Gayle Lynds Knihy

V prvom príbehu – Záhada nebezpečných sudov – Traja pátrači a Bobov otec núdzovo pristanú s lietadlom v neznámom lese a padnú do rúk drsných zločincov, ktorí neváhajú všetkých zlikvidovať, aby neodhalili ich tajomstvo. V druhom príbehu – Záhada hudobných pirátov – sa Traja pátrači náhodou zamotajú do intríg hudobných pirátov, ktorí kradnú nahrávky z hudobného štúdia a nezákonne ich rozmnožujú. Tretí príbeh – Záhada počítačového vírusu – sa začína zdeseným konštatovaním Jupitera, že do ich počítača vnikol vírus. A ešte väčšie zdesenie vyvolá oznam, že majú neznámemu vydieračovi vyplatiť päť miliónov dolárov.

Po obrovskom výbuchu sa zrúti laboratórna budova Pasteurovho inštitútu v Paríži. Medzi mŕtvymi je aj Emile Chambord, jeden z najvýznamnejších vedcov pokúšajúcich sa zostrojiť molekulárny počítač. Profesor Chambord však nanešťastie utajoval všetky podrobnosti svojho výskumu a poznámky očividne zničil výbuch alebo požiar, ktorý po ňom nasledoval. Vedecká obec všeobecne predpokladá, že vyvinutie molekulárneho počítača potrvá ešte roky. Náhle však z radarových senzorov nevysvetliteľne zmiznú americké bojové stíhačky na celých päť minút. Telefónne ústredne a ostatné služby prestanú fungovať, čo má ničivé dôsledky. Washington v snahe zabrániť panike uisťuje verejnosť, že je to práca šikovného hackera, hoci vedia, že také niečo je nemožné. Takú skazu je schopný spôsobiť jedine obrovský výkon a rýchlosť molekulárneho počítača. Pod zámienkou, že ide navštíviť svojho priateľa Martyho Zellerbacha, ktorý bol vážne zranený pri výbuchu Pasteurovho laboratória, agent Záštity 1 Jon Smith letí do Paríža hľadať spojenie medzi výbuchom a silami ovládajúcimi tento počítač. Smith sleduje stopu, ktorá vedie cez dva kontinenty, a odhalí spleť podvodov, ktorá môže spôsobiť zmätok a navždy pretvoriť svet.

Podplukovník doktor Jonathan Smith, vojenský mikrobiológ, čelí nečakaným šokom, keď sa stáva terčom pokusov o vraždu a zistí, že jeho snúbenica Sophia Russellová sa nakazila smrtonosným vírusom, ktorý sa objavil na troch vzdialených miestach USA. Po zistení, že Sophia bola infikovaná injekčnou striekačkou, sa Smith rozhodne odhaliť páchateľa a jeho motív. Pri vyšetrovaní narazí na byrokratické prekážky a po presvedčení generála Kielburgera o vražde Sophiu, sa situácia zhorší, keď Kielburger je zavraždený a Smith sa stáva hlavným podozrivým v očiach polície a FBI. Uvedomuje si, že ide o sprisahanie, do ktorého sú zapletení aj vysokopostavení vládni úradníci. Jeho šancou na rehabilitáciu a zastavenie epidémie je získať dôkazy o účasti konkrétnych osôb. Vytvorí si sieť sprisahancov, zatiaľ čo čelí hrozbe zabijakov pracujúcich pre Viktora Tremonta, riaditeľa farmaceutického koncernu Blanchard. Na celom svete prepukajú epidémie novej choroby so stopercentnou úmrtnosťou, a Tremont oznamuje, že jeho firma vyvinula úspešný protiliek. Smith musí zhromaždiť dôkazy o pôvode choroby a odhaliť jej hrôzostrašné pozadie.

On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer records cargo being secretly loaded. He's brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Two weeks later on the dangerous high seas, the US Navy covertly tracks a Chinese ship rumoured to carry tons of chemicals to create biological weapons of mass destruction. The President cannot let the ship reach its destination - a rogue Middle East nation. But he doesn't want the navy to attack and board it either, because decades of negotiations with China have at long last yielded a landmark human rights agreement that China is willing to sign. Covert-One operative Jon Smith is brought in to find solid proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying. Then an agent is murdered and vital evidence destroyed. Smith must find the truth about the ship, a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party...

Six top international assassins are locked in a battle to the death. Only one will be left standing...

Praised by writers from Clive Cussler to Sue Grafton, Gayle Lynds has emerged as a leading star of suspense fiction. Her bestselling debut novel "Masquerade" was hailed as "gloriously paranoid, immensely satisfying" "(The Los Angeles Times)." Now Lynds brings the international thriller to an electrifying new level with this bullet-fast tale. While giving a gala performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, blind concert-pianist Julia Austrian's sight returns as mysteriously as it disappeared ten years earlier when she was struck by a rare psychological disorder. But her euphoria shatters when she witnesses her mother's murder -- a trauma that hurls her back into her dark and lonely world. Blind, yet the only person who can identify the killer, Julia abandons her celebrated life, regains her sight through hypnosis, and joins maverick CIA analyst Sam Keeline to piece together a series of seemingly random acts that form a vast and terrifying puzzle that threatens America's political system.

For centuries, emperors, historians, and even the Vatican have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible's magnificent Library of Gold - a fabled archive of gilded, bejeweled scripts and lost knowledge dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks. Now one of the volumes, The Book of Spies, has surfaced, and along with it a highly secret, shadowy cabal. They want their book back and they will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. When the CIA unearths a connection between the legendary library and a bank account linked to terrorists, they turn to rare books curator Eva Blake for help. When an attempt is made on Eva's life, she turns to the only person she can trust - Judd Ryder, a former intelligence agent with his own agenda and a troubled past. Racing from London to Rome, Istanbul to Athens, Judd and Eva must use all their wit and tradecraft to stay ahead of the deadly forces hunting them. They must do what no one else has been able to do: find the library AND stay alive.

Six master assassins -- each a legend in the dark corners of international espionage -- band together to steal a fortune from the middle of a war zone. But the mission goes tragically wrong, and they retreat into the shadows. Now THE ASSASSINS are back. Former military spy Judd Ryder is walking to his D.C. home when he spots a man coming out of his row house who looks like Ryder and is wearing his clothes. As Ryder slows to follow, the imposter is killed in a hit-and-run that's no accident. Was the man the intended victim, or was it Ryder himself? Soon Ryder learns that the key to the mysterious events of the past and to his double's murder is an infamous Cold War assassin, the Carnivore. Two of the last people to see the Carnivore were Ryder and CIA trainee Eva Blake, and someone is using them to lure him out. From Washington D.C. to Marrakech and Baghdad, the assassins wage a final battle -- this time against one another -- fighting for their reputations and Saddam Hussein's long-missing billion-dollar fortune. In the end, only one can be left standing. Caught in the crossfire, Judd and Eva go on the run while desperately unraveling the tangled past and battling not only for their lives, but for their destinies.

When you gaze into the mirror--and find a stranger looking back? Liz Sansborough has no recollection of her past as a CIA agent; no idea what her future holds. For her, there is only the present...and the chilling knowledge that the world's most lethal assassin has set his sights on her. When your only link to your identity is a stranger who claim to be lover? Gordon is so gentle, so loving--and so secretive. If Liz dares to put her life into his powerful hands, will he guard it with his own--or snuff it out? When violence explodes around you, when nothing makes sense, when nobody--including you--is whom he or she appears to be? As Liz unravels a series of lies, she begins to suspect that the truth she encounters might be far more sinister--and deadly--than the original deception...