Asked to help attorney Mitchell Reece locate a stolen document that could cost him a multimillion-dollar case, paralegal Taylor Lockwood finds out what goes on behind closed doors at Hubbard, White Willis.
The spellinbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game. One of most glamorous and suspenseful tales ever told! It began with Jamie MacGregor, stealing diamonds in Africa. It continued with his daughter, the powerful Kate Blackwell who grew her father's company into a world wide conglomerate, Now the story passes to the next generation. Spanning the decades and picking-up exactly where Sidney Sheldon's bestselling Master of the Game finished, Mistress of the Game follows the Blackwell family as they, Love, and lose, scheme and murder through the 80's up until the present day. Heart-stopping and glamorous, tense and provactive, Mistress of the Game is the sequel that Sheldon fans have been waiting for!
When Christian children are being kidnapped and murdered in 12th century Cambridge, England, Adelia is sent to seek out the truth, and hopefully absolve the Jews being blamed for the crimes, before the townspeople take matters into their own hands. During a time when women are second-class citizens at best, and the practice of scientific autopsies is considered blasphemous, Adelia is the most skilled “speaker for the dead” hailing from progressive Naples – yet she is forced to masquerade as the meek assistant to her colleagues during their frantic search for the real child killer.From The Washington Post
Cztery potworne morderstwa… Nieuchwytny zab?jca… I niezwyk?a kobieta, kt?ra potrafi sk?oni? zmar?ych do wyjawienia sekret?w. W 1171 roku bestialskie zab?jstwa dzieci wstrz?saj? Cambridge. Kr?l sprowadza ze s?ynnej sycylijskiej szko?y medycznej najlepszego mistrza sztuki ?mierci – bieg?ego w anatomii i arkanach ?ledztwa. Kt?? m?g?by jednak przypuszcza?, ?e ?w medyk jest… kobiet?. W zabobonnej Anglii Adelia musi kry? sw? prawdziw? to?samo??, by nie oskar?ono jej o czary. Potajemnie bada okaleczone zw?oki, dokonuje ogl?dzin miejsc zbrodni i dzi?ki wiedzy i dedukcji uk?ada list? podejrzanych. Bogobojni mieszczanie, rozmodleni mnisi, us?u?ni dworzanie, waleczni rycerze… Kto z nich jest morderc?, kt?ry ju? wybra? nast?pn? ofiar??
Nie war das Grauen bedrohlicher …Tessa Lockland kann den angeblichen Selbstmord ihrer Schwester nicht glauben. Deshalb macht sie sich auf den Weg nach Moonlight Cove, der kalifornischen Kleinstadt, in der ihre Schwester zuletzt gelebt hat. Auch ein FBI-Agent trifft dort ein, um eine Reihe seltsamer Todesf?lle zu kl?ren. Der an den Rollstuhl gefesselte Vietnam-Veteran Harry Talbot hat ihn verst?ndigt, da auch er schon l?nger seltsame Ereignisse beobachtet. Und schlie?lich ist da noch das M?dchen Chrissie Foster, deren Eltern sich zu unheimlichen Wesen verwandeln. Alle F?den scheinen bei der geheimnisvollen Computerfirma New Wave zusammenzulaufen, die ein wahnwitziges Experiment mit den B?rgern der Stadt plant ...Titel der Originalausgabe MIDNIGHT.Aus dem Amerikanischen ?bersetzt von Joachim K?rber Scanned by Doc Gonzo.
Z zak?adu dla umys?owo chorych ucieka Michael Hrubek, pacjent ze schizofreni? paranoidaln?. I ma przed sob? ?ci?le okre?lony cel: odnale?? Lis Atcheson – to jej zeznania sprawi?y, ?e uznano go za potwora i skazano na zamkni?cie.Podczas burzy, sprzyjaj?cej szale?cowi, ?cigaj? go teraz trzej ludzie: psychiatra Kohler – przekonany o niewinno?ci swego pacjenta, zawodowy tropiciel Heck – licz?cy na nagrod? za schwytanie szale?ca, i Atcheson – m?? Lis, kt?ry musi dopa?? Hrubeka, nim ten skrzywdzi jego ?on?…
When Jack Newlin comes home to find his wife dead on the floor of their elegant dining room, he's convinced he knows who killed her – and determined that the murderer should escape detection. Making a split-second decision, he sets about doctoring the evidence in order to frame himself for the crime. And to hammer the final nail in his coffin, he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find: Mary DiNunzio of Philadelphia law firm Rosato and Associates. Unfortunately for Jack, hiring Mary could turn out to be a big mistake. Inexperienced she may be, but Mary soon discovers that instead of defending a guilty client who claims to be innocent, she has an innocent client falsely proclaiming his guilt.
Just in time for the Super Bowl is this debut suspense novel from a 14-year NFL place kicker and his Colorado pastor. The result yields some nice moments paired with problematic writing and improbable plot twists. Air Force 2d Lt. Riley Covington is given grace to play NFL football instead of serving out his military time, but he opts to return to active duty after a horrific stadium bombing. Hakeem Qasim is an Iraqi groomed for terrorism by tragic events in his childhood. The lives of both the squeaky-clean Christian Riley and the radical Muslim Hakeem intersect in a ...
In this timely stand-alone thriller ripped from the headlines, New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, whom the Wall Street Journal calls "a writer to watch," explores a world in which the destruction of financial institutions and the people who run them can occur in a matter of hours – perhaps even minutes.At thirty-one, Michael Cantella is a rising star at Wall Street's premier investment bank, Saxton Silvers. Everything is going according to plan until Ivy Layton, the love of his life, vanishes on their honeymoon in the Bahamas.Fast-forward four years. It's the eve of his ...
A un disc?pulo de Mesmer le encargan que cure el hipo que sufre un sudamericano pobre abandonado en un hospital de Par?s en la primavera de 1938. En apariencia, nada puede pasar. Sin embargo el mesmerista Pierre Pain se ver? envuelto en una intriga en donde se planea un asesinato ritual de proporciones planetarias. ?Qui?n es el sudamericano que agoniza en el hospital Arago? ?Por qu? unas fuerzas ocultas desean su muerte? ?Qu? se pierde y qu? se gana con esa muerte? S?lo Pierre Pain se da cuenta de lo que se teje entre bastidores. Y ?...
Two murder victims have been discovered in the boots of their cars. The first was would-be actor, Richard Dada; the second Dr Claire Argent, a psychiatrist at a maximum security hospital. Milo Sturgis tends to think there will be plenty of suspects amongst her clientele, but as his friend Alex Delaware remarks, none of his patients ever killed anyone and as they investigate the backgrounds of both victims it appears that Milo needs to look elsewhere, because neither of them are who they made themselves out to be.As they slowly unravel the strands of their lies another, truly monstrous, character emerges: a man who gains his pleasure not from mere mutilattion and murder but from making his victims watch their own forthcoming death on film. And somehow he has control over some of the Claire Argent's patients, apparently securely behind bars.In one of the most complex plots he has yet devised, Jonathan Kellerman has created a devastating mystery thriller.
Maggie Holloway is unsatisfied with the explanation for her former stepmother's death, and when the residents of a nursing home begin dying suddenly and inexplicably she becomes suspicious. It is only later that she realizes she herself is a target for a twisted killer.
Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood twelve years ago. Desperate pleas for help from the child's aunt led investigators Kenzie and Gennaro to take on the case. The pair risked everything to find the young girl-only to orchestrate her return to a neglectful mother and a broken home.Now Amanda is sixteen-and gone again. A stellar student, brilliant but aloof, she seemed destined to escape her upbringing. Yet Amanda's aunt is once more knocking on Patrick Kenzie's door, fearing the worst for the little girl who has blossomed into a striking, clever young woman-a woman who hasn't been seen in weeks.
Proud, iron-willed Tennessee widow Tamsin MacGreggor is wanted-dead or alive-for a crime she didn't commit. But out West the law is shoot first, ask questions later. So she's running for her life-with notoriously handsome bounty hunter Ash Morgan in hot pursuit.Tamsin is Morgan's match, shrewd and strong enough to escape his capture. Twice. But catching her now is more than Morgan's duty-it's personal. For somehow she has slipped past his defenses and stolen his well-guarded heart. Their passionate love erupts in the wilds of a harsh, unforgiving land where a bounty hunter must finish his job-and an innocent woman will do whatever it takes to save herself from a hangman's noose…
“John Winston, cantante y l?der de The Walrus, aparece muerto con cuatro disparos en la suite de su hotel despu?s de un concierto. La polic?a pronto descubre que Winston ha fallecido a una edad considerada maldita en el mundo de la m?sica pop. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin y Jim Morrison son algunos de los ilustres miembros del macabro club de los 27. A pesar de su imagen de ap?stol de la paz, Winston ten?a numerosos enemigos. Entre ellos, el irland?s Ronan O’Rahilly, “Mr. Download”, el m?s famoso pirata inform?tico que ...
Centuries have passed since civilization's brush with apocalypse. The world's greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace…and fear. A terrible secret was closely guarded for centuries: every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity.Nine years have gone by since an unlikely hero named Rom Sebastian first discovered a secret and consumed an ancient potion of blood to bring himself back to life in Forbidden. Surviving against impossible odds, Rom has gathered ...
The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered in Edinburgh's buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex army, spots a paramilitary link, but how can this be true? It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terrorism in the throng ing city streets. Special Branch are interested, however, and Rebus finds himself seconded to an elite police unit with the mission of smashing whatever cell may exist. But the victim turns out to be a gangster's son, and the gangster wants revenge on his own terms. Soon Rebus finds himself in a non man'sland where friendly fire is as likely to score a hit as anything lauched by the unseen enemy.
In a small upstate New York town, an idyllic lake yields a ghastly discovery when the skeletal remains of a young woman missing for 27 years are pulled from the icy depth – along with unmistakable evidence of her murder. Suddenly, the long-dormant case of Kelly McShane Braden’s mysterious disappearance is reactivated. And for two devastated men, dark emotions and disturbing secrets will also rise to the surface.
The extraordinary new Gabriel Allon novel from the 'gold standard' (The Dallas Morning News) of thriller writers.Over the course of ten previous novels, Daniel Silva has established himself as one of the world's finest writers of international intrigue and espionage – 'a worthy successor to such legends as Frederick Forsyth and John le Carr' (Chicago Sun-Times) – and Gabriel Allon as 'one of the most intriguing heroes of any thriller series' (The Philadelphia Inquirer).Now the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn. ...
Most nie ma ko?ca, na jego wielu poziomach ?yj? ludzie, a jednym z nich jest wy?owiony z rzeki John Orr. Bohater cierpi na amnezj? i opowiada lekarzowi swoje dziwne sny. Jednak autor przenosi nas nagle i stajemy si? ?wiadkami ?ycia pewnego do?? przeci?tnego Szkota. C?? jest dalej? Wszystko zaczyna si? miesza? i nie jeste?my pewni o czyim ?mie w?a?nie czytamy i co tak naprawd? jest snem a co rzeczywisto?ci?. Powie?? Banks’a jest hybryd? ??cz?c? w sobie obyczajow? histori?, fantastyk? oraz jednocze?nie jej parodi?. To literacki eksperyment zabawa stylem, j?zykiem i wyobra?ni?.
An omnibus of novelsNew York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton, and Wendy Corsi Staub join forces to create a thrilling novel about love, revenge, and the dark secrets three women hold to a terrifying murder…A KILLER WHO GETS AWAY WITH MURDER ONCE…It's been twenty years since the night Jake Marcott was brutally murdered at St. Elizabeth High School. It's a night that shattered the lives of Lindsay Farrell, Kirsten Daniels, and Rachel Alsace. It's a night they'll never forget. A killer will make sure of that…FINDS IT EASIER TO ...
A betrayed wife and dedicated mother suddenly forced to raise her six-month-old daughter alone, Melanie Vargas is also an ambitious, hard-working professional who has had to bite and claw for recognition in the federal prosecutor’s office. Then, while strolling with her baby girl on a steamy New York night, Melanie stumbles onto the kind of high-profile case that could make a career: the burning townhouse of a wealthy former prosecutor, its owner’s tortured, murdered corpse smoldering within. Melanie Vargas wants this chance – she needs it – and she’ll do whatever it takes to get it.But ...
