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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then he stole ninety million dollars from his own firm—and ran for his life. “One terrific book—smart, fast, stingingly satiric, and almost criminally entertaining...

“Greg Iles is one of America’s great storytellers. –Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author ?""A first-rate political thriller.""–John Grisham, #1 New York Times bestselling author The hugely anticipated new Penn Cage novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the...

When former prosecutor Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, he doesn't find the peace he desperately craves. He finds that his own father is being blackmailed by a corrupt ex-cop. And when Penn investigates, he uncovers a murderous secret and the small town's violent...

On a hot summer night in 1980, two-year-old Audrey Culter was snatched from her bedroom and never seen again. Twenty-six years later, her brother, Sammy, fatefully crosses paths with the man the police failed to convict for her abduction and murder. A few weeks later, that man is dead, murdered. Private attorney Jason Kolarich is engaged to defend Audrey's brother. But can he trust the people who hired him?

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State, from the author hailed as “the best thriller writer alive” by Ken Follett “Riveting . . . an elaborate conspiracy.”—The New York Times Book Review We expect our judges to be...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time with this “buoyant, mischievous thriller” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times). Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year...

Someone is hunting down America's most elite special ops soldiers -- in their homes. A deadly fall on a rugged stretch of California coast. A burglary gone wrong in Virginia. These incidents seem unrelated, but the victims were living undercover, their true identities closely held secrets. They...

Seit Tagen lastet eine glühende Hitze über der Stadt, und die Bewohner sehnen sich nach Abkühlung. Plötzlich bricht ein Unwetter los: Der Wind frischt auf, schwarze Wolken verdunkeln das gleißende Sonnenlicht, und die Natur entlädt ihre Kräfte. Während die Menschen Schutz suchen, greift Frank zu seinem Jagdmesser, prüft die Schärfe der Klinge und handelt entschlossen im Chaos. Niemand hat etwas gesehen, niemand kann sich erinnern – nur die Dunkelheit an einem sonnigen Tag bleibt zurück.

Die junge Frau ist an einen Stuhl in einem dunklen Keller gefesselt, während ihr Peiniger Frank von der Schrecklichkeit seiner Tat überrascht wird – denn in seiner Nähe herrscht kein schützendes Unwetter, das ihm zuvor Trost spendete. Wird er erneut im Blut seines Opfers baden, oder trifft ihn eine unerwartete Wendung? Unterdessen jagen Michael Wendhaus und sein alter Freund Alexander Helweg dem Killer weiter auf Schritt und Tritt.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One juror changed the verdict. What if she was wrong? From the Academy Award–winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and bestselling author of The Last Days of Night. . . . An ID Book Club Selection In development as a limited series starring and...

A Riveting Legal Drama of Murder, Corruption, and Hidden Truths in 1980s Australia. Queensland, 1986. When the man he secretly loves is found dead, respected lawyer, Robert’s quiet suburban family life is shattered. And then he becomes the prime suspect – framed by a small group of corrupt police officers intent on burying the truth.

Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher and principal in mapping the human genome, is charged with the murder of a young colleague: twenty-six-year-old Kalista Jordan, an African-American research physician whose...

""Lean, speedy and packing a wallop of a plot twist"" was Publishers Weekly's verdict of Steve Martini's The Jury. Now Martini crafts yet another legal nail-biter featuring perennial favorite attorney Paul Madriani. After a lawyer friend is killed along with his client in a hail of gunfire...

What began as a weekend fishing trip, turns into the fight of his life when lawyer Ben Carter finds a young boy alone on the side of a road in upstate New York. Quickly linking the boy to a murder scene more than a hundred miles away, the pair travel to nearby Pittsburgh, where a mystery thrusts them both into the fight of their lives.

A scar from cheek to chin is all Marc Jordan remembers of the man kneeling over his dead mother. Now, 15 years later, Marc searches his memory for clues; he hopes to be the first to find the killer. Murder, blackmail, corruption, and betrayal leave a trail from the storied vineyards of Spain to the wineries of Southern California, where no one is who or what they claim to be.

Terrorism, politics and betrayals collide in this fast-paced thriller. He was the only one left alive; now it was his turn to die. In September 1972, journalist Anna Rosen takes an early morning phone call from her boss at the ABC, telling her about two bombings in Sydney's busy CBD. It's the worst terrorist attack in the country's history, and Anna has no doubt which group is responsible for the carnage.

""It must have been a hell of a night, if only I could remember it."" All Victor Carl knows is that he's just woken up with his suit in tatters, and a stinging pain in his chest thanks to a new tattoo he doesn't remember getting: a heart inscribed with the name Chantal Adair. Is Chantal Adair...

Peter Hale is a young attorney with a lot to prove. Crossing his father, one of Portland's most powerful lawyers, was a costly mistake. Now, cut loose from his job and his inheritance, Peter's has landed in the public defender's office of a small Oregon town - and in the middle of a high-profile case that could make or break his career. His mentally handicapped client, accused of the savage murder of a college coed, faces the death penalty.

Katastrofen er altid tættere, end man tror. Melanie Barrick havde lært det på den hårde måde, mens hun voksede op i de sociale myndigheders varetægt. Men nu, som voksen og med en hengiven mand, fast arbejde og sin vidunderlige, nyfødte søn Alex troede hun, at det var et overstået kapitel i hendes liv. Lige indtil en tirsdag eftermiddag hvor hun som sædvanlig henter Alex hos dagplejeren – kun for at finde ud af at han er blevet tvangsfjernet af myndighederne.

“Every person wrongfully convicted of a crime at some point dreams of getting revenge against the system. In Confessions of an Innocent Man, the dream comes true and in a spectacular way.”—John Grisham, New York Times bestselling author of The Reckoning A thrillingly suspenseful...