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At a family celebration, Alex Cross hears the shocking news that his niece Caroline has been murdered. Grieving and furious, Cross' investigation takes him to Washington, DC's wild underground subcultures - and reveals that Caroline wasn't this killer's only victim. Partnering with his girlfriend, Detective Brianna 'Bree' Stone, Cross finds himself confronting a world of unchecked power, where the capital's most powerful people are hiding dirty, dangerous secrets that they'll stop at nothing to protect.

Jane Seymour of Wiltshire is not meant to go to Court. Not a child like her, with her lack of beauty and no title. But family connections are enough to have her named to the bridal retinue of Mary Tudor. At the French Court, the plain and docile Jane meets the girl who will grow into her rival in years to come: the already charismatic and conniving Anne Boleyn. Soon back home in the English countryside, Jane wants nothing more than peace and quiet—and the devotion of her childhood protector, William Dormer.

Efter en fødselsdagsfest i Det Hvide Hus bliver præsidentens 12-årige niece bortført fra sit hjem. Hendes mor bliver dræbt under bortførelsen, mens resten af familien bliver fundet bevidstløse. Sean og Michelle kaster sig ud i et kapløb mod tiden, mens de seksuelle spændinger mellem dem stiger.

A young seminary professor, Augustine Knox, is drawn into a deadly race to save priceless parchments from antiquities thieves and discovers a two- thousand-year old connection with another who faced death for the sake of the truth. I, Saul consists of two riveting adventures in one, transporting you between the stories of Augustine Knox and Saul of Tarsus.

Counsel Fungo, female bounty hunter, has art thief/forger/bail jumper Sebastian Leone in custody. She now owns his future. Leone pleads his way out of going to jail by dropping names of bigger fish, and Counsel hears one that interests her: Mercer Crawford, CEO of a large pro-gun activist group. Counsel disagrees with Crawford’s gun politics and looks to exploit his affinity for stolen art and embarrass him and his organization. The stakes increase when she learns of his other sideline: brokering illegal arms sales, the kind that can topple governments.

What happens when Vladimir Putin is faced with a decision so harrowing it changes him forever? 118 submariners spiraling into the abyss, a country in chaos, and a president who seems not to care. Through the eyes of a first person Vladimir Putin, and his personal aide Gosha, discover what motivates the man behind Russia. Is he the cold, ruthless Vladimir Putin we know, or is he...human?

In the year 2067, political correctness has run amok in America. Political correctness is now the law of the land and anyone who runs afoul of the law can be arrested by the PC Police. Once used as nothing more than a slang term, the PC Police is now an actual profession and the PC Court of Appeals is an actual, physical building where criminals are indicted for their affronts to politically correct thought, speech, and behavior.

The President and Vice President are elected from two different parties. They are old friends, but a conflict develops when the possibility of actual alien contact is discovered. A multitude of characters are infused into the relationship between the two.

Efter en våt nyårsnatt i Ålborg vaknar klimatforskaren Jessica Winther ensam i hotellsängen. Pojkvännen, yrkessoldaten Björn, är försvunnen, likaså Jessicas minnen av natten. Innan Jessica reser tillbaka till Köpenhamn får hon i uppdrag av miljö- och klimatministern att besöka en vindkraftverkspark. När hon högst upp i ett av vindkraftverken hittar ett lik blir det början på en långdragen mardröm. Kort därefter får pressen ett anonymt brev i vilket avsändaren förklarar sig redo att mörda i klimatets namn under namnet #klimatkrigaren.

Sverige är vanligtvis en lugn plats. Till ytan, i alla fall. När ett stort norskt företag specialiserat på radioaktivt avfall upptäcks borra på svensk mark blir det hela en jätteskandal. Plötsligt blir det känt att en behållare med farligt avfall har tappats bort. Det visar sig snart att högt uppsatta personer visste om projektet, och har inte gjort något för att stoppa det. Men det finns en anledning till varför diskretion har varit nödvändig.

John "Sicarius" Gaines has been regarded as the best at what does does. He is a paid assassin, and he is ruthless. He will stop at nothing to complete any contract he is given. He receives a contract for the death of New York Governor Tim Patton and completes the job quickly and efficiently. As the heat from the governor's death begins to trickle out, Sicarius finds himself entangled in an international drug-smuggling operation, of which Governor Patton was a key member.

Ve čtvrtek 19. července 2001, po obvinění z křivého svědectví a soudu, který trval sedm týdnů, byl Jeffrey Archer odsouzen ke čtyřem rokům odnětí svobody. Z toho měl prvních dvaadvacet dní a čtrnáct hodin strávit v nechvalně známé věznici Jejího Veličenstva Belmarsh, vysoce zabezpečeném nápravném zařízení kategorie A pro muže na jihu Londýna, kam se zavírají ti nejnebezpečnější a nejnásilnější zločinci Velké Británie.

I København kæmper Maiken Tarp for at komme sig over sin kærestes død, imens hun forsøger at være en god mor for deres étårige søn. Fra Kiev får hun besked om, at den danske politimand Tomas Engberg har modtaget en dødstrussel. Mistanken rettes mod en magtfuld ukrainsk oligark og politiker. Maiken graver i sagen og opdager, at Tomas i al hemmelighed har lokket oligarkens tidligere elskerinde til Ukraine for at skaffe oplysninger om den mistænkte. Maiken Tarp forfølger parret til sortehavsbyen Odessa, og langsomt går det op for hende, at ingen af de involverede spiller med åbne kort. Men også M

Roma, primavera 1501. Salaì, apprendista pittore, scapestrato e sciupafemmine, scrive a un ignoto destinatario lo sgrammaticato resoconto del suo viaggio nell'Urbe. Il giovane è arrivato da Firenze al seguito del patrigno, un vecchio frustrato e squattrinato dalla testa zeppa di strane invenzioni che non funzionano mai: Leonardo da Vinci. Ufficialmente Leonardo è venuto nella Città Santa per studiare dal vivo l'antica architettura romana. In realtà è stato chiamato per un'indagine delicatissima: dovrà scoprire chi sta spargendo voci calunniose e infamanti sul pontefice.

Francesca Clark-Bartlett, wife of the American Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, seeks more power than she already has. Meanwhile, the attractive yet naive Melissa Iverson wishes she had never inherited her family's vast fortune. After they both become entangled with a 44-year-old, womanizing British intelligence agent, the two women find themselves in a web of deception and mystery. Threatening letters, dark family secrets and connections to persons of power all tell them that the path they tread is wrought with danger.

Los Angeles den 4. december, tre uger før første juledag. Den erfarne lommetyv Angela Wood er netop blevet færdig med dagens arbejde. Seks hundrede syvogfirs dollars. En god løn for femten minutters arbejde. Da hun fejrer sin indbringende dag med en drink, fanger en af barens gæster hendes opmærksomhed, da han er ubehøvlet over for en ældre mand. Angela beslutter sig for at give ham en lærestreg og stjæler hans dyre lædertaske.

Agosto del 2016. México llora la muerte de su máximo ídolo, El Divo. Pero tras la congoja masiva, se descubre otro hecho: han sustraído un cuadro, propiedad del cantante y parte del patrimonio cultural del país: La Doña, el retrato que Diego Rivera hiciera de una célebre actriz. Y esto desata un alud de vertiginosos hechos. El novato detective Peter Endejo, ser de apariencia casi risible, queda a cargo de la investigación. Y deberá atar cabos entre personajes de nombres arquetípicos, pero a los que el autor dota de arrolladora personalidad individual.

Kostas Papadopoulos, a former USAF Major and now the CEO of a government contracting firm that provides counterterrorism support, is thrusted back into action after witnessing a coordinated terrorist attack on Virginia highways. Drawing on his military background, Kostas becomes integral to the investigation led by Army General Wade Morris. Kostas' expertise in counterterrorism and his history with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency make him a key asset the General Morris and the Joint Task Force investigating the incident.

In our near-future, the eccentric tech billionaire Jamin Lake reveals an innovation that could save our broken and divided nation: Algo, an A.I. candidate for president. It is heralded as an efficient, rational, and seemingly incorruptible leader, underpinned by the brainpower of a million minds. Jamin vows the A.I. has been programmed to follow only a single benevolent mantra: to deliver “the most good for the most people”. In a nation mired in seemingly endless crisis and division, it feels like a real chance for a better future.

Dr. David Fazio is a maternity physician at Chicago-Western Medical Hospital. He is a handsome, divorced baby doctor who has more than his share of personal flaws. But Dr. Fazio has one good moral quality going for him: He is a pro-life obstetrician. In a state where late-term abortions are now legal, he is being strongly encouraged by the hospital to perform abortions on any patient requesting one.