1660. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross the Atlantic. Having been found guilty of high treason for the murder of Charles the I, they are wanted and on the run. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead or alive. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. Act of Oblivion is an epic journey across continents, and a chase like no other.[Bokinfo].
Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control. But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn't a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer programme? What if it's a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves? How valuable would he be? And what wouldn't you do to get hold of him?
TICK... A KILLER'S COUNTDOWN BEGINS. A rash of horrifying crimes tears through New York City, throwing it into complete chaos. TICK... CAN MICHAEL BENNETT CATCH HIM? The city calls on Detective Michael Bennett, pulling him away from a seaside retreat with his ten adopted children, his grandfather, and their beloved nanny, Mary Catherine. Bennett enlists the help of a former colleague, FBI Agent Emily Parker. But as his affection for Emily grows into something stronger, his relationship with Mary Catherine takes an unexpected turn. TOCK... BEFORE HIS TIME IS UP? All too soon, another appalling crime leads Bennett to a shocking discovery that exposes the killer's pattern and the earth-shattering enormity of his plan.
Private detective Isaac Bell returns in Clive Cussler's The Wrecker. 1907: train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's new express line . . . The desperate railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency, who send their best man, Isaac Bell. He quickly discovers that a saboteur calling himself the Wrecker is attacking the Southern Pacific with accomplices recruited from down-and-outs - who are killed afterward. The Wrecker strikes wherever he pleases, causing untold damage and loss of human life. Who is he? What does he want? Is he an anarchist? A revolutionary? A criminal mastermind? Whoever he is, whatever his motives, the Wrecker knows how to create havoc. And Bell is convinced he is building up to a grand act unlike anything he has committed before. If the Wrecker isn't stopped in time, more than a railroad is at risk - the future of the entire country is on the line . . . Bestseller Clive Cussler - author of the Dirk Pitt novels Black Wind and Trojan Odyssey - and co-author Justin Scott pit legendary detective Isaac Bell against a mysterious murderer and railroad saboteur in the second novel of historical thriller series The Isaac Bell Adventures, The Wrecker. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail
Inferno is het zesde boek van bestsellerauteur Dan Brown en het vierde boek met in de hoofdrol professor Robert Langdon, hoogleraar kunstgeschiedenis en symboliek. In Inferno reis je met Langdon mee naar Florence, waar hij de strijd aangaat met een gevaarlijk genie met een apocalyptisch wereldbeeld en een obsessie voor het duistere meesterwerk Inferno van Dante Alighieri. Dan Brown is een van de succesvolste thrillerauteurs ter wereld. In zijn fenomenale bestsellers De Da Vinci Code, Het Bernini Mysterie en Het Verloren Symbool, allemaal met Robert Langdon als hoofdpersoon, vermengde Dan Brown op meesterlijke wijze geschiedenis, kunst, codes en symbolen met een razend spannend verhaal. Met Inferno bevindt Brown zich op vertrouwd terrein en heeft hij zijn gewaagdste boek tot nu toe geschreven.
De start van een nieuwe avonturenreeks Al tientallen jaren genieten miljoenen lezers van de boeken van bestsellerauteur Clive Cussler. Maak nu kennis met detective Isaac Bell in Cusslers overrompelende thrillerreeks. 1950. Het verroeste gevaarte van een stoomlocomotief rijst op uit de diepte van een meer in Montana. In de locomotief bevinden zich de resten van drie mannen die vierenveertig jaar geleden zijn gestorven. 1906. Al twee jaar worden de westelijke staten van Amerika geteisterd door een misdaadgolf: een reeks bankroven, gepleegd door een man die koelbloedig alle getuigen vermoordt en daarna spoorloos verdwijnt. De Amerikaanse regering schakelt de hulp in van Isaac Bell, een lange, magere detective met een geduchte reputatie. Bell zet de jacht in " van Arizona via Colorado naar San Francisco " op de sluwe misdadiger en op de vrouw die de sleutel in handen heeft van de identiteit van de bandiet
Thriller. Widow Anne Dunne takes her three children on sailing vacation in an effort to save her family, but when they finally start feeling like a family again something catastrophic happens
Katie Wallace had her heart broken once - never again. So she decides to becomes a Love Trainer, a unique service provider who can answer the following 1 Should I call him even though he hasn't called me? 2 When he turns up in the middle of the night drunk and wanting a shag, should I say yes? 3 Why is it so hard when I'm not even sure he's the man I want to marry? Is Katie right? Can you train men to be better boyfriends? Or is she playing the game of love with the wrong set of rules - a game which can only lead to her and those she helps getting hurt ...?
