Given the mission of providing an honor guard for the Patriarch of the ancient navigator house of Belisarius, a long-time ally of the Space Wolves, Ragnar Blackmane unexpectedly stumbles upon a dangerous plot that reaches into the depths of the Imperium, perhaps to the throne of the God-Emperor himself. Original.
Zwölf vermisste Mädchen, ein grausamer Ritualmörder - Sayer Altairs härtester Fall Mitten in Washington liegt die Leiche eines Mädchens. Die Tote sieht aus, als würde sie schlafen. Wären da nicht die Axt in ihrer Hand, die geschnitzten Affenfiguren um sie herum und eine blutige Botschaft. Alles deutet auf einen Ritualmord hin. FBI-Agentin Sayer Altair übernimmt den Fall. Als herauskommt, dass das Opfer zu einer Gruppe vermisster Jugendlicher gehört, ahnt die Agentin, dass der Täter bald wieder zuschlägt. Ein Wettlauf gegen den grausamsten Mörder, mit dem Sayer es je zu tun hatte, beginnt.
Focusing on the field of sensors, this book serves as a foundational resource for electrical and mechanical engineers, engineering students, and hobbyists. It aims to enhance understanding of various sensors, guiding readers in selecting the most suitable options for their specific designs and projects.
Kniha je určena lékařům na všech úrovních řetězce přežití: zejména lékařům urgentní a intenzivní medicíny, anesteziologům, lékařům dětské intenzivní a resuscitační péče, ale i úrazovým chirurgům a dalším specializacím. Publikace poskytuje čtenáři komplexní pohled na problematiku závažných traumat dětí – od přednemocniční péče přes péči na urgentním příjmu, operačním sále a jednotce dětské intenzivní a resuscitační péče. Věnuje se diagnostice, terapii, všem základním a život zachraňujícím výkonům, upozorňuje i na nejčastější chyby v péči o zraněné dítě. Autorský kolektiv tvoří odborníci, kteří se dětskému pacientovi věnují od prvního kontaktu až po definitivní nemocniční řešení.
Matt Logan pracuje jako agent MI5 pro britskou vládu. Figuruje v prvních liniích boje proti terorismu a je schopen ochránit občany Spojeného království před jakoukoli hrozbou. Když se objeví podezření, že dva bratři, známí pod krycími jmény Železný meč a Kamenná pěst, plánují rozsáhlý teroristický útok, Logan a jeho tým pracují v utajení, aby útočníky zastavili dřív, než bude pozdě. Pokud selžou, dojde k útoku, který zásadním způsobem otřese celou zemí. Logana rozčiluje, že musí neustále poslouchat rozkazy, které jeho skupině brání v postupu, a touží z tohoto začarovaného kruhu vystoupit. Zdá se, že jeho přání jsou vyslyšena, když ho požádají, aby se přidal k novému útvaru jménem Slepé oko. Vzápětí však obdrží zdrcující zprávu, jež mu obrátí svět vzhůru nohama.
"Senior Special Agent Sayer Altair studies the minds of psychopaths. But even she didn't expect to uncover a killer within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Rooting him out and exposing internal corruption got her a bullet wound and six months of desk duty. Now, she's finally back in the field, called in when an off-duty FBI agent and his cadaver dog fall into a sinkhole filled with human bones. Found deep in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park, the skeletal remains date back almost two decades, the same time a beloved local teen disappeared. The cold case quickly heats up when Sayer's team finds two fresh corpses among the bones. When a gruesome clue ties these new bodies to a woman recently kidnapped along with her young daughter, Sayer has to uncover the connection between the old bones and the new bodies before the mother and child become the next victims. But the killer is one step ahead, attacking her team and sabotaging their efforts. With Sayer's investigation compromised and unsure of who to trust, she receives unwanted help from Subject 037, one of the anonymous psychopaths she is currently studying. She has the chilling realization that he's someone powerful in Washington D.C.--and he is not about to let a mundane serial killer jeopardize his own ominous agenda for Sayer..."--Provided by publisher
THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR. THE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK. 'Utterly bewitching ... a pitch-perfect modern Gothic' AJ FINN, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time? This is what the police know: English teacher Clare Cassidy's friend Ella has just been murdered. Clare and Ella had recently fallen out. Found beside the body was a line from The Stranger, a story by the Gothic writer Clare teaches, and the murder scene is identical to one of the deaths in the story. This is what Clare knows: No one else was aware of her fight with Ella. Few others have even read The Stranger. Someone has wormed their way into her life and her work. They know her darkest secrets. And they don't mean well. This is what the killer knows: Who will be next to die. 'Compelling, intelligent and increasingly mesmerising' PETER JAMES 'Picks up where the great Gothic thrillers of the past leave off ... goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting. I loved this book! And you will too' LOUISE PENNY
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookseller comes a gripping literary suspense novel set in the 1960s about a deeply troubled family and three women who will reveal its dark truths. In the autumn of 1960, Angie Glass is living an idyllic life in her Wisconsin hometown. At twenty-one, she's married to charming, handsome Paul, and has just given birth to a baby boy. But one phone call changes her life forever. When Paul's niece, Ruby, reports that her father, Henry, has committed suicide, and that her mother, Silja, is missing, Angie and Paul drop everything and fly to the small upstate town of Stonekill, New York to be by Ruby's side. Angie thinks they're coming to the rescue of Paul's grief-stricken young niece, but Ruby is a composed and enigmatic seventeen-year-old who resists Angie's attempts to nurture her. As Angie learns more about the complicated Glass family, staying in Henry and Silja's eerie and ultra-modern house on the edge of the woods, she begins to question the very fabric of her own marriage. Through Silja's flashbacks, Angie's discovery of astonishing truths, and Ruby's strategic dissection of her parents' state of affairs, a story of love, secrets, and ultimate betrayal is revealed.
FBI neuroscientist Sayer Altair hunts for evil in the deepest recesses of the human mind. Still reeling from the death of her fiance, she wants nothing more than to focus on her research into the brains of serial killers. But when the Washington D.C. police stumble upon a gruesome murder scene involving a girl who'd been slowly starved to death while held captive in a cage, Sayer is called in to lead the investigation. When the victim is identified as the daughter of a high profile senator, Sayer is thrust into the spotlight.As public pressure mounts, she discovers that another girl has been taken and is teetering on the brink of death. With evidence unraveling around her, Sayer races to save the second victim but soon realizes that they are hunting a killer with a dangerous obsession...a killer who is closer than she thought.
