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John Puller is the US Army's most tenacious investigator, but he is not equipped to face the truth about his mother's disappearance 30 years ago. New evidence has come to light suggesting that Puller's father - a highly decorated army veteran - may have murdered his wife. When Puller's friend, intelligence operative Veronica Knox, arrives on the scene, he realizes that there is far more to this case than he first thought. He knows that nothing will prevent him from discovering what really happened to his mother - even if it means proving that his father is a killer.

John Puller is a former war hero and now the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigative Division. He is a loner with few possessions by preference, but he has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable determination for finding the truth.

The third title in the John Puller series to follow Zero Day and The Forgotten. Military CID investigator, John Puller, has returned from his latest case in Florida to learn that his brother, Bobby, on death row at Leavenworth Military Prison for national security crimes, has escaped. Preliminary investigations show that he may have had help in his breakout. Now he's on the run, and in disguise, and he's the military's number one target. John Puller has a dilemma. Which comes first, loyalty to his country or to his brother?

Military criminal investigator John Puller is drawn closer to home when his aunt is found dead in her house in Paradise, Florida. The local police have ruled the death as an accident, but Puller finds evidence to suggest that she may well have been murdered. On the surface the town lives up to its name, but as Puller digs deeper he realises that this town and its inhabitants are more akin to Hell than Paradise. His belief is confirmed as evidence of strange and inexplicable events come to light.

Ryan Drake is a man who finds people who don't want to be found. Once a British soldier, he now works for the CIA, leading an elite investigation team that tracks down missing agents. But his latest mission - to free a prisoner, code-named Maras, and bring her back onto US soil within 48 hours - is more dangerous than anything his team has attempted before. Hunted by his former comrades, Drake is left with no choice but to trust a dangerous woman he barely knows.

John Puller gilt als der beste Ermittler der amerikanischen Militärpolizei. Gemeinsam mit der Polizistin Samantha Cole soll er den grausamen Mord an einer Familie im ländlichen Virginia klären. Doch bald tauchen weitere Leichen auf und weisen auf ein Komplott von gigantischen politischen Ausmaßen hin, das die Sicherheit ganz Amerikas gefährdet. Ein Geheimdienstmitarbeiter ist mitsamt seiner Familie im ländlichen Virginia grausam ermordet worden.

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad. The two fall into a forbidden relationship, which supercharges Haddad's recruitment and creates unspeakable danger when they enter Damascus to find the man responsible for the disappearance of an American spy.

Kamal Agha is a patriot. A Special Investigator for the secret police, Kamal is part of the battle against increasing political turmoil throughout the continent. But the Caliphate's iron fist spares no one, and Kamal's own family has attracted the regime's ever-watchful eye. Into his troubled life comes a mysterious stranger, Ayman Rasheed, found near the banks of the River Seine, naked and covered in tattoos. Tattoos which hint at an enormous secret - one which has changed the history of the world beyond recognition.

On the run from a shadowy cabal of the world's most powerful men, ex-Navy Seal Michael Gannon heads to the safest place he can think of: his war buddy's ranch in the wilds of Utah. But when his friend's brother is found dead in the rocky mountains, Gannon realises he can't stay off grid. Is the death connected to a string of grisly murders occurring in national parks...or something even more sinister? Flushed from cover, Gannon finds himself sucked into a lethal conspiracy that has infiltrated the highest levels of the US government.

È una prigione diversa dalle altre. Qui comanda la disciplina militare. I suoi sistemi di sicurezza non hanno uguali. Nessuno dei prigionieri può nemmeno sognare la fuga. Sanno benissimo che fuggire è impossibile... fino ad ora. Il fratello maggiore dell'agente speciale John Puller, Robert, è stato condannato per alto tradimento e attentato alla sicurezza nazionale. La sua inspiegabile evasione lo rende il criminale più ricercato del Paese. Alcuni esponenti del governo sono convinti che l'agente rappresenti la loro migliore occasione per catturare Robert vivo.

Året är 1949. Krigsveteranen Aloysius Archer har precis avtjänat ett fängelsestraff för ett brott han inte begått. Hans övervakare har gett honom stränga order: anmäl dig med jämna mellanrum, skaffa ett jobb, drick ingen alkohol och umgås inte med kvinnor på glid. I en mörk bar i småstaden Poca City får Archer ett jobberbjudande: han ska driva in en skuld åt en lokal affärsman. Men det som skulle vara ett enkelt jobb slutar med att Archer blir misstänkt för mord. För att rentvå sitt namn och rädda sig undan galgen är det upp till honom själv att hitta den verkliga mördaren.