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    • Strangers in Time

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Set against the backdrop of wartime London, the story follows three strangers from diverse backgrounds as they navigate the challenges of one of history's most devastating conflicts. Their paths intersect in unexpected ways, revealing the resilience of the human spirit amidst chaos and uncertainty. Themes of camaraderie, survival, and the impact of war on personal lives are explored as these characters confront their fears and forge connections in a time of turmoil.

      Strangers in Time2025
      4,1
    • Ciemna woda

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      Nocny napad na rodzinę, jedna jedyna ocalała – i brak wskazówek dotyczących sprawców i motywów. W burzliwą noc na zachodnim wybrzeżu Szkocji dwie rodziny, które biwakują w zatoce, zostają zaatakowane we śnie przez zamaskowanych mężczyzn. Przemoc eskaluje, a jedyną osobą, która przeżywa, jest Iris, najstarsza córka jednej z rodzin, która udaje się schować. Morderstwa Kilbride, jak zaczęto je nazywać, pozostają niewyjaśnione. Wiele lat później Iris nagle staje się celem niepokojącego stalkera. Wkrótce potem jej przyjaciółka znika bez śladu podczas wspólnej podróży. Czy to ofiara przestępstwa, które miało na celu Iris? Iris przypadkowo spotyka byłego inspektora Caleb Hale'a. Razem z Kate Linville zaczynają prowadzić śledztwo, które wciąga ich coraz głębiej w koszmar... Czekają na nich kolejne mroczne tajemnice i intrygujące sprawy morderstw.

      Ciemna woda2024
      4,2
    • Mickey Gibson - 1: Simpele leugens

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Van de #1 New York Times-bestsellerauteur komt een meeslepende psychologische thriller waarin twee vrouwen—een voormalige detective en een gevaarlijke oplichter—het tegen elkaar opnemen in een electriserend kat-en-muis spel. Mickey Gibson, alleenstaande moeder en voormalige detective, leidt een hectisch leven waarin ze de eisen van haar twee kleine kinderen combineert met haar werk voor ProEye, een wereldwijd onderzoeksbedrijf dat rijke belasting- en kredietfraudeurs opspoort. Wanneer Mickey een telefoontje krijgt van een collega met een ongebruikelijk verzoek om de leegstaande woning van een wapenhandelaar te inventariseren, denkt ze er niet veel van. Tot ze bij het landhuis aankomt en een lijk in een geheime kamer ontdekt—en dat niets is zoals het lijkt. De wapenhandelaar blijkt niet te bestaan en het slachtoffer is Harry Lancaster, een man met banden met de maffia die ooit in het getuigenbeschermingsprogramma zat. Bovendien werkt er niemand met de naam Arlene Robinson bij ProEye. In een oogwenk is Gibson de belangrijkste verdachte in een moordonderzoek—en nu staat ook haar baan op het spel totdat ze bewijst dat ze in de val is gelokt. Al snel is Gibson verwikkeld in een strijd van verstand met een briljante vrouw zonder naam, een verborgen verleden en onbekende motieven—wiens einddoel net zo mysterieus als dodelijk is.

      Mickey Gibson - 1: Simpele leugens2023
      4,0
    • The Edge

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      The second thrilling novel featuring Travis Devine from the international bestselling author David Baldacci.

      The Edge2023
      4,2
    • The 6:20 Man

      • 592pages
      • 21 heures de lecture

      Having survived combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and been decorated with medals, Travis Devine mysteriously leaves the army under a cloud of suspicion. Swapping fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda for the cut-throat world of high finance, his new role takes him into a world where greed, power, jealousy and ambition result in the financial abuse of the masses and the enrichment of an elite few. But it is on his 6:20am daily commute that he passes a house where he sees something that sounds alarm signals he cannot ignore.

      The 6:20 Man2022
      4,0
    • Memory Man Series - 7: Long Shadows

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      From the author of The 6:20 Man, "Memory Man" Amos Decker--an FBI consultant with perfect recall--delves into a bewildering double homicide in this new thriller in David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling series. When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge's face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she'd made one too many enemies over her years on the bench. What at first seems cut and dry is anything but: Not only did the judge have more enemies than Decker can count--from violent gang members, drug dealers, and smugglers to a resentful ex-husband--but the bodyguard presents additional conundrums that muddy the waters even further. Who was the real target in this vicious attack? Meanwhile, Decker must contend with a series of unsettling changes, including a new partner--Special Agent Frederica "Freddie" White--and a devastating event that brings Decker's own tragic past back to the present . . . and forces him to reckon with his future. As potential witnesses start disappearing, Decker and White are inexorably pulled down a twisted tunnel of secrets, crimes, and scandal--at the end of which lies Decker's deadliest threat yet.

      Memory Man Series - 7: Long Shadows2022
      4,1
    • A Gambling Man

      • 624pages
      • 22 heures de lecture

      The gripping second historical crime novel in David Baldacci’s Private Investigator Archer series, following the Sunday Times top five bestseller One Good Deed.

      A Gambling Man2021
      4,0
    • FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister Mercy clashes with military investigator John Puller's high-stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracy -- from which neither of them will escape unscathed.For many long years, Atlee Pine was tormented by uncertainty after her twin sister, Mercy, was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Now, just as Atlee is pressured to end her investigation into Mercy's disappearance, she finally gets her most promising breakthrough yet: the identity of her sister's kidnapper, Ito Vincenzo.With time running out, Atlee and her assistant Carol Blum race to Vincenzo's last known location in Trenton, New Jersey -- and unknowingly stumble straight into John Puller's case, blowing his arrest during a drug ring investigation involving a military installation.Stunningly, Pine and Puller's joint investigation uncovers a connection between Vincenzo's family and a breathtaking scheme that strikes at the very heart of global democracy. Peeling back the layers of deceit, lies and cover-ups, Atlee finally discovers the truth about what happened to Mercy. And that truth will shock Pine to her very core.

      Daylight2020
      4,2
    • The number one bestselling author returns with another highly charged thriller taking Amos Decker, who has proved one of his readers' favourite characters to date, on an action-packed investigation with all the trademark twists and turns which make David Baldacci one of the world's favourite storytellers.

      Walk The Wire2020
      4,1
    • Qui pouvait bien en vouloir à Richard Linville, ancien inspecteur de police, retrouvé assassiné dans son domicile de Scalby ? L'enquête piétine et sa fille unique, Kate, 39 ans, détective, comme papa, décide de prendre les choses en main. Quitte à froisser Caleb Hale, à qui le dossier a été confié, et qui compte bien, grâce à lui, redorer son image – il sort tout juste de cure de désintoxication. La vérité, cependant, c'est que Kate avance nettement plus vite que lui. Elle n'a pas plus tôt mis le nez dans l'affaire que les pistes se multiplient – et, avec elles, les morts. Dont celle d'une certaine Melissa Cooper, qui aurait été un temps la maîtresse du défunt. Tandis que Caleb, persuadé que Richard a subi la vendetta d'un malfrat, épluche les archives de la police, Kate, de son côté, va creuser la vie de ce père dont elle croyait tout savoir... Mais est-elle vraiment prête à remuer le passé ?

      L´ emprise du passé2020
      4,1
    • Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison are visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's approached by an unfamiliar man. But he instantly recognizes the man's name: Meryl Hawkins. He's the first person Decker ever arrested for murder back when he was a young detective. Though a dozen years in prison have left Hawkins unrecognizably aged and terminally ill, one thing hasn't changed: He maintains he never committed the murders. Could it be possible that Decker made a mistake all those years ago? As he starts digging into the old case, Decker finds a startling connection to a new crime that he may be able to prevent, if only he can put the pieces together quickly enough.

      Redemption2019
      4,1
    • One Good Deed

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci returns with his next blockbuster thriller.

      One Good Deed2019
      4,0
    • A US Navy Commander is attacked while having dinner with his wife by an unidentified Russian man. A CIA operative travelling on a Canadian passport is intercepted and interrogated at Tehran Airport. A team of FBI officers are arrested by Indonesian police for travelling under fake passports in Jakarta. These apparently unrelated incidents point to a compromise in US government security, and Jack Ryan and his team must find out where it is coming from. From Maryland to Macedonia, they frantically battle shadowy forces who are looking to drag the US president into a ground war with ISIS.

      Tom Clancy´s True Faith and Allegiance2018
      4,3
    • An exciting first novel in a new character series from David featuring a female protagonist, Atlee Pine, FBI.

      Long Road To Mercy2018
      3,8
    • The Fallen

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series featuring detective Amos Decker--the man who can forget nothing. Amos Decker and his journalist friend Alex Jamison are visiting the home of Alex's sister in Barronville, a small town in western Pennsylvania that has been hit hard economically. When Decker is out on the rear deck of the house talking with Alex's niece, a precocious eight-year-old, he notices flickering lights and then a spark of flame in the window of the house across the way. When he goes to investigate he finds two dead bodies inside and it's not clear how either man died. But this is only the tip of the iceberg. There's something going on in Barronville that might be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the country. Faced with a stonewalling local police force, and roadblocks put up by unseen forces, Decker and Jamison must pull out all the stops to solve the case. And even Decker's infallible memory may not be enough to save them.

      The Fallen2018
      4,1
    • Cold Blood

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      Another rip-roaring read that fans will devour. Sun

      Cold Blood2017
      3,3
    • The latest Tom Clancy Jack Ryan adventure thriller written by Mark Greaney, Clancy's last and most successful collaborator

      Tom Clancy's commander in chief2017
      4,2
    • Amos Decker, David Baldacci's unique special agent, who suffered a head injury that resulted in giving him the gift of a remarkable memory takes on another case in The Fix.Walter Dabney is a family man. A loving husband and the father of four grown daughters, he's built a life many would be proud of. But then the unthinkable happens.Standing outside the FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC, Dabney shoots school teacher Anne Berkshire in cold blood before turning the gun on himself.One of the many witnesses is Amos Decker; a man who forgets nothing and sees what most miss. Baffled by what appears to be a seemingly senseless and random killing, Decker is thrust into the investigation to determine what drove this family man to pull the trigger. As part of an FBI special task force, Decker and the team delve into the lives of Dabney and Berkshire to find a connection that doesn't seem to exist. What they do find are secrets that stretch back a lifetime and reveal a current plot of impending destruction that will send the world reeling, placing Decker and his team squarely in the crosshairs.

      The Fix2017
      4,0
    • Camino Island

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets the five manuscripts of F. Scott Fitzgerald's only novels. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace. Dealing in stolen books is a dark business, and few are initiated to its arts - which puts Bruce Kable right on the FBI's Rare Asset Recovery Unit's watchlist. A struggling writer burdened by debts, Mercer Mann spent summers on Florida's idyllic Camino Island as a kid, in her grandmother's beach cottage. Now she is being made an offer she can't refuse: to return to the peace of the island, to write her novel - and get close to a certain infamous bookseller and his interesting collection of manuscripts

      Camino Island2017
      3,7
    • Les Imposteurs

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Les étudiants Mark, Todd et Zola s'inscrivent à la faculté de droit de Washington avec l'espoir de changer le monde après l'obtention de leur diplôme. Après avoir contracté d'importants prêts pour financer leurs études dans une école privée médiocre, ils réalisent qu'ils sont victimes d'une grande arnaque. Leur institution, comme beaucoup d'autres, est contrôlée par un investisseur new-yorkais puissant et douteux, associé à une banque spécialisée dans les prêts étudiants. Après des années de sacrifices et de promesses non tenues d'un emploi stable, Mark, Todd et Zola comprennent qu'ils risquent de ne jamais réussir l'examen du barreau. Cependant, une issue semble possible : échapper à leurs lourdes dettes et se venger de l'injustice subie. Pour cela, ils doivent abandonner leurs études et prétendre avoir les qualifications nécessaires pour exercer le métier d'avocat, faisant du Rooster Bar, leur lieu de rencontre habituel, leur quartier général. John Grisham aborde avec brio un sujet d'actualité, révélant les intérêts et les profits générés par le secteur des écoles privées.

      Les Imposteurs2017
      3,6
    • Full Force and Effect

      • 674pages
      • 24 heures de lecture

      "A follow up novel to COMMAND AUTHORITY featuring Jack Ryan"--

      Full Force and Effect2016
      4,2
    • Ex-SAS, ex-Black Ops, Nick Stone returns and this time he wants vengeance. At any cost. Ex-deniable operator Nick Stone has spent a lifetime in harm's way -- but when someone he cares for very deeply is murdered in cold blood, he can no longer just take the pain. A high-level internecine conflict at the dark heart of the resurgent Russian Empire and an assassin's bullet on an isolated Alpine pass? propel him from an apparently run-of-the-mill close-protection task into his most brutal and challenging mission yet. As the body count increases, Stone becomes one of Europe's Most Wanted. He must evade the elite police forces of three nations in his pursuit of faceless men who trade in human misery, and a lone wolf terrorist who threatens to unleash the Western World's worst nightmare. Vengeance of the most explosive kind is top of Stone's agenda. The fuse has been ignited - but who really holds the detonator?

      Detonator2016
      3,9
    • John Puller may be the US Army's most tenacious investigator, but he is not equipped to face the truth about his mother's disappearance thirty years ago. New evidence has come to light suggesting that Puller's father -- a highly decorated army veteran -- may have murdered his wife. When Puller's friend, intelligence operative Veronica Knox, arrived on the scene, he realized that there is far more to this case than he first thought. He knows that nothing will prevent him from discovering what really happened to his mother -- even proving that his father is a killer. Meanwhile, Paul Rogers has just been paroled after spending ten years in a high-security prison for murder. And with his freedom comes a desire to pay back old debts. Harbouring a dark past that changed him in unimaginable ways, Rogers embarks on a journey across the country, set on a path of revenge against the people who took away his humanity. As both men uncover a trail of deception that stretches back decades, they realize that the truth will bind them together in ways they could never have imagined

      No Man's Land2016
      4,1
    • The Last Mile

      • 560pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      When a convicted killer is saved by another man's confession, Amos Decker, now an FBI special task force detective, must find the truth in this "utterly absorbing" #1 New York Times bestseller (Associated Press). Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime. Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men's families were brutally murdered. And in both cases, another suspect came forward, years after the killing, to confess to the crime. A suspect who may or may not have been telling the truth. The confession has the potential to make Melvin Mars--guilty or not--a free man. Who wants Mars out of prison? And why now? But when a member of Decker's team disappears, it becomes clear that something much larger--and more sinister--than just one convicted criminal's life hangs in the balance. Decker will need all of his extraordinary brainpower to stop an innocent man from being executed.

      The Last Mile2016
      4,3
    • The Guilty

      • 608pages
      • 22 heures de lecture

      An unputdownable thriller featuring lethal CIA hitman Will Robie by bestselling author, David Baldacci

      The Guilty2015
      4,1
    • Amos Decker would forever remember all three of their violent deaths in the most paralyzing shade of blue. It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light. He would never be free from it.' When Amos Decker returned home eighteen months ago to find the bodies of his wife and only daughter, he didn't think he could carry on living. Overwhelmed with grief, he saw his life spiral out of control, losing his job as a detective, his house and his self-respect. But when his former partner in the police, Mary Lancaster, visits to tell him that someone has confessed to the murder of his family, he knows he owes it to his wife and child to seek justice for them. As Decker comes to terms with the news, tragedy strikes at the local school. Thirteen teenagers are gunned down, and the killer is at large. Following the serious brain injury Amos suffered as a professional footballer, he gained a remarkable gift - and the police believe that this unusual skill will assist in the hunt for the killer. Amos must endure the memories he would rather forget, and when new evidence links the murders, he is left with only one option. Memory Man by David Baldacci will stay with you long after the turn of the final page.

      Memory Man2015
      4,1
    • For valour

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      Ex-SAS and ex-Black Ops operative Nick Stone returns in a gripping adventure. After a young trooper is shot in the head at the Regiment's Killing House, Stone, just back from Moscow and grappling with the safety of his girlfriend and baby son, is well-positioned to investigate the incident. His deep understanding of Special Forces and emotional detachment should keep him undercover. However, within forty-eight hours, a second death thrusts him into the crosshairs of an unknown assassin determined to guard a secret that threatens the very establishment Stone has fought to protect. As the clock ticks, he races from a secluded Welsh confessional to Glencoe, where echoes of murder and betrayal linger, and then to Southern Spain. His quest reveals a chain of events tracing back to an Afghan hillside, where a friend was brutally killed by the Taliban, leaving a haunting legacy. This heart-stopping journey compels readers to confront the fine line between sacrifice and suicide, to share the nightmares entwined with heroism, and to recognize the true cost of loyalty-driven actions.

      For valour2015
      3,8
    • Command authority

      • 752pages
      • 27 heures de lecture

      In Command Authority, Tom Clancy's iconic hero, Jack Ryan, returns. Years ago, as a young CIA analyst, Ryan was tasked with investigating the death of an operative linked to suspicious banking activities in Switzerland. His relentless pursuit revealed not just financial fraud but also a KGB assassin known as Zenith, whom he could never apprehend. Now, a new threat looms with the rise of President Valeri Volodin in Russia, whose ascent is marked by deception and a dark secret. Volodin aims to restore Russia's former power, willing to eliminate anyone who threatens to expose him. When an old friend of the Ryans is poisoned with a radioactive substance, the investigation leads back to Russia. Jack Ryan, Jr., alongside John Clark and the covert Campus team, must confront an international crisis decades in the making and complete his father's unfinished mission. As President Ryan battles to counter Russian aggression, his son engages in a covert struggle against a formidable adversary, heightening the risk of global conflict and jeopardizing survival for all. This thrilling installment continues the legacy of Clancy's work, showcasing his trademark blend of realism, intricate plotting, and suspenseful storytelling.

      Command authority2014
      4,0
    • The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel. Together, Robie and Reel's talents as assassins are unmatched. But there are some in power who don't trust the pair. They doubt their willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the two assassins succeed, but that they do not survive. As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets--a list that includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.

      The Target2014
      4,1
    • Le Charme discret de l'intestin

      • 378pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Giulia Enders, jeune doctorante et nouvelle star allemande de la médecine, rend ici compte des dernières découvertes sur un organe sous-estimé. Elle explique le rôle que jouent notre "deuxième cerveau" et son microbiote (l'ensemble des organismes l'habitant) dans des problèmes tels que le surpoids, la dépression, la maladie de Parkinson, les allergies... Illustré avec beaucoup d'humour par la sœur de l'auteur, cet essai fait l'éloge d'un organe relégué dans le coin tabou de notre conscience. Avec enthousiasme, Giulia Enders invite à changer de comportement alimentaire, à éviter certains médicaments et à appliquer quelques règles très concrètes pour faire du bien à son ventre. Véritable phénomène de librairie, Le Charme discret de l'intestin s'est vendu à 950 000 exemplaires en Allemagne et sera publié dans 26 pays.

      Le Charme discret de l'intestin2014
      4,1
    • The third title in the John Puller series to follow Zero Day and The Forgotten. Puller has returned from his latest case in Florida to learn that his brother, on death row for national security crimes, has escaped. Preliminary investigations show that he may have had help in his breakout. Now he's on the run, and in disguise, and he's the military's number one target.

      The Escape2014
      4,1
    • New York, 2008. La récession frappe. Samantha Kofer est congédiée du jour au lendemain du grand cabinet d'avocats de Wall Street où elle exerce. Si elle accepte de travailler gratuitement pendant un an dans un centre d'aide juridique, elle pourra peut-être réintégrer sa place. Samantha s'installe alors à Brady, une petite ville minière au coeur des Appalaches. Mattie Wyatt, la directrice du centre, lui montre comment aider les "vraies gens avec de vrais problèmes". Pour la première fois, Samantha prépare un procès, rencontre la violence des salles d'audience, reçoit des menaces. Et elle découvre que Brady, sous la coupe des compagnies minières, cache de lourds secrets. Le danger est partout

      L'ombre de Gray Mountain2014
      3,5
    • Recipe for Life

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Escape to Italy with this sumptuous story of secrets and friendships under Mediterranean skies. A recipe for life should be a simple thing: love and happiness, family, friends and a little food. But life is rarely straightforward... Alice wants to make the most of life - after all, she knows how fragile it can be - and knows she never feels more alive than when she's cooking. Babetta has spent a lifetime tending the garden of her tiny house on the Italian coast, supplying food to feed a family now grown and gone. One summer these two women are brought together in a crumbling Mediterranean villa, with the shared language of food. There, under the heat of the Italian sun, or the shade of the pomegranate tree, secrets will be spoken, fears and hopes shared. But life's lessons are not learnt easily.

      Recipe for Life2013
      3,9
    • Silencer

      • 536pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Nick Stone has always kept his job as ex-SAS trouble shooter at arms' length from his home life. But when his son falls dangerously ill and the doctor who saves him comes under threat from an old adversary, it is no longer possible. Nick Stone has two decades of operational skills - but this time, that may not be enough...

      Silencer2013
      3,8
    • Kill List

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      La "Kill List" : le secret le mieux gardé du gouvernement américain. Les noms de tous ceux qui menacent la sécurité du monde. Le Prédicateur : l'ennemi public n°1. Un fanatique islamiste qui incite les jeunes musulmans à tuer des personnalités occidentales de premier plan. Le Traqueur : ex-US Marine, un des agents antiterroristes les plus redoutables des Etats-Unis. Alors qu'une vague de massacres déferle sur l'Occident, ordre est donné d'éliminer le Prédicateur. Mais comment arrêter une ombre ?

      Kill List2013
      4,1
    • David Baldacci brings back Sean King and Michelle Maxwell-former Secret Service agents turned private investigators, featured in the hit TNT TV series King & Maxwell-in their most surprising, personal, and dangerous case ever . . . KING AND MAXWELL It seems at first like a simple, tragic story. Tyler Wingo, a teenage boy, learns the awful news that his father, a soldier, was killed in action in Afghanistan. Then the extraordinary happens: Tyler receives a communication from his father . . . after his supposed death. Tyler hires Sean and Michelle to solve the mystery surrounding his father. But their investigation quickly leads to deeper, more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? What was his true mission? Could Tyler be the next target? Sean and Michelle soon realize that they've stumbled on to something bigger and more treacherous than anyone could have imagined. And as their hunt for the truth leads them relentlessly to the highest levels of power and to uncovering the most clandestine of secrets, Sean and Michelle are determined to help and protect Tyler--though they may pay for it with their lives.

      King and Maxwell2013
      4,1
    • By his 18th birthday David Millar was living and racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour winner. A year later he'd realised the dream and signed a professional contract with the Cofidis team, who had one Lance Armstrong on their books. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically -- high on a roof after too much drink , he broke his heel in a fall, and before long the pressure to succeed had tipped over into doping. Here, in a full and frank autobiography, David Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because 'cycling's drug culture was like white noise', and because of peer pressure. 'I doped for money and glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest, Millar is clean and reflective, and holds nothing back in this account of his dark years.

      Racing Through The Dark2012
      4,2
    • America has enemies - ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first - and last - mistake of his career... It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway -- her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her.Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power.Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life... and perhaps his own.

      The Innocent2012
      4,2
    • De bruiloft

      • 381pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Becky heeft de balans tussen het moederschap en haar carrière nog niet echt gevonden. Haar relatie met Steve staat daardoor onder druk. Daar komt nóg een stressfactor bij als haar vader Geoff opnieuw gaat trouwen met een vrouw die hij pas drie maanden kent. Becky vraagt haar vriendin Janie, die net bij een weddingplanner is ontslagen, om de bruiloft te organiseren. Helen, Becky’s moeder, is niet voor niets gescheiden, maar dit nieuws komt toch hard aan. En dan vindt ze zelf opeens een nieuwe liefde. De wat onconventionele dominee Mel die de huwelijksceremonie zal leiden, krijgt een crisissituatie thuis waardoor haar geloof opeens op de proef wordt gesteld. Zo is de aanloop naar het huwelijk van Becky’s vader dus allesbehalve perfect en dat zegt uiteindelijk meer over degenen om hem heen dan over de bruiloft zelf.

      De bruiloft2011
      3,2
    • The Power of Six

      • 464pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Deuxième tome de la palpitante série Les Héritages de Lorien.

      The Power of Six2011
      4,2
    • Racing from the remote, war-scarred landscapes of the Middle East to the blood-soaked chaos of the U.S.-Mexico border, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Clancy delivers a heart-stopping thriller that is frighteningly close to reality. Working behind the scenes for the CIA, ex-Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore arrives at a rendezvous to take charge of a high-ranking Taliban captive and barely escapes with his life. Undaunted, Moore is relentless in his quest to find the terrorist cell responsible, but what he discovers leads him to a much darker conspiracy in an unexpected part of the globe... After years of planning, the Taliban have come to terms with a vicious Mexican drug cartel and agreed to supply them with opium. For the cartel, the deal means money, power, and ultimate control of the drug trade. But for the Taliban, it is a long awaited opportunity: to exploit the cartels and bring the fire of the jihad to the hearts of the infidels, striking against the very heart of America.

      Against All Enemies2011
      4,0
    • Limiet

      • 1089pages
      • 39 heures de lecture

      Mei 2025. Rechercheur Owen Jericho moet in Sjanghai op zoek naar de mooie, maar grillige dissidente Yoyo, die met geheime documenten op de vlucht is voor de Chinese Partij. Sinds de ontdekking van de maangrondstof helium-3 voeren de Chinezen en de Amerikanen namelijk een verbeten wedloop om de exploitatie van deze energiebron. Dat blijft niet zonder gevolgen. Owen's speurtocht ontaardt in een wilde achtervolging dwars door de continenten naar Equatoriaal-Guinea, naar het hoofdkantoor van de gewiekste zakenman Julian Orley. Deze excentrieke miljardair organiseert een maanreis voor een gezelschap van steenrijke internationale beroemdheden. Al snel loopt die stunt uit op een gigantisch drama dat de hele aarde bedreigt. Want de maan geeft haar geheimen niet prijs zonder offers…

      Limiet2010
      3,9
    • L'écho des silences

      • 336pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Allison. Brynn. Charm. Claire. Quatre femmes prisonni�res d'un secret qui pourrait les d�truire... et dont un petit gar�on est la cl�. Allison garde depuis cinq ans le silence sur le triste drame qu'elle a v�cu adolescente et qui l'a conduite en prison pour infanticide. Brynn sait tout ce qui s'est pass� cette nuit-l�. Mais elle s'est mur�e dans l'oubli pour ne pas sombrer dans la folie. Charm a fait ce qu'elle a pu, bien s�r, pourtant elle a d� renoncer � son r�ve et se taire. Alors elle veille en secret sur son petit ange. Claire vit loin du pass� pour tenter de b�tir son avenir avec ceux qui comptent pour elle. Et elle gardera tous les secrets pour prot�ger le petit �tre qu'elle aime plus que tout au monde. Quatre femmes r�fugi�es dans le silence, d�tenant chacune la pi�ce d'un sombre puzzle.

      L'écho des silences2010
      4,0
    • Agassi déteste le tennis. Pourtant, vingt ans durant, il s'est battu, il a gagné souvent, échoué parfois. Et l'engouement du public pour l'athlète doit beaucoup à l'homme qu'il est, son charisme et sa force, sa vérité. Le "kid de Las Vegas" se livre sans concession : il nous parle de son père tyrannique, du chaos punk des années 1980, de ses mensonges, de son couple, de sa fondation pour les enfants défavorisés. C'est un parcours extraordinaire qui se dessine là : celui d'un homme qui a choisi d'utiliser son succès pour changer le monde.

      Open2009
      4,3
    • House of Joy

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Bubbly, rich, delicate and delightful, the champagne of the famous House of Peine is everything that Clementine Peine is not. She lost her sparkle, along with the love of her life many years before, and now she's lost her miserable papa too. Still, at least now the precious House is hers. Or is it? First her wicked sister Mathilde returns, determined to poison the future the same way she poisoned the past. Then, out of the blue, a third sister appears - the enchanting but equally unwelcome young Sophie - claiming their surname and causing ancient family rivalries, long-ago love affairs and forgotten scandals to come bubbling to the surface. The glory days Clementine has dreamed of for so long have never seemed further away. But as her cherished grapes must blossom and blend to reinvent themselves and become something truly magnificent - so must she. Only then can the House of Peine become a House of Joy.

      House of Joy2009
      3,4
    • Daar brak m'n hak

      • 162pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      Lachwekkende avonturen van vrouwen op reis.

      Daar brak m'n hak2008
      2,7
    • Magma

      • 366pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Een verdwenen wetenschapper, mysterieuze objecten van steen, een teken aan de hemel - geologe Ella Jordan staat voor een raadsel. Maar als ze afdaalt naar het diepste punt van de aarde, ontdekt ze de verschrikkelijke betekenis van deze schijnbaar onsamenhangende fenomenen... Uit de Marianentrog komen signalen aan de oppervlakte die veel te regelmatig zijn om een natuurlijke oorsprong te kunnen hebben. In een onderzeeboot duiken Ella en de wetenschapper Konrad Martin naar het diepste punt van de trog, waar zich de bron van de verschijnselen lijkt te bevinden. Daar ontdekken ze een reusachtige stenen kogel, harder dan diamant en niet te meten. Plotseling worden nieuwe signalen opgevangen: eerst vanaf de Noordkaap, dan uit Australië en Antarctica. Ella en Konrad reizen over de hele wereld en stuiten overal op dezelfde raadselachtige stenen objecten, die ineens, allemaal tegelijk, signalen gaan uitstralen die over de hele wereld aardbevingen en vulkaanuitbarstingen veroorzaken...

      Magma2008
      3,6
    • De achtste zonde / druk 1

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Eigenlijk is het de kostbare boekenverzameling van een verarmde markiezin waarvoor antiquair Lukas Malberg naar Rome komt. Maar dan raakt hij in een moordzaak verwikkeld. Zijn mooie jeugdvriendin Marlene, tot wie hij zich mateloos aangetrokken voelt, wordt dood aangetroffen, in haar eigen badkuip. En het was zij, die hem de tip van de verzameling heeft gegeven. Een ongeluk volgens de politie, maar Lukas heeft alle reden om daaraan te twijfelen. Zijn wantrouwen wordt gewekt door een notitieboekje...

      De achtste zonde / druk 12008
      3,9
    • Een vrouw als ik

      • 333pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Libby Blake dacht haar leven prima voor elkaar te hebben met een leuk gezin en een paar hartsvriendinnen. Maar sinds kort is haar oudste dochter irritant tegendraads, maakt haar jongste zich ongezond veel zorgen over de toekomst van de wereld en lijkt haar man haar vooral te zien als Manager Schone Overhemden en Gevulde Koelkast. En dan heeft Libby er ineens genoeg van. Ooit dééd haar leven ertoe en kon ze meer dan slim inkopen doen bij de supermarkt. Libby smacht naar verandering, en wanneer ze de jonge, charmante Daniel ontmoet gaan alle remmen dan ook los. Maar dan slaat thuis het noodlot toe en realiseert ze zich dat ze haar leven niet terugkrijgt door simpelweg een nieuwe start te maken...

      Een vrouw als ik2007
      3,0
    • Je bent wat je gelooft

      Oprah in haar eigen woorden: Een ongeautoriseerd portret

      • 146pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      Oprah Winfrey heeft een moeilijke jeugd gehad, maar heeft zich opgewerkt tot een van de bekendste en meest gerespecteerde mensen ter wereld. Ken Lawrence laat zien wie deze succesvolle vrouw echt is aan de hand van een verzamling citaten waarin ze vertelt hoe ze denkt over het leven, de liefde, familiebanden, beroemd zijn, liefdadigheid en spiritualiteit. Al snel na haar eerte baantje bij een radiozender in Nashville is Oprah een mediatycoon geworden, een gulle filantroop, een pleitbezorger tegen kindermishandeling, actrioe en een van de rijkste vrouwen ter wereld. Ondanks haar beroemdheid en haar vermogen is ze niet vergeten waar ze vandaan komt. Ze heeft nog altijd een positieve, spirituele en pragmatische kijk op het leven. In dit boek heeft Ken Lawrence met behulp van Oprahs eigen woorden een portret van deze getalenteerde en veelzijdige vrouw geschetst. Hij laat zien wat ze denkt, wat ze vindt en hoe ze is geworden tot de vrouw die ze nu is.

      Je bent wat je gelooft2006
    • Death and the Devil

      • 550pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      It’s the year 1260 and the great cathedral - the most ambitious building in all of Christendom - is rising above the streets of Cologne. Far below its soaring spires and flying buttresses, an assassin of unnatural talent surveys his new hunting ground. More shadow than man, the assassin is quick to take his first life. But there is a witness to his crime: a flame-haired thief known as Jacob the Fox. Justly terrified by the black-clad spectre, Jacob runs for his life, convinced that he’s pursued by the Angel of Death itself.

      Death and the Devil2006
      3,9
    • The Daywatch

      • 487pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      Alice, a young but powerful Dark Other, leaves her house to attend a meeting with her comrades in the Day Watch. The team is on a mission to apprehend an uninitiated Other. It seems a routine operation. But when they arrive, the Night Watch team has already made the arrest. A fierce battle ensues, during which Alice almost dies

      The Daywatch2006
      3,9
    • The Night Watch

      • 531pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are the Others. Possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world existing in parallel to our own, each Other owes allegiance either to the Dark or the Light. The Night Watch, first book in the Night Watch series, follows Anton, a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the streets and metro of the city, protecting ordinary people from the vampires and magicians of the Dark. When he comes across Svetlana, a young woman under a powerful curse, and saves an unfledged Other, Egor, from vampires, he becomes involved in events that threaten the uneasy truce, and the whole city...

      The Night Watch2006
      4,0
    • Het Golgotha-Dossier

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Po transplantácii orgánu zomiera pacient. Spočiatku to vyzerá ako chyba lekára, no polícia čoskoro zistí, že šlo o vraždu. Tajné služby na oboch stranách Atlantiku sa zaoberajú zakódovanými správami neznámej medzinárodnej organizácie, ktorá ide doslova cez mŕtvoly. Profesor Gregor Gropius, chirurg mníchovskej univerzitnej kliniky, rozbieha zúfalé pátranie po pravde, pri ktorom sa sám ocitne v smrteľnom nebezpečenstve. Bystrý postreh a zmätené pocity ho vrhnú do náručia dvoch záhadných žien. Ale len jedna ho privedie bližšie k riešeniu. Spojenie medzi mafiou obchodujúcou s ľudskými orgánmi a Vatikánom má tri písmená: IND. A najnebezpečnejšie spisy na svete sa volajú GOLGOTA.

      Het Golgotha-Dossier2006
      3,8
    • Drakentemmers

      De virtuele wereld wordt werkelijkheid

      • 141pages
      • 5 heures de lecture

      "Hot on JK's heels" The Mail On Sunday "A genius at work" The Daily Mirror "First in a series of successes" The Sunday Post Carol was one of the millions of people who played the 'Dragon Tamers' virtual reality computer game. Along with her partner, a dragon called Sam, she managed to become the strongest player in the game. When the games goes offline, she's called in to help along with the second strongest player Ceirin and a beginner called Ellen, who was brought in by accident. As a strange monster destroys areas of the game, the trio of humans and their partners set out to find this creature and defeat him, and in doing so save the game world. It seems simple enough, but there's a catch - if they die in the game, they die in the real world too.

      Drakentemmers2005
      3,0
    • Sans l'ombre d'un témoin

      • 919pages
      • 33 heures de lecture

      Londres, aux abords de l'hiver... Une série de crimes atroces ébranle le quotidien déjà sordide des quartiers défavorisés. Les victimes sont de jeunes adolescents métis au parcours chaotique, tous torturés selon un rituel macabre. Désireuse de boucler cette sulfureuse affaire au plus vite, Scotland Yard confie l'enquête à l'inspecteur Thomas Lynley et à sa fidèle adjointe Barbara Havers, contraints cette fois-ci, de faire équipe avec un psychologue et un énigmatique sergent. C'est le début d'une véritable plongée au coeur des bas-fonds londoniens où, entre terrains vagues insalubres, ruelles poisseuses et centres de réinsertion pour délinquants juvéniles, un serial killer particulièrement pervers s'apprête à accomplir son grand oeuvre...

      Sans l'ombre d'un témoin2005
      4,1
    • Lance Armstrong

      Beelden van een kampioen

      Portret in woord en vooral beeld van de buitengewone wielercarrière van de Amerikaanse wielerkampioen Lance Armstrong (1971).

      Lance Armstrong2004
    • * Revelatory memoir from the greatest sportsman in the world today. * Fascinating insight into the making of a champion. * First ever look into the life of a charismatic yet intensely private man.

      Rafa1974
      4,0