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Wenn die Herkunft über Recht und Unrecht entscheidet, ist es gut, einen Freund wie Theo Boone zu haben. Woody, ein guter Freund von Theo, steckt in ernsthaften Schwierigkeiten: Gemeinsam mit seinem älteren Bruder und einem dritten Jungen wird er verhaftet. Die Anklage lautet: bewaffneter Raubüberfall! Dass es nur eine Wasserpistole war und Woody die ganze Zeit im Auto saß, interessiert niemanden. Woody und sein Bruder werden eingesperrt und bekommen es im Gefängnis plötzlich mit echten Verbrechern zu tun. Jetzt sind Theos ganzer Mut und Kampfgeist gefragt.

Eines Abends wird die junge Genna von einer Gang überfallen - in letzter Minute kommt ihr ein Fremder zu Hilfe. Ein Zufall? Keineswegs. Denn als sie kurz darauf Opfer einer Entführung wird und ihr wieder der junge Held zur Seite springt, wird klar, dass etwas Mysteriöses vor sich geht. Und die Erklärung ihres Retters Phoenix findet Genna noch verrückter.

Nachdem Connor Reeves als Bodyguard bereits zahlreiche Leben retten konnte, gerät er im explosiven Finale der Bestseller-Serie von Chris Bradford selbst ins Visier gefährlicher Gegner. In seiner ungekürzten Lesung von Bodyguard - Die Entscheidung erzählt Hörbuch-Sprecher Philipp Oehme von Connors Überlebenskampf am anderen Ende der Welt. Über 10 Stunden adrenalingeladene Hörbuch-Spannung für Thriller-Fans ab 12 Jahren!

Ohne die Unterstützung seiner Kollegin Charley Hunter wüsste Bodyguard Connor Reeves bei seinen Einsätzen oft nicht weiter. Unermüdlich versorgt sie ihn mit lebenswichtigen Informationen und Ratschlägen aus der "Buddyguard"-Zentrale, die sie niemals verlässt. Denn Charley sitzt im Rollstuhl... Im vierten Teil seiner erfolgreichen "Bodyguard"-Serie erzählt Bestseller-Autor Chris Bradford die unfassbar spannende und zugleich herzzerreißende Geschichte von Charley Hunters letztem Einsatz als Bodyguard.

Chris Bradfords "Bodyguard"-Reihe ist ein Sensationserfolg. Die actiongeladenen Thriller rund um den 14-jährigen Bodyguard Connor Reeves halten Jugendliche auf der ganzen Welt in Atem. Das Hörbuch "Bodyguard - Das Lösegeld" erzählt von Connors zweitem Auftrag als Elite-Personenschützer. Mit seiner ungekürzten Lesung lässt Sprecher Philipp Oehme seine Hörer*innen und Hörer erneut in eine Welt eintauchen, in der ein kühler Kopf und die richtige Kampftechnik über Leben und Tod entscheiden.

A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying. She never makes it home. In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: A police officer has shot and killed an unarmed 13-year-old girl. The community is thrown into upheaval, leading to unrest, a growing movement to protest the senseless taking of black lives, and the arrival of white supremacist counter-demonstrators.

When recent high school graduate Cameron Carter lands an internship with Congressman Billy Beck in Washington, DC, he thinks it is his ticket out of small town captivity. What he lacks in connections and Beltway polish he makes up in smarts, and he soon finds a friend and mentor in fellow staffer Ariel Lancaster. That is, until she winds up dead. As rumors and accusations about her death fly around Capitol Hill, Cameron's low profile makes him the perfect candidate for an FBI investigation that he wants no part of.

Only three students had access to a teacher’s racy photos before they went viral. There’s Mouse, a brainy overachiever so desperate to escape his father and go to MIT that he would do almost anything, legal or not. Then there’s Drew, the star athlete who can get any girl’s number - and private photos - with his charm but has a history of passing those photos around. And finally, there’s Jenna, a good-girl-turned-rebel after her own shocking photos made the rounds at school last year, who is still waiting for justice.

How badly do you want to be famous? What - or who - would you sacrifice? These are the questions Justine Childs is forced to reckon with as the main suspect in the murder of it-girl Eva-Kate Kelly. Not long ago, Eva-Kate drew Justine into her orbit before meeting her untimely end in a Venice Beach canal. Prosecutors and the public want to know: Did Justine, now a social media darling in her own right, kill her celebrity best friend? Can anyone be trusted to tell the truth? Justine has always wanted people to know her name - but not all notoriety is created equal.

Genius girl, Bounce, and her two drifter sidekicks, Wiggins and Orange, are holding the Frog hostage. As the stakes grow higher and the guilt and tension mount, Wiggins begins to question his complicity and must choose where his loyalties lie. Not for the faint of heart, Adam Rapp’s mesmerizing narrative told in alternating viewpoints ventures deep into disturbing territory. A powerful, unforgettable story.

Blink, man, what were you thinking? Sneaking into the hotel for a hot breakfast  -  hot scraps of someone else’s breakfast, really. Couldn’t you just feel  that it was a wrong place/wrong time scenario? Even before you heard the banging and saw those dudes in suits jet it out of room 1616? Now you’re not only witness to a crime; you’re linked to it, thanks to the smartphone you were stupid enough to jack from the room. And then there’s Caution. As in “Caution: Contents Under Pressure.” She’s also on the run, from a skeezy drug-dealer boyfriend and from a nightmare in her past that won’t let her go.

Poppy doesn’t know why her family has been running her whole life, but she does know that there are dire consequences if they’re ever caught. Still, her curiosity grows each year, as does her desire for real friends and the chance to build on something, instead of leaving behind school projects, teams, and crushes at a moment’s notice.

Denim Mitchell is excited to learn that she’s been selected to tutor students after school. Not only will this earn her extra credit in her honors classes, but it will also look good on her college applications. Fourteen-year-old Julius Graham enjoys working with his new tutor, but when he becomes the only witness to a horrific crime in his neighborhood, Julius shuts down emotionally. He hasn’t told anyone what he saw, but with the detectives hanging around his house asking questions, he fears that it’s only a matter of time before the murderer comes looking for him.

The BGR sisterhood is the most notorious and respected gang in Scotland Heights. In spite of her gang’s powerful reputation, 17-year-old Patience is ready to step down as BGR’s leader. The problem is that the same way she was jumped into the gang is the only way the other members will let her out - if they’ll let her out at all. As Patience plans her farewell from the hood, Denim Mitchell overhears that Patience is being set up by her own BGR sisters. Will Denim find out who is behind the plot to betray Patience and stop them in time?

Hay caminos destinados a encontrarse. La segunda parte de novela en la que se basa la película de Netflix. Ángela se ha convertido en una escritora superventas gracias a su novela Los crímenes de la Complutense. Su vida da un vuelco cuando acepta ser la profesora en un retiro para escritores que se celebra en un campamento junto a un lago. Su novio, Nando, la acompaña hasta ese lugar idílico que se vuelve una trampa mortal al descubrir que el payaso asesino está allí escribiendo una nueva novela. Cualquiera puede morir en el siguiente capítulo. Cualquiera puede ser el asesino.

La novela en la que se basa la película de Netflix. Cuando Ángela aceptó participar en el club de lectura de novelas de Stephen King, no imaginaba que su vida daría un vuelco terrorífico. Enredados en una trágica muerte en plena Universidad Complutense de Madrid, todos los participantes del club deberán enfrentarse a sus más profundos secretos y a la peor de las amenazas: cualquiera de ellos puede morir en la siguiente página, y cualquiera de ellos puede ser el asesino. Si la novela te ha dejado con ganas de más, descubre su segunda parte, El club de los escritores criminales.

لماذا اغتال بعضهم مستشارنا العسكرى فى ( لندن ) ؟ ما سر النبيل الإنجليزى الذى يحكم الضباب القاتل ؟ تُرَى .. هل يتمكن ( أدهم صبرى ) من الانتصار على منظمتين خطيرتين ، وتشتيت الضباب القاتل ؟

Lucy McBride's life was simple: school, living with her mom, her mom's boyfriend--Chuck, and her job at the grocery store owned by Chuck and his father, Raymond. But one morning, the store, Smiles and its aisle three becomes a crime scene. Lucy's world inevitably becomes turned upside down.

Marissa has always been reckless, wild, and drawn to trouble. Phillip has always been steady, loyal, and willing to chase after her no matter where she leads. But when Marissa finds herself entangled with the dangerous and mysterious Jerome Bonovich, the world she thought she knew unravels.

Mussoorie, 1909. The ghastly murder of Margaret Maynard Liddell in a hotel room locked from the inside shocks the public. Its ripples reach Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling, who can only guess the identity of the killer but never prove it. Around sixty years later, a wealthy heiress is found similarly murdered in the queen of the hills. The needle of suspicion points to an old housekeeper, an estranged brother, an aloof husband and a fraud godman and his acolyte, for each of them has a motive to kill her.