Showing titles in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Peterson is bewildered by the satellite photos in front of him. As head of the CIA, he is never supposed to be surprised, but what could be happening in Chad alarms him. The pictures show a small research installation, nestled in the African jungle, where a West German company claims to be building a base to launch communications satellites for use by developing African nations. But Peterson’s analysts tell him that the ordinary, innocent-looking silo is just the size necessary to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile into outer space.

David Rivers is used to his targets being chosen by the CIA. But this time, the target has chosen him. When a senator’s daughter is kidnapped in Benghazi, a Filipino terrorist named Khalil Noureddin claims responsibility and demands to negotiate with only one man: the leader of a CIA team that tried and failed to kill him over a year ago. David remembers the failure all too clearly. And while his team narrowly escaped a ruthless terrorist force, the attempt catapulted Khalil into international notoriety and caused him to vanish completely—until now.

For years, ex–Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA, making connections, extracting valuable intelligence, and facing off against America’s enemies at every turn. And then...news of a potentially devastating coalition: What if two of the greatest threats to the security of the United States were to form an unholy alliance?

After Hamas’s brutal massacre against Israel in October 2023, the Mossad goes after the terrorist group’s leaders wherever they are. When one of Israel’s targeted killings occurs on Turkey’s soil, that country’s president promises severe retaliation. Now, Nir Tavor’s team is in a race against time, alliances, and deadly threats to stop this attack from the skies that could annihilate Israel’s gas fields and destroy their economy.

At the top of the world… at the bottom of the sea… a war has begun. Below the polar ice cap, an American nuclear submarine moves quietly in the frigid water, tailing a new Russian sub. But the usual, unspoken game of hide-and-seek between opposing captains ends when the Americans hear sounds of disaster and flooding, and the Russian sub sinks at a depth of a thousand feet. The American sub rushes to help, only to join its former quarry in the deep. The situation ignites tensions around the world.

A sudden burst of radiation is detected beneath the desert in Iran. Alex Hunter – code name Arcadian – and his highly trained incursion team are dropped into the ruins of Persepolis. All they find is an empty underground facility – nothing to explain the gamma spike. It is as if a black hole has swept everything away.... Israel is threatening nuclear war. And someone, or something, is draining the fluids from the bodies of Iranian soldiers in the desert.

Alex Hunter, code named Arcadian, wakes up with no knowledge of who he is, in the care of a woman he doesn't recognize, in a country not his own. But there is a calling deep within him, to return home to Black Mountain. Formed a billion years ago, the Appalachian's Black Mountain hosts a terrible legend. Only one elder remains to guard its long-forgotten, deadly secret and there is a fear that there is evil lurking again. Some hikers have gone missing, and the rescue team sent to search for them has not returned.

When a plane crashes into the Antarctic ice, exposing a massive cave beneath, a rescue and research team is dispatched. Twenty-four hours later, all contact is lost. Captain Alex Hunter and his highly trained squad of commandos are fast tracked to the hot zone to find out what went wrong - and to follow up the detection of a vast underground reservoir.

Jon Reznick is a “ghost”: a black-ops specialist who takes his orders from shadowy handlers, and his salary from the US government. Still mourning the loss of his beloved wife on 9/11, he’s dispatched to carry out a high-level hit. Reznick knows only that it must look like suicide. It’s textbook. But the target is not the man Reznick expected. The whole setup is wrong.

«Консуэло» Жорж Санд – это история истинной любви, гимн музыке, творческой силе искусства, а также торжеству подлинности и вдохновляющей силе духа женщины. Изысканное повествование Санд мастерски переплетает романтику, тайну и историческую драму. В равной степени это роман о личностном росте и одновременно тщательное исследование классовой структуры, динамики власти и социальных норм эпохи, отражающее феминистские взгляды самой Санд.

Два почитателя таланта Шерлока Холмса, братья Густав и Отто Амлингмайеры, известные как Старый Рыжий и Верзила Рыжий, решаются круто изменить свою жизнь. Бывшие ковбои по найму бросают прежнее унылое ремесло и устраиваются охранниками на Южно-Тихоокеанскую железную дорогу. Это только первый шаг на пути к мечте Густава стать настоящим детективом, но неразлучные братья быстро обнаруживают, что на всех парах мчатся к катастрофе. Не успевает «Тихоокеанский экспресс» покинуть станцию, как подвергается налету печально известной банды Лютых, а смотритель багажа теряет голову — в буквальном смысле.

Ungdomar på vattenskotrar buskör i Kalmar hamn samtidigt som en gammal rostig skorv full med flyktingar lämnar Kaliningrad i öst på väg mot Sverige. Flottan avväger att bärga den mystiska containern från sjöbotten. Janne, Mirja och Christer beordras ut att assistera när flyktingfartyget upptäcks utanför sydöstra Öland. Räddningen av människorna blir minst sagt dramatisk ... I den actionfyllda dramaserien Sjöpoliserna Kalmarsund får vi följa de tre sjöpoliserna Mirja, Janne och Christer.

Ombord på HMS Belos har man nu bärgat den mystiska containern och Camilla Emilsson får se dess innehåll. Poliserna på 39-9960 beordras att ligga standby under en nattkappsegling med en bana som sträcker sig från Kalmar upp till Blå Jungfrun. Samtidigt opererar en ubåt från främmande makt i sundet vilket får förödande konsekvenser för besättningen ombord på segelbåten ”Sjöhäxan”. I den actionfyllda dramaserien Sjöpoliserna Kalmarsund får vi följa de tre sjöpoliserna Mirja, Janne och Christer.

It's the hottest summer on record. Norfolk is parched. One steaming night an old thatched barn at Wild Thyme Farm is torched. The battle to put out the blaze rages. Detective Sara is on the scene when there's a horrifying discovery: there's a body in the embers. Sara and her team have been investigating a series of fires breaking out all over the county—but this is the first body. Accident or murder?

'A terrific thriller' – James Patterson 'A new benchmark for the modern spy thriller' – Peter James An exiled agent. A growing threat. A clandestine war. Addictive and fast-paced, Black 13 is the brilliant first thriller in the Scott Pearce series from Sunday Times bestselling author Adam...

Seth Weinstein always knew Tina was way, way, way out of his league. Which is why he’s still astonished that he’s on a plane heading for their wedding in Florida. The Groom Posse has already pulled an airport prank on him—and he’s survived! It should be easy going from now on. But Seth...

Deep in the steaming jungles of Paraguay, Aimee Weir is in trouble. The petrobiologist has found what she was looking for – a unique microorganism in a natural gas deposit – but it proves to be more destructive than anyone could have imagined. A contagion is striking down all in its wake. The camp is quarantined, but workers start to vanish in the night. Is it fear of contamination – or has something far more lethal come to the surface? Something that has been trapped beneath the miles of stone, waiting... for us.

It's a mission that only Striker - the military arm of Op-Center - can handle: capture an Islamic cleric who is stirring up a rebellion against the Indian government. But when the border between India and Pakistan erupts, the Striker team gets caught in the crossfire. Now America's most...

Nick Lawrence rejoins his old unit, the FBI’s Violent Crimes against Children task force. The career move puts him in Austin, Texas - and onto the case of a young girl on the run. She has been thrust into a foreign land against her will. Armed only with a set of skills bestowed by her father, she embarks on a perilous journey to keep a promise - as she is hunted by a ruthless human trafficking ring. Nick teams up with local law enforcement, intent on saving the girl and dismantling the criminal organization trying to reach her first.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson besuchen ein Krippenspiel in einer methodistischen Kirche, bei dem das Jesuskind, gespielt vom Sohn des Lords Arsfasten, entführt wird. Holmes Untersuchungen enthüllen, dass die Mutter des Babys, Lady Arsfasten, von ihrem Ehemann tyrannisiert wird. Zudem stößt Holmes auf ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis des Lord Arsfasten, das den Detektiv zu einer anderen Vorgehensweise drängt.