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Turner

    J.B. Turner creëert meeslepende politieke thrillers die zich verdiepen in de schimmige onderwereld van nationale veiligheid en moreel dubbelzinnige gebieden, waar de grenzen tussen held en schurk gevaarlijk vervagen. Zijn protagonisten zijn vaak gewonde maar veerkrachtige figuren, die door geheime organisaties die elke beweging controleren, tot dodelijke agenten worden omgevormd. Turner's scherpe interesse in geopolitiek doordringt zijn spannende verhalen, waarin gevaar om elke hoek loert, zodat lezers op het puntje van hun stoel blijven.

    Hard Power
    Case Sensitive
    The Preserving Garden
    Turner's Last Sketchbook
    Hard Exit
    Hard Fire
    • Hard Power

      • 284bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Hard Power--the follow-up to the electric Hard Exit--is a riveting new thriller from bestselling author J. B. Turner. When Amy Chang, partner of NSA hacker Trevelle Williams--a friend of Jon Reznick--is found dead on a Manhattan subway, everyone says it was a suicide. But Trevelle knows that someone had been watching Amy's every move, and he isn't about to let them slip away. Trevelle calls on Jon Reznick to help him uncover what happened to Amy and protect Amy's brother, Kevin Chang, a Hong Kong student-activist living in New York. Before long, two government organizations are hunting them, forcing the trio to go on the run. Will Reznick be able to pull himself out of another mess, or have things finally gone too far? As his pursuers close in, Reznick reaches out to Martha Meyerstein, FBI assistant director, for help--but with so many political forces at play, people are not always who they seem to be. With friends' lives on the line, Reznick will have to summon all his black-ops skills, tradecraft, and killer instincts to keep both Trevelle and Kevin alive...but he might have to sacrifice his own life to do it.

      Hard Power2024
      4,2
    • Turner's Last Sketchbook

      • 208bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      A beautifully produced facsimile of the last known intact sketchbook by J. M. W. Turner J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) seldom left home without a sketchbook. Over the course of his lifetime, he filled more than three hundred, most of them small enough to carry in his pocket. This facsimile represents Turner's last known intact sketchbook, now in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art. Turner used it on the coast of the English Channel in Kent, in and around Margate, from June to September 1845. The volume is accompanied by a poem in which Tracey Emin (b. 1963) expresses her profound connection with Turner's work. Emin grew up in Margate, the seaside town that Turner returned to time and again to draw. This presentation of Turner's sketchbook includes generous margins and blank pages to encourage further sketches, in the spirit of the artist. Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art

      Turner's Last Sketchbook2024
      4,5
    • Hard Exit

      • 304bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      From bestseller J. B. Turner comes a pulse-pounding thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. When a Swiss intelligence agent goes missing―taking with him thousands of classified documents that have the potential to expose covert agents and information around the world―he also threatens to expose the one secret that will change Jon Reznick’s life forever. Hans Muller has found someone on Swiss CCTV footage―someone who is supposed to be dead, someone from long ago in Reznick’s past. If her true identity is as Muller suspects, and if he divulges her secret, it could be dangerous for her and her loved ones, not to mention disastrous for national security. In a shocking twist of fate, the mysterious woman looks exactly like Jon Reznick’s late wife, who was thought to have died in the 9/11 attacks. Reznick has to Is this just a case of mistaken identity, or has Elisabeth been alive all this time? Reznick jumps into an international fray with Swiss Intelligence agents and the CIA to find the missing classified documents and his own answers. Anyone who knows Jon Reznick knows he won’t rest until he finds the truth...even if it upends his life as he knows it.

      Hard Exit2023
      4,4
    • Long Way Home

      • 303bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Long Way Home is an action-packed new thriller from bestselling author J. B. Turner and the follow-up to the electric No Way Back. When Jack McNeal threw Henry Graff's body in the reservoir, he thought he had closed the book on Graff and his nefarious associates. But when Graff's body is exhumed from the water, McNeal's troubles really begin. Plagued by flashbacks and nightmares from his murderous past and unable to move on from the tragic deaths of his wife and young son, McNeal is on the verge of a breakdown. On the hunt for the mysterious "Woodcutter," the man at the center of this whole conspiracy, McNeal uncovers a web of political intrigue that goes all the way to the White House. But the conspirators don't want McNeal digging. As he and his family are targeted by the same shadowy security consultancy that was responsible for his wife's death, McNeal will stop at nothing to bring those responsible to justice, even if that means becoming the bad guy he swore he would never be.

      Long Way Home2023
      3,6
    • An intriguing new forensic mystery for Camden mortuary technician Cassie Raven to solve. Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs.

      Case Sensitive2023
      4,3
    • "THE DEAD CAN TALK - WE JUST NEED TO LISTEN . . . Camden mortuary assistant Cassie Raven has pretty much seen it all. But this is the first time she's come face to face with someone she knew on the slab. Someone she cared about. Geraldine Edwards, the teacher responsible for her returning to education after she got ensnared in a life of drugs. The woman who acted as a second mother to the orphaned Cassie. Deeply intuitive and convinced that she can pick up the last thoughts of the dead, Cassie senses that there must be more to the ruling of an accidental death. With Mrs E.'s evasive son demanding the release of his mother's body, Cassie knows that time is running out to find answers. Is her grief making her see things that aren't there? Or is her intuition right, and there's something more sinister to Mrs E's death than the ME thinks? Harbouring an innate distrust of the police, Cassie sets out to investigate the death and deliver justice for the woman who saved her life."--Provided by publisher

      Body Language2023
      4,0
    • Dark Alley

      Dark Alley Staffel 1

      Bei einem Mädelsabend erhält Alice eine mysteriöse Einladung in den Dark Alley Club. Zu neugierig, um auf die Warnungen ihrer besten Freundin zu hören, lässt sich Alice auf ein heißes, knisterndes Abenteuer mit einem gesichtslosen Fremden ein ... der in ihr den Hunger nach mehr weckt. Dieses Bundle enthält die Episoden 1 - 8 und eine exklusive Bonusszene "Dark Alley: Zero".

      Dark Alley2022
      3,0
    • Hard Fire

      • 336bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      From bestselling author J. B. Turner comes the next chapter in Jon Reznick's story--revenge for a murdered friend. Jon Reznick is not a man to cross. A brutally effective black-ops veteran, Reznick has a history of taking the law into his own hands. So when a group of masked men murders his closest friend, he swears to exact vengeance. The now-deceased Bill Eastland had been Reznick's last living tie to his father, leaving him devastated...and furious. Whether or not the FBI approves, he swears to hunt down whoever issued the hit on his friend. With the help of hacker Trevelle Williams, Reznick tracks the masked murderers from Maine to Texas to New York, quickly becoming embroiled in the shadowy world of the Aryan Brotherhood and the Mafia. As Reznick's own body count begins to climb, clues lead him to one of the most dangerous crime families in New York, headed by the infamous Paul Moretti. But FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein has just learned a crucial secret that could derail Reznick's quest for revenge--Moretti is a high-level FBI informant. Reznick faces a stark choice: take on the FBI and risk severing ties with Martha, or inflict his own form of rigorous justice no matter the possible fallout. How far will he go--and how many government agencies will he undermine--to get retribution for his best friend's death? He might just have to create his own set of rules.

      Hard Fire2022
      4,6
    • No Way Back

      • 301bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      From the author of the bestselling Jon Reznick Thriller series comes an exhilarating new adventure. When the people he loves most are in danger, Jack McNeal will get revenge...or die trying. NYPD detective Jack McNeal is used to asking the tough questions. But a late-night visit from the Secret Service lands Jack on the other side of the table--as a suspect in the disappearance of his estranged wife, Caroline, a prominent reporter on the White House beat. When her body is found floating in the Potomac, Jack is overcome by disbelief and despair. Her death seems eerily similar to the suspicious fatality of a young socialite years before. Is the similarity of the two tragic incidents simply a coincidence, or could it be a sign of a murderous orchestrated plot to protect those in the highest echelons of the American government? To avenge Caroline's death, Jack embarks on a journey into the darkest recesses of power. Suspects abound--from haunted special forces soldiers to ex-CIA to the president's own body man. Along the way, Jack will be forced to decide: Is there a line he won't cross to expose the killer?

      No Way Back2022
      3,6
    • Wicked Harvest

      • 294bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      When the last barley field in Hope Underhill is harvested a grisly discovery is made. The decaying corpse of a young woman is caught in the reaper's blades.John Noble, the new master of the village school, becomes entangled in the investigation, leading him to travel from Shropshire to Lancashire, and putting himself in great danger.With the distractions of running the school and a lovely young widow, will he be able to identify the murderer... and even more importantly, prove it?

      Wicked Harvest2022
    • Strong Motive

      • 236bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      She rose from the ashes of her past.Now someone wants to throw her back into the fire.In the small town of Silverton, Ohio, crime runs big. Court advocate, Elizabeth Strong, knows this all too well and doing everything she can to stop it. She has devoted her life to helping women escape dangerous, narcissistic men. She did it herself years ago sending a man to prison. And he’s had plenty of time to plot his revenge.While helping a prominent woman navigate the court system, Elizabeth falls prey to a mysterious stalker and Detective Martinez is assigned to her case. When it becomes clear that her client is the target of a murder for hire, Elizabeth and Martinez team up to catch the killer. The client’s husband is rich, connected, and the number one suspect. Is he also sending Elizabeth a message to back off?Although the one man Elizabeth fears is still behind bars, Martinez suspects he’s somehow involved. It wouldn’t be the first time a prison inmate got to someone on the outside. As the evidence builds in her client’s case, the danger escalates in her own. The tangled web connecting the two together begins to unravel and it’s soon realized nothing is ever as it seems... Book 1 of the Elizabeth Strong Series

      Strong Motive2021
      3,4
    • Strong Alibi

      • 230bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      He’s up for parole. Two years too soon.Elizabeth Strong knew the day would come, but she wasn’t sure she was ready. Over time, she learned to put her own problems and fears aside. A court advocate needs to stay strong. Her clients depend on her. Just as she begins to feel she has her emotions under control, Elizabeth receives news the man she helped send to prison is up for parole after six years.At the same time, she’s assigned a high-profile client; the wife of a journalist for the local newspaper. Concerned, Detective Martinez warns her to keep her distance. After the woman retracts her police statement, Elizabeth deals with the fallout of an angry crime writer’s musings. With Silverton PD and everyone associated with them subject to public ridicule, Elizabeth is torn. Not only does she wonder if her efforts of fighting for her client are futile, she’s weighted with the decision of trying to keep a dangerous man in prison, where he belongs.While dealing with her own personal dilemma, the last thing Elizabeth wants to hear is that her client is found dead in Lake Erie. As she begins to help Martinez gather evidence in hopes to solve a potential murder and avoid media embarrassment, she’s also forced to cope with unexpected news that make her fears about the parole hearing more prominent and justified.Book 2 of the Elizabeth Strong Series

      Strong Alibi2021
    • WAKE

      Nur was zerbrochen ist, kann neu geformt werden

      Nur was zerbrochen ist, kann neu geformt werden. Vor sechs Jahren half Sam Anna, aus den Fängen der versklavenden Sekte seines Vaters zu entkommen. Er wurde jedoch zurückgelassen. Einer Gehirnwäsche unterzogen, um der Vollstrecker seines Vaters und Sektenführers zu werden, ist er nun wild entschlossen, Erlösung zu finden. Das kann er nur, wenn er Anna zurückbringt und zwar als "Rachel", seines Vaters Zweitfrau. Die Erinnerung an Sam - ihrem Schutzengel und den Einzigen, den sie jemals lieben wird - ist alles, was Anna zusammen-gehalten hat. Und das, obwohl er tot ist. Nun mit einundzwanzig kann sie endlich ein neues Leben beginnen. Anna ahnt nicht, dass Sam in den Schatten lauert und nur darauf wartet, dass sie in seine Falle tappt. Dieser Roman enthält verschiedenste Formen des Missbrauchs und somit einige Trigger. Kauf auf eigene Gefahr.

      WAKE2021
      3,5
    • When the people he loves most are in danger, Jon Reznick will get revenge...or die trying. When black-ops specialist Jon Reznick receives a voice mail from FBI assistant director Martha Meyerstein, hoping to explore their relationship outside of the federal government, Jon starts to imagine a new future, one where he can leave his past behind. But an unhinged killer with a grudge has other plans. He's setting a trap for Reznick, one he knows the operative won't be able to resist. In a picturesque fishing village on the Mediterranean coast, a luxury yacht has gone up in flames. Was it a terrible accident or something much more sinister? Jon Reznick must travel overseas, to find out what's happened to Martha and seek revenge on the psychopath who has put Reznick's entire future in jeopardy. Jon will need all the help he can get to bring him to justice. Fresh out of Quantico, Reznick's daughter, Lauren, joins him against his wishes, along with hacker Trevelle Williams. But government operatives from across the globe have descended on this quiet vacation destination and will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from coming out.

      Hard Vengeance2021
      3,9
    • Blood Consort

      Die Blutgemahlin | Mit wunderschönem Farbschnitt

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      +++ Aufwendig gestaltete Ausgabe mit Farbschnitt +++ Vampire, Blutsklaven, Intrigen und eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. In den Blood Empires ist das Leben eines "Roten" – eines Menschen –nichts wert. Nicht mal einen Namen. Außer man verdient ihn sich. Durch ihre Mutter von klein an darauf gedrillt, weiß Rose, dass sie zu mehr bestimmt ist, als lediglich eine Liebessklavin und Blutquelle der Herren zu sein. Ihr einziges Ziel im Leben ist es, die Blood Consort – die Blutgemahlin – des Vampirältesten Augustus Aurelius zu werden. Und das um jeden Preis, selbst wenn es sie ihr Herz kostet. Als sie im Alter von zehn Jahren dazu berufen wird, die höchstmögliche Position für einen Menschen einzunehmen, stellt sie sich der harten Ausbildung zur Scarlet, der Eifersucht der anderen und den Gefahren am Hof verbissen entgegen. Nichtsahnend, dass ihr die größte Herausforderung noch bevorsteht: sich nicht in Augustus’ Sohn Armand zu verlieben. Blood Consort ist der erste Teil der Blood-Empires-Reihe, die in der entsprechenden, chronologischen Reihenfolge gelesen werden muss. Dieser Roman enthält düstere Themen, die für zartbesaitete Leser verstörend sein könnten. Triggerwarnungen sind am Ende des Buches zu finden.

      Blood Consort2021
      4,3