Martin Jansen in de Wal Libri

Tot nu toe heeft het Eddie Spinola niet echt meegezeten, niet in zijn liefdesleven en al helemaal niet in zijn carriere. Op zijn zesendertigste kan hij als freelance copywriter net het hoofd boven water houden in de jachtige drukte van Manhattan. Totdat hij zijn ex-zwager Vernon tegenkomt, van wie hij een klein, wit pilletje krijgt. Net ontwikkeld door een groot farmaceutisch bedrijf, vertelt Vernon, maar nog niet officieel geregistreerd. Een zogenaamde smart drug, aangeduid als MDT, die je energie geeft en je creatieve vermogens stimuleert. Direct merkt Eddie het effect: hij voelt zich geweldig en wordt superactief, zowel lichamelijk als geestelijk: zijn intellectuele vermogens zijn zozeer aangescherpt dat hij in korte tijd in staat is een verbazingwekkende hoeveelheid complexe informatie op te nemen en te verwerken. Met MDT kan Eddie de hele wereld aan en door een macabere samenloop van omstandigheden krijgt hij opeens een aardig voorraadje: als Vernon wordt vermoord, is Eddie in de buurt en kan hij de hand op een paar honderd pillen leggen. Met zijn scherpe geest en zijn briljante analytische vermogens weet Eddie snel veel geld te verdienen en in stormachtig tempo maakt hij naam op Wall Street. Totdat verontrustende bijwerkingen van zijn verslaving de kop opsteken in de vorm van blackouts, stukken tijd waarvan Eddie zich achteraf niets herinnert. En waarin hij weleens gruwelijke dingen gedaan zou kunnen hebben...

Il ladro. Non aveva mai visto tanta ferocia. Ma non poteva muoversi, non poteva intervenire. Era invitato d'onore allo spettacolo della Vita Che Se Ne Va. Il presidente. La sua risata era inconfondibile. La risata degli uomini che non pagano per i propri errori. Il capo dello staff. "L'uomo che riesce a ingannare chi lo comanda dovrà affrontare i mostri che ha creato." Ma Gloria Russell non conosceva questo proverbio. La guardia del corpo. Era come un film già visto. Era come se già sapesse la fine. Quella folle esibizione del potere assoluto.

Naked Prey

'ANOTHER INSTANT COBEN BOLITAR CLASSIC' Michael J Fox For ten long years two boys have been missing. Now you think you've seen one of them. He's a young man. And he's in trouble. Do you approach him? Ask him to come home with you? And how can you be sure it's really him? You thought your search for the truth was over. It's only just begun.

The stunning new thriller from the New York TimesNo 1 bestselling author

Twenty years ago, four teenagers disappeared in the woods at a summer camp. Two decades later, everything changes... Paul Copeland's sister was one of the missing teenagers. Now raising a daughter alone, after the death of his wife, he balances family life with a career as a prosecutor. But when a body is found, the well-buried secrets of the past threaten everything. Could the victim be one of the missing teenagers? Could his sister be alive? Copeland has to confront so much he left behind that summer twenty years ago: his first love, Lucy; his mother who abandoned the family; and the secrets that his parents have been hiding...

Il pericolosissimo Circolo Matarese, annientato venticinque anni prima dall'agente segreto Beowulf Agate, torna a colpire. Il conto alla rovescia comincia con quattro omicidi: quattro ricchi e famosi, che non hanno legami fra loro, vengono uccisi apparentemente senza motivo. La scia di sangue si allunga: dai pozzi di oro nero del Golfo Persico ai centri newyorkesi dell'alta finanza, alle montagne della Corsica. "Trovate Beowulf Agate.." queste sono le ultime parole di una delle vittime. Il cerchio si chiude.

Een openbaar aanklaagster in Miami komt in gewetensconflict als ze de vermeende dader in een moordzaak herkent als de man die haar tien jaar eerder heeft mishandeld en verkracht.

FBI Agent Smoky Barrett and her team are called in by the Director himself to investigate a murder committed on a flight from Texas to Virginia. They find that they are dealing with a serial killer who has already struck a truly horrific number of times. He kills people with the deepest, darkest secrets and is using them to target and destroy his victims. The case is about to go public, with all the accelerated power of the internet behind it and public hysteria is not far behind. Smoky is under intense pressure to get results, yet the team has never been faced with such an apparently insoluble problem. Who will the next victim be? Everyone in the world has secrets. Even Smoky.

Suzze's husband has disappeared, and she fears the rumours questioning her baby's paternity have driven him away. For Myron, questions of fatherhood couldn't hit closer to home. His own father is clinging precariously to life, and the brother who abandoned the family years ago has resurfaced - with danger following close behind.

First in a series of Emile Cinq-Mars novels, City of Ice portrays Montreal as a schizoid landscape, delineated by language, the playground of Russian criminals and American spies and a tough place for a policeman.

The school year is almost over. In these last pressure cooker months of high school, some kids will make the all too common and all too dangerous mistake of drinking and driving. But Myron is determined to help keep his friends’ children safe, and so he makes two neighborhood girls promise him that if they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their parents, they will call him. Several nights later, the call comes at two a.m. The next day, a girl is missing, and Myron is the last person who saw her. Desperate to fulfill a well-intentioned promise turned horribly wrong, Myron races to find her before she’s gone forever.

The modern master of the hook and twist, luring you in on the first page only to shock you on the last Dan Brown

Tia e Mike Baye sembrano avere una vita perfetta con una bella casa, buoni lavori e due figli, Adam e Jill. Tuttavia, la loro serenità viene distrutta dal suicidio del miglior amico di Adam, Spencer Hill. Dopo la tragedia, Adam diventa sempre più chiuso e distante, spingendo i genitori a violare la sua privacy installando un software per monitorare la sua attività online. Un messaggio inquietante da un mittente sconosciuto conferma le loro paure: Adam sta nascondendo qualcosa. La tranquillità della loro cittadina del New Jersey, Livingston, si rivela solo una facciata. La madre di Spencer scopre dettagli scioccanti sulla notte della morte del figlio, mentre un cadavere di una sconosciuta viene trovato nelle vicinanze, rivelando segreti che scuotono la comunità. L'investigatore capo Loren Muse, con il procuratore Paul Copeland, si impegna a risolvere un caso sempre più complesso e inquietante. Con abilità, l'autore intreccia le vite dei personaggi, rivelando il loro lato oscuro e offrendo una miscela avvincente di suspense, rivelazioni e colpi di scena, creando un romanzo che affascina e sorprende i lettori del genere.

When a sadistic hacker, code-named Phate, sets his sights on Silicon Valley, his victims never know what hit them. He infiltrates their computers, invades their lives, and lures them to their deaths. To Phate, each murder is like a big, challenging computer hack: every time he succeeds, he must challenge himself anew— by taking his methodology to a higher level, and aiming at bigger targets. Desperate, the head of The California State Police Computer Crimes Division frees Wyatt Gillette, imprisoned for hacking, to aid the investigation — against the loud protests of the rest of the division. With an obsession emblematic of hackers, Gillette fervently attempts to trace Phate’s insidious computer virus back to its source. Then Phate delivers a huge blow, murdering one of the division’s own — a “wizard” who had pioneered the Internet — and the search takes on a zealous intensity. Gillette and Detective Frank Bishop — an old-school homicide cop who’s accustomed to forensic sleuthing — make an uneasy team. But with a merciless and brilliant killer like Phate in their cross hairs, and his twisted game reaching a fever pitch, they must utilize every ounce of their disparate talents to stop him.

When she spots her ex-fiancé's photo on an online dating site, NYPD Detective Kat Donovan reaches out to him, hoping to rekindle the past, but her hope turns to suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy is revealed.

Na een vrijwillige ballingschap in Engeland is historica Gale Grayson teruggekeerd naar haar land van herkomst, de Verenigde Staten. Daar, in de broeierige dorpsgemeenschap van Statler's Cross, Georgia, wordt zij al snel geconfronteerd met een hele serie excentrieke bloedverwanten. En met een moord die alles met een tragische gebeurtenis in het vereleden te maken lijkt te hebben... Want al generaties lang gaat het verhaal van Linnie Glynn, de vrouw die in 1925 haar zoontje op zijn paasbest kleedde, hem opsloot in zijn kamertje en vervolgens zichzelf ophing aan de notenboom in haar tuin. Nooit kwam haar geest tot rust en nog steeds waart zij door het dorp. En nu ligt Linnies kleinzoon daar, met een kogel door zijn hoofd. Was het zelfmoord? Wraak? Of een lang uitgestelde afrekening? Om hierachter te komen moet Gale diep graven in de duistere geheimen van Statler's Cross, en ook in haar eigen pijnlijke verelden...

The heart-pounding new thriller from the bestselling author of the PREY novels

In the second Myron Bolitar novel from Edgar Award–winner Harlan Coben, a young woman’s tragic death spirals into a shattering drama of menace, secrets, and rage. Suddenly Myron is in over his head—and playing the most dangerous game of all.Once, Valerie Simpson’s tennis career skyrocketed; now, the headlines belong to a player from the wrong side of the tracks. But when Valerie is shot dead in cold blood and dropped outside the stadium at the U.S. Open, sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates the killing and uncovers a connection between the two players and a six-year-old murder at an exclusive mainline club. As Myron is drawn into the case—along with a dirty U.S. senator, a jealous mother, and the mob—he finds himself caught between a killer and the truth.

A woman from the past brings a whole lot of trouble... A brilliant Myron Bolitar novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of SIX YEARS.

Voor de buitenwereld is Elena Waldren een gelukkige vrouw met twee schatten van kinderen en een toegewijde echtgenoot. Niemand weet dat zij in werkelijkheid gebukt gaat onder een hevig schuldgevoel omdat zij ooit, als zestienjarig meisje, haar eerste kind ter adoptie heeft afgestaan. Elena heeft echter een manier gevonden om dit gevoel te verdringen: met grote gedrevenheid zet zij zich in voor weeskinderen uit Oost-Europa. Elke keer als zij een kind met succes in een passend gezin kan plaatsen, is ze ervan overtuigd dat ook haar eigen zoontje goed terecht is gekomen en dat hij gelukkig moet zijn. Maar als zij op zekere dag ontdekt dat een van haar 'kinderen' in het ogenschijnlijk zo liefdevolle gezin wordt mishandeld, raakt zij in paniek. Misschien is dit haar kind ook wel overkomen. Ze moet hem vinden... Elena onderneemt een speurtocht die haar steeds dichter bij haar verloren zoon lijkt te brengen. Totdat zij de waarheid achterhaalt. Een waarheid die zo hard is dat een wanhopige moeder hem eigenlijk maar beter niet kan kennen...

Late afternoon, Virginia, and a woman is on the run. Her husband, a former US Senator named Lincoln Bowe, has been missing for days. Kidnapped? Murdered? She doesn't know - but she thinks she knows who's involved, and why. And that she may be next. Hours later, Jake Winter's mobile phone rings. An Army Intelligence veteran, Winter specializes in 'forensic bureaucracy'. The Pentagon, the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security - when something goes wrong, Winter kicks over rocks until he finds out what really happened. The White House is his main client, and the chief of staff is on the phone now. If Bowe isn't located soon, all hell will break loose. All hell breaks loose anyway when the blackened body shows up, barb-wired to a tree, missing its head. Just what did Bowe know that got him killed? And who exactly are the mysterious Watchmen shadowing Winter's every move? Can he survive long enough to find out?

The first Myron Bolitar thriller from the Number 1. bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix show Fool Me Once. Talent agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big time. So is Christian Steele, a footballer and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend-a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead-the deal goes dangerously wrong. Trying to unravel the truth about a family's tragedy, a woman's secret, and a man's lies, Myron discovers the dark side of his business-where talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed.

Un barcone sul Mississippi e una splendida modella che sembra volare nella luce, avvolta in un vestito verde come la schiuma del mare. Questa è una delle ultime immagini di Alie'e Maison da viva. Poi Amnon Plain - celebre e provocatorio fotografo di moda - chiude il servizio e la troupe al completo va al party che ha tutti gli ingredienti per diventare memorabile in quell'ambiente: gente famosa, ricca e stravagante, droga, alcol e sesso. Divertimento facile, insomma. Ma qualcosa non va per il verso giusto, e la mattina dopo qualcuno trova in una delle camere il corpo della top model. Una seconda sorpresa aspetta poi il vicecapo Lucas Davenport al suo arrivo sul luogo del delitto. Nascosto in un armadio, giace il cadavere di un'altra ragazza. Davenport già sente i brividi della caccia, il pungolo delle domande. Perchè, per esempio, Alie'e non ha opposto nessuna resistenza al suo strangolatore, dimostrandosi una preda così facile? Chi era in realtà la seconda vittima? Mettendosi sulle tracce dell'assassino, Lucas scopre un mondo all'insegna dell'eccesso. E intanto un misterioso killer in nero incalza, trasformando gli indiziati in vittime... Un thriller adrenalinico, best-seller n.1 negli Stati Uniti, in cui l'autore orchestra magistralmente i vari livelli dell'intreccio e la strutturazione dei personaggi, in un crescendo di colpi di scena fino all'imprevedibile finale.

STOP PRESS NEWS! NOW A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER, AND OPTIONED FOR FILM WITH JULIA ROBERTS TO STAR IN AND PRODUCE If your husband was murdered And you were a witness How do you explain it when he appears on your nanny cam? You thought you trusted him. Now you can't even trust yourself. Dark secrets and a terrifying hunt for the truth lie at the heart of this gripping new thriller by the 'master of the double twist', Harlan Coben.

Ben Truman, Chief of Police, heads down to Boston to follow the few fragile leads he has in the case. With the help of a retired cop who knows all the angles, he becomes embroiled in an investigation which has its roots in a sequence of deaths which began twenty years previously...

The first victim had her lungs ripped out. When another woman is found murdered in the same horrific and ritualistic way, it is clear that a serial killer is terrorising the city. But there is no evidence to link the two cases, except for a taunting email that threatens yet more killings.

Dan is jeugdhulpverlener. Het telefoontje is zoals vele anderen: een dertienjarig meisje, vermoedelijk misbruikt, een adres en de opdracht poolshoogte te nemen. Als hij het huis betreedt en de tv-camera's ziet, de verslaggever tegen hem hoort schreeuwen over zijn seksuele omgang met een minderjarige en de politie hem in de boeien slaat, beseft Dan dat zijn leven voorbij is. Drie maanden later is Dan verdwenen, dood gewaand nadat de vader van het slachtoffer verklaarde de verkrachter van zijn dochter te hebben vermoord. Wendy, de journaliste die Dan voor de ogen van de natie wist te ontmaskeren, volgt op dat moment het verhaal van een vermist meisje uit een nabijgelegen wijk. Maar dan krijgt Wendy een vreemd telefoontje. Enkele lang verborgen geheimen komen bovendrijven, en Wendy vraagt zich af of ze destijds wel echt zo'n goed onderzoek heeft gedaan, of dat een onschuldige man het slachtoffer is geworden van een veel groter schandaal.

Un giovane avvocato, dopo aver abilmente orchestrato la sua finta morte, è sparito con novanta milioni di dollari e con una massa di prove e documenti che potrebbero smascherare un importante caso di corruzione ai vertici dello stato. FBI e detective privati, uomini di legge e nemici che lo vogliono davvero morto, sono da tempo sulle sue tracce, e quando viene finalmente catturato, si scatena una battaglia senza esclusione di colpi, in cui è la legge lo strumento per nascondere le proprie colpe e l'arma per uccidere.

Winner of the ITV3 Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read Award; shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the Year and the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year Award, longlisted the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year, longlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award.A twenty-nine-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings; a casual conversation, but behind this a job offer. The clues are there if you know to look for them.He is an expert. A loner. Freelance. Another job is another job, but what if this organisation wants more?A meeting at a club. An offer. A brief. A target:Lewis Winter.It's hard to kill a man well. People who do it well know this. People who do it badly find out the hard way. The hard way has consequences. An arresting, gripping novel of dark relationships and even darker moralities, The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter introduces a remarkable new voice in crime fiction. The second and third books in the trilogy: How a Gunman Says Goodbye and The Sudden Arrival of Violence - are out now.

Quinn Barry wants to become an FBI agent, even as she programs databases in the Edgar J Hoover building. While testing a new program her computer savvy turns up a mysterious DNA link among five gruesome murders.

Mark Nelson è un giovane poliziotto, appena assegnato alla squadra di John Mercer, detective di provata esperienza, una leggenda in polizia. Lavorare al suo fianco è una grande opportunità per Mark, che, dopo la tragica morte della fidanzata, ha fatto del lavoro il suo scopo di vita. Viene subito messo alla prova. Il ritrovamento di un cadavere torturato e sfigurato, con l'inequivocabile firma della ragnatela tracciata sul muro, indica che, dopo due anni, è tornato in azione il 50/50 killer. E' l'assassino che tiene in ostaggio per un'intera notte una coppia di fidanzati, sottoponendoli a tortura fisica e manipolazione psicologica. All'alba solo uno dei due sopravvive. Con le indagini appena avviate, al comando di polizia si presenta un giovane, malridotto per le sevizie subite e in stato confusionale. Riesce a dire soltanto che la sua ragazza è tenuta prigioniera nel bosco, da cui lui è scapato. Ma gli investigatori sanno che, dandosi alla fuga, l'uomo ha segnato il destino della giovane. Se non riescono a rintracciarla prima dell'alba, sarà lei a morire al posto suo. Però, non tutto è come sembra...

Hij bindt ze vast op bed en laat ze zonder eten of drinken volledig aan hun lot over. Wanneer nietsvermoedende vrienden contact opnemen, beantwoordt hij hun berichten zodat het lijkt of er niets aan de hand is. Zodra de jonge vrouwen overleden zijn, stuurt hij diezelfde vrienden een laatste bericht: jij hebt haar laten doodgaan... Detective Sam Currie moet de zaak van deze seriemoordenaar op zich nemen. Een van de verdachten is Dave Lewis. Dave heeft nog meer zorgen. De dood van zijn broer werpt nog steeds een schaduw over zijn leven. Ook zijn grote verloren liefde Tori laat hem niet los. Als zij in het ziekenhuis belandt, neemt Dave zich voor haar niet meer zo snel uit het oog te verliezen, ook als is hij intussen een voorzichtige relatie met internetdate Sarah begonnen. Dan blijkt Tori het volgende slachtoffer te zijn...

No sooner had supermodel Laura Ayers and Celtics star David Baskin said "I do" than tragedy struck. While honeymooning on Australia's Great Barrier Reed, David went out for a swim-and never returned. Now widowed and grieving, Laura's search for the truth will draw her into a web of lies and deception that stretches back thirty years... Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE] ACE #1 ~

The 8th April 1996 was a bad day for Karen Sharpe, the eighth anniversary of something so deeply buried she had hoped to forget it ever happened. Each year she tries to cope in whatever way she can. Most years she turns to booze. But this year that wasn't going to work. Sometime after midnight Phil Leech, her DS and partner, is executed in a military style killing, whilst Fiona Mitchell, his pretty 21-year-old informant, ends up on a South Pennine moor with bullets through her face and chest. Karen had been due to meet both when drink and memories intervened, preventing her from getting there. As the investigation begins, odd details keep forcing Karen to examine her own unclear memories. As she follows her instincts, and some very disturbing clues embedded in her own secret history, she must confront her past and act quickly if she is to prevent the seed of destruction planted eight years before from wreaking devastating and brutal consequences.

In the depths of a Beijing winter, during the twilight of Deng Xiaoping's rule, the U.S. ambassador's son is discovered dead, frozen in a lake. Simultaneously, off the coast of Southern California, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Stark uncovers the body of a Red Prince, a member of China's elite. The U.S. and Chinese governments suspect a connection between the two deaths and decide to collaborate for justice. In Beijing, David partners with the unconventional detective Liu Hulan. Their investigation, which ignites a strong attraction between them, takes them across China, revealing a complex web of human trafficking, drug trade, and governmental betrayal that stretches from the Forbidden City to Los Angeles. The narrative intricately portrays the stark beauty of Beijing and its landscapes, while also capturing the essence of two distinct cultures. The story paints a vivid picture of modern Chinese life amidst significant societal changes, blending murder and intrigue into a compelling thriller that both informs and entertains. Recognized as a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery and a New York Times Notable Book, this work offers a rich exploration of a vast nation undergoing transformation.

Douglas Armstrong stevent af op zijn 35ste verjaardag. En aangezien alles wat tot nu toe misging in zijn leven, misging in een jaar met een vijf erin, bereidt hij zich voor op het ergste. Temeer daar zijn veel jongere vrouw Donna daartoe ook nog eens extra de aanleiding geeft......

Een Australische chirurg die vanwege het aanhangig maken van illegale handel in menselijke organen voortdurend in angst leeft, bouwt in zijn geboortedorp een nieuw bestaan op als criminoloog.

Nadat in Duluth een doodgeschoten Rus is aangetroffen, gaan een Amerikaanse troubleshooter en een Russische agente op zoek naar de dader.

Beschrijving van wat mogelijk voorafging aan en volgde op het verhaal van de film "Casablanca" (1942).

Twee jonge paleontologen gaan op zoek naar hun verdwenen professor, die in Rusland sporen van nog levende Neanderthalers zou hebben gevonden.

Een psychologe en haar zuster, die privé-detective is, proberen dertig jaar na dato uit te zoeken of hun vader hun moeder heeft vermoord.