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.

CyberStorm, the first novel in the World War C series, tells of a bizarre string of disasters cutting New York off from the world. Darknet is a standalone novel and an adrenaline-fueled mystery with a noir/tech edge that takes listeners to a new edge of the cyber world. Polar Vortex is a stand-alone novel about a modern airline that mysterious disappears just as global tensions rise between America and Russia.

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.

Une cloche sonne treize fois. Dans un village battu par les vents, la mer garde ses secrets… et ceux qui les cherchent disparaissent. Gabriel Ferrer, guardia civil espagnol, pensait pouvoir se mettre à l’abri du monde en se retirant sur la côte caraïbe. Un phare, des ruelles humides, une église posée face aux vagues : juste assez loin de Madrid pour respirer… et oublier. Jusqu’à cette nuit. Les cloches de l’église sonnent treize coups. Puis un adolescent est retrouvé près de l’autel. Aucun témoin fiable. Des silences trop bien organisés. Et un détail qui n’a rien ...

Disgraced cartographer Dr. Elias Ward purchases a damaged 16th-century portolan chart showing Antarctica as a ring rather than a continent. When anonymous buyers offer escalating sums and threats to acquire the map, he contacts investigative journalist Mara Kline, who has built her career exposing institutional disinformation. Together, they uncover a 200-year pattern of suppression: expedition journals that end abruptly, satellite imagery systematically manipulated, and the Antarctic Treaty designed not to prevent territorial disputes but to maintain a geographic lie. Their investigation ...

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 ...

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.

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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 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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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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.

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.

Back from exile, Renko must defeat the powerful black-market crime lords in this third installment to the Arkady Renko series by internationally bestselling author Martin Cruz Smith. Back from exile in the hellish reaches of the Soviet Union, homicide investigator Arkady Renko discovers that his...

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...

The Tail Waggin' Winterfest is the highlight of the season in the famously pet-friendly Pocono Mountains town of Sylvan Creek. But despite attractions like an ice sculpture display, a dogsled race, and gourmet hot chocolate, Daphne Templeton finds herself annoyed by TV producer Lauren Savidge, who's filming the festivities. She's critical, controlling, and as chilly as the January air. Daphne would like to tell her to go jump in a lake - and as a matter of fact, that's exactly what they're both going to do....

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...