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Sukelov ignored the small figure on the ground, knowing that the rifle's fire would do no damage but he stopped smiling when he saw the vapor trail from the M-72 as it launched its rocket. Forty years later, Dillard Ross looked out of the airliner's small window. The reflection showed an old man staring back at him, and he wondered why he couldn't see himself. With blue eyes and silver hair, the tanned face looked back at him and seemed to say, Why...
28842) World War III
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"World War III: China vs. The United States" by Jagdish Gambhir is a gripping geopolitical thriller that explores the escalating tensions between two superpowers, China and the United States. Set in a near-future world, the book vividly portrays the high-stakes conflict arising from the South China Sea crisis, with global stability hanging in the balance. As the two nations teeter on the brink of war, the story goes into the complexities of international...
28843) Don't Look Now
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When you're the son of an infamous serial killer, the police will always see you as a suspect... Ariana and Damon thought it was bad enough that their home burned to the ground. But when bodies are unearthed on their property, the police pin them as suspects - and their world turns upside down. Damon has always been haunted by his father's past, but more than ever before, being Cal Jones's son is an even bigger burden to bear. Worse yet, his wife...
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This is the 4th book in the R.O.P.E. Squad series. R.O.P.E. stands for Repeat Offenders Parole Enforcement. This new adventure features Detective Jude Fox as he tries to prove that he didn't kill two policemen who were shot to death while he was trying to capture a fugitive parolee. He wakes up lying on the pavement in an alley and sees his girlfriend standing over him, looking down at him as he lies on the pavement, asking if he is dead yet. "Not...
28845) Silencio forzado
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La periodista Laura Schreiner se enfrenta a una amarga decisión. Ha hecho demasiadas preguntas y ahora la vida de sus hijos está en peligro.Muchos extrañamente se mostrarán poco interesados en esclarecer la catástrofe. La ambiciosa joven periodista no quiere aceptarlo. En sus investigaciones encuentra a alguien que intenta convencerla de que hay un nexo con una tragedia anterior que nunca fue esclarecida. Puede tratarse de especulaciones precipitadas;...
28846) The Man Who Loved His Wife
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When Fletcher marries Elaine, his second wife, nineteen years his junior, he can't imagine a more passionate union. Then an illness destroys his confidence, and all he can picture is her next affair. He keeps a secret diary of his fantasized suspicions, making his impending suicide look like murder...
With what Graham Greene once called her "devilish cunning," Vera Caspary reveals, with sure psychological insight, the strange desires that hide in...
28847) Agent Red: Fatal Enemy
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Enemies come in all forms and Teagan Stone is ready for battle, not thinking of the consequences for going to war with her ultimate rival. Can she turn back the clock or will this lead her to finally leave the Firm before it destroys her from within?
28848) The Screaming Room
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John Driscoll has laid the ghosts of his past to rest. He's ready to start over - both personally and as a New York City homicide detective. But it seems that a serial killer has other plans for Driscoll.
28849) Casse-tête à Cointe
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Juillet 2021. Il fait nuit sur les hauteurs de Liège. Un couple s'introduit clandestinement dans l'Observatoire de Cointe. Adeptes d'Urbex—l'exploration urbaine, les deux jeunes gens s'enfoncent dans le dangereux labyrinthe abandonné des installations de la Société astronomique de Liège. L'aventure tourne court lorsqu'en passant au travers d'un plancher pourri, le garçon accroche un corps de femme dénudé, dissimulé sous des gravats. Détail...
28850) The Fly on the Wall
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Ace reporter John Cotton is a fly on the wall -- seeing all, hearing all, and keeping out of sight. But the game changes when he finds his best friend's corpse sprawled on the marble floor of the central rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Suddenly Cotton knows too much about a scandal centered around a senatorial candidate, a million-dollar scam, and a murder. And he hears the pursuing footsteps of powerful people who have something to hide ... and a willingness...
28851) Cat Cross Their Graves
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Joe Grey mysteries volume 10
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The beautiful, serene village of Molena Point, California is the type of place where people go to get away from the harsher realities of life––which is what attracted classic film star Patty Rose to buy the village inn, and settle down to enjoy her golden years. But as the town gathers to celebrate and honor the beautiful, aging actress with a festival of her old films, Patty is brutally murdered––to the horror and shock of this peaceful burg....
28852) The Crossword Murder
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Solving puzzles can be murder when a PI and a crossword editor join forces to catch a killer in the first novel of Nero Blanc's fiendishly clever crossword mystery series Playboy Thompson C. Briephs has just been found strangled in his bed. The police believe the Newcastle Herald crossword editor, a scion of a blue-blooded New England family, died from kinky sex gone wrong. But cop-turned–private investigator Rosco Polycrates thinks there's a...
28853) Kings of the Castle
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USA Today and New York Times Bestselling Authors work together to provide you with a world you'll never want to leave. It's time to discover The Castle.
Fate made them brothers. Protecting the Castle, each other, and the women they love will make them Kings.
When their mentor and founder of The Castle ends up on the business end of an assassination attempt, Grant, Alejandro, Shaz, Mariano, Vikkas, Jai, Daron, Kaleb, and Dwayne are snatched from...
28854) Hands Down: A Novel
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Dick Francis novels volume 11
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"The master of suspense and intrigue" (Country Life) is back with the next powerful installation in the Dick Francis series, featuring Sid Halley, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly. Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with;...
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Love Inspired brings you three titles. Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope.
AMISH HOMECOMING Amish Hearts by Jo Ann Brown
Desperate for help in raising her niece, Leah Beiler goes back to her Amish roots in Paradise Springs, Pennsylvania-and the boy-next-door who she's never forgotten. Could this be their second chance at forever?
HER SMALL-TOWN COWBOY Oaks Crossing by Mia Ross
When teacher Lily St. George...
28856) The Genuine Article
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Two murders shock a Rocky Mountain ranch town in this captivating suspense novel from one of Montana's greatest storytellers. In the two years since his last adventure with Sheriff Chick Charleston, Jason Beard has been away at college, preparing to enter the "real world" when he graduates. When he returns to his hometown of Midbury, Montana, for the summer, he expects to see big changes - but finds instead the same old peculiar place, its eccentric...
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Malgré le drame de l'an dernier, quatre amies décident de continuer à pratiquer l'escalade et partent en Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Quatre copines férues d'escalade.
Quatre amies qui partent ensemble chaque été en vacances pour pratiquer leur passion.
Quatre camarades qui hésitent à repartir à cause d'un drame vécu l'année précédente.
Quatre filles qui vont disparaître... les unes après les autres. Ce thriller se déroule entièrement...
28858) Hangman
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An addictive debut thriller starring an FBI consultant with a peculiar taste for crime and punishment...
A boy vanishes on his way home from school. His frantic mother receives a ransom call: pay or else. It's only hours before the deadline, and the police have no leads. Enter Timothy Blake, an FBI consultant with a knack for solving impossible cases but whose expertise comes at a price. Every time he saves a life, he takes one, trying to satisfy...
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Aidé par sa relation avec les corbeaux, Samuel se lance dans une enquête des plus risquées.
« Il serait tellement rassurant de penser que les animaux sont bêtes ! »
« À force de solliciter l'animal, on ne s'en rapproche pas, on s'en éloigne. On le fabrique comme on veut qu'il soit. »
Depuis son enfance, Samuel est fasciné par les corbeaux et son imagination a pris l'habitude de s'envoler avec eux dans d'étranges rêveries. Aussi lorsqu'une...
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Los intereses de las grandes corporaciones mueven a los personajes de esta novela. Uno de ellos es un escurridizo y atractivo hombre americano, tranquilo y sin conciencia, pero que caerá bajo el hechizo de una joven arqueóloga neozelandesa que trabaja en el Cementerio de los Artistas y de los Poetas de Roma.
Un pequeño ejército de manipuladores se pone en marcha para ayudar a los poderosos, bajo pago de grandes sumas, a que nada cambie en un mundo...
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