From the world's bestselling thriller writer comes an international thriller going from the Bayou in Louisiana to Tokyo, Japan as justice is served.
Cain Lemaire, a Secret Service agent from New Orleans, has the job he’s always wanted – until a single night results in a scandal that gets him fired.
Needing a new direction, Cain follows his sister to Japan and takes a job in Tokyo as head of security for the CEO of a top company. But what he thought was a simple security assignment unravels a tangled web of corruption, greed and extortion.
Without the wealth of resources he had with the Secret Service, Cain will have to rely on his instincts and training as he races to find justice the way only a former agent can.
Could a ghost from his past take everything away from Alex Cross?
Mere hours after witnessing the execution of a killer he helped put behind bars, Alex Cross is called to the scene of a copycat murder. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse: 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.'
Was an innocent man just put to death? As the executed convict's family launch a vicious campaign against Cross, his abilities as a detective are called into question.
The enigmatic 'M' lures Cross out of Washington, DC to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details that conjure up decades-old cases and Cross family secrets.
Details that make it clear M is after a prize so dear that – were the killer to attain it – Cross's life would be destroyed.
Kennedys were always taught to win at all costs. And they did – but the costs were unimaginable...
Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel. Their name is synonymous with American royalty. Their commitment to public service is legendary. But, for all the successes, the family has been blighted by assassinations, fatal accidents, drug and alcohol abuse and sex scandals.
To this day, the Kennedys occupy a unique, contradictory place in the world's imagination: at once familiar and unknowable; charmed and cursed. The Kennedy Curse is a revealing, fascinating account of America’s most famous family, as told by the world's most trusted storyteller.
A former detective is starting over in a small town, but his past won't let him go in this gripping new stand-alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer.
The Inn at Gloucester stands alone on the rocky New England shoreline. Its seclusion suits former Boston police detective Bill Robinson, novice owner and innkeeper. As long as the dozen residents pay their rent, Robinson doesn’t ask any questions.
Yet all too soon Robinson discovers that leaving the city is no escape from dangers he left behind. A new crew of deadly criminals move into the small town, bringing drugs and violence to the front door of the inn.
Robinson feels the weight of responsibility on his shoulders. His sense of duty compels him to fight off the threat to his town. But he can’t do it alone. Before time runs out, the residents of the inn will face a choice.
Jack Morgan has a company called Private. Private helps people. Sometimes, Private helps the police, too. Now, Jack's friend is dead. Private must find the killer. Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills. Private, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.
"Sir, the First Lady ... has gone rogue."
President Tucker is caught up in a media firestorm. The scandal of his affair has sent shockwaves through his re-election campaign, and threatens to derail everything he has worked for. To win the vote, he needs the First Lady to stand by his side.
But Grace Tucker has a mind of her own.
After years of compromise, unfulfilled promises, deception and betrayal, Grace refuses to give in to her husband's deamnds. Escaping the city and her Secret Service agents, she is officially off the radar.
But did the First Lady run away? Or is she in far greater danger than anyone could have imagined?
Police detective by day, food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: MOST WANTED.
In the Carnival days leading up to Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for shooting dead a notorious drug dealer.
Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food truck given him a taste for murder?
While fighting the charges against him, Rooney makes a shocking discovery: New Orleans is under threat of an imminent terrorist attack.
As crowds of revellers gather, Rooney knows he needs to act fast – his beloved hometown and thousands of innocent lives are at stake.
TARGET: HEAD OF STATE
Alex Cross and his family join men and women from across the nation lining the streets of Washington, DC to mourn the unexpected death of the President.
TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINET
With the country still in shock, the assassination of a prominent Senator strikes another devastating blow to the heart of the nation's capital. As Chief of Detectives, Alex's wife Bree Stone faces an ultimatum: solve the case, or lose her job.
TARGET: ALEX CROSS
The new President calls on Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to help capture America's most wanted criminal. But what follows will plunge the country into chaos, and draw Cross into the most important case of his life.
Three missing women
When three teachers disappear without a trace, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer takes the lead in the investigation. But with no clues and no suspects, the odds of finding the women alive are getting slimmer by the second.
Two impossible cases
Under pressure at work, Lindsay needs support at home. But her husband Joe is drawn into an encounter with a woman who's seen a ghost – a notorious war criminal from her Eastern European home country, walking the streets of San Francisco.
One determined detective
When Joe's informant disappears, the two investigations collide. It will take the combined skills of Lindsay, Joe and the entire Women's Murder C lub to protect their city, and themselves, from a monster.
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The President is Missing by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson, read by Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, and Mozhan Marno, with an extract read by Bill Clinton.
‘The dream team delivers big time … Clinton’s insider secrets and Patterson’s storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade.’ – Lee Child
The President is Missing. The world is in shock.
But the reason he’s missing is much worse than anyone can imagine.
With details only a President could know, and the kind of suspense only James Patterson can deliver.
‘A bullet train of a thriller. The Day of the Jackal for the twenty-first century.’ – A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window
'This book moves like Air Force One. Big and fast.' – Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch series
‘Yes, The President is Missing is fiction – it’s a thriller – but James Patterson and I have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidency. And it could really happen... These days, the seemingly impossible can happen. And it happens so fast. I believe that readers will not soon forget President Jonathan Duncan and his story.’ – Bill Clinton
Three chilling stories from the world's bestselling thriller writer
The House Next Door (with Susan DiLallo): Married mother of four Laura Sherman was thrilled when her new neighbour invited her on some errands. But a few quick tasks became a long lunch – and now things could go too far with a man who isn't what he seems...
The Killer's Wife (with Max DiLallo): Six girls have gone missing. Detective McGrath knows the only way to find them is to get close to the suspect's wife... maybe too close.
The Witnesses (with Brendan DuBois): The Sanderson family has been forced into hiding after one of them stumbled upon a criminal plot. Or so they think. No one will answer their questions. And the terrifying truth may come too late...
Nie oglądaj się za siebie!Nie zastanawiaj się!Po prostu uciekaj!Być może Alex Cross, profiler bostońskiej policji, właśnie tak by zrobiłGdyby akurat nie ścigał psychopatycznych morderców.Gdyby nie szukał zaginionej nastolatki, którą wraz z żoną zamierzali adoptować.Gdyby wiedział, że sam jest na celowniku.Elijah Creem, wzięty chirurg plastyczny, który dał się poznać policji jako amator orgii z narkotykami i nieletnimi dziewczętami, może na długie lata trafić do więzienia.Niestety, detektyw Alex Cross nie ma czasu się tym zająć. W Bostonie w krótkich odstępach czasu zostają znalezione zwłoki trzech brutalnie zamordowanych młodych kobiet. W dwóch przypadkach wszystko wskazuje na to, że chodzi o dzieło jednego sprawcy. Seryjny zabójca? Jeśli tak, to w mieście grasuje ich dwóch, bo w tym samym czasie giną młodzi mężczyźni, zabijani w ten sam, spektakularny sposób.Tymczasem ktoś próbuje załatwiać z Crossem swoje osobiste porachunki. I najwyraźniej nie poprzestanie na zniszczeniu mu reputacji.
Kiedy pracownica FBI Emmy Dockery odkrywa brakujące ogniwo łączące setkę nierozwiązanych spraw, nikt jej nie wierzy. Do czasu, aż dowody stają się zbyt przekonujące, aby je ignorowaćWszyscy myślą, że Emmy Dockery zwariowała. Owładnięta obsesją na punkcie odkrycia związku między setkami podejrzanych podpaleń, Emma rzuciła pracę badaczki w FBI. Teraz za dnia nieustannie ogląda porozwieszane po całej sypialni wycinki z gazet, a nocą przed oczami stają jej koszmary pochłaniającego wszystko ogniaNawet były chłopak Emmy, agent Harrison Books Bookman, nie wierzy, że setki porwań, gwałtów i morderstw są ze sobą powiązane. I nie uwierzy, dopóki Emmy nie znajdzie dowodów, których nie będzie mógł dłużej ignorować. Coraz więcej osób ginie w tajemniczych okolicznościach, wszystkie zbrodnie nie zostają rozwiązane. Bez motywów, bez narzędzi zbrodni, bez podejrzanych.Czy to możliwe, aby za tymi okrutnymi morderstwami stała jedna osoba?
13-MINUTE MURDER WITH SHAN SERAFIN:
Michael Ryan can kill anybody in just minutes – from the first approach to the clean escape. An anonymous client offers Ryan a rich payout to assassinate a target in Harvard Yard. It’s exactly the last big job he needs to walk away from his life as a hit-man. But the hit goes horribly wrong, and now his beloved wife Maria is missing. Now the world’s fastest hit-man sets out for one last score: revenge. And every minute counts.
DEAD MAN RUNNING WITH CHRISTOPHER FARNSWORTH:
Dr Randall Beck is an eccentric psychiatrist with a terminal disease. This makes him fearless, which comes in handy when a patient is murdered before his eyes – a patient with an unspeakable secret.
Detective Michael Bennett's enemies know where to find him.
An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a set-up. An officer is taken down - but despite the attackers' efforts, it's not Michael Bennett.
New York's top cop is not the only one at risk.
One of Bennett's children is attacked. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennett to the presence of a professional killer.
Bennett can't tell what's driving the assassin.
But he can tell it's personal.
INCLUDES BONUS MICHAEL BENNETT STORY, MANHUNT
As an unprecedented cyberterrorist attack cripples the United States, the President must face an unthinkable truth:
There is a traitor in his Cabinet. His life is in danger.
And the only way to stay ahead of the shadowy forces tearing at the heart of America is to go off the grid, leaving behind his presidential protection. The President must go missing – and he may never resurface…
Set over the course of three days that shake a nation to its core, The President is Missing sheds a stunning light upon the inner workings and vulnerabilities of the American government. Filled with information that only a former President could know, this is the most authentic, terrifying thriller in years.
Detective Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law. Until now.
Charged with murdering followers of his old nemesis Gary Soneji, Alex Cross becomes the poster child for trigger-happy cops.
He knows it was self-defence. Will the jury agree? Suspended from the police and fighting for his freedom, even Cross’s own family begin to doubt his innocence as shocking evidence mounts.
With everything on the line, Cross must go it alone. He’s the only one who knows that there’s a real murderer watching from the shadows, one Cross must stop – even if it means he can’t save himself…
Książka, o której mówi cały świat. Największa sensacja 2018 roku.
To się za chwilę wydarzy.
Najgroźniejszy atak terrorystyczny w historii rozpocznie się za 6… 5… 4…
Zniknie wszystko. Dostęp do wody, prądu, twoich oszczędności. Nie zadzwonisz do rodziny. Nie będziesz wiedział, co się dzieje. Nie spodziewałeś się, że to może dotyczyć także ciebie.
Ktoś tylko czeka, by zrealizować swój plan. Ma sprzymierzeńca w Białym Domu. Wystarczy, że wpisze hasło.
W ściśle strzeżonym miejscu trwa narada przywódców najważniejszych państw świata. Ustalają strategię działania. Czy wystarczy im czasu, by ją zrealizować?
Tylko Bill Clinton i James Patterson mogli napisać taką powieść. Po raz pierwszy w historii prezydent Stanów Zjednoczonych odsłonił tajniki funkcjonowania Białego Domu autorowi światowych bestsellerów. Zabójcza kombinacja, która trzyma w napięciu do końca.
Zakulisowe sekrety Clintona w połączeniu z geniuszem Pattersona tworzą polityczny thriller dekady.
Lee Child, autor 61 godzin
Prawdziwy „Dzień Szakala” na miarę XXI wieku.
AJ Finn, autor Kobiety w oknie
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