Ronald Beek Livres

Berlin, 1964. Les forces de l'Axe ont gagné la guerre, la paix nazie règne sur l'Europe. L'Amérique a refusé le joug. Mais, dans quelques jours, le président Kennedy viendra conclure une alliance avec le Reich. Ce sera la fin du monde libre. Deux meurtres viennent perturber les préparatifs. Les victimes sont d'anciens S.S. de haut rang jouissant d'une paisible retraite. Chargé de l'affaire, l'inspecteur March s'interroge. S'agit-il d'un règlement de comptes entre dignitaires ? Pourquoi la Gestapo s'intéresse-t-elle à l'enquête ? Quelle est cette vérité indicible qui semble menacer les fondations du régime ? Dans Berlin pavoisé, les bourreaux guettent, prêts à tout pour étouffer les dernières lueurs de la liberté.

The bestselling author of The Genesis Code and The Eighth Day delivers a gripping tale that escalates suspense to harrowing heights. Alex Callahan, a seasoned television news correspondent, has witnessed the horrors of famine, plague, and war, but nothing prepares him for the terror he faces on a peaceful summer day when he becomes entangled in darkness. While spending rare quality time with his six-year-old twin sons at a Renaissance Fair, they suddenly vanish. A chilling phone call from one of the boys plunges Alex into a nightmare, igniting a frantic search. As police efforts yield no results, Alex’s fear intensifies, and he becomes convinced that time is slipping away. Discovering a disturbing pattern of bizarre abductions, he resolves to leverage his investigative skills to find his children, targeting the elusive figure known as The Piper. This predator, linked to previous crimes involving twins and the secretive world of professional magicians, embodies a sinister force. With a twisted mission that hints at dark rituals, The Piper is a monster unlike any other. Alex is determined to confront this fiend and rescue his sons from an unspeakable fate.

For the last four years the town of Goodlands has been stricken by drought. When bank manager Karen sees a television interview with a man who claims he can make it rain, she writes to him in desperation. He turns up on her doorstep over a year later, dusty and dishevelled, demanding his money.