A member of the jury for the century's most explosive trial against a giant tobacco company, Juror #2, a mysterious man with a past and a hidden agenda, joins forces with a beautiful woman on the outside to get the verdict he wants, no matter what the cost
Known for his meticulous, fascinating research, as well as his ability to create exciting plot twists that inevitably, a month or two later, seem to have anticipated real-life headlines, Ridley Pearson has genered praise as a "master" of the suspense novel. In Middle of Nowhere, the "Blu Flu" has struck the Seattle Police force and a majority of the officers are on a unofficial strike, with the exception of a few, including Detective Lou Boldt, who is committed to the job. When a string of robberies and the brutal assault of a female cop rock the city, the pressure of isolation threatens Boldt's psyche and his marriage. With the help of psychologist Daphne Matthews and Sergeant John LaMoia, Boldt is able to make progress on both the assault and the robberies, but things soon spin out of control, and Bodt's refusal to drop the case puts his own life at risk. Filled with the fast-paced, spiraling action that has made Pearson's previous novels "irresistable" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) works of suspense that "grip the imagination" (People magazine), this offering from "the best thriller writer alive" (Booklist) is certain to keep the reader breathless.
La llaman "La tormenta del siglo" y se estima que será devastadora. Los habitantes de la isla de Little Tall ya han sido testigos de las violentas tormentas que azotan Maine, pero ésta es distinta. No sólo atrae consigo vientos huracanados y copiosas nevadas, sino también algo mucho peor. Algo que ni siquiera los isleños han visto jamás. Algo que nadie quiere ver. Todo se origina con la brutal muerte de un anciano y con la implacable exigencia del asesino: "Si me dais lo que quiero, me marcharé..."
Hace años que Clay Carter ejerce de abogado de oficio y la situación no parece que vaya a cambiar. De ahí su resignación al abordar un nuevo caso que promete ser como tantos otros - debe defender a un adolescente acusado de asesinato, un hecho corriente e
De VS zijn vastbesloten het terrorisme met wortel en al uit te roeien. Maar de FBI, de CIA en de NSA worden zwaar gehinderd in hun werk door de strenge regels en richtlijnen van de Amerikaanse wet. En dus wordt er een nieuwe geheime dienst in het leven geroepen die geheel buiten de wet om opereert. Op initiatief van de vroegere president Jack Ryan wordt een groep talentvolle jongemannen bijeengebracht. Een van hen is Patrick Ryan jr., Jacks eigen zoon...