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After serving his country as a paratrooper in World War II, Jack Rhyce takes on an even more dangerous mission when he becomes a secret agent in the early years of the Cold War. Now he and fellow spy Ruth Bogart have been dispatched to Tokyo to foil an assassination attempt on a leading liberal politician. Murder is only the first part of this nefarious Communist plot; the ultimate objective is to stir up anti-American sentiment in a country that has formed close bonds with its former adversary in the West.

November 1940: In Kingston Harbor, ex-navy pilot Bob Bolles lounges aboard his cutter. After months spent drifting from port to port, his only ironclad rule is no alcohol before noon. But when an American businessman named Malcolm Kingman, his gorgeous socialite wife, and their Swedish butler charter the Thistlewood for a trip to the remote Mercator Island, Bob's carefree life takes a dangerous and dramatic turn.

Mas Arai's best friend, Haruo, is getting married, and he has grudgingly agreed to serve as best man. But when an ancient Japanese doll display of Haruo's fiance goes missing, the wedding is called off with fingers pointed at Haruo. To solve the mystery and to save Haruo's life, Mas must untangle a web of secrecy, heartbreaking memories, and murder.

When Grady Bowman and his new girlfriend, Julia Elkins, travel from San Francisco to the Far East to get Grady back into the gem business, a jeweler in Bangkok tells them the extraordinary true story of two female Japanese pearl divers who discovered in the Andaman Sea an oyster bed filled with priceless, naturally blue pearls. The divers were murdered for what they found, and now the son of one of the divers wants revenge. As Grady and Julia hunt for the source of the priceless pearls, they are led to the estate and oyster farms of the world's wealthiest pearl dealer.

A series of child abductions in Peru leads an FBI agent and an archaeologist to uncover the ultimate secret of the Inca Empire. On a Peruvian Andes mountaintop, archaeology professor Nina Ramirez and her students make two stunning discoveries: The five-hundred-year-old mummy of an Inca girl, the victim of ritual sacrifice, and in another grave, the corpse of a recently kidnapped boy wearing the same ancient costume. Child abductions are being reported throughout Peru, and when an American boy is snatched in Lima, FBI agent Adam Palma is assigned to the case.

hn Signal, fleeing from a murder charge in a fair fight, arrives in the mining town of Monument. Calling himself John Alias, he is made a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Peter Ogden, who puts Alias between two crooked factions and fails to give him any support.

Before Kendi learned to use his talent of navigating the plane of mental existence known as the Dream, he had to escape his physical existence as a slave.

After five years of virtual banishment because he sold out his small outfit to the Middle Arizona Cattle Company, giving it a foothold on the Mesa Grande range, violent-tempered Joe Bonnyman is summoned back to Lodgepole by his father when it appears that a cattle war between the syndicate and the various rangers is imminent. During his short stay in town, Joe has an unpleasant meeting with Ed Merrill, the brother of a girl Joe had once courted.

You are about to listen to one of the rare stories to come to light involving "Sigerson", the name Sherlock Holmes went by during the years when the world thought he was dead - his Great Hiatus! This story also has the distinction of being the true first sequel to Horace Holly's She. The only heretofore known sequel, Ayesha: The Return of She, records events that occurred two decades after She. This new tale, then, is a record of the events that took place between the previously published adventures.

American Iraq War veteran Ellie Cooper is down and out in Beijing when a chance encounter with a Uighura member of a Chinese Muslim minority at the home of her sort-of boyfriend Lao Zhang turns her life upside down. Lao Zhang disappears, and suddenly multiple security organizations are hounding her for information.

Beppe e Mirella Isnaghi, una collaudata coppia di sessantenni, partono alla ricerca del figlio Adriano di cui si sono perse le tracce in Paraguay. Accompagnati da Invención, una abilissima guardia del corpo che li protegge, finiscono per introdursi nell'anima di un paese sterminato, dalla natura implacabile e dalla storia crudele.

Roma, anni ’70. Sono gli anni di piombo, degli scontri in piazza e delle occupazioni, la città è in fermento, costellata da atti di rivolta che come piccoli incendi ne devastano il tessuto. A osservarne gli sviluppi e a raccontarlo sulla carta stampata è Claudio Russo, giovane giornalista a cui interessa solo la verità. Ha idee politiche controcorrente, odiato a destra e a sinistra. Negli anni si è fatto molti nemici, ormai non si fida più di nessuno, l’unica dipendenza che ha è quella dagli antidolorifici.

Un joven poeta ruso ha sido asesinado durante un atraco que, al parecer, ha salido mal. La muerte coincide con la visita a Edimburgo de una delegación comercial rusa, y hay gente muy poderosa que quiere ver el caso cerrado cuanto antes. Pero ese no es el estilo del inspector John Rebus. No va a arrinconar un caso que huele a podrido solo porque alguien se lo aconseje. Aunque eso signifique buscarse problemas serios poco antes de su jubilación.

En el día de su quinto aniversario, el mayor parque temático histórico de España se dispone a vivir una jornada inolvidable. Sara, una joven guía turística de Toledo, se prepara para asistir a dicho evento cuando se ve envuelta en una serie de sucesos que rememoran algunas de las leyendas más famosas de su ciudad. Leyendas con trágicos desenlaces. En una carrera por la Historia, Sara acompañará al teniente Saúl Robles, de la UCO, y a su equipo para intentar detener a quien, con cadáveres, busca escribir la suya propia. ¿Lo conseguirán? ¿O Toledo sumará una nueva leyenda?

LA ESPERADA NUEVA NOVELA INDEPENDIENTE DE VICENTE RAGA, EL AUTOR DE "LAS DOCE PUERTAS", LA SAGA DE MISTERIO HISTÓRICO MÁS VENDIDA DEL AÑO (MÁS DE 150.000 LECTORES). Aunque esté catalogado como el noveno libro de la serie, se puede leer de forma independiente.

PREGUNTA: ¿Qué podemos esperar de su primera novela independiente, ajena a la saga de «Las doce puertas»?

RESPUESTA: Una apasionante historia basada en hechos reales. Pero mis lectores ya conocen mi faceta algo «gamberra».

P: ¿Qué quiere decir con eso?

Il secondo avvincente capitolo della serie con protagonista Ralph Core. È passato un anno dall'attentato che ha quasi ucciso Solène, la sua fidanzata. E Ralph Core, giornalista di padre inglese e madre italiana, sta per perdere qualunque speranza che la sua donna, in coma in una clinica di Ginevra, possa tornare a vivere.

Il giornalista Ralph Core, metà inglese, metà italiano, dopo essere stato per lunghi anni corrispondente di guerra dal Medio Oriente è diventato uno scrittore di successo. A Londra il suo destino s'incrocia con quello di Solène, una giovane giornalista francese, studiosa di religioni antiche, di cui s'innamora. Solène è decisa a risolvere alcuni drammatici misteri legati alla figura storica di Gesù, che potrebbero dare fastidio a molti, persino al Vaticano.

Agneta y Stellan Broman acaban de celebrar una agradable reunión familiar cuando suena el teléfono fijo. La persona al otro lado dice una palabra: "Geiger". Agneta cuelga, encuentra su vieja pistola, mata a su marido después de cincuenta años de matrimonio y luego desaparece de su casa sin dejar rastro.

El hallazgo en los terrenos de El Prat de Llobregat de los restos de un avión de combate alemán accidentado en un vuelo de exhibición en 1940, saca a la luz los restos del fuselaje y los huesos del piloto. Sebastian, periodista de un diario local de El Prat, cubre la noticia con ayuda de su amigo Vidal, técnico del aeropuerto, que le aporta valiosa información. Un año más tarde, le tocará investigar la muerte de su amigo junto a Lorena, una antigua compañera de clase, que trabaja ahora como agente de la Guardia Urbana de Barcelona.

Agosto de 2018. En Aldeanegra, localidad de la provincia de Salamanca, Regino, hombre huraño y solitario, es testigo del rapto de Marcos, un niño del pueblo. Un día después Regino aparece muerto en un bosque con signos de violencia. La investigación recae en dos guardias civiles que se han visto obligados a formar equipo y tienen personalidades y experiencias muy distintas.