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Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. First – a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing about. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can’t deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing. Second – a store to buy a coat. Nothing fancy. Something he can ditch when he heads to warmer climes. Large enough to fit a man the size of a bank vault. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. A desperate plea for help. Third – wherever this bend in the road takes him. Impressed by the guy's technique and intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more.

** REACHER SEASON 3: COMING SOON TO PRIME VIDEO** "Ballsy, dynamic and not for the faint-hearted." (Daily Mail) Never forgive, never forget. Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. But he has a burning desire to right wrongs - and rewrite his own agonizing past. Never apologize. Never explain. When Reacher witnesses a brutal kidnap attempt, he takes the law into his own hands. But a cop dies. Has Reacher lost his sense of right and wrong? INCLUDES A BONUS SHORT STORY BY LEE CHILD AND TESS GERRITSEN. _________ Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Persuader is the seventh in the series. And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***

Bonnie kommt auf einer abgelegenen Festung vor der Küste Englands an, um an einer mysteriösen Reality-TV-Show teilzunehmen. Im Wettbewerb mit sieben Fremden muss sie eine Reihe von Rätseln lösen, um das Preisgeld zu gewinnen. Die Spannung zwischen den Kandidaten steigt. Wer wird am Ende mit Ruhm und Reichtum die Festung verlassen? Zugleich wird Bonnie das schleichende Gefühl nicht los, dass sie und ihre Mitspieler nicht allein in der Festung sind. Dann wird der erste Teilnehmer tot aufgefunden, und Bonnie beginnt eine dunkle Wahrheit zu verstehen: Es gibt einen Mörder in der Festung, und jeder könnte der Nächste sein. Wenn Bonnie entkommen will, muss sie gewinnen...

'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' DAILY MIRROR THE 2025 JACK REACHER THRILLER Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. First stop - a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing about. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can't deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing. Second stop - a store to buy a coat. Nothing fancy. Something he can ditch when he heads to warmer climes. Large enough to fit a man the size of a bank vault. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. A desperate plea for help. Third stop - wherever this bend in the road takes him. Impressed by the guy's technique and intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more . . . DON'T MISS THE 30TH JACK REACHER ADVENTURE - AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW. We all need Jack Reacher - a righteous avenger for our troubled times. 'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' MICK HERRON 'It's no wonder Jack Reacher is everyone's favourite rebel hero.' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'These books are absolutely addictive. When you pick them up you can't put them down.' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

Diesen Mann unterschätzen Kriminelle nur ein Mal – der neue Fall für Jack Reacher. Am Busbahnhof von Gerrardsville, Colorado, beobachtet der ehemalige Militärpolizist Jack Reacher, wie eine Frau vor einen fahrenden Bus gestoßen wird. Es gelingt ihm nicht, den Täter dingfest zu machen. Doch er gerät so ins Visier skrupelloser Verbrecher, die jeden Zeugen eliminieren wollen. Nichts darf ihre Operation gefährden. Allerdings haben sie nicht mit einem Mann wie Reacher gerechnet. Als der bedroht wird, geht er sofort zum Gegenangriff über. Er nimmt die Spur auf und wird nicht stoppen, bevor er das Schlangennest ausgeräuchert hat. Reacher – niemand ist härter! Verpassen Sie seine anderen Fälle nicht, zum Beispiel »Der Kojote« oder »Der Sündenbock«. Kennen Sie auch schon den Story-Band »Der Einzelgänger«? Unverzichtbar für alle, die noch mehr über Jack Reacher lesen wollen!

Your kids are missing, accused of plotting to kill thousands. Can you find them before it's too late? It's a week before the presidential elections when a bomb goes off in an LA shopping mall. In London, armed police storm Heathrow Airport and arrest Sajid Khan. His daughter, Aliyah entered the USA with the suicide bomber, and now she's missing, potentially plotti[Bokinfo].

An epic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton. The narrative delves into the real effort to resurrect woolly mammoths and other extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene Age. Erebus Resort, set in a breathtaking hundred-thousand-acre valley in the Colorado Rockies, allows guests to witness these creatures in their native habitat, brought back through genetic manipulation. However, when a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered by suspected eco-terrorists in the Erebus backcountry, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash teams up with county sheriff James Colcord to find the culprits. As the body count rises and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord face an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent force at Erebus, intent on not just resurrection but extinction. Reviews highlight the book as a "creepy and creative variation on Jurassic Park" (Publishers Weekly) and a "breathlessly riveting" thriller that is both thought-provoking and entertaining (Lee Child). With a heart-stopping climax, it ingeniously blends real-life science with thrilling storytelling (Tess Gerritsen). Preston's masterful narrative keeps readers engaged and pondering long after the last page (Steve Berry).

Waking up handcuffed and injured, Jack Reacher finds himself in a precarious situation with no memory of how he got there. His captors mistakenly believe he's involved in a crime and intend to extract information from him. As they attempt to manipulate him, they underestimate Reacher's determination and resourcefulness. This thrilling installment promises intense action and clever twists, showcasing Reacher's resilience and the inevitable consequences for those who wrong him. It's the 29th entry in the popular series, perfect for both new and longtime fans.

I was the guy who always found a way. I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author. Here are twenty meticulously plotted, intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, featuring assassins, CIA agents, gangsters, and more. A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. An overlooked rookie cop is assigned to the department's file room. A ruthless killer only kills bad guys. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he's outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection... Each story is entirely distinct. And with their economical prose and unexpected twists, each could only have been written by the creator of Jack Reacher. The stories included in this collection are: The Bodyguard * The Greatest Trick of All * Ten Keys * Safe Enough * Natural in Every Way * The .50 Solution * Publica Transportation * Me and Mr. Rafferty * Section 7 (a) (Operational) * Addicted to Sweetness * The Bone-Headed League * I Heard a Romantic Story * My First Drug Trial * Wet with Rain * The Truth About What Happened * Pierre, Lucien & Me * New Blank Document * Shorty and the Briefcase * Dying for a Cigarette * The Snake-Eater by the Numbers

Jack Reacher, ein ehemaliger Militärpolizist, landet in einer Kleinstadt, wo er in einen Hackerangriff verwickelt wird, der die Stadt erpresst. Während die Bürger einen jungen Mann beschuldigen, greift Reacher ein und stellt sich den Verbrechern entgegen. Dies ist der 25. Fall der beliebten Reihe um Jack Reacher.

Akcja, akcja i jeszcze raz akcja! Życiem Reachera, „jeźdźca znikąd”, rządzi przypadek. Tym razem znalazł się w niewłaściwym miejscu w niewłaściwym czasie. Pomoc udzielona przypadkowo spotkanej kobiecie nie wyjdzie mu na dobre – oboje zostają uprowadzeni, w biały dzień, w centrum Chicago. Skuty kajdankami, wepchnięty do dusznej ciężarówki i wieziony w nieznanym kierunku były oficer żandarmerii wojskowej próbuje odgadnąć motywy i plany porywaczy. Prawdopodobnie są związane z jego towarzyszką niedoli, upartą i lubiącą stawiać na swoim Holly Johnson. Agentką FBI, córką generała zajmującego najwyższe stanowisko w amerykańskiej armii i chrześnicą… samego prezydenta. O cokolwiek chodzi porywaczom, nie mają pojęcia, że z Reacherem się nie zadziera.

Reacher pomaga FBI w znalezieniu mordercy kobiet, które w sądach wojskowych wygrały sprawy o molestowanie. Dwie kobiety. Obie służyły w amerykańskiej armii. Obie były napastowane seksualnie przez kolegów. Obie poszły z tym do sądu i wygrały… I właśnie dlatego musiały zrezygnować z wojska. Obie znały Reachera. Obie znaleziono w ich łazienkach. Martwe. Zanurzone w farbie maskującej. FBI tworzy portret psychologiczny zabójcy: inteligentny, samotnik, brutalna osobowość, samozwańczy obrońca prawa… Do Reachera pasuje jak ulał. Były oficer żandarmerii wojskowej szybko jednak oczyszcza się z podejrzeń i zaczyna pomagać grupie dochodzeniowej FBI w znalezieniu sprawcy. W przeciwieństwie do Julii Lamarr, specjalistki od tworzenia portretów psychologicznych, Reacher nie podejrzewa, że chodzi o zemstę. Ale kolejne zabójstwo podważa jego teorię.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army’s representative. If Reacher gets a result, great. If not, he’s a convenient fall guy. But office politics isn’t Reacher’s thing. Three questions quickly emerge: Who’s with him, who’s against him, and will the justice he dispenses be the official kind . . . or his own kind?

Een ex-marinier raakt bij toeval betrokken bij de ontvoering van een FBI-agente.

Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed. They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from his twelfth-floor window - a fall which generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher, recently demoted from Major, is assigned as the Army's representative. If he gets a result, great. If not, he's a convenient fall guy. Reacher may be an exceptional military investigator, but office politics aren't what gets him up in the morning. As he races to identify a cold-blooded killer and uncover a secret that stretches back 23 years, he must navigate around his new partners. Will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way . . . or his way?[Bokinfo].

Eine Stadt wird erpresst, doch Jack Reacher ist nicht zu schlagen! »›Der Sündenbock‹ zeigt, dass zwei Childs noch besser sind als einer.« James Patterson Der ehemalige Militärpolizist Jack Reacher reist ziellos durch die USA, und so landet er in einer Kleinstadt, in der ihn seine Mitfahrgelegenheit absetzt. Kurz darauf beobachtet er, wie ein junger Mann von einigen Schlägern verfolgt wird – und greift ein. Dann erfährt Reacher, dass alle Computersysteme der Stadt gehackt worden sind und dass die Bürger Reachers neuen Schützling dafür verantwortlich machen. Die Hacker verlangen mehrere Millionen Dollar als Lösegeld, doch selbst das ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs. Es geht um viel mehr! Aber die Verbrecher haben nicht mit Jack Reacher gerechnet. Dieser »New-York-Times«-Platz-1-Bestseller ist der 25. Fall der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerserie um Jack Reacher. Verpassen Sie nicht die anderen eigenständig lesbaren Jack-Reacher-Romane wie zum Beispiel »Der Bluthund« und »Die Hyänen. Kennen Sie auch schon den Story-Band »Der Einzelgänger«? Unverzichtbar für alle, die noch mehr über Jack Reacher lesen wollen!

In de warme zon van de Florida Keys kan zelfs de doorgaans zwervende Jack Reacher niet weerstaan om hier drie maanden te blijven. Deze comfortabele dagen worden echter onderbroken door de privé-detective Costello uit New York. Hij beweert dat 'mevrouw Jacob' hem heeft ingehuurd om Reacher te vinden, maar Reacher kent niemand met de naam 'Jacob' en ontkent zijn identiteit. Tot zijn schrik wordt Costello diezelfde avond vermoord, met tien afgehakte vingertoppen! Reacher voelt zich schuldig en besluit onmiddellijk naar New York te gaan om 'mevrouw Jacob' te vinden en de reden achter de moord op Costello te achterhalen. Eenmaal in New York ontdekt hij dat de mysterieuze 'mevrouw Jacob' de dochter is van generaal Garber, Judy. Judy volgt slechts de laatste wens van haar vader om Reacher te vinden en hem een erfenis over te dragen. Ze begrijpt niet waarom de privé-detective, die aanvankelijk alleen maar de opdracht had om iemand te vinden, in zulke gevaarlijke situaties terechtkomt. Na de begrafenis van generaal Garber wordt Judy echter onder vuur genomen! Reacher ontdekt dat de schutter de moordenaar van Costello is, en beiden realiseren zich dat zij niet de enige zijn die de identiteit van 'mevrouw Jacob' willen achterhalen; generaal Garber had ook zijn redenen om Reacher te vinden, en het was beslist niet alleen om de erfenis over te dragen…

"Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. Includes stories by: Alison Gaylin, David Morrell, James Lee Burke, Joyce Carol Oates, Martin Edwards, Sara Paretsky, Stephen King, Sue Grafton (with a new, posthumously-published work!) And many more!"--

Lee and Andrew Child nail it again with NO PLAN B

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys. Reacher was a soldier, and then he was in the military police. But now he is traveling the United States of America with nothing much to do. Then one morning, he is arrested - for murder!

Nigdy nie wiesz, do czyjego samochodu wsiądziesz, kiedy łapiesz okazję. Ale nie ma takiego kierowcy czy towarzysza podróży, z którym Jack Reacher by sobie nie poradził. Zimową nocą na autostradzie w Nebrasce nie jest łatwo złapać okazję. Zwłaszcza jeśli jest się wielkim, groźnie wyglądającym facetem, w dodatku z krwawiącym nosem. Ale Reacher ma do załatwienia sprawę w Wirginii, więc nie rezygnuje. I w końcu jego cierpliwość zostaje nagrodzona wsiada do chevroleta, którym jedzie dwóch mężczyzn i kobieta. Szybko się orientuje, że żadne z nich nie jest tym, za kogo się podaje, i zastanawia się, jaką przypisali mu rolę. Bo nie jest naiwny; wie, że nie zabrali go ze sobą z dobrego serca. Nie wie natomiast, że tej samej nocy w Nebrasce doszło do morderstwa, które wygląda na robotę zawodowców, i że policja rozsyła komunikaty o dwóch podejrzanych mężczyznach widzianych na miejscu zbrodni. Nie wie też, że gra toczy się o znacznie więcej niż zwykłe morderstwo. Paradoksalnie Reacher jest jednocześnie zabijaką, niebezpiecznym jak grizzly, i myślicielem. Schwarzenegger i Sokrates w jednym. Independent

Reacher never backs down from a challenge, and he’s about to face a significant one on a deserted Arizona road where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles. Under the relentless desert sun, nothing is as it appears. Soon, Reacher finds himself in a nearby border town, a once-thriving place now in decline. Accompanying him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran and FBI agent searching for her twin brother, who may have fallen in with dangerous individuals. Reacher may need to confront these people, as their leader has entrenched his power in the town. Gaining access to the elusive Dendoncker will require Reacher to accomplish the seemingly impossible, and extracting information will be even more challenging. In this hostile environment, some would rather die than divulge their secrets. However, when Reacher is on your trail, death might seem like the better option. Although this installment is the 26th in the series, the Jack Reacher novels can be enjoyed in any order. Don’t miss Reacher’s latest adventure in the 27th book, No Plan B, now available!

"A brilliant, breathless thriller that kept me guessing to the last shocking page." --Erin Kelly, Sunday Times bestselling author of He Said/She Said An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years. Host Ali finally has the life she always wanted, a career she can be proud of and a wonderful family with her college boyfriend, now husband. But that night her best friend makes an accusation so shocking that nothing will ever be the same again. When Karen staggers in from the garden, bleeding and traumatised, she claims that she has been assaulted--by Ali's husband, Mike. Ali must make a split-second decision: who should she believe? Her horrified husband, or her best friend? With Mike offering a very different version of events, Ali knows one of them is lying--but which? And why? When the ensuing chaos forces her to re-examine the golden era the group shared at university, Ali realises there are darker memories too. Memories that have lain dormant for decades. Memories someone would kill to protect.

Reacher udaremnia samobójczy zamach bombowy w metrze. Ale to dopiero początek jego kłopotów. Są oznaki, które pozwalają rozpoznać zamachowca-samobójcę. Izraelski wywiad sporządził ich listę dwanaście symptomów. Jack Reacher, jak każdy, kto kiedykolwiek miał do czynienia ze sprawami amerykańskiego bezpieczeństwa narodowego, zna ją na pamięć. Dlatego, jadąc w nocy nowojorskim metrem, zwraca uwagę na kobietę, która wydaje mu się idealną kandydatką na terrorystkę. Kiedy, chcąc zyskać na czasie, próbuje nawiązać z nią rozmowę, nieznajoma wyciąga pistolet i strzela sobie w głowę. Sprawą dziwnego samobójstwa Susan Mark, która jak się okazuje pracowała w Pentagonie, interesują się służby bezpieczeństwa. Ale nie tylko. Za informacje, które posiadała, niektórzy są gotowi zabijać. A Reacher staje się ich celem numer jeden.

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.

Minulost: Další thriller s hrdinou Jackem Reacherem, tentokrát pátrá po minulosti svého otce. Ošetřovatelka poručíka Clarka : Armádní ošetřovatelka Eva Cassidyová se ocitá na Havaji těsně před útokem na Pearl Harbor. Navždy a den : Zabili agenta 007! Ať žije nový agent 007! Námluvy s kocourem : Jak kocour MacGyver pomáhal své paničce ke štěstí...

LE PRIME AVVENTURE DI JACK REACHER: L’ATTO DI NASCITA DI UN GRANDE PROTAGONISTA DELLA NARRATIVA DI SUSPENSE, UN EROE SCHIVO E SOLITARIO DIVENTATO UNA VERA LEGGENDA Jack Reacher è un vero duro, un ex militare addestrato a pensare e ad agire con assoluta rapidità e determinazione, ma anche dotato di un profondo senso dell’onore e della giustizia. È di casa negli Stati Uniti, in tutti gli Stati Uniti, attraverso i quali si muove con libertà, ma possiede un talento del tutto particolare per trovarsi nel posto sbagliato al momento sbagliato. La cosa tuttavia non lo turba – d’altra parte c’è ben poco che possa turbarlo. Semmai ci sono molte cose, e molte persone, che lo infastidiscono: quello che non sopporta è l’ingiustizia e coloro che non tollera sono gli sbruffoni, i violenti, gli intriganti, i bugiardi, in una parola i cattivi. Se si rientra in questa categoria, è meglio non trovarlo sulla propria strada, o addirittura pestargli i piedi. Decisamente meglio…

THE ENDURING MYTH THAT MAKES US HUMAN What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child... 'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?' Karin Slaughter 'I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page' The Times

Get ready for a turbo-charged short read (80 pages) from two of the world's biggest thriller writers - Karin Slaughter and Lee Child.

Kniha obsahuje směsicí žánrů, které jsou zastoupeny zkrácenými verzemi čtyř známých románů oblíbených autorů. Thriller “Půlnoční linka” popisuje další napínavé dobrodružství bývalého vojenského policisty Jacka Reachera. Hlavní hrdinka románu “Virtuální specialita” se potýká s finančními problémy a rozhodne se zlepšit svoji finanční situaci brigádou v milionářské rezidenci. V psychologickém thrilleru “Noc, kdy zmizela Bea Nesbitová” se policistka Ellery za pomoci agenta Reeda snaží vyšetřit příčiny mizení lidí, vždy v den jejích narozenin. A román “Druhá šance klenotníka Benedikta” je humorně pojatý popis každodenního života jednoho muže, jehož manželství spěje ke konci a jehož rutinu všedních dnů naruší příjezd šestnáctileté neteře.

This is a random universe, Reacher says. Once in a blue moon things turn out just right. This isn't one of those times. Reacher is on a Greyhound bus, minding his own business, with no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. Then he steps off the bus to help an old man who is obviously just a victim waiting to happen. But you know what they say about good deeds. Now Reacher wants to make it right. An elderly couple have made a few well-meaning mistakes, and now they owe big money to some very bad people. One brazen move leads to another, and suddenly Reacher finds himself a wanted man in the middle of a brutal turf war between rival Ukrainian and Albanian gangs. Reacher has to stay one step ahead of the loan sharks, the thugs, and the assassins. He teams up with a fed-up waitress who knows a little more than she's letting on, and sets out to take down the powerful and make the greedy pay. It's a long shot. The odds are against him. But Reacher believes in a certain kind of justice . . . the kind that comes along once in a blue moon.

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

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Superb and subtle psychological suspense, and a compelling mystery, too . . . I thought I knew who did it, but I was wrong-four times. Lee Child

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...

Hopper ist Kult: 17 Stories von namhaften US-Autoren zu berühmten Gemälden des weltbekannten Malers.Jedes Bild erzählt eine Geschichte. Für die Gemälde von Edward Hopper (1882 - 1967), einer Ikone der modernen amerikanischen Malerei, gilt das in besonderem Maße. Seine Porträts von Menschen, die auf rätselhafte Weise in ihre Einsamkeit versunken scheinen, lassen der Phantasie einen weiten Spielraum. Siebzehn renommierte US-Autoren haben sich inspirieren lassen, jede(r) von einem anderen Bild. Ihre Geschichten setzen dort an, wo das Gemälde als Momentaufnahme zwangsläufig aufhören muss, erzählen weiter, was verborgen in der Mimik, der Körpersprache der Figuren und in der festgehaltenen Szene zu erspüren ist. Entstanden ist eine vielschichtige, faszinierende Kollektion von Stories über die menschliche Existenz und ihre Abgründe. Realistisch, anrührend, beunruhigend - immer aber fesselnd und überraschend. Mit Geschichten von Stephen King, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block u.a.

V městečku Mother’s Rest panuje podivná atmosféra, kterou Jack Reacher cítí, když tudy projíždí. Jeho zvědavost vzroste, když potká soukromou vyšetřovatelku Changovou, jež pátrá po zmizelém kolegovi. Rychle zjistí, že místní obyvatelé skrývají temná tajemství a Reacher se ocitá ve víru nebezpečných odhalení. V Severní Karolíně, ve městě Bascom, se blíží říjen a pro ženy rodu Waverleyových to znamená čas, kdy jabloň vykvétá a přináší naději. Avšak s příchodem prvního mrazu se objevují i napětí a touhy po nemožném, což se ještě zkomplikuje příchodem cizince s tajemstvími, jež mohou narušit rodinné tradice. Na Apalačské stezce v Maine se ztratily dvě turistky a lesní strážce Mike Bowditch se snaží je najít. Spekulace o divokých zvířatech však nevzbuzují jeho důvěru; jeho přítelkyně Stacey má podezření, že místní obyvatelé vědí víc, než přiznávají. Když Stacey sama zmizí, pátrání se stává osobní záležitostí. V roce 1919, v rozpálené Kalkatě, se kapitán Sam Wyndham, bývalý policista ze Scotland Yardu, potýká s brutální vraždou, která má politické pozadí. Spolu se svým asistentem se ocitá v centru rasového napětí, kde musí jednat opatrně.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ... Lee Child's Jack Reacher will team up with Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan to unmask a cunning killer. Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan work with Peter James's Roy Grace on a very unusual murder case. These are just some of the never-before-seen pairings in Match Up - a brand new collaboration between the world's famous crime writers. Edited be international bestseller Lee Child, this exclusive page-turning anthology promises the same thrills and chills brought to you by the previous collection, Face Off. Read on for the full list of author and character pairings: Diana Gabaldon's Claire Randall Fraser + Steve Berry's Cotton Malone Lisa Scottoline's Bennie Rosato + Nelson DeMille's John Corey Sandra Brown's Lee Coburn + C.J. Box's Joe Pickett Kathy Reichs's Temperance Brennan + Lee Child's Jack Reacher Val McDermid's Tony Hill + Peter James's Roy Grace Charlaine Harris's Harper Connelly + Andrew Gross's Ty Hauck Gayle Lynds's Liz Sansborough + David Morrell's Rambo Karin Slaughter's Jeffrey Tolliver + Michael Koryta's Lincoln Perry Lara Adrian's Lucan Thorne + Christopher Rice J.A. Jance's Ali Reynolds + Eric Van Lustbader's Bravo Shaw Lisa Jackson's Regan Pescoli + John Sandford's Lucas Davenport

Jack 'No Middle Name' Reacher, lone wolf, knight errant, ex military cop, lover of women, scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs, is the most iconic hero for our age. This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume.Read together, these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher?s past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world.The twelve stories include a brand new novella, Too Much Time.The other stories in the collection are- Second SonJames Penney's New IdentityGuy Walks Into a BarDeep Down, High HeatNot a Drill Small WarsAll of which have previously been published as ebook shorts. Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written- Everyone TalksMaybe They Have a TraditionNo Room at the Motel The Picture of the Lonely Diner

Hlas zachytený vo vzduchu: „Američan žiada sto miliónov dolárov.“ Za čo? Od koho? Píše sa rok 1996 a v hamburskom byte skupina pekne oblečených mladých Saudov plánuje niečo veľké. Jack Reacher sa nedávno vrátil z mimoriadne vydarenej tajnej misie. Armáda ho potľapká po chrbte, dá mu medailu a hneď nato ho znovu pošle do školy. Škola má len troch študentov: Reachera, agenta FBI a analytika z CIA. Ich úloha? Nájsť Američana. A to, čo predáva. A komu. Deje sa niečo nekalé, zdá sa, že svet sa zbláznil...

Je-li zapotřebí jiného typu spravedlnosti – rychlé, efektivní a osobní –, bere si ji na starost i nový typ mstitele. Sbírka Vendeta obsahuje nové povídky od slavných spisovatelů krimirománů jako Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, Karin Slaughterová a pochopitelně Lee Child; ale také od právě objevených talentů, jejichž hvězda teprve stoupá. Mezi hrdiny těchto povídek patří například policista, který viděl příliš mnoho, žena dohnaná do úzkých, obyčejný člověk, který zmůže to, co zákony nezmohou. Někteří je označují jako strážce spravedlnosti, jiní tvrdí, že jsou zkrátka jiným typem obyčejných zločinců. Povídky vybral Lee Child a opatřil sbírku předmluvou. Všechny texty odhalují šokující důsledky činů, jimiž se snaží muži i ženy brát zákon do vlastních rukou. 2. vydání.

Detective and mystery stories. THE VICTIM was a fighter, but strength wasn't enough to save him from this gruesome end. THE MISSING are two well-paid private investigators who have disappeared on a confidential job. THE FAMILY is formidable, deadly and crazy, and will stop at nothing to make their mark. THE INVESTIGATOR is Frank Behr, haunted by an unspeakable loss, avenging his friend's death, and close to becoming . . . THE HUNTED . . . can Behr track down the killers before they find him? And will he survive?

Čo sa to stalo v mestečku Chester’s Mill? Aká záhadná sila uväznila jeho obyvateľov pod neviditeľný zvon, cez ktorý nepreniknú ani najmodernejšie počítačom riadené rakety? Na tieto otázky márne hľadajú odpovede najväčšie kapacity americkej i svetovej vedy. Obyvatelia Chester’s Millu však riešia predovšetkým problém, ako prežiť. Pod záhadnou bariérou, ktorú všetci nazývajú prosto Kupola, čas plynie akosi rýchlejšie, ľudské vášne vybuchujú prudšie, smrť je brutálnejšia a zlu sa darí ako nikdy predtým. Majú ľudia, uväznení a ostro sledovaní celým svetom, vôbec šancu?

Nevracej se - Lee Child / Dobrou noc, June - Sarah Ji / Nenapsaná - Charles Martin / Žízeň - L.A. Larkin

Harold Middleton, un ex investigatore di crimini di guerra, entra in possesso di una partitura di Chopin. Ciò che non sa, però, è che tra quelle note scritte a mano si nasconde un segreto che potrebbe minacciare la vita di milioni di americani. Middleton viaggia dalla Polonia agli Stati Uniti per sciogliere il mistero del manoscritto, viene accusato di omicidio, inseguito dai federali e si trasforma ben presto nell'obiettivo di un temibile assassino. Ma la minaccia più letale proviene dal suo passato: un uomo ritorna nella sua vita, come un'ombra. Un uomo che tutti chiamano Faust. Un libro in cui i più grandi autori di thriller si alternano in un turbine di azione e suspense, ognuno firmando un diverso capitolo.

Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he'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 Child's number-one bestselling series takes Reacher across the Atlantic to Paris - and then to London. The stakes have never been higher - because this time, it's personal.

Cinque minuti: tanti sono bastati al direttore del personale della fabbrica dove James Penney ha lavorato per diciassette anni a licenziarlo. Diciassette anni di vita contro cinque minuti, e ora Penney è un uomo senza lavoro e senza speranza. Gli restano solo sei settimane di paga e la sua amata Firebird rossa. E allora l’unica soluzione che gli sembra possibile è dar fuoco alla casa e scappare sulle strade d’America con l’auto. Via dalla fabbrica che l’ha tradito, via dalla banca, dai debiti, da una vita senza soddisfazioni. Un gesto di protesta, l’unico in una vita di sopportazione e obbedienza. Quello con cui Penney però non ha fatto i conti è il caldo del deserto del Mojave, che in poco tempo spinge le fiamme a bruciare anche le case dei vicini. E ora Penney è ricercato dalla polizia per incendio doloso. Lui e la sua Firebird rossa, in fuga sulla California Highway Patrol. Ma la strada di Penney è destinata a incrociarsi con quella di un uomo pericoloso, un giovane capitano della polizia militare alto e muscoloso il cui nome è destinato a diventare leggenda: Jack Reacher. Un incontro che potrebbe essere la salvezza o la rovina di Penney...

Six minutes after hitchhiking at the end of Worth Dying For, Jack Reacher finds himself on a roller-coaster ride of escalating tensions where nothing is as it seems.

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.

Jack Reacher je tulák a samorost, který cestuje ze státu do státu a neváhá vzít spravedlnost do vlastních rukou, když narazí na problém. Ocitne se v nebraské divočině a pustí se do boje s místním klanem Duncanů, který terorizuje okolí. Jack, vážně nemocný veterán z Iráku a Afghánistánu, nyní bojuje se zákeřnou nemocí. Nejbolestnější na tom je, že si uvědomuje, že kvůli svému bojovému nasazení neviděl vyrůstat své děti. Získá ještě šanci to napravit? V květnu 1943 na základně RAF Scampton podplukovník Guy Gibson a jeho muži z 617. perutě mají odvážný cíl použít nový vynález Barnese Wallise, skákavou bombu, což je plán značně riskantní. Právnička Carly Chaseová se zaplete do dopravní nehody, při níž přijde o život mladý cyklista. Policejní komisař Roy Grace ji varuje, že mladík patřil do mafiánské rodiny, která se rozhodla jeho smrt pomstít.

A compilation of advice, wisdom, and facts from the Jack Reacher series of novels

When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly set, freshly busted nose - it isn't easy to hitch a ride. At last, he's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. Within minutes it becomes clear they're all lying about everything - and there's a police roadblock ahead. There has been an incident, and the cops are looking for the bad guys ... Will they get through because the three are innocent? Or because the three are now four? Is Reacher just a decoy? 'He could take out Bond, Dirty Harry, Jason Bourne and Ethan Hunt with both hands tied behind his back. And then sleep with their girlfriends two at a time before getting the last bus out of town' Sun

1) Lee Child: 61 hodin - Bývalý vojenský policista a známý tulák Jack Reacher rád bere spravedlnost do vlastních rukou. Tentokrát ho náhoda zavedla do zapomenutého města v Jižní Dakotě, kde právě udeřily kruté mrazy a vládne tu i jistý neklid. Brzy se ukáže, že za hranicemi města číhá vrah. 2) Martina Reillyová: Seznam přání - Dvanáctiletý Mark je plný pochybností a přeje si, aby všechno bylo jako dřív a mohli žít s mámou, tátou a bratrem jako šťastná rodina. Jenže se cosi zadrhlo. Mark si vezme do hlavy, že jejich bručounský soused Jeremy je Santa Claus, a jednoho dne mu doručí svůj seznam přání. 3) Michael Ridpath: Kde se snoubí šero se šerem - Napůl Islanďan, napůl Američan – detektiv Magnus Jonson je z domovského Bostonu vyslán na syrově malebný Island, aby tamní policii pomáhal s vyšetřováním závažnější kriminality. Čekají to tu hned tři vraždy a všechny zřejmě souvisejí s nálezem osm set let staré ságy. 4) Sarah Addison Allenová: O dívce, která chytala měsíc - Vítejte v Mullaby, pitoreskním jižanském městečku v Jižní Karolíně, kde žije muž tak vysoký, že dohlédne za obzor, a kde existují rodinná tajemství, za nimiž stojí… snad jen kouzla. Když se sem ke svému dědečkovi přistěhuje mladá Emily Benedictová, nestačí valit oči.

A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of his at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down.

Zločin je všude. Lee Child vybírá dvacet povídek dokonale vystihujících atmosféru zločinů, jejichž kulisy tvoří nejrozličnější místa na mapě. Zločin je všude. V zalidněném Campeche City na Yucatánu, kde narazí nájemný vrah na uprchlíka v povídce Garyho Alexandera „Charlie a piráti“. „Čas k zabíjení“ Jona Landa představuje dalšího nájemného vraha, který se ukrývá v převleku na connecticutské internátní škole. Nomádský číšník R. A. Allena hledá sexuální uspokojení na floridských plážích.