Showing results by publisher "SAGA Egmont" in Thriller & Suspense

The killer was supposed to be gone. But the killings are hauntingly familiar. Detective Ravn thought he was done with the worst of homicide. He lives quietly on his houseboat, Bianca, working as a PI on trivial domestic dramas – until a nervous client asks for help finding an old school friend. Seventeen years ago, two boys committed a crime so brutal they vanished into witness protection. New names. New lives. Gone. Now, women are being hunted across Copenhagen. The attacks are vicious, ritualistic and unmistakably familiar. Ravn's client is certain: one of those boys is behind the attacks.

A hero will fall. An emperor will rise. Mark Antony has avenged Julius Caesar. Victor over Caesar's murderers, Brutus and Cassius, Antony is hailed as the most powerful man in the world. Yet he cannot be complacent. Octavian, Caesar's heir, is ambitious, intelligent, and ruthless. To hold onto his position, Antony must prove himself with a great military victory.

Lubji Hoch escapes from the Nazis, moves to Berlin and changes his name to Richard Armitage. After a successful career in the British Army, he takes over a struggling newspaper and with unrivalled ruthlessness begins building his media empire. Meanwhile, Keith Townsend, the son of a millionaire and Oxford educated, returns to Australia from London to take over his father's newspaper with similar ambitions. As both men move their quest for power to the world stage, they realise they are more than a match for one another's brilliance and ambition.

The wrong number was just the beginning. Will and Amanda Thorne seem to have it all: a loving marriage, a beautiful home, and a future laid out before them. Until a mysterious phone call insists on speaking to Jake Burton – a name Amanda has never heard. By the next morning, Will has vanished without a trace, plunging Amanda headfirst into a dangerous investigation, exposing a hidden world of drug dealers, ruthless criminals, and devastating lies. As she fights to uncover the truth with the aid of her detective ex-boyfriend, one question haunts her: Did she ever really know the man she loved?

Separated at birth by a desperate nurse who loses a millionaire's son to cot death, twin boys grow up without any knowledge of the other. Nat Cartwright lives with his middle-class birth parents and grows up to becomes a war hero in the Vietnam War before returning home to run for office in the Republican party. Fletcher Davenport becomes the only son of the millionaire couple. After graduating from Yale, he builds a reputation as a prolific criminal defence lawyer before he too delves into politics as a Democrat.

Connor Fitzgerald is the CIA’s most deadly assassin. On the brink of his retirement, he is sent to Russia for one last hit. Except this isn’t just another job. After a fall out between the CIA and the White House over the assassination of a prominent Colombian politician, his boss is now using the Russian Mafia to cover her tracks. Fitzgerald is not going to St Petersburg to kill, he’s going to die. A page-turning, political thriller about espionage and betrayal by the acclaimed British writer, Jeffrey Archer.

Brothers. Emperors. Deadly enemies... An unputdownable novel of intrigue and combat in Ancient Rome. Emperor Severus is on his deathbed. His sons Geta and Caracalla, feuding in Britannia, are readying for a devastating power struggle. Silus, now a centurion in the Arcani, the secrete network of spies and assassins, is thrown into the maelstrom. Back in Ancient Rome, plots breed in the stinking alleys. Everyone might be an enemy. Everyone a traitor. As an Imperial Assassin, Silus’ loyalty will be tested to breaking point.

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive... a female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle... a young artist gets the biggest break of her career... a restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration... an escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland... How will they react? How would you? "Twelve Red Herrings" is the third collection of irresistible short stories from master storyteller, Jeffrey Archer.

Will Britain take him in... or mark him as its enemy? Faustus Valerianus is the son of a Roman father and a British mother, a captive sold among the spoils after Claudius’ invasion. When both parents die within a month of each other, he sells the family farm and enlists, joining legendary general Agricola’s campaign to conquer the entirety of the British Isles. But Faustus will have to contend with more than ferocious British warriors and whip-cracking elements. For the bonds of blood can weigh heavy on one’s soul. The call of his mother’s true people.

When Edinburgh reporter Frankie is assigned a high-profile crime story about a series of sexual assaults, she relishes the prospect of her big break. But her exposé ignites a storm, and Incels, trolls and men's-rights extremists seize on Frankie as their new hate figure. First come the threatening anonymous emails. Then the obscene phone calls. And then the fake taxi driver with a gun.

La nuova indagine del "Tomba", il solitario vicequestore milanese con la passione per gli Eagles, lo porterà a remare contro le apparenze e contro i suoi colleghi. La cena del Tomba viene interrotta quando un giovane con ferite da arma da fuoco entra nel ristorante e racconta al vicequestore di essere stato aggredito nel vicino Parco Lambro. Il Tomba, però, non è convinto del resoconto del ragazzo.

Zwölf Jahre alt sind die Zwillinge Eli und Andrea, als ihre Eltern in einem Flammeninferno ums Leben kommen – und man Eli anschließend rußverschmiert mit dem Feuerzeug in der Hand auffindet. Zwölf Jahre geht der bildhübsche, ebenso charismatische wie hochmanipulative Junge dafür ins Gefängnis. Doch nun ist Eli wieder auf freiem Fuß, und in Andreas Umfeld beginnen sich gewaltsame Todesfälle zu häufen.

A desolate wasteland. A mission gone wrong. An impossible goal. Roman scout, Silus, is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy chief and his son. Mounting a one-man ambush, everything quickly goes wrong and Silus must run for his life, the head of the enemy leader in his hands. Little does he know the price he will pay... As Silus is inducted into the Arcani, an elite faction of assassins and spies, he must return to Caledonia and risk everything in the service of his Caesar.

Blood is thicker than water, the family bond stronger than any other. A gripping psychological thriller that will hook you from page one - the perfect read for fans of C.L. Taylor, T.M. Logan, and Adele Parks. The Laird-Shaw family live a life most only dream about. Self-made millionaires Gavin Shaw and Stevie Laird built their business from humble roots to global turnover, Stevie’s wife - and Gavin’s sister - Eva is never out of the style pages.

Amber. As the top performer at Angel Silk gentleman’s club, she’s seen it all, been forced to do things she never wanted to do. She’s tired of this life... but can she escape it? Lizzy. To the women at Angel Silk, she’s the strong queen bee, mother to the girls. But she’s hiding her own dark secrets - and if they come to light, her life could be destroyed. Jade. The newest dancer at Angel Silk, she’s innocent, beautiful... and trapped.

Wer meint es ehrlich - und wer spielt mit ihr? Die Sehnsucht nach Freiheit führt Louisa an den Gardasee - doch ihr Neuanfang samt eigener Boutique wird zum Albtraum. Anonyme Nachrichten, rätselhafte Vorfälle, das Gefühl, beobachtet zu werden. Schutz findet sie bei ihrem charismatischen Vermieter Pino, dem sie rasch näherkommt.

When evidence that could clear her estranged husband, Jack Young, of a brutal crime lands in her hands, Tarryn Young becomes a target. The file can save Jack—but it could also destroy her family. Out of options and on the run, Tarryn turns to the one person who might help her expose the truth—The Phantom, a shadowy reporter. Now, forced to work side-by-side with Jack, Tarryn must decide how much she's willing to risk.

Where we're going together matters more than where we started. U.S. Marshal Justin Young has finally made peace with his past: a closed adoption, a loving Key West family, and a carefully guarded yet broken heart. But when the arson case that brings him home to Key West becomes far more complex, Justin suddenly finds his whole world turned upside down—and things only become more complicated when Robin Kelly resurfaces in his life. With almost every law agency across the country hunting her down, Robin has no choice but to chase the truth that could clear her name.

Seyvanna, fille du puissant parrain Pavlenski, évolue dans le monde brutal de la mafia russe. Son frère, Mikhaïl, futur héritier du clan, exerce sur elle un amour possessif et obsessionnel, la traitant comme sa chose, prêt à tuer quiconque oserait la toucher. Quand Jonas Somber Jann enfreint cette règle tacite et séduit Seyvanna, l'alliance entre les deux hommes se rompt.

Rechtsanwältin Aenne Feddersen ermittelt mit zwanghaftem Scharfsinn und nordischem Charme dort, wo Gummistiefel und Fischbrötchen zum Kulturgut gehören. Aenne Feddersen kämpft als Strafverteidigerin nicht nur erbittert vor Gericht, sondern auch täglich gegen ihre manischen Zwänge an. In den Husumer Messehallen wird Hans Joachim Borchert, ein einflussreicher Mann der Fleischindustrie, auf brutale Weise getötet – inszeniert wie eine Schlachtung.