Showing results for "Vendetta" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Captain Sannie van Rensburg and safari guide Mia Greenaway are caught in the crossfires of a decades-old feud between five veterans of South Africa's apartheid-era Border War. Haunted by the deadly mission that shaped their lives forever, the ex-paratroopers must finally confront their demons, and each other, at the funeral of a comrade in the red dunes of the Kalahari Desert. But their scars run deep, and as the truth emerges, each man must ask himself: When serving your country, what makes you a hero and what secrets are worth killing for?

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.

Two years ago, and with assassins after his head, Bourne knew he had to let Abbey Laurent walk away from his dangerous world. Now Abbey is back — and she’s married to a top government official. But she’s convinced someone is trying to kill her husband, and she wants Bourne’s help.

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.

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.

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.

Ex-Army Ranger Steve Wolf is wondering just that after receiving a desperate call home from his mother. His younger brother, Jimmy, is in trouble. As Wolf heads back to North Carolina to set things straight, he realizes that things have changed—and not for the better.

Rigby Croxford returns in this spine-chilling saga about six American tourists ensnared in the middle of a bloody African coup. Their harrowing escape takes them down the mighty Zambezi River. They are challenged by the brutality of the Dark Continent. James Gardner again lives up to the immense praise he has received from America's best-selling author James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, and other industry heavy weights for his mastery of action/adventure/thriller writing.

All Cyn wants is justice. Kolya Kurev murdered her family in cold blood and got away with it. Single-minded in her determination, Cyn becomes the killer she needs to be. Until she meets Lee, a man also deeply wronged by Kurev. Cyn's new problem? Lee. Lee is stealing her revenge and screwing with the carefully carved life she’s made for herself. As if his mere presence and counter-productive ambitions weren’t enough, he’s going to get her caught.