Michael Havlen Books

Byla to jejich nejsmrtelnější zbraň. Nyní jsou jeho cílem. Jako dítě ho unesli na Střední Východ. Tvrdým výcvikem ho přetvořili na jednoho z nejelitnějších bojovníků jeho generace. Přinutili ho dělat věci, které by žádný člověk dělat neměl - tím spíš, když nevěří doktríně, kterou hlásají. Zatímco jeho soukmenovci zahajovali přípravu k vraždění, on začal hledat cestu ven. A nyní, v předvečer největšího smrtícího útoku, jaký se kdy podařilo zorganizovat, konečně spatřil svoji šanci. Osvobodí se. A najde ty, kteří z něj udělali monstrum.

Hosté přijíždějí a oslavy začínají. Na téhle svatbě je ovšem něco divného… Frank Szatowski neviděl svou dceru už tři roky a každý den se tím užírá. Když mu tedy Maggie zčistajasna zavolá, má velkou radost. A když mu navíc oznámí, že se vdává a zve ho na svatbu, jeho nadšení nezná mezí. Jak se později ukáže, Maggie si bere příslušníka bohatého klanu Gardnerových, syna známého amerického technologického magnáta. Franka zaskočí, v jak vysokých společenských kruzích se jeho dcera najednou pohybuje. Je však odhodlaný vztah s ní za každou cenu napravit. Svatba se koná ve velice luxusním a odlehlém venkovském sídle u jezera. Frank se snaží s dcerou znovu sblížit a poznat její novou rodinu. Je to ale těžké. Jeho nastávající zeť Aidan je uzavřený a vyhýbavý, Maggie na něj nemá čas a místní obyvatelé si o Gardnerových nemyslí nic hezkého. Frank začíná mít podezření, že něco není v pořádku. Navíc před svatbou obdržel anonymní zprávu spojující Aidana s dávným zmizením mladé ženy. Rozhodne se zjistit pravdu, i když riskuje, že tím Maggie navždy ztratí.

Aaron Decker's life changes one December morning when his wife Allison is killed. Haunted by her absence—and her ghost—Aaron goes through her belongings, where he finds a receipt for a motel room in another part of the country. Piloted by grief and an increasing sense of curiosity, Aaron embarks on a journey to discover what Allison had been doing in the weeks prior to her death.Yet Aaron is unprepared to discover the dark secrets Allison kept, the death and horror that make up the tapestry of her hidden life. And with each dark secret revealed, Aaron becomes more and more consumed by his obsession to learn the terrifying truth about the woman who had been his wife, even if it puts his own life at risk.A masterful, heart-palpitating novel of small-town horror and psychological dread from a Bram Stoker nominee.

The unforgettable debut thriller from Jason Rekulak with a twist you simply will not see coming... guaranteed to keep readers up at night.

Super-diplomat Raymond Havilland sets up the kidnapping of Jason Bourne's wife, in order to draw Bourne out of retirement and into a Taiwanese plot to seize Hong Kong and incite China against the West.

Eight strangers. One island. A secret you'd kill to keep.

When word reaches the President of the United States that a Chinese cargo ship is transporting chemicals to a rogue nation intent on creating new biological weapons, the President knows he must act quickly to obtain the proof he needs. Covert-One agent Jon Smith is sent to rendezvous in Taiwan with another agent who has acquired the ship's true manifest. But before Smith can get the document, he is ambushed, the second agent is murdered, and the evidence is destroyed. Smith escapes with only his life and a verbal message - the President's biological father is still alive, held prisoner by the Chinese for fifty years. As the mysterious ship draws closer to its end port, Smith is losing time in uncovering the truth about the vessel and its cargo - a truth that probes the secrets of the Chinese ruling party, a faction in Washington working to undermine the elected government, and an international cabal thursting the world to the brink of war ..

A priceless violin. And a dark secret someone is prepared to kill for. DCI Oldroyd has seen his fair share of victims, but he has never witnessed a murder--until now. When world-famous violinist Hans Muller is shot and killed during a concert, the detective is faced with a case beyond logic. The culprit is nowhere to be found--and the victim's priceless violin has disappeared too. As Oldroyd investigates the mystery of the murderer's identity and the motive for the killing, he enters the ruthless world of wealthy instrument collectors and stumbles upon a dark path where shocking secrets have been buried in the past. But the secrets will soon take centre stage. Oldroyd must use all his cunning to recover the priceless instrument. But can he also solve the mystery of a murderer who vanished in front of his own eyes?

A fiery explosion shatters a laboratory building in Paris. Among the dead is Emile Chambord, one of the leaders in the global race to create a molecular - or DNA - computer. Unfortunately, Professor Chambord kept the details of his work secret, and his notes were apparently destroyed in the fire. Then suddenly US fighter jets disappear from radar screens for a full five minutes and there's no explanation; utilities cease to function; and all telecommunications abruptly stop, with devastating consequences. This is not the work of a clever hacker - only the enormous power and speed of a DNA computer could have caused such havoc. Covert-One agent Jon Smith flies to Paris to investigate. Following a trail that leads him across two continents, he uncovers a web of deception that threatens to reshape the world for ever . . .

Nicholas Linnear, visionary hero of The Ninja, The Kaisho, and Floating City, returns in... Second Skin Eric Lustbader's powerful novels have established him as "an author of authentic and engrossing Oriental intrigue second to none" (Ib Melchior, Los Angeles Times Book Review ). Now the international bestselling master storyteller brings us a globe-spanning new novel of epic adventure. Nicholas Linnear is back -- to confront his most formidable and hated enemy. Nicholas Linnear won a major battle with the apocalyptic destruction of Floating City. But his enemy has taken flight from the city's ruins in Vietnam to regroup and mount the assault that will solidify his ultimate power -- and destroy Linnear. Mick Leonforte, an international corporate power broker as well as a criminal czar, is preparing to take on Linnear, his sworn nemesis, on the battleground where business and warfare become one. With the help of seasoned New York City police detective Lew Croaker and the dazzling, cunning Vesper Arkham, Linnear pursues his prey -- placing Koei, the woman he loves above all else, in the vengeful path of a criminal genius. And it will plunge Nicholas into the depths of Kshira -- the terrible force that even the master who trained him in the mysteries of psychic warfare was powerless to escape.

A homeless man in Boston, an Army Major in California, and a teenage girl in Atlanta all die suddenly and painfully--each a victim of an unknown doomsday virus. For three days, a team of scientists is a U.S. government laboratory has been frantically trying to unlock the virus's secrets. When the leading researcher from that lab, Lt. Col. Jonathan Smith, returns from overseas, he barely survives a series of well-orchestrated attempts made on his life. By the time Smith eludes his pursuers and makes it home, he discovers that the virus has claimed its fourth victim, Dr. Sophia Russell--Smith's fiancee. Devastated and enraged, Smith quickly uncovers evidence that his lover's death was no accident--that someone out there has the virus, and the pandemic that threatens hundreds of millions of lives is no accident. But wherever he turns, Smith finds that some unseen force has blocked his quest for information.Not knowing whom to trust, Smith assembles a private team to search for the truth behind the deadly virus. While the death toll mounts, their quest leads to the highest levels of power and the darkest corners of the earth, as they match wits with a determined genius--and as the fate of the world lies in the balance.

After surviving the crash of a Lear jet, fashion executive Skye Delaney finds herself stranded on a Pacific island with the plane's seductive pilot. Discovering that he is actually Kyle Jagger--a ruthless business tycoon with a reputation as an international playboy--at first makes Sky mistrustful. But soon, in a sultry Eden, she succumb's to Kyle's tender caresses.

When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for 3 strangers it's impossible to ignore. For one woman, it's a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her. For another, it's the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered. And for a journalist, it's the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth.

American ambassador Stephen Metcalfe has been summoned to find the one man who controls the levers of power in absolute secrecy--an official knowns only as the Dirizhor.

They say you killed...But What If They're Wrong? Sixty seconds after she wakes from a coma, Maggie's world is torn apart The police tell her that her daughter Elspeth is dead. That she drowned when the car Maggie had been driving plunged into the river. Maggie remembers nothing. When Maggie begs to see her husband Sean, the police tell her that he has disappeared. He was last seen on the day of her daughter's funeral. What really happened that day at the river? Where is Maggie's husband? And why can't she shake the suspicion that somewhere, somehow, her daughter is still alive?

Hluboko pod ulicemi Londýna žije Tuesday. Labyrint opuštěných tunelů se stal jejím domovem i útočištěm. Sem se uchýlila, aby se schovala před lidmi, kteří jí krutě ublížili. Odtud se jim mstí. Ukradli jí celý život. A ona jim teď vezme ten jejich. Nemá už totiž co ztratit. Když se objeví spojení mezi Tuesday a brutálními útoky na členy londýnského gangu, přistane případ na stole detektiva Losse: vyhořelého policajta, kterého pronásleduje stín nikdy nevyřešené vraždy jeho dcery. Před třemi lety mu zemřela v náručí. Přišel pozdě a nikdy si to nepřestal vyčítat. Co je to za policajta, když neumí najít ani vraha vlastní dcery? Teď ale Loss poprvé znovu cítí naději: možná je právě případ Tuesday klíčem ke zjištění, proč musela jeho dcera zemřít.

Thriller set in the world of power politics. An unassuming Congressman from Colorado mediates in the release of 200 hostages from the Middle East.

Retired operative Paul Janson is called back to the spy game to settle a personal debt he owes. Peter Novak, the legendary Hungarian immigrant and head of the Liberty Foundation, has been kidnapped and faces execution at the hands of terrorist extremists. It is up to Janson to rescue Novak before he is murdered. Janson immediately puts together a top team and manages the nearly impossible task of extricating Novak, but something goes horribly wrong - something that indicates the operation had been compromised from the start - and only Janson himself survives. Now the major intelligence services think that Janson was responsible for Novak's death and are sending their finest operatives after him...

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW meets GONE GIRL with an unexpected Hitchcockian twist from the New York Times bestselling author. For fans of Ruth Ware and Stephen King.

10 hours It’s November 1991. George H. W. Bush is in the White House, Nirvana's in the tape deck, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie, it’s guilt and grief over the murder of her best friend, who became the third victim of the man known as the Campus Killer. For Josh, it’s to help care for his sick father. Or so he says. Like the Hitchcock heroine she’s named after, Charlie has her doubts. There’s something suspicious about Josh, from the holes in his story about his father to how he doesn’t seem to want Charlie to see inside the car’s trunk. As they travel an empty highway in the dead of night, an increasingly worried Charlie begins to think she’s sharing a car with the Campus Killer. Is Josh truly dangerous? Or is Charlie’s suspicion merely a figment of her movie-fueled imagination? What follows is a game of cat-and-mouse played out on night-shrouded roads and in neon-lit parking lots, during an age when the only call for help can be made on a pay phone and in a place where there's nowhere to run. In order to win, Charlie must do one thing - survive the night.

Leading crime critic Maxim Jakubowski presents this year's must-have collection of British mystery fiction

A loving husband or a heartless killer...she'd know, wouldn't she?There's a lot Jean hasn't said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with accusing glares and anonymous harassment. Now her husband is dead, and there's no reason to stay quiet. People want to hear her story. They want to know what it was like living with that man. She can tell them there were secrets. There always are in a marriage.     The truth--that's all anyone wants. But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anything. For the reporter who has secured the exclusive interview, this is the scoop of a lifetime. For the detective who has lived a half-life since he failed to get justice for the victim, it is a chance to get at the truth that has eluded him for so long. For Jean, it's a chance to defend herself, what she knew--and when.     This is the tale of a missing child, narrated by the wife of the main suspect, the detective leading the hunt, and the journalist covering the case. It's a brilliantly ominous, psychologically acute portrait of a marriage in crisis--perfect for fans of The Silent Wife and The Girl on the Train .

INSPEKTOR JIM OLDROYD ŘEŠÍ ZLOČIN, KTEŘÍ SE ZDÁ AŽ PODEZŘELE JASNÝ… Louise je ve Whitby s přáteli na gothickém festivalu. Jejich návštěva únikové hry však končí krvavou vraždou. Jeden ze skupiny pobodá svou přítelkyni a z místa činu uteče. Jde o vraždu se třemi svědky, kdy jedenz nich však nevěří tomu, co viděl. Detektiv Oldroyd musí bojovat s násilným vrahem na svobodě a zároveň chránit svou dceru…

Nejhorší událost, kterou rezidenční čtvrť Hemlock Circle kdy zažila, se odehrála na zahradě Ethana Marshe. Jedné červencové noci usnul desetiletý Ethan se svým nejlepším kamarádem Billym ve stanu postaveném na vzorně střiženém trávníku v poklidné ulici. Ráno se však Ethan probudil sám. Stan byl rozříznutý nožem a Billy zmizel. Nikdo ho už nikdy neviděl. O třicet let později se Ethan neochotně vrací do domu svého dětství. Nemůže spát, trápí ho noční můry a začíná si všímat podivných věcí, které se dějí uprostřed noci. Někdo se v pozdních hodinách potuluje ulicí a na zahradě se začnou objevovat známky Billyho přítomnosti. Dělá si z Ethana někdo krutou legraci? Nebo se Billy, dlouho považovaný za mrtvého, vrátil do Hemlock Circle? Záhadné události nutí Ethana zjistit, co se tehdy v noci skutečně stalo. Pátrání ho dá dohromady s bývalými přáteli a sousedy a zavede ho do lesů v okolí. Do míst, kde podle Billyho údajně bloudili duchové a kde záhadný ústav provádí tajný výzkum na zchátralém panství. Čím blíže se Ethan dostává k pravdě, tím více si uvědomuje, že nikde není úplně bezpečno – v tichém lese ani v ulici na předměstí. A že minulost se vždycky může vrátit jako stín.