The thrilling 1st installment in Pulitzer Prize–winning author John P. Marquand's classic espionage series featuring Imperial Japan's most skillful spyCapitalizing on his heroic career as a World War I flying ace, Casey Lee agrees to pilot a plane across the Pacific as a publicity stunt for an American tobacco company. But his future as a goodwill ambassador between East and West takes a nosedive when the flight is abruptly canceled. Stranded in Tokyo, his bank account rapidly dwindling, Casey is approached by Mr. Moto, a secret agent with a job to offer. The work entails a matter of grave international importance—and it pays well. Casey accepts the proposition and boards a steamship bound for Shanghai, where his mission will begin. His fellow passengers include Mr. Moto and Sonya, a beautiful exile from White Russia with her own private agenda. When a Chinese man turns up dead in Casey's stateroom, the trio is caught up in a dangerous game of intrigue and deceit, the outcome of which might just determine the fate of their nations. First serialized in the Saturday Evening Post, John P. Marquand's popular and acclaimed Mr. Moto Novels were the inspiration for 8 films starring Peter Lorre.

She thought her past was behind her. She was wrong.After a devastating divorce, Sophia is determined to rebuild her life—for herself and her young son. A new home. A promising business. A fresh start.But the past doesn’t let go so easily.It begins with a note.Then a phone call.Then something far more terrifying.As the threats escalate into a relentless campaign of stalking, Sophia realizes one chilling truth: someone wants her dead.Desperate for help, she turns to the police—but with no solid evidence, her fears are dismissed. Alone and running out of time, Sophia takes matters into her own hands.What she uncovers is darker—and closer—than she ever imagined.With danger closing in and no one she can trust, Sophia must rely on her instincts to protect the one person who matters most. Because this time, failure isn’t an option.It’s survival.

A corpse in the moor. A stolen body. A killer playing a twisted game.Forensic pathologist Julia Schwarz is efficient, brilliant, and emotionally impenetrable—traits that have earned her the nickname the Ice Lady. In the sterile halls of her institute, she forces the dead to give up their secrets, clinging to the cold logic of science to keep the demons of her traumatic past at bay.When Detective Florian Kessler calls her to a grim discovery in the desolate moorlands, it seems like a clear-cut case. But then the unthinkable happens: the body recovered from the moor vanishes during transport to Julia’s institute. Stolen. Gone without a trace.Driven by an instinct she can’t ignore, Julia returns to the moor—and uncovers a second, even more gruesome victim high in the trees. The only link between the dead girls is a bizarre tattoo on their stomachs: a clue pointing to a serial killer with a ritualistic agenda. But as Julia races to decode its meaning, she doesn’t realize she’s already crossed a deadly line. Now the darkness is coming for her—inside the very halls she once believed were safe.The gripping first installment in the international bestselling Julia Schwarz series.

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