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Step into the mind of one of literature's most profound anti-heroes in Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky's existential tour de force. This unabridged classic dives deep into the psychology of alienation, human contradiction, and philosophical rebellion. Revered as a foundational work of existentialist thought, this novel challenges listeners to confront uncomfortable truths about free will, society, and the self.

After suffering for years in her thankless and stressful role working for a restaurant group in Illinois, Lindy Michaels finally catches a break when her husband, Hayden, receives a promotion that will allow her to quit her job. The only catch? It requires them to move to Oklahoma City.

Neal Carey is not your usual private eye. A graduate student at Columbia University, he grew up on the streets of New York, usually on the wrong side of the law. Then he met a P.I. who introduced him to the Bank, an exclusive institution with a sideline in keeping its wealthy clients happy and out of trouble. They pay Neal's college tuition, and Neal gets an education that can't be found in any textbook, from learning how to trail a suspect to mastering the proper way to search a room. Now it's payback time.

Chief Inspector Brian Hooley has a plan, and it won't make him popular. He wants to bring back autistic detective Jonathan Roper. Currently suspended on misconduct charges, his condition, coupled with a relentless work ethic, makes Roper a unique investigator with observational skills that allow him to see what others miss. But he is also a complex man who doesn't get social boundaries, and plenty of his colleagues just don't like him. Hooley doesn't care about that. He knows Roper is the one to make a difference.  

Struggling journalist Paige leaves San Francisco for South Africa, determined to revive her failing career with a hard-hitting exposé on rhino poaching. With their horns worth a fortune on the black market, these massive, yet gentle, animals are being slaughtered at an alarming rate—and Paige is convinced this story could be her big break. Danger strikes almost immediately after she arrives in South Africa, when poachers ambush Paige’s tour group. She survives only because she is rescued by Spencer, a man who claims to work for the FBI.

Hitler is dead. A new threat is born . . . The brand new blockbuster from 'the master of the wartime thriller' (FT) Autumn 1945 - Off the east coast of England, a Japanese sub surfaces, unloads its mysterious cargo, then blows itself to pieces. Former spy Professor Tom Wilde is enjoying...

'A gripping thriller and Belkin is a character many readers will want to encounter again' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Remarkable … If only all first novels were as enthralling as this' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Merridale’s talents as a Russia expert and writer combine to beam light on the depths of Moscow’s...

What appears as a simple case soon escalates into a pulse-pounding journey through Berlin's darkest streets. From the dance floors of underground techno clubs to the chilling silence of a defunct Cold War espionage outpost, danger lurks around every corner. Colliding with Berlin's most dangerous man, a shadowy figure determined to hide the truth forever, the stakes skyrocket. Now, Leo and Allissa's every move is a dance with death.

It's 1934. When Miss Pongleton is found murdered on the stairs of Belsize Park station, her fellow boarders in the Frampton Hotel are not overwhelmed with grief at the death of a tiresome old woman. But they all have their theories about the identity of the murderer and help to unravel the mystery of who killed the wealthy 'Pongle'. Several of her fellow residents - even Tuppy the terrier - have parts to play in the events that lead to a dramatic arrest.

The second book in the acclaimed new historical crime series, set in Victorian London and featuring a transgender protagonist, following on from the Richard & Judy Book Club 2019 pick The House on Half Moon Street. It's been a year since Leo Stanhope lost the woman he loved, and came closing to...

As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above a privileged town in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing child who may be the pawn in a marital struggle or the victim of a bizarre kidnapping. What he uncovers amid the ashes is murder - and a trail of motives as combustible as gasoline. The Underground Man is a detective novel of merciless suspense and tragic depth, with an unfaltering insight into the moral ambiguities at the heart of California's version of the American dream.

Ignoring his best friend's warning to stay out of Paris, mystery writer Jamie Litton leaves the Cote d'Azur and returns to Paris to investigate yet another unexpected death and the mystery evolving at Maxmillian's apartment. While Jamie is in Paris, learning the secrets of his eclectic Cafe Society, his best friend Ben Foulof goes it alone in South America to investigate rumors still clouding a murder discovered in the Paris antique store L'Indice.

Every fall, six men return to a remote cabin in the woods of northern Maine. They come to hunt, to work, to sit by the fire, and to keep a tradition alive—one passed down not just through family, but through time spent on land that asks to be treated with care. What begins as another familiar season changes when a wounded deer leads one of them into ground that has been quiet for more than a century. Hidden in stone and shadow is a truth the land has protected through silence—human lives caught between hope and history, waiting where freedom once passed north.

His next stop might be your last . . . A chilling serial killer thriller that takes place on the London Underground like you've never seen before. ‘A thrilling new voice in crime fiction’ CHRIS CARTER ‘Dark and sinister … a cat-and-mouse thriller that I couldn’t put down' LEYE ADENLE...

The third installment in the More series of dystopian thrillers set in NYC during the Second Great Depression sees the greatest danger to the recurring ragtag team of cops and feds. More's cover is blown, and his CIA handler has been dragged in front of a congressional investigative committee. Meanwhile, the political feud between Republicans and Democrats has reached critical mass during the 2016 presidential conventions in NYC.

It is 1978 and senior police John Coffin has been drafted back to South London to oversee the Local Detective branch. Here, he becomes involved in a game so deadly that everyone is a possible victim...

Vincent Price stars as Simon Templar, an elegant, sophisticated character with a sly sense of humor and impeccable cool. He is criminal in many of his actions, a thief, a liar, a rake, and a rogue - but, he is a criminal with a conscience. Better known as "The Saint," Templar is a freelance troubleshooter who helps people out of desperate situations without so much as spoiling his shoeshine.

April, 1941. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called to the former Whitechapel Road tube station when the body of a woman is discovered. Her body was found in an isolated part of the subterranean area away from the platforms currently being used as air raid shelters. She...

December 1940. Down Street underground station, in the heart of London's Mayfair, is now a secret retreat for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet from the relentless air raids overhead. In this supposedly secure location, the body of a woman is found, stabbed in the heart. The victim, fortune-teller Lady Za Za, did not see this one coming. Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called to investigate but whispers of treason and corruption succeed in muddying the waters of the case.

In Londons U-Bahnen kommt es zu einer Serie äußerst brutaler Raubüberfälle. Zwei Verbrecher rauben gemeinsam spät heimkehrende Besucher der Theater, Opern und Vergnügungsviertel aus und verschwinden, bevor sie jemand fassen kann. Suchen sie sich ihre Opfer zufällig aus, oder steckt ein System dahinter? Als es dabei zu einem Mord kommt, nimmt Chief-Inspector Anthony Stafford die Ermittlungen auf, in deren Verlauf sich sein junger Sohn Kenneth gefährlich nahe an die Täter heranwagt.