Showing results for "Vendetta" in Action & Adventure

Five years ago, Myra's pregnant daughter was killed by a hit-and-run driver - the playboy son of an ambassador with diplomatic immunity. Myra was left to grieve while the murderer was free to return to his lavish lifestyle with no fear of ever having to pay for his crime. But not for much longer. As the air turns crisp in the Virginia hills around Myra's lovely old farmhouse, the Sisterhood has gathered for a little creative planning, and what they have in mind is a gift for Myra of long-awaited and very sweet revenge.

When a British covert intelligence agency learns of an impending drug deal between the Venetian mafia and one of the UK’s most notorious importers, agent Maggie Black is sent to stop it. Under the alias of an American drug lord, Maggie must infiltrate the crime family and stop their product from reaching British soil - a feat that gets more complicated when her colleague and old flame Leon is sent along with her.

CIA agent Micah Dalton is a "cleaner." He takes care of other agents' mistakes. When a friend and mentor commits a grotesque suicide, Dalton's investigation leads him into the snare of a madman, into the arms of a beautiful, mysterious stranger-and into a conspiracy within his own agency. Dalton...

Morgonposten på UD i Stockholm innehåller ett vadderat kuvert med ett snyggt avkapat finger. Fingret tillhör en svensk medborgare som maffian på Sicilien kidnappat. Motvilligt åtar sig Carl Hamilton uppdraget att befria de kidnappade. Men han och hans medhjälpare möter en motståndare de aldrig tidigare stött på. Jan Guillous serie om Carl Hamilton blev omedelbart en stor framgång, som med åren kom att växa till Sveriges största romansuccé genom tiderna. Vendetta är den sjätte delen i serien och utkom 1991.

Lei è la sua stessa vita, il suo respiro, il suo amore. E ora è in pericolo. Roma, 46 d.C. Il senatore Marco Quinto Valerio Rufo questa volta non è chiamato a combattere guerre né ad affrontare feroci barbari ai confini dell’Impero. La vendetta ha bussato alla sua porta e pretende un tributo di sangue, quello di una creatura indifesa che ama più di se stesso e che un vile nemico gli ha sottratto senza pietà.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American...

Sheepman Abel McKenzie and cattleman Zack Rainford were once the best of friends, but are now, in 1887 Montana Territory, mortal enemies. Their escalating feud threatens to throw the people of Meriwether County into a bloody range war. Three ranchers have already been killed, and the investigation into the homicides received only cursory review. One of those three men was McKenzie's employee. Deputy United States Marshal Merlin Fanshaw is sent to investigate and enforce the law.

The agents of Supernatural Protection & Investigations (SPI) are paid to keep the peace. But that's not so easy when an endless evil threatens to tear that peace to pieces. A vampire gangster's nephew is abducted off his yacht by a bunch of low-rent Creatures from the Black Lagoon. A slew of banks are knocked over by what looks like the cast of Night of the Living Dead. All of this may seem like the movies, but, I promise you, it's not.

Héloise (la seconda moglie di Villefort) vuole concludere il suo piano diabolico: uccidere Valentine, facendo in modo che suo figlio Édouard riceva tutta l'eredità. Ma Valentine riesce a sopravvivere. Infatti Noirtier fa capire al dottor d'Avrigny che aveva intuito da tempo che avrebbero avvelenato la nipote, e fino a quel momento era riuscito a salvarla dandole ogni giorno un poco della sostanza mortale, neutralizzandone così parzialmente gli effetti.

Krieg bahnt sich am Horizont an. Er hat kein Interesse daran, die erste Koalition von Unternehmen zu führen, die die Galaxie je gekannt hat. Genau aus diesem Grund ist Daniel Hunt perfekt für diese Aufgabe geeignet. Angesichts der größten Bedrohung der Menschheit werden die alten Feinde Rettung finden, und neue Verbündete werden dem Ruf folgen. Noch mehr Geheimnisse werden gelüftet, als Daniel endlich Antworten auf das Schicksal der Frau findet, die er liebt. Wird es das sein, was ihn schließlich zerstört?