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An alarm sounds in in the middle of the night for a burglary in progress at a winter-closed campsite in Bredäng, outside Stockholm. The nearest police car answers the call. There is a light in one of the farthest caravans and when the officers open the door they are greeted by a horrific sight. Floors, walls and furniture are completely covered in blood. A man has been killed with an axe and brutally dismembered. On the floor of one of the rooms lies a young man sleeping with a severed arm as a pillow.

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The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency, it fulfilled its every aim: it would liberate Bosnia from Habsburg rule, and it created a powerful new Serbia, but it also brought down four great empires, killed millions of men and destroyed a civilization. What made a seemingly prosperous and complacent Europe so vulnerable to the impact of this assassination?

Nevada Baylor runs a small-time detective agency in Houston, Texas, busting scammers, exposing cheaters, and dealing with petty criminals. She's very good at her job–helped by a magical ability to sense when someone tells the truth or lies. But when she's forced into accepting a case to find a radical pyrotechnic who can conjure heat and fire at will, Nevada knows she's out of her league. To bring him to justice, she'll have to join forces with someone who wields an even more dangerous power.

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In his final days in office in 1909, Theodore Roosevelt invited dozens of friends to the White House for lunch. They had never met as a group, but they had one thing in common: Each played tennis with the president and advised on policy matters. Roosevelt half-joked that the public would never know how much these tennis partners did to make his administration a success. Journalists dismissively called them the “Tennis Cabinet,” making light of their contribution, but Roosevelt knew otherwise.

Are we doomed to endless conflict, or is there a revolutionary path to lasting peace in the Middle East? For decades, Western peace plans have failed, leaving the region caught in a cycle of bloodshed with consequences for the entire world. But what if the true solution was never about separation, but about rediscovering a shared heritage? Forged in the fire of the regional war that began on October 7, 2023, a new movement has emerged from unprecedented discussions among leaders representing the region's diverse peoples and faiths.

April 1897. Auf dem Brocken wird ein verbotenes Ritual vorbereitet – und etwas hört zu. Als eine junge Schottin spurlos verschwindet, wendet sich Karl May an Sherlock Holmes. Die Spur führt in den Harz – an einen Ort, an dem Mythen nicht vergangen sind.

Da et rystende dobbeltmord og en bortførelse på åben gade i London fører til, at et pengeskab i Langley bliver åbnet for første gang i ti år, finder efterforskerne en liste med fire navne. Tre af personerne på listen er døde. Den fjerde er Ben Koenig. Koenig har ingen idé om, hvorfor hans navn optræder på listen, men så går det op for ham, at han kender den kvinde, der har begået dobbeltmordet. Ti år tidligere fik han, uden at få at vide hvorfor, til opgave at hjælpe hende med at forsvinde.

På et fly fra Mexico City ser Wanda Stroud bekymrende indhold på den bærbare computer hos en passager, der sidder foran hende. Næste dag dukker Wanda ikke op til en kaffedate, hun har aftalt med sin veninde. Ray Wyatt undersøger historien, mens han klynger sig til sit sidste håb om, at hans søn, Danny, ikke er død.

Als der junge Thriller-Autor Sean Collingwood vorübergehend in die Wohnung seiner Mutter zieht, bemerkt er schon bald die merkwürdige Stimmung, die über dem Gebäude liegt. Als nachts eine unheimliche Musik erschallt und am nächsten Tag eine Nachbarin unter mysteriösen Umständen verstirbt, weckt das seine Neugierde. Was geht in dem alten Gemäuer vor sich? Stimmt es, dass hier früher ein „schwarzer Kreis" verbotene Messen abgehalten hat, und sind damals wirklich alle Mitglieder bei einer tragisch missglückten Séance wie vom Erdboden verschluckt worden?

Grausame Morde im Hafenviertel. Der unheimliche Mörder scheint es auf ehemalige Seemänner abgesehen zu haben, denen er ein Stück Haut entfernt, nachdem er sie mit einem Haken aufgeschlitzt hat. Inspektor Geoffrey Stafford und sein Kollege Cross versuchen, das makabre Puzzle zu lösen, bevor es zu weiteren Morden kommt.

Ein malerisch gelegener, weißer Sandstrand wie aus dem Reiseprospekt. Zum Leidwesen des neuen Besitzers Howard Cunningham verschwinden dort immer wieder Menschen spurlos. Cunningham möchte dort eine einträgliche Touristenhochburg aufziehen und heuert deshalb den hartgesottenen Söldner Sid Vasquez und sein Team an, um der Sache auf dem Grund zu gehen und etwaige Hindernisse diskret, aber entschlossen aus dem Weg zu räumen.

Die beiden jungen Wanderer Arthur Munro und sein Freund Jack Anderson aus Amerika bereisen Schottland, das Land der Ahnen der Munros. Da Schottland als Land von Sagen und Geschichten gilt, ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass ihnen in einem Wirtshaus der alte Sandy Magruder eine Spukgeschichte auftischt, die ihren Ursprung in der Ruine des benachbarten Bludmanton Castle hat. Jack ist entzückt.

General Mayne bittet Tony um Hilfe, Noel Bannister ist verschwunden. Er war zusammen mit zwei Kollegen zur Rettung von drei Abenteurern auf die sogenannte Toteninsel gefahren und seitdem nicht mehr zurückgekehrt. Tony eilt seinem Freund, zusammen mit Boram, zu Hilfe. Werden sie Noel retten können oder wurde dieser und seine beiden Kollegen bereits Opfer der Monster der Toteninsel oder ihres unheimlichen Herrschers?

Jack Irish doesn't spook too easy. He's had guns pointed at him too many times - more often since he started hiring himself out as a debt collector - and he saves his nerves for the racetrack. So when he receives a phone message from an ex-client begging for help, he's inclined to ignore it...

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A man stands bewildered on a deserted beach on the Hebridean Isle of Harris. He cannot remember who he is. The only clue to his identity is a folded map of a path named the Coffin Road. He does not know where this search will take him. A detective from Lewis sits aboard a boat, filled with doubt. DS George Gunn knows that a bludgeoned corpse has been discovered on a remote rock 20 miles offshore. He does not know if he has what it takes to uncover how and why.

Are you experiencing physical or emotional symptoms that no one is able to explain? If so, you may be suffering a traumatic reaction to a past event, teaches Dr. Peter A. Levine. Medical researchers have known for decades that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure...