Je to zabijak s pokriveným videním sveta a s absolútnou absenciou súcitu. Detektív Sam Porter ho prenasleduje dlhých päť rokov a po celý ten čas od neho dostáva balíčky s desivým obsahom. Každá doručená zásielka obsahuje časť tela zavraždenej obete. Teraz však došlo k významnému zvratu v pátraní: Porterovi sa dostal do rúk vrahov denník. Podarí sa mu zo šialencových zápiskov vydedukovať jeho osobnosť?
In Lee Child’s astonishing new thriller, ex–military cop Reacher sees more than most people would...and because of that, he’s thrust into an explosive situation that’s about to blow up in his face. For the only way to find the truth—and save two innocent lives—is to do it the way Jack Reacher does it best: the hard way….Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money. And Edward Lane, the man who paid it, will pay even more to get his family back. Lane runs a highly illegal soldiers-for-hire operation. He will use any amount of money and any tool to find his beautiful wife and child. And then he’ll turn Jack Reacher loose with a vengeance—because Reacher is the best man hunter in the world.On the trail of a vicious kidnapper, Reacher is learning the chilling secrets of his employer’s past…and of a horrific drama in the heart of a nasty little war. He’s beginning to realize that Edward Lane is hiding something. Something dirty. Something big. But Reacher also knows this: he’s already in way too deep to stop now.From the Hardcover edition.
Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man claims: You got the wrong guy. After that, all he ll say is: Get Reacher for me
From the first shocking scenes in Child's explosive new novel, Jack Reacher is plunged into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends and is on its way to becoming something even worse.
Tento román Vás přinutí zeptat se na podstatu zla: Narodíme se s ním, nebo je nám dáno výchovou? Bennie Rosatová vypadá přesně jako její identické dvojče Alice Connelyová, ale temnota v Alicině duši z nich dělá dvě úplně odlišné ženy.Bennie je narozdíl od Alice zodpovědnější a jako úspěšná městská právnička i o mnoho bohatší, což je Alici trnem v oku. Bennie si to uvědomí až ve chvíli, kdy se ocitne zaživa pochovaná rukama svého vlastního dvojčete. Za ten čas Alice převezme sestřin život, vydává se za ni i v práci a dokonce svede jejího přítele, aby unikla smrtonosnému chaosu ve svém vlastním životě. Alice však podcenila Bennie, jako i její odhodlání zůstat naživu tak dlouho, aby se mohla pomstít. Bennie se musí smířit se zvrácenou pravdou, že se Alici podobá víc, než si myslela, a v šokujícím závěru románu se ocitne v bitvě, kterou nemůže vyhrát - sama se sebou. Lisa Scottoline píše strhující thrillery plné emocí s prudkým spádem a živými postavami - i proto je Pochovaná zaživa thrillerem, který Vás doslova pohltí.
David and Cheryl Burroughs are living the dream - married, a beautiful house in the suburbs, a three year old son named Matthew - when tragedy strikes one night in the worst possible way. David awakes to find himself covered in blood, but not his own - his son's. And while he knows he did not murder his son, the overwhelming evidence against him puts him behind bars indefinitely. Five years into his imprisonment, Cheryl's sister arrives - and drops a bombshell. She's come with a photograph that a friend took on vacation at a theme park. The boy in the background seems familiar - and even though David realizes it can't be, he knows it is. It's Matthew, and he's still alive. David plans a harrowing escape from prison, determined to do what seems impossible - save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened that devastating night.
A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces--and Reacher will risk his own to save her from a coldly proficient assassin who never misses.
Jack Reacher sa po náročnej ceste konečne dostáva do svojho cieľa v severovýchodnej Virgínii: do hlavného stanu svojho starého pôsobiska, sto desiatej jednotky vojenskej polície. Chladná kamenná budova preňho znamená jediný domov, aký kedy mal. Už dlho sa túžil osobne stretnúť s novou veliacou dôstojníčkou, majorkou Susan Turnerovou, ktorú dovtedy poznal len v podobe vzrušujúceho hlasu z telefónu. Na jeho nemilé prekvapenie však za veliteľským stolom žiadna žena nesedí. A na Reachera tu navyše čakajú dve mimoriadne nepríjemné správy – jedna veľmi osobná a jedna, ktorá by ho mohla poslať do väzenia. Čo sa stalo so Susan Turnerovou? A ako sa dostať z kolotoča obvinení? Na to musí Jack prísť za každú cenu.
Život detektíva Napoleona Dumasa, zvaného Nap, z predmestia v New Jersey sa navždy zmenil v poslednom ročníku strednej školy. Jeho brata, dvojča Lea, a priateľku Dianu vtedy našli mŕtvych na železničnej trati a Maura, ktorú pokladal za svoju životnú lásku, bez akéhokoľvek vysvetlenia zmizla. Celých pätnásť rokov Nap pátral po Maure a nepodarilo sa mu ani vysvetliť Leovu smrť. Teraz sa zdá, že by napokon predsa len mohol dosiahnuť, po čom tak veľmi túži. V aute podozrivého z vraždy sa nájdu Maurine odtlačky a Nap sa vydáva na tŕnistú cestu za odpoveďami. Tie však vedú len k ďalším otázkam – o milovanej žene, o priateľoch z detstva, o ktorých si myslel, že ich pozná, o opustenej vojenskej základni v meste, kde vyrastal, a najmä o Leovi a Diane, ktorých smrť je možno ešte oveľa temnejšia a desivejšia ako v najhorších predstavách.
You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs. And you do the only thing a parent can do: you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Before you know it, both your family and your life are on the line. And in order to protect your daughter from the evils of that world, you must face them head on.
Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, so a remote railroad stop on the prairie with the curious name of Mother's Rest seems perfect for an aimless one-day stopover. He expects to find a lonely pioneer tombstone in a sea of nearly-ripe wheat ... but instead there is a woman waiting for a missing colleague, a cryptic note about two hundred deaths, and a small town full of silent, watchful people. Reacher's one-day stopover turns into an open-ended quest leading to the most hidden reaches of the internet, and right into the nightmare heart of darkness. 'Child's best for some time...with detective-story and romcom elements (even sly humour) on top of the psychological duels and set-piece violence' Sunday Times
Nebraska - and Jack Reacher, huge, hulking and with a freshly busted nose, is still trying to hitch a ride east to Virginia. He's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. Immediately he knows they're all lying about something.
Superb . . . [Lee] Child's spare prose continues to set a very high bar.-Publishers Weekly (boxed and starred review) Praise for Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels There's a reason Child is considered the best of the best in the thriller genre.-Associated Press This series [is] utterly addictive.-Janet Maslin, The New York Times Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of.-Ken Follett
Jack Reacher hľadá majiteľku prsteňa. Bude musieť porušiť všetky pravidlá... Pri prechádzke po wisconsinskom mestečku uvidí Jack Reacher vo výklade záložne školský prsteň: West Point 2005. Ťažký rok pre absolventov: Irak, po ňom Afganistan. Prsteň je malý, ženský. Reacher premýšľa, aké drsné okolnosti ženu prinútili vzdať sa niečoho, pre čo musela štyri roky tvrdo študovať. Rozhodne sa to zistiť, tú ženu nájsť a vrátiť jej, čo jej právom patrí. Čím intenzívnejšie však pátra, tým je mu jasnejšie, že prsteň je len malé spojivo v temnej reťazi a bude treba porušiť všetky pravidlá...
Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now heâe(tm)s a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him. This new heartstopping, nailbiting book in Lee Childâe(tm)s number-one bestselling series takes Reacher across the Atlantic to Paris âe" and then to London. The stakes have never been higher - because this time, itâe(tm)s personal.
In Colorado, two towns—Hope and Despair—are separated by twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher, a man with nothing to lose, seeks only a cup of coffee but finds himself in serious trouble. His arrival triggers chaos, leading to a deputy in the hospital and Reacher back in Hope, strategizing against Despair. This town harbors a mysterious, heavily guarded industrial site where a small plane departs nightly, and a garrison of military cops, reminiscent of those Reacher once commanded, stands watch. Two young men are missing, and two frightened women cling to hope for their return. Teaming up with a capable local cop, Reacher confronts the hostile deputies and a wealthy antagonist intent on intimidating him. As he digs deeper, he uncovers unsettling secrets linked to a distant war that is claiming American lives. With tensions escalating between the town and its powerful owner, Reacher faces a moral dilemma. He is determined to uncover the truth, and he never backs down from a challenge.
Jack Reacher is even intrigerend als onderhoudend, even spannend als verslavend. Mannen willen hem zijn en vrouwen willen hem hebben. Reacher is op weg naar Langley, naar het hoofdkwartier van de CIA. Zijn oude afdeling daar heeft een nieuwe leider. Ze heet Susan en hij wil haar ontmoeten. Onderweg door Nebraska struikelt Reacher echter over een lokaal drama: een familie met een transportbedrijf houdt de omwonende boerengezinnen in een stalen greep van angst.
Jack Reacher is back in a brand new white-knuckle read from Lee Child, creator of 'today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of' (Ken Follett). In a nameless city, two ruthless rival criminal gangs, one Albanian, the other Ukrainian, are competing for control. But they hadn't counted on Jack Reacher arriving on their patch. Reacher is trained to notice things. He's on a Greyhound bus, watching an elderly man sleeping in his seat, with a fat envelope of cash hanging out of his pocket. Another passenger is watching too ... obviously hoping to get rich quick. As the mugger makes his move, Reacher steps in. The old man is grateful, yet he turns down Reacher's offer to help him home. He's vulnerable, scared, and clearly in big, big trouble. What hold could the gangs possibly have on the old guy? Will Reacher sit back and let bad things happen? Or can he twist the situation to everyone's benefit? 'This is a random universe,' he says. 'Once in a blue moon things turn out just right.' The odds are better with Reacher involved. That's for damn sure.
Jack Reacher gets off the bus in a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. He plans to grab a cup of coffee and move right along. Not going to happen. The town has been shut down by a cyber attack. At the centre of it all, whether he likes it or not, is Rusty Rutherford. He's an average IT guy, but he knows more than he thinks. As the bad guys move in on Rusty, Reacher moves in on them . . . And now Rusty knows he's protected, he's never going to leave the big man's side.
Her name is Elise Freeman, and her chilling cry for help comes too late to save her. But even more shocking is the revelation that the offenders, like their victim, are teachers at one of L.A.’s most prestigious prep schools. Homicide detective Milo Sturgis is assigned to probe the hallowed halls of Windsor Prep Academy, and if ever he could use Dr. Alex Delaware’s psychological prowess, it’s now. As the scandal-conscious elite close ranks around Windsor Prep, Alex and Milo push to expose the dirty secrets festering among society’s manor-born. But while searching for predators among the privileged, Alex and Milo may be walking into a highly polished death trap. Don’t miss the sneak peek of Jonathan Kellerman’s new novel, Mystery, inside.
Zázračný svet Atlantídy je poslednou knihou trilógie s názvom Záhada pôvodu od autora A. G. Riddleho, ktorá sa stala svetovým bestsellerom. V tretej časti sa doktorke Kate Warnerovej práve podarilo zastaviť globálnu pandémiu, podcenila však vlastnú liečbu. Dostatočne neodhadla ani silu vplyvu atlantídskeho sprisahania. A tak ľudstvo čelí novej hrozbe - nepriateľovi, akého si neviete ani len predstaviť. Čas sa kráti a ľudskej civilizácii hrozí absolútny kolaps. V poslednej chvíli sa však objaví nová nádej, a síce kódovaná správa od možného spojenca. V tom istom čase Mary Caldwellová trávi svoj život čakaním, pozorovaním hviezd a hľadaním známok inteligentného života mimo našej Zeme. Keď sa jej sen konečne splní, Mary sa zrazu ocitá uprostred zápasu, ktorý je starší ako ľudstvo samo. Náhle sa musí rozhodovať, komu môže veriť a komu nie, pretože len tak dokáže zvládnuť najväčšiu výzvu svojho života. V nadväznosti na udalosti z predchádzajúcej knihy Desivý mor Atlantídy sa Dorian Sloane stáva bábkou v rukách Aresa a zároveň nástrojom na vykonanie jeho tajomného plánu. Keď sa však Dorian vzoprie a rozhodne sa prevziať kontrolu nad situáciou, Ares rozpúta drámu, do ktorej zatiahne celý svet. A tak sa postupne odhaľuje skutočný charakter kataklizmy, ktorá ohrozuje ľudstvo. Toto sci-fi dobrodružstvo je treťou a poslednou knihou z akčnej trilógie Záhada pôvodu.
