John Case Livres

Mike Burke, ex-reporter photographe, mène une vie paisible en Irlande, où il travaille dans une petite société de courtage. Sa tranquillité vole en éclats le jour où le FBI, qui le soupçonne de blanchiment d'argent pour le compte d'un réseau terroriste, fait fermer son cabinet. Pour prouver son innocence, l'ancien reporter n'a alors d'autre choix que de mener lui-même l'enquête. De Belgrade aux Etats-Unis, la piste qu'il suit le conduit sur les traces de Nikola Tesla, un savant excentrique, père du courant alternatif... Sur les traces également de Jack Wilson, un Indien révolté et messianique de la fin du XXe siècle. Comment ces hommes ont-ils fini par se croiser ? Quand deux écrivains doués se rencontrent, ils créent John Case. Jim et Carolyn Hougan ont déjà écrit à quatre mains une demi-douzaine de romans, dont le best-seller mondial Genesis.

A phone call in the dead of night brings Joe Lassiter shattering news. His sister and young nephew have died in a fire in their home near Washington, D.C. Yet Lassiter soon learns a chilling fact: His loved ones were brutally murdered before the blaze was set. . . . The mysterious suspect's identity only raises more questions. Then Lassiter uncovers another crime--another innocent mother and child murdered. The more he unearths, the larger the web of conspiracy grows, as his search for answers leads him on a dangerous international chase toward a truth that will shock him--and the world--to the very bone. . . .

A promising research fellow at a think tank in Zurich is thrust into a grisly experiment. A young woman coldly shoots an old man in a wheelchair, while a psychologist grapples with his own silent demons. In this pulse-pounding thriller, Dr. Jeff Duran suffers from severe panic attacks and is haunted by mysterious memories and phrases in a foreign language he never learned. His life spirals out of control after a patient, plagued by "recovered" memories, commits suicide and her half-sister, Adrienne Cope, blames him. Suddenly targeted by unknown assassins, Duran and Adrienne must flee for their lives. Forced to trust one another, they work together to uncover why one or both of them is marked for death. Beneath the intrigue lies a dark conspiracy that spans the globe and a sinister plot that could alter history. This relentlessly paced thriller reveals a world where nothing is as it seems, trust is elusive, and even one’s own memories are not secure. It is a chillingly conceived novel from a master of suspense.

Le cadavre d'un homme, emmuré vivant dans la cave de sa maison. Un ordinateur portable, qui contient de mystérieux fichiers, envoyé à un jésuite du Vatican. Un puissant homme d'affaires italo-turc, Zerevan Zebek, qui se dit en butte à une campagne de presse diffamatoire. Un jeune détective, Danny, recruté à prix d'or pour découvrir qui orchestre cette campagne, et récupérer coûte que coûte l'ordinateur et sorti précieux contenu. Tels sont les ingrédients d'une aventure qui nous conduit de Washington à Rome, de la Silicon Valley jusqu'aux cités perdues de l'Anatolie où une secte kurde voue un étrange culte à Satan. A la clef, une découverte biotechnologique susceptible de ravager la planète... Après Genelis et Syndrome, John Case signe son thriller assurément le Plus saisissant... et le plus démoniaque.

Explains what business numbers mean and why they matter, and addresses issues that have become more important in recent years, including questions about the financial crisis and accounting literacy.

Companies expect managers to use financial data to allocate resources and run their departments. But many managers can't read a balance sheet, wouldn't recognize a liquidity ratio, and don't know how to calculate return on investment. Worse, they don't have any idea where the numbers come from or how reliable they really are. In "Financial Intelligence", Karen Berman and Joe Knight teach the basics of finance - but with a twist. Financial reporting, they argue, is as much art as science. Since nobody can quantify everything, accountants always rely on estimates, assumptions, and judgment calls. Savvy managers need to know how those sources of possible bias can affect the financials - and they need to know that sometimes the numbers can be challenged. While providing the foundation for a deep understanding of the financial side of business, the book also arms managers with practical strategies for improving their companies' performance - strategies such as "managing the balance sheet" that are well understood by financial professionals but rarely shared with their nonfinancial colleagues. Accessible, jargon-free, and filled with entertaining stories of real companies, "Financial Intelligence" will help nonfinancial managers be smarter and more confident in their everyday work

Open-book management transforms the workplace by engaging employees in the company's financial health, fostering motivation and accountability. John Case explores the shift from traditional management styles that treat workers as mere "hired hands" to a more inclusive approach that encourages collaboration and problem-solving. He analyzes the competitive landscape and critiques outdated management techniques, highlighting the need for a more responsible and informed workforce to thrive in today's global economy.

There's nothing in a glorious summer's day to suggest anything even remotely sinister. In fact, Alex Callahan, a news correspondent, surprises himself by enjoying the Renaissance Faire that his six-year-old twins, Kevin and Sean, have forced him to visit. The boys are delighted by the jugglers and magicians, jesters and foodmongers dressed in full Elizabethan costume. But it's the joust that the boys have really been waiting to see. Alex takes a break to watch, while keeping half an eye on the twins, but when he turns to see how they are enjoying themselves, they're nowhere to be seen. The perfect day has turned into every parent's nightmare. His sons have disappeared, and Alex is an immediate suspect. But no one can explain the bizarre origami figure he finds after he returns to his empty house. Or the bowl of water that has been left on the top shelf of the wardrobe. Or, the T-shirt soaked in blood... As police attention to the case wanes, Alex's own investigations uncover a sinister, underground world that he never dreamed existed. A world where reality is portrayed as illusion, and where the reason behind the twins' disappearance is more terrifying than anything Alex can imagine...

Reporter Frank Daly misses a scientific voyage to the Arctic. Catching up with the scientists on their return, he finds them reluctant to talk, and he probes until he discovers the shocking truth.

'Dante's Equation' is a thriller combining cutting-edge science and an extraordinary secret buried in the past.