Bert Checkov was a Fleet Street racing correspondent with a talent for tipping non-starters. But the advice he gave to James Tyrone a few minutes before he fell to his death, was of a completely different nature. James investigates, and soon finds his own life, and that of his wife, at risk.

From Publishers WeeklyFrasier (Sleep Tight, etc.) has perfected the art of making a reader's skin crawl, which is evident from this book's very first scene, in which a medical examiner discovers in the midst of an autopsy that the cadaver he's working on is really a live person. Set in Savannah, Ga., this exceptional thriller follows the hunt for the deranged person who's drugging people so that their minds remain wide awake even as their bodies resemble death. The creepiness factor increases when Frasier introduces homicide detective Elise Sandburg, who was abandoned in a cemetery as a baby and who knows Gullah spells and culture. Elise's partner, anti-social David Gould, is equally strange; his past holds secrets so dark he should be under psychiatric care. Formerly with the FBI, Gould currently lives in a rundown, foul-smelling apartment and sleeps with a prostitute who works for a voodoo priestess. As the two detectives follow leads to the priestess and the former college professor who researched the drug, they forge a tentative bond and come to terms with their own troubled pasts. Frasier's characters are not only fully realized, but fascinating to boot, and she evokes the dark, mystical side of Savannah with precision and skill. Appropriately, this unsettling tale closes with a grim children's rhyme and a spell for "Elise's Follow-Me-Boy Mojo."

Publisher's WeeklyTerrible secrets lead basketball star David Baskin to fake his death while honeymooning in the tropics in this manipulative but otherwise engaging first novel. His bereaved bride, supermodel Laura Ayars, not sure that David's drowning was accidental, starts sleuthing-which proves dangerous when somebody begins killing people who may have the answers she wants. Meanwhile, David, fitted out with a new identity and appearance, tries out for his original team, the Boston Celtics, and ''replaces'' himself at his former position. Why he has faked his death is explained in the story's penultimate surprise. But why he risks playing in front of fans who know his style is never addressed. Crucial coincidences abound, such as the love affair of David's brother and Laura's sister-adults who, as kids 30 years before, just happen to have witnessed their parents' worst sins. Coben manufactures tension primarily by keeping key details out of his narrative, a method that eventually wears thin. The resolution comes as a relief, with less of a bang than its buildup promises.Library JournalDespite its fundamental implausibility, this is an engrossing suspense novel. A star pro basketball player, David Baskin, disappears on his honeymoon, and a mutilated, drowned body is assumed to be his. But strange things are happening to his beautiful widow. And a few months later, a total unknown startles the basketball world with a highly professional style of play exactly like Baskin's. The mystery has its origins in a murder 30 years earlier. The reader's suspicions about what actually happened to Baskin, and about the identity of the murderer, shift as layers of lies are stripped away. Despite the basketball, this is primarily great romantic suspense.- Marylaine Block, St. Ambrose Univ. Lib., Davenport, Ia.School Library JournalWhen Laura Ayers and David Baskin secretly marry, it is a match made in heaven. She is a former model turned entrepreneur, while he is the Boston Celtics basketball sensation. But tragedy strikes on their Australian honeymoon when David never returns from a swim in treacherous waters. As Laura struggles with her grief, events unfold to make her question David's mysterious disappearance. She begins to uncover a conspiracy of past and present that slowly destroys all those involved. Coben weaves a delicate web of intrigue that throws alternating suspicion on each person Laura trusts. A fast-moving thriller with a rapidly twisting plot that keeps readers in suspense until the final page. -Katherine Fitch, Jefferson Sci-Tech, Alexandria, VA

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is backwith a gripping story of obsession and its deadly consequences.After five long years in federal prison, Griff Burkett is a free man. But the disgraced Cowboys quarterback can never return to life as he knew it before he was caught cheating. In a place where football is practically a religion, Griff committed a cardinal sin, and no one is forgiving.Foster Speakman, owner and CEO of SunSouth Airlines, and his wife, Laura, are a golden couple. Successful and wealthy, they lived a charmed life before fate cruelly intervened and denied them the one thing they wanted most – a child. It's said that money can't buy everything. But it can buy a disgraced football player fresh out of prison and out of prospects.The job Griff agrees to do for the Speakmans demands secrecy. But he soon finds himself once again in the spotlight of suspicion. An unsolved murder comes back to haunt him in the form of his nemesis, Stanley Rodarte, who has made Griff's destruction his life's mission. While safeguarding his new enterprise, Griff must also protect those around him, especially Laura Speakman, from Rodarte's ruthlessness. Griff stands to gain the highest payoff he could ever imagine, but cashing in on it will require him to forfeit his only chance for redemption…and love.Griff is now playing a high-stakes game, and at the final whistle, one player will be dead.Play Dirty is Sandra Brown's wildest ride yet, with hairpin turns of plot all along the way. The clock is ticking down on a fallen football star, who lost everything because of the way he played the game. Now his future – his life – hinges on one last play.

When Minneapolis homicide cops Rolseth and Magozzi are called to a derelict stretch of the Mississippi River, they see a bride, facedown, dead in the water. And when the Monkeewrench crew – computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime software – are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Using their skills to scour the Net to prevent more killings, the team must race against the clock.before it's too late.

Earth, Wind Fire aren't just a band anymore…Used to be my greatest achievement was holding a job more than three days. Now suddenly I can shoot fireballs, chill your drink, or blow-dry your hair at fifty paces with a blink of my eye!It all started when this crazy scientist dropped something in my Grande Mocha Latte. Of course I got wicked sick. Next morning I'm waking up with this total hottie bending over me. He tells me 1)his name's Rome Masters, 2)he's a government agent and 3)I can control the four elements with a thought.He seems even less pleased by my (apparently irreversible) transformation than I am… Because now he'll have to kill me.

Jack Reacher to człowiek, który nie istnieje. Dawniej żandarm wojskowy, obecnie cień bez stałego miejsca zamieszkania, bez dokumentu ze zdjęciem, samochodu czy konta w banku. Pojawia się, by następnego dnia zniknąć bez słowa wyjaśnienia.Pod palącym słońcem Texasu Jack spotyka na swojej drodze Carmen Greer – żonę bogatego właściciela pól naftowych. Czy można odmówić pomocy oszalałej ze strachu, pięknej kobiecie? Reacher zgadza się wystąpić w roli ochroniarza. Ale czy nieznajoma jest szczera, czy naprawdę była maltretowana przez męża, czy grozi jej śmiertelne niebezpieczeństwo?Inspirowana przez demony przeszłości spirala zacieśnia się coraz bardziej, ofiara staje się katem, kat zaś ofiarą. W poszukiwaniu prawdy Reacher jest zdany tylko na własny spryt i intuicję.

NYPD homicide detective John Corey has moved to Long Island, restlessly recuperating from wounds received in the line of duty when he's hired to consult on the murder of Tom and Judy Gordon, biologists who worked on Plum Island, the site of animal disease research for the Department of Agriculture. Were the Gordons murdered because they'd stolen some valuable new vaccine, or even a dreaded virus? They'd obviously outspent their income. Had they been running drugs? Corey doesn't think so, although an ice-chest missing from their home points to something forbidden. He teams up with Beth Penrose, detective, working her first homicide and their visit to Plum Island reveals only that the FBI & CIA have sanitised the place. Then Corey falls in with Emma Whitehouse, an expert on Captain Kidd's lost treasure which is thought to be buried nearby… PLUM ISLAND is a thrilling novel from an author of consummate page-turning skill. This is the title that knocked John Grisham off the top of the US bestseller lists and held the No.1 spot for five weeks.

Watch your back Look both ways Because love is in the air And that means big trouble! Mysterious men have a way of showing up in Stephanie Plum's apartment. When the shadowy Diesel appears, he has a task for Stephanie – and he's not taking no for an answer. Annie Hart is a "relationship expert" who is wanted for armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Stephanie needs to find her, fast. Diesel knows where she is. So they make a deal: He'll help her get Annie if Stephanie plays matchmaker to several of Annie's most difficult clients. But someone wants to find Annie even more than Diesel and Stephanie. Someone with a nasty temper. And someone with "unmentionable" skills. Does Diesel know more that he's saying about Annie Hart? Does Diesel have secrets he's keeping from Stephanie and the two men in her life – Ranger and Morelli? With Stephanie Plum in over her head, things are sure to get a little dicey and a little explosive, Jersey style!

The First Full Length Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers Novel from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich.Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys. Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He’s chosen Martin Munch, boy genius, as his new business partner, and he’s chosen the Barrens as his new playground. Munch received his doctorate degree in quantum physics when he was twenty-two. He’s now twenty-four, and while his brain is large, his body hasn’t made it out of the boys’ department at Macy’s. Anyone who says good things come in small packages hasn’t met Munch. Wulf Grimoire is looking for world domination. Martin Munch would be happy if he could just get a woman naked and tied to a tree. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has Munch on her most-wanted list for failure to appear in court. Plum is the all-American girl stuck in an uncomfortable job, succeeding on luck and tenacity. Usually she gets her man. This time she gets a monkey. She also gets a big guy named Diesel. Diesel pops in and out of Plum ’s life like birthday cake – delicious to look at and taste, not especially healthy as a steady diet, gone by the end of the week if not sooner. He’s an ьber bounty hunter with special skills when it comes to tracking men and pleasing women. He’s after Grimoire, and now he’s also after Munch. And if truth were told, he wouldn’t mind setting Stephanie Plum in his crosshairs. Diesel and Plum hunt down Munch and Grimoire, following them into the Barrens, surviving cranberry bogs, the Jersey Devil, a hair-raising experience, sand in their underwear, and, of course… monkeys.

Premières vacances pour Mc Cash et sa fille, Alice. L’ex-flic borgne à l’humour grinçant — personnage à la fois désenchanté et désinvolte mais consciencieusement autodestructeur — en profite pour faire l’apprentissage tardif de la paternité.Malgré sa bonne volonté, force est de constater qu’il a une approche très personnelle de cette responsabilité.Pour ne rien arranger, l’ancien limier apprend le décès de son vieux pote Marco, avocat déglingué et navigateur émérite, heurté par un cargo en pleine mer.Pour Mc Cash, l’erreur de navigation est inconcevable. Mais comment concilier activités familiales et enquête à risque sur la mort brutale de son ami?Biographie de l'auteurCaryl Férey s’est fait connaître en 2008 avec Zulu, récompensé entre autres par le Grand Prix de littérature policière, le prix Quais du Polar / 20 minutes, le Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle, et adapté au cinéma en 2013. Avec Mapuche et Condor, il a emmené ses héros partager les turpitudes du continent sud-américain.Mais entre deux voyages, c’est en Bretagne qu’il vient se ressourcer en compagnie du tonitruant Mc Cash.

Si votre meilleure copine vous offre pour vos trente ans les Mémoires de Lacenaire et un calibre .44 dans une boîte à chaussures, méfiez-vous ! Lisez au moins le mode d’emploi. C’est ce qu’aurait dû faire Fred avant d’abattre le député Rogemoux et de prendre la fuite à travers la Bretagne, en voiture, à vélo, à pied ou en kayak… Il aurait trouvé le carnet et les étranges QCM d’Alice. Il aurait vu les six balles creuses et les petits papiers. Il n’aurait pas été traqué par toutes les polices de France et ne serait pas devenu le gibier d’un terroriste basque aux tendances psychopathes. Il n’aurait surtout pas eu dans son sillage, comme une ombre dévorée de colère, le flic borgne Mc Cash. Lui ne lâchera jamais. Fred et Alice non plus. Quoi qu’il advienne. Plutôt crever !Né en 1967, Caryl Férey a fait ses classes en Bretagne. Il s’est donc mis à voyager, à rencontrer des gens qui, aujourd’hui, donnent chair à ses livres. Il écrit aussi pour les enfants, la musique, le théâtre…

Najnowszy zbiór opowiadań mistrza horroru, Stephena Kinga, zawiera 13 krótkich tekstów, w tym wiele nowych, nigdy dotąd niepublikowanych. Niewielka wyrwa w otaczającej nas rzeczywistości potrafi sprawić, że świat staje się przerażającym i zadziwiającym miejscem. Po zmroku, po zachodzie słońca to, co oczywiste, staje się inne, nierozpoznawalne i niepokojące. Poznaj obsesje dręczące Gingerbread Girl i dwóch sąsiadów, którzy bez reszty zaangażowani w spór o ziemię, trafiają do naprawdę paskudnego miejsca. Przeczytaj o człowieku, który chciał interweniować w przypadku przemocy domowej i starszych ludziach, którzy w poszukiwaniu sposobu na przerwanie monotonii codzienności, posunęli się ciut zbyt daleko, o głuchoniemym autostopowiczu pomagającym pewnemu kierowcy uporać się z romansem jego żony oraz niewidomej dziewczynie, której pocałunki mają niezwykłą moc. Granica pomiędzy życiem a śmiercią, realnością a szaleństwem, zaciera się z każdą kolejną stron…

Na Morganville spłynęła cisza……przed krwawą burzą, której zapobiec może tylko śmiertelna siedemnastolatka…W Morganville zapanował spokój. Claire może wrócić na uniwersytet i spędzać czas ze swoim chłopakiem, a Eve dostaje rolę w sztuce teatralnej. Lecz porządek zaprowadzony przez nieśmiertelną władczynię miasta nie trwa długo. Mnożą się tajemnicze ataki na jej poddanych. Wkrótce pojawia się nowa groza – bunt i szaleństwo. Czy żeby przeżyć kolejną noc, Claire i jej przyjaciele będą musieli porzucić miasto wampirów?

Sierżant Amy Callan i porucznik Caroline Cook miały ze sobą wiele wspólnego. Obie służyły w armii, obie stały się ofiarami napastowania seksualnego, obie musiały zrezygnować ze służby – obie nie żyją. Ich ciała znalezione we własnych łazienkach, zanurzone w wojskowej farbie maskującej. Żadnych śladów przemocy, żadnych oznak walki. Jack Reacher znał każdą z kobiet. FBI zmusza go do współpracy z grupą dochodzeniową, w skład której wchodzi Julia Lamarr, specjalistka od portretów psychologicznych. Reacher kwestionuje opracowany przez nią motyw zbrodni – zemstę – uważa, że jej przyczyn należy szukać zupełnie gdzie indziej. Jego teoria bierze w łeb, gdy w podobny sposób ginie następna dziewczyna.

Luther es un especialista, un maestro en robo. Cerca ya de retirarse, planea su ultimo golpe: limpiar la fabulosa mansion de Walter Sullivan, uno de los hombres mas ricos del pais, de vacaciones en el caribe.La inesperada vuelta de la mujer complica el golpe y hace que Luther presencie un asesinato que apunta de lleno al presidente de los Estados Unidos.Acosado por los hombres del servicio de seguridad del presidente y por el sargento de policia, Luther debera salvar su pellejo y el de su hija.Baldacci ha sido el guinista de la película basada en su libro, dirigida y protagonizada por Clint Eastwood en el papel de Luther.

En el mundo del espionaje, poderes extraordinarios es un término que se utiliza para referirse al permiso que se le otorga a un agente secreto de mucha confianza para que en circunstancias extremadamente especiales viole las órdenes de su empleador si es absolutamente necesario para cumplir el objetivo de una misión de suma importancia.Poderes extraordinarios es una novela de suspenso escrita por un novelista catalogado como uno de los mejores escritores de thrillers del mundo, Joseph Finder, graduado en la universidad de Yale y Harvard.La novela narra la historia de Ben Ellison, quien se encarga de investigar el accidente que terminó con la vida de su suegro, director de la CIA en el momento más exitoso de su carrera. Pero, aparentemente, no se trata de un accidente. Ben utilizará sus poderes de percepción extrasensorial para buscar al ex jefe de la KGB, el único que puede revelar la verdad. Pero mientras Ben lleva a cabo su investigación, un asesino le asecha.Joseph Finder describe una conspiración concebida en el corazón de la inteligencia norteamericana. Una fortuna perdida, de origen soviético y habilidades parapsicológicas condimentan una trama muy atrapante.El libro tiene un valor tremendo, es muy bueno. Además, su autor afirma que si bien ciertas cosas de la novela son parte de la ficción, la historia está basada en hechos históricos muy misteriosos y poco conocidos, pero existen registros muy interesantes que demuestran su veracidad. A medida que se avanza en la lectura, Joseph Finder presenta artículos periodísticos que respaldan su afirmación.Se trata de una verdadera obra de arte, te la recomiendo.Te dejo el link de la página oficial del autor para que encuentres más información si es de tu interés.

Doktor Frannie O’Neill spotyka w lesie niedaleko szpitala dziewczynkę. Jedenastolatka jest zadziwiająco silna i inteligentna. Ale nie to wprawia Frannie w największe zdumienie… Kilka dni później lekarkę odwiedza agent FBI. Kieruje śledztwem w sprawie szokujących eksperymentów genetycznych prowadzonych w tajnym laboratorium.