-Titulo Original : Criminal Mischief (a Stone Barrington Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: In this exhilarating new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington goes up against an enemy on the run.After a dangerous adventure has him traveling up and down the coast, Stone Barrington is looking forward to some down time at his Manhattan abode. But when an acquaintance alerts him to a hinky plot being hatched across the city, he finds himself eager to pursue justice. After the mastermind behind it all proves more evasive than anyone was expecting, Stone sets out on an international chase to places hes never gone before. With the help of old friends-and alluring new ones-Stone is determined to see the pursuit through to the end, even if it means going up against a foe more unpredictable than he has ever faced... Review Woods fans will get their moneys worth. -Publishers Weekly About the Author Stuart Woods is the author of more than eighty-five novels, including the #1 New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and Connecticut. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Stone Barrington stood at the bar at P.J. Clarkes, already half a drink ahead of Dino Bacchetti. He and Dino had been NYPD detective partners many moons ago, when they were young and reckless, until it had been suggested by his superiors, with emphasis, that Stones talents lay elsewhere (anywhere but the NYPD) and he had decamped to the law. He already had a law degree from NYU in his pocket, and an old classmate brought him aboard at the firm of Woodman & Weld, while he crammed for the bar exam. Dino had opted for the whole thirty years and now found himself the police commissioner of New York City. They dined together often. Not this evening, though. Stones iPhone buzzed in his pocket, and he reached for it. Its Stone. Its Dino. Its not happening tonight. Big emergency, hands to hold. Tomorrow? Sure, but at Patroon. Im already at Clarkes. At seven. They both hung up. Dumped again? a female voice said from somewhere below him. He or she? He looked down to find a small, dark-haired young woman in a sharp black dress, complete with cleavage, newly perched on a stool he had marked for himself. He, Stone replied. Emergency. Thats what they all say, she said. Does that make you available for a drink? Ive already got one, Stone replied. I havent. What is your pleasure? She swiveled toward the bartender. Knob Creek on the rocks, she said, and it appeared in a flash. She raised her glass to Stone. Your liver, she said. Ill drink to that and yours, too, since you have such good taste in bourbon. Do you possess a name? she asked. And if so, what is it? I do, and it is Stone Barrington. What about you? I do, as well. Tink Dorsey, a gift from my older brother who liked to say that I was no bigger than a Tinker Toy. Im five feet, two inches tall. Wasnt that your next question? Well, no, Stone said. Then 36-C, she said. That would have been your second question. I thought about it, then decided it was more polite notto ask. Ah, an explorer, she said, getting a laugh. In what vineyard do you toil? The law, though my partners often question how hard. Your turn again. Im about six chapters away from being a novelist, she said. Previously I have written only for money. And will again, Im sure. After all, youre only six chapters away. And many miles, she said. Youve just got a slight case of first-novel-itis. A critical case. Youll handle it. Well see. Does your phone call mean youre free for dinner? Yes. How about you? If youre buying. I could not fail to feed a starving writer. He ushered her back to the dining room, where the headwaiter found them a table and menus....

-Titulo Original : The Layover-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: The Unhoneymooners meets The Hating Game in this breezy debut romantic comedy about life--and love--30,000 feet above the ground.After ten years as a flight attendant, Ava Greene is poised to hang up her wings and finally put down roots. Shes got one trip left before she bids her old life farewell, and she plans to enjoy every second of it. But then she discovers that former pilot Jack Stone--the absurdly gorgeous, ridiculously cocky man shes held a secret grudge against for years--is on her flight. And he has the nerve to flirt with her, as if he doesnt remember the role he played in the most humiliating night of her life. Good thing she never has to see him again after they land....But when their plane encounters mechanical problems, what should have been a quick stop at the Belize airport suddenly becomes a weekend layover. Getting stuck on a three-hour flight with her nemesis was bad enough. Being stranded with him at a luxury resort in paradise? Even with the sultry breeze and white sand to distract her, it will take all the rum punch in the country to drown out his larger-than-life presence. Yet the more time Ava spends with him under the hot Caribbean sun, the more she begins to second-guess everything she thought she knew about him...and everything she thought she wanted from her life. And all too soon, she might have to choose between keeping her feet on the ground and her head in the clouds.... Review “[A] breezy enemies-to-lovers romp with just enough heart to keep it grounded. . . The couple’s sparkling chemistry and flirtatious fighting make this sing. Readers craving an armchair getaway need look no further.”-Publishers Weekly[A] tale of learning to let go of the past to be open to whatever’s ahead.”-Library Journal“[A] tropical, fun and flirty summer read ideal for a beach day.”-USA TodayOnce I started The Layover, I couldnt put it down! Lacie Waldon has written a super fun, witty, and romantic enemies-to-lovers rom-com that had me flying through the pages. And as a bonus, I loved the peek behind the curtain into the lives of flight attendants. This is a lovely escape full of sun, swoons, and sexual tension.”-Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom HanksA highly recommended read for fans of enemies-to-lovers and anyone who feels the pull of wanderlust.”-Sarah Hogle, author of You Deserve Each Other“A stand-out debut! Witty banter, sizzling chemistry, and perfect pacing had me flying through The Layover. A must read for rom-com fans!”-Samantha Young, author of Fight or Flight “The Layover is an ideal escape-from the intriguing insider’s view of air travel to the picturesque setting on the shores of Belize, I was swept away on Ava’s journey as she spars with Jack, wrestles her feelings, and learns to trust her own heart. A fun and irresistible romance that soars.”-Libby Hubscher, author of Meet Me in Paradise“A sexy, dazzling debut, The Layover is a jet fuel-powered rom-com that had me dreaming of sun-soaked beaches and a view from 35,000 feet. Plus the delicious, slow-burning romance, sizzling banter, and crackling chemistry? Swoon. If you’re an enemies-to-lovers fan-or have even a speck of wanderlust in your heart-The Layover is the romantic escape for you!”-Angie Hockman, author of Shipped“A breath of fresh air! Lacie Waldons exceptional debut combines sharp, clever writing with crackling sexual tension for pure enemies-to-lovers gold. The Layover is the ultimate summer beach read and a new favorite. Waldon is one to watch.”-Devon Daniels, author of Meet You in the MiddleThe Layover is the perfect escape - a hilarious, compulsive, swoony rom-com from an exciting new voice in contemporary romance. Lacie Waldons witty banter and laugh out loud fresh take on enemies to lovers stuck together on a twenty-four hour layover in Belize are sure to satisfy readers and keep them smiling to the very last page. I absolutely loved it.-Robin Reul, author of My Kind of Crazy an...

-Titulo Original : Clive Cusslers The Devils Sea (dirk Pitt Adventure)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Fearless adventurer Dirk Pitt must unravel a historical mystery of epic importance in the latest novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling series created by the “grand master of adventure” Clive Cussler.In 1959 Tibet, a Buddhist artifact of immense importance was seemingly lost to history in the turmoil of the Communist takeover. But when National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten plane crash in the Philippine Sea over 60 years later, new clues emerge to its hidden existence. But Pitt and his compatriot Al Giordino have larger worries when they are ordered to recover a failed hypersonic missile from Luzon Strait. Only someone else is after it, too…a rogue Chinese military team that makes their own earthshattering discovery, hijacking a ship capable of stirring the waters of the deep into a veritable Devil’s Sea. From the cold dark depths of the Pacific Ocean to the dizzying heights of the Himalaya Mountains, only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk Jr., can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation…and save the world from war. Review “Trouble comes looking for Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk and Summer, in the strangest and most entertaining ways…The Pitts are all great characters-clever, gutsy, and lucky…Dirk Cussler carries on what his father started in a series that never gets old.”?Kirkus Reviews (starred)“Exciting…Cussler has done his father proud.”?Publishers Weekly About the Author Clive Cussler was the author of more than eighty books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt®, NUMA Files®, Oregon Files®, Isaac Bell®, and Sam and Remi Fargo®. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020. Dirk Cussler is the author of Clive Cussler’s The Devil’s Sea, and coauthor with Clive Cussler of eight previous Dirk Pitt adventures: Black Wind, Treasure of Khan, Arctic Drift, Crescent Dawn, Poseidons Arrow, Havana Storm, Odessa Sea, and Celtic Empire. He serves as president of NUMA, where he continues his fathers legacy of searching for important historical shipwrecks. He lives in Connecticut. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. -1-WenchAng Spacecraft Launch SiteHainan, ChinaOctober 2022The missile rose in a graceful arc, the thunderous burn of its solid-fuel booster engine rippling through the predawn sky. It wasnt a large missile, barely twenty feet tall, and it was fired from an auxiliary launchpad at the sprawling coastal base, which was more accustomed to massive satellite-carrying rockets. Yet to those watching the flight, it was considerably more important than the latest spy satellite.The missiles fiery exhaust disappeared from sight in a matter of seconds. But the cameras from a reconnaissance plane tracked its progress far out to sea, supplemented by satellites that targeted the launch. The distant lenses viewed the missile as the exhaust suddenly fell dark and it briefly sailed on in silence. If an observer had been present as it passed, they might have heard a sonic boom, followed by a motorized whooshing, now accompanied by the burning exhaust of liquid propellant. But those senses would have to be acute, as the missile was traveling more than a mile per second.In an operations bay twelve hundred miles away at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, General Xu Junhai watched the missile on a large video screen. Long-range cameras on Hainan and on ships in the South China Sea showed only ...

-Titulo Original : The Family-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: The Instant New York Times bestsellerA TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club PickA captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself.Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love. But the disappearance of Antonia’s father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into women, wives, mothers, and leaders. Their hearts expand in tandem with Red Hook and Brooklyn around them, as they push against the boundaries of society’s expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before it’s too late. Review A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick A Barnes & Noble Discover Pick A Book of the Month PickOne of Parade’s Best Fall Books of 2021One of Cosmopolitan’s Best Historical Fiction of 2021One of Good Morning America’s 15 Books to Curl Up with This NovemberOne of PopSugar’s Best New Books of November 2021 One of Bustle’s Best Books of November 2021 One of Real Simple’s Best Books of 2021One of Katie CouricMedia’s Best Books About Female Friendship “Vivid, authentic and filled with the unexpected… Once you read this novel of blood and love, promises and betrayal, you may never look at family in quite the same way again.” -Washington Post “Krupitsky’s immersive debut is an intoxicating hybrid of The Sopranos and the novels of Elena Ferrante…The writing is downright dazzling….” -San Francisco Chronicle “Mario Puzo meets Elena Ferrante in Krupitsky’s dynamite debut novel...Fans of Adriana Trigiani and Lynda Cohen Loigman will inhale this tense, engrossing novel about family ties, women’s friendships, and the treacherous complications of loyalty.” -Booklist, starred review “Insightfully imagining the lives of two Italian American girls born into the Mafia as they come of age and become mothers, Krupitsky has written a debut that readers will want to inhale with occasional pauses to savor her evocative descriptions.” -Library Journal, starred review “Gripping.” -Real Simple“Loyalty, love, loss and redemption take this well told tale to a searing conclusion. You wont be able to put it down!”-Adriana Trigiani, author of Tonys Wife and The Shoemaker’s Wife “It’s been a long time since I’ve stayed up all night to read a book…. Krupitsky has created a riveting story powerful in its realism.” -Diane Chamberlain, author of Big Lies in a Small Town “Krupitsky has constructed a work of exquisite tension….A tremendous debut.” -Fiona Davis, author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue “If youve ever wondered what all of those Italian mafia movies would look like from the perspective of the women in the families, then you need to pick up a copy of The Family by Naomi Krupitsky right now.” -PopSugar “Krupitsky beautifully captures [Sofia and Antonia’s] day-to-day lives under never-ending tension. The women’s rich stories make this worthwhile.” -Publishers Weekly “With lyrical, dreamlike prose…Krupitsky’s confident style adds a satisfying literary dimension to the often-told tale of how the Mafia tested family loyalties…An authentic, moving novel.” -Historical Novels Review “[A] well-written and readable story…The war and the changing neighborhoods also shape their lives, but The Family and the violence it proffers continue to play the biggest role toward a dramatic and revengeful ending.” -Florida Times-Union“Compelling and electrically charged…The Family explores the darkness that lurks just below the surface...

-Titulo Original : Tom Clancy Chain Of Command (a Jack Ryan Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: The United States has stared down many threats with President Jack Ryan at the helm, but what if he’s not there when we need him? That’s the question facing a nation in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancys #1 New York Times bestselling series.A shadowy billionaire uses his fortune to further his corrupt ambitions. Along the way, he’s toppled democratically elected governments and exacerbated divisions within stable nations. The competitors he’s destroyed, the people he’s hurt, they’re all just marks on a ledger. Now, he’s ready to implement his most ambitious plan of all. There’s only one force standing in his way-President Jack Ryan.How do you compel a man like Jack Ryan to bend? He’s personally faced down everything from the Russian navy to cartel killers. It will take more than political headwinds or media disfavor to cause him to turn from his duty to the American people, but every man has an Achilles heel. Jack Ryan’s is his family.The answer is as simple as it is shocking. The billionaire has assembled an international team of the most ruthless mercenaries alive. Their mission-kidnap the First Lady. About the Author A little more than thirty years ago, Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimores Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. His first effort, The Hunt for Red October, sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it the perfect yarn. From that day forward, Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. He passed away in October 2013.A native of Texas, Marc Cameron spent almost thirty years in law enforcement. He served as a uniformed police officer, mounted (horse patrol) officer, SWAT officer, and a U.S. Marshal. Cameron is conversant in Japanese, and travels extensively researching his New York Times-bestselling Jericho Quinn novels. Camerons books have been nominated for both the Barry Award and the Thriller Award. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1Washington Air Route Traffic Control CenterLeesburg, VirginiaTime to decide: sixteen minutes.Tim Goode grabbed the edge of the desk and pushed his padded chair away from the radar console, rolling it forward and back, bleeding off nervous energy while he took a scant moment to study the electronic blip moving northeast. At least once a day some clueless pilot flew their little Cessna or Piper or Beechcraft across the imaginary line that fenced the United States capital.Bewitched, ballsy, or bewildered? Goode muttered under his breath, rolling his chair all the way forward again. A low growl rumbled in his chest.Seriously, dude? All you gotta do is look at the chart . . .Dozens of blips and corresponding transponder codes moved across his scope. It wasnt like this moron was the only aircraft he had to worry about at the moment.Goode adjusted the mic on his headset-as if that would do any good-and tried the radio for the third time.Aircraft on a sixty-degree south of Nokesville, identify yourself on this frequency.Nada. Nothing. NORDO.Aircraft were not permitted within thirty nautical miles of the Washington Reagan Airport VOR-the SFRA, or Special Flight Rules Area-unless they met three specific criteria. They needed a flight plan. They had to be in communications with air traffic control. And their transponder had to squawk on the assigned frequency.This inbound numbnuts was batting zero for three-and making a beeline for the capital at a hundred and twenty knots, covering two miles every minute.Goode waved over his shoulder for a supervisor with his left hand. His right moved for the computer mouse on his desk, activating the red and green signaling lasers located around the SFRA. Aided by radar...

-Titulo Original : The Midnight Lock (lincoln Rhyme Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: The master of ticking-bomb suspense (People) Jeffery Deaver delivers the latest thriller featuring his beloved protagonists Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs as they search for a criminal whose fascination with breaking locks terrorizes New York City.A woman awakes in the morning to find that someone has picked her apartment’s supposedly impregnable door lock and rearranged personal items, even sitting beside her while she slept. The intrusion, the police learn, is a message to the entire city of carnage to come. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate and soon learn that the sociopathic intruder, who calls himself the Locksmith,” can break through any lock or security system ever devised. With more victims on the horizon, Rhyme, Sachs and their stable of associates must follow the evidence to the man’s lair… and discover his true mission. Their hunt is interrupted when an internal investigation in the police force uncovers what seems to be a crucial mistake in one of Rhymes previous cases. He’s fired as a consultant for the NYPD and must risk jail if he investigates the Locksmith case in secret. The Midnight Lock is a roller-coaster read that takes place over just a few days’ time, features surprise after surprise and offers a fascinating look at the esoteric world of lockpicking. Review “The wait has been worth it. This is prime Rhyme: a fiendishly smart villain, bewildering crimes, plenty of plot twists, and Lincoln, the quadriplegic criminalist, is at his cranky, belligerent, brilliantly clever best.”-Booklist “The dialogue and plotting are as sharp as ever in The Midnight Lock …If the burglar’s break-in feats often resemble magic, so do some of Deaver’s tricks.”-The Sunday Times of London “Some readers will be aghast in admiration at the nonstop revelations, others impatient for every last T to be crossed so that they can turn the last page and get to sleep before dawn. In the end, everyone will agree that there’s no other detective under the midnight moon like Lincoln Rhyme.”-Kirkus Reviews About the Author Jeffery Deaver is the #1 international bestselling author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. His first novel featuring Lincoln Rhyme, The Bone Collector, was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Hes received or been shortlisted for a number of awards around the world, including Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers and the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers Association in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was the recipient of three lifetime achievement awards. A former journalist, folksinger, and attorney, he was born outside of Chicago and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1Something wasnt right.Annabelle Talese, though, couldnt quite figure out what that might be.One aspect of this concern, or disorientation, or mystery, could be explained by the presence of a hangover, though a minor one. She called them hangunders-maybe one and a half glasses of sauvignon blanc too many. Shed been out with Trish and Gab at Titos, which had to be one of the strangest of all restaurants on the Upper West Side of Manhattan: a fusion of Serbian and Tex-Mex. Fried cheese with beans and salsa was a specialty.Big wine pours too.As she lay on her side, she brushed the tickling, thick blond hair away from her eyes and wondered: Whats wrong with this picture?Well, for one thing, the window was open a few inches; a May breeze, thick with the gassy-asphalt scent of Manhattan, eased in. She rarely opened it. Why had she done so last night?The twenty-seven-year-old, who had dabbled at modeling and was now content behind the scenes of the...

-Titulo Original : Marauder (the Oregon Files)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Its up to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of his ship, the Oregon, to stop a terrorist plot to release a deadly chemical weapon across the globe in the explosive new novel in Clive Cusslers #1 New York Times bestselling series.While interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Juan Cabrillo and his team discover something even more dangerous: a ruthless billionaires dying wish has allowed a paralyzing chemical to end up in the hands of a terrorist group. When an Oregon crew member falls victim to the poison, Juan Cabrillo will stop at nothing to find an antidote before it is too late. He and his team must connect an ancient mystery with a cunning modern enemy in order to save millions of innocent lives, including their own. Review Suspenseful...Readers will race through the pages to see what happens next.--Publishers WeeklyEnough action and suspense here to keep adventure fans turning the pages...A solid entry in a reliable action series.--BooklistThe late Clive Cussler and bestselling author Boyd Morrison are back together one more time in this latest Oregon Files thriller...Marauder is everything you would want from this writing team, and the action never slows down.--Bookreporter About the Author Clive Cussler was the author of more than seventy books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt, NUMA Files, Oregon Files, Isaac Bell, and Sam and Remi Fargo. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020.Boyd Morrison is the coauthor with Cussler of the Oregon Files novels Piranha, The Emperors Revenge, Typhoon Fury, Shadow Tyrants, and Final Option, and the author of six other books. He is also an actor and engineer, with a doctorate in engineering from Virginia Tech, who has worked on NASAs space station project at Johnson Space Center and developed several patents at Thomson/RCA. In 2003, he fulfilled a lifelong dream by becoming a Jeopardy! Champion. He lives in Seattle. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. One Strait of Malacca Captain Omar Rahal tracked the small boat racing across the placid waters of the narrow strait. It was approaching his California-bound oil tanker from dead ahead, and far too quickly to be a fishing boat. Hed tried to raise them on the radio, but there was no response. It meant only one thing. Pirates. Using his binoculars, he could see that the boat was full of men armed with guns, but there was nothing he could do to avoid them. The Dahar was more than 300 meters long, and the strait between Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra was barely three kilometers across at its narrowest point. The ponderous ship would be impossible to turn around, and the speedboat would easily outmaneuver any attempt to ram it. Increase to full speed, he nevertheless told the executive officer. Were not going to make the Dahar an easy target. Such high velocity for a ship as big as theirs was risky in these tight confines, even with calm seas, but he couldnt let them hijack his ship without doing something. As the XO ordered full power, Rahal activated the shipwide intercom. Now hear this, men. We have hostiles off our bow. They are armed and mean to board us. Initiate emergency lockdowns and go to your action stations. Do not, I repeat, do not attempt to fight them. He didnt want any crew members to die on his watch. The boat passed behind the bow of the Dahar so that Rahal could no longer see it. He went to the port bridge wing so he could...

-Titulo Original : Tom Clancy Target Acquired (a Jack Ryan Jr. Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Jack Ryan, Jr., will do anything for a friend, but this favor will be paid for in blood in the latest electric entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Jack Ryan, Jr. would do anything for Ding Chavez. Thats why Jack is currently sitting in an open-air market in Israel, helping a CIA team with a simple job. The man running the mission, Peter Beltz, is an old friend from Dings Army days. Ding hadnt seen his friend since Peters transfer to the CIA eighteen months prior, and intended to use the assignment to reconnect. Unfortunately, Ding had to cancel at the last minute and asked Jack to take his place. Its a cushy assignment--a trip to Israel in exchange for a couple hours of easy work, but Jack could use the downtime after his last operation. Jack is here merely as an observer, but when he hastens to help a woman and her young son, he finds himself the target of trained killers. Alone and outgunned, Jack will have to use all his skills to protect the life of the child. About the Author Tom Clancy was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than eighteen books. He died in October 2013.Don Bentley spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot, and while deployed in Afghanistan was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal with V device for valor. Following his time in the military, Bentley worked as an FBI special agent focusing on foreign intelligence and counterintelligence and was a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team member. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Prologue Al Tanf Outpost, Syria “Why are we here again?” Master Sergeant Cary Marks said, shifting his weight for what seemed like the hundredth time. The two-man sniper hide site Cary and his spotter were nestled beneath offered a number of advantages to its occupants, not the least of which being near invisibility in both the thermal and visual spectrums. It was the closest thing to a Harry Potter cloak he’d seen in his decade and a half of service with 5th Special Forces Group. But for all the hide site’s technical prowess, it still didn’t make the Syrian soil any more comfortable. “Because we’re Special Forces,” Sergeant First Class Jad Mustafa said, tuning the focus on his M151 spotting scope. “That means we get to do special shit.” As always, Jad’s gift of understatement had reared its ugly head. Special shit didn’t come anywhere close to capturing the pure and unadulterated joy that had been the last twelve hours. Per the techniques, tactics, and procedures Cary and his fellow long tabbers had perfected during their countless combat deployments in support of the never-ending war on terror, he and Jad had infiltrated about 0300 local time. This hour was not randomly chosen. At this time of year BMNT, or Begin Morning Nautical Twilight, was at 0500. This was the time of day when the human eye could start to discern objects from shadows. This was important for a number of reasons chief of which being that even after thousands of years of civilization, human beings were still attuned to the world around them. Though they might not recognize it as such, the average person’s circadian rhythms programmed them to feel restless around dawn. With that in mind, Cary and Jad had wormed their way into the shallow depression they now occupied while the rest of the world was fast asleep. And while the rocky soil and surrounding scrub brush had provided exactly the hide hole they’d been hoping for, the accommodations were not exactly five star. The two men had made camp on a sand flea nest. A large one. Green Berets might be renowned for their ability to destroy enemy forces much larger than their organic twelve-man A-teams, but this was a different kind of battle. Cary had been waging a bloody war of attrition against the little beasties, but the pecker fleas were winning. “Goddamn it, Jad,” Cary said, trying to ignore the burning sensation da...

-Titulo Original : Foul Play (a Stone Barrington Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: In the latest action-packed thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington faces down a persistent rival.Stone Barrington is nearing his New York City abode when he stumbles into trouble. As it turns out, a new client is in danger-and with both business and the safety of the city at stake, he has no choice but to get involved. When it soon becomes clear that a complicated scheme is being hatched, Stone will need to use his expertise and connections to unravel the clever plot. Though the source remains unknown, it’s just a matter of time before he and Stone must each show their hands. From ritzy Manhattan high-rises to the lush serenity of the Connecticut countryside, the game of cat and mouse can end with only one victor…. Review Enjoyable...This is a good entry point for newcomers to this long-running series.--Publishers Weekly About the Author Stuart Woods is the author of more than eighty-five novels, including the #1 New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and Connecticut. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ONEStone Barrington was headed down Second Avenue in the heaviest rain he could remember. Fortunately, he was in a taxi. He was also about a third of a block from his street. The traffic on the cross street had come to a complete halt, and thus, so had Second Avenue, and Stone had an appointment with a new client in five minutes.I think Id better get out here, he said to the driver.Whats that? I cant hear you. The rain was hammering on the cabs roof, making a horrific noise.Im going to get out! Stone shouted, shoving some money through the plexiglass screen.Youre gonna drown! the driver shouted.I have an umbrella! Stone shouted back, opening the rear door. He stuck the umbrella out first and got it open, then he stepped into the street and kicked the door shut behind him. He was ankle deep in water, but he made it to the sidewalk, which was marginally better.As he rounded the corner, the traffic on the cross street suddenly began to move, and turning onto his street, he looked up the block and saw a man kicking something on the sidewalk. His vision was not helped by the rain, but it looked as though a dog was being abused. Stone simultaneously started to trot and close his umbrella, wrapping the tab around it and securing it, while the rain began drumming on his hat. Then he realized that the lump on the sidewalk was a man.Hey! Stone shouted at the kicker. The man looked up at him; he was wearing a ski mask. Stone ran at him-giving little thought to the size of the man, which was large-and drew back the umbrella. He swung at the man, connecting with his left arm, near the shoulder, and heard a shout of pain. The umbrella was golf-sized and had a thick wooden shaft, topped by a heavy, brierwood curved handle. Stone swung again, aiming at the head. The handle caught the man on the chin, but not solidly, since he was now withdrawing.Stone thought of pursuing him, but the man on the ground let out a loud groan, gaining Stones attention. He opened the umbrella and held it over the victim. Can you hear me? Stone shouted.Yes, the man said, nodding. Blood was being washed off his face by the rain.If I help you, can you get up?Maybe.Stone held out his left hand, and the man grabbed it and struggled to his feet. Hold on to my arm, Stone said. Its just a few doors. They shuffled up the street together, taking small steps. At the door, Stone found he couldnt ring the bell without letting go of the umbrella, so that was what he did. He leaned on the bell and heard a continuous ringing.A moment later, Joan Robertson, his secretary, opened the door, sized up the situation, and took the man o...

-Titulo Original : Dark Of The Moon (a Virgil Flowers Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: The first Virgil Flowers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.“Virgil Flowers, introduced in bestseller Sandford’s Prey series, gets a chance to shine...The thrice-divorced, affable member of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), who reports to Prey series hero Lucas Davenport, operates pretty much on his own..”*He’s been doing the hard stuff for three years, but he’s never seen anything like this. In the small rural town of Bluestem, an old man is bound in his basement, doused with gasoline and set on fire. Three weeks before, a doctor and his wife were murdered. Three homicides in Bluestem in just as many weeks is unheard of. It’s also no coincidence. And it’s far from over... Review “Sandford keeps the reader guessing and the pages turning while Flowers displays the kind of cool and folksy charm that might force Davenport to share the spotlight more often.”-*Publishers Weekly“Flowers is a welcome addition to [Sandford’s] body of work.”-Chicago Sun-Times“[Sandford] maintains the page-turning momentum that makes his novels such a treat. If you liked Lucas, you’ll love Virgil.”-The Tampa Tribune“A book that will keep you turning pages, guessing, and completely immersed-and engrossed-in whatever Sandford wants to throw at you. It’s a great ride, and Sandford proves that sometimes it’s not the character, it’s not the series, it’s the writer.”-The Post and Courier“An adrenaline rush peppered with laugh-out-loud moments.”-Booklist About the Author John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of twenty-six Prey novels (most recently Extreme Prey); four Kidd novels; eight Virgil Flowers novels; two YA novels coauthored with his wife, Michele Cook; and three other books, including Saturn Run. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. DARK OF THE MOONALSO BY JOHN SANDFORDRules of PreyShadow PreyEyes of PreySilent PreyWinter PreyNight PreyMind PreySudden PreyThe Night CrewSecret PreyCertain PreyEasy PreyChosen PreyMortal PreyNaked PreyHidden PreyBroken PreyDead WatchInvisible PreyKIDD NOVELSThe Fool’s RunThe Empress FileThe Devil’s CodeThe Hanged Man’s SongDARK OF THE MOONJOHN SANDFORDG. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORKAcknowledgmentChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Chapter 21Chapter 22Chapter 23Chapter 24Chapter 25Chapter 26AcknowledgmentThis book was written in cooperation with my friend Larry Millett, an architectural writer (The Curve of the Arch, Lost Twin Cities), local historian (Strange Days, Dangerous Nights), and occasional novelist (Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon and four other tales featuring Holmes and Irish barkeep Shadwell Rafferty). Millett was recently described in a general-circulation magazine as “handsome,” which threw me into paroxysms of jealousy, but which, in the end, did not deflect us from our appointed deadline….-JOHN SANDFORD 1SIX GARBAGE BAGS full of red cedar shavings, purchased two at a time for a dollar a bag, at midnight, at the self-serve shed at Dunstead & Daughter Custom Furniture, serving your fine cabinetry needs since 1986. No cameras, no lights, no attendant, no theft, no problem.Moonie stacked the bags in the basement, Cross Canadian Ragweed pounding through the iPod ear-buds, singing about those dead-red lips; then up the stairs, pulling the ear-buds, to where the old man lay facedown on the rug, shaking, kicking, crying, trying to get free. Tied with cheap hemp rope, but no matter. The old man was so old and so feeble that string would have worked as well as rope.“Please,” he groaned, “don’t hurt me.”Moonie laughed, a long singing rock ’n’ roll laugh, and at the end of it, said, “I’m not going to hurt you. I’m going to kill you.”“What do you wan...

-Titulo Original : Shakeup (a Stone Barrington Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Review “Woods’s alternate universe-in which the first female U.S. president is succeeded by the second female U.S. president-provides perfect escapist fare.”-Publishers Weekly“Woods provides a lively romp of a book, but its built for entertainment, not solving puzzles. Pick up a copy to update your sense of why James Bond was and is adored.”-New York Journal of Books About the Author Stuart Woods is the author of more than eighty-five novels, including the #1 New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and Connecticut. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Stone Barrington stood under the portico of the Hay-Adams Hotel, in Washington, D.C., and shivered. It was January 20, and he was dressed in a dark blue pinstripe suit, a double-breasted cashmere overcoat, a black cashmere scarf, and a soft, dark blue fedora. His hands were crammed into soft black leather gloves with a cashmere lining, yet, after only three minutes of this, he was already freezing. A thermometer across the street read 22 degrees Fahrenheit. A black SUV with darkened windows drove under the portico, and the doorman conversed briefly with the driver, then beckoned Stone. Another doorman opened the nearest door for him, and he slid into the warm interior. Mr. Barrington? the driver asked. Thats me. May I see your White House badge, please? Stone dug his way past the scarf and felt for the plastic badge on the silk tape that hung around his neck, then held it up so the driver could compare the face on the badge with the man holding it. Thank you, sir. Normally, its a very short drive, but it may take us a little longer today. Lots of traffic. It took twelve minutes before someone opened the rear door and Stone hurried through the next portico. His outer garments and hat were taken from him, and he was escorted to an elevator, which disgorged him onto the upstairs floor. A Secret Service agent opened the door to the family quarters and allowed him to enter. He knew the way. He found the president of the United States, the former president of the United States, and the next president of the United States sitting before the fireplace, sipping from teacups. Come in, Stone, and have tea, Katharine Rule Lee said. Its the custom, on Inauguration Day, for the outgoing president to have the incoming president for tea, prior to the ceremony. Stone shook Will Lees hand and kissed Holly Barker on the cheek, then asked for Earl Grey, with lemon and a carcinogen. The president poured. I understand its a bit chilly outside, Will said. I recommend outer clothing made to Antarctic standards, Stone replied. Typical, Will replied, on Inauguration Day. Hows the crowd? Ive only seen an aerial view on television, Stone said, but the ground under the crowd was not visible. Oh, good. The networks delight in comparing the crowd size to the last presidents. Stone was only halfway thawed before they were summoned to depart. In the reception hall downstairs, his outer clothing was returned to him, and he was helped into it. Taking the jump seat beside Will in the presidential limousine, Stone marveled at the foot-thick doors, the three-inch-thick window glass, and the absolute silence inside. As soon as the womens garments could be arranged in the rear seat, they were off. The Bacchettis will be seated with us, Kate said. Im told well have electric blankets for our laps. The Bacchettis were Stones closest friends, he the police commissioner of New York City and she the COO of Strategic Services, the worlds second-largest security company. Stone and Dino had been partners as detectives on the NYPD, when everybody was younger. Only Kate and Will managed to make conversation: Holly was as silent as a rock, and...

-Titulo Original : Robert B. Parkers Fools Paradise (a Jesse Stone Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: When an unknown man is found murdered in Paradise, Jesse Stone will have his hands full finding out who he was--and what he was seeking.When a body is discovered at the lake in Paradise, Police Chief Jesse Stone is surprised to find he recognizes the murder victim--the man had been at the same AA meeting as Jesse the evening before. But otherwise, Jesse has no clue as to the mans identity. He isnt a local, nor does he have ID on him, nor does any neighboring state have a reported missing person matching his description. Their single lead is from a taxi company that recalls dropping off the mysterious stranger outside the gate at the mansion of one of the wealthiest families in town. . . . Meanwhile, after Jesse survives a hail of gunfire on his home, he wonders if it could be related to the murder. When both Molly Crane and Suitcase Simpson also become targets, its clear someone has an ax to grind against the entire Paradise PD. Review One of the best crime thrillers hitting stores this year . . . and quite possibly the best novel set in one of Parker’s universe since the iconic author passed away.”--The Real Book Spy About the Author Mike Lupica is a prominent sports journalist and the New York Times-bestselling author of more than forty works of fiction and non-fiction. A longtime friend to Robert B. Parker, he was selected by the Parker estate to continue the Sunny Randall and Jesse Stone series. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. OneJesse Stone opened his eyes even before the alarm on his phone started to chirp, 5:58 a.m. Sunday, Fourth of July weekend, cold sober. Stone cold. Private joke. His drinking never was. Jesse had never been a happy drunk, or a funny one. Just a drunk.Once he would still have been drunk at this time of the morning, trying to decide whether he was waking up or coming to, and likely scared shitless about what he might have done the night before.Good times.Now he set the alarm for six, seven days a week.Last night had been another early one for him, after the relighting of the marquee above the entrance to the Paradise Cinema. The theater had burned to the ground the year before. But somehow that day the volunteers from the Paradise Fire Department had managed to save the marquee. In the immediate aftermath of the fire, a not-for-profit committee had been formed by Lily Cain, part of the towns royal and ruling class. It was called Friends of Paradise. No better friend than Lily, who, being Lily, had quickly raised enough money to invade New Hampshire. The Paradise Cinema had been rebuilt in less than a year and had officially reopened last night.Jesse had looked around the crowd during the ceremony and seen all these happy faces lining Main Street. So many more faces of color than there had been in Paradise when hed first arrived here. The town wasnt just more diverse than it had been twenty years ago. He knew it was better because of the diversity, livelier and more welcoming. Even though he knew people of color still scared the money in town, and there was still a boatload of that.But for this one night, they all stood shoulder to shoulder on Main Street, cheering the reopening of a theater that always looked to Jesse as if it had been a fixture in Paradise almost as long as the ocean. It always amazed Jesse how little it took to make other people happy.Molly Crane, his deputy and friend, had seen him staring into the crowd before Lily Cain threw the switch to light the marquee.Looking for potential perps? she said.Nope, he said. Just trying to figure out why something like this could make this many people feel this good.Maybe because these people dont think feeling good is against the law in Paradise, Massachusetts, she said.Im the chief, Jesse said. I should know shit like that.Not about being happy, Molly said.I think of myself as a work in progress, he said.Shed sighed and said, So much wor...

-Titulo Original : The Breaker (a Peter Ash Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Nonstop action at a machine gun pace. If you arent reading Nick Petrie, now is the time to start.--C.J. BoxPeter Ash tangles with dangerous enemies and terrifying technology in the newest thriller from bestselling author Nick Petrie.A man wanted by two governments, Peter Ash has found a simple, low-profile life in Milwaukee, living with his girlfriend June and renovating old buildings with his friend Lewis. Staying out of trouble is the key to preserving this fragile peace . . . but when Peter spots a suspicious armed man walking into a crowded market, he knows he cant stand by and do nothing.Peter does interrupt a crime, but it wasnt at all what hed expected. The young gunman appeared to have one target and one mission--but when he escapes, and his victim vanishes before police arrive, it seems there is more to the encounter than meets the eye. Peters hunch is proven correct when a powerful associate from his past appears with an interest in the crime, and an irresistible offer: if he and June solve this mystery, Peters record will be scrubbed clean. While Peter and Lewis trace the gunman, reporter June digs into the victim of the incident, a man whose face rings a bell in her memory. As their parallel investigations draw together, theyre thrust into the path of a ruthless tech thief, an eerily cheerful assassin, a brilliant and troubled inventor, and a revolutionary technology that could wreak devastation in the wrong hands. But for Peter, even more is at stake: this investigation is his only path to a life free from the threat of prosecution or prison. Before the end, hell have to fight harder than ever before to ensure that freedom doesnt come at too high a cost. . . . Review “Nonstop action at a machine gun pace.”-C.J. BoxAnother outstanding offering in the celebrated Peter Ash series, with Nick Petries trademark complex and fascinating characters inhabiting a tightly woven story that will keep thriller lovers riveted. The hype about Nick Petrie is real- hes just that damn good!-Mark Greaney“What seems simple and predictable turns complex and surprising in this thriller, the sixth in the Peter Ash series. The swiftly paced, action-dominated plot rushes headlong from its outset...Brisk, terse, and diverting.”-Kirkus ReviewsPetrie excels at propulsive pacing while keeping his characters compelling, daring, and, best of all, morally courageous.-Minneapolis Star Tribune“[A] grand-scale actioner.”-Booklist[A]drenaline-laden plot…Petrie continues to show his affinity with melding action and character in The Breaker.-South Florida Sun-Sentinel About the Author Nick Petrie is the author of five novels in the Peter Ash series, most recently The Wild One. His debut, The Drifter, won both the ITW Thriller award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel, and was a finalist for the Edgar and the Hammett Awards. A husband and father, he lives in Milwaukee. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1PeterThe flatbed Toyota was too big for tight city parking, so Peter and Lewis left it behind a gas station and walked up St. Paul and across the river toward the Milwaukee Public Market, four blocks away. It was lunchtime on a blue-sky October day, and they were dirty and cheerful from a morning of demolition on a property Lewis owned in the city.Peter Ash was tall and bony in a faded gray T-shirt and double-front work pants torn at the knees, a blue hooded sweatshirt slung over one shoulder. He hadnt cut his hair since a large-animal veterinarian had shaved his head the year before and it now hung in a dark surfers shag streaked with premature gray.He didnt like dealing with all that hair, but it changed the shape of his face, which was helpful. Most of the pictures they had of him were from his old Marine Corps ID, with the classic jarhead cut that revealed the shape of the skull beneath.June Cassidy liked to tease him by saying hed be cute with ...

-Titulo Original : The Summer Job-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: “My perfect summer read! Sure to be one of the sweetest, funniest, and sexiest books of the year.” -Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation Named a Best Beach Read byCosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, Bustle, Country Living, Parade, Fortune, and more.What if you could be someone else? Just for the summer...Birdy has made a mistake. Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it. And the life shes run into is her best friend Heathers. The only problem is, she hasnt told Heather. The summer job at the highland Scottish hotel that her world class wine-expert friend ditched turns out to be a lot more than Birdy bargained for. Can she survive a summer pretending to be her best friend? And can Birdy stop herself from falling for the first man shes ever actually liked, but who thinks shes someone else? One good friends very bad decision is at the heart of this laugh-out-loud love story and unexpected tale of a woman finally finding herself in the strangest of places. Review Advance Praise for The Summer Job One of Cosmopolitan’s New Books to Feed Your Wanderlust One of Marie Claire’s Ultimate Summer Beach ReadsOne of Entertainment Weekly’s 20 Best New Books to Read in May One of New York Post’s 30 Best Books on Our Summer Reading List One of Bustle’s 20 Best Beach Reads of 2021 One of PopSugar’s Best Romance Books about Travel to Read This Month One of Real Simple’s 31 Best Beach ReadsOne of Country Living’s 30 Can’t Miss Beach Reads for This Summer One of Parade’s 25 Books You’ll Want to Read This Sizzling Season One of Fortune’s 10 Entertaining New Books to Read This Summer One of The Pioneer Woman’s20 Best Beach Reads of Summer 2021 One of SheReads’s Most Anticipated Romance Books of 2021 One of PureWow’s 18 Best Beach Reads of Summer 2021One of Life Savvy’s 17 Can’t Miss Books Hitting Shelves This May One of Glitter Guide’s 9 Books To Add To Your May Reading List One of Hello Giggles’s 11 Best New Books to Read in MayOne of Bon Appetit’s 15 Must-Read Novels to Gift Everyone on Your List “My perfect summer read! Sure to be one of the sweetest, funniest, and sexiest books of the year.” -Emily Henry, author of Beach Read“Witty and funny and it packs an emotional punch…Loved it, Im in the queue for more Lizzy Dent.” -Josie Silver, author of One Day in December “Fresh, funny and filled with delicious food and wine.” -Beth O’Leary, author of The Flatshare “A rom-com-esque adventure in which a girl steals her best friend’s identity to spend the season at a luxury Scottish Highland resort. Lol, same.” -Cosmopolitan “Funny, romantic, hilariously chaotic and full to the brim with Scottish charm.” -Parade “The secluded Scotland setting makes it easy to immerse yourself in Birdys world…Plenty of bad decisions and dramatic disasters, a cast of supporting characters to love and hate, and a sweet and tender romance despite all odds. But through it all, you cant help but root for Birdy!” -PopSugar“If you’re a fan of Outlander but want an adventure in the Scottish Highlands with a little more Wi-Fi, this is the read for you.” -Shondaland “A soul-soothing delight…When you can’t choose between the many rom-coms on the many streaming services, reach for The Summer Job to get a similarly wholesome dose of fluff.” -Bon Appetit“Dent hits a home run with her first novel...A sure bet for fans of Jenny Colgan.” -Library Journal, starred“Escapist fun…Fans of Emily Henry and Katie Fforde should add this to their summer-read list.” -Booklist “Fans of Emily Henry or Sophie Kinsella will fall for debut novelist Lizzy Dent.” -Shelf Awareness “Fun with a capital F…If youve ever felt youre getting left behind in life, or dont have everything worked out quite yet, this is the book for you.” -Sophie Cousens, author of This Time Next Year “Birdy has kicked off her summer job as sommelier at a remote Scottis...

-Titulo Original : Shiver-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm.When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, shes expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with four old friends. It might have been a decade since she saw them last, but shes never forgotten the bond they forged on this very mountain during a winter spent fiercely training for an elite snowboarding competition. Yet no sooner do Milla and the others arrive for the reunion than they realize something is horribly wrong. The resort is deserted. The cable cars that delivered them to the mountaintop have stopped working. Their cell phones--missing. And inside the hotel, detailed instructions await them: an icebreaker game, designed to draw out their secrets. A game meant to remind them of Saskia, the enigmatic sixth member of their group, who vanished the morning of the competition years before and has long been presumed dead.Stranded in the resort, Millas not sure whats worse: the increasingly sinister things happening around her or the looming snowstorm thats making escape even more impossible. All she knows is that theres no one on the mountain she can trust. Because someone has gathered them there to find out the truth about Saskia...someone who will stop at nothing to get answers. And if Millas not careful, she could be the next to disappear... Review One of PopSugar and Bustles Most Anticipated Books of January“[A] gripping debut thriller… Reynolds writes with the same fast-paced intensity of an energy drink-fueled trip down the slopes. Alongside its central mystery, Shiver offers an intimate look at the convoluted relationships of athletes who excel at a sport most people are too cautious even to attempt--including what happens when the truth becomes inescapable, both because of the blizzard and other equally unpredictable forces.”--Shelf AwarenessDeep in the breathtaking winter bleakness of the French Alps, revenge-and perhaps even murder-is most definitely afoot...This suspenseful debut thriller by a former freestyle snowboarder contains both style and substance.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“[A] buzzy debut…The story alternates between the present and 10 years prior, ratcheting up the suspense and spooling out a cast of intriguing characters drawn together atop a picturesque yet deadly mountain. Reynolds, a former international snowboarder, delivers the thrills in her must-read debut.--Library Journal (starred review)Will chill you to the bone.--New York PostExciting...Reynolds, a former competitive snowboarder, brings authenticity to her Alpine setting with her detailed descriptions of the sport. Fans of locked-room mysteries will have fun.--Publishers Weekly “An atmospheric winter treat. Recommend it to those who enjoyed recent tales of reunions gone awry.--Booklist“Reynolds, a former snowboarder turned author, delivers with this locked-room mystery that calls to mind a Golden Age tradition of disparate characters summoned to isolated locales to reckon with their sins.”--CrimeReadsUltimately, Shiver presents a mind-racing puzzle that quivers with excitement.-- Mystery and Suspense MagazineAllie Reynolds’ debut novel is full of suspense and a multitude of plot twists....A genuine page-turner that will keep you guessing until the very end.--Bookreporter “[A] compelling locked-room thriller...this buzzy debut is filled with suspense and thrills that will keep you reading long into the night.”--BookriotA fantastic debut!...This aptly named thriller will keep you riveted in your seat…This author skillfully weaves her knowledge of snowboarding with a mystery full of twists and turns… A winter thriller must-read.”--Manhattan Book ReviewA chilling read - it was gripping from the off and real...

-Titulo Original : The Revelators (a Quinn Colson Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: In this gripping new crime novel from the New York Times-bestselling author, Quinn Colson returns to take down a criminal syndicate that has ravaged his community, threatened his family, and tried to have him killed.Shot up and left for dead, Sheriff Quinn Colson has revenge on his mind. With the help of his new wife, Maggie; rehabilitation; and sheer force of will, hes walking again, eager to resume his work as a southern lawman and track down those responsible for his attempted murder. But someone is standing in his way: an interim sheriff, appointed by the newly elected Governor Vardaman, the man who Quinn knows ordered his murder. Vardaman sits at the top of the states power structure--both legal and criminal--and little does he know, Quinn is still working to take him down. Quinn will enlist the help of his most trusted friends, including federal agent Jon Holliday, U.S. Marshal Lillie Virgil, and Nat Wilikins, an undercover agent now working for crime queen Fannie Hathcock. Since Quinns been gone, the criminal element in North Mississippi has flourished, with Hathcock enjoying unbridled freedom. Now as a bustling factory shuts down, a labor leader ends up dead, and Quinns own nephew goes missing, everything looks to be unraveling. Even an old friend from Quinns past, Donnie Varner, is out of jail and up to his own ways.Quinn Colson and company have been planning for years, and now theyre finally ready to bust apart a criminal empire running on a rigged system for far too long. This is the Battle of Jericho, the epic showdown thats been years in the making. Eventually, the war will end--for better or worse. Review “Raucous [and] unflinching.”-Tampa Bay TimesAtkins delivers an action-forward homage, complete with a cordite-smelling finale (blood-spattered, yes, but cleansing, too).-Booklist About the Author Ace Atkins is the author of twenty-five books, including ten Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which, The Ranger and The Lost Ones, were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. He is the author of seven New York Times-bestselling novels in the continuation of RobertB. Parkers Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times, a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and a defensive end for Auburn University football. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Ten months after the shooting out on Perfect Circle Road, a twelve-year-old girl named Ana Gabriel walked in the ninety-five-degree August heat with her little brother Sancho. Sancho was only nine and knew nothing about politics or corruption in Tibbehah County, only that their mother hadnt shown up to drive them home on their first day of school and he was upset. It frustrated him even further that Ana Gabriel had decided theyd better walk than wait, Sancho questioning all that was good and holy, a full four miles back to the Frog Pond Trailer Park, where so many of the Mexican and Guatemalan families had settled. They were very tired and sweaty, cutting through a thicket of pines and down through a kudzu ravine that hugged the highway. I knew this day would come, Sancho said. The Rapture. Just like the movies from church. Angels blowing trumpets. People being whisked into the clouds to meet Jesus, even those in airplanes or sitting on toilets. He has taken all the good people and left the sullen and the wicked behind. Every story must end, Ana Gabriel. We know as much. Now it is time for the human race. Would you please shut up? Ana Gabriel Hernandez-Ramirez said, walking beside her little brother. Mam‡ has a reason. She is still at work. Maybe she had to go to the market to buy eggs, cheese, and milk. Perhaps even had engine trouble. Her car. You know that car. So many troubles. Then why wont she answer her phone? Sancho asked, wide face shining with sweat, trudging alongside her, short legs trying to keep up. We h...

-Titulo Original : Robert Ludlums The Bourne Treachery (jason Bourne)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: The world’s most ruthlessly efficient assassin, Jason Bourne, is facing the one force he can’t defeat-his own past-in the latest thrilling entry in Robert Ludlum’s New York Times bestselling series. Three years ago, Jason Bourne embarked on a mission in Estonia with his partner and lover, a fiery Treadstone agent code-named Nova. Their job was to rescue a Russian double agent who’d been smuggled out of St. Petersburg in the midst of an FSB manhunt. They failed. The Russian died at the hands of a shadowy assassin known only by the nickname Lennon. Now everything has changed for Bourne. Nova is gone, killed in a mass shooting in Las Vegas. Bourne is a lone operative, working in the shadows for Treadstone, when he’s called in for a new mission in London-to prevent another assassination masterminded by Lennon. But nothing about this mission is what it seems. As Bourne engages in a cat-and-mouse game with Lennon across the British countryside, he discovers that everything he thought he knew about the past was a lie. And with the body count rising, he comes to an inevitable conclusion: Some secrets should stay buried. About the Author Brian Freeman is the bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Jonathan Stride and Frost Easton series. His Audible original, The Deep, Deep Snow, hit the New York Times audio bestseller list. His novels have won the International Thriller Writers Award and the Macavity Award and been finalists for the Gold Dagger, Edgar, Anthony, and Barry Awards.Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 225 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He was the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--among other novels. Ludlum passed away in March 2001. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Tallinn, Estonia Three Years Ago From the doorway of a shuttered antique shop in the alley, the man known as Jason Bourne observed the holiday market in Tallinns Raekoja Plats. It was almost time to move. When the moment came, he would have only seconds to get the target safely away, but he already had the escape route visualized in his head. He and Nova had rehearsed it a dozen times in the past two hours. Separate the target, hustle him past the old town hall, and follow Kullasseppa out of the square. Then theyd cross the citys medieval wall to the rendezvous point near the Nevsky Cathedral. That was the plan, but plans had a way of coming apart once the mission began. In the darkness, with people packed shoulder to shoulder, there were too many ways for an unseen assassin to kill. His face felt the bite of the bitter-cold December night. An inch of powdery snow had already fallen, trampled into slippery slush by hundreds of footsteps. A church choir sang from the steps of the raekoda, their voices competing with the happy chatter of visitors in the rows of open-air shops. Strings of white lights dangled between the rooftops and swayed in the wind, and a fifty-foot, brightly lit Christmas tree dominated the center of the huge square. He smelled cinnamon wafting from vats of hot mulled wine. On his radio, Bourne heard the honey-smooth British accent of his Treadstone partner. Any sign of Kotov? Nova asked. Bourne eyed the stone archway ahead of him. A tunnel led to the restaurant where several of the Baltic defense ministers were having dinner. Not yet. It should be any minute now. You have company, Nova warned. Long beard, fur collar, fleece hood? Thats him. How many others? Bourne asked. At least four. Looks like Holly was right. The FSB wasted no time sending in a team to take out Kotov. Bournes eyes swept the town hall square again. He spotted Nova twenty yards away, browsing at a kiosk that sold German nutcrackers. She wore a beret over her long, lush black ...

-Titulo Original : The Final Twist (a Colter Shaw Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: The master of ticking-bomb suspense (People) returns with a devilishly good thriller, and reward seeker Colter Shaws most personal case to date.Just hours after the harrowing events of The Never Game and The Goodbye Man, Colter Shaw finds himself in San Francisco, where he has taken on the mission his father began years ago: finding a missing courier bag containing evidence that will bring down a corporate espionage firm responsible for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of deaths. Following the enigmatic clues his father left behind, Shaw plays cat and mouse with the companys sadistic enforcers, as he speeds from one gritty neighborhood in the City by the Bay to another. Suddenly, the job takes on a frightening urgency: Only by finding the courier bag can he expose the company and stop the murder of an entire family--slated to die in forty-eight hours. With the help of an unexpected figure from his past, and with the enforcers closing the net, Shaw narrows in on the truth--and learns that the courier bag contains something unexpected: a secret that could only be described as catastrophic.Filled with dozens of twists and reversals, The Final Twist is a nonstop race against time to save the family.... and to keep the devastating secret Shaw has uncovered from falling into the wrong hands. Review “Jeffery Deaver’s action-packed ‘The Final Twist’ is a nail-biter… [it] begs for another visit with Colter.”--South Florida Sun-Sentinel“Jeffery Deaver’s The Final Twist lives up to its name admirably, even delivering said twist on the very last page of the book.” -BookPage (Starred Review) “…[The Final Twist] is clearly the best of the series so far.” -Booklist About the Author Jeffery Deaver is the #1 international bestselling author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. His first novel featuring Lincoln Rhyme, The Bone Collector, was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Hes received or been shortlisted for a number of awards around the world, including Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers and the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers Association in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was the recipient of three lifetime achievement awards. A former journalist, folksinger, and attorney, he was born outside of Chicago and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 The safe house. At last. Colter Shaws journey to this cornflower-blue Victorian on scruffy Alvarez Street in the Mission District of San Francisco had taken him weeks. From Silicon Valley to the Sierra Nevadas in eastern California to Washington State. Or, as he sat on his Yamaha motorcycle, looking up at the structure, he reflected: in a way, it had taken him most of his life. As often is the case when one arrives at a long-anticipated destination, the structure seemed modest, ordinary, unimposing. Though if it contained what Shaw hoped, it would prove to be just the opposite: a mine of information that could save hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives. But as the son of a survivalist, Shaw had a preliminary question: Just how safe a safe house was it? From this angle, it appeared deserted, dark. He dropped the transmission in gear and drove to the alley that ran behind the house, where he paused again, in front of an overgrown garden, encircled by a gothic wrought-iron fence. From here, still no lights, no signs of habitation, no motion. He gunned the engine and returned to the front. He skidded to a stop and low-gear muscled the bike onto the sidewalk. He snagged his heavy backpack, chained up the bike and helmet, then pushed through the three-foot-deep planting bed that bordered the front. Behind a boxwood he found th...

-Titulo Original : Robert B. Parkers Someone To Watch Over Me (spenser)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: In the latest thriller featuring the legendary Boston PI, Spenser and his young protege Mattie Sullivan take on billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients.Ten years ago, Spenser helped a teenage girl named Mattie Sullivan find her mothers killer and take down an infamous Southie crime boss. Now Mattie--a college student with a side job working for the tough but tender private eye--dreams of being an investigator herself. Her first big case involves a fifteen-year-old girl assaulted by a much older man at one of Bostons most prestigious private clubs. The girl, Chloe Turner, only wants the safe return of her laptop and backpack. But like her mentor and boss, Mattie has a knack for asking the right questions of the wrong people.Soon Spenser and Mattie find ties between the exploitation of dozens of other girls from working class families to an eccentric billionaire and his sadistic henchwoman with a mansion on Commonwealth Avenue. The mystery mans wealth, power and connections extend well beyond Massachusetts - maybe even beyond the United States. Spenser and trusted ally Hawk must again watch out for Mattie as she unravels a massive sex-trafficking ring that will take them from Boston to Boca Raton to the Bahamas, crossing paths with local toughs, a highly-trained security company, and an old enemy of Spensers--the Gray Man--for a final epic showdown. Review In this latest in his continuation of Robert B. Parkers beloved Spenser series, Atkins continues todo the late author proud....The talented Atkins delivers another engrossing thriller.-Booklist“Addictive. . . Atkins expertly revives the verve and muscular prose of the early books.”-Seattle Times About the Author Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Police Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole-Everett Hitch Westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. Ace Atkins is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-seven books, including ten books in his Quinn Colson series. Handpicked by the Robert B. Parker Estate nearly a decade ago to continue the Spenser series, hes written nine novels about the iconic private eye. He lives and works in Oxford, Mississippi. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1It was early evening and early summer, and my bay window was cracked open above Berkeley Street. I had a half-eaten turkey sub on my desk and the sports page from The Globe splayed out underneath. Dan Shaughnessy proclaimed Mookie Betts to be overrated. Im sure many said the same thing about me. But I was pretty sure being overrated was better than being underrated. A mistake few made twice.I contemplated Mookies situation as I heard a knock on the anteroom door.Second door on your left, I said.Mattie Sullivan entered my office.Still having trouble with the advertising firm?Bad advertising to list their own address wrong.Freakin morons, Mattie said.Like me, Mattie suffered few fools. And as my occasional secretary, part-time assistant, and sleuthing apprentice, she didnt take kindly to the two-person agency that had rooms down the hall. Mattie leaned into the doorframe. Shed grown into a tall girl with long limbs, long red hair, and a heart-shaped Irish face full of freckles. When she smiled, she could light up a room. But Mattie rarely smiled and wasnt smiling now.You need anything else today? she said.Nope.I paid the rent, deposited the checks, and talked to the painters about next week.What happens next week?They paint, Mattie said. This place hadnt had a touch-up since 1982.What do you know about 1982?Thats the year my mother was born.Ouch.Yeah, Mattie said. Trut...

-Titulo Original : The Heathens (a Quinn Colson Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Sheriff Quinn Colson and his former deputy Lillie Virgil find themselves on opposite sides of a case for the first time after a woman is found dead and three delinquent teens go on the run.Before he was an Army Ranger who came home to become Tibbehah County Sheriff and take down a corrupt system, Quinn Colson was a kid who got into trouble--a lot of it. So when juvenile delinquent TJ Byrd insists that she doesn’t know who killed her mother-an unreliable addict who has disappeared-Quinn’s inclined to believe her. But no one else does--not the town, not the sheriff in a neighboring county, not her mother’s older boyfriend, and certainly not Quinn’s friend and former deputy, U.S. Marshal Lillie Virgil. The Byrd family has always been trouble, and sixteen-year-old TJ is known for petty theft, fighting, and general hellraising. She’s also no fool, and when she senses she’s about to take the fall for her mother’s murder, TJ, her boyfriend, her best friend, and her nine-year-old brother go on the run. As Lillie Virgil tracks the kids across a trail of burglaries, stolen cars and even a kidnapping, intent on bringing TJ to justice, Quinn sets out to find the truth back in Tibbehah. Someone has gone to a lot of violent trouble to make TJ and her friends the logical target of the investigation. It’s easy, and who cares about a bunch of lawless kids? As the bloody evidence against TJ piles up, Quinn knows someone truly evil is at work here--and that puts TJ and her friends in more danger than they can imagine. Review Exceptional. . . Atkins artfully alternates between that pursuit and Colson’s search for the people he believes slaughtered Byrd. The diverse cast of characters and their intricate relationships elevate this above most other gritty crime novels. Atkins is writing at the top of his game.?Publishers Weekly (starred)A rambunctious road novel. . . Evoking Edward Andersons 1937 country noir Thieves like Us, with a touch of Bonnie and Clyde, Atkins hard-edged yet tenderhearted novel will keep readers rooting for TJ and her gang of inadvertent outlaws on the road to the better lives they crave.”?Booklist (starred review)“The Heathens may put one in the mind of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in all of the best ways... Atkins’ straightforward plotting and well-turned prose will keep you in your seat reading...”?BookReporter About the Author Ace Atkins is the author of twenty-eight books, including eleven Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which, The Ranger and The Lost Ones, were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he has a third Edgar nomination for his short story Last Fair Deal Gone Down). He is the author of nine New York Times-bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parkers Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times and a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and he played defensive end for Auburn University football. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Tanya Jane Byrd, known to her friends as TJ, never gave a damn about being famous. But here she was, four days on the run from Tibbehah County, Mississippi with that girl Chastity passing along the burner phone to show they now had more than a hundred thousand followers on . They only had six posts, the newest one from just two hours ago after TJ cut her hair boy short, dyed it black as a raven’s wing, and made her ultimatum to that cowardly son of a bitch Chester Pratt. She called him out for not only her mother’s murder but the money she and her little brother John Wesley were owed. On the forty-five-second clip shot outside the Tri-State Motel in Texarkana, she held up her fist on the diving board to an empty pool and said, “Fair is fair” remembering the line from one of her mother’s old VHS tapes in the trailer. “What do you think?” Chastity asked. “I think I better drop that p...

-Titulo Original : Robert Ludlums The Bourne Evolution (jason Bourne)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Americas most enduring hero, Jason Bourne, returns in a propulsive, fresh story for the Bourne canon that tests old skills--and uncovers new ones.After the death of his lover in a mass shooting, secret agent Jason Bourne is convinced that there is more to her murder than it seems. Worse, he believes that Treadstone--the agency that made him who he is, that trained him, is behind the killing. Bourne goes rogue, leaving Treadstone behind and taking on a new mission to infiltrate and expose an anarchist group, Medusa.But when a congresswoman is assassinated in New York, Bourne is framed for the crime, and he finds himself alone and on the run, hunted by both Treadstone and the tech cabal that had hired him. In his quest to stay one step ahead of his enemies, Bourne teams up with a journalist, Abbey Laurent, to figure out who was behind the frame-up, and to learn as much as he can about the ever-growing threat of the mysterious Medusa group. As more and more enemies begin to hunt Bourne, its a race against the clock to discover who led him into a trap . . . and what their next move may be. Review Freeman’s first Jason Bourne thriller is a treat for fans of the late Robert Ludlum.-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Freeman has a firm grasp of Bourne’s tangled background, plus the skills to keep the action front and center. Bourne fans will hope for an encore from this talented author.-Publishers WeeklyFreeman, a veteran author of psychological thrillers, turns in a solid performance in this new novel featuring Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne....He keeps Bourne very much on his toes, and he breathes new life into [the] series.-Booklist About the Author Brian Freeman is the bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Jonathan Stride and Frost Easton series. His Audible original, The Deep, Deep Snow was #12 on the New York Times audio bestseller list. His novel, Spilled Blood, won the award for Best Hardcover Novel in the International Thriller Writers Awards, and his novel, The Burying Place, was a finalist for the same award. His debut novel, Immoral, won the Macavity Award and was a finalist for the Dagger, Edgar, Anthony, and Barry Awards for Best First Novel. Freeman lives in Minnesota with his wife.Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 225 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He was the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum--among other novels. Ludlum passed away in March 2001. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. MYSTERY HANGS OVER LAS VEGAS SHOOTING October 9, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly one year after sixty-six people were killed in the nation’s worst mass shooting incident, the FBI announced last week that it had concluded its investigation into the tragedy. However, the agency’s report, which offers no clues about the motive of the killer, seems to leave the public with more questions than answers. On November 3, 2018, Charles Hackman opened fire from a room on the nineteenth floor of the Lucky Nickel hotel in downtown Las Vegas. Targeting a crowd of more than five thousand men, women, and children gathered for an antique car show, Hackman killed or wounded dozens of people during an eighteen-minute shooting spree before being shot and killed by police. Hackman, a fifty-four-year-old actuary from Summerlin, Nevada, had no prior criminal record and no history of mental illness or substance abuse. Despite what the FBI called an exhaustive investigation of Hackman’s personal background and behavior, the agency was unable to identify any political, ethnic, or religious motive behind the shooting. The agency said it found no evidence that Hackman had been a member of any extremist...

-Titulo Original : Fast Ice (the Numa Files)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Kurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet in the latest novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of Adventure.In the early days of World War II, the infamous German Luftwaffe embark upon an expedition to Antarctica, hoping to set up a military base to support their goal of world domination. Though the military outpost never comes to fruition, what the Nazis find on the icy continent indeed proves dangerous...and will have implications far into the future. In the present day, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala head to the freezing edge of the world after a former NUMA colleague disappears in Antarctica. While there, they discover a photo of the Luftwaffe expedition of 1939, and are drawn into a decades-old conspiracy. Even as they confront perilous waters and frigid temperatures, they are also up against a terrifying man-made weapon--a fast-growing ice that could usher in a new Ice Age. Pitted against a determined madman and a monstrous storm, Kurt and the NUMA team must unravel the Nazi-era plot in order to save the globe from a freeze that would bury it once and for all. Review “Gripping… This is another classic Cussler action thriller.”--Publishers Weekly“The pace never slows, and the villains are extra nasty in this entry that delivers what readers expect when they see Cusslers name on the cover. Cussler, who died in 2020, and frequent cowriter Brown convey marine biologys complexities in a way that makes it believable and understandable. Grab a comfy chair and plan to read all night.”--Library Journal“The adrenaline junkie reader will love this and all Cussler’s books.”--Mystery and Scene About the Author Clive Cussler was the author of more than eighty books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt©, NUMA Files©, Oregon Files©, Isaac Bell©, and Sam and Remi Fargo©. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020.Graham Brown is the author of Black Rain and Black Sun, and the coauthor with Cussler of Devils Gate, The Storm, Zero Hour, Ghost Ship, The Pharaohs Secret, Nighthawk, The Rising Sea, and Sea of Greed. He is a pilot and an attorney. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1Research vessel GrishkaNorth of the Antarctic coastThe present dayThe polar research vessel Grishka moved cautiously through the Southern Ocean a hundred miles from the coast of Antarctica. The ten-thousand-ton ship had a gray hull, a reinforced bow and a five-story superstructure painted a faded shade of international orange. She was three hundred feet in length but looked tiny when compared to the mountainous icebergs surrounding her.Some of those icebergs were flat and broad, tabletop monoliths the size of cities. Others were towering peaks, their Matterhorn-like shapes sculpted by the wind and waves into arrangements as different as they were remarkable. And yet among all the giants, it was the much smaller type of iceberg that threatened the Grishka.From her position on the bridge, Cora Emmerson gazed through binoculars, scanning the water for automobile-sized chunks of ice that floated low and were almost invisible.Growlers dead ahead, she warned.Unlike sea ice, which the Grishka could plow through, or the enormous icebergs, which were easy to spot and avoid, growlers were hard to see and could be deadly. They varied in size and shape and could weigh thirty tons or more. Worse yet, they were often angular instead of smo...

-Titulo Original : Marauder (the Oregon Files)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Its up to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of his ship, the Oregon, to stop a terrorist plot to release a deadly chemical weapon across the globe in the explosive new novel in Clive Cusslers #1 New York Times bestselling series.While interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Juan Cabrillo and his team discover something even more dangerous: a ruthless billonaires dying wish has allowed a paralyzing chemical to end up in the hands of a terrorist group. When an Oregon crew member falls victim to the poison, Juan Cabrillo will stop at nothing to find an antidote before it is too late. He and his team must connect an ancient mystery with a cunning modern enemy in order to save millions of innocent lives, including their own. Review Suspenseful...Readers will race through the pages to see what happens next.--Publishers WeeklyEnough action and suspense here to keep adventure fans turning the pages...A solid entry in a reliable action series.--BooklistThe late Clive Cussler and bestselling author Boyd Morrison are back together one more time in this latest Oregon Files thriller...Marauder is everything you would want from this writing team, and the action never slows down.--Bookreporter About the Author Clive Cussler was the author of more than seventy books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt, NUMA Files, Oregon Files, Isaac Bell, and Sam and Remi Fargo. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020. Boyd Morrison is the coauthor with Cussler of the Oregon Files novels Piranha, The Emperors Revenge, Typhoon Fury, Shadow Tyrants, and Final Option, and the author of six other books. He is also an actor and engineer, with a doctorate in engineering from Virginia Tech, who has worked on NASAs space station project at Johnson Space Center and developed several patents at Thomson/RCA. In 2003, he fulfilled a lifelong dream by becoming a Jeopardy! Champion. He lives in Seattle. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. One Strait of Malacca Captain Omar Rahal tracked the small boat racing across the placid waters of the narrow strait. It was approaching his California-bound oil tanker from dead ahead, and far too quickly to be a fishing boat. Hed tried to raise them on the radio, but there was no response. It meant only one thing. Pirates. Using his binoculars, he could see that the boat was full of men armed with guns, but there was nothing he could do to avoid them. The Dahar was more than 300 meters long, and the strait between Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra was barely three kilometers across at its narrowest point. The ponderous ship would be impossible to turn around, and the speedboat would easily outmaneuver any attempt to ram it. Increase to full speed, he nevertheless told the executive officer. Were not going to make the Dahar an easy target. Such high velocity for a ship as big as theirs was risky in these tight confines, even with calm seas, but he couldnt let them hijack his ship without doing something. As the XO ordered full power, Rahal activated the shipwide intercom. Now hear this, men. We have hostiles off our bow. They are armed and mean to board us. Initiate emergency lockdowns and go to your action stations. Do not, I repeat, do not attempt to fight them. He didnt want any crew members to die on his watch. The boat passed behind the bow of the Dahar so that Rahal could no longer see it. He went to the port bridge wing so he could...

-Titulo Original : Open Season (movie Tie-in) (a Joe Pickett Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Don’t miss the Spectrum Originals series JOE PICKETT! The first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett-the book that launched one of the biggest, most reliable, and fastest growing franchises in commercial fiction!Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden-especially one like Joe who wont take bribes or look the other way-is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. Even after the discovery of two more bodies, and the resolution of the case by local police, Joe continues to investigate. As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his backdoor: he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of this rare species gets out, it will destroy any chance of InterWest, a multi-national natural gas company, building an oil pipeline through the mountains and forests of Twelve Sleep. The closer Joe comes to the truth behind the outfitter murders, the endangered species, and InterWest, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear. Review “A great storyteller.”-Tony Hillerman“A great crime novel.”-Lee Child“A MUSCULAR FIRST NOVEL…Box writes as straight as his characters shoot, and he has a stand-up hero to shoulder his passionate concerns about endangered lives and liberties.” -The New York Times Book Review “SUPERB…Without resorting to simplistic blacks and whites, Box fuses ecological themes, vibrant descriptions of Wyoming’s wonders and peculiarities, and fully fleshed characters into a debut of riveting tensions.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Box’s book has it all-suspenseful plot, magnificent scenery and a flawed male hero who is tough but truly connected to his family… PROFOUNDLY MEMORABLE.” -The Boston Herald“A HIGH-COUNTRY PRESUMED INNOCENT that moves like greased lightning.” -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) About the Author C. J. Box is the author of twenty Joe Pickett novels, six stand-alone novels, and a story collection. He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry Awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38, and has been a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages. He’s an executive producer of ABC TV’s Big Sky, which is based on his Cody Hoyt/Cassie Dewell novels, as well as executive producer of the upcoming Joe Pickett television series for Paramount Studios/Spectrum Originals. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1Joe lived, but it wasnt something he was particularly proud of. It was now fall and Sunday morning dawned slate gray and cold. He was making pancakes for his girls when he first heard of the bloody beast who had come down from the mountains and tried to enter the house during the night.Seven-year-old Sheridan Pickett related her dream aloud to the stuffed bear that served as her confidant. Lucy, three and horrified, listened in. The television set was on even though the reception from the vintage satellite dish was snowy and poor, as usual.The monster, Sheridan said, had come down from the mountains through the dark, steep canyon behind the house very late last night. She watched it through a slit in the curtain on her window, just a few inches from the top bunk of her bed. The canyon was where Sheridan had always suspected a monster would come from, and she felt proud, if a bit fearful, that she had been right. The only light had been the moon through the dried leaves of the cottonwood tree. The monster had rattled the back gate before figuring out the latch and had then lurched clumsily (sort of like mummies in old movies) across the yard to the back door. Its eyes and teeth glinted yellow, and f...