Book Preview WILL ROBIE HAD closely observed every one of the passengers on the short flight from Dublin to Edinburgh and confidently deduced that sixteen were returning Scots and fifty-three were tourists. Robie was neither a Scot nor a tourist. The flight took forty-seven minutes to cross first the Irish Sea and then a large … Read more
Book Preview FEELING ENERGIZED BY THE DEATH that was about to happen, Doug Jacobs adjusted his headset and brightened his computer screen. The picture was now crystal clear, almost as if he were there. But he thanked God he wasn’t. There was thousands of miles away, but one couldn’t tell that by looking at the … Read more
Book Preview Chapter 1 WILL ROBIE CROUCHED shadowlike at a window in a deserted building, inside a country that was currently an ally of the United States. Tomorrow that could change. Robie had been alone in many vacant buildings in foreign lands over the years, tactically positioned at windows while holding a weapon. One did … Read more
Book Preview He had the look of a man who was afraid that tonight would be his last on earth. And he had good reason to think so. The odds were fifty-fifty that it might be, and the percentage could go higher depending on how the next hour turned out. The margin of error was … Read more
Book Preview To Jamie Raab, a great publisher and a wonderful friend, may your future endeavors be filled with both fun and success! Thank you for all your support the past twenty years. I will always be your biggest fan. To Jamie Raab, a great publisher and a wonderful friend, may your future endeavors be … Read more
Book Preview Chapter 1 WHO KILLED YOU? Or, who murdered you? There was, after all, a distinct difference. Amos Decker was standing on the rear deck of a house where he and his FBI colleague, Alex Jamison, were staying while visiting Jamison’s sister. He used two fingers to neck-cradle his third bottle of beer of … Read more
Book Preview THE PRISON LOOKED more like the campus of a community college than a place where men were kept in cells for ten years or longer for offenses committed while wearing the uniform of their country. There were no guard towers, but there were two staggered twelve-foot-tall security fences, armed patrols, and enough surveillance … Read more
Book Preview Roger Seagraves walked out of the U. S. Capitol after an interesting meeting that, surprisingly, had had little to do with politics. That evening he sat alone in the living room of his modest suburban home after arriving at an important decision. He had to kil someone, and that someone was a very … Read more
Book Preview Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, was banned from flying in the U. S. when an overly probing search wand caused him to blow his top at LaGuardia Airport. Now, the train is his only option to get to Los Angeles for Christmas to be with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, … Read more
Book Preview The Chevy Suburban sped down the road, enveloped by the hushed darkness of the Virginia countryside. Forty-one-year-old Adnan al-Rimi was hunched over the wheel as he concentrated on the windy road coming up. Deer were plentiful here, and Adnan had no desire to see the bloodied antlers of one slashing through the windshield. … Read more
Book Preview To Anthony Forbes Watson, my brilliant UK publisher and dear friend. You taught me a lot during our time together, and not just about books and publishing, but about great French wines and important moral philosophies. Wherever your future path takes you, I will be cheering you on. And our friendship will endure, … Read more
Book Preview Synopsis Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet, a war on two fronts. Casino king Jerry Bagger from The Col ectors is hunting Annabel e Conroy, the beautiful woman who conned him out of mil ions. Stone and his col eagues Reuben, Milton, and Caleb marshal … Read more
Book Preview From #1 bestsel er David Baldacci comes a new thril er reminiscent of his phenomenal bestsel ing debut, Absolute Power. It was only a split second—but that’s al it took for Secret Service agent Sean King’s attention to wander and his “protectee,” third-party presidential candidate Clyde Ritter, to die. King retired from the … Read more
Book Preview David Baldacci’s much-loved protagonists Sean King and Michel e Maxwel are having trouble adjusting to life in the wake of the terrible events that drove them to the brink in HOUR GAME. Dogged by hidden demons from her past, then almost kil ed in a barroom brawl, Michel e agrees to try therapy … Read more
Book Preview THE SOMBER GROUP OF MEN SAT IN A LARGE ROOM that rested far below ground accessed by only a single, high-speed elevator. The chamber had been secretly built during the early 1960s under the guise of renovating the private building that squatted over it. The original plan, of course, was to use this … Read more
Book Preview Jack Armstrong sat up in the secondhand hospital bed that had been wedged into a corner of the den in his home in Cleveland. A father at nineteen, he and his wife, Lizzie, had conceived their second child when he’d been home on leave from the army. Jack had been in the military … Read more
Book Preview IT WAS A GOOD DAY to be free of prison. The mechanical whoosh and greasy smell of the opening bus doors greeted Aloysius Archer, as he breathed free air for the first time in a while. He wore a threadbare single-breasted brown Victory suit with peak lapels that he’d bought from the Sears, … Read more
Book Preview FRANK BECKER was exceptionally good at his job and took great pride at being so exceptionally good. He took his client’s orders promptly and carried them out with professionalism and attention to detail. This was not simply being a sound businessman or even demonstrating altruism. It was very much in Becker’s interests to … Read more