A light cruiser, one of a unique type similar to the real Dido class cruisers (MacLean had served on HMS Royalist of that class), extremely well armed and among the fastest ships in the world. Her crew is pushed well beyond the limits...
Suspense
- Author:MacLean, AlistairSummary:
- Author:ROBERTS, NoraSummary:
Dora Conway, a Philadelphia antiques dealer, becomes the focus of an international smuggler when certain items are bought at auction. Dora and Jed, her tenant, probe into deaths and robberies surrounding the mysterious shipment.
- Author:THORNE, NicolaSummary:
Artist and widow Karen Blackwood returns to her childhood home and meets Hugh Fullerton, the reckless and handsome master of Hammersleigh Hall. In the ruins of the Abbey grounds she encounters a woman's figure which then...
- Author:John Lawrence ReynoldsSummary:
Joe McGuire, retired from the Boston Police Department, has reluctantly accepted a position as a freelance investigator at a prestigious old law firm with a reputation to protect. In his first week on the job he gets the expected...
- Author:HEITMANN, LynneSummary:
Set behind the scenes at an international airport, Alex Shanahan is sent to Boston airport after the suicide of the previous manager. She is soon caught up in a conspiracy which could cost her her life.
- Author:HARRIS, ThomasSummary:
It's seven years after the doctor's escape and Clarice Starling is drawn back into his web when a surviving victim of Hannibal goes for revenge.
- Author:NYST, ChrisSummary:
On a hazy summer's morning in 1965, nine-year-old Michael McCabe and his four-year-old sister, Catherine, kiss their mother goodbye and set off to the beach. They never return.
- Author:DEAVER, JeffreySummary:
Paul Schumann is a mobster hitman known equally for his brilliant tactics and for taking only 'righteous' jobs. When a hit goes wrong and Schumann is nabbed, he's offered a stark choice. He can travel to Berlin and kill...
- Author:EVANOVICH, JanetSummary:
A slightly off-centre love story about a devious man, an uncooperative woman and a misguided genius.
- Author:PATTERSON, JamesSummary:
Alex Cross is preparing to resign from the Washington Police Force. He's enjoying the feeling; not least, because the Mastermind, Kyle Craig, is now in prison and finally, Alex has met a woman and he is talking about the future....
- Author:DAVIES, PaulSummary:
In 1990, destruction rains from the sky in the form of deadly fireballs. What are they? Scientist Andrew Benson deduces the incredible truth but can he avert a nuclear war in time?
- Author:CUSSLER, CliveSummary:
In Serpent, Clive Cussler introduced a hero for the new millennium in Kurt Austin, the leader of NUMA's Special Assignments Team. In previous encounters, Austin and his colleague Joe Zavala have battled eco-extortionists and mad...
- Author:HILLERMAN, TonySummary:
It is 1973 and Malcolm Mathias, known as Moon, is devastated to learn of his brother's death in a helicopter crash in Cambodia. Moon travels to Asia to sort out his brother's affairs and soon finds himself being pursued by a...
- Author:GASH, JonathanSummary:
A dream family holiday at a Florida theme park transforms into a nightmare when six-year-old Davey Charleston is kidnapped.
- Author:KRENTZ, Jayne AnnSummary:
Isabel Wright spends her days at the Belvedere Centre for Sleep Research analyzing the dreams of others. Dr. Martin Belvedere, a pioneer in the field, recognized her unique talent for what he calls Level Five lucid dreaming - and...
- Author:CORNWELL, BernardSummary:
The Lazenders, a gilded family, have been the envy and pride of Britain for centuries. But Toby Lazender, their heir, is now mysteriously absent. His sister, Campion, is running the familly estates. But the Fallen Angels - among the...
- Author:HIGGINS, JackSummary:
Sean Dillon is an assassin. He will work for anyone as long as the money is right. British Intelligence has marked Dillon for death and send a killer to catch a killer; Martin Brosnan, a man with a passion for revenge.
- Author:LA PLANTE, LyndaSummary:
Twins Rebekka and Ruda have not seen each other since they were separated in Auschwitz, both to suffer at the hands of Dr. Josef Mengels. Following a brutal murder, they are drawn into a startling web of coincidence and fear.
- Author:FAIRSTEIN, LindaSummary:
The Silk Stocking rapist made flashy fodder for the press, targeting New York's wealthier women. And then he just disappeared. Now four years later, he's back in Ass. DA. Alexandra Cooper's territory, who only has...
- Author:GOWER, IrisSummary:
Charlotte knew nothing of her parents except that they'd died when she was a child. Now, her aunt's will left no provision for an orphan and she must leave her home for the uncertain protection of an uncle she'd never...