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Dru Rayne and her uncle are Louisiana refugees who relocated to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina. Now, five years after the storm, their struggling restaurant faces a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a neighbourhood gang intent on extorting protection money, he offers his own brand of protection. But neither Dru nor her uncle want his help - and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching their store -- agents who seem more than willing to let the gang have their way. But Pike is falling for Dru, and won't back away whether she wants his help or not. As the violence escalates, the gang targets Pike, who, with Elvis Cole's help, learns that Dru and her uncle are not who they seem. It soon emerges that everything Pike thought he knew about them, their relationship to the gang, and the reasons they fled New Orleans have been lies. Now, a vengeful and murderous force from their past is catching up with them, pitting Pike and Cole against the combined forces of South American crime lords, rogue federal agents, and contract assassins on the bloody hunt for twelve million dollars in missing stolen cash.

"En cette fin de XVIIIe siècle, l'Angleterre est dirigée par un gouvernement conservateur qui réprime toute tentative de révolte. De l'autre côté de la Manche, Napoléon Bonaparte accroît inexorablement son pouvoir. Alors que la guerre est aux portes de l'Europe, la vie des habitants de Kingsbridge est sur le point de basculer. Sal, fi leuse téméraire, est témoin d'un accident tragique qui va bouleverser sa vie. Le courageux Amos, drapier, qui a hérité prématurément du négoce de son père, va devoir aff ronter le terrible Hornbeam pour rembourser ses dettes. Il sera aidé de Spade, tisserand novateur, et encouragé par la douce Elsie qui se bat pour fi nancer une école où les enfants pauvres pourront apprendre à lire et à écrire. Entre destins contrariés, jalousies meurtrières, justice arbitraire, guerre sanglante et révolution industrielle, Ken Follett dépeint avec une virtuosité inégalée une génération qui incarne la lutte pour un avenir libre de toute oppression"--Back cover.

1660. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross the Atlantic. Having been found guilty of high treason for the murder of Charles the I, they are wanted and on the run. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead or alive. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. Act of Oblivion is an epic journey across continents, and a chase like no other.[Bokinfo].

After his acclaimed stand-alone bestseller, THE TWO MINUTE RULE, Robert Crais returns with the eagerly awaited new Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel. For Elvis and Joe, two of the most beloved characters in crime fiction, the action is getting a little close to home. The dangerous and enigmatic Joe Pike has always defied close examination, but in this breathtaking new thriller, that's all about to change... Joe Pike owes a bad man a big favour. And the favor is to protect the life of Larkin Conner Barkley, a spoiled rich girl who happens to be a federal witness in a case against the mob. When Pike and the girl come under intense fire, he hatches a plan: disappear into the anonymous underbelly of Los Angeles, turn the table, and hunt down the hunters. Enlisting the help of Elvis Cole, Pike uncovers a web of lies and betrayals; even the cops aren't who they seem. But as the body count rises, it becomes clear that Pike's biggest threat may be the girl herself - a vapid soul determined to destroy herself, unless Joe can fill the void in her bruised heart.

Gennaio 1558, Kingsbridge. Ned Willard torna a casa e scopre che il suo mondo sta per cambiare radicalmente. La cattedrale rimane l'unico simbolo di stabilità in una città dilaniata dal conflitto religioso. Figlio di un mercante protestante, Ned desidera sposare Margery Fitzgerald, figlia del sindaco cattolico, ma il loro amore è ostacolato dalle divisioni religiose. Costretto a lasciare Kingsbridge, Ned viene assunto da Sir William Cecil, consigliere di Elisabetta Tudor, futura regina d'Inghilterra. Dopo la sua incoronazione, Elisabetta I affronta l'opposizione dell'Europa cattolica, in particolare di Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia. Per proteggersi dagli attacchi dei nemici, Elisabetta crea una rete di spionaggio, e Ned diventa un membro chiave del primo servizio segreto britannico. Per quasi cinquant'anni, il suo amore per Margery sembra destinato a rimanere irrealizzabile, mentre gli estremisti religiosi seminano violenza. In gioco ci sono non solo le convinzioni religiose, ma anche gli interessi dei tiranni che cercano di imporre il loro potere su chi crede nella tolleranza e nel compromesso.

Detective Michael Bennett and FBI Abduction Specialist Emily Parker reluctantly team up to stop a killer targeting not only the children of New York's wealthiest families--but the entire city of New York.

En France, en 1944, à Sainte-Cécile, se trouve le centre téléphonique principal des occupants allemands. La jeune Anglaise Flick est déterminée à détruire cette installation hautement protégée avec son groupe de femmes.

"A weapon of unspeakable power... A madman holds the world

Il existe une règle d'or chez les braqueurs de banque : ne jamais rester plus de deux minutes sur le lieu du crime, sinon c'est la prison. Max Holman en a fait les frais... Dix ans plus tard, lors de sa libération, il s'apprête à renouer avec son fils Richie dont il ne sait plus rien, sauf qu'il est devenu policier. Mais au lieu des retrouvailles, il découvre que Richie a été abattu en service. Déterminé à le venger, Max se met en chasse des meurtriers et fait appel à la dernière personne en qui il a encore confiance : Katherine Pollard, ancien agent du FBI, celle-là même qui l'avait arrêté. A eux deux, ils vont mettre le doigt dans un engrenage infernal où sont impliquées des huiles de la police de Los Angeles...