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A teen's suicide leads to a frightening pattern within a small town where nothing is as it seems. Details about the case remind Sam Hopewell, a local investigative journalist, of what happened to his older cousin back in the ‘90s. Sam prepares to confront his darkest memories, but if he can’t overcome his past, more innocent lives might be taken. Renowned Miami detective Anna Dedrick returns to her rural birthplace with hopes of leaving behind the vices of the big city. That dream shatters when the town’s pride—an African-American child prodigy—goes missing.

Der Niedergang der Menschheit scheint unausweichlich. Während um sie herum die Fundamente der Zivilisation zusammenbrechen, müssen Jack und Mia sich beeilen, um die Antworten auf die vielleicht wichtigsten Fragen aller Zeiten zu finden. Um dieses Rätsel aufzudecken, müssen die beiden eine Reise tief ins Herz einer gefährlichen außerirdischen Welt antreten und sich den Wesen stellen, die uns erschaffen haben.

Twenty miles, a blizzard, and the chaos of an EMP stand between Nick Franklin and reuniting with his family. Nick has spent his life preparing for this very moment. Now that the time has arrived to enact his emergency plan, Nick must decide how much of his humanity he will sacrifice to save his family.

Sam Jordan’s dreams of legal stardom are long dead. Fired from his three previous law firms, he now spends his days handling fender benders and his nights drowning his frustrations in video games. When his wife announces she needs “space,” Sam hits a new low. Then Gina—the woman who’s haunted his thoughts since college—unexpectantly reappears in his life, reigniting a passion Sam thought he’d buried. A romantic dinner rekindles his long-suppressed desires, and sparks a dangerous fantasy, a future with Gina, no matter the cost. .

A broken body. A secret with deep roots. Just months into his new role, Detective Sergeant Scott Cullen of Police Scotland’s Edinburgh Major Investigation Team is torn by the trials of being a manager. Working a series of serious crimes in Edinburgh puzzling police, assisting the new Sexual Offences Unit, Cullen struggles with his own personal demons. When a bloodied corpse is found in the shadow of Edinburgh’s Dean Bridge, Cullen is back to his bread and butter. But all he has are questions. Who is the victim? Did he fall or was he pushed? And why is he handcuffed?

A dead body in a twisted car. A detective torn in two. DC Scott Cullen likes to play hard and fast with the rules. While it might antagonise his colleagues and superiors, it gets results. Resistance to his cowboy attitude, coupled with fears about a forthcoming police restructure, mean that things aren’t looking good for the maverick cop, especially when his personal life begins to crumble. The body of a young man found in a totalled car at the foot of a West Lothian shale bing looks like a straightforward case.

On a cold Christmas Eve in Edinburgh, Detective Constable Scott Cullen investigates the gruesome murder of a local businessman. Battling a brutal hangover and with the lure of a promotion dangled in front of him, Cullen has the lingering feeling his days as a cop might just be numbered.

A body found under ancient Edinburgh. A hidden serial killer. Things are finally going well for Acting Detective Sergeant Scott Cullen Scott Cullen. He’s just moved in with his girlfriend and, thanks to the recent police force merger, the promotion he craves is almost in reach. Just so long as he can keep out of trouble… Then a severely decomposed body of a man is found in the labyrinthine alleyways of Edinburgh’s Old Town with a screwdriver through his heart. A message daubed on the wall: I will kill again.

Orphans Pew and Basket Church barely managed to escape the clutches of time’s greatest villain and dash his hopes of world domination last time (he didn’t take too kindly to that). But even more shocking than discovering they can travel through time? It turns out the Church family treasure their enigmatic time-traveling parents left behind is actually a long-lost relative. The twins follow clues and riddles to Ancient Egypt—and land right in the middle of a deadly power struggle between Cleopatra and her brother, Ptolemy.

In New York City, someone has planted a series of deadly bombs. In New Jersey, the National Guard is looted for explosives. In Montana, arson and murder rocks a quiet town. Two enigmatic brothers keep turning up in the wrong places. They insist they’re trying to make the world a better place. But with lives hanging in the balance, Detective Michael Bennett is called to investigate. Can he solve the case in time before their delusions lead to a nationwide disaster?

Shoulda Woulda Coulda reimagines a world where the Founding Fathers’ vision for America was fully realized, one where the Christian foundation of the nation was explicitly woven into the very fabric of its Constitution. What if the Founders had been even more explicit about their Christian beliefs and had ensured strict term limits for elected officials and clear boundaries for judicial power? What if the US had absorbed Mexico and the territories of Central America, stretching its borders to Panama and embracing them and the Caribbean islands as part of the republic?

Deep in the majestic Northern California woods, hidden in a remote hunting cabin, lies a secret too shocking for words: a mystery that could derail FBI Special Agent Sadie Gray’s career before it even starts. Grass Valley, California, is home to all sorts of people, their darkest secrets, and the shadows where they hide them. It was also the location of a series of abductions, including Sadie's abduction, spanning back nearly twenty years.

Corrupted powers gather around the ancient mountaintop fortress of Middenheim, the City of the White Wolf. Danger has arisen, not at the embattled borders of the Empire, but at the beating heart itself. Only the noble Templar Knights of Ulric can drive out the darkness, but they will need unlikely help to do it. A lowly thief, a devout servant of Morr, and the Hammers of Ulric gather to defend the city. For if Middenheim falls, the Empire falls with it.

Just when you think it can’t get any worse, the universe seems to take that as a personal challenge. The Devil’s Backbone Society has their fingers everywhere. It’s more than a secret society―it’s a leash and a prison sentence. The elders insist it’s about making connections that will help you for the rest of your life, but what they don’t tell you is how long―or, in this case, short―your life might be.

In Crust We Trust is the untold story of how pizza became more than a meal—it became a movement. From the flatbreads of ancient empires to the chaotic rise of the Noid, from mafia-laced slices to origins of the biggest franchises, this book dives headfirst into the wild, weird, and deeply symbolic world of pizza. Whether you're a triangle-folder, a crust-first renegade, or a midnight reheater, this book reveals the saucy truth: Pizza isn’t just food. It’s reality itself.

Christmas Day 1944: After his last mission put him in the tailspin of the Battle of the Bulge, Captain Billy Boyle travels to southeast England to visit his girlfriend, Diana Seaton, for a brief holiday respite. Diana is engaged in classified work at RAF Hawkinge, including Operation Corona, which recruits German-speaking Women’s Auxiliary Air Force members—many of them Jewish refugees from the Kindertransport rescue—to countermand German orders and direct night fighters away from Allied bombers.

What do a barefoot philosopher, a lightning-obsessed inventor, a deaf composer, and a girl with a telescope have in common? They thought differently—and the world was never the same. The Thinkers is a vibrant, funny, deeply human tribute to 30 of history’s greatest minds. From Tesla to Turing, from Marie Curie to Mozart, this is not a textbook. It’s a celebration. Each chapter sounds like a conversation with a legend—told with warmth, humor, and zero big words your sister couldn’t understand. This is for the curious. The inspired. The weirdos. The ones still asking “why?"

Finding out those closest to me don’t see me as the great guy I think I am not only kicks me in the gut, it makes me question everything. Until that happened, I didn’t think I had many regrets in my life. Now, I have nothing but regrets. And when my NHL team is bought out, and the new owner makes his presence known, my existential crisis kicks up a notch. Because he might be my biggest regret of all. Parker Duchene. I made his life a living hell in high school, and now he’s inserting himself into my career to repay the favor.

The Life of Lee Lye Hoe is a fictionalized adventure story based on the life of a real person who was the nanny for author’s wife, Fong Moke Chee, when she was a child and their two children. She was born in the paternalistic rural society of Canton China in 1921. At age six her father abandoned her and her mother, leaving them to manage the family farm on their own. At age sixteen her mother died leaving her to manage the farm on her own and to raise two younger orphaned girl cousins.

An engaging guide for parishes seeking to cultivate communities of discipleship and vibrant, dynamic faith. Highly acclaimed for his work with parish renewal and the New Evangelization, Fr. James Mallon shares with us the many ways for bringing our parishes to life. Through humorous and colorful stories, Mallon challenges us to rethink our models of parish life, from membership-based communities to assemblies of disciples of Jesus who proclaim and share the good news with all peoples.