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    The Bourne Supremacy
    Hidden Pictures
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    Spáč číslo 13
    • 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.

      Poslední svatební host2026
      5.0
    • 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…

      Příliš jasný pachatel2025
    • The Quartet Murders

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      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?

      The Quartet Murders2023
      3.9
    • The unforgettable debut thriller from Jason Rekulak with a twist you simply will not see coming... guaranteed to keep readers up at night.

      Hidden Pictures2023
      4.2
    • The House Across the Lake

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The story follows a recently fired Broadway star who seeks refuge in a secluded Vermont lake house. As she attempts to escape her past, she discovers the unsettling history of the area, which is marked by a series of mysterious disappearances involving women. This backdrop of intrigue and suspense compels her to confront not only the haunting secrets of the location but also her own struggles and fears.

      The House Across the Lake2023
      3.6
    • Come With Me

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      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.

      Come With Me2022
      4.2
    • Stranded

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

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

      Stranded2022
      4.0
    • Survive the Night

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      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.

      Survive the Night2022
      3.5
    • 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.

      Spáč číslo 132019
      4.5
    • The day of the accident

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      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?

      The day of the accident2019
      3.9
    • 'Clever and compelling. You?ll love THE CHILD? Clare Mackintosh'Tense, tantalising and ultimately very satisfying . . . definitely one of the year's must-reads? Lee Child'An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret. An absolutely fabulous read - I loved it!?Shari LapenaThe bestselling author of 2016?s breakout debut, THE WIDOW, returns with her new dark, unputdownable thriller.********When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for three 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 reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered.And for the third, a journalist, it?s the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth.The Child?s story will be told.********'I loved this gripping story that kept me guessing to the end? Liz Nugent'Fiona Barton is a major new talent? M J Arlidge

      The Child2017
      3.9
    • Dívka, která si říkala Tuesday

      • 328 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      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.

      Dívka, která si říkala Tuesday2016
      3.8
    • 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 .

      The Widow2016
      3.5
    • Final instalment in the Bourne series. Now David Webb is living a peaceful life as a univesity professor in the backwood of America with his wife and children. But someone is reaching out to take him out of the game forever. A deadly assassin is on his trail and his former handler has been brutally murdered already.

      Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne in The Bourne Legacy2013
      3.9
    • 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 ..

      Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code2012
      4.0
    • 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.

      The Tristan betrayal2011
      3.9
    • The Janson Directive

      • 624 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      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 Janson Directive2010
      3.7
    • The Bourne Supremacy

      • 688 pages
      • 25 hours of reading

      THE EXPERT ASSASSIN IS BACK IN THIS NON-STOP ACTION HIT A THRILLER THAT NEVER LETS UP.

      The Bourne Supremacy2010
      4.1
    • Paris Option

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      When an explosion destroys the Pasteur Institute in Paris, Marty Zellerbach is left in a coma, while a top computer scientist - Emile Chambord - goes missing. Although a terrorist group takes credit for the bombing, officials begin to wonder whether there might be a more sinister plot at work.

      Paris Option2003
      3.9
    • The Hades Factor

      • 436 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Jonathan Smith begins to search for the origins of a doomsday virus that is claiming the lives of people throughout the U.S., and soon learns that the virus is being intentionally injected into the victims by a madman.

      The Hades Factor2001
      3.9
    • Night, Sea and Stars

      • 347 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      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.

      Night, Sea and Stars1999
      3.8
    • Thriller set in the world of power politics. An unassuming Congressman from Colorado mediates in the release of 200 hostages from the Middle East.

      The Icarus Agenda1999
      3.7