Riek Borgers Hoving Libri

What could the Shroud of Turin, a conservative Southern senator, and an entrepreneurial researcher have in common? Here, politics, religion, and bioscience collide in a gripping narrative. Senator Ashley Butler, a quintessential demagogue, embodies traditional American values and reacts against virtually all biotechnologies. When tasked with chairing a sub-committee to ban new cloning technology, he sees it as pivotal for his political future. This poses a barrier for Dr. Daniel Lowell, who has developed a groundbreaking technique to advance stem-cell research. Although they appear to be opposites destined to clash during Senate hearings, both men share a critical flaw: Butler’s insatiable quest for power overshadows his concern for the unborn, while Lowell’s ambition for wealth and fame eclipses his patients’ well-being. The situation intensifies when Butler learns he has Parkinson’s disease, leading to a Faustian pact with Lowell. However, the premature use of Lowell’s technology results in Butler suffering from severe temporal lobe epilepsy, causing bizarre seizures. This cautionary tale reflects the challenges of navigating a rapidly evolving biotechnological landscape, highlighting the ethical dilemmas of our time.

Una tranquilla vacanza a Disneyland insieme ai figli è quello che ci vuole per il detective dell’FBI Alex Cross; ma pace dura solo poche ore, perché una mano omicida ha deciso di colpire proprio in California, a Hollywood, nel tempio delle stelle del cinema. Una mano spietata, che si diverte a descrivere le proprie gesta in agghiaccianti e-mail a un giornalista del Los Angeles Times firmandosi Mary Smith, sta uccidendo in maniera efferata attrici madri di famiglia. Una mano che non sembra avere alcuna intenzione di fermarsi. Ma chi è veramente Mary Smith: una fan ossessionata? Un’attrice fallita? O c’è dietro qualcosa di ben più terribile? E soprattutto, si tratta davvero di una donna, come molti indizi sembrano indicare, oppure ha ragione l’intuito da profiler di Cross, che lo porterebbe a scartare questa ipotesi? Mentre gli omicidi si susseguono, sempre più violenti, e sorgono tensioni e contrasti tra l’FBI e il Dipartimento di polizia di Los Angeles, Alex Cross rischia di perdere una delle partite più difficili della sua carriera investigativa...

Il ritrovamento dei corpi di due fidanzati, sorpresi su una pista da jogging da un misterioso assassino che beve il sangue delle sue vittime e lascia inquietanti lacerazioni simili ai graffi di una tigre, scatena l’allarme nell’FBI. Le voci corrono e, in seguito ad altri delitti simili, si diffonde una leggenda metropolitana su una setta di «vampiri» assetati di sangue. Alex Cross, detective e psichiatra, crede nei fatti concreti… eppure nella catena di omicidi irrisolti intuisce qualcosa di nuovo e spaventoso. La sua indagine lo spingerà nel mondo oscuro dei riti magici, dei club legati all’occultismo e dei perversi giochi di ruolo, lungo una pista che lo porterà di nuovo ad affrontare il Mastermind, il suo nemico di sempre.

It is a wild race against time as Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer and the newest member of the Women's Murder Club, attorney Yuki Castellano, lead an investigation into a string of mysterious patient deaths--and reveal a hospital administration determined to shield its reputation at all costs. And while the hospital wages an explosive court battle that grips the entire nation, the Women's Murder Club hunts for a merciless killer among its esteemed medical staff. The newest addition to the top selling new mystery series takes the Women's Murder Club to the most terrifying heights of suspense they have yet to encounter. THE 5TH HORSEMAN proves once again that James Patterson is "the page-turningest author in the game right now " (San Francisco Chronicle).

Everything is going right for lifeguard Ned Kelley. He is involved with Tess, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and what's more, a million dollars is within touching distance--his share of the score for the robbery of some world-class art. All he has to do is trigger alarms to throw the cops off the scent. But when Tess is brutally murdered and the others involved in the robbery are massacred, Ned is the prime suspect. He has been set up

Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a predator known only as "the Wolf. "Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues stymied. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it looks as if a shadowy figure called the Wolf - a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organize crime - is behind this business in which ordinary men and women are sold as slaves. Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it is time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track the Wolf and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive. As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home too. His ex-fiancee, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life - and not for the reasons Alex might have hoped.

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