William Ritter Bücher

Jackaby und Abigail in ihrem letzten, gefährlichsten Kampf ... Jackaby und seine Assistentin Abigail treffen auf ihren schlimmsten Gegner. Ein dunkler König versucht, die Welt mithilfe einer Mischung aus Magie und Technik aus den Angeln zu heben. Das Duo muss an allen Fronten kämpfen: die Untoten zurück zwingen und den Riss zwischen der Erde und der Anderswelt schließen. Dabei kommen sich Abigail und der Detektiv Charlie immer näher, während Jackaby sich seine Gefühle für die Geisterdame Jenny eingesteht. Doch die Zukunft ist bedroht, wenn sie den gnadenlosen König nicht bezwingen können …

Kein Fall zu selten, keine Spur zu heiß! New Fiddleham, 1892: Es ist zehn Jahre her, dass Jenny Cavanaugh ermordet wurde, doch sie hat noch lange keine Ruhe gefunden und lebt als Geist in Jackabys Haus weiter. Als sich in New Fiddleham auf einmal Mordfälle ereignen, die Jennys Fall verblüffend ähneln, nehmen Jackaby und seine Assistentin Abigail den Fall von damals wieder auf – mit der Absicht, den aktuellen Fall dabei ebenfalls zu lösen. Ihre Suche treibt sie in die Arme eines leichenbleichen Feindes …

Kein Fall zu seltsam, keine Spur zu heiß! New Fiddleham, 1892: Abigail Rook, die junge Assistentin von R. F. Jackaby – Detektiv für unerklärliche Phänomene – langweilt sich nie in ihrem neuen Job. Von besonders garstigen Gestaltwandlern, die sich als süße Kätzchen tarnen, bis hin zu Mord ist alles in ihrem Tagesablauf dabei. Als in dem benachbarten Gad’s Valley ein nicht identifizierbares Monster Tiere und Menschen überfällt, bittet Junior Detective Charlie Cane Abigail um Hilfe. Bald sind Jackaby und Abigail in eine Jagd nach einem Dieb, einem Monster und einem Mörder verwickelt, die ihren ganzen Scharfsinn verlangt …

New Fiddleham 1892: Neu in der Stadt und auf der Suche nach einem Job trifft die junge Abigail Rook auf R. F. Jackaby, einen Detektiv für Ungeklärtes mit einem scharfen Auge für das Ungewöhnliche, einschließlich der Fähigkeit, übernatürliche Wesen zu sehen. Abigails Talent, gewöhnliche, aber dafür wichtige Details aufzuspüren, macht sie zur perfekten Assistentin für Jackaby. Bereits an ihrem ersten Arbeitstag steckt Abigail mitten in einem schweren Fall: ein Serienkiller ist unterwegs. Die Polizei glaubt, es mit einem gewöhnlichen Verbrecher zu tun zu haben, aber Jackaby ist überzeugt, dass es sich um kein menschliches Wesen handelt ...

The third adventure in the beloved fantasy series full of folklore and mayhem, from the creator of Jackaby. Brothers Cole and Tinn are determined to solve a mystery almost as old as they are: What happened to their long-missing father? Joseph Burton vanished without a trace, leaving the babies’ mother to raise them—one human, one a goblin changeling—alone. Some say Joseph abandoned his family, others that he met foul play looking for a way to get rid of the changeling imposter. Cole is determined to learn his father’s true fate, so he and Tinn set out on a dangerous quest to the deepest, most deadly limits of the Oddmire—with the help of Evie, expert on the creatures of the Wild Wood, and Fable, the indomitable half human, half fairy. Meanwhile a shudder runs through the forest. Increasingly powerful earthquakes shake the land, sinkholes form, and the spriggans, trolls, and other creatures along their path speak of an ancient evil on the rise . . . In the third book of the Oddmire series, New York Times bestselling author William Ritter takes readers on an unforgettable journey of family, fate, and a dangerous, magical forest.

Human and goblin brothers Cole and Tinn are finding their way back to normal after their journey to the heart of the Oddmire. Normal, unfortunately, wants nothing to do with them. Fable, the daughter of the Queen of the Deep Dark, has her first true friends in the brothers. The Queen allows Fable to visit Tinn and Cole as long as she promises to stay quiet and out of sight—concealing herself and her magic from the townspeople of Endsborough.But when the trio discovers that humans are destroying the Wild Wood and the lives of its creatures for their own dark purposes, Fable cannot stay quiet. As the unspoken truce between the people of Endsborough and the inhabitants of the Wild Wood crumbles, violence escalates, threatening war and bringing Fable’s mother closer to the fulfillment of a deadly prophecy that could leave Fable a most Unready Queen.

“Funny, exciting, and ultimately epic. Wow. I can’t wait for the next one.” —Adam Gidwitz, author of the New York Times bestseller A Tale Dark and Grimm “Set in a magical world filled with incredible creatures from folklore, this fast-paced fantasy will keep readers turning the pages . . . A captivating series opener.” —Booklist, starred review Magic is fading from the Wild Wood. To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kind—a newborn changeling. But when the night arrives to trade a human baby for a goblin one, something goes terribly wrong. After laying the changeling in a human infant’s crib, the goblin Kull is briefly distracted. By the time he turns back, the changeling has already perfectly mimicked the human child. Too perfectly: Kull cannot tell them apart, so he leaves both babies behind. Tinn and Cole are raised as human twins, neither knowing what secrets may be buried deep inside one of them. When they are thirteen years old, a mysterious message arrives, calling the brothers to be heroes and protectors of magic. The boys must leave their sleepy town and risk their lives in the Wild Wood, journeying through the Deep Dark to reach the goblin horde and uncover who they truly are. In this first book in a new fantasy-adventure series, New York Times bestselling author William Ritter takes readers on a journey of monsters, magic, and discovery.

An action-packed return to the world of the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series—brimming with supernatural mayhem. Abigail Rook never intended to become the Seer, but now the magical ability to look past the material plane and reveal the truth of all things is hers alone. With this overwhelming new gift, she is uniquely situated to answer the most burning questions facing New Fiddleham and its citizens—both human and supernatural. The only problem? She has no idea what she’s doing. And New Fiddleham isn’t waiting for Abigail to be ready. Local witches and other magical beings are going missing. Abigail isn’t sure how to even begin looking for them, let alone uncover what’s behind the disappearances. Meanwhile, tensions between human and supernatural residents of New Fiddleham are curdling into a hatred that could tear the city apart. To make matters worse, Abigail’s parents appear, ready to take her back to England and marry her off. Abigail has no choice but to follow her Sight, her instincts, and any clues she can find to track a culprit who is somehow always three steps ahead of her... William Ritter returns to the world of the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series in this laugh-out-loud action-adventure perfect for new readers and fans of the original series.

A verified villain. A slayer killer. A god among vampires. And most of all? A hopeless romantic...Spike just wants to enjoy the spoils of his new badass reputation. He’s now a legendary slayer killer, and he’s returning to London―the greatest city in the world. Unfortunately, his new abode is far from ideal (a dank basement), and the rest of his strange little “family” is reeling from the fact that their patriarch, Angellus, abandoned them. Spike’s love, Drusilla, seems especially heartbroken and spends her time lost in her tarot cards and planning their next gruesome family dinner when they all can be reunited.Desperate to break Dru out of her melancholy, Spike vows to steal a powerful relic that will help her focus on their dark future together. It’s the perfect plan―that is until a monster named Gunnar, leader of the demon underworld of London, steals the relic first. Forced to form his own ragtag group of underworld denizens, Spike plans an epic heist against a ruthless gang of undead criminals. As he navigates paranormal plots, royal black ops, and breaks for teatime (they may be abominations, but they’re British abominations, thank you very much), Spike soon realizes that his homecoming is about to get bloody.

Jackaby, supernatural detective, and his indispensable assistant, Abigail Rook, are plunged into the heart of an apocalyptic war between magical worlds in the action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series by William Ritter. The fate of the world is in the hands of detective of the supernatural R. F. Jackaby and his intrepid assistant, Abigail Rook. An evil king is turning ancient tensions into modern strife, using a blend of magic and technology to push the earth and the otherworld into a mortal competition. Jackaby and Abigail are caught in the middle as they continue to solve mysteries in New Fiddleham, New England--like who's created the rend between the worlds, how to close it, and why the undead are appearing around town. At the same time, the romance between Abigail and the shape-shifting police detective Charlie Cane deepens, and Jackaby's resistance to his feelings for the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, Jenny Cavanaugh, begins to give way. But before the four can think about their own futures, they will have to defeat an evil that wants to destroy the future altogether. The epic fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series features wry humor and a cast of unforgettable characters facing off against their most dangerous, bone-chilling foe ever.