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Brought to by Penguin. 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD __________________________________ They came for his family. Now Detective Alex Cross is out for vengeance. Cross is met with...

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD __________________________________ They came for his family. Now Detective Alex Cross is out for vengeance. Cross is met with shocking news that his...

Jane Seymour of Wiltshire is not meant to go to Court. Not a child like her, with her lack of beauty and no title. But family connections are enough to have her named to the bridal retinue of Mary Tudor. At the French Court, the plain and docile Jane meets the girl who will grow into her rival in years to come: the already charismatic and conniving Anne Boleyn. Soon back home in the English countryside, Jane wants nothing more than peace and quiet—and the devotion of her childhood protector, William Dormer. 

A young seminary professor, Augustine Knox, is drawn into a deadly race to save priceless parchments from antiquities thieves and discovers a two- thousand-year old connection with another who faced death for the sake of the truth. I, Saul consists of two riveting adventures in one, transporting you between the stories of Augustine Knox and Saul of Tarsus.

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD __________________________________ They came for his family. Now Detective Alex Cross is out for vengeance. Cross is met with shocking news that his...

In a world teetering on the brink of chaos, Stone's past collides with the agenda of GlobaTech Industries, the world's leading private military contractor. As war looms and a devastating terrorist attack rocks the globe, GlobaTech assembles an elite team to restore order. But when Stone's history entangles with their mission, he must decide where his priorities lie. James P. Sumner's D.E.A.D. Till I Die, the explosive first entry in the GlobaTech techno-thriller series, offers a chillingly plausible portrayal of modern warfare.

Romanen för oss rätt in i den ryska maktens hjärta, där oligarker och hovmän utkämpar ett evigt krig. Och där Baranov, som blivit regimens främste spinndoktor, förvandlar ett helt land till en politisk teater, där allt som verkligen betyder något är att uppfylla tsarens önskningar. Men Vadim Baranov är inte som sina ärelystna medtävlare: han är en poet som förirrat sig in bland vargarna. Djupt indragen i det dunkla system han själv varit med om att skapa gör han allt för att undkomma det.

Francesca Clark-Bartlett, wife of the American Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, seeks more power than she already has. Meanwhile, the attractive yet naive Melissa Iverson wishes she had never inherited her family's vast fortune. After they both become entangled with a 44-year-old, womanizing British intelligence agent, the two women find themselves in a web of deception and mystery. Threatening letters, dark family secrets and connections to persons of power all tell them that the path they tread is wrought with danger.

In our near-future, the eccentric tech billionaire Jamin Lake reveals an innovation that could save our broken and divided nation: Algo, an A.I. candidate for president. It is heralded as an efficient, rational, and seemingly incorruptible leader, underpinned by the brainpower of a million minds. Jamin vows the A.I. has been programmed to follow only a single benevolent mantra: to deliver “the most good for the most people”. In a nation mired in seemingly endless crisis and division, it feels like a real chance for a better future.

Efter en fødselsdagsfest i Det Hvide Hus bliver præsidentens 12-årige niece bortført fra sit hjem. Hendes mor bliver dræbt under bortførelsen, mens resten af familien bliver fundet bevidstløse. Sean og Michelle kaster sig ud i et kapløb mod tiden, mens de seksuelle spændinger mellem dem stiger.

In the year 2067, political correctness has run amok in America. Political correctness is now the law of the land and anyone who runs afoul of the law can be arrested by the PC Police. Once used as nothing more than a slang term, the PC Police is now an actual profession and the PC Court of Appeals is an actual, physical building where criminals are indicted for their affronts to politically correct thought, speech, and behavior.

The near future. A terrorist bomb destroys one of London's most iconic buildings and also kills the daughter of the head of the Chinese Secret Service and the son of a wealthy City Fund Manager. The furious and grief-stricken parents decide to extract a dramatic and world-changing revenge on the militants. Watching these events unfold is the future Head of the British Secret Service.

Martin Erikssons arbete i Kaptensgruvan i Malmberget är hårt, till och med livsfarligt. Detta blir han varse om när en kropp påträffas i gruvan, fastklämd mellan två malmblock. Kroppen tillhör Manfred Wallin, gruvarbetare och fackligt engagerad. Initialt tror man att Wallin dött till följd av en olycka, men polisöverkonstapel Allan Strömberg och lokaljournalisten Britta Lindh förstår snart att det rör sig om ett mord.

What happens when Vladimir Putin is faced with a decision so harrowing it changes him forever? 118 submariners spiraling into the abyss, a country in chaos, and a president who seems not to care. Through the eyes of a first person Vladimir Putin, and his personal aide Gosha, discover what motivates the man behind Russia. Is he the cold, ruthless Vladimir Putin we know, or is he...human?

The President and Vice President are elected from two different parties. They are old friends, but a conflict develops when the possibility of actual alien contact is discovered. A multitude of characters are infused into the relationship between the two.

Il primo attentato di matrice islamica mai realizzato in Italia sconvolge Milano, durante una gara podistica di fine estate. Il paese si paralizza, piange e sopporta gli strilli di politici, giornalisti e sciacalli. La nazione si distrae così dall'ultimo trauma: Paolo Bonomelli, politico stimato e in grande ascesa, è appena stato travolto da uno scandalo sessuale.

Sverige är vanligtvis en lugn plats. Till ytan, i alla fall. När ett stort norskt företag specialiserat på radioaktivt avfall upptäcks borra på svensk mark blir det hela en jätteskandal. Plötsligt blir det känt att en behållare med farligt avfall har tappats bort. Det visar sig snart att högt uppsatta personer visste om projektet, och har inte gjort något för att stoppa det. Men det finns en anledning till varför diskretion har varit nödvändig.

John "Sicarius" Gaines has been regarded as the best at what does does. He is a paid assassin, and he is ruthless. He will stop at nothing to complete any contract he is given. He receives a contract for the death of New York Governor Tim Patton and completes the job quickly and efficiently. As the heat from the governor's death begins to trickle out, Sicarius finds himself entangled in an international drug-smuggling operation, of which Governor Patton was a key member.

Ve čtvrtek 19. července 2001, po obvinění z křivého svědectví a soudu, který trval sedm týdnů, byl Jeffrey Archer odsouzen ke čtyřem rokům odnětí svobody. Z toho měl prvních dvaadvacet dní a čtrnáct hodin strávit v nechvalně známé věznici Jejího Veličenstva Belmarsh, vysoce zabezpečeném nápravném zařízení kategorie A pro muže na jihu Londýna, kam se zavírají ti nejnebezpečnější a nejnásilnější zločinci Velké Británie.

I København kæmper Maiken Tarp for at komme sig over sin kærestes død, imens hun forsøger at være en god mor for deres étårige søn. Fra Kiev får hun besked om, at den danske politimand Tomas Engberg har modtaget en dødstrussel. Mistanken rettes mod en magtfuld ukrainsk oligark og politiker. Maiken graver i sagen og opdager, at Tomas i al hemmelighed har lokket oligarkens tidligere elskerinde til Ukraine for at skaffe oplysninger om den mistænkte. Maiken Tarp forfølger parret til sortehavsbyen Odessa, og langsomt går det op for hende, at ingen af de involverede spiller med åbne kort. Men også M