After twenty-five years of working in the shadowy world of espionage Keith Landry is on his way home. Driving along the highway, humming a few bars of 'Homeward Bound', the twenty-five years' service he has given the US government are fast becoming a distant memory.He is safe. He is alone. And life has never felt sweeter as the signs for hometown Spencerville come into view.Keith Landry has promised himself no more violence, no more death. But a chance meeting with childhood sweetheart Annie Baxter makes it a promise he cannot keep.As passion is rekindled between them, jealousy flares. For Annie is married to a violent and sadistic bully: the man who runs Spencerville, Sheriff Baxter. And he won't tolerate any man near his wife. Especially Keith Landry.
It was the magic and mystery of an empire long past that beautiful Erica Baron came toe explore. Innocently she cast her eyes in forbidden places and discovered the clue to a treasure beyond imagination. It was then that terror overtook her, as the most fearful curse of the ancient world and the most savagemenace of the modern one threatened to detroy her. One dangerously attractive man offered Erica help…he offered her protection…he offered her love. And in this strange, exotic land of seductive evils, where no one could be trusted, desire became for Erica the deadliest snare of all…
Tormentato da antiche ossesioni, Dennis, il cui soprannome ? Spider, «Ragno», vive a Londra in una pensione gestita dalla signora Wilkinson, una donna ora materna, ora terribilmente autoritaria. Nella vita di Dennis affiora lentamente il ricordo di una sconvolgente esperienza, l’evidenza di un terribile delitto e le violente immagini legate a una lunga permanenza in manicomio. Giorno dopo giorno l’uomo scivola nei labirinti di una follia inarrestabile, il suo mondo si scompone in un gioco di specchi e la linea che divide la realt? dal baratro della pazzia si fa sempre pi? labile.
W?hrend einer komplizierten Operation erh?lt Lydia Harris, eine hochqualifizierte OP-Schwester in einem Krankenhaus im kalifornischen Malibu, einen mysteri?sen Anruf von ihrer Schwester Adele, von der sie seit Jahren nichts geh?rt hat. Adele bittet sie ebenso dringlich wie verworren, sofort zu ihr nach Rom zu kommen.Wenig sp?ter trifft ein P?ckchen von Adele ein. Es enth?lt eine Figur aus Elfenbein mit einem kunstvoll geschnitzten Schakalskopf. Lydia zieht den mit ihr befreundeten Chirurgen Dr. Kellerman zu Rate, der sich privat als Kunstsammler bet?tigt. Dr. Kellerman findet schnell heraus, da? es sich bei ...
Things are getting serious between Sophie Mae and Detective Ambrose. But there's another love in her life – spinning. Pursuing her newfound passion is great fun… until fellow co-op member Ariel is found strangled to death with Sophie Mae's first skein of yarn.Every male in Cadyville noticed Ariel. Young, pretty, and a pro at wielding her sexual powers, she preyed on married men. Was the murder victim truly a gold digger in hot pants? Or a troubled girl who lost her parents at the age of sixteen? Can Sophie Mae unravel the truth and solve this tightly-knitted murder mystery?
Peering into the early morning dark as his train neared its destination, Alleyn glimpsed a horrifying tableau. A lighted window masked by a spring blind. A woman falling against the blind and releasing it. Farther back in the room, a man in a flowing white garment, his face in shadow. Beyond his right shoulder, something that looked like a huge wheel. His right arm was raised. And in his hand… Abruptly, the weird scene was cut off as the train roared into a tunnel… And it was only later, in an ancient chateau, that Alleyn discovered the ghastly truth of what he had witnessed!
Podczas renowacji fresk?w Micha?a Anio?a zdobi?cych sklepienie Kaplicy Syksty?skiej konserwatorzy dokonuj? zadziwiaj?cego odkrycia. Ka?da z namalowanych scen zawiera wymy?lnie ukryt? liter?. U?o?one w ca?o?? litery tworz? pozbawiony sensu napis. W poszukiwaniu zagadkowego znaczenia przes?ania genialnego artysty prefekt kongregacji wiary dawnej inkwizycji natrafia w tajnym archiwum Watykanu na zadziwiaj?cy dokument, ujawnienie kt?rego mo?e wstrz?sn?? posadami ca?ego chrze?cija?stwa.Co kryje w sobie tajemniczy napis? Czy przemy?lnie ukryta inskrypcja jest wyrafinowan? zemst? zza grobu Micha?a Anio?a za to, co uczyni?o mu pa?stwo ko?cielne? Czy Watykan zdo?a zatrzyma? w swych tajnych archiwach jedn? z najwi?kszych tajemnic chrze?cija?stwa?
Family ties prove deadly in the brilliant new Jesse Stone novel from New York Times-bestselling author Robert B. Parker.The body in the trunk was just the beginning.Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggie Galen, now enjoying a comfortable "retirement" with his beautiful wife, Rebecca, in the nicest part of Paradise. Living next door are Knocko Moynihan and his wife, Robbie, who also happens to be Rebecca's twin. But what initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead ...
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 ...
Dick Francis "Sporen", originaltitel: "Driving Force".Seit ein Sturz seine Jockeykarriere j?h beendet hat, betreibt Freddie Croft ein Pferdetransportunternehmen in S?dengland. Eines Tages nehmen seine Fahrer einen Anhalter mit; am Ziel ist er tot. Die Leiche macht Freddie in den Augen der Polizei verd?chtig, zumal kurz darauf ein ihm anvertrautes Rennpferd auf mysteri?se Art verendet. Der ehemalige Jockey mu? nun um sein Gesch?ft und sein Leben k?mpfen.
Zapad? zmierzch. Tego dnia wcze?niejszy ni? zazwyczaj, bo chocia? min??a dopiero po?owa wrze?nia, by?o ch?odno, a czarne chmury w?drowa?y po niebie. Kilka razy dobrze popada?o, lecz teraz, wieczorem, jezdnie i chodniki obesch?y. Przy tak niepewnej pogodzie nikt bez wyra?nej potrzeby nie wychodzi z domu. Nic wi?c dziwnego, ?e na ulicy Wilczej, nawet na jej najruchliwszym odcinku, tym pomi?dzy Marsza?kowsk? a Krucz?, by?o do?? pustawo.
Uczennica Winnie Maas spotyka si? z du?o od siebie starszym J?rgenem. Pragn?c za wszelk? cen? mi?o?ci, nie zauwa?a, ?e jest w jego r?kach tylko zabawk?. Wkr?tce zachodzi w ci???, a J?rgen usi?uj?c wy?udzi? pieni?dze, ??da, by 'wrobi?a' w ni? Arnolda Maagera, ?onatego nauczyciela ?aciny. Mi?dzy Winnie a Maagerem rozpoczyna si? 'romans'. Rozdarta pomi?dzy idealizowan? mi?o?ci?, a rzeczywisto?ci? – o?miela si? w ko?cu zaprotestowa?. Wkr?tce potem w dziwnych okoliczno?ciach zostaje zamordowana – wszystko wskazuje na to, ?e sprawc? jest ...
Podczas wycieczki do Amsterdamu Thomas Lang dostaje propozycj? zab?jstwa Amerykanina, kt?rej nie przyjmuje. Po wielu przemy?leniach postanawia uprzedzi? swoj? niedosz?? ofiar? Woolfa. Ci?g nieprzypadkowych zdarze? uzale?nia go od Woolfa i jego c?rki Sary. Ich celem jest unikni?cie ameryka?skiego planu ataku terrorystycznego, kt?ry mia?by zmusi? rz?d do kupienia nowoczesnych helikopter?w (projekt Absolwent). Thomas przez ca?y czas wmawia sobie, ?e nic nie czuje do dziewczyny, lecz gotowy jest zrobi? dla niej wszystko. W pewnym momencie m??czy?ni trafiaj? w pu?apk?, Woolf zostaje zabity. Ranny Lang pr?buje odnale?? Sar?, pomoc w poszukiwaniach oferuje Ronnie — jej kole?anka z pracy. Thomas udaje si? do ambasadora USA w Wielkiej Brytanii i u?wiadamia sobie jak zawi?a i tajemnicza jest to sprawa. W ostateczno?ci zostaje zmuszony to przygotowania tego ataku, inaczej Sara zginie.
This novel is the sequel to "Game, Set Match" and set three years later. Bernard Samson is still investigating the defection of his wife Fiona to the East, despite all the warnings he has received, both friendly and otherwise.
This spy-thriller by the author of "Game, Set and Match" features Bernard Sampson again, and is set in Berlin in the winter of 1987. The book is the second in a sequence of three.
The third novel in Deighton's "Hook, Line and Sinker" trilogy. Spanning a ten year period (1977-87), Deighton solves the mystery of Fiona's defection – was she a Soviet spy or wasn't she? He also retells some of the events from the "Game, Set and Match" trilogy from Fiona's point of view.
L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears-along with $20 million in embezzled funds-and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300-pound psychic and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer. But can she catch a killer before the killer catches up to her?
What if the entire Internet went down… At once?The world believes Ray Vance released the worst computer virus in history. The virus adapts and evolves like a biological creature in order to survive. Many believe it is a new life form, but one designed with an evil purpose. As the sun sets on our technological world and the entire Internet shuts down, Vance runs from the feds. He must save his family, stop the virus… and stay alive.
