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Carrie Grethen, partner in crime to William Temple Gault, has escaped from prison. Before she does so she sends a message to Kay Scarpetta blaming her for Gault's death, and has specific plans for revenge.

In Legacy, Colorado, our inheritance is simple: Fire and Heartbreak. Sebastian Vargas . . . he's both. He was my best friend. My first love. My everything. Until he was my nothing. It's been ten years since the wildfire that turned our small town to ashes, taking the lives of our fathers and their elite hotshot crew. Six years since Bash disappeared with my heart. No explanation. No goodbye. But now he's home, fighting to resurrect the very thing that destroyed us both.

After a freezing mission in the North Sea which nearly costs lives - including his own - US Campus agent Jack Ryan Jr is taken off black ops. Ordered onto routine surveillance, he is sent to Singapore to check out a company with US interests. Soon enough, however, he finds the task anything but routine. It's clear there's a mole who must be uncovered - and quickly. As the mole attempts to cover their tracks, Jack finds himself dodging a team of highly trained killers as a tropical storm rolls in. What are the assassins trying to hide? And can Jack survive long enough to stop them?   

“A harsh, visceral, novel of conspiracy and betrayal . . . a distrubing mix that plays on our sense of history while at the same time it appeals to our darkest fantasies of rough justice.”—Chicago Tribune The inspiration for the USA Network series Shooter He was one the best Marine snipers...

Dans "Point de non-retour", Philippe Lacorre nous plonge dans un récit captivant où la science-fiction se mêle à des enjeux personnels intenses. Le docteur Wolfgang Sträbfer, confronté aux critiques acerbes de Beissigus sur son invention, la psychosonde, envisage des représailles pour protéger sa réputation. Cependant, un orage inattendu provoque un incident avec la machine, entraînant un échange de consciences entre Wolfgang et sa femme Elena.

Small southern towns are not always sleepy—particularly in Larkspur, Mississippi, where homes burst into flames and lives crumble. It is the suspicious death of a young woman that costs premiere plastic surgeon Dan Foxworth his surgical dynasty, his life, and that of his wife. Devastated by the loss of both parents and unable to meet a bitter grandfather's expectations, Sher Foxworth tries to save an elderly woman from her burning home. Suddenly the accidental hero, his life is turned upside down by disturbing twists of fate.