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Syracuse, upstate New York. The “Salt City”. An apartment building on the edge of The Projects - and Anne Malloy dies, flying out of a sixth floor window, an apparent suicide, while Mark Cornell watches. Mark was there for a purpose, his part-time gig being to snap incriminating photos for a divorce lawyer who happily takes cases over the phone. Watching the apartment was Mark’s assignment. But this assignment has a problem.

Ein dunkles Geheimnis der Habsburger. Ein verloren geglaubter Schatz. Eine atemlose Jagd in die Vergangenheit. Der Thriller "Der Stein des Schicksals" führt Tom Wagner und Hellen de Mey in die dunkle Vergangenheit der Habsburger und zu einem Schatz, der seit langer Zeit verschollen scheint. Durch halb Europa geht die atemlose Jagd und die Überraschung am Ende bleibt nicht aus: Eine Verschwörung, die in den letzten Tagen des ersten Weltkriegs ihren Anfang nahm, reicht bis in die heutige Zeit!

Jake Jackson was a legend in the Old West. His ability with a gun was unmatched. His name brought hope to the oppressed and sent shivers of fear up the spines of outlaws. Jake Jackson was equally as revered among the Comanche where he was raised from an infant to become the Comanche Warrior, White Wolf. There were many songs sung around campfires in Comanche villages praising his fierceness in battle.

London 1895. Im Garten eines Hauses im vornehmen Londoner Stadtteil South Norwood werden zwei Leichen gefunden. Offenbar wurden die Opfer zunächst erdrosselt und anschließend auf ihrem eigenen Grund und Boden in Särgen bestattet. Wer hatte ein Motiv, das in der Nachbarschaft als sonderlich geltende Geschwisterpaar zu ermorden? Und warum sind sämtliche Schuhe aus dem Haus verschwunden? Die Spuren führen Chief Inspector Swanson und sein Team schließlich zu einem berüchtigten Pub in Colnbrook.

Take your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister necrons. Whether you're dipping a toe into the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 or are a hardened veteran of the universe, this anthology is the perfect way to discover the many factions of the games in action-packed tales.

Jake Jackson was a legend in the Old West. His ability with a gun was unmatched. His name brought hope to the oppressed and sent shivers of fear up the spines of outlaws. Jake Jackson was equally as revered among the Comanche where he was raised from an infant to become the Comanche warrior White Wolf. There were many songs sung around campfires in Comanche villages praising his fierceness in battle. Jake Jackson could revert back to his Comanche ways in the blink of an eye when the situation demanded, no mercy to those preying on the weak or unprotected.

Six months after the devastating end of her last case as police clairvoyant, Zoë Delante sifts through the remains of her life, and gets an unexpected call. But the naga Seth Northman brings only ill-tidings: He has been apprehended in the murder of her father and needs her help.

"The Perfect Crime" is written in the first person: "I know I committed the perfect crime." Phoebe Wallowes, a well educated American woman, really irritates him. He also has a genuine terror that she will one day marry him. Something therefore has to be done.

When she was seven years old, Angel saw her father brutally murder her mother. She was adopted by U.S. Marshal Caleb Jacobs and his wife Bonnie. Angel didn’t want to be a schoolteacher like her new Ma. Angel wanted to be a lawman like her new Pa. Outlaws and renegades didn’t believe Deputy U.S. Marshal Angel Jacobs was for real. They learned the truth the hard way at the end of her smoking Colt.

Offering both doctor and patient perspectives, 100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Cancer provides authoritative and practical answers to the most commonly asked questions by patients and their loved ones. Along with the answers to these and other questions, this book provides information on the different types of kidney cancer, signs and symptoms, treatment options, and more.

Meav O'Shay didn't start out to be a hero...fleeing Ireland like a coward in the dead of night, after declining the proposal of the lecherous Hollister McGreary. After days hiding in the hull of the Sea Dragon - a British enemy ship bound for an unknown destination - Meav finds herself shipwrecked on an enchanted island and soon learns she's the answer to a prophecy.

An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them. While many Americans despair of the current state of U.S. politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet...

Wartime radio at its most provocative - that's "Words at War"! The Office of War Information, in cooperation with The Council on Books in Wartime, brought listeners journalistic accounts of battle, first-person narratives, and novels inspired by actual events. Each story was adapted for radio…and for maximum emotional impact.

Excellent biographies have been written about Clara Barton, Sarah Josepha Hale, Julia Ward Howe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Harriet Tubman, but their lives have never been looked at together as they intertwined with the Civil War narrative. Plumb compares and contrasts the qualities of the women to discover their common attributes for success and what was unique to each woman. Without leading troops in battle or wielding political power, these five women profoundly influenced the start of the war and its conduct throughout as North and South clashed.

Charles LeFlore began his career in law enforcement with the Choctaw Lighthorse Police, helping to bring law, order, and justice to the Indian Territory of the western United States. His success in bringing in wanted men led to his appointment as a United States deputy marshal serving the territory surrounding Fort Smith, Arkansas. Follow along with LeFlore and his fellow Choctaw lawman, Talako P. Vaughn, as they track, capture, and sometimes kill some of the most dangerous outlaws in all of Indian Territory.

Neko Goodbrush just wanted to spend a lazy day with his best friend: find some breakfast, explore the forest, maybe even take a nap beneath a tree. But when his fairy friend Talia is sprite-napped by a pixie-dust-addicted troll, Neko finds himself thrust into a whirlwind adventure that will test the limits of his courage and send him deep into the remote and dangerous depths of the Sylvanwood Forest that they call home.

London, 1894. Aus Scotland Yards Schwarzem Museum, einer Sammlung von Mordwerkzeugen, verschwindet ein Ausstellungsstück. Wenig später wird die Leiche eines Freimaurers in einem Schlafwagen auf der Bahnstrecke London - York gefunden. Chief Inspector Donald Swanson - selbst Freimaurer - sieht sich gezwungen, in den Kreisen seiner eigenen Logenbrüder zu ermitteln. Als jedoch am Tatort eines weiteren Verbrechens Fingerabdrücke gefunden werden, wendet sich das Blatt.

London 1894 - Während in den Salons der feinen Gesellschaft rauschende Feste gefeiert werden und spiritistische Sitzungen, Hellseher und Geisterbeschwörer der letzte Schrei sind, kommt auf dem Markt von Covent Garden ein Straßenjunge unter mysteriösen Umständen zu Tode. Was zunächst nach einem Routinefall aussieht, entpuppt sich schließlich als unheimliches Verbrechen, das Chief Inspector Swanson nicht nur an seinem gesunden Menschenverstand zweifeln lässt, sondern ihn und sein Team auch an die Grenzen ihrer Kräfte bringt.

When Apache warrior Gabriel Golden Eagle escorts his sisters to England to live with his mother's family, he only intends to see them safe and claim the family inheritance so he can free his village from the white man's cruel tyranny. What he doesn't count on is meeting Riley Flanders. Infatuated with another woman, Gabriel doesn't pay much attention to Riley...until the day she is kidnapped.

Author C.C. Roberts explores the lottery paradox. A look at the logic behind the fact that high probabilities are not interchangeable with certainties. In philosophy, is it rational to believe a given ticket will lose? Beliefs are not justified on strictly statistical grounds.