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Having abandoned corporate law, David Adams is now the voice of justice for the city of Austin’s vulnerable outcasts. His new client is Parker Barnes, a trembling twelve-year-old runaway and foster-care poster boy arrested for petty theft. Dealt a rough hand in life, he reminds David of his own childhood. This should be a simple, if heartbreakingly familiar, case. Until the FBI muscles in. Parker is also a suspect in the murder of a federal witness. No matter how desperate Parker’s denial, David fears there’s so much more to the kid’s hard-luck story than he’s letting on.

Der scheinbar aussichtslose Kampf gegen ein machtgieriges Kartell - perfekt choreographiert und packend bis zum Schluss: Für die junge Staatsanwältin Sophie Wolf ist es der erste richtige Fall: Sie soll die Ermittlungen des Bundeskriminalamtes bei einem illegalen Waffengeschäft leiten. Dass der BKA-Präsident ihr Vater ist, zu dem sie seit ihrer Kindheit keinen Kontakt hatte, macht ihr die Sache nicht unbedingt leichter.

Grand avocat de la défense, Mickey Haller est fort surpris lorsque le procureur du comté de Los Angeles lui demande de plaider pour l'accusation. Et l'affaire est importante : incarcéré depuis vingt-quatre ans pour le meurtre d'une fillette, Jason Jessup vient d'être libéré, le tribunal souhaitant une révision de son procès après un test ADN qui semble l'innocenter. Haller est persuadé que Jessup est coupable et prend Harry Bosch comme enquêteur.

Michael Berrington is a bachelor leading a quiet life in London. Overhearing a conversation at his club one day, he becomes interested in a discussion regarding a man named Gastrell. Gastrell is somewhat of a mystery to the club members in spite of his renting a house from one of them. Berrington’s interest in Gastrell intensifies as his fiancé, Dulcie Challoner, befriends a wealthy widow, Mrs. Connie Stapleton who evidently has some type of relationship with Gastrell.

Our world is plagued by the devious schemes of disguised cheaters and thieves. The worst of these frauds are perpetrated by prominent figures - powerful people with sincere smiles, boundless ambitions, and flexible souls. They play on hope, fear, and pride while stealing billions right before our eyes. This is the story of one such group. Although thoroughly unpredictable, it’s inspired by true events.

A compelling new novel from Richard North Patterson- a major departure, and that confirms his place among the most important popular novelists at work today. A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court. His first choice is a...

The destruction of the International Space Station and the discovery of an ancient scroll are inextricably intertwined in this debut crossover thriller from a former Navy helicopter pilot. The International Space Station suddenly loses contact with Earth. When a NASA tech devises a way to...

“Meltzer has earned the right to belly up to the bar with John Grisham, Scott Turow, and David Baldacci.” – People The young attorneys who clerk for Supreme Court justices wield extraordinary power—privy to sensitive material that could prove disastrous in unscrupulous hands, making...

Special agent Rake Ozenna watches as a fleet of Russian military helicopters head straight for his home. His tiny Alaskan island, with a population of just 80. What he doesn't know yet is why. Russia is playing a dangerous political game, reclaiming Rake's island as their own, even if it antagonises the US. Caught in the crosshairs of sabre-rattling big powers, Rake is determined to save his people and his island, even if it costs him his life.

An Italian general is found dead in his apartment. Next to his body is a small card inscribed with a salamander in a bed of flames. Is it suicide or murder? Dante Matucci, a captain in the Italian secret service, begins an investigation that leads him into a maze of political violence and intrigue. He meets the general’s former mistress, Lili Anders, and embarks on a dangerous affair with the beautiful onetime spy.

Rédacteur de la revue "Millénium", Mikael Blomkvist est contacté par l'industriel Henrik Vanger pour relancer une enquête abandonnée depuis quarante ans : la disparition de sa petite nièce. Secondé par Lisbeth Salander, jeune femme rebelle et "hacker" hors pair, le journaliste va résoudre l'"affaire des fleurs séchées" et, au passage, découvrir des malversations qu'il aurait sans doute mieux valu ignorer.

You are about to discover the most devastating political secret of the 20th century. The secret for which US presidents were assassinated, resigned or disgraced. Your own life has been living out in the shadow it has cast since 1962....

Nach seiner Niederlage an der Berliner Mauer hat George Smiley den britischen Geheimdienst verlassen. Das westliche Agentennetz liegt am Boden, als ein russischer Spion unter ungewöhnlichen Umständen zu den Briten überläuft. Und der Mann, den er in London töten sollte, ist verschwunden. Smiley übernimmt die Befragung einer Kollegin des Vermissten. Doch Moskaus Schatten sind lang, und Smiley verfolgt wider besseres Wissen den Doppelspion, der für seine Niederlage verantwortlich war. Doch der ist ihm wie es scheint immer einen Schritt voraus.

It's been 20 years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global microdemocracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections. With another election on the horizon, the Supermajority is in tight contention, and everything's on the line.

A ringing phone awakes Dan Lennigin, college student, in the middle of the night, and the caller baffles him with a stream of panicked gibberish. It is a code, meant for someone else’s ears, and it draws Dan inexorably into a tangled international conspiracy. Minutes after the call, an operative for antiterrorist agency Lucifer is killed, and his superiors come for Dan. He is the only one who heard the warning, and now that he knows what is happening, he can’t say no. Ever since his vacationing father was murdered by hijackers, Dan has dreamed about taking revenge on the world’s terrorists. But this threat is no fantasy.

From coast to coast, our nation is witnessing a new wave of terror. Suicide bombers incite blind panic and paralyzing fear. A flight attendant tries to crash an airliner. A police officer opens fire on fans in a stadium. And at CIA headquarters, a deputy director goes on a murderous rampage. The perpetrators appear to be American - but they are covert agents in a vast network of terror, selected and trained for one purpose only: the complete annihilation of America.

Tim Donovan is a Catholic priest with a guilty conscience - though not in the way you’d guess. And Katherine Donne is a Parisian socialite who long ago kicked her self-respect to the curb - for good and for ill. And much closer, we have a group of men whose fortunes, graying temples, and positions in life are distinguished and enviable. But their morals? Anything but. And that’s where Evan Reed comes in.

They call it Hell Day - a world war that lasted less than 24 hours. Nations unleashed weapons that destroyed more than a century’s worth of technology. Electrical grids cannot generate power. Communications and computers cannot run. And the remnants of the US government cannot be depended upon. Those who survived must live as their ancestors did, off a land ruled by the whims of nature. Onetime congressional representative Victoria Emerson has become the new leader of the small town of Ortho, West Virginia.

Europa in nicht allzu ferner Zukunft. Die Digitalisierung ist weit fortgeschritten, Maschinen erledigen die meiste Arbeit, während ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen, das sogenannte "Freiheitsgeld", dafür sorgt, dass jeder ein menschenwürdiges Leben führen kann. Als der Politiker, der das Freiheitsgeld eingeführt hat, tot aufgefunden wird, wirkt es zunächst wie ein Selbstmord. Doch dann wird der Journalist ermordet, der einst als sein größter Gegenspieler galt.

It begins with a tantalizing clue: a recent photograph taken of Raphael’s Portrait of a Young Man - one of the most priceless masterworks ever plundered by the Nazis, which disappeared and was believed destroyed. Now, with proof of its existence, the Polish government wants it back. One wrong move and it could vanish forever. Because bound together with the missing artwork are secrets that have remained buried for a reason.