Nienke van der Meulen Knihy

A chilling, only-too-topical thriller from the award-winning author of THE RED SCREAM and ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN. Eleven Texan schoolchildren and their bus driver are captured by a fundamentalist cult, taken to a fortified compound and buried underground, kept alive but only just. Negotiations lead nowhere. Enter Molly Cates, tenacious crime writer with the inside track on the cult leader. But time is running out... Claustrophobic terror alternates with frenzied investigations as the sect's deadline approaches. Post-Waco, post-Oklahoma, the nature of cults is explored to its grim, unrelenting limits in this terrifically paced novel of suspense.

De ergste dag uit het leven van Tim Blake begint met het koken van een ei voor zijn dochter Sydney. Ze logeert de hele zomer bij hem en heeft een vakantiebaantje bij een hotel in de buurt. Wanneer Sydney die dag na haar dienst niet thuiskomt, denkt Tim dat ze met vrienden op stap is. Wanneer ze haar telefoon niet opneemt gaat hij zich zorgen maken. Het wordt steeds later en hij raakt in paniek. En wanneer de manager van het hotel nog nooit van Sydney gehoord blijkt te hebben, raakt zijn leven in een vrije val. Wat deed Sydney elke dag als ze kennelijk niet naar het hotel ging? Was er iets wat ze niet aan haar vader kon of mocht vertellen? In zijn wanhopige zoektocht naar Sydney is er een dubieuze geruststelling: Sydney kan niet dood zijn, want een aantal zeer louche types is ook naar haar op zoek... Source: http://www.bol.com/nl/p/vrees-het-erg...

EDGAR AWARD WINNER • “What sets Harlan Coben above the crowd are wit and . . . an entertaining plot.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating heroes in suspense fiction: the wisecracking, tenderhearted sports agent Myron Bolitar. In this gripping third novel in the acclaimed series, Myron must confront a past that is dead and buried—and more dangerous than ever before. The home is top-notch New Jersey suburban. The living room is Martha Stewart. The basement is Legos—and blood. The signs of a violent struggle. For Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he once competed against is bringing back memories—of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wannabes, the gamblers, and the groupies, Myron is embarking upon the strange ride of a sports hero gone wrong that just may lead to certain death. Namely, his own.

A terrific example of innovative crime fiction with a new cover treatment

Paula Grey 'witnesses' the murder of Norbert Engel, key German Statesman. A veiled woman entered and left the building. One by one, the elite strongmen in a leaderless Europe are assassinated. Tension rises as Tweed, Paula and Bob Newman fly to Zurich, where a fresh assassination takes place. Again a veiled woman was seen. Tweed's pursuit leads to a strange village in Vienna where attempts are made to kill him.

With private security firms providing bodyguards in war zones, the emergence of a sexual psychopath among mercenaries goes unnoticed. When five women are brutally murdered in Sierra Leone, journalist Connie Burns questions the arrest of three rebel soldiers, but her concerns fall on deaf ears. In the aftermath of a brutal civil war, the rape and murder of women are dismissed, and confessions from child soldiers are coerced. Connie suspects a foreigner, a man claiming to be a former SAS member and now a bodyguard for a Lebanese diamond trader, is responsible. She recalls him from Kinshasa, where he served as a mercenary, and believes he exploits the chaos of war to indulge in sadistic fantasies against women. Two years later, her efforts to expose him in Iraq lead to devastating consequences. Traumatized and forced into hiding in England after enduring three days of conditioning in a Baghdad cellar, Connie seeks to reclaim her former self. In her isolation, she befriends Jess Derbyshire, a reclusive neighbor, and finds strength in their shared struggles. Determined to unmask the serial killer once more, Connie knows she is putting herself in danger, as he will inevitably come looking for her.

Jane Truman's life is about to miraculously change. Fresh from an ugly breakup, she is dragged by her best friend to an art gallery opening, where she bumps into someone she lusted after all through college: Randall Cox, a man with friends in high places. Abridged. 5 CDs.

Een vrouw probeert de waarheid over de dood van een alleenstaande zwarte vrouw, twintig jaar eerder, te achterhalen.