A mother's dying wish sealed with a deadly promise. Four men with a secret they thought they'd buried decades earlier. A detective in love. A man desperate to live despite the shadow of his guilty past.After hearing her mother's deathbed confession and following her mother's dreary funeral, Maria Adler realizes she has no other option but to seize upon her mother's imperative to do something. Dissolving the life she loathes, Maria changes her appearance and disappears. When she emerges, revenge is her sole occupation.Van Veeteren and his associates are left bewildered by the curious murder ...
"An Aussie outback dyke taking on Hollywood? As Kylie Kendall would say, Stone the crows! Don't miss this intro to the most unconventional, laugh-out-loud private eye in lesbian crime fiction. Claire McNab's always been one of our best, and she's outdone herself with this one." – Katherine V ForrestCrikey! Kiley Kendall is in a whole mess of trouble…Running a pub in the outback town of Wollegudgerie doesn't offer much fun or future for knockabout Aussie dyke Kylie Kendall, so when the father she never knew dies and leaves her 51% of his Los Angeles-based private-eye agency, it's ...
NATO armored divisions have broken out from near-certain defeat in the Soviet-ringed Dortmund/Bielefeld Pocket on the North German Plain. Despite being faster than the American planes, Russian MiG-25s and Sukhoi-15s are unable to maintain air superiority over the western Aleutians… On every front, the war that once seemed impossible blazes its now inevitable path of worldwide destruction. There is no way to know how it will end…
One by one, children of New York 's wealthiest are taken hostage. But the criminal doesn't crave money or power-he only wants to ask the elite if they know the price others pay for their luxurious lifestyles. And, if they don't, he corrects their ignorance-by killing them.To Detective Michael Bennett, it becomes clear that these murders are linked and must be part of a greater, more public demonstration. With the city thrown into chaos, he is forced to team up with FBI agent Emily Parker, and the two set out to capture the killer before he begins his most public lesson yet-a deadly message for the entire city to witness.From the bestselling author who brought you the Alex Cross novels comes James Patterson's most action-packed series yet. With the heart-pounding suspense that only Patterson delivers, WORST CASE will leave you gasping for breath until the very end.
When the women in his life – including his date, his neighbor, and his secretary – start turning up dead, attorney-turned-investigator Stone Barrington joins forces with his friend Dino, an NYPD lieutenant, to help clear his name.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child follows the electrifying 61 Hours with his latest Reacher thriller – a story that hits the ground running and then accelerates all the way to a colossal showdown.There's deadly trouble in the corn country of Nebraska… and Jack Reacher walks right into it. First he falls foul of a local clan that has terrified an entire county into submission. But it's the unsolved case of a missing child, already decades-old, that Reacher can't let go.The Duncans want Reacher gone – and it's not just past secrets they're trying to hide. They're ...
A fanatical militia roam the northern seas, ready to take on all comers in the name of a self-proclaimed vision of France. To track down the maverick militia and bring them to justice is a task for the agent they call "The Butcher".
Sfingowa? w?asn? ?mier? i znikn?? z 90 milionami z konta swojej firmy prawniczej. Patrick Lanigan, b?yskotliwy, znakomity adwokat, dokona? mistrzowskiego przekr?tu, kt?rego nie wybacz? mu jego wsp?lnicy. Po latach dopadn? go. B?d? torturowali, zanim postawi? przed s?dem: oni, ?ona i wymiar sprawiedliwo?ci – wszyscy chc? g?owy Patricka… za wszelk? cen?. Ale Lanigan przewidzia? wszystko. Lub prawie wszystko…
In the Pacific — Off Koreans east cost, 185 miles south of the DMZ, six Russian-made TU-22M backfires come in low, carrying two seven-hundred-pound cluster bombs, three one-thousand-pound “iron” bombs, ten one-thousand-pound concrete-piercing bombs, and fifty-two-hundred-pound FAEs.In Europe — Twenty Soviet Warsaw Pact infantry divisions and four thousand tanks begin to move. They are preceded by hundreds of strike aircraft. All are pointed toward the Fulda Gap. And World War III begins…
We w?asnym domu zostaje zastrzelony s?dzia federalny. Obok niego le?y cia?o kochanki. Zbrodnia skupia uwag? ca?ego San Francisco. Zdaniem inspektora wydzia?u zab?jstw, Devina Juhle'a, jest to zwyk?y przypadek zazdro?ci i gniewu ?ony. Ale dochodzenie ujawnia, ?e s?dzia mia? pot??nych wrog?w… Niekt?rzy z nich sk?onni byliby nawet zabi?, aby zapobiec ingerencji w ich sprawy.W tym samym czasie prywatny detektyw, Wyatt Hunt, najlepszy przyjaciel Juhle'a, zakochuje si? w pi?knej i tajemniczej adwokat Andrei Parisi. Kobieta, dzi?ki pracy w TV Process, szybko zyskuje s?aw?. Jest urodzon? gwiazd? i otwarcie d??y do celu, kt?rym jest posada w og?lnokrajowym kanale w Nowym Jorku. ?ledztwo Juhle'a ujawnia jednak, ?e tak?e ona ma zwi?zek z morderstwem…
– O Bo?e, nic nie rozumiem – powiedzia?a bezradnie dziewczyna z ty?u. – Zameczek…? Dop?ki konie nie wesz?y, mog?am jej udziela? wyja?nie?. – Zameczek to te? nie ko?. To D?okej. Ko? to Mimoza. I nie siedzi na nim wcale Zameczek, tylko amator Bry?…Wy?cigi to powie?? oparta na faktach, kt?re nie tylko pozosta?y nadal aktualne, ale wr?cz dosz?y do pe?ni rozkwitu. Na ca??, w?wczas jeszcze skromn?, a dzi? rozszala?? przest?pczo?? nikt nie zwr?ci? uwagi…
Kontynuacja powie?ci Kontrola. Rok 1939. Gestapo i czo?owe wywiady ?wiata tropi? ukrywaj?cego si? w Berlinie niebezpiecznego jasnowidza Rudolfa Mazura, g?osz?cego niepokoj?c? przepowiedni?. Tymczasem w Zwi?zku Radzieckim wci?? trwaj? czystki. Wszechw?adne s?u?by bezpiecze?stwa kontroluj? ?ycie mieszka?c?w, tak?e najwy?szych dzia?aczy pa?stwowych, i nikt nie mo?e czu? si? bezpieczny. Rozpoczyna obrady kolejny zjazd partii, w kt?rym bior? udzia? g??wnie nowi towarzysze, gdy? przewa?aj?c? wi?kszo?? delegat?w z poprzedniego zjazdu ju? rozstrzelano. Stalin natomiast w ramach przygotowa? do rewolucji ?wiatowej wyznacza agent?w, kt?rzy przejm? w?adz? w wybranych krajach. Bezgranicznie oddana komunizmowi agentka Nastia Strzelecka zostaje kandydatk? do obj?cia roli kr?lowej Hiszpanii…
Do Domu Nocy zakrad?y si? ciemne moce i ??dza krwi, a szkolne przygody dorastaj?cej wampirki Zoey Redbird staj? si? coraz bardziej tajemnicze. Ci, kt?rzy wydawali si? przyjaci??mi, okazuj? si? wrogami, a co dziwniejsze, zaprzysi?gli wrogowie staj? si? przyjaci??mi. Gdy zaufanie staje si? towarem deficytowym. Zoey wie, ?e wszystko, co odkryje, musi by? zachowane w tajemnicy przed reszt? mieszka?c?w. Tak zaczyna si? intryguj?ca trzecia cz??? serii, w kt?rej odwaga Zoey zostanie wystawiona na wi?ksz? pr?b? ni? kiedykolwiek przedtem.
Cudzoziemski trup na naszym terenie"Paskudna sprawa – stwierdzi? zwierzchnik – morderstwo cudzoziemki. Musimy jak najszybciej znale?? przest?pc?".Wycieczka ze Sztokholmu Jerzego Edigeya jest najlepsz? powie?ci? milicyjn? z jak? mia?am do tej pory do czynienia. Niew?tpliwie najwi?kszym walorem jest ciekawa intryga. Rozwi?zanie zagadki nie jest wcale oczywiste po przeczytaniu kilkunastu stron, ksi??ka Edigeya do samego ko?ca trzyma w napi?ciu. Spe?nia wi?c oczekiwania czytelnika w stosunku do krymina?u, na pewno jest jedn? z tych, kt?re czyta si? jednym tchem, w jeden wiecz?r.Kolejnym godnym pochwa?...
LuAnn Tyler, ?yjaca w skrajnej n?dzy ze sw? c?reczk? Lis? w przyczepie samochodowej, otrzymuje nagle propozycj? intratnej pracy. Gdy przybywa na um?wione spotkanie, okazuje si?, ?e propozycja dotyczy nie pracy, ale udzia?u w loterii krajowej, kt?ry mia?by przynie?? LuAnn g??wn? wygran?. Dziewczyna pozostawia sobie czas na przemy?lenie propozycji. Dalej wypadki tocz? si? w b?yskawicznym tempie: LuAnn zostaje zapl?tana w morderstwo dw?ch m??czyzn, a jednocze?nie zamieszana w afer? korupcyjn?. ?cigana przez policj? i FBI, ucieka za granic?, ale po latach wraca, by ostatecznie rozwik?a? tajemnicz? r?wnie? dla niej samej histori?.
Stephanie Plum, ?owczyni nagr?d, i Joe Morelli, zast?pca szeryfa policji w Trenton, ??cz? si?y w poszukiwaniu psychicznie chorego mordercy, kt?ry zastrzeli?, a nast?pnie podpali? syna Alexandra Ramosa – mi?dzynarodowego handlarza broni?.
Internationally bestselling author Jeffery Deaver delivers the latest sensational thriller in his wildly popular Kathryn Dance series.Newsweek calls Jeffery Deaver a 'suspense superstar,' and in his new novel, he lives up to the accolades once again as he sets his heroine Kathryn Dance on a quest to stop an obsessive stalker from destroying a beautiful young country singer.Kayleigh Towne is gorgeous with a voice that is taking her to the heights of the country pop charts. Her hit single 'Your Shadow' puts her happily in the spotlight, until an innocent exchange with one of her fans leads Kayleigh into a dark and terrifying realm. The fan warns, 'I'm coming for you,' and soon accidents happen and people close to Kayleigh die. Special Agent Kathryn Dance must use her considerable skills at investigation and body language analysis to stop the stalker – but before long she learns that, like many celebrities, Kayleigh has more than just one fan with a mission.
This novel is constructed around the supposition that Winston Churchill secretly met with Adolf Hitler in 1940 to discuss the terms of a British surrender. Forty years later, Hitler's personal minutes of the discussions are threatening to surface.
Paul Chavasse was set for a quiet evening when he noticed the old women standing in the shadows opposite the house. The message from the past that she conveyed was to have dramatic and far reaching consequences, involving a daring adventure in Chinese-occupied Tibet.
