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Stalking Jack the Ripper

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Erscheinungsdatum:  20.09.2016 Autor:  Kerri Maniscalco Seitenzahl:  320 Seiten ISBN:  0 31627349X Erhältlich:  hier   Klappentext:   Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world.

A Court of Wings and Ruin

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Erscheinungsdatum:  05.02.2017 Autor:  Sarah J. Maas Seitenzahl:  720 Seiten ISBN:  9 781408857908 Erhältlich:  hier   Klappentext:   Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's manoeuvrings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit – and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords – and hunt for allies in unexpected places.  In this thrilling third book in the #1  New York Times  bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy them all. (Cover, Klappentext by Bloomsbury)

A Court of Mist and Fury

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Erscheinungsdatum:  03.05.2016 Autor:  Sarah J. Maas Seitenzahl: 626 Seiten ISBN:  9 781408857885 Erhältlich:  hier   Klappentext: Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court – but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people. Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms – and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future – and the future of a world cleaved in two. (Cover, Klappentext by Bloomsbury)

A Court of Thorns and Roses

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Erscheinungsdatum:  03.05.2016 Autor:  Sarah J. Maas Seitenzahl: 448 Seiten ISBN:  9781619635180 Erhältlich:  hier   Klappentext: Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill - the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price ...Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever. The start of a sensation...

Daughter of the burning City

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Erscheinungsdatum:   25.07.2017 Autor:  Amanda Foody Seitenzahl:  384 Seiten ISBN:  9780373212439 Erhältlich:  hier   Klappentext: A darkly irresistible new fantasy set in the infamous Gomorrah Festival, a traveling carnival of debauchery that caters to the strangest of dreams and desires Sixteen-year-old Sorina has spent most of her life within the smoldering borders of the Gomorrah Festival. Yet even among the many unusual members of the traveling circus-city, Sorina stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in hundreds of years. This rare talent allows her to create illusions that others can see, feel and touch, with personalities all their own. Her creations are her family, and together they make up the cast of the Festival's Freak Show. But no matter how lifelike they may seem, her illusions are still just that—illusions, and not truly real. Or so she always believed…until one of them is murdered. Desperate to protec...