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Open twenty-four hours a day, at first glance The Wizard's Bakery seems like any ordinary bakery where you can buy bread, cakes, and cookies, with a somewhat grumpy man behind the counter. At first glance, that is. Because when the young boy who is our protagonist chooses it as a refuge to escape a difficult family situation, the reality he finds is quite different. Baked with the help of a mysterious blue-haired shop assistant, are sweets and pastries with immense powers, capable of changing lives.

In a desolate coastal area in Northern Sweden, the cruise ship, Ocean Gala, is docked whilst carrying 1,800 asylum seekers. Far-right groups are gathering on the dock to protest against the floating refugee camp and as a brutal home invader begins to roam the area, the local Chief of Police calls upon a team of cadets from the newly established Scandinavian Academy of Criminal Profiling.

When a bomb explodes and the body of left-wing journalist, and Winkler's old friend, Thorbjørn Lehbæk is found at the scene questions quickly arise; was the bomb related to the current EU summit in Copenhagen? Did Thorbjørn set off the bomb, or was he a victim of terrorism? Winkler's secret past, and his friendship with Thorbjørn, creeps uncomfortably close during the investigation… Did their friendship really end over a woman?

After being imprisoned for two years, a former teacher enrolls in a course to learn how to become a Private Detective. What begins out of curiosity, turns into a serious business, until she is being threatened by someone who doesn't want her to continue her investigation….

A deadly, very aggressive and airborne virus has destroyed civilization. In the midst of devastation we follow the survivors, Amanda, Iris, Sigrid & Dano. But having survived the apocalypse is no blessing - now hell begins. The four of them just want to heal their wounds. But an uninfected, heavily armed, gas mask wearing militia has other plans for them. Sigrid is kidnapped. If they can't find the militia's hiding place before morning, Iris's daughter will die.

Sofie Engell is a talented police investigator, with a background as a psychologist, and part of a task force hunting serial killers. A series of new bestial murders are committed, always staged in the same horrible way. Soon a frantic chase begins, but who is chasing whom?

Gina lives in a world where wildlife is largely extinct and epidemics are ravaging. The gigacity Prospect City is divided into rings, and when an epidemic strikes, the government can close one or more of the rings to prevent contagion. During the latest epidemic, Gina lost her little brother, Zack, and now her mother is pregnant again. Gina wants to do everything to give her new little brother a better chance of survival, and decides to audition for a new show PIONEER, where the prize is health insurance for the whole family.

In Copenhagen, five different people are moving through life, minding their own business. But events from the past start a domino effect, and the fates of each of the five are destined to cross, turning their understanding of love and family upside down.

Lawyer Elias Werner is forced to reevaluate everything he previously believed in. He finds himself in the middle of a heartbreaking divorce as one shocking event after another turns his life upside down. What he doesn't know is that this is just the beginning of a breathtaking adventure that will take him not only forward in time, but also backward.

Hannah is young and beautiful, but the part about being beautiful, she doesn't quite believe. And she's stuck in Denmark. The plan had been to move to England and study. Instead, she has moved back in with her parents to take care of her sick father who has had a stroke. Hannah works in the family business, which is run by her uncle, Filip. Hannah has no time for friends or love, until she literally throws herself at the handsome and charming William Black. But the encounter with William is complicated.

On a scorching hot summer day, Sweden's capital, Stockholm, is hit by a mysterious and violent virus. Within days, the city, the country and perhaps all of civilisation is a wasteland. A tiny fraction of humanity find that they are immune to the contagion. Now they are forced to navigate through a hostile world where they seemingly no longer have a place.

Pigeon Blood is a fast paced, contemporary and thrilling romance, set in the cultural metropolis that is Berlin. The city's secrets and dark underground scene is revealed in this suspenseful story of love, betrayal, murder and the pigeon blood red ruby at the scintillating centre of it all.

After a brief and deadly civil war, in which forbidden weapons were used, Russia is just a fraction of what it used to be. The border of what now proudly calls itself the "Moscow Empire" is set just a few hundred miles away from the capital, by the broad river Volga, now poisoned by the fallout. For years, nobody has come from the other side of the bridge. Until now...

Klara Larsen is one of Denmark's most skilled fire experts. One day she is called out to a case in a small Jutland town. It is the remains of a family's home, and their grief is great. The local police are at a standstill. It turns out that it's not just a house that's burned down; the examination of the fire scene reveals a gruesome crime and a child's disappearance. Klara is desperate to find the child and reveal the truth of this shocking crime.

Als die Brandermittler Klara Larson und Sebastian Vinther zu ihrem jüngsten Tatort kommen, ist bereits klar, dass es sich hier nicht um einen gewöhnlichen Hausbrand handelt. Ein Teenager wurde in einen Schrank gesperrt und kam in den Flammen ums Leben. Von seinem jüngeren Bruder fehlt jede Spur. Je weiter die Ermittlungen voranschreiten, desto mehr Geheimnisse kommen in der kleinen Stadt ans Tageslicht. Doch die Bewohner sind nicht die einzigen, die etwas zu verbergen haben. Während Klara und Sebastian einander näher kommen, drohen die Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit sie langsam einzuholen ...

February 28, 1986. A confused old man is found wearing a dressing gown and slippers in the snow on Östermalmstorg in Stockholm. He talks incoherently about being in the wrong body at the wrong time and then warns that Olof Palme will be murdered. A few hours later, Sweden's Prime Minister was shot dead on Sveavägen in Stockholm. The police go up in full alert and the old man is interrogated. How could he know about the assassination plans? The man refuses to say anything until he has spoken to a certain Elias Werner.

Pentru tanarul narator intelectual, intalnirea cu Zorbas, intr-o dimineata cetoasa, pe tarmul Greciei continentale, se dovedeste providentiala: calauzit de noul sau prieten, acesta descopera atat frumusetea aspra a unei umanitati atemporale, cat si raspunsul la intrebarile metafizice care il condamnau la inactiune. Asemenea lui Falstaff sau lui Sancho Panza, Zorbas ii ofera o noua cheie a intelegerii lumii. Datorita lui, naratorul indrazneste sa caute dragostea; alaturi de el, asista neputincios la spectacolul violentei si al mortii.

Julia Menken weiß nicht, wie lange sie so noch weitermachen kann: In ihrem Job als Profilerin für ungelöste Kriminalfälle, lassen Erfolgserlebnisse oft lange auf sich warten. Ihr Mann ist seit seinem Burnout vor über einem Jahr arbeitsunfähig. Und ihre beiden kleinen Kinder Mees und Evi verlangen nach der vollen Aufmerksamkeit ihrer Mutter. Irgendwie hat sie es bisher trotzdem geschafft, den Kopf über Wasser zu halten. Doch jetzt wird ihre Hilfe benötigt, um den brutalen Mord an einem Jungen aufzuklären.

Elias Werner has found out the horrible truth about himself and what he really is. He could not stop the murder of his parents in 1963, the mysterious Diana is always one step ahead. His only chance is to travel far into the future to solve the greatest mystery of them all–who is Diana and what are her plans for Elias?

O dublă poveste de dragoste, la distanță de mai bine de jumătate de secol, se dezvăluie treptat în Amantul japonez. Scris cu aceeaşi atenţie pentru amănuntul istoric şi profundă înţelegere a personajelor care au constituit dintotdeauna marca lui Isabel Allende, romanul Amantul japonez semnalează întoarcerea autoarei la povestea clasică, de largă respiraţie, fiind totodată un omagiu emoţionant adus sufletului omenesc şi stăruinţei în dragoste, într-o lume a necontenitelor schimbări.