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Gone Wild brings back Thorn, the haunting, quixotic hero last seen in the best-seller Mean High Tide. And in a novel filled with the author's signatures exotic locales, vise-tightening suspense, steamy sexuality, hypnotic prose, Hall introduces a bold new element: one of the toughest, most complex female characters in modern fiction. Allison Farleigh's desperate struggle to save the endangered orangutans from poachers—and to uncover the truth about her daughter's murder—give the novel its passion and its fire.

In 1938, Rick and Rose Sinclair run an antique shop. One of Rick’s shady friends offers him the deal of a lifetime on a large, beautiful hand that had been sculpted out of polished jade. The purchase drains their savings and incenses Rose, who is convinced this jade hand was stolen and that owning it will bring them nothing but trouble.

It's the hottest summer on record. Norfolk is parched. One steaming night an old thatched barn at Wild Thyme Farm is torched. The battle to put out the blaze rages. Detective Sara is on the scene when there's a horrifying discovery: there's a body in the embers. Sara and her team have been investigating a series of fires breaking out all over the county—but this is the first body. Accident or murder?

Livet har inte gått varligt fram med Jonatan Lindbäck. Minnen och ärr från det förflutna hemsöker honom och på nätterna ser han sin älskade Malin brinna, gång på gång. Hemligheterna från förr pressar Jonatan till kanten, och över. Samtidigt sker attentat på attentat mot forskningsanläggningen Wild Energy i Tandådalen någon har gjort det till sitt öde att stoppa uppförandet av vindkraftparken på kalfjället.

I det ensliga vita huset i skogen utanför Oslo får kvinnor ett gömställe från sina våldsamma män. Omgivna av jordgubbsodlingar får kvinnor och barn äntligen skydd och trygghet. Men någonting skrämmer. Varför är källardörren låst? Och varför finns det dolda övervakningskameror kring huset? Är det verkligen för att ingen ska ta sig fram till huset oombedd? Och vem är det egentligen som skyddas? Den unga polisen Snö får i uppdrag att utreda flera fall av saknade män. Också hon kommer till det vita huset i skogen och där går den ohyggliga sanningen upp för henne.

”Det lugna och vackra fjällandskapet utgör en effektfull kontrast till det moderna och brutala maktspel som skildras. Det rättframma och korthuggna språket ackompanjerar de bilder som frammanas, och det är lätt att svepas med. Helhetsbetyg: 4, Mycket bra ” Bibliotekstjänst DRAMATIK PÅ KALFJÄLLETVid drygt femtio års ålder står Cecilia Sandell på toppen av sin karriär. Hon har fått allt: makt, pengar och status. När forsknings- och energiföretaget, som har tagit nästan ett liv att bygga upp, expanderar till Sälen möter det starkt motstånd.

It’s late, and Dez should go to bed, but instead, she keeps watching horror movies for the Mayhem & Madness Film Festival. She sees a new one pop up in her to-review queue: Adam. That’s a funny title, she thinks, since there’s another judge named Adam. But instead of watching, she goes to bed, and by the time she wakes up, the judge named Adam has killed his wife and himself, and the film, Adam has disappeared from the judging queue. In its place is a film called Grant — the name of another judge. Is Grant doomed to Adam’s fate? Will Dez see her own name as a film title?

In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California’s Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L’s newest and largest generator explodes. With four people dead and a widespread loss of power, a fringe group takes responsibility. But for GSP&L vice president Nim Goldman and his family; his adversary, investigative reporter Nancy Molineaux; detective Harry London; and beautiful quadriplegic Karen Sloan, whose every breath depends on electric power, the terror is just beginning . . .

As David and Marcus travel from Morogoro in Tanzania into the remote Uluguru Mountains, they are immersed in a community facing threats from both the natural and the spirit world. Apollo, a local game reservist, is tasked to protect Marcus' group. No longer the ranger he once was, he is haunted by strange leopard encounters on Kilimanjaro and in the Selous. As some of their fellow travellers get lost in the jungle, an unexpected arrival from the past brings a surprising twist.

Die Fortsetzung der erfolgreichen Tom Wagner Abenteuer! Eine falsche Spur. Eine bittere Wahrheit. Ein Kampf um Alles oder Nichts. Im dritten Teil der Abenteuer rund um den mythischen König Artus erwartet Tom Wagner und sein Team die bisher schwerste Prüfung. Denn erst jetzt wird so richtig klar, mit wem sie sich angelegt haben. Die Mutter von Hellen liegt im Sterben und nur ein Wunder kann sie retten. Aber dafür braucht das Team um Tom Wagner noch einige wichtige Artefakte.

In the Scottish Highlands, the Royal Artillery is testing a lethal new weapon. A Russian trawler fleet is nosing about in the Atlantic in entirely the wrong season. And a very rich Australian is using his financial power to put together an army. Mission-ready or not, Paul Chavasse must prevent the government’s deadliest missile technology from falling into enemy hands. An enemy who is one of the most dangerous men in the world. But once upon a time, so was Paul Chavasse.

When ex-intelligence officer Jake Moran is hired by Kingfisher Aerospace to assist with a high-profile mission, he expects a standard rocket launch. But what he gets is far from routine—the Kingfisher Seven rocket explodes in spectacular and very public fashion. And billionaire owner Helena Nash wants answers. The explosion forces Jake and his team at Cascadia Information Systems to pivot from monitoring weather satellites to gathering intelligence. The clock is ticking, and it’s up to them to find out what—or who—brought down the rocket.

A financier with a fascination for the occult, Marc Pearson believes the notebook contains the location of the Devil’s Eye, a mystical stone promising to unlock the cosmic knowledge of God. In the hands of the world’s foremost blackmailer, it would mean total power. CIA operatives Ridley Samaras and Booker Douglas decipher John Dee's encryption within the pages of the notebook, plunging into a high-stakes hunt across Europe to find the missing artifact before Pearson does.

»Det var en gång en liten flicka som var så rar och snäll att alla som såg henne tyckte om henne...« Tre små systrar växer upp hos mormor. En trasig barndom och en känsla av utanförskap är minnena de bär med sig. Flickorna blir äldre och snart är de vuxna kvinnor. Lisbet blir barnmorska, Judith fotograf och Carol bara alkoholiserad och misslyckad. Men vem av dem är kvinnan som mördar män? Hon som undanröjer farliga, irriterande och besvärliga män. Hon som på ytan framstår som en helt vanlig kvinna.

Morgonposten på UD i Stockholm innehåller ett vadderat kuvert med ett snyggt avkapat finger. Fingret tillhör en svensk medborgare som maffian på Sicilien kidnappat. Motvilligt åtar sig Carl Hamilton uppdraget att befria de kidnappade. Men han och hans medhjälpare möter en motståndare de aldrig tidigare stött på. Jan Guillous serie om Carl Hamilton blev omedelbart en stor framgång, som med åren kom att växa till Sveriges största romansuccé genom tiderna. Vendetta är den sjätte delen i serien och utkom 1991.

The Stewart family clashes with the shady Weiss family at a local rugby match. However, matters get out of hand and Jim Stewart’s police complaint is mysteriously dismissed through high level influencers. This prompts Jim to investigate the background of the Weiss family and he discovers that Johannes Weiss and his shady partner, Dr. Elise Murthen, operate a Swiss clinic where 25 rich patients died under suspicious circumstances.

The odds defy Quinn Richards and his heavy metal con artists. Captors hold Night Boy. Manjunath may be dead. A swarm of murderous auto-bots assault Quinn, Danny, and Cooper. Cisco wants to fight back, but his only weapon is Mr. Licks, his ice cream truck. As the second hand sweeps toward devastation, Brody Bach holes up in his impenetrable smart mansion. Quinn has a counterstrategy using his team’s unorthodox skills. But is it really a master plan? Or is it—as he says—“a list of shit that probably won’t happen”?

While travelling in central Turkey, Joe Grafton stumbles upon some ancient scrolls that contain a secret so devastating it could shake the foundations of the modern world. Soon, he and the beautiful Turkish girl he has befriended are fighting for their lives, pursued across the country by enemies who will do anything to get their hands on the scrolls.

What has the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the supposed hoaxed Moon landings have in common? Is there a connection between the infamous Watergate scandal and the supposed Aurora super aircraft project? Project Ares is America's most secret project, beyond even the security of the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bomb.

Back home in the Florida Keys, Mac Travis finds a jury summons waiting for him. The case drags him right back into the underbelly of the Keys. Torn between protecting the confidential informant and doing the right thing, Mac is forced to take the law into his own hands. From heart-pounding scuba diving expeditions to high-speed boat chases, “Wood’s Trial” is an action-packed adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Mac must navigate through treacherous waters, and face his own past demons as he fights to save his friend and protect the fragile balance between history and greed.