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An account of Sun Shuyun's journey to retrace the steps of one of the most popular figures in Chinese history: the monk Xuanzang, who travelled to India searching for true Buddhism.

El mítico best seller que lanzó la carrera del maestro del thriller legal. El trabajo de sus sueños está a punto de convertirse en su peor pesadilla... Cuando Mitch McDeere quedó el tercero de su promoción en la facultad de derecho de Harvard, las ofertas de los mejores bufetes empezaron a llover de todos los rincones de Estados Unidos. Bendini, Lambert & Locke no era el más famoso de ellos, pero sí muy respetado, y estaba dispuesto a satisfacer con creces los deseos de Mitch y su esposa: un sueldo inmejorable, una casa maravillosa y las llaves de un flamante BMW. Sin embargo, el trato incluía también algunos términos inesperados: archivos secretos, micrófonos ocultos, investigaciones del FBI y varios millones de dólares de actividades ilegales. Y Mitch pronto se da cuenta de que el trabajo de sus sueños le ha colocado frente a una espeluznante conspiración y una terrible verdad: nadie ha abandonado nunca Bendini, Lambert & Locke… y quienes lo han intentado no han vivido para contarlo. DESCUBRE CÓMO CONTINÚA LA HISTORIA EN EL INTERCAMBIO La crítica ha dicho... «Grisham es un absoluto maestro». The Washington Post «Rápido, implacable y lleno de tensión». San Francisco Chronicle «Irresistible... atrapa al lector en la primera página y lo propulsa hasta la última». Newsweek . «John Grisham es el maestro de la novela legal». Jodi Picoult «El mejor autor vivo de thriller». Ken Follett «Mantiene enganchado al lector desde los primeros y espeluznantes capítulos, pasando por un desarrollo donde todas y cada una de las tuercas están bien apretadas, hasta un final de “toma el dinero y corre”». The Wall Street Journal

A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north.

In a gripping psychological thriller, a forensic sculptor faces off against a relentless serial killer intent on her destruction. As the tension escalates, readers are drawn into a fast-paced narrative filled with shocking twists and turns, ensuring a breathless experience from start to finish. The battle of wits between the sculptor and her adversary creates a suspenseful atmosphere that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

An Alternate Cover Edition for this ISBN can be found here. The meticulously dismembered body of a woman is discovered in the grounds of an abandoned monastery. 'Too decomposed for standard autopsy. Request anthropologic expertise.' Enter Dr Temperance Brennan, Director of Forensic Anthropology for the province of Quebec, who has been researching recent disappearances in the city. Despite the cynicism of Detective Claudel who heads the investigation, Brennan is convinced that a serial killer is at work. Her forensic expertise finally convinces Claudel, but only after the body count has risen... Tempe takes matters into her own hands, but her determined probing places those closest to her in mortal danger. Can Tempe make her crucial breakthrough before the killer strikes again?

Flugt- og forfølgelseshistorie, hvor 2 outsidere jages af en professionel dræber med adgang til alle den amerikanske regerings datafaciliteter

Psychologist Dr Alex Delaware has always looked on Melissa Dickinson as one of his greatest triumphs. A terrified, tormented seven-year-old when she first appeared in his Los Angeles surgery, Melissa after two years seemed totally recovered. But nine years later Melissa contacts Alex again, anxious this time for her mother. As Alex recalls, weatlthy widow Gina Dickinson has problems of her own. For two decades she has hidden herself away from the eyes of the world - ever since a vicious acid attack destroyed the face of Hollywood actress Gina Prince. Then the reclusive Gina climbs into her car - and totally disappears. And as Alex and Detective Milo Sturgis lead the search for her, they find their quest taking them out of the here and now and into a grotesque, labyrinthine private history as violent and sinister as any bad dream... How well did Alex ever understand his star patient Melissa? How could he have 'cured' her when he never even guessed at the evil and hatred that formed her inheritance?

Een Amerikaanse miljonair krijgt opdracht van de regering de praktijken bij militair-industriële vestigingen te onderzoeken; daarbij stuit hij op corruptie op grote schaal.