This is the latest in the ABC of crime, featuring the wise-cracking female private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. Baily Fowler was convicted of murder and then went missing. 16 years later he's found by the police and Kinsey Millhone is hired by Fowler's father to clear his name.
Wielkanoc 1974. Z Val?, ma?ej wyspy w pobli?u Fj?llbacki, znika bez ?ladu rodzina. Na pi?knie nakrytym ?wi?tecznym stole zostaje obiad wielkanocny, ale w domu nie ma nikogo, znikaj? wszyscy z wyj?tkiem rocznej c?reczki Ebby.Po latach Ebba wraca na wysp? jako doros?a kobieta. W rodzinnych stronach pragnie wraz z m??em otrz?sn?? si? po ?mierci malutkiego synka. Postanawiaj? wyremontowa? i otworzy? dla go?ci stary o?rodek kolonijny, kt?rym wiele lat temu zarz?dza? surowy ojciec Ebby.Wkr?tce po rozpocz?ciu prac remontowych oboje omal nie gin? w tajemniczym po?arze. R?wnie tajemnicze s? stare ?lady zaschnietej krwi odnalezione pod zerwan? pod?og? w jadalni. Do akcji wkracza wkracza Patrik Hedstr?m. Czy zdo?a wyja?ni? zagadk? z przesz?o?ci?
After transferring out of violent crimes and onto the FBI's Cyber Action Team, Special Agent D ean Taggert is shocked to encounter a case far more vicious than any he's ever seen. A cold and calculating predator dubbed "The Reaper" is auctioning off murder in the cyber world and is about to kill again-unless Dean and beautiful sheriff Stacey Rhodes can stop him.
Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past the fail-safe point, beyond recall, and no one knows why. Their destination—Moscow.In a bomb shelter beneath the White House, the calm young president turns to his Russian translator and says, “I think we are ready to talk to Premier Kruschchev.” Not far away, in the War Room at the Pentagon, the secretary of defense and his aides watch with growing anxiety as the luminous blips crawl across a huge screen map. High over the Bering Strait in a large Vindicator ...
The course of Frank Mackey's life was set by one defining moment when he was nineteen. The moment his girlfriend, Rosie Daly, failed to turn up for their rendezvous in Faithful Place, failed to run away with him to London as they had planned. Frank never heard from her again. Twenty years on, Frank is still in Dublin, working as an undercover cop. He's cut all ties with his dysfunctional family. Until his sister calls to say that Rosie's suitcase has been found. Frank embarks on a journey into his past that demands he reevaluate everything he believes to be true.
The gripping new thriller from international bestseller Karin Slaughter A walk in the woods takes a sinister turn for police chief Jeffrey Tolliver and pediatrician Sara Linton when they stumble across the body of a young girl. Incarcerated in the ground, she has quite literally been scared to death. Detective Lena Adams is called in from vacation to help with the investigation, and the trail leads to a neighbouring county – and to a long-buried secret in Sara's mother's past. Forced to go undercover to protect the people she loves most, Sara – along with Jeffrey and Lena – soon learns that nothing comes without a price.
Follett takes you to a time long past with brio and razor-sharp storytelling. An epic tale in which you will lose yourself."– The Denver Post on World Without EndKen Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep, beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics as "well-researched, beautifully detailed [with] a terrifically compelling plot" (The Washington Post) and "wonderful history wrapped around a gripping story" (St. Louis Post- Dispatch)Fall of Giants is his magnificent new historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the ...
An Olympic swimmer finds herself drowning in conspiracy when accidentally injected with a super secret serum that gives her mysterious psi powers. Suddenly she-s on the run for her life, and the only man who can help her is the assassin hired to kill her.
New York Times bestselling author William Lashner returns with a brilliantly twisty tale that probes the dark side of the law – and man.A beautiful young woman is dead, her husband convicted of the murder. In seeking a new trial for the husband, defense attorney Victor Carl must confront not only a determined prosecutor and a police detective who might have set up his client, but also a strange little busybody named Bob.Bob has the aspiration, one could even say compulsion, to help those around him. And it usually works out well for all concerned, except ...
S?lido thriller judicial, sobre una mujer acusada del asesinato de su marido. Penetrante an?lisis de la corrupci?n, trama impredecible; una lectura tensa, ir?nica, por una autora que ya es m?s que un valor ascendente. La aparici?n de una supuesta hermana gemela de la acusada da un giro inesperado.
Un pastor anglicano se pone en contacto con el detective Wexford para investigar un caso resuelto quince a?os atr?s. Arthur Painter, chofer y jardinero de una acaudalada dama, asesin? a su anciana patrona por dinero. Aunque el sacerdote act?a por motivos personales muy l?citos, el inspector jefe no est? dispuesto a dar su brazo a torcer y ratifica que conden? al aut?ntico responsable del homicidio. Pero a medida que el tenaz religioso comunique al polic?a nuevas pesquisas y hable con distintos testigos, se ir? desvelando una oscura trama de intereses econ?micos que apunta a uno de los miembros de la familia de la v?ctima como principal beneficiario de su muerte. Al final, Wexford no podr? continuar haciendo o?dos sordos a las dudas que se ciernen sobre su primer caso criminal…
El inspector William Monk, ahora miembro de la Polic?a Fluvial del T?mesis, se enfrenta a un enemigo muy peligroso: Jericho Phillips, sospechoso de dirigir una extensa red de prostituci?n infantil. Sin embargo, tras el juicio, Phillips es liberado. Decidido a probar su culpabilidad, Monk reabre el caso; pero a medida que se sumerge en los bajos fondos de Londres se percata de que el misterioso apoyo que recibe Phillips proviene de altas esferas de la sociedad. Con el apoyo de su esposa Hester, William Monk se enfrenta al m?s peligroso y escurridizo criminal de toda su carrera.
In bestselling author Tim Green's latest thriller, Casey Jordan returns – seeking justice in a small town riddled with… FALSE CONVICTIONSCasey is counting on an open-and-shut case, a sure success for her first effort with the Freedom Project, the renowned charity group dedicated to helping exonerate wrongfully convicted prisoners. Not only is the Freedom Project giving Casey the chance to help innocent people, but its founder, Robert Graham, is offering Casey a one-million-dollar annual pledge to her legal clinic for taking on just two jobs a year.Her first assignment is to revive the case of Dwayne ...
The guests ranged themselves at both sides of the door, like the chorus in a grand opera, A figure appeared in the entrance. It was not Mary Bellamy, but Florence. As if to keep the scene relentlessly theatrical, she began to cry out in a small, shrill voice: “A doctor! A doctor! Is there a doctor in the house!”
Sharon Fields, estrella de cine, es una mujer cuyo ?xito parece irresistible a todo el mundo. Existe un silecioso grupo masculino de fans que est? planeando raptarla. Su meta retorcida, sus aspiraciones, son satisfacer sus m?s oscuros deseos y frustraciones con ella. Sharon, a quien la vida sonre?a, se ve secuestrada, atada, humillada y, lejos de rendirse, planea su propia escapada. Uno por uno engatusa a los secuestradores para salir sana y salva de su prisi?n.
A sequel to the very popular Stones, Fanatics is a thrilling story in which the past and present collide in terrifying, riveting ways.Garnet Havelock has just finished his apprenticeship in furniture-making, and has found a workshop for his new business in an old coach house on the isolated estate of recently deceased Professor Eduardo Corbizzi. Garnet signs a contract with the late professor's long-time companion, the eccentric and inscrutable Mrs. Valentina Stoppini, who presides over the mansion and is its only occupant. The terms of the deal are excellent, but there's a catch: Garnet has to repair ...
Being a kid with wings-constantly on the run-has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. First, on a trip to Africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the Flock makes her fear the worst. Then, a cryptic message from a young girl arrives, warning them "The sky will fall." And as if an impending apocalypse weren't bad enough, canny birdkid Angel makes a dire prophecy about Max's soul mate: Fang will be the first to die. Max's desperate desire to protect Fang brings the two closer than ever. But can the team weather the storm, or will the turmoil rip them apart for the last time?
