When a sound restorer is murdered in Offenbach's harbor, Detective Jakob Kolb and his colleague Hasan Özdemir uncover a tampered recording from an old fire case. Eleven crucial minutes are missing. As the investigators dig through contradictory statements and buried connections, it becomes clear just how dangerous the search for the whole truth can be. An atmospheric crime novel with suspense, Offenbach local color, and dry humor.

In the steam-powered town of Gearford, everyone is too busy with progress to notice the rusted garden behind the old iron gate. But Bramble, a beagle with an extraordinary sense of smell, knows there's something special hidden there.When his curiosity leads him to a reclusive inventor named Mr. Alder, Bramble uncovers the secret of the Clockwork Garden — a mechanical wonderland built by the legendary Elara Cogsforth, now frozen and forgotten. Deep beneath the garden, Bramble finds ...

Seventeen-year-old Jenny is abducted in broad daylight and taken to a dilapidated, isolated house where she is chained and caged along with several other girls. Their captor is unpredictable, and as wily as he is cruel: he foils every one of their desperate attempts to escape . . . and once caught they rarely survive their punishment.Five years later, Jenny is found dead in a public park, and the police are scrambling to find a lead among the scant evidence. But Detective Joona Lin...

Based on years of in-depth reporting and sources from every corner of his life, Brady is the definitive biography of the life, career, and retirement of one of football’s most legendary figures, Tom Brady.New York Times bestselling author and former Sports Illustrated journalist Lars Anderson plunges into Tom Brady’s childhood to discover the origins of what Brady later described as his “sickness”: his category-five obsession with the gam...

The first three gripping thrillers in Lars Kepler’s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.The HypnotistDetective Inspector Joona Linna is faced with a boy who witnessed the gruesome murder of his family. He’s suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and is comatose with shock. With a killer on the run and Linna running out of time, a hypnotist who vowed never to practice again is brought in to the investigation unfurling ...

HE WILL TRAP YOU IN A WORLD OF TERRORThe groundbreaking first novel in the bestselling Joona Linna thriller series.A TRAUMATISED WITNESSKarolinska Hospital, Stockholm. Detective Inspector Joona Linna is faced with a boy who witnessed the gruesome murder of his family. He’s suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and is comatose with shock.A DISGRACED DETECTIVELinna’s running out of time. The police...

In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wave of Norse ‘sea-wolves’ followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. Much of the British Isles fell before their swords, and the continental capitals of Paris and Aachen were sacked in turn. Turning east, they swept down the uncharted rivers of central Europe, captured Kiev and clashed with mighty Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.But there is...

The garden is restored. The sanctuary is safe. But the harmony has only just begun.Months after awakening the Clockwork Garden, Bramble receives a new map carried by a tiny mechanical butterfly — Elara's final messenger. The map reveals the Mountain of Gears, where Elara's greatest unfinished creation awaits: the Harmony Amplifier, a machine designed to spread the garden's song across the entire region.But the Amplifier needs a conductor — a living...

A riveting and epic family drama set in WWII-era Norway, award-winning author Lars Mytting's The Night of the Scourge is the final novel in the internationally bestselling Sister Bells trilogyButangen, Norway, the years before WWII: Astrid Hekne has inherited the fighting spirit and hypersensitivity of her grandmother, who was a protector of the mythic Sister Bells that had once hung in the village's centuries-old stave church.The ...

SOME NIGHTMARES YOU CAN'T WAKE UP FROM . . .The stunning new crime thriller from the master of Scandinavian noir, Lars Kepler - available now!An alarm sounds in the middle of the night for a burglary in progress at a winter-closed campsite in Bredäng, outside Stockholm.The police spot a light in one of the farthest caravans and when the officers open the door they are greeted by a horrific sight. Floors, walls and furniture are comp...

This textbook provides an introduction to the physics of life science, focusing on applying physics thinking to understanding biological systems such as whole organisms, organs, single cells, biomolecules, or materials of biological origin (e.g. foodstuffs).It is divided into three parts, the first explores macroscopic physics. Chapters discuss motion, force, and energy and apply these concepts to solid and liquid materials as well as organs and whole organisms. The second part of ...

‘It may take you a while to sleep after you finish it’ Daily ExpressThe most chilling and terrifying serial killer thriller of the year, from international bestseller Lars Kepler.Sweden’s most notorious serial killer.Jurek Walter was shot and killed years ago. The police moved on and managed to forget the darkness that had tainted their lives.Has come back from the dead.But no...