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Letting a struggling Chicano gas company run its pipeline across their Louisiana land struck the Black Berets as a good idea—especially once Cowboy got an eyeball on Isabella Cifuentes, its stunning, sultry president. But the contract, it seemed, contained some very fine and lethal print. A Texas oil magnate allied with a fanatical right-wing cult had made an unholy alliance to keep the territory free of Mexicans and competition—even if it meant taking his grievance to the people next door.

When a bloody raid in Libya turns up nothing but a camp of terrorists who know nothing about any bombs, the elite American fighters find themselves ordered to Portugal to follow up a new lead. Once there, they learn every undercover agent from every country working in Portugal has been taken out of play, leaving the door wide open for staging an apocalyptic attack. If the Black Berets fail to locate the bombs and take out the merciless cabal that stole them, it could mean the end of the world as they know it. For these five warriors, the stakes have never been higher.

To the average citizen, the Lion of Salvador was a national hero, a military general of such renown that his accolades spanned two continents. To those in the know, however, the man was the cruelest of drug lords, a savage despot building an unstoppable empire that ranged from the Central American jungle to the bustling streets of New York.

‘To Mr Thomas Combe my sword.’ These six words in Shakespeare’s will tell us that Shakespeare had a sword. Did he wear it? Did he use it? What sort was it? When and why did he get it? What happened to it? Might it – does it – still exist? These questions plague Simon Gold, an antiques dealer. He believes he has identified the sword as belonging to a customer, an unworthy owner indifferent to cultural icons and uninterested in history. Simon is desperate to acquire the sword, but how?

England 1819. Thomas Shield, a master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child’s sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant’s beautiful, unhappy mother, Shield becomes entwined in their family’s affairs. When a brutal murder takes place in London’s seedy backstreets, all clues lead to the Frant family, and Shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart. Soon, it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy.

"Код розы" Кейт Куинн — это захватывающий шпионский роман о женщинах, раскрывающих военные тайны. 1940 год. Пока Англия готовится к войне с нацистами, три абсолютно разные девушки отправляются в таинственное загородное поместье Блетчли-парк, где лучшие умы Британии тренируются взламывать немецкие военные шифровки. У легкомысленной дебютантки Озлы есть все: красота, достаток и даже розы, которые ей посылает сам принц Филипп, жених будущей королевы Елизаветы II.

Amanda BA, colorfully dressed Bedouin brandishing a sword, interrupts Holmes and Watson at their breakfast table. He brings a cryptic warning: stay out of the affairs of his people, or face the consequences.

Silas Jabulani is the most decorated police officer in the Pretoria Police Province and has a promising career ahead of him until he loses his partner in a sting operation, and nothing seemed to make sense again. In a bid to pull out of his grief, he takes a break from everything and travels to Cairo, Egypt to visit his uncle and foster father, a great scholar and Professor of Egyptology.

November 22, 1888. Young cameraman Scott Carson fires two shots. A body falls into the Thames, ending Buffalo Bill’s team’s battle with Jack the Ripper. The ship sails to New York, no one says a word about the killing, and everyone uneasily resumes their lives. Then, on New Year’s Eve, 1899, Carson sees a ghost from his past.

Adrian West and Agent Nick Harper travel to London to assist Scotland Yard in its investigation of stolen artifacts linked to a legendary king. Yet, when they find themselves trailed by a mysterious pursuer, Adrian realizes the stolen artifacts are connected to a deadly, real-life weapon—and an ancient brotherhood intent on finding it.

Eines der größten Rätsel aller Zeiten steht kurz vor der Aufklärung.Als John Henry "Doc" Holiday sich den SEALs anschloss, schwor er: "Wenn ich zu Boden gehe, stehe ich jedes Mal wieder auf". Also war er nicht bereit, leise zu gehen und einfach zu verschwinden, als eine Kugel seine Militärkarriere abrupt beendete.

Případ plzeňských mordů je úvodním příběhem oblíbemé audio knižní řady Letopisy Královské komory. Odehrává se v polovině 16. století, za vlády Ferdinanda I. Habsburského. Děj se zasazen do města Plzně. Při vyšetřování několika záhadných vražd se poprvé setkává královský písař z Prahy - Jiří Adam z Dobronína se svým pomocníkem, bakalářem Petrem Korcem. Díky jeho pomoci se mu podaří vyváznout zdravý z velmi ošemetné situace, a navíc společně odhalí intriky proti králi.

The successful smuggler John Smith has become a highwayman to safeguard his inland trade. Riding the roads as the Yellowhammer, he makes both friends and enemies as he robs the rich and powerful.

La nueva obra de Vicente Raga, el autor de "Las doce puertas", una de las sagas de misterio histórico más vendida en los últimos años. Vuelven Rebeca y Carlota, pero, ¿con qué nos sorprenderán ahora?

To what lengths will the British go to smuggle a secret weapon into Nazi Germany? An unmissable Second World War thriller from bestseller Alex Gerlis. Hiding in the horror of Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto with his family, scientist Roman Loszynski has a secret: a means of making aerial bombing raids frighteningly accurate. Codenamed Tatra, it could change the course of the war. With British agent Jack Miller now in Switzerland, back in Berlin undercover spy Sophia von Naundorf is determined to escape Germany come what may.

Eine Frau und ihr Kampf gegen die gefährlichste Waffe der Welt. Leipzig im Juni 1942: Die Physikerin Margarete von Brühl arbeitet an der Entwicklung einer Uranmaschine. Sie ahnt nicht, wie sehr sich die Gestapo für ihre Experimente interessiert. Als es in ihrem Labor zu einer Explosion kommt, bei der ihr Assistent und heimlicher Geliebter stirbt, wird sie verhaftet - und danach von einem alten Freund befreit. Er behauptet, Mitglied einer Widerstandsgruppe zu sein und dass Margaretes Forschung dem Bau einer Atombombe dient.

Número 1 en España y México. La nueva novela aclamada por la crítica de Vicente Raga, autor de la saga de éxito mundial de "Las doce puertas", leída por...

Deborah’s husband was hung for murder ten years ago. She still believes he was innocent. Deborah turns to the judge who sentenced her husband as the one person who can help her clear his name … and in doing so, she learns that Dark Hollow holds more secrets than she imagined …

The Murderer’s Maid interweaves the stories of two women, the 19th-century servant of infamous Lizzie Borden and the other a 21st-century modern-day barista fleeing from an attempt on her life. Irish maid Bridget Sullivan, trapped by servitude and afraid for her own safety, finds herself an unwilling witness to the tensions in the volatile Borden household. In 2016, Brooke, the illegitimate daughter of an immigrant maid, is unknowingly connected to the legendary 19th-century crime. Brooke struggles to conceal her identity and stay a jump ahead of the men who want to kill her.

Une vieille urne punique contenant une mystérieuse substance est récupérée par des plongeurs près du port de Toulon. De l’autre côté de la méditerranée, les filets d’un bateau de pêche tunisien remontent le corps noyé d’un enfant qui porte une étrange inscription en lettres de sang. Ce sera le premier d’une longue série. Soufiane, capitaine à la brigade criminelle au passé tourmenté, et Sara, médecin légiste excentrique, ne tardent pas à se rendre compte que les deux découvertes sont liées.