The 6:20 Man is a heart-racing thriller set in the world of high finance in New York, from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.
A journey that took him to hell . . .
Having survived combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and been decorated with medals, Travis Devine mysteriously leaves the Army under a cloud of suspicion. And at thirty-two years old, he’s swapping fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda for a different kind of danger in the cut-throat world of high finance.
His daily commute on the 6.20 a.m. train into New York’s financial district, to his new job as an analyst at the minted powerhouse investment bank Cowl and Comely, takes him into a world where greed, power, jealousy and ambition result in the financial abuse of the masses and the enrichment of an elite few. But it is on this daily journey that he passes a house where he sees something that sounds alarm signals he cannot ignore.
A close friend of Devine’s, Sarah Ewes, is the first victim and the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death at Cowl and Comely compel him to investigate further. As he digs deeper, he discovers strange coincidences and unnerving truths. As the deaths pile up, and the major players show their hands, he must question who he can trust and who he must fight.
Returning to Rhode Island, Blake finds a Dear John letter and his house empty. Haeli is gone. Is history repeating itself? Or is this something different? A search for answers about a past operation has come back to haunt her. Haeli finds she's in for more than she bargained for. Her past is on a collision course with her future. Will Blake be collateral damage? Caught in the crosshairs, Blake is forced into action. A heart-pounding race-against-all-odds thriller awaits.
Following back-to-back, long-term undercover assignments in Indianapolis and Dallas, the latter resulting in four dead, FBI Special Agent Jake Kruse returns to Los Angeles to take on another undercover operation. Posing as an office supply
salesman, Jake befriends a Chinese American business owner believed to be working for an intelligence officer operating out of the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles. Within weeks, the probe reveals a public corruption and human
trafficking operation involving politicians and Hollywood executives. When a young girl is victimized by targets of the investigation, Jake must risk his life and his career to save her from sexual exploitation.
Book One – Mercy. His daughter was taken. He’ll never get her back.
Mercy is not for the faint-hearted. The opening scene is graphic but necessary to the whole story that takes place over the trilogy.
The series opens in the near future. Matt Deal's fifteen-year-old daughter, Mercy, is the glue in his rocky marriage. His life is changed forever after Mercy is brutally assaulted on a Destin beach leaving her in a coma.
Trusting the local detectives to bring the rapists to justice, Deal concentrates on his Florida gym business, only to have his world further explode on learning the rape suspects may escape justice. Deal is isolated and at his wits’ end after his Mob-connected father-in-law sends death threats blaming him for all these ills.
Who can he turn to? Who can he trust?
Book Two – Mayhem. Don’t mess with Deal… mayhem will follow.
At the funeral of two of his hit men, Mike Russo, capo of the New Jersey Mob puts out a contract on Detective Matt Deal for his part in the killings.
At the same time another funeral is taking place in Florida. Deal will soon learn just how badly his world is broken… and it’s about to get worse.
Book Three – Mobocracy. Mobocracy means mob rule, the opposite of democracy.
Anarchy and mob rule are prevalent with law and order breaking down in the United States. Even Washington DC is under siege from lawless groups of rioters.
In Florida, Matt Deal has now been appointed the chief of detectives. A British stranger starts making inquiries about Deal. Who is he? Is he an additional threat to Deal and his family?
Meanwhile the FBI recruits a disgraced cop to infiltrate the outlaw biker gang hired to kill Deal.
What will Deal do? Fight or flee?
Fans of vigilante justice novels will love this box set.
Regency widow Lily Adler is looking forward to spending the autumn away from the social whirl of London. When she arrives in Hampshire with her friends, the Carroways, she doesn't expect much more than a quiet country visit and the chance to spend time with her charming new acquaintance, Matthew Spencer. But something odd is afoot in the small country village. A ghost has taken up residence in the Belleford manor, a lady in grey who wanders the halls at night, weeping and wailing. Half the servants have left in terror, but the family seems delighted with the notoriety that their ghost provides. Intrigued by this spectral guest, Lily and her party immediately make plans to visit Belleford. They arrive at the manor the next morning ready to be entertained-only to find that tragedy has struck. The matriarch of the family has just been found killed in her bed. The dead woman's family is convinced that the ghost is responsible. Lily is determined to learn the truth before another victim turns up-but could she be next in line for the Great Beyond?
From a USA Today bestselling author and an Earphone award-winning narrator.
To Miami Jones, fishing is a pastime best done with a cooler of beer and low expectations. So when a cable TV personality hires him to investigate irregularities in a competitive fishing tournament in Spanish Wells, Bahamas, Jones is less than enthusiastic.
He expects to find a bunch of old geezers kicking back with lazy rods and a bucket of worms. What he finds is a high stakes and big money game, where winning is measured not in inches and pounds but in views and sponsorship deals.
Before he knows it Jones finds himself in over his head, alone and with clues that all point in the wrong direction. To get himself out of this mess, he'll not only have to solve this mystery but also a murder from decades ago that still casts a shadow across this laid-back paradise.
Aiden devoted thirty years of his life to the NYPD wherein he worked aggressively as a street cop and homicide detective. Friends and colleagues affectionately dubbed him ‘The Hammer’. His retirement from the NYPD was a bittersweet turning point in his life. In 2015, Aiden decided to retire and live a quiet life with his wife, Alexis, in the fictional small town of Hill Valley, Tennessee. What began as a quiet and seemingly perfect retirement quickly turns into a world filled with rage and grief as a result of the brutal murder of Aiden’s wife by his neighbour’s son, Taylor. Aiden soon discovers that Taylor, a convicted felon and drug dealer, murdered Alexis. Aiden also learns about Taylor’s best friend, Grant Seaton, the corrupt sheriff of Hill Valley, having tampered with evidence at the crime scene. Aiden secures the assistance of his old friend and cherished former partner, Patrick Feeley. The two men reunite and combine forces to seek vengeance against Taylor and Seaton. Aiden takes extreme risks along with Feeley to execute his brilliant plan.
The conflict in Aiden’s life finds no end as he is later faced with combating drug trafficking in Hill Valley. Making matters worse is the fact that two new enemies, a convicted felon from his past and the head of a local drug cartel, set their sights on Aiden. As a result, Aiden is forced to make life-and-death decisions.
Ein illegales Labor, ein skrupelloser Geschäftsmann, und zwei Brüder auf der Flucht vor ihrer Vergangenheit.
Owen Martin ist einer der erfolgreichsten Pharmaziehersteller der USA. Dass sein Erfolg auf illegalen Versuchen an Minderjährigen beruht, wissen nur wenige. Blake McLain jedoch kennt das Geheimnis des skrupellosen Geschäftsmannes, denn er und sein kleiner Bruder waren sieben Jahre lang in einem seiner Labore gefangen. Als es Blake durch einen glücklichen Zufall gelingt, sich und Sam zu befreien, beginnt eine unerbittliche Verfolgungsjagd quer durch die Staaten. Verfolgt von einem Mann, der darauf trainiert wurde zu töten, bietet kein Ort Zuflucht, scheint keine Telefonverbindung geschützt und kein Mensch ist in ihrer Nähe sicher. Was als Hoffnungsschimmer auf ein freies Leben beginnt, wird bald zu einer Gefahr für das Einzige, worauf Blake und Sam sich immer verlassen konnten: Ihre bedingungslose Loyalität zueinander.
Bern, Switzerland-known for its narrow cobblestone streets, decorative fountains, and striking towers. Yet dark currents run through this charming medieval city and beyond, to the idyllic farmlands that surround it.
When a rave on a hot summer night erupts into violent riots, a young man is found the next morning bludgeoned to death with a policeman's club. Seasoned detective Giuliana Linder is assigned to the case. That same day, an elderly organic farmer turns up dead and drenched with pesticide. Enter Giuliana's younger-and distractingly attractive-colleague Renzo Donatelli to investigate the second murder.
But when an unexpected discovery ties the two victims into a single case, Giuliana and Renzo are thrown closer together than ever before. Dangerously close. Will Giuliana be able to handle the threats to her marriage and to her assumptions about the police? If she wants to prevent another murder, she'll have to put her life on the line-and her principles.
Combining suspense and romance, this debut mystery in the Polizei Bern series offers a distinctive picture of the Swiss. An inventive tale, packed with surprises, it will keep listeners guessing until the end.
A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH
Hana Westerman is a tenacious Ma¯ori detective juggling single motherhood and the pressures of her career in Auckland's Central Investigation Branch. When she's led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man hanging in a secret room. As Hana and her team work to track down the killer, other deaths lead her to think that they are searching for New Zealand's first serial killer.
A KILLER IN SEARCH OF RETRIBUTION
With little to go on, Hana must use all her experience as a police officer to try and find a motive to these apparently unrelated murders. What she eventually discovers is a link to an historic crime that leads back to the brutal bloody colonisation of New Zealand.
A CLASH BETWEEN CULTURE AND DUTY
When the pursuit becomes frighteningly personal, Hana realises that her heritage and knowledge are their only keys to finding the killer.
THE PAST NEVER TRULY STAYS BURIED
But as the murders continue, it seems that the killer's agenda of revenge may include Hana - and her family . . .
WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE OF PARADISE.
The second in a charming new cozy series from Elizabeth Penney, set in an English bookshop and following Molly Kimball, who has a habit of bookmarking trouble . . .
Lately, Molly has been feeling that she might have fallen into a fairy tale: she's reinvigorated the family bookshop Thomas Marlowe-Manuscripts and Folios, made friends in her new home of Cambridge, England, and is even developing a bit of a romance with Kieran-a bike shop owner with a somewhat intimidating family pedigree.
Having recently discovered The Strawberry Girls, a classic children's tale, Molly is thrilled to learn the author, Iona York, lives nearby. But while visiting the famous author at her lovely cottage in nearby Hazelhurst, an old acquaintance of Iona's tumbles off her roof to his death.
Then, when one of Iona's daughters-an inspiration for the original Strawberry Girls-goes missing, Molly begins to worry this story might be more Brothers Grimm than happily-ever-after. Especially after Molly learns about the mysterious long-ago death of Iona's husband and coauthor of The Strawberry Girls . . . could past and present crimes be linked? Molly must put the clues together before someone turns this sweet tale sour.
