Vigilante Crime

Six months ago, Ellie was a newlywed, working the dry land in 1880s Texas. Then the desperados came. They raped her and killed her husband, leaving her for dead. But she hunted them down and, along the way, found an inner strength and relentless determination that no man can match. Ellie thought the killing was over, that she'd put her guns away for good to run a ranch that she'd inherited from a legendary Texas Ranger. She was wrong.

Welcome to the city of Greenville, where murder is never what it seems. Detective Lynn Pocker and her team are battling crime on several fronts: two serial murderers and a secret organization that has been pulling the strings of crime and justice for decades. Our heroine will have to fight this and her own personal struggles as she herself becomes ensnared in the game of foxes and hounds.

How far will a father go when the life of his daughter is on the line? That's the question Connor Heart, a detective with 15 years on the job, will have to ask himself as an investigation into a series of kidnappings becomes a deadly personal vendetta. When a serial kidnapper targets his daughter, Connor will have to step outside the law, outside the procedure and red tape that he's been forced to follow for years, and engage in a heart-pounding race against the clock to get his daughter back and put the monster who took her in the ground.

Newly single after calling off her wedding, sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis is summoned home to Michigan when her old high school coach - a hometown hero - is killed in a fiery car crash. But Anna isn't there to prosecute a crime; she's home to support her innocent sister, Jody, who has been wrongfully accused of the coach's murder.

A vigilante is stalking the streets of Kansas City administering his own brand of justice when the justice system fails. Criminals are being executed right under the noses of the police department. In Lady Justice and the Vigilante, a new recruit to the City Retiree Action Patrol steps up to help Walt and Ox bring to an end his reign of terror. But not everyone wants the vigilante stopped.

When Claire Wright wakes in hospital, she doesn’t recognise the person staring back at her in the mirror. She’s told that she has the perfect life: she’s beautiful, famous, with a husband and a house to die for. But Claire can’t remember anything from before the devastating car crash that’s left her injured. And now she’s surrounded by strangers, saying they’re her family and friends.

Mal has been fighting terrorism and fascism in Europe since he was a child. It’s a rough life, but he believes in his cause. He saves people every day, from terror attacks and worse. When he first encounters SEAL Team Twelve, they’re an inconvenience - albeit a very attractive one. The next time he encounters them, they’re in the same place, looking for the same crew. When Mal and his sister intervene to save the SEALs’ lives, he’s thrown into a mission from which there is no turning back.

Cosa: Mattia Vusso, sei anni, viene investito mentre cerca il suo pupazzo, una medusa rossa fatta all'uncinetto. Qualche giorno dopo, sua madre scompare per sempre. Quando: Diciotto anni fa la tragedia Vusso; oggi, prima quindicina d'agosto, tempo di vacanze per tutti (o quasi). Dove: Bagni L'Ultima Spiaggia di Varazze, stabilimento vecchio stile gestito da Oscar Fatali, sessantenne panzuto che, in crisi di mezz'età, ha lasciato Brianza e famiglia per trasferirsi al mare con una velina di provincia.

A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating email she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying. But deputy district attorney Julia Chandler believes her niece is innocent, and she's determined to keep the promise she made to protect her dead brother's daughter - even if it means hiring private eye Connor Kincaid...the man who blames her for forcing his resignation from the police department.

One of the men I've fallen for may be entwined in my father's murder. The other three are determined to bring him to justice. I stand in the middle, unsure of what to believe. If I accept Beckett's denials and hold on to the trust he earned before, I could be letting a horrible criminal walk free.

Tras la creciente preocupación de una enfermedad, el padre de Santiago consulta al doctor Mansano y se somete a procedimientos médicos que a la postre terminan con su vida. Santiago, decidido a vengar la muerte de su padre, asesina al doctor Mansano. Aunque sus acciones fueron cuidadosas, Santiago se ve obligado a huir. En su regreso a casa, descubre que todo lo que cree conocer es, en realidad, una mentira.

Un giovane spiantato emigrato a Parigi si innamora di un'enigmatica ragazza francese, che scompare nel nulla obbligandolo a una rocambolesca indagine privata. Martino si è già pentito di essersi trasferito a Parigi, troppo cara e respingente. Ma l'amore per la misteriosa Johanna sembra ridargli slancio e, adesso che lei è scomparsa, gli offre anche l'occasione di una missione da compiere. Incappando in personaggi strani e problematici – fra cui un'attivista anarchica e un giovane multimilionario – Martino si troverà immerso in una storia più grande di lui.

Yu-hee kann mit Menschen nicht viel anfangen. Ihre eigentliche Liebe gilt den Pflanzen. Und so tauscht sie ihren frustrierenden Bürojob gegen einen eigenen Pflanzenladen in Sejin. Hier, zwischen Avocado, Agave und Rosmarin fühlt sie sich wohl. Ihr „Pflanzen-Shop“ wird zu ihrer Oase. Und auch andere Frauen sehen in Yu-hees Pflanzenladen bald einen Rückzugsort vor ihren persönlichen Dramen und Nöten, die nicht selten mit übergriffigen Männern zu tun haben. Für ihre Kundinnen hat Yu-hee immer ein offenes Ohr. Doch das ist nicht alles: Sie sorgt dafür, dass die Männer verschwinden.

Paradise hides too many bodies. How would you take on a serial killer? Sophie Ang's lovable dog Ginger has a nose for murder, and leads her tech sleuth mistress through perilous lava fields on the Big Island to a terrible discovery. Sophie is plunged into a new investigation with dynamic partner Jake Dunn, searching for a missing young woman who is just one of many. Sparks fly between the two as they dig into layers of deception and darkness, rousing the attention of true evil.

In the fall of 1916, Americans debate whether to enter the European war. "Preparedness parades" march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium. For all, time stands still.

Tanner and Soulless face off as they're each offered a contract to kill the other. However, the real threat comes from the person who is manipulating events from behind the scenes.

This is the memoir of the Supervillain known to the world as Iceblade. It chronicles his achievements and his failures, his loves and his losses. Learn about the theft of the Mona Lisa, the subjugation of Lady Victory, and the slaughter of the Holy Order of the Word. Hear for the first time about the death of Bytegeist. All from the point of view of the man himself.

Ein friedlicher Sommertag, ein Fest auf dem Dorfplatz: Der Ex-Fußballstar Johann Baroni feiert die Eröffnung seines neuen Würstelstandes. Da fällt plötzlich ein Schuss – und Baroni sinkt leblos zu Boden. Totengräber Max Broll ist verzweifelt: Sein bester Freund darf nicht sterben! Während Baroni im Krankenhaus um sein Leben kämpft, tut Max alles, um den Schützen zu überführen. Denn er hat gesehen, wer auf Baroni geschossen hat. Doch der vermeintliche Täter entpuppt sich als harmloser Tourist.

Gabriele Grodo è l'unico socio rimasto dell'agenzia di investigazioni Grodo&Luccherini. Senza passione né estro, arranca tra conti da pagare e clienti che non pagano. Finché un giorno viene contattato da un appassionato di scacchi che gli affida uno strano compito: comunicare all'imbattuto campione di scacchi Alfred Molling di aver perso una partita, condotta tramite posta e durata oltre dieci anni. Ha così inizio un viaggio intenso e stravagante, che porterà Gabriele nel "cuore di tenebra" della sua stessa esistenza.

Follow the Omega team as they fight against the world of child sex trafficking and slavery. Join Jack Davidson and Shay Lynn, along with the others of The Omega Group as they come together and bring justice to those who have beaten the system. Some may call it vigilante justice, street justice, or simply wrong, but it is the only justice many victims will receive.