Jeffery Deaver Libros

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.

The Coffin Dancer, America's most wanted hit man, is back. He's been hired by an airline owner who wants three witnesses taken care of before his trial, and has got the first, a pilot, by blowing up his entire plane. Enter quadriplegic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme, who can find forensic evidence to hang a man in the smallest debris, and his assistant Amelia Sachs. Their job is to keep the remaining two witnesses safe, and to find the Coffin Dancer before he finds them. Because he will find them, and anyone else who tries to get in his way.

The electrifying ninth Lincoln Rhyme thriller.

COPYCAT? OR REVENGE? They have never seen a murder like it. A talented tattoo artist is using poison instead of ink. His victim is a young woman. And on her skin he's left a message: 'the second'. Drafted in to investigate, NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs find the scene has been scrubbed of evidence. All except for one trace - a scrap of paper that connects this case with one they will never forget. And like the Bone Collector before him, Rhyme and Sachs find themselves pitted against a twisted serial killer choosing his victims seemingly at random, a perpetrator who plans his work to the last detail, in a deadly contest with any who try to stop him. But how close is his connection with that old case? What is the meaning of the words tattooed in poison on the skin of his first victim? And where will he strike next?

'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.

New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, “the grand master of the plot twist” ( Booklist ), is back with more diabolical tales of suspense. Deaver, author of the Lincoln Rhyme series ( The Bone Collector , etc.), crafted first-rate thrills in the story collection Twisted . Here he presents sixteen more tales—including an all-new Lincoln Rhyme entry—spawned from his darkly brilliant imagination. From a stressed-out commuter to a death-row inmate, Deaver’s characters are never what they seem—and every jaw-dropping curveball he delivers is nothing less than “ingeniously devious” ( People ).

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.

Number one bestselling author and master of suspense Jeffery Deaver returns with the twelfth Lincoln Rhyme thriller.

Four novels selected and condensed by Reader's Digest.

An isolated house in the woods, dead bodies on the floor, a chase through the woods: a tense standalone thriller from the master of the twist.

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.

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.

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.

Lincoln Rhyme is back, and this time he’s in danger. A CITY IN TURMOIL Looming over the Manhattan skyline, a lone crane comes crashing down into the city, sending panic radiating across New York City. A DEADLY CONSPIRACY The NYPD believes a political group is behind the sabotage and turns to Lincoln Rhyme for help. He knows this is just the beginning. A RACE AGAINST TIME Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs must race to stop further attacks before more chaos is unleashed upon the city. Watching Rhyme from the shadows is the elusive assassin The Watchmaker, and he’s preparing to strike…

This fantastic new collection picks up where Dorothy L. Sayers left off, bringing together monumental, important,and entertaining works of short crime fiction published over eight decades from the era of the Great Depression to the first years of the twenty-first century.

The third Kathryn Dance novel from Number One bestseller Jeffery Deaver.Kayleigh Towne is a beautiful and successful singer-songwriter, and Edwin Sharp is her biggest fan. When she replies to one of his fan letters with 'XO', Edwin is convinced she loves him, and that her latest hit song 'Your Shadow' was written for him. Nothing Kayleigh or her…

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return to New York City from their honeymoon in Italy to discover a killer is terrorizing New York City. Dubbed the Fiancé Killer, their latest foe targets newly engaged couples by following them into jewelry stores, ending the couples' lives just before they can purchase the ring that symbolizes the future that will never be theirs. As panic grips the city, Rhyme and Sachs quickly spring into action with the full weight of the NYPD backing up the pair's forensic brilliance. But the killer proves elusive, and his agenda is much more than first meets the eye. Soon it becomes clear that the closer Rhyme and Sachs draw to the killer, the closer the killer draws to them. And their foe soon notices that there's something especially arresting about the ring Rhyme gave Sachs--something that could cost both of them their lives.

Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence clearly shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things out. It turns out that the cousin along with other people has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes. This allows him to get close to the victims under false pretenses, murder or rape, and escape safely. And then he sets up others to take the fall for his crimes, planting incontrovertible evidence... Rhyme, Sachs and the rest of the team have to find out who at the huge, ominous data mining company is getting access to this information. Meanwhile the villain--known only by a number to us--realizes he's being pursued and turns his knowledge of data and information into a weapon. Oh, and lest things seem too delicate, he also gets information through good old-fashioned murder and torture too...

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.

Lincoln Rhyme has travelled to a world-famous spinal cord injuries center in North Carolina for some risky, experimental surgery. It may make him a tiny bit better, it may kill him. But before he has a chance to undergo it, the local police department are drafting in Rhyme and Amelia, using their forensic skills to help find two women kidpapped by a psychotic young man known locally as the Insect Boy. After a cat and mouse game through the abandoned swamps of North Carolina, Lincoln and Amelia manage to find him - then Amelia, convinced of his innocence, breaks the boy out of jail. And Lincoln has to find them both, while Amelia uses all the skills her mentor and lover has taught her to evade him. Her actions are to have more disastrous consequence than either of them anticipate . . .

Acclaimed bestselling author Deaver takes readers on a brand-new adventure: a race to find and stop a professional criminal whose gruesome specialty lies in extracting information from his innocent victims by any means necessary.

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.

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.

A devious collection of short stories from the master of misdirection, featuring appearances from Lincoln Rhyme and Colter Shaw.

"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 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'.

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.

TENSION . . . An aging actor attempts to revive his career by entering a celebrity poker game for a reality TV show. Can he outwit his devious opponents, or is his fate doomed from the outset? CONSPIRACY . . . A successful crime writer dies under seemingly natural circumstances, but for one cop, doubts are lingering. There's certainly motive for murder - or is there more to the case than meets the eye? MURDER . . . Lincoln Rhyme is announced dead, shot by one of his suspects in cold blood. Is this the end of the line for the criminalist, or just another twist in the tale?

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.

From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series! Colter Shaw is an itinerate "reward-seeker," traveling the country to help police solve crimes and private citizens locate missing persons. When he learns of a reward for a missing college student in Silicon Valley, he takes the job. The investigation quickly thrusts him into the dark heart of Silicon Valley and the cutthroat billion-dollar video gaming industry--and then a second kidnapping happens...and this victim turns up dead. The clues soon point to one video game, The Never Game, in which the player has to survive after being left abandoned. Is a madman bringing that game to life? If so, Shaw has to stop him before he strikes again...and before he figures out that Shaw is on his trail.

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.

Paul Schumann is a contract hitman for the mob in 1936. But with Prohibition over and the gang wars associated with it coming to an end, Schumann is finding less and less work. Then he is contracted for a hit. But this time, he's caught - and finds that he's been set up. He's taken to meet an official in Army Intelligence and given a choice: he can spend the rest of his life in jail, or he can help his country. He is to pose as a member of the 1936 Olympic team, travel to Berlin, and kill a high-ranking Nazi close to Hitler. Schumann has been picked because he's a second generation German-American and can speak the language fluently. Or at least that's what they lead him to believe

Jeffery Deaver's extraordinary new standalone thriller begins with his most amazing twist - the book's ending...

"Just hours after the harrowing events of The Never Game and The Goodbye Man, Colter Shaw finds himself in San Francisco, where he has taken on the mission his father began years ago: finding a missing courier bag containing evidence that will bring down a corporate espionage firm responsible for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of deaths"

Jeffery Deaver, "the master of manipulation" (Associated Press) and "the most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world." (Daily Telegraph, UK) returns with the new, long-awaited, Kathryn Dance thriller. A tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people die and others are seriously injured. But it's the panic and the stampede that killed; there was no fire. Kathryn Dance--a brilliant California Bureau of Investigation agent and body language expert--discovers that the stampede was caused intentionally and that the perpetrator, a man obsessed with turning people's own fears and greed into weapons, has more attacks planned. She and her team must race against the clock to find where he will strike next before more innocents die.

The only leads in a broad-daylight kidnapping are the account of an 8-year-old girl, some nearly invisible trace evidence and the calling card: a miniature noose left lying on the street. A crime scene this puzzling demands forensic expertise of the highest order. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate. Then the case takes a stranger turn: a recording surfaces of the victim being slowly hanged, his desperate gasps the backdrop to an eerie piece of music. The video is marked as the work of The Composer. Despite their best efforts, the suspect gets away. So when a similar kidnapping occurs on a dusty road outside Naples, Rhyme and Sachs don't hesitate to rejoin the hunt. But the search is now a complex case of international cooperation - and not all those involved may be who they seem

A highway patrol trooper notices something strange on the side of the road: a homemade cross, fashioned as a memorial. Except the date being 'remembered' is the following day - the day the police find a kidnapped teenage girl in the trunk of a car, left for dead. Special Agent Kathryn Dance, the kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation, is on the case. The teenage victim points her to an online community where accusations fly and the criticism turns from impartial to personal - and vicious. It looks as though the bullying went too far, and one teen has finally snapped. Then further crosses appear. Now Dance must race against the clock to find the attacker before he can carry out his deadly plans for revenge . . . in the cyber world and the real.

Aaron Matthews is a man with a gift: he can talk anyone into doing almost anything. As a psychologist he used that talent to help people. Now he's using it against one man for revenge. With former trial lawyer Tate Collier as his target, the brilliant, ruthless Matthews knows the easiest way to destroy his adversary is to strike at the point of least resistance, which for Collier is his teenage daughter.

"The joy of fiction is the joy of the imagination. . . ." The best stories engage readers, compelling them to turn pages in anticipation of what comes next. Great literature is defined by its imagination, as demonstrated in this exceptional anthology, which redefines the boundaries of imaginative fiction. It features contributions from renowned writers like Peter Straub, Chuck Palahniuk, Roddy Doyle, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, showcasing their craft and challenging misconceptions about genres. Curated by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, who personally selected each story, the anthology sets a high standard for this "new literature of the imagination." The collection aims to present familiar themes in fresh, illuminating ways. Notable tales include Joe Hill's disturbing exploration of evil in "Devil on the Staircase," Lawrence Block's unique take on fishing in "Catch and Release," and Carolyn Parkhurst's dark sibling rivalry in "Unwell." Joanne Harris introduces ancient gods in modern New York in "Wildfire in Manhattan," while Richard Adams's "The Knife" delves into vengeance. Jeffery Deaver's "The Therapist" features a psychologist on a mission to save lives, and Neil Gaiman's chilling "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains" offers a haunting punishment for a grave crime. This visionary volume will transform readers’ perspectives and ignite a renewed appreciation for exceptional fiction.

John Pelham had a promising career in Hollywood until his drinking got in the way. Now, as he tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered career, he finds himself in the small town of Cleary, New York, looking for a new location for an upcoming film. But the town's inhabitants are less than excited. When his friend is murdered and the crime is covered up by the local police, John realizes just how far the town will go to keep its secrets hidden.

"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

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

"In the wilderness of Washington State, expert tracker Colter Shaw has located two young men accused of a terrible hate crime. But when his pursuit takes a shocking and tragic turn, Shaw becomes desperate to discover what went so horribly wrong and if he is to blame. Shaw's search for answers leads him to a shadowy organization that bills itself as a grief support group. But is it truly it a community that consoles the bereaved? Or a dangerous cult with a growing body count? Undercover, Shaw joins the mysterious group, risking everything despite the fact that no reward is on offer. He soon finds that some people will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden . . . and to make sure that he or those close to him say "goodbye" forever"-- Provided by publisher

Watchlist is a unique collaboration by twenty-one of the world’s greatest thriller writers including Lee Child, Joseph Finder, David Hewson, S.J. Rozan, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver, who conceived the characters and set the plot in motion. In turn, the other authors each wrote a chapter and Deaver then completed what he started, bringing each novel to its startling conclusion.The Chopin Manuscript Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frédéric Chopin. But he is unaware that, locked within its handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans.The Copper Bracelet Harold Middleton returns in this explosive sequel to The Chopin Manuscript as he’s drawn into an international terror plot that threatens to send India and Pakistan into full-scale nuclear war.Note: Print edition of the two original audio serialized novels,The Chopin Manuscript and The Copper Bracelet.

An anthology of twenty-five previously unpublished works includes contributions by such favorite genre authors as Stephen Coontz, Alex Kava, and Karin Slaughter, and a selection of up-and-coming writers.

A new collection of short fiction from the Mystery Writers of America presents an entertaining and baffling collection of twenty original stories set in hot climates by Loren D. Estleman, Jeffery Deaver, Carolyn Wheat, John Lutz, Tim Myers, Jeremiah Healy, Marilyn Wallace, and other notable writers. Reprint.

The third thriller in the Location Scout trilogy takes John Pellam to New York City.

Suitable for Holmes fans both new and old, this title comes with contributions from Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Harlan Ellison, Denise Hamilton, Sara Paretsky, Michael Sims, and more.

"As Detective Bill Corde looks down at the beautiful face of the murdered girl in the mud, he cannot know that his own life is about to turn into a terrifyingly real nightmare. Before Corde knows it, the girl's killer is trailing him and his unsuspecting family - his wife, his teenage son, his imaginative but vulnerable daughter Sarah. Sarah - who alone knows the identity of the man who took the life of the girl...the man who may be responsible for further deaths. And the lesson Bill Corde is about to learn - the lesson of her death - is an education that no one will ever forget." -- back cover.

James Bond returns in a contemporary new thriller by Number One bestselling author Jeffery Deaver.

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

Rune seems to have finally made the first real step towards her dreams - she has secured a job working for a major network news department. From there, her career as a budding documentary maker can really take off. However, nothing in Rune's life is ever that simple. She quickly becomes fascinated by the brutal murder of the network boss, and just as swiftly comes to the conclusion that the guy in the frame for the crime must be innocent. This, despite the mountain of evidence against him. But, trying to prove his innocence starts to become hazardous to her own health when a hitman comes to town with her name on a contract... Full of twists and turns, and with a incredibly engaging central character, this is classic Deaver...

Slick, snappy and totally surprising, this is the first Rune thriller and the book that launched Deaver's career.

Contains:Lake News - Barbara DelinskyThe Devil's Teardrop - Jeffery DeaverA Walk to Remember - Nicholas SparksThunderhead - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Perfect couples are his perfect victims. Now he’s hunting those hunting him in a riveting thriller by New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Isabella Maldonado.A wedding reception is coming to a close in the Hollywood Hills when the blissful day is shattered by the death of one of the newlyweds. Though the incident appears to be an accident, Homeland Security Investigations agent Carmen Sanchez and her partner, security expert Jake Heron, discover that the tragedy is the third in a series of similar deaths and conclude something far more sinister is at play.The two uncover chilling evidence pointing to a serial killer who has taken evil to the next level. Dubbed the Honeymoon Killer, this man isn’t interested in his victims but in creating his own macabre masterpiece from their graves—focused on the survivors and reveling in their grief. And now his dark obsession has turned to Carmen and Jake…The Honeymoon Killer has decided they are the perfect next target. Take one out and delight as the other crumbles. Time is running out as a deadly game between predator and prey begins.

'Murderous Affairs' beinhaltet drei spannende englische Originalkrimis des renommierten Autors Jeffery Deaver, die man garantiert nicht aus der Hand legen kann. Die ungekürzten Krimis in amerikanischem Englisch garantieren Lernen mit Nervenkitzel. Vokabelerklärungen auf jeder Seite erleichtern das Textverständnis. In die Geschichten sind Übungen zu Grammatik, Vokabeln und Inhalt eingestreut, die zusätzlich für unterhaltsamen Lernerfolg ganz nebenbei sorgen. Im Anhang befinden sich ein Wörterverzeichnis und die Lösungen zu allen Übungen. Für alle Fortgeschrittenen (Wissensstand Niveau B1 gemäß des Europäischen Sprachenzertifikats), die ihr Englisch auf spannende Weise verbessern wollen. Zum Inhalt: Nichts ist, wie es scheint, beweisen diese drei Krimis: Bei einem Date geht es plötzlich gar nicht mehr ums Flirten, ein scheinbar überforderter Psychiater stellt die Diagnose seines Lebens, und eine Dreiecksbeziehung der besonderen Art nimmt ein tödliches Ende...

Nádherný den v Hollywood Hills a svatba pod širým nebem. Radostné přísliby šťastné budoucnosti rozdrtí tragická smrt jednoho z novomanželů. Ačkoli zprvu vše ukazuje na nešťastnou náhodu, agentka Carmen Sanchezová z Úřadu pro vnitřní bezpečnost a její parťák, bezpečnostní expert Jake Heron, objeví spojitost s dalšími dvěma vraždami. Závěr je jasný: tohle pátrání bude mnohem temnější, než čekali. Muže přezdívaného Líbánkový zabiják nezajímají jeho oběti; touží jen vytvořit vlastní morbidní umělecké dílo. Soustředí se na pozůstalé, jejich utrpení je jeho rozkoší. A teď svou hrůznou posedlost zaměřil na Carmen s Jakem. Líbánkový zabiják totiž dospěl k přesvědčení, že právě oni představují další dokonalý terč. Stačí jen jednoho zabít a pak s požitkem sledovat, jak se ten druhý hroutí. Predátor se vydává za svou kořistí a času je zoufale málo…

Carmen Sanchezová je tvrdá a nekompromisní federální agentka, která důsledně ctí literu zákona. Když je však napadena její sestra Selina, běžné vyšetřovací postupy náhle nestačí. Útok totiž souvisí se sérií brutálních vražd, jež právě vyšetřuje. Dostává se do úzkých, a tak žádá o pomoc profesora Jakea Herona – svérázného a brilantního bezpečnostního experta, ale i bývalého hackera. A pro něj nejsou předpisy nic než doporučení… Společně se snaží dopadnout útočníka, který je mate záhadným chováním i zdánlivou absencí motivu, a navíc neodpovídá žádnému psychologickému profilu zločince. Jejich jediným vodítkem je neobvyklé tetování a jistá posedlost, díky níž vrah získal svou přezdívku: Spider. Během následujících dvaasedmdesáti hodin se Sanchezová s Heronem ocitnou uprostřed smrtící šachové partie. Obětí je stále víc a nebezpečí narůstá. Pavučina vrahových intrik je však mnohem temnější a sahá mnohem hlouběji, než si kdokoli ze zúčastněných dokázal představit…

Kalifornská vyšetřovatelka Kathryn Danceová, specialistka na psychologii zločinců, byla po profesní chybě přeřazena na nižší pozici a nyní se účastní rutinního vyšetřování požáru v oblíbeném country podniku Zapadákov, kde uhořelo několik lidí. Jako expertka na řeč těla rychle zjistí, že to nebyl obyčejný požár. Šestadvacetiletá Nora, žijící v Londýně a píšící detektivky, dostane nečekané pozvání na předsvatební rozlučku své bývalé přítelkyně Clare, se kterou se deset let neviděla. Spolu s dalšími přáteli se ocitá v podivném domě uprostřed lesů, kde od první chvíle lituje, že pozvání přijala. Po těžkém zranění skončí v nemocnici a snaží se vzpomenout, co se o víkendu stalo. Zloděj aut Danny Stapleton se dostane do problémů poté, co v kufru ukradeného BMW objeví podivný nález. V nedalekém Chichesteru zmizela učitelka, ale brzy byla nalezena její náhrada, Tom Standforth, který okouzluje dívky. Inspektor Peter Diamond se snaží spojit tyto dvě události. Veřejné obhájkyni Sally Baynardové je přidělen případ, který soudí její bývalý manžel, a má zastupovat psa jménem Sherman, který se ocitl uprostřed rozvodového sporu. Sally se však potýká s množstvím případů, péčí o stárnoucí matku a otázkami ohledně vlastního osobního života.

Una coppia di agenti federali provenienti da entrambi i lati del confine tra Stati Uniti e Messico prende di mira un re del cartello. Lo chiamano “Cuchillo”, il Coltello. Non perché uccida con una lama—ha molti uomini che fanno quel tipo di lavoro per lui—ma perché la sua mente è così acuta. Mentre il governo messicano conduce una guerra contro i cartelli della droga, ci vogliono intelligenza e astuzia per sopravvivere, e Cuchillo non solo è sopravvissuto—ha prosperato. Ma quando Cuchillo inizia a colpire troppo profondamente, la polizia federale di Stati Uniti e Messico interviene per affilare la sua lama. P. Z. Evans e Alejo Díaz sanno che il cartello di Hermosillo sta pianificando un attacco a un autobus turistico in Sonora e sanno che dovranno catturare o uccidere Cuchillo per fermarlo. Il leader del cartello ha una debolezza: libri rari e antichi. Per distruggere l'impero malvagio dell'intellettuale, questa improbabile coppia di poliziotti internazionali dovrà appellarsi al suo lato bibliofilo.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř napínavých románů od anglických a amerických spisovatelů. Doplněno krátkými medailony uvedených autorů. Publikace obsahuje tyto tituly: Deaver, Jeffery: Tanečník Francis, Dick: Za trest Preston, Douglas; Child, Lincoln: Poklad Sparks, Nicholas: Vzkazv láhvi

Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work. Michael Connelly recounts the inspiration he drew from Poe's poetry while researching one of his books. Stephen King reflects on Poe's insight into humanity's dark side. Jan Burke recalls her childhood terror during late-night reading sessions. Tess Gerritsen, Nelson DeMille, and others remember the classic B-movie adaptations of Poe's tales. And Laurie R. King complains about how Poe stole all the good ideas . . . or maybe just thought of them first. Powerful and timeless, In the Shadow of the Master is a celebration of one of the greatest literary minds of all time.

V počítačovém ráji Silicon Valley řádí sadistický hacker PHATE, který proniká do životů svých obětí a s mrazivou rafinovaností je láká do osidel smrti. Šéf oddělení počítačových zločinů se rozhodne propustit hackera Wyatta Gillettea z vězení, aby pomohl vystopovat vražedný virus. Gillette se snaží najít PHATEa, ale situace se zhoršuje, když hacker zavraždí klíčového člena vyšetřovacího týmu. Tým se musí snažit zastavit neúprosného šílence, zatímco čas běží. Na Long Islandu se blíží čínská loď s uprchlíky a mezinárodně hledaným zločincem Ju Linem, známým jako Duch. Ten, jako profesionální pašerák lidí a vrah, uniká z explodující lodi a začíná vraždit své spolupasažéry. Lincoln Rhyme a Amélie Sachsová se snaží Ducha dopadnout a zároveň ochránit přeživší rodiny. Rhyme se musí ponořit do čínské kultury, aby odhalil stopy vedoucí k Ducha. V prestižní hudební škole v New Yorku se odehrává další příběh Lincolna Rhyma, když dojde k vraždě a pachatel se ukryje v uzamčené učebně. Policie se snaží vyjednávat, ale situace se dramaticky vyvine, a Rhyme s Amélií jsou povoláni k vyšetřování. Dějové zvraty a rychlé tempo činí příběh napínavým a atraktivním pro fanoušky tohoto žánru.

Dick Francis - Hurikán: Perry Stuart, meteorolog z britské televizní stanice BBC, se rozhodne strávit dovolenou na Floridě a spolu se svým kolegou si splnit dávný sen: proletět okem hurikánu. Místo jedinečného zážitku však musí bojovat o přežití na pustém ostrově v Karibském moři a rozplétat intriky bezohledných podnikavců. Jeffery Deaver - Ďáblova slza: Washingtonský starosta dostane dopis, v němž neznámý vyděrač vyhrožuje vysokými oběťmi na životech, pokud do dvanácti hodin nedostane dvacet milionů dolarů v hotovosti. FBI se nemá čeho chytit a minuty ubíhají. Jejich jedinou nadějí je specialista na zkoumání dokumentů Parker Kincaid. Nicholas Sparks - Nezapomenutelná cesta: Když bylo Landonu Carterovi sedmnáct, život se mu navždy změnil. To se psal rok 1958, Landon končil střední školu a rozhodně se nehodlal zatěžovat starostmi dospělých. A ani ve snu ho nenapadlo, že by se mohl zamilovat, natož do dcery místního faráře. Ale srdce mu velelo jinak. John Nichol - Stinger: V osmdesátých letech CIA dodávala afghánským mudžáhidům řízené střely typu Stinger, které se nikdy nepodařilo získat zpět. Nebezpečné zbraně skončily v rukou teroristů a je třeba je zničit za každou cenu. Do afghánských hor tedy zamíří speciální komando, jehož členem je i pilot RAF Sean Riever.

Soubor nejlepšího světového čtení autoři: Joseph Finder, James Long, Jeffery Deaver, Ronald Anthony. Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů různých žánrů od světových autorů. Jednotlivé tituly jsou doplněny stručnými informacemi o jejich tvůrcích. Tento svazek obsahuje romány: 1) Joseph Finder: Paranoia - Adam Cassidy má šestadvacet let, je řadovým zaměstnancem telekomunikační společnosti a svou práci ze srdce nenávidí. Snad právě proto neváhá zneužít firemní finance, aby svému kolegovi uspořádal velkolepý večírek na rozloučenou. Jeho neuvážený čin však nezůstane utajen a bezpečnostní odbor firmy mu dá na výběr ze dvou možností: buď půjde do vězení, nebo přijme roli špiona v ústředí hlavního konkurenta, společnosti Trion Systems. Adam se rozhodne pro druhou možnost. Firma ho podrobí náročnému výcviku, zásobí ho důležitými zákulisními informacemi – a vyšle ho do boje. Adam se bezprostředně po nástupu u Trionu stane hvězdou a brzy se vypracuje až na samotný vrchol. Je bohatý, jezdí v luxusním autě, bydlí v nádherném bytě a chodí s dívkou svých snů. Jeho život nemá chybu. Chce-li si ho udržet, stačí maličkost: podvádět všechny, na nichž mu záleží, a kašlat na všechno, v co věří. Takto se ovšem dlouho žít nedá, a proto se Adam rozhodne přetrhat všechny svazky se svým někdejším zaměstnavatelem. Vzápětí se ocitá ve světě, kde nic není takové, jak to vypadá, a kde se nedá věřit vůbec nikomu. Ale opravdová noční můra má teprve začít… (166 stran) 2) James Long: Mlčící stíny - Tým archeologů vedený Paddym Kanem, někdejší rockovou hvězdou, která se pokouší uniknout tragické minulosti, začíná pracovat na vykopávkách v Oxfordském hrabství. Podaří se jim odkrýt hrob obdivuhodné anglosaské královny válečnice a při té příležitosti se Paddy potká se ženou, která jako by jí z oka vypadla a která jeho utrápené duši přinese novou naději. (144 stran) 3) Jeffery Deaver: Illuze - Další příběh geniálního detektiva Lincolna Rhyma se začíná odvíjet na prestižní hudební škole v centru New Yorku, kam se po útěku z místa činu uchýlí pachatel vraždy. Policie do několika minut obklíčí uzamčenou učebnu a chystá se s vrahem vyjednávat. Vzápětí se zevnitř ozve výkřik a výstřel, a tak policisté vyrazí dveře. Místnost je však prázdná. Na pomoc jsou povolání Lincoln Rhyme s Amélií Sachsovou a okamžitě začínají s důkladným šetřením. Ochrnutý Rhyme musí i tentokrát spoléhat na pomoc své přítelkyně, pro ctižádostivou Amélii by zase úspěšné vyšetření případu mohlo znamenat povýšení. Proti nim však tentokrát stojí mistrný iluzionista přezdívaný Kouzelník, který si s nimi pohrává a burcuje jejich profesionální ctižádost prostřednictvím úděsných vražd, jejichž bestialita se neustále stupňuje. Počet mrtvých narůstá a hodiny nelítostně ukrajují čas. Rhyme se Sachsovou proto musí co nejrychleji proniknout skrz kouřovou clonu a zabránit hrůzyplné pomstě, která se hrozí stát nejokázalejším zmizením v dějinách kriminalistiky... (148 stran) 4) Ronald Anthony: Nesmrtelné pouto - Když Jesse Sienna, žurnalista na volné noze, nabídne sourozencům, že se postará o nedávno ovdovělého otce Mickeyho, nedokáže si představit nejrůznější úskalí takového vztahu - a rozhodně nečeká, že se díky němu změní celý jeho náhled na život. Příběh, který mu Mickey vypráví, totiž Jessemu odhalí mnohem víc než dosud neznámý úsek otcovy minulosti. (111 stran)

I geniálního detektiva lze zmást. Když hrajete podle jeho pravidel. Detektiva Lincolna Rhyma stvořil Jeffery Deaver před dlouhými šestnácti lety – a hned první kniha této série, Sběratel kostí, se dočkala filmového zpracování. Nyní vychází v českém překladu desátý Rhymův případ, který nese název Pokoj smrti, a autor při této příležitosti napsal jako bonus pro čtenáře i povídku s Lincolnem Rhymem v hlavní roli. Když je v podzemních garážích nalezeno zmasakrované tělo mladé ženy, jsou otřeseni i zkušení policisté: nejen pro brutalitu samotné vraždy, ale také kvůli množství potenciálních důkazů, jimiž je místo činu poseté. Rhymův tým čeká neuvěřitelné množství mravenčí práce – a to ještě nevědí, že pachatel hodlá podle stejného scénáře vraždit dál… Jeffery Deaver přináší na poměrně malém prostoru příběh, který nese všechny známky jeho tvorby: bravurně gradované napětí a nečekané zvraty v závěru. Učebnicový případ je delikatesou pro všechny čtenáře, kteří si už stačili Deavera oblíbit, ale zároveň jej můžeme považovat za ukázkový příklad autorova thrillerového mistrovství pro všechny, kteří se s ním setkávají poprvé.

Ein Stalker verfolgt das frühere Supermodel Kari gnadenlos. Da fasst sie einen wagemutigen Entschluss. Eher Scharfsinn als Mut braucht der Forensiker Lincoln Rhyme, um Susan vor einem tödlichen Geschenk zu bewahren. Zwei Krimis, die man garantiert nicht aus der Hand legen kann!"Revenge is Sweet" beinhaltet zwei spannende englische Originalkrimis des renommierten Autors Jeffery Deaver, die man garantiert nicht aus der Hand legen kann. Die ungekürzten Krimis in amerikanischem Englisch garantieren Lernen mit Nervenkitzel. Vokabelerklärungen auf jeder Seite erleichtern das Textverständnis. In die Geschichten sind Übungen zu Grammatik, Vokabeln und Inhalt eingestreut, die zusätzlich für unterhaltsamen Lernerfolg ganz nebenbei sorgen. Im Anhang befinden sich ein Wörterverzeichnis und die Lösungen zu allen Übungen. Für alle Fortgeschrittenen (Wissensstand Niveau B1 gemäß des Europäischen Sprachenzertifikats), die ihr Englisch auf spannende Weise verbessern wollen.

Spálený sníh - Andy McNab / Vzdálené břehy - Kristin Hannah / Kamenná opice - Jeffery Deaver / Vánoční vlak - David Baldacci

K tomu, aby se člověk stal terčem vražedného vzteku, stačí málo: dopustit se nevěry či jiného nemorálního jednání, ale taky třeba jen přejet sousedovic psa nebo pořídit si nesmírně vzácnou fotografii. V tu chvíli se na scéně vynoří ti, kdo si z odstraňování nepohodlných či nenáviděných lidí udělali zdroj příjmu. Nájemní zabijáci. Vrazi z povolání. Dělají thriller thrillerem, ale obvykle zůstávají ve stínu hrdinů stojících na straně zákona. V této sbírce povídek je všechno jinak. Patnáct špičkových autorů detektivek postavilo do záře reflektorů právě muže a ženy, které spojuje jediné že zabíjejí pro peníze. Jména jejich duchovních otců, mezi nimiž nechybí například Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child či Lawrence Block, jsou zárukou, že na nájemné zabijáky as jejich oběti a potažmo i na čtenáře čeká bezpočet vypjatých situací a nepředvídaných zvratů. Hrdina jedné povídky říká: Není zas až tolik způsobů, jak ublížit druhým. Nevěřte mu. Je jich víc než dost.