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Fons Oltheten

    Do Not Become Alarmed
    Remote Control
    The Ways of the World
    Il dominio di Bourne
    Dead Ground
    • Dead Ground

      • 448pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Detective Sergeant Washington Poe is in court, fighting eviction from his beloved and isolated croft, when he is summoned to a backstreet brothel in Carlisle where a man has been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Poe is confused - he hunts serial killers and this appears to be a straightforward murder-by-pimp - but his attendance was requested personally, by the kind of people who prefer to remain in the shadows. As Poe and the socially awkward programmer Tilly Bradshaw delve deeper into the case, they are faced with seemingly unanswerable questions: despite being heavily vetted for a high-profile job, why does nothing in the victim's background check out? Why was a small ornament left at the murder scene - and why did someone on the investigation team steal it? And what is the connection to a flawlessly executed bank heist three years earlier, a heist where nothing was taken..

      Dead Ground2024
      4,3
    • Do Not Become Alarmed

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Readers in search of the summer's nail-biting, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller to take to the beach - the hunt is over... chilling and smart The Times

      Do Not Become Alarmed2017
      3,5
    • The Ways of the World

      • 543pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      Paris, 1919. The aftermath of the Great War. With the fate of the world's nations hanging in the balance, a secret affair ends with the death of a senior British diplomat. As the authorities try to pass it off as a bizarre accident, ex-RFC flying ace, James 'Max' Maxted is convinced otherwise and throws himself headfirst into the dark heart of a seemingly impenetrable mystery - hellbent on uncovering the truth. But with the stakes being so high and friends now indistinguishable from enemies, the only way forward is to keep pushing - until you can see who's pushing back! - Back cover.

      The Ways of the World2014
      3,7
    • Remote Control

      • 288pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Risicoanalist Michael Rafter heeft een overzichtelijk,veilig leven. Niets blijkt minder waar. Tijdens een zakenreis wordt hij plotseling met de dood bedreigd én hij ontdekt dat zijn vroegere vriendin Tracy Chen ook doelwit is. Samen slaan ze op de vlucht. Maar wie heeft het op hen voorzien? En waarom?Rafters leven verandert in een nachtmerrie-achtige aaneenschakeling van vluchten en vechten als hij erachter komt dat hij voor een zeer gevaarlijke huurmoordenaar wordt aangezien. Al zijn pogingen om te bewijzen wie hij echt is, lopen op niets uit: zijn eigen identiteit blijkt gewist. Terwijl hij probeert te achterhalen wat er gebeurd is, raakt hij steeds dieper verstrikt in een net van wereldomspannende samenzweringen.Remote control: met één druk op de knop is je identiteit verdwenen.

      Remote Control2011
      2,8
    • Il dominio di Bourne

      • 543pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      La potente società segreta Severus Domna, che vuole rovesciare gli equilibri economici mondiali e instaurare un nuovo ordine geopolitico, è decisa a eliminare l'unico uomo che possa ostacolare i suoi piani: Jason Bourne. Per farlo, vuole trasformare il suo amico più fidato - Boris Karpov - nel suo assassino: nella sua scalata ai vertici dei servizi segreti russi, Karpov aveva stretto un patto col diavolo col suo vecchio superiore, e adesso è chiamato a saldare il suo debito. Tra scenari strategici attualissimi, narcotrafficanti e complotti islamo-nazisti, Jason Bourne è chiamato alla sua avventura più pericolosa, in una adrenalinica caccia all'uomo in cui è vitale saper distinguere gli amici dai nemici.

      Il dominio di Bourne2011
      3,7