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Tchaj-wan, jehož budoucnost může ovlivnit světovou ekonomiku, technologický vývoj i podobu mezinárodních vztahů, představuje jedno z nejméně pochopených míst současnosti. Zároveň však ostrov stojí v samém centru geopolitického soupeření mezi Čínou a Spojenými státy americkými. Chris Horton, novinář působíci na Tchaj-wanu více než deset let, přináší strhující pohled na čtyři století jeho bouřlivých dějin i zápasu o vlastní identitu a popisuje jeho proměnu v jednu z nejvyspělejších demokracii světa. Národ ve stínu je nejen příběhem odolnosti a touhy po sebeurčení, ale nabízí také klíč k pochopení jednoho z nejnebezpečnějších ohnisek dnešní světové politiky. Horton přesvědčivě ukazuje, proč na osudu ostrova může záviset budoucnost celého světa.

The New York Times bestselling master of suspense returns to his beloved series, adapted for TV and featuring Justin Hartley, as reward seeker Colter Shaw races against the clock to save a flooding town from a full-fledged disaster, where the culprit lurks in the plain sight. A small town in Northern California is at risk of being destroyed by a failing levee, and Colter Shaw has been hired to locate a family swept away by the raging water, with just mere hours to survive. But is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes or is someone sabotaging it? With the help of his sister, Dorion, the duo must save the citizens before the old town washes out at the hands of a secret conspirer.

Renowned investigator and forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme is drafted to investigate the sniper-killing of a U.S. citizen in the Bahamas. While his partner, Amelia Sachs, traces the victim's steps in Manhattan, Rhyme leaves the city to pursue the sniper himself.

We are in a new era. From Trump, Putin and Bolsonaro to Erdogan, Xi and Modi, self-styled strongmen have become a central feature of global politics. At home, they claim to be standing up for ordinary people against 'globalist' elites; abroad, they posture as the embodiment of their nation. And everywhere they go, they encourage a cult of personality. How and why did this new style of authoritarian leadership arrive? How likely is it to lead the world into war and economic collapse? And what liberal forces are in place, not only to keep these strongmen in check but to reverse the trend? The Age of the Strongman explores these essential questions and offers a bold new portrait of our world.

"Allison Parker is on the run with her teenage daughter, Hannah, and Colter Shaw has been hired by her boss, Marty Harmon, to find and protect her. Allison's being stalked by her ex-husband, Jon Merritt, whose former profession as a police detective makes him uniquely suited for the hunt. And he's not alone. Two hitmen are also hot on her heels--a pair of thugs who take delight not only in murder but in the sport of devising clever ways to make bodies disappear forever. As Shaw ventures further into the wilderness, the truth becomes as hard to decipher as the forest's unmarked trails, and peril awaits at every turn"--

When a woman arrives home to her Manhattan apartment to find that her personal items have been rearranged while she slept, police initially dismiss her complaint. Nothing was stolen, and there's no sign of breaking and entering. But when the same woman turns up dead, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate the murder. The soon learn that the murderer calls himself "the Locksmith." He is obsessed with locks, slipping into homes in the dead of night and tying his victims up with knots or locks, ultimately strangling them.Their hunt for the killer is interrupted when an internal investigation in the police force uncovers what seems to be a crucial mistake in one of Rhyme's previous cases. He is removed from the case, and must investigate the Locksmith in secret to untangle the mysteries behind the psychotic killer before he can set his ultimate trap.

A haunting true story of a serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California in the 70s and 80s, this narrative follows the gifted journalist who tragically died while investigating the case, which was ultimately solved in April 2018. The work is introduced by Gillian Flynn and features an afterword by Patton Oswalt. For over a decade, a violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California and ten sadistic murders in Southern California, eluding capture by multiple police forces and top detectives. Three decades later, true crime journalist Michelle McNamara, creator of TrueCrimeDiary.com, became determined to find the psychopath she named "the Golden State Killer." She meticulously examined police reports, interviewed victims, and engaged with online communities obsessed with the case. The masterpiece she was writing at the time of her sudden death offers a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the devastation he caused, while also portraying McNamara’s obsession and relentless pursuit of the truth. This utterly original and compelling work has been hailed as a modern true crime classic, fulfilling Michelle's dream of helping to unmask the Golden State Killer.

One of Popsugar’s Best New Books for Summer 2020 A thirty-year-old woman retraces her gap year through Ireland, France, and Italy to find love—and herself—in this hilarious and heartfelt novel. It's been seven years since Chelsea Martin embarked on her yearlong postcollege European adventure. Since then, she's lost her mother to cancer and watched her sister marry twice, while Chelsea's thrown herself into work, becoming one of the most talented fundraisers for the American Cancer Coalition, and with the exception of one annoyingly competent coworker, Jason Knightley, her status as most successful moneymaker is unquestioned. When her introverted mathematician father announces he's getting remarried, Chelsea is forced to acknowledge that her life stopped after her mother died and that the last time she can remember being happy, in love, or enjoying her life was on her year abroad. Inspired to retrace her steps—to find Colin in Ireland, Jean Claude in France, and Marcelino in Italy—Chelsea hopes that one of these three men who stole her heart so many years ago can help her find it again. From the start of her journey nothing goes as planned, but as Chelsea reconnects with her old self, she also finds love in the very last place she expected.

Detektiv Harry Bosch pracuje pro malé policejní oddělení v San Fernandu, kde vyšetřuje dvojnásobnou vraždu v lékárně. Stopy vedou do nebezpečného světa obchodování s léky na předpis. Aby odhalil vrahy, rozhodne se pro práci v utajení, čímž se dostává do temné říše organizovaného zločinu spojeného s vysoce návykovými opioidy. Tato riskantní mise může skončit tragédií. Sara Smytheová, hlavní hospodyně londýnského hotelu, se v roce 1884 přestěhuje do Ameriky, aby se stala správkyní nového luxusního domu Dakota. V tomto impozantním bytovém komplexu ji čeká dobrodružství, láska a intriky, které zásadně ovlivní její život i životy dalších generací. Robin se vrací domů po tom, co opustila svou dysfunkční rodinu. Po neúspěšné loupeži, při které byli postřeleni její otec, jeho druhá žena a nevlastní dcera, zjišťuje, že se minulost vrací s plnou silou a situace se může ještě zhoršit. Šerif Hank Worth z Bransonu v Missouri se potýká s vyšetřováním krádeže léčivé kůry stromů, když objeví mrtvolu v lese. Situace se zhoršuje, když najde další tělo a zároveň se snaží obhájit svou funkci ve volbách, čelí překážkám a komplikacím. Dokáže vyřešit zamotaný případ a zvládnout politické tlaky?

'Extraordinary...smart, sophisticated, suspenseful - and important. If you try one new thing this year, make it Star of the North' LEE CHILD __________________________ North Korea and the USA are on the brink of war. A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island. The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth. Now, she must go undercover in the world's most deadly state. Only by infiltrating the dark heart of the terrifying regime will she be able to save her sister...and herself. ___________________________ 'Tense and compelling.' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD

V publikaci jsou ve zkrácené formě obsaženy čtyři romány současných amerických autorů.Odvrácená strana konce Michaela Connellyho je román se dvěma detektivními liniemi – Harry Bosch pátrá po sériovém násilníkovi a paralelně rozplétá případ umírajícího milionáře, který zjišťuje, komu připadne jako dědictví jeho obrovský majetek. Pravidla lásky a pravopisu od Mary Simsesové jsou lehčím čtením o nelehkém pádu na dno a síle opět vstát a začít věřit na lásku. Tesákový potok Paula Doirona zavádí čtenáře do divoké přírody státu Maine, kde je nalezeno uprostřed močálu pohřbené novorozeně. Lesní správce Mike Bowditch se pouští do oprašování případu dávného únosu, který s vraždou nejspíše souvisí. Poslední ze čtveřice románů je Penzion pro svobodné dámy Fiony Davisové o životě v New Yorku 50. let a na počátku 21. století – a o setkání, které dvěma ženám zásadně změní život.

Lincoln Rhyme is back - and he and Amelia Sachs must contend with a killer who seems to be targeting couples just as they start out on their lives together. Now a NBC TV series.

Co napsat o knize, která obsahuje krimipovídky od šestatřiceti mistrů tohoto žánru? Mezi nejslavnějšími autory najdeme Jefferyho Deavera, Jo Nesbøa, Borise Akunina a Ruth Rendellovou. Nicméně, další autoři nejsou zde jen do počtu. Erudovaný editor Maxim Jakubowski pečlivě vybral každou povídku tak, aby čtenáře chytly a nepustily. Výsledkem je antologie, která uchvátí a překvapí, přičemž každá povídka nabízí něco jedinečného. Mezi příběhy najdeme například „Zločin za zločin“ od Giorgia Falettiho, „Rumpole a vánoční prázdniny“ od Johna Mortimera, „Sérum“ od Jo Nesbøa, či „Opravdu mizerný den“ od Camilly Läckbergové. Dále se zde objevují „Jahodový strom“ od Ruth Rendellové, „Když konečně přišel“ od Ingera Jalakase, a „Vánoční dárek“ od Jefferyho Deavera. Každý příběh je jedinečný a přináší jiný pohled na kriminální zápletky. Tato antologie, sestavená Maximem Jakubowskim, je skvělým výběrem pro všechny milovníky krimi žánru, kteří hledají napětí a překvapení na každé stránce.

¿Lo ha visto o lo ha imaginado? Anna Fox vive sola, recluida en su casa de Nueva York, sin atreverse a salir. Pasa el día chateando con desconocidos, bebiendo vino (quizá más de la cuenta), viendo películas antiguas, recordando tiempos felices... y espiando a los vecinos. Entonces llegan los Russell al barrio: una pareja y su hijo adolescente. La familia perfecta. Hasta que una noche Anna ve algo desde su ventana que no debería haber visto. Todo su mundo empieza a resquebrajarse y sus propios secretos salen a la luz. ¿Qué ha visto? ¿Y qué ha imaginado? ¿Quién está en peligro? ¿Y quién está manipulándolo todo? En este thriller absolutamente fascinante, nada ni nadie es lo que parece. Una historia poderosa y retorcida. Una protagonista intensa y muy real. Un sofisticado thriller psicológico para el nuevo milenio con la tensa atmósfera y la oscura elegancia de los mejores clásicos del cine negro.

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is investigating the bizarre slaying of Katie Bishop, a member of Brighton, social elite. Her husband Brian appears to be in the clear--he was in another town at the time, sound asleep. But Grace begins to suspect the presence of a doppelganger: is someone else--almost identical to Bishop--involved in the crime?

From the author of 'Little Children' and now a major new TV series, 'The Leftovers' asks what if one day some of us simply vanished? And some were left behind? Following the sudden disappearance of thousands of citizens, Kevin Garvey, Mapleton's new mayor, wants to bring a sense of hope to his traumatised community, but his family has fallen apart in the wake of disaster. Kevin's wife has joined a homegrown cult, and his son is a disciple of the prophet Holy Wayne. Only Jill, Kevin's daughter, remains, and she's no longer the sweet student she once was. Written with a rare ability to illuminate our everyday struggles, 'The Leftovers' is a startling novel about love, connection and loss.

Geneva Settle is a bright young high school student from Harlem writing a paper about one of her ancestors, a former slave called Charles Singleton. Geneva is also the target of a ruthless professional killer. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his policewoman partner Amelia Sachs are called into the case, working frantically to anticipate where the hired gun will strike next and how to stop him, all the while trying to get to the truth of Charles Singleton, and the reason that Geneva has been targeted. For Charles Singleton had a secret – a secret that may strike at the very heart of the United States constitution, and have disastrous consequences for human rights today. And Sachs is going to have to search a crime scene that’s 140 years old before she can stop the killer.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů oddychových žánrů od současných angloamerických autorů. Jednotlivé tituly jsou doplněny stručnými informacemi o jejich tvůrcích. Hrdinou thrilleru „Muž s absolutní pamětí“ Davida baldacciho je Amos Decker, jenž dostal do života danajský dar - hypertrofovanou paměť, schopnou uchovat neuvěřitelné množství informací. Když ho neznámý vrah připraví o ženu a dceru, možná se Amosova anomálie bude hodit. Romantický žánr zastupuje Richard Paul Evans románem „Slib pod jmelím“. Čerstvě rozvedená, osamělá hrdinka je v něm překvapena návrhem neznámého muže předstírat v předvánoční době, že je jeho partnerkou. Kdo ví, k čemu takové předstírání může nakonec vést... „Dokonalé ticho“ anglické autorky Rosamund Luptonové je thriller o putování matky s hluchou dcerou polární krajinou za otcem, který se ztratil při požáru inuitské vesnice na severu Aljašky. Detektivní thriller „Kulka“ od Mary Louise Kellyové pracuje s motivem postupného odhalování doposud skryté záhadné minulosti hlavní hrdinky Caroline Cashionové, ve které se skrývá nevyřešený zločin.

Cuatro cuerpos, un sospechoso, ninguna pista. El primer caso del detective Roy Grace. Se suponía que sería una broma inofensiva, pero algo ocurrió. Michael Harrison ha desaparecido y cuatro de sus amigos han muerto. Faltaban tres días para su boda y Ashley Harper, su prometida, contacta al detective Grace, un hombre atormentado por el recuerdo de su mujer desaparrecida, para pedirle ayuda. Pronto, Grace descubrirá que la única persona que conoce el paradero de Michael no tiene intención de hablar... al menos de momento.

Quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner, Amelia Sachs, engage in a two-day race against time when a twisted killer, exploiting the modern world's drive toward sustainable energy, uses an everyday energy source as a weapon.

When the decomposed body of a young woman is found near railway tracks just outside Bristol one morning, all indications are that she's committed suicide. That's how the police want it too; all neatly squared and tidied away. But DI Jack Caffery is not so sure. He is on the trail of someone predatory, someone who hides in the shadows and can slip into houses unseen. And for the first time in a very long time, he feels scared. Police Diver Flea Marley is working alongside Caffery. With the traumas of her past safely behind her, she's beginning to wonder whether their relationship could go beyond the professional. But then she finds something that changes everything. Not only is it far too close to home for comfort - it's so horrifying that she knows that nothing will ever be the same again. And this time, no one - not even Caffery - can help her ...

V bostonské Univerzitní nemocnici se začínají dít podivné a fatální chyby. Steve Mitchell, nadaný chirurg v rezidentním programu, se až podezřele často nachází poblíž těchto incidentů. Jeho ambice a sebedůvěra na operačním sále vzbuzují otázky, zda je příčinou těchto nešťastných událostí. Situace se komplikuje, když se Steve dostává do středu smrtonosných záhad, které ohrožují životy pacientů a budoucnost jeho rodiny. James Bowen, vypravěč příběhu, žije v Londýně jako pouliční muzikant a snaží se překonat svou drogovou minulost. Jeho život se začne měnit, když se na prahu jeho bytu objeví zraněný zrzavý kocour. James investuje své peníze do veterináře a brzy se z něj a kocoura stává nerozlučná dvojice, která společně čelí výzvám a hojí jizvy z minulosti. Mladá Alex Woodsová po smrti matky obdrží dopis, který jí odhalí existenci sestry, o které dosud nevěděla. Rozhodne se ji najít, ale brzy začíná pochybovat o tom, zda je to správný krok. Setkání s neznámou sestrou může přinést více problémů, než si Alex vůbec dokáže představit. Čtyři na první pohled odlišní lidé – rodeo jezdec, studentka umění, starý vdovec a rakouská emigrantka – se spojí skrze nečekané okolnosti. Devadesátník Ira Levinson vzpomíná na své manželství, zatímco mladý pár, Sofie a Luke, zvažuje svou budoucnost. Jejich příběhy se proplétají v nečekaných okamžicích, které změní vše.

From the bestselling Sunday Times author of The Goodbye Man, discover Jeffery Deaver's chilling series that inspired the film starring Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington, and is now a major NBC TV series. Companies know everything about you. So does he. He knows you, better than you even know yourself. And he is using his knowledge to plan your death. But you are not his only victim. He is also watching your killer. He is about to get away with the perfect murder . . . Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder - and while the evidence clearly shows he did it, Rhyme agrees to check things out. All too soon the entire case is turned on its head when it turns out that his cousin, along with others, is being cleverly framed by a killer who knows far too much about his victims . . . 'Another corker . . . precision-engineered to keep the reader turning the pages without a hitch' Evening Standard

Also featuring DI Jack Caffery, Mo Hayder's terrifying second novel now reissued in B-format.

In the increasingly turbulent atmosphere of international politics, a once grassroots anti-globalisation movement has been slowly taken over by an underground radical anti-technology group fronted by a mysterious figure known only as Lazarus. All attempts to infiltrate the group have failed, and the intelligence agents involved have disappeared without trace. Now Lazarus is preparing to make his boldest move yet. Lt Col. Jon Smith is activated by Covert-One to bring his skills to bear in uncovering the truth behind the terrorists. For, unbeknown to the world at large, the Lazarus Movement is on the brink of setting in motion a deadly scheme that will risk the lives of billions and for ever change the nature of the world.

'I can make good bad and bad badder, and most fun of all, really bad seem good.' Jeffery Deaver And that is exactly what he does in this superb collection. In 'Beautiful' former supermodel Kari's stalker has followed her through retirement to her new small town home. The police can do nothing. The only thing that will end the nightmare is the stalker's death or her own. In the Edgar-nominated 'Triangle' Pete finds a true crime book - and uses the lessons contained therein to kill Mo's lover. The award-winning 'Without Jonathan' introduces us to Marissa, about to go on the first date of her life since she married Jonathan, with a man she met through the personals. As she wonders whether she will ever truly fall in love again, the man she is about to meet is killing a housewife in another part of town... And in the brand-new 'The Christmas Present', we see a side of Lincoln Rhyme we've never met before.

When Special Agent Kathryn Dance - a brilliant interrogator and kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation - is sent to question the convicted killer Daniel 'Son of Manson' Pell as a suspect in a newly unearthed crime, she feels both trepidation and electrifying intrigue. Pell is serving a life sentence for the brutal murders of the wealthy Croyton family in Carmel years earlier - a crime mirroring those perpetrated by Charles Manson in the 1960s. But Pell and his cult members were sloppy - Not only were they apprehended, they even left behind a survivor - the youngest of the Croyton daughters, who, because she was in bed hidden by her toys that terrible night, was dubbed the 'Sleeping Doll'.

"Loaded with character and action and a very devious plot, Mistress of Justice is a top-notch legal thriller."--Mystery Lovers News Taylor Lockwood spends her days working as a paralegal in one of New York's preeminent Wall Street law firms and her nights playing jazz piano anyplace she can. But the rhythm of her life is disrupted when attorney Mitchell Reece requests her help in locating a stolen document that could cost him not only the multimillion-dollar case he's defending but his career as well. Eager to get closer to this handsome, brilliant, and very private man, Taylor signs on . . . only to find that as she delves deeper and deeper into what goes on behind closed doors at Hubbard, White & Willis, she uncovers more than she wants to kno--including a plentitude of secrets damaging enough to smash careers and dangerous enough to push someone to commit murder. Yet who is capable of going to that extreme? With her life on the line, Taylor is about to learn the lethal answer. . . . "The characters are well drawn, the plot is fast paced, and the writing avoids totally the usual trappings of blockbusterdom. . . . An intelligently written thriller."--Booklist

It's the night of the full Cold Moon - the month of December according to the lunar calendar. A young man is found dead in lower Manhattan, the first in a series of victims of a ruthless killer calling himself the Watchmaker. His obsession with time drives the Watchmaker to plan the murders with the precision of fine timepieces, and the victims die prolonged deaths while an eerie clock ticks away their last minutes on earth. Amelia is not only Lincoln's eyes and ears at crime scenes on the Watchmaker case, but she's now running her own homicide investigation - her first case as lead detective. The policewoman's unwavering efforts in pursuing the killers of a businessman, who left behind a wife and son, sets into motion clockwork gears of its own, with consequences reaching to people and events that will endanger not only many lives but Lincoln's and Amelia's future together.

Harry Bosch v roce 1993 udělal vše pro dopadení vraha mladičké Marie Gestoové, ale jeho snaha skončila neúspěchem a případ se stal jeho profesní noční můrou. Vše se změní, když okresní státní zástupce oznámí, že byl chycen dvojnásobný vrah, který je ochoten doznat se k dalším zločinům, včetně vraždy Marie. Bosch poslouchá doznání muže, kterého hledal a nenáviděl dlouhá léta, a uvědomuje si, že v roce 1993 přehlédl klíčovou stopu, která mohla zabránit devíti dalším vraždám. Nyní se musí vyrovnat s vlastními výčitkami a zároveň poslouchat arogantního vraha, což ohrožuje jeho profesní čest a integritu. Emma Websterová prožívá šťastný den, když se po půlroční známosti s Davidem vdává a odjíždí na líbánky do odlehlého srubu. Její radost však rychle přehluší šok, když na ni zaútočí maskovaný muž se sekyrou. Svatební noc stráví v nemocnici a čelí nejistotě, když policie začíná podezřívat jejího manžela. Dvanáctiletá dívka a její mladší bratr se v lesích Idaha stanou svědky vraždy a musí utéct před čtveřicí pachatelů. Najít někoho, komu by mohli důvěřovat, se ukáže jako obtížné, a osud je může zavést na nečekaná místa, kde se hrdinové a padouši mísí.

Location scouting is to the film business what Switzerland is to war. John Pellam had been in the trenches of filmmaking, with a promising Hollywood career - until a tragedy sidetracked him. Now he's a location scout, who travels the country in search of shooting sites for films. When he rides down Main Street, locals usually clamor for their chance at fifteen minutes of fame. But in a small town in upstate New York, Pellam experiences a very different reception - his illusionary world is shattered by a savage murder, and Pellam is suddenly center stage in an unfolding drama of violence, lust, and conspiracy, which have a stranglehold on this less-than-picture-perfect locale.

Výběr z tvorby známého amerického autora kriminálních příběhů obsahuje tři romány typické pro různá období jeho rozsáhlého a čtenáři oblíbeného díla.

Set in South East London, Detective Inspector Jack Caffery follows the Met's crack murder squad on their grisly mission of tracking down a sadistic sexual serial killer who has claimed five victims already.

Forensic expert Lincoln Rhyme and his protigie Amelia Sachs are called in to work the high-profile investigation of a killer who seemingly disappeared into thin air just as the police closed in. As the homicidal illusionist baits them with grisly murders that grow more diabolical with each victim, Rhyme and Sachs must go behind the smoke and mirrors to prevent a horrific act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all.

Hollywood location scout John Pellam thought the scenic backwater town of Maddox, Missouri, would be the perfect site for an upcoming gangster film. Until real bullets leave two people dead and one cop paralysed. Pellam had unwittingly wandered onto the crime scene just moments before the brutal hits. Now the feds and local police want him to talk. Mob enforcers want him silenced. And a mysterious blonde just wants him. Trapped in a town full of sinister secrets and deadly deceptions, Pellam fears that deal will imitate art, as the film shoot - and his life - race toward a breathtakingly bloody climax. schovat popis

The third Lincoln Rhyme thriller takes the quadriplegic detective deep into the swamps of North Carolina on the trail of a desperate kidnapper...

Lincoln and Amelia are recruited to track down a cargo ship carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as the Ghost. But when the capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and Amelia find themselves in a race to stop the Ghost before he can track down and murder the two surviving families who have vanished deep into the labyrinthine world of New York City's Chinese community. Over the next forty-eight hours the Ghost ruthlessly hunts for the families while Rhyme, aided by a policeman from mainland China, struggles to find them before they die and Sachs pursues a very different kind of policework - forming a connection with one of the immigrants that may have consequences going to the core of her relationship with her partner and lover, Lincoln Rhyme.

Nicholas Bryson spent years as a deep cover operative for the American secret intelligence group, The Directorate. After a disastrous mission, Bryson was retired to a new identity. Now, years later, his cover is cracked and Bryson learns that The Directorate was not what it claimed to be - and that he was, in fact, a pawn being used against his country's interests. The Directorate is headed for a dangerous endgame, and the CIA recruits Bryson to stop them. But after years on the sidelines, Bryson's field skills are rusty, his contacts unreliable, his instincts suspect and he no longer knows who - if anyone - can be trusted.

Escaping from a mental hospital, paranoid schizophrenic Michael Hrubek begins a desperate hunt for the woman who identified him as a vicious murderer.

When a sadistic hacker, code-named Phate, sets his sights on Silicon Valley, his victims never know what hit them. He infiltrates their computers, invades their lives, and lures them to their deaths. To Phate, each murder is like a big, challenging computer hack: every time he succeeds, he must challenge himself anew— by taking his methodology to a higher level, and aiming at bigger targets. Desperate, the head of The California State Police Computer Crimes Division frees Wyatt Gillette, imprisoned for hacking, to aid the investigation — against the loud protests of the rest of the division. With an obsession emblematic of hackers, Gillette fervently attempts to trace Phate’s insidious computer virus back to its source. Then Phate delivers a huge blow, murdering one of the division’s own — a “wizard” who had pioneered the Internet — and the search takes on a zealous intensity. Gillette and Detective Frank Bishop — an old-school homicide cop who’s accustomed to forensic sleuthing — make an uneasy team. But with a merciless and brilliant killer like Phate in their cross hairs, and his twisted game reaching a fever pitch, they must utilize every ounce of their disparate talents to stop him.

A school bus carrying eight deaf school-girls and their teachers brakes suddenly on a flat Kansas highway. They should never have stopped. Waiting for them are three heartless men just escaped from prison — each with nothing to lose. And now, with the girls as their hostages, they have everything to gain. They make their stand in an abandoned slaughterhouse, and it is there that Lou Handy, a murderer and the convicts’ ringleader, announces his terms: to kill one captive an hour unless his demands are met. What follows is a twelve-hour siege of noose-tight tension — and a war of nerves between Handy and the FBI’s senior hostage negotiator, Arthur Potter. Dead Silence, based on A Maiden’s Grave, was made into a movie, starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin. It was filmed by HBO in 1997.

A stunning, shocking, wonderfully well written debut reminiscent of James Patterson and one that will catapault Boris Starling to the front rank of thriller writers. London is in the grip of a heatwave: airless days, strange steamy nights and a killer stalking the streets. Wealthy men are being murdered to some mysterious pattern, with no clues left behind, only corpses with silver spoons in place of their tongues... Set against this merciless butcher is DCI Red Metcalfe, an investigator with a celebrated ability to get under the skin and into the minds of the deranged killers he hunts. But as the city swelters and the body count rises, Red's own tortured past begins to turn against him - and the city is safe for no one. Sometimes, it is said, it takes a killer to catch a killer... The most compelling and suspenseful British thriller to come along in years, and Boris Starling is a startling and powerful talent to watch. Messiah is guaranteed to haunt your dreams...

Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phase: the early struggles with John Knox and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of forty-four.

A killer who staged a rush-hour massacre in Washington threatens a repeat unless he is paid $20 million. Handwriting expert Parker Kincaid joins forces with FBI agent Margaret Lukas to catch him.

Lincoln Rhyme tracks down a terrifying serial killer in the second in the series.

Alex McAuliff has received an offer he can't refuse: two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica. All Dunstone Limited requires is his time, his expertise, and his absolute secrecy. No one--not even McAuliff's handpicked team--can know of Dunstone's involvement. But British Intelligence is aware of the deal, and they've let Alex in on a secret of their own: The last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without a trace. Now it's too late to turn back. Alex already knows about Dunstone--which means he knows too much. From the moment he lands in Jamaica, Alex is a marked man. On an island paradise where a beautiful woman might be a spy and every move could be his last, Alex's only clue to survival is a single mysterious word: Halidon. Praise for Robert Ludlum " " "Don't ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day."--"Chicago Sun-Times" "Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined."--"The New York Times" BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's "The Bourne Identity."

Look who's back to chill readers to the bone... The first novel featuring Detective Lincoln Rhyme, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stone Monkey.

V knize představuje Peter Lemesurier některá proroctví tohoto slavného věštce a přikládá k nim svůj zcela nový, revoluční, vědecky podložený výklad. Ani Lemesurierův výklad však není nijak radostný. Ještě pro toto století předpovídá masivní invazi muslimských, asiatských a „rudých” hord do Evropy. Vzhledem k nekompetentnosti evropských vůdců pak bude obsazena a zničena velká část Evropy, zejména jižní. Až těsně před britským pobřežím budou tyto hordy odraženy a zahnány zpět. Teprve pak nastane v Evropě období míru a prosperity, která potrvá padesát sedm let... Zajímavá je i úvodní obecná část této knihy. V ní Lemesurier rozebírá obecné zákonitosti Nostradamova proroctví a připomíná nejčastější chyby, jichž se dosavadní vykladači dopouštěli. Pro ty, kteří se k proroctví stavějí skepticky, připravil Lemesurier malý bonbónek: výběr z nejznámějších Nostradamových proroctví, která se již v minulosti naplnila. Jejich přesnost a detailnost je ohromující až děsivá. Protože, je-li Nostradamus stejně přesný i pokud jde o budoucnost, pak nezbývá než konstatovat: Bůh nám pomáhej...

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