Jailhouse Lawyer

At this school, the first lesson is survival. Dr Brandt Savage's plans for his sabbatical from the University of Chicago change drastically when he is enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil. His professor is relentless in her lessons. She's also his captor. Savage is forced to undertake intense physical and mental training, with no idea why he was chosen or what is expected of him. But as he learns more about his abductor, Savage discovers just how deeply entwined their lives are. And why, together, they must make a pledge: Do right by all, and wrong to no one.

Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable - and until now, completely unknown - humanitarian operation. In concert with Jewish activists, they masterminded a systematic programme of forging passports and identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust. While the Nazis unleashed their murderous fury, they retained a strange legalism that respected the citizens and passport holders of neutral countries. At first, these Jews were interned, in relative comfort, to be exchanged for German citizens held in these countries. Yet when it became obvious that the Latin American states were unwilling to honour these il...

JEDEN POCAŁUNEK I JESTEŚ MARTWY… W trakcie swojego pierwszego dyżuru młody policant Walter O’Brien przybywa na miejsce zbrodni, gdzie odnajduje ciało mężczyzny oraz dwudziestoletnią Amy Archer. Dziewczyna była więziona i torturowana, zabiła w obronie własnej. Gdy Walter odwozi ją samochodem do szpitala, kobieta ucieka... Z biegiem lat odnalezienie Amy Archer staje się obsesją Waltera. Co jakiś czas prowadzi dochodzenia, które przypominają mu zbrodnię sprzed lat. Ku swojemu zdumieniu odkrywa, że nie tylko on szuka zaginionej dziewczyny, tropią ją też agenci FBI... James Patterson to autor światowych bestsellerów, mistrz narracji. Współpracował jako autor ze znanymi osobistościami, m.in. prezydentem Billem Clintonem, a także spadkobiercami Alberta Einsteina....

Since Lamont Cranston - known to a select few as the Shadow - defeated Shiwan Khan and ended his reign of terror over New York one year ago, the city has started to regenerate. But there is evil brewing elsewhere. And this time the entire world is under threat. Which is why Lamont has scoured the globe to assemble a team with unmatched talent. Only their combined powers can foil an enemy with ambitions and abilities beyond anyone's deepest fears. As their mission takes them across the globe and into the highest corridors of power - pushing them beyond their limits - can justice prevail? PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON: 'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's m...

The Sunday Times bestseller Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer's life was perfect. With her beautiful baby daughter and doting husband, Joe, she felt nothing could go wrong. But when Lindsay discovers everything she knows about Joe is a lie, she is reeling from his betrayal just as a wave of mysterious heart attacks strikes seemingly unrelated victims across San Francisco. And at the trial of a bomber Lindsay and Joe worked together to capture, his defence raises damning questions about Lindsay and Joe's investigation. A deadly conspiracy is working against Lindsay and soon she could be the one on trial. . .

Rappel out of helicopters, off-road along the Baltic coast, and smile for the camera! It's all in a day's work for the Collier kids! Wait-what? The Kidd siblings have rescued some of the world's greatest treasure, without ever seeking fame and glory. So they aren't happy when the Collier kids start treasure hunting for the camera, more focused on looking good and selling ads than actually recovering treasure. When the Kidds are invited to compete with the Colliers for the title of 'The World's Greatest Treasure Hunting Kids,' they jump at the chance to show the world real treasure hunting. But with rumors swirling of a mistake made by the Kidds' great-grandfather years ago, the Kidds discover that fame and glory aren't the only things on the line. Will they be able to solve the mystery, re...

'Alex Cross is a legend' Harlan Coben 'A character for the ages' Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 'Alex Cross. . . only gets better and better' Lisa Scottoline 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it' Lee Child The latest instalment of the Alex Cross series. They strike under cover of darkness, trigger no alarms, and leave no evidence behind. Detective Alex Cross is hunting a killer who targets families around Washington, DC. But Cross isn't the only one investigating. A charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the actions of 'The Family Man' that others have missed. It's up to Cross to determine whether the writer's theories are fact or fiction.

Twenty-five years after her tragic death, James Patterson tells the heartbreaking true story of Princess Diana's life as a mother and a global icon. At the age of thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family - Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King and one needing to find his own way, she taught them lessons about royal tradition and also real life. 'William and Harry will be properly prepared,' Diana once promised. 'I am making sure of this.' Even after her tragic death, the strength of her love for her sons remains an enduring inspiration, not only for...

Find a future. Lose a past. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy her . . . RUN ROSE RUN: a story glittering with danger and desire.

After returning from his honeymoon, Detective Michael Bennett is greeted with the shocking news that FBI agent Emily Parker is missing. Determined to track down his former partner, Bennett follows Emily's investigation into an anarchist group that led her between Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC. Lurid rumours begin to surface about Emily's disappearance, but Bennett will never give up hope of finding her. After everything they've been through together, he owes her that much.

For Hawk, being a hero weighs heavily on her wings. In the City of the Dead, life happens in the shadows. That's why a war is brewing against an enemy no one can see. Hawk and Maximum Ride never back down from a conflict, but as the dead begin to outnumber the living, they'll need to work together now more than ever.

Błyskotliwy thriller, nowy hit autorstwa «dream teamu» - prezydenta Billa Clintona i Jamesa Pattersona. – Lee Child. Wszyscy prezydenci mają swoje koszmary. Ten akurat się ziścił. Matthew Keating, były komandos i były prezydent Stanów Zjednoczonych, zawsze staje w obronie swojej rodziny, tak samo jak wcześniej niezłomnie bronił ojczyzny. Tym razem jednak obrona zamienia się w atak. Terrorysta porywa nastoletnią córkę Keatinga, Melanie. Gdy cały świat na bieżąco przygląda się wydarzeniom, Keating rozpoczyna specjalną operację ratunkową, która będzie próbą jego siły i wytrzymałości – jako przywódcy, żołnierza i ojca. Pierwsza wspólna książka autorów – Gdzie jest prezydent, bestseller „New York Timesa” – była najlepiej sprzedającą się po...