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Als Daniel Hawthorne, Ex-Polizist und Privatdetektiv, und sein »Assistent« Anthony Horowitz zu einem Literaturfestival auf die beschauliche Kanalinsel Alderney eingeladen werden, rechnen die beiden im Traum nicht damit, Hals über Kopf in eine Mordermittlung verwickelt zu werden. Aber die exklusive Runde, die sich hier versammelt hat - ein Kinderbuchautor, eine französische Lyrikerin, ein Fernsehkoch, eine blinde Wahrsagerin und ein Historiker -, macht den beiden einen Strich durch die Rechnung, und darum herum tummeln sich zudem die Bewohner der Insel, die wegen einer geplanten...

The sniper's bullet nearly killed him. But Alex Rider managed to survive . . . just in time for more trouble to come his way. When kidnappers attempt to snatch a fellow patient from the exclusive hospital where Alex is recovering, he knows he has to stop him. But the boy he saves is no ordinary patient: He is the son of Nikolai Drevin, one of the richest men in the world. The eccentric billionaire has been targeted by Force Three, a group of...

Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex no longer has the strength to fight them. That is, until he learns of Scorpia's latest plot: an operation known only as "Invisible Sword"...

In the eighth book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, Alex meets international do-gooder Desmond McCain. But a simple card game between them rapidly leads to a duel to the death - one that could result in the destruction of an entire country.

Susan Ryeland, Lektorin außer Dienst, führt mit ihrem Lebensgefährten das zauberhafte kleine Hotel Polydoros auf Kreta. Aber ganz so idyllisch ist es dann doch nicht, denn der Alltag mit den ewig unzuverlässigen Lieferanten, unpünktlichen Angestellten und den nicht immer einfachen Gästen, macht das Inselleben anstrengender, als sie es sich vorgestellt hat. Auch ihre Beziehung leidet unter dem Stress, und Susan vermisst ihr altes Leben in London.

Da kommt das Ehepaar Treherne gerade recht. Sie erzählen eine bizarre Geschichte von einem Mord in ihrem Hotel Branlow Hall just am...

Alex Rider's life changed forever with the silent pull of a trigger.

Every story has a beginning. For teen secret agent Alex Rider, that beginning occurred prior to his first case for MI6, known by the code name Stormbreaker. By the time Stormbreaker forever changed Alex's life, his uncle had been murdered by the assassin Yassen Gregorovich, leaving Alex orphaned and craving revenge. Yet when Yassen had a clear shot to take out...

"Magpie Murders is a double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don't often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times

From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery.

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much...