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Senátor Ashley Butler je typický južanský demagóg, podporuje tradičné americké hodnoty a bez rozmýšľania odsudzuje všetky biotechnológie. Je predsedom výboru pre zdravotnú politiku, ktorý bojuje proti zavádzaniu nových klonovacích technológií, čo mu len pomáha v jeho politickej kariére. Doktor Daniel Lowell, vynálezca technológie posúvajúcej výskum kmeňových buniek na vyššiu úroveň, v ňom však vidí prekážku pri uvedení svojej biotechnologickej firmy na burzu cenných papierov. Tieto dve zdanlivo protikladné osobnosti sa stretnú na pôde výboru, ktorý má rozhodovať o schválení nového zákona proti používaniu klonovania v zdravotníctve. Obaja – Butler aj Lowell – však v podstate túžia po tom istom. Butler populisticky predstiera záujem o nenarodené deti, v skutočnosti je to však len zámienka, aby sa dostal do najvyššej politiky. Lowell túži po finančnom ocenení a spoločenskom postavení natoľko, že starostlivosť o blaho pacientov sa dostáva do úzadia. Situáciu ďalej komplikuje dôverná správa, že senátorovi Butlerovi diagnostikovali Parkinsonovu chorobu. Z Butlera a Lowella sa tak stávajú faustovskí spojenci – senátor totiž požiada Lowella, aby ho tajne podrobil novej terapii, ktorá však ešte nebola schválená úradom FDA. No liečba sa nevyvinie podľa očakávania a senátor začína trpieť zvláštnymi záchvatmi.

Somebody is intent on murdering Hollywood's A-list. A well-known actress has been shot outside her Beverly Hills home. Shortly afterwards, the Los Angeles Times receives an email describing the murder in vivid detail. It is signed Mary Smith. More killings and emails follow - the victims are all major Hollywood players. Is it the work of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something far more terrifying? As the case grows to blockbuster proportions, Washington, DC, FBI agent Alex Cross and the LAPD scramble to find a pattern before Mary can send another chilling update. Filled with the ruthless and shocking twists that make his fans hunger for more, MARY, MARY is James Patterson's most sophisticated thriller yet.

The Mastermind is back - and he's hot on Washington, DC, detective Alex Cross's trail. His cold, taunting threats leave Alex angry and deeply concerned for his family's safety while he is away from home. Two joggers have been found dead in San Francisco - bitten and hung by their feet to drain the blood. Further murders in California, and then on the East Coast as well, completely baffle Alex and the FBI. Is this the work of a cult, or role players, or even of modern-day vampires? Desperate to stop the deaths, Alex teams up with Jamilla Hughes, a savvy woman detective, and the FBI's Kyle Craig. But Alex has never been closer to defeat, or in greater danger. He must survive a deadly confrontation - only to learn at last the awful secret of the Mastermind.

Healthy patients are dying of unknown causes in a San Francisco hospital and the Women's Murder Club decides to investigate the hospital's personnel

Everything is going right for lifeguard Ned Kelley. He is involved with Tess, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and what's more, a million dollars is within touching distance--his share of the score for the robbery of some world-class art. All he has to do is trigger alarms to throw the cops off the scent. But when Tess is brutally murdered and the others involved in the robbery are massacred, Ned is the prime suspect. He has been set up

Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a predator known only as "the Wolf. "Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues stymied. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it looks as if a shadowy figure called the Wolf - a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organize crime - is behind this business in which ordinary men and women are sold as slaves. Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it is time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track the Wolf and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive. As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home too. His ex-fiancee, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life - and not for the reasons Alex might have hoped.

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