Polar Thriller

Mitch Matthews is writer struggling to make ends meet when his wife's brother offers them a first-class seat on a flight from Hong Kong to New York. When his wife needs to stay behind, it becomes an opportunity for some quality daddy-daughter time with his five-year-old Lilly. At check-in, they run into a strange Norwegian arguing with a huge Russian. A mysterious redhead is guarding a package in the business lounge. But everything is fine...right up until the event. Within hours of Allied Airlines 695 disappearing, a massive international search is launched.

When two killings take place thousands of miles apart in Canada and Alaska, Detective Bernadette Callahan's instincts tell her there's a link. But her superiors disagree, and they move to silence her. Undeterred, Callahan delves deeper and finds an ally deep in rural Alaska. A fellow detective, also under pressure to close his inquiries. The pair are forced into the shadows to work, where they uncover unlikely suspects and a conspiracy linked to Alaska's billion-dollar oil supply.

In 2040, as poachers close in on the last polar bear on earth, an Inuit scientist named Nuli must use her abilities to save the bear’s life, even at the risk of her own. Nuli feels caught between two cultures, but when she develops a shamanic gift to communicate with the bear she calls Anuk, her mystical revelation is mind-blowing; Anuk has a plan of her own.

The Arkady Renko book that started it all: the #1 bestseller Gorky Park, an espionage classic that begins the series, by Martin Cruz Smith, “the master of the international thriller” (The New York Times). It begins with a triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen...

Chill of Truth: A Murder Mystery Danger and Betrayal in the Arctic Polar Bear Capital When world-famous supermodel Elena Hart boards a private jet to the remote polar bear capital of Churchill, Manitoba, she expects an icy photo shoot—not a deadly mystery at 35,000 feet. But when she’s found dead mid-flight, her entourage of friends, rivals, and hidden enemies become prime suspects. Enter Detective Ethan Steele—trapped in an isolated Arctic lodge with a killer among them. With a vicious snowstorm closing in and time running out, Steele must unravel layers of deception, betrayal, and ...

The sun won't rise for forty days. Neither side can wait that long. December 2045. A thousand Chinese Marines are slowly freezing to death in ships never meant to survive an Arctic winter. Their government has declared the mission a success. Their Admiral knows better. And the men who could rescue them have been ordered to treat them as a threat. As polar night descends on Victoria Strait, a British intelligence officer pieces together what the Americans already know but won't share. A Canadian sergeant prepares her section for a tactical situation she doesn't understand. And deep in the ...

When American covert operative Chase Fulton and his team suppress a mass shooting attempt in the tiny coastal town he calls home, the realization of how deadly his life has become sends him on a journey to separate himself from that violence and save his relationship with the woman he loves. The laidback holiday promises to rekindle the relationship and heal old wounds, until a brutal attack leaves a beloved friend fighting for her life. Chase has no choice but to put his experience, training, and lethal skill set back into action to find and eliminate the threat.

The elf had been murdered, that much was evident... Christmas is only days away, and Santa is facing the greatest crisis of his career. Pinkie Merryvale, head of the elves' union, has been brutally murdered, the most obvious suspect none other than Santa himself - for years he and Merryvale had clashed over the working conditions of the North Pole's workforce. The elves, worked to exhaustion, issue an ultimatum in response. If Santa can't find the killer and prove his innocence before Christmas Eve, they STRIKE, and Christmas worldwide will be ruined.

The most exciting NUMA(r) Files novel yet. Unabridged CD - 12 CDs, 13...

Detective Arkady Renko—“one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction” (USA TODAY)—returns in this tense thriller set amid the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the latest installment of Martin Cruz Smith’s celebrated Arkady Renko series, the legendary Moscow...

Dans la salle de rédaction à moitié vide d’un quotidien, où trainent encore des guirlandes de Noël, des reporters rentrent lentement au travail, tandis qu’à Saint-Albert-sur-le-Lac, village niché au coeur des Cantons-de-l’Est, on constate les conséquences tragiques d’un incendie. Le journaliste Michel Duquesne est dépêché sur place. Une révélation étonnante, puis des traces emprisonnées dans la glace vont l’amener sur une piste qui l’exposera à des dangers insoupçonnés, tout en réveillant en lui des monstres de son enfance.

Le Mystère d’Elche cache bien plus que de simples traditions anciennes… Gabriel Caballero, écrivain en quête de rédemption, est entraîné malgré lui à Elche pour participer à un documentaire sur de sombres crimes locaux. Ce qui semblait n’être qu’une banale enquête prend vite un tournant plus inquiétant. En fouillant les traces de meurtres oubliés, Gabriel se retrouve happé entre les ombres d’un passé enfoui et les dangers d’un présent sans pitié. Parviendra-t-il à déchiffrer la vérité avant de devenir, à son tour, la prochaine victime ? Le temps presse, et ...

A gripping science thriller in the Arctic! Mysterious nanoparticles in a Greenland ice core confront biologist Nora Grimm with a fascinating puzzle. At first, she believes the 400,000-year-old ice is contaminated. But then the bizarre crystals suddenly show signs of life. Nora realizes that she has discovered far more than just prehistoric climate records. Also, Exobiologist Robert Greaves is on his way to Greenland to investigate a connection to a similar finding by the Mars rover Curiosity. Is this really an extraterrestrial life form that has been lying slumbering in obscurity since ...

The most exciting NUMA(r) Files novel yet. Abridged CD - 5 CDs, 6...

Une onde de choc parcourt le prestigieux lycée international de Garches lorsqu’une enseignante est retrouvée étranglée dans sa salle de classe. Peu après, le corps sans vie d’un agent d’entretien est découvert sur les lieux. Quel est le lien entre les deux victimes ? Un tueur en série rôde-t-il dans cette banlieue huppée ? Confronté à l’hostilité de puissants parents d’élèves qui ne font pas confiance à un policier de banlieue, le capitaine Thomas Sturm devra lutter pour conserver la responsabilité de l’enquête. Et surtout, il lui faudra lutter pour percer une ...

Et si nos proches n'étaient pas ce que nous croyions ? "Tu l'as laissée mourir..." Le soir de Noël, Christine Steinmeyer, animatrice radio à Toulouse, trouve dans sa boîte aux lettres le courrier d'une femme qui annonce son suicide. Elle est convaincue que le message ne lui est pas destiné. Erreur ? Canular ? Quand le lendemain, en direct, un auditeur l'accuse de n'avoir pas réagi, il n'est plus question de malentendu.

Lisbonne cache des secrets qui pourraient tout faire basculer… L’écrivain Gabriel Caballero se rend à Lisbonne pour participer à un concours littéraire. Ce qui devait être une visite paisible se transforme vite en une aventure périlleuse. Au fil de rencontres avec des auteurs célèbres et des personnages énigmatiques, Gabriel est entraîné dans une sombre histoire de trahisons et de vengeances. Chaque jour qui passe fait ressurgir des spectres du passé, tandis que les mystères de la ville s’épaississent et commencent à l’engloutir. Gabriel parviendra-t-il à rester sain...

Sa dernière enquête a laissé Sturm blessé et sous le coup d’une enquête de la police des polices. Sa coéquipière souffre de stress post-traumatique et le troisième membre de son groupe est détaché auprès de son pire ennemi à la PJ de Garches. Mais lorsque les fondateurs d’une start-up de haute technologie sont assassinés un à un, Sturm comprend qu’il est temps de reprendre les armes.

In the second installment in the Arkady Renko series from internationally bestselling author Martin Cruz Smith, Renko goes up against the Soviet bureaucracy in a complex international web and discovering more than he bargained for. Arkady Renko, former Chief Investigator of the Moscow Town...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, People, Book Riot, Southern Living Handsome con artist...