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They seemed like ordinary housewives. Until the killing started. When a woman from an affluent LA neighborhood is brutally murdered, Detective Marcy Kendrick and her partner Angel Reyes are sent to investigate. And soon discover that the victim is no ordinary housewife. She is one of several wealthy women who are connected to organized shoplifting rings—they receive stolen goods from the gangs, then sell the merchandise through online "discount" stores.

What if you never wanted to be the princess of the story? At the tender age of six, Elspeth’s father, King of Wynterborne, died—leaving her without parents. Her older brother, Adastrus, was her remaining guardian. Unfortunately, he was also mad. Sainte Nytestorm was her salvation, and fifteen years later may be her end. Growing up in a kingdom that was not her own, Elspeth made it by. She scrounged and fought for everything she had—which wasn’t much—but with her friends, it was enough. Nearing her twenty-first birthday, Sainte appears and drags her away from the only real home she’s known.

Little Diamond, struggling with poverty, hardship, and grief over the death of his mother, is met one night by the mysterious and powerful North Wind. As she guides him through various adventures, Diamond learns to listen for her voice and know her intentions, while facing dangers, joys, and magical realms. Along the way, he learns to face grief, embrace change, and understand the depths of love.

Une créatrice de contenu qui connaît le succès grâce à des capsules sur les pires tortures de l’Histoire. Un tueur qui s’en inspire et les teste au fond d’une cave sordide. Un père qui se réfugie dans le sanctuaire d’un passé heureux pour oublier l’horreur. Et d’autres suppliciés qui agonisent sous les yeux du spectateur impuissant. Dans cette sinistre mue de la Corriveau, la mémoire de cette jeune femme entrée dans la légende continue de se transformer et de se moderniser.

Cotton Pickens got where he is by virtue of a quick draw and slow wit. He knows the difference between lawbreakers you have to lock up...and the kind you might as well just let go. Deputy Rusty Irons, though, ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. Someone kidnapped Rusty's mail order brides. They were probably doing Irons a favor, but a deputy in love is blind.

Une nouvelle magie menace notre communauté paranormale et cherche la domination. Quelque chose s’éveille dans la nuit, et franchement, ça commence à sentir mauvais. Au premier sens du terme. Maintenant, je suis un Merlin, et mon plan est très simple : intervenir, protéger ma famille et mes amis, et vaincre ce nouveau mal. Mais bien sûr, ce n’est pas aussi facile. Un seul faux-pas pourrait conduire au désastre.

Die Londoner Versicherungsdetektivin Ivy Ferguson soll die Echtheit eines wertvollen alten Sekretärs klären. Mit gemischten Gefühlen kehrt sie auf die Isle of Skye zurück, die Insel, deren raue Schönheit sie immer noch beeindruckt, auf der sie jedoch eine schwierige Kindheit verbrachte. Dort sucht sie den Antiquitätenhändler Ross MacKenzie auf, Herr von Ardmore Castle; doch der bärbeißige Schlossherr ist Ivy keine Hilfe und verweigert sich ihren Fragen. Einziger Lichtblick auf der Burg ist MacKenzies Neffe Calum, der sich um die Angelegenheiten seines kranken Onkels kümmert.

Ein grauenhaftes Massaker. Ein Verdächtiger, der beharrlich schweigt. Zwei Bürgermeister-Kandidaten, die die Tat für ihren Wahlkampf instrumentalisieren. Im zweiten Teil der Psychothriller-Reihe "Tödlich" von Alex Hansen gerät Kriminalpsychologin Gilian an ihre emotionalen Grenzen. Dr. Gilian Sanders ist nicht leicht aus der Fassung zu bringen. Doch der Tatort, zu dem Sergeant Ryan Moore sie mitten in der Nacht ruft, scheint einem Horror-Film entsprungen zu sein: Mehrere Jugendliche wurden während einer Untergrundparty im Nebenraum eines stillgelegten U-Bahnschachts brutal hingemetzelt.

Jane Addams's memoir of her experience running a settlement house on Chicago's West Side includes portraits of people in need and is a model for community service. Addams firmly believed that education and social activity were essential aspects of any program to turn lives around.

Fans of Kate Quinn and Kristina McMorris will love this gripping historical novel based on the true story of the woman who used her codebreaking skills to bring down Prohibition gangsters and WWII Nazis, and who ultimately helped found the present-day CIA. Grace Smith has never been one to...

While vacationing in Tokyo, archaeologist Annja Creed is approached by a man who desperately needs her help. Kennichi Ogawa, the last descendant of an ancient warrior family, is trying to locate a stolen artifact. Legend has it that the vajra was mystically endowed by a warrior's spirit to help the Yumegakure-ryu family forever be a source for good. But the vajra could help the forces of evil if it gets into the wrong hands. And now the bloodthirsty Yakuza and a group of hired ninja are after it.

Eine alte Eule, ein Rabenjunges und eine Störchin wollen aus ihrem Wald, der in Brand gesteckt worden ist, fliehen...

The crew of the US space vessel Aquila returns from a deep-space mission to find that a devastating plant blight has stripped away all civilization, its legacy a nightmarish wasteland. In what's left of the world, the only law is tooth and claw, kill or be killed. Traveling through the savaged countryside to wrest from death surviving kin and friends, the astronauts grimly cling to a glimmer of promise for a new start. Far to the northwest is Aurora, a secret base offering a way out of the decline into darkness. 

The young peasant woman Kamala has proven strong and determined enough to claim the most powerful Magister sorcery for herself-but now the Magisters hunt her for killing one of their own. Her only hope of survival lies in the northern Protectorates, where spells are warped by a curse called the Wrath that even the Magisters fear. Originally intended to protect the lands of men from creatures known only as souleaters, the Wrath appears to be weakening-and the threat of this ancient enemy is once more falling across the land.

Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room to be an enjoyable pastime? To find the answer, Rebecca Spang takes us back to France in the eighteenth century, when a restaurant was not a place to eat but a quasi-medicinal bouillon not unlike the bone broths of today.

In VOLUME 9 of The Things Our Fathers Saw® series, ‘Homefront/Women At War’, we will take an often-overlooked view of the story of World War II. You will visit with the people on the homefront, from schoolkids navigating growing up during the Great Depression and the War, to the women on the factory floor and the armed services, newly independent but having to fight for their rights and later, their jobs, laying the seeds of societal change for the future.

After their father mysteriously disappears, Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis must move with their mother to a small countryside cottage, away from all they’ve ever known. The three children focus on family, friendship, and hope as they learn to navigate their new life.

Rejuvenates fear the backlash caused by bad drugs: they want nothing to interfere with their pursuit of long life—or the profit that comes from promising it to others. Neighbor states fear the aggressive expansion of the Familias Regnant, fuelled by population growth and extended lifespan. Within the Regular Space Service, those who have received experimental rejuvenations fear they may have been intentionally given bad drugs. Esmay Suiza's family fears that her marriage to an offworlder will damage their position.

The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth century. Interweaving historical and fictional characters, they encompass both past and present as they negotiate the complex territory of ambition, failure, achievement, and shattered dreams.

Prince Ryu's hatred of magic is matched only by his loyalty to his dying country. So when his mother orders him to track down a mage consorting with Arn's legendary tidefoxes, he won't let anything stand in his way of healing the land… not even the beautiful mage or her animal companions. Mellie reluctantly agrees to help Arn and the mysterious Ryu, but when she learns he's actually the cunning prince known for hunting mages, it's too late to run—she's his captive, and the lives of her wolves and fox are at risk unless she does exactly what Ryu wants.