Successors: Dramatized Adaptation by James Axler, A Full Cast, Christopher GRaybil...
epub | 895.25 KB | English | | Author: James Axler, A Full Cast, Christopher Graybill, David Coyne, Delores King Williams, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Penny | Year: 2020
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Tow centuries after a nuclear holocaust, America continues to resurrect itself, survival being the primary impulse for the hammered masses while absolute power remains in the hands of the reborn barons and their Magistrate enforcer corps. Yet this gradually weakening elite remain an integral part of an unfathomable destiny-defiantly challenged by those driven to free humanity from ancient, alien domination.
Thawed from cryogenic stasis, Gilgamesh Bates is a twentieth-century madman with enough knowledge of pre-Dark secrets to create a new world order. To inherit the earth, he's unleashed an ecological plague in the middle of the Amazon-a bio-engineered contagion from which there is no escape. Bates unfroze a team of crack U.S. Special Forces as shock troops, who quickly went rogue and joined with Kane and the Cerberus rebels. But even their joint offensive may be too late to stop the precision-controlled eradication of all humankind.
Category:Science Fiction & Fantasy, Other Science Fiction Categories, Action & Adventure Science Fiction
The Blood Road (Logan McRae, Book 11) by Stuart MacBride
epub | 615.4 KB | English | Isbn:9780008208233 | Author: Stuart MacBride | Year: 2018
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The tenth Logan McRae novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author.
Scottish crime fiction at its very best. Some things just won't stay buried.
When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in a crashed car, it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago. Or at least they thought he did.
Now Inspector Logan McRae has to work out where DI Bell's been all this time - and what was so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead.
But the deeper Logan digs, the more bones he uncovers. And there are people out there who'll kill to keep those skeletons buried.
Category:Mystery & Thrillers, Detective Fiction, Hard-Boiled Mystery - Other
The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds
epub | 456.92 KB | English | Isbn:9781429913010 | Author: Gayle Lynds | Year: 2010
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For centuries, emperors, historians, and even the Vatican have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible's magnificent Library of Gold - a long-missing archive containing gold-covered, bejeweled books dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks. Now one of the volumes, The Book of Spies, has surfaced, and along with it the highly secret book club that owns the Library of Gold. They form a cabal of the globe's most powerful men - men who will do anything to achieve their aims and protect their interests. When the CIA discovers a connection between the legendary library and a bank account linked to terrorists, they turn to rare books curator Eva Blake for help. Soon an attempt is made on Eva's life. Determined not only to survive but to uncover the truth, Eva turns to the only person she can trust-Judd Ryder, a former intelligence agent with his own agenda and a troubled past. Together, Judd and Eva embark on an international adventure from London to Rome, Istanbul, and Athens. Somehow they must do what no one else has been able to do - find the library and stay alive.
Category:Mystery & Thrillers, Thrillers, Espionage Thrillers, Thrillers - Conspiracies & Cover-Ups
The CIA Lockpicking Manual by Central Intelligence Agency
epub | 4.91 MB | English | Isbn:9781616082321 | Author: Central Intelligence Agency | Year: 2011
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Do you have the locksmith's phone number on speed dial? Find yourself spending a fortune on new locks after someone lost their keys again? Forgot your keys in the car one too many times? Free yourself once and for all from ever having a keyless crisis again with The CIA Lockpicking Manual. With this clever pocket- sized guide, you'll quickly learn how to get yourself into-and out of-tight spaces.With clear explanations and detailed illustrations, The CIA Lockpicking Manual will quickly teach you what you need to know. Soon you'll be able to get yourself into your house, office desk, or car . . . without your key.
Category:Reference, General Reference, Reference - General & Miscellaneous
The Darkest Place (Robin Lockwood Series #5) by Phillip Margolin
epub | 2.38 MB | English | Isbn:9781250258458 | Author: Phillip Margolin | Year: 2022
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Defense attorney Robin Lockwood faces an unimaginable personal disaster and her greatest professional challenge in the next New York Times bestselling Phillip Margolin's new legal thriller, The Darkest Place.
Robin Lockwood is an increasingly prominent defense attorney in the Portland community. A Yale graduate and former MMA fighter, she's becoming known for her string of innovative and successful defense strategies. As a favor to a judge, Robin takes on the pro bono defense of a reprehensible defendant charged with even more reprehensible crimes. But what she doesn't know-what she can't know-is how this one decision, this one case, will wreak complete devastation on her life and plans.
As she recovers from those consequences, Robin heads home to her small town of Elk Grove and the bosom of her family. As she tries to recuperate, a unique legal challenge presents itself-Marjorie Loman, a surrogate, is accused of kidnapping the baby she carried for another couple, and assaulting that couple in the process. There's no question that she committed these actions but that's not the same as being guilty of the crime. As Robin works to defend her client, she learns that Marjorie Loman has been hiding under a fake identity and is facing a warrant for her arrest for another, even more serious crime. And buried within the truth may once again be unexpected, deadly consequences.
Category:Mystery & Thrillers, Thrillers, Women Detectives - Fiction, Legal Thrillers, Women Sleuths
The Locker by Adrian Magson
epub | 1.27 MB | English | Isbn:9781800323728 | Author: Adrian Magson | Year: 2023
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First in a series of high-stakes intrigue. "Readers who enjoy Harlan Coben and Joseph Finder will happily get lost in the nightmare presented here." -Booklist
Hello, Nancy.
You're at your usual locker at Fitness Plus. The time is 09:15.
Your cell phone is dead, your home phone won't answer and your daughter, Beth, is home with the nanny.
It will take you eighteen minutes to get home. If you drive fast.
Shame. You're already eighteen minutes late . . .
The kidnappers' only stipulation is that Nancy must tell her husband, Michael.
The problem is, she doesn't know where he is, or how to contact him. But she recalls him mentioning a number she should call if anything unusual happens. This triggers a Code Red at specialist security company Cruxys Solutions, who send investigators Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik to track him down.
But they can't find a single trace of him. What do you do when a child's life depends on finding a man who doesn't seem to exist?
A white-knuckle suspense thriller that just won't let go, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben, Daniel Silva, and Michael Connelly.
"[An] intriguing and inventive plot." -Mystery Scene
"Magson is arguably one of the most entertaining writers of British spy fiction currently operating. His novels are sharp and exciting, with intelligent plots and interesting characters." -Deadly Pleasures
"Gonzalez and Vaslik make an appealingly mismatched investigative unit." -Kirkus Reviews
Category:Fiction, Fiction Subjects, Settings & Atmosphere - Fiction, Urban - Fiction
The Lost Relic (Ben Hope Series #6) by Scott Mariani
epub | 387.88 KB | English | Isbn:9781847561978 | Author: Scott Mariani | Year: 2011
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A SUPER-CHARGED THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch' Andy McDermott
A WEB OF DECEIT.
AND BEN HOPE IS CAUGHT UP IN THE MAYHEM.
Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy, a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy - and unwittingly walks into his deadliest mission yet.
Ben's involvement with the boy's family runs deeper as he witnesses their brutal murder at a gallery robbery. A seemingly worthless Goya sketch was the principal target in the bloodbath heist. Now it's up to Ben to find out the truth behind the elusive painting.
Wrongly accused of murder and forced to go on the run, he must get to the heart of the conspiracy while he still has the chance.
The Ben Hope series is a must-read for fans of Dan Brown, Lee Child and Mark Dawson. Join the millions of readers who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to a new Ben Hope thriller begins.
Whilst the Ben Hope thrillers can be read in any order, this is the sixth book in the series.
Category:Mystery & Thrillers, Thrillers, Thrillers - Other
The Montford Maniac: An absolutely gripping Victorian crime caper by M.R.C. Kasasian
epub | 1.08 MB | English | Isbn:9781804366172 | Author: M.R.C. Kasasian | Year: 2024
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A crazed killer. A town in terror. A mystery ten years in the making.
Lady Violet Thorn's awful Aunt Igitha arrives uninvited to stay, wreaking havoc in the household. When Violet plucks up courage to ask her to leave, Igitha's chilling threats are soon realised with deadly effect.
In a devastating series of events, a woman is impaled, another is hanged outside Violet's window, and a wild beast is delivered to her house.
Violet is soon struck by the similarities between these events, and the unsolved murders committed ten years earlier by the sadistic serial killer known as the Montford Maniac.
Could he have returned? Is Igitha behind the crimes? Or could there be someone even more terrifying on the prowl? The horrors have only just begun.
A rollicking, unputdownable Victorian mystery perfect for fans of Janice Hallett and Anthony Horowitz.
The New Brooklyn: What It Takes to Bring a City Back by Kay S. Hymowitz
epub | 584.35 KB | English | Isbn:9781442266582 | Author: Kay S. Hymowitz | Year: 2017
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Featured in The New York Times Book Review
Only a few decades ago, the Brooklyn stereotype well known to Americans was typified by television programs such as "The Honeymooners" and "Welcome Back, Kotter"-comedies about working-class sensibilities, deprivation, and struggles. Today, the borough across the East River from Manhattan is home to trendsetters, celebrities, and enough "1 percenters" to draw the Occupy Wall Street protests across the Brooklyn Bridge. "Tres Brooklyn," has become a compliment among gourmands in Parisian restaurants. In The New Brooklyn, Kay Hymowitz chronicles the dramatic transformation of the once crumbling borough. Devoting separate chapters to Park Slope, Williamsburg, Bed Stuy and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Hymowitz identifies the government policies and young, educated white and black middle class enclaves responsible for creating thousands of new businesses, safe and lively streets, and one of the most desirable urban environments in the world.
Exploring Brownsville, the growing Chinatown of Sunset Park, and Caribbean Canarsie, Hymowitz also wrestles with the question of whether the borough's new wealth can lift up long disadvantaged minorities, and the current generation of immigrants, many of whom will need more skills than their predecessors to thrive in a postindustrial economy.
The New Brooklyn's portraits of dramatic urban transformation, and its sometimes controversial effects, offers prescriptions relevant to "phoenix" cities coming back to life across the United States and beyond its borders.
Category:Social Sciences, History, Current Affairs & Politics, Art, Architecture & Photography, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous, United States History, Public Affairs & Policies, Regional Studies, Architecture, Urban Studies, United States History - Northeastern & Middle Atlantic Region, Infrastructure Policies, United States Studies, Urban Architecture & Design, Gentrification, New York City - History, Policy, Development & Renewal of Infrastructure, Regional Studies - Northeast & Middle Atlantic U.S., Urban Policy, Urban Renewal, Urban Studies - General & Miscellaneous
The Sum of All Shadows (Testament Series #4) by Eric Van Lustbader
epub | 3.51 MB | English | Isbn:9780765388643 | Author: Eric Van Lustbader | Year: 2019
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The Sum of All Shadows is the dramatic finale of New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader's pulse-pounding Testament series.
The Final Battle is here.
For millennia, Lucifer-the Sum of All Shadows-has been rebuilding his influence. At long last, he is ready to enact his ultimate revenge against Heaven. To do that, he must first annihilate the world and its inhabitants.
Standing in his way is one extraordinary family: the Shaws.
To save the world, Bravo and Emma Shaw have recovered the lost Testament, battled across continents, and fought adversaries both powerful and terrifying. But nothing that has come before can prepare them for the Final Battle. As predicted centuries ago, the End Times has arrived. Lucifer, heading an infernal army, means to destroy the Shaws once and for all. Now, racing to find the lost treasure of King Solomon's alchemical gold, Bravo and Emma must put their trust in strangers in strange lands.
But even if they are successful, their lives may still be forfeit.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Category:Mystery & Thrillers, Thrillers, Arcane and Academic Thrillers