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From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been more than two dozen assassination attempts on the President of the United States. Four have been successful. But now, Beecher White - the hero of the number one New York Times best seller The Inner Circle - discovers a killer in Washington, D.C. who's meticulously re-creating the crimes of these four men. Historians have branded them as four lone wolves. But what if they were wrong?

When Clementine Kaye, archivist Beecher White's first childhood crush, shows up at the National Archives asking for his help, Beecher tries to impress her by showing her the secret vault where the president of the United States privately reviews classified documents. They accidentally happen upon a priceless artifact - and find themselves suddenly entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder.

"This was no suicide," says Detective Michael Bennett. A man plunges to his death from the roof of a Manhattan hotel. It looks like a suicide - except the victim has someone else's fingerprints and $10,000 in cash. Enter Detective Michael Bennett. BookShots - lightning-fast stories by James Patterson. Novels you can devour in a few hours, impossible to stop listening, and all original content from James Patterson.

A severed arm, found buried in the White House Rose Garden. A lethal message with terrible consequences for the Presidency. And a hidden secret in one family's past that will have repercussions for the entire nation. There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I find those stories for a living. To most, it looks like Beecher White has an ordinary job. A young staffer with the National Archives in Washington, DC, he's responsible for safekeeping the government's most important documents...and, sometimes, its most closely held secrets.

After escaping the corrupt back rooms of Washington, DC, Mike Ford is again playing a dangerous game - this time the stakes are even higher. Mike's brother is in over his head in a powerful conspiracy to steal a secret worth billions of dollars from the little-known but unbelievably influential trading desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In an effort to help, Mike soon finds himself trapped by the dangerous men in charge - and forced to call on all the skills of his criminal past in order to escape.

Still recovering from traumas both physical and emotional, Jad Bell is tasked with bringing in the Uzbek, principal organizer of the terrorist attack that nearly cost Bell his ex-wife and daughter. But the Uzbek's just the beginning: his employer, the Architect, has already set in motion another, even more devastating attack. At the center of it all are two women under deep cover. One, as beautiful as she is deadly, has just been dispatched on American soil to execute the Architect's deadly plans.

An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt from America's greatest storyteller John Grisham. Thirty years have passed since 11-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back.

Tucked away in a remote corner of North Carolina's Fort Bragg, behind rows of razor wire and heavily armed guards, lies the headquarters of the nation's most elite counter-terrorism unit - the United States Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta. Here, a brilliant new approach to combating terrorism has just been born. Its codename: The Athena Project. These novels will follow an elite team of female warriors....

The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. When a man is arrested at a museum for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of a murdered Colombian politician, few notice. But soon this thwarted theft takes on greater meaning as it becomes a thread in a widening web of popular fixations with conspiracy theories, assassinations, and historical secrets; and it haunts those who feel that only they know the real truth behind these killings.

Someone is killing the world's leading experts on robotics and computers. A desperate Russian scientist approaches Court Gentry and Zoya Zakharova to ask for their protection, but before they can help, they are attacked by a team of professional assassins. They escape, but wherever they turn, it's clear that whoever's tracking them is always going to be one step ahead. With a danger of this level, there's no choice but to attack into the threat.

Eine wichtige Mitarbeiterin des Premierministers verschwindet spurlos, und ausgerechnet Claude Whelan, ehemaliger MI5-Chef und als solcher Erzfeind seiner Nachfolgerin Diana Taverner, soll sie finden. Doch die Spur führt ihn direkt zurück zum Hauptquartier im Regent's Park – und über Umwege und etliche Gehässigkeiten zu Jackson Lamb. Mit ihrer unvergleichlichen Mischung aus tiefschwarzem Humor, nerdigem Narzissmus und Chaos bringen die Slow Horses eine instabile Situation endgültig ins Wanken.

President Robert Thompson, ensnared in a fetish-related scandal and facing imminent impeachment, fakes his own assassination with the help of his ambitious wife and psychiatrist. His goal? To secure his legacy and vanish to an island. This satirical tale follows Thompson’s transformation from disgraced politician to mythic hero. As story plot unfolds, his psychiatrist, Petros Andros (Pete), finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, obsession, and indiscretions of his own.

אוון סמוק הוא "האיש משום מקום", איש הצללים שרק הנואשים ביותר מגיעים אליו — והוא עושה הכל כדי לעזור להם. כשהמטרה העומדת לפניו היא נשיא ארצות הברית בכבודו ובעצמו, אוון יודע שעליו להפעיל את כל יכולותיו כדי לפרוץ את מעגלי האבטחה המקיפים את הנשיא, אך העסק נעשה מסובך הרבה יותר כאשר אל הזירה נשלח יתום A — המגויס הראשון של פרויקט X והאיש היחיד המסוגל לעלות על עקבותיו של אוון ולנטרל אותו.

With hints of Absolute Power, All the President's Men, Primary Colors, and Network, Paradigm Shift raises modern-day questions about politics, network news, social media, and their impact on the American populace. Paradigm Shift is a fascinating fiction spun from elements surrounding a recent momentous political event: The 2020 election. It's a timely tale proving more plausible and more disturbing with each passing day and each new truth revealed. Dexter Miller has sold his soul for a chance to play in the biggest arena in the world.

Professional killers are carrying out hits for the Iranian government across the European continent, hitting targets amongst the wealthiest and most privileged. After a slew of murders in London, MI5 decide that enough is enough: they are going to have to hit back at the hitmen for hire. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd, the secret service's most dangerous weapon, is tasked with infiltrating the organisation's ranks and cutting off its head. But just how deep does this hydra go?

"רשימה שחורה" מאת בראד תור, מחבר רבי המכר של הניו יורק טיימס, בהוצאת "דני ספרים", הוא רומן המתח המטלטל ביותר שלו עד כה, מותחן משובח, לוהט ומסחרר שכבש את העולם. אי-שם בתוככי ממשלת ארצות הברית חבויה רשימה שמורה היטב. חברי הקונגרס לעולם לא זוכים לראות אותה – רק הנשיא וצוות סודי של יועצים. ברגע ששמך מופיע ברשימה, הוא לא נמחק... עד מותך. מישהו הוסיף זה עתה לרשימה את שמו של סוכן האנטי-טרור סקוט הרוואת. הרוואת חייב לחמוק מן החוליות שנשלחו לחסל אותו כדי לגלות מי הציב אותו כיעד ומדוע רוצים לסלק אותו מהדרך. אדם אחד בלבד יכול לקשור יחד את כל החוטים

Der Wüstensand fühlt sich an wie glühende Kohlen, die Sonne brennt erbarmungslos herab. Der alte Kardinal hat keine Chance, dieser Hölle zu entkommen ... Geschichtsprofessor Don Cavelli ist vielen im Vatikan ein Dorn im Auge: Obwohl er kein Mann der Kirche ist, hat er dort genau wie seine Vorfahren lebenslanges Wohnrecht und genießt zahlreiche Privilegien. Cavelli hat nur wenige Vertraute, daher erschüttert die Nachricht vom Tod seines Freundes Eduardo Fontana ihn umso mehr: Was trieb den Kardinal in das Inferno der israelischen Wüste?

A dramatic mystery thriller unfolds as a backwoods crime cover-up turns into a major Government conspiracy starting with a single event; a rotting corpse that washes over the massive Fontana Dam in the mountains of North Carolina. Suddenly a covert organization, hidden from existence since the 1940's erupts into action to eliminate all traces of this past mistake.

שניים מוותיקי "המוסד" פורשים כדי לפתוח דף חדש בחייהם. הם פונים לפוליטיקה ומגלים מהר מאוד שמה שאמור להיות חוויה מעורכת התרגשות הוא לא יותר ממערכת של תלאות, יחסים אסורים והפרות חוק מסוכנות. לגיבורי "כבשה שחורה" יש חלומות, שאיפות ומאוויים, אבל גם סודות אפלים שחשיפתם עלולה להרוס את כל מה שניסו לבנות. רומן המתח הזה מתחיל ומסתיים ברצח. כמו במיטב ספרי המתח של רם אורן גם כאן מתנהלת העלילה בקצב מסחרר ובפיתולים בלתי צפויים עד לסוף הבלתי נמנע. ספריו של רם אורן תורגמו עד כה לתשע שפות וזכו לביקורות מצוינות ברחבי העולם.

When the President of the United States or his family are threatened, it is up to Jake Mercer, former Marine sniper turned Secret Service agent, to protect them from dangers—both foreign and domestic.