Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Thriller & Suspense

The fate of Rome, and thousands of lives, rests on the shoulders of one man. After murdering his brother, and taking the position of Emperor for himself, Caracalla orders a brutal purge of the supporters of Geta. Meanwhile, Caracalla’s ally Marcellus is captured by Syrian warriors. They wish to use his son, Avitus, as a puppet emperor to affirm a new Eastern Empire. Caracalla orders Silus to track down and rescue Avitus, rumoured to be Caracalla’s child.

The game of cat and mouse begins... Following an eight month suspension for gross misconduct, Detective Inspector Andy Horton returns to his job after the charges are dropped, but the stain on his career and personal life persists. When Horton stumbles across a naked corpse, brutally bludgeoned, he sets out to find the killer. And while his colleagues want him off the case, fate has other plans.

Fans of Kimberley Chambers’ Queenie and Martina Cole will love this unputdownable crime thriller from bestselling crime author Emma Tallon. Sometimes revenge is the only option. Anna Davies is young, smart and successful, plus she’s the head of one of London’s biggest crime networks. She’s seen off her abusive ex-boyfriend and cut her teeth managing clubs around London’s West End. But nothing could have prepared her for what’s around the corner... Beautiful, rich and powerful, Sophia Ivanov has been sniffing around Anna’s business empire and she’s got only one thing on her mind – revenge.

Die ersten drei Thriller um den moralischen Psychopathen Dexter Morgan in einer Sammelausgabe. Dexter Morgan ist ein anerkannter Forensiker, charmant zu seinen Mitmenschen und – ein Serienmörder. Doch ihm wurde von seinem Ziehvater ein strenger Verhaltenscodex auferlegt. Er darf seinen dunklen Trieb nur an denen auslassen, die es verdienen: Menschen, die scheußliche Verbrechen begangen haben. Durch seine Arbeit erfährt er immer wieder von grausigen Morden.

Detective Inspector Andy Horton has a lot on his plate. A celebrity receives threatening phone calls. A nursing home resident is assaulted. A man is found in a pit with several of his fingers severed. Perry Jackson and his team are filming a new TV series about wrecks in the Solent and staying at the large and luxurious Royal Hotel on Portsmouth’s seafront. Shortly after they’ve checked in, Jackson receives a series of threatening phone calls telling him to watch his back and you’ve been warned. Horton thinks it’s a publicity stunt to promote the new TV show.

Dark waters hide deadly secrets. When the headmistress of a Portsmouth school is found brutally murdered on an old structure in the middle of Langstone Harbour, Detective Andy Horton of Portsmouth CID is assigned to the case. The victim, discovered with a note with the words ‘Have you forgotten ME?’, was a steely, determined woman who made enemies on her path to success. But did any of them hate her enough to want her dead?With the clock ticking and Superintendent Uckfield pressing for results, Horton is forced to make a decision that will put his life on the line.

Will Britain take him in... or mark him as its enemy? Faustus Valerianus is the son of a Roman father and a British mother, a captive sold among the spoils after Claudius’ invasion. When both parents die within a month of each other, he sells the family farm and enlists, joining legendary general Agricola’s campaign to conquer the entirety of the British Isles. But Faustus will have to contend with more than ferocious British warriors and whip-cracking elements. For the bonds of blood can weigh heavy on one’s soul. The call of his mother’s true people.

Oonagh O'Neil is back with another gloomy and heart-wrenching investigation. If only someone had listened... When the supposed suicide of famous Scottish football coach Harry Nugent hits the headlines, the tabloids are filled with tributes to a charitable pillar of the community that gave so much back to sport and to those less fortunate. But something isn't right.

That evening the baker's wife ran down the village street in a tattered pink nightgown. She screamed as she ran. Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live. First, the river floods in June. The family wakes to find ducks sailing around the drawing room and dead peacocks bobbing in the garden. But the flood is only the beginning of their troubles. All of a sudden the miller goes mad and drowns himself. Then the butcher slits his throat. A peculiar illness is spreading through the town and picking off its victims one by one.

Five friends. One deadly obsession. The salt-scented quadrangles of St Andrews University greet misfit first-year student Finn Nethercott with indifference. It is a place where privilege counts, and those from the right backgrounds can get away with murder. Finn is quickly seduced into a new circle of friends – four history scholars obsessed with the deepest roots of ancient Scotland – who sweep him away on wild adventures to forgotten castles and faerie lochs.

Jede Menge Action und Spannung garantiert der Thriller "Operation Elite" des australischen Bestseller-Autors Matthew Reilly! Die Majestic-12, eine geheime Gruppierung, setzen darin im dritten Teil der Scarecrow-Reihe ein millionenschweres Kopfgeld auf 15 Personen aus, darunter auch auf Shane M. Schofield. Doch der Elite-Marine erfährt von der Verschwörung und versucht herauszufinden, wer die anderen 14 Männer auf der Abschussliste sind und warum sie umgebracht werden sollen. Eine Hetzjagd um die halbe Welt beginnt.

Auf einer ruhigen griechischen Insel ist ein US-amerikanischer Luftwaffenstützpunkt angegriffen worden – von einem Jagdflugzeug aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg . . . einer berühmten gelben Albatros, die angeblich 1918 auf See verloren gegangen ist. Eine Mission für Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino und den Rest des NUMA-Teams. Sie sollen herauszufinden, wie der Vorfall mit mysteriösen Sabotageakten gegen eine wissenschaftliche Expedition, einem internationalen Schmuggelring und einer dunkelhaarigen Schönheit mit einigen gefährlichen Geheimnissen zusammenhängt.

It seemed like an open-and-shut case. But they couldn’t have been more wrong. When a 25-year-old woman is found dead in Stockholm, detective Vanessa Frank knows that there is more to the case than meets the eye. And when Vanessa finds herself on the trail of a dangerous internet community who call themselves "incels", her world starts to unravel. These ‘involuntarily celibate’ men have fostered hatred towards the women who turn them down, and now women are turning up dead.

The stakes are high, and time is running out... When a charred body is discovered on a burning boat at Horsea Marina, Detective Inspector Andy Horton is called to investigate. The victim is identified as Tom Brundall, a wealthy financier from Guernsey, who was terminally ill. Puzzled, Horton wonders why a dying man would return to his hometown of Portsmouth and who would want to kill him. As Horton digs deeper, another body surfaces, forcing him to grapple with not just the victims' pasts but also the unresolved mystery of his own mother's disappearance three decades earlier.

From enemies to lovers... Nina wordt gedwongen te trouwen met Roman, de meedogenloze leider van de Russische Bratva. Hoewel ze zich voordoet als de perfecte echtgenote, leeft ze in constante angst en droomt ze van ontsnapping. Maar Roman heeft andere plannen: hij is vastbesloten haar voor altijd bij zich te houden. Wat begint als een huwelijksdeal, verandert al snel in een gevaarlijk spel vol passie en macht.Perfectly imperfect Stap in een wereld vol intriges en gevaar, waar de meedogenloze mannen van de Italiaanse en Russische maffia de dienst uitmaken.

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Five years after the brutal murder of his girlfriend Eva, haunted PI Ravn is dragged back into the one case he's never been able to close. New evidence surfaces, igniting a desperate chase for justice that plunges him into a dark web of crooked cops, a dying hitman, and a powerful elite guarding a deadly secret. To get the answers he craves, Ravn must strike a dangerous bargain with ruthless crime boss Kaminsky: recover 71 million in stolen cash, or lose everything. From Copenhagen's gritty underworld to the corridors of corrupt power, Ravn will risk it all to unmask Eva's killer.

Kaum aus dem Gefängnis, soll Andrew den Babysitter für Phoebe, die Tochter des mächtigen Mafiabosses von Glasgow, spielen. In einem Nachtclub steht Andrew plötzlich mehreren Auftragskillern gegenüber, die ihn aus dem Weg schaffen sollen. Ihm bleibt nur, Phoebe als Schutzschild zu benutzen und sie zu entführen. Als er sie freilassen will, weigert sie sich stur. Denn die Prinzessin von Glasgow ergreift die Chance, um vor ihrem kontrollsüchtigen Vater zu fliehen, der sie zwangsverheiraten will.

The expected never happens... a man calls unexpectedly on his mistress and sees another man leaving her flat. Accusing her of being unfaithful, he quarrels with her, strikes her. She dies. Leaving unseen, he tips off the police so that the other man is arrested and charged... Has he achieved "The Perfect Murder"? A tantalising opening to "A Twist in the Tale", a fantastic collection of short stories from bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, Styrkar, loyal housecarl to the fallen King Harold, journeys to Ireland in search of the dead king's exiled sons. When a plot to murder Harold's widow and infant son is uncovered, duty pulls him in a different direction. Fleeing back to England with the dowager and child, Styrkar's loyalties are tested as he's forced into an uneasy alliance with his old comrade Eadnoth, now sworn to William the Conqueror. When the sons of Harold return to reclaim their birthright, Styrkar must choose: stand with his blood brother or his brothers-in-arms?