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    Crisis Four
    Numeri Primi - 9: Il respiro del drago
    Exit Wound
    Spiatočka
    Echo park
    Rozsudok ulice
    • Exit Wound

      • 448 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      The breathtaking new Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero.Three tons of Saddam Hussein's gold sit in an unguarded warehouse in Dubai. For two of Nick Stone's closest ex-SAS comrades, it was to have been the perfect, victimless crime. But when they're double-crossed and the robbery goes devastatingly wrong, only Stone can identify his friends' killer and track him down.As one harrowing piece of the complex and sinister jigsaw slots into another, Stone's quest for vengeance becomes a journey to the heart of a chilling conspiracy.Ticking like a time-bomb, brimming with terror and threat, Andy McNab's latest Nick Stone adventure is a high-voltage story of corruption, cover-up and blistering suspense — the master thriller writer at his electrifying, unputdownable best.

      Exit Wound2014
      4,0
    • Numeri Primi - 9: Il respiro del drago

      • 355 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Fortunato è colui che trova rifugio in se stesso, una massima che il detective Harry Bosch ha fatto sua, ispirata dall'uomo ora giacente sul pavimento di un emporio di liquori a Los Angeles. John Li, un commerciante cinese immigrato, viene ucciso con tre colpi al petto prima di poter afferrare la pistola per difendersi. Inizialmente sembra una rapina finita male, ma esaminando le registrazioni delle telecamere, Bosch nota uno strano scambio di denaro tra Li e un giovane asiatico, che sembra indicare una tangente. Il ragazzo diventa il principale sospettato e l'ombra della Triade, la potente mafia cinese, si fa strada nel caso. Tuttavia, Bosch preferirebbe che le sue ipotesi non si avverassero. Un video ricevuto da sua figlia tredicenne, legata e imbavagliata, lo colpisce profondamente. Qualcuno a Hong Kong, dove Maddie vive con la madre, gli manda un avvertimento, colpendo il suo punto più vulnerabile. Bosch sapeva che prima o poi le forze oscure con cui combatte avrebbero trovato un modo per colpirlo attraverso di lei. Quel momento è finalmente arrivato.

      Numeri Primi - 9: Il respiro del drago2013
      3,5
    • Spiatočka

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Technický pokrok umožňuje testovať DNA aj v dávno uzavretých prípadoch. Výsledky niekedy ukazujú, že súdy poslali do väzenia nevinného. Aj v tomto prípade vyšlo najavo, že na obeti nebola DNA odsúdeného páchateľa. Najvyšší súd rozhodol o zrušení rozsudku všetkých predošlých inštancií. Prokuratúra by mohla páchateľa po desiatkach rokov vo väzení prepustiť, ale rozhoduje sa namiesto toho spustiť nový proces a Mickey Haller dostáva šancu skúsiť to, po čom vždy tajne túžil: namiesto obhajovania zločincov dostať jedného navždy za mreže. No potrebuje špičkového detektíva - a kto by už bol lepší ako jeho nevlastný brat Harry Bosch? Z anglického originálu Michael Connelly: The Reversal, ktorý vyšiel vo vydavateľstve Little, Brown and Company, New York 2010 preložil Patrik Frank.

      Spiatočka2012
      4,1
    • Brute Force

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Days after his car erupts in a ball of flame, Nick Stone narrowly cheats death a second time when a gunman opens fire on him from the back of a motorcycle. Who knows his movements? Who wants him dead, and why? Stone's only chance of survival is to carry the fight to his attackers - but first he must uncover a trail of clues that leads from his own dark and complex past into the heart of a chilling conspiracy that threatens us all...

      Brute Force2012
      3,8
    • Rozsudok ulice

      • 392 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Advokát Mickey Haller má za sebou ťažké obdobie rekonvalescencie po poslednom prípade, pri ktorom takmer prišiel o život, a chystá sa vrátiť do veľkej hry americkej justície. Kým sa stihne poriadne usadiť na zadnom sedadle svojho lincolna, zavraždia jeho slávneho kolegu a on chtiac-nechtiac zdedínesmierne výnosný prípad. Dokáže presvedčiť Harryho Boscha o svojej nevine a ubrániť sa vrahovi, ktorý zjavne ide aj po nasledovníkovi mŕtveho právnika?

      Rozsudok ulice2011
      4,2
    • Echo park

      • 296 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      V roku 1993 zmizla cestou zo supermarketu Marie Gestová. Na prípade jej zmiznutia pracoval detektív Harry Bosch, no nedokázal ho vyriešiť a mladá žena sa nikdy nenašla. Bosch má spis Gestovej znova na stole, keď mu nečakane zavolajú z prokuratúry. Muž obvinený z dvoch ohavných vrážd je ochotný priznať sa k niekoľkým ďalším vrátane Marie Gestovej. Detektív musí prijať priznanie muža, ktorého hľadal a nenávidel po celých trinásť rokov. Keď sa dozvie, že v roku 1993 s partnerom prehliadli stopu, ktorá ich mohla priviesť k vrahovi a zachrániť život deviatim ľuďom, celá jeho existencia v role policajného detektíva sa začína rozpadať.

      Echo park2011
      4,1
    • Strašiak

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Novinár Jack McEvoy sa pred dvanástimi rokmi ocitol zoči-voči brutálnemu sériovému vrahovi s prezývkou Básnik. Zanechalo mu to hlboké jazvy na duši, no zároveň aj zaujímavý príbeh človeka, ktorý prežil osudové stretnutie a môže o tom rozprávať. Dnes je však z neho človek minulosti a stáva sa obeťou rozpočtových obmedzení ľ dostáva výpoveď z Los Angeles Times. Zlosť a vzdor ho nútia odísť vo veľkom štýle a využiť posledné dni v novinách na to, aby napísal najlepší článok svojho života. Jeho šanca prichádza v podobe Alonza Winslowa ľ šestnásťročného dílera drog, ktorý je vo väzení po tom, ako sa priznal k vražde jednej zo svojich zákazníčok. Tento prípad má všetko potrebné na Pulitzerovu cenu: dieťa narodené v chudobe, ktoré v živote nedostalo šancu ani nádej, takže sa vydalo jedinou možnou cestou vedúcou k drogám, násiliu a smrti. Jediný problém je v tom, že pri podrobnejšom skúmaní toho takzvaného priznania Jack zistí, že všetko zrejme bude inak...

      Strašiak2011
      3,9
    • The Secret of Excalibur (Wilde/Chase 3)

      • 608 stránok
      • 22 hodin čítania

      In his third book the brilliant Andy McDermott sends Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase hurtling round the globe in search of the legendary sword Excalibur.

      The Secret of Excalibur (Wilde/Chase 3)2011
      3,9
    • Crisis Four

      • 554 stránok
      • 20 hodin čítania

      In the backwoods of the American South, an ex-SAS officer now workng for British Intelligence embarks on a terrifying mission to find a woman who holds the key to a dark and deadly conspiracy.

      Crisis Four2009
      3,9
    • Il circo delle anime

      • 381 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Ad Anacostia, il quartiere più malfamato di Washington D.C., Derek Strange e la sua agenzia investigativa sono l'unica risorsa per chi si sforza di credere ancora nel valore della verità. Quando un noto spacciatore della zona, Granville Oliver, viene incarcerato con l'accusa di omicidio e rischia di finire sulla sedia elettrica, Strange accetta di scandagliare la rete intricata di ricatti e omertà che sta dietro al delitto. Ma nessuno sembra disposto a collaborare con lui e con il suo partner Terry Quinn, tranne una giovane donna, ex fidanzata del vice di Oliver, l'unica che accetta di parlare a rischio della vita.

      Il circo delle anime2007
    • The Night Gardener

      • 377 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      A great novel from one of America's finest literary crime writers... They never found the killer. All they knew, back in the winter of 1985, was that someone was taking teenagers, killing them and leaving their abused bodies in public parks. Three victims in all, with no link between them except a oddity of their names. They read the same back-to-front - Otto, Ava and lastly Eve. A lot has happened in the twenty years since. Detectives Gus Ramone and Dan Holiday - two of the leads on the case - have pursued very different paths. Gus has climbed to the heights of Detective Sergeant and built himself a reputation as a very good cop, whilst Dan has been drummed out of the force - his sleaze finally getting too much for his superiors. However, their paths are about to cross again. A boy named Asa - a close friend of Gus's teenage son - has been found in the public park, his skull shattered by gunfire. Now it seems that both men are once again in the path of this disturbed serial killer. THE NIGHT GARDENER is George Pelecanos's stunning crime thriller - the story of two very different men united by the maliciousness of a deadly attacker.

      The Night Gardener2007
      3,7
    • The man who lied to women

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Fifteen years after Inspector Louis Markowitz adopted the wild child, no one in New York's Special Crimes section knew much about Kathy Mallory's origins. They only knew that the young cop with the soul of a thief could bewitch the most complex computer systems, could slip into the minds of killers with disturbing ease. In Central Park, a woman dies, while a witness watches, believing the brutal murder to be a prelude to a kiss. Mallory goes hunting the killer, armed with under the skin knowledge of the man's mind and the bare clue of a lie. Mallory holds on the one truth: everybody lies, and some lies can get you killed. And she knows that, to trap the killer, she must put her own life at risk, for this killer has taken a personal interest in her.

      The man who lied to women2004
      3,9
    • Nick Stone ex SAS, now with British Intelligence , discovers the seemingly sensless murders of fellow SAS soldier Kev Brown and his family in Washington, DC. Only Kelly, seven years old, has survived, and immediately the two of them are on the run from unidentified pursuers.

      Remote Control1999
      3,9