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Aiden Griffin receives a telephone call informing him that his father has been murdered, beaten to death outside his local pub. He travels to London to find out exactly what has happened, and almost immediately, events begin to spiral out of control. A vicious East End drug dealer wants him dead, and a corrupt policeman tries to frame him for the murder. Alone and out of his depth, his only lifeline is through a shady-looking organization.

In a vicious, calculated murder, a victim is selected at Euston Station, followed home, and strangled in front of her child. When a second body is discovered, killed in the same way at King's Cross station, DI Tom Thorne comes to a horrifying conclusion: this is not one killer, but two.

A Serial Killer, Sex Traffickers, and Mercenaries in the Caribbean A serial killer is roaming from Florida to the Eastern Caribbean. His victims are women who hitchhike on his sailing yacht. Picking up Dani Berger was his first mistake. After he leaves her for dead, Dani is found by human traffickers, who have their own plans for her. Hitchhiking on sailing yachts in the islands is dangerous, but not as dangerous as the people sent to rescue Dani. J.-P. Berger, her father, is a French arms dealer from Martinique. Two of his friends leave a trail of mayhem in their wake as they track down ...

Durante una conferencia sobre el futuro del libro digital, Mauro Balaguer, editor de larga trayectoria profesional, se ve abordado por una elegante y bella anciana que le hace entrega de una tarjeta en cuyo reverso aparece escrito en rojo «La bella bestia», al mismo tiempo que, mostrándole un tatuaje, le comenta: «Fui su esclava y esta es la prueba. Si quiere más detalles, llámeme». Intrigado y fascinado por lo que intuye pueda ser su último gran éxito editorial, Balaguer aplaza todos sus compromisos....

After a tragic car accident shatters her body and mind, Cassandra struggles to piece together her life as a respected psychiatrist and devoted mother. But the accident has changed her. Her eyes have been opened to horrors she never knew existed. Is her family really under attack, or is it all in her mind? While Cassandra tries to prove the feeling of being stalked, her police-investigator husband, Daniel, hunts a killer of his own. As both the body count and Cassandra's hysteria rise, Daniel becomes obsessed with the case and suspicious of Cassandra's part in it.

A man, having made his fortune early, retires to a life at sea. After reading an article on modern pirates, he arms himself, trains, and soon learns that another definition for survival is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Ike Singer is a demolitions expert, or master blaster. He is second to none at his craft, knows every type of explosive known to man, and is the one everyone turns to when they need a safe, controlled explosion. Despite being at the very top of his profession, a personal mistake that led to catastrophe nearly brought Ike's life to ruin. He has spent every day since atoning for that sin and trying to piece his family back together. And after a great deal of work and soul-searching, Ike believes he has finally moved on.

In 1995, Nate was in a secret Special Forces unit abroad when a colleague did something terrible. Now high up in the government, the man is determined to eliminate anyone who knows about it, and Nate knows exactly how he'll do it – by striking at Nate's friends to draw him out. The entire Pickett family will be a target, and the only way to fight back is outside the law. Nate knows he can do it, but he isn't sure about his straight-arrow friend – and all their lives could depend on it.

Joe Pickett’s in his last week as the temporary game warden in the isolated town of Baggs, Wyoming, but there have been strange things going on in the surrounding mountains, and his conscience won’t let him leave without checking them out: reports of camps looted, tents slashed, elk butchered. And then there’s the runner who’s gone missing – an Olympic hopeful who’d been training in the region and then just ... vanished.

The “Hawkeye Ridge” series continues in this stand-alone book, ‘ON PRESIDENTIAL ORDERS.” The former leaders of the SEAL’S Hostage Rescue Team, Lt. Commander Roman Nelson and Chief Warrant Officer Jimmy Stockade, have rescued hostages worldwide at the president’s request, dealing with sabotage, suicide bombers, and kidnappings. But when Islamic terrorists strive to restart the war to free their homeland by kidnapping Roman’s fiancé and her bridal party, including the president’s daughter, they are in new territory. Can retired Navy Seals Roman Nelson and Jimmy Stockade ...

Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their only suspect – her. On the run and out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the truth.

In 1967, in the quaint town of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Eli Fletcher stands out as the star quarterback for his high school team. With his charming looks and talent on the field, he has caught the attention of every mother in town who sees him as a potential husband for their daughters. But despite his popularity, Eli has always felt a void due to never knowing his father and having distant family members. His mother Fran had high hopes for Eli to follow in the footsteps of Father Robicheaux, who had been like a mentor to him throughout childhood. However, as Eli shows little interest in ...

Wie gewohnt besticht Lenz durch seine unverwechselbare Erzählkunst, die Volker Lechtenbrink mit seiner Stimme gekonnt zum Leben erweckt. Das Feuerschiff - ein Symbol der Sicherheit. Während es in der Ostsee vor Anker liegt, nimmt der Kapitän Johann Freytag Schiffbrüchige auf, deren Boot zerstört wurde. Wie sich rasch herausstellt, handelt es sich bei diesen Menschen jedoch keineswegs um Hilfesuchenden, sondern um eine Verbrecherbande, die schwer bewaffnet ist. Auf einmal wird die vermeintlich unerschütterliche Sicherheit gefährdet. Wird Freytag sich und seine unbewaffnete Crew vor den Gangstern schützen können?

The Saint is back. Fifty audiobooks are now available starring the debonair classic-crime hero. Simon Templar is the Saint - daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. With the invaluable assistance of Hoppy Uniatz and the help of a beautiful actress, the Saint tracks down the King of the Beggars, instigator of an ugly racket designed to exploit the beggars of the city. And then he must turn to fight a ruthless crook who will stop at nothing—including murder—to make “The Masked Angel” a champion boxer.

Smithsonian archaeologist Rabbit Ward travels through time on sponsored expeditions to the past to secure precious artifacts moments before they are lost to history. Although exceptional at his job, Rabbit is not without faults. In a spectacular failure twenty years ago, he lost both the menorah of the second temple and his hot-headed mentee, Aaron. So, when new evidence reveals the menorah’s reappearance in 6th century Constantinople, Rabbit seizes the chance for redemption. But from the moment he arrives in the past, things start to go wrong.

When lawyer Daniel Connell receives a visit from his troublemaking old flame, Victoria, pleading for his help, he looks for any excuse not to get involved. But no one else believes her pleas of innocence, and Daniel can see she is terrified. As he enters Vick's life once more, Daniel's search for truth leads from the dark heart of Essex to the mountains of Afghanistan and a terrifying world where monsters are real - and nothing is sacred.

Anna Karlatos es una mujer joven, valiente y guapa que lo único que ansía es recuperar la vida que le han robado. El calvario en el que se ha convertido su existencia solo le deja dos alternativas: huir o morir.

Los autores Fernando Ángel Moreno y Gabriel Díaz ponen patas arriba el género del thriller franquista con esta obra de apariencia sobrenatural en la que un agente del gobierno en el Madrid de los años sesenta intenta desentrañar el misterio de la inexplicable muerte de un niño. En su investigación se cruzarán desde conspiraciones a espías en una historia tan negra y ácida como la propia España que fue y sigue siendo.

It is a hot summer's day in the tourist village of Avebury. A man sits outside the Red Lion pub, waiting. He sees a woman with three young children, two of them running ahead while their sister dawdles behind. A child's voice catches on the breeze. For want of anything more interesting to do, the man watches. He sees nothing sinister or threatening. Even when another figure enters his field of vision, he does not react. The figure is ordinary - male, short-haired, stockily built. But he is moving fast, at a loping run. And then it happens.

A criminal so dangerous that even the local police is helpless in the matter. Who is Roshi? Why is she helping Imran?