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EDGAR AWARD WINNER • “What sets Harlan Coben above the crowd are wit and . . . an entertaining plot.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating heroes in suspense fiction: the wisecracking, tenderhearted sports agent Myron Bolitar. In this gripping third novel in the acclaimed series, Myron must confront a past that is dead and buried—and more dangerous than ever before. The home is top-notch New Jersey suburban. The living room is Martha Stewart. The basement is Legos—and blood. The signs of a violent struggle. For Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he once competed against is bringing back memories—of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wannabes, the gamblers, and the groupies, Myron is embarking upon the strange ride of a sports hero gone wrong that just may lead to certain death. Namely, his own.

An ordinary man's desperate search for his daughter leads him into a dark world of corruption, exploitation, and murder. An increasingly sly cautionary tale about modern life . . . the book's pace is nonstop.--"Booklist."

Walters' newest thriller is a haunting psychological tale about a scarred Iraq war veteran whose physical trauma may reflect the inner life of a killer.

Een jonge vrouw ontmoet haar droomprins die ervoor zorgt dat ze een geweldige baan bij een uitgeverij krijgt, maar haar nieuwe werkgeefster blijkt haar werknemers te tiranniseren.

Connie Burns, giornalista sudafricana, vive la sua professione con coraggio e passione. Corrispondente in Sierra Leone, è già stata testimone di molti orrori, e lei, donna bianca, impegnata e consapevole del suo ruolo, non può stare inerte a guardare. Una serie di omicidi di prostitute la porta sulle tracce di un mercenario. Lo stesso militare di carriera senza ideali e figlio della violenza che qualche anno dopo ritroverà in Iraq. Connie non si da per vinta: lo accusa, richiama l'attenzione internazionale, però nessuno vuole rivelare le atrocità che si accompagnano a una guerra già impopolare. Ma poi Connie viene rapita, e il suo aguzzino è l'uomo che lei stessa ha cercato di incastrare.

Een lid van de Britse geheime dienst moet een gruwelijke moord oplossen en een poging om een totalitaire eenheidspolitie te vormen, verijdelen.

Een vrouw probeert de waarheid over de dood van een alleenstaande zwarte vrouw, twintig jaar eerder, te achterhalen.

Minette Walters' stature is growing faster than any other crime writer and this stunning new crime novel will delight and enthrall those who have fallen under her spell.

Londra, novembre 1978. Di ritorno a casa, in una grigia serata di pioggia, la signora Ranelagh trova davanti alla porta della sua abitazione una donna di colore moribonda. I vicini la chiamavano "Annie la matta", era sempre ubriaca, arrabbiata con il mondo, nel quartiere disprezzata da tutti. Quella morte sarebbe passata inosservata se non fosse stato per la signora Ranelagh, convinta che la povera Annie non sia stata investita da un camion, come ha concluso la polizia, bensì crudelmente assassinata.

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Paula Grey 'witnesses' the murder of Norbert Engel, key German Statesman. A veiled woman entered and left the building. One by one, the elite strongmen in a leaderless Europe are assassinated. Tension rises as Tweed, Paula and Bob Newman fly to Zurich, where a fresh assassination takes place. Again a veiled woman was seen. Tweed's pursuit leads to a strange village in Vienna where attempts are made to kill him.

A chilling, only-too-topical thriller from the award-winning author of THE RED SCREAM and ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN. Eleven Texan schoolchildren and their bus driver are captured by a fundamentalist cult, taken to a fortified compound and buried underground, kept alive but only just. Negotiations lead nowhere. Enter Molly Cates, tenacious crime writer with the inside track on the cult leader. But time is running out... Claustrophobic terror alternates with frenzied investigations as the sect's deadline approaches. Post-Waco, post-Oklahoma, the nature of cults is explored to its grim, unrelenting limits in this terrifically paced novel of suspense.