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Een James Bond-achtig avontuur dat je doet verlangen naar meer. Voor fans van Chris Bradford, Rick Riordan en De Grijze Jager. De 12-jarige Alex gaat net aan tafel met zijn vader (zijn moeder is op zakenreis) als de bel gaat. Het is Boris, de chef van zijn moeder: ze is verdwenen. Sterker nog, ze is eigenlijk geheim agent en werkt voor Interpol! Wanneer Alex' beste vriend Mo via een chat in hun favoriete game een cryptisch bericht heeft ontvangen dat alleen Alex kan ontcijferen, blijkt hij een onmisbare schakel te zijn. Voor hij het weet, zit Alex met Boris in een vliegtuig.

Er ist ein ordinärer Straßenkater, bis... ja bis er seine große Liebe trifft, eine weiße Katzendiva mit blauen Augen. Pech, dass genau zu der Zeit bei ihr eingebrochen wird. Glück für ihn, denn er kann ihr Held sein und sie beschützen. Doch dann will sie den Dieb finden und es wird gefährlich für die beiden. Ob sie das Abenteuer unbeschadet überstehen?

After getting caught in the middle of an intel retrieval, Sebastian finds himself within the Apocalypse Control headquarters during a difficult time where no one knows who to trust. Against his better judgement, he opts to be a part of the spy organization and quickly finds himself falling into a new lifestyle. And, what's more, he likes it.

Izzy and her coven face their most daunting challenge yet. Cursed and robbed of their magic, they’re vulnerable and defenseless. A mysterious stranger’s arrival in East Gate only raises more questions, while another sinister threat emerges, making them doubt if the rival coven is their sole adversary. To make matters worse, Riley’s grappling with his uncontrollable hunter urges, forcing him to keep his distance from Izzy. Heartbroken, Izzy turns to Callen for comfort until she uncovers a shocking secret that could change everything.

Layla. Kai. Liam. Fliss. Terrified big sister. Troubled surfer. Insecure genius. Pampered princess. They have nothing in common, except they were all on the school bus that morning. The morning of the crash. The morning they discovered the dead driver’s holdall, containing one million pounds – and a gun. All of them have secrets, and all of them need that money. But someone dangerous is hunting it down, and drawing closer every minute. If Layla, Kai, Liam and Fliss want to survive, they’ll need to stick together. But can four good liars really trust one another?

Seventeen years ago, Layla Trello was murdered and her killer was never found. Enter true-crime fan Piper Gray, who is determined to reopen Layla’s case and get some answers. With the help of Jonas—who has a secret of his own—Piper starts a podcast investigating Layla’s murder. But as she digs deeper into the mysteries of the past, Piper begins receiving anonymous threats telling her to back off the investigation, or else. The killer is still out there, and Piper must uncover their identity before they silence her forever.

Alyson is a romantic, and sometimes it gets her into trouble. Like last summer, she thought her co-worker was into her, when in reality he found her flirting pathetic. Then she meets Brenton Riggs Jr., and right away she knows that their connection isn’t just in her head. When he swoops in to save her one night from a less than savory party encounter, she falls head-over-heels. Finally, someone Alyson likes who likes her back!

Bestseller-Autor Andreas Gruber mit einem packenden Jugend-Action-Thriller. So explosiv hat sich Jayden seinen ersten Einsatz als Agent der Last Line of Defense nicht vorgestellt: Als eine junge Journalistin in der britischen Botschaft in Argentinien Schutz sucht, wird das Gebäude von Raketenangriffen erschüttert. Sofia hat einem High-Tech-Konzern brisante Daten gestohlen – und wird nun gnadenlos gejagt. Eine atemlose Verfolgungsjagd quer durch Buenos Aires entbrennt. Schnell wird Jayden klar: Es geht um mehr als die Daten. Um viel mehr.

Bei der Untersuchung des in der Antarktis gefundenen eingefrorenen Pinguins im Institut von Professor Nugent kommt es zu einem unheimlichen Zwischenfall. Wie zuvor infiziert sich eine Wissenschaftlerin an dem toten Tier und verwandelt sich in ein Monster, das andere Menschen zu Eis erstarren lässt. Jan Lundgren, der das "kalte Grauen" bereits einmal überlebt hat, wird erneut in die unheimlichen Geschehnisse verwickelt, denn Professor Nugent will der Quelle des Bösen auf den Grund gehen und bricht mit einer neuen Expedition zu der verlassenen Station auf, wo der Horror seinen Anfang nahm und erneut um sich greift.

The Adventure of the Second Stain, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes and the only unrecorded case mentioned passively by Watson to be written. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Second Stain eighth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories.Lord Bellinger, the Prime Minister, and the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, come to Holmes in the matter of a document stolen from Hope's dispatch box, which he kept at home in Whitehall Terrace when not at work.

The Five Orange Pips, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fifth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in November 1891. Conan Doyle later ranked the story seventh in a list of his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the tenth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in April 1892.The story entails the disappearance of Hatty, Lord St. Simon's bride on the day of their marriage. She participates in the wedding, but disappears from the reception.The events of the wedding day are most perplexing to Lord St. Simon as it seemed to him that his bride, Miss Hatty Doran of San Francisco, was full of enthusiasm about their impending marriage.

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the ninth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in March 1892. Dr. Watson notes that this is one of only two cases which he personally brought to the attention of Sherlock Holmes.

Teil 2 der packenden Jugend-Actionreihe von Bestseller-Autor Andreas Gruber. "Wir sind die gefährlichste Waffe der Welt. Wir sind die letzte Hoffnung, wenn alle anderen versagen. Wir sind die Last Line of Defense." Jayden, Lenny und Erik sind die jüngsten Agenten der Last Line of Defense. Jugendliche Geheimagenten, die eingesetzt werden, wenn MI5, MI6 oder andere Spezialeinheiten nicht mehr weiterkommen. Nach ihrer ersten erfolgreichen Mission erwartet sie nun ein besonders gefährlicher Einsatz: Sie sollen herausfinden, was die skrupellose Verbrecherorganisation MOEBIUS als Nächstes plant.

I'm excited to bring you along on my next adventure that is filled with mystery, intrigue, and magic! One morning, as I was eating my delicious breakfast, a bowl of hot chocolate and toast with Nutella (yum, yum), a young boy I didn't know appeared at my kitchen window. Surprised and curious, I went on an adventure with my friends Logan and Johnny to find out the identity of this stranger. Jonathanland is definitely a town with many mysteries!

Gaia Gill is the last person in the world anyone would expect to go missing. Beautiful, athletic, and recently accepted to a prestigious college, she has everything to look forward to—but the night of her going-away party at the Moon Mountain ski resort, she disappears. Gaia's younger sister Esme is supposed to be flying back to England with her family after the party, but she can't leave with Gaia missing—especially because nobody remembers Gaia leaving the party. Or if they do, they're not saying.

Is Casey a no-nonsense realist or a hopeless romantic? A just-getting-by scholarship student or a sometimes-Cinderella dating the cool, cultured heir and New York City’s most eligible? At seventeen years old and already in her sophomore year at NYU, Casey sheds disguises effortlessly. It’s how she navigates school and avoids the second-guessing that’s plagued her since she and her boyfriend, Marcus, got together. But then Casey starts hearing voices that terrify her so badly she flees to the remote beach town of Avon Shores where she can sort through her thoughts and reset.

Savana Caruso and Jesse Melo have known each other since they were kids, so when Jesse asks Savana to meet him at Cray’s Warehouse in the middle of the night, she doesn’t hesitate. But before Savana can find Jesse, she bears witness to a horrifying murder, standing helpless on the ground as a mysterious figure is pushed out of the fourth floor of the warehouse.

Olivo Depero, sedici anni, salta da una comunità all'altra da quando ha perso i genitori in un terribile incidente. Ama i libri, odia i congiuntivi sbagliati, indossa vestiti sempre uguali e dice al massimo seicento parole al giorno, lo stretto indispensabile per comunicare con il mondo. Anche se il mondo non ha segreti, per Olivo, che con la sua intelligenza straordinaria memorizza, deduce, intuisce, vede cose che nessun altro vede.

Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ time as a student at Nevermore Academy. Follow along with her as she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago—all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore Academy. Relive the excitement and intrigue in this amazing novelization of the phenomenal first season.