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Jack Reacher, legendärer Spitzenermittler der Militärpolizei, quittierte vor Jahren den Dienst. Seither ist er abgetaucht, führt ein rastloses Leben als Einzelgänger ohne festen Wohnsitz. Dennoch wird er eines Tages von der ehemaligen Lebensgefährtin seines verstorbenen Bruders aufgespürt. Und sie überrascht ihn mit dem Anliegen, er möge im Auftrag des Secret Service ein Attentat auf den Vizepräsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten vorbereiten.

Der ehemalige Militärpolizist Jack Reacher entdeckt bei einem Pfandleiher einen Abschlussring einer Militärakademie. Warum trennt sich jemand von so einer Trophäe? Einem Impuls folgend beschließt er, die einstige Besitzerin aufzuspüren und ihn ihr zurückzubringen. Und plötzlich befindet sich Reacher im Netz einer kriminellen Organisation mit Verbindungen in die höchsten Kreise der Gesellschaft. Ein Preis wird auf seinen Kopf ausgesetzt, Killer heften sich an seine Fersen. Aber es gibt Leute, mit denen man sich nicht anlegen sollte - zum Beispiel mit Jack Reacher!

Im Jahr 1996 belauscht ein Undercover-Agent der CIA ein Gespräch zwischen islamistischen Terroristen in Hamburg. "Der Amerikaner will hundert Millionen Dollar." Doch er kann nicht herausfinden, wer diese Summe verlangt und wofür. Fest steht nur, dass es um einen Terroranschlag in ungeahntem Ausmaß geht. Die CIA stellt eine Spezialeinheit auf, um in Deutschland zu ermitteln. Dafür zieht sie mit Jack Reacher auch den besten Militärpolizisten hinzu, den die U.S. Army zu bieten hat.

Eigentlich wollte sich Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast nach der mörderischen Jagd auf seinen Bruder Diogenes etwas Ruhe in einem abgelegenen tibetischen Kloster gönnen. Doch als er dort erfährt, dass man den Mönchen ein geheimnisvolles Artefakt gestohlen hat, muss er sich sofort auf die Suche danach machen, denn das Agozyen hat die Macht, die Menschheit zu vernichten...

Andrea Beaumont è sposata con il suo lavoro, ma ciò che vorrebbe davvero sarebbe sposare il suo capo, Mac McCallum. Tra loro, però, c'è un rapporto puramente professionale, tanto che per la donna l'unica soluzione è andarsene per provare a toglierselo dalla testa. Mac, però, non è dello stesso avviso: non può lasciarsi scappare Andi! Le propone così di passare due settimane insieme, poi sarà libera di decidere cosa fare. Lontano dai ritmi stressanti del lavoro la passione prende il sopravvento... si tratta solo di scegliere l'ordine delle priorità.

Der Auftakt einer neuen Serie um die junge Archäologin Dr. Nora Kelly und FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson vom Besteller-Duo Preston & Child. Ein hochspannender Mix aus Indiana-Jones-Archäologie, einer wahren geschichtlichen Begebenheit und einem atemberaubenden Spannungsplot.

Archaeologist Nora Kelly is adrift in her career and her personal life when a violent, inexplicable incident leaves her in possession of a mysterious letter. Written by her father, who vanished sixteen years ago in the remote desert, the letter reveals the location of a legendary site hidden in...

A captivating action and adventure thriller from bestselling duo, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. In 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky...

From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child, Agent Pendergast is faced with the most inexplicable challenge of his career when severed feet are found floating in the Gulf of Mexico. A startling crime with dozens of victims. To the horror of the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island...

The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. "Exceeds expectations at every juncture, a thriller extraordinaire that turns history upside down in forming the...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! “A perfect example of Lee Child’s talent . . . This is not just a good story; it is a story with a purpose and a message.”—Huffington Post Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a...

Lewis and Lindsay Thorpe were the perfect couple: young, attractive, and ideally matched. But the veil of perfection can mask many blemishes. When the Thorpes are found dead in their tasteful Flagstaff living room (having committed double suicide), alarms go off in the towering Manhattan offices...

A collection of killer stories from some of today's hottest crime fiction writers, edited by grandmaster and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child. Killer Year is a group of thirteen authors whose first novels were published in the year 2007. Now, each member of this widely-praised organization has written a story with his or her own unique twist on the world of crime.

Lucy and Mum's Shoes is the story a girl who hears the world a little differently. She is fascinated by the sounds around her, especially the sound of shoes. She dreams of a life where she is surrounded by high heels. She dreams of being grown-up. Feeling brave one morning, Lucy sneaks into her mother’s cupboard and tries on her favourite pair of stilettos. An unusual and dreamlike day of high-heeled hope, happiness and hindrance follows, leaving Lucy a little less certain that she wants to feel grown-up after all....

BEYOND THE ICE LIMIT That thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now... With these words begins Gideon Crew's latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth. Five years ago, the mysterious and...

Brought to you by Penguin. Published as an audiobook, a long short story from thriller master Lee Child about the teenage Reacher, now also available in No Middle Name: the Collected Jack Reacher Stories. July 1977. Jack Reacher is almost seventeen, and he stops in New York on his way from South...

“Few writers do it better than Child.” ––BOOKLIST Former naval doctor Peter Crane is urgently summoned to a remote oil platform in the North Atlantic to help diagnose a bizarre medical condition spreading through the rig. But when he arrives, Crane learns that the real trouble lies far...

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her “true calling.” From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre, en route to Paris, in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon...

Simon isn’t prepared for the turn his life will take when a beautiful stranger arrives on his doorstep… He'd certainly never set eyes on—much less gone to bed with—Tula Barrons. Yet businessman Simon Bradley agreed to let Tula and her infant cousin—a child she claimed was his—stay in...

After a career of life-risking military service, Jericho King desires only the solitude of his mountain lodge. But when Daisy Saxon arrives, his plans come to an end, for he'd once pledged his help if ever she was in need. Surely he could give her a job and a home, all without succumbing to his...