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He has perfected the necessary skills, collected the requisite equipment, and buried the resultant bodies. Like a grotesque human hermit crab, he periodically sheds one shell for another, gutting the original to make it his own, and no regard whatever for previous ownership. Fluid and untouchable, he stalks the nation, forever in pursuit of his next lifetime, and nobody knows his name. A ruthless master of disguises, he lives many lives. Maybe one of them will be yours.

A bag of diamonds is missing from the jewelry store, and Jimmy, with his super-snotty schnozz, saves the day.

Twenty-five years into the future, no humans are allowed in the Wildlands – a vast area in Britain where wolves, lynx and bison roam free. The only exception is a high-speed train line between London and Glasgow that crosses right through the heart of the project. Thirteen-year-old Astrid and her little sister, Indie, are onboard when their train slows to a brief, unexpected stop … and they find themselves accidentally left behind.

Viola is a people-watcher. She loves to sit on the step of her father's bakery in Brookwater Lane, creating stories about the weird and wonderful folk who pass by. Her father is secretly impressed by her big imagination, but her mother thinks it's all a bit silly. So when Viola witnesses a terrifying robbery late one evening, her theory as to who is behind this dreadful crime is met with rolled eyes and disbelief. Determined to prove she is not as silly as everyone believes, Viola sets out to bring this villain to justice and show she is more than just a girl with a wild imagination.

A little boy turns the perfect crime into a work of art.

Dylan is the only boy living in the tiny Welsh town of Manod. His parents run the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel garage - and when he's not trying to persuade his sisters to play football, Dylan is in charge of the petrol log.

Marley Z. is a hip, outgoing, and confident New York City kid just starting eighth grade. When her best friend is accused of stealing a priceless violin on display at The Juilliard School, Marley steps in to prove her friend’s innocence. So begins her mad dash around the city - from the Metropolitan Museum, to stately doormen buildings, to a violin teacher’s artsy brownstone, to her favorite neighborhood Italian restaurant. Suspects and motives appear and vanish, but intrepid Marley won’t stop until she has the right answers.

Twelve-year-old Madeleine "Lainie" Stanton is about to make headlines. She was the first baby born at the new millennium, and a local TV station wants an interview. But when the reporter uncovers the dark history of Lainie's great-grandmother Maddie, who was executed for murder, the interview takes a dangerous turn.

Eigentlich wollte Max nur einen kurzen Blick in sein Lieblingsspiel werfen, doch plötzlich steht er mitten in den Straßen von Los Carros! Fasziniert will er sich gerade umschauen, als er von Piper, der jungen Anführerin einer Autoschrauber-Gang, über den Haufen gerannt wird. Was als harmloser Zusammenstoß beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einem rasanten Abenteuer. Denn Piper hat mächtige Feinde, die es jetzt auch auf Max abgesehen haben! Um einen Weg zurück nach Hause zu finden, muss Max ihr helfen, den Gangstern das Handwerk zu legen.

The US Navy is launching a secret spy satellite near Seaside High School. However, the Recon Academy is too distracted to provide their usual security. Each member has just received a brand new laptop computer for free! The deal is too good to be true. When the machines go haywire, the team must scramble to save themselves and the satellite.

Rose's mother and Joshua's father have disappeared. Police inquiries have gone nowhere, but Rose and Joshua still believe that they are alive. Joshua is determined to work out the meaning of the cryptic ‘murder’ notebooks they have discovered. Rose receives some odd, desperate messages from Rachel, a former best friend, followed by the terrible news that Rachel is dead. But what does Rachel have to do with their parents?

Rose and Joshua meet when Joshua and his dad come to live with Rose and her mum. Then their world is shattered when their mother and father go out one evening and never return. With police inquiries going nowhere, Rose and Joshua are separated and sent to live with relatives. Then Rose is witness to not one, but two murders. Why is this happening? And how does it fit in with the disappearance of their parents?

Lucky to survive the circumstances of his birth, he learned to make the most of a life that might have killed a lesser person. In fact, he learned to thrive. Via crime, he improved himself to the point of obtaining a college education, an enormous bank account, and a veritable army of minions. He proves the road to hell is not always paved with the best of intentions. This is the story of his downfall and ultimate fate. Nobody escapes.

Love is a powerful human emotion. The apex of its ideal uplifts the human condition and is called ‘inspiration’. Its nadir degrades the soul and is called ‘fanaticism’. When the devil walks the Earth in patent leather pumps, a short skirt and all the lacy things a simple man craves, countless lives go awry and evil prospers. One man will do anything for her. Ever for her. The devil is a femme fatale. What is the price of a soul? What is the currency of its purchase?

Gather information, report back to me, and do nothing illegal. With these instructions received under the cover of darkness and a list of names, Marcus and Alissa launch an investigation into their own classmates. Friendship and investigative skills will be put to the test as these teen detectives take on their most challenging case yet. But when their investigation is suddenly shut down without explanation, the teens have already gathered too many clues to just leave it alone. As powerful forces work against them at every turn they take, will they be able to rise above the challenge? What ...

Everything about sixteen-year-old Clara Howard is perfect; she's popular, beautiful, and smart. Even her parents are the picture of perfection. Nothing lasts forever. After suffering a horrific experience at the hands of an unknown assailant, Clara is returned to her perfect life and treated as though nothing happened. Three months later, no one seems to know the truth, not even Clara herself. Desperate to find answers, she begins questioning everything she thought she knew, only to discover the more questions she asks, the more holes are poked in her picture-perfect life. Behind the lies, ...

A young, newlywed couple. A new custom home. A good life. Yet nothing can ever be perfect. When the man of the house begins to experience bizarre nightmares involving a disturbing, pantomime face appearing in his wife's voluminous closet night after night, his sanity becomes an issue. Though their evenings at home are filled with playful lovemaking in the first months spent in their lavish new dwelling, a chill begins to settle over them with the passage of time. When disturbing images and inexplicable disappearances plague a young couple in their new home, they begin to question every ...

Take away all a man has. Burn away every sense but that of pain. Blow away the ashes of everything he once was and will no longer be. What remains? Something deadly. Make a man into such a thing, and you make him into something worse than an animal. Such a creature is capable of anything, since it is willing to do anything. Become anything. Anything it has to be to end its suffering and die properly. After a terrible crime, Maxwell Deem chooses the divergent pathway of revenge. With a laser-beam focus, he identifies his targets and then cuts straight to the kill. Sun hot. Blinding white. ...

Héctor y Luis son dos jóvenes totalmente diferentes. Uno ha nacido en una cuna de oro, el otro en un pueblo alejado de la ciudad, en medio del campo. Sin embargo, las circunstancias los unirán de una manera imprevista haciendo que sus vidas se crucen y los lleve a tomar decisiones trascendentales para su existencia. Este libro rompe con los estereotipos de que los ricos son caprichosos y egoístas y que los pobres no lo son. La realidad suele ser mucho más compleja que ese prejuicio. Muchos prefieren eximirse de responsabilidad culpando a su circunstancia por lo que les toca vivir, sin ...

Pondville’s general store is being robbed! Harry’s first challenge as the new sheriff in town is to form a posse and catch the thieves. Humorous and daring antics ensue as these oddball characters engage in an attempt to nab the perpetrators. Excitement, lessons, and laughter await in this action adventure where the hooligans learn crime does not pay and neither does caving in to peer pressure or rude, cheeky behavior.

Tobias og Oliver er på vej ind i Evalds hus for at lede efter Laura. Hun har nu været forsvundet i to dage. Pludselig brøler Evald: "Stå stille, eller jeg skyder." Jørn Jensen, født 1946, yderst produktiv og prisbelønnet børnebogsforfatter, uddannet guldsmed og lærer. I sin tid som skolelærer mødte Jørn Jensen mange børn med læsevanskeligheder og fandt, at der var mangel på læsemateriale til de små nye læsere, der kunne vække ægte læseglæde.