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He wants power, and she wants revenge. The Best Laid Plans is full of manipulators, dirty dealers, and dastardly rascals, all snatching at power—political, financial, and sexual, or all of the above. Against the backdrop of Washington politics and the war in Bosnia, a handsome, charismatic attorney is determined to win the presidency at all costs, while his jilted fiancée is intent on revenge and grows a media empire to destroy him. In a world of beautiful people, money, and deception, two equally determined people are headed on a collision course.

Starting in New York City, The Plan quickly moves to the Mississippi Delta and winds up in Ecuador. Based on a true story of two murdered civil rights lawyers, Susan Klopfer’s intriguing work weaves factual history through alternative or paranormal fiction themes.

From New York Times bestselling author Bryan Reardon comes a tense, twisting story about two brothers locked together in a dangerous game—and an unforgettable tale of a family’s dark secrets. Liam Brennan teeters on the edge. Early one morning, he snaps, kidnapping a young woman who works...

DI Geraldine Steel is called to investigate the murder of a man who has been battered to death. His widow, Caroline, is terrorised into concealing the identity of the killer who then claims a second victim. This leaves Geraldine with a dark secret. The truth might help to solve the case, but it also threatens to cost Geraldine her career. When Caroline's 10-year-old son disappears, his distraught mother turns to the police, with fatal consequences.

Sie holen sich zurück, was ihnen genommen wurde. Meg ist eine Meisterin der Täuschung, und sie hat nur ein Ziel: Gerechtigkeit. Sie schleicht sich in die Leben skrupelloser Männer, die sich auf Kosten von Frauen bereichern, und bringt diese um ihr Vermögen und ihren guten Ruf. Doch nun wird es Zeit für ihren letzten Plan: Endlich will sie den Mann zu Fall bringen, mit dem alles begann. Aber sie ahnt nicht, dass ihr jemand auf den Fersen ist. Es ist eine Frau. Und auch sie will Rache.

A banker is found dead at his desk in the City of London. Then a heavily tattooed body washes up in the Thames. Now someone is after Ingrid. At first these crimes seem unrelated, but they are all the work of an audacious serial killer working on both sides of the Atlantic. Special Agent Ingrid Skyberg, the FBI’s criminal investigator in London, is one of the toughest agents ever to come out of Quantico. She’s resilient, resourceful, and a bit of a renegade, but she’s never been tested like this before.

Når man er Jack Reacher, er sandheden altid værd at rejse langt for. Gerrardsville, Colorado. Én tragisk hændelse. To øjenvidner. To modstridende beskrivelser. Det ene vidne ser en kvinde kaste sig ud foran en bus – det er tydeligvis selvmord. Det andet vidne er Jack Reacher. Og han ser, hvad der i virkeligheden sker – en mand i grå hættetrøje og jeans, hurtig og tyst som en skygge, skubber offeret i døden for derefter at tage hendes taske og komme væk.

This is the story of what happens when an unlikely bond is formed between enemies, causing tensions to rise, and igniting a chemistry that threatens to burn them both. Together, they'll learn that sometimes even the best laid plans can fail.

He wants power, and she wants revenge. The Best Laid Plans is full of manipulators, dirty dealers, and dastardly rascals, all snatching at power—political, financial, and sexual, or all of the above. Against the backdrop of Washington politics and the war in Bosnia, a handsome, charismatic attorney is determined to win the presidency at all costs, while his jilted fiancée is intent on revenge and grows a media empire to destroy him. In a world of beautiful people, money, and deception, two equally determined people are headed on a collision course.

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and is the second and final appearance of Mycroft Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" fourteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes' brother Mycroft.

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