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J.J. de Wit

    Volanie krvi
    The Constant Gardener
    Rough Justice
    Mefistov klub
    One for the Money
    Killer Smile
    • One for the Money

      • 290 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      You've lost your job as a department store lingerie buyer, your car's been repossessed, and most of your furniture and small appliances have been sold off to pay last month's rent. Now the rent is due again. And you live in New Jersey. What do you do? If you're Stephanie Plum, you become a bounty hunter. But not just a nickel-and-dime bounty hunter; you go after the big money. That means a cop gone bad. And not just any cop. She goes after Joe Morelli, a disgraced former vice cop who is also the man who took Stephanie's virginity at age 16 and then wrote details on a bathroom wall. With pride and rent money on the line, Plum plunges headlong into her first case, one that pits her against ruthless adversaries - people who'd rather kill than lose. In Stephanie Plum, Evanovich has created a resourceful and humorous character who stands apart from the pack of gritty female detectives.

      One for the Money2012
      3,8
    • Volanie krvi

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Adam Chase bol ako chlapec svedkom vecí, aké by dieťa nemalo nikdy zažiť. Hoci trauma, ktorú utrpel, zanechá v jeho vnútri nevyliečiteľné rany, na druhej strane posilní jeho bojovného ducha. Keď len o vlások unikne obvineniu z vraždy a je vyštvaný z milovanej rodinnej farmy, odchádza do sivej anonymity veľkomesta. Po piatich rokoch je však zasa doma – a nik netuší prečo – ani rodina, ani stará láska, nehovoriac o úhlavných nepriateľoch z minulosti. Adam má však svoje dôvody. Stačí niekoľko hodín v rodnom kraji, a prevratné udalosti sa rútia jedna za druhou. Nikto nevie, čo si má myslieť, no keď sa nájde ďalšia obeť vraždy a mŕtvych pribúda, mienka mestečka sa znovu obracia proti jedinému potenciálnemu podozrivému – mladému mužovi s temnou minulosťou. Adam je však bojovník a musí podniknúť všetko, aby dokázal svoju nevinnosť, vyrovnal sa s protivníkmi a konečne mohol žiť po svojom.

      Volanie krvi2008
      3,7
    • Mefistov klub

      • 296 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Je čas Vianoc, do ktorého rušivo zasiahne brutálna vražda mladej ženy. Kuriózne satanistické symboly na mieste činu a latinský nápis "Zhrešil som" tvoria rébus, aký bostonskí policajti nikdy dosiaľ neriešili. Netrvá dlho, kým súdna lekárka Maura Islesová a detektívka Jane Rizzoliová odhalia stopu vedúcu od obete ku kontroverznej psychiatričke Joyce O´Donnellovej, známej sympatiami k páchateľom najzávažnejších trestných činov, ktorá je členkou tajomného spoločenstva s názvom Mefistov klub. Členovia klubu sa snažia preniknúť do podstaty zla. Veria, že temné sily sa môžu zhmotniť do nášho fyzického sveta. Po objave ďalšej obete priamo na prahu Mefistovho klubu sa členovia spolku začínajú právom obávať aj o vlastné životy. Nie sú obe vraždy iba ďalším dôkazom zla, ktoré sa votrelo do nášho sveta z temnôt?

      Mefistov klub2007
      3,8
    • Killer Smile

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Young lawyer Mary DiNunzio finds her life in jeopardy when she digs too closely into the suicide of an Italian-American in a World War II internment camp, and starts receiving ominous threats.

      Killer Smile2005
      3,7
    • Rough Justice

      • 463 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania

      Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Marta discovers the chilling truth about her client's innocence. Taking justice into her own hands, she furiously sets out to prove the truth, with the help of two young associates. In an excruciating game of beat-the-clock with both the jury and the worst blizzard to hit Philadelphia in decades, Marta will learn that the search for justice isn't only rough—it can also be deadly.

      Rough Justice2003
      3,7
    • The Constant Gardener

      • 512 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania

      Tessa Quayle has been horribly murdered on the shores of Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya, the birthplace of mankind. Her putative African lover, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has disappeared. Her husband, Justin, a career diplomat and amateur gardener at the British High Commission in Nairobi, sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive. His quest takes him to the Foreign Office in London, across Europe and Canada and back to Africa, to the depths of South Sudan, and finally to the very spot where Tessa died. On his way Justin meets terror, violence, laughter, conspiracy and knowledge. But his greatest discovery is the woman he barely had time to love.

      The Constant Gardener2001
      3,7