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Two brothers. One a top FBI agent. The other a brilliant, twisted criminal. An undying hatred between them. Now, a perfect crime. And the ultimate challenge: Stop me if you can...

En 1987, en el corazón de la selva amazónica, un equipo de científicos encuentra la talla de un enigmático dios adorado por una tribu de salvajes. El extraño ídolo es enviado a Nueva York, donde queda arrumbado en los sótanos de un enorme y antiguo museo. Poco después, los científicos son masacrados por los indígenas y todo el proyecto cae en el olvido.

Cuando la policía encuentra dos esqueletos unidos en un abrazo en un río de Manhattan, Margo Green, conservadora del Museo de Historia Natural, es invitada a colaborar en la investigación, no solo por sus conocimientos antropológicos sino por su experiencia el año anterior cuando se enfrentó con una horrenda bestia que andaba suelta por los sótanos del museo. Los esqueletos presentan señales de violencia y unas grotescas anormalidades que apuntan a una sola cosa: el despertar de una pesadilla dormida.

#1 bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in a thrilling blend of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a...

This inaugural edition of what will be a yearly collection offers a fascinating variety of essays and crime reporting, taken from regional, national, and international publications. The stories range from reports of homicide at a Toronto massage parlor to blackmail and murder-for-hire in Austin, Texas, to an unusual murder weapon in rural Minnesota. Other stories examine controversial rehabilitation techniques for sexual criminals and explore the phenomenon of victims' relatives appearing as guests at true crime conventions.

Fan favourites Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson return in the new thriller from international bestsellers Preston and Child. Forced to leave her post at the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute, Nora Kelly is left without a job and without any prospects. So when billionaire Lucas Tappan invites her to...

Un squelette de femme est découvert dans le désert du Nouveau-Mexique. Puis un second... Tout sauf un hasard, les deux jeunes femmes se connaissaient... La nouvelle aventure, la cinquième, de Nora Kelly et Corrie Swanson, du FBI, mêlant archéologie, suspense et enquête policière. La...

La première enquête de l'inspecteur Pendergast, prequel d'une série de 22 romans vendus à plus de 30 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde. Où l'on découvre Aloysius Pendergast, jeune recrue au bureau de la Nouvelle-Orléans du FBI, sur les traces d'un tueur en série qui ampute ses...

Bloomsbury presents Pendergast: The Beginning by Preston & Child, read by Jefferson Mays. 'Will leave you breathless' Lee Child on Preston and Child 'Get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci on Preston and Child 'Simply brilliant' Lisa Gardner on Preston and Child Are you ready to...

An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit... His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime... A young woman with an extrodinary past, on th edge of a violent breakdown... An ancient Egyptian tomb with an enigmatic curse, about to...

How can you stop a serial killer who has been dead for a hundred years? The nail-biting new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Agent Pendergast series. FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast always wants to protect his protegee Constance Greene from harm. But, against all odds, Constance...

Par les créateurs de l'inspecteur Aloysius Pendergast, le Sherlock Holmes des temps modernes. Sept décennies après, le mystère plane encore à Roswell... Licenciée de l'Institut archéologique de Santa Fe, Nora Kelly accepte la proposition pour le moins inattendue du milliardaire Lucas...

HellBound Books pays loving homage to the spine-tingling 70’s kids’ anthology Monsters, Monsters, Monsters, without which they would not be around today to delight horror fans with these 17 deliciously gruesome tales. Dig into this slew of unique, terrifying monsters—each one hand-picked for your deplorably horrific delight.

" Un suspense au cordeau, une intrigue serrée... Et deux femmes entêtées ! Un excellent roman. " Publishers Weekly Par Preston & Child (nos1 des ventes du New York Times), les créateurs de l'inspecteur Aloysius Pendergast, le Sherlock Holmes des temps modernes. Un mystère vieux de quinze...

La nouvelle série du duo de choc Preston & Child (n°1 des ventes du New York Times), mêlant archéologie, suspense et enquête policière, met en scène l'archéologue Nora Kelly et la jeune Corrie Swanson, du FBI. Par Preston & Child les créateurs de l'inspecteur Pendergast. UNE AVENTURE DE...

Bloomsbury presents Old Bones by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, read by Cynthia Farrell. The latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a...

La nouvelle série du duo de choc Preston & Child (n°1 des ventes du New York Times), mêlant archéologie, suspense et enquête policière, met en scène l'archéologue Nora Kelly et la jeune Corrie Swanson, du FBI. Par les créateurs de l'inspecteur Aloysius Pendergast, le Sherlock Holmes des...

In one of NPR's 100 Best Thrillers Ever, FBI agent Pendergast discovers thirty-six murdered bodies in a New York City charnel house . . . and now, more than a century later, a killer strikes again. In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City, a charnel house is discovered. Inside are...

Brought to you by Penguin. A BBC, Financial Times and Cosmopolitan What to Read in 2024 pick Set in a New York apartment building, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive novel with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of neighbours has been secretly written by a...

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human.... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders.