Showing results for "The Peace" in Thriller & Suspense

Did you know roughly twenty-seven percent of child abductions are carried out by an acquaintance or family friend? Who better to lure you away than someone you know and trust? With every day that passed, the likelihood of my being found grew smaller. I never imagined I’d be one of them—my face tacked to a bulletin board at the local grocery store and a statewide search issued on my behalf. Even harder to fathom was that I’d ever be one of the lucky few who made it home after enduring years of captivity.

Constable Paul Hirschhausen runs a one-cop station in the dry farming country south of the Flinders Ranges. He's still new in town but his community work - welfare checks and a light touch - is starting to pay off. Now Christmas is here and, apart from a grass fire, two boys stealing a vehicle and Brenda Flann entering the front bar of the pub without exiting her car, Hirsch's life has been peaceful. Until he's called to an incident on Kitchener Street, a strange and vicious attack that sickens the community.

*THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC - ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* 'One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction and one of the must-read books of this or any year' David Peace Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep...

Nothing remained of Blake's life before the club except death, deceit, and corruption. He was on the road to self-destruction when his path crossed with Jake, the President of Kings of Retribution. Now Blake is dedicated to the MC and loyal to the men he calls brothers. The club gave him a family and purpose. Blake thought he finally had everything he ever wanted. Until Ember.

A gripping alternative history thriller set in the Second World War, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther novels. Autumn 1943. Hitler knows he cannot win the war: now he must find a way to make peace. FDR and Stalin are willing to negotiate; only...

Sarah Chapman is angry at her husband. She’s also drunk…very drunk as she drives down their street, ready to face him. When a neighbor hears the commotion and rushes to help, he finds her inside, gun still in her hand, and her husband, Steven, dead in the bed. Sarah is arrested and taken away but claims to be innocent. The only one who believes her is FBI profiler, Eva Rae Thomas.

The fourth and Final Instalment in the Red Riding Quartet. With Nineteen Eighty Three, David Peace completes the Red Riding Quartet, an astonishing, sustained epic. Three intertwining storylines see the Quartet’s central themes of corruption and the perversion of justice come to a head.

While Admiral Dan Lenson motorcycles across a post-Armageddon US in search of his missing daughter, his wife, Blair Titus, lands in a spookily deserted, riot-torn Beijing to negotiate the reunification of Taiwan with the rest of China and try to create a democratic government. But a CIA-sponsored Islamic insurgency in Xianjiang province is hurtling out of control. Andres Korzenowski, a young case officer, must decide whether ex-SEAL Master Chief Teddy Oberg - now the leader of a ruthless jihad - should be extracted, left in place, or terminated.

Jessica Morrison’s parents were murdered sixteen years ago. Now the killer is coming for her. Looking back, Jessica had a picture-perfect childhood, but that was all ripped to shreds when her loving parents were killed. Eventually, the case went cold and Jessica realized the police barely investigated. She was too young to do anything about their inaction, so she concentrated on growing up as fast as possible under the care of her uncle. But life had never been the same after that day and her uncle never opened up about the details of her parents death. And he never will because now he’s dead.

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pins all Britain’s hopes for peace on a face-to-face meeting with Adolf Hitler in Munich, but behind their civilized discussions, Germany amasses armaments and moves its plans forward for its invasion of Czechoslovakia. Gerhardt von Kessler continues to operate his deadly rogue operations in Britain, and he is always one step ahead of MI5.

There’s something uglier that has been haunting me for years upon years. So ugly that I have never seen its face. I never had to. I’d hear his whispers through my internal screams, feel his shadow brush against my nightmares. He was my monster that tormented me. And maybe lived under your bed.... When I started Midnight Mayhem, his presence faded. His whispers were silenced. His shadow dissolving without a trace. I wondered why that was.

An imperial family is found butchered. Officers of God are called to investigate. Evidence points to a rebel group trying to seed fear into the very heart of the empire itself. Inspector Khlid takes the case and begins a harrowing hunt for those responsible. But when a larger conspiracy comes to light, will Inspector Khlid be able to trust those working within her own precinct?

Nach einem Streit mit ihrem Lebenspartner verbringt die 26-jährige Samantha Willis den Abend mit einer Freundin. Doch nach dem Besuch in einer Bar wird sie von einem Unbekannten überwältigt, in ein Auto gezerrt und unter Drogen gesetzt. Als sie die Augen aufschlägt, findet sie sich mitten im australischen Busch wieder. Ihr Entführer plant ein perfides Spiel: eine Jagd auf Leben und Tod! Aber der Unbekannte hat sich das falsche Opfer ausgesucht, denn Sammi ist Polizistin und dreht den Spieß um.

Giappone, agosto 1946: la Tokyo dell'immediato dopoguerra è una città infestata dai parassiti, piagata dalle epidemie, dissanguata dalla violenza, dalla miseria materiale e immorale e dalla corruzione. Una città occupata da un esercito invasore che agli occhi degli abitanti è simbolo di una bruciante umiliazione e che è destinato a peggiorare ulteriormente le loro condizioni ai limiti della sopravvivenza. Una città modellata a immagine di un girone infernale nella quale si muove uno spietato serial killer.

Tokyo, 26 gennaio 1948. Un uomo entra in una filiale della banca Teikoku e dice di essere un medico incaricato di vaccinare il personale a causa di un'epidemia di dissenteria. Poco dopo, dodici persone muoiono avvelenate e l'assassino scompare con qualche banconota in tasca. Sotto la neve gelida che cade sulla città occupata dalle forze americane, a guerra finita ma in una notte senza tempo, uno scrittore corre nel fango portando con sé il proprio libro incompiuto, la cronaca ancora monca di quella strage insensata e irrisolta.

‘Ask him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath’ St. Joseph, patron of departing souls – pray for me.’ Liverpool, 1979: new CID recruit Leigh Borrowdale is seconded to a disturbing murder inquiry: a mysterious death in a decaying building, where the remains of a young man have...

Two governments at the mercy of one assassin. New York: a woman waits in the shadows, a Colt .25 in her elegant hand. Her target: Senator Michael Cohan, member of an extremist organization dedicated to destroying the peace talks. Run by Britain’s most wanted terrorist, Jack Barry, its secret...

இந்த நாவலின் நாயகி ஓவியா… மலரினும் மென்மையானவள். சூறாவளியால் அலைக்கழியும் மலர்க்கொடி போல் பிரச்சனைகள் அவளை அலக்கழிக்கின்றன. பெண் சித்தரின் அனுக்கிரகத்தால் இருண்டு கிடந்த அவளது வாழ்வில் வெளிச்சம் ஜனித்து… அவளது வாழ்வே வேறு திசையில் பயணிக்கிறது… அடுத்தது என்ன? என்ற பரபரப்பும் விறுவிறுப்புமான இந்த நாவல்… உங்கள் மனதை நிச்சயம் கொள்ளை கொள்ளும் என் நம்புகிறேன்