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Smuggled to the Middle East as a child. Trained as one of the most elite insurgents of his generation. Forced to do things no one should, for a cause he couldn't believe in. But as his brothers were preparing to kill, he was looking for a way out. Now, on the eve of the deadliest coordinated attacks the world has ever seen, he'll finally get his chance. He will break free and hunt down those who made him a monster. He must draw on all his training to survive. He is Sleeper 13.

In The Monkey House, Sarajevo is a city besieged by the atrocities of war. Stadium walls that once shook with the roar of Olympic crowds have since collapsed under the screams of artillery. Police Superintendent Rosso and the ragtag remains of his Sarajevo police force, however, remain dedicated to preserving what is left of the city's civil order.

Twenty-one years ago, Harry Starke, on his first case as lead detective made a mistake, a mistake that sent an innocent man to prison for life. Now, haunted by the past, and with new evidence, he must finish what he started and find the real killer. A killer that will do anything to hide the past.

A friend in need is a friend indeed. And no one is a better friend than hitman-for-hire Lex Harper. When a mate from his past ends up in a Bolivian prison, Harper doesn’t think twice about going to his aid. Beatings, rapes and murders are an everyday occurrence in the prison. But the only way to break his friend out is for Harper to put his own life on the line, in a place where death comes quickly and only the strong survive. Getting into the prison is easy enough – but can Harper get out? And how many people will he have to kill to make it back?

Una vez cada cierto tiempo, la luna llena aparece dos veces en un mismo mes. Ese evento astronómico poco habitual se conoce como "luna azul". Jack Reacher está en un autobús, ocupándose de sus propios asuntos sin ningún lugar en particular al que ir y con todo el tiempo del mundo para...

An unexpected visit from the FBI threatens Will Stewart's secret and sends Detective Andy Stewart on a collision course with her darkest impulses. A twisted road reveals how a long-buried Cold War secret has been weaponized. And Pidge shows a daring side of herself that could cost her dearly. The Essex County crew meets deadly threats with courage, invention and biting humor on a non-stop adventure that confronts rabid racists, scheming media manipulators and an international conspiracy aimed at disrupting the American political process.

Vincent Flavius, a millionaire industralist, charters a cabin cruiser owned by Ross Barnes. Rumours abound, and most appear to suggest Flavius is on the verge of engineering yet another of his sensational financial coups. Embarkation is set for Cannes, but that is where the trouble begins. Shock after shock follows a strange encounter Barnes has with a girl in a dingy cafe. Murder and kidnapping follow, along with a dangerous chase which brings the Sûreté Nationale into swift action.

Daniel Hyde doesn’t negotiate with kidnappers. He hunts them. Gabriela Collins was taken in six seconds on a quiet stretch of coastal highway. No witnesses. No mistakes. No hesitation. But the closer Hyde gets to the men who took her, the clearer the truth becomes: This wasn’t random. This wasn’t sloppy. Someone close to Gabriela sold her out. Hyde has five days to find her. Before grief becomes permanent. Before the past takes another name. And this time… he may not walk away from the wreckage.

HUNTING THE HUNTERS is retired Fish and Wildlife Detective Todd Vandivert’s seventh book of his Wildlife Justice Series. In this book, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Officers of Okanogan County join forces to apprehend the poachers responsible for killing endangered species. The entire group of dedicated game wardens works tirelessly to identify the persons responsible for the poaching incidents and bring them to justice, but at a very high cost, as one of their own fights for his life. While the game wardens are busy hunting down the poachers, someone is killing hunters seemingly at ...

Hace veinte años, en un campamento de verano, cuatro adolescentes se adentraron de noche en el bosque. Dos fueron hallados asesinados y a los otros dos no volvieron a verlos nunca más. Para cuatro familias la vida cambió para siempre. Dos décadas después, está a punto de cambiar otra vez. El luto de Paul Copeland, fiscal del condado de Essex, Nueva Jersey, por la muerte de su hermana apenas comienza a remitir.

“Corbett’s work brims with heart and grit, always a winning combination.” ~ New York Times “A dynamite new series . . . the action is perfectly paced . . . Corbett's work has garnered him an Edgar Award nomination, and we can see why.” ~ The New York Times “Ron Corbett’s excellent Frank Yakabuski series is a return to the bad old days when men killed for a glass of beer.” ~ Globe and Mail When seventeen-year-old Meaghan McKenna’s mother is found dead in the Springfield River, she refuses to believe it was an accident. Detective Frank Yakabuski is soon drawn into a ...

Charlie and Lizzie are ghosts. As ghosts they can go anywhere they want and listen in to conversations without anyone knowing they are there. Using this, they have decided to become ghost detectives. Previously, they managed to solve the case of who murdered Charlie. Now they have a new case to solve when a murder happens right in front of them. As ghosts, their problem is how do they let the police know what they have found out. The only way they can affect alive people is by raising or lowering the temperature and blowing cold wind. Can they solve their new case and guide the police to ...

Meg – For ten years I suffered at the hands of a monster, bought at auction and forced to be a slave, at the whim of a Colombian drug lord who also ran underground fights. Then the Devil’s Boneyard came to rescue one of their own and I was free. I don’t know who I am anymore, or what my purpose is. I only know one thing. Cinder, the President of Devil’s Boneyard, makes me feel safe and that’s something I haven’t felt in forever. But one kiss and I’m seeing him in a new light, and I know that one kiss will never be enough.

When terminal cancer pushes Cain to the brink, an assassination attempt thrusts him back into a life of violence. But this isn’t a random hit—someone wants Cain silenced after he stumbles on a devastating secret: the billionaires profiting from cancer are also hiding its cure. The shadowy organization known as Artemis will stop at nothing to protect their quest for immortality, and Cain has just become their number-one target.

A fire breaks out in a chapel, and DCI Warren Jones is alarmed by what is discovered at the scene. Curled up in the ash and debris is a body - and it’s soon clear that the chapel doors were locked from the inside. The disappearance of a local priest, Father Nolan, and a cryptic note left in his room, point to an unusually violent suicide. But when further evidence confuses the picture, Warren begins to suspect foul play – and murder. Clearly, someone wanted this seemingly innocent man to suffer.

Written in 1954, this controversial story cracked down on the public school system and dramatized student violence as no other novel of its time did. Hunter used his own teaching experience to create protagonist Richard Dadier, who lands his first real job as an English teacher at North Manual Trades High School in New York City. Dadier knows the students here will be tough, but nothing has prepared him for the world he enters.

When journalist Kurt Østergaard's stepfather dies, he leaves behind clues to a devastating secret that could shake Denmark to its core. As Kurt investigates, he uncovers a chilling conspiracy reaching the highest levels of power. Søren Storm, a former UN weapons inspector, haunted by his past, gets caught up in the mystery when stolen radioactive material and a planned attack are uncovered. With his near term pregnant girlfriend Birgitte, Storm must navigate a treacherous web of deceit to stop the unthinkable.

The first of three explosive pulp thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynski. Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner's entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he'll...

Out of cell and radio range in the Arizona desert, a Border Patrol agent, Apache elder and a terrified Mexican girl, cut trail on Arab terrorists bent on smuggling a suitcase nuke across the border, and fight them on foot, horseback, HUMV, and even helicopter all the way to their target, Tucson’s Fiesta Bowl where tens of thousands of fans watch the fight to the death on the field -while their lives hang in the balance. DIE HARD meets NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN in this gritty, politically incorrect story that we could read any day now on the front pages. Set in today’s wilder than ever west...

I miss alcohol. The craving claws against my stomach every day. And being in this rehab center doesn’t help. No one understands how it feels to not be able to save someone you love. And a patient here, Sunnie, she tries to make me feel better. She reads a damn book to me every chance she gets, and it grinds my nerves. Who the hell is that happy? She makes me want to drink. Then, she shares her pain, and I realize her bright disposition is a mask. I find myself wanting to make her smile, to make her happiness permanent.