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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller
A scholarship kid with straight As and massive potential, Evie Gordon
always thought she was special, that she'd be someone.
But after graduating from an elite university, she finds herself
drowning in debt and working as a private tutor to the children of Los
Angeles's super-rich.
Everything changes when Evie arrives at the Victor family's lavish
mansion for her weekly lesson to discover, not the bored teenager she
excepted, but pure carnage: the bloody remains of Mr and Mrs Victor
sullying their beautiful back garden, and a woman crying for help from
within the walls of the house.
Within moments, Evie and the woman go from bystanders to suspects to
fugitives.
Suddenly at the heart of a nation-wide manhunt, Evie finds that her
mysterious companion, who refuses to speak, has quickly become the most
important person in her upside-down life. Meanwhile, the press runs
wild with Evie's story - anointing her the new Charles Manson, a blood
thirsty ninety-nine percenter looking to start a class war.
Evie is - finally and disastrously - someone.
Droll, dark and deeply insightful, Killer Potential is an
edge-of-your-seat break-neck ride, a queer love story, and a darkly
funny critique of the horrors of late capitalism and how the stories
we're sold about our potential can shape the course of our lives.
The mutilated body of a diver is found in the Yucatan peninsula,
far from the coast. In Europe a deadly illness is sweeping through
the continent. When cave diving expert Mike Summers returns to
Mexico and crosses paths with maverick government agent Raphael
Rodriguez, he soon finds himself plunged into a world of intrigue
and terror. Rodriguez has been sent to monitor drug movements along
the Yucatan coastline, Mike is trying to unravel the mystery of his
friend's death, but both find their investigations linked to the
area's ancient subterranean cave systems and to events which shook
the local Maya civilisation some 500 years previously. "Steve
Turley's second adventure thriller is another polished page-turner,
written by an expert in the undersea world of sub-aqua, and an
adventurer in his own right. A classy and enjoyable read."
The turmoil of the Anglo - Scots border continues, thieving and
murder, the standard order of the day, as the cleaver sings its
song of death. Once again Fyreback is on the vengeance trail.
Flowerbell is turning 7 years old, and she really wants a special
party with her friends in Fairy Land. Flowerbell's friends bring
lots of presents, and she has lots of yummy treats and cupcakes.
She has so much fun eating and playing games, that when they were
playing hide and seek, she fell asleep, this was the beginning of
her little adventure, and the start of new friendships.
The television tie-in edition of the ninth novel in Peter James's
multimillion-copy bestselling Roy Grace series.
Now a major TV drama on Britbox, Grace stars John Simm as the titular
character.
A vicious robbery at a secluded Brighton mansion leaves its elderly
occupant fighting for her life. Millions of pounds' worth of valuables
have been stolen.
Within days, Grace is racing against the clock, following a murderous
trail that leads him from the shady antiques world of England, across
Europe and all the way back to the New York waterfront's gang struggles
of 1922, chasing a killer driven by the force of one man's greed and
another man's fury.
Although the Roy Grace novels can be read in any order, Dead Man's Time
is the ninth title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the
Brighton detective's investigations with Want You Dead and Dead If You
Don't.
Kapteins Griessel en Cupido wil van meet af aan nie dié docket hê nie. Die een van Johnson Johnson, oud-poliesman, sy lyk gekry langs die treinspoor anderkant Drie Susters. Want die saak is weke oud. Yskoud. Opgeneuk deur die SAPD, afgedwing op die Valke. Twee passasiers op die wêreld se luuksste trein – waaruit Johnson klaarblyklik gespring het – is spoke. En die arrogante beamptes by die BBP-Beskermingseenheid lieg soos tannetrekkers. Oor kardinale inligting.
Negeduisend kilometer noord leef Daniel Darret sy nuwe, eenvoudige lewe in Bordeaux. Tot Ronnie May opdaag, en hom vra om nog een keer te jag. Sy prooi is die staatsgekaapte president van sy tuisland. Want dít is wat Daniel in die ou dae gedoen het, toe hy ’n laksman vir die Stasi en KGB was.
Kan die Valke die gemors betyds ontrafel om die sluipmoord te keer? Kan Daniel die meedoënlose Russiese agente ontglip wat hom tot elke prys wil elimineer? En gaan Bennie dit alles oorleef om eindelik vir Alexa Barnard te vra om te trou?
Defending Britta Stein is a story of bravery, betrayal, and redemption—from Ronald H. Balson, the winner of the National Jewish Book Award
Chicago, 2018: Ole Henryks, a popular restauranteur, is set to be honored by the Danish/American Association for his many civic and charitable contributions. Frequently appearing on local TV, he is well known for his actions in Nazi-occupied Denmark during World War II—most consider him a hero.
Britta Stein, however, does not. The ninety-year-old Chicago woman levels public accusations against Henryks by spray-painting “Coward,” “Traitor,” “Collaborator,” and “War Criminal” on the walls of his restaurant. Mrs. Stein is ultimately taken into custody and charged with criminal defacement of property. She also becomes the target of a bitter lawsuit filed by Henryks and his son, accusing her of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Attorney Catherine Lockhart, though hesitant at first, agrees to take up Mrs. Stein's defense. With the help of her investigator husband, Liam Taggart, Lockhart must reach back into wartime Denmark and locate evidence that proves Mrs. Stein's innocence. Defending Britta Stein is critically-acclaimed author Ronald H. Balson's thrilling take on a modern day courtroom drama, and a masterful rendition of Denmark’s wartime heroics.
A #1 BESTSELLER IN KINDLE HISTORICAL THRILLERS Ancient scrolls hold
the key to the origins of Christianityabut some will stop at
nothing to hide the truth A suspicious death in Istanbul leaves one
ancient scroll and clues to finding another in the hands of Drew
Korchula, a thirty-two-year-old American expat, a Turkish dwarf
named Kadir, and Zafer, a Special Forces washout. Drew is desperate
to turn everything over to the academic community, and in the
process redeem himself in the eyes of his estranged wife, but Kadir
and Zafer are only interested in what they can get for the scrolls
on the black market. Not everyone wants to see the scrolls go
public, however, and some will stop at nothing to protect the
Church and believers around the world from the revelations embodied
in the priceless manuscripts. An action-packed intellectual
thriller unraveling the mystery of a theological cold case more
than two thousand years old, The Christos Mosaic is a monumental
work of biblical research wrapped in a story of love, faith, human
frailty, friendship, and forgiveness. Author Vincent Czyz takes the
reader through the backstreets of Istanbul, Antakya (ancient
Antioch), and Cairo, to clandestine negotiations with wealthy
antiquities smugglers andruthless soldiers of fortune, to dusty
Egyptian monasteries, on a nautical skirmish off the coast of
Alexandria, and finally to the ruins of Constantine's palace buried
deep beneath the streets of present-day Istanbul.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Another thrilling domestic
suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The
Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family "The End of Her will keep
you guessing right up to the end . . . once you pick it up, you
will not want to put it down." -USA Today "[Shari Lapena is] the
queen of the one-sit read" -Linwood Barclay A long-ago accident-and
a visitor from out of the blue. . . Stephanie and Patrick are
adjusting to life with their colicky twin girls. The babies are a
handful, but even as Stephanie struggles with the disorientation of
sleep deprivation, there's one thing she's sure of: she has all she
ever wanted. Then Erica, a woman from Patrick's past, appears and
makes a disturbing accusation. Patrick had always said his first
wife's death was an accident, but now Erica claims it was murder.
Patrick insists he's innocent, that this is nothing but a blackmail
attempt. Still, Erica knows things about Patrick--things that make
Stephanie begin to question her husband. Stephanie isn't sure what,
or who, to believe. As Stephanie's trust in Patrick begins to
falter, Patrick stands to lose everything. Is Patrick telling the
truth--is Erica the persuasive liar Patrick says she is? Or has
Stephanie made a terrible mistake? How will it end?
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