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Who can you trust, if you cannot even trust yourself?Kira Roth is horrified when she finds in her apartment the exhumed urn with the ashes of her recently deceased mother. Next to it is a note reading: „She wasn’t your mother. And you don’t deserve to live!“ But this is only the beginning of Kira’s nightmare. In the cemetery, she discovers a freshly excavated grave – the cross has her name on it and a date of death: it is five days away. This is the start to an insidious countdown. Kira has to uncover...

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Two years have passed since Think's slip-up with Sebastian... and though she's physically recovered, Think still worries her own thoughts may not be as private as she assumed. But before she can figure out who's listening into her, Think will need to listen into a brand new criminal on parole – Ezzie – who also happens to be in a coma. Can Think trace Ezzie's memories to discover how she got this way? And what other memories might be stirred up?

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A gentle, humorous book, with a clear eye for human weaknessesKonstantin Wittgenbausch, 37, is a first-class hypochondriac. One evening, after carrying six cases of glass water bottles into his apartment, he feels a strange drawing sensation in his upper abdomen. For him, it’s a clear-cut case of end-stage liver cancer! Naturally, he visits his family doctor to confirm the diagnosis, and it turns out to be a visit that changes his life. In the waiting room, he meets her, that is, Freya. A yoga teacher...

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YOUR FOREIGN HEART is Kati Seck’s sensitive and empathetic approach to the topic of heart transplantationEver since her father, Hannes, left her and her mother head over heels years ago, Nela Harolds allows only a few selected people into her predictable world. But then one day, she receives a package containing letters to her father. They were written to Hannes by his second wife Ellen shortly before he died.The letters tell of Ellen’s deep love for Nela’s father, but also of the pain she experienced...

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A romantic epistolary novel spanning two continentsWhile jogging on a beach near Sydney, Sam finds a bottle with a message from the past. It had been written in 1999 by Lena, who then spent a Work and Travel year in Australia, and when she left, she threw a letter into the waves as a way of saying goodbye. Without thinking, he writes to her, not expecting her to reply. But Lena does. She had almost forgotten about her notes to the ocean that contained all her dreams and wishes. This is the beginning...

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A gripping novel about love, family, and peace with the past Sylvia and Maël are expecting the birth of their long-awaited child when his family’s past catches up with Maël. His mother, Fabienne, with whom he had not had any contact for the past 30 years, has been diagnosed with dementia and become dependent on care. Now, Maël has to make haste to get to where she lives and arrange for her to be placed in a nursing home. Even though Sylvia is plagued by dark premonitions, Maël leaves. A few...

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Action-packed fantasy in a dark urban settingThe rebellion was successful. The citizens of Sygna have driven the Aquintian occupiers out of the city. However, the thirteen primordial mystical symbolswere also liberated from the underground catacombs. They have sought out and bestowed supernatural powers on new carriers - both among the citizens of Sygna and among the enemy soldiers. While his comrades organize the defense of Sygna, the poet Ismayl travels as a spy to the enemy capital to hunt for...

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Depression and suicide – how does it affect family members?Millions of children grow up with parents who are mentally ill. Although these children need help if they are to avoid psychological damage, they are often left on their own. One morning, Katja Hauck was suddenly pulled out of school, picked up by her mother, and confronted with the sad news that her father, Uwe Hauck, had attempted suicide. He survived, but life changed for then 14-year-old Katja.Long before that day, Katja experienced times...

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Black madonnas, whores, and a conspiracy – Auntie Poldi’s fourth case The fourth volume in the series is about envy, jealousy, blackmail, murder, whores, nuns, exorcists and secret lodges, as well as about hermaphrodites, the fashion industry, the Catholic Church, broken and healed hearts, and about the dark secret of Torre Archirafi and an even darker period in Italy’s post-war history. Furthermore, though, it is – once again – about the beauty of Sicily, booze and the lust for life, and this...

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A dramatic, magnificently colorful and poetic family story about love and betrayal, knights and crusades, monasteries and emperors, and about the treasures of nature – pearlsNorthern Germany at the turn of the 13th century. The throne dispute between the Staufers and the Welfs is leaving its mark on the land. In the north, Danish and German rulers are fighting for supremacy. When Henry the Lion razes the trading town of Bardowick, siblings Ida and Bendix are separated.Bendix becomes a goldsmith in...

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