Ergebnis für "Him Standing" in Belletristik

Als Hayley Sinclair auf die Bühne tritt, hofft sie auf tosenden Applaus. Doch am nächsten Morgen kassiert die Performerin eine vernichtende Kritik. Bis sie erfährt, dass der Mann, den sie nach der Premiere in einer Bar ansprach, der ihr so wohlwollend zuhörte und die Nacht mit ihr verbrachte, ausgerechnet ebenjener Starkritiker Alex Lyons ist. Hayley macht ihn und seinen Verrat zum Thema ihrer Show, die bald zum Phänomen wird: Immer mehr Frauen erheben die Stimme und rechnen ab.

Here in Slough House, the intelligence service's home for inept spies, it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Roddy Ho is used to being the one the slow horses turn to when they need miracles performed, and he's always been Jackson Lamb's Number Two. So when Lamb has a photograph that needs doctoring, it's Ho he entrusts with the task. Christmas is a time for memories, but Lamb doesn't do memories—or so he says. But what is it about the photo that makes him want to alter it? How would the slow horses cope if Roddy Ho didn't exist?

Black Ops, Inc. operative Joe Green is determined to bring to justice the man responsible for former team member Bryan Tompkins' death. He's convinced the ambush that killed Bryan was no coincidence but a setup. Unsure of the consequences of the battle he's about to start, Joe distances himself from both his Black Ops, Inc. team members and the woman he loves, Bryan's sister, Stephanie Tompkins.