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When only drawing can save you.
Sixteen-year-old Zoe has absolutely no memories. Drawing is the only thing that helps her. But the pictures she draws as though one possessed usually depict her in grave danger. When Zoe falls in love with Elijah, everything becomes easier - until one day, after an argument, she does a sketch of Elijah’s face and then crosses it through in heavy pencil. A short time later, Elijah is in hospital with serious injuries to his face. Does Zoe see into the future with her pictures? Or could it be that she has a dangerous gift?
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Teresa feels pretty confused when a friend of her parents and his twin sons come to visit. Two years before, Teresa had had a crush on Adrian. Now he's in a wheelchair and Teresa feels strongly attracted to Kai – and ashamed of it. But is Kai really Kai? Or is Teresa the victim of a dangerous game of mistaken identity? When several of the animals on her parents’ farm suddenly die a mysterious death, things begin to get dangerous for Teresa, too …
A gripping thriller that will have adults and teenagers on the edge of their seats right to the last page!
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A psychopath, who is obsessed with the sound of death. A boy, who can hear more than anyone else. A crime, which casts its shadow far into the past. These are the ingredients of the new, perfectly constructed thriller from Andreas Götz!
Never has Linus been happier! He has just got together with Lucy, his first love, and is enjoying life to the full. But then his world is shattered, when his mother, Vera, is kidnapped. And the worst thing is that no one knows what the kidnapper wants. From the very start, he makes only one demand: no police! Then he sends audiofiles in which Linus’ mother can be heard – but that still gives them no clues. Even Linus’ father, Richard, a professor of forensic phonetics, is at a complete loss even though his exceptionally acute sense of hearing has enabled him to solve crimes time and again. In his despair, Richard turns unofficially and in the strictest of confidence to his old friend, Frank Volkmann, at the Federal Criminal Police Office. When a ransom demand comes in shortly after, the clues all point to none other than Lucy’s brothers. But do they really have something to do with the kidnapping or are they just copycats? Their doubts test Linus’ and Lucy’s love to the limits.
While Lucy tries to find out what role her brothers are really playing in the affair, Linus receives messages from the kidnapper that he must keep to himself if he doesn’t want to endanger his mother’s life. Linus goes along with the perfidious game and follows the encoded instructions the kidnapper sends him. In doing so, he brings to light an old case in which his father and Frank investigated together and, as it turns out, by means that were not exactly fair. So is this all about revenge? And above all - can Linus still trust his father?
When all the pressure becomes too much for Richard and he suffers a sudden loss of hearing, that question loses its urgency for the moment because then it's up to Linus, who has inherited Richard’s exceptional hearing, to step into the breach. And with his help, the place where his mother had been kept really is located, only she has long since been taken somewhere else. When Linus finally realises who the kidnapper is and what he is planning, it is already nearly too late: the kidnapper meanwhile also has Lucy in his clutches and he is planning to capture on tape for all eternity both her final breath and Vera’s …
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When your own family cannot forgive what happened in the past.
When your heart remains undecided.
When you can no longer distinguish between friend and foe.
That’s the day you have to take your destiny into your own hands.
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Secrets – Do you know everything about your best friends?
Who is a friend? Who an enemy? Who a cheat?
Sneakier than Pretty Little Liars, cooler than Gossip Girl. A mix of thriller and love story that gets girls hooked.
The first is successful and popular. The second, quiet and insecure. And the third knocks just about every boy off his feet. And yet Marie, Emma and Kassy are best friends. But then Marie is found dead at her own party. Was it suicide? With the help of Marie’s diary, Emma and Kassy begin to search for clues. Who is the mysterious boy Marie was seeing? Why is Marie’s father suddenly back in town now - after being away for 15 years? Everyone Marie knew seems to be hiding something. But the darkest secrets of all are the ones the three friends kept from each other.
Mentored by bestselling author Rita Falk: “Get involved, shed some light, feel your pulse race – brilliant: Secrets!”
Created side by side with the famous bestselling Spiegel author Rita Falk
Rita Falk joins Stefan Valentin as a mentor for Secrets, the new thriller series for girls.
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Secrets – Who can you trust?
Who is a friend? Who an enemy? Who a cheat?
Sneakier than Pretty Little Liars, cooler than Gossip Girl. A mix of thriller and love story that gets girls hooked.
The first is successful and popular. The second, quiet and insecure. And the third knocks just about every boy off his feet. And yet Marie, Emma and Kassy are best friends. But then Marie is found dead at her own party. Was it suicide? With the help of Marie’s diary, Emma and Kassy begin to search for clues. Who is the mysterious boy Marie was seeing? Why is Marie’s father suddenly back in town now - after being away for 15 years. Everyone Marie knew seems to be hiding something. But the darkest secrets of all are the ones the three friends kept from each other.
Mentored by bestselling author Rita Falk: “Get involved, shed some light, feel your pulse race – brilliant: Secrets!”
Created side by side with the famous bestselling Spiegel author Rita Falk
Rita Falk joins Stefan Valentin as a mentor for Secrets, the new thriller series for girls. | 14 +
Secrets – How far are you prepared to go for your friends?
Who is a friend? Who an enemy? Who a cheat?
Sneakier than Pretty Little Liars, cooler than Gossip Girl. A mix of thriller and love story that gets girls hooked.
The first is successful and popular. The second, quiet and insecure. And the third knocks just about every boy off his feet. And yet Marie, Emma and Kassy are best friends. But then Marie is found dead at her own party. Was it suicide? With the help of Marie’s diary, Emma and Kassy begin to search for clues. Who is the mysterious boy Marie was seeing? Why is Marie’s father suddenly back in town now - after being away for 15 years. Everyone Marie knew seems to be hiding something. But the darkest secrets of all are the ones the three friends kept from each other.
Mentored by bestselling author Rita Falk: “Get involved, shed some light, feel your pulse race – brilliant: Secrets!”
Created side by side with the famous bestselling Spiegel author Rita Falk
Rita Falk joins Stefan Valentin as a mentor for Secrets, the new thriller series for girls. | 14 +
Gripping and written in the racy style of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars.
To be continued! Book 2 is due for release in spring 2018.
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Imagine that your drawings reveal fragments of memory filled with pain and darkness.
Imagine that you have a secret that has destroyed your whole life.
Imagine that with someone by your side you could make a fresh start.
Would you want to remember?
Revolutionary, new and different: In When You Forget, words and pictures form the combined narrative in the story of Zoe, whose entire memories are erased from one day to the next.
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Author Johannes Groschupf masterfully immerses himself in the psychology of his two main characters. An extraordinary and gripping thriller that stays with you long after you closed the book.
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Loner Conni is convinced there’s no such thing as friendship! And he’s dead set on proving it to the Bad Boys and the Little Bitches by splitting them up from the inside. He knows the four friends’ weaknesses and involves one after the other in secret actions designed to show him up us as a completely self-centred hypocrite. Conni’s plan seems to be working, but when Lizzy suddenly has an accident and her friends risk their lives to save her, the true meaning of friendship becomes clear. Conni realises his mistake and has to apologise.
A fascinating web of intrigues and lies – for all fans of the TV series “13 Reasons Why.” Secrets and the dark side of human nature straight from the daily life of the target audience.
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Two plus Three are on the lookout for a new case! When Mrs Thingummy’s ferret is kidnapped, finding him is clearly a job for the detectives and Pepper, their chinchilla. But then more and more pets disappear and everywhere the same letter turns up claiming responsibility. The detectives immediately realise what that means: there are professional kidnappers at work here. But no case is too difficult for Two plus Three!
A picture reader with lots of colour pictures by Amber Fuchs and an exciting detective story by Martin Klein: clever comic fun for beginning readers! The concept was developed by experienced teachers to motivate rather than overwhelm beginning readers.
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Faye’s insomnia has always made her feel different, but now she is in the greatest danger. Important files have suddenly gone missing, mad Missy’s house has been set on fire, and now Auntie Liz proves to Faye that she is suffering from the same disorder that has already played a part in the mysterious deaths of Zoey Fuller and Fabiana Nunez. Could good-looking Luke be right in thinking that the Monday Club is behind it all? Faye fights desperately to discover the truth about whatever is threatening not just her life.
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A universally popular girl, who goes missing without trace
Secrets, intrigues, disturbing emotions
Freya’s first days and weeks at the new boarding school are overshadowed by the disappearance of her schoolmate Maria. What has happened to her? What does her ex-boyfriend know? What did she have to do with Oscar, the drug dealer? And why do troublemakers Cora and Bianca threaten Freya when they find out that she’s been investigating the disappearance? Luckily, Freya has Leo, whose love seems to be the only good thing in her life. If only he weren’t her teacher …
- Thirteen Reasons Why meets Gone Girl
- Perfidious revenge thriller in a boarding school setting
- Changing perspectives, false trails, buffling plot | 14 +
Travel adventure in logbook look, with cool illustrations and lots of additional material: GPS data, routes and maps!
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The temptations, risks and abysses of the gaming world – a story that closely traces the psyche of the characters. Thrilling suspense!
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Inside a cubby hole under the eaves of her new student flat in Tübingen, 18-year-old Svenja finds a scruffy 11-year-old boy, who seems unable or unwilling to speak. She decides to let him stay and calls him Nashville because that’s what’s printed on his T-shirt. When a series of murders targeting homeless people rocks the city, Svenja begins to feel uneasy. Could Nashville, who keeps on mysteriously disappearing, have something to do with it all? Very soon, she realises that not only Nashville’s life is in danger, but her own, too. A grandiose thriller from multi-award-winning author Antonia Michaelis; a captivating and gripping story of love, longing, fears and friends who cannot be trusted.
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Munich, the end of a hot summer. Three girls die within the space of a few weeks – seemingly, it was their own decision. But that is only half the truth. Because all three wanted to go to their deaths with the man they loved. They had no idea that the very man who wanted to die with them would turn out to be their worst enemy.
A subtle page turner about a series of mysterious teenage deaths – about murder, secrets and the darkest depths of human nature.
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The teenagers slowly begin to uncover the secrets surrounding the abandoned sanatorium. They realise that their great enemy isn’t Wicca, but one of their own group. The tension mounts - and culminates in a gripping showdown. Will the teenagers manage to set their differences aside in order to survive? This battle has long since ceased to be theirs alone.
Mystery in the style of Netflix dramas “The Society”, “Dark”, and “Stranger Things”.
The trilogy’s finale - with a completely unexpected ending.
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Rena is responsible for the death of her friend Joe. Nobody wants anything more to do with her. Nobody, that is, apart from the stranger who has been sending her various weird challenges via WhatsApp. All of them are related to the Seven Deadly Sins. If she doesn’t fulfil a particular challenge, one of the people she loves will pay for it. Rena has no choice but to obey. However, the game becomes increasingly grisly, and there’s no escape for her. Who’s behind all these messages? How is it connected with Joe’s death? And, more importantly: how can she put a stop to this diabolical game?
First class thriller.
Perfidious game involving secret messages and mortal danger.
Compelling, shockingly realistic story about revenge and mortal sin.
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- Explores the topics of love, dangerous group dynamics and what it’s like to be the outsider
- A moving story that calls our own behaviour into question
- Outstanding narrative structure with two interwoven storylines | 14 +