Political Crime

CIA Agent Alejandro Cardenas fell for her the moment he took a pratfall in front of the Arc de Triomphe, a ploy to distract the guys tailing her. The action-packed but romantic protection assignment led to a steamy six-year affair, after which they parted, knowing they were soul mates, perfect for each other - except that each was married to someone else. Ten years after Paris, Alex, now a widower, is retired from the CIA. Julia, the beautiful lady from Paris, is a founding partner of a Chicago investment firm, currently handling the IPO for a Miami-based conglomerate.

Das G-Team droht zu zerbrechen: Mr. High wurde suspendiert, Philippa Decker sitzt in der Todeszelle, und im Verborgenen lauert ein mächtiger Feind. Um zu überleben und sein Team zu retten, muss Cotton jede Regel brechen. Aber welchen Preis wird er dafür zahlen? Cotton wird von seinem eigenen Team gejagt! Agent Dillagio muss sich dafür verantworten, dass seine Zielobjekte entwischen konnten. Cottons Ziehmutter Sarah Granger bietet den fliehenden Agents Unterschlupf.

On December 7, 1941, the nation of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and prompted the United States’ entry into the bloodiest war in human history. Americans have long debated the cause of the bombing; many have argued that the attack was a brilliant Japanese military coup or a failure of US intelligence agencies or even a conspiracy of the Roosevelt administration. But despite the attention historians have paid to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the truth about that fateful day has remained a mystery - until now.

The novel climaxes during the 2014 Euromaidan "Revolution of Dignity," where Yuri and his band of savvy saboteurs fight oligarchs, the government, a cabal of mobsters and moguls, and stealth Russian forces, as they strive to save themselves and the battered country they believe in.

When the longtime abuse by a university’s softball coach of teenagers in its youth summer softball program—and the university’s strategic cover-up of those crimes—comes to light, a community is turned upside down in this drama-filled thriller perfect for fans of Kate Elizabeth Russell and Allison Leotta.

Als Wladimir Putin im Januar 2000 Staatspräsident wird, verlässt der reich gewordene Rohstoffhändler Anton fluchtartig Moskau. Hinter ihm liegen acht atemraubende Jahre im postsowjetischen Raubtier-Kapitalismus, vor ihm gähnende Langeweile im gutsituierten Milieu New Yorks. Doch auch mit vierzig ist Anton noch immer ein unverbesserlicher Romantiker auf der Suche nach dem nächsten Kick. Da macht ihm ein Headhunter ein verlockendes Angebot. Anton soll im an Bodenschätzen so reichen Kasachstan mit Geld aus anonymen Quellen einen Stahlkonzern aufbauen.

On July 17, 2018, starting an unjust war became a prosecutable international crime alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The Crime of Aggression is Noah Weisbord's riveting insider's account of the high-stakes legal fight to enact this historic legislation and hold politicians accountable for the wars they start. Weisbord, a key drafter of the law for the International Criminal Court, takes listeners behind the scenes of one of the most consequential legal dramas in modern international diplomacy.

In Seattle, there's a small businessman named Brett Jorgensen. He's always looking for opportunities, but when he gets involved with a Russian named Misha Petrov, his life takes a dark turn. Misha runs an import/export business, but as Brett soon discovers, he's also involved with the Russian Mafia.

A harrowing insight into New York City's most notorious detention complex, Rikers Island. The narrative plays through multiple characters who possess a particular position of control and power within the jail, along with the inmates and civilians who witness the violence, drugs, sex, and corruption that occurs every day inside.

President Tim Connors is slipping badly in the polls and doesn’t stand a chance of being re-elected. Chief of Staff Arthur Locke blames the First Lady, abrasive feminist Congresswoman Rachel Connors. Locke thinks he has the solution. Wouldn’t it be easier to re-elect a handsome, grieving widower? When his plan to assassinate the President’s wife goes terribly wrong, Locke sets in motion a chain of events that could allow him eventually to place himself in the presidency.

When Tom Cummings is selected to be the foreman of a murder trial, little does he realize how it will alter his life forever. It costs him his business, his career, and nearly the love of his life. Based on true events, this is an edge of your seat murder mystery with deep political intrigue.

The year is 2016. The presidency is up for grabs, again. Once, the man had engineered the election of the first black American president. After eight years of the oblivion, they called on him to prevent losing to an outsider. Just like before, death, destruction, and a trail of assassinations follow him. This time, it hits home.

2013 stehen sich Steffen Schroeder und Micha im Gefängnis Berlin-Tegel zum ersten Mal gegenüber. Ein Gespräch über ihre schwierige Jugend bringt sie einander näher, bei allen Unterschieden: Schroeder wurde Schauspieler, Micha rutschte ins rechte Milieu ab, brachte einen Menschen um. Es beginnt eine besondere Beziehung: Schroeder, bekannt als Kommissar Kowalski in "SOKO Leipzig", wird Vollzugshelfer des lebenslänglich Verurteilten. Er lernt den Gefängnisalltag kennen, erfährt von Rangordnungen, Drogen, Ausbruchsversuchen.

Manhattan, 1923. Scandalous flapper Dot King is found dead in her Midtown apartment, a bottle of chloroform beside her and a fortune in jewels missing. Dot’s headline-making murder grips the city. It also draws a clutch of lovers, parasites, and justice seekers into one of the city’s most mesmerizing mysteries.

Rau und mörderisch - die Bretagne. Zwei Tote werden an die nordbretonische Küste geschwemmt: Flüchtlinge aus dem berüchtigten Lager in Calais "La Jungle". Was zunächst nach Routine für Ronan Prad von der Gendarmerie Maritime aussieht, wird zu einem brisanten Fall, als ein verschollenes Segelschiff geortet wird. Obwohl man ihn warnt, beschließt Ronan, zu dem Schiff zu tauchen. Nachdem er bei dem Tauchgang knapp einem Anschlag entgangen ist, findet er im Rumpf des Bootes weitere Leichen. Seine Ermittlungen reichen weit in politische Sphären.

It was a simple favor. Check in on a friend. When Earl Jackson sends Will on a trip to remote Montana things go south quickly when Will discovers the bizarre purpose behind an isolated ranch. Caught in the middle between UFO believers and sinister forces, Will is propelled down a path that leads to cold and deadly depths while Andy finds her future in law enforcement threatened by an out-of-control political movement. Will Stewart encounters new adversaries and uncovers old mysteries in a gripping tale of hoaxes, murder, and questions that span the universe in Nine Lives Lost.

In Celebrated Crimes [eight volumes: this version, 1895], Dumas the elder, recognised master of historical fiction (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers) turns to historical fact. In this volume: Joan of Naples. The much-married queen does what she must to survive ‘the violence and treachery of this barbarous age’. ‘An angel soiled by crime, she lied like Satan himself .’ The Man in The Iron Mask (an essay). How much of the well-known story is fact, and how much fiction?

New York Times best-selling author and legendary political insider Roger Stone lashes out with a blistering indictment that exposes the true history and monumental hypocrisy of the Bushes. In his usual "go for the jugular" style, Stone collaborates with Saint John Hunt - author, musician, and son of legendary CIA operative E. Howard Hunt - to make this a "no-holds-barred" history of the Bush family.

Books about the Kennedys are legion. Yet missing until now has been the exploration of the bond between Jack and Bobby, and the part that it played in their rise and fall. Richard D. Mahoney gives us Jack and Bobby in all their hubris and humanity, youthfulness and fatalism. Here is American history as it unfolds. The Kennedy Brothers is a fresh and masterful account of the men whose legacy continues to hold the American imagination.

»Geschichte wiederholt sich nicht?«, murmelte er. »Wer sagt das? ICH wiederhole die Geschichte.« Vom Bundeswehreinsatz in Afghanistan schwer traumatisiert landet Simon Stark auf der Straße. Als Sophie Palmer, die Leiterin einer Hilfseinrichtung, sich um ihn zu kümmern beginnt, fasst er wieder neuen Mut – und gerät prompt in den nächsten gefährlichen Einsatz. Ein Obdachloser nach dem anderen verschwindet spurlos und nur Simon und seine neuen Freunde scheint das zu interessieren. Als sie auf das Aktenzeichen "14f13" stoßen, kommt ein grässlicher Verdacht auf.