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Drugs, smuggling, big money and political intrigue in Iceland rally with love, passion, murder and betrayal until the winner takes all...in the masterful, explosive conclusion to the award-winning Reykjavík Noir trilogy. The prison doors slam shut behind Agla when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her. As a group of foreign businessmen tries to draw Agla into an ingenious fraud that stretches from Iceland around the world, Agla and her former nemesis María find the stakes being raised at a terrifying speed.

Washed-up author Rufus Orton needs money. It's the main reason he takes the gig teaching creative writing to inmates at HMP Holderness - that, and the flattery of Prison Officer Annabeth Harris, who contacted him out of the blue and begged him to take the job. HMP resident Griffin Cox has no black marks against his name. He claims he's been wrongly convicted of the sex offense that put him in prison, but he's lying. He has a plan - and everything hinges on him securing a place in the classroom with Rufus and Annabeth.

Things are not going well for Elizabeth Cage. It all started with the Christmas she can't quite remember. There's blood on her doorstep every morning. Something unpleasant is heading her way. And then there's the sinister note threatening her life. The one that seems to have been written by Elizabeth herself . . .

Un monolito color piombo al centro di una distesa di sabbia inondata di luce. E sulla superficie fredda e uniforme del monolito, una scritta: "Fase raccolta dati conclusa". Tutt'attorno: acqua. È questo il quadro che si para davanti agli occhi di Ray, al suo risveglio. La petroliera su cui ha più volte rischiato di perdere la vita è ormai un relitto sul fondo del mare, alle sue spalle.

The CIA sends Hartman because he knows the target’s face. Hartman spent two years in Bergen-Belsen and knows camp commandant Fritz Lang’s face better than anyone. The Nazi has taken up residence in a Panamanian port, supplementing his realtor’s salary with monthly infusions from a numbered Swiss account. Despite Lang’s extensive plastic surgery, Hartman recognizes him. It’s a face he could never forget, and it’s time to make him pay.

Ray si sveglia in una cella. È solo. Non si ricorda nulla. Né come ci è arrivato, né perché. Indossa una divisa che non conosce, gialla come la luce che illumina la piccola stanza in cui è rinchiuso. Porta al polso destro un braccialetto senza fibbia simile a un display spento. Dove si trova? Non lo sa. I ricordi arriveranno poi, poco per volta.

Does love conquer all? Nell’s not so sure. Adjusting to wedlock isn’t easy for a woman whose initial aversion to the married state took her to the Poor Farm. When a tragedy out of the blue prompts her to repay past debts, her charitable instincts threaten to wreck her happy new life. What does she really want - and what does she really need? Join the beloved characters from the House of Closed Doors series as we bridge the years between Nell’s story and Sarah’s, interweaving stories of love and despair, darkness and light in the turbulent Chicago of the late 1870s.

Faye a voué sa vie à Jack, elle a tout sacrifié pour lui. Mais lorsque Jack - coureur de jupons invétéré - la quitte pour une jeune collaboratrice, laissant Faye complètement démunie, l'amour fait place à la haine. La vengeance sera douce et impitoyable : il lui a tout pris, elle ne lui laissera rien. "La Cage dorée" est un thriller glaçant qui résonne funestement avec l’ère #MeToo. Pour la première fois, Camilla Läckberg quitte Fjällbacka pour explorer la perversité de l’homme dans les hautes sphères de la société stockholmoise.

A feared cage fighter in mixed martial arts, Daniel is closing in on greatness - until an injury derails his career. Out of work in his country hometown, Daniel slips into the underworld, moonlighting as muscle for a childhood friend turned midlevel gangster. While his wife works nights and his 12-year-old daughter gets into scraps of her own, Daniel tries to escape and build a nobler life for his family - but he sinks deeper into a violent, unpredictable world, soon sparking a conflict that can be settled only in blood.

Don’t miss the latest Natchez Burning novel, SOUTHERN MAN Death is the end, and if a man doesn't speak before it silences him, then his deepest secrets go with him. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes an e-original novella featuring former prosecutor Penn Cage, a story...

When he encounters a teenager being pursued by a group of dangerous jewel thieves, Orlando Black finds himself in the wrong place at the right time. He helps the kid escape successfully, but things really heat up when one of Black’s old friends is caught in the middle of the thieves’ heist. To save her, he must face the thieves in a final showdown.

Jack e Faye começaram a namorar na faculdade: um garoto criado em berço de ouro e uma jovem que se esforçou para enterrar um passado sombrio. Quando ele decide criar uma empresa, ela deixa os estudos e passa a trabalhar de dia, dedicando as noites a traçar a estratégia do novo negócio. A companhia se torna um sucesso bilionário, mas Faye se sente como um lindo pássaro preso numa gaiola, apenas cuidando da filha em casa e sendo exibida pelo marido, que toma todas as decisões da empresa. Jack agora despreza sua inteligência, esquecendo tudo o que ela sacrificou por ele.

This anthology brings together a selection of thrilling and thought-provoking short stories by Richard Connell, renowned for his mastery in suspense and adventure. Highlighted by The Most Dangerous Game, a gripping tale of a man hunted for sport, the collection also features lesser-known but equally powerful works such as The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, The Cage Man, Terrible Epps, and The $25,000 Jaw. Each story showcases Connell's unique ability to explore human nature under extreme conditions, blending action with psychological depth.