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Der Lehrer - Will er dir helfen oder will er deinen Tod?

Der Lehrer - Will er dir helfen oder will er deinen Tod?

Translated title: The Teacher - Does He Want to Help You or Does He Want Your Death?

Author: McFadden, Freida

Genre: Thriller / Crime

Year: 2025 | Pages: 400 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89607

Translated
Lesson 1: Once you walk into school, trust no one.

Eve Bennett actually has a good life. She is a math teacher at the local high school and married to Nate, who teaches English there. But last year the school was rocked by a scandal involving a student. And this year that student is in Eve's class. Addie can't be trusted; she lies and hurts people. But no one knows the real Addie. No one knows the secret that could destroy her. And Addie would do anything to keep it that way. Her only bright spot this school year: her new English teacher, Nate Bennett
Die Duellantin. Kein Herz ist unbesiegbar

Die Duellantin. Kein Herz ist unbesiegbar

Translated title: The Duelist: No heart is invincible

Author: Page, Mia

Genre: Romance

Year: 2025 | Pages: 448 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89597

Elena's family dreams of a fitting wedding - but the 24-year-old prefers to practice fencing with her best friend Matteo. She even stands in for him in a duel between his fraternity. Her opponent is none other than the mysterious Valentino, who is as famous as he is infamous for his fencing skills.

During the fight, Elena not only discovers her own strength: she feels attracted to Valentino in a way that was previously foreign to her. A passionate connection develops between the young woman from a good family and the mysterious, charismatic fencer, one that tests more than just Elena's heart. But can she really trust Valentino? And will she find her own way in a world dominated by men and the expectations of her own family?
Das Geheimnis des roten Hauses

Das Geheimnis des roten Hauses

Translated title: The Secret of the Red House

Author: Milne, A. A.

Genre: Thriller / Crime

Year: 2025 | Pages: 256 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89617

Translated
When Mark Ablett, writer and patron of the arts, invites people to the ''red house,''his picturesque country residence, they don't take long to ask. This time, the English summer retreat is interrupted by a surprise guest: Mark's good-for-nothing brother Robert, who has spent the last fifteen years in Australia. None of those present knew of his existence, and the siblings can't possibly be very close. And the idyll is finally over when Robert, the black sheep of the family, is murdered and Mark subsequently disappears without a trace. With the police in the dark, two of his friends, Antony Gillingham and Bill Beverley, decide to solve the case-in their own way
Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen

Author: Fox, Candice

Genre: Thriller / Crime

Year: 2025 | Pages: 431 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89612

Translated
Hero squad or criminal gang?

The firefighters of ''Engine 99'' are considered the best in New York - brave, fearless, and revered. But what no one suspects: They themselves set fires to rob banks and jewelers in the chaos. The FBI assigns freelance investigator Andy Nearland to the squad. Undercover, she must assert herself in a dangerous male world - constantly caught between trust and betrayal, loyalty and lies. But when the squad's biggest coup is about to take place, Andy's time is running out
All the things (s)he said

All the things (s)he said

Author: Lindberg, Inka

Genre: Romance

Year: 2025 | Pages: 400 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89590

An own-voice romance taken straight from real life - Skye is in the middle of her quarter-life crisis and has to ask herself the really important questions: What do I want to do with my life? What will make me truly happy?

Skye is in love with love, but can she also discover love for herself?

Skye is a serial monogamist: her whole life she hops from relationship to relationship and never stays alone for long. But when she splits up with Lukas, everything changes. This time the young woman from Cologne vows to stay single for a year to find out what she really wants in life. Who is she without a partner? What does she really like and what did she only do for her boyfriend's sake? And how on earth do you make new friends in your mid-twenties? Finding the answers to these questions turns out to be anything but easy
Wiederholung

Wiederholung

Translated title: Repetition

Author: Hjorth, Vigdis

Genre: Social Novel

Year: 2025 | Pages: 160 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89628

A woman walks through the forest, and everything she wants to forget returns to her. Breath by breath, she approaches the sixteen-year-old girl she once was. The first kiss at a party. The first overwhelming rush that made her body feel so light. The mother who watches over her with eagle eyes and controls her insatiable hunger for life. The father who distances himself further and further.

In her new novel, which was awarded Norway's most important literary prize, the Critics' Prize, Vigdis Hjorth returns to her major life themes: She tells of a young woman's painful battle with a family secret, of the struggle for her own truth, and of how some memories haunt you until new recognition is possible. An essential, universal book by Norway's most important contemporary author
Perfect Crime - Wenn niemand dir glaubt

Perfect Crime - Wenn niemand dir glaubt

Translated title: Perfect Crime - If Nobody Believes You

Author: Douglas, Claire

Genre: Thriller / Crime

Year: 2025 | Pages: 396 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89603

Translated
They all have a secret. But only one would murder for it.

As a successful author, Emilia only knows the depths of human nature from her own books. Until the day a terrible accident throws her sheltered life in the London suburbs off track. The incident is unmistakably from her latest thriller. But how can that be? Only a handful of people know the content of her unpublished crime novel and are suspected perpetrators. Emilia begins to investigate on her own and is horrified to discover that everyone around her is keeping secrets - the friend she confides in, the father who has always been by her side. And even her husband, next to whom she falls asleep peacefully every night. Emilia knows they are all lying. But which of them is out to kill her?
Chosen - Träume aus Gold

Chosen - Träume aus Gold

Translated title: Chosen - Gold Dreams

Author: Bähr, Emily

Genre: Romance

Year: 2025 | Pages: 414 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89598

The daughters of Vesmon's great noble houses spend their lives preparing for the day they will participate in the Royal Games to win the prince's favor. Without magical training, Iris would never have been considered for the games, until she suddenly finds herself taking her sister Hyacinth's place. Barely arriving at the royal court, she finds herself ensnared in a web of intrigue, and her only hope for survival is her mentor Cylus, who, despite his aloof manner, soon causes her to lose sight of her true goal
Credence - Sie ist tabu, doch Liebe kennt keine Regeln

Credence - Sie ist tabu, doch Liebe kennt keine Regeln

Translated title: Credence - She Is Taboo, but Love Knows No Rules

Author: Douglas, Penelope

Genre: Romance

Year: 2025 | Pages: 602 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89589

Translated
It's easy to break rules when no one's watching...

Tiernan is used to a life of luxury. But after the death of her parents, she finds herself in the remote Colorado wilderness in the care of Jake, Her father's stepbrother, who lives in the mountains with his two sons. Tiernan must assert herself in this harsh environment while wrestling with loss, loneliness, and her place in the world. But then winter comes, and Tiernan realizes what family truly means and that the only rules that matter are the ones she dares to break
VIEWS

VIEWS

Author: Kling, Marc-Uwe

Genre: Thriller / Crime

Year: 2025 | Pages: 272 | Origin: GER | BA Seq Num: 89608

A shocking crime - and everyone will see it

16-year-old Lena Palmer disappears without a trace. Three days later, she reappears in a disturbingly brutal video that goes viral at breathtaking speed.

BKA Commissioner Yasira Saad is tasked with finding Lena and identifying the perpetrators. She has little time, as violent demonstrations are already taking place in German cities. A right-wing extremist group called ''Active Homeland Security'' is rapidly gaining support. Can Yasira arrest the perpetrators before the lynch mob strikes and the rule of law begins to falter?

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