Brutalny zab?jca zabija m?ode samotne kobiety przeprowadzaj?c na nich zabieg wyci?cia macicy bez znieczulenia. Policja ustala, ?e podobna seria zab?jstw mia?a miejsce dwa lata wcze?niej, a ich sprawca zosta? zastrzelony przez doktor Cordell – jedyn? ofiar?, kt?rej uda?o si? uj?? z ?yciem. Teraz zn?w czuje si? zagro?ona. Jej sprzymierze?cem jest detektyw prowadz?cy ?ledztwo. Czy obie sprawy i obu zab?jc?w co? ??czy?
Chuck Chandler, a Key West tennis pro, tends to choke in his big matches, a tendency he must overcome when he meets Harry Carras and his beautiful wife Clare, and becomes a suspect in Harry's death.
A series of cataclysmic events is exploding around the world. Two divisions of Chinese ground troops move against a neighboring Muslim nation, while a provocation unleashes generations of pent-up violence between the mainland and Taiwan. With U.S. troops still on the ground in the Middle East and “Ganistan,” and an American president forced by rapidly unfolding events to make decisions on the fly, the most dangerous threat is the one no one sees.For off the fog-shrouded coast of Washington State, a staggering attack will flood the Northwest with American refugees and force the bravest and the best of U.S. Special Forces under the toughest of the tough, General Douglas Freeman, into a pitched, desperate battle to find a shadow enemy — before he strikes the next terrifying blow against the United States.
In the Pathology Department it was always night. This was one of the things Quirke liked about his job…it was restful, cosy, one might almost say, down in these depths nearly two floors beneath the city's busy pavements. There was too a sense here of being part of the continuance of ancient practices, secret skills, of work too dark to be carried on up in the light. But one night, late after a party, Quirke stumbles across a body that shouldn't have been there…and his brother-in-law, eminent paediatrician Malachy Griffin – a rare sight in Quirke's gloomy domain – altering a file to cover up the corpse's cause of death. It is the first time Quirke encounters Christine Falls, but the investigation he decides to lead into the way she lived – and the reason she died – disturbs a dark secret that has been festering at the core of Dublin's high Catholic society, a secret ready to destabilize the very heart and soul of Quirke's own family…
Z kostnicy znikaja zw?oki Carla Franconiego, znanej postaci ?wiata przest?pczego. Kilka dni p??niej trafiaj? one, mocno okaleczone, na st?? autopsyjny Jacka Stapletona. Poszukiwania odpowiedzi na nasuwajace si? pytania prowadz? a? do Gwinei R?wnikowej…
One missing organ. One genetic breakthrough. One medical conspiracy too terrifying to imagine. In his most prophetic thriller yet, Robin Cook challenges the medical ethics of genetic manipulations and cloning. In the jungles of equatorial Africa, a biotechnology giant has taken transplant surgery and animal research to a new level. Where one mistake could bridge the evolutionary gap between man and ape-and forever change the genetic map of our existence.
"Nelio is dead. And however unlikely it may sound, it seemed to me that he died without once being afraid. How can that be possible?"-from Chronicler of the WindsWorld famous for his Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has been published in thirty-five countries, with more than 25 million copies of his books in print. In Chronicler of the Winds, he gives us something different: a beautifully crafted novel that is a testament to the power of storytelling itself. On the rooftop of a theater in an African port, a ten-year-old boy lies slowly dying of bullet wounds. ...
Ksi??ka wybitnego t?umacza i pisarza – Macieja S?omczy?skiego, autora poczytnych, prze?o?onych na wiele j?zyk?w, krymina??w. Ich ??czne nak?ady osi?gn??y kilka milion?w egzemplarzy i wci?? ciesz? si? powodzeniem w?r?d mi?o?nik?w kryminalnych zagadek.
W pa?dzierniku 1849 roku na ma?ym cmentarzu w Baltimore odbywa si? skromna uroczysto?? pogrzebowa z udzia?em kilku zaledwie os?b. Tak Ameryka ?egna jednego ze swoich najwybitniejszych poet?w i pisarzy – Edgara Allana Poego. Gr?b, w kt?rym zostaje pochowany, pozostanie nie oznaczony. Opinia publiczna, prasa, a nawet znajomi zmar?ego s? zdania, ?e by? on drugorz?dnym pisarzem, doprowadzonym do smutnego ko?ca przez chorob? alkoholow?. Jedynie m?ody prawnik o nazwisku Quentin Clark, ?arliwy wielbiciel talentu Poego, nie podziela tej opinii. By ocali? od zapomnienia t? posta? i jej dzie?o oraz wyja?ni? ...
Dw?jka uczni?w ginie spalona ?ywcem podczas ranki w domku pla?owym. Groz? sytuacji podkre?la fakt, ?e spali?o si? jedynie ???ko, na kt?rym le?eli, za? dom pozosta? nietkni?ty. Na ?cianie utrwali? si? fotograficzny wizerunek umieraj?cych. W mieszkaniu, kt?re Jim wynajmuje od kolegi z pracy, ma miejsce podobne zdarzenie – w p?omieniach staje kotka Jima. Wydaje si?, ?e istnieje zwi?zek mi?dzy tym wypadkiem, a XIX-wiecznym portretem tajemniczego m??czyzny, dagerotypisty Roberta Vane`a, kt?ry wisi w mieszkaniu. Jim stara si? dowiedzie? czego? wi?cej o Vanie. Okazuje si?, ?e by? on podejrzewany o wzniecanie po?ar?w, a nawet morderstwa. Tymczasem kto? dybie na ?ycie Jima, maj? miejsce kolejne dziwne zdarzenia…
Billy Bob Holland, the protagonist of Cimarron Rose, is an attorney in the dusty Texas town of Deaf Smith. An ex-Texas Ranger (cop, not ball-player) who mistakenly killed his partner during a drug bust, Holland is jolted from his brooding when his estranged illegitimate son is accused of the rape and murder of a party girl. He takes the case, of course, and things get complicated mighty quick. On a hunch only a father could believe, Holland is sure his son is being railroaded. Doggedly pursuing the truth, he runs afoul of sadistic cops, a powerful family, and the euphoniously-named Garland T. Moon, a feral thug with something to hide. Luckily, the folks on his team are just as tough. Burke's book isn't gritty realism-Holland's dead partner visits him often-but the characters ring true in a weird way. They are quirky and appealing, and even the criminals make good company while the whodunit unfolds.
Covert agent Ryder McClintock had returned home for the first time in years only to come face-to-face with Julia Rousseau, the woman with whom he'd once shared a bed – then been forced to leave behind. Forgetting her had been impossible, but because of an accident, she was left with no memory.including the name of her baby's father. A little girl who looked remarkably like Ryder. But before he could tell Julia about their shared past, he needed to protect her and his daughter from someone determined to spoil their reunion. And as the threats escalated and Julia's memory returned, Ryder sensed her stalker's grudge ran much deeper than they realized…
High up on the trapeze platform, the circus spotlights trained upon them, stood three blindfolded men clad in sparkling sequinned leotards. As the music died away, the men pulled hoods over their heads and began their intricate, faultless trapeze work. Small wonder the three men were known as “The Blind Eagles”. Bruno, Vladimir and Yoffe Wildermann — refugee brothers from East Germany — the high-spot of Tesco Wrinfield’s famous travelling circus. And in the audience as the two members of the CIA gazed up at the swinging acrobats the same thought occurred to them both — could Bruno be the man ...
Anita Blake is an expert on creatues of the night. She's dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves and been wooed — but not won — by Jean-Claude, the Master Vampire of the City. Now a darkly dangerous vampire named Alejandro has hit town and wants Anita for his human servant.
When the bones of a 12-year-old boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up the darkest memories from his own haunted past. The bones have been buried for years, but the cold case doesn't deter Bosch. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the child's identity and reconstructs his fractured life, determined that he not be forgotten. At the same time, a new love affair with a female cop begins to blossom for Bosch-until a stunningly blown mission leaves Bosch in more personal and professional trouble than ever before in his turbulent career. The investigation races to a shocking conclusion, leaving Bosch on the brink of an unimaginable decision-one that will leave readers breathless and hungry for Michael Connelly's next masterpiece.
Clement Mansell knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The seriously crazed killer is already back on the Detroit streets -- thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his crafty looker of a lawyer -- and he's feeling invincible enough to execute a crooked Motown judge on a whim. Homicide Detective Raymond Cruz thinks the "Oklahoma Wildman" crossed the line long before this latest outrage, and he's determined to see that the hayseed psycho does not slip through the legal system's loopholes a second time. But that means a good cop is going to have to play somewhat fast and loose with the rules -- in order to maneuver Mansell into a wild Midwest showdown that he won't be walking away from.
Published to coincide with the BBC series, this is a powerful and realistic story featuring six long-term Parachute Regiment soldiers and their often difficult and painful readjustment to civilian life. The thrill of crime is a strong temptation for the civvies and they each succumb.
