Researcher Ruth Goldman has developed a vaccine with the potential to inoculate the world's survivors against the nanotech plague that devastated humanity. But the fractured U.S. government will stop at nothing to keep it for themselves.
First Earth was devastated by the machine plague, a runaway nanotechnology that devoured all warm-blooded organisms below altitudes of ten thousand feet. Then the remnants of humankind turned on one another, provoking a brief, furious world war and the invasion of North America. Now Russia and Chinese armies hold California against the battered forces of the U.S.-Canadian Alliance.Nanotech researcher Ruth Goldman and Cam Najarro — a former Army Ranger who helped her force an end to the war — have finally found some peace in a small, hidden village in the Rockies. But the arms race for weaponized nanotech has continued, and America is struck by a new contagion.Together with a small band of friends and rivals, Ruth and Cam must discover the source of the new plague — never suspecting that its creator is an old enemy they believe dead…
Dave Delano conoce la libertad despu?s de cinco a?os alojado a costa del estado. Un alojamiento que ha merecido por encubrir a un apreciado mafioso de Florida, Tony Nudelli, al cual, desde luego, no le hace ninguna ilusi?n la liberaci?n de Delano: despu?s de cinco a?os a la sombra, uno puede volverse un tanto vengativo…Pero el ex preso viene con las mejores intenciones. De hecho, propone a Nudelli un plan para hacerse en alta mar con un fabuloso env?o de dinero -negro, por supuesto- que va a remitirse a Rusia. Una cantidad que arreglar?a la vida de los m?s exigentes. La que tambi?n quiere cambiar su vida es Kate Furey, agente del FBI destinada en Miami, que ha detectado un cargamento de coca?na que va a ser enviado a Europa. Interceptarlo significa para Kate no s?lo un ?xito profesional sino, sobre todo, escapar de la rutina de un trabajo burocr?tico.
From Publishers WeeklyFrasier (Sleep Tight, etc.) has perfected the art of making a reader's skin crawl, which is evident from this book's very first scene, in which a medical examiner discovers in the midst of an autopsy that the cadaver he's working on is really a live person. Set in Savannah, Ga., this exceptional thriller follows the hunt for the deranged person who's drugging people so that their minds remain wide awake even as their bodies resemble death. The creepiness factor increases when Frasier introduces homicide detective Elise Sandburg, who was abandoned in a cemetery as a ...
Publisher's WeeklyTerrible secrets lead basketball star David Baskin to fake his death while honeymooning in the tropics in this manipulative but otherwise engaging first novel. His bereaved bride, supermodel Laura Ayars, not sure that David's drowning was accidental, starts sleuthing-which proves dangerous when somebody begins killing people who may have the answers she wants. Meanwhile, David, fitted out with a new identity and appearance, tries out for his original team, the Boston Celtics, and ''replaces'' himself at his former position. Why he has faked his death is explained in the story's penultimate surprise. But why he risks ...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is backwith a gripping story of obsession and its deadly consequences.After five long years in federal prison, Griff Burkett is a free man. But the disgraced Cowboys quarterback can never return to life as he knew it before he was caught cheating. In a place where football is practically a religion, Griff committed a cardinal sin, and no one is forgiving.Foster Speakman, owner and CEO of SunSouth Airlines, and his wife, Laura, are a golden couple. Successful and wealthy, they lived a charmed life before fate cruelly intervened ...
When Minneapolis homicide cops Rolseth and Magozzi are called to a derelict stretch of the Mississippi River, they see a bride, facedown, dead in the water. And when the Monkeewrench crew – computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime software – are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Using their skills to scour the Net to prevent more killings, the team must race against the clock.before it's too late.
Earth, Wind Fire aren't just a band anymore…Used to be my greatest achievement was holding a job more than three days. Now suddenly I can shoot fireballs, chill your drink, or blow-dry your hair at fifty paces with a blink of my eye!It all started when this crazy scientist dropped something in my Grande Mocha Latte. Of course I got wicked sick. Next morning I'm waking up with this total hottie bending over me. He tells me 1)his name's Rome Masters, 2)he's a government agent and 3)I can control the four elements with a thought.He seems even less pleased by my (apparently irreversible) transformation than I am… Because now he'll have to kill me.
Fire – It consumes futures and pasts in a terrified heartbeat, devouring damning secrets while leaving even greater mysteries in the ashes. The night sky is ablaze as flames engulf two barges moored side by side on an otherwise empty canal. On board are the blackened remains of two human beings. To the seasoned eye, this horror was no accident, the method so cruel and calculated that only the worst sort of fiend could have committed it. There are shocking secrets to be uncovered in the charred wreckage, grim evidence of lethal greed and twisted hunger, and of nightmare occurrences within the private confines of family. A terrible feeling is driving police inspector Alan Banks in his desperate hunt for answers – an unshakable fear that this killer’s work will not be done until Banks’s own world is burned to the ground.
NYPD homicide detective John Corey has moved to Long Island, restlessly recuperating from wounds received in the line of duty when he's hired to consult on the murder of Tom and Judy Gordon, biologists who worked on Plum Island, the site of animal disease research for the Department of Agriculture. Were the Gordons murdered because they'd stolen some valuable new vaccine, or even a dreaded virus? They'd obviously outspent their income. Had they been running drugs? Corey doesn't think so, although an ice-chest missing from their home points to something forbidden. He teams up with Beth Penrose, detective, working ...
Watch your back Look both ways Because love is in the air And that means big trouble! Mysterious men have a way of showing up in Stephanie Plum's apartment. When the shadowy Diesel appears, he has a task for Stephanie – and he's not taking no for an answer. Annie Hart is a "relationship expert" who is wanted for armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Stephanie needs to find her, fast. Diesel knows where she is. So they make a deal: He'll help her get Annie if Stephanie plays matchmaker to several of Annie's most difficult clients. But someone wants to find Annie even more than Diesel and Stephanie. Someone with a nasty temper. And someone with "unmentionable" skills. Does Diesel know more that he's saying about Annie Hart? Does Diesel have secrets he's keeping from Stephanie and the two men in her life – Ranger and Morelli? With Stephanie Plum in over her head, things are sure to get a little dicey and a little explosive, Jersey style!
The First Full Length Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers Novel from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich.Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys. Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He’...
Ce court recueil de nouvelles polici?res fait figure de «chef-d’?uvre inconnu» dans l’?uvre de Mark Twain. L’auteur s’y joue avec maestria des r?gles du genre en les moquant, en d?poussi?rant les codes en vigueur dans l’ancien monde – celui que Sherlock Holmes incarne ? merveille!Et il se donne autant de pr?textes pour afficher la fra?cheur, la force et la jeunesse du Nouveau Monde, le sien, et le lieu de cette aventure r?elle.
30-letnia rozw?dka, Stephanie Plum, zarabia na ?ycie w niecodzienny spos?b – zajmuje si? ustalaniem miejsca pobytu zwolnionych za kaucj? oskar?onych, kt?rzy nie stawili si? na rozpraw?. Tym razem szuka aresztowanego pod zarzutem usi?owania zab?jstwa Kenny'ego Mancuso, kt?ry z?ama? warunki zwolnienia i znikn??. Stephanie wpada na jego trop, lecz zanim doprowadzi spraw? do ko?ca, narazie siebie i swoich najbli?szych na ?miertelne niebezpiecze?stwo
Agentka FBI, Kimberly Quincy, kocha swoj? prac?. Jest jednak w pi?tym miesi?cu ci??y i powinna zacz?? ju? my?le? nie tylko o sobie. Pewnego dnia zg?asza si? do niej m?oda prostytutka, informuj?c o zagini?ciu kole?anki. Okoliczno?ci, kt?re przedstawia, s? tak przera?aj?ce, ?e a? niewiarygodne. Kimberly, nie zwa?aj?c na sw?j stan, daje si? wci?gn?? w niebezpieczn? i wyrafinowan? gr? z sadystycznym morderc? zafascynowanym paj?kami.Liczba zaginionych kobiet ro?nie, wszystko wskazuje na to, ?e psychopata konsekwentnie realizuje sw?j plan, lecz poza ...
Niezale?no?? to wspania?a rzecz. W?asny k?t, z dala od rodzic?w, dzielony jedynie z chomikiem Rexem, to dla Stefanie Plum rzecz godna wszelkich po?wi?ce?. Tych po?wi?ce? musi by? jednak coraz wi?cej, bowiem niewierny m?? ju? od dawna jest przesz?o?ci? (na szcz??cie!) i nie mo?na liczy? na jego wsparcie finansowe. Nieaktualna jest tak?e ju? od p?? roku posada w sklepie z bielizn?, ilo?? sprz?t?w domowych nadaj?cych si? do spieni??enia coraz bardziej si? kurczy, a na dodatek w?a?nie odebrano jej samoch?...
Najnowszy zbi?r opowiada? mistrza horroru, Stephena Kinga, zawiera 13 kr?tkich tekst?w, w tym wiele nowych, nigdy dot?d niepublikowanych. Niewielka wyrwa w otaczaj?cej nas rzeczywisto?ci potrafi sprawi?, ?e ?wiat staje si? przera?aj?cym i zadziwiaj?cym miejscem. Po zmroku, po zachodzie s?o?ca to, co oczywiste, staje si? inne, nierozpoznawalne i niepokoj?ce. Poznaj obsesje dr?cz?ce Gingerbread Girl i dw?ch s?siad?w, kt?rzy bez reszty zaanga?owani w sp?r o ziemi?, trafiaj? do naprawd? paskudnego miejsca. Przeczytaj o cz?owieku, kt?ry chcia? interweniowa? w przypadku przemocy ...
Na Morganville sp?yn??a cisza……przed krwaw? burz?, kt?rej zapobiec mo?e tylko ?miertelna siedemnastolatka…W Morganville zapanowa? spok?j. Claire mo?e wr?ci? na uniwersytet i sp?dza? czas ze swoim ch?opakiem, a Eve dostaje rol? w sztuce teatralnej. Lecz porz?dek zaprowadzony przez nie?mierteln? w?adczyni? miasta nie trwa d?ugo. Mno?? si? tajemnicze ataki na jej poddanych. Wkr?tce pojawia si? nowa groza – bunt i szale?stwo. Czy ?eby prze?y? kolejn? noc, Claire i jej przyjaciele b?d? musieli porzuci? miasto wampir?w?
Sier?ant Amy Callan i porucznik Caroline Cook mia?y ze sob? wiele wsp?lnego. Obie s?u?y?y w armii, obie sta?y si? ofiarami napastowania seksualnego, obie musia?y zrezygnowa? ze s?u?by – obie nie ?yj?. Ich cia?a znalezione we w?asnych ?azienkach, zanurzone w wojskowej farbie maskuj?cej. ?adnych ?lad?w przemocy, ?adnych oznak walki. Jack Reacher zna? ka?d? z kobiet. FBI zmusza go do wsp??pracy z grup? dochodzeniow?, w sk?ad kt?rej wchodzi Julia Lamarr, specjalistka od portret?w psychologicznych. Reacher kwestionuje opracowany przez ni? motyw zbrodni – zemst? – uwa?a, ?e jej przyczyn nale?y szuka? zupe?nie gdzie indziej. Jego teoria bierze w ?eb, gdy w podobny spos?b ginie nast?pna dziewczyna.
