keep coming, Mickey teams up with a young American female therapist to discover whether this really is a voice from beyond the grave, or if somebody has loomed out of Mickey’s past wanting revenge.

Die Vergangenheit ruht nie - schon gar nicht bei Jussi Adler-Olsen! In seinem vierten Fall ermittelt Carl Mørck gegen eine Frau, die sich nach vielen Jahren an ihren Peinigern rächt. "Verachtung", der vierte Band aus der Reihe von Erfolgsautor Jussi-Adler Olsen, vereint virtuos Gesellschaftskritik mit trockenem Humor.

Am 2. März 2002 verschwindet eine Frau spurlos auf der Fähre von Rødby nach Puttgarden, man vermutet Tod durch Ertrinken. Doch sie ist nicht tot, sondern wird in einem Gefängnis aus Beton gefangen gehalten. Wer sind die Täter? Was wollen sie von dieser Frau? Und: Kann ein Mensch ein solches Martyrium überleben? Der erste Fall für Carl Mørck, Spezialermittler des neu eingerichteten Sonderdezernats Q bei der Kopenhagener Polizei, und seinen syrischen Assistenten Hafez el-Assad, der seinen Chef nicht nur durch unkonventionelle Ermittlungsmethoden überrascht.

Twenty-two short stories that will lift your spirits or break your heart from acclaimed author Warren Adler, well known for iconic novel turned international box-office hit The War of the Roses. Written to celebrate the author’s return to New York City after 40 years away from it, Adler focuses his laser eye on New York City in these 22 deftly crafted and compelling short stories. New York, the frenetic, tough-minded, generous-hearted city, magnet for people’s hopes and aspirations, is as vividly and lovingly portrayed here as any of the characters.

Lizzie Brandt was valedictorian of her high school class, but at Radleigh University, all she's acing are partying and hooking up with the wrong guys. But all that changes when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, making her guardian to her two younger brothers. To keep them out of foster care, she'll have to fix up her image, her life, and her GPA - fast. Too bad the only person on campus she can go to for help is her humorless, pedantic Byzantine history TA, Connor Lawson, who isn't exactly Lizzie's biggest fan.

A man seeking to purchase an antique doll for his ailing grandchild opens up a Pandora's Box of hidden family secrets and intrigue that results in bitter hostility and murder. Josh and Emily, through brilliant deduction and imaginative enterprise, discover the clues that lead to the solution that lies at the heart of this mystery. As characters they are similar in conception to the witty bantering loving couple, Nick and Nora Charles of the famed Thin Man series created by the mystery writer Dashiell Hammett.

"C'est un carnet de voyage au pays que nous irons tous habiter un jour. C'est un récit composé de choses vues sur la place des villages, dans la rue ou dans les cafés. C'est une enquête tissée de rencontres avec des gens connus mais aussi des inconnus. C'est surtout une drôle d'expérience vécue pendant quatre ans de recherche et d'écriture, dans ce pays qu'on ne sait comment nommer : la vieillesse, l'âge ? Les mots se dérobent, la manière de le qualifier aussi. Aurait-on honte dans notre société de prendre de l'âge ?"

In 1872, dinosaur hunters become embroiled in a battle over the discovery of fossils in Northern Ontario as their excavation crews are driven mad by a bizarre and terrifying illness. Over a hundred years later, Church and his family show signs of the same monstrous affliction. As he begins to unravel his family’s dark history, Church must race to protect the secrets buried deep in bones and blood.

Simultaneously novel, memoir, commonplace book, confession and critique, It is the story of every man and woman cursed with too much consciousness and too little comprehension. Above all though, it is the story of Jen Fain, a journalist negotiating the fraught landscape of contemporary urban America. Party guests, taxi drivers, brownstone dwellers, professors, journalists, presidents and debutantes fill these dispatches from the world as Jen finds it.

Hace mucho, mucho tiempo, en un lugar muy muy lejano Un gran barco pirata salió a navegar un día temprano, Llevaba sacos de plata y oro que valían mucho dinero, Y tres piratas malvados, fuertes y de carácter aventurero.

In a galaxy teetering on the brink of chaos, Nova Vectra is a fearless young mechanic, honing her skills amid the ruins of a forgotten outer rim. One fateful day, she stumbles upon a mysterious compass left by her father, a relic believed to hold secrets about his disappearance—and the fate of a galaxy in turmoil.

What lies at the edge of perception—and beyond the stars? Self and the Infinite: An Introduction to Solipsism and Cosmicism is a powerful volume containing two complete books that bring you face-to-face with the mysteries of existence. In Solipsism for Beginners, plunge into the ultimate exploration of self, perception, and reality. Then, in Cosmicism for Beginners, expand into the vast, indifferent universe inspired by the chilling visions of H.P. Lovecraft. Explore the Depths of Self and Reality Solipsism for Beginners guides you through a profound journey of introspection: if only your...

Sur le bureau de Mork, un étrange message découvert au nord de l'Écosse dans une bouteille oubliée sur le rebord d'une fenêtre. Un SOS écrit en lettres de sang par un jeune Danois enlevé avec son frère des années plus tôt. Canular ? Peut-être pas.

Penny is happy, settled…and in a rut. A dominatrix in San Francisco for the last ten years, she has a great roommate, an extensive comic book collection, a fascinating job, and not too much else. But she’s happy enough, and change is so hard… Too bad that, whether she likes it or not, change is coming. Her asexual best friend and landlord wants kids…with her, preferably. Her favorite client is getting married and moving on. She might go on a date for the first time in...well, a long time. And if that wasn’t enough, her boss has decided she’s management material. Suddenly Penny ...

Cam's box camera disappears from the science fair, and valuable gold coins are missing from a coin shop. Can Cam's mental camera help catch the thief?