Severity tells the story of Luisa, a young, successful student, and Raymund, a shy nerd. What begins as a seemingly harmless encounter quickly develops into a captivating love story that tests the boundaries between dream and reality. The novel sheds light on the all-too-familiar feeling of love at first sight and the difficulties that arise when personal desire is not reciprocated. Luisa falls for Raymund, who neither recognizes nor wants to recognize her feelings, in a seemingly senseles...

In Prison: T.a.p.e.r., we follow single criminal investigator Zora Beckers through what seems to be an ordinary day that quickly turns into a nightmare. A junkyard with unidentified bodies, brutal bank robberies, and a bustling city living in fear—all of this defines Zora's daily life. Looking for a distraction, she picks up a 17-year-old hitchhiker named Tim, unaware that this ride will become a dangerous roller coaster. A planned bank robbery transforms into a deadly game of cat and mous...

#3 Calyx is the story of an unlikely friendship: Armin, a good-looking, ambitious young man who has just passed his A-levels with a very good grade point average of 1.0, is doing his community service in a municipal hospital. A big secret is made about a room in which little Dennis is lying. He is infected with an incurable and deadly virus. The virus is transmitted through blood and bodily fluids. Due to his isolation from the outside world and the ruthless control of Doctor Pneuma, he ha...

In *Calyx*, the story unfolds of an unusual friendship between Armin, a successful high school graduate, and little Dennis, who is threatened by an incurable virus. As part of his voluntary social year in a municipal hospital, Armin discovers a well-kept secret about a room where Dennis is in the isolation ward. The virus, transmissible through blood and bodily fluids, has turned the once innocent boy into a little monster. Despite the warnings and his girlfriend Ruth's fear of possible in...

"Prison: T.a.p.e.r." is the title of Pascal Ringstahl's new crime novel. A young detective becomes increasingly drawn into the investigation and encounters a new kind of terror. Detective Zora Beckers is called to a particularly brutal murder case. Several unidentifiable bodies are found in a junkyard. In addition, brutal bank robberies have been keeping the entire city on edge for weeks. At first, Zora and her colleagues have no useful leads. And then the detective, along with her young f...

Severity tells the story of Luisa, a young, successful student, and Raymund, a shy nerd. What begins as a seemingly harmless encounter quickly develops into a captivating love story that tests the boundaries between dream and reality. The novel sheds light on the all-too-familiar feeling of love at first sight and the difficulties that arise when personal desire is not reciprocated. Luisa falls for Raymund, who neither recognizes nor wants to recognize her feelings, in a seemingly senseles...

**Scrunch - A thriller between science fiction, fantasy and horror** Immerse yourself in the breathtaking rollercoaster ride of the story of *Scrunch*, which begins cosily at first, only to end in a frenzied crash. After a supposedly idyllic visit to the fair and a sunny Saturday morning, the protagonist Sandra and her family experience a fatal moment of decision: a shopping spree or a walk in the woods? The choice in favour of the latter leads to an unforeseeable tragedy when a deadly thr...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Stephanie Plum knows that something big is brewing in Trenton, New Jersey—and it could blow at any minute.“The most popular mystery writer alive.”—The New York TimesStephanie Plum might not be the world’s greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she’s being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), hailed as the Supreme Exalted Zookeeperof the animal house known as Zeta fraternity, has been arres...

Virgil Flowers will have to watch his back--and his mouth--as he investigates a college culture war turned deadly in another one of Sandford's "madly entertaining Virgil Flowers mysteries" (New York Times Book Review).At the local state university, two feuding departments have faced off on the battleground of science and medicine. Each carries their views to extremes that may seem absurd, but highly educated people of sound mind and good intentions can rea...

**“A compelling and original suspense thriller.”—Los Angeles Times“Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist.”—Dan Brown**ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S BEST THRILLERS OF THE CENTURYFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw ...

Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!FIRST A STRANGER APPEARSWhile chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her.THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETSThe woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso ...

Virgil Flowers hunts a killer responsible for a strange string of murders in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.On a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A body has been found near a veterans’ memorial in Stillwater with two shots to the head and a lemon in his mouth—exactly like the body they found two weeks ago.Working the murders, Flowers becomes convinced that ...