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All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is. 1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts – coins, fragments of glass, human bones – which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? As Fairfax is drawn more deeply into the isolated community, everything he believes – about himself, his faith and the history of his world – is tested to destruction.

Thomas sa di non potersi fidare delle menti malvagie che fanno parte della C.A.T.T.I.V.O., l'organizzazione che continua a tenere sotto scacco lui e gli altri Radurai, i sopravvissuti al Labirinto. Il tempo delle menzogne è finito, gli ripetono, i loro ricordi sono stati ripristinati e le tremende Prove cui sono stati sottoposti sono terminate. Sostengono di aver raccolto tutti i dati di cui avevano bisogno, ma di dover fare ancora affidamento su di loro per un'ultima missione: tocca ai Radurai trovare una cura per l'Eruzione, lo spietato morbo che conduce alla follia. Ma accade qualcosa che nessuno degli uomini della C.A.T.T.I.V.O. poteva prevedere: i ricordi di Thomas si spingono molto più lontano di quanto possano anche solo sospettare, fino alla verità. Il ragazzo adesso ha la conferma: non può credere a una sola parola di quello che dicono. E i suoi ricordi gli rivelano che dovrà fare molta attenzione, se vuole sopravvivere, perché la verità è più pericolosa della menzogna.

Eerst wordt het verminkte lichaam van een onbekende vrouw gevonden, dan worden er twee tieners vermoord. Een seriemoordenaar houdt het plaatsje Wrightsburg in zijn greep en de politie roept de hulp in van privé detectives Sean King en Michelle Maxwell. Veel aanwijzingen zijn er niet, maar King en Maxwell - voormalige agenten van de Secret Service - ontdekken desondanks een patroon.. De moordenaar imiteert beruchte seriemoordenaars uit de geschiedenis en laat al zijn slachtoffers achter met een horloge om de pols. Wat de precieze betekenis hiervan is, is echter niet duidelijk. Dan neemt de moordenaar contact op met de pers...

Een FBI-agent ontdekt dat de schietpartij waarbij zijn team is uitgemoord, te maken heeft met een jaren eerder mislukte reddingsoperatie.

Iedereen heeft wel iets weggestopt in een doosje van zijn ziel... Ook inspecteur Wexford. In dit allerlaatste deel komt de eerste zaak van Wexford terug: een aantal onopgeloste moorden die wat Wexford betreft allemaal naar Eric Targo wijzen, maar waarvoor nooit bewijs werd gevonden. Deze Targo, altijd met een hond in de buurt, heeft de inspecteur jarenlang gestalkt, alsof hij hem iets duidelijk wilde maken. Nu duikt de psychopaat opeens weer op. Is het toeval of niet? Zal Wexford eindelijk de oude zaken kunnen oplossen terwijl hij ook aan een nieuwe moordzaak en de verdwijning van een meisje werkt? En zijn de verbanden die hij tussen de nieuwe en de oude zaken ziet terecht, of wil hij de overeenkomsten zien? Soms kun je slapende honden beter niet wakker maken.

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The Portobello area of West London has a rich personality - vibrant, brilliant in colour, noisy, with graffiti that approach art, bizarre and splendid. An indefinable edge to it adds a spice of danger. There is nothing safe about Portobello... Eugene Wren inherited an art gallery from his father near an arcade that now sells cashmere, handmade soaps and children's clothes. But he decided to move to a more upmarket site in Kensington Church Street. Eugene was fifty, with prematurely white hair. He was, perhaps, too secretive for his own good. He also had an addictive personality. But he had cut back radically on his alcohol consumption and had given up cigarettes. Which was just as well, considering he was going out with a doctor. For all his good intentions, though, there was something he didn't want her to know about... On a shopping trip one day, Eugene, quite by chance, came across an envelope containing money. He picked it up. For some reason, rather than report the matter to the police, he wrote a note and stuck it up on lamppost near his house: 'Found in Chepstow Villas, a sum of money between eighty and a hundred and sixty pounds. Anyone who has lost such a sum should apply to the phone number below.' This note would link the lives of a number of very different people - each with their obsessions, problems and dreams and despairs. And through it all the hectic life of Portobello would bustle on.

In his very first international thriller, #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Baldacci delivers all the twists, turns, drama, and quick pacing that his fans expect. Available in a tall Premium Edition. When Baldacci is on fire, nobody can touch him.--"Booklist," (starred review).

Oliver Stone and the Camel Club battle those who would do anything to keep the secret work of the government concealed