Fifteen names: There are 15 targets, the finest warriors in the world - commandos, spies, terrorists. And they must all be dead by 12 noon, today. The price on their heads: almost $20 million each.
Talking books
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Author:REILLY, MatthewSummary: -
Author:DAVIS, LindseySummary:In the wealthy town of Ostia, Marcus Didius Falco appears to be enjoying a relaxing holiday. But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of the Daily Gazette - with the intention of catching up on the latest...
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Author:BERG, ElizabethSummary:When is a marriage worth saving, and when is it worth letting go? Tells the story from the point of view of a man who goes overnight from being a husband to becoming his wife's roommate, working through denial and pain toward...
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Author:BOVA, BenSummary:Ten thousand men and women, exiled by the restrictive governments of Earth, are riding a man-made habitat to the planet Saturn. They form a volatile community - one needs only a spark to set off an explosion that could end in disaster...
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Author:RANKIN, IanSummary:Rebus is ordered to join a team working on an old case, but someone on the team wants it to remain unsolved. Meanwhile, the murder of an art dealer draws Sergeant Clarke into an encounter with a notorious gangster - someone Rebus is...
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Author:PLAIN, BelvaSummary:A happy marriage is eroded by temptation, leaving three children and their mother to find strength in each other to triumph over their despair.
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Author:JACOBS, AnnaSummary:Carrie Preston is used to hard work - oldest of ten, with an imcompetent mother and a drunken father, she struggles to find food for the younger children. But nothing could have prepared her for the day fate deals her family the...
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Author:TANNER, JanetSummary:Raised by her mother's former nanny, eighteen-year-old Ella learns that she is, in fact, one of the Polmars of Porthminster Hall. She then decides to contact her family and try to learn what became of her mother and brother, who...
- Author:NICOLE, ChristopherSummary:
When an attempt is made to kidnap the only daughter of the Sultan of Kharram and his English wife, Jessica Jones of Special Branch is appointed to protect the girl. JJ soon finds her charge is not the innocent "poor darling"...
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Author:EVANOVICH, JanetSummary:Stephanie Plum is back in town, along with her sidekick Lula, her Grandma Mazur, and an ever-widening cast of freaks, criminals, deranged felons, and lunatics looking for love. And just when Stephanie thinks her life can't get any...
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Author:LEWIS, C. SSummary:Following his visit to the red planet of Malacandra, known to our world as Mars, Dr Ransom's adventures continue when he is called to the beautiful paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus, which is in grave peril. There he...
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Author:HOGAN, LindaSummary:Separated from his beloved wife by an ill-fated decision to serve in Vietnam, Native American Thomas Witka fathers a child with another woman, returns home to find his tribe in a moral conflict over a whale hunt, and struggles to...
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Author:CLANCY, TomSummary:When Jack Ryan foils an Ulster Liberation Army terrorist attack on the Prince of Wales and his family, his courageous actions not only win him the admiration of an entire nation, they also rouse the enmity and hatred of that nation...
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Author:THOMPSON, E. VSummary:Cornwall, 1854: Alice Rowe is rescued from the workhouse by the Rev. Arnold Markham to work in his parsonage as a housemaid. When the Reverend dies of a sudden heart attack, she faces an uncertain future.
- Author:GOWER, IrisSummary:
Rhiannon, proud and spirited, is alone in the world after Bill Beynon, her one time lover, marries someone else. She gains a respectable post as a housekeeper to an elderly man, but when he dies his sister throws her out on the streets...
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Author:FFORDE, KatieSummary:It's not as if Nel hasn't enough on her plate already: organising a farmers' market in Paradise Fields and keeping track of her teenage daughter. But when her old friend Sir Gerald dies, it seems preserving the Fields is...
- Author:MAY, Father BarrySummary:
During his many years as Western Australia's first full-time Police Chaplain, Father Barry May often attended scenes of great trauma and witnessed heart-breaking tragedy. He encountered things that would test anyone's faith...
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Author:BARRINGTON, JamesSummary:The Cold War may be over, but the Russian arsenal of nuclear weapons is still in place. When an emissary from an international terrorist group makes a disaffected Russian minister an offer he just can't refuse, the very survival...
- Author:JACOBS, AnnaSummary:
Life in 1905 is hard for the illegitimate Mary Ann. It rapidly becomes worse when her new stepfather begins to interfere with her. Sent away at fifteen to bear his child, she meets Gabriel Clough, who helps her escape to Blackpool...
- Author:HARRIS, A.M.Summary:
This is a dramatic suspenseful and splendidly written story of Australians at war. The author tells the story of his early years on the Buronga Ridge near Mildura, of his army service with the occupation force in Japan and explores the...
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