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Nanny and amateur photographer, Kristin, is plagued by a horrifying recurring nightmare. In the nightmare, she arrives at the aftermath of a shootout where she spies four bodies and a detective, and she can't help but photograph the ghastly scene. The following morning Kristin is greeted with this very same scene as she walks to work. And she is terrified by the realisation of her dream.

NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him – he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter’s killer. Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her fiance were murdered while on holiday in Rome.

In a world where one online retail giant dominates all others, a husband and wife infiltrate the inner workings of the store and discover motives that are more sinister than they could possibly imagine.

PASSION HAS NEVER BEEN MORE DANGEROUS. Whit and Wisty Allgood, a witch and wizard with extraordinary abilities, have defeated the ruthless dictator who long overshadowed their world. But for the first time in their lives, the powerful brother and sister find themselves at odds as Wisty is drawn to a mysterious and magical stranger named Heath.

Living in the luxurious Arcanum building - with its interior balconies perfect for playing tag, an elevator like an iron birdcage, and quirky neighbours behind every apartment door - has always been fun and games for twelve-year-old Minerva Keen...until her neighbours start getting poisoned. Anyone could be next, and everyone is a suspect, including Minerva herself. To clear her name and help the police crack the case, Minerva starts her own detective club.

For Hawk, being a hero weighs heavily on her wings. In the City of the Dead, life happens in the shadows. That's why a war is brewing against an enemy no one can see. Hawk and Maximum Ride never back down from a conflict, or from each other, and they argue more than they agree. But as the dead begin to outnumber the living, a mother's experience and a daughter's instinct can make one powerful arsenal.

Michael Crichton, auteur de Jurassic Park, et James Patterson, un des auteurs les plus lus dans le monde, forment un duo de choc et créent un page-turner déjà #1 sur la liste des bestsellers du New York Times. Une éruption menace de détruire la grande île de Hawaii, mais les conséquences d'un secret enseveli pendant des décennies par l'armée américaine semblent encore plus terrifiantes que le volcan. Avril 2025, tandis que John MacGregor entraîne des jeunes surfeurs sur une plage de la grande île de Hawaii, une secousse volcanique fait trembler la terre.

Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian - even if he always seems to 'choke' in the spotlight. When Jamie finds out about a contest called the Funniest Kid on the Planet, he knows it's time to face his fears and enter. But are the judges rewarding him out of pity because he happens to be in a wheelchair, like his bullying cousin Stevie suggests?

James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. What is her husband's secret? Miranda Cooper's life takes a terrifying turn when an SUV deliberately runs her and her husband off a desolate Arizona road. With her husband badly wounded, she must run for help alone as his cryptic parting words echo in her head: 'Be careful who you trust.'

A disturbed killer targets San Francisco’s most innocent and vulnerable… Sarah Wells is a normal, suburban woman. She has a husband, a job as an English teacher at the local high-school, but she also has a secret … she is an expert jewel thief. While her rich victims throw parties, Sarah breaks into their homes and steals from right under their very noses. One night however, things go badly wrong and Casey Dowling, the wife of famous actor Marcus Dowling, is killed.

Tom Calloway didn't want to go on a field trip to Costa Rica, but circumstances had him ending up sitting in the back of the plane - which was the only part that was intact after the crash in the remote South American wilderness. Tom and a small group of his classmates are fortunate to be alive, but their luck quickly runs out when some of them fall prey to the unfamiliar threats of the jungle - animals, reptiles, insects, and even the unforgiving heat. Every decision they make could mean life or death.

You are about to listen to one of the classic novels of suspense by the world's best-selling thriller writer. It starts with three terrifying murders in the American South. It ends with a relentless and unforgettable manhunt in the North. In between is the gripping story of a ruthless assassin, the woman he loves, and the beloved leader he is hired to kill.

Ruin me. Annie Sullivan has spent her life running from her past, until she meets her soul mate, Jasper Monroe. But she isn't willing to settle down with him yet because there's just one thing missing - one last erotic experience - that may define her relationship...or destroy it.

Der schwarze Detective und Psychologe Alex Cross steht vor einer schier unlösbaren Aufgabe. Auf dem Campus einer Universtität werden akttraktive junge Frauen von einem gefährlichen Psychopathen entführt und vergewaltigt. Nur der hübschen Medizinstudentin Kate gelingt es, in höchster Lebensgefahr zu entkommen. Mit ihrer Hilfe beginnt Alex Cross seine mörderische Jagd, aber er hat noch einen anderen Grund einzugreifen: Auch seine Nichte ist verschwunden...

When two dead bodies are found inside a wrecked car on the Golden Gate Bridge, Detective Lindsay Boxer doubts that it will be anything as simple as a traffic accident. The scene is more gruesome than anything she has seen before. It definitely wasn’t the crash that killed these people. While Lindsay starts to piece this case together, she gets a call she wasn’t expecting. Sightings of her ex-colleague-turned-ruthless-killer Mackie Morales have been reported.

Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about Cassius' family and neighbors in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age twelve.

The Kidd family is on their way to Australia to find Lasseter's Gold when fellow treasure hunter Charlotte Badger challenges them to a race to the gold! But when the Kidds pull into port in Australia, their parents are suddenly arrested - they've been framed! It turns out Charlotte Badger is a pirate, and she's planted a priceless stolen black opal on the Kidds' ship!

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Treasure Hunters: All American Adventure, by James Patterson. The USA is in danger...and only the Kidds can find the treasure that will save it! Bick, Beck, Storm and Tommy are stuck in Washington, DC without any priceless antiques to hunt - boring! But everything changes when the Kidds uncover a dastardly conspiracy: a fake Bill of Rights! Now they're crisscrossing the country in a race to prove the document is a forgery. But the key is exposing the conspiracy that may have been under their noses the whole time.

Straight from the harsh streets, American Cops is a first-person account of the days and nights of America's police force.

I have something very im-paw-tant to tell you.... I was with my mutt mates in the dog park when we saw something monstrous through the trees...I recognised it straight away. It was a huge dino-roar! Now, I know what you're thinking - dino-roars don't exist anymore, right? Wrong. I spotted one in the flesh, well in the bone.... And it smelt tail-waggingly tasty! I followed its sniff-a-licious scent to the biggest building I've ever seen, and the smells coming from inside were the most dusty, moldy, oldy, dirt-lectable whiffs I've ever wrapped my snout around.