Als in Washington, D.C., zwei hoch angesehene – und ebenso korrupte – öffent liche Personen ermordet werden, muss Detective Alex Cross seine Hochzeitsplanung auf Eis legen, um die Ermittlungen aufzunehmen. Doch seine Nachforschungen verlaufen im Sand. Als weitere hochkarätige Opfer sterben, feiert die Bevölkerung den Schützen fast wie einen Helden. In diesem Tumult taucht Cross’ ärgster Feind auf, der sich geschworen hat, die Stadt erst wieder zu verlassen, wenn sein Gegenspieler für immer schweigt ...
As seen on Discovery's Murder is Forever TV series: In these two true crime thrillers, a reluctant hitman and a cheating husband fight for their lives . . . and a single mother exacts her revenge. In Murder, Interrupted (with Alex Abramovich), rich, cheating financier Frank Howard wants his wife dead, and he's willing to pay Billie Earl Johnson whatever it takes: $750,000, to be exact. When his bullet misses the mark, Billie Earl and Frank will turn on each other in a fight for their lives . . . Mother of All Murders (with Christopher Charles) is the story of local celebrity Dee Dee Blancharde. Television reports praise her as a single mother who tirelessly cares for her wheelchair-bound, chronically ill daughter. But when the teenaged Gypsy Rose realizes she isn't actually sick and Dee Dee has lied all these years, Gypsy Rose exacts her revenge . . .
In clothing, Bermuda Shorts are a kind of casual formal wear – and in this collection of essays, Bermuda Shorts is the perfect metaphor for James J. Patterson’s fundamentally serious but playful literary style. Patterson writes like the love child of Henry Miller and Mary Karr, with all the contradictions that implies — a philosopher who thinks best over a glass of fine wine; an ex-Catholic still haunted by the image of the Crucifixion; an irreverent political satirist whose patriotism flies the flag of another iconoclast, Thomas Paine. Patterson grew up with a foot planted in each of two worlds — one in Washington DC, the Capital of the Empire as he calls it, where the wheels of power spin, and one in rural Ontario, where his Canadian mother insisted the family spend their summers. His father, one of the wizards of twentieth century newspaper publishing, introduced him to the city’s wheels of money and power, which he would later navigate as an entrepreneur, starting his first business at 20. But those Canadian summers introduced him to a different world – one where a cedar strip boat was better than any car, and where the ghosts of those who'd previously inhabited the family’s island house floated out over the water of Lovesick Lake. It is those two worlds that blend in this collection, in reflections both serious and playful, on what it means to be a man, an artist, an iconoclast, a patriot, a lover, as the 20th century rolls over into the 21st.
Experience the magic of the Christmas season with a holiday wedding, an exciting secret, and a life-changing gift from the bride to her family. The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the packages are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married-and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day-she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays. But the wedding isn't Gaby's only surprise; she has one more gift for her children, and it could change all their lives forever. With deeply affecting characters and the emotional twists of a James Patterson thriller, The Christmas Wedding is a fresh look at family and the magic of the season.
Als Katie Wilkinson den perfekten Mann kennenlernt, ist sie überglücklich. Doch eines Tages verschwindet der Geliebte spurlos; er hinterlässt ihr jedoch ein Tagebuch. Es sind die Notizen einer jungen Mutter, die sie ihrem Baby gewidmet hat. In ihnen schildert sie ihre Liebesbeziehung zu dem Vater des Kindes. Schon bald begreift Katie, dass der Mann aus dem Tagebuch und ihr Geliebter ein und dieselbe Person sind ...
On the night before Christmas, Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. But when Alex's phone rings, he knows that this won't be a merry Christmas. A father has taken his children and ex-wife hostage. Armed to the teeth and high on crystal meth, Henry Fowler is dangerously unstable. The lives of everyone in that house are hanging by a thread. As this suburban nightmare is unfolding, another far greater threat is approaching. It will be a terrorist attack like Washington DC has never seen, and when nobody expects it.
James Patterson's high-octane sci-fi adventure series comes to a white-knuckle conclusion in the final battle that Daniel X has been waiting for his entire life. In this sixth and final installment of the Daniel X series, the alien-hunting hero is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: The Prayer, the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago. But even with his incredible ability to create almost anything, Daniel will have to push his powers beyond the brink in order to bring down a monster that has the powers of a god. This epic showdown of good versus evil is a thrilling finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Vendredi 4 décembre au matin. Le FBI est sur les dents. Ils sont à peine une poignée, tous vétérans de la guerre du Viêtnam, et pourtant ils font trembler les États-Unis. Leur leader, le colonel David Hudson, réclame pour ses pairs une indemnité importante et, surtout, la reconnaissance de leurs sacrifices consentis durant le conflit par le gouvernement. Si ces revendications ne sont pas entendues, Wall Street, symbole de la toute-puissance financière américaine, sera rayé de la carte en fin d'après-midi.Première édition : Fleuve noir, 2003.
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