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Husband and wife Archie and Francine Hughes are heroes in their hometown of Philadelphia. Archie is a football star, while Francine is a Grammy-winning singer. So everyone is in a state of shock when news breaks about the seemingly perfect couple. One spouse is murdered. The other is Suspect Number One. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it's the hottest ticket in town. For the defence: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to the stars. For the prosecution: Veena Lion, an attorney so bright she's got to wear shades. Between them, they know every secret in the Hughes household. Together, they prove how two wrongs can make a right.
Three generations - torn apart by one bullet. Philadelphia 1965: Two street cops - one black, one white - are gunned down in a robbery gone wrong. The killer is never prosecuted. One of the fallen officers, Stanislaw Walczak, leaves behind a twelve-year-old boy, Jimmy... Philadelphia 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father's alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, is out of prison. Walczak will be waiting, determined to squeeze the truth out of him - any way he can. Philadelphia 2015: Jim Walczak's daughter Audrey, studying forensic science in grad school, reinvestigates her grandfather's murder for her dissertation. But the deeper Audrey digs, the more she realises: the man everyone thinks killed Walczak didn't do it... And when the truth comes out, the danger's only going to grow.
A mild-mannered consultant is reluctantly forced into a race against the clock as he attempts to thwart a terrorist plot, in this gritty, countdown crime thriller set in modern-day Philadelphia. During an angry confrontation at two-bit motel, mild-mannered consultant Joe Hayward is thrown headfirst into the middle of a frightening terrorist plot to bring Philadelphia to its knees. With only two hours to thwart the attack, Joe is going to need all the help he can get... including that of his wife's paramour!
"CATCH AND KILL" BY DUANE SWIERCZYNSKIA nationwide tragedy took away Luke and Joanne Collins' son, and now they roam the country in search of those they feel were responsible for his death. Their goal is simple: catch and kill."SAVE THE CHEERLEADER, DESTROY THE WORLD" BY KEITH R. A. DECANDIDOWhen she jumped off a Ferris wheel in Central Park and survived, Claire Bennet changed the world. Now "Evos" - Evolved Humans - are exposed. In this story we discover what happened to Claire after that fateful moment."A LONG WAY FROM HOME" BY KEVIN J. ANDERSON AND PETER J. WACKSA group of Evolved Humans use their abilities to plan an escape from a detention center for people with very unusual powers.THREE BRAND-NEW NOVELLAS BASED ON NBC'S WORLD-WIDE HIT TV SERIES HEROES, AND THE EPIC EVENT SERIES HEROES REBORN.
Nobody Runs Forever opens a three-part saga with a job at a poker game that sours into a necktie party. When Parker goes in on a messy scam--stealing an armored car--with someone he barely knows, as usual the amateurs get in the way of the job. From a nervous ex-con and his well-intentioned sister to a bank manager's two-timing wife and a beautiful, relentless cop, too many people have their hands too close to Parker's pie. Even when he sees the job turning bad, he can't let go of the score--and there just might be nowhere left to run...
It was supposed to be only a temporary job--something to pay the
bills until Dusty could get his feet back on the ground and raise
enough money for medical school. After all, there's nothing wrong
with being a bellboy at a respectable hotel like the Manton--that
is, until "she" came along.
The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back
from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski.
In this neighborhood, make a wrong turn... .".. and you're history." Mickey Wade is a recently-unemployed journalist who lucked into a rent-free apartment--his sick grandfather's place. The only problem: it's in a lousy neighborhood--the one where Mickey grew up, in fact. The one he was so desperate to escape. But now he's back. Dead broke. And just when he thinks he's reached rock bottom, Mickey wakes up in the past. Literally. At first he thinks it's a dream. All of the stores he remembered from his childhood, the cars, the rumble of the elevated train. But as he digs deeper into the past, searching for answers about the grandfather he hardly knows, Mickey meets the twelve-year-old kid who lives in the apartment below. The kid who will grow up to someday murder Mickey's father.
Jamie DeBroux's boss has called a special meeting for all "key personnel" at 9:00 a.m. on a hot Saturday in August. When Jamie arrives, the conference room is stocked with cookies and champagne. His boss smiles and tells his employees, "We're a cover for a branch of the intelligence community. And we're being shut down." Jamie's boss then tells everyone to drink some champagne, and in a few seconds they'll fall asleep---for good. If they refuse, they'll be shot in the head. Escape is not an option. Jamie's boss has shut down the elevators and rigged the fire towers with chemical bombs. Panic sets in, chaos erupts, and no one is sure whom to trust. Jamie quickly realizes that there's only one way he's ever going to see his family again: the hard way.
The night before a big meeting, Jack Eisley is sitting in an
airport bar in Philadelphia, chatting up a pretty young blonde.
Sure, Jack has a wife and daughter at home, but this is just a
little harmless flirting. Harmless, that is, until the blonde leans
forward and says, "I poisoned your drink."
Meet Lennon, a mute Irish getaway driver who has fallen in with the
wrong heist team on the wrong day at the wrong bank. Betrayed, his
money stolen and his battered carcass left for dead, Lennon is on a
one-way mission to find out who is responsible--and to get back his
loot. But the robbery has sent a violent ripple effect through the
streets of Philadelphia. And now a dirty cop, the Russian and
Italian mobs, the mayor's hired gun, and a keyboard player in a
college rock band maneuver for position as this adrenaline-fueled
novel twists and turns its way toward its explosive
conclusion.
In Ask the Parrot, Parker's back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he meets a small-town recluse who Forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the racetrack that fired him. Even on the run, Parker manages to get up to no good. It'll be a deadly day at the races.
FUN & GAMES AND HELL & GONE COME FULL CIRCLE IN THE HARDIE
SERIES' ASTONISHING CONCLUSION.
The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back
from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski.
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Collects Punisher MAX Annual 2007, Punisher: Force of Nature, Punisher: Little Black Book, Punisher (2004) #61-65, Punisher: Frank Castle MAX #66-75. Tales of death, depravity and destruction — Punisher-style! Frank Castle's relentless war on crime leads him to Mexico, Philadelphia and Louisiana. But when he's left with six hours to live, that only means he has time to kill! The Punisher will face unspeakable horrors, and ride shotgun with a lady whose little black book is filled with dark secrets. He'll cut through New York's seedy underbelly in search of the one gang member that got away. And he'll be a force of nature on the high seas. But he'll never escape his past, as five stories take an unflinching look at what really happened the day Frank Castle's family died…and the Punisher was born!
The first of three explosive pulp thrillers arriving back-to-back
from cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane
Swierczynski. |
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