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2006, La Nouvelle-Orléans. Catherine, la fille du gouverneur de Louisiane, est enlevée. Confiée au FBI, l'enquête prend un tour imprévu : son kidnappeur se livre aux autorités et demande à s'entretenir avec Ray Hartmann, un obscur fonctionnaire qui travaille dans une unité de lutte contre le crime organisé. Alors qu'une course contre la montre s'engage pour retrouver Catherine, dans l'ombre, la mafia et les autorités s'inquiètent du dialogue qui s'établit entre les deux hommes.

"Superbly performed by Susan Ericksen, Vendetta in Death is mesmerizing to the very end, and a "must" especially for connoisseurs of the genre...Highly recommended." — Midwest Book Review The predator becomes the prey in J. D. Robb's Vendetta in Death, the newest thriller in the #1 New York...

With his dying breath, Carl Venable, head of the CIA task force on terrorism and Jude Brandon's final link to terrorist ringleader Max Huber, gives Brandon a mandate: to keep his daughter, Rachel, safe at any cost. But Rachel Venable has a shocking, twisted past of her own, one that comes rushing back after her medical clinic in Guyana is attacked by Huber - the same man who murdered her father and kept her imprisoned for months.  

Captain Sannie van Rensburg and safari guide Mia Greenaway are caught in the crossfires of a decades-old feud between five veterans of South Africa's apartheid-era Border War. Haunted by the deadly mission that shaped their lives forever, the ex-paratroopers must finally confront their demons, and each other, at the funeral of a comrade in the red dunes of the Kalahari Desert. But their scars run deep, and as the truth emerges, each man must ask himself: When serving your country, what makes you a hero and what secrets are worth dying for?

Book 49 in the bestselling In Death series - Eve Dallas takes on a serial killer dispensing their own form of justice. When a family man is tortured, killed and left in front of his family home for all the world to see, Eve Dallas knows she is on the hunt for a particularly dangerous killer. But...

Betrayal. Murder. Revenge. Just another day in medieval Italy. The year is 1377. Angelo Anchioni has served in the Hospitaller Order for fourteen years. Determination, diligence and skill have made him a squire, but he remains unaware of the evil that those closest to him have within them. Returning home after a long absence, he finds his beloved family has been savagely murdered by the fickle decree of Bernabo Visconti, the lord of Milan and one of the most powerful men in Europe.

Ace hacker, former sex worker and vigilante, Lexi Winter is now a cop and not keen to revisit her criminal past. But when old friends invoke the wrath of a local motorcycle club – the same club Lexi herself used to work for – she races to help them the only way she can: undercover. If Lexi is to save a child's life, she is going to have to go back – back to a life she thought she had outrun. Back to the person she used to be. But her timing isn't great. Former club president Arthur Cronin has finished his long prison sentence and is out for revenge for the death of his wife and child.

When Adele's brother, Peter, gets banged up for GBH, she reluctantly agrees to run his nightclub, The Golden Bell. Strong opposition from Peter's thuggish number two, Glynn, who isn't best pleased about answering to a woman, isn't the only challenge she faces. The Manchester club scene of the 1990s is a dangerous place, at the mercy of illicit protection rackets and rampaging gangs, and, despite Adele's efforts to keep everything legal, the club is beginning to feel like a poisoned chalice.

Courtney Seabrook is about to turn 40. It has been quite a year for the Seabrooks, but it can only get worse. Doctor Thomas Seabrook is caught up in a robbery of a jeweler. Can former detective Sergeant Steven Potter convince the desperate thieves to give themselves up and release their hostages? Will Thomas' father-in-law, Darren Hunter, save the day, as he has a habit of doing? Or will Thomas pay the ultimate price for choosing his wife's birthday present on that particular day? 

Best-selling author, Lisa Scottoline, has been hailed as "the female John Grisham" by people magazine. She is a successful trial lawyer with a well-known law firm. Vendetta Defence, delivers a rich, vivid story of past sins, love, and justice. 'Pigeon Tony' as his neighbours know him, is an...

When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile in 1821, he took to the grave a powerful secret. As general and emperor, he had stolen immeasurable riches from palaces, national treasuries, and even the Knights of Malta and the Vatican. In his final days, his British captors hoped to learn where the loot lay hidden. But he told them nothing, and in his will he made no mention of the treasure. Or did he?

Emanuela Ciafrei, Manuela Fucci, Maria Carolina Guidotti, Giovanni Mandruzzato, Franca Pellizzari e Claudio Righenzi. Sei autori per sei racconti noir sul tema della vendetta.

Ethan Kane’s quest for the Solakari legacy leads him onto the perilous Natchez Trace in 1825. He hunts the outlaw Blackjack Stark, who unknowingly holds an ancient Bible containing a coded Solakari vellum. After a deadly confrontation where new ally Sally McGill avenges her family on Stark, Ethan recovers the Bible. Aided by the forgotten scholar Alaric Thorne, he deciphers the vellum, revealing a path to a lost Spanish presidio in Tejas.

John Candish è un criminale dedito principalmente allo spaccio di sostanze stupefacenti. La persona che lui ha sempre amato sopra ogni cosa, sua moglie Adrien, muore senza che lui potesse salutarla. Da quel momento in avanti John perde la lucidità di un tempo e inizia a combinare un disastro dopo l'altro. L'occasione giusta arriva quando Henry gli chiede di fare da guardaspalle a una donna dalla bellezza folgorante e dal passato oscuro, che lui ha intenzione di spedire in Italia con una precisa missione.

In a case steeped in blood and memory, It will take a stroke of brilliance to save Pigeon Tony. But if anyone can see justice done, it may be this gutsy young attorney. She'll risk everything for her client...including her life. In The Vendetta Defense, Lisa Scottoline, New York Times...

Roberto Cherchi è stato con­dannato all'ergastolo per quattro omicidi ed è ricercato dalle forze dell'ordine. Quando, durante la sua latitanza, scopre che l'avvocato Antonella Deme­las è in coma in seguito a un ag­guato, decide di trovare il responsabile. Un sentimento di profonda gratitudine, infatti, lega il fuggiasco alla donna e il deside­rio di vendetta è più forte di qua­lunque rischio.

The last thing spy extraordinaire Charlotte Mission wanted was an early retirement in Gossip, Texas. As an ex-spy, the inn is about as exciting as runny cupcake batter. But Charlie’s got no choice. It’s hideout in her grandmother’s inn or risk discovery by the rogue spy who’s out to make her pay. Her ex-husband. Being a maid and waiter at the Gossip Inn isn’t as simple as Charlie anticipated, even with a superstar ex-agent granny for company. Her first day on the job is a total disaster made even worse when one of the guests drops dead on the dining room floor.

17 Dicembre 2010. L’ispettore Andrea Pantaleo dorme profondamente nel suo letto. Una telefonata squarcia il cuore dell’alba che sta sorgendo. È il suo amico americano Henry Domonte, consulente dell’FBI in materia di serial killer con cui l’ispettore ha già più volte collaborato in passato, a chiedergli aiuto. L’uomo è sconvolto, fuori di sé. La moglie, Elisabeth Darrell, valente psichiatria e direttrice della Teamsters Care Hospital di Boston, una delle strutture psichiatriche più conosciute della capitale del Massachusetts dove i due vivono, è stata da pochi minuti decapitata nel loro appartamento.

""Scottoline knows the simple yet magical secret at the heart of compelling suspense fiction."" — Philadelphia Inquirer In the sixth riveting thriller in #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline’s Rosato & Associates series, a lawyer is handed the case that could make her career—and...

Some debts can’t be buried. Some vendettas never die. After escaping the Mob’s deadly grip in New York, retired undercover cop Steve Regan and his son Marco vanish into the chaos of Bangkok. But their fresh start becomes a nightmare when Marco is nearly killed in a targeted attack.