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The year is 1774, and the Virginia frontier is a powder keg. When ruthless outlaws brutally murder a group of Shawnee Indians, the fragile peace shatters, unleashing a wave of savage reprisals. In the calamitous events that follow, the lives of British colonists, Shawnee warriors, a young enslaved girl, and an Irish indentured servant become inextricably linked in a desperate fight for survival. This isn't just a war for land; it's a battle for their very way of life, threatening to consume everything they hold dear.

The Secret Service can stop terrorists, psychos, and garden variety murderers. But not a widow bent on revenge. It falls to Washington insider David Kelly, a "bird on the ledge", to put the pieces together before it's too late: a president's nefarious agenda...an assassin with issues...and a certain redhead with freckles across the bridge of her nose and legs to there.... But no one, least of all Kelly, can imagine the tenacity and ingenuity of those at work. No one is prepared for the dark agenda under it all.

After elite Navy SEAL Troy Stark is forced into retirement for his dubious respect for authority, his work in stopping a major terrorist threat to New York is noticed. Invited to join a secretive new international terrorist-fighting organization, Troy must hunt down all threats to the US that originate from overseas—and preempt them by any means possible.

An old enemy, a new threat, and a secret that could tear the world apart. Hostage negotiator Ethan Munroe is called urgently to a developing crime scene. A serial killer is holding a young girl hostage, and, inexplicably, demands his attendance. Events quickly spiral out of control, and the security of Ethan's life is stripped away, as he is thrown headlong into a perilous world of deception, espionage and danger, lurking deep within the shadows of political power.

México, Distrito Federal, 2006. Al final del largo pasillo del Servicio Médico Forense, en una fría madrugada, un joven profesor universitario que busca a su amigo desaparecido se encuentra con lo inevitable: el Diablo —como todos lo conocen desde la época de estudiantes—, su guía moral, compañero de juergas y de mil batallas políticas, yace inerte en una camilla. Aunque las circunstancias alrededor de la muerte son poco claras, un dolor acuciante carcome al protagonista: la certeza de saber lo que le robó el último aliento a su camarada.

Former chief inspector Chen faces a tricky serial murderer case at the height of the Covid pandemic—and risks everything he has to expose the deadly effects of the Chinese Communist Party's so-called zero Covid policy to the world.

When a leading international financier is murdered in his Beverly Hills mansion, at first it looks like just another daemon at work in the City of Angels. But when the ritual nature of the killing emerges, the FBI takes an interest. And then the international connections start to emerge: the European Commission, high-ranking officials in Hong Kong...and Iran. That’s when the file gets passed to ODIN and Alex Mason.

From a secretive jungle-covered island in the Pacific to the sands of the Middle East. From the smog-filled alleyways of China to the passageways of a US Navy destroyer. The War Planners series follows different members of the military and intelligence community as they uncover a Chinese plot to begin the next world war, and attack America.

Der perfekte Thriller für alle Fans der TV-Sensation "Borgen"! Dänemark vor der Parlamentswahl: Nachwuchsreporter Ulrik Torp bekommt brisante Informationen zugespielt – direkt aus der legendären "Burg", dem Sitz des dänischen Parlaments. Torps erster Aufmacher wird sein großer Durchbruch. Doch schnell merkt der junge Journalist, dass er selbst Teil des politischen Machtkampfs geworden ist. Er verfängt sich in einem lebensgefährlichen Netz aus Intrigen, Geheimnissen und Lügen.

In an Osaka noodle bar, a powerful businessman meets a grisly end—eviscerated and beheaded. Another influential figure sits entombed in his fortress-like underground bunker, anxiously anticipating a similar fate. Night after night, a spectral woman stalks his dreams: an unyielding assassin backed by a ruthless yakuza army. Systematically eliminating key figures in Japanese business, she appears to be climbing the power ladder toward her ultimate target.

Tatort Kopenhagen: Kurz vor den Parlamentswahlen wird ein Mitarbeiter des Innenministeriums kaltblütig ermordet. Der arbeitslose Journalist Ulrik Torp – vom Jobcenter zum Praktikanten bei der Zeitung Dagbladet degradiert – beginnt, den Fall zu recherchieren. Zusammen mit zwei ehrgeizigen, aber unerfahrenen Kollegen folgt er Spuren zu einem engen Kreis ehemaliger Politiker und Topunternehmer – einer Allianz, die bis zu den Anfängen des Kalten Kriegs zurückreicht.

John Warren has sacrificed in his life but is now resigned to a quiet existence in a secluded home in Northern Michigan. All of that changes when he is falsely accused, with everything taken from him. Now, John Warren will fight to prove his innocence and to save the country he loves.

America is under attack. The corrupt rich men north of Richmond must be stopped. Aden and his ally, Nova, fire the first shot into the Deep State swamp. But as one adversary falls, more rise. Tensions are high. States are seceding. Civil war is imminent. Behind the chaos stands Unity Inc., a global network of elites with an insidious plan: a stranglehold on power, politicians in their pockets, and a vision of a one-world government.

Duncan Hunter is driven by his sense of duty. So when a plane crash forces the ambitious pilot out of the Marine Corps, he hungrily searches for another way to fight terrorism. And he finds it in an intelligence officer's invitation to come aboard a clandestine project scouting and destroying Mexican poppy fields in the War on Drugs.

Recht oder Gerechtigkeit – der neue Nr. 1-Bestseller von Nele Neuhaus. Hinter einem Marienaltar im Feld bei Schwalbach wird die Leiche eines jungen Mädchens gefunden. Der Körper ist mit einer Eisschicht überzogen, nachts hatten Temperaturen um die -10° C geherrscht. Die 16-jährige Larissa Jansen wurde erdrosselt. Pia Sander und Oliver von Bodenstein nehmen die Ermittlungen auf. Durch eine DNA-Analyse gerät Farwad M. unter Mordverdacht, ein abgelehnter afghanischer Asylbewerber, der erst kürzlich zu fünf Jahren Haft verurteilt wurde.

Kate Brennan is devastated. After months of planning a reunion in London, the Chicago-based, award-winning investigative reporter turned novelist is shattered to learn that her dearest friend is dead. But when she realizes that the circumstances are suspicious—and that even looking into them could imperil her own life—she feels compelled to act.

Múltiples intereses están en juego en el Norte de Suecia: tierras apenas habitadas y ricas en recursos naturales son codiciadas por las multinacionales más poderosas bajo la excusa del ecologismo. La corrupción y el dinero fácil pronto atraen a los grupos criminales más peligrosos. Hacia allí se dirigen Lisbeth Salander y Mikael Blomkvist por diferentes motivos: los servicios sociales han informado a Salander de que su sobrina adolescente, Svala, necesita un tutor legal tras la desaparición de su madre, y Mikael acude a la boda de su hija con uno de los políticos más influyentes de la región.

August 2016. Rowena Halley, PhD, is nursing a busted knee and a busted heart. Plus, her career path is on a toilet trajectory and the divisive politics of a particularly fraught election cycle are threatening to bust up her family, too. Then Madison, former student, (former?) drug addict, and troublemaker extraordinaire, comes bursting back into her life.

A long-rumoured Chinese plot to bring America to its knees…. As the question hangs, the pieces on the board begin to move.… A leading hedge fund manager rumoured to have links to the Chinese Government suddenly flies to Hong Kong. British Intelligence are onto him–are they the hunters or the hunted?

Grieving a personal loss and haunted by his past decisions, FBI Special Agent Ben Porter is tapped to join a newly formed task force that is designed to investigate matters at the highest levels within the government of the United States. Faced with persuasive duplicity everywhere, Ben must choose who he can trust—or is “truth” a quaint but forgotten quality in Washington, DC?

Can Jack untangle the murderous web of lies and solve the case before he gets trapped in the killer’s deadly scheme? Murder in the San Juans is a gripping tale of betrayal in the formidable San Juan Mountains around Telluride, Colorado, and the fourth book in the suspenseful Mountain Resort Mystery Series.

Investigator Axel Webb is hired by a Japanese Naichō Agent on the recommendation of his Yakuza friend, Hibiki Sato, to find the Honjō Masamune katana that was last seen in 1945 when it was taken from a Mejiro Police Station by a US Army sergeant. The sergeant’s name was recorded by the police in Japanese.

The Russian by Saul Herzog is the stunning second instalment in the series that has taken the publishing industry, and Hollywood rights departments, by storm. This dazzling tour de force is a full standalone novel. From the mind of one of the most creative and versatile writers working in America today, this book will surely go down as a classic of the spy thriller genre.

Adam Hayes hat beschlossen, seine tödlichen Fähigkeiten nicht länger in den Dienst der Geheimorganisation Treadstone zu stellen. Stattdessen will er nur noch Aufträge übernehmen, die er selbst moralisch vertreten kann. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht so einfach abschütteln. Als er nach einem Angriff auf sein Flugzeug bei einer Mission in Burkina Faso notlanden muss, findet er sich allein auf unwegsamem Territorium wieder. Ihm auf den Fersen sind nicht nur die Extremisten, die ihn beschossen haben. Auch sein ehemaliger Arbeitgeber ist plötzlich an der Verfolgung beteiligt.

A killer is terrorizing St. Louis. No clues, gruesome murders, and an ending that shocks the conscious. Citizens are whispering about a mysterious killer, but they refuse to cooperate with the lead detective. He relies on organized crime members for information. The detective learns that the unsolved murder of a police officer may be related.

Zhao, a Chinese industrialist of immense influence and power, was a patriot and had struggled for years to find a way to elevate China to it's rightful place in the world order. During his years of planning he had come across the ancient Chinese concept of the Assassin's Mace and used it as his inspiration. With this wisdom, he created a plan to destabilize the West and elevate China to become the only true world superpower, but even with years of careful and painstaking planning, would his plan be successful?

The novel climaxes during the 2014 Euromaidan "Revolution of Dignity," where Yuri and his band of savvy saboteurs fight oligarchs, the government, a cabal of mobsters and moguls, and stealth Russian forces, as they strive to save themselves and the battered country they believe in.

Was wäre, wenn Natur & Technik sich gegen uns verbünden? Tibor Rodes wissenschaftlich top recherchierter What-if-Thriller handelt von der Intelligenz der Pflanzen, selbstlernenden Algorithmen, einem zerstörerischen Ökosystem – und dem möglichen Ende der Menschheit. Der Wald schlägt zurück – ein packender Ökothriller. Weltweit sorgen anonym verschickte Postsendungen für Aufruhr: Tausende Menschen erhalten scheinbar harmlose Päckchen mit Saatgut. Zwar warnen die Behörden davor, die Samen einzupflanzen, doch da ist es schon zu spät.

The Best President Money Can Buy is a geopolitical thriller, targeted for release prior to the 2024 presidential election. Based upon fact, the book begins with the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority by President Roosevelt in the 1930s. Using this historic event as a starting point, it delves into the development of the US electric power grid from coal to today’s various forms of renewable energy.

When City Councilor Terrance Mack is threatened with dangerous consequences if he doesn’t align his vote with his peers, he learns something deeply sinister is happening within the Billings Council office. Can he overcome an unknown enemy and protect his family?