Bei einem brisanten Einsatz verliert der Boston Police Detective Frank Shaw (Joel Kinnaman) einen Großteil seines Hörvermögens. Als er nach vielen Monaten mühevoller Reha in den Dienst zurückkehrt, bittet ihn sein Ex-Partner Doug (Mark Strong), die gehörlose Zeugin Ava Lopez als Gebärden-Dolmetscher zur Ermordung zweier Dealer zu befragen. Da Frank sein Handy bei Ava vergessen hat, kehrt er nach der Befragung noch einmal zu ihrem Apartment zurück und kann so gerade noch einen Mordanschlag auf die Zeugin verhindern. Frank und Ava müssen nun gemeinsam einen Weg aus einem 14-stöckigen Apartmenthaus finden, denn die Killer haben nicht vor, sie entkommen zu lassen...
Thrilling and absorbing, Cometh the Hour is the sixth novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's the Clifton Chronicles and sees the Clifton and Barrington families navigate the 1970s in an epic tale of tragedy and hope. There are devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, her brother Giles Barrington and their arch enemy Lady Virginia when a suicide note is read out in court. Having fallen in love, Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics to try and rescue the woman he loves from behind the Iron Curtain. Lady Virginia faces bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to a rich, hapless American. Harry and Emma's son, Sebastian Clifton, now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank, falls in love with the wrong girl even as his rivals plot to overthrow him. Meanwhile, his father remains determined to free a fellow author from a gulag in Siberia, following the international success of the book they wrote together, the acclaimed Uncle Joe. But then something astonishing happens that none of them could have anticipated . . . The penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles once again showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling abilities and confirms his reputation for breathtaking twists. Continue the bestselling series with This Was a Man.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the first installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles—the inspiration for the hit television series! “Extraordinary . . . Anne Rice offers more than just a story; she creates myth.”—The Washington Post Book World Rowan Mayfair, a beautiful woman, a brilliant practitioner of neurosurgery—aware that she has special powers but unaware that she comes from an ancient line of witches—finds the drowned body of a man off the coast of California and brings him to life. He is Michael Curry, who was born in New Orleans and orphaned in childhood by fire on Christmas Eve, who pulled himself up from poverty, and who now, in his brief interval of death, has acquired a sensory power that mystifies and frightens him. As these two, fiercely drawn to each other, fall in love and—in passionate alliance—set out to solve the mystery of her past and his unwelcome gift, an intricate tale of evil unfolds. Moving through time from today’s New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and a château in the Louis XIV’s France, and from the coffee plantations of Port au Prince, where the great Mayfair fortune is made and the legacy of their dark power is almost destroyed, to Civil War New Orleans, The Witching Hour is a luminous, deeply enchanting novel. The magic of the Mayfairs continues: THE WITCHING HOUR LASHER TALTOS
Ready to escape the 9-5 and find a new way of living? Learn how to live more and work less with the revolutionary book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tools of Titans. 'This book will change your life!' Phil Town, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rule #1 'The self-help hit of the decade' Men's Journal ------- Forget the old concept of retirement and the deferred-life plan, there is no need to wait, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, building passive income, travelling the world or creating a remote-working lifestyle, this book will show you how. In The 4-Hour Workweek, entrepreneur and bestselling author Tim Ferriss shares the practical steps he used to go from earning $40,000 a year and working 80 hours a week to earning $40,000 per MONTH while working just 4 hours a week. This step-by-step guide to financial freedom reveals how to: Outsource tasks and automate your workload Eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours Build more freedom, flexibility and work-life balance Trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements' This updated edition also includes: Practical tips and case studies from readers who doubled their income and reinvented their lives Real-world templates for eliminating email and negotiating with bosses and clients Lifestyle design strategies for thriving in uncertain economic times The latest tools, productivity hacks and high-tech shortcuts for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either If you want more freedom, flexibility and control over your time, this is the blueprint.
Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade. But the truth is far grimmer. James and Cordelia’s marriage is a lie, arranged to save Cordelia’s reputation. James is in love with the mysterious Grace Blackthorn whose brother, Jesse, died years ago in a terrible accident. Cortana burns Cordelia’s hand when she touches it, while her father has grown bitter and angry. And a serial murderer is targeting the Shadowhunters of London, killing under cover of darkness, then vanishing without a trace. Together with the Merry Thieves, Cordelia, James and Lucie must follow the trail of the knife-wielding killer through the city’s most dangerous streets. All the while, each is keeping a shocking secret: Lucie, that she plans to raise Jesse from the dead; Cordelia, that she has sworn a dangerous oath of loyalty to a mysterious power; and James, that he is being drawn further each night into the dark web of his grandfather, the arch-demon Belial. And that he himself may be the killer they seek.
James and Cordelia must save London - and their marriage - in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel. Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter. After fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city's glittering nightlife. But reality intrudes when shocking news comes from home: Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel, and London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell, Belial. Cordelia returns to a London riven by chaos and dissent. The long-kept secret that Belial is James and Lucie's grandfather has been revealed by an unexpected enemy, and the Herondales find themselves under suspicion of dealings with demons. Cordelia longs to protect James, but is torn between a love for James she has long believed hopeless, and the possibility of a new life with Matthew. Nor can her friends help - ripped apart by their own secrets, they seem destined to face what is coming alone. For time is short, and Belial's plan is about to crash into the Shadowhunters of London like a deadly wave, one that will separate Cordelia, Lucie, and the Merry Thieves from help of any kind. Left alone in a shadowy London, they must face Belial's deadly army. If Cordelia and her friends are going to save their city - and their families - they will have to muster their courage, swallow their pride, and trust one another again. For if they fail, they may lose everything - even their souls.
'An enthrallingly intricate novel . . . impressive' GUARDIAN 'There's something of F. Scott Fitzgerald about the way Cahill writes about the very rich' DAILY MAIL 'A biting satire of the art world's glamour, pomp and greed . . . lucid and evocative' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'The real deal . . . The Violet Hour offers a convincing and compelling portrait of a very rarefied world' NEW YORK TIMES 'A highbrow whodunnit, and grippingly so, but it's much more than that' PATRICK GALE, author of Mother's Boy 'It's brilliant . . . the human drama of it is just pitch perfect . . . Hypnotic' SE ÁN HEWITT, author of All Down Darkness Wide 'Artists are slaves to their vanity. But in the end, in time, they see things as they really are.' Thomas Haller has achieved the kind of fame that most artists only dream of: shows in London and New York, paintings sold for a fortune. The vision he presents to the world is one of an untouchable genius at the top of his game. It is also a lie. Who is the real Thomas Haller? His oldest friend and former dealer, Lorna, might once have known - before Thomas traded their early intimacy for international fame. Between his ruthless new dealer and a property mogul obsessed with his work, the appetite for Thomas and his art is all-consuming. On the eve of his latest show, the luminaries of the art world gather. But the sudden death of a young man has put everyone on edge, and a chain of events begins that will lead Thomas and Lorna back into the past, to confront who they have become. A story of deception, power play and longing, The Violet Hour exposes the unsettling underbelly of the art world, asking: who is granted admission to a world that only seems to glitter and who is left outside, their faces pressed to the glass?
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "The best Paula Hawkins yet – by a tense and haunting mile." – Lee Child "An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller... truly exceptional." – Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods "A masterful exploration of the nature of obsession...I loved it." – Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls and Miracle Creek The propulsive and powerful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace: A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge.... A masterful novel that is as page-turning as it is unsettling, The Blue Hour recalls the sophisticated suspense of Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith and cements Hawkins’s place among the very best of our most nuanced and stylish storytellers. "Atmospheric and marvelously twisty." – Danya Kukafka, author of Notes on an Execution “Reminiscent of du Maurier: art, islands, missing spouses ... Hard to put down.” – Mick Herron "A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling." – Shari Lapena
Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes versucht Amy (Naomi Watts) alles, um Normalität in das Leben ihrer beiden Kinder zurückzubringen. Bis eines Morgens für sie erneut die Welt zusammenbricht. Während ihrer Joggingrunde im Wald erfährt Amy, dass es an der High-School ihres Sohnes Noah (Colton Gobbo) eine Schießerei gab. Meilenweit entfernt und nur mit ihrem Handy bewaffnet, beginnt für die verzweifelte Mutter ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um ihren Sohn vor dem Amokläufer zu retten. Presse: - "Straffer Echtzeit-Thriller" - (The Film YAP) - "Packend" - (Next Best Picture) - "Grossartige Leistung von Watts" - (The Weekend Warrior)