Patterson: 1617 books

Die wilde Jagd geht weiter. Kaum haben die vier unerschrockenen Kidds-Geschwister Bick, Beck, Storm und Tommy ihre erste Mission erfüllt, machen sie sich erneut auf den Weg. Eine Schatzkarte muss sie laut einer verschlüsselten Botschaft zum Versteck der Piraten führen, die ihre Mutter immer...

Die letzte Mahlzeit geht aufs Haus … Jemand vergiftet Gäste in den besten Restaurants von New Orleans. Und keiner ist besser geeignet, um den Fall zu klären, als Caleb Rooney - erfolgreicher Detective und Betreiber eines hippen Food Trucks. Je tiefer Caleb bei seinen Ermittlungen in die...

FBI-Agentin Emmy Dockery ist jung und engagiert. Ihre Fähigkeit, Details zu bemerken, die andere übersehen, hat ihr bereits beeindruckende Erfolge eingebracht. Doch nun stellt eine Reihe von Morden selbst sie vor ein Rätsel. Die Opfer, oft alleinstehende Senioren und Obdachlose, scheinen alle durch...

Christy und Martin, beide frisch geschieden, glauben nicht an Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Dennoch ist da eine ganz besondere Spannung zwischen ihnen. Doch es prickelt nicht nur im Schlafzimmer: Den wahren Kick holen sie sich, indem sie Christys bösen Exmann verfolgen und beginnen, ein gefährliches Spiel mit ihm zu spielen. Ein Spiel, das irgendwann zu weit gehen wird …

“A crackerjack thriller” by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Silent Witness: A lawyer defending a Vietnam vet is caught in a kidnapper’s web (Publishers Weekly). All of America is watching when a sniper’s bullet cuts down presidential hopeful James Kilcannon. As the nation...

Many women impacted upon the life of Moses. The woman who bore him, the young girl who shadowed him, and the foreigner who raised him are just three of the key influencers on his life. Their actions meant that a Hebrew child was reared as a prince of Egypt and became one of the greatest leaders of all...

In the 1940's Jules Busch is a poor but independent bachelor who lives in the Little Dixie part of Missouri called Possum Walk. Possum Walk is a small agricultural community (not a town) and it is primitive (mud roads, no electricity, no indoor plumbing, wood stoves for heating and cooking, and the...

His family has been murdered. His past lover is running for her life. And now, Dr. David Strauss must travel across Europe to track down the killers. Outside New York City, the palatial home of Dr. David Strauss's parents is attacked by gunmen during a glittering party. As he watches helplessly,...

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. People have not changed significantly in the many years since Aristotle first lectured on ethics at the Lyceum in Athens. The human types and problems...

These four dialogues cover time surrounding the execution of Socrates. As he was charged, tried, and condemned to death, the four dialogues stand as final testaments to his credo of virtue. These are texts that have shaped thousands of years of thought on the meaning of life and personal conduct.

With 2005's acclaimed and controversial The New World, one of cinema's most enigmatic filmmakers returned to the screen with only his fourth feature film in a career spanning thirty years. While Terrence Malick's work has always divided opinion, his poetic, transcendent filmic language has unquestionably...

This volume sheds light on the transformed post-Holocaust relationship between Catholics and Jews. Once implacable theological foes, the two traditions have travelled a great distance in coming to view the other with respect and dignity. Responding to the horrors of Auschwitz, the Catholic Church...

On a cold day in January, President-elect Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office—and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon’s choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And a secret. While the Senate spars...

After the murder of his high school sweetheart left him shattered, Tony Lord vowed never to return to his Ohio hometown of Lake City. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a successful California criminal lawyer with a beautiful celebrity wife. He's living the good life…until long-buried memories come...