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Campbell Armstrong

    25. február 1944 – 1. marec 2013

    Campbell Armstrong je autorom pútavých románov zo prostredia škótskeho Glasgowu, ktoré často skúmajú tému zločinu a života v meste. Predtým, než sa preslávil svojou sériou o expertovi na protiterorizmus Frankovi Paganovi, získal titul z filozofie a vyučoval tvorivé písanie. Jeho diela vynikajú silným zasadením do rodného mesta a prenikavým pohľadom na ľudské osudy.

    Campbell Armstrong
    Concert of Ghosts
    The Adventures of Indiana Jones
    Blackout
    Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark: Originally Published as Raiders of the Lost Ark
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    • The adventure that started it all! Relive the adventure, the romance, and the action in this thrilling novelization of the major motion picture.Indiana Jones, archaeology professor and swashbuckling adventurer, has unearthed many ancient treasures. But now the very future of the world depends on his finding one special the Ark of the Covenant, the ornate chest that holds the Ten Commandments.With his trusty bullwhip in hand and his beautiful former lover at his side, Jones journeys from Nepal to Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps, and snakes, outwitting Nazis, and battling rivals old and new—all in pursuit of an ancient artifact rumored to give invincible power to its possessor. It’s a battle to the startling finish—a finish dictated by the magic, the light, and the glorious power of the lost Ark.

      Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark: Originally Published as Raiders of the Lost Ark
    • Blackout

      • 424 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      In a moment of panic, a detective covers up his involvement in a fatal car crash by burying the body of his female passenger, a prostitute who doesn't survive the accident. When the body is later discovered he finds himself caught up in a web of deceit as he himself is assigned to the murder.

      Blackout
    • FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A SINGLE VOLUME—THREE THRILLING NOVELS INSPIRED BY THE BLOCKBUSTER FILMSThis volume includes the following Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost ArkIndiana Jones and the Temple of DoomIndiana Jones and the Last CrusadeWith bullwhip in hand, Indiana Jones has unearthed a wealth of ancient treasures. In Raiders of the Lost Ark, the fearless archeologist journeys from Nepal to Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps, and snakes, battling rivals old and new–all in pursuit of an ancient artifact that holds the key to dazzling, invincible power. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom finds our intrepid hero in a remote village in India, where a mysterious old shaman tells him that his arrival has been foreseen–and that he must retrieve a stolen mystical stone. And finally, Indy must face the most challenging and personal endeavor of his rescue his estranged father, the eminent professor Dr. Henry Jones, from a Nazi’s lair, and recover the legendary Holy Grail. Yet Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade doesn’t mean the adventure is over. . . .

      The Adventures of Indiana Jones
    • Concert of Ghosts

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Fleeing a drug-related arrest, former sixties hippie Harry Tennant returns to San Francisco where he teams up with Alison Seagrove, an investigative reporter, as they try to solve a mystery based on a famous photograph. Reprint.

      Concert of Ghosts
    • A psychiatrist's patient is brutally murdered by a mysterious blonde woman with an obviously troubled sexual history. A call girl witnesses it and is now on the murderer's list to kill.

      Dressed to Kill
    • Jig

      • 512 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania
      3,4(34)Ohodnotiť

      From Northern Ireland to Europe to the U.S., the name Jig means terror. Jig is the most masterful, most elusive assassin in the world. Now, Jig is on his way to New York, to recover $10 million stolen from the IRA. And on his trail is a renegade British agent obsessed with catching him.

      Jig
    • Mazurka

      • 486 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania
      3,5(107)Ohodnotiť

      For Frank Pagan of Sctoland Yard, it begins with the daylight murder of a Russian at crowded Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Scotland. From that moment on, Pagan's life becomes an ever-darkening nightmare, as he follows the thread of a brutal murder everyone wants to forget. With the help of Kristina Vaska, a beautiful and mysterious Estonian with a score to settle, Pagan makes an incrdible discovery: a terrifying international plot that extends into circles of power from Washington to Moscow, from Eastern Europe to the deathbed of a KGB mastermind. Now, Pagan knows too much. Now, he is trapped in a coplex web of intrigue, treachery and murder. Now, suddenly he is running for his life from an unknown assassin, racing against time to destroy a staggering worldwide conspiracy of evil that began because of a single word: glasnost.

      Mazurka
    • Silencer

      • 445 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      When the US Federal Witness Protection Program fails to protect a star witness, a tough female former prosecutor risks her life to get answers in international bestselling author Campbell Armstrong’s high-stakes thrillerReuben Galindez’s testimony helped put away brutal arms smuggler Ángel Sanchez, and he thought the trial would be the last time he’d ever have to deal with Sanchez again. Of course Sanchez’s organization was looking for him, but Galindez wasn’t alone; he had the US government, the FBI, and the Witness Protection Program to keep him safe. When Galindez’s body is found floating face-down in the river, riddled with bullets, former state prosecutor Amanda Scholes, who believed she’d put Sanchez in jail forever, is determined to find out what went wrong. Did the witness reveal his identity and leave the program? Did someone from inside Sanchez’s organization track down Galindez? Or is his death the result of something far more insidious? Has someone managed to infiltrate the fortresslike security surrounding the program in order to exact revenge?

      Silencer