Political Crime

Presidenten vet att det är ett livsfarligt uppdrag. Allt står på spel; om han utfärdar ordern kan han eliminera ett globalt hot en gång för alla, men om uppdraget misslyckas kommer han ställas inför riksrätt och hotet mot nationen kommer förvärras mångdubbelt. Så presidenten vänder sig till de enda som kan lyckas med det omöjliga: Will Robie och Jessica Reel. Det finns ingen yrkesmördare som kan mäta sig med dem. Men det finns högt uppsatta personer som misstror dem och som inte litar på att de ska lyda order.

Will Robie är den amerikanska regeringens skarpaste lönnmördare. Han skickas på uppdrag i politiskt otillgängliga, och framför allt farliga, länder. Tack vare honom når hoten aldrig USA:s gränser. Hemkommen efter ett uppdrag som skakat den annars så behärskade Robie i grunden, verkar hans färdigheter ha övergett honom. Utan förmågan att avfyra ett vapen är han vilse, i jobbet såväl som i livet. När hans far åklagas för mord återvänder han till sin hemstad, en stad där ingenting egentligen har förändrats sedan han lämnade den.

Billionaire entrepreneur David Traynor has big dreams for fixing a broken government in his first term as president of the United States. In the months before his inauguration, he’s developed daring and, in some cases, secret strategies to solve the climate crisis, force Congress to work again, and rebuild America’s economy - and that’s just the beginning. Everyone in the capital is scrambling to adapt to the new disruptor in chief’s bold agenda, though many, both at home and abroad, also want to see Traynor and his steely vice president, Wendy Upton, fail.

Nedsänkt på jorden, som om det var hans första dag, börjar en man en resa. Han färdas i en gul sportbil, från söder till norr. Hans tanke är att sanningen finns i det rena. I logiken, i matematiken. Att ett par i Österlen begår självmord, en son i Växjö sätter en yxa i sin moders huvud, att det i Arboga utbryter en våldsvåg, att en ung man i Danderyd svälter sig till döds, ligger utanför hans intresse. Som ringar på vattnet växer färden. In i nyheterna, in i politiken, in i samhällsdebatten. Mannens namn är Tom Cooper.

Das Thriller-Debüt von Thomas Herzsprung, der als Tommy Herzsprung den LovelyBooks Leserpreis 2019 und Skoutz-Award 2018 gewonnen hat. Er will dir helfen? Dann renn um dein Leben! Die Morgendämmerung taucht den See im Stadtwald in ein unwirkliches Licht. Am Ufer liegt eine tote junge Frau. Bis auf ein Leinentuch um die Hüften ist sie nackt. Wohl platzierte Schnitte ziehen sich entlang der Venen über Arme und Beine. Ihr Mund ist eine blutige, zahnlose Höhle, der Schädel kahl rasiert.

Former Budapest cop Attila Feher would really like to see art expert Helena Marsh again, so he arranges a contract for her to determine whether a painting is a copy of a famous Artemisia Gentileschi canvas or the real thing. A simple appraisal becomes a dangerous assignment when usual eastern European gangsters show up and people start dying and the seething corruption that underlies the lost promise of post-Soviet Hungary swirls to the surface. In a race to get to the truth and to outwit her adversaries, Helena and Attila must solve the mystery of the painting’s origins.

David Hood comes from the streets of South Philadelphia, is a decorated Army veteran, builds a successful business, marries the woman of his dreams, and has two children he adores. But there are two ghosts in David’s past. One is the guilt he carries over the death of his brother. The other is the specter that will do anything to eliminate him. David has long lost the belief that good will triumph over evil. The deaths of his wife and children only reinforce that cynicism and leave him with nothing but a bone-chilling, all-consuming need for revenge.

Investigative journalist John Bailey will risk everything to get to the truth, so being kicked when he’s down comes with the territory. Having lost the one woman who was always there to pick him up, the former war correspondent is doing his best to turn his life around without her. He has a new job. He’s given up the drink. He even has a dog. But then Federal Police raid his home with a warrant granting them unprecedented powers to take anything they want.

A narrative that originates in the garment industry of mid-century New York, which produced over 80 percent of the nation's dresses at the time, Murder in the Garment District quickly moves to a national stage, where congressional anti-corruption hearings gripped the nation and forever tainted the reputation of American unions. Replete with elements of a true-crime thriller, Murder in the Garment District includes a riveting cast of characters, from wheeling and dealing union president David Dubinsky to the notorious gangster Abe Chait and the crusading Robert F. Kennedy.

Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the United States, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration, and offers a bold vision for a new future. Author Tony Platt, a recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, challenges the way we think about how and why millions of people are tracked, arrested, incarcerated, catalogued, and regulated in the United States.

No subject is more hotly debated than the extreme measures that our government has taken after 9/11 in the name of national security. Torture, extraordinary rendition, drone assassinations, secret detention centers (or "black sites"), massive surveillance of citizens. But while the press occasionally exposes the dark side of the war on terror, and congressional investigators sometimes raise alarms about the abuses committed by US intelligence agencies and armed forces, no high US official has been prosecuted for these violations.

The Wildbird family has dedicated themselves to wildlife protection for generations. This passion turns mission when a politically potent hunter slays two family members. These brutal murders demand revenge. Distinctive retaliation, guided by family elders, generates a new religion. An illicit enterprise linking Yellowstone to Glacier National Park becomes their single-minded creed in honor of the slain. This distinctive reprisal bolsters the Wildbird’s quest to build their illicit wildlife corridor, unwittingly subsidized by Montana state taxpayers.

La presidenta de la Generalitat Valenciana, Vita Castellá, aparece muerta en la habitación de un lujoso hotel de Madrid. La comprometida situación exige que quede oficialmente descartado un posible asesinato y que la investigación encalle, de manera que el partido en el poder, al que la víctima pertenece, ha activado todos los recursos. El jefe de la policía de la Comunitat Valenciana decide ayudar al ministro del Interior y al director de la Policía Nacional, Juan Quesada Montilla, en su misión: despistar a las autoridades.

Rookie homicide detective Malachi Wolf investigates a string of murders in Washington, DC and uncovers both a vigilante killer and a terrorist conspiracy-making himself a target. After his father's murder, Malachi abandoned his economics doctorate to become a police officer and protect the innocent. Now, he must solve his first homicide to prove himself worthy of the badge.

When former detective Trevor “Finn” Finnegan became a PI, he adopted a new mandate: catch the LAPD’s worst in the act. While on surveillance in Venice Beach, Finn tails two potentially dirty cops: Detective Martin Riley and Finn’s ex-partner, Detective Sally Munoz. Things take a deadly turn when an unknown assailant executes Riley and wounds Munoz. In an instant, Finn goes from private eye to eyewitness. Munoz needs Finn to help find Riley’s killer, but doing so could blow his cover.

Will O’Courtney is the ultimate insider. Having worked as an experienced contract lobbyist in Indianapolis for more than a decade, he knows all the ins and outs of back-room deals and trading information. Shortly after his divorce is finalized, Will resolves to turn his life around, and just when he starts to think of leaving the winning course, he lands a contract with a national tobacco company that would change his life forever. But then he discovers a scheme involving potential legislation for the monopoly of e-liquid tobacco products in the state.

Wenige Worte machen die aufstrebende Wiener Nachrichtensprecherin Nadine Just über Nacht berühmt: Vor laufender Kamera kündigt sie ihre Ermordung an – zwei Stunden später ist sie tot! Ebenso ergeht es dem Blogger Gunther Marzik nach einer ganz ähnlichen Ankündigung. Während die österreichische Medienwelt kopfsteht, fluten Nachahmerbeiträge und Memes das Netz.

"Die Filiale" ist der erste Band von Veit Etzolds großer Thriller-Reihe um Laura Jacobs, die als richtige Frau im falschen Job in einen mörderischen Finanzskandal verwickelt wird. Laura Jacobs kann es kaum glauben, als sie den Brief ihres Arbeitgebers öffnet: Eben noch hat sie bei einem Banküberfall auf ihre Filiale ein Blutbad verhindert – jetzt hält sie die Kündigung für den Mietvertrag ihres Zuhauses in der Hand! Die Bank, der neben Lauras Haus eine ganze Reihe von Immobilien in Berlin gehört, will die Grundstücke an einen Investor verkaufen.

Verena Mammoli è scomparsa misteriosamente in Egitto. Centra forse qualcosa suo marito, l'archeologo Idris Fami? Ma è davvero un archeologo? E se dietro questa vicenda ci fosse il traffico internazionale di manufatti antichi? È l'inizio di un intrigo internazionale senza esclusione di colpi che-dai crimini della 'Ndrangheta alle manovre di oscuri commercialisti—ci immerge in un mondo di mezzo di complotti, omicidi e affaristi senza scrupoli. Al centro di tutte queste trame, l'unico uomo che può provare a risolverle: l'indomito avvocato fiorentino Corrado Scalzi.

Colonel Dan Blake's 18-year career in the British Army comes to an abrupt end when he fails a psychiatric evaluation when in line for the top job in counterterrorism at MI5. Finding himself unexpectedly unemployed, Blake travels to Moscow to visit his one real friend, Edwin Mallory, himself a high-achieving Cambridge peer 18 years into a high-flying career with MI6. In Mallory's Moscow circle, Blake meets oil billionaire Sheikh Mohammad al Hussein. The meeting leads to a job offer for Blake's unique skill set.