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Chi si nasconde dietro la società segreta che controlla i destini del mondo? Nel giorno dei funerali del primo ministro italiano, ucciso in un terribile attentato, il cadavere di un uomo con uno strano tatuaggio sul petto viene rinvenuto sotto un ponte ai piedi di Castel Sant'Angelo. L'indagine, affidata al pubblico ministero Lorenzo Fossati, si svolge in un clima surreale e sotto fortissime pressioni politiche, mentre nel partito di maggioranza cominciano le lotte per l'elezione di un nuovo leader.

Il potere è nelle loro mani. Un grande thriller. Firenze. Si è scatenato il panico nella prestigiosa casa d'aste Paolini: è appena esplosa una bomba e il salone ha preso fuoco. Un gruppo di paramilitari, approfittando della confusione, si introduce nei sotterranei del palazzo e si impossessa del misterioso lotto 302, custodito in un grosso baule di alluminio. Contemporaneamente, Andreas Henkel, agente del Servizio Segreto Vaticano, si trova a far fronte a un evento scioccante e imprevisto.

È la Vigilia di Natale quando la Santa Sede è scossa da un terribile lutto. Monsignor Claude de Beaumont, Curatore dei Musei Vaticani, muore gettandosi nel vuoto. Eppure la sua è solo la prima di una serie di morti misteriose nel mondo dell'arte, sulle quali dovrà far luce l'ispettore Sforza. Non è affatto chiaro cosa abbia spinto l'anziano religioso a togliersi la vita, né cosa si nasconda dietro ai delitti che si susseguono nei giorni seguenti.

È notte fonda quando un bagliore accecante illumina la notte di Torino: la cappella del Guarini è in fiamme. Basta poco perché la tragica notizia si diffonda in tutto il mondo: la Sacra Sindone è andata distrutta. Quattro mesi dopo, in una Roma assolata e caotica, uno scandalo travolge il Vaticano: il colonnello Weistaler, comandante della Guardia svizzera, viene brutalmente assassinato il giorno del giuramento delle nuove reclute.

Ein brutal hingerichteter Toter in Wien, erhängte Banker in einem Frankfurter Park. Auf den ersten Blick haben diese Fälle nichts miteinander zu tun - bis Josephine Mahler und Gernot Szombathy ins Spiel kommen. Zusammen mit Chefinspektor Wotruba aus Wien und Kriminalhauptkommissar Kniewasser aus Frankfurt versuchen sie herauszufinden, wer Menschen ermordet, indem er ihnen die Zunge durchs Genick zieht. Und warum stehen die Opfer in direktem oder indirektem Bezug zu Mahler und Szombathy?

Der grausige Selbstmord eines Schulfreundes ist eine böse Nachricht für Josephine Mahler, Dozentin für Ethnologie in Frankfurt. Die Rückkehr nach Wien wird für sie zur Konfrontation mit der Vergangenheit. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Jugendliebe, dem exzentrischen Ex-Soldaten Gernot Szombathy, schlittert sie in tödliche Verstrickungen. Ihr Gegenspieler mordet nach einem ganz bestimmten System, und seine Ziele sind hochgesteckt. Ist er ein Mann mit einer Vision - oder doch nur ein Wahnsinniger?

One mistake has left Miss Emily Robbins in poverty, alone, and a social outcast. Only the love of the Earl of Lincolnshire can save her from a life of shame. Hudson Sinclair, The Earl of Lincolnshire, has but one regret: leaving the only girl he ever loved. He will move Heaven and Earth to save her - even if that means twisting fate.

When America's enemies threaten, the man of a thousand faces is called on to defend and protect against all foes. Here are four new thrill-packed adventures. Pulp action at its finest.

It was supposed to be a simple tutoring job for shy high school senior Chelsea. When she shows up at an address in the middle of nowhere, she never expected to find the guy of her dreams at the end of a mountain trail. The last thing Eric can afford to do is fall in love. He has secrets worth keeping, but when Chelsea starts breaking down his walls, they discover being hidden friends isn't enough. Maybe they have a future worth risking everything for.

Being in love with your best friend's older brother is never easy. To them, you'll always be the annoying pest following them around like a lost puppy. Always in the friend zone, never more, never enough. Ashley has known Nathan Johnson her whole life and secretly been in love with him since she was 12. Maybe now, maybe if dreams come true, Nathan might see her for her true self and might come to love her as much as she loves him.

A Most Haunted House is the worldwide best seller based on a true and terrifying account of an aggressive haunting in a small Welsh town.

This collection of essays by five notable Masonic scholars, discuses the single most important symbol that Freemasonry has. It covers the antiquity as well as the esoteric symbolism of our most valued vestiture and what is often overlooked by those outside of the fraternity: a simple, square, white, lambskin apron.

This is a collection of remarkable personal accounts of a variety of American Civil War incidents, from both Union and Confederate perspectives. These vivid and absorbing reminiscences provide an inside view of many fascinating events of the time, shedding light on our shared past and illuminating the character and point of view of those who lived through an extraordinary time in our nation's history. Enjoy these excursions back through the mists of time, recounted by those who were there.

Three civilisations are at war - a war that could lead to the end of Earth as we know it. The time has come to take sides. Valerie Saunders has been given a gift, a job and a hunter - now she has to decide what she wants, and who will guide her down the right path. There are the ones who can be trusted, the ones that must be obeyed, and the ones who can't be seen.... She also has the perilous task of choosing her wedding dress!

Take a coven of witches, one tattoo, a first edition bookshop, an evil love-crazed psychopath and a prison. Mix that with an alien Father Christmas look-alike, two parents you never knew you had, betrayal, a dash of heartbreak and a Morris Traveller and you have a glimpse of Valerie Saunders' life yesterday, before bed! Just wait till she wakes up....

Imagine starting at the end and finishing back at the beginning. This is the story of a teenage girl called Valerie Saunders who is about to be thrown through time and space. Being bestowed with abilities beyond her wildest nightmares, she discovers that she not only has to deal with turning eighteen, her first job and an unwanted tattoo, but also magical powers and intense urges to fall in love.

Name: Brown (just Brown, ma’am). Physical Appearance/Demeanor: Bear (That’s grizzly - consider yourself warned.). Occupation: Private Dick. Clients: San Antonio’s Finest, area’s most notorious gang boss, hitmen, world renowned artists, Olmos Elementary School entire third grade class. Cases: Find some body and return them to their forever home. Find wife-beating boyfriend before contracted hitman does. Perform background checks on the bad guys. Find lost animals.

De tror att jag är den perfekta barnflickan. De kan inte ha mer fel ... Vissa människor skulle känna sig nervösa inför att flytta till en avlägsen bergsby för att börja arbeta för en familj de bara har träffat en gång, men paret Mayer välkomnar mig med öppna armar. Och det är bra. Det betyder att de inte vet varför jag egentligen är här. Jag blir imponerad av Robin och Pauls fantastiska hus och överdådiga livsstil. De lever på ett sätt jag inte skulle ha råd med ens i mina vildaste drömmar.

La nuova serie thriller I Tredici di G. L. Barone: riuscirà il procuratore Lorenzo Fossati a sventare una minaccia globale proveniente dal cielo ma ben radicata sulla terra? Venezia. Due terribili delitti sconvolgono il mondo dello spettacolo: prima il regista Dante Bertoletti, possibile vincitore del Festival del Cinema, viene trovato senza vita nel suo albergo. Poi, anche lo sceneggiatore Steven Lucas viene ucciso sull’isola di Poveglia. Il procuratore Lorenzo Fossati viene incaricato di seguire le indagini: perché il regista sembra aver inserito nel film indizi che presagivano la sua morte?

De tror, at jeg er den perfekte barnepige. De kunne ikke tage mere fejl... Nogle mennesker ville være nervøse for at skulle flytte til en fjerntliggende bjerglandsby for at arbejde for en familie, de ikke kender, men mr. og mrs. Mayer tager imod mig med åbne arme. Og det passer mig godt, for det betyder, at de ikke ved, hvorfor jeg egentlig er her. Da jeg ankommer, forbløffes jeg over det flotte familiehjem og Robin og Pauls overdådige livsstil, som jeg selv ikke i min vildeste fantasi ville have råd til. Det er trods alt ikke alles barndom, der er fuld af varm æbletærte, kærlighed og latter eller trygheden ved villa og Volvo.