Douglas J. Preston Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York's deadliest serial killer: Pendergast's own ancestor...and Constance's greatest enemy. A desperate bargain is broken... Constance Greene confronts Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life - but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. A clever trap is set... Unknown to Leng, Pendergast's brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help--for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng's every move...and awaiting his own chance to strike. A vengeful angel will not be deterred... Meanwhile, as Pendergast focuses on saving the unstable Constance in her fanatical quest for vengeance, she strikes out on her own: to rescue her beloved siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all...

Tzv. společný román čili soubor povídek vymysleli a jako editoři sestavili Margaret Atwood a Douglas Preston. Koncept spočívá ve hře pro celou skupinu autorů přispívajících svým dílem do jednoho daného rámce, a tím je pandemie covidu v New Yorku. Kdo stihl před karanténou odjet z New Yorku na venkov, udělal to. Statisíce lidí však v New Yorku zůstaly, například obyvatelé jednoho notně omšelého činžáku. Skoro nikam se nesmí, ale střecha je pěkně plochá a dá se tam pohodlně posedět. Někdo přinese křeslo, někdo basu piv a lidé se tam začínají scházet, bez mobilů, zato každý se svým příběhem. Soused pozná souseda a hned se pandemie covidu-19 překonává o něco lépe. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

Set in a New York apartment building, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive novel with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of neighbours has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Emma Donoghue and Celeste Ng. One week into lockdown, the tenants of a run-down apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants - some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now - become real neighbours. A dazzling, heartwarming and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days is an ode to the power of storytelling and human connection. Includes writing from: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Jennine Capo Crucet, Pat Cummings, Joseph Cassara, Angie Cruz, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Maria Hinojosa, Mira Jacob, Erica Jong, CJ Lyons, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Mary Pope Osborne, Doug Preston, Alice Randall, Caroline Randall, Ishmael Reed, Roxana Robinson, Nelly Rosario, James Shapiro, Hampton Sides, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Monique Truong, Scott Turow, Luis Alberto Urrea, Rachel Vail, Weike Wang, DeShawn Charles Winslow, Meg Wolitzer

An epic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton. The narrative delves into the real effort to resurrect woolly mammoths and other extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene Age. Erebus Resort, set in a breathtaking hundred-thousand-acre valley in the Colorado Rockies, allows guests to witness these creatures in their native habitat, brought back through genetic manipulation. However, when a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered by suspected eco-terrorists in the Erebus backcountry, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash teams up with county sheriff James Colcord to find the culprits. As the body count rises and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord face an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent force at Erebus, intent on not just resurrection but extinction. Reviews highlight the book as a "creepy and creative variation on Jurassic Park" (Publishers Weekly) and a "breathlessly riveting" thriller that is both thought-provoking and entertaining (Lee Child). With a heart-stopping climax, it ingeniously blends real-life science with thrilling storytelling (Tess Gerritsen). Preston's masterful narrative keeps readers engaged and pondering long after the last page (Steve Berry).

How can you stop a serial killer who has been dead for a hundred years? FBI Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast always wants to protect his protegee Constance Greene from harm. But, against all odds, Constance has found a way to travel back in time. Heading to New York City in the late 1800s, Constance returns to the century of her birth to embark on a dangerous quest: stopping the era's most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng, from bringing his nefarious plans to fruition. If Constance can stop Dr. Leng, she can finally prevent the events that led to the shocking deaths of her sister and brother... but can she survive herself, when up against one of the cleverest and most evil men of his age? 'Simply brilliant!' Lisa Gardner on Preston & Child The nail-biting new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Agent Pendergast series, perfect for fans of Clive Cussler and James Rollins.

The first ever nonfiction collection from celebrated New Yorker contributor and #1 bestselling author Douglas Preston.​ Death in Print is a collection of narrative nonfiction from essayist, thriller writer, and Authors Guild President Douglas Preston. What's it like to be the first to enter a chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What untold stories are buried within the archives of the Museum of Natural History? What are scientists still discovering about the day the dinosaurs died? Initially appearing in The New Yorker, WIRED, The Atlantic, and Harper's between 1995 and 2021, these pieces explore the mystery of the past with wide-eyed wonder and a strong journalistic eye. Final description TK.

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, who investigate a mystery so enigmatic it may have no solution. In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing their eyes. The case, given the code name "Dead Mountain" by the FBI, was never solved. Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave, one a grisly suicide. Young FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened on that fateful trip fifteen years ago--and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil, which pursues Corrie and Nora with a vengeance, determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.

Two bodies. A dangerous secret. A terrifying force. The latest "excellent" novel in wildly popular series featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson (Publishers Weekly). Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal--to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical Nora Kelly, to her great annoyance, is tasked with the job. Nora's excavation immediately uncovers two murder victims buried at the site, faces and hands obliterated with acid to erase their identities. Special Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned to the case. As Nora's excavation proceeds, uncovering things both bizarre and seemingly inexplicable, Corrie's homicide investigation throws open a Pandora's box of espionage and violence, uncovering bloody traces of a powerful force that will stop at nothing to protect its secrets--and that threatens to engulf them all in an unimaginable fate.

Was geschah 1947 wirklich in Roswell? Im dritten Teil der Thriller-Reihe verschlägt es Archäologin Nora Kelly und FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson an einen der geheimnisumwittertsten Orte der USA. Hier soll eines der bestgehüteten Geheimnisse der amerikanischen Geschichte gelüftet werden: der angebliche UFO-Absturz bei Roswell. An der Stelle, an der die Trümmer gefunden worden sein sollen, werden wissenschaftliche Ausgrabungen unter der Leitung von Nora Kelly und finanziert vom exzentrischen Lucas Tappan, Gründer eines privaten Raumfahrt-Unternehmens, durchgeführt. Doch statt Beweisen für Aliens stößt Nora auf zwei menschliche Mordopfer. Weder Nora noch Corrie, die mit dem Fall betraut wird, ahnen, dass die Entdeckung der Toten eine gefährliche Kette von Ereignissen auslöst, die ihr Leben bedroht. Die Bestseller-Autoren Douglas Preston und Lincoln Child verweben geschickt Mythen und Legenden um UFOs und den Roswell-Zwischenfall mit einem spannenden Mordfall und zahlreichen cleveren Sprüchen zu einem actiongeladenen Thriller. Nora Kelly und Corrie Swanson sind auch aus den Pendergast-Thrillern bekannt, und ihre Fälle sind in folgender Reihenfolge erschienen: Old Bones – Tote lügen nie, Old Bones – Das Gift der Mumie und Old Bones – Die Toten von Roswell.

A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Junior FBI Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, a rictus of horror frozen on his face. Hidden on the corpse lies a sixteenth century Spanish gold cross of immense value. When they at last identify the body--and the bizarre cause of death--Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on one of the most defining, frightening, and transformative moments in American history. -- Adapted from page [4] cover

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: Agent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to appear in Savannah, GA. A fabulous heist: On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305--Portland to Seattle--with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and then parachuted from the rear of the plane, disappearing into the night...and into history. A brutal crime steeped in legend and malevolence: Fifty years later, Agent Pendergast takes on a bizarre and gruesome case: in the ghost-haunted city of Savannah, Georgia, bodies are found with no blood left in their veins--sowing panic and reviving whispered tales of the infamous Savannah Vampire. A case like no other: As the mystery rises along with the body count, Pendergast and his partner, Agent Coldmoon, race to understand how--or if--these murders are connected to the only unsolved skyjacking in American history. Together, they uncover not just the answer...but an unearthly evil beyond all imagining.

Before he can return to New York from Miami, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is called to investigate something very strange that has happened on the west coast of Florida. Dozens of human feet, identically clad in blue have washed up on beaches. All exhibit unmistakeable signs of violence. Beyond that, nothing is known about the feet, except that they are fresh and haven't been in the water long. Pendergast reluctantly makes his way to the barrier islands off South Florida to investigate a case he believes to be outside his area of expertise and his interest. Once there, he finds the case both disturbing and intriguing, and is drawn into the mystery almost against his will. A preliminary pathology report indicates the feet were chopped, torn, or even wrenched from their bodies in the crudest of ways. Over the next few days, still more continue to wash in, until the number tops one hundred. Soon the case begins to take a most surprising and complex turn, and Pendergast finds it necessary to call in Special Agent Armstrong Coldmoon for a risky and very specific undercover assignment. And when, at last, the true origin of this awful gift from the sea becomes clear, the former partners are forced to confront an enemy, and a horror, more powerful and deadly than any they have faced before.

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers who earned a terrible place in American history when they became snow-bound in the California mountains in 1847, their fate unknown until the first skeletonized survivors stumbled out of the wilderness, raving about starvation, murder-and cannibalism. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it-to reveal its long-buried secrets. Once in the mountains, however, they learn that discovering the camp is only the first step in a mounting journey of fear. For as they uncover old bones, they expose the real truth of what happened, one that is far more shocking and bizarre than mere cannibalism. And when those ancient horrors lead to present-day violence on a grand scale, rookie FBI agent Corrie Swanson is assigned the case...only to find that her first investigation might very well be her last.

A Majomisten elveszett városáról Közép-Amerika gyarmatosítása óta keringenek történetek. A legenda szerint az őslakosok a spanyol hódítók elől menekültek, magukkal hozva kincseiket. A szent városukat egy átok védi: aki belép, megbetegszik és meghal. 2012-ben Douglas Preston egy régészekből és geológusokból álló csapathoz csatlakozik, hogy megtalálják az elveszett várost. Az amerikai hadsereg által kifejlesztett légi radartechnika segítségével feltérképezik a sűrű őserdő alatti rejtélyeket. A képek felülmúlják várakozásaikat: egy elhagyatott völgyben nemcsak egy város, hanem egy egész civilizáció nyomaira bukkannak. Az expedíció során azonban számos veszéllyel szembesülnek: zuhatagszerű esőzések, sártenger, vérszívó rovarok, jaguárok és mérges kígyók fenyegetik őket. A legnagyobb kihívás azonban az elveszett város átkának megjelenése: egy gyógyíthatatlan trópusi betegség, amely halálos is lehet. A történet drámai fordulatokkal teli, hiteles beszámoló a 21. század egyik legfontosabb régészeti felfedezéséről, amely minden történelmi rejtélyek iránt érdeklődő olvasó könyvespolcán ott a helye.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A consistently exciting and never predictable series."--Associated Press When Grace Ozmian, the beautiful and reckless daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire, first goes missing, the NYPD assumes she has simply sped off on another wild adventure. Until the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found. Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta quickly takes the lead. He knows his investigation will attract fierce scrutiny, so D'Agosta is delighted when FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast shows up at the crime scene assigned to the case. "I feel rather like Brer Rabbit being thrown into the briar patch," Pendergast tells D'Agosta, "because I have found you here, in charge. Just like when we first met, back at the Museum of Natural History." But neither Pendergast nor D'Agosta are prepared for what lies ahead. A diabolical presence is haunting the greater metropolitan area, and Grace Ozmian was only the first of many victims to be murdered . . . and decapitated. Worse still, there's something unique to the city itself that has attracted the evil eye of the killer. As mass hysteria sets in, Pendergast and D'Agosta find themselves in the crosshairs of an opponent who has threatened the very lifeblood of the city. It'll take all of Pendergast's skill to unmask this most dangerous foe-let alone survive to tell the tale.

Gideon Crew, brilliant scientist and master thief, will face his most dangerous mission yet in the sequel to Beyond the Ice Limit.

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, FBI Agent Pendergast reluctantly teams up with a new partner to investigate a rash of Miami Beach murders . . . only to uncover a deadly conspiracy that spans decades. After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner. Pendergast and his new colleague, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to investigate a rash of killings in Miami Beach, where a bloodthirsty psychopath is cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them with cryptic handwritten letters at local gravestones. The graves are unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belong to women who committed suicide. But the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast's worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death that reaches back decades.

Since the days of Hernan Cortes, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden in the Honduran interior. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there from Spanish invaders, warning that entering the city is a death sentence. They call it the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940, journalist Theodore Morde claimed to have found the city, returning with artifacts but ultimately committing suicide without revealing its location. Decades later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking quest. In 2012, they flew over a dense rainforest using advanced technology to map the terrain, revealing the unmistakable outline of a sprawling metropolis, suggesting the existence of an undiscovered city and civilization. To confirm their discovery, Preston and his team faced torrential rains, quickmud, swarms of insects, jaguars, and venomous snakes. They emerged from the jungle with proof of the legend but also contracted a horrifying, incurable disease. Filled with history, adventure, and dramatic twists, this account recounts one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century, blending suspense and shocking revelations.

Hochspannung von Preston & Child, Amerikas Meister-Duo des Abenteuer-Thrillers, über einen möglichen Terror-Anschlag mit einer Atombombe Agent Gideon Crew soll in New York City einen anscheinend wahnsinnigen Atomwissenschaftler zur Vernunft bringen, der seine Familie als Geisel genommen hat. Aber die Mission geht schief, der Täter wird erschossen. Die Aufzeichnungen des Toten offenbaren einen mörderischen Plan: In zehn Tagen wird seine selbstgebaute Atombombe eine nukleare Katastrophe auslösen. Doch niemand weiß, welche amerikanische Stadt das Ziel des Anschlags sein wird. Der Countdown läuft … „Reißt die Nerven in Fetzen wie hochexplosives Dynamit.“ Literaturmarkt. info

Five years ago, Eli Glinn led a mission ro recover a 25,000-ton meteorite - the largest ever discovered - from a remote island off the coast of South America. It ended in disaster when their ship foundered and broke apart in a vicious storm. But now, two miles down in dark Antarctic waters, something is growing. A vast, grotesque structure is simultaneously reaching up towards the waves and burrowing deep into the sea floor. Eli Glinn's worst fear has been realised. He has no choice but to return to the Southern Ocean and attempt to annihilate an entity that threatens the existence of the planet. But, as he will discover, the entity has no intention of going quietly.

FBI-detective Aloysius Pendergast is terug! De verborgen kamer van Preston & Child, het zestiende deel in de Pendergast-serie, is nóg spannender dan Scharlaken kust. Pendergast is vermist – en het lijkt alsof hij na zijn laatste onderzoek is verdronken aan de kust van Massachusetts. Pendergasts pupil, Constance, is geschokt door zijn vermissing en trekt zich terug in haar kamer diep onder hun herenhuis aan Riverside Drive. Zij en Pendergasts huisbediende, Proctor, zijn alleen in het huis als Pendergasts geduchte broer Diogenes – die iedereen voor dood hield – opeens opdaagt. Proctor wordt bewusteloos geslagen en wanneer hij later bijkomt, ontdekt hij dat Diogenes Constance heeft ontvoerd. Proctor komt meteen in actie en gaat op zoek. Maar wanneer hij eindelijk Constance gevonden denkt te hebben, doet hij een gruwelijke ontdekking: waar Constance had moeten zijn, staat alleen een gekoelde doodskist…

Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief--is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, gives him an eyebrow-raising mission, he has no reason to refuse. Gideon's task: steal a page from the priceless Book of Kells, now on display in New York City and protected by unbreakable security.Accomplishing the impossible, Gideon steals the parchment--only to learn that hidden beneath the gorgeously illuminated image is a treasure map dating back to the time of the ancient Greeks. As they ponder the strange map, they realize that the treasure it leads to is no ordinary fortune. It is something far more precious: an amazing discovery that could perhaps even save Gideon's life.Together with his new partner, Amy, Gideon follows a trail of cryptic clues to an unknown island in a remote corner of the Caribbean Sea. There, off the hostile and desolate Mosquito Coast, the pair realize the extraordinary treasure they are hunting conceals an even greater shock-a revelation so profound that it may benefit the entire human race . . . if Gideon and Amy can survive.

FBI-agent Aloysius Pendergast onderzoekt de diefstal van de inhoud van een waardevolle wijnkelder in Exmouth - een schilderachtig kustplaatsje nabij Salem. Hij en zijn pupil Constance Greene ontdekken al snel iets sinisters in de kelder: een dichtgemetselde nis die de resten van een man bevat. Hij blijkt gemarteld te zijn en vervolgens levend begraven, 150 jaar geleden. Maar waarom? Het oplossen van dit raadsel wordt bemoeilijkt wanneer ze nog een lijk vinden, bedekt met mysterieuze symbolen, in de zoutmijnen achter Exmouth. Dit is de plaats waar - volgens de legende - de echte heksen van Salem hun toevlucht zochten tijdens de heksenjachten van 1692... Dit is de 15de thriller in de serie over FBI-agent Aloysius Pendergast.

When Gideon Crew steals a page from an ancient book it reveals a secret that could save the human race.

A corpse, stiff with rigor mortis and bound in heavy ropes, has been dumped on the doorstep of FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast. The murder has the hallmarks of the perfect crime – no witnesses, no motive, no evidence – save for one enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate Salton Sea where an ingenious killer is determined to make him pay for the long-buried sins of his forefathers. But Pendergast already knows what is at stake, for the dead man left on his doorstep wasn't just anyone, it was his son.

NASA is building a probe to be splashed down in the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn’s great moon, Titan. It is one of the most promising habitats for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, but the surface is unpredictable and dangerous, requiring the probe to contain artificial intelligence software. To this end, Melissa Shepherd, a brilliant programmer, has developed "Dorothy," a powerful, self-modifying AI whose true potential is both revolutionary and terrifying. When miscalculations lead to a catastrophe during testing, Dorothy flees into the internet. Former CIA agent Wyman Ford is tapped to track down the rogue AI. As Ford and Shepherd search for Dorothy, they realize that her horrific experiences in the wasteland of the Internet have changed her in ways they can barely imagine. And they’re not the only ones looking for the wayward software: the AI is also being pursued by a pair of Wall Street traders, who want to capture her code and turn her into a high-speed trading bot. Traumatized, angry, and relentlessly hunted, Dorothy has an extraordinary revelation -- and devises a plan. As the pursuit of Dorothy converges on a deserted house on the coast of Northern California, Ford must face the ultimate question: is rescuing Dorothy the right thing? Is the AI bent on saving the world… or on wiping out the cancer that is humankind?

1508, anno del Signore. Nella Firenze prostrata da un morbo misterioso che falcia vittime e non concede tregua, quale segreto custodiscono Niccolò Machiavelli e il suo misterioso visitatore notturno? Fin dove può portare la fatale attrazione fra un uomo e una donna, avversari e amanti in una missione impossibile per conto della Repubblica? E ancora, cosa si nasconde nell'inesplorato Mondo Nuovo, oltre il mondo allora conosciuto? La città d'oro è un romanzo a tante facce: una storia di avventura, un intrigo internazionale, la caccia a un tesoro remoto e senza prezzo, da Firenze a Siviglia e alle Indie Occidentali. Una struggente storia d'amore fra chi pensava di aver consumato il cuore e per caso riscopre la passione e il fuoco dei sensi. Fino a una sorpresa sconvolgente, nell'alba livida della Firenze rinascimentale, che ricuce tutti i fili della narrazione.

De excentrieke FBI-agent Pendergast arriveert in een exclusief skioord op het moment dat brute brandstichtingen de toeristen afschrikken. Pendergast ontdekt een onwaarschijnlijk geheim uit de dorpsgeschiedenis, dat samen lijkt te hangen met een legendarisch, verloren gewaand Sherlock Holmes-verhaal. Terwijl het dorp letterlijk onder vuur ligt en het leven van Pendergasts protegee Corrie Swanson ernstig gevaar loopt, moet Pendergast het raadsel uit het verleden zien op te lossen, voordat alles in vlammen opgaat...

Im italienischen Perugia wird die britische Studentin Meredith Kercher brutal in ihrer Wohnung ermordet. Hauptverdächtige sind ihre amerikanische Mitbewohnerin Amanda Knox und ihr italienischer Freund Raffaele Sollecito. In einem spannungsgeladenen Indizienprozess werden die beiden zu extrem hohen Haftstrafen verurteilt. Zwei Jahre später spricht ein Berufungsprozess die beiden frei. Douglas Preston und Mario Spezi rollen den spektakulären Fall Amanda Knox neu auf. Bisher unveröffentlichte Details, Interviews mit involvierten Juristen und die Aufdeckung der dubiosen Machenschaften des italienischen Staatsanwalts, Giuliano Mignini, garantieren eine atemberaubende Lektüre, die es mit jedem Thriller aufnehmen kann.

Twaalf jaar heeft hij gedacht dat zijn vrouw was verongelukt. Toen werd hem verteld dat ze was vermoord. En nu ontdekt FBI special agent Aloysius Pendergast dat Helen nog leeft! Maar dan wordt ze voor zijn ogen ontvoerd. Dit is echter pas het begin van een nog gruwelijker plot, waarbij een seriemoordenaar paniek zaait in New York. En Pendergast is de enige die de moordenaar kan vinden. De jacht brengt hem tot diep in de ondoordringbare bossen van Zuid-Amerika, een plek waar hij herinnerd wordt aan het oude gezegde: Hij die uit is op wraak, dient twee graven te delven…

A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of his at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down.

Aloysius Pendergast ügynök mind a mai napig gyászolja feleségét, Helent, akit tizenkét évvel ezelőtt egy hátborzongató vadászbalesetben veszített el. A régi családi birtokon hosszú idő után újra kezébe veszi felesége tárgyait – és rettenetes felfedezést tesz: rájön, hogy felesége puskájában, amellyel életét próbálta menteni, éles helyett csak vaktöltény volt. Ki akarhatta megölni Helent… és miért? Pendergast barátját és társát, Vincent D'Agosta hadnagyot hívja segítségül, hogy a gyilkos után kutatva visszautazzanak a múltba, és nyomon kövessék Helen életét a házasságkötés előtt és után is. Pendergast rájön, hogy imádott feleségének, az egyetlen embernek, akiben teljesen megbízott, rengeteg titka volt… Az ügynök ebben az ügyben is épp olyan eltökélten küzd az igazság kiderítéséért, mint máskor, de elveszíti jól ismert nyugalmát és szilárdságát. A „Lázálom”-ban mélyebben beleláthatunk kedvenc FBI-ügynökünk lelkébe, mint bármelyik eddigi kötetben.

Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he stalks his wife's betrayers - a chase that takes him from the wild moors of Scotland to the bustling streets of New York City and the darkest bayous of Louisiana - he is also forced to dig further into Helen's past. And he is stunned to learn that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder. Peeling back the layers of deception, Pendergast realizes that the conspiracy is deeper, goes back generations, and is more monstrous than he could have ever imagined - and everything he's believed, everything he's trusted, everything he's understood . . . may be a horrific lie.

Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thief At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him. Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade. For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning . . .

Een ex-CIA-agent moet in Nevada uitzoeken wat er mis is bij de experimenten met een deeltjesversneller, maar komt in een onhoudbare situatie terecht waarbij godsdienstfanatici met de geleerden komen afrekenen.

Special Agent Pendergast's wife had been killed by a large, vicious lion while they were big game hunting in Africa. Now, he learns that Helen's rifle had been deliberately loaded with blanks. He embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of her murder, but finds himself faced with an even greater question: who was the woman he married?

Wyman Ford is called up for a secret expedition to Cambodia to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. Meanwhile, a brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast. Two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island anxious to find the impact crater. A scientist at the National Propulsion facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated and the data missing. High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of the crater on Mars - and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting . . . 'A superb read! Thoughtful and flat-out entertainment - a page-turning thriller. You'll be up all night with this book' Jeffery Deaver on Blasphemy

New York Times-verslaggever William Smithback en zijn vrouw Nora Kelly, antropoloog verbonden aan het Museum of National History, worden in hun appartement aan de Upper West Side aangevallen. Volgens ooggetuigen was de aanvaller hun ietwat vreemde, sinistere buurman – die is echter tien dagen daarvoor overleden... Laura Hayward leidt het onderzoek, maar Pendergast en D'Agosta ondernemen hun eigen onorthodoxe queeste naar de waarheid. Zij doen een ongelooflijke ontdekking: in Manhattan leeft een geheime, besloten gemeenschap die een voodoocultus bedrijft die geen buitenstaander ooit heeft overleefd.

На острове Рэггид, где-то в глубинах затопленной древней шахты, называемой Водяной Бездной, хранятся несметные сокровища, спрятанные здесь знаменитым пиратом XVII века. Согласно легенде, сокровища эти прокляты

Een New Yorks echtpaar wordt aangevallen in hun appartement aan de Upper West Side. Volgens ooggetuigen was de dader hun ietwat vreemde buurman. Maar diezelfde man blijkt al tien dagen daarvoor te zijn overleden. Special Agent Pendergast en inspecteur D'Agosta duiken in de zaak en doen een ongelooflijke ontdekking: in Manhatten bestaat een geheime, besloten gemeenschap die een cultus met voodoo bedrijft die geen buitenstaander ooit heeft overleefd...

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders. Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who-or what-is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre?

Kniha přináší překlady čtyř úspěšných románů se záhadnou nebo kriminální zápletkou od anglických a amerických autorů. / Kontakt nula - David Wolstencroft / Hotel u Zlomeného srdce - Jill Marie Landisová / Údolí tyranosaura - Douglas Preston / Přežít s vlky - Misha Dafonseca

German Readers Digest Collection Der Canyon-Douglas Preston Die Heidearztin-Christa Canetta Gambling-Dick Francis Diesturmfangerin-Katherine Scholes

Even dachten we dat we de enigmatische en briljante FBI-agent Aloysius Pendergast niet meer terug zouden zien na de titanenstrijd met zijn boosaardige tweelingbroer Diogenes in DODENBOEK. Maar... Pendergast en zijn beschermelinge Constance bezoeken het Tibetaanse klooster waar hij in de boeddhistische leer is ingewijd, op zoek naar zielenrust voor haar. Daar blijkt een ongekend gevaarlijk kunstvoorwerp gestolen te zijn, dat de monniken generaties lang met hun leven hebben verdedigd. Ze zijn wanhopig. Pendergast besluit het op te sporen, al weet hij er maar bitter weinig van.Ook de monniken kunnen hem niet wijzer maken: ze heben er nooit een blik op geworpen, want alleen al ernaar kijken zou de ongekende krachten ervan ontketenen. De speuroch brengt Pendergast en Constance naar de BRITANNIA, 's werelds grootste en meest luxueuze oceaanstomer ooit - en leidt tot een Atlantische oversteeek die strak staat van spanning en onverwacht gevaar. En... is Pendergasts tweelingbroer en aartsvijand nu echt dood?

In Dutch: De grootste deeltjesversneller ooit gebouwd, diep in een berg in Navajogebied in Arizona, moet de Amerikaanse regering inzicht geven in het geheim van het ontstaan van alle leven: De Big Bang. Het begin van alles. Het is echter al een tijdje stil bij de wetenschappers die de versneller - die ze liefhebbend Isabella noemen - aansturen. Wyman Ford, ex-CIA, wordt teruggeroepen in actieve dienst om te infiltreren en uit te vinden welk geheim de wetenschappers, onder leiding van de charismatische dr. Hazelius, verbergen. Tegelijk lopen de politieke spanningen rondom het Isabella-project op: de Navajo-natie protesteert tegen de ontheiliging van haar land en de rechts-christelijke lobby brengt zwaar mediageschut in stelling omdat de Big Bang in strijd is met de scheppingsleer. Als Ford er dan achterkomt wat er gebeurt als Isabella op vol vermogen werkt, begrijpt hij waarom de wetenschappers koste wat kost dit geheim voor de wereld verborgen moeten houden.

Maak kennis met de beste misdaadauteurs ter Wereld! In dit unieke boek bundelt de crème de la crème van de Amerikaanse misdaadauteurs zijn krachten. Het resultaat van dit bijzondere project is een zeer divers overzicht van alles wat het misdaadgenre haar lezers te bieden heeft. Naast een kennismaking met de meesters van het genre vormt THRILLER ook een extraatje voor de fans van de verschillende auteurs: alle verhalen zijn speciaal voor deze bundel geschreven en niet eerder uitgebracht. James Patterson is een van de bekendste en succesvolste thrillerauteurs ter wereld. Twee van zijn Alex Cross-thrillers zijn verfilmd met Morgan Freeman in de hoofdrol.

David Wolstencroft: Kontakt nula - Výcvik u tajné služby má připravit budoucí špiony na nečekané situace. Když však celý ročník postihnou nešťastné události, přežijí jen někteří. Ben, Lucy a Nat se rozhodnou uchopit poslední šanci, která jim zbývá. Jill Marie Landisová: Hotel U Zlomeného srdce - Tracy Potterová si myslela, že rodinné finance jsou v pořádku, ale po smrti manžela zjistí, že zdědila pouze zchátralý hotýlek na pobřeží. Snaží se postarat o syna a nevlastní dceru, a tak se rozhodne začít znovu jako hoteliérka. Když se do jejího života dostane láska, vše se opět změní. Douglas Preston: Údolí tyranosaura - Veterinář Tom Broadbent zaslechne výstřely a najde těžce zraněného muže, který ho žádá, aby doručil jeho dceři notes s informacemi o pokladu. Tom si je vědom nebezpečí, které mu hrozí, ale nedokáže odmítnout slib umírajícího. Odhodlaně se vydává na pátrání po totožnosti muže, přičemž jediným vodítkem je záhadná číselná šifra. Misha Defonseca: Přežít s vlky - Když bylo Misha sedm let, nacisté odvlekli její židovské rodiče. Dívka dostala nové jméno a domov u cizích lidí, avšak nikdo jí neřekl, co se stalo s jejími rodiči. Touží je najít, a tak se vydává na zoufalou cestu napříč Evropou.

Omdat een man door de schuld van zijn broer een jeugdtrauma heeft opgelopen en op wraak zint, probeert deze broer hem daarvoor te behoeden.

The Monster of Florence, which was shortlisted for the prestigious CWA Gold Dagger Award for Non Fiction in 2010, is a true account of brutal serial murder in idyllic Florence.

Two brothers. One a top FBI agent. The other a brilliant, twisted criminal. An undying hatred between them. Now, a perfect crime. And the ultimate challenge: Stop me if you can...

Kniha přináší překlady čtyř úspěšných románů se záhadnou nebo kriminální zápletkou od anglických a amerických autorů. / Příslib lži - Howard Roughan / P.S. Miluji tě - Cecelia Ahernová / Kodex - Douglas Preston / Léto, které nikdy nebylo - Peter Robinson

A stunning new archaeological thriller by the New York Times bestselling co-author of Brimstone and Relic. A moon rock missing for thirty years... Five buckets of blood-soaked sand found in a New Mexico canyon... A scientist with ambition enough to kill... A monk who will redeem the world... A dark agency with a deadly mission... The greatest scientific discovery of all time... What fire bolt from the galactic dark shattered the Earth eons ago, and now hides in that remote cleft in the southwest U.S. known as Tyrannosaur Canyon? Tyrannosaur Canyon is a stunning novel from acclaimed bestselling author Douglas Preston, hailed by Publishers Weekly as "better than Crichton."

Behind the gates of a fabulous Hamptons estate, FBI Special Agent Pendergast comes upon the carnage of a gruesome crime: one that recalls the legendary horrors that befall those who make a Faustian pact with the devil. Surrounded by the choking stench of brimstone, the smoldering remains of art critic Jeremy Grove are found in a locked, barricaded attic next to a hoofprint singed into the floorboards. Unable to resist a case that defies all but supernatural logic, Pendergast reunites with police officers Vincent D'Agosta (Relic) and Laura Hayward (Reliquary) to search for a more earthly explanation. But their investigation soon takes them from the luxury estates of Long Island and penthouses of New York City to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the Italian countryside, where thirty years ago four men conjured up something unspeakable. . .

"The mysterious disappearance of treasure hunter and adventurer Maxwell Broadbent--along with his riches--sends his three sons on a search for their father, who has hidden himself and his treasures, in order to claim their inheritance"--NoveList.

In the wake of a series of bizarre murders in which claw prints are found near each of the victims, agent Pendergast teams up with officer Vincent d'Agosta in an investigation with apparent ties to the supernatural.

建設ラッシュにわくニューヨーク―。ロウアー・マンハッタンの高層マンション建築現場で、地下の坑道らしきものから百年以上前の人骨が三十六体発見された。ところが、その骨には例外なく脊髄の下部に奇妙な切断の跡が残されていた。犯人は十九世紀の猟奇殺人鬼なのか?その話題で街じゅうが騒然とするなか、セントラルパークで同様の連続殺人事件が発生。模倣犯の仕業なのか、それとも百年前の殺人鬼がふたたび現代によみがえったのか。捜査は混迷を深めていった...。

When a series of murders strikes small-town Kansas, FBI Special Agent Pendergast must track down a killer or a curse -- either way, no one is safe. A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy? Or is it a darker force, a curse upon the land? Amid golden cornfields, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers evil in the blood of America's heartland. No one is safe.

In Manhattan wordt een gruwelijke ontdekking gedaan: een ondergronds knekelhuis met de botten van tientallen slachtoffers. De moorden blijken rond 1880 gepleegd te zijn door één persoon. Deze seriemoordenaar had een obsessie met het verlengen van zijn eigen levensduur. Als na een krantenartikel over de oude moorden vrijwel identieke nieuwe moorden worden gepleegd, breekt er panierk uit in New York. FBI-agent Pendergast, journalist Bill Smithback en archeologe Nora Kelly porberen de identiteit van de moordenaar te achterhalen. Voordat... ze zelf de volgende slachtoffers worden.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř napínavých románů od anglických a amerických spisovatelů. Doplněno krátkými medailony uvedených autorů. Publikace obsahuje tyto tituly: Deaver, Jeffery: Tanečník Francis, Dick: Za trest Preston, Douglas; Child, Lincoln: Poklad Sparks, Nicholas: Vzkazv láhvi

Contains:Lake News - Barbara DelinskyThe Devil's Teardrop - Jeffery DeaverA Walk to Remember - Nicholas SparksThunderhead - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Op een eiland voor de zuidkust van Chili wordt een ongelooflijke ontdekking gedaan: de grootste meteoriet die ooit gevonden is. In New York besluit miljardair Palmer Lloyd dat de steen het middelpunt van zijn nieuwe museum moet worden. Hij is bereid elke prijs te betalen, in dollars en in levens. Met een supermodern vrachtschip vermomd als een roestige tanker vaart de door Lloyd samengestelde groep in het geheim naar het zuiden om de meteoriet uit Chili te stelen. De leiders van de expeditie zijn een onverstoorbare ingenieur en een wereldberoemde meteorietenjager wiens carrière is gebroken door een controversiële theorie. In de ijzige hel aan de rand van de poolcirkel worden de avonturiers geconfronteerd met een angstwekkend raadsel rond de oorsprong - en de aard - van de meteoriet. Het is een raadsel dat zij moeten oplossen als ze het er levend willen afbrengen.

Archeologe Nora Kelley is gefascineerd door de oude beschaving van de Anasazi-indianen in het zuidwesten van de Verenigde Staten. Een beschaving waaraan duizend jaar geleden - op het hoogtepunt van haar bloei - plotseling een einde is gekomen. Nora's vader is jaren geleden verdwenen tijdens een zoektocht naar dezelfde beschaving. Nu, zestien jaar later, krijgt ze een brief van hem. Nora stelt een expeditieteam samen en begint een trektocht door de onbarmhartige canyons. Want het kan niet anders of haar vader heeft het legendarische Quivira, de verloren Gouden Stad van de Anasazi-indianen, gevonden...

The new thriller by the New York Times bestselling authors of The Relic (basis of the Paramount movie) and Reliquary. Movie rights to RIPTIDE have been optioned by Arnold Kopelson (producer of such hits as The Fugitive and Outbreak) and Twentieth Century Fox. schovat popis