A picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation. Is the terror just beginning? Or have the good citizens of Gladstone harbored a dark secret for a long time? Sheriff Miranda Knight is determined to make her small town safe once more. And she does what she swore she would never do: involve FBI profiler Noah Bishop. He's the one man who knows about her unique abilities, and that knowledge almost destroyed her and her sister years ago. Now, as Bishop arrives with his team of agents, Miranda must learn to trust him and use her abilities once more. For they're about to go on the hunt for a killer whose madness has no bounds, a killer who knows exactly how to destroy Miranda: by preying on her sister.
Thirteen-year-old Ben is spending the summer in the Congo where his father is examining a valuable mineral mining operation. But a mysterious killer virus is spreading throughout the country which the mine manager is trying to hush up. It's up to Ben and his friend, Halima, to prevent disaster.
When the body of an elderly widow turns up in the desert, Sheriff Joanna Brady searches for a killer among the victim's greedy offspring, her mysterious much younger live-in handyman turned lover, and corrupt local politicians.
Cassandra Sales is a woman with a gift for nurturing things – her husband, the successful wine importer; her two adult children; the fabulous flowers in her garden. After twenty-six years of marriage, however, Cassie's husband, Mitch, is spending more time skipping abroad than remaining at home with her. Tired of being a modest Long Island housewife who can't even remember what it's like to be kissed, Cassie has a face-lift to recapture her youthful allure. The surprise for her husband goes awry when Mitch returns home early from a business trip. When he sees the post-op horror show, he ...
W po?o?onym w ustronnym miejscu domu letniskowym w Massachusetts sze?ciu m?odych m??czyzn toczy ?miertelny pojedynek z agentami FBI. Niedaleko FDR Memorial w Waszyngtonie zostaje znalezione cia?o c?rki senatora. Maggie O'Dell jest specjalistk? od portret?w psychologicznych seryjnych morderc?w. Dlaczego wi?c jej szef, zast?pca dyrektora Cunningham, zdecydowa?, ?e to w?a?nie ona powinna rozwik?a? te dwie r??ne, pozornie nie zwi?zane ze sob? sprawy? Kiedy jednak Maggie i jej zawodowy partner R. J. Tully zag??biaj? si? w nie, zwi?zek mi?dzy tymi sprawami staje si? widoczny. ??czy je osoba wielebnego Josepha Everetta, charyzmatycznego przyw?dcy religijnej sekty, kt?ra rozrasta si? niemal z dnia na dzie?. M?odzi m??czy?ni z domu letniskowego okazuj? si? cz?onkami ko?cio?a Everetta, c?rk? senatora zamordowano tu? po jednym z organizowanych przez wielebnego spotka? modlitewnych.
Bert Checkov was a Fleet Street racing correspondent with a talent for tipping non-starters. But the advice he gave to James Tyrone a few minutes before he fell to his death, was of a completely different nature. James investigates, and soon finds his own life, and that of his wife, at risk.
From Publishers WeeklyPI Kinsey Millhone's trademark dry sense of humor is largely absent in the first half of the 15th book in this justifiably popular series, though it resurfaces as the suspense finally begins to build in the second half. In the bleak November of 1986, Kinsey looks into the disappearance of Dr. Dowan Purcell, who's been missing for nine weeks. Dr. Purcell is an elderly physician who runs a nursing home that's being investigated for Medicare fraud. His ex-wife, Fiona, hires Kinsey when it seems as though the police have given up on the search. Fiona thinks ...
Kinsey bada tajemnic? znikni?cia szanowanego lekarza Dowana Purcella, kt?ry od tygodni nie daje znaku ?ycia. O dziwo, do znanej ze skuteczno?ci detektyw zwraca si? Fiona, eks-?ona zaginionego, a nie obecna pani Purcell. Instynkt podpowiada Kinsey, by przyjrze? si? bli?ej ?yciu osobistemu doktora. Okazuje si?, ?e Fiona wyra?nie ostrzy sobie z?by na maj?tek by?ego m??a, za? na nowym ma??e?stwie cieniem k?ad? si? konflikty z przybran? c?rk?. Do tego przyjaciele podejrzewaj? zaginionego o malwersacj?. Kinsey ani o krok nie zbli?a si? do rozwi?zania zagadki. Kiedy przypadek pchnie j? w s?usznym kierunku, sama znajdzie si? w tarapatach. I jakby ma?o mia?a k?opot?w, w g?owie zam?ci jej pewien czaruj?cy facet. Ca?a Kinsey!
El v?rtigo y la incontenible alegr?a que sinti? al despertar aquella ma?ana eran para Evan Casher la mejor prueba de que estaba profundamente enamorado. S?, sin duda aqu?l era el inicio de una nueva y feliz vida que compartir?a junto a Carrie, la joven responsable de aquel cambio sustancial en ?l. Sin embargo, un solo instante puede cambiar toda una vida: una llamada de su madre, apremi?ndolo a reunirse con ella de inmediato, iba a provocar un vuelco radical en la hasta entonces tranquila existencia de Evan. Para su horror, descubrir? que su ...
Jack Reacher to cz?owiek, kt?ry nie istnieje. Dawniej ?andarm wojskowy, obecnie cie? bez sta?ego miejsca zamieszkania, bez dokumentu ze zdj?ciem, samochodu czy konta w banku. Pojawia si?, by nast?pnego dnia znikn?? bez s?owa wyja?nienia.Pod pal?cym s?o?cem Texasu Jack spotyka na swojej drodze Carmen Greer – ?on? bogatego w?a?ciciela p?l naftowych. Czy mo?na odm?wi? pomocy oszala?ej ze strachu, pi?knej kobiecie? Reacher zgadza si? wyst?pi? w roli ochroniarza. Ale czy nieznajoma jest szczera, czy naprawd? by?a maltretowana przez m??a, czy grozi jej ?miertelne niebezpiecze?stwo?Inspirowana przez demony przesz?o?ci spirala zacie?nia si? coraz bardziej, ofiara staje si? katem, kat za? ofiar?. W poszukiwaniu prawdy Reacher jest zdany tylko na w?asny spryt i intuicj?.
Wypadek zmieni? ca?e jej ?ycie. Jane potrzebowa?a a? szesnastu lat, by po serii bolesnych operacji plastycznych odzyska? dawny wygl?d. Cierpienia rozwin??y j? duchowo: sta?a si? wzi?t? artystk?, tworz?c? pi?kne i niepokoj?ce dzie?a. Z mi?o?ci po?lubi?a znanego chirurga plastycznego, Iana Westbrooka. Kiedy zasz?a w ci???, wydawa?o si?, ?e nic ju? nie zak??ci idylli. Jednak szcz??cie nie trwa?o d?ugo. Ian zosta? oskar?ony o zamordowanie swej dawnej kochanki, Jane za? zacz??a dostawa? anonimy od nieznanego prze?ladowcy. W pierwszym z nich przeczyta?a: "Zrobi?em to specjalnie. ?eby us?ysze?, jak krzyczysz." Niegdy? Jane podejrzewa?a, ?e to, co sta?o si? na jeziorze, to nie by? wypadek. Teraz jest tego pewna.
Militante Umweltsch?tzer wollen einen Polsprung ausl?sen, um die Menschheit zum Umdenken zu bewegen. Durch einen Test werden katastrophale Ereignisse ausgel?st — ein als unsinkbar geltendes Frachtschiff verschwindet spurlos im Ozean, eine Herde Killerwale rastet v?llig aus. Nur die in Sibirien t?tige Pal?ontologin Karla Janos kennt das Geheimnis, wie die Kettenreaktion wieder zu stoppen ist. In h?chster Not sollen Kurt Austin und seine NUMA die Welt vor der Ausl?schung allen organischen Lebens bewahren …
A TV and film executive, Staeger displays a real knack for creating cinematic scenes in his engaging first thriller. Cooper, a burnt-out former CIA operative living in a cheap bungalow on the British Virgin Island of Tortola, isn't too happy when "Cap'n Roy," the local police chief, dares to call him at 6 a.m. (Indeed, he gets out of bed and smashes the window in his front door with a baseball bat.) A badly burned, broken and tattooed male body has washed up on the beach, and Roy wants Cooper to dispose of it without disturbing the tourists. Given ...
After divorcing her physically abusive NFL superstar husband, photographer Liz Barwick accepts an assignment on an idyllic island and begins a romance while her ex-husband plots murderous revenge.
Nie?atwo jest kobiecie spotka? idealnego m??czyzn?. Kate Wilkinson si? uda?o, ale c?? z tego skoro pewnego dnia ukochany Matt odchodzi bez wyja?nienia, zostawiaj?c jej tylko pami?tnik… Okazuje si?, ?e ten dziennik pisa?a m?oda matka, Suzanne Bedford, z my?l? o swoim male?kim synku. Kobieta we wzruszaj?cy spos?b opowiada o w?asnym ?yciu, o pocz?tkach znajomo?ci z ojcem dziecka i rado?ciach zwi?zanych z macierzy?stwem. Podczas czytania tych chwytaj?cych za serce wyzna? Katie nagle u?wiadamia sobie, ?e utracony przez ni? ukochany to m?? i ojciec z pami?tnika. Podczas dalszej lektury, przera?ona i pe?na nadziei, pr?buje zrozumie?, co w?a?ciwie zasz?o. Zastanawia si? r?wnie?, czy jej mi?o?? na szanse na przetrwanie…
Nineteen original tales of the pandora legend-as no one has ever imagine it before.When Pandora's Box was opened, so the ancient tale goes, all the evils that would beset humanity were released into the world. When the box was all but empty, the only thing that remained was hope. Now some of fantasy's finest writers have taken on the task of opening Pandora's closet. It is naturally chock full of an assortment of items, including a ring that can bring its wearer infinite health, a special helmet found in the most unlikely of places, a mysterious box that holds a legendary piece of cloth, and a red hoodie that transforms a woman's world. These stories are of items claimed by people, but only at their own peril. After indulging in these stories, readers will certainly look at their own closets in a whole new light.
The number-one blockbuster bestselling author delivers her most explosive and compelling novel yet, in which a woman must unlock the secrets of her own mind before she loses her life.She has a gift of unspeakable power…He must control her or destroy her…For as long as she can remember, successful young physician Megan Blair has tried to silence the voices in her head--voices that bring her to the edge of madness and terror. Megan possesses psychic powers that have been dormant for years, hidden deep in the past she's tried so desperately to forget. ...
