Tom Wood Book order (chronological)

Ein Victor-Thriller der Extraklasse – Victor zeigt Gefühle. Gefühle, die ihn fast umbringen. Ein Mann kommt in eine Stadt. Unscheinbar. Schweigsam. Nach einem erfolgreich erledigten Job taucht der Auftragskiller Victor in einem kleinen Motel jenseits der Grenze - in Kanada - unter. Nur ein paar Tage, dann wird er wie ein Geist verschwinden – doch dann ändert eine Begegnung alles. Victor lernt eine Mutter und ihren Sohn kennen, die ihn an seine eigene schmerzvolle Kindheit erinnern … Und als die beiden plötzlich wie vom Erdboden verschluckt sind, scheint nur ihn das zu interessieren. Bei seiner Suche gerät Victor mit den Kriminellen der Stadt aneinander. Für sie ist er nur ein schweigsamer Mann, der die falschen Fragen stellt. Doch Victor bleibt. Und schon bald müssen seine Feinde erkennen: Ein schweigsamer Mann ist ein gefährlicher Mann. Der actiongeladene, fesselnde und facettenreiche neue „Victor“-Thriller des Bestsellerautors Tom Wood lässt den mysteriösen Auftragsmörder in einer Stadt voller Geheimnisse nach einer verschwundenen Mutter und ihrem Kind suchen – genial und absolut spannend! "Unfassbar unterhaltsam, mit einer explosiven Sogwirkung!" Gregg Hurwitz

The non-stop action-packed new Victor novel from bestseller Tom Wood, master of the assassin thriller.

SOMEONE'S SET HIM UPSOMEONE'S GOING TO DIEWhen Victor is arrested for a murder that, for once, he didn't commit, escape must surely be inevitable for a hitman of his ferocity.Yet someone wants Victor put away, and he finds himself behind bars, incarcerated by police who have no idea of the monster they are dealing with and have, apparently, tamed.Quickly, however, his fellow the prisoners realise that he's not trapped in there with them: they are in a cage, with the most dangerous of enemies. And Victor has a traitor to find.

The action-packed, gripping, twisty new Victor thriller from Tom Wood is his best yet, and sees the mysterious assassin search for a missing mother and her child in a town full of secrets.

Your husband isn't who he says he is, say the people at your door. Come with us. Don't trust them, says a voice on the phone. Run. Who would you believe? In this terrifying first psychological thriller by bestselling author T.W. Ellis, will one woman goes on the run and is forced to question everything she held dear . .

Lethal assassin Victor lands in the middle of a Guatemalan cartel war in the latest nonstop thriller from the international bestselling author of The Final Hour. KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE... Victor is the killer who always delivers...for the right price. And Heloise Salvatierra, patron of Guatemala's largest cartel, is ready and willing to pay him just that to eliminate the competition: her sister. Heloise has been battling Maria for control of the cartel in an endless and bloody war. Now Victor decides who survives. An easy job if it weren't for the sudden target on his back. ...AND THEIR ENEMIES CLOSER. Victor's not the only one on the hunt. Someone else has Maria in the crosshairs and will do anything to get the kill. In the middle of cartel territory with enemies closing in from all sides, Victor must decide where to put the bullet before one is placed in his head....

Victor ist der perfekte Jäger. Er taucht auf, um zu töten, und verschwindet wieder, ohne Spuren zu hinterlassen. Doch jetzt wird er selbst gejagt – von einem hochrangigen Mitarbeiter des amerikanischen Geheimdiensts: Antonio Alvarez ist entschlossen, den Mann zu fassen, den er für zahlreiche Morde an CIA-Agenten verantwortlich macht. Und der ihm immer entwischt ist. Als er Victor gefährlich nahe kommt, gibt es für diesen nur eine Chance: Eine brillante Auftragsmörderin, deren Leben er einst gerettet hat, soll nun seines retten. Doch dazu muss sie ihn töten …

AUTHOR OF THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB HIT BETTER OFF DEAD 'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X From bestselling author Tom Wood comes a unique and gasp-inducing Victor thriller that turns all your expectations on their head . . . Former CIA agent Antonio Alvarez has been tracking a vicious murderer for years, a nameless hitman responsible for numerous homicides. Once, the Agency deflected him away from his search, but now promotion has given him a second chance to right the past. Only problem is, the killer has vanished. Thousands of miles away, the professional known as Victor has stopped working - recently he began to care; he made mistakes. But there's another assassin, Raven, who needs his help - and she is hard to refuse . . . Enter a world of betrayal, tension and twists perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X, The Nowhere Man), James Swallow (Nomad, Exile) and Terry Hayes (I Am Pilgrim, Day of the Locust). 'Great, page-turning stuff' James Swallow, author of Nomad and Exile 'Very Few British writers are as good at the action thriller' Sunday Express

AUTHOR OF THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER BETTER OFF DEAD From hot thriller author Tom Wood comes the latest breathtaking Victor novel, The Day of the Jackal meets Jason Bourne, with a thoroughly modern twist. 'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X Even a killer can be a hero If the assassin known only as Victor once had a moral compass, it is long since buried, along with his many victims. Yet some men are so evil even Victor accepts they must die for reasons other than just money. One such is Milan Rados, a former commander in the Serbian army who has escaped trial at The Hague to become a formidable criminal power. Tracking down and killing this brutal man will win Victor a reprieve for his own recent crimes on British soil. But Victor isn't the only one who wants Rados dead. A woman, whose family was butchered on the tyrant's orders, will do anything to see Rados' blood spilled on the snow of Eastern Europe. Now Victor has an unlikely ally - but an army stands between them and justice.

He is darkness. She wants him dead. In a city starved of light, she might just succeed. She moves like a shadow; she kills silently: Raven. This elegant assassin has been on the run for years. This time though, she has picked the wrong target. The hitman known only as 'Victor' is as paranoid as he is merciless, and is no stranger to being hunted. He tracks his would-be killer across the globe to, aiming not only to neutralise the threat, but to discover who wants him dead. The trail leads to New York...And then the lights go out. Over twelve hours of unremitting darkness, Manhattan dissolves into chaos. Amid looting, conspiracy and blackout, Victor and Raven play a vicious game of cat and mouse that the city will never forget.

Victor, a hitman without a conscience protects a human rights lawyer in Better Off Dead, the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club pick. A hitman must be anonymous, amoral... and alone Victor is the face in the crowd you don't see, a perfect assassin with nothing to live for. But when an old friend turns to him for help, he finds he can't refuse. For once his objective isn't to kill, but to protect. Hunted through the streets of London by ruthless enemies, Victor needs to be more than just a bodyguard... but his every move leads danger closer to the very person he's vowed to defend. Published in the US as No Tomorrow.

Full of white-hot tension and edge-of-the-seat action, The Game confirms Tom Wood as the most talented British thriller writer today, and Victor as the most unique antihero.

Zabiják s krycím jménem Tesseract se pod tlakem okolností rozhodl dát se zapsat na výplatní listinu někdejšího nepřítele. Pro začátek dostane od CIA za úkol odstřelit jiného nájemného vraha, který má zlikvidovat vlivného ruského obchodníka se zbraněmi. A tím se celý kolotoč roztočí. Dva nejbohatší světoví překupníci zbraní se náhle pouštějí navzájem do války. Přesně podle scénáře CIA, která jimi hýbe jako loutkami. Jenže jakou roli v tom hraje Tesseract? To ani on sám neví jistě. Jako obvykle jsou ale ve hře brutalita, smrt a zrada. Ať už je to v Bukurešti, v Berlíně nebo v Minsku, všude budeme bez dechu přihlížet neuvěřitelným akcím. A přestože na zabíjení lidí není vůbec nic obdivuhodného, nejspíš se kupodivu přistihneme, že tomuhle geniálnímu padouchovi se specifickým humorem bůhvíproč držíme palce a přejeme štěstí.

The brand new action-packed thriller from bestseller Tom Wood, perfect for fans of Lee Child and the Bourne novels

Thriller je nabitý napětím, sexappealem a smrští dech beroucích akcí. Mistři svého řemesla nedávají svůj život lacino, ať už jsou to zločinci nebo agenti ruských výzvědných služeb. Když jde o ztracený arsenál, který by mohl zničit svět, je možné úplně všechno. Kdo je tu padouch a kdo hrdina?

His name is a cover He has no home And he kills for a living Victor is an assassin, a man with no past and no surname. His world is one of paranoia and obsessive attention to detail; his morality lies either dead or dying. No one knows what truly motivates the hunter. No one gets close enough to ask. When a Paris job goes spectacularly wrong, Victor finds himself running for his life across four continents, pursued by a kill squad and investigated by secret services from more than one country. With meticulous style, Victor plans his escape . . . and takes the fight to his would-be killers. In this first novel in the explosive Victor the Assassin series, it's not about right and wrong - only about who lives and who dies.

Acknowledging that photography is impossible to define, this intriguing reference strives to distil the meaning of photography in order to obtain the very essence of the medium without diminishing its importance as an art form. 50 iconic images by some of the world’s greatest photographers are paired with excerpts from interviews that explain each artist’s unique philosophy and detail their creative approach in relation to the photograph. Together they provide insights on function, perspective, and meaning. Thought-provoking, insightful, and ultimately inspirational, this engaging resource will appeal to all artists and photographers, and anyone who seeks a better understanding of the medium.

Množstvo stratégií a študijných zručností, ktoré podnietia študentov spoľahlivo a úspešne zaznamenávať a zapamätať si informácie, spomenúť si na ne a zopakovať si ich. Vybrali sme ju pre vás lebo sa zaoberá praktickými technikami učenia.

Tom Wood lebte 25 Jahre in New Brighton, direkt gegenüber dem Fluss Mersey von Liverpool. Er wurde lokal als "photieman" bekannt, weil er jeden Tag mit seiner Kamera auf den Straßen unterwegs war. Die meisten der in diesem Buch gesammelten Bilder wurden in einem fünfminütigen Spaziergang von Woods Zuhause aufgenommen. Die Arbeit konzentriert sich auf die Einwohner der Stadt und ihre regelmäßigen Besucher, von Liverpooler Tagesausflüglern bis hin zu Nachtschwärmern, die den Chelsea Reach Nachtclub besuchten. Wood präsentiert über 170 atemberaubende Farb- und Tritonfotografien von selbstbewussten Jugendlichen, Freunden, Liebenden, Vätern, Müttern und Babys, die Einblicke in die Gegend, ihre Bewohner und die Übergangsriten des Erwachsenwerdens bieten.