Resultados para "Victoria" en Espías y políticos

Quando Victor viene arrestato per un omicidio che, una volta tanto, non ha commesso, l'unica via d'uscita per un killer del suo calibro è la fuga. Ma qualcuno lo vuole dietro le sbarre, sorvegliato da agenti della polizia che non hanno idea del mostro con cui hanno a che fare. Ben presto, però, i suoi compagni di prigionia si rendono conto che non è lui a essere intrappolato lì dentro con loro, ma sono loro a essere rinchiusi in una gabbia con il più pericoloso dei criminali. E Victor ha una missione: scovare il traditore.

The gallows, the rack, and angry mobs are part of the menace in this horrific novel set in 15th century Paris. Quasimodo, the kind-hearted, hunchbacked bell ringer and the lovely La Esmaralda struggle to survive the brutality that surrounds them.

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.

Ruthless defense attorney Tatum Graham has been living large in Miami, but when his recently acquitted client claims another victim, Tatum has a crisis of conscience. Disillusioned, he heads to his small Utah hometown for a simpler life...but that’s not what he finds. Soon after he arrives, Tatum’s childhood crush offers him a job at the county attorney’s office and assigns him a murder case.

I Annalice Mallorys släkt har det funnits många berömda personer. Upptäcktsresande, vetenskapsmän. Och just därför är också deras herrgård fylld av märkliga, fascinerande föremål. En dag hittar hon en sekelgammal dagbok som förtäljer om en mystisk ö. På ön ska det visst ha inträffat ett skeppsbrott. Om man kan hitta det gamla skeppet så kommer man också att bli rikligt belönad.

Favel Farington är en ung och lycklig kvinna när hon anländer till det gamla medeltida slottet vid Cornwalls kust. Äktenskapet till sin make, slottsherren Ron Pendorric, är nytt och hon går in med det med stor entusiasm. Men allt är inte som det borde vara i det gamla slottet och gamla skrämmande hemligheter börjar långsamt stiga upp till ytan. Någon försöker ta hennes liv - vem? Och hur kommer det sig att flera kvinnor genom historien har dött på slottet under mystiska omständigheter?

Det finns en märklig klippa i en skog i Schweiz. Sägnen säger att om man besöker platsen vid rätt tidpunkt så får man se sin framtida make eller älskare. Cordelia och hennes vänner besöker platsen och mycket riktigt dyker en mystisk främling upp. Cordelia känner sig direkt lockad av den tystlåtne stilige mannen, men skräms på samma gång av hans intensiva närvaro.

Attorney Dani Rollins is bullish in the courtroom—pushing judges and prosecutors to their limits in defense of the innocent. So when she meets Teddy Thorne, a mentally challenged teen accused of selling drugs, Dani knows she’s got this in the bag. She can easily settle the case with a couple of court appearances. But when prosecutors move for an adult felony conviction, Dani suspects Teddy’s being used as a pawn in a sinister game. As the case moves forward, Dani is certain the judge and district attorney’s office have motivations beyond the crime.

They call it Hell Day - a world war that lasted less than 24 hours. Nations unleashed weapons that destroyed more than a century’s worth of technology. Electrical grids cannot generate power. Communications and computers cannot run. And the remnants of the US government cannot be depended upon. Those who survived must live as their ancestors did, off a land ruled by the whims of nature. Onetime congressional representative Victoria Emerson has become the new leader of the small town of Ortho, West Virginia.

One-time congressional representative Victoria Emerson has received a request from the deposed president of the United States—come to the bunker at Hilltop Manor, where the remnants of the U.S. government have been imprisoned. A ruthless band has seized power, leaving civilians to die of starvation and untreated injuries. The self-appointed leader, Roger Parsons, plans to punish the former rulers for thrusting the country into Hell Day, the devastating war that changed the world in just a few hours.

Victoria Emerson is a congressional member of the US House of Representatives for the state of West Virginia. Her aspirations have always been to help her community and to avoid the ambitious power plays of her peers in Washington, DC. Then Major Joseph McCrea appears on her doorstep and uses the code phrase Crimson Phoenix, meaning this is not a drill. The United States is on the verge of nuclear war. Victoria must accompany McCrea to a secure bunker. She cannot bring her family.

Victor è un assassino abile, spietato, una faccia che scompare tra la folla senza lasciare indizi. Rintracciato da un vecchio contatto che gli chiede di proteggere la figlia Gisele, accetta l'incarico in nome della vecchia amicizia che lo lega a Eleanor, la madre della ragazza. Gisele è a Londra e, stando alle poche notizie che si hanno di lei, è diventata l'obiettivo dei nemici di suo padre.

Victor sembra non avere passato. È risoluto, schivo, non si ferma davanti a niente, il che fa di lui un killer perfetto da assoldare. La sua prossima missione è raggiungere il sicario olandese Felix Kooi ad Algeri ed eliminarlo. Una volta portato a termine il suo compito, potrà tornarsene alla propria esistenza solitaria nella gelida Islanda. Ma la CIA, uno dei suoi principali committenti, ha altri piani: dovrà fingersi la sua stessa vittima e risalire a colui che ha assoldato Felix Kooi.

Victor ha un talento naturale per l'omicidio. Sicario abile e spietato si trova costretto a lavorare per conto di un misterioso agente della CIA: tre sconosciuti, tre colpi. Ma il lavoro non è veloce e pulito come avrebbe voluto. Man mano che il killer elimina le sue vittime, si rende conto che il gioco si fa sempre più complesso, intricato e letale. Nel suo mestiere non è sempre facile tracciare una linea netta tra nemici e alleati, ma Victor si accorge di essere nel mezzo di una guerra segreta.

De vierde, ook los te lezen, thriller met de charismatische huurmoordenaar Victor in de hoofdrol. Victor is een freelance huurmoordenaar, een professional, een killer - de beste die er is. Hij is ijskoud, efficiënt en trefzeker. Hij leeft alleen, werkt alleen en niemand kent zijn achtergrond of echte naam. Voor hem is iedere opdracht een zuiver zakelijke transactie: hij schakelt het doelwit uit en krijgt daarvoor betaald. Maar nu wordt het wel erg persoonlijk: een oude bekende vraagt Victor om hulp. Niet om te moorden, maar om te beschermen.

When a bomb explodes in the bustling Commonwealth capital city of Salaam, responsibility is quickly claimed by an extremist independence movement. But after a former comrade, an ex-spy with his own agenda, is implicated in the attack, Simon Kovalic and his team of covert operatives are tasked with untangling the threads of a dangerous plot that could have implications on a galactic scale. And the deeper Kovalic digs, the more he'll uncover a maze of secrets, lies, and deception that may force even the most seasoned spy to question his own loyalties.

Brugge wordt overdonderd door een bomaanslag op een standbeeld en de moord op een Duitse vastgoedhandelaar. Adjunct-commissaris Van In staat voor de grote opgave om de daders te achterhalen. Hoe zijn de misdaden met elkaar verbonden? Samen met zijn vriendin en parketmagistraat Hannelore Martens ontrafelen ze de geheimen van de machtige vastgoedwereld die diep verstrengeld is met corruptie, fraude en een berucht Nazi verleden. Van In belandt in de hoge kringen van Brugge die alles over hebben voor financieel gewin. ‘De Midasmoorden’ is de opvolger van ‘Het vierkant van de wraak’ in de Van In-reeks en kan ook los gelezen worden.

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the first instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Government operative James Xu arrives in the peaceful suburb of Greenpoint on a stormy...

Maddox Kinkade is an expert at managing the impossible. Tasked with neutralizing a lethal bioweapon, she turns to the one person capable of helping her stop the threat of pandemic in time: the love of her life, back from the dead and mad as hell at her supposed betrayal. Recruiting Cole to save millions of lives may be harder than resisting the attraction still burning between them, but Maddox will do whatever it takes...even if it destroys her.

An all-powerful Mexican drug cartel, threatened by the newly elected US president's promised initiative to wage a real war on drugs as soon as he takes the oath of office, finances a radical Islamist group to assassinate the president of the United States. The Islamists, with the help of Iran, place their deadliest agent, Omar, on a hands-free track with plans to strike on Inauguration Day at the height of the swearing in ceremony.