First Mystery

In his most personal case yet, astrologer/detective David Lowell is presented with a briefcase containing one million dollars in cash and the promise of another million upon success, by Dr. Ethan Williamson, to find his dying son’s twin for a life-saving kidney transplant. A rare blood type has made a successful donor impossible to find, and time is running out for the boy.

Adam Pagnucco is just trying to help out a stranger who’s down and out. He has no idea that man is Winston Koop, his exceptionally talented ex-best friend. Koop and Nuke had been inseparable in college, but then life happened. Nuke finally quit drinking, and Koop - Koop was at the center of a massive conspiracy that the government faked UFOs just to cover it up. Even after confessing to removing the memories of hundreds of people, Koop is still hiding something crucial from Nuke.

The comet, Cain, came from beyond our solar system, its debris containing elements unknown. Now, in the isolated region of Fairbanks, Alaska, the skies shift and stretch as an interstellar dust cloud seeds the atmosphere. When a plane shudders its way through pulpy, swirling, bruise-shaped clouds, lit with sudden cracks of lightning, the sky opens and the aircraft vanishes…but only for a minute. When the flight lands, everyone on board and in the community will be changed forever.

La humanidad lo ha conseguido. Después de décadas de esfuerzo, se ha logrado contactar con seres de otros planetas. Parece que se abre un nuevo horizonte para la raza humana... y sin embargo, algo siniestro y desconocido aguarda en lo más profundo del espacio exterior. Algo de lo que, quizá, la Tierra no salga indemne. El éxito indiscutible de Carter Damon, el libro que lo colocó en el olimpo de los escritores de thriller de ciencia ficción contemporáneo. Imperdible.

Professor Colin Ayres has spent years researching the strange story of Galina, Arizona, a sleepy border town ripped apart by violence and paranoia after the outbreak of a mysterious illness in 1960. Colin is certain the Galina Incident was simply a case of mass hysteria. But when his partner, Alonzo, starts exhibiting strange symptoms, Colin is shocked to realize they are the same as those that emerged in Galina decades ago.

Olivia Claven lives in the North Carolina beach community of Azalea Bluff. She's trying to regroup from a flood-tide of setbacks. Michael Starling, the love of her life, died in a mysterious accident. Saddled with debt like many millennials, she moved back to her parents' house after losing multiple media jobs. Now, the local news website she runs could fail at any time. Then she gets a tip that could turn things around.

Marcus carries the weight of the cosmos on his shoulders. Still, he loves being one of the chosen enrolled in the alien-driven education tract at his university. This extraterrestrial Federation always said he was important, so they’re taking the next logical step by inviting him to join their mysterious research Cohort.

Television investigator Lauren Grayson and her husband Rowan are shooting a new show for The Escape Channel. But the assassination of a Russian cosmonaut - just as he declares that aliens exist - and her estranged brother’s discovery of bizarre space signals, interrupt their plans. Lauren races to find the truth and to stay ahead of world governments trying to stifle her investigation. Her efforts convince her that aliens not only exist, but have drawn Earth into a cosmic confrontation.

As peace returns to Jergen County, Roy fires up his re-election campaign, Jordan breaks out his fishing gear and Urich plans her wedding. The only person disturbing the peace is a window peeper and Murphy, newly promoted to investigations, is hot on his trail. The discovery of a human bone at Mrs. Lambert’s home site shatters the tranquility. Rumors fly when crime scene technicians unearth the complete skeleton. Is there a new killer on the loose or is it an old crime connected to the now defunct dixie mafia?

Caroline von Steinberg är tjugo år ung, vacker, nygift och djupt förälskad i sin make och de väntar sitt första barn. Hon tar en promenad på godset ägor och vandrar genom fälten av solgul raps tillsammans med sin älskade hund. Himlen är sommarblå och för Caroline är lyckan total. Plötsligt blir allting svart och hon är fånge i en ond mans armar. Hon kan inte andas. När hon vaknar till för ett ögonblick är hon bunden till händer och fötter och försedd med munkavle. Nästa gång hon vaknar ligger hon på sjukhus. Barnet hon bar på är förlorat.

It's been more than a century since humanity escaped the overpopulation of Earth, expanding out among the stars. We've faced and overcome war with an alien race. We've survived terrorist attacks meant to end colonization. We've thrived despite unregulated class distinctions, separating the wealthy from the working class. What comes next may be the end of it all.

Dead in Bed by Bailey Simms: The Complete First Book follows Ashley Young after a sexually transmitted plague breaks out in her small town. When the plague begins leaving its victims with a bizarrely amplified libido, Ashley has to be willing to do anything - no matter how difficult or morally questionable - in order to survive.

It is 1946, and Frank O'Brian is a gumshoe in New York, in other words, a private investigator. Having just qualified as a lawyer when the US entered WWII, he quit to work as a field agent for the Office of Strategic Services in Europe. Upon returning to New York, he found the notion of returning to the law too tame and hung up his PI shingle. In his first big case, he is involved in murder, blackmail, and double dealing.

On the eve of Game One of the NBA Finals, basketball star Garrett Streeter discovers that his brother Jake has been kidnapped. To save his life, Garrett must intentionally throw the seven-game championship series. Caitlin Glass had aspirations of becoming a professional basketball player until an injury ended her college career. Now a police officer, she’s watched with envy as her college boyfriend, Garrett, went on to become a star. But as Garrett leads his team to the NBA Finals, he suddenly shows up at her door asking for help.

Working on the High-Altitude Atmospheric and Light Observatory research platform 16 miles above Earth's surface , Crystal Calhoun is used to an alien form of existence. But when she dreams through the waking eyes of a shipboard peer, the game changes, and when she learns that the same thing is happening to others, her paranoia kicks in and she seeks to understand what's happening. The problem is that even the people running the entire operation don't have a clue, and what's worse is that they're more confused and worried than she is. Crystal becomes determined to get to the truth.

"Under hösten 2016 drog en självmordsvåg genom Stockholms undre värld." Så inleds John Ajvide Lindqvists roman "X : Den sista platsen", den avslutande delen i trilogin som inleddes med "Himmelstrand" och "Rörelsen". En gång var kriminaljournalisten Tommy T hela Sveriges älskling, men på senare år har hans stjärna dalat. Undersökningen av självmorden ska bli hans upprättelse. Tillsammans med sin hund Hagge nosar han sig djupare in i mysteriet kring den undflyende gestalten "X" som tycks ligga bakom allting. Spåren leder till ett enormt parti kokain samt till ett oändligt fält med kortklippt gräs och en himmel utan sol.

Evie Porter tem tudo com que poderia sonhar: um namorado perfeito e carinhoso, uma bela casa com quintal e uma cerca branca, além de um grupo divertido de amigos. Há apenas um problema: Evie Porter não existe. Primeiro, vem a identidade: Evie Porter. Após receber o nome e uma localização do Sr. Smith, seu misterioso chefe, ela aprende tudo que precisa saber sobre a cidade em questão e seus habitantes. E então vem o alvo: Ryan Sumner. A última peça do quebra-cabeça é o trabalho a ser feito.

Vor dem Hintergrund des drohenden Zweiten Weltkriegs entspinnt sich eine actionreiche Jagd nach einem geheimnisvollen Artefakt von Maya-Ruinen und unterirdischen Cenoten tief im mexikanischen Dschungel, über England, die norditalienischen Lagunen bis hin zu einem mächtigen Schloss über einem Steppensee im Osten Österreichs!

When expert Navy linguist and cryptographer Charlie Cutter is recruited into a shadowy wing of the NCIS, she's tasked with unraveling a mysterious ancient text that has puzzled researchers for centuries. Charlie isn't eager to revisit her previous failures... but when she discovers the same strange language in top-secret photographs, she finds herself roped into a job that could make or break her young career.

Libby has a nice life with a great job, a gorgeous husband, and a big home by the sea. But she's becoming more unsure of Jack's feelings for her - and if he is over the mysterious death of Eve, his first wife. When fate intervenes in their relationship, Libby decides to find out all she can about the man she hastily married and the seemingly perfect Eve. Eventually Libby stumbles across some startling truths about Eve. As she begins to unearth devastating secrets, Libby becomes frightened that she too will end up like the first woman Jack loved...