Political Crime

In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, Juliana al-Dossari is a woman with a mission. When terrorist hackers threaten to disrupt water and power systems in Boston, Dallas, and Los Angeles, she joins her husband and a team of white hat hackers to track them down. With few technical skills but plenty of courage, Juliana quickly learns how to navigate the dangerous waters of the internet in order to save her city. But using her knowledge comes at a high price - her marriage and her children are threatened if she fails.

Stephen Brasch, a young American lawyer working for the Rockefeller Foundation, comes to Thailand to ‘do good'. When Brasch blows the whistle on a scandalous plot involving Thai government ministers, British and American businessmen and even the most celebrated US presidential candidate of modern times, he finds himself face-to-face with a prime minister who is renowned for taking a gun out of his office drawer and using it.

When Nick gets his first assignment from the shadowy Japanese intelligence agency he joined after fleeing the UK, it seems easy enough. All he has to do is play the babysitter and escort a retired MI6 agent to a safe house. But when Nick discovers why the agent needs help, the game changes. What was done secretly 20 years ago still has the power to ruin lives. But there’s no one else left alive who knows anything about it.

In top-secret talks in Barcelona, ex-spy Dr Tori Swyft seals a landmark Arctic deal with Beijing that sends Washington, DC, and Moscow reeling. The next morning, she wakes beside two dead bodies. A nameless voice phones her, taunting her and revealing a shocking video that shows Tori as the murderer. Yet she has no memory of what happened. With Spanish police converging at her door, Tori flees, in a race against time to find The Voice and prove her innocence - before it’s too late.

Elitsoldaterna Simon och Ahmed får ett topphemligt uppdrag: Sök upp Gamen och döda honom. Den svenske IS-jihadisten "Gamen" är ett hot mot rikets säkerhet. Han har blod på sina händer. Varken regeringen eller militären vill att han ska komma levande hem från kalifatet. Men ordern att döda en svensk medborgare strider mot grundlagen - och är politisk dynamit. I Syrien går allt åt helvete. Ahmed avrättas. Simon får djupa sår i både kropp och själ. Ett år senare får Simon syn på Gamen på en kebabsylta hemma i Sverige. Eller såg han i syne?

"Cuidado con lo que deseas", cuarta entrega de las crónicas Clifton de Jeffrey Archer, comienza con la carrera desesperada de Harry Clifton y su esposa Emma al hospital para saber qué destino ha corrido su hijo Sebastian después de un fatal accidente de tráfico. Pero, ¿quién ha muerto, Sebastian o su mejor amigo, Bruno?

Was du denkst. Was du fühlst. Wer entscheidet das? - Frigiliana, ein idyllisches Dorf in Andalusien. Hier säubert Alejandro für die Firma CleanContent das Internet vom digitalen Giftmüll, von Pornographie, Hass und Gewalt. Als sich seine Kollegin Maria von einer Brücke stürzt, wird Alejandro klar, dass sein Job nicht nur brutal, sondern lebensgefährlich ist. Dann tauchen auf seinem Bildschirm Fotos auf, die verschüttete Erinnerungen wecken und seine Mutter in Panik versetzen. Jemand will ihm Angst machen. Doch Alejandro lässt sich nicht einschüchtern.

It is in the early morning hours of January 1, 2017 when the dead body of what appeared to be a hit-and-run accident was discovered. Traffic homicide detective Mollie Foley realized that the death of Jonathan Stover was a premeditated murder. Was his murder related to his job as an investigative agent in the anti-terrorism division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? Or was it personal and related to his past?

Los Angeles den 4. december, tre uger før første juledag. Den erfarne lommetyv Angela Wood er netop blevet færdig med dagens arbejde. Seks hundrede syvogfirs dollars. En god løn for femten minutters arbejde. Da hun fejrer sin indbringende dag med en drink, fanger en af barens gæster hendes opmærksomhed, da han er ubehøvlet over for en ældre mand. Angela beslutter sig for at give ham en lærestreg og stjæler hans dyre lædertaske.

As the lives of two characters intertwine around a single defining event, a series of utterly chilling experiences is revealed, sparking a nail-biting race to find the truth...and justice. A riveting, searing and devastatingly dark thriller, The Source is also a story about survival, about hopes and dreams, about power, abuse and resilience...an immense, tense and thought-provoking debut that you will never, ever forget.

Years ago, police detective Kevin McClain was captured and tortured when he was an airborne ranger in Somalia. Now, years later, the mutilation murder of a homeless man brings back a flood of unpleasant memories. At the same time, FBI agent Felicia Knight is busy tracking down a terrorist cell purportedly set to strike in our nation’s capital on the eve of the presidential election. What neither McClain nor Knight realizes is the two cases are secretly connected by a sinister plot more diabolical and far-reaching than either of them can imagine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Many tales from the Jazz Age reek of crime and corruption. But perhaps the era’s greatest political fiasco—one that resulted in a nationwide scandal, a public reckoning at the Department of Justice, the rise of J. Edgar Hoover, and an Oscar-winning film—has long been lost to the annals of history. In Crooked, Nathan Masters restores this story of murderers, con artists, secret lovers, spies, bootleggers, and corrupt politicians to its full, page-turning glory.