Ergebnis für "The Star" in Krimis & Thriller

Rhonda Perea und Jared Samson verbinden zwei Dinge: Sie sind Special Agents bei Homeland Security Investigations und sie haben eine lockere Affäre. Beides ändert sich schlagartig, als Rhonda nur knapp einem Anschlag entgeht. Sie flüchtet nach Santa Barbara, wo sie Unterschlupf bei einem alten Freund sucht. Währenddessen findet Jared heraus, dass Rhonda kurz davor war, einen Schmuggler-Skandal in den eigenen Reihen aufzudecken, und gerät dadurch selbst in den Fokus der Drahtzieher. Ein gefährliches Katz- und Mausspiel mit ungewissem Ausgang nimmt seinen Lauf.

In the second installment in the Arkady Renko series from internationally bestselling author Martin Cruz Smith, Renko goes up against the Soviet bureaucracy in a complex international web and discovering more than he bargained for. Arkady Renko, former Chief Investigator of the Moscow Town...

For millions of years, a bounty of unimaginable riches lay hidden deep within the scorched wastelands of the Namib desert. Diamonds. Some men cracked the earth to own them. Some men died. For ex soldier Jason Green, the job was unexpected but the brief was simple. At the most remote diamond mine in the world, something was wrong. Badly wrong. The insurance firm was deeply concerned. The running costs were enormous, the claims, numerous. What were the dark secrets that had been so carefully concealed? Secrets buried as deep as the glittering stones themselves.

Zu ihrer Zeit war BLACK STILETTO eine Legende; eine Untergrund-Heldin, die während der späten Eisenhower-Ära und den frühen Jahren unter Kennedy in New York City einige Berühmtheit erlangte. Obwohl sie von den Autoritäten gesucht wurde und eingesperrt worden wäre, wenn man sie gefasst oder ihre Identität gelüftet hätte, war die BLACK STILETTO eine kompetente und höchst erfolgreiche Verbrechensbekämpferin. Zu ihren Gegnern gehörten gewöhnliche Gauner, kommunistische Spione, die Mafia und schlimmeres.

JAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCE SMERSH, the Russian intelligence unit whose acronym stands for “Death to Spies,” is hell-bent on destroying Special Agent James Bond. His death would deal a catastrophic hammer blow to the heart of...

It's mid-Winter in the Cornish seaside town of St Foy. In the midst of a family birthday party Emily Duggan, missing for three years and presumed dead after murdering her best friend Star Bright, arrives unannounced. To the bewilderment and shock of her family, Emily insists she didn't do it and has an alibi, but refuses to answer any questions.

The center of world power has just been jolted when the vice president of the US is poisoned to death. During the ensuing investigation, FBI Agent Tim Lane discovers something that will send shock waves around the globe. Meanwhile, on his way back to Stanford, college freshman Ryan Lane accidentally takes his brother’s duffel, his secret duffel. Suddenly, a swarm of assassins, terrorists, and rogue federal agents are after what Ryan has and what he may now know, propelling him into a desperate search for his brother, who has mysteriously disappeared.

Adam Tinker’s first job at The Firm sweeps him into fast-moving cross-currents of international politics and corruption, in Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean, and then in Abu Dhabi in the Persian Gulf. Nothing is what it seems. He becomes a small but influential player in flushing out a major conspiracy that could so easily lock up the world’s oil supplies. As he continues to probe, Adam encounters daring adventurers, awkward historical questions, idealistic defectors, and well-connected informers.

Beneath the shimmering waves of the Arabian Sea lies a ruin older than history itself, concealing an ancient prophecy that threatens to turn the world to ash…INDIA. At the largest human gathering in the world, black rain pours down upon 50 million pilgrims, and the Ganges runs red with blood, heralding an ancient doomsday prophecy from the depths of the Arabian Sea. When archaeologist Georgia Lee is called to decipher its cryptic verses, she’s thrust into a heart-pounding race against time to find the key to humanity’s final hope.

FBI agent Jeannie Loomis is back and needs closure after the disastrous ending to the Ark of the Covenant investigation. After months of tracking the activities of Dr. Nancy Bell, Frank Silva, and the rogue military group Banshees, there is no evidence that any criminal activity took place in Ethiopia, or if the Ark of the Covenant actually exists. Feeling her career is headed to a dumpster, she travels to Ethiopia to retrace the steps of the Banshees and their attempted theft of the Ark.

Imagine Bin Laden meets Bernie Madoff - and hold on for the ride. A mysterious summons lures Kyle Achilles to a midnight meeting that shocks the world and sets a master plan in motion. Meanwhile, his former partner also enters a terrible trap. It's ingenious and unprecedented, but just a hint of what's to follow. Achilles and Jo join forces against the cunning culprit, but time is tight and the pressure is great. The Russian is not just making millions with his clever crimes - he's waging war on the United States.

A multilayered international thrill ride at breakneck pace, reminiscent of The Rule of Four The Arctic, 1897: Nils Strindberg crashes his hydrogen balloon during the mysterious Andrée Expedition to the North Pole. Germany, 1942: Gruesome and inexplicable experiments are performed on...

Star Kyrell. Innocent. Pretty. Daughter of a kingpin. The kryptonite to Eddie Kane, an undercover operative for the FBI and Star’s personal bodyguard. Not only is Star plagued with the reputation of being the drug lord's princess, but she is also the ward to some pretty menacing and not so kind employees of her father.

As China expands its industrial might, it becomes one of the biggest oil-consuming countries in the world. And the only thing blocking China's access to an unlimited fuel supply is the socialist republic of Vietnam. When a Vietnamese oil rig is destroyed, China is obviously the culprit. The US - recently joined in a defense pact with Vietnam - calls upon Commander Brick Maxwell to fly the hyperadvanced Black Star stealth jet against the Chinese. But the Chinese have on their side technology to match America's - and one of Maxwell's old enemies, who is hunting him with a vengeance.

A long-forgotten pulp hero makes his glorious return to action and adventure in this special volume featuring Lance Star and his team of rough-and-ready Sky Rangers. Four brand-new, action-packed tales of highflying thrills await you.

Rock Star Hitman: The Sledge Chronicles is the first chapter in the action-packed saga of Sledge, an up-and-coming musician who uncovers a startling quid pro quo: In exchange for achieving his dreams of rock stardom, he must enlist as a ruthless killer for a clandestine agency.

Will and Andy struggle to keep the ones they love safe while hunting a dead murderer before he can kill again. As the tension tightens, Will confronts a troubling revelation about the extraordinary aftereffect of his midair collision.

After a ten-year leave, Kathryn Jacobs has been invited back to the N.T.S.B to investigate a series of unexplained airline crashes. But her husband, Captain Bill Jacobs, has his concerns. While her twin daughters are off at camp, and Bill is actively campaigning for the Pilot Union Presidency, Kathryn secretly begins her investigation. What she learns will shock the nation.

From Martin Cruz Smith, the internationally bestselling author of Gorky Park, comes a mystery that reaches international proportions in this entertaining fourth title in the Arkady Renko series. Former Inspector for the Moscow Militsiya, Arkady Renko, is summoned to Cuba to identify a liquefying...

Attempted murder, mayhem, and magic while sailing down the Nile to Upper Egypt on a packaged cruise aboard the Queen Nuit. That is not how the trip had been advertised. The brochure read "Fun! Romance! Unravel the deep secrets of the pyramids and other ancient mysteries"! Yes, it was all that, but the travel literature made no mention of terrorists and thieves or the recently unearthed golden statue of Thoth casting its sorcery on my family. When did the mystery begin?