Human betrayal, medical terror and a race against time…Jealousies, distrust, and hidden rivalries uncover dark secrets, then a dozen vials of a deadly virus go missing.As a blizzard whips out of the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family house. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company, has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus. Several others are interested in his success too: his children, at home for Christmas with their offspring, have their eyes on the money he will make; Toni Gallo, head ...
Two brothers, one mission, and a whole world of trouble…They are Sam and Jacob Redman. Two brothers, SAS through and through. They fight alongside each other; they watch each other's backs. They are ruthlessly professional in the field of war, fiercely loyal wherever they are. But when Jacob is booted from the Regiment for a moment of madness, he disappears. Not even his family knows where he is, or even if he's still alive. All that is about to change. On his return from a brutal mission in Afghanistan, Sam is ordered to conduct another dangerous operation into an inhospitable part of the world. He soon learns, though, that his unit are not being told everything by their government paymasters; and so he is forced to choose between his duty to the men around him and his loyalty to the brother that he loves. Is Jacob part of a plan that threatens world peace? As the body count rises, only Sam can stop these events from reaching their terrifying conclusion.
Number one bestselling author Janet Evanovich has created a brand-new heroine in Elizabeth Tucker: Marblehead resident, bakery worker, unlucky in love.and descendant of witches. Life has had a pleasant predictability to it for Lizzy. That is until a tall, black-haired, dark eyed man shows up in a black sports car, touches her hand and leaves a burn mark. His name is Gerwulf Grimoire, also known as Wulf. And he wants what Lizzy has: knowledge. Almost simultaneously comes another man, a different man, but this one just as dangerous in his own way. His name is Diesel. And he ...
Twenty years ago, wild child Jessie Brentwood vanished from St. Elizabeth's high school. Most in Jessie's tight circle of friends believed she simply ran away. Few suspected that Jessie was hiding a shocking secret – one that brought her into the crosshairs of a vicious killer…Two decades pass before a body is unearthed on school grounds and Jessie's old friends reunite to talk. Most are sure that the body is Jessie's, that the mystery of what happened to her has finally been solved. But soon, Jessie's friends each begin to die in horrible, freak accidents that defy explanation…Becca ...
Having spent the past two years in hiding following a daring and successful heist, a big -time robber is back in Minneapolis, having spotted the opportunity for an even greater steal. It's a couple of weeks before the big Republican party convention: thousands of people spending cash, which is flowing into a relatively inadequate Brinks warehouse, protected by only three or four armed guards. The robber's plan is to distract the cops by manipulating and alerting them to a possible assassination attempt. Lucas Davenport meanwhile has problems of his own, targeted by a psychopathic pimp, who blames Davenport for the fact he's in a wheelchair. Only it's not Davenport he's going after; it's his innocent daughter, Letty.
Na wykopaliskach archeologicznych w Izraelu w pochodz?cym sprzed dw?ch tysi?cy lat grobie znaleziono plastykowy woreczek, a w nim instrukcj? obs?ugi japo?skiej kamery wideo. Analiza metod? C14 potwierdzi?a, ?e wiek papieru broszurki rzeczywi?cie wynosi dwa tysi?ce lat. Jednak opisana w niej kamera ma pojawi? si? na rynku dopiero za trzy lata. Nasuwa si? wyja?nienie, ?e w niedalekiej przysz?o?ci — w ci?gu nast?pnych czterech lub sze?ciu lat — odkryty zostanie spos?b poruszania si? w czasie. Naukowcy stwierdz?, ?e mo?liwy jest ruch tylko w jednym kierunku, mianowicie w przesz?o??. Dlaczego cz?owiek, kt?rego szcz?tki znaleziono w grobie, nie zwa?aj?c na ryzyko wyruszy? w bezpowrotn? podr??? Przyczyna mog?a by? tylko jedna: pragn?? sfilmowa? Jezusa Chrystusa i owo nagranie, dobrze ukryte w bezpiecznym miejscu czeka teraz od tysi?cy lat, by w ko?cu zabrali je stamt?d jego wsp?lnicy.
Wroc?aw, rok 1919. Na jednej z wysepek w rozlewiskach Odry dw?ch gimnazjalist?w dokonuje makabrycznego odkrycia. Przyby?y na miejsce asystent kryminalny Eberhard Mock odnajduje okrutnie okaleczone cia?a czterech m??czyzn, a przy nich adresowan? do siebie tajemnicz? notatk?. Ekscentryczny morderca wci?ga policj? w gr?, kt?rej stawk? jest ?ycie kolejnych ludzi. Policjanci pod??aj? jego tropem w podziemny ?wiat tajnych sekt okultystycznych i sutener?w oferuj?cych bogatym klientom zakazane rozrywki. Tymczasem nieust?pliwy, porywczy Mock, prze?ladowany przez senne koszmary, s?abo?? do alkoholu i pi?knych, rudow?osych kobiet, toczy rozpaczliw? walk? z ...
Wilk to przyw?dca rosyjskiej "czerwonej mafii", najgro?niejszej organizacji przest?pczej dzia?aj?cej w Ameryce – by?y agent KGB, bezlitosny zab?jca bez twarzy i imienia. W?asnor?cznie wykonuje ka?d? "mokr? robot?", nie boi si? ?adnego ryzyka. Nikt nie wie, kim jest, gdzie mieszka, jak si? nazywa. Tropi go Alex Cross, policjant z wydzia?y zab?jstw, odbywaj?cy sta? w FBI. Wyrwany ze szkolenia w Quantico, musi zaj?c si? spraw? tajemniczych zagini?? bia?ych kobiet, porywanych przez mafi? w charakterze "seksualnych niewolnic" na zam?wienie bogatych zbocze?c?w. Prze?om w strawie nast?puje, gdy odnajduje si? jedna z porwanych kobiet, a czternastoletnian hackerka w?amuje si? na doskonale zabezpieczon? stron? w internecie s?u??c? do sk?adania zam?wie? na "?ywy towar". Najwi?ksz? trudno?? sprawia Crossowi pojmanie samego Wilka – kolejne podejrzane osoby okazuj? si? tylko marionetkami…
Welcome to the Custer Hill Club-a men's club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to relax with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club's executive board gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11-and finalize a retaliation plan, known only by its codename: Wildfire. That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is found dead. Soon it's up to Detective John Corey and his wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield to unravel a terrifying plot that starts with the Custer Hill Club and ends with American cities locked in the crosshairs of a nuclear device. Corey and Mayfield are the only ones who can stop the button from being pushed, and global chaos from being unleashed…
To escape an assassin, Rachel finds sanctuary in the rainforest, where the most exotic of all creatures walks: Rio. But when he unleashes his secret animal instincts, Rachel fears that her isolated haven could become an inescapable hell…
At 46, Aaron Newman was enjoying the good things in life – a good marriage, a good job – and he was in good shape himself. Then he saw the murder. A petty vicious killing that was to plunge him into an insane jungle of raw violence and fear, threatening and defiling the things he cared about.
In bestseller Barr’s chilling 14th mystery thriller to feature National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon (after 2005’s Hard Truth), Anna joins the team of Winter Study, a research project intended to study the wolves and moose of Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park, the setting for 1994’s A Superior Death. Complicating the study is Bob Menechinn, an untrustworthy Homeland Security officer assigned to shadow the research. Crowded into inhospitable lodgings and persecuted by unrelenting cold, Anna is far from her comfort zone as nature turns awry with a series of bizarre events. The team stumbles upon the tracks – ...
The day after anonymous blogger Str-S-d wishes the popular girl would die, Lucy vanishes. The students of Soundview High are scared and worried. Especially frightened and wracked with guilt is Madison Archer, Lucy’s friend and the last person to see her the night she disappeared.I’ll begin with Lucy. She is definitely first on the list. You can’t believe how it feels to be in the cafeteria and turn around and there she is staring at me like I’m some disgusting bug or vermin. Does she really think I WANT to be this way? ...
Dr Anya Crichton, pathologist and forensic physician, is back on another chilling case that will stretch her forensic talents to the limit. This time, Anya is on the trail of a violent serial rapist. Suspicion immediately falls on the deviant Geoffrey Willard, recently released from prison after serving a full term for the brutal rape and murder of a fourteen year old girl. As Anya delves deeper into a myriad of forensic evidence, she begins to suspect that Willard is innocent. When two of the victims are later stabbed to death, a blood-smeared shirt holds the key to the truth. Only the killer knows that Anya has made a mistake. One that could prove fatal!
The secretive, closed organization that invites Jack Reacher in is the Secret Service, the organization that protects the Presidency. Someone who was once close to Reacher’s brother, needs help in her new job. Her new job? Saving the Vice President of the United States from being assassinated.
On the pavement, Hannah Bernstein was trying to haul herself up, clutching at the railings as Dillon got to her. “You're all right, just hold on to me.” But there was blood coming down her face, and he was afraid. In Jack Higgins’ acclaimed bestseller Dark Justice, intelligence operative Sean Dillon and his colleagues in Britain and the United States beat back a terrible enemy, but at an equally terrible cost. One of them was shot, another run down in the street. Both were expected to survive – but only one of them does. As Detective Superintendent Hannah Bernstein of ...
When a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, New York detective Eve Dallas takes a new place in crime-as both officer and witness to murder…Opening night at New York 's New Globe Theater turns from stage scene to crime scene when the leading man is stabbed to death center stage. Now Eve Dallas has a high-profile, celebrity homicide on her hands. Not only is she lead detective, she's also a witness-and when the press discovers that her husband owns the theater, there's more media spotlight than either can handle. The only way out is to move ...
Amazon.com Review"Why would anyone jump out a window with a saltshaker?" A good question, especially when the suicide victim is Pasha Ivanov, a Moscow physicist-turned-billionaire businessman-a "New Russian" poster boy, if ever there was one-with several homes, a leggy 20-year-old girlfriend ("the kind [of blonde] who could summon the attention of a breeze"), and every reason to be contented in his middle age. So, wonders Senior Investigator Arkady Renko, in Martin Cruz Smith's Wolves Eat Dogs, what provoked Ivanov to take a header from his stylish 10th-floor apartment? And how does it relate to the shaker ...
