Political Crime

Der wichtigste Beamte eines Ministers ist verschwunden–er wurde entführt! Der charismatische Wiener André Heidergott ist der Kommissar, dem die Mächtigen Deutschlands vertrauen. Er deckt auf: Das Opfer war ein Meister der Lügen und Intrigen.

Always a good sport, Jim McGill, the first private eye to live in the White House, agrees to accompany his wife, the president, to London to be her escort at a dinner given by the queen. Problem is he'll have a week in England with nothing to do. Then a client comes to McGill, the daughter of a former Chicago cop McGill knew but didn't like when he was a captain on the CPD. McGill's former colleague went to Paris to scatter the ashes of his late wife. While tending to that solemn obligation, the former cop managed to get into a brawl with and kill France's national sports hero.

"The Black Mask" is a gripping tale that follows the lives of two sisters, Fatima and Angeles, who witness the brutal assassination of their parents. Driven by the desire for justice, Fatima becomes a politician determined to eradicate corruption in the government. Meanwhile, Angeles transforms into the vigilante known as THE BLACK MASK, a formidable figure fighting against corrupt politicians from the past to the present.

Penn Cage, Bürgermeister von Natchez, Mississippi, hat eigentlich vor, endlich zu heiraten. Da kommt ein Konflikt wieder ans Tageslicht, der seine Stadt seit Jahrzehnten in Atem hält. In den sechziger Jahren hat eine Geheimorganisation von weißen, scheinbar ehrbaren Bürgern Schwarze ermordet oder aus der Stadt vertrieben. Nun ist mit Viola Turner, eine farbige Krankenschwester, die damals floh, zurückgekehrt - und stirbt wenig später.

Madre de Dios es un ecothriller que revela el espantoso atentado que se comete todos los días contra el bosque tropical más extenso del mundo. Marcela, una activista en profundo duelo tras el asesinato de su esposo, intenta explicarse el crimen ocurrido cuando ambos filmaban un documental sobre el ecocidio perpetrado por la minería ilegal en la región de Madre de Dios, Perú, donde, violando las normas ambientales y en complicidad con funcionarios del gobierno y grupos criminales, los mineros extraen oro de los lechos de los ríos.

Three Wednesdays, Book II in the Jake and Dora series, takes place during an extremely volatile time period in our nation's history. This novel interweaves Jake and Dora's two parallel lives after they parted company at the end of Sheltering in Place, and the reader wonders if they will ever meet again. On January 6, 2021, when Joe "Jake" Jacobson, in a dusty little town in Georgia, sees someone he used to know breaching the United States Capitol building on the television news during that now-infamous insurrection, a chain reaction of memories coalesces.

Pocos saben que, antes del asesinato del candidato a la presidencia en el norte de México hace algunos años, se efectuó otro atentado en su contra en una ciudad distinta del Pacífico. Este hecho significativo no habría sido olvidado si no es porque en ese periodo el país observó el levantamiento de la guerrilla y sufrió otra debacle económica.

John "Sicarius" Gaines has been regarded as the best at what does does. He is a paid assassin, and he is ruthless. He will stop at nothing to complete any contract he is given. He receives a contract for the death of New York Governor Tim Patton and completes the job quickly and efficiently. As the heat from the governor's death begins to trickle out, Sicarius finds himself entangled in an international drug-smuggling operation, of which Governor Patton was a key member.

The most populated democracy in the world is going to vote. Stakes are high, and the contest is intense. What will it take for the present government to ward off the challenge posed by the young political scion Rajat Gandy? Afsha Khan, a political correspondent with a leading TV news channel, finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy of devastating proportions. Will she manage to escape the clutches of her captors and avert the looming disaster?

Following the tradition of crime thrillers from Joseph Uhnak and Joseph Wambaugh, New York Times best-selling author and former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik uses his unique insider knowledge of crime and politics to weave a story of suspense, murder, and international intrigue that's truly been ripped from today's headlines.

Sam Capra returns as he embarks on a one-man mission to find his brother from the New York Times bestselling author, Jeff Abbott, in this "fast-paced, high-octane" read (Publishers Weekly). Two brothers. One dead, executed by extremists on a grainy video. The other forged into a top undercover...

In The Tower, the thrilling conclusion to Simon Toyne’s bestselling Sanctus trilogy, an ominous countdown has begun that some believe could be the first sign of an imminent global catastrophe. Toyne’s latest thriller opens at the NASA Control Center in Maryland where the center’s...

From New York Times journalist and syndicated comic strip creator Matt Richtel, HOOKED is a visionary thriller for the digital era–and a novel about life, love, and high-tech intrigue on the Left Coast. When medical journalist Nat Idle narrowly survives an explosion in an Internet café...

First Counsel: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! White House lawyer Michael Garrick has a relatively anonymous position at a very public address. That is, until he starts dating Nora Harston (secret service code name: Shadow), the sexy...

In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism. On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian émigré and former...

USA har under stort hemlighetsmakeri lånat ut världens i särklass mest avancerade jaktrobot för flygplan, Amraam till Sverige. Trots ett mycket avancerat säkerhetssystem blir roboten stulen och alla spår pekar mot Ryssland.

Det hela är otroligt pinsamt för den svenska militären och man beslutar att ta in de bästa man har för att lösa problemet; kommandostyrkan Csardas.

La conmoción por el asesinato de Claudia Ochoa repercute en su ciudad y en todo el país, pero el misterio se cierne sobre el caso. La justicia parece alejarse cada vez más. Pilar Rosso se propone ir al hueso, desbrozando la espesa selva de complicidades que protegen a el (o los) que están atrás del crimen.

Caribel trabaja como prostituta en un burdel de lujo. Es una mujer culta e inteligente, que se maneja con frialdad en su oficio con el único objetivo de acumular dinero y retirarse al cabo de unos años. Hasta que una noche oye un ruido raro procedente de la habitación de una compañera y al ir a investigar encuentra el cuerpo de esta ensangrentado.

Före detta kriminalinspektör Sune Bergström har suttit inne två år och sju månader när han släpps ut i det fria. För Sune innebär det också ett återfall i drickandet och att umgås flitigt med andra av samhällets utslagna tills han tillslut hamnar på en parkbänk i Vällingby. Långt därifrån pågår en politisk konspiration och ett helt nytt parti föds, ett sorts parti som Sverige aldrig tidigare haft. Även den vackra journalisten Annika Strömberg är något på spåren.

Under en läkemedelskonferens på Skeppsmuséet i Stockholm sker ett mord. Offret, en av nyckelpersonerna i det globala läkemedelsföretaget Star Medical, hittas i fören på skeppet Corona i en pöl av sitt eget blod. Cecilia Tornudd, produktspecialist inom företaget, hittar den döde mannen och när polisen står handfallna inför brottet bestämmer hon sig för att ta saken i egna händer.