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Piet Hoffmann is the best undercover operative in the Swedish police force, but only one other man is even aware of his existence. When a drug deal he is involved in goes badly wrong, he must face the hardest mission of his life – infiltrating Sweden’s most infamous maximum-security prison.Detective Inspector Ewert Grens is charged with investigating the drug-related killing. Unaware of Hoffman’s real identity, he believes himself to be on the trail of a dangerous psychopath.

Nick Hellyer faces the spy's ultimate dilemma. He is tasked to infiltrate a chemical weapons program and destroy it. But in the process, lives will be lost. His struggles with issues of complicity and guilt are set against a background of the guerrilla insurgency in Mozambique and the army plan to overthrow the Portuguese dictatorship in 1974. He succeeds in aligning himself with the coup plotters and participates in the virtually bloodless overthrow of the government. However, the tally of other deaths associated with him continues to pile up.

One mission. Two deadly agendas. When an international trafficker is hired to abduct the U.S. President’s top interpreter and seize his classified notebook that could trigger global conflict, genocide survivor turned elite operative Natasha Kildari is the only one who can stop him. Days earlier in Pakistan, Natasha’s operation went sideways. Gunfire erupted, and the trafficker’s wife was killed. Now he’s coming for Natasha. But only one of them will survive.

Hired by billionaire Lou Atlas to search for answers about his dead nephew on St. Barths, the swankiest island in the Caribbean, Buck Reilly's dream trip goes sideways when his former business partner, fresh out of jail, returns with a vengeance. Buck is quickly eyeballs deep in complications - a race for hidden gold, the beautiful granddaughter of one of St. Barths' most famous swashbucklers, perversely ruthless treasure hunters, an alluring maritime historian, and demons from his past.

Vientiane, 1980: For a man of his age and in his corner of the world, Dr. Siri, the 76-year-old former national coroner of Laos, is doing remarkably well - especially considering the fact that he is possessed by a 1,000-year-old Hmong shaman. That is, until he finds a mysterious note tied to his dog's tail. The death threat is not just aimed at him, but at everyone he holds dear. And whoever wrote the note claims the job will be executed in two weeks. Thus, at the urging of his wife and his motley crew of faithful friends, Dr. Siri must figure out who wants him dead.

After decades as a commissario in his city on the River Po, Piero Trotti has retired. But his newfound peace is brief. An old friend calls him to Siena to give him urgent news: a known hit man has returned to Italy to kill Trotti. The former inspector must admit that he isn't entirely undeserving, as his mistaken accusations and failed gambles have cost innocent lives in the course of his investigations.

When his Agency contact, Pitt Waters, goes missing, Horse's desperate efforts to find his only friend lead him to a Buddhist ashram on the shores of Lake Titicaca. There Horse uncovers his friend's involvement with a group of Gaia-worshipping terrorists who want to kill off the human "disease" infecting the earth. Can Horse find his friend in time? And when he does - will he want to stop him?

Pour que des vies basculent, il suffit parfois d'une seconde. New York, 2018. Assis dans une salle d'embarquement de l'aéroport de La Guardia, Tom Brady observe les autres passagers, autant d'anonymes ignorant tout de son terrible Thanksgiving 2015. Impossible d'oublier ce fameux jeudi ! Une journée noire, agitée, tendue, qui cache d'effroyables secrets mais aussi une vérité glaçante, dérangeante, dont les racines puisent bien plus loin dans le passé.

While on a routine Eco-Watch flight above northern Canada to study one of the most powerful solar flares in history, Donovan Nash and Michael Ross narrowly miss colliding with another aircraft - a Boeing 737 that's not supposed to be there. With the mysterious 737 trailing smoke, Donovan and Michael watch as the stricken aircraft makes an emergency landing on a frozen lake.

The Thirteenth Disciple: America After the Deal is a must-listen, a gripping thriller rooted not only in fantasy but in contemporary American and international events. The audiobook's fast-paced action and bold conspiracies span the globe, but unlike most military and political suspense novels, its epicenter is not Washington, Moscow, or London. Rather, it is a small town in middle America, a town with a long, colorful history that has become a refuge of the rich and famous: Aspen, Colorado.

I got pregnant after a fiery one-night stand. Unaware that he is the grandson of the Multi-Billionaire Mafia King, Mikhail. What was even worse? An arranged marriage. Randy approached me as if he owned me. Teasing me with his perfect body. His voice cut deep into my core, and before I knew it, we were at his place. During the time we spent together, he took me to the moon and back. However, in his eyes, I felt no compassion.

My unplanned contract has led me to be with a grumpy doctor. This is not the time to find out I'm pregnant. Something much worse: Marriage. My one night of mind-blowing passion. That's when I met him. Richard is the son of a billionaire. His body charms any woman. He can take what he wants, and that includes me. He thinks he can keep me, like a commodity to be used. Serving him like the other brat-sons raised in his world. He wants to own me—my body and soul.

'The Adventure of the Second Stain' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is presented with one of his most consequential cases to date, by the Prime Minister himself. A document has been stolen, which if divulged could bring about war.