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The Master's Cry: Episode Five
by Chris Stewart"It really grips you....I lost a lot of sleep reading it." -Tim LaHaye, co-author of the LEFT BEHIND series EVERYTHING FELL SILENT "The flash was sudden and bright, white-hot, blazing and intense. It burst down from the night sky, leaving a yellow glow that quickly faded and then disappeared. Their car stopped suddenly. No chug. No cough or sputter. It was as if someone had reached over and turned the key off." In the wake of a devastating nuclear attack on Washington, D.C., the surviving member of the government begin to plot their retaliation. But, before they can act, the world goes insane. Missiles from Israel and Iran pass each other in the air, decades of threats finally giving way to death and destruction. Japan, South Korea and China watch as the North Koreans begin to fuel their missiles. Millions of Muslims in Western Europe begin to riot. India and Pakistan raise their defense levels. The entire world seems to be on the edge of the abyss. In Saudi Arabia, however, things are going exactly to plan. King Al-Rahman, prodded along by a mysterious old man, consolidates his power within the Kingdom and orders a final, debilitating blow on the United States. Against the backdrop of torn-from-the-headlines Middle Eastern drama, the Wrath & Righteousness series is a fast-paced thriller that explores man's role in the eternal battle between good and evil. Chris Stewart is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including The Miracle of Freedom. He is a world-record-setting Air Force pilot (fastest nonstop flight around the world) and president and CEO of The Shipley Group, a nationally recognized consulting and training company. Wrath & Righteousness is a ten episode e-book series by New York Times bestselling author Chris Stewart. Each episode is approximately 50,000-60,000 words (roughly two-thirds the length of a normal full-length novel). This series was adapted from the previously published The Great and Terrible series that was released from 2003-2008.
The Master's Hand (Mystery and the Minister’s Wife #26)
by Diane NobleAN EYE FOR ART. COPPER MILL IS BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT over the opening of a new museum that features art donated by one of the town's great success stories: a man named Davis Carr, who spent a meaningful part of his childhood there. Carr has even made sure that the museum is equipped with a high-tech surveillance system run by security guru Clive Garfield. But when Paul's mentor Nehemiah Jacobs comes across the security feed of the museum, he sees more than just a few priceless paintings. Kate is sure that the suspicious activity at the museum is connected to Clive, especially after she notices that Livvy's son James Jenner, who works on Clive's security team, begins to act fearful and skittish. When Kate tries to enlist the assistance of Renee Lambert, she finds that Renee has sworn off gossip, which makes for a surprisingly difficult investigation. With or without Renee, Kate knows that something shady is surrounding the museum and, worse, she worries that James is in trouble. Can she get to the bottom of it before it's too late?
Masters of Illusion: a Novel of the Connecticut Circus Fire
by Mary-Ann Tirone SmithWith a reporter's eye, Smith re-creates an unforgettable tragedy, the Hartford circus fire of 1944 that left 169 people dead and over a thousand injured. And with a writer's vision, she tells a moving story about two people who search to find the truth behind the catastrophe - and discover the secrets hidden in their own lives." "Because World War II has sent so many men overseas, the excited crowd gathering at the July 6, 1944, circus matinee to see the Flying Wallendas, clown Emmett Kelly, and the fabulous animal acts of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth are mostly women and children. So are the victims of the fire. Margie Potter is the youngest child to survive, yet she won't even remember the flames that claim her mother's life and leave her own back scarred. The Hartford fireman she meets and marries eighteen years later, Charlie O'Neill, was only ten the summer of the fire, but the terrifying day has stayed in his mind - so vividly that he can never forget it." "Masters of Illusion is Margie and Charlie's story - a story of investigation, of peeling back the layers of the past to discover what really happened. The fire may have been a tragic accident, no one knows for sure, but Charlie is convinced it was an act of deliberate murder. His and Margie's twenty-five-year hunt for evidence will end up revealing the emotional and physical scars she doesn't even know are there. And this story of suspense will become a portrayal of a woman's dramatic awakening as she faces the facts of her life and the stripping away of illusions she has embraced throughout her girlhood and marriage.
The Masters of the House
by Robert BarnardIn the late winter of 1979, Leeds housewife Ellen Heenan dies in childbirth – abandoning a guilt-stricken husband to insanity’s grasp and leaving four young children to find for themselves. Thirteen-year-old Matthew and Annie, age twelve, know what the authorities will do if the learn of Father’s debilitating madness. A close-knit family will be speedily unravelled, its threads scattered carelessly to the winds. So deception is the only recourse – a façade of normalcy that must be carefully constructed to fool prying neighbourhood eyes. And resourceful young Matthew and his sister have the situation well in hand – until a freshly slain corpse turns up beneath the kitchen window . . .
Masters of True Crime: Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre
by R. Barri FlowersFlowers, an independent literary criminologist and crime writer, collects 17 stories by true crime authors, journalists, and others who explore historical and modern-day crimes involving murder, arson, missing persons, cold cases, organized crime, and escaped convicts. They relate stories about the Michigan State U. serial killer, the murder of a girl scout, a child arsonist, the murder of Arizona heiress Jeanne Tovrea, the murder of a mob insider, mail bombs, and other crimes. No index is provided. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Masters of War: Danny Black Thriller 1 (Danny Black #1)
by Chris RyanThe first book in the hugely popular Danny Black series by the creator of the hit TV show Strikeback.Paris. An elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk.In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people.The Russians are propping up the government, the French are backing one rebel fraction and the British are backing another.In north Africa, young SAS trooper Danny Black is coming to the end of a gruelling tour of duty, or so he thinks.Danny has a new mission. An MI6 agent needs to make contact with Syrian rebel forces, and also with the private military contractors who are - unofficially - training this rebel faction as it struggles to bring down their government and establish a new regime that will be favourable to British business interests. Danny will learn who the masters of war, the men who call the shots, really are.Danny discovers a world where death is dispensed by the highest bidder and individuals will betray anybody if the price is right.
Masters of War: Danny Black Thriller 1
by Chris RyanThe first book in the hugely popular Danny Black series by the creator of the hit TV show Strikeback.Paris. An elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk.In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people.The Russians are propping up the government, the French are backing one rebel fraction and the British are backing another.In north Africa, young SAS trooper Danny Black is coming to the end of a gruelling tour of duty, or so he thinks.Danny has a new mission. An MI6 agent needs to make contact with Syrian rebel forces, and also with the private military contractors who are - unofficially - training this rebel faction as it struggles to bring down their government and establish a new regime that will be favourable to British business interests. Danny will learn who the masters of war, the men who call the shots, really are.Danny discovers a world where death is dispensed by the highest bidder and individuals will betray anybody if the price is right.
Masters of War: Danny Black Thriller 1 (Danny Black #1)
by Chris RyanIn Paris, an elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk. In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people. The Russians are propping up the government, the French are backing one rebel fraction and the British are backing another. And in north Africa, young SAS trooper Jamie Truman is coming to the end of a gruelling tour of duty, or so he thinks. Jamie has a new mission. An MI6 agent needs to make contact with Syrian rebel forces, and also with the private military contractors who are - unofficially - training this rebel faction as it struggles to bring down their government and establish a new regime that will be favourable to British business interests. As they travel deep into rebel heartland, Jamie will learn who the masters of war, the men who call the shots, really are. As Jamie finds himself sucked into the murky orbit of the private military, he discovers a world where death is dispensed by the highest bidder and individuals will betray anybody if the price is right.And where a secret lurks that will change the course of Jamie's own life, however long that might last...(P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton
Masterstroke: And, Red Herrings (The Simon Bognor Mysteries #7)
by Tim HealdAfter a boozy Oxford reunion, Bognor is distressed to learn one of his classmates is a killerNothing depresses Simon Bognor like a university reunion. Every pimply-faced boy he knew two decades prior has made something of himself, while Bognor languishes at the Board of Trade, muddling along in an investigatory position for which he is hideously unqualified. Although more often than not his job requires catching murderers, he lacks even the observational powers to notice when the head of his old college has been poisoned. Both quite drunk, they totter off to their respective beds. Bognor makes it, but the master doesn&’t—he collapses dead at the top of the stairs. Due to the dead man&’s ties to the government, Bognor is asked to sort out who did him in. At long last he has the opportunity to prove himself at his old college—but Bognor knows it is just as likely that he will end up in the dunce&’s cap.
Mata Hari
by Emma BeebyThis book explores the life of the controversial and historical figure, Mata Hari -- the exotic dancer, convicted double agent, and original femme fatale--told from her own perspective. It collects the five-issue series and includes additional historical material and an artist's sketchbook.Dancer. Courtesan. Spy. Executed by a French firing squad in 1917. One hundred years on from her death, questions are still raised about her conviction.Now, the lesser-known, often tragic story of the woman who claimed she was born a princess, and died a figure of public hatred, with no one to claim her body is told by break-out talent writer Emma Beeby (Judge Dredd), artist Ariela Kristantina (Insexts), and colorist Pat Masioni drawing on biographies and released MI5 filesWe meet Mata Hari in prison at the end of her life as she writes her memoir--part romantic tale of a Javanese princess who performed "sacred" nude dances for Europe's elite, and part real-life saga of a disgraced wife and mother, who has everything she loves taken from her.But, as she sits trial for treason and espionage, we hear another tale, of a flamboyant Dutch woman who became "the most dangerous spy France has ever captured"--a double agent who whored herself for secrets, lived a life of scandal and loved only money. Leading us to ask . . . who was the real Mata Hari?
Mata Hari
by Michelle MoranFrom the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti comes a captivating novel about the infamous Mata Hari, exotic dancer, adored courtesan, and, possibly, infamous spy.Paris, 1917. The notorious dancer Mata Hari sits in a cold cell awaiting freedom . . . or death. Alone and despondent, Mata Hari is as confused as the rest of the world about the charges she's been arrested on: treason leading to the deaths of thousands of French soldiers.As Mata Hari waits for her fate to be decided, she relays the story of her life to a reporter who is allowed to visit her in prison. Beginning with her carefree childhood, Mata Hari recounts her father's cruel abandonment of her family as well her calamitous marriage to a military officer. Taken to the island of Java, Mata Hari refuses to be ruled by her abusive husband and instead learns to dance, paving the way to her stardom as Europe's most infamous exotic dancer.From lush Indian temples and glamorous Parisian theatres to stark German barracks in war-torn Europe, Moran brings to vibrant life the famed world of Mata Hari: dancer, courtesan, and possibly, spy.
Mata para mí (Familia Vartanian #Volumen 3)
by Karen RoseMata para mí es el escalofriante, tenso y absorbente cierre de la trilogía «Familia Vartanian» y una de las novelas de Kate Rose con mayor éxito internacional. Dieciséis años recién cumplidos y había huido de casa para conocer, por fin, al joven universitario con quien llevaba tiempo chateando, convencida de haberse enamorado. Luego... el silencio. Seis meses después el caos se desata en Dutton, un pequeño pueblo del estado sureño de Georgia. Cinco adolescentes son asesinadas, y la única que logra sobrevivir sabe que impedirán que hable como sea. Una pareja está decidida a ayudarla. Luke Papadopoulos, agente federal, se enfrenta al mal sin rostro que merodea en internet, aunque jamás haya podido acostumbrarse. Susannah Vartanian, que se ha visto forzada a regresar a Dutton, comprende que debe sacar a la luz todo lo que calló durante años. Ambos se verán obligados a juzgar a todo un pueblo. Un pueblo edificadosobre la crueldad impune, el poder absoluto y los silencios cómplices, un pueblo que se sustenta gracias a la poderosa tela de una araña que no puede permitir que nadie escape.
The Matador's Crown
by Alex ArcherAn invitation too irresistible to refuse from the Museum of Cadiz leads archaeologist Annja Creed to the sun-drenched southern coast of Andalucia, Spain. In a region rich in Moorish and Roman ruins, she leaps at the chance to join a dig across the Bay of Cadiz, where she unearths a bronze bull statue that makes the entire trip worth every minute. Until the day after her discovery, when she sees the same artifact beside the body of a dead Spaniard, killed by the estocada, the final sword thrust used by bullfighters to bring down the bull.Whoever killed the man left clear signs of having taken something. And yet the bronze bull remained. What was so valuable the murderer chose it over a priceless artifact? How had her find come into this dead man's hands? With few leads and a growing body count, Annja's investigation takes her through a colorful world of flamenco and bullfighting to a renowned matador and an illegal-and deadly-collection of Visigoth votive crowns.
Matança predatória
by Kenneth EadeUm assassino maníaco está à solta. A mãe de April é brutalmente assassinada e seu pai espancado até perder a vida. O advogado Brent Marks já pagou suas dívidas como advogado, tendo recebido sua parte em pequenos casos ao longo de sua carreira de 20 anos, mas finalmente alcançou um ponto em sua vida onde pode assumir casos de importância social. O que ele menos esperava era que o caso de empréstimo predatório de April Marsh contra os grandes bancos por execução ilícita da casa de seus pais se transformasse em uma investigação de assassinato. À medida que o drama do tribunal esquenta, a ação fora do tribunal fica fora de controle.
Matando en la sombra
by S. S. Van DineCuando Archie Coe, el riquísimo y detestado coleccionista de porcelana china, aparece muerto en su habitación cerrada desde el interior, la primera hipótesis es suicidio. Pero una rápida inspección del doctor Doremus muestra que el cadáver de Archie ha sido golpeado con un objeto contundente y apuñalado antes de recibir el tiro en la sien. Las sospechas se centran en su hermano Brisbane, hasta que lo encuentran muerto dentro de un armario de la planta baja. Las pistas se reducen a un valioso jarrón roto y un doberman herido. Las sospechas se extienden a toda la familia y el servicio, incluido el cocinero chino.Philo Vance no está de acuerdo con los derroteros de la investigación. Deberá recurrir a todos sus conocimientos sobre cría de perros y antigüedades chinas para resolver el puzzle del cuarto cerrado.
Matanzas: A Detective Lane Mystery (Detective Lane Mystery #9)
by Garry RyanHis psyche still reeling from having to kill a criminal in the line of duty, Calgary’s Detective Lane flies to Cuba to celebrate the wedding of his beloved niece. While there, though, he finds himself drafted by the local police into investigating the murder of a Canadian tourist. Upon his return to Calgary, links between this incident and the deaths of local elderly pensioners start to make themselves known, drawing Lane and his partner Nigel Li further into a web of conspiracy, politics and big money. Garry Ryan’s award-winning, best-selling mystery series continues with all the intrigue, good humour and mochaccinos that fans have come to expect.
Matar a November (Matar a November #Volumen 1)
by Adriana MatherUn espectacular thriller ambientado en un internado secreto donde los estudiantes son entrenados para continuar con los legados familiares que han construido -y derribado- imperios. En la Academia Absconditi, donde no existe la tecnología moderna y se castiga usando el ojo por ojo, los alumnos aprenden a lanzar cuchillos, usar venenos y a mentir con maestría. Provienen de prestigiosas familias de todo el mundo y están aprendiendo a ser asesinos, espías o expertos en imitación. November no sabe qué hace en la academia una chica como ella, y tampoco tiene tiempo para averiguarlo. Cuando un estudiante muere en extrañas circunstancias, tendrá que evitar que la señalen como culpable y, al mismo tiempo, no acabar siendo la siguiente víctima.
Matar ´E Demorado
by Giacomo Giammatteo Rodrigo GaionA string of brutal murders has bodies piling up in Brooklyn, and Detective Frankie Donovan knows what is going on. Clues left at the crime scenes point to someone from the old neighborhood, and that isn't good. Frankie has taken two oaths in his life—the one he took to uphold the law when he became a cop, and the one he took with his two best friends when they were eight years old and inseparable. Those relationships have forced Frankie to make many tough decisions, but now he faces the toughest one of his life; he has five murders to solve and one of those two friends is responsible. If Frankie lets him go, he breaks the oath he took as a cop and risks losing his job. But if he tries to bring him in, he breaks the oath he kept for twenty-five years—and risks losing his life. In the neighborhood where Frankie Donovan grew up, you never broke an oath.
Matar y Correr
by Lauren CarrDescripción del libro: Cinco mujeres aparentemente sin nada en común son brutalmente asesinadas en una casa a las afueras de Washington DC. Entre las muchas preguntas que rodearon la masacre fue lo que había reunido a estos extraños aparentes solo para ser asesinados. Al asumir su primer caso de asesinato oficial, el teniente Murphy Thornton, de la USN, cree que si puede descubrir el hilo que conecta a las víctimas, entonces podrá encontrar a su asesino. En poco tiempo, el caso da un giro inesperado cuando Murphy descubre que una de las víctimas tiene una conexión con su madrastra, el detective de Homicidios Cameron Gates. Una noche invernal, más de una docena de años antes, su primer marido, un policía estatal de Pensilvania, había sido asesinado mientras trabajaba en un turno de noche en la autopista. En esta primera entrega de Thorny Rose Mysteries, los Lovers in Crime se unen a los recién casados teniente Murphy Thornton y Jessica Faraday para analizar una red de mentiras y encubrimientos. Juntos, ¿pueden los detectives de Thorny Rose descubrir la verdad sin ser víctimas de un asesino astuto?
The Matarese Circle: A Novel (Matarese #1)
by Robert LudlumAn international circle of killers, the Matarese will undoubtedly take over the world within just two years. Only two rival spies have the power to stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, KGB. They share a genius for espionage and a life of explosive terror and violence. But though these sworn enemies once vowed to terminate each other, they must now become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to their mission: destroy the Matarese. Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Matarese Circle "A blockbuster . . . Ludlum's best."--The Wall Street Journal "A spellbinder."--The Dallas Morning News "Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined."--The New York Times "Don't ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day."--Chicago Sun-Times BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity.
The Matarese Circle
by Robert LudlumThe Matarese Circle are the Corsican Brotherhood. Terrifying killers, their power could plunge the world into chaos and destruction within two years.Only two rival spies - and one mysterious woman - can stop them. Brandon Scofield, CIA, and the West's most professional assassin, and Vasili Taleniekov, former KGB, now wanted by the Politburo. They share a genius for espionage - and a life of terror and explosive violence. Sworn enemies, Scofield and Taleniekov have vowed to terminate each other, but now they must become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle of killers: the Matarese...
The Matarese Circle
by Robert LudlumThe Matarese Circle are the Corsican Brotherhood. Terrifying killers, their power could plunge the world into chaos and destruction within two years.Only two rival spies - and one mysterious woman - can stop them. Brandon Scofield, CIA, and the West's most professional assassin, and Vasili Taleniekov, former KGB, now wanted by the Politburo. They share a genius for espionage - and a life of terror and explosive violence. Sworn enemies, Scofield and Taleniekov have vowed to terminate each other, but now they must become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle of killers: the Matarese...Read by Michael Prichard. Michael Prichard has played several thousand characters during his career. While he has been seen performing over a hundred of them in theater and film, SmartMoney Magazine named him one of the Top Ten Golden Voices.(p) 2012 Penguin Random House LLC
The Matarese Countdown
by Robert LudlumThe Matarese are back. But has the only man with the power to stop them already run out of time?Twenty years ago, KGB and CIA agents worked together to bring down The Matarese, a dynasty of killers who threatened the world. But the terrifying group has regained its power. CIA officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminate its ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money and stone-cold killers. Then he gets a lucky break. One of the Matarese victims lives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the case wide open: the code name for legendary CIA agent Brandon Scofield - the only man to infiltrate the Matarese circle, and survive.
The Matarese Countdown
by Robert LudlumTwenty years ago, KGB and CIA agents worked together to bring down The Matarese, a dynasty of killers who threatened the world. But the terrifying group has regained its power. CIA officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminate its ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money and stone-cold killers. Then he gets a lucky break. One of the Matarese victims lives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the case wide open: the code name for legendary CIA agent Brandon Scofield - the only man to infiltrate the Matarese circle, and survive.Read by Michael Prichard. Michael Prichard has played several thousand characters during his career. While he has been seen performing over a hundred of them in theater and film, SmartMoney Magazine named him one of the Top Ten Golden Voices.(p) 2012 Penguin Random House LLC
The Matarese Countdown
by Robert LudlumNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "First-rate suspense."--People Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB banded together to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabal of power brokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieve worldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty is back--and the only man with the power to stop it may have already run out of time. CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminate its ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money and stone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy. From the Hamptons to London's Belgrave Square, Matarese assassins have already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all who stand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible to stop--until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese's victims survives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the case wide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agent Brandon Scofield--the only man who has ever infiltrated the Matarese inner circle and lived to tell about it. "Welcome to Robert Ludlum's world . . . fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue."--The Plain Dealer BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity.