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Touché par une balle en pleine jambe, Jazz se vide de son sang dans un garde-meuble de New York. Connie, sa petite amie, est entre les griffes de Billy Dent, son tueur en série de père. Quant à Howie, son équipier et meilleur ami, il gît inerte sur le sol de sa petite maison de Lobo’s Nod. Pourtant, tous trois doivent se relever, s’enfuir, lutter et mettre un terme à la folie de Billy Dent. Pour Jazz, l’enjeu est d’autant plus grand qu’il vient d’apprendre que sa mère, disparue des années plus tôt, est encore en vie. Et prisonnière de Billy. Jazz a le courage et la force de la jeunesse, mais Billy a toujours un coup d’avance dans ce jeu macabre qu’il a lui-même inventé. Il est temps de tuer le père. Traduit de l''anglais (Etats-Unis) par Mélanie Fazi

William Cornelius “Billy” Dent è il serial killer più famoso d’America. Ha ammazzato più di cento persone, meritandosi il soprannome di Macellaio. Jazz ha diciassette anni ed è suo figlio. Fin da bambino suo padre gli ha insegnato i trucchi del mestiere: come scegliere una preda, come riconoscere un poliziotto, come disarmarlo, come eliminarlo. Ma Billy è stato arrestato prima di costringerlo a mettere in pratica i suoi insegnamenti. Sono passati quattro anni da allora. Il Macellaio è rinchiuso in un carcere di massima sicurezza e Jazz cerca di condurre una vita normale, tenendo a bada la voce del padre che continua a risuonare dentro la sua testa, chiedendogli di fare quello per cui è stato messo al mondo: uccidere. Ed è la più grande paura di Jazz, questa. Essere davvero come suo padre, non poter più trattenere la sua parte oscura. Se non fosse per la sua ragazza Connie, per il suo amico Howie e per lo sceriffo G. William – lo stesso che ha scovato Billy – forse Jazz sarebbe già crollato. Soprattutto quando il serial killer che si fa chiamare l’Impressionista comincia a lasciare cadaveri a poca distanza da casa sua e la gente del paese teme che il responsabile sia Jazz. Per togliere i sospetti da sé a Jazz rimane solo una cosa da fare: utilizzare gli insegnamenti del padre per dare la caccia non a una vittima inerme, ma al vero assassino.

Nur ein Killer kann einen Killer zur Strecke bringen! Um zu beweisen, dass er nicht wie sein Vater ein psychopathischer Killer ist, arbeitete der siebzehnjährige Jazz Dent bereits mit der Polizei seiner kleinen Heimatstadt Lobo’s Nod zusammen. Und jetzt bittet ein zu allem entschlossener Detective aus New York City den jungen Mann um Hilfe. Ein Serienmörder erfüllt die Bürger und die Polizei der Ostküstenmetropole mit Entsetzen, und nur Jazz scheint fähig, den grausamen Killer zu stellen. Doch in den Häuserschluchten des Big Apple wird er bald selbst vom Jäger zum Gejagten ...

Stel je voor: een prachtige, zonnige dag en adembenemend natuurschoon Jammer alleen van dat lijk.Jasper Dent, die liever Jazz wordt genoemd, is een leuke, aardige jongen. Charmant zelfs, zouden sommigen zeggen. Maar hij is ook de enige zoon van de beruchtste seriemoordenaar ter wereld, een vader die de `quality time met zijn zoon soms wel erg letterlijk nam. Jazz heeft plaatsen delict gezien op een manier waar politieagenten een moord voor zouden doen: door de ogen van de dader.Jazz vader zit al jaren achter de tralies, maar toch duiken er ineens overal lijken op. Alweer. Om te bewijzen dat moord echt niet in zijn genen zit besluit Jazz de politie te helpen met zijn unieke kennis van zaken. Maar is hij wel zo anders dan zijn vader ?`Heerlijk gruwelijk. Jazz angsten en twijfels maken dit tot een diamant van een boek. Publishers Weekly

Das fulminante Finale der Thriller-Trilogie Jazz Dent wurde angeschossen und totgeglaubt in New York City zurückgelassen. Seine Freundin Connie befindet sich in der Gewalt von Jazz’ Vater, dem brutalen Serienkiller Billy. Sein bester Freund Howie ist schwer verletzt und droht zu verbluten. Trotz alldem müssen die drei irgendwie wieder zusammenfinden, um Billy endlich zur Strecke zu bringen. Und dann tut Jazz genau das, wovor er sich immer am meisten gefürchtet hat. Und alle Welt fragt sich: »Ist der Sohn aus dem gleichen Holz geschnitzt wie sein Vater?«

Barry Allen has run many places, at speeds not humanly possible, into the past and across the multiverse. But now he has to do the impossible: run into the future. To the 64th century, to be exact, where he must uncover Hocus Pocus''s secrets and face the evil Abra Kadabra. Meanwhile, on Earth 1, in the present, Kid Flash continues to investigate Earthworm, hoping to stop him before he strikes again. Plus, the team has to band together to try to save Barry''s job at CCPD. Good thing Team Flash believes that the impossible is just another exciting challenge.

From the world of Barry Lyga’s New York Times bestselling I Hunt Killers trilogy comes a thrilling adult mystery about the hunt for a monstrous serial killer. Brides are being murdered on their wedding nights. Soaked in blood and draped in lace. With nothing left behind to help them find the killer, the FBI is at an impasse. Their only, desperate hope is to convince Jasper Dent, the son of two serial killers and a former teen prodigy at hunting down such monsters, to emerge from his self-imposed exile. When he was a teenager, both of Jasper’s parents were members of a secret society of serial killers. Today, his father is in prison, and his mother is in a coma, both results of their final confrontation with Jasper years ago. Now wealthy from a bestselling memoir about his parents, Jasper still carries the scars from their parenting—and the uncanny, unwanted ability to understand killers that they instilled in him. Jasper wants nothing more than to hide from his past – cash his royalty checks and never think about murder and blood again. But he knows the only way to find any meaning or redemption in his life is to face his demons once again. His skills rusty, his confidence shaken, Jasper races against a ticking clock, frantically seeking to solve the impossible mystery before more women meet a horrific end.

The companion piece to Mike and Phile and All the World in all its +1,000 page glory. This is a book. It is written by Barry Lyga. Yes, we know it''s a very long book. We tried to get him to cut it, but he wouldn''t. So there was nothing we could do about it. We understand if the length turns you off. A long book like this one represents a commitment, and if it isn''t good, you''ll feel like you''ve wasted your time and your money. Still, we published it because we think it''s a good book. Could it be shorter? Maybe. That''s a very difficult call. Each person will have his or her own opinion. Some will read it and think, "It could have been shorter." Others will think, "It was just right." And maybe some people will wish it was longer. Isn''t that the highest compliment you can pay a book, to wish it would never end? Usually, this text here (it''s called "flap copy") is sexy marketing-talk, designed to get you to buy the book. Did you know that most people look at the cover, then the back cover, then the flap copy, and only then do they bother even to flip to a page in the book? So you probably haven''t even read any part of the book yet, but you might decide to buy or not buy it anyway. Without having read a word of it. So, we''ll just say this: This book is a love story. We hope you''ll give it a shot.

Bekanntheit im Netz war noch nie so tödlich Früher waren die sozialen Medien völlig außer Kontrolle. Menschen stellten sich gegenseitig bloß und selbst Hacker wie Cassies Vater waren machtlos dagegen. Aber dann kam der Hive. Er ist dazu da, Menschen für das, was sie online tun, zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Wer Ärger macht, sammelt Verurteilungen. Werden es zu viele, wird ein Hive-Mob zusammengerufen, der dem Missetäter im realen Leben eine Lektion erteilt. Als Cassie nach dem unerwarteten Tod ihres Vaters an eine neue Highschool wechselt, ist sie erfüllt von Trauer und Wut – und kurz vorm Ausrasten. Von ihren neuen Freunden angestachelt, macht sie online einen geschmacklosen Witz. Cassie bezweifelt, dass er jemandem auffallen wird. Aber der Hive bemerkt alles. Und während ihr Online-Kommentar ein ganzes Land in Aufruhr versetzt, fordert der Hive Vergeltung. Gestern noch war Cassie ein Niemand, heute kennt jeder ihren Namen und sie muss um ihr Leben rennen. Ein atemberaubender Cyber-Thriller über die Macht der sozialen Medien – packend und gleichzeitig erschreckend aktuell

Twelve-year-old Kyle Camden develops greater mental agility and superpowers during a plasma storm that also brings Mighty Mike, an alien, to the town of Bouring, but while each does what he thinks is best, Kyle is labeled a villain and Mike a hero.

"This essay collection, from fans and scholars alike, is as diverse as Legion history. Essays examine significant runs (by Jim Shooter, Paul Levitz, and Keith Giffen); the Legion''s science, architecture, and fashion; the role of women, homosexuality, and race; the early Legion''s classical adaptations, teenage cruelty, and relation to the early Justice League; Lightning Lad''s death and resurrection; whether the Legion should be allowed to age; the Amethyst saga; the themes of the reboot Legion; and the so-called Threeboot''s relationship to adult adolescence and generational theory"--page 4 of cover.

Learn the origins of the most feared force in the universe, and see how Thanos became the titan consumed by his quest for power.

After spending six months in the Maryland Mental Health Unit, Kyra Sellars, a.k.a. Goth Girl, returns home to try and resume her life, but she finds that everything has changed, including the one person who really appreciated her for who she is, Fanboy.

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