David Buchanan aplica sucias presiones para financiar causas honrosas. Robert Thornhill, un alto cargo de la CIA, descubre el juego y empieza a chantajearle, pues quiere devolver a la CIA el prestigio perdido. Faith Lockhart, una tercera persona implicada en este asunto, opina que se ha ido demasiado lejos y decide confesarlo todo al FBI. Su vida a partir de entonces tiene un precio
Creo que con este es el tercer libro que leo de David Baldacci. Hasta ahora los libros que he le?do suyos eran de intriga, pero este es totalmente distinto. En este caso es una novela que describe el cambio de vida que tienen que llevar a cabo dos hermanos, que se trasladan con su abuela a las monta?as de Virginia. La novela transcurre en la ?poca de la guerra mundial y refleja de una manera bastante realista lo dura que es la vida en las monta?as, tanto para los agricultores y ganaderos como la gente que ...
Cuando Sidney Archer despidi? a su marido, el cual iba a tomar un avi?n rumbo a Los ?ngeles, no pod?a sospechar que para ella comenzaba una nueva vida.En primer lugar, el avi?n se estrell?; las investigaciones posteriores revelaron que hab?a sido v?ctima de un sabotaje; despu?s descubri? que su marido hab?a supuestamente robado secretos de la empresa en la que trabajaba para venderlos a la competencia.Pero con todo ello, apenas si hab?an comenzado sus tribulaciones: las m?ltiples sospechas que recaen sobre su marido colocan a Sidney en el punto de mira del FBI, que la considera c?mplice de ?l. Pero adem?s, la convierten en objetivo de una cacer?a implacable, un acoso en el que todos los caminos que llevan a ella est?n sembrados de cad?veres. El trofeo: controlar las redes de informaci?n del siglo XXI.
In South America a wealthy ninety-six year old man reads a book late into the night. Within an hour, he is dead, the secrets of his past starkly revealed. Six months later, in Provence, Shaw – the shadowy operative from The Whole Truth – witnesses the murder of a mysterious man, his body left lifeless at the bottom of a pool. Shaw barely escapes the incident himself; and with a new partner in tow, begins to realise that there has to be another organization at work that rivals his own in secrecy…Meanwhile, half a world away, journalist Katie James is ...
Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone's life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.But his freedom comes at a steep price: The assassinations he carried out prompt the highest levels of the U.S. government to unleash a massive manhunt. Behind the scenes, master spy Macklin Hayes is playing a very personal game of cat and mouse. He, more than anyone, wants Stone dead.With their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club risk everything to save him. Now, as the hunters close in, Stone's flight from the demons of his past will take him from the power corridors of Washington, D.C., to the small, isolated coal-mining town of Divine, Virginia-and into a world every bit as lethal as the one he left behind.
It all begins when Freddy Funkhauser, an off-beat nine-year-old with a knack for science, embarks on an ambitious plan to win new customers for the family business, The Burger Castle. But when his secret invention ends up working better than he'd ever dreamed, his plans go wildly awry as his kooky companions wreak havoc in every corner of Freddy's world.David Baldacci now turns his tremendous thrill-creating talent to side-splitting storytelling in this hilarious adventure for middle-grade readers about fame, friends, and family.
As a series of brutal murders darkens the Wrightsburg, Virginia countryside, the killer taunts police by leaving watches on the victims set to the hour corresponding with their position on his hit list. What's more, he strives to replicate notorious murders of the past, improving on them through savage attention to detail. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are already investigating a crime involving an aristocratic and dysfunctional Southern family, but when they're deputized to help in the serial killer hunt they realize the two cases may be connected. Adding to the tension is the appearance of a second killer, this one imitating the murders of the first. Soon, the two killers are playing a game of cat and mouse, with King and Maxwell racing to solve the intricate puzzle of their identities-before the body count escalates.
l destino sembra sorridere a LuAnn, giovane disoccupata: il misterioso signor Jackson le offre infatti il biglietto vincente di una lotteria che vale milioni di dollari. Ma prima di riuscire a godere della sua grande occasione, la ragazza trova a casa il cadavere del suo uomo in un lago di sangue e si scopre braccata dalla polizia, preda di una trappola mortale.Un intrigo micidiale, costruito come un congegno a orologeria.
Un uomo incappucciato scarica un sacco nella boscaglia. Dentro il sacco, un cadavere. ? solo il primo di una serie di omicidi che funester? la cittadina di Wrightsburg, in West Virginia. L’autore ? un serial killer che si firma copiando i modus operandi di famosi assassini seriali. ? possibile che gli omicidi abbiano una relazione con lo strano furto effettuato nella lussuosa residenza di un’aristocratica famiglia locale? Apparentemente no, ma l’istinto di Sean King e Michelle Maxwell d? spazio a entrambe le indagini. E sar? al termine di un.avventura rischiosa che Sean e Michelle arriveranno alla fine della storia. Per vedere quanto l’uomo pu? essere cattivo e quali cose ? pronto a fare perch? i suoi segreti rimangano tali.
El Camel Club entra de nuevo en acci?n. Son cuatro ciudadanos peculiares con una misma meta: buscar la verdad, algo dif?cil en Washington. Esta vez el asesinato del presidente de la C?mara de Representantes sacude Estados Unidos. Y el Camel Club encuentra una sorprendente conexi?n con otra muerte: la del director del departamento de Libros Raros y Especiales de la Biblioteca del Congreso. Los miembros del club se precipitar?n en un mundo de espionaje, c?digos cifrados y coleccionistas.
W po?o?onym na odludziu ma?ym domku niedaleko Waszyngtonu, chronionym przez skomplikowany system bezpiecze?stwa, FBI w tajemnicy przes?uchuje m?od? kobiet? – jednego z najwa?niejszych ?wiadk?w w historii Biura… O kolejnym spotkaniu wie zaledwie kilka os?b: jedn? z nich jest prywatny detektyw Lee Adams, drug? za? morderca wynaj?ty przez pot??nego mocodawc?. Zanim Faith Lockhart zacznie m?wi?, p?atny zab?jca naci?nie na spust. Lockhart i Adams musz? ucieka?… Prawdziwa rozgrywka jednak toczy si? na najwy?szych szczeblach w?adzy – w kuluarach waszyngto?skiego Kapitolu. David Baldacci to obecnie – obok takich s?aw jak John Grisham czy Richard North Patterson – najlepszy tw?rca thriller?w, zw?aszcza prawniczych. W Polsce ukaza?o si? kilka jego powie?ci, m.in. Pe?na kontrola, Wygrana, Dow?d prawdy, W?adza absolutna.
Luther es un especialista, un maestro en robo. Cerca ya de retirarse, planea su ultimo golpe: limpiar la fabulosa mansion de Walter Sullivan, uno de los hombres mas ricos del pais, de vacaciones en el caribe.La inesperada vuelta de la mujer complica el golpe y hace que Luther presencie un asesinato que apunta de lleno al presidente de los Estados Unidos.Acosado por los hombres del servicio de seguridad del presidente y por el sargento de policia, Luther debera salvar su pellejo y el de su hija.Baldacci ha sido el guinista de la pel?cula basada en su libro, dirigida y protagonizada por Clint Eastwood en el papel de Luther.
David Baldacci’s much-loved protagonists Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are having trouble adjusting to life in the wake of the terrible events that drove them to the brink in HOUR GAME. Dogged by hidden demons from her past, then almost killed in a barroom brawl, Michelle agrees to try therapy at a mental-health facility, where she simultaneously busts a criminal drug-dealing ring! Meanwhile, to right their shared career in the private security sector, Sean accepts an offer to investigate a mysterious death at a scientific think tank called Babbage Town, located suspiciously close to the CIA’s infamous ...
From #1 bestseller David Baldacci comes a new thriller reminiscent of his phenomenal bestselling debut, Absolute Power. It was only a split second-but that’s all it took for Secret Service agent Sean King’s attention to wander and his “protectee,” third-party presidential candidate Clyde Ritter, to die. King retired from the Service in disgrace, and now, eight years later, balances careers as a lawyer and a part-time deputy sheriff in a small Virginia town. Then he hears the news: Once again, a third-party candidate has been taken out of the presidential race-abducted right under the nose of Secret Service ...
Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet, a war on two fronts. Casino king Jerry Bagger from The Collectors is hunting Annabelle Conroy, the beautiful woman who conned him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues Reuben, Milton, and Caleb marshal all their resources to protect Annabelle. Yet all their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone’s own mysterious past: Bagger’s menace pales next to newcomer Harry Finn’s lethality. Passing as a normal family man, Finn has already killed three men, with more targets to come. When Finn sets his bull’s-eye on Stone, his reason will be the greatest shock of all, causing readers to reconsider their views of good and evil. As bodies and institutions topple, the story rockets toward a shattering finale that will leave the survivors of this explosive tale changed forever.
After the #1 bestsellers , , , and , Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in their most shocking case: a high stakes struggle where the relentless needs of national security run up against the absolute limits of the human mind.Edgar Roy-an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like Federal Supermax facility-is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins-en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle ...
Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world’s largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. He’s retained Dick Pender to “perception manage” his company to even more riches by manipulating world conflicts. Shaw (no first name), a man with a truly unique past, travels the world reluctantly doing the bidding of a secret multi-national intelligence agency in order to keep the world at peace – and safe. Katie James, a journalist who will do anything to get back to the top of her profession, has just gotten the break of a lifetime, the chance ...
Mason 'Mace' Perry was a maverick cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything – her career, her liberty – and spent two years in prison. Now back on the outside, Mace is trying to rebuild her life and track down the people who set her up. But even with her police chief sister at her side, she has to work in the shadows: there's a vindictive US attorney on her tail and he's just looking for a reason to send her back behind bars. Roy Kingman is a young ...
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?.
