The true story of a group of four boys brought up in New York's notorious Mafia-run Hell's Kitchen during the 1960s. After nearly causing a man's death, they were sent to a reformatory where guards routinely brutalized them, leaving them with nothing but an undying loyalty to one another.
A husband and wife are found imprisoned in their London home and their young son is missing. DI Jack Caffery is called in to investigate, but similar events from his own past make it hard for him to view this crime with the necessary detatchment.
Then a guest at the villa - a young woman he had instantly and innocently warmed to - disappears on a mountain peak. The trail leads him back to England, to a world he thought he had left for ever - and a past he has tried desperately to forget.
A murder mystery that moves between a wedding party in 1981 and a murder in 1947. Chris Napier decides to delve into the events of the past to try and find out who killed his great uncle, Joshua Bradwell. Before long, larger mysteries begin to dog Chris's footsteps into the past.
Set in South East London, Detective Inspector Jack Caffery follows the Met's crack murder squad on their grisly mission of tracking down a sadistic sexual serial killer who has claimed five victims already.
1940. American Stephen Metcalfe is a minor asset in the US secret intelligence forces in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, he must instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for what remains of the free world. He must travel to wartime Moscow to find, and possibly betray, a former lover... 1991. The Communist empire is on the verge of oblivion, and a coup is being planned by a powerful new cabal. Stephen Metcalfe, now a retired ambassador, must return to Moscow and finally reveal a secret that has haunted him since the fall of Berlin...a secret that might just avert a global cataclysm.
Nobel laureate, international financier, and philanthropist Peter Novak-a billionaire who has committed his life and fortune to fostering democracy around the world through his Liberty Foundation-has been kidnapped. The terrorist known as The Caliph is holding Novak in a near-impenetrable fortress and has refused to negotiate for his release, planning instead to brutally execute his hostage in a matter of days... Running out of time and hope, Novak's people turn to a man with a long history of defeating impossible odds: Paul Janson-a legend in the notorious U.S. covert agency Consular Operations. Janson sets in motion an ingenious rescue operation. But the operation goes horribly wrong and Janson is marked for death, the target of a "beyond salvage" order issued from the highest level of the government. Now Janson is running for his life, pursued by Jessica Kincaid, a young agent of astonishing ability who can anticipate and counter his every move. To survive, Janson must outrace a conspiracy that has gone beyond the control of its originators. To win, he must counter it with a conspiracy of his own...
In de heuvels van Los Angeles wordt een auto gevonden met een jong stel erin. Allebei zijn ze vermoord met een kogel door het hoofd. Bij haar is ook nog eens een metalen stang door het hart gedreven. Rechercheur Milo Sturgis beseft dat deze zaak op het terrein van zijn vriend komt, de psycholoog Alex Delaware. Het is het terrein van de menselijke geest - complex, geheimzinnig en met een angstaanjagende neiging tot het kwaad. Delaware volgt een pad dat leidt naar een bekende psychiater en naar meer koelbloedige moorden. Naar hebzucht en bedrog.
