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Der schwarze Detective und Psychologe Alex Cross steht vor einer schier unlösbaren Aufgabe. Auf dem Campus einer Universtität werden akttraktive junge Frauen von einem gefährlichen Psychopathen entführt und vergewaltigt. Nur der hübschen Medizinstudentin Kate gelingt es, in höchster Lebensgefahr zu entkommen. Mit ihrer Hilfe beginnt Alex Cross seine mörderische Jagd, aber er hat noch einen anderen Grund einzugreifen: Auch seine Nichte ist verschwunden...

Jama is a clever and sensitive young Maasai girl who likes elephants better than people. She decides to escape the classroom gossip about the new boy, Leku, by going to the watering hole outside her village. There, she befriends a baby elephant that she names Mbegu. When Mbegu's mother, frightened by poachers, stampedes, Jama and Mbegu are blamed for two deaths—one elephant and one human. Now Leku, whose mysterious and imposing father is the head ranger at the conservancy, may be their only lifeline.

James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. The Bear Mountain days are cold, but the nights are steamy.... Allie Fairchild made a mistake when she moved to Montana. Her rental is a mess, her coworkers at the trauma center are hostile and her handsome landlord, Dex Belmont, is far from charming. But just when she's about to throw in the towel, life in Bear Mountain takes a surprisingly sexy turn....

Molly Rourke's son has been murdered...and she knows who's responsible. Now she's taking the law into her own hands. Never underestimate a mother's love.

Three thieves have planned the perfect diamond heist. They've monitored the Hatton Garden jeweller for months and are ready to make the hit. But they were not expecting a rival crew to show up at exactly the same time. After a bloody fight, the three thieves come away with the diamonds and set off to meet their buyer in Amsterdam. But now it's not only the police who are chasing them - and not only the diamonds that are at stake.

With her irresistible urge to tell a joke in every situation - even when she really, really shouldn't - 12-year-old Jacky Ha-Ha loves to make people laugh. And cracking wise helps distract her from thinking about not-so-funny things in her life, like her mom serving in a dangerous, faraway war and a dad who's hardly ever home. But no matter how much fun Jacky has, she can't seem to escape her worries.

In Washington werden die Tochter einer berühmten Schauspielerin und der Sohn des Finanzministers entführt. Auch nach der Bezahlung einer enormen Lösegeldsumme bleiben die Kinder verschwunden. Den schwarzen Kriminalbeamten Alex Cross führen seine Ermittlungen auf die Spuren des Mathematiklehrers der Entführten und auf die der Frau, die ihm selbst viel bedeutet...

Most Americans still see Brown v. Board of Education as a triumph - but was it? James T. Patterson shrewdly explores the provocative questions that still swirl around the case. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African-Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits; to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shepherded a fractured Court to a unanimous decision.

Rhonda and Barbara “Baby” Bird are half-sisters—and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing. Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving crimes, while teenage Baby relies on her street smarts. But when they take a controversial case of a loner whose popular wife has gone missing, they’re accused of being PIs who can’t tell a client from a killer. The Bird sisters share a late father, but not much else…except their willingness to fight.

Twins Pew and Basket Church dream of escaping the gloomy orphanage where they grew up. Or, even better, the return of their unknown parents. But even in their wildest dreams, they never imagined the truth. They can travel through time! Armed only with perplexing clues to their past and a time travel talisman that is key to their future, Pew and Basket embark on an epic quest. Their voyage takes them from battlefields to pirate colonies, all in a race to uncover the secrets of their family – and outsmart time’s greatest villain.

James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. The greatest story in modern history has a new chapter.... Posing as newlyweds, two ruthless thieves board the Titanic to rob its well-heeled passengers. But an even more shocking plan is afoot - a sensational scheme that could alter the fate of the world's most famous ship.

James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. The Most Eligible Bachelor on Capitol Hill has met his match. Abbie Whitmore is good at her job. She knows how to protect people, and she's always right - until Congressman Jonathan Lassiter comes along. The presidential hopeful refuses to believe that his politics have put him in danger, yet Abbie's determined to keep him safe. But how can she protect him while she's guarding her heart?

Even though he has a national contest trophy and a TV show under his belt, Jamie Grimm isn't one to sit back and relax. When his school has a major funding crisis, Jamie hits on a bright idea to save the day - a comedy class for the other students. Little does he know that making jokes and teaching jokes are two very different things...and he's good at only one of them

Former Marine Corps colonel Amanda Collins and her lethal team of women warriors have vowed to avenge her family's murder. And they have nothing left to lose....

James Patterson's BookShots. Fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. A major terrorist cell sets a devastating plan in motion. Their target? One of the world's busiest airports - London Heathrow. Retired SAS captain Matt Bates and ex-Delta Force officer Chaz Shoeman find themselves caught up in the attack. And they are London’s only hope at stopping an atrocity that could kill thousands.

James Patterson's BookShots. Fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. One point away from winning the French Open, tennis star Kirsten Keller breaks down and flees the court in tears. Keller has been receiving death threats. Terrified and desperate, she hires former Metropolitan police officer Chris Foster to protect her at Wimbledon. As the championship progresses, Keller's tormenter gets ever closer. And the threats become horrifyingly real.

De dames van de Women’s Murder Club moeten weer aan de slag. Een vijftienjarig meisje wordt in de straat voor dood achtergelaten. Ze is zwaargewond en net bevallen, maar van de baby ontbreekt elk spoor. Hoewel het de dag van haar bruiloft is, wordt detective Lindsay Boxer op de zaak gezet. Ze zet alles op alles om de baby te vinden, maar al snel blijkt dat haar enige getuige, de moeder van de baby, leugen na leugen verteld. Ondertussen vervolgt de openbare aanklager Yuki Castellano een vrouw die er van verdacht wordt voor de ogen van haar twee kinderen haar man vermoord te hebben.

bandit country is written in the very particular dialect of the Irish border, as Ulster Scots and Ulster Gaelic shade into the language and culture of post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. Spectres of characters both mythic and real thread through these poems, giving them a slippery, ghostly quality. bandit country is a haunting exploration of this place and its people, looking back to the Troubles and forward towards Brexit—and to the ever-looming fences and boundaries with which we must reckon, collectively and urgently.

Amrita Sidhu belongs: in her Indian extended family, in her Sikh faith, in her California home. But when a family fight makes up her father's mind to take a job across the country in Ohio, she's torn from the fabric of her community and left to find her footing in a new high school and a new life. In Ohio, Amrita meets Dave Gill, who's funny, part-Indian, and also Mormon. At a series of Bollywood movie nights with friends, they begin to connect—despite the pressure they both feel not to date outside their own faith.

Gejagt vom FBI und dem LAPD für neunzehn Morde in zehn Bundesstaaten. Und niemandem, dem er trauen kann – nicht mal sich selbst! Als Michael wegen eines Wasserrohrbruchs in seine Wohnung zurückkehrt, findet er in der Badewanne die Leiche einer jungen Frau. Er hat keine Ahnung, wer die Tote ist und wie sie in sein Bad kommt. Geschockt ruft er die Polizei, aber diese glaubt ihm nicht. Michael sieht nur eine Chance, um nicht in der Todeszelle zu landen.