Early Fiction

Ein erschossener Nazirocker im Wildschweingehege in Ketsch, eine unmögliche neue Kollegin und eine Explosion in der Mannheimer Innenstadt. Ihren ersten Tag nach sechs Monaten Auszeit hatte sich Michi Cordes anders vorgestellt. Dann verschwindet auch noch ein Zeuge spurlos. Michi ahnt nicht, dass dieser Fall sie in nur sieben Tagen von zerstrittenen Kleintierzüchtern über die "Germanische Bruderschaft" bis in die Unterwelt von St. Petersburg führen wird. Um Leben zu retten, muss Cordes sich mit der Russenmafia verbünden.

Ein geheimnisvoller weißer Wolf und eine zarte Stimme locken Thomas in den Wald, der - kaum hat er ihn betreten - nicht mehr der Wald ist, den er kennt. Er findet sich in einer anderen Wirklichkeit wieder und erfährt durch Onari, ein Mädchen vom Volk der Dunklen Leute, dass sie es war, die ihn gerufen hat. Gemeinsam mit Thomas und Eldar, einem Sohn Gonds, möchte sie die Uralte Prophezeiung erfüllen. Wird es den dreien gelingen, das Land vom Bann des Schwarzen Königs zu befreien?

A loving story about a baby giraffe who has no friends. One day, he saves all the animals from Mr. Lion. From that day on, wherever he goes, he is loved by all the animals on the grasslands of Africa.

“An excellent read….Concrete evidence of a master crime writer still at the top of his game.” —Russel D. McLean, author of The Good Son “The reigning King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times), Elmore Leonard first introduced quick-triggered legendary lawman Carl Webster in the...

In einer Sommernacht des Jahres 1941 beobachtet die 18-jährige Sofieke, wie ein Fallschirmagent in den besetzten Niederlanden landet. Der Student Gerhard soll für die Engländer spionieren. Er wird jedoch sofort festgenommen. Gerhard entgeht der Hinrichtung nur, indem er sich zum Schein bereiterklärt, als Doppelagent für die deutsche Spionageabwehr zu arbeiten. Arthur Seyß-Inquart, der mächtigste Nazi in den Niederlanden, ist Gerhards Nennonkel. Seine fröhlich-naive Tochter Dorli zeigt ihm den Palast, in dem sie jetzt wohnt.

WIE WEIT WÜRDEST DU GEHEN, UM DEINE LIEBSTEN ZU BESCHÜTZEN? Der Sommer vor zwei Jahren. Die Geschäfte von Bestatter Hermann Thaddäus König laufen schlecht. Als er seinem väterlichen Freund Manfred in einem Akt der Freundschaft beim Übergang ins Jenseits und damit sich selbst aus der Bredouille hilft, bleibt das nicht ohne Folgen. Es führt Hermann Thaddäus (vorerst) heraus aus der Pleite, die Jugendliebe Emma in Hermanns Bett und manchen Bewohner Ingelreins in Königs schwarzes Firmenauto.

When his friends aren’t successful at spooking the children who visit the haunted house, Gus must present his unique superpowers to give them a scare!

She was known for what she lost She lived by the courage she found "Find Polaris" When the SS Titanic set sail, Captain Edward John Smith became a legend – and when tragedy struck he was a hero to some, reckless to others. But in the shadow of his infamy stood his daughter, left behind on the...

More parodies have been written targeting Sherlock Holmes than anyone else dead or alive, fictional or real. James M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, started it all back in the early 1890's and Sherlockian parody has been coming out regularly ever since, right into the age of the internet. While Sherlock's creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived, close to 400 appeared in Britain and America.

This delightful true story, written in the first person by the spouse of the title character, will have readers reliving their own pasts. Baby boomers will surely savor references to the pop culture, history, and politics of their collective youth as they get caught up in the personal lives of the author and his spouse. In an afternoon you will learn how a speeding ticket and an interest in four-part a cappella harmony intersected with the Cold War to start the protagonists on the road to holy matrimony.

Rich with unforgettable characters and history, intricately plotted and utterly absorbing, City of Dreams is a stirring saga of early Manhattan and the beginnings of medical science told by a master storyteller.

Earl Marcus has faced a litany of demons in his time, but a grisly murder sends him spiraling into a vortex of long-buried secrets. After losing a hotly contested sheriff's race to the lackey of corrupt politician Jeb Walsh, Earl Marcus has had the worst summer of his life. But worst turns deadly when a body turns up on Earl's front lawn, accompanied by a cryptic letter.

Earl Marcus found new hope after confronting the unspeakable evil unleashed by his father’s fundamentalist Church of the Holy Flame. Now plying his trade as a private investigator in the North Georgia mountains, he’s drawn once again into a dark abyss of depravity, and murder.

Earl Marcus thought he had left the mountains of Georgia behind forever, and with them, the painful memories of a childhood spent under the fundamentalist rule of his father RJ’s church - a church built on fear, penance, and the twisting, writhing mass of snakes. But then an ominous photo of RJ is delivered to Earl’s home. The photograph is dated long after his father’s burial, and there’s no doubt that the man in the picture is very much alive.

Jordan Riley, a 29-year-old chef at the luxurious Wilshire Palm Hotel in Los Angeles, California, wants nothing to do with the Hollywood lifestyle she’s surrounded by. After being abandoned by her father and devastated by her mother’s death, Jordan goes forward alone, knowing that only she can control her future. Her focus becomes convincing her boss to open his own restaurant and hire her as sous-chef, pushing aside any other distractions that may come her way, including love.

When tragedy flips Elle Jamison's life upside down, she retreats from the busy Seattle skyline to a quiet beachside town in California called Arroyo Grande. She leaves behind the life she’s always known to a life lived in isolation. A self-proclaimed bibliophile, Elle discovers a used bookstore in The Village and within it, a handsome and recently widowed bookstore owner named Aidan Wilson.

A bold, deeply moving, and highly imaginative debut novel about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, in whose story the conflict between the American ideal of equality and the realities of slavery and racism played out in the most tragic of terms.

Meet Dug, a scrawny but cheerful caveman who loves his valley and just wants the best for his tribe of misfits. Accompanied by his faithful pig sidekick Hognob, Dug is a dreamer - why settle for hunting rabbits when you can hunt a mammoth?! Then there’s Dug’s tribe, led by the cautious Chief Bobnar. Bobnar wants the best for the tribe, too, but he sees things a little differently from Dug. Then Dug meets the evil Lord Nooth. He’s the leader of the Bronze Age City invading the valley.

Ever wonder how normal people fell prey to a monster? Find out by listening to Achim's Story, based on the life of one of the few people who survived the sinking of the Steuben by the Russians in February 1945. Four thousand people perished in the Baltic Sea. This is believed to be the third greatest loss of life at sea after the Gustloff and the Goya. Joachim Wedekind zur Horst was interviewed and quoted in the February 2005 National Geographic article "Ghost Ship" about the sinking and finding of the Steuben.

In 1998, fiery Eleanor “Els” Gordon thought the new century would find her married to her childhood soul mate, rejuvenating her family’s Scottish Highlands estate, and finally earning a managing director title at her investment bank. Maybe she’d even have the courage to discover why her estranged mother ran home to Italy 30 years earlier.