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Es ist Zeit, einen Mörder zu fassen. "Sie ist tot." Diese Nachricht unterbricht den routinierten Alltag des ehemaligen US-Army-Rangers Travis Devine. An seinem Arbeitsplatz angekommen, erfährt er, dass seine Ex-Freundin und Kollegin Sara ermordet aufgefunden wurde. Und er steht ganz oben auf der Liste der Tatverdächtigen. Als Travis in das Visier der Polizeiermittler gerät, scheint ein zweischneidiges Angebot des US-Geheimdienstes der einzige Ausweg zu sein: als Undercover-Agent dem illegalen Treiben seines Arbeitgebers auf die Spur kommen und dabei Saras Mörder finden.

Es ist Zeit, einen Mörder zu fassen. »Sie ist tot.« Diese Nachricht unterbricht den routinierten Alltag des ehemaligen US-Army-Rangers Travis Devine. An seinem Arbeitsplatz angekommen, erfährt er, dass seine Ex-Freundin und Kollegin Sara ermordet aufgefunden wurde. Und er steht ganz oben auf der Liste der Tatverdächtigen. Als Travis in das Visier der Polizeiermittler gerät, scheint ein zweischneidiges Angebot des US-Geheimdienstes der einzige Ausweg zu sein: als Undercover-Agent dem illegalen Treiben seines Arbeitgebers auf die Spur kommen und dabei Saras Mörder finden.

Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. As the head of a major arms vendor, he is plotting a ruthless plan to supercharge his company’s profits by triggering a new cold war – and he won’t let anyone stand in his way. Meet Shaw, a man with no first name: a shadow operative working for a multinational organization that seeks to keep the world safe from men like Creel. Desperate to rebuild her disgraced reputation and rise to the top of her profession, Katie James gets the break of a lifetime when she finds herself on the same path as the mysterious Shaw.

Will Robie är den amerikanska regeringens skarpaste lönnmördare. Han skickas på uppdrag i politiskt otillgängliga, och framför allt farliga, länder. Tack vare honom når hoten aldrig USA:s gränser. Hemkommen efter ett uppdrag som skakat den annars så behärskade Robie i grunden, verkar hans färdigheter ha övergett honom. Utan förmågan att avfyra ett vapen är han vilse, i jobbet såväl som i livet. När hans far åklagas för mord återvänder han till sin hemstad, en stad där ingenting egentligen har förändrats sedan han lämnade den.

Als knallharter Killer ist Will Robie genau der Mann, den die US-Regierung ruft, wenn es um die Eliminierung der schlimmsten Staatsfeinde geht. Niemand kann es mit Robie aufnehmen - niemand außer Jessica Reel, eine Kollegin von Robie. Die hat nun offenbar die Seiten gewechselt, weshalb Robie sie zur Strecke bringen soll. Doch als er die Verfolgung aufnimmt, findet er heraus, dass hinter Jessicas Verrat etwas anderes steckt, als man ihm weismachen wollte. Zusammen decken die zwei Killer eine Verschwörung ungeahnten Ausmaßes auf.

Sean King war Agent des Secret Service. Sein Auftrag: Schutz eines Präsidentschaftskandidaten. Sein Fehler: Für den Bruchteil einer Sekunde lässt er sich ablenken, und die Kugel des Mörders findet ihr Ziel.

John Puller è un veterano di guerra e il miglior agente speciale del Comando dell'esercito degli Stati Uniti per le indagini penali. Suo padre era una leggenda dell'aeronautica e suo fratello, un alto ufficiale dell'esercito, sta scontando una condanna all'ergastolo per tradimento in un carcere militare di massima sicurezza. Puller non è il tipo d'uomo interessato alle medaglie, parla poco, ha uno spirito indomito, molte cicatrici e una tenacia inarrestabile per trovare la verità.

Mace Perry war mit Herz und Seele Polizistin bis sie durch einen missglückten Undercovereinsatz alles verlor: ihre Marke, ihre Karriere, ihre Freiheit...

La madre di John Puller, Jackie, è scomparsa trent'anni fa da Fort Monroe, in Virginia, quando Puller era solo un bambino. Paul Rogers è in prigione da dieci anni. Ma vent'anni prima era a Fort Monroe. Una notte di tre decenni fa, i mondi di Puller e Rogers si sono incrociati con risultati devastanti e la verità è rimasta sepolta da allora. Fino a oggi. Gli investigatori militari, con una lettera di un'amica di Jackie, arrivano nella stanza d'ospedale del padre di Puller - un leggendario tre stelle ora colpito da demenza senile - e lo accusano di aver ucciso sua moglie.

Luther Whitney, ein Einbrecher, plant seinen letzten großen Coup. Während er in einer verwaisten Villa gerade beim Ausräumen des Safes ist, fährt draußen ein Wagen vor, und Luther wird wider Willen Zeuge eines Geschehens: Ein distinguierter Herr, der Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten, und eine junge Frau betreten das Haus. Nach einer heißen Liebesszene kommt es zum Streit. Die Tür geht auf, zwei Leibwächter stürzen herein, zwei Schüsse treffen die Frau. Luther weiß, dass der Präsident alles daransetzen wird, diese Geschichte zu vertuschen.

Sono passati ventinove anni dalla tragica notte in cui sua sorella Mercy è scomparsa, eppure Atlee Pine, agente speciale dell'FBI di stanza nella minuscola cittadina di Shattered Rock ed ex promessa del sollevamento pesi, si presenta in un carcere di massima sicurezza per chiedere a uno spietato serial killer che fine abbia fatto sua sorella. Ma Pine è anche chiamata a indagare sullo strano caso di un mulo ritrovato in fondo al Grand Canyon, con due lettere incise sulla pelle della carcassa. Perché i vertici del Bureau sono così interessati a un animale mutilato?

John Puller non è semplicemente un agente speciale dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti, ma la punta di diamante della Criminal Investigation Division, l'uomo a cui ci si affida per risolvere i crimini più complessi ed enigmatici. Questa volta, però, Puller è alle prese con un caso anomalo, dai delicati risvolti personali. Il cadavere di sua zia è stato rinvenuto a Paradise, una tranquilla cittadina della Florida, considerata un vero e proprio paradiso in terra dai numerosi turisti che ne affollano le incantevoli spiagge.

In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare - wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show joy, despair or fear - at a price.

Mason "Mace" Perry was a maverick cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything - her career, her liberty - and spent two years in prison. Now back on the outside, Mace is trying to rebuild her life and track down the people who set her up. But even with her police chief sister at her side, she has to work in the shadows: there's a vindictive US attorney on her tail and she's just looking for a reason to send her back behind bars.

Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. As the head of a major arms vendor, he is plotting a ruthless plan to supercharge his company’s profits by triggering a new cold war – and he won’t let anyone stand in his way. Meet Shaw, a man with no first name: a shadow operative working for a multinational organization that seeks to keep the world safe from men like Creel. Desperate to rebuild her disgraced reputation and rise to the top of her profession, Katie James gets the break of a lifetime when she finds herself on the same path as the mysterious Shaw.

Vega Jane is 14 when she is secretly given a map that reveals a mysterious world and dangerous creatures beyond the walls of Wormwood, a place no one has ever left - or wanted to. Until now. The map makes her question everything she has ever been told about the place she calls home. Her friend, Delph, and her dog, Harry Two, are the only ones Vega trusts. Trapped by secrets and lies, they want freedom and truth. But she will have to fight for freedom. And the truth may cost Vega her life.

Everything Vega Jane has ever known is a lie. But if she and her best friend Delph are to find the truth about who they are and where they came from, they must first survive the Quag, a wild, enchanted place filled with monsters and dark sorcery. It will stretch their courage to the limit. The Quag will throw everything at Vega. It will try to break her. It will try to kill her. And survival might come at a price not even Vega is willing to pay.

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell both bear the scars of their previous case. Michelle's in a psychiatric hospital after making a suicide attempt while Sean, down on his luck and desperately worried about his friend, accepts a PI job at Babbage Town: a hugely secret establishment where, it seems, corpses turn up more quickly than new codes can be encrypted by the genius mathematicians who are employed in the place.

LuAnn Tyler is a single parent striving to escape a life of endless poverty. Then a mysterious Mr Jackson makes her an offer he thinks no one can refuse: a guarantee to be the winner of the $100 million lottery. But LuAnn won't do it. Less than 24 hours later, she is fighting for her life and running from a false murder charge. Jackson's offer - and its condition that she leave the country forever - seems her only hope. Ten years later LuAnn secretly returns to the United States to begin a new life....

After alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is apprehended and locked away in a psychiatric unit private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy’s lawyer—an old friend of Sean King— to look into the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins: while en route to their first meeting with the lawyer, King and Maxwell discover his dead body. A rash of terrifying events begins to unfold and it is up to King and Maxwell to uncover the truth: is Roy a killer or not?