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    Power play
    The Winner
    First Family
    Dead Centre
    The runaway jury
    De stalker
    • 2012

      The Edge of Nowhere

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.4(2036)Add rating

      The first novel in Elizabeth George's Young Adult series. This genre-bending work combines Elizabeth's flair for mystery and suspense novels with the paranormal

      The Edge of Nowhere
    • 2012

      Dead Centre

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.0(77)Add rating

      The new Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero. January 2005: Nick Stone is in tsunami hit Banda Aceh on a job to retrieve incriminating evidence of an oil deal. When looters arrive a fight breaks out and a man, Mong, is killed. Nick makes a promise to his dead friend to protect his widow, Tracey. March 2011: Nick is in Moscow filling his days at a private gun range when he is lifted by heavies and taken to meet an oligarch. The oligarch wants Nick to track down his kidnapped wife and son. It transpires that the oligarch has married Tracey and so Nick is given the opportunity to fulfil his promise to Mong. Nick follows the trail from Mogadishu to Nairobi, from Courchevelski to Bristol, on a mission to unravel this complex and explosive plot. He eventually tracks down Tracey and her son and leads a rescue mission, all guns blazing, only to find that Tracey is dead and the boy is missing. There's only one man the boy can be with, and one place, which only Nick knows... Nick goes after him, and he has vengeance to wreak.

      Dead Centre
    • 2011

      Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a car accident and struggles to reunite his family at her childhood home on the South Carolina oceanfront.

      One Summer
    • 2011

      First Family

      • 659 pages
      • 24 hours of reading
      4.0(561)Add rating

      Suspense fiction. Detective and mystery stories. The heart-racing follow-up to the international bestseller 'Simple Genius' Camp David, USA: A birthday party turns into a nightmare when a child is snatched during the celebrations. The First Lady enlists the services of Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to bring the child home safely. But she and King share a past. Years ago he saved her then-senator husband from an assassin's bullet. And this may not be all that passed between them... With Michelle still haunted by her own demons and forces from all sides aligning against them, soon the pair find themselves pushed to the limit. For who is it that they can really trust?

      First Family
    • 2010

      The pulsating new Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero. A terrorist group is on the brink of obtaining a code that will jam every item of military hardware from Washington to Kabul. Jets and helicopters will fall from the sky. Communications and weapons systems will fail. The West will be brought to its knees. Only one man can find and stop the perpetrator -- but for the first time in his life Nick Stone doesn't want to play ball.

      Zero Hour
    • 2010

      John Grisham returns with this seven short stories, all set in Ford Count, Mississipi, which is the location of his first novel, 'A Time to Kill'.

      Ford county
    • 2010

      The Confession

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      3.9(55643)Add rating

      When Travis Boyette, a convicted felon, enters a small-town Missouri church, he carries a dark secret about the disappearance of high school senior Nicole Yarber nearly a decade ago. Despite extensive searches, Nicole's body was never found, leaving her hometown in despair. Now, Donte Drumm, a young black athlete wrongfully convicted of her murder, awaits execution in less than a week. Robbie Flak, Donte's dedicated lawyer, has spent nine years and all his resources fighting for justice, but he is out of options. The only hope lies in Travis Boyette's confession, which could exonerate Donte if it can be acted upon in time. The urgency of the situation intensifies as the clock ticks down to the execution date. John Ray Grisham, Jr., born on February 8, 1955, is a renowned American author celebrated for his legal thrillers. He has won the Galaxy British Book Awards and is one of only two authors to sell two million copies in a first printing. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and later attended the University of Mississippi School of Law, practicing criminal law for about a decade. He began writing in 1984, with his first novel, A Time To Kill, published in 1989. By 2008, his works had sold over 250 million copies globally, and several have been adapted into films. His bestselling titles include The Firm, The Testament, and The Broker, translated into 29 languages.

      The Confession
    • 2010

      Power play

      • 437 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.9(29)Add rating

      Five rules to make a power play. Find your target, isolate your hostages, make your ransom demand, use violence if necessary and take the money and run. About a hostage situation. Thriller.

      Power play
    • 2009

      Lebowski Crime Classic: Casino

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      From the author of the best-selling Mafia exposé, Wiseguy , comes this inside story of the billion-dollar gambling industry and the secretive, dangerous men who run it. At the heart of this true tale of love, revenge, and murder Mafia-style are some of the most memorable characters in mob lore: Lefty, the brains of the mob's Vegas casinos; Tony Spilotro, the mob's muscle; and Geri, Lefty's adulterous show-girl wife.

      Lebowski Crime Classic: Casino
    • 2009

      Vuurgevecht - druk 1

      • 301 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Voormalig sas-kapitein Will Jackson heeft niets meer te verliezen. Zijn leven werd verwoest op de dag dat zijn familie omkwam bij een terroristische aanslag. Daarna trok hij zich terug uit actieve dienst en werd zijn militaire verleden slechts een vage herinnering.Nu zitten zijn voormalige bevelhebbers in grote problemen en als ze geen oplossing vinden, zullen duizenden onschuldige mensen sterven. Dus doen ze Jackson een aanbod dat hij niet kan weigeren. Maar in de duistere wereld van het internationale terrorisme zijn zaken zelden wat ze lijken. Will ontdekt dat iemand een spelletje met hem speelt, dat je niemand kunt vertrouwen en dat je soms vuur met vuur moet bestrijden

      Vuurgevecht - druk 1