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Am Strand von Puget Sound wird ein großer Metallcontainer angespült, aus dem menschliche Schreie dringen. Die Küstenwache verständigt Lou Boldt von der Polizei in Seattle. In dem Container befinden sich neun halb verhungerte Chinesinnen und drei Leichen. Ganz offensichtlich handelt es sich um illegale Einwanderer, und Lou beginnt mit seinen Ermittlungen, um den skrupellosen Menschenhändlern das Handwerk zu legen. Doch die Verbindungen der Schlepperbande reichen weit in die höchsten Kreise hinein, und nur wenige haben ein Interesse an dem, was Lou ans Tageslicht bringen möchte.

Working for the homeless on the streets of Seattle, police psychologist Daphne Matthews uncovers a disturbing trail of mutilation among the women in her care. Turning for help to her ex-lover police sergeant Lou Boldt, she finds herself into a high-tech, organ stealing industry.

Thriller, ve kterém zoufalý muž hledá spravedlnost cestou pomsty. Umberto Alvarez přišel vinou železniční společnosti o svou milovanou ženu a dvě děti. Poté, co zjistí machinace ve vedení společnosti, rozhodne se vzít spravedlnost do vlastních rukou a teroristickými útoky firmu zničit. Peter Tyler, bývalý detektiv z oddělení vražd, byl suspendován. Nyní pracuje jako vyšetřovatel Výboru pro bezpečnost v dopravě a případ teroristických útoků, jejichž vyšetřováním je pověřen, bere jako svou novou životní šanci. Příběhy obou životem těžce zkoušených mužů se protínají. Jsou to opravdu protivnící, nebo je vlastně něco spojuje?

Award winning authors, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have done it again-written a compulsively readable, impossible-to-put-down tale that will delight readers of all ages. In this riveting and adventure-packed follow-up to Peter and the Starcatchers , we discover Peter leaving the relative safety of Mollusk Island-along with his trusted companion Tinker Bell-for the cold, damp streets of London. On a difficult journey across the sea, he and Tink discover the dark and deadly, slithering part-man/part-creature Lord Ombra. It seems that the dreaded Ombra has a variety of mysterious powers including the ability to make shadows disappear. When Peter reaches London, he sets out to find the indomitable Molly. Together they must combat Ombra's terrible forces to both protect the Starcatchers and the treasured starstuff and most importantly to rescue Molly's mother from the clutches of evil.

Police sergeant Lou Boldt heads a special task force within Seattle's Homicide Bureau to find the Cross Killer - a serial murderer who has eluded police for six months and paralyzed the city.

Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.

Ein Serien-Kidnapper macht die Vereinigten Staaten unsicher und stürzt zahlreiche Familien in Angst und Verzweiflung. In den Betten seiner Opfer hinterläßt er stets eine Spielzeugflöte, was ihm den Spitznamen „Der Rattenfänger“ eingebracht hat. Lieutenant Lou Boldt von der Kriminalpolizei in Seattle wird beauftragt, dem Kidnapper das Handwerk zu legen. Doch das ist nur eines der Probleme, mit denen Boldt zu kämpfen hat. Denn zugleich muß er seiner an Krebs erkrankten Frau beistehen, die sich einer kräftezehrenden Chemotherapie unterzieht. Beistand erfährt er vor allem von Seiten einer jungen Polizeipsychologin. Die Situation spitzt sich zu, als Boldt eine Affäre mit der attraktiven Kollegin eingeht und der „Rattenfänger“ seine Tochter entführt. Auf der Jagd nach dem Kidnapper wird immer deutlicher, daß einflußreiche Kreise - auch in den Reihen der Polizei - ihre Finger im Spiel haben.

Known for his meticulous, fascinating research, as well as his ability to create exciting plot twists that inevitably, a month or two later, seem to have anticipated real-life headlines, Ridley Pearson has genered praise as a "master" of the suspense novel. In Middle of Nowhere, the "Blu Flu" has struck the Seattle Police force and a majority of the officers are on a unofficial strike, with the exception of a few, including Detective Lou Boldt, who is committed to the job. When a string of robberies and the brutal assault of a female cop rock the city, the pressure of isolation threatens Boldt's psyche and his marriage. With the help of psychologist Daphne Matthews and Sergeant John LaMoia, Boldt is able to make progress on both the assault and the robberies, but things soon spin out of control, and Bodt's refusal to drop the case puts his own life at risk. Filled with the fast-paced, spiraling action that has made Pearson's previous novels "irresistable" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) works of suspense that "grip the imagination" (People magazine), this offering from "the best thriller writer alive" (Booklist) is certain to keep the reader breathless.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Ellen Rimbauer became the young bride of Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer, and began keeping a remarkable diary. This diary became the secret place where Ellen could confess her fears of the new marriage, her confusion over her emerging sexuality, and the nightmare that her life would become. The diary not only follows the development of a girl into womanhood, it follows the construction of the Rimbauer mansioncalled Rose Redan enormous home that would be the site of so many horrific and inexplicable tragedies in the years ahead. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red is a rare document, one that gives us an unusual view of daily life among the aristocracy in the early 1900s, a window into one womans hidden emotional torment, and a record of the mysterious events at Rose Red that scandalized Seattle society at the timeevents that can only be fully understood now that the diary has come to light. Edited by Joyce Reardon, Ph.D. as part of her research, the diary is being published as preparations are being made by Dr. Reardon to enter Rose Red and fully investigate its disturbing history.

ears ago, Lou Boldt's wife Liz had an affair with David Hayes, a young computer specialist at the bank where she is an executive. When Liz ended the relationship after reconciling with Lou, Hayes engaged in a daring embezzlement scheme. Now, years later, Hayes is trying to retrieve the money he hid for the Russian mob and contacts Liz to try to gain access to the bank's mainframe. Liz is torn between wanting to protect the bank and needing to protect her family. Boldt, ripped apart by the discovery of his wife's possible blackmail, must skate a delicate line between his incompatible roles as determined detective and jealous husband if he is to find the money while exposing and stopping Hayes. Intensely involving and revealing new aspects of Boldt's emotional makeup never before seen, The Body of David Hayes is Ridley's most gripping and engaging thriller yet.