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Nic Morgan non aveva passato dei bei mesi, ultimamente. Anzi, poteva ritenerli un vero schifo. La moglie Lucy, l’amore della sua vita, era morta in un incidente d’auto a soli ventotto anni. E, quel che era peggio, non era sola; alla guida, infatti, c’era il suo amante. Per Nic, il modo più tragico di scoprire un tradimento. Oltre al danno, la beffa: i suoi problemi personali si ripercuotono sul lavoro e, di colpo, Nic viene allontanato da San Francisco, destinazione Corno d’Africa, dove la situazione che si trova a fronteggiare è a dir poco critica.

Jack West und seine Freunde müssen, um den globalen Schutzmechanismus aktivieren zu können, das Rätsel um die fünf größten Krieger der Weltgeschichte lösen. Wer sind diese mysteriösen Kämpfer? Nur die Auserwählten dürfen sich der Macht des Schutzschirms bedienen – und ihn zur Rettung oder zum Schaden der Menschheit anwenden. Von Israel über Japan bis in die letzten unerforschten Winkel der Mongolei reisen Jack und sein Team, um die Welt vor dem Untergang zu bewahren.

Die Welt hat Wayne McLair vergessen - so zumindest verkünden es die Zeitungen. Zu viele Abenteuer fanden im Verborgenen statt, sehr zum Leidwesen des Gentlemangauners. Dieser ersinnt einen neuen Plan, das aufbrausende Inspectorchen O'Neill nach allen Regeln der Kunst an der Nase herumzuführen. Womit der Meisterdieb jedoch nicht gerechnet hat, ist die recht eindringliche Aufforderung O'Neills an McLairs falsche Identität Liam W. Craney, dem Raubzug als Berater beizuwohnen. Eine Zwickmühle?

Ein grausamer Mörder bringt im Haus der Wilkinsons ein Familienmitglied nach dem anderen um. Steve Harrison nimmt sich der Sache an und muss sich in undurchdringlichen Sümpfen gegen Voodoo-Priester, Alligatoren und einen uralten afrikanischen Schlangenkult behaupten.

Vietnam: Danielle è una piccola orfana, una delle tante vite stravolte dalla guerra. A pochi giorni dalla fine del conflitto, viene adottata da un funzionario inglese, in Asia per indagare su un traffico d'armi. L'uomo sa che l'unica speranza per offrire a Danielle un futuro sereno è portarla all’estero, e ci riesce grazie a una precipitosa fuga nelle convulse ore prima della caduta di Saigon. Australia: Danielle, ormai grande, è diventata una donna seducente e un'abile consulente aziendale, e il suo passato sembra solo un ricordo sfuocato.

In a gambling town, desperation gets drowned out by the ringing of slot machines, but not even a tough city like Reno is prepared for two simultaneous misfortunes: a serial killer prowling the streets, and a surge of mysterious drug overdoses.

Michael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prison letter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. Now Michael's brother, a cop turned attorney, is coming to Washington to find out why his brother was murdered - and what it had to do with a crime that Rufus Harms committed 25 years before.

Mysterious man in first-class has a mystery he is carrying to the United States.

True friends stick with you through the hard times, even if you've gone and kidnapped the son of a psychopathic monster. With Ava in the clutches of Syd Carbone, what else was Tedrick supposed to do? Now, he must race to get to the source of the Emerald Algae before every other spud in the ocean gets their filthy mitts on it.

European tourists travel languidly along the Nile River to Abousir, at the southern frontier of Egypt, aboard “a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler,” the Korosko. But Dervish warriors threaten danger and then attack and kidnap the tourists. In this novel, Doyle explores themes of British Imperialism and a defensive European perspective on North Africa; racial paternalism; and debates on interference with other countries’ politics and religions. This wonderful novel was first published in 1898, long before Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile.

When a famous plastic surgeon’s decomposed body surfaces in Tampa Bay with a bullet in its head, Federal Judge Willa Carson’s “little sister” is caught in a high-stakes game of greedy lawyers, blackmail, and deceit.

When university professor Peter de Haan attends a library event, he has no idea of the dangers that await him. As an area outside the library collapses, a hidden tunnel is revealed. Inside cowers a naked man, covered in blood. Then Peter receives a mysterious text message – the hour has come… When Peter’s colleague Judith disappears, he realises he has been drawn into a plot with consequences deadlier than he could ever have imagined. He has twenty-four hours to find her, otherwise she will be killed.

The normally quiet Dutch town of Leiden is horrified when the chairman of the local Masonic lodge is brutally killed. Almost simultaneously, an old manuscript is discovered in which an anonymous author tells the hidden history of the Pilgrims – the Founding Fathers of the United States. From 1609 to 1620 they lived in Leiden, after which some of them left for America. University teacher Peter de Haan is drawn into the mystery. Why did so many of the Pilgrims stay behind in Leiden? What involvement do the Freemasons have?

Aboard the SS Campari, all is not well. For Johnny Carter, the Chief Officer, the voyage has already begun badly; but it’s only when the Campari sails that evening, after a succession of delays that he realises something is seriously wrong. A member of the crew is suddenly missing and the stern-to-stern search only serves to increase tension. Then violence erupts and suddenly the whole ship is in danger. Is the Campari a victim of modern day piracy? And what of the strange cargo hidden below the decks?

Dive into the searing underworld of 1990s New York, where the crack cocaine explosion fuels a fierce power struggle. A daring DEA agent risks everything to infiltrate the infamous Peruvian Rojas Cartel, only to find himself entangled in a decades-old family vendetta.

Set in the 1950’s, Cordray’s Mill is a story that begins with the largest bank robbery in US. The money trail leads to a small village in South Georgia where love binds a family with two small boys trapped amid the animosity of segregation and the ceaseless intent of the thieves to regain their lost fortune.

Agosto de 2018. En Aldeanegra, localidad de la provincia de Salamanca, Regino, hombre huraño y solitario, es testigo del rapto de Marcos, un niño del pueblo. Un día después Regino aparece muerto en un bosque con signos de violencia. La investigación recae en dos guardias civiles que se han visto obligados a formar equipo y tienen personalidades y experiencias muy distintas.

Dave Stirling ha bisogno di ricominciare. Come per New York, la sua città, l'11 settembre è una ferita ancora aperta, perché quel giorno ha perso il suo studio ma soprattutto il suo socio e migliore amico. Avvocato di diritto internazionale ridotto sul lastrico dall'assicurazione che non si decide a risarcirlo, non ha davvero più nulla da rischiare. Per questo, quando Vladimir Kroshenko, uno dei più potenti uomini d'affari della nuova Russia, richiede la sua consulenza per una trattativa delicata e complessa, non può che accettare.

While visiting her 92 year old grandfather in Devon, Kirsten's life changed forever. On the night before his death he asked her to go and get an old box hidden in the wall in his attic. Inside was a long thin gold bar wrapped in a piece of dark brown leather that was also a map.

Zaragoza, noviembre de 2018. Despiertan en plena noche a Quina Larrea, la jefa del Servicio de Epidemiología del Instituto de Salud Pública, donde se ha producido un asalto. Además del robo de todas las vacunas que se hallaban en las cámaras, su despacho aparece destrozado y con un grafiti amenazante.