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Stuart Turton De duivel en de duistere diepte

1634. De Saerdam, een Oost-Indiëvaarder van de VOC, vertrekt naar Amsterdam met behalve een vrachtruim vol specerijen, ook een aantal passagiers aan boord. Een van hen is detective Samuel Pipps, die in Amsterdam zal worden geëxecuteerd. Hij wordt vergezeld door zijn trouwe lijfwacht Arent Hayes, die vastbesloten is de onschuld van zijn kameraad te bewijzen. Onder de andere aanwezigen bevinden zich ook de gouverneur-generaal en zijn echtgenote, een vrouw met een geheim. Wanneer het schip op het...

Nederlands | 16 uur 47 minuten (1449 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2021

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Ynskje Penning Overleven

de lotgevallen van zeven Nederlandse mariniers in WO II

Non-fictie

Nederlands | 592 pagina's | Penningboek, Haren | 2020

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Liz Nugent Our little cruelties

Drie broers gunnen elkaar het licht in de ogen niet en vechten op leven en dood met elkaar om de aandacht van hun moeder, geld en roem,

Fictie

Engels | 375 pagina's | Penguin Ireland, UK, Ireland | 2020

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Liz Moore Long bright river

Een jonge politieagente, die zich aan een moeilijk verleden heeft ontworsteld, gaat op zoek naar haar vermiste zus en belandt in een wereld van drugs en geweld.

Fictie

Engels | 450 pagina's | Hutchinson, London | 2020

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Eric Oosthoek Dood in opdracht

De zaak Dantzig

'Gebaseerd op waargebeurde zaken' Lydia stond langzaam op en staarde als verlamd naar de foto. Haar eigen vermoeide, maar blije gezicht, de vrolijk lachende ogen van Marianna, de twee rode cirkels. Het begon tot haar door te dringen wat dit betekende. Ze kwam met een schok terug in de werkelijkheid, greep haar mobiel en toetste Marianna's nieuwe nummer. De bel ging over. Het duurde en duurde, niemand nam op. Ze belde een tweede keer, bang dat ze een fout gemaakt had. Niets. Geen reactie. Hulpeloos...

Nederlands | 9 uur 15 minuten (532 MB) | All Fiction, Amsterdam | 2020

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R. K. Howard Error Code

What do you get when you take a witty housewife with deep, dark secrets and coop her up in a house with a frustratingly demonic dishwasher and a professional killer who just happens to look like The Gladiator? You get a thrilling tour de force of unexpected action that's peppered throughout with comedic beats and seriously dark undertones. From the opening paragraph all the way to the very end, Error Code is a non-stop romp. R. K. Howard is an American author. His "Black Machetes" has been in...

Engels | 4 uur 32 minuten (196 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Henriëtte Hemmink | Jan Rutger Achterberg De wraak van Alecto's dochters

Twee vriendinnen moeten ieder het hoofd bieden aan een crisis in hun leven, de een wordt gestalkt en de ander is verkracht; beiden besluiten wraak te nemen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 473 pagina's | Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2020

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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 6

Cleaning Up

The new information in the case makes Roland Benito re-examine the prison guard’s suicide. Now he knows for certain who Uwe Finch really is, and he decides to let Anne Larsen know. She was the one who obtained Uwe Finch’s fingerprint, and in the past, Roland has found out that Anne can be of great help in police investigations. Bertram is shocked to find out what has happened to his mum, but suddenly Anne Larsen, the reporter from TV2 East Jutland, shows up. Bertram breaks down in front of Anne,...

Engels | 48 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 5

You're Next

Anne Larsen shows Roland a picture of Uwe Finch, and Roland recognises some of his features. Something about the eyes being so close together. But surely it cannot be the man it resembles, as he died years ago in a hotel fire. When a fingerprint determines that it is indeed the man he feared it might be, Roland becomes interested in finding out why he has returned with a new identity, and why he might be in Aarhus. Bertram’s mum has found the stolen leather jacket in his room, and wants to return...

Engels | 47 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 2

The Leap

Roland Benito, who works for the Independent Police Grievance Unit, has been sent with his colleague to interrogate two police officers, who have responded to an emergency. A prison guard has leapt from his fourth-story window, just as the two officers arrive to respond to a complaint about loud music from his flat. On the face of it, there does not appear to be anything suspicious about the situation, but when it turns out the prison guard is the father of Roland’s granddaughter’s best friend from...

Engels | 46 minuten (36 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 4

New Leads

Anne Larsen finds out that the dead defense attorney ended her career shortly after losing a case, and that her client, child murderer Patrick Asp, was sent to prison. The father of the defense attorney, himself a supreme court justice, has vanished without a trace. Anne is at the prison to interview the warden about the prisoner who died of a drug overdose, when Patrick Asp discreetly manages to slip her a letter. He writes that he has been wrongly imprisoned, and that his wife played a part in...

Engels | 47 minuten (36 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 1

The List

Bertram and his three friends; Jack, Kasper and Felix, have just finished school, and have formed a small-time gang, calling themselves The Hawks. They work for The Handler, who pays them to do break-ins and steal expensive designer furniture, at the request of The Handler’s clients. Bertram lives alone with his mum, who works as a waitress in a restaurant. She believes that Bertram is earning his money delivering the local paper. Bertram cannot remember too much about his dad. He was only seven...

Engels | 49 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 3

The Jacket

Bertram is afraid to go to the police and tell them what he found in the stolen jacket, as he is a wanted criminal and does not want anything to do with law enforcement. He tries calling anonymously one evening, while drunk and after smoking a couple of joints, but the police refuse to believe him. When Bertram later discovers that his mum is in danger for her life, he tries to warn her, but she does not believe him either. He begins following her, and finds out that she is meeting with a man he...

Engels | 47 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Christian De Coninck Dodensteeg

Kolonel Pynaert en zijn ordonnans De Cruyenaere moeten bij een nieuwe naoorlogse elite-eenheid van de politie verschillende moordzaken oplossen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 287 pagina's | Houtekiet, Antwerpen, Amsterdam | 2020

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R. K. Howard The Express

"CHILLINGLY THOUGHT PROVOKING..." Are you ready for one hell of a bumpy ride? A man's daily commute becomes a hellish nightmare in this harrowing account of a horrific bus crash that transforms a fateful ending into a painful beginning for an unlucky lot forced to endure. Based on an age-old premise with a fresh perspective, it visits the undesirable side of life after death. R. K. Howard is an American author. His "Black Machetes" has been in Amazon Top 100 psychological thriller several times....

Engels | 57 minuten (42 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Vincent Cobb Nemesis

What really happens to the "lost children" of this world and what really goes on in the mind of a serial killer. Nemesis links a young psychic girl’s vision to a pedophile serial killer’s seven young victims and her efforts to identify the murderer to a young woman police officer before a total mental collapse. The killer remains at large, the horror ceases, but for how long? Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Engels | 11 uur 31 minuten (501 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Steffen Jacobsen The Promise - Part 4

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts. With Carsten’s help, Nina tries to get Gabriela out of the Herstedvester Prison. But time is not on their side. If they’re going to survive, they need to get out of the country as soon as possible. And just when they think they’re safe, their revengeful and armed past nemesis, driving a dark Audi, runs them down ... Steffen Jacobsen’s debut novel The Passenger (Passageren in Danish) came out in 2008,...

Engels | 50 minuten (39 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Steffen Jacobsen The Promise - Part 2

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts. Nina has moved into her rich sister’s splendid villa and is adapting to life outside of prison. She passes the time by getting involved in her 18-year-old niece’s boyfriend problems and exercising obsessively. She senses that the wrong people are on her tail and that it’s best to be prepared ... Steffen Jacobsen’s debut novel The Passenger (Passageren in Danish) came out in 2008, but his big break came...

Engels | 53 minuten (42 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Miranda Watson | James Rosone Prelude to World War III

In the not-too-distant future, the United States loses its status as a world Superpower. With the military cut to a barebones level and American leaders focused solely on the nation's internal struggles, the door will open for new powers to emerge on the world stage. In the wake of this power vacuum, China and Russia begin to flex their military muscles and expand their dominance in the world. They have the most up-to-date technological innovations ready for battle: railguns, unmanned drone tank...

Engels | 9 uur 4 minuten (400 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Steffen Jacobsen The Promise - Part 1

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts. In Herstedvester Prison sits a frustrated and restless Nina with her young protégée, Gabriela. They’re both on the run from an ominous dark past that’s constantly on their heels. When Nina is released on parole, she has difficulty enjoying her newfound freedom. Firstly, because she has to leave the defenseless Gabriela in prison, and secondly, because Nina’s new legal guardian definitely isn’t to her liking...

Engels | 54 minuten (43 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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