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[Daveo]

Good As Dead by Mark Billingham.

 

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The Hostage. Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's on her way to work.

Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever.

It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but as she waits innocently at the till, she comes face to face with a gunman.

 

The Demand.

The crazed hostage taker is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in youth custody.

By holding a police officer at gunpoint, he will force the one man who knows more about the case than any other to re investigate his son's death.

That man is DI Tom Thorne.

 

The Twist.

While Helen fights to stay alive and the body count rises,Thorne must race against time if he is to bring a killer to justice and save a young mother's life.

 

[Daveo]

Thunder Point. by Jack Higgins.

 

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Former IRA enforcer and deadly assassin, Sean Dillon, returns in the stunning sequel to EYE OF THE STORM, from number 1 bestselling author, Jack Higgins.

Thunder Point, St John, the Virgin Islands, 1992...For once, the lone diver's treasure was priceless, a German U-boat, sunk in American waters three weeks after the end of the war.

Inside: final proof that Reichsleiter Martin Bormann escaped from Hitler's bunker, with the Third Reich's hideous Secrets intact.

Among them: the names of British Nazi sympathisers, some of them pillars of the establishment and the devastating document known as the Windsor Protocol.

For the sake of national security, the U-boat must be destroyed and no questions asked, even if it means persuading Britain's most wanted IRA terrorist to take on the job.

 

[Daveo]

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[Daveo]

The Blue Demon by David Hewson.

 

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Twenty years ago, a mysterious group called the Blue Demon committed a series of bizarre and ritualistic crimes evoking the legacy of the lost race of the Etruscans, and leaving in their wake a group of dead students, a murdered couple, a cryptic message and a kidnapped child.

 

Now, the leaders of the G8 are descending on Rome for a summit at the Quirinale Palace.

But when a politician is found ritually murdered, seemingly by a strange young man dressed as an Etruscan god, detective Nic Costa suspects that the old case was never really solved.

The Blue Demon appear to have returned and planning, under the leadership of the fanatical Andrea Petrakis, to unleash a devastating sequence of attacks on the city.

As Costa and his team start to dig deeper into the past, they find that there are still too many unanswered questions and much more to the history of the Blue Demon than anyone wants to admit.

'Hewson is a daunting talent, a writer who is master stylist, who respects the audience’s intelligence and who effortlessly keeps the thrills coming a mile a minute’

 

[Daveo]

Sex Slaves by Louise Brown.

 

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The Asian sex trade is often assumed to cater predominantly to foreigners.

SEX SLAVES turns that belief on its head to show that while western sex tourists have played a vital part in the growth of the industry, the primary customers of Asia's indentured sex workers and of its child prostitutes are overwhelmingly Asian men.

 

Here are the voices of some of the world's most silent and abused women, women who have been forced into prostitution by the men they trust.

This is their story: about the journey from home to captivity, the horrors of 'seasoning' for prostitution; and the hidden life within the brothel.

 

[Daveo]

The World's Top Twenty Worst Crimes by Kate Kray.

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In this, the first book of its kind, Kate Kray, who married gangster Ronnie Kray, peers into the minds of the top twenty worst killers in criminal history and, sparing no detail, reveals the awful truth of their abominable acts. 
The extreme nature of their violence and their shocking lack of remorse makes for uncomfortable, yet fascinating reading. 
From obsessive sexual predators and extreme sadists, to cannibals and head hunters, each type of psychopath is examined, their crimes against life told with grim, yet necessary, frankness. 
Kate offers true insight into the deeply worrying motivations of what come to seem closer to monsters than humans, begging the question of whether such individuals can themselves be viewed as victims of a troubled past, or merely as exponents of pure evil. 
But be warned, these stories are not for the faint-hearted...

[Daveo]

No Way Out by David Kessler.

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When TV talk show host Elias Claymore is accused of raping a 19 year-old girl he turns to his friend Alex Sadaka to defend him.

But Alex has a fight on his hands, for Claymore, a former Black Power activist is anything but squeaky clean and this time even the DNA evidence is stacked against him.

Forced to share the defence with a lawyer from Claymore’s insurance firm, Alex must battle his way through jury tampering, conflicts of interest and vicious hate mail to uncover the truth.

With Claymore a vulnerable target in prison and the prosecution scenting blood, Alex knows that time is running out. 
Could it be that this time there is No Way Out ?

 

Edited January 7, 2017 by Daveo

[Daveo]

Stalin's Silver Illustrated, by John Beasant.

 

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On the night of August 28, 1944, three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship "USS John Barry" in the Arabian sea off the eastern seaboard of Oman.

The holds of the "John Barry" contained over $300 million in silver bullion.

The 7200 ton ship broke into two pieces and sank to a depth of 8500 feet, more than one and a half miles.

For 45 years the great depth of the wreck ruled out any thoughts of salvage.

However, in 1989 salvage rights were acquired by Sheikh Ahmed Farid al Aulaqi who engaged the French International Maritime Institute and Jean Roux, leader of the team which recovered artefacts from the "Titanic"

Roux and his team have developed technology which has resulted in an operation of deep sea recovery never before possible.

In this book, the story of the "USS John Barry" is recreated with the help of living survivors, including one of the German U-boat officers, and the intricate politics behind the US government's decision to send $300 million of silver to Bombay is investigated.

 

[Skalliwag]

Ooooh,I have to stop in and have breaky in a couple,of weeks.

Thanks for reminding me.

[Daveo]

Big Ron: A Different Ball Game by Ron Atkinson.

 

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Ron Atkinson is one of English football's most flamboyant characters.

In his autobiography, he offers a candid account of a career which has taken him to West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Atletico Madrid.

 

[Daveo]

The Shadow Patrol (John Wells 6) by Alex Berenson.

 

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A killer is on the loose . . .

 

In 2009, the CIA officers in Afghanistan's Kabul Station received information from a reliable source regarding the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.

But when they followed the informant to bin Laden's apparent location, they discovered it was a deadly trap.

The man blew himself up, taking the chief of station and several senior officers with him.

 

Two years later, the station still hasn't recovered and the situation has deteriorated.

Every initiative meets with failure.

No one knows who to trust.

In desperation, John Wells' old CIA bosses ask him to go over and investigate, reluctantly, Wells agrees but what he finds when he gets there is more than a station in disarray.

There is a full blown military drug smuggling operation underway, and worse, a traitor is leaking information to the Taliban.

Americans are dying, and an American is responsible and this is just the beginning.

Only Wells stands in the traitor's way . . . for now.

 

[Daveo]

The Secret Soldier (John Wells 5) by Alex Berenson.

 

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A John Wells thriller and the first Headline title from bestseller Alex Berenson.

 

Those in power always need an unofficial option.

Meet John Wells.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah fears he is fast losing control of his family and his people, a series of terrorist attacks has put his kingdom on edge and with powerful factions turning against him, the king must turn to the one man he has been told will make the difference.

Ex-CIA operative John Wells knows all too well how covert internal battles can undermine a nation.

With the stability of a powerful Middle Eastern country at stake, he goes undercover to investigate King Abdullah's claims, but as Wells begins to unravel the conspiracy, it takes an unexpected twist.

The plotters want more than the fall of a monarch, their objective is to spark the final bloody conflagration between Islam and the West.

Has time finally run out for John Wells?

 

[Daveo]

Berlin Song by Alan Gold.

 

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Eva is a Jewish opera singer living in Hitler's Berlin.

When a high ranking SS officer provides a way out of her poverty, she decides to accept.

From then on, her life becomes a tangled web of deceit.

 

[Daveo]

HOT BLOOD (The 4th Spider Shepherd Thriller)

by Stephen Leather.

 

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Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line, it goes with the turf when you're an undercover cop.

 

Now working for the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Shepherd is pitting his wits against the toughest criminals in the country.

But when the man who once saved his life is kidnapped in the badlands of Iraq, thrown into a basement and threatened with execution, Shepherd has to decide whether his loyalties lie with his country, his career, or his friend.

 

Shepherd and his former SAS colleagues realise that the hostage has been abandoned by the Government and that officially nothing is being done to rescue him.

And with the execution deadline only days away, Shepherd knows that the only way to stop his friend being murdered is to put himself in the firing line in the most dangerous city in the world, Baghdad.

 

[Daveo]

Victims (Alex Delaware) by Jonathan Kellerman.

 

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Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware returns in this ingenious and breathtakingly good psychological thriller.

 

Not since Jack the Ripper has there been such a gruesome crime scene.

One look at the victim's apartment turned charnel house is enough for Milo Sturgis to summon The Crime Reader, but even Alex Delaware's skills may be stymied when more slayings occur in the same ghastly fashion, with no apparent connection between them.

 

The only clue left behind, a blank page bearing a question mark seems to be both a menacing taunt and a cry for help from a killer baffled by his own lethal urges.

This one will haunt The Crime Reader's waking life, and his darkest dreams, long after its end.

 

[Daveo]

The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort.

 

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By day he made thousands of dollars a minute.

By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting.

From the binge that sunk a 170-foot motor yacht, crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids who waited for him for at home, and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king and did his bidding, here, in his own inimitable words, is the story of the ill fated genius they called...

 

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

 

In the 1990's Jordan Belfort, former kingpin of the notorious investment firm Stratton Oakmont, became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of the canyons of Wall Street and into a massive office on Long Island.

In this astounding and hilarious tell-all autobiography, Belfort narrates a story of greed, power, and excess no one could invent the story of an ordinary guy who went from hustling Italian ices at sixteen to making hundreds of millions.

Until it all came crashing down.

 

[Daveo]

The Perfect Crime by Tom Parry.

 

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When 25 shots from a semi automatic pistol rang out across the Alpine woodland high above Lake Annecy, there was nobody nearby to raise the alarm.

In a car, in a lay by off the single lane track above, were the bloodied bodies of British computer engineer, Saad al-Hilli, his dentist wife, Iqbal and her mother, Suhaila.

Nearby, on the road, lay the corpse of French cyclist, Sylvain Mollier, punctured by seven shots from the same gun.

Saad's eldest daughter, Zainab, seven, had been shot, pistol whipped and left for dead.

Cowering underneath her mum Iqbal's skirt in the back seat of the car was Zainab's little sister, Zeena, the only one of the six people there left unharmed.

Was this a professional assassin's error, or a humane gesture by someone who knew the girls?

The motorcycle riding killer sped through Chevaline to disappear into the main road traffic to dark obscurity.

Was he hired by an underworld contact to take out Saad and his family?

Was he paid by the Iraqi born engineer jealous brother, Zaid?

Was he a Mossad agent under orders to assassinate an Israeli enemy?

Or were the al-Hillis just holidaymakers in the wrong place at the wrong time when a French cyclist was murdered?

Two years on from this most implausible crime, French police remain baffled.

News reporter, Tom Parry, covered the case from day one.

In The Perfect Murder, Parry explores the background of the case, the lines of inquiry and the many conflicting theories.

 

[Daveo]

Dark Forces: The 13th Spider Shepherd Thriller published 12 Jan 2017

by Stephen Leather.

 

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When you're caught between two evils, only the most decisive will survive, the thirteenth book in action supremo Stephen Leather's Spider Shepherd series is his most pulse pounding yet.

 

A violent South London gang will be destroyed if Dan 'Spider' Shepherd can gather enough evidence against them while posing as a ruthless hitman.

What he does not know is that his work as an undercover agent for MI5 is about to intersect with the biggest terrorist operation ever carried out on British soil.

 

Only weeks before Shepherd witnessed a highly skilled IS sniper escape from a targeted missile strike in Syria.

But never in his wildest dreams did he expect to next come across the shooter in a grimy East London flat.

 

Spider's going to have to proceed with extreme caution if he is to prevent the death of hundreds of people, but at the same time, when the crucial moment comes he will have to act decisively.

The clock is ticking and only he stands between us and Armageddon....

 

[Daveo]

The Sicilian by Mario Puzo.

 

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Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano, if he can find him.

 

At sea amid the treacheries of a brutal and unfamiliar land, Michael must find a way through the labyrinthine deceits that surround him, while Giuliano prepares himself for a final confrontation with Don Croce, Capo di Capi of the Sicilian Mafia.

A novel of explosive suspense, heroic action and evil on an epic scale.

 

In the hands of Mario Puzo's brilliantly sinister talent, the reader comes to know again the terrible magic of the Mafia.

 

[Daveo]

The Sicilian by Mario Puzo.

 

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Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano, if he can find him.

 

At sea amid the treacheries of a brutal and unfamiliar land, Michael must find a way through the labyrinthine deceits that surround him, while Giuliano prepares himself for a final confrontation with Don Croce, Capo di Capi of the Sicilian Mafia.

A novel of explosive suspense, heroic action and evil on an epic scale.

 

In the hands of Mario Puzo's brilliantly sinister talent, the reader comes to know again the terrible magic of the Mafia.

 

[Daveo]

One Mile Under by Andrew Gross.

 

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The heart pounding new thriller from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the bestsellers, The Blue Zone and Reckless.

 

ONE BODY

 

When whitewater guide Dani Whalen discovers the body of a close friend in the Colorado rapids, she refuses to believe it was an accident. Trey had a wife and son, there’s no way he would take risks.

 

ONE WITNESS

 

Dani’s suspicions are confirmed when a witness claims Trey was not alone that day.

But before she can find out more, he too dies violently, She takes her evidence to the local police chief, who insists the case is closed. Dani threatens to go public with her suspicions and finds herself thrown in jail.

 

ONE THING TO KILL FOR

 

Her godfather, ex detective Ty Hauck, immediately goes to her rescue. He and Dani visit Trey’s hometown, a place that is controlled by an energy company.

But in a region ravaged by drought, there’s only one resource more valuable than oil and it’s worth killing for.

 

[Daveo]

Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen.

 

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Orphaned, penniless, Jacob Jankowski jumps a freight train in the dark, and in that instant, transforms his future.

 

By morning, he's landed a job with the Flying Squadron of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

By nightfall, he's in love.

 

In an America made colourless by prohibition and the Depression, the circus is a refuge of sequins and sensuality.

But behind the glamour lies a darker world, where both animals and men are dispensable.

Where falling in love is the most dangerous act of all.

 

[Daveo]

Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt #16) by Clive Cussler.

 

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It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks.

What caused it?

Why didn't the alarms go off?

What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship?

NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre events that are about to engulf him.

Before the next few weeks are over, Pitt will find himself confronted by an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient.

He will tread upon territory previously known only to legend.

And, at the end of it all, though many lives will be lost, and many saved, it is Pitt's own life that will be changed forever...

 

[Daveo]

The Oath by John Lescroart.

 

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"The Oath," John Lescroart pits defense attorney Dismas Hardy and homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky against each other in the most dangerous case either has ever faced.

When the head of San Francisco's largest HMO dies in his own hospital, no one doubts it is anything but the result of massive injuries inflicted by a random hit and run car accident.

But the autopsy soon tells a different story an overdose of potassium killed him and the attending physician Eric Kensing becomes the prime suspect in a high-profile homicide.

Abe Glitsky, though hindered by the inept bunglings of two politically appointed cops assigned to the investigation, quickly sets his sights on Kensing.

Desperate and in need of an attorney, Kensing turns to Dismas Hardy for his defense.

But as the pressure mounts to indict Kensing, Hardy goes on the offensive, believing that the murder had little to do with his client, and everything to do with business.

Hardy knows that all is not well with the HMO, and makes a terrifying discovery, too many patients have been dying, many of them victims of murder and it looks like it is the hospital that is killing them.

 

His own marriage tested and his family strained as he struggles to save his client, Hardy must uncover a twisting conspiracy of avarice and violence that takes the lives it is sworn to save.

A timely and gripping novel that puts lives and a long standing friendship at grave risk, "The Oath" is John Lescroart at his galvanizing best.

Edited January 8, 2017 by Daveo

[Daveo]

The Mammoth Book of True Crime, by Colin Wilson.

 

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With new chapters on serial killers, computer crime, cannibals, and conspiracy theories, this completely revised edition of the popular Mammoth Book of True Crime presents hours of enthralling reading for the true crime fan.

Whether on A for "Alibis" or W for "War Crimes", distinguished author Colin Wilson unearths fascinating facts and offers stimulating theories about the dark side of mankind.

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