Inhalt: 'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' - DAVID BALDACCI Agent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to appear in Savannah, GA, in this next installment of the #1 NYT-bestselling series. A LEGENDARY HEIST. Fifty years ago, Flight 305 was hijacked en route from Portland to Seattle. The hijacker, D.B. Cooper, collected a ransom of $200,000 and disappeared into the night, never to be seen again. A BRUTAL CRIME. In the ghost-haunted southern city of Savannah, Georgia, a worrying spate of bodies has been found completely drained of blood. Locals fear the infamous Savannah Vampire has returned - or prompted a dangerous copycat. Faced with such a gruesome and unusual case, the local police have no choice but to call in the FBI. A CASE LIKE NO OTHER. As the mystery rises along with the body count, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast and his partner, Agent Coldmoon, will have to race to understand how these murders are connected to the only unsolved skyjacking in American history. Together, they uncover not just the answer... but an unearthly evil beyond all imagining. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-80110-419-7
Inhalt: A corpse, stiff with rigor mortis and bound in heavy ropes, has been dumped on the doorstep of FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast. The murder has the hallmarks of the perfect crime â?" no witnesses, no motive, no evidence â?" save for one enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate Salton Sea where an ingenious killer is determined to make him pay for the long-buried sins of his forefathers. But Pendergast already knows what is at stake, for the dead man left on his doorstep wasn't just anyone, it was his son. Umfang: 384 S. ISBN: 978-1-78185-940-7
Inhalt: Behind the gates of a fabulous Hamptons estate, FBI Special Agent Pendergast comes upon the carnage of a gruesome â?" and seemingly supernatural â?" crime. The smouldering remains of infamous art critic Jeremy Grove, a melted cross branding his chest, are found in a locked, barricaded attic. The hoofprint singed into the floorboards and the smell of brimstone recall the legendary horrors that befall those who make a pact with the Devil. Pendergast combs New York, hoping for a simple explanation: a villain who is merely human. But his search takes him beyond the exclusive clubs and luxury penthouses of Manhattan to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the Italian countryside, where â?" 30 years before â?" four men may have conjured something unspeakable. Umfang: 524 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-052-9
Inhalt: Kaum findet Special Agent Pendergast seine jahrelang totgeglaubte Frau wieder, verliert er sie erneut: Helen wird vor seinen Augen entführt und schließlich tatsächlich umgebracht. Pendergast ist am Boden zerstört und verschanzt sich in seinem Apartment. Währenddessen wird sein Partner Lieutenant D'Agosta von einer bizarren Mordserie auf Trab gehalten, deren Spur schließlich zu Pendergast führt. Widerwillig beginnt der Special Agent zu ermitteln und kommt schon bald einem Geheimnis von Helen auf die Spur, das sein Leben von Grund auf verändert ... Umfang: 467 Min. ISBN: 978-3-8398-1222-8
Inhalt: Special Agent Pendergast kehrt auf den Stammsitz seiner Familie zurück. Hier erwarten ihn viele sorgsam verdrängte Erinnerungen - auch die an seine Frau, die vor zwölf Jahren bei einem schrecklichen Unfall umgekommen ist. Doch nun findet Pendergast Hinweise, dass Helen in Wahrheit das Opfer eines heimtückischen Mordes wurde. Gemeinsam mit seinem besten Freund D'Agosta beginnt er zu ermitteln und muss bald erkennen, dass Helen ein Doppelleben geführt hat. Aber warum musste Helen sterben? Und was hat dies alles mit einem Künstler aus dem 19. Jahrhundert zu tun, von dem sie geradezu besessen war, einem Genie, das unter einer rätselhaften Fieberkrankheit litt? Nur eins steht fest: Helen hat ein Geheimnis mit ins Grab genommen - und es gibt immer noch jemanden, der bereit ist, dafür über Leichen zu gehen... Umfang: 460 Min. ISBN: 978-3-8398-1070-5
With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals. Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators. As killings mount and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent presence at Erebus, bent not on resurrection—but extinction. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Inhalt: Das finale Abenteuer für Gideon Crew, den modernen Indiana Jones ? ein actiongeladener Wissenschafts-Thriller aus der Feder des Bestseller-Duos Preston/ChildWas tut man, wenn man weiß, dass man nur noch zwei Monate zu leben hat? Gideon Crew geht auf Schatzsuche, denn soeben hat ein jahrelanger Rechenprozess den mysteriösen Phaistos-Diskus entschlüsselt. Zusammen mit Manuel Garza bricht Gideon in eine gottverlassene Wüstengegend an der Grenze zwischen Ägypten und dem Sudan auf. Bereits bei der abenteuerlichen Anreise verlieren sie ihre gesamte Ausrüstung und fast alles Bargeld. Und am Zielort angelangt, müssen sie feststellen, dass sie nicht die Einzigen sind, die sich plötzlich für eines der menschenfeindlichsten Gebiete der Welt interessieren."Eine absolute Tour de Force. Gideon Crew könnte genauso gut in einem Kracher von Ludlum auftreten oder bei Ocean's Eleven mitmachen." David Baldacci"Douglas Preston und Lincoln Child sind Experten für atemberaubende Spannung, die dem Leser alles abverlangt und abgeht wie eine Rakete." Literaturmarkt.info"Es ist ein klassischer Actionthriller, der bestens unterhält." Neue Luzerner Zeitung zu "Mission ? Spiel auf Zeit"Die Gideon Crew-Thriller des Erfolgsduos Preston/Child:Mission ? Spiel auf ZeitCountdown ? Jede Sekunde zähltLost Island ? Expedition in den TodIce Limit ? Abgrund der Finsternis Schlagworte:F Belletristik und verwandte Gebiete, FBA Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, FH Thriller / Spannung Umfang: 400 S. ISBN: 978-3-426-42227-4
Inhalt: Mount Dragon: an enigmatic research complex hidden in the vast desert of New Mexico. Guy Carson has come to Mount Dragon to work shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest scientific minds on the planet. Led by visionary genius Brent Scopes, their secret goal is a medical breakthrough that promises to bring incalculable benefits to the human race. But while Scopes believes he is leading the way to a new world order, Carson believes he may in fact be opening the door to mass human extinction. And when Carson attempts to stop him he finds himself locked in a frightening battle with Scopes, his henchmen, and the apocalyptic nightmare that science has unleashed... Umfang: 476 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-057-4
Inhalt: The New York Museum of Natural History is built over a subterranean labyrinth of neglected specimen vaults, unmapped drainage tunnels and long-forgotten catacombs. And there's something down there. When the mutilated bodies of two young boys are discovered deep within the museum's bowels, Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta of the NYPD fears a homicidal maniac may be at large. FBI agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast believes they may be facing something much worse. As the death toll mounts, and with the opening of the museum's new 'Superstition' exhibition just days away, the two men must work together to prevent a massacre. 'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' DAVID BALDACCI. 'White-hot bestselling suspense. Simply brilliant!' LISA GARDNER. Umfang: 484 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-048-2
Inhalt: Two skeletonized corpses are pulled from the sewage-choked waters of Manhattan's Humboldt Kill. Both are headless, their bones scored with teethmarks. It is by no means certain the teethmarks are postmortem. Believing that the bodies must have been washed out of the city's sewers, Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta of the NYPD, FBI agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast and anthropologist Dr Margo Green descend into a dark labyrinth of tunnels and subterranean galleries forgotten by those who walk the streets above. They will be led deep underground, far from the light, to confront their very worst fear... 'A collision between past and present that will leave you breathless' LEE CHILD. 'A positively delicious serving. Great fun to the last page' ANNE RICE. Umfang: 400 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-049-9
Inhalt: In 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky fortress. Now a treasure hunter and his high-tech, million-dollar recovery team embark on the perfect operation to unlock the labyrinth's mysteries. First the computers fail. Then crewmen begin to die. The island has guarded its secrets for centuries, and it isn't letting them go... without a fight. Umfang: 496 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-056-7
Inhalt: Gideon Crew kann es nicht glauben: Sein Ex-Kollege, der unauffällige Atomtechniker Reed Chalker, wird zum Geiselnehmer. Er erschießt eine der Geiseln und dann sich selbst. Was steckt dahinter? Schnell findet man heraus, dass Chalker unter einer schweren Strahlenschädigung litt - und vor einiger Zeit zum Islam konvertiert ist. Hat Chalker eine Bombe gebaut? Während der Heimatschutz und sämtliche andere Behörden alles auffahren, um den Sprengsatz zu finden, beginnt ein unkonventionelles Team ebenfalls seine Arbeit: Gideon Crew und der altgediente FBI-Mann Stone Fordyce. Das ungleiche Ermittlerpaar gerät schnell aneinander. Doch dann entdecken die beiden, dass die Bombe in zwölf Tagen detonieren wird, in Washington D.C.! Während Crew eine heiße Spur verfolgt, bekommt Fordyce einen entscheidenden Hinweis zugespielt: Der Hintermann des Atomtechnikers Chalker heißt ... Gideon Crew! Von nun an wird Crew zum Jäger und Gejagten. Umfang: 426 Min. ISBN: 978-3-8398-1189-4
Inhalt: Medicine Creek, Kansas, has been slowly dying for the last century. A small, quiet place, the primary occupation is still farming, Main Street is a stretch of old and dusty businesses, and the nearest mall is 200 miles away. In a town where nothing changes, the community is terrified after a series of grisly murders takes place. Even more alarming, the bodies are displayed in bizarre tableaus. With the entire town in shock, FBI Agent Pendergast arrives from New Orleans to investigate. From the fields to the local caves, Pendergast discovers the remnants of a Prohibition-era moonshine operation and the truth behind one of the town's greatest mysteries: who was behind the Medicine Creek Massacre of 1865. Now, Pendergast must discover the twisted secret hiding within a four-generation Kansas family â?" before someone else is murdered. Umfang: 458 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-051-2
Inhalt: In downtown Manhattan, workers on a construction site breach a long-forgotten basement, unearthing a charnel house: thirty-six bodies, systematically dismembered and carefully immured at least 130 years ago. It's just the kind of case to intrigue the unorthodox and enigmatic FBI agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast. But he's not the only interested party. Soon after the bodies are discovered a killer strikes. Their victim's corpse bears the same precise mutilations as the bodies in the basement. The nightmare has begun. Again. 'Fast-moving, sophisticated and bursting with surprises ... There's nothing else like them' WASHINGTON POST. 'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' DAVID BALDACCI. Umfang: 615 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-050-5
Inhalt: In downtown Manhattan, workers on a construction site breach a long-forgotten basement, unearthing a charnel house: thirty-six bodies, systematically dismembered and carefully immured at least 130 years ago. It's just the kind of case to intrigue the unorthodox and enigmatic FBI agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast. But he's not the only interested party. Soon after the bodies are discovered a killer strikes. Their victim's corpse bears the same precise mutilations as the bodies in the basement. The nightmare has begun. Again. 'Fast-moving, sophisticated and bursting with surprises... There's nothing else like them' WASHINGTON POST. 'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' DAVID BALDACCI. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-78497-050-5
Inhalt:Following the events of Bloodless, the "exciting" and "nail-biting" new thriller in Preston und Child's #1 bestselling series will once again feature FBI Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast and Constance Greene. Against all odds, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins, New York City in the late 1800s, and sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother, and stop Manhattan's most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng of the seminal Pendergast novel The Cabinet of Curiosities, before his nefarious experiments come to fruition. Meanwhile, in present-day New York, Pendergast is desperate to find a way to reunite with Constance—but will he find a way before it's too late? Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-5491-5877-3
Inhalt: In the desolate reaches of southernmost Chile, a remarkable discovery has been made. It is a massive meteorite whose very existence will change science â?" perhaps even mankind. In great secrecy, an expedition sets out on a converted tanker, bound for the bottom of the world. But almost as soon as the recovery process begins, the mysteries and enigmas begin to mount. What appeared to be simply an engineering challenge quickly becomes a perilous undertaking, for the bizarre, implacable artefact may not be what it seems. And when a raging storm drives the tanker beyond the dangerous Antarctic latitude known as the Ice Limit, superstition, egos and the unknown clash to create a stunning finale that will risk the lives of everyone on board. Umfang: 288 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-055-0
Inhalt: #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child return with the next book in a series featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. 'A collision between past and present that will leave you breathless' - LEE CHILD A MUMMY, AN ANCIENT TREASURE, A DANGEROUS MYSTERY. After a shoot-out leaves a senior agent gravely wounded, FBI rookie Corrie Swanson finds herself under investigation. Her supervisor assures her she's not to blame and the black mark on her record will be cleared in short order. But Corrie finds she cannot shake off an overwhelming feeling of guilt. As a distraction, she takes on a new case involving a fifty-year-old mummified corpse discovered in a hidden enclave at High Lonesome, a long-abandoned New Mexico ghost town. Quickly out of her depth, she realizes she needs the help of her old enemy, archaeologist Nora Kelly. The two women soon uncover a startling truth: the deceased was poisoned, and died clutching a priceless artifact. Can Corrie and Nora solve the mystery of the scorpion's tail? Or will they - like others before them - die in the attempt? Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-83893-126-1
Inhalt: On a visit to her family's abandoned Santa Fe ranch, archaeologist Nora Kelly discovers an old letter, written from her father to her mother, now both dead. What perplexes Nora is the fact that the faded envelope was mailed and postmarked only a few weeks earlier. Her father had vanished into the remote canyon country of Utah 16 years before, searching for Quivira, the fabled Lost City of Gold, whose legend has captivated explorers since the days of Coronado. Upon reading the letter, Nora learns that her father believed he had, in fact, located the lost city. But what happened to her father, and who mailed the letter? In her quest for answers, Nora mounts a fresh expedition to follow her father's path and find Quivira. In doing so, she hopes not only to solve her own personal mysteries, but many of the mysteries of her profession as well. Will she discover the archaeological site of a lifetime â?" or risk her life and the deadly dangers of the desert for nothing? Umfang: 546 S. ISBN: 978-1-78497-054-3
Inhalt: Colorado, 1876: At a remote mining camp high in the Rocky Mountains, eleven silver miners are killed, their bodies horribly mutilated, flesh devoured. Bear attack? Not everyone thinks so. 136 years later, the cemetery where the miners were buried is being cleared for new development. Forensic pathologist Corrie Swanson has arranged to study the bones. What she discovers will expose a conspiracy that's as lethal today as it was a century ago. As the winter snows fall, Corrie's life depends on unravelling a dark secret... the key to which may just lie in a lost Sherlock Holmes story, a tale allegedly so horrifying that its author never dared publish it. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-78185-925-4
Inhalt: Tumbleweed wird durch die Geisterstadt High Lonesome geweht, eine mumifizierte Leiche liegt hier seit mindestens 50 Jahren. FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson und Archäologin Nora Kelly entdecken, dass der Mann ein qualvolles Ende gefunden hat und etwas Wertvolles bei sich trägt ... Old bones, Band 2. Schlagworte:Thriller Systematik: SL Umfang: 415 Seiten Standort: Krimi Prest / 1. OG ISBN: 978-3-426-52420-6
Inhalt: Als Special Agent Pendergast im neuenglischen Exmouth die Plünderung eines Weinkellers aufklären soll, kommt er einem vor langer Zeit begangenen Verbrechen auf die Spur. Dann werden 2 Menschen ermordet, in deren Haut geheimnisvolle Zeichen geritzt sind ... 15. Fall für Aloysius Pendergast. Schlagworte:Thriller Systematik: SL Umfang: 410 Seiten Standort: Krimi Prest / 1. OG ISBN: 978-3-426-51496-2
Inhalt: Archäologin Nora Kelly leitet an der vermeintlichen Absturzstelle eines Ufos wissenschaftliche Ausgrabungen. Doch statt extraterrestrischen Fragmenten werden zwei irdische Leichen gefunden. FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Täter ... Old bones, Band 3. Schlagworte:Thriller Systematik: SL Umfang: 400 Seiten Standort: Krimi Prest / 1. OG ISBN: 978-3-426-52817-4
Inhalt: Die Opfer eines Serienkillers in New York werden enthauptet, ihre Köpfe behält er als Trophäen. FBI Special Agent Pendergast und Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta vom NYPD suchen vergeblich nach Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen den Ermordeten. Sind vielleicht zwei Killer am Werk? 17. Fall für Aloysius Pendergast. Schlagworte:Thriller Systematik: SL Umfang: 397 Seiten Standort: Krimi Prest / 1. OG ISBN: 978-3-426-52080-2
Inhalt: Die Menschen auf Captiva Island sind schockiert: 100 gleiche grüne Sneakers werden am Strand angespült, in jedem steckt ein menschlicher Fuß. Special Agent Pendergast lässt von einer Ozeanografin ein Strömungsprofil erstellen und macht eine grausame Entdeckung ... 19. Fall für Aloysius Pendergast. Schlagworte:Thriller Systematik: SL Umfang: 448 Seiten Standort: Krimi Prest / 1. OG ISBN: 978-3-426-52416-9
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