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El apasionante relato de una mujer y un hombre que optaron por resistir en los tiempos más difíciles. La novela más intensa y emotiva del ciclo de los Episodios de una Guerra Interminable. En 1954, el joven psiquiatra Germán Velázquez vuelve a España para trabajar en el manicomio de mujeres de Ciempozuelos, al sur de Madrid. Tras salir al exilio en 1939, ha vivido quince años en Suiza, acogido por la familia del doctor Goldstein.

Como ya imaginábamos, Lisbeth no está muerta, aunque no hay muchas razones para cantar victoria: con una bala en el cerebro, necesita un milagro, o el más habilidoso cirujano, para salvar la vida. Le esperan semanas de confinamiento en el mismo centro donde un paciente muy peligroso sigue acechándola: Alexander Zalachenko, Zala.

President Jack Spiers and former Secret Service agent Ethan Reichenbach throw caution to the wind, committing themselves publicly as the first out male lovers and partners to occupy the White House. Jack moves Ethan into the Residence, but as Ethan settles into his new role as first gentleman of the United States, not everyone is thrilled with their choices. When it seems like the world turns against them, Jack and Ethan must turn to each other, finding the strength together to press on.

When Hurricane Leo threatens Florida's Camino Island, the Governor is quick to issue an evacuation order. Most residents flee but a small group of die-hards decide to ride it out. Amongst them is Bruce Cable. The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are levelled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded and a dozen people are killed. One of the victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce's who wrote timely political thrillers. But evidence suggests that the storm wasn't the cause of Nelson's death - he had received several mysterious blows to the head.

In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skill, cunning, and heroism put the US government back in his debt and set him on another path of revenge.

On a crowded tourist beach in Portugal, US operatives use a high-tech drone to watch a French arms dealer flirt with a beautiful woman. It's only when she leaves that they realise she has shot him dead. In Iran, protests are growing against the oppressive regime, whipped up by a charismatic student. Most external observers are excited, but on the ground a spy of questionable loyalty senses something is badly amiss.

Personal injury attorney Peter Game has a reputation: cynical, untroubled by ethics, and willing to take any case, anytime, in his pursuit of the win. He dreams of a sweetheart score that’ll make his name and net him millions. Then comes the lightning rod: a school shooting just outside of Salt Lake City. His client: the devastated mother of one of the victims. What she wants is understandable—just not simple: to sue the manufacturers of the automatic weapon used in the mass killing.

A call from the US president to Canada’s prime minister . . . An intimate reception at the Ottawa residence of Her Majesty’s governor general . . . The arrival of a ship in Vancouver. Three seemingly unrelated events three thousand miles apart upset the balance of global power and alter the landscape of the free world. As Canada’s prime minister, James Howden, works to ensure his nation’s survival in a nuclear war, he faces another threat: a lawyer on a crusade for justice and truth.

Abschluss der Ross-Thomas-Edition: Band 25! Drei Kandidaten treten bei den ersten freien Wahlen im fiktiven afrikanischen Albertia an, das danach von der britischen Krone unabhängig werden soll. Der Rohstoffreichtum macht das Land für diverse Unternehmen attraktiv und öffnet der politischen Korruption Tür und Tor. Der brillante PR-Mann Peter Upshaw, der eine erfolgreiche Werbe-Agentur mit Sitz in London vertritt, heuert den gewieften politischen Strategen Clinton Shartelle an, um der Kampagne »ein bisschen amerikanisches showbiz einzublasen«

Under en oförglömlig middag fattar tre kvinnor ett beslut som påverkar den politiska makten i landet. Den nuvarande statsministern har aviserat sin avgång och det finns inte längre bara en given efterträdare. Kvinnorna som redan sitter på toppositioner går nu samman, med det uttalade målet att förändra den politiska spelplanen. Ute i landet mullrar det av en helt ny kraft–den familjeägda storbankens besked om nedläggning av ett stort antal bankkontor drabbar förstås landsbygden.

Nach einer herausragenden Karriere als amerikanischer Spion ist Nathan Grant bereit, die CIA hinter sich zu lassen. Doch Leider sind seine Widersacher nicht bereit, ihn so einfach ziehen zu lassen. Als eine letzte Mission mit dem Tod von zwei russischen Spionen endet, wird Grant zu einem gesuchten Mann. Um stehts einen Schritt voraus zu sein, muss er die Identität eines Maulwurfs aufdecken, der sich tief im Inneren der CIA versteckt hält.

Hur kan någon försvinna från en hotellsvit i Oslo utan att dörrar eller fönster öppnats och utan att övervakningskamerorna registrerat något? Att denna någon är Helen Bentley, USA: s första kvinnliga president, gör saken än mer oförklarlig och skrämmande. Snart är jakten på kidnapparen i full gång och hela världen följer andlöst sökandet efter den försvunna presidenten. Så också Inger Johanne Vik, mammaledig psykolog och jurist med ett förflutet inom FBI.

Dr. Arman Pirouzi left Iran behind for a better life in the United States until he is reluctantly recruited by the CIA and returns to Tehran, where the ruthless IRGC hunts, tortures, and routinely kills spies and traitors with brutal efficiency. His mission: locate a critical asset, extract classified intelligence, and stop a war before it starts. His challenge: survive the most dangerous city in the world, where old friends become enemies, past loves are rekindled, and death waits around any corner. Capture means torture.

Lawless Hour is a gripping political thriller that explores the dark descent of a society under authoritarian rule. In a near-future America, the newly elected regime introduces a radical policy: an unimpeded hour of law enforcement power to "restore order." But as the night stretches on, it becomes clear that this is not a simple exercise in justice—it's a systematic purge targeting anyone deemed undesirable by the state's new laws.

When civil rights attorney Samuel Copper is lynched in the heart of Washington, D.C., his murder is staged to instill fear, his body marked with a name few recognize—Sons of Glory. To the public, it’s a hate crime. To those in power, it’s a warning. But to Colton Cross, it’s an open contract.

Was machen Murat und Costa – die beiden Buddys aus "CAIMAN CLUB" – eigentlich, wenn sie sich nicht gerade von Hagen von Grau oder Gabriel Harras in irgendeine Scheiße reinziehen lassen? Sie lassen sich von jemand anderem in irgendeine Scheiße reinziehen. Diesmal von Gernot Scheuerle, dem "Schwaben", dem Mafia-Boss aus Berlin-Gesundbrunnen. Dessen 19-jährige Nichte Franziska ist zu Besuch in der Hauptstadt und will auf das geilste Musikfestival ever, um ihre geliebten Stars live zu erleben. Und wer soll währenddessen auf sie aufpassen? Genau.

World War III is three months old. After attacking, and sinking the Destroyer USS Stacy Heath, the Chinese took possession of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Fortunately, India managed to stop the advance at the Ganges river. Rather than allow the Chinese to seize control of the entire subcontinent, the US sends 20,000 soldiers and marines in to support India. The Russians use the opportunity to invade Ukraine, which leaves NATO with no choice but to counterattack. A full-fledged European ground war begins.

In a novel of international intrigue, an American lawyer, Damon Pierce, attempts to save Bobby Okari, the West African leader of a protest movement, from execution by the country's corrupt and autocratic leader. Pierce is in a race against time, and as the complex trial - involving terrorism and the geopolitics of oil, missing witnesses and evidence, and the whims of a lawless country - unfolds, bodies fall and fates dangle.

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley, and Peter Guillam himself, are to be scrutinized by a generation with no memory of the Cold War.

Number-one best-seller John Grisham returns with his most suspenseful thriller yet. Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fawcett just became number five. I did not know Judge Fawcett, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story.