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Eric Lamb is a world renowned hit-man. He's the best there is. He's the number one go-to man when a job pops up. But Lamb is getting tired of his profession. The constant killings, some seemingly innocent, have finally taken their toll on him. And he's about to do something about it. After he's contracted to do a new job, he decides he's had enough. All in the hopes of saving a young girl he doesn't even know. And it will probably cost him his life.

Tony Russo thought he had it all figured out. Fresh out of prison and leading his crew of skilled bank robbers, Tony's plans to start over in Tampa seemed airtight. But after a series of high-stakes heists, their latest job goes disastrously wrong, leaving Tony and his crew on the run, hunted by the cops and facing a city closing in around them. In an ironic twist of fate, Tony finds himself in the middle of an amateur robbery at a Tampa dive bar. When the situation turns violent, Tony steps in to stop the chaos and protect an innocent bystander.

Welcome, dear listener, to a story that should never have happened. A story about four catastrophically underqualified individuals who decide — for reasons nobody fully understands — to leave Chaddestone in a stolen Greggs van and attempt a “bank job” in posh Chester.

Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go – and no money – he's desperate. A last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjärvi, the northernmost town in Finland. With the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty steering wheel, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. And then a bright-yellow Lada.

Make the Call - This is a story of five guys that grew in the same neighborhood that became a family. They grew up in Taylor, Mi then starting from High School ran the drugs in the city to later taking over the city. The own the Liquor Stores, the drugs meanwhile taking what they want. How long does getting what you want last? What do you think they had to do to keep this city.

Psychospannung mit Bestsellergarantie – nach der »Housemaid«-Reihe präsentiert Freida McFadden ihren neuen packenden Stand-alone-Thriller! Die frischvermählten Tricia und Ethan sind auf der Suche nach ihrem Traumhaus. Sie glauben, es gefunden zu haben in dem Anwesen, das einst Dr. Adrienne...

Surviving the job happens one day, one shift, and one call at a time. Having each other's backs sets a team apart from a crew. The Bag takes you on that journey for just one shift.

My only regret is that I shan't be alive to savour my retrospective triumph. But that is of small account. I savour it every day of my life. I shall have done the one thing I resolved to do when I was 12 years old - and the world will know it. Follow the 'Queen of Crime' as she takes us into the mind of a man who has waited decades to enact his patient, ingenious revenge on a school bully.

P. D. James is “the reigning mistress of murder.” –Time Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out...

Chasing justice left Dakota Black a convicted felon. Inside Folsom State Prison, the boy who wanted to become an FBI agent finds himself mixed up with Renoir Reza—a Machiavellian art thief with a deadly hidden agenda—and Cody Winters, the revenge-minded brother of the man Dakota supposedly put in the grave. To escape Winters’s attacks, Dakota joins Reza in a fiery jailbreak. They embark on a kamikaze crime spree seeking a five-million-dollar reward. Before the bright lights of Reno are in their rearview mirror, Special Agent Elizabeth Everett and her partner catch the scent of their trail.

When a mysterious client asks former Delta Force operator Case Lee to investigate a massive New Guinea gold discovery, the job quickly unravels into an incredible world of spies, terrorists, and tribal headhunters. Case, with a sense he's being played, walks away from the entire mess. Until life-threatening events pull him back in. This time, he's not taking any prisoners.

The first story ever told left a scar on the skin of the universe, with its characters doomed to an endless cycle of reincarnation and death. Trapped by his enemies, Daniel Faust - magician, mobster, and newly-minted knight of hell - has been cast in the role of the eternal Thief. Now, the story is dead-set on writing his final chapter, the one that ends with a knife in his back. The curse can’t be broken without tracking down the original Thief. The truth is buried beneath the legacy of a long-dead stage magician and a cache of occult relics from the 1940s.

Former Delta Force operator Case Lee is hired to recover a legendary lost fortune — a hoard worth a king's ransom hidden for centuries. What begins as a treasure hunt quickly explodes into a high-stakes game of espionage, betrayal, and murder. From enigmatic Buddhist monks in Korea to the frozen graves of Russian fur traders and the brutal wilderness of Alaska, Case follows a deadly trail of clues. Ruthless spies, greedy billionaires, and bloodthirsty treasure hunters will stop at nothing to claim the prize.

She’s known as the Gypsy. And teams with Case Lee for a mysterious client. They uncover a crime family aligned with corrupt politicians and deadly shadowland spies. Par for the course–until those involved go too far.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. I had not broken in. I had been let in. June Calloway is a burglar - a safe that matters has an audience, and this audience had already started clapping. The job said bearer bonds. The vault held something else: the Crown's ghosts, catalogued like...

One of the last great magazines still standing. A coveted opening for editor in chief. Three ambitious candidates. In a thriller sure to make headlines from Marisa Kashino, bestselling author of Best Offer Wins, it’s anyone’s guess who will triumph in the race for the top job—if they...

Der erste Band der genialen Krimireihe aus Hamburg Ein urlaubsreifer Reporter, ein durchgeknallter Dackel und ein tiefenentspannter Udo Lindenberg – willkommen in der Welt von Lukas Hammerstein! Hamburg, 2017: Die Elbphilharmonie ist eröffnet, die Rolling Stones spielen im Stadtpark, beim G20-Treffen brennt das Schanzenviertel – und Lukas Hammerstein kann nicht mehr. Der Reporter hat das ganze Jahr durchgearbeitet und freut sich auf ein Sabbatical.

Ben the tramp, with his usual genius for trouble, runs into danger when he finds a dead body and decides to help out. Ben knew that whenever his thumbs were itching, something ‘orrible’ was about to happen. Sure enough, on one foggy afternoon of itchy thumbs, the hapless Ben is implicated in...

Mattie Thorne has been on the run from her parents for almost two years. She's being chased by a ruthless mercenary named Ghost, but somehow, she always manages to escape his capture attempts. Until one day, her time is finally up. Mattie "The Bunny" Thorne ends up well and truly captured by the enigmatic, blue-eyed Ghost, and it seems like her freedom might be lost. But then she glimpses something unexpected in her handsome captor—empathy. Taking a chance, Mattie offers him a deal: Help her ruin her billionaire parents, and she will pay him four million dollars.

A Friend in Need, a Daring Heist, and a Ruthless Robbery Crew That’s not Going Back to Prison. Lo Walsh had given up the PI life after the Bobby Lee Kinsey case. But his notoriety draws the attention of an old mentor. But the simple background check soon takes a sinister turn and Lo finds himself mired in a twisted web of deception and revenge that brings him face-to-face with his new profession’s dark side. Now Lo must reevaluate his commitment to this case. Can he provide the help his old friend wants without exposing a murky past? How does he walk away with so much at stake?