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Paperback. Zustand: Good. On a plantation in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, a man's body is found in a pond, riddled with bullets. The victim is Monsieur Calais, a wealthy land-owner; within 24 hours, a suspect is arrested. Anne Marie Laveaud, a French-born judge who has recently been transferred to Guadeloupe, is called in to make a ruling. With a keen sense of compassion for the accused, she must navigate the world of Caribbean justice - very different from what she was used to in France - to confirm her suspicion that all is not as it seems.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A Grijpstra & De Gier Mystery Sergeant de Gier sees a vulture at the scene of a murder in Amsterdam's red light district. The victim was a despicable pimp but is now only a police matter to be disposed of with typical Dutch tidiness. However, once Grijpstra, de Gier and the canny commisaris get involved, their search leads to a denouement infinitely more shocking than the crime itself. .is his most satisfying book so far.' - Chicago Tribune'.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 18-year-old Sean Madigan Hoen was struggling to keep his involvement in the city's hardcore punk scene a secret from his family. Then he learned that his father, too, had a second life: as a crack addict. His story begins in the '90s and spans a decade during which the family fights to hold itself together. Sean's father cycles from rehab to binge, his heartsick sister spirals into depression, and his mother works to spare what can be spared. Meanwhile, Sean seeks salvation in a community of eccentrics and outsiders, making music.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Linda Wallheim is the mother of five grown boys and the wife of a Mormon bishop. As bishop, Kurt Wallheim is their home ward's designated spiritual father, and that makes Linda the ward's unofficial mother. One cold winter morning, a neighbour appears on the Wallheims' doorstep with his 5-year-old daughter, claiming that his wife has disappeared in the middle of the night. Kurt asks Linda not to get involved in the unfolding family saga, but she has become obsessed. Is she wrong to go against her husband, the bishop, when her inner convictions are so strong. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Fierce, gripping and bold, Nine Months is a lacerating response to the all-too-familiar culture of 'Mummy Blogs', helicopter parents and 'parental correctness'. The plot centres around a young Brooklyn mother who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant - for the third time. Throwing caution and responsibility to the wind, she abandons her husband and kids and takes off on a wild cross-country road trip. A punchy and daring page-turner, Nine Months is sure to generate attention and possibly even controversy among young mothers and parenting bloggers. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Illinois, 1874: 13-year-old Madelyn Branch, ashamed of the birthmark covering half her body, arrives in the town of Reliance, Illinois. Feeling rejected by her mother, Madelyn abandons her and goes into the service of Rose Werner, a suffragette and purveyor of black market birth control who sees in Madelyn a project and potential acolyte. While precocious, foolishly romantic Madelyn cares little for women's rights, Miss Rose pulls her into a world of stagecraft, politics and family intrigue.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Benjamin arrives with his parents for a tour of Roaring Orchards, a therapeutic boarding school tucked away in upstate New York. Suddenly, his parents are gone and Benjamin learns that he is there to stay. 16 years old, a two-time failed suicide attempter, Benjamin must navigate his way through a new world of morning meds, popped privileges, candour meetings' and cartoon brunches - all run by adults who themselves have yet to really come of age. More and more, Benjamin thinks about running away - but he needs to know just who he would be leaving behind.'.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear's ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series. "An outstanding historical series."--The New York Times "Winspear is a brilliant writer, mixing the history and the mystery with the psychology of criminals and victims."--The Historical Novel Society Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future. London, 1945: Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion--the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs visits the mansion on behalf of the owners and discovers that a demobilized soldier, gravely ill and reeling from his experiences overseas, has taken shelter with the group. Maisie's quest to bring comfort to the youngsters and the ailing soldier brings to light a decades-old mystery concerning Maisie's first husband, James Compton, who was killed while piloting an experimental fighter aircraft. As Maisie unravels the threads of her dead husband's life, she is forced to examine her own painful past and question beliefs she has always accepted as true. The award-winning Maisie Dobbs series has garnered hundreds of thousands of followers, readers drawn to a woman who is of her time, yet familiar in ours--and who inspires with her resilience and capacity for endurance. This final assignment of her own choosing not only opens a new future for Maisie and her family, but serves as a  fascinating portrayal of the challenges facing the people of Britain at the close of the Second World War.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. One nurse lies dead and another vanishes after their hospital is hit by a blackout. The only witness claims to have seen Nurse Dekla doing her rounds - the only problem is that Nurse Dekla died 60 years ago. It's up to Detective Inspector Irene Huss of the Violent Crimes Unit to get to the bottom of this, as she faces the challenge of disentangling wandering ghosts and complex human relationships to get to the bottom of this intriguing case.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A special Deluxe Edition of Adam Silvera's groundbreaking debut featuring an introduction by Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give; a new final chapter, "More Happy Ending"; and an afterword about where it all began. In his twisty, heartbreaking, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling debut, Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx. In the months following his father's suicide, sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto can't seem to find happiness again, despite the support of his girlfriend, Genevieve, and his overworked mom. Grief and the smile-shaped scar on his wrist won't let him forget the pain.But when Aaron meets Thomas, a new kid in the neighborhood, something starts to shift inside him. Aaron can't deny his unexpected feelings for Thomas despite the tensions their friendship has created with Genevieve and his tight-knit crew. Since Aaron can't stay away from Thomas or turn off his newfound happiness, he considers taking drastic actions. The Leteo Institute's revolutionary memory-altering procedure will straighten him out, even if it means forgetting who he truly is. Why does happiness have to be so hard. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. After the Armistice in the spring of 1929, Maisie hangs out her shingle: M. Dobbs, Trade and Personal Investigations. Her very first case involves suspected infidelity but turns up something else, a tombstone with only a first name. The deceased had lived on a cooperative farm called The Retreat, a well-regarded convalescent refuge for those grievously wounded in the war - ex-soldiers too shattered to resume normal life. When Lady Rowan's son makes plans to join the reclusive community, Maisie investigates and finds a disturbing mystery at its core.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In the eagerly awaited follow-up to The Boy in the Suitcase, Red Cross nurse Nina Borg's life is at a turning point. Her husband, Morten, has pleaded with her not to get involved in any more dangerous projects assisting illegal immigrants and refugees. But when Morten is away on business, Nina agrees to help her friend Peter at a camp of mysteriously ill Roma refugee children. The situation reveals itself to be much more complicated and perilous than she could have imagined, and suddenly more than her marriage is at risk.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The eighth book in Cara Black's Aimee Leduc detective series set in Paris sees Aimee suffer the tragic loss of her fiance under suspicious circumstances. Was the murderer the woman in the chador? Or the male prostitute's client? Investigating who cut her lover's throat drags Aimee into the intrigue of Kurdish and Turkish politics as she follows his trail of contacts through the streets of Paris. One of the best heroines in crime fiction.' - Lee Child'.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. After the Armistice in the spring of 1929, Maisie hangs out her shingle: M. Dobbs, Trade and Personal Investigations. Her very first case involves suspected infidelity but turns up something else, a tombstone with only a first name. The deceased had lived on a cooperative farm called The Retreat, a well-regarded convalescent refuge for those grievously wounded in the war - ex-soldiers too shattered to resume normal life. When Lady Rowan's son makes plans to join the reclusive community, Maisie investigates and finds a disturbing mystery at its core.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. When she agrees to take on the care of one of the abused horses just rescued by the local RSPCA, a new chapter opens in Susan Richards' difficult life. She lost her mother at the age of five and was raised by uncaring relatives; married unhappily and divorced; and suffered from alcoholism. Susan already owns one mare and two geldings but it is with this rescued horse, Lay Me Down, that she forges a special, healing relationship that alters her life. Poignant and evocative, this is a book for anyone who has ever loved a horse or lost a loved one.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. After the Armistice in the spring of 1929, Maisie hangs out her shingle: M. Dobbs, Trade and Personal Investigations. Her very first case involves suspected infidelity but turns up something else, a tombstone with only a first name. The deceased had lived on a cooperative farm called The Retreat, a well-regarded convalescent refuge for those grievously wounded in the war - ex-soldiers too shattered to resume normal life. When Lady Rowan's son makes plans to join the reclusive community, Maisie investigates and finds a disturbing mystery at its core.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. When she agrees to take on the care of one of the abused horses just rescued by the local RSPCA, a new chapter opens in Susan Richards' difficult life. She lost her mother at the age of five and was raised by uncaring relatives; married unhappily and divorced; and suffered from alcoholism. Susan already owns one mare and two geldings but it is with this rescued horse, Lay Me Down, that she forges a special, healing relationship that alters her life. Poignant and evocative, this is a book for anyone who has ever loved a horse or lost a loved one.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. One of the most prominent citizens of G teborg, Sweden, plunges to his death off an apartment balcony, but what appears to be a society suicide soon reveals itself to be a carefully plotted murder. Irene Huss finds herself embroiled in a complex and high-stakes investigation. As Huss and her team begin to uncover the victim's hidden past, they are dragged into Sweden's seamy underworld of street gangs, struggling immigrants, and neo-Nazis in order to catch the killer.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In the fall of 1941, Anglo-American journalist John Russell is still living in Berlin, tied to the increasingly alien city by his love for two Berliners: his fourteen-year-old son, Paul, and his longtime girlfriend, Effi. Forced to work for both German and American Intelligence, he's searching for a way out of Germany. Can he escape and take Effi with him.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The village-like neighbourhood of Passy, home to many of Paris' wealthiest residents, is the last place you would expect a murder. But when Aimee Leduc's godfather Morbier asks her to check on his girlfriend that's exactly what she does find. Circumstantial evidence makes Morbier the prime suspect and it is up to Aimee to vindicate him. Her investigation leads her to police corruption, the terrorist group ETA and a kidnapped Spanish princess.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The eighth book in Cara Black's Aimee Leduc detective series set in Paris sees Aimee suffer the tragic loss of her fiance under suspicious circumstances. Was the murderer the woman in the chador? Or the male prostitute's client? Investigating who cut her lover's throat drags Aimee into the intrigue of Kurdish and Turkish politics as she follows his trail of contacts through the streets of Paris. One of the best heroines in crime fiction.' - Lee Child'.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Private Investigator Aime Leduc has been trying to slow down her hectic lifestyle, take on only computer security assignments and maybe try to learn how to cook (quelle catastrophe!). She's vowed not to let herself get involved in any more dangerous shenanigans - she's pregnant and has the baby's well-being to think about now. All of her best intentions to live the quiet life fall away when a serial rapist starts terrorising Paris's Pigalle neighbourhood. In the frantic race against time that ensues, Aime discovers a terrifying secret neighbourhood history.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. From the author of the highly praised, award-winning Murder in the Marais comes this second Aimee Leduc investigation. Set in a working class neighbourhood in Paris, tensions run high as a hunger strike to protest strict immigration laws escalates among the Algerian residents. Aimee barely escapes death in a car bombing, turning her attention from the exclusive Place Vendome to the underground North African network, where she must search among Islamic fundamentalists and Algerian nationalists for the cold, dark truth.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In his twisty, gritty, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling-debut--also called mandatory reading and selected as an Editors' Choice by the New York Times--Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx. In the months after his father's suicide, it's been tough for sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again--but he's still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he's slowly remembering what that might feel like. But grief and the smile-shaped scar on his wrist prevent him from forgetting completely. When Genevieve leaves for a couple of weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aaron's crew notices, and they're not exactly thrilled. But Aaron can't deny the happiness Thomas brings or how Thomas makes him feel safe from himself, despite the tensions their friendship is stirring with his girlfriend and friends. Since Aaron can't stay away from Thomas or turn off his newfound feelings for him, he considers turning to the Leteo Institute's revolutionary memory-alteration procedure to straighten himself out, even if it means forgetting who he truly is. Why does happiness have to be so hard? Silvera managed to leave me smiling after totally breaking my heart. Unforgettable.--Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda Adam Silvera explores the inner workings of a painful world and he delivers this with heartfelt honesty and a courageous, confident hand . . . A mesmerizing, unforgettable tour de force.--John Corey Whaley, National Book Award finalist and author of Where Things Come Back and Noggin.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A young writer arrives at a prison to interview a man arrested for homicide. The suspect, while world-renowned as a photographer, has a deeply unsettling portfolio. He stands accused of murdering two women - both burned alive - and will likely face the death penalty. But something isn't quite right, and as the young writer probes further, his doubts about this man as a killer intensify. As the madness at the heart of the case spins out of control, the confusion surrounding it only deepens. What terrifying secrets will this impromptu investigator unearth as he searches.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. On her way home from grocery shopping, Nina Borg is attacked in a parking lot. Dazed and half-conscious, she hears her assailant ask for her forgiveness. Only later does she understand that this isn't for what he's just done, but for what he plans to do to. As a Red Cross nurse, Nina typically finds herself fighting for others' lives, not her own. For the first time, she's the primary target of a hit, and it slowly dawns on her that this case is connected to a surprising and dangerous friendship among three young men from Manila.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In the eagerly awaited follow-up to The Boy in the Suitcase, Red Cross nurse Nina Borg's life is at a turning point. Her husband, Morten, has pleaded with her not to get involved in any more dangerous projects assisting illegal immigrants and refugees. But when Morten is away on business, Nina agrees to help her friend Peter at a camp of mysteriously ill Roma refugee children. The situation reveals itself to be much more complicated and perilous than she could have imagined, and suddenly more than her marriage is at risk.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Alaska State Trooper Nathan Active must figure out what connects a death on a remote Arctic lake with a year-old fatal plane crash in the Brooks Range and an arson at the Chukchi Recreation Center that killed eight people, including the town's basketball star. The case turns out to involve a lucrative polar bear poaching operation and the intense bond between a brother and sister from the village of Cape Goodwin. The heart of the matter, he discovers, is a dead woman whose killer remembers her as having a mouth so sweet 'it was like kissing a Hershey bar'.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Alaska State Trooper Nathan Active must figure out what connects a death on a remote Arctic lake with a year-old fatal plane crash in the Brooks Range and an arson at the Chukchi Recreation Center that killed eight people, including the town's basketball star. The case turns out to involve a lucrative polar bear poaching operation and the intense bond between a brother and sister from the village of Cape Goodwin. The heart of the matter, he discovers, is a dead woman whose killer remembers her as having a mouth so sweet 'it was like kissing a Hershey bar'.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. From the author of the highly praised, award-winning Murder in the Marais comes this second Aimee Leduc investigation. Set in a working class neighbourhood in Paris, tensions run high as a hunger strike to protest strict immigration laws escalates among the Algerian residents. Aimee barely escapes death in a car bombing, turning her attention from the exclusive Place Vendome to the underground North African network, where she must search among Islamic fundamentalists and Algerian nationalists for the cold, dark truth.…