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A mysterious ancient relic. A forgotten civilization. A truth that could change the world forever. In 1906, an Egyptologist uncovered a map carved in stone inside an ancient temple. Convinced that it pointed to a lost city of gold somewhere deep in the desert, he set out on another expedition the following year. He was never seen again. In present day Yale, a professor is brutally murdered on the university campus, and a mysterious artefact is stolen from its vaults...

Perfect for fans of Brad Thor, Kyle Mills, and Mark Greaney THREE BOOKS. SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS. A GLOBAL CONSPIRACY THAT SPANS CONTINENTS. After dismantling the Ridge Line Trust's Appalachian operations, FBI profiler Alex Harlan discovers the truth: the organization he's been hunting is just the operational arm of something far more dangerous. The Trust Council—seven members controlling a global criminal empire—has been operating in the shadows for decades. Their endgame: the Ascension Protocol, a plan to dominate the world's financial systems through technology, corruption, and terror....

A finales de 1931, poco después de la gran fiesta republicana, se descubre el cadáver de una mujer enterrado bajo las baldosas de una pequeña edificación del barrio de Llefià, en Badalona. La historia de este crimen real, que llenó durante meses las páginas de los periódicos de toda España, es recreada en esta novela, recorrida por una trama absorbente que recoge no solo el crimen de la alemana Emmy Langer, sino los primeros años de un tiempo de esperanza y de rupturas revolucionarias que pronto fueron enterradas en fosas anónimas, como lo fue el cadáver de la propia Emmy.

The thrills keep coming with Thomsen & Meerkatz’s second case! On a typical Tuesday in August, the discovery of two women’s bodies at bizarrely different yet equally chilling crime scenes rocks the romantic, picture-perfect port town of Husum. One lived a lonely, reclusive life; the other soaked up every moment, juggling a husband and two lovers. They never crossed paths and had nothing in common. Except death. Chief Inspector Rüdiger Thomsen and Detective Sergeant Sophie Meerkatz are grasping at straws, chasing shadows in the salty North Sea breeze. As the body count rises and evil ...

At last these events from 1896 can stand released to the reading public in the 2020s, as Dr. John H. Watson’s account of a case he deemed “too violent and disturbing” to be published in his own lifetime finally appears before the world. In the tellingly entitled The Body in the Safe, Sherlock Holmes takes on an investigation which has its beginnings in a seemingly mundane theft at a commercial archive in north London, where all manner of documents have long been securely stored—until now. As first one cold-blooded murder and then others begin to surface, all connected to the ...

A Tangled Web of Obsession, Deception, and Violence Unravels in Morocco When British journalist Carla Black travels to Essaouira with a provocative book and a dangerous plan, she hopes to lure a serial killer out of hiding and into the arms of justice. Her target? William Boule—a violent, narcissistic predator with a thirst for control and a deeply buried grudge. But in the sun-bleached alleyways of Morocco, Carla’s scheme ignites a deadly game of cat and mouse… and she may not be the one calling the shots. Haunted by psychic visions and a dark past intertwined with Boule’s, Miller ...

The Lion: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion's Game, John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately for Corey...

When a convicted killer is saved by another man's confession, Amos Decker, now an FBI special task force detective, must find the truth in this "utterly absorbing" #1 New York Times bestseller (Associated Press). Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his...

The White House is the home of the president of the United States, the most guarded, monitored, closely watched person in the world. So how could a US president vanish without a trace? And why would he choose to do so? An unprecedented collaboration between President Bill Clinton and the world's best-selling novelist, James Patterson, The President Is Missing is a breathtaking story from the pinnacle of power.

The delectable Phryne Fisher has been invited to the Last Best party of 1928. When three of the guests are kidnapped, Phryne finds she must puzzle her way through the scavenger hunt clues to retrieve the hostages. This is another sparkling mystery from Australia's Queen of Crime, Kerry Greenwood.

Rumor has it there's a Russian you can turn to if you're very rich, and need dirty deeds done without a trace. The CIA calls him Ivan the Ghost because he's operated for years without leaving a trail or revealing his face.

Maigret stumbles upon a series of murders in Fontenay-le-Comte while visiting an old school friend. On his way home from a conference, Maigret stops to visit an old school friend in Fontenay-le-Comte. A man in the same train car introduces himself and asks if Maigret has come to help solve the murder case. In fact, the man's brother-in-law had been murdered four days earlier, followed by the murder of a local widow in the same way, a blow to the head with a pipe.

Orlando Pearson mixes the Great Baker Street detective with history both familiar and unfamiliar to deliver his customary heady brew of Holmesiana.

In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of D.I. Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective Listeners will relish the return to McIlvanney’s Glasgow, with its...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, a child is kidnapped at a presidential retreat and two former Secret Service agents must become private investigators in a desperate search that might destroy them both. A daring kidnapping turns a children's birthday party at Camp David, the presidential...

El verano llega a su fin y la escritora Erica Falck vuelve al trabajo tras la baja de maternidad. Ahora le toca a su compañero, el comisario Patrik Hedström, tomarse un tiempo libre para ocuparse de la pequeña Maja. Pero el crimen no descansa nunca, ni siquiera en la tranquila ciudad de...

With the exhibit’s organizer missing and planted diamonds showing up in their belongings, Zoe and Jack are forced to delve into the shady side of the diamond trade in a search for the culprit, a journey that takes them from the fountains and piazzas of the Eternal City to the snow-capped Alps.

Death in the Andamans is a masterpiece of mystery and romance from one of our most beloved authors. When a violent storm lashes the tiny Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, Copper Randal barely manages a safe return to Government House. She does get back in one piece with her hostess, Valerie Masson, Val's fiancé, and handsome naval officer Nick Tarrent, but one of the islanders is unaccounted for when the boats return to harbor.

Lisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to...

Before he slid into the MRI machine, Jake Bronson was just an ordinary guy with terminal cancer. But when an earthquake hits during the procedure, Jake staggers from the wreckage a profoundly changed man, now endowed with uncanny mental abilities. An ocean away, Luciano Battista wants a piece of Jake's talent. The terrorist leader has been conducting cerebral-implant experiments in a sinister quest to create a breed of super jihadist agents...and Jake's altered brain may be the key to his success.