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    • Strangers in Time

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Set against the backdrop of wartime London, the story follows three strangers from diverse backgrounds as they navigate the challenges of one of history's most devastating conflicts. Their paths intersect in unexpected ways, revealing the resilience of the human spirit amidst chaos and uncertainty. Themes of camaraderie, survival, and the impact of war on personal lives are explored as these characters confront their fears and forge connections in a time of turmoil.

      Strangers in Time2025
      4.1
    • Dunkles Wasser

      Ein Kate-Linville-Thriller

      Ein nächtlicher Überfall auf eine Familie, eine einzige Überlebende - und kein Hinweis auf Täter und Motiv. Eine stürmische Nacht an der Westküste Schottlands. Zwei Familien, die in einer Bucht zelten, werden im Schlaf von mehreren vermummten Männern überfallen. Die Gewalt eskaliert, am Ende überlebt nur Iris, die älteste Tochter einer der Familien, weil es ihr gelingt, sich zu verstecken. Die Kilbride-Morde, wie sie von da an genannt werden, können nicht aufgeklärt werden. Viele Jahre später wird Iris plötzlich von einem unheimlichen Stalker verfolgt. Kurz darauf verschwindet ihre Freundin auf einer gemeinsamen Ferienreise spurlos. Wurde sie Opfer eines Verbrechens, das eigentlich Iris galt? Zufällig trifft Iris auf Ex-Inspector Caleb Hale. Zusammen mit Kate Linville beginnt er zu ermitteln und gerät, auch persönlich, immer tiefer in einen Albtraum

      Dunkles Wasser2024
      4.2
    • Mickey Gibson - 1: Simpele leugens

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Van de #1 New York Times-bestsellerauteur komt een meeslepende psychologische thriller waarin twee vrouwen—een voormalige detective en een gevaarlijke oplichter—het tegen elkaar opnemen in een electriserend kat-en-muis spel. Mickey Gibson, alleenstaande moeder en voormalige detective, leidt een hectisch leven waarin ze de eisen van haar twee kleine kinderen combineert met haar werk voor ProEye, een wereldwijd onderzoeksbedrijf dat rijke belasting- en kredietfraudeurs opspoort. Wanneer Mickey een telefoontje krijgt van een collega met een ongebruikelijk verzoek om de leegstaande woning van een wapenhandelaar te inventariseren, denkt ze er niet veel van. Tot ze bij het landhuis aankomt en een lijk in een geheime kamer ontdekt—en dat niets is zoals het lijkt. De wapenhandelaar blijkt niet te bestaan en het slachtoffer is Harry Lancaster, een man met banden met de maffia die ooit in het getuigenbeschermingsprogramma zat. Bovendien werkt er niemand met de naam Arlene Robinson bij ProEye. In een oogwenk is Gibson de belangrijkste verdachte in een moordonderzoek—en nu staat ook haar baan op het spel totdat ze bewijst dat ze in de val is gelokt. Al snel is Gibson verwikkeld in een strijd van verstand met een briljante vrouw zonder naam, een verborgen verleden en onbekende motieven—wiens einddoel net zo mysterieus als dodelijk is.

      Mickey Gibson - 1: Simpele leugens2023
      4.0
    • The Edge

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Following The 6:20 Man, this is the second thrilling novel featuring Travis Devine from the international bestselling author David Baldacci. A BRUTAL MURDER Retired from the Army's most prestigious special ops force, Travis Devine is now part of an elite undercover team in Homeland Security. But when he's brought in by DC Emerson Campbell to investigate the murder of a young woman, he quickly learns that this case is more personal than most. A SMALL TOWN Four days earlier Jennifer Silkwell was found dead on the rocks of the Maine coastline. A high ranking analyst for the CIA, she had knowledge of national security secrets that would be valuable to a number of enemies. And her Senator father once saved DC Emerson Campbell's life. A BIG SECRET Knowing how much is riding on the case, Devine packs his bags and heads for the small town of Potter in Maine. But small towns can harbour big secrets, and not everyone wants to share them with outsiders. Not when there's a killer on the loose . . . The Edge is the second thriller in the Travis Devine series. The action continues in To Die For.

      The Edge2023
      4.2
    • The 6:20 Man

      • 592 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Having survived combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and been decorated with medals, Travis Devine mysteriously leaves the army under a cloud of suspicion. Swapping fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda for the cut-throat world of high finance, his new role takes him into a world where greed, power, jealousy and ambition result in the financial abuse of the masses and the enrichment of an elite few. But it is on his 6:20am daily commute that he passes a house where he sees something that sounds alarm signals he cannot ignore.

      The 6:20 Man2022
      4.0
    • Long Shadows

      • 608 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      Long Shadows is the seventh Amos Decker thriller from internationally bestselling author David Baldacci.Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of a federal judge and her bodyguard at her home in an exclusive, gated community in Florida.Things are changing for Decker. He is in crisis following the suicide of a close friend and receipt of a letter concerning a personal issue which could change his life forever. Together with the prospect of working with a new partner, Frederica White, Amos Decker knows that this case will take all of his special skills to solve.Judge Julia Cummins seemingly had no enemies and there was no forced entry to her property. Close friends and neighbours in the community apparently heard nothing, and Cummins' distraught ex-husband, Barry, and teenage son, Tyler, both have strong alibis. Decker must first find the answer to why the judge felt the need for a bodyguard, and the meaning behind the strange calling card left by the killer.As the investigation deepens, the body count rises, and Decker and White discover a trail which leads back to a past presidential campaign and an unsolved crime surrounding those in power at the very highest level.Greed, deceit, deception and corruption at the very heart of power.Someone has decided that it's payback time.[Bokinfo]

      Long Shadows2022
      4.1
    • A Gambling Man

      • 624 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      The gripping second historical crime novel in David Baldacci’s Private Investigator Archer series, following the Sunday Times top five bestseller One Good Deed.

      A Gambling Man2021
      4.0
    • Daylight

      • 576 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      A gripping thriller featuring Atlee Pine, FBI Special Agent, by internationally bestselling author David Baldacci.

      Daylight2020
      4.2
    • The number one bestselling author returns with another highly charged thriller taking Amos Decker, who has proved one of his readers' favourite characters to date, on an action-packed investigation with all the trademark twists and turns which make David Baldacci one of the world's favourite storytellers.

      Walk The Wire2020
      4.1
    • Qui pouvait bien en vouloir à Richard Linville, ancien inspecteur de police, retrouvé assassiné dans son domicile de Scalby ? L'enquête piétine et sa fille unique, Kate, 39 ans, détective, comme papa, décide de prendre les choses en main. Quitte à froisser Caleb Hale, à qui le dossier a été confié, et qui compte bien, grâce à lui, redorer son image – il sort tout juste de cure de désintoxication. La vérité, cependant, c'est que Kate avance nettement plus vite que lui. Elle n'a pas plus tôt mis le nez dans l'affaire que les pistes se multiplient – et, avec elles, les morts. Dont celle d'une certaine Melissa Cooper, qui aurait été un temps la maîtresse du défunt. Tandis que Caleb, persuadé que Richard a subi la vendetta d'un malfrat, épluche les archives de la police, Kate, de son côté, va creuser la vie de ce père dont elle croyait tout savoir... Mais est-elle vraiment prête à remuer le passé ?

      L'Emprise du passé2020
      4.1
    • A heart-pounding thriller featuring Amos Decker, FBI Special Agent, by internationally bestselling author David Baldacci.

      Redemiption2019
      4.1
    • The Legend of Fire Mountain

      • 573 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Bold new paths in life and love are forged in nineteenth-century New Zealand in the stirring final chapter of bestselling author Sarah Lark's multigenerational Fire Blossom Saga. It's 1880 in the North Island town of Otaki, where Aroha lives contentedly with her mother, Linda--until a fateful tragedy leaves Aroha traumatized and plagued by a cursed guilt. For the long recovery ahead, Aroha is sent to Rata Station, a thriving sheep farm that Aroha's mother and grandmother once called home. Linda knows it's the perfect place for her daughter to heal, find hope, and start a life she can call her own. On South Island, Aroha soon develops a bond with her relatives, who are looking toward the future, too. Aroha's cousin March is a vivacious, business-minded beauty who wants to take advantage of New Zealand's burgeoning industrial age. Robin is a delicate young man and an aspiring actor as fearful of his father's disapproval as he is desperate to run from it. And then there's Aroha, who sees unexpected opportunity in the growing tourism trade beyond the continental plains. Through personal trials, professional compromises, great love, profound loss, and a struggle to survive, Aroha, March, and Robin will discover their true destinies. A country is in flux, and a generation of ambitious and resilient young dreamers is changing with it in this exhilarating conclusion to an epic saga.

      The Legend of Fire Mountain2019
      4.1
    • One Good Deed

      • 608 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      Poca City 1949. Fresh from serving time for a crime he didn’t commit, Aloysius Archer is ready to put the past behind him and start again. Who can you trust ?Accepting a job as a debt collector for the local tycoon he gets embroiled in a long-running feud between. the town’s most dangerous residents. When one of them is found dead, Archer is the number one suspect. -- Publsher's description.

      One Good Deed2019
      4.0
    • Terug naar Villa Rosa

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Als de vrouw voor wie Stella 25 jaar lang heeft gewerkt plotseling overlijdt, ontdekt ze dat zonder haar werk weinig heeft dat haar in Londen houdt. Ze gaat een huizenruil aan met een Italiaanse man, die zijn villa in de zon voor een paar maanden aanbiedt. Terwijl Stella geniet van het heerlijke eten en de Italiaanse gastvrijheid, wordt ze steeds nieuwsgieriger naar de eigenaar van deze Villa Rosa. Maar kun je wel een goed beeld van iemand krijgen alleen door zijn spullen?

      Terug naar Villa Rosa2018
    • A US Navy Commander is attacked while having dinner with his wife by an unidentified Russian man. A CIA operative travelling on a Canadian passport is intercepted and interrogated at Tehran Airport. A team of FBI officers are arrested by Indonesian police for travelling under fake passports in Jakarta. These apparently unrelated incidents point to a compromise in US government security, and Jack Ryan and his team must find out where it is coming from. From Maryland to Macedonia, they frantically battle shadowy forces who are looking to drag the US president into a ground war with ISIS.

      Tom Clancy´s True Faith and Allegiance2018
      4.3
    • Long Road to Mercy

      • 576 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Her name is Atlee Pine, the latest creation from bestselling author David Baldacci. She has unstoppable tenacity, always a fighter who is unwilling to cede any ground. She has endured real nightmares and she has the emotional and physical scars to show for it. And she got that long before she became an adult.She is a FBI Special Agent assigned to the wilds of the western US. She has to cover, often solo, vast tracts of area: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona. Small towns, impossibly long distances in-between, isolation like most on the East Coast have never experienced, and an environment where anything can and does happen.Working with the locals who respect, and also sometimes fear her, and have never really been allowed to know her, Atlee Pine turns her vast investigative skills and unmatched drive to find out the truth. Along the way she will revisit painful memories of her own, come to grips with what she is and what she might one day aspire to be. But in the end, she will have to confront not only a new monster, but also the old one of her nightmares.PRAISE FOR LONG ROAD TO MERCY"A fabulous new character from a master storyteller. Readers will love Atlee Pine. A mile-a-minute read that proves once again why David Baldacci has readers the world over flocking for more." Jane Harper, New York Times bestselling author

      Long Road to Mercy2018
      3.8
    • The Fallen

      • 420 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      PRAISE FOR THE MEMORY MAN SERIES: Baldacci is a wonderful storyteller, and he incorporates wonderful characters into baffling conspiracies. ...he takes on small-town America, capturing both good and bad elements. He demonstrates why these small towns are worth saving. It's a theme he has explored before, but it still has potency and relevance.-Associated Press on The Fallen

      The Fallen2018
      4.1
    • Cold Blood

      • 376 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Out on the ice, polar nears aren't the only natural born killers. Nick Stone is suffering. The two people he cared for most are gone. Thousands of miles away five ex-servicemen, badly wounded in Afghanistan, are preparing for a trek to the North Pole in an attempt to begin to rebuild their shattered bodies and minds. When Stone is summoned as close protection for the trek by an old SAS officer, he accepts unthinkingly, desperate for the chance to escape his own misery. They meet at the world's most northerly airport, where the locals are as hard as nails and the polar bear threat makes it against the law not to carry a gun. But it doesn't take long for Stone and his team to discover that neither the bears nor the locals are the most dangerous predators in this part of the world. It is quickly clear to Stone that the coldest war of all is just beginning...

      Cold Blood2017
      3.3
    • The latest Tom Clancy Jack Ryan adventure thriller written by Mark Greaney, Clancy's last and most successful collaborator

      Tom Clancy's commander in chief2017
      4.2
    • The Fix

      • 640 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      Amos Decker, David Baldacci's unique special agent, who suffered a head injury that resulted in giving him the gift of a remarkable memory takes on another case in The Fix.Walter Dabney is a family man. A loving husband and the father of four grown daughters, he's built a life many would be proud of. But then the unthinkable happens.Standing outside the FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC, Dabney shoots school teacher Anne Berkshire in cold blood before turning the gun on himself.One of the many witnesses is Amos Decker; a man who forgets nothing and sees what most miss. Baffled by what appears to be a seemingly senseless and random killing, Decker is thrust into the investigation to determine what drove this family man to pull the trigger. As part of an FBI special task force, Decker and the team delve into the lives of Dabney and Berkshire to find a connection that doesn't seem to exist. What they do find are secrets that stretch back a lifetime and reveal a current plot of impending destruction that will send the world reeling, placing Decker and his team squarely in the crosshairs.

      The Fix2017
      4.0
    • Camino Island

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets the five manuscripts of F. Scott Fitzgerald's only novels. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace. Dealing in stolen books is a dark business, and few are initiated to its arts - which puts Bruce Kable right on the FBI's Rare Asset Recovery Unit's watchlist. A struggling writer burdened by debts, Mercer Mann spent summers on Florida's idyllic Camino Island as a kid, in her grandmother's beach cottage. Now she is being made an offer she can't refuse: to return to the peace of the island, to write her novel - and get close to a certain infamous bookseller and his interesting collection of manuscripts

      Camino Island2017
      3.7
    • They dreamed of changing the world. Instead they're facing a mountain of debt and no hope of a future. Mark, Todd and Zola are starting to realise it's not even worth graduating from law school. They're better off hanging out at The Rooster Bar, plotting how to dodge the loan sharks. But maybe there's another way. Maybe they know enough about the law to pass as lawyers. Because it turns out the crooked hedge fund billionaire who owns their law school also runs the bank that arranged their student loans. And it's time justice was served. Even if that means taking on the FBI...

      The Rooster Bar2017
      3.6
    • Full Force and Effect

      • 674 pages
      • 24 hours of reading

      "A follow up novel to COMMAND AUTHORITY featuring Jack Ryan"--

      Full Force and Effect2016
      4.2
    • Detonator

      • 348 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Ex-deniable operator Nick Stone has spent a lifetime in harm's way - but when someone he cares for very deeply is murdered in cold blood, he can no longer just take the pain. A high-level internecine conflict at the dark heart of the resurgent Russian Empire and an assassin's bullet on an isolated Alpine pass?

      Detonator2016
      3.9
    • John Puller may be the US Army's most tenacious investigator, but he is not equipped to face the truth about his mother's disappearance thirty years ago. New evidence has come to light suggesting that Puller's father -- a highly decorated army veteran -- may have murdered his wife. When Puller's friend, intelligence operative Veronica Knox, arrived on the scene, he realized that there is far more to this case than he first thought. He knows that nothing will prevent him from discovering what really happened to his mother -- even proving that his father is a killer. Meanwhile, Paul Rogers has just been paroled after spending ten years in a high-security prison for murder. And with his freedom comes a desire to pay back old debts. Harbouring a dark past that changed him in unimaginable ways, Rogers embarks on a journey across the country, set on a path of revenge against the people who took away his humanity. As both men uncover a trail of deception that stretches back decades, they realize that the truth will bind them together in ways they could never have imagined

      No Man's Land2016
      4.1
    • "Melvin Mars awaits his fate on Death Row. He was one of America's most promising football stars until, aged twenty-years-old, he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his parents just as he was due to begin a very lucrative contract with the NFL. When Amos Decker, newly appointed special agent with the FBI, hears the news that Melvin was saved in the final seconds before his execution because someone has confessed to the killings, he persuades his boss to allow him to carry out an investigation into the Mars murders." [Bokens omslag]

      The last mile2016
      4.3
    • The Distance

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      A blistering debut thriller that introduces the coolest heroine in contemporary suspense fiction.

      The Distance2015
      4.0
    • The Guilty

      • 608 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      Will Robie escaped his small Gulf Coast hometown of Cantrell, Mississippi after high school, severing all personal ties, and never looked back. Not once. Not until the unimaginable occurs. His father, Dan Robie, has been arrested and charged with murder. Father and son haven't spoken or seen each other since the day Robie left town. In that time, Dan Robie -- a local attorney and pillar of the community -- has been elected town judge. Despite this, most of Cantrell is aligned against Dan. His guilt is assumed. To make matters worse, Dan has refused to do anything to defend himself. When Robie tries to help, his father responds only with anger and defiance. Could Dan really be guilty? With the equally formidable Jessica Reel at his side, Robie ignores his father's wishes and begins his own desperate investigation into the case. But Robie is now a stranger to his hometown, an outsider, a man who has forsaken his past and his family. His attempts to save his father are met with distrust and skepticism ... and violence. Unlike the missions Robie undertook in the service of his country, where his target was clearly defined, digging into his father's case only reveals more questions. Robie is drawn into the hidden underside of Cantrell, where he must face the unexpected and possibly deadly consequences of the long-ago choices made by father and son. And this time, there may be no escape for either of them.

      The Guilty2015
      4.1
    • Memory Man

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Amos Decker's life changed forever twice. First, as a towering athlete from Burlington, he became the only local to go pro, but his career ended abruptly due to a violent helmet-to-helmet collision, leaving him with an extraordinary ability: he can never forget anything. The second life-altering event occurred nearly two decades later when, as a police detective, he returned home to find his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law murdered. With his family gone and the killer's identity shrouded in mystery, Decker's world collapses. He leaves the police force, loses his home, and ends up on the streets, taking sporadic jobs as a private investigator. Over a year later, a man confesses to the murders, coinciding with a horrific event that threatens Burlington. Decker is called back to assist with the investigation, seizing the opportunity to uncover the truth about his family's tragic fate. To reveal the shocking reality, he must utilize his unique abilities while confronting the painful memories he wishes to forget. Ultimately, he may face the ultimate sacrifice in his quest for answers.

      Memory Man2015
      4.1
    • Nick Stone Thriller - 16: For Valour

      • 429 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Ex-SAS, ex-Black Ops, Nick Stone is back in action in his most heart-stopping adventure yet. After a young trooper is shot in the head at the Regiment's Killing House, Stone is uniquely qualified to investigate the mysterious circumstances. Having just returned from Moscow, where he struggles with the knowledge that his girlfriend and baby son are safer without him, he combines his understanding of the Special Forces landscape with a necessary detachment. However, less than forty-eight hours later, a second death thrusts him into the crosshairs of an unknown assassin determined to protect a secret that could undermine the establishment Stone has fought to defend. With time running out, he races from a remote Welsh confessional to Glencoe, a place steeped in murder and betrayal, and then to Southern Spain. His quest to uncover the truth traces back to an Afghan hillside, where a young man is haunted by the screams of a friend the Taliban skinned alive. This gripping adventure compels readers to confront the fine line between sacrifice and suicide, to share the nightmares that accompany heroism, and to recognize the true cost of loyalty-driven actions.

      Nick Stone Thriller - 16: For Valour2015
      3.8
    • Hiring Zoe to help her around the house as she prepares for her baby's arrival, Claudia Morgan-Brown discovers that there is something off about Zoe and after learning about a series of vicious attacks on pregnant women in the area she worries that her own life is in danger.

      Until you're mine2014
      3.9
    • In this Jack Ryan thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Clancy delivers an electrifying story of intrigue, power, and a family with two generations of heroes…. Decades ago, as a young CIA analyst, President Jack Ryan Sr. was sent out to investigate the death of an operative—only to uncover the existence of a KGB assassin codenamed Zenith. He was never able to find the killer.... In the present, a new strongman has emerged in the ever-chaotic Russian republic—the enigmatic President Valeri Volodon. But the foundations of his personal empire are built on a bloody secret from his past. And none who know of it have lived to tell. For he has set a plot in motion—a plot to return Russia to its former glory. But when a family friend of Ryan’s is poisoned by a radioactive agent, the trail leads to Russia. And Jack Ryan Jr.—aided by his compatriots John Clark and the covert warriors of the secretive Campus—must delve into an international conflict thirty years in the making, and finish what his father started. With President Ryan fighting the political battle of his life, and his son fighting a silent war against a ruthless foe, global conflict becomes imminent—and the possibility of survival may soon be lost for all....

      Jack Ryan Novel: Command Authority, English Edition2014
      4.0
    • The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel. Together, Robie and Reel's talents as assassins are unmatched. But there are some in power who don't trust the pair. They doubt their willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the two assassins succeed, but that they do not survive. As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets--a list that includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.

      The Target2014
      4.1
    • With quirky charm, rising science star Giulia Enders explains the gut's magic, answering questions like: Why does acid reflux happen? What's really up with gluten and lactose intolerance? How does the gut affect obesity and mood? Enders's beguiling manifesto will make you finally listen to those butterflies in your stomach: they're trying to tell you something important.

      Gut : the inside story of our body's most under-rated organ2014
      4.1
    • Krimi. Military CID investigator John Puller has returned from his latest case in Florida to learn that his brother, Bobby, on death row at Leavenworth Military Prison for national security crimes, has escaped. Now Bobby's on the run and he's the military's number one target. John Puller has a dilemma. Which comes first, loyalty to his country or to his brother?

      The Escape2014
      4.1
    • Gray Mountain

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham has a new hero ... and she’s full of surprises. The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track—until the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, all for a slim chance of getting rehired. In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Samantha’s new job takes her into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack. But some of the locals aren’t so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town, and within weeks Samantha is engulfed in litigation that turns deadly. Because like most small towns, Brady harbors big secrets that some will kill to conceal. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

      Gray Mountain2014
      3.5
    • Recipe for Life

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Escape to Italy with this sumptuous story of secrets and friendships under Mediterranean skies. A recipe for life should be a simple thing: love and happiness, family, friends and a little food. But life is rarely straightforward... Alice wants to make the most of life - after all, she knows how fragile it can be - and knows she never feels more alive than when she's cooking. Babetta has spent a lifetime tending the garden of her tiny house on the Italian coast, supplying food to feed a family now grown and gone. One summer these two women are brought together in a crumbling Mediterranean villa, with the shared language of food. There, under the heat of the Italian sun, or the shade of the pomegranate tree, secrets will be spoken, fears and hopes shared. But life's lessons are not learnt easily.

      Recipe for Life2013
      3.9
    • Nick Stone: Silencer

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      1993: Under deep cover, Nick Stone and a specialist surveillance team have spent weeks in the jungles and city streets of Colombia. Their mission: to locate the boss of the world's most murderous drugs cartel - and terminate him with extreme prejudice. Now they can strike. But to get close enough to fire the fatal shot, Nick must reveal his face. It's a risk he's willing to take - since only the man who is about to die will see him. Or so he thinks... 2012: Nick is in Moscow; semi-retired; semi-married to Anna; very much the devoted father of their newborn son. But when the boy falls dangerously ill and the doctor who saves him comes under threat, Nick finds himself back in the firing line. To stop his cover being terminally blown, he must follow a trail that begins in Triad-controlled Hong Kong and propels him back into the even more brutal world he thought he'd left behind. The forces ranged against him have guns, helicopters, private armies and a terrified population in their vice-like grip. Nick Stone has two decades of operational skills that may no longer be deniable - and a fierce desire to protect a woman and a child who now mean more to him than life itself.

      Nick Stone: Silencer2013
      3.8
    • THE KILL LIST The names of those men and women who would threaten the world's security - held above top secret at the highest level of the US government. THE PREACHER At the top of it, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill Western targets. As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the message goes out: discover this man's identity, locate him and take him out. THE TRACKER Ex-US marine, now one of America's most effective terrorist hunters, with an impossible job. Aided only by a brilliant teenaged hacker, he must throw out the bait and see whether his deadly target can be drawn from his lair...

      The Kill List2013
      4.1
    • King and Maxwell

      • 611 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      Former secret service agents turned private investigators, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, return in their most surprising, personal and dangerous case to date.

      King and Maxwell2013
      4.1
    • By his 18th birthday David Millar was living and racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour winner. A year later he'd realised the dream and signed a professional contract with the Cofidis team, who had one Lance Armstrong on their books. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically -- high on a roof after too much drink , he broke his heel in a fall, and before long the pressure to succeed had tipped over into doping. Here, in a full and frank autobiography, David Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because 'cycling's drug culture was like white noise', and because of peer pressure. 'I doped for money and glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest, Millar is clean and reflective, and holds nothing back in this account of his dark years.

      Racing Through The Dark2012
      4.2
    • America has enemies--ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first--and last--mistake of his career . . . It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people. Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life . . . and perhaps his own.

      The Innocent2012
      4.2
    • Wedding Party

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Monique and Geoff are old enough to know better but with stars in their eyes, they've decided to tie the knot - with help (hindrance?) from Geoff's grown-up daughter, his ex-wife, a distracted vicar and a wedding planner with L-plates. Will the couple make it down the aisle? And will the guests end up better or worse?

      Wedding Party2011
      3.2
    • The Power of Six

      • 380 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      We are the last defence. I've seen him on the news. Followed the stories about what happened to John Smith. To the world he's a mystery, but to me he's one of us. Nine of us came here, but sometimes I wonder if time has changed us, if we all still believe in our mission. There are six of us left. We're hiding, blending in.

      The Power of Six2011
      4.2
    • Against All Enemies

      • 762 pages
      • 27 hours of reading

      When ex-Navy SEAL and CIA operative Maxwell Moore barely survives a prisoner exchange that goes explosively wrong off the coast of Pakistan, he realizes that powerful, cunning forces have been marshalled against him. Determined to dig out the truth, he uncovers a shocking conspiracy.

      Against All Enemies2011
      4.0
    • Límite

      • 1376 pages
      • 49 hours of reading

      ¿Qué relación tenemos con el mundo que nos rodea? Como hizo en su impactante novela El quinto día, el magistral autor Frank Schätzing vuelve a sorprendernos con Límite, su nueva y esperada novela. En un futuro próximo, los recursos energéticos de la tierra han sufrido una radical transformación. Los suministros tradicionales casi se han agotado y el hombre se ha establecido en la luna para extraer un combustible alternativo, de gran eficacia energética e inofensivo para el medio ambiente. Éste es el punto de partida de Límite, una novela dinámica, trepidante, cargada de suspense y con un ritmo cinematográfico. Fruto de una rigurosa investigación científica, y con un marcado acento ecológico, Frank Schätzing invita al lector a derribar sus barreras mentales y a disfrutar sin límites de este monumental thriller de rabiosa actualidad que no dejará a nadie indiferente.

      Límite2010
      3.9
    • The weight of silence

      • 404 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Brought on by a tragedy experienced as a toddler, Calli Clark, suffers from selective mutism. Her mother Antonia tries her best to help, but is confined by marriage to a violent husband. Petra Gregory is Calli's best friend and her voice. But neither Petra of Calli have been heard from since their disappearance was discovered.

      The weight of silence2010
      4.0
    • Open

      An Autobiography

      • 388 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      From one of the most beloved athletes in history comes a haunting autobiography that chronicles a life shaped by rigorous training and personal rebellion. Banished to a Florida tennis camp at thirteen, Agassi feels lonely and scared, rebelling against the constraints of his upbringing. By sixteen, he turns pro, sporting a punk rocker image that promises to change tennis forever. Yet, despite his talent, he faces early struggles, feeling confused as he loses to the best and then grapples with the pressures of winning. After three Grand Slam final stumbles, he shocks the world by capturing Wimbledon in 1992, becoming a fan favorite and media sensation. Agassi's narrative is rich with vivid portraits of rivals like Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras, alongside candid accounts of his relationships, including a brief time with Barbra Streisand and a marriage to Brooke Shields. He shares his journey through a loss of confidence and a remarkable comeback, culminating in his 1999 French Open triumph and becoming the oldest man ranked number one. With clear prose, he highlights the support of his brother, coach, and trainer, and his eventual love for Stefanie Graf. As he faces physical challenges in his final career year, Agassi's metamorphosis from nonconformist to elder statesman culminates in a stirring farewell at the U.S. Open. This captivating memoir, marked by raw candor and breakneck tempo, will resonate with ardent fans and newco

      Open2009
      4.3
    • House of Joy

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Bubbly, rich, delicate and delightful, the champagne of the famous House of Peine is everything that Clementine Peine is not. She lost her sparkle, along with the love of her life many years before, and now she's lost her miserable papa too. Still, at least now the precious House is hers. Or is it? First her wicked sister Mathilde returns, determined to poison the future the same way she poisoned the past. Then, out of the blue, a third sister appears - the enchanting but equally unwelcome young Sophie - claiming their surname and causing ancient family rivalries, long-ago love affairs and forgotten scandals to come bubbling to the surface. The glory days Clementine has dreamed of for so long have never seemed further away. But as her cherished grapes must blossom and blend to reinvent themselves and become something truly magnificent - so must she. Only then can the House of Peine become a House of Joy.

      House of Joy2009
      3.4
    • Ovenvers

      Koekjes, gebak en hartige gerechten

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      Ovenvers2008
    • Daar brak m'n hak

      • 162 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Lachwekkende avonturen van vrouwen op reis.

      Daar brak m'n hak2008
      2.7
    • Magma

      • 366 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Een verdwenen wetenschapper, mysterieuze objecten van steen, een teken aan de hemel - geologe Ella Jordan staat voor een raadsel. Maar als ze afdaalt naar het diepste punt van de aarde, ontdekt ze de verschrikkelijke betekenis van deze schijnbaar onsamenhangende fenomenen... Uit de Marianentrog komen signalen aan de oppervlakte die veel te regelmatig zijn om een natuurlijke oorsprong te kunnen hebben. In een onderzeeboot duiken Ella en de wetenschapper Konrad Martin naar het diepste punt van de trog, waar zich de bron van de verschijnselen lijkt te bevinden. Daar ontdekken ze een reusachtige stenen kogel, harder dan diamant en niet te meten. Plotseling worden nieuwe signalen opgevangen: eerst vanaf de Noordkaap, dan uit Australië en Antarctica. Ella en Konrad reizen over de hele wereld en stuiten overal op dezelfde raadselachtige stenen objecten, die ineens, allemaal tegelijk, signalen gaan uitstralen die over de hele wereld aardbevingen en vulkaanuitbarstingen veroorzaken...

      Magma2008
      3.6
    • De achtste zonde / druk 1

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Eigenlijk is het de kostbare boekenverzameling van een verarmde markiezin waarvoor antiquair Lukas Malberg naar Rome komt. Maar dan raakt hij in een moordzaak verwikkeld. Zijn mooie jeugdvriendin Marlene, tot wie hij zich mateloos aangetrokken voelt, wordt dood aangetroffen, in haar eigen badkuip. En het was zij, die hem de tip van de verzameling heeft gegeven. Een ongeluk volgens de politie, maar Lukas heeft alle reden om daaraan te twijfelen. Zijn wantrouwen wordt gewekt door een notitieboekje...

      De achtste zonde / druk 12008
      3.9
    • Een vrouw als ik

      • 333 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Libby Blake dacht haar leven prima voor elkaar te hebben met een leuk gezin en een paar hartsvriendinnen. Maar sinds kort is haar oudste dochter irritant tegendraads, maakt haar jongste zich ongezond veel zorgen over de toekomst van de wereld en lijkt haar man haar vooral te zien als Manager Schone Overhemden en Gevulde Koelkast. En dan heeft Libby er ineens genoeg van. Ooit dééd haar leven ertoe en kon ze meer dan slim inkopen doen bij de supermarkt. Libby smacht naar verandering, en wanneer ze de jonge, charmante Daniel ontmoet gaan alle remmen dan ook los. Maar dan slaat thuis het noodlot toe en realiseert ze zich dat ze haar leven niet terugkrijgt door simpelweg een nieuwe start te maken...

      Een vrouw als ik2007
      3.0
    • The twilight watch

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are The Others. Magicians capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy world that exists in parallel to our own, each owes allegiance either to the Dark, or the Light. Three years have passed since the events of The Day Watch. Svetlana has left the Night Watch to raise her and Anton's daughter Nadya, now a precocious two-year-old. With mother and daughter spending the summer on a dacha not far from Moscow, Anton is working on uneventfully, dreaming of a holiday, when his boss Gesser asks him in for a private meeting. Gesser has received an anonymous note, stating that an Other has revealed the full truth about their kind to a human, and now intends to do the impossible: convert that human into an Other.

      The twilight watch2007
      4.2
    • Je bent wat je gelooft

      Oprah in haar eigen woorden: Een ongeautoriseerd portret

      • 146 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Oprah Winfrey heeft een moeilijke jeugd gehad, maar heeft zich opgewerkt tot een van de bekendste en meest gerespecteerde mensen ter wereld. Ken Lawrence laat zien wie deze succesvolle vrouw echt is aan de hand van een verzamling citaten waarin ze vertelt hoe ze denkt over het leven, de liefde, familiebanden, beroemd zijn, liefdadigheid en spiritualiteit. Al snel na haar eerte baantje bij een radiozender in Nashville is Oprah een mediatycoon geworden, een gulle filantroop, een pleitbezorger tegen kindermishandeling, actrioe en een van de rijkste vrouwen ter wereld. Ondanks haar beroemdheid en haar vermogen is ze niet vergeten waar ze vandaan komt. Ze heeft nog altijd een positieve, spirituele en pragmatische kijk op het leven. In dit boek heeft Ken Lawrence met behulp van Oprahs eigen woorden een portret van deze getalenteerde en veelzijdige vrouw geschetst. Hij laat zien wat ze denkt, wat ze vindt en hoe ze is geworden tot de vrouw die ze nu is.

      Je bent wat je gelooft2006
    • Death and the Devil

      • 550 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      It’s the year 1260 and the great cathedral - the most ambitious building in all of Christendom - is rising above the streets of Cologne. Far below its soaring spires and flying buttresses, an assassin of unnatural talent surveys his new hunting ground. More shadow than man, the assassin is quick to take his first life. But there is a witness to his crime: a flame-haired thief known as Jacob the Fox. Justly terrified by the black-clad spectre, Jacob runs for his life, convinced that he’s pursued by the Angel of Death itself.

      Death and the Devil2006
      3.9
    • The day watch

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      "Alice, a young but powerful Dark Other, attends a planning meeting with her comrades in the Day Watch. The team is on a mission to apprehend an uninitiated Other, a practicing Dark witch who has so far eluded the bureax responsible for finding and initiating unlicensed practitioners of magic. It seems routine, but when they arrive, the Night Watch team has already made the arrest. A fierce battle ensures, during which Alice almost dies. Drained of her powers, she is sent to recuperate near the black Sea. There she meets Igor, the chemistry between them is instant and irresistible ... Then comes the realisation: Igor owes his allegiance to the Light, Alice to the Dark. There is no alternative to a magical duel, a battle that neither of them wants to win."--Publisher description.

      The day watch2006
      3.9
    • Night Watch

      • 455 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Others. They walk among us. Observing. Set in contemporary Moscow, where shape shifters, vampires, and street-sorcerers linger in the shadows, Night Watch is the first book of the hyper-imaginative fantasy pentalogy from best-selling Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko. This epic saga chronicles the eternal war of the “Others,” an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who must swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. The agents of the Dark – the Night Watch – oversee nocturnal activity, while the agents of the Light keep watch over the day. For a thousand years both sides have maintained a precarious balance of power, but an ancient prophecy has decreed that a supreme Other will one day emerge, threatening to tip the scales. Now, that day has arrived. When a mid-level Night Watch agent named Anton stumbles upon a cursed young woman – an uninitiated Other with magnificent potential – both sides prepare for a battle that could lay waste to the entire city, possible the world. With language that throbs like darkly humorous hard-rock lyrics about blood and power, freedom and responsibility, Night Watch is a chilling, cutting-edge thriller, a pulse-pounding ride of fusion fiction that will leave you breathless for the next instalment.

      Night Watch2006
      4.0
    • Het Golgotha-dossier

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Als de 46-jarige Arnold Schlesinger een levertransplantatie ondergaat, is dat voor professor Gregor Gropius, hoofdchirurg aan de universiteitskliniek te München, eigenlijk een routineoperatie. Maar als kort daarna de patiënt sterft en aan het licht komt dat het donororgaan vergiftigd was, wordt al gauw duidelijk dat er opzet in het spel is. Maar tegen wie is deze daad gericht? Tegen de patiënt of tegen de chirurg? Gropius wordt direct uit zijn functie ontheven. Een grootscheeps onderzoek wordt gestart en de zaak blijkt groter dan verwacht. Al snel buigen geheime diensten aan beide zijden van de Atlantische Oceaan zich over gecodeerde berichten van een internationale organisatie die letterlijk over lijken gaat. De orgaanmaffia? Hoe dan ook, dit spoor levert geen bevredigende resultaten op. In zijn vertwijfeling besluit Gropius een eigen onderzoek te starten. Ook zijn onderzoek naar de orgaanmaffia levert niets op, totdat hij tot de ontdekking komt dat de aanslag wel eens uit een heel andere hoek zou kunnen komen. En dat de reden gezocht moet worden in de activiteiten van zijn patiënt, een archeoloog die opgravingen deed in het Heilige Land en die op het punt stond een sensationeel dossier openbaar te maken...

      Het Golgotha-dossier2006
      3.8
    • Drakentemmers

      De virtuele wereld wordt werkelijkheid

      • 141 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      "Hot on JK's heels" The Mail On Sunday "A genius at work" The Daily Mirror "First in a series of successes" The Sunday Post Carol was one of the millions of people who played the 'Dragon Tamers' virtual reality computer game. Along with her partner, a dragon called Sam, she managed to become the strongest player in the game. When the games goes offline, she's called in to help along with the second strongest player Ceirin and a beginner called Ellen, who was brought in by accident. As a strange monster destroys areas of the game, the trio of humans and their partners set out to find this creature and defeat him, and in doing so save the game world. It seems simple enough, but there's a catch - if they die in the game, they die in the real world too.

      Drakentemmers2005
      3.0
    • With No One as Witness

      • 592 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      When the Metropolitan Police fail to realise a serial killer is at work, London ignites over the fact that the killer's victims are young black and mixed race boys. Institutionalised racism is claimed by the community's activists and tabloids alike. Acting Superintendent Thomas Lynley is given the case, and his Scotland Yard task force is soon handling more killings and a looming tragedy. Elizabeth George brings to the familiar subject of the serial killer a freshness and clarity of vision that provide illuminating insight into the psychological complexity of the tortured criminal mind. She does so within a richly textured, thrillingly suspenseful narrative that defies any reader to predict its outcome. Nor does she neglect our favourite characters, whose private lives provide an engrossing counterpoint to their professional duties.

      With No One as Witness2005
      4.1
    • Lance Armstrong

      Beelden van een kampioen

      Portret in woord en vooral beeld van de buitengewone wielercarrière van de Amerikaanse wielerkampioen Lance Armstrong (1971).

      Lance Armstrong2004
    • Rafa - My Story

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      No tennis player since Andre Agassi has captivated the world like Rafael Nadal. He's a rarity in today's sporting arena - a true sportsman who chooses to let his raw talent, dedication and humility define him. Rapidly closing in on his friend and rival Roger Federer's record haul of 16 grand slam victories, Nadal is an extraordinary competitor whose ferocity on court is made even more remarkable by his grace off it. This book takes us to the heart of Nadal's childhood, his growth as a player, and his incredible career. It includes memorable highs and lows, from victory in the 2008 Wimbledon final - a match that John McEnroe called the 'greatest game of tennis ever played' - to the injury problems that have frequently threatened his dominance of the sport, to becoming the youngest player of the open era to complete a career Grand Slam in 2010. It transports us from Nadal's lifelong home on the island of Majorca to the locker room of Centre Court as he describes in detail the pressures of competing in the greatest tournament in the world. It offers a glimpse behind the racquet to learn what really makes this intensely private person - who has never before talked about his home life - tick. And it provides us with a story that is personal, revealing and every bit as exciting as Nadal himself.

      Rafa - My Story1974
      4.0