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Acceptable Loss: A gripping Victorian mystery of blackmail, vice and corruption (William Monk Mystery #17)
by Anne PerryAs a past case returns to haunt Monk, can he find justice for the innocent? Inspector William Monk once again faces a dangerous foe in Acceptable Loss, the seventeenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed series. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Ann Granger.'[An Anne Perry novel can] take us away to the far reaches of our imaginations, to a place and a time about which we can only dream... We see the gaslight, we feel the fog, and in Perry's latest, Acceptable Loss, we experience the horror of murder, blackmail and sordid crime, as well as the shining victory of heroic sacrifice and personal courage' - Asbury Park Press In 1864, Monk and his wife Hester are doing their best to care for Scuff, a homeless boy recovering from a terrifying ordeal at the hands of Jericho Phillips, the runner of a child prostitution ring. Although Scuff's evil abductor is dead, there is no suggestion that the ring has been broken and Scuff is certain that more children are suffering an even worse fate.Monk is determined to find the remaining children and uncover the men funding the operation. And when the body of small-time crook Mickey Parfitt washes up on Mortlake's shore, it fortuitously points him in the right direction. But as Monk's investigation continues, the reputations of respected gentlemen start being called into question and his task becomes fraught with unforeseen dangers. In an illicit world of blackmail, vice and corruption, Monk must follow the trail - and his conscience - wherever it leads, no matter how disturbing the truth may be. What readers are saying about Acceptable Loss: 'There is no one who better captures the Victorian period. From the homes of the wealthy, to the lowest, meanest parts of London, [Anne Perry] creates a fully-realised world''A riveting mystery wrapped up in the dark and seedy side of Victorian London''Anne Perry is the best Victorian crime [writer] I have ever read'
Accent on Murder: A Captain Heimrich Mystery (The\captain Heimrich Mysteries Ser.)
by Richard Lockridge Frances LockridgeCaptain Heimrich teams up with a professor to teach a killer a lesson in this mystery from the authors of the “excellent” Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there’s no lead the intrepid investigator won’t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . When Walter Brinkley—professor emeritus of English literature—throws a cocktail party for newlywed friend Paul Craig and his bride, he has no idea the celebratory affair will spark a chain of events ending in a string of scandalous murders. The first victim is beautiful party guest Caroline Wilkins, shot while sunbathing nude in a secluded place a few days after the soiree. Called in to investigate, Captain Heimrich uncovers information that links the dead woman to a notorious scandal rag. But before he can connect all the dots, a second malicious murder throws him for a loop. With someone in Westchester County on a killing spree, Heimrich has little time left to catch the culprit. Luckily, Professor Brinkley might have just the expertise needed to crack the case . . . Accent on Murder is the 11th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Acceleration
by Graham McnameeIt' s a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority' s Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan' s just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book. It' s a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can' t make himself stop reading. What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman? And what if time was running out. . . . "From the Hardcover edition. "
Acceleration
by Graham McnameeIt's a hot summer and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's lost and found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloguing misplaced belongings. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan has just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can't stop reading. What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman? A chilling, thrilling read for fans of mysteries and suspense - highlighted during World Book Night 2014.
Acceleration
by Graham McnameeIt's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan's just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book. It's a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can't make himself stop reading.What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman?And what if time was running out. . . .From the Hardcover edition.
Accanto (Coda (Italiano))
by Killerqueen Marie SextonUn libro della serie CodaIl giovane Dominic Jacobsen sospetta di essere gay e ne ha la conferma quando un ricco ragazzo proveniente da fuori città sale sul sedile posteriore della sua GTO. Gli basta una serata con Lamar Franklin per convincersi di aver trovato l'uomo dei suoi sogni. Sfortunatamente, quella serata sarà l'unica cosa che avrà prima che l'altro lasci il Colorado. Quindici anni dopo, Lamar torna a Coda, dopo aver messo fine all'ultima di una lunga serie di pessime relazioni. È solo, depresso e tormentato da telefonate notturne anonime. Ormai sul punto di arrendersi, si trova faccia a faccia con il passato. Da quando aveva diciassette anni, Dominic sogna di incontrare di nuovo Lamar, ma questo non significa che sia pronto per vivere una storia. Affrontare i pettegolezzi tipici di una piccola città e i soliti drammi di una grande famiglia è già difficile, ma ciò che più lo preoccupa è perdere la custodia della figlia adolescente, Naomi. L'unica soluzione è assicurarsi che lui e Lamar rimangano amici e nulla più. Dovranno tenersi addosso i vestiti, qualsiasi cosa accada. Semplice. Che si riveli un bene o un male, Lamar sembra però pensarla in altro modo.
Accadde un weekend (Serie Colleghi improbabili #1)
by A. J. Thomas Victor MillaisSerie Colleghi improbabili, Libro 1A causa della malattia della madre, Doug Heavy Runner ha lasciato la vita del poliziotto gay dichiarato a Miami per tornare a casa, nella Riserva Indiana Salish-Kootenai. Nei due anni da quando lei è venuta a mancare, si è costruito una grigia vita da vicesceriffo di una piccola comunità, accontentandosi delle avventure di una notte fuori città per mantenere la sanità mentale. Poi conosce Christopher Hayes, un detective di San Diego di passaggio nel Montana, e insieme trascorrono una notte di passione talmente incredibile che Doug infrange la sua stessa regola e permette a quell'incontro occasionale di diventare un weekend di sesso meraviglioso. Quando Christopher arriva nella piccola città di Elkin per occuparsi del suicidio del fratello violento, non si aspetta di trovare l'uomo con cui ha trascorso il weekend a gestirne il caso. Di sicuro non gli dispiace passare più tempo con Doug, ma un piromane distrugge la casa che gli è stata lasciata in eredità, e lui e il vicesceriffo finiscono tra i principali sospettati. Le indagini rivelano che il fratello di Christopher li ha messi sulle tracce di un pedofilo psicopatico che non si fermerà davanti a nulla pur di mettere a tacere la sua ultima vittima. La ricerca della vittima finisce però in maniera orribile, lasciando Doug ferito in ospedale e Christopher alla mercé del killer...
Acasos do Destino: Prequel - História de Introdução
by Christina McKnightDe Condessa à pária ... Evitada pelo Beau Monde da Inglaterra por sua ascendência ser de Barbados, a Senhorita A'laya Banesworth passou sua vida ansiando pela verdadeira aceitação. Quando o Conde de Holderness a corteja, ela acredita que encontrou o amor verdadeiro. Rapidamente, A'laya descobre que seu casamento é apenas de conveniência. Embora agora seja uma Condessa, A'laya ainda enfrenta a desaprovação e o desprezo da família de seu novo marido. Apenas o nascimento de sua filha, Katherina traz felicidade a sua vida. Mas A'laya não antecipa como seus inimigos são perversos. Katherina é roubada dela, e A'laya fica sem meios de encontrá-la. Ainda assim, a procura desesperadamente, esperando que sua filha ainda esteja viva. Com o passar dos anos, A'laya passa a viajar pelo interior da Inglaterra como cartomante, ansiando por se reunir com Katherina. O laço entre mãe e filha é forte - tão forte que quando o destino e o acaso colidem, o amor transborda ...
Acapulco Rampage (The Executioner #26)
by Don PendletonIn Mexico&’s most glamorous resort, the Executioner targets the heroin trade Bobby Cassiopea is one of the new breed of American mobsters: a stylish jet setter whose high-finance reputation hides a corrupt criminal soul. It is on the backs of slick young men like Bobby Cass that the Mafia hopes to escape its thuggish reputation and move into the upper crust of international crime. The war for Acapulco has begun. In this nexus of jet-set style and global drug trafficking, the Mafia grows like a cancer. Bolan has come to cut it out. Acapulco Rampage is the 26th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Los Acantilados Aulladores
by Mary DealSara Mason se une a la búsqueda de los restos del hermano desaparecido en combate de Huxley en la selva de Vietnam. A ella se une su amiga Esmeralda. Más tarde, en Hawai, Sara se entera de que una niña de seis años del vecindario había desaparecido diez años antes. Algo extraño está sucediendo en los acantilados del bosque cercano; Alguien quería que este caso se mantuviera congelado. Incluso después de que atentan contra la vida de Sara, ella continúa con la investigación y persigue las pistas que la llevan por un camino de peligro. ¿Podrá resolver el misterio de los acantilados aulladores?
Acadia Event
by MJ Preston"An epic page-turner, with Canada&’s frozen north as the setting and the Earth as the ultimate prize for whichever side wins the war.&”—Gregory L. Norris, screenwriter for Star Trek Voyager Marty Croft has it all. A beautiful wife, and a successful career as a commercial artist. That is until his past comes back to haunt him. Enter the psychotic son of Marty&’s former gangster boss. After Marty&’s wife is kidnapped, he finds himself forced back into a world he left behind. The job seems simple enough. Drive the world&’s longest ice road and retrieve a package of stolen diamonds. But what will become of Marty and his wife when the job is done? Will they be disposed of as potential witnesses? But in a twist of fate, the Acadia Diamond mine, located 200 kilometers below the Arctic Circle, has found something buried in the ice. It is a portal not of this world, and it is about to be unlocked by unsuspecting scientists. Once opened, the creatures, known as Skentophyte, attack—and what started out as a heist becomes a war for survival against mind-controlling aliens. The Acadia mine has become the beachhead of an all-out invasion—and Marty must fight through it if he has any hope of saving his wife from a maniac...
Acadia Dulogy eBook Bundle (Acadia Duology #2)
by Mia SheridanFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Archer's Voice comes the gripping Acadia Duology, a forbidden friends-to-lovers romance finding light in the darkest of places.Becoming CalderThere is a place in today's America with no electricity, no plumbing, and no modern conveniences. In this place, there is no room for dreams, no space for self-expression, and no tolerance for ambition.In the community of Acadia lives a boy named Calder with the body of a god and the heart of a warrior. He serves his family with faith and honor, but he dares to dream of more…especially when an angel-faced girl his age is brought to their community. To Acadia, Eden is obedient perfection, prophesized to lead them to eternal peace, but to Calder, even at first glance, she is so much more.Calder and Eden were never meant to be friends. Certainly never meant to fall in love. After all, Eden is betrothed to Acadia's leader, secluded until the day of her destiny. But as she and Calder steal fleeting moments and forbidden kisses, their hearts grow dangerously tangled, and it's too late to heed the warnings.In Acadia, they can never be together. But Acadia is all they know. If they want any chance at a future, they must risk everything to choose between the life they were taught to live and the dream their hearts want to follow.Finding EdenCalder and Eden are free from the stifling grasp of Acadia, but the new world they've stepped into is just as isolating. Each convinced the other died in the flood that decimated their community, they're forced into modern life, hearts broken, futures unclear. After all they sacrificed to be together, a life without one another, forever haunted by grief and memories, seems impossible to bear.But they do bear it. They survive. And when they meet by chance years later, happiness, for once, finally seems within their grasp.Still, the past is a bright, burning pain between them, and Calder and Eden cannot truly move on until they lay it to rest. With Acadia's story forced into the public eye and dangerous questions mounting, the two must untangle the truths of the life they came from to discover who they are and who they might become together.Only, what they discover might drown them for good.
Academy 7
by Anne OsterlundWith a past too terrible to speak of, and a bleak, lonely future ahead of her, Aerin Renning is shocked to find she has earned a place at the most exclusive school in the universe. Aerin excels at Academy 7 in all but debate, where Dane Madousin?son of one of the most powerful men in the Alliance? consistently outtalks her. Fortunately Aerin consistently outwits him at sparring. They are at the top of their class until Dane jeopardizes everything and Aerin is unintentionally dragged down with him. When the pair is given a joint punishment, an unexpected friendship?and romance?begins to form. But Dane and Aerin both harbor dangerous secrets, and the two are linked in ways neither of them could ever have imagined. . . . .
The Academy (Steel Trapp)
by Ridley PearsonSteven "Steel" Trapp has been placed in an East Coast boarding school for gifted kids by his FBI agent father. He soon discovers that there's a clubby element of the faculty and upper classmen that is very secretive and protective. To his surprise, his friend Kaileigh arrives at the school, and it isn't long before the two realize that this is not your normal boarding school. It seems a select few students are recruited, while still minors, to serve as special "translators" for the US Government.
The Academy: A Dan Lenson Novel (Dan Lenson Novels #22)
by David PoyerWith high ethical stakes and a suspenseful past-and-present narrative, The Academy is David Poyer's capstone novel in the Dan Lenson series.In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must fight to rescue the Academy itself. Parallel to this narrative runs the dramatic story of Dan's years as a first class midshipman, 40 years ago. An Academy classmate commits suicide, and Dan is drawn into the investigation. The decisions he makes will affect his entire career and shape how he comes to lead troops in battle and at peace.
Academic
by Michael GandyDr. Jim Dantzler is the head of the Bitmeadow State Hospital, a residential facility for those living with mental illness. Not long after his appointment to the job, the media report that Adeline University, where he earned his doctorate, took actions that resulted in its accreditation being removed retroactively to the period that included the time of Dantzler’s studies. Both his degree and his job are in jeopardy.
ACADEMIA: Surgeon in training, Garven Wilsonhulme, fang-and-claw competition for glory
by Carl DouglassAcademia: The Law of the Jungle by Author Carl Douglass, neurosurgeon turned author who writes with such gripping realism, is a novel of a driven man who finally gets to be a surgeon in training and then an academic neurosurgeon on his way to the top of his profession. He watched the fall from glory of his mentor, and came face to face with his greatest opponents in the fang-and-claw competition of a merciless competition at the heights of prestige.
La academia
by David G. PuertasUn internado de élite. Un cadáver sin identificar. Demasiados secretos. «Si te enganchaste a Élite y El internado, este libro te va a flipar».Andrea Compton «¡Altamente adictivo! Misterio, drama, amor y desenfreno, lo tiene todo».Inés Hernand TODOS CALLAN. Un selecto grupo de alumnos ingresa en la academia Roca Negra, una institución elitista ubicada en un paraje frío e inhóspito de Baqueira. Este prestigioso internado les garantiza convertirse en los líderes del mañana. A cambio, solo deben acatar las normas y mantener la compostura. Pero todo da un giro inesperado cuando la nieve los deja incomunicados y un cadáver con evidentes signos de violencia aparece en escena. TODOS MIENTEN. Será entonces cuando la policía inicie una investigación que pondrá en el punto de mira a esos estudiantes privilegiados, quienes hasta hace poco confiaban los unos en los otros. Sin embargo, ahora deberán asumir que entre ellos hay, al menos, un asesino. TODOS COMPARTEN UN SECRETO... HASTA EL FINAL. ¿Cómo actuarías si las únicas personas en las que puedes confiar también pudieran traicionarte?
Acaba Tudo à Meia-Noite
by Harriet TyceO imperdível novo thriller da autora do bestseller internacional Laranja de Sangue. NESTA VÉSPERA DE ANO NOVO TÃO ESPECIAL, TUDO ACABARÁ À MEIA-NOITE. É noite de passagem de ano e o palco está montado para uma festa luxuosa num dos melhores bairros de Edimburgo. Para Tess, este é o momento de se voltar a reunir com amigos há muito perdidos. Tendo sido diagnosticada com uma doença potencialmente fatal, esta poderá ser a sua última hipótese de emendar alguns erros do passado. Ao mesmo tempo, vendo o seu casamento a passar por dificuldades, sabe que será a oportunidade perfeita para renovar os votos com o seu marido, Marcus, rodeados por pessoas que os amam. Ao saber do estado de saúde de Tess, Sylvie, a sua amiga mais próxima, percebe que o tempo pode estar a esgotar-se. A única coisa que pode fazer é oferecer uma sensação de alívio à amiga relativamente à culpa que assombra ambas há décadas. O céu ilumina-se com fogo de artifício e o champanhe enche os copos dos presentes — mas esta celebração não irá correr como o esperado. PORQUE, ATÉ AO FIM DA NOITE, ALGUÉM IRÁ MORRER. À medida que a meia-noite se aproxima e a contagem decrescente começa, torna-se claro que existe alguém que não procura resoluções para o novo ano. UM DOS CONVIDADOS PROCURA VINGANÇA. Os elogios da crítica: «Personagens intrigantes, reviravoltas inesperadas e um final que é um autêntico murro no estômago. Harriet Tyce nunca falha.» — John Marrs, autor de Os Passageiros «Escrito com muita inteligência e ainda mais sombrio do que Laranja de Sangue.» — Sarah Vaughan, autora de Anatomia de um Escândalo «Um romance muito bem construído. Tanto as personagens como a narrativa se conjugam na perfeição, neste tenso romance de Harriet Tyce.» — Financial Times «Um policial perfeito.» — Closer«Li este romance de uma assentada, cheio de pressa para chegar ao fim, que me chocou.» — Alex Michaelides, autor de A Paciente Silenciosa «Denso, sinuoso e arrepiante: um misto de thriller jurídico, amizades tóxicas, relações danificadas e fantasmas do passado, sedentos por vingança.» — Ellery Lloyd, autores de O Clube«Excelente. Uma constante de tensão e surpresas.» — My Weekly «Acaba Tudo à Meia-Noite oferece-nos uma Harriet Tyce na sua melhor forma, uma vez mais. O enredo é uma verdadeira obra-prima.» — Living Magazine «Uma leitura imprevisível e inesquecível.» — Woman’s Weekly«Acaba Tudo à Meia-Noite é um thriller psicológico fascinante, cheio de suspense, amizades perigosas e verdades desconfortáveis.» — Culturefly «Uma história explosiva sobre segredos mortíferos, com um final de nos deixar sem fôlego.» —Candis
The Abyssinian Proof: A Kamil Pasha Novel (Kamil Pasha Novels) (Kamil Pasha Novels #0)
by Jenny White"An immensely enjoyable read, richly textured and wonderfully atmospheric."--Sarah Graves Constantinople, May 1453. In the dying days of the Byzantine Empire, Isaak Metochites and his family are entrusted with a silver reliquary carved with the figure of a weeping angel and the inscription: Behold the Proof of Chora, Container of the Uncontainable. Four hundred years later, magistrate Kamil Pasha is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches and a series of murders in which the bodies bear the same distinctive mark. Sources lead Kamil to a hidden sect descended from Abyssinian slaves living in an abandoned cistern in Istanbul's gritty underworld. The reemergence of the forgotten reliquary sets off a brutal race between those sworn to protect it and those who will stop at nothing to gain its explosive secret.
The Abyssinian Proof
by Jenny White19th-century Istanbul: a conspiracy to steal an ancient reliquary; a secret which could change the world.The Ottoman Empire is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches that, within days, appear for sale in Europe. Among them is a reliquary, presumed lost for four hundred years and around which an elaborate and mysterious sect has grown.In Istanbul, magistrate Kamil Pasha is under pressure to break the smuggling ring amid rising tensions between Christians and Muslims. He confronts a mysterious adversary who will stop at nothing to get the reliquary first. With the Balkans aflame and Kamil's personal life in upheaval, the search into the old neighbourhoods where Istanbul's crime rings reside may cost Kamil not only his position but also his life.
The Abyss Beyond Dreams: A Novel of the Commonwealth (Commonwealth: Chronicle of the Fallers #1)
by Peter F. HamiltonThe wait is over. Bestselling science fiction master Peter F. Hamilton is back with the first of a new two-book saga set in his popular Commonwealth universe. Distinguished by deft plotting, a teeming cast of characters, dazzling scientific speculation, and imagination that brings the truly alien to life, The Abyss Beyond Dreams reveals Hamilton as a storyteller of astonishing ingenuity and power. The year is 3326. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, receives a visit from the Raiel--self-appointed guardians of the Void, the enigmatic construct at the core of the galaxy that threatens the existence of all that lives. The Raiel convince Nigel to participate in a desperate scheme to infiltrate the Void. Once inside, Nigel discovers that humans are not the only life-forms to have been sucked into the Void, where the laws of physics are subtly different and mental powers indistinguishable from magic are commonplace. The humans trapped there are afflicted by an alien species of biological mimics--the Fallers--that are intelligent but merciless killers. Yet these same aliens may hold the key to destroying the threat of the Void forever--if Nigel can uncover their secrets. As the Fallers' relentless attacks continue, and the fragile human society splinters into civil war, Nigel must uncover the secrets of the Fallers--before he is killed by the very people he has come to save. Praise for Peter F. Hamilton's Great North Road "Gripping . . . a mammoth tale featuring believable characters and exceptionally skilled storytelling."--Library Journal (starred review) The Evolutionary Void "Satisfying and powerful . . . Space Opera doesn't get much more epic."--SFFWorld The Temporal Void "Fusing elements of hard SF with adventure fantasy tropes, Hamilton has singlehandedly raised the bar for grand-scale speculative storytelling."--Publishers Weekly The Dreaming Void "A real spellbinder from a master storyteller . . . dozens of scenarios, a surprisingly well-delineated cast of thousands, plotting enough to delight the most Machiavellian of readers."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)From the Hardcover edition.
The Abyss
by Orson Scott CardAARON BARNES WAS ON DUTY WITH THE SONAR SYSTEM OF THE USS MONTANA, AN OHIO-CLASS SSBN BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE. flames took the job seriously. He knew that if he made one mistake, they were all blind and deaf in the belly of the sea. So when the glider, still far off, began to emit a thrumming noise as it moved through the water, it was less than a second before Barnes noticed it, and only a few seconds more before both Barnes and the sonar computer concluded, from the sound-source's course and speed, that it wasn't a fish. Within moments, the whole crew was at battle stations. There weren't all that many countries in the world that even owned submarines, and none of them were neutral. Not at that speed, at that depth, at that time. Not in those waters. How fast was it? Barnes checked again. "Sixty knots," he whispered. "Sixty knots?" said Captain Kretschmer. His voice was calm enough-he simply didn't believe the information. "No way, Barnes. The Reds don't have anything that fast." "Checked it twice, skipper," Barnes told him. "It's a real unique signature. No cavitation, no reactor noise. Doesn't even sound like screws." In fact, it sounded like a fish with an incredibly loud heartbeat. But sixty knots? Wasn't a fish in the sea could move that fast even if it was pissing pure rocket fuel...
Abyss (Kirk McGarvey Series #15)
by David HagbergIt's a pleasant summer afternoon in the Gulf Stream, twenty-five miles off Hutchinson Island on Florida's east coast, when NOAA scientist Dr. Eve Larsen is about to prove she has the answers not only to global warming but the solution to stopping killer storms across the planet. She is part of a multitrillion-dollar, multinational project to farm clean, endless energy from the ocean currents—and alter the planet's weather for the better. At that very moment, contract killer Brian DeCamp walks into the Hutchinson Island Nuclear Power Station aiming to cause a meltdown so catastrophic it'll make Chernobyl seem like nothing. Security cam footage leads to an intervention by legendary former CIA director Kirk McGarvey,, who manages to thwart the catastrophe … but the failed sabotage sets off a chain of events more terrifying than McGarvey could ever have imagined. The incident sets McGarvey on a trail of assassinations and dirty money that finally leads him to a charismatic preacher... controlled by a vicious derivative fund manager... who in turn is controlled not only by her own greed but by power brokers with enormous fortunes they will stop at nothing to protect.,... In Abyss, New York Times bestselling author David Hagberg pits The Expediter's Kirk McGarvey against the people who mean to destroy our future. With Big Oil ruthlessly hunting for profit after the BP disaster in the Gulf... the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
ABUSO DE PODER
by Kenneth Eade Claudia Magalhães Motta“A injustiça em qualquer lugar é uma ameaça à justiça em todo lugar. - Martin Luther King”. Este best-seller dá o veredicto. William Thomas cresceu desconfiando do contato com a polícia. Entretanto, trabalhou muito e construiu seu nome como um advogado de sucesso. Depois de sair de um jogo de beisebol com os amigos, William é agredido pela polícia e um policial é assassinado. Acusado de homicídio, ele chama o advogado Brent Marks para defendê-lo. Será que Brent conseguirá convencer o júri de que a polícia ultrapassou o limite entre manter a ordem e violência policial? Será que ele conseguirá construir a defesa de um cliente que acredita que pode ser culpado? Este romance moderno de suspense e mistério coloca frente a frente a realidade contemporânea de tolerância, racismo, preconceito e violência na sociedade americana.