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Frans J. Bruning

    Shinju
    Het Jason dubbelspel
    The Apocalypse Watch
    Stephen King Goes to the Movies
    Onder de vleugels van de draak
    The Evening News
    • This passionate, terrifying drama takes us behind the scenes of a great television network faced with mortal dangers and moral challenges as it collides with a smaller but equally potent force--the most feared terrorist group in the Americas. Few writers possess Hailey's ability to combine careful, accurate research with a profound sense of human drama. (Doubleday)

      The Evening News
      4.4
    • Onder de vleugels van de draak

      • 303 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Een playboy en een vrouwelijke rechercheur nemen het op tegen een machtige en meedogenloze chinese triade...

      Onder de vleugels van de draak
      4.0
    • Stephen King Goes to the Movies

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The #1 bestselling author reflects on the filming of five of his most popular short stories, each tale included in this collection. Those movies are The Shawshank Redemption, 1408, Children of the Corn, The Mangler, and Hearts in Atlantis. Includes an introduction, his brief personal commentary, and behind-the-scenes insights by Stephen. The Subterranean Press edition of Stephen King Goes to the Movies is -- so far -- the only hardcover edition scheduled, and features full-color movie poster illustrations -- one for each story -- by Vincent Chong.

      Stephen King Goes to the Movies
      3.9
    • American agent Harry Latham has penetrated the fortresslike mountain hideaway of the Brotherhood of the Watch, a neo-Nazi organization that was born in the days after the fall of the Third Reich. But on the eve of his most spectacular success, after three years in deep cover, Harry disappears. Drew Latham, Special Officer for Consular Operations in Paris, is frantic to discover his older brother's fate. But when Drew receives the good news that Harry has surfaced, gut-twisting doubts arise. For Harry has emerged with an explosive document: a list of secret supporters of the Brotherhood, among them high-ranking officials of the United States and its allies. But is it legitimate? The search for the truth about Harry and the growing Nazi threat will plunge Drew into a labyrinth of deceit and death. And whoever makes it out alive will hold the fate of the free world in his hands. Praise for Robert Ludlum and "The Apocalypse Watch" " " "A powerful, exploding novel . . . vintage Ludlum in fine form."--"Booklist" "If a Pulitzer Prize were awarded for escapist fiction, Robert Ludlam undoubtedly would have won it. Ten times over."--"Mobile Register" " " "Bloody great fun."--"Kirkus Reviews"

      The Apocalypse Watch
      3.9
    • Het Jason dubbelspel

      roman van een verbijsterende intrige

      • 582 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Een man wordt wegens politieke belangen door de CIA gedwongen zich uit te geven voor een beroepsmoordenaar.

      Het Jason dubbelspel
      3.7
    • When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the culprit was forbidden love. Everyone but newly appointed yoriki Sano Ichiro.Despite the official verdict and warnings from his superiors, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People suspects the deaths weren't just a tragedy; they were murder. Risking his family's good name and his own life, Sano will search for a killer across every level of society determined to find answers to a mystery no one wants solved. No one but Sano...As subtle and beautiful as the culture it evokes, Shinju vividly re-creates a world of ornate tearooms and gaudy pleasure-palaces, cloistered mountaintop convents and deathly prisons. Part love story, part mystery, Shinju is a tour that will dazzle and entertain all who enter its world.

      Shinju
      3.9
    • Redemption

      • 827 pages
      • 29 hours of reading

      An Irish immigrant in New Zealand fills his son, Rory, with patriotic tales. When Rory grows up, World War I is on. He joins the New Zealand corps of the British army, survives Gallipoli, becomes an officer and is transferred to Ireland to put down a rebellion. One day his father's tales catch up and Rory switches sides. By the author of Trinity.

      Redemption
      3.9
    • The scorpio illusion

      • 664 pages
      • 24 hours of reading

      Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly—and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. An accomplished assassin and mistress of disguise and deception, she has set in motion the boldest act of terrorism yet conceived. Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer—one of the best—until the rainswept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an innocent victim of the games spies play. Since then he's been sailing charters in the islands. Now he's called out of retirement for one last assignment. For Hawthorne is the only man alive who can track down the world's most dangerous terrorist. Now, with his life and the life of the President hanging in the balance, Hawthorne must follow Amanya's serpentine trail, a path of seduction, betrayal, an instant death. Racing from a millionaire recluse's fortress to the social whirl of Palm Beach and from the Oval Office to treacherous Caribbean waters, Hawthorne will uncover a sinister network of well-placed men and women who exist to help this consummate killer—and the shattering truth behind the Scorpio Illusion.

      The scorpio illusion
      3.9
    • Every Man a Tiger

      • 656 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets--the forces of a dozen nations--during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and was responsible for the design and execution of one of the most devastating air campaigns in history. Never before has the Gulf air war planning, a process filled with controversy and stormy personalities, been revealed in such rich, provocative detail. And in this revised edition, General Horner looks at the current Gulf conflict--and comments on the use of air power in Iraq today.

      Every Man a Tiger
      3.8
    • Paul Murray is a junior bond trader. New to the job, he's keen to make a good impression – but how far does he have to go? When the corpse of Debbie Chater, a vivacious colleague, is found floating in the Thames, Paul's world is turned upside down. And when his crusade for an explanation results in his being framed for murder, accused of insider trading and left to find twenty million dollars by lunchtime, Paul's got to find some answers fast – before someone else makes a killing.

      Free To Trade
      3.6
    • Mark Fairfax is a young, successful trader in the City. His older brother richard is a genius, who has built one of the world's leading virtual reality companies. When richard is found dead in a Scottish fishing village, mark steps into his shoes. He discovers that Richard has developed a system that can bring virtual reality into every home and office. Such a system could be worth billions of dollars to large Japenese or American companies capable of exploiting it; and there are those that fear it would change civilisation as we know it - for the worse. Mark has to learn quickly as he is thrust into a world which he barely understands, where he can trust no one. As he struggles to save to save his brother's fledgling company from bankruptcy and unwelcome predators, he realizes that his own life is in danger. Mark needs all his trader's nerve and quick thinking to survive.

      Trading reality
      3.8
    • Trevayne

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      By the author of "The Holcroft Covenant", "The Matarese Circle" and "The Bourne Identity" this is a story about Andrew Trevayne, a self-made millionaire by the age of 30 and now head of a huge foundation. His apparent incorruptibility is threatened by corruption in high places.

      Trevayne
      3.7
    • The Marketmaker

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      When Nick suspects that Dekker's clients include drug-dealers, & that they might have had something to do with the death of the previous occupant of his desk, Nick decides to take matters into his own hands. But what can he do?

      The Marketmaker
      3.6
    • Kriminalroman. To politifolk med speciale i japanske forhold afslører under opklaringen af et mord, at japanske koncerner bruger alle midler for at skaffe sig magten over USA's økonomi og teknologi

      Rising Sun
      3.5
    • Eerlijk als Gold

      • 440 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Portret van een briljante joodse taal- en letterkundige uit New York, die ondanks zijn doordringen in de hoogste maatschappelijke kringen, een geboren en getogen schlemiel blijft.

      Eerlijk als Gold
    • Rookgordijn

      Grote Gok

      • 471 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Een filmacteur onderzoekt in Zuid-Afrika waarom de paarden van zijn tante in races zo slecht lopen. - De eigenaar van een aantal paarden probeert met hulp van zijn vrienden te bewijzen dat zijn ex-trainer hem bedrogen heeft.

      Rookgordijn
    • Waar gebeurd!

      sentiment en sensatie uit de oude doos : ontleend aan The Days doings

      • 159 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Bloemlezing artikelen en houtgravures uit het Engelse weekblad (1870-1871).

      Waar gebeurd!
    • Vijandige overname

      Financiële thriller

      • 303 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Een man ziet zijn positie en zijn huwelijk in gevaar komen als zijn schoonvader wordt vermoord en hij de voornaamste verdachte blijkt te zijn.

      Vijandige overname
    • De spirituele reiziger

      Mijn verrassende zoektocht naar wijsheid en inzicht

      • 413 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      De Engelse journalist en televisiepresentator bereist de wereld op zoek naar esoterische en spirituele bewegingen die al honderd jaar de komst van de Maitreya voorspellen.

      De spirituele reiziger
    • De laatste zes miljoen seconden

      • 311 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Aan de vooravond van de overgang naar de Volksrepubliek China resulteren verraad, geweld en streven naar absolute macht in Hongkong in een groot aantal gruwelijke moorden.

      De laatste zes miljoen seconden