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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller
Jeffrey Archer's first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less,
is page-turning tale of fraud, revenge and determination as four
men stop at nothing to get back what was stolen from them. One
million dollars - that's what Harvey Metcalfe, lifelong king of
shady deals, has pulled off with empty promises of an oil bonanza
and instant riches. Overnight, four men - the heir to an earldom, a
Harley Street doctor, a Bond Street art dealer and an Oxford don -
find themselves penniless. But this time Harvey has swindled the
wrong men. They band together and shadow him from the casinos of
Monte Carlo to the high-stakes windows at Ascot and the hallowed
lawns of Oxford. Their plan is simple: to sting the crook for
exactly what they lost - not a penny more, not a penny less.
Family first. Family last. The Glass family always... Charley Glass
arrived in her family's lives like the hurricane she'd escaped. But
she hadn't run far enough: the ruthless Giordano family are on her
tail and want two things - her life, and the return of the property
she stole from them. No matter how many bodies stack up. After
years of hoping, Charley finally has the family she's always
wanted, but now she's going to have to tell them the real reason
she came looking for them. There is only one way she's going to
stay alive, and that is to employ the muscle of the notorious Glass
Family. The head of the family, Luke, isn't sure they're strong
enough to take on one of New Orleans' biggest crime gangs. But he'd
put his life on the line to protect the empire they've built - even
if they'll have to take on an enemy hurting enough to cross an
ocean for revenge. Page-turning, gritty, and utterly compelling,
Thief is Owen Mullen's best book yet. Perfect for fans of Martina
Cole, Kimberley Chambers and Mandasue Heller. What readers say
about Owen Mullen: 'Owen Mullen knows how to ramp up the action
just when it's needed... he never fails to give you hard-hitting
thrillers that have moments that will stay with you forever...'
'One of the very best thriller writers I have ever read.' 'Owen
Mullen writes a good story, he really brings his characters to life
and the endings are hard to guess and never what you expected.'
The brand new gritty, addictive gangland thriller from bestseller
Edie Baylis!Revenge will come at a price... With his once thriving
casino business now in ruins, Seb Stoker is certain about two
things: One - he will rebuild bigger and better than ever. And two
- someone will pay for torching his club. But until that day comes,
Seb has bigger things to worry about and a business deal that could
make or break them all... Sam Reynold knows Seb is out for revenge,
and she'll do anything she can to help him. But Sam has her own
enemies and battles to fight - ones much closer to home. With
pressure mounting for both of them, tensions run high. And payback
will be deadly. A gripping new gangland story perfect for fans of
Kimberley Chambers, Heather Atkinson and Caz Finlay. What people
are saying about Edie Baylis! 'From start to finish, fast paced and
gripping. Gangland fiction at its best! Bestselling author Kerry
Kaya. 'Shocking and thrilling at the same time. It will take your
breath away!' Bestselling author Gillian Godden. 'Edie Baylis has
produced another fantastic gangland read. I loved the characters
and was gripped from the first page. A massive 5 stars!'
Bestselling author Caz Finlay.
Lucy and her three best friends share a glamorous but decaying house in
the heart of Georgetown. They call themselves “the Sweeties” and live
an idyllic post-grad lifestyle complete with exciting jobs, dramatic
love lives, and, most importantly, each other.
But when Addie, the group’s queen bee, discovers that her ex-boyfriend
Josh has gone missing, the Sweeties’ worlds are turned upside down. In
the days leading up to his disappearance, Josh, a star investigative
journalist from a prominent political family, was behaving
erratically—and Lucy is determined to find out why. All four friends
upend their lives to search for him, but detectives begin to suspect
that the Sweeties might know more than they’re letting on.
As the investigation unfolds, Lucy’s obsession with the case reaches a
boiling point, and with it, her own troubling secrets begin bubbling to
the surface of her carefully curated life. A thrilling account of the
lies and delusions that lurk beneath cloistered groups of female
friends and the sinister realities of celebrity, Watch Us Fall is a
gripping mystery and an examination of the things we tell ourselves
when we can’t face the truth.
When Walter Nash is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global
crime network his life is turned completely upside down in this
thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
Nash is an intelligent man, tough but fair-minded. He has a wife and a
daughter and a very high-level position at Sybaritic Investments, where
his innate skills and dogged tenacity have carried him to the top of
the pyramid in his business career. Despite never going on grand
adventures, and always working too many hours, he has a happy and
upscale life with his family.
However, following his estranged Vietnam-veteran father’s funeral, Nash
is unexpectedly approached by the FBI in the middle of the night. They
have an important request: become their inside man to expose an
enterprise that is laundering large sums of money through Sybaritic. At
the top of this illegal operation is Victoria Steers, an international
criminal mastermind that the FBI has been trying to bring down for
years.
Nash has little choice but to accept the FBI’s demands and try to bring
Steers and her partners to justice. But when Steers discovers that Nash
is working with the FBI, she turns the tables on him in a way he never
could have contemplated. And that forces Nash to take the ultimate step
both to survive and to take his revenge: He must become the exact
opposite of who he has always been.
And even that may not be enough.
One train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge.
In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson's family. Twelve years later, she's ready for retribution.
Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family's downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of fourteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who've wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them into the hands of authorities waiting at the end of the line. Justice will at last be served.
But Anna's plan is quickly derailed by the murder of one of the passengers. As the train barrels through the night, it becomes clear that someone else on board is enacting their own form of revenge, and that they won't stop until everyone else is dead.
With time running out before the train reaches its destination, Anna is forced to hunt the killer in their midst while protecting the people she hates the most. In order to destroy her enemies, she must first save them, even though it means putting her own life at risk.
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