Ergebnis für "Vendetta" in Thriller

Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy, a world of the not-too-distant future in which freedom has been surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime which rose to power by exploiting the people's worst fears and most damning weaknesses.

My psychotic ex should've stayed buried in my past. But I'm done being anyone's target, done being the pawn in someone else's game. St. Sebastian's Academy is mine now. The criminal empire I've built with my three deadly kings is just the beginning. We won this battle, but the real war is about to start. They think they can use my past against me. They think fear will make me weak. Blood will spill. Empires will burn. When the smoke clears, only one of us will be left standing. This is my vendetta. Let them all come. I'll be ready.

Unbekannte hacken sich in amerikanische Militärdrohnen und greifen mit ihnen zivile Ziele im Irak an. Ryan Drake, Chef einer geheimen Eingreiftruppe der CIA, hat nur 48 Stunden, um die Agentin Maras aus einem sibirischen Hochsicherheitsgefängnis zu befreien, die dort wegen einer Intrige der CIA eingekerkert ist. Nicht gerade die verlässlichste Unterstützung. Allerdings ist es Drake nur mit ihr möglich, an die Terroristen heranzukommen.

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?

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.

Harmon Keyes lives by a singular motto: Family first, justice for all. It’s the creed that sustained him when he left special forces and started an ex-military motorcycle club. There, his creed drove him to put his unique skills to good use righting the wrongs left unpunished by the law. But there’s one wrong he’s been waiting years to make right and her name is Daria Sinclair. Family first. Daria’s father is Harmon’s sworn enemy—the man who destroyed his sister’s life. Justice for all. Daria is his ticket to vengeance, and her innocent nature makes her the perfect pawn in his revenge.

Der Bentley von Ethan Earlam wird aus der Themse gezogen, doch von ihm selbst fehlt jede Spur. Sein Bruder Paul versucht, mit Hilfe seiner Freunde...

No one needs to push Nikki Boyd to excel on the Tennessee Missing Person Task Force. The case of her own missing sister, still unsolved after 10 years, is the driving force in her work. When a Polaroid photo of a missing girl shows up at a crime scene, Nikki quickly recognizes similarities to the past. The closer she gets to the abductor, the more she feels that this case is getting personal and that she is not the hunter at all - but actually the one being hunted.

She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as alluring and seductive as possible to them. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless. The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. His company’s human resources department has already paid out settlements to a couple of his young victims - but they don’t know that his crimes go far beyond workplace harassment. Lady Justice knows. And in one shocking night of brutality, she makes him pay a much steeper price.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American...

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.  

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.

In this captivating first novel by Tripp Mehew, you will meet Kailani Priest. He is a local legend from Hawai'i turned military special operations tour de force. This action-packed story takes you on a journey to discover just who killed Kailani's best friend Stephen. He makes a shocking discovery that unveils the deep state and just how far they are willing to go to get what they want. The desire to hunt down Stephen's killers and take down these corrupt one-world government fanatics propels Kailani out of retirement and back into the fight.

Lenore växer upp i ett hem som för varje år blir mer och mer främmande. Sir Francis och Lady Sallonger har fyra andra barn som de håller av mycket högre. Lenore förlorade sin mor vid födseln och fadern har hon aldrig träffat. Men Lenore har åtminstone sin mormor, en fransk sömmerska, som bor i huset tillsammans med familjen. Lenore tar över mormoderns kunskap om hanterandet av siden, och med tiden gifter hon sig med en man, Philip. Men deras liv tillsammans kommer att kantas av blod och död. På deras bröllopsresa mördas en kypare på hotellet där de bor.

The hunt for a trove of secret information forces Bourne to decide who lives – and who dies – in this latest installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A hacked database known as the Files has upended the intelligence community. Careers are being destroyed. Dirty deals are...

Once bitter enemies, Samantha Reynold and Seb Stoker's powerful alliance enables their firms and casinos to go from strength to strength. With the families no longer in opposition, it seems that Sam and Seb are untouchable. But not everyone is happy with the new power couple of the club world. Unbeknownst to everyone, someone new wants to see Sam’s perfect life ruined. And they will stop at nothing to seek their revenge—even if it means destroying everything—and everyone—in their path. With tensions high, Sam and Seb must put their trust in each other completely.

Five years ago, Myra's pregnant daughter was killed by a hit-and-run driver - the playboy son of an ambassador with diplomatic immunity. Myra was left to grieve while the murderer was free to return to his lavish lifestyle with no fear of ever having to pay for his crime. But not for much longer. As the air turns crisp in the Virginia hills around Myra's lovely old farmhouse, the Sisterhood has gathered for a little creative planning, and what they have in mind is a gift for Myra of long-awaited and very sweet revenge.

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.

Under the guise of "Beto", 17-year-old Isabetta Bastian runs her father's successful shipping business. Her older brother sails their commercial galley between Venice and Lisbon, exporting luxury textiles and importing exotic spices obtained by the Portuguese. A heinous crime shatters her ideal life, and a risky attempt to save the family business ends in failure. Now, she is forced to live with the harsh consequences.

I’ll never be safe. My found family is as dangerous as the one I escaped. I need to run, but Luca Moretti has other plans. My family murdered his father, and he wants me to pay the price. Kidnapped and trapped by the man I wanted as a lover but is now my enemy, I wait for him to break me like he broke my heart. We’re a modern-day Romeo and Juliet. Except in our version, Romeo tries to kill Juliet.