Showing results for "The Deal" in Thriller & Suspense

People can buy your silence, but not your loyalty… Macy Taylor was born in the shadow of Tavistock Square, at the heart of her Manchester estate. It’s got a reputation as a place where bad things happen. But it’s kept her secrets and she’s kept its code of silence. If you need something...

While John Deal is busy with his thriving construction business, he is shocked to learn that his closest friend, Barbara, is dead. Although the police tag it as suicide, Deal is suspicious. And when Barbara’s sister, a beautiful film star, disappears, he is driven to find the relationship between the two cases. The link is one that will put Deal in the midst of Chinese gangsters and piles of tainted cash.

Therapist June Graves moonlights as a killer who hunts abusive men. When a client’s niece goes missing, all signs point to her dangerous ex-boyfriend, Theo Zervas. It doesn’t take long for June to decide he will be her next victim. Theo Zervas, president of a local outlaw motorcycle club, the Saints of Purgatory, is intimately familiar with danger and death. He’s been looking over his shoulder his entire life, so it’s not hard to notice his sexy shadow.

World renowned neurosurgeon Jon Ritter is on the verge of a medical breakthrough that will change the world. His groundbreaking surgical treatment, using transplanted non-human stem cells, is set to eradicate the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease and give hope to millions. But when the procedure is slated for testing, it all comes to an abrupt and terrifying halt.

You know that saying, "Desperate times call for desperate measures." That could be the next chapter in my life. I never thought I'd call the Alpha Alliance and ask for assistance, but here we are. Somehow, that one call ended with me agreeing to go offline with four alphas. Four crazy good looking alphas that feel right. And don't get me started about the way they smell... But, and that's a big but, there are a few issues. Like the fact I've got a secret, or twenty, and being an omega isn't one of them.

Les Standiford is the best-selling author of the famous John Deal suspense series, including Presidential Deal. The quickly paced plot, intriguing characters, and electric dialogue found in Deal With the Dead will please longtime fans and enthrall newcomers. John Deal is attempting to resurrect his late father’s failed building firm when he makes an awesome discovery. Now he faces the strong-arm tactics of the same secret organization that ruined his father.

Apple insider Joe Hutsko offers a ringside seat to the struggle for control of America's most innovative computer company. Meet Peter Jones: brilliant, mercurial, he literally invented the personal computer. And Matthew Locke: quintessential company man and marketing genius. Both are determined to control Via Computers, the company Jones began in his garage, forged out of vision and chutzpah, and - some say - is dangerously close to destroying.

While Deal is trying to salvage his relationship with his estranged wife, Janice, a string of murders rocks Miami. The first victim is independent bookseller Arch Dolan, Janice's boss. But the next two are more powerful figures in the publishing world. Deal and Janice become investigative partners, if not romantic ones. And their search to find out who is behind the killings takes them into the midst of a deadly battle for a media empire.

One look at Jericho Forge, and I knew the rumors were true. He was a predator, and he had set his sights on me. I knew better than to bet more than I could afford to lose that night. I knew better than to bet myself. But desperation leads to bad decisions, and I thought there was no way I could lose. I was wrong. Now I have no choice but to make a deal with the devil....

Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are murdered. Bond must find the others and conduct them to safety before they meet a similar fate. In a race against time, Bond travels to Ireland and the KGB is soon on the scene. But all is not as it seems and soon Bond finds he needs all his wits to negotiate a labyrinth of double-crossing that is to lead him to a bewildering showdown in a remote corner of the Kowloon province of Hong Kong.

I’m in trouble. Deep, deep trouble. I never meant for it to happen, but my ex is dead—and I’m the one who pulled the trigger. Whether he deserved it or not, whether anyone will even miss that jerk, it doesn’t matter. Joey is dead, and I have to figure out what to do before I get caught with a corpse on my hand.

Nur sie kann sein Leben retten. Nach ihrer traumatischen Kindheit hat Meliya es endlich geschafft, ihr Leben in geregelte Bahnen zu lenken, und ihr Studium begonnen. Doch dann wird sie unterwegs überwältigt und wacht erst im Haus der Aydemirs wieder auf. Die vier Brüder, die sie entführt haben, gehören zu einer der mächtigsten Mafia-Familien der Türkei, und sie wollen etwas von ihr: eine Leberspende für ihren todkranken jüngsten Bruder. Denn Melyia gehört zu den wenigen Menschen weltweit mit der Blutgruppe Rh-Null, namens goldenes Blut, und kommt daher als Spenderin infrage.

A D.C. philanthropist suspects that her seemingly perfect employee is secretly plotting to steal her husband, her reputation—even her life—in this seductive novel of psychological suspense from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish. “A deadly cocktail of medical...

Johnny Deal is about to receive a presidential award for heroically rescuing 20 people from Miami waters. At the ceremony, however, as the president’s wife stands in for her husband, terrorists attack the stage. Now Johnny and the First Lady are hostages, and Johnny’s chances to remain a hero are rapidly slipping away. As each scene unfolds, it is sure to satisfy your thirst for brawny, fast-paced suspense. Standiford crafts a fascinating vision of one man determined to keep his equilibrium amidst the twisted residents of the Florida underworld.

Done Deal is filled with gripping characters, unforgettable encounters and unexpected twists. As the Miami sun shines down on a brutal world of corruption and violence, Johnny Deal is salvaging what is left of his family’s contracting business. His four-plex will be completed once he pays off a few more inspectors, and he is rejoicing in his wife’s pregnancy. But he’s about to find himself standing in the way of investors who will do anything, and eliminate anyone, that keeps them from the property they want.

In top-secret talks in Barcelona, ex-spy Dr Tori Swyft seals a landmark Arctic deal with Beijing that sends Washington, DC, and Moscow reeling. The next morning, she wakes beside two dead bodies. A nameless voice phones her, taunting her and revealing a shocking video that shows Tori as the murderer. Yet she has no memory of what happened. With Spanish police converging at her door, Tori flees, in a race against time to find The Voice and prove her innocence - before it’s too late.

Sie betreibt eine Bar in einem Fischerdorf in den Hamptons. Er ist Multi-Millionär auf der Suche nach einem ungewöhnlichen Nervenkitzel. Zusammen sind sie ein Desaster. Charlie liebt ihre Bar am verträumten Hafen, doch sie steht kurz vor dem Bankrott und scheint ihr Lebenswerk aufgeben zu müssen. Da taucht plötzlich dieser reiche Schnösel in seinen Markenklamotten auf und bietet ihr an, ihre Bar zu retten. Die Gegenleistung, die er dafür verlangt, ist allerdings ziemlich fragwürdig.

Du steckst in der Klemme. Und der einzige Mann, der dir helfen kann, verlangt dafür eine Gegenleistung. Welche es ist, verrät er dir allerdings erst hinterher. Traust du dich? Eine Katastrophe! Anders kann Paige es nicht beschreiben, als sich ihr Tanzpartner eine Verletzung zufügt. Wie soll sie jetzt die Abschlussprüfung an der Tanzakademie schaffen? Schließlich findet man einen Mann, der alle relevanten Tänze beherrscht und perfekt mit ihr harmoniert, nicht einfach auf der Straße. Dafür findet Paige einen solchen Mann jedoch völlig unverhofft, als sie ihren Bruder besucht.

Sechs Monate haben die Vorbereitungen für den perfekten Diamantenraub gedauert. Es lief makellos - bis diese Amateure innerhalb von wenigen Minuten alles ruinieren. Sie überfallen die Bank, in der ich mit meiner falschen Identität arbeite, erschießen zwei der Wachmänner und verschwinden mit meinen Diamanten! Wie praktisch, dass ich einen der Räuber halb tot im Straßengraben finde. Wir vereinbaren einen Deal: Ich bekomme die Diamanten, er Rache an seinen falschen Kollegen.

A man can only have one great love, and mine was the sea. Until I pulled a half-drowned heiress out of the water. Until I kept her as mine. Until I hurt her to prove I didn’t love her. Now we’re surrounded. Dangerous pirates want to use her for their own purposes. I won’t give her up that easy. I have a lifetime of treasure to protect. But with the ship going down, there’s only one thing I want to save. Her.