Child Crimes

When two New Jersey policemen mistake author Jack Shepherd for an underworld drug dealer as he drives home from a meeting with his publisher, they chase his truck on the New Jersey Turnpike and use an unauthorized procedure to stop him. The actions of the police backfire when they realize that Jack is not the notorious drug dealer, but by then it's too late to undo the damage.

Imagine having everything taken away from you - permanently - with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind bars for frank interviews with a collection of young men who will spend the better part of their lives in jail. She lets them speak for themselves, providing the raw details of their incarceration and the anger, despair, and surprising hope they experience every day. Kuklin also provides an in-depth look at the American penal system, highlighting its many intricacies and inequities while focusing on capital cases involving juveniles.

"Boys, let us get up a club." Six restless young men raided the linens at a friend's mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South. This is the story of how a secret terrorist group took root in America's democracy.

"Puoi lasciare l'esercito, ma l'esercito non lascia te. Non sempre. Non completamente." E infatti Jack Reacher deve tornare in servizio, richiamato dal dipartimento di Stato e dalla CIA. Qualcuno ha colpito il presidente francese mentre teneva un discorso a Parigi. Un solo colpo, sparato con estrema precisione da una distanza eccezionalmente lunga, un colpo che sarebbe stato letale se non l'avessero fermato le barriere protettive.

Rendezvous mit einem Vampir? In den Straßen von Savannah im Süden der USA tauchen Leichen auf, die vollkommen blutleer sind. Kein Wunder, dass eine alte Legende der Stadt plötzlich nicht nur wohligen Grusel verursacht: Geht etwa tatsächlich der "Vampir von Savannah" um? Special Agent Pendergast und sein Partner Agent Coldmoon werden mit dem bizarren Fall betraut und erkennen bald, dass es einen Zusammenhang mit einer nie aufgeklärten Flugzeug-Entführung aus dem Jahr 1971 gibt.

I en navnløs storby kæmper to skånselsløse gangster­bander om magten, en albansk og en ukrainsk. De havde bare ikke forventet at se Jack Reacher dukke op i området.Reacher er vant til at observere. Han befinder sig i en Greyhoundbus, hvor han ser en gammel mand sidde og sove med en kuvert fuld af penge stikkende op af lommen. Det har en anden passager også bemærket... og har tydeligvis tænkt sig at blive rig i en fart.Da røveren går i aktion, griber Reacher ind. Den gamle mand er taknemlig, men afviser alligevel Reachers tilbud om at følge ham hjem.

Året er 1996, og Reacher er stadig i hæren. Om formiddagen giver de ham en medalje, og om eftermiddagen sender de ham tilbage på skolebænken. Om aftenen befinder han sig under radaren. Ude af øje, ude af sind. Der sidder også to andre i skolestuen - en agent fra FBI og en analytiker fra CIA. De er begge fremragende til deres fag, har lige gennemført en stor mission og undrer sig over, hvorfor fanden de er der.

Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, the Order of the Black Sun series is a thrilling journey for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue. Join a series and a cast of characters that will keep you entertained long into the night. Two complete full-length novels, The Fountain of Youth and The Vault of Hercules, are included in this best-selling epic adventure box set.

Ruby Redfort: you can count on her when the ice starts to crack. Falling through the air at 120 miles per hour? Just relax and think fast. But now even Ruby Redfort is running scared. A bunch of people want her dead, and worst of all, one of them is on her team. When your name is first on a mastermind's hit list, do you lock the doors, switch off the lights, and wait for someone else to do something? Or do you get out there and save yourself? If you're Ruby Redfort, genius code breaker and undercover agent, the choice is clear: death or glory.

Den forhenværende militærpolitimand Jack Reacher har isoleret sig i Key West, hvor han bruger dagene på at udgrave svømmepøle. Her opsøges han af privatdetektiven Costello, der er på udkig efter ham. For ikke at komme i vanskeligheder undlader Reacher at afsløre sin identitet. Da han senere finder Costello myrdet, bliver han klar over, at han må se at komme væk i en fart. Mordet på Costello igangsætter nogle spørgsmål hos Reacher: Hvem er Costellos arbejdsgiver - den gådefulde mrs. Jacob? Og hvorfor er hun så opsat på at finde ham?

Velkommen til Margrave, Georgia - men bliv ikke alt for knyttet til stedet. Byens beboere er enten involveret i en farlig sammensværgelse, eller med hastige skridt på vej mod den sikre død... eller begge dele. Det er ikke en varm velkomst, der venter Jack Reacher, eks-militærmand, da han står af en Greyhound-bus i sydstatsbyen Margrave. Inden for kort tid arresteres han og anklages for mord. Det eneste Jack Reacher ved med sikkerhed er, at han ikke har slået nogen ihjel. I hvert fald ikke for nylig. Og slet ikke i Margrave.

Fire mennesker sidder i en bil på vej gennem Midtvesten med kurs mod Chicago. Én mand kører, med øjnene på vejen. En anden sidder ved siden af ham og fortæller historier, der ikke hænger sammen. Og en kvinde på bagsædet, stille og bekymret. Ved siden af hende sidder en enorm fyr med brækket næse, der har blaffet sig til et lift østpå. Ikke langt bag dem ligger en mand stukket ihjel i en gammel pumpestation. Han blev set gå derind sammen med to andre, men kom aldrig ud igen.

Jack Reacher. Helt. Enspænder. Soldat. Søn af en soldat. I militærpolitiet var han et af hærens helt store håb. Men i enhver politimands liv kommer der et vendepunkt. En særlig sag. En rodet, kompliceret sag med mulighed for at ødelægge en karriere. Få en ordenshåndhæver til at sige fra. Og få ham til at tvivle på ord som tapperhed, ære og pligt. En sådan sag står Jack Reacher nu overfor.

Beängstigend und fesselnd! Der Science-Mystery-Thriller von New-York-Times-Bestsellerautor Lincoln Child - der 5. Fall für Enigmatologe Jeremy Logan, Experte für unerklärliche Phänomene. Ein scharrendes Geräusch, ein fauliger Geruch. Dann ist David Palmer tot. Kurz darauf wird die Leiche des Wanderers am Fuß des Desolation Mountain aufgefunden, abgelegt in einer Vollmondnacht und bis zur Unkenntlichkeit zerfleischt. Für die Einheimischen liegt auf der Hand, wer für diesen und weitere mysteriöse Morde in den dunklen Wäldern des Adirondacks Nationalparks verantwortlich ist.

Seventeen-year-old Yvette doesn't know what's worse: being locked up on a high-security psych ward for a crime she's not sure she committed or having to see the vacant eyes of her fellow patients. All she wants is her sister back, her parents to get a clue, her brother to quit dealing drugs, the murder trial to be over, and, most of all, to be reunited with the pretty little pills that change the gory red on her hands to a much more pleasant hazy blue. Well that and serious, hard-core, merciless revenge.

Finn Blackstone is in trouble. A mission to find out the truth about her mysteriously absent father has morphed into a perilous game of cat and mouse. Now Finn and her friends must navigate a terrifying futuristic landscape filled with machines intent on the group's annihilation. As Finn struggles against external forces, she faces an imminent threat as she grapples with her alter ego, Infinity.

A college student is framed for a huge bank robbery and ends up on trial for murder when a bank official is found dead in the vault. UCLA student Fred Fuller is pleased with his new part-time job as a bank messenger for Bank USA. The job pays well, the hours are perfect, and many of the bank tellers he works with are young and pretty. When one of the tellers takes a special interest in Fred, he struggles to remain faithful to his girlfriend, Maria.

Nineteen-year-old Ivy Redd's talent with a needle and thread has earned her a spot on a coveted reality TV art competition set in New York's Metropolitan Museum. The prize: a significant amount of money and instant acceptance into the Masterpiecers, the school that ensures new artists fame and fortune. Her talent has also thrust her and her twin sister, Aster, into the spotlight.

The only downside to Joshua Cooper's investigation of a mob runner is not being able to discuss it with his two best friends, 19-year-old twins, Aster and Ivy Redd. However, when Ivy sells one of her quilts to the mob runner, and Aster hits him with her car in a motel parking lot, they become entangled in his investigation. The FBI even believes the twins could knowingly be involved with the mob. Joshua will do everything he can to disprove their suspicion and nail the true criminal.

From the bestselling author of The Stolen Child and The Lighthouse Secret comes a gripping new novel about two abandoned sisters, a missing mother and a shocking thirty year old mystery. On a cold afternoon in December 1995, two young girls are found abandoned on a platform at Pearse Station in...