"Ein verschwundenes Mädchen. Eine dunkle Verschwörung. Eine Stadt voller Geheimnisse.
Ein junges Mädchen namens Tracy verschwindet spurlos, doch niemand scheint sich dafür zu interessieren. Ihre beste Freundin Rebecca erzählt der Polizei, dass sie gemeinsam 'irgendwo oben in den Bergen' Tabletten genommen haben, aber sie kann sich nicht mehr daran erinnern, was danach passiert ist. Als sie wieder zu sich kam, war Tracy verschwunden.
Es gibt wenig bis gar keine Hinweise darauf, was passiert sein könnte, außer dass Rebecca sich verschwommen an einen Mann erinnert, dessen Beschreibung auf Lawrence Helzinger zutrifft. Der Multimillionär ist berüchtigt für sein korruptes Netzwerk, zu dem angeblich auch Politiker und Polizeichefs gehören. Seine skandalträchtigen Partys sollen regelmäßig in Orgien mit Minderjährigen ausarten. Das LAPD, die Washington Post und die New York Times sind schon seit Jahren hinter ihm her, aber Helzinger scheint unantastbar zu sein.
Detective Ray Collins will das Mädchen nicht aufgeben und übernimmt den Fall gemeinsam mit seinem Partner Steadly. Für die beiden beginnt ein Kampf gegen einen schier übermächtigen Gegner, bei dem sie nicht nur ihre Karrieren, sondern auch ihr Leben riskieren, um Tracy zu retten. Doch die Monster, die im verborgenen Lauern, treiben ein hinterhältiges Spiel, um unentdeckt zu bleiben. Und sie gehen über Leichen, um ihre Geheimnisse zu bewahren."
"The clock is ticking.
When Amanda Reeves, a beautiful young student, is kidnapped on the streets of Los Angeles, LAPD Detective Ray Collins knows that every second counts. Because the kidnapping is clearly the latest work of the serial killer known as the 'Night Shade Killer,' who has terrified the city for the past twelve years.
Each year, the killer kidnaps a victim to torture and eventually kill them after a thoroughly planned ritual. Each time, there are exactly nine days between the abduction and the victim's death. The murderer has never been caught.
And this time, too, all traces lead nowhere. Until Ray, whose reputation as a loner makes him more enemies than friends at the LAPD, investigates on his own and makes an incredible discovery. A discovery that brings back his insomnia as much as the flashbacks from his past.
It soon becomes clear that this case is not only the biggest case of Ray's career, but also the most personal... can he catch the killer before another victim loses their life?"
"LAPD Detective Ray Collins and his partner Steadly team up again to solve a case which might not only put their careers on the line, but also their lives.
A young girl seems to have disappeared without any trace whatsoever. Her best friend Rebecca tells the police that they got drunk and took pills “up in the hills somewhere”, but she has no further memory what happened next. When she woke up the next morning, Tracey was gone.
There are little to no hints of what might have happened, with the exception of Rebecca having partial memory of a luxurious mansion. The owner, Lawrence Helzinger, is famous for his social circle, including politicians and police chiefs, who for years protected him from prosecution. His parties are reported to be notorious, turning into orgies, allegedly passing around underage girls. The LAPD, the Washington Post and the New York Times have been after Helzinger for years, but for some reason he seems to be untouchable.
Faced with an insurmountable opponent, Collins and Steadly have to fight against the clock to rescue the missing girl and save innocent lives. The two must put aside old resentments and new tensions to run to ground one of the most powerful men in Los Angeles, a cabal of reckless people involved in a secret conspiracy with many moving parts.
Ray must not only uncover but expose the monsters lurking in the shadows – which might result in his very own downfall."
"All of us know that users of the Web do not read advertisements on the websites we visit, yet the online communities are emerging as the next great media rely solely on this method to produce revenue. In The Social Network Business Plan, social network expert, David Silver presents and explains 18 cutting-edge methods to create revenue for social network websites--none of which are advertising. He also predicts the demise of seemingly successful online communities such as MySpace and Facebook that rely on advertising as non-sustainable modalities. Silver describes and explains that in the future new products and services will be introduced, talked about, rated, reviewed and recommended or killed by online communities. One example of the 18 new revenue channels that online communities are adopting is the sale to vendors of anonymized conversations of the community members concerning those vendors' products or services. Another example is online communities who partner with the internet providers to receive payment when a particular online community's information is downloaded usinf that providers service. The other sixteen revenue channels are equally head-turning! Silver is the only angel investor, operating down where the rubber meets the road, who is investing in online communities in their infancy, and writing about which ones will win and which ones will fail."
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