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Hong Kong 1997 - only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to Chinese rule. It's a febrile place. And in that claustrophobic environment of uncertainty and fear the spooks are hard at work, jostling for position and influence. So when an elderly man emerges from the seas off the New Territories, claiming to know secrets he will share only with the Governor himself, a young MI6 agent, Joe Lennox, sees an opportunity to make his reputation. But when the old man, a high-profile Chinese professor, is spirited away in the middle of the night by Joe's superiors in collusion with the CIA, it's clear that there's a great deal more than a young spy's career at stake. The professor, it seems, holds the key to a sinister and ambitious plan that could have awesome

In rural Devon, six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie works as a nanny for a G.P. But Dr Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is an old friend -- Jackson Brodie -- himself on a journey that becomes fatally interrupted.

When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail's life forever. When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl's life in danger, the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team - paired with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting. But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who h

Jack King is about to learn the truth behind the saying: see Naples and die! Expert profiler Jack King is on the trail of Luciano Creed, a psychologist obsessed with the cases of five missing woman. Jack is convinced Creed is not all he seems! Then the burnt bones of one of the women are uncovered on the foothills of Mount Vesuvius. Within days a serial killer's secret graveyard is laid bare. For the Carbinieri's newest detective, Sylvia Tomms, it's a tough first case and she calls on Jack's expertise. But Naples is in the grip of the terrifying Camorra mob. And Jack and Sylvia soon discover just how dangerous hunting one killer can be - in a city where murder has become a way of life! This is a menacing new thriller from the author of Spider , featuring FBI Profiler Jack King.

When Luca Campelli dies a sudden and violent death, his son Jon inherits his second-hand bookshop, Libri di Luca, in Copenhagen. Jon has not seen his father for twenty years since the mysterious death of his mother. When Luca's death is followed by an arson attempt on the shop, Jon is forced to explore his family's past. Imagine that some people have the power to affect your thoughts and feelings when you read, or they read a book to you. They can seduce you with amazing stories, conjure up vividly imagined worlds, but also manipulate you into thinking exactly what they want you to. When Luca Campelli dies a sudden and violent death, his son Jon inherits his second-hand bookshop, Libri di Luca, in Copenhagen. Jon has not seen his father for twenty years since the mysterious death of hi

Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman on his way home from a good night out. At 13 years old, they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome, and their mother into obscurity and death in the salt mines. Tarquinius is an Etruscan, a warrior and soothsayer, born enemy of Rome, but doomed to fight for the Republic in the Forgotten Legion. Brennus is a Gaul; the Romans killed his entire family. He rises to become one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day - and mentor to the boy slave, Romulus, who dreams night and day of escape and of revenge. The lives of these four characters are bound and interwoven in a

Angličtina do ucha je poslechová učebnice angličtiny, která se zaměřuje na všechny složky studia jazyka najednou. Naučí vás nová slovíčka a fráze, vysvětlí gramatiku a „dohlédne“ na to, abyste ji správně používali. Nejen, že s vámi procvičí nejpoužívanější konverzační fráze, ale také vás naučí, jak na ně správně a pohotově reagovat. Provede vás tréninkem poslechu od nejnižší po nejvyšší obtížnost tak, abyste již nikdy nezaváhali, a to hned za pomoci několika různých typů hlasů. A navíc, to vše zajímavou formou s důrazem na praktické využití a nikoli pouhé „biflování“.

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Nová verze výkladového slovníku angličtiny pokrývající současnou všeobecnou i hovorovou angličtinu. Hesla jsou vybírána podle frekventovanosti v současné psané i mluvené angličtině, a to jak britské, tak americké. Každý význam je jasně vysvětlen jednoduchou a srozumitelnou angličtinou a je doplněn o praktické ilustrační příklady převzaté z anglických tištěných textů a přepisů hovorové angličtiny. Nová aplikace navíc nabízí vylepšené fulltextové vyhledávání a náhled fulltextu. Všechna hesla jsou ozvučena v CD kvalitě a namluvena rodilým mluvčím. Slovník je výbornou pomůckou pro všechny studenty angličtiny a uživatele na střední a pokročilé úrovni.

The Heinle Picture Dictionary for Children is the only children's dictionary that presents vocabulary within the thematic readings and offers opportunities for multi-level practise of every word introduced to help develop English language skills.

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The scar on Rhoda Gradwyn’s face was to be the death of her . . . When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell’s private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But the Manor holds a secret and deadly enemy. While she lies drowsily recovering from the anaesthetic a whiteshrouded figure stealthily enters her bedroom and within minutes Rhoda is dead. Dalgliesh and his team, called in to investigate the murder, and later a second equally horrific death, find themselves confronted with problems even more complicated than the question of innocence or guilt.