Po Richmond kr??y zab?jca – w okrutny spos?b morduje m?ode, mieszkaj?ce samotnie kobiety.Na poz?r ofiary nie maj? ze sob? nic wsp?lnego. Doktor Kay Scarpeta, naczelny koroner stanu Wirginia, oraz Pete Marino, sier?ant z wydzia?u zab?jstw policji Richmond, musz? pokona? wzajemne animozje, by uj?? zbrodniarza. Nie b?dzie to ?atwe, tym bardziej ?e kto? sabotuje dochodzenie od wewn?trz.
It was the perfect retreat for a troubled company. No cell phones. No BlackBerrys. No cars. Just a luxurious, remote lodge surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness.All the top officers of the Hammond Aerospace Corporation are there. And one last-minute substitute – a junior executive named Jake Landry. He's a steady, modest, and taciturn guy with a gift for keeping his head down and a turbulent past he's trying to put behind him.Jake's uncomfortable with all the power players he's been thrown in with, with all the swaggering and the posturing. The only person there ...
An anthology of storiesThis one-of-a-kind collection features stories from some of the biggest names in mystery and fantasy-blending the genres into a unique hybrid where PIs may wear wizard's robes and criminals may really be monsters.Sit in on a modern-day witch's trial, visit the halls of a magical boarding school with murder on the curriculum, spend some time with Sookie Stackhouse, visit London 's hidden world of the Nightside, and become spellbound with eight more tales of magical mystery.
– Imi?: James. Wzrost: 183 cm. Waga: 76 kg. Budowa szczup?a. Oczy niebieskie. W?osy czarne. Blizna na prawym policzku i na lewym ramieniu. ?lady po chirurgii plastycznej na grzbiecie prawej d?oni. Wszechstronny sportowiec. Nie u?ywa przebra?. J?zyki obce: francuski i niemiecki. Du?o pali (specjalne papierosy z trzema z?otymi paskami). Na?ogi: pije, ale nie w nadmiarze, kobiety. Ka?de licz?ce si? pa?stwo ma akta Jamesa Bonda, brytyjskiego tajnego agenta. ?miertelnie niebezpieczna rosyjska organizacja Smiersz postanowi?a go wyeliminowa?? przyn?t? jest Tatiana Romanowa. Jej zadaniem jest zwabi? Bonda do Stambu?u i tam go uwie??, podczas gdy jej zwierzchnicy zajm? si? reszt?. Kiedy Bond wpada w pu?apk?, rozpoczyna si? gra, w kt?rej 007 jest zar?wno stawk?, jak i bagrod?.
"Ludzie zebrali si? o zmroku, aby czuwa? ca?? noc. By?a pe?nia, ale po p??nocy g?ste chmury skry?y niebiosa – z ?alu albo przeciwnie, oboj?tno?ci – chcia?y zas?oni? wszechogarniaj?cy wzrok. Za sze?? godzin ciemno?ci ust?pi?, sko?czy si? wyczekiwanie. Wschodz?ce s?o?ce obleje czerwieni? sosny, palmy i ca?? p??nocno-wschodni? Floryd?. Wtedy, punktualnie o si?dmej, Raul Fernandez zostanie stracony".
Powie?? traktuj?ca o Idalgo, mistrzu miecza i ?owcy bandyt?w. Mroczne fantasy, gdzie ludzko?? odpiera ataki zmutowanych szczuro-ludzi, na ?wiecie pojawiaj? si? ludzie obdarzeni magicznym dotykiem, a nawet go?cie ze ?wiata r?wnoleg?ego. Ca?o?ci dope?niaj? realistyczne, cz?sto szokuj?ce wr?cz opisy scen batalistycznych.
Karen Nichols was pert, blonde, in love with her and her life when Patrick Kenzie first met her. But six months later, she jumped naked from Boston 's Custom House, leaving behind a downward spiral of drug abuse, depression, and sexual misadventure. She was an utterly different woman and Kenzie wants to know why. What he finds is almost incomprehensible: a depraved stalker who carefully targeted Karen and slowly, methodically, exploited her every weakness, stripped away all that mattered to her, and then watched her self-destruct. Now as Kenzie and his former partner Angela Gennaro begin a psychological battle against a master sadist the law can't touch, they discover he's starting to learn their weaknesses, their loves and he's determined to tear their world apart.
The brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon's death is raising too many questions and providing too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker.Why, for example, would the family of a man so beloved respond to his slaying with more surprise than grief? And what linked a celebrated doctor with strict fundamentalist beliefs to a gang of outlaw bikers? But the most unsettling connection of all is the one that ties the tormented Sparks family to Peter Decker's own – and the secrets shared by a renegade Catholic priest…and Decker's wife, Rina Lazarus.
SEATTLE, 2040. The Space Needle lies crumpled. Veiled women hurry through the busy streets. Alcohol is outlawed, replaced by Jihad Cola, and mosques dot the skyline. New York and Washington, D.C., are nuclear wastelands. Phoenix is abandoned, Chicago the site of a civil war battle. At the edges of the empire, Islamic and Christian forces fight for control of a very different United States.Enormous in scope and brilliantly imagined, Prayers for the Assassin promises to be the powerhouse read of the year. Burning with cinematic violence, fiendish betrayal, and global intrigue, Robert Ferrigno's sensational thriller asks: What ...
A psychological thriller focusing on a young paranoid schizophrenic who escapes from a New England mental hospital in pursuit of a high-school teacher who testified at his murder trial, carrying with him a secret that will tear many lives apart during the course of one night.
The new Ghostwalker novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling authorSaber Wynter is running from her past when she meets ex-Navy SEAL and Ghostwalker Jess Calhoun. But the riddles of both their pasts are about to collide, shattering the promise of their future with the ultimate betrayal.
Following A Deeper Sleep, her most successful Kate Shugak novel to date, the Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling thriller writer Dana Stabenow delivers a nail-biting, all-too-real novel of international suspense.A terrorist with a most personal grudge, an FBI analyst challenged to be three steps ahead of the intelligence, a Coast Guard captain assigned to keep watch on that very American of symbols from the water, an astronaut who takes her job very seriously-the paths of all of these characters converge on one clear morning in Florida. NASA is preparing to launch the space shuttle, ...
Miranda's ex-lover is found murdered. She had a motive and the opportunity. After being arrested for the crime, Miranda is shocked to learn she's been released on bail-bail posted by someone determined to remain anonymous. Is someone trying to help Miranda? Or is someone trying to manipulate Miranda and draw her into the dark and secret world of a murdered man, where everybody's presumed guilty?
After a tumultuous year, attorney Nina Reilly heads home to put her life in order and move in with her long-time, part-time love, Paul van Wagoner. Carmel Valley, however, is not quite the sleepy town Nina remembers. In a place where the locals clash with the rich newcomers, conflicts have always been an inevitable part of life, but lately, the hostilities have turned ugly: someone has been setting seemingly random forest fires. Just as Nina is re-establishing her family ties and beginning her new life with Paul, she is called upon again. The last fire proved fatal, and Wish, the son of her faithful ex-assistant, Sandy Whitefeather, stands accused of murder. Nina is certain that the fires are not random at all. Against her better judgement, she must work with Paul in order to gain the locals' trust in a race against timeto find the truth before the real killer's motives become all too shockingly apparent.
In this captivating novel of romantic suspense, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard brings us deep into the wild, where a smart and sexy outdoor guide and her ruggedly handsome competitor must join forces to survive – and avoid becoming what they never expected to be:PREYThirty-two-year-old Angie Powell has always spoken her mind, but in the presence of Dare Callahan she nurses a simmering rage. After all, why give Dare the satisfaction of knowing he can push her buttons and push her to the edge?Three years ago, Dare returned home to rural western ...
Few recent thriller writers have excited the kind of critical praise that Daniel Silva has, with his novels featuring art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon.Now Allon is back in Venice, when a terrible explosion in Rome leads to a disturbing personal revelation: the existence of a dossier in the hands of terrorists that strips away his secrets, lays bare his history. Hastily recalled home to Israel, drawn once more into the heart of a service he had once forsaken, Gabriel Allon finds himself stalking an elusive master terrorist across a landscape drenched in generations of blood, ...
Former Marine and CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's renowned security and detective business-along with a case load that tests him to the breaking point. Getting to the bottom of an NFL gambling scandal and an unsolved LAPD investigation into 18 school girl slayings would be enough. On top of all that, Morgan takes on solving the horrific murder of his best friend's wife.As Morgan fights the urge to exact brutal revenge on that killer, he has to navigate a workplace imbroglio that could blow the roof off his elite agency. And it's an especially explosive situation… because the love affair is his own.
