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A friend in need is a friend indeed. And no one is a better friend than hitman-for-hire Lex Harper. When a mate from his past ends up in a Bolivian prison, Harper doesn’t think twice about going to his aid. Beatings, rapes and murders are an everyday occurrence in the prison. But the only way to break his friend out is for Harper to put his own life on the line, in a place where death comes quickly and only the strong survive. Getting into the prison is easy enough – but can Harper get out? And how many people will he have to kill to make it back?

En mitad del desierto de Tejas se levanta un pequeño pueblo, tranquilo, cuya comunidad vive en paz y sosiego cuando un crimen despierta viejos temores. Woods Lane comienza a sufrir en sus propias carnes una serie de acontecimientos difíciles de controlar por los agentes de la oficina del Sheriff.

Ein atemberaubend rasanter Thriller des ehemaligen CIA-Agenten und New-York-Times-Bestsellerautors Barry Eisler. Jemand will sie ausschalten: Als Detective Livia Lone vom Seattle Police Department gegen einen Kinderpornoring ermittelt, entkommt sie nur knapp einem Anschlag. Unsicher, wem sie noch trauen kann, nimmt sie Kontakt mit Dox auf, einem ehemaligen Scharfschützen. Alarmiert trommelt Dox ein knallhartes Team zusammen: John Rain, Spezialist für "natürliche Todesfälle", dessen Ex-Geliebte Delilah vom Mossad und drei weitere Agenten, die mit dem Geschäft des Tötens vertraut sind.

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW Barfield Prison is one of the toughest high security prisons in England, housing the country's most dangerous criminals. And when an inmate is found dead in his cell, a riot breaks out, forcing the authorities to investigate a potential murder. Despite being Barfield's...

Zwei verlassene Kinder. Eine verängstigte Frau. Eine furchtbare Enthüllung. Mitten in der Nacht wird Max von seiner Mutter geweckt. "Seid still", sagt sie weinend, als sie den Zehnjährigen und seine vier Jahre alte Schwester Ellie in einen Wandschrank sperrt. "Geht zu Opa ...", hören die Kinder sie noch flüstern, dann fliegt krachend die Haustür auf. Ihre Mutter schreit. Ellie weint.

Hadley was on the run, seeking safety from a man she once vowed to love forever. Becoming a club girl for the Brothers by Blood MC guaranteed her protection, and at the same time, allowed her to embrace her sexuality with no judgments or guilt. Only things weren't as simple as she'd anticipated. She never expected Leo and his curly haired daughter to steal her heart, and for emotions to come into play. Could she risk her life on the chance he might feel the same?

Toni Montero fue sentenciado a la edad de diecisiete años a cadena perpetua por un asesinato que no cometió. Recluido en la prisión de San Quintín conoce a un recluso influyente: Marc Lecury, acusado de homicidio. Lecury y su socio, el abogado Leko Tabone, se valen de la Proposición 47 y logran la libertad de Toni Montero después de dieciocho años. 

Twenty years ago, teenager Brandon Taylor walked into the Big Woods north of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, and never returned. For former Army Ranger-turned-sheriff Quinn Colson, the Taylor case has particular meaning. As a 10-year-old, Colson had been lost in those same woods, and came back from them alive and a local legend. Years later, bones of a child are found in the woods, confirming for many the end to the Taylor story.

Ike Singer is a demolitions expert, or master blaster. He is second to none at his craft, knows every type of explosive known to man, and is the one everyone turns to when they need a safe, controlled explosion. Despite being at the very top of his profession, a personal mistake that led to catastrophe nearly brought Ike's life to ruin. He has spent every day since atoning for that sin and trying to piece his family back together. And after a great deal of work and soul-searching, Ike believes he has finally moved on. 

After an attempted horse theft goes tragically wrong, 16-year-old Caleb Bentley is on the run with his mean-spirited older brother across the American Southwest at the turn of the 20th century. Caleb’s moral compass and inner courage will be tested as they travel the harsh terrain and encounter those who have carved out a life there, for good or ill. 

He survived The Scourge, defeated The Cartel, and escaped The Dwellers. Now he wants revenge. After a brutal attack on his homestead, Marcus Battle seeks to find the men who took away his second chance at life in a postapocalyptic world. When he finds them, they'll wish they'd left him alone.

Mick McCreary is an oilman out of a job. His only possessions are a plane ticket to Singapore, a month's pay in Indonesian rupiahs and the luck of the Irish. When the mysterious Mr Rubensohn approaches him with the offer of a breathtaking salary for a drilling operation on a remote island - no questions asked - he thinks that luck is running with him once more. But then he meets the beautiful Lisette, and within 24 hours he is involved in murder, intrigue and an international fraud of frightening proportions.

I was 21 when the gypsy read my future: As punishment for your crimes, you will only love one woman...but she'll never love you back. I didn't believe a word of it. Until I met Sofia Romano almost 10 years later. I fell hard for this woman. Would die for this woman. But she left me. Now, years have passed, and Sofia needs a husband. Her father is gone, and her mother is trying to marry her off to a man that can protect their family, protect their company. Now, it's my chance to have the only woman I've ever loved...and I'll make sure she feels the same way.

Vor genau einem Jahr haben Franz und Toni mit der Arbeit auf der Baustelle aufgehört; sie haben die "Kellen abgeputzt, die Hände im Kübel gewaschen, das Haar zurückgekämmt - und dann ... ein neues Leben begonnen". Doch nun, nach diesem Jahr, sitzen sie da: voller Sehnsucht, aber ohne Geld. Wie aus einem gleichzeitig luftigen und doch schweren Traum taucht da der Doktor Kasparek auf und überredet die beiden mühelos zum großen Coup. Und tatsächlich ist plötzlich sackweise Geld vorhanden.

***When you’re working undercover the smallest mistake can cost you your life. 'A riveting read full of tension and suspense with a vivid cast of characters and an enticing plot.' *Heather Burnside ** Detective Constable Bailey Morgan has been out of the undercover game since her last job went...

Drugs, smuggling, big money and political intrigue in Iceland rally with love, passion, murder and betrayal until the winner takes all...in the masterful, explosive conclusion to the award-winning Reykjavík Noir trilogy. The prison doors slam shut behind Agla when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her. As a group of foreign businessmen tries to draw Agla into an ingenious fraud that stretches from Iceland around the world, Agla and her former nemesis María find the stakes being raised at a terrifying speed.

Charles McCarthy, un hombre australiano es brutalmente asesinado en Hertfordshire, Inglaterra. Su hijo James, es testigo y principal sospechoso tras ser la última persona vista junto a el. James clama ser inocente mientras encerrado en un calabozo esperando que se aclare el caso. La noticia sobre el asesinato se vuelve noticia en todo Inglaterra, llegando a los oídos de Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson, quienes acudirán al valle de Boscombe con el objetivo de aclarar esta investigación. Anímate a descifrar este misterio policial junto a Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson. Quedarás anonadado por la

After exposing and dismantling a deep-state conspiracy that nearly destroyed his life, Ryan Decker finds his covert skills have put him on the radar of influential Senator Steele. Now Steele needs his help. Two patrol agents were killed in a bizarre explosion near the US-Mexico border—and the evidence doesn’t line up with the official story.

Harry Barnett thought he had left his military career behind, so he is startled when two figures from his past turn up on his doorstep after 50 years. An old friend has organised the reunion to end all reunions: a weekend in the Scottish castle where the ex-comrades took part in a psychological experiment many years before. They haven't seen each other since. As they set off on their all-expenses-paid jaunt to Aberdeen, the old friends are in high spirits. But the cheerful atmosphere is quickly shattered by the apparent suicide of one of their party.

It is a hot summer's day in the tourist village of Avebury. A man sits outside the Red Lion pub, waiting. He sees a woman with three young children, two of them running ahead while their sister dawdles behind. A child's voice catches on the breeze. For want of anything more interesting to do, the man watches. He sees nothing sinister or threatening. Even when another figure enters his field of vision, he does not react. The figure is ordinary - male, short-haired, stockily built. But he is moving fast, at a loping run. And then it happens.