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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller
No Mercy is a harrowing tale of suspense, brutal murder and the
dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of a placid, tight-knit
town. Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Linwood Barclay this is
a page-turning thriller. The peaceful town of Wintersville is a
place safe from the crime and congestion of city life, where
neighbours feel like family. It's the perfect place to live. But
when a teenager is discovered brutally murdered in the woods, it
becomes clear that a psychopath is roaming the streets. Dr Ben
Stevenson, the town's medical examiner, and father of two young
boys, becomes entangled in the hunt for the murderer, determined to
keep his family safe. But as Ben uncovers the dark secrets of his
seemingly quiet community, he confronts a truth that will haunt him
forever and puts those he loves in serious danger.
The follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Phoenix Island," which
reads like ""Lord of the Flies" meets Wolverine and "Cool Hand
Luke"" (F. Paul Wilson, creator of Repairman Jack) and inspired the
CBS TV show "Intelligence."
With a chip in his head and hundreds more throughout his body,
sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman was turned from an orphan with
impulse control issues into a super-soldier. Forced into the
mercenary Phoenix Force group, he begins to fear he'll never
escape. Sent to a volcanic island to fight for them, he'll compete
in a combat tournament that awards teens with survival for
merciless brutality. But just when all looks lost, he spies a
friendly face...and possibly a way out.
A magnificent novel of ambition, love and adventure It had not been
easy for Joe Mahoney to leave his beloved Rhodesia. All he
possessed by the time he reached England was a battered cargo plane
and a dream. From this slender beginning, Mahoney and his partner
built the Rainbow - the project that would revolutionise the face
of commercial flying. Mahoney had everything to gain and little
enough to lose - but there were some very interested parties who
planned to make certain he lost it all ...
Nathan Silverman grew up in Berlin in the 1920s, the son of a homemaker and a theoretical physicist. His idyllic childhood was soon marred by increasing levels of bigotry against his family and the rest of the Jewish community, and after his uncle is arrested on Kristallnacht, he leaves Germany for New York City with only his mother’s wedding ring to sell for survival.
While attending an evening course at Columbia in 1941, Nathan notices a recruitment poster on a university wall and decides to enlist in the military and help fight the Nazi regime. To his surprise, he is quickly selected for a special assignment; he is trained as a spy, and ordered to report to the Manhattan Project. There he learns that the Allies are racing to develop a nuclear weapon before the Nazis, and a German theoretical physicist is hoping to defect. The physicist was a friend of his father's, and Nathan's mission is to return to Berlin via France and smuggle him out of Europe.
Nathan will be accompanied by Dr. Allison Fisher, a brilliant young scientist who can speak French; he travels to her lab at the University of Chicago for a crash course in nuclear physics, then they embark on their adventure. Nathan and Allison soon develop feelings for one another, but as their relationship deepens they move ever closer to their dangerous goal. Will they be able to escape Europe with the defector and start a new life together, or will they fail their mission and become two more casualties of war?
An Affair of Spies is an action-packed tale of heroism and love in the face of unspeakable evil. Author Ronald H. Balson has applied his unmatched talent for evocative and painstakingly authentic storytelling to the high-stakes world of espionage and created his most thrilling novel yet.
DCI Merlin Parry has to use all his skill and experience to crack a
murder case where the victim was killed in front of thousands of
shoppers, but not a single witness is to be found. A neurotic,
barren wife acquires a baby illegally. Seventeen years on, with her
husband now a prosperous Welsh businessman, someone discovers her
secret and blackmail begins. A murder follows in Cardiff's vibrant
Central Market in front of thousands of shoppers - but, bizarrely,
there are no witnesses. Chief Inspector Merlin Parry, aided as
every by Sergeant Gomer Lloyd, tackles a baffling human drama that
intrigues right up to the nail-biting denouement, the whole
leavened with masterly characterisation and polished wit.
An enthralling tale of courtroom drama, blackmail and high
adventure in Hong Kong in the last year of British rule, from the
bestselling author of Hold My Hand I'm Dying and Roots of Outrage.
Adventure, romance, political insight and dramatic locations -
ingredients that have established John Gordon Davis as a major name
in international adventure thrillers. Now he has added his own
experience as a lawyer in Hong Kong to create an action-packed
tale, filled with powerful courtroom scenes, set against the
dramatic background of a city preparing for political upheaval. Al
Hargreave, Hong Kong's Director of Public Prosecutions, is taking a
break in nearby Macao to recover from the collapse of his marriage
when he meets Olga, a beautiful Russian. Almost before he knows
what's happening, they are planning a new life together - the only
problem is that Olga's pimp has other ideas. Suddenly Olga is
snatched away, and Al is presented with an impossible dilemma.
Either he commits professional suicide by intentionally losing a
case against a Russian Mafia boss, or he gives up any chance of
happiness, and leaves Olga to suffer an unknown fate at the hands
of her captors in Moscow.
An unforgettable tale of adventure and heartache in the unforgiving
Australian Outback. A stirring account of a woman's awakening -
tension, passion and heart-stopping action. Helen McKenzie is
looking into the future and she doesn't like what she sees. Her
role as a mother is almost over - her husband works thousands of
miles away, her children will soon leave home - and she is alone in
the Australian Outback, facing a terrible dilemma. Should she take
off to pursue her unfulfilled ambitions, or stay behind, a faithful
wife, locked in predictable security? Ben Sunninghill has all the
freedom he wants. Travelling the world on a motorbike, this
carefree stranger from New York never spends long in one place -
until he appears in Helen's backyard to borrow a spanner, stays on
to help out around the farm, and ends up changing their lives
forever. Ben gives Helen the confidence to take control of her own
destiny, but finds himself losing control of his. As Helen and Ben
battle with their feelings, a storm of troubles is brewing that
will leave behind a trail of broken lives ...
A Pope is dead; his successor has just survived an assassination
attempt; death is meted out in the South Atlantic with the
explosive fury of Exocet missiles; a disgraced banker is found
hanging under a London bridge; a row of US servicemen's coffins is
lined up in the Caribbean heat of Grenada ... The events at first
seem unconnected, but are linked by their shocking violence. And it
is these events that take Jack Morgan back to the Caribbean island
where the woman he was to have married, Anna Hapsburg, is fighting
for survival. Morgan has been drummed out of the Navy on trumped-up
charges, and Anna's husband, Max, is deeply implicated not only in
Morgan's fll from grace, but also in an international network of
shady deals that tie in with the recent events. Together, Morgan
and Anna uncover a deviously camouflaged trail that will lead them
to the rotten core of a worldwide conspiracy that goes to the top
of the seemingly respectable governments and religious institutions
...
'They'll shoot you Davey - like an animal yourself ...' To half the
world they were folk heroes. To the other half they were lunatic
vandals. Davey Jordon - the quiet man burning with a silent rage.
Charlie Buffalohorn - the full-blooded Cherokee steeped in the
ancient faiths of his people. In the earliest hours of the New York
morning they were driving big trucks west for the Smokey Mountains.
By dawn the alarm was up and it seemed like half the goddamned
nation was coming to gun them down.
The sins of the past come home to roost in the New South Africa in
the action-packed new novel from a master of the international
thriller. The bestselling author of Hold My Hand I'm Dying and
Roots of Outrage returns once more to the country he knows best -
South Africa - for his heart-thumping new thriller, filled with
political intrigue, courtroom drama and high adventure. Since the
historic 1994 elections brought in the New South Africa, Jack
Harker, a former operative for South African military intelligence,
has created a new identity for himself as a publisher in New York,
and a new life with writer and activist Josephine Valentine, who
knows nothing of his undercover past. But his world is suddenly
thrown into turmoil when he hears about the new Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, which offers amnesty to those who
confess to crimes committed during the dark days of Apartheid, and
prosecution to those who do not. If Jack tells the truth about
everything he was ordered to do in the service of his country, will
Josephine ever be able to forgive him? If he keeps quiet, will
former colleagues betray him? And will he even be given the choice?
His confession would implicate a lot of powerful people, and it
soon becomes clear that they will go to any lengths to ensure he
will never be able to testify.
***Previously published in hardback as Midnight***
With her life back in London falling apart, Olivia cannot believe her
luck when she's invited on a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic cruise with
her boyfriend, Aaron.
Olivia has never been anywhere so spectacular: huge cliffs of ice loom
high on the horizon, penguins dive through the sparkling sea, and above
it all, the sun never sets in the eerie twilight sky.
And then Aaron disappears. And a body is discovered on board.
Surrounded by strangers, Olivia has no idea who she can trust.
And if she can't figure it out soon, she won't make it back alive...
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