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Paths of Desire: A Mystery Thriller
ISBN: 9781550964172 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This modern-day crime/psychological thriller is set against a backdrop of intolerance and narrow-mindedness, ambiguous motives and suspicious alibis. Its sinuous plot and complex characters take the reader on a suspense-filled journey of discovery. Sara, born to a Muslim mother and a Jewish father, is a Canadian archaeology student who has moved to Jerusalem. She soon realizes that Israel is a country where questions of faith and religion are inextricably mixed with politics and daily life all too often creating deeply rooted frontiers and barriers in the souls of the people who live there....
This modern-day crime/psychological thriller is set against a backdrop of intolerance and narrow-mindedness, ambiguous motives and suspicious alibis. ...
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90,06 zł |
Fu-Manchu: The Shadow of Fu-Manchu
ISBN: 9780857686138 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. World War II has ended. The United States is locked in a Cold War with the Eastern Bloc. It's the time of mutually assured destruction, yet the atomic bomb isn't the only weapon to fear. And the Soviets have another enemy with whom to contend.
Dr. Morris Craig has developed an energy weapon with the potential for unlimited destruction--whoever controls it could tip the balance of global power. The quest for Craig's invention once again brings Fu-Manchu to New York City, his mission to prevent the Communists from acquiring the device. But who can keep it out of the hands of the Devil Doctor... World War II has ended. The United States is locked in a Cold War with the Eastern Bloc. It's the time of mutually assured destruction, yet the atomic...
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42,45 zł |
Tropical Lies
ISBN: 9781604520941 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pancho McMartin, Honolulu's colorful, unpredictable and successful criminal defense attorney will soon take on a client charged with the most brutal, high profile murder in Hawaii's history. Pancho's client is a former mercenary, accused of the brutal murder of the man who was once Honolulu's most sought-after investment counselor. As the case unfolds and the lies are exposed, the evidence against Pancho's client is overwhelming and Pancho, now desperate, must find a way to prove his client's innocence. The trial isn't going well and Pancho is forced to ask himself: is his client really...
Pancho McMartin, Honolulu's colorful, unpredictable and successful criminal defense attorney will soon take on a client charged with the most brutal, ...
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89,52 zł |
Children of the Revolution: An Inspector Banks Novel
ISBN: 9780062240514 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Multiple award-winning, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson returns with Children of the Revolution, a superb tale of mystery and murder that takes acclaimed British Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks back to the early 1970s--a turbulent time of politics, change, and radical student activism. The body of a disgraced college lecturer is found on an abandoned railway line. In the four years since his dismissal for sexual misconduct, he'd been living like a hermit. So where did he get the 5,000 pounds found in his... Multiple award-winning, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson returns with Children of the Revolutio... |
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76,88 zł |
By Its Cover: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
ISBN: 9780802123473 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the pages of Donna Leon s internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries, the conversations of the Brunetti family have often turned to topics of art and literature, but books are at the heart of this novel in a way they never have been before. One afternoon, Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director of a prestigious Venetian library. Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books. After a round of questioning, the case seems clear: the culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, a visiting American professor. But the man fled the library earlier that day,...
In the pages of Donna Leon s internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries, the conversations of the Brunetti family have often tur...
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76,92 zł |
Rendezvous in Brussels: Book Three
ISBN: 9781491736494 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,07 zł |
Dreams of a Random Capitalist: 2nd edition
ISBN: 9780692241127 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Book Summary - A Military Drone kills a Billionaire Humanitarian: an American Journalist investigating the accident discovers it was an assassination. Following the money and interviewing several people, the Journalist uncovers the true story of the murder victim as a complex person with an intriguing past who was generous, kind, and a humane capitalist. An impossible story, written by a failed journalist, interested in solving a mystery: who killed R.C.?
Book Summary - A Military Drone kills a Billionaire Humanitarian: an American Journalist investigating the accident discovers it was an assassination....
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51,91 zł |
The Target
ISBN: 9781455521265 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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...
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 al...
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42,74 zł |
A Disappointing Truth
ISBN: 9781495254352 / Angielski / Miękka / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A young woman is raped and then dies. Years later her daughter tries to find out what happened to her. However, a club of English men try to thwart her efforts as they shield the identity of the rapist and hide an even deeper, dark secret.
A young woman is raped and then dies. Years later her daughter tries to find out what happened to her. However, a club of English men try to thwart he...
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77,67 zł |
Mrs. Jones: Tommy Connell Mystery: Volume 1
ISBN: 9780992985509 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A British girl with a secret. A New York cop with a past. And a Mob that wants revenge. When maverick New York detective, Tommy Connell, picks up a witness to murder, he finds himself with more than he bargained for. Mysterious British girl, Lizzie Jones, is harboring a secret and both the Mob and the Feds are keen to know what it is. Setting out to solve the puzzle Connell is inexplicably drawn back to his checkered past and the murder of his young son's mother. With hired killers hot on their trail, Connell must protect Mrs. Jones and uncover the truth. 'A fast paced roller-coaster of a...
A British girl with a secret. A New York cop with a past. And a Mob that wants revenge. When maverick New York detective, Tommy Connell, picks up a wi...
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69,77 zł |
Crimes & Offenses
ISBN: 9781587902819 / Angielski / Miękka / 662 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When is an act a criminal corroborant endeavor? When are determinations for death inconclusive as to cause? "Crimes and Offenses" describe in seven novellas little known causes of murder. Impulsivity and deviation as evidenced by departures from usual definitions for crimes involving continental terrorism form motivation, narcotic depredation and psychopathology. In "Siberia" an educational convention hipster congeals funds for building use in order to do business with the West; A husband from Philippines wanted for countless murders stalks his wife to her death for her investigative file on...
When is an act a criminal corroborant endeavor? When are determinations for death inconclusive as to cause? "Crimes and Offenses" describe in seven no...
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128,99 zł |
A Venetian Moon
ISBN: 9781909856165 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. DCI Caton's honeymoon on the enchanting island of San Clemente in the Venice lagoon is disturbed by the discovery of a corpse, risen from a watery grave. A corpse that will return to haunt him. The arrival of Commissario Bonifati and his beautiful yet unfathomable colleague Sovrintendente Caterina Volpe, signals the beginning of an investigation in which nobody, friend or foe alike, is entirely what they seem. What begins as a simple yet intriguing murder case will have explosive consequences that only one man can have foreseen, and none can avoid. Another bestseller in the acclaimed British...
DCI Caton's honeymoon on the enchanting island of San Clemente in the Venice lagoon is disturbed by the discovery of a corpse, risen from a watery gra...
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62,78 zł |
Pharos the Egyptian
ISBN: 9781627555999 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1899, Pharos, the Egyptian is a thriller with romance and supernaturalism. A very sinister old man, Pharos, proves to be Ptahmes, a mummy who has survived through the centuries with full magical powers.
"Mr. Boothby never allows the interest of their doings to drop from first page to last; and he tells his tale in a pleasant, brisk fashion that carries the reader along, and is as convincing a vehicle as could be chosen for the relation of strange adventures such as befell the hero and his friends."-London Times. Originally published in 1899, Pharos, the Egyptian is a thriller with romance and supernaturalism. A very sinister old man, Pharos, proves to be Ptahm...
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53,94 zł |
The Patriot's Confession
ISBN: 9781500661458 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2017 Edition Meet Agent 57, a veteran combat specialist with the highest security clearance from the US government and all its friendly nations. Never seen but only rumored to exist in the dark shadowy world of extreme security and high value targets. A brilliant expert in geopolitics, covert operations and operating knowledge of every secret weapon whose existence is completely denied by all government agencies. A chap trained to survive the harshest of weathers, the deadliest of hungers and the toughest of tortures. A gentleman born to uphold the liberty and freedom of all its innocent...
2017 Edition Meet Agent 57, a veteran combat specialist with the highest security clearance from the US government and all its friendly nations. Never...
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35,86 zł |
Pool and its Role in Asian Communism
ISBN: 9781500750404 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A funny and moving tale set during the secret war in Laos The year is 1970. Waldo Monk is 65 years old, a widower, and two months away from retirement after a lifetime at Roundly's pool-ball factory in Mattfield, Indiana. Enter Saifon, a twenty-something Lao-American girl with an attitude, who has come to the US under mysterious circumstances. She's just arrived at Roundly's, and it's Waldo's task to train her up for his job as pool-ball quality controller. Saifon hates just about everyone, and even though Waldo is tempted to strangle her at first, a friendship grows between them. Two...
A funny and moving tale set during the secret war in Laos The year is 1970. Waldo Monk is 65 years old, a widower, and two months away from retirement...
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67,08 zł |
Rogues Gallery: A Sebastian McCabe and Jeff Cody Case Book
ISBN: 9781780927022 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some crimes are bigger than others, and the same is true of crime stories. Rogues Gallery brings together for the first time a series of shorter Sebastian McCabe - Jeff Cody mysteries - three novellas and two short stories. The many fans of the McCabe - Cody novels will be delighted to find that these tales are characterized by the same dry humor, solid plotting, and adroit characterization that distinguished the novel-length adventures. This case book includes: Art in the Blood - An art show in downtown Erin, featuring the works of Kate McCabe and other female artists, goes horribly awry...
Some crimes are bigger than others, and the same is true of crime stories. Rogues Gallery brings together for the first time a series of shorter Sebas...
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71,56 zł |
The Intruder: A Crime Novel
ISBN: 9781250029485 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In" The Intruder" the Andersson family is being sent scary letters without a sender's name. Who could possibly want to harm them? Gotland policeman Fredrik Broman and his colleagues take the threats seriously, but cannot rule out the possibility that it is all a tasteless joke. When the threats escalate and the couple's daughter disappears, all doubts vanish. This is for real. And it is only the beginning. When the police pressure the husband, a complicated family history is revealed. What really made him return to the small island after his successful career as an international... In" The Intruder" the Andersson family is being sent scary letters without a sender's name. Who could possibly want to harm them? Gotland police... |
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158,08 zł |
A Scandal in Stresa: An Elspeth Duff Mystery
ISBN: 9781494924232 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,78 zł |
Apocalypse Baby
ISBN: 9781558618916 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Virginie Despentes's Apocalypse Baby kept me up several nights in a row--in part because it's a terrific page-turner, and in part because I was anxious to see how Despentes would sustain her narrative ride. Apocalypse Baby is more than a compelling punk, queerish spin on the noir genre. It is a choral performance that tumbles its readers into the heart of violent spectacle, with all its attendant grief, unease, and unclarity."--Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts Apocalypse Baby is a smart, fast-paced mystery about a missing adolescent girl traveling...
"Virginie Despentes's Apocalypse Baby kept me up several nights in a row--in part because it's a terrific page-turner, and in part because I wa...
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76,71 zł |
High Stakes in Shanghai
ISBN: 9781632633248 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shanghai, 1941. Jake Greenberg, an American expatiate, owns a casino in the International Settlement. Certain Japanese officers want it. Jake barely escapes a bombing, one of his casino people is murdered by the Japanese, and a newspaper friend is kidnapped. He strikes back, working secretly with American intelligence and the Chinese underground. Then, one night in December, the Japanese invade. Jake has only hours to save his friends and escape.
Shanghai, 1941. Jake Greenberg, an American expatiate, owns a casino in the International Settlement. Certain Japanese officers want it. Jake barely e...
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90,70 zł |