Mission Mystery

Mammon of the Dire Wolves is too good of a soldier to go against orders. But obsession has a way of breaking you down, and even a shifter as disciplined as he has trouble going with the grain when there's a fated connection dragging him the other way. Too bad that connection is to a woman he sees as his enemy. One soldier breaking rules and ignoring orders, one princess dead set against falling for the enemy, and a group of killers with a single-minded focus on ending them both.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Home Alone meets A Night in the Museum in this clever middle-grade heist story by USA Today bestselling author Jenni L. Walsh. When a science-loving girl and her friends overhear a plot to rob her dad’s insectarium, they embark on a mission to...

Leaving an apprentice unsupervised has never been a good idea. With Esper neglecting her duties as magical teacher, Tiffany takes her education into her own hands. Struggling with self-esteem and credibility with the universe, she resorts to trying a magical performance-enhancing drug. Of course, Esper has problems of her own. Unbeknownst to her, a crack squad of assassins is hot on her trail, and this time they're bringing twice the number of wizard-hunters along. It would be a great time for a fully-trained and capable apprentice to have her back. Wouldn't it?

In the constant war against her darker side, Esper was forced to win a daily battle for control. One loss was all it took for the roles of warden and prisoner to switch. Now, with her friends as hostages, this new Esper relies on advice from her better half to keep up the illusion that this is still the Esper they know and love. When their newly acquired base of operations gets hijacked, Esper has to balance between maintaining her cover and doing what she knows it's going to take to get her ship back.

With the capture of the Eye of Ra, Esper and her friends discover that small problems have started looking too small. When a plague breaks out on the occupied planet of Meyang, she decides it's time to see what her new ship and crew are capable of. However, the situation is more complicated than they counted on. Not only does the occupying force not want them there, the azrin living on Meyang are none too keen on interference from outsiders. But never let it be said that Esper wasn't willing to help those who refused to be helped.

Concerned that we hadn’t heard from her in more than a year, Fish had dragged me all the way into the middle of Russia to follow up a lead on the whereabouts of our telepathic team member, Amanda, a.k.a. Bee. But what was supposed to be a simple reconnaissance mission—gathering intel so we could formulate a plan that might need to involve the rest of the team—went sideways within 24 hours.

All partnerships start somewhere. The greats, sooner or later, survive extreme circumstances. Join young Lieutenant Allison Mackenzie as she sets off on a solo mission over Atlanta that doesn't quite go as planned. Will she turn tail and run, or join forces with Special Operations Lieutenant Edgar Stratford and fight to complete her solo mission?

When a coordinated EMP attack takes out the nation’s power grid, a small town finds itself at ground zero of an all-out foreign invasion. With limited options and no time to prepare, the citizens have no choice but to turn to a mysterious drifter, Jack Bunker, for help. The former combat engineer has the skills to keep them alive, but he won’t be able to do it alone, not against an overwhelmingly superior force.

"Vagterne har opdaget Theos flugt. Der bliver skudt ned i vandet. Kuglerne pisker rundt om ham." Theo er hemmelig agent. Hans dæknavn er Scorpio. Han kan klare det meste. Men på mafiaens ø er det lige ved at går galt. Benni Bødker (f. 1975) er en dansk forfatter, der er særligt kendt for sine mange børnebøger. Benni Bødker er cand.mag. i dansk og filosofi fra Roskilde Universitetscenter. Han har arbejdet som forlagsredaktør for Gyldendal. Siden 2009 har han levet af sin forfattergerning. Han har primært udgivet børnebøger, men udkom i 2011 med sine første roman til voksne, "Blod vil hav

In this 1909 young adult thriller penned by Stanley R. Matthews, originally featured in the serial magazine Brave and Bold Weekly, the Motor Boys unite once again to fight off the bad guys while showcasing the fabulous world of the early 20th century. From motorcars that speed along at a breathtaking 25 miles per hour to discussions about heavier-than-air flight to the stock tickers of Wall Street linked to a gold mine in Tucson, A Taxicab Tangle: The Mission of the Motor Boys is in many ways as fresh and innocent as it was more than a century ago.

Kidnapped from her charity-run medical centre in Yemen by Houthi terrorists on Tehran's orders, Dr Emily's life hangs in the balance. The clock ticks down as MI6 scrambles to recover her before she becomes a bargaining chip for the release of an Iranian oil tanker impounded by the British.

Ratekrimi aus dem Mittelalter. Florenz um 1500: Leonardo da Vinci ist entsetzt! Ein Einbrecher hat sich in seine Werkstatt eingeschlichen und ein Buch mit wertvollen Notizen entwendet. Leonardos Schüler Salai und dessen Freundin Caterina machen sich auf die Suche nach dem Täter. Bald schon nehmen sie die Spur eines geheimnisvollen Unbekannten auf.

Ratekrimis aus dem Mittelalter. Im Jahr 801: Kurz vor dem Besuch des frisch gekrönten Kaisers Karl des Großen werden wertvolle Schriften aus der Klosterbibliothek gestohlen. Für die Bauerntochter Anna und ihre Freunde aus der Klosterschule beginnt die gefährliche Suche nach einem Täter, der scheinbar keine Spuren hinterlässt. Es ist der Mönch ohne Gesicht.

Ratekrimi aus der Vergangenheit - so spannend war Geschichte noch nie! Um 1250 v. Chr.: Grabräuber im Tal der Könige! Thuja und ihr Freund Hapu ahnen nicht, welche Gefahren auf sie warten, als sie der Spur des sagenumwobenen Totenbuchs folgen. Die rätselhaften Weissagungen führen sie in die Grabkammern Thebens. Und plötzlich steht sehr viel mehr auf dem Spiel: Der Pharao selbst ist in Gefahr.

Ratekrimi aus der Vergangenheit - so spannend war Geschichte noch nie! Im Jahre 218 v. Chr.: Vor den Toren Cartagenas zieht der große Feldherr Hannibal ein mächtiges Heer zusammen. Gerüchte über einen bevorstehenden Angriff Hannibals auf Rom verbreiten sich wie ein Lauffeuer. Doch dann verdichten sich Hinweise auf eine Verschwörung gegen ihn. Die Freunde Zirdan und Tazirat gehen den Gerüchten auf den Grund und geraten bald selbst in große Gefahr.

Ratekrimi aus der Vergangenheit - so spannend war Geschichte noch nie! Jahr 431 v. Chr.: Zwischen Athen und Sparta herrscht Krieg. Plötzlich verschwinden immer mehr Kinder aus dem belagerten Athen. Kephalos und sein Vetter Philon machen sich an die Verfolgung der Täter und kommen einem heimtückischen Plan auf die Spur. Doch dann fallen sie selbst skrupellosen Entführern in die Hände.

This 1896 novel follows the Mark Twain series of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom finds himself on another exciting adventure as he serves as detective for a mysterious murder in the banks of the Mississippi. Listen to this suspenseful, yet whimsical story of Tom and Huckleberry and be fascinated once again with Mark Twain's imagination.

Dans ce deuxième volet captivant de Dans l’Ombre des Géants : Chroniques de Missions Impossibles, Liam Monclair plonge dans les défis les plus intenses de sa carrière. Entre un retour audacieux à l’armée via l’École de Saint-Cyr, des évacuations complexes en zones de guerre comme Beyrouth, et des missions périlleuses à la frontière syro-libanaise, ce récit authentique vous transporte au cœur des enjeux de la résilience, du leadership, et des sacrifices.

전직 교사 엘렌 홈즈는 학생 한 명의 죽음에 '책임이 있는' 사람이다. 엘렌은 그 사건으로 인해 감옥에 들어갔다가 이제야 막 다시 사회로 나온 참이다. 전국적 뉴스가 됐던 그 사건 때문에 어떤 사람들은 엘렌이 남은 평생을 계속 감옥에서 보내기를 바랐지만... 지금 엘렌이 가지고 있는 계획? 최대한 웅크리고 지내기, 남의 눈에 띄지 않기. 한편으로는 새 일자리인 공원 녹지과 일을 제대로 배우면서, 재사회화위원회의 권고에 따라 탐정 코스도 이수하고, 아무튼 과거에 머물지만은 않기로 결심을 했다.

Otto Binder reports on the strange disappearances and deaths of several UFO researchers. He also zeroes in on the mysterious Virginia psychic and UFO percipient Ted Owens, who claimed to be in direct telepathic contact with the "space intelligences" and the men in black (MIB). Could Owens, wonders Binder, hold the key to understanding and dealing with such dangerous cosmic interlopers?