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The Victim by Eric Matheny (2015)

Anton Mackey is a man with everything. At least, he seems to be on the surface. He has a rising career as a private attorney, a lovely wife, a beautiful daughter; he and his family live in an idyllic neighborhood that most people dream about. Sure, there are troubles that plague this family, the same as any other, but all in all things are looking up. Life is good, and the future is better. Except Anton has a past, too, and something has been looming, bearing down on him from that history, just waiting for the chance to strike. Soon, everything will change, and the life he’s struggled so hard to build will come crashing down around him. And the worst part of it all: Anton Mackey has no one to blame but himself.

The Laputan Factor by Tristan Black Wolf (2015)

Night O’Connell is a programming genius who is on the verge of creating a gaming simulation system that will revolutionize the science of virtual reality. He’s currently enjoying a vacation at an exclusive resort as a reward for hard work and breakthrough technology. Fame and fortune await. 1st Lt. A. B. Kovach is a young yet seasoned recon fighter pilot (Starhawk class) aboard the intergalactic flagship Heartwielder. Readying for a new mission with his fellow pilots, he hasn’t time for the niceties of recreation and relaxation. Duty calls. Two exceptional young males, each highly trained, each good at his job, about to find themselves entangled in a web of intrigue, shadowy conspiracy, and double-dealing deception that will have each one questioning every aspect of his experience, his life, his sanity. The problem is that only one of them is real. Or at least he thinks he is…

AFTER THE GOODE – A Jake Roberts Novel by Cary Allen Stone (2015)

Detective Jake Roberts went outside the law to capture serial killer Jared Hamilton. His superiors in Atlanta Homicide gave Jake a choice––retire, or face criminal prosecution. He decided to retire and move to LA with his Hollywood agent girlfriend Caitland. He writes best-selling crime novels. Caitland and Jake go to Phoenix to visit his childhood friend. Fred and Andrea take them to the opening night show of superstar comedian Bobby Goode. During the show, Bobby humiliates a heckler. Phoenix homicide detectives Wynter Williams and Vince Farina are investigating a murder. Jake happens onto the crime scene and is asked to consult on the case. Jake and Wynter have growing suspicions about who the killer might be. They arrive to see Bobby's last show before he leaves for New York City. "Shots fired!"

Autumn Ever After by J. A. Armitage (2015)

The final book of the thrilling Guardians of The Light series. With Jago's identity finally out in the open and a lot closer to home than she realised, Anais has to do everything she can to finally beat her biggest enemy. But time is running out. Will she have her baby before her world comes crashing down around her. In this thrilling conclusion we find Anais fighting not only for herself and the world but for her unborn daughter to see the light of day.

See How They Run by Ally Carter (2015)

For the past three years, Grace Blakely has been desperate to find out the truth about her mother's murder. She thought it would bring her peace. She thought it would lead her to answers. She thought she could put the past to rest. But the truth has only made her a target. And the past? The only way to put the past to rest is for Grace to kill it once and for all. On Embassy Row, power can make you a victor or a victim; love can turn you into a fool or a fugitive; and family can lead you forward or bury you deep. Trust is a luxury. Death is a very real threat. And a girl like Grace must be very careful about which secrets she brings to light.

Catharine's Friend by M. L Simmons (2015)

In the summer of 1989, Madonna hit song “Like a Prayer” was number one on the music charts, George H. W. Bush was president, the Oakland Athletics won the World Series and my sister Catharine had made her very first best friend. - Laney Davis The disappearance of Laney Davis has been called one of the strangest and most bizarre cases, ever in Colton County, Virginia. With only a population of 26,000 residents, not counting the annual tourist that visits their caverns every summer, the town had been known not to have any major crimes reported. Retired criminal Investigator Douglas “Doug” Wilson is writing a book on unsolved crimes and visits Colton County to gather research on the Laney Davis case. What he finds instead is residents frighten of their own shadows and a sheriff suppressing the only living witness from talking. Author's note: This is an episode series and will be published serially.You can expect to get the completed work, through updated revisions, at no extra cost.

Surveillance by Bernard Keane (2015)

The government is spying on everyone. But who is spying on the government? A ruthless online activist group called Kittehsaurus Rox has hacked into top-secret Cabinet information and gone public with it, creating widespread panic and embarrassing a government that will stop at nothing to hunt down 'KSR'. Journalist and cyber-expert Kat Sharpe is chosen by KSR to break news of their operations, and overnight she becomes the media sensation she has always longed to be. But as she gets closer to KSR and its circle of supporters, she can't shake the feeling that something doesn't add up. Cybersecurity company Veldtech Industries is in line to make a fortune out of the carnage created by the hackers. But they have their own desperate secrets to protect - from the government and from each other. Surveillance is a thrilling, timely novel about the price we pay for our 'security' and the lengths companies - and governments - will go to hide the truth.

The Silence That Speaks (Forensic Instincts, #4) by Andrea Kane (2015)

Former Navy SEAL Marc Deveraux teams up with Forensic Instincts to protect the life of nurse and former flame Madeline Westfield, whose would-be killer blames her for the death of a hospital administrator. Who wants Madeleine Westfield dead? And why? Forensic Instincts' first order of business is to find out who's targeting their client. Under the leadership of Casey Woods, the investigative team has the resources to do just that, working inside the law--and outside it. FI's strength is its members, among them Casey's associate Marc Devereaux, former navy SEAL and a man who's equal to any situation. Madeline's case hits too close to home for Marc. She's the only woman he ever loved, and she's his only weakness. Now a nurse at Manhattan Memorial, she's terrified because someone is trying to kill her. So she turns, reluctantly, to Marc and FI for help and protection.

Robert Ludlum's the Geneva strategy by Jamie Freveletti (2015)

"On one evening in Washington, DC, several high-ranking members of government disappear in a mass kidnapping. Among the kidnapped is Nick Rendel, a computer software coding expert in charge of drone programming and strategy. If his dangerous knowledge is revealed, his kidnappers could reprogram the drones to strike targets within the United States. Jon Smith and the Covert-One team begin a worldwide search to recover the officials, but as the first kidnapping victims are rescued, they show disturbing signs of brainwashing or mind-altering drugs"--

A study in murder by Rob Ryan (2015)

The year is 1917 and Major John Watson is held in a notorious prisoner of war camp deep in Germany, there as Medical Officer for the British prisoners. With the Allied blockade of Germany, food is perilously short in the camp and when a new prisoner is murdered all assume the poor chap was killed for his Red Cross parcel. Watson, though, isn't so sure. Something isn't quite what it seems and a creeping feeling of unease tells Watson there is more to this than meets the eye. And when an escape plot is apparently uncovered in his hut and he is sent to solitary confinement, he knows he has touched a nerve. If Watson is to reveal the heinous crimes that have occurred at the camp, he must escape before he is silenced for good. All he needs is some long-distance help from Sherlock Holmes ...

Girl on the Train - Du kennst sie nicht, aber sie kennt dich by Paula Hawkins (2015)

Jeden Morgen pendelt Rachel mit dem Zug in die Stadt, und jeden Morgen hält der Zug an der gleichen Stelle auf der Strecke an. Rachel blickt in die Gärten der umliegenden Häuser, beobachtet ihre Bewohner. Oft sieht sie ein junges Paar: Jess und Jason nennt Rachel die beiden. Sie führen - wie es scheint - ein perfektes Leben. Ein Leben, wie Rachel es sich wünscht. Eines Tages beobachtet sie etwas Schockierendes. Kurz darauf liest sie in der Zeitung vom Verschwinden einer Frau - daneben ein Foto von>>Jess<<. Rachel meldet ihre Beobachtung der Polizei und verstrickt sich damit unentrinnbar in die folgenden Ereignisse ... (Quelle: books.ch).

The jigsaw man by Elena Forbes (2015)

DI Mark Tartaglia spends a night in a west London hotel with a woman he has just met. When he is called out to the same hotel the next morning to investigate a murder, he realises it must have taken place while he was there. If things weren't already complicated enough, the investigation takes a new and horrifying turn when he recognises the young female victim. Still reeling from the shock, he learns that another case he has been investigating - the body of a homeless man found in a burnt-out car - is also not what it seems. Tests reveal that the corpse has been assembled from the body parts of four different people. Under mounting pressure from the media and unsure where his loyalties lie, Tartaglia must solve this new macabre puzzle before the Jigsaw Killer strikes again.

Crazy love you by Lisa Unger (2015)

Enjoying a successful career with his best friend Priss, a destructive friend who helped him escape bullies in childhood, Ian fears for his life when she becomes irrationally angry about Ian's new relationship.

A Billion Ways to Die by Chris Knopf (2015)

Arthur Cathcart and Natsumi Fitzgerald wanted to believe they were free of the nearly invisible, malignant forces they had pursued, and been pursued by, across the globe. The tech-freak researcher and blackjack-dealing psychologist convinced themselves that life on a sailboat in the Caribbean, incognito and in love, could be a lasting refuge. The death of that illusion was as brutal as it was abrupt. And so it is that Arthur and Natsumi take to the fight.

Light of A New Day by Damian Forest Light (2015)

by Damian Light An outdoorsman/data entry worker named Hamilton Key survives through the alien apocalypse and escapes the Illuminati beneath the sea, as he interrupts a meeting of the elite wearing scuba gear, the charade is interrupted by a bunch of Mer creatures, from the King knowns as Triton; and the Mermen and the deal with the human elite were dismantled when humanity sold out to the Scorpion; and his army of Grey Alien Martians, who transform into bloodthirsty Beasts of any and every color. The Rebellion leads Hamilton away from a Cannibalized Cult, hunted by the last of the military and loyalists, who are serving people and humans on conveyor belts to be microchipped. As Hamilton finds refuge on an exotic island, while the world is consumed with destruction, he is called upon to find the Scorpion and destroy him. what he encounters is the world leftover from destruction and a mere shadow of the life he lived before. Zombies begin to burst as the Neptunian arrest the Scorpion and show up to battle the Martian with a deadly Zombie gas that helps kill the Martians and takes over the entire Earth. Hamilton must wait for the Galactic Federation to eventually arrive on Earth, but that won't be for weeks. And he must face himself and the enemy within. Part 1 of 4. The Calling: Light of A New Day, a Journey is available wherever books are sold.Set in the first person. When he returns the dawn of the alien apocalypse has brought about a mysterious illness that makes people behave like zombies while the UFOs start putting people in camps and on conveyer belts, and the world is taken by loyalist armies who seek to allow the Scorpion to take over the planet and only one man can stop him, and no one knows why. Light of a New Day is the first book in 'The Calling' series, a story where only a glimmer of hope may be all that Hamilton has in order to save the world from peril. Can survival and self-preservation lead to the resurrection of humanity? A gruesome look at some of the realities of a venomous apocalyptic scenario, destined to change generations. Set in the first person, Hamilton Key, walks through the first months of the Armageddon completely alone, after getting thrown into a whirlwind of events that led him into a life of solitude for several weeks. After the world is stunned by the initial alien invasion, which led to the kidnapping and rebellion of millions of people on the streets of Erotica, the city that burns before his eyes within ruin amidst the zombie apocalypse and an alien invasion; Light of A New Day will have you on the edge of your seat, in this first of four, set in the first person at the end of the 20th Century, a human being makes his way through the first 60 days of the Apocalypse with only himself, and nothing to lose...When Hamilton escapes on a holiday after a bad interaction at work, he finds he may be the only one who can save his own life from the peril around him. He is one of few who will survive this alien invasion and a near apocalypse.He must choose between saving others and getting caught, or trying to find a way to escape for all and everybody. His journey leads him to discover answers in places he never before imagined, as he encounters destruction and rebellion on every corner and at every turn. He then finds a way of rebelling against the armies and slavery that may be unfolding. Beings from other planets gather to meet to take what Earth is offering them, without knowing what humanity would do if it happened to stick together. This Sci Fi Thriller will expand your mind into new realms and places that it had never dreamed of before. Come, take a chance at a wild journey of one man, whom you may never forget.