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A sitting US President is missing. President Bill Clinton partners with number one best-selling author James Patterson in a powerful, one-of-a-kind thriller filled with the kind of insider details that only a President can know.

US President Keegan Barrett swept into office on his success as director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with a deadly motive: revenge. President Barrett personally orders Special Agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. As CIA agents, they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all threats, both foreign and domestic. When the threat comes directly from the Oval Office, that's where the blowback begins.

Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL and a former US President, has always defended his family as fiercely as he has his country. Now these defences are under attack. And it's personal. Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie, has been abducted, turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father. Because Keating knows that in order to save Melanie's life he will have to put his own on the line . . .

As he steps out of his hotel in Atlanta with the love of his life, the last thing President Tucker expects is to be greeted by the flashing cameras of the media. Or for his affair to be revealed to the world. The President must act to stop the scandal from spiralling out of control, just weeks before the vote for a second term. But not before he figures out how to keep the First Lady on his side. Grace Tucker, however, has other plans. Betrayed and deeply hurt, she heads for a safe haven outside the capital. But when her security detail loses all trace of her, all hell breaks loose.

At a family celebration, Alex Cross hears the shocking news that his niece Caroline has been murdered. Grieving and furious, Cross' investigation takes him to Washington, DC's wild underground subcultures - and reveals that Caroline wasn't this killer's only victim. Partnering with his girlfriend, Detective Brianna 'Bree' Stone, Cross finds himself confronting a world of unchecked power, where the capital's most powerful people are hiding dirty, dangerous secrets that they'll stop at nothing to protect.

En terroristcell har siktet på en av världens mest trafikerade flygplatser - London Churchill International Airport. Matt Bates och Chaz Shoeman, tidigare kaptener i brittiska specialförbandet SAS och Delta Force, hamnar mitt i attacken och de blir Londons enda hopp om att stoppa en grymhet som skulle kunna döda tusentals.

Es gibt Dinge, die nur ein Präsident wissen kann. Es gibt Dinge, die nur ein Präsident tun kann. Doch was geschieht, wenn der Präsident verschwindet?

Un segreto capace di far crollare una nazione. Uno scandalo che si trasforma in un incubo. Un nuovo, straordinario stand alone dal maestro incontrastato del thriller. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti, Harrison Tucker, è al centro di una tempesta mediatica. La sua relazione extraconiugale è stata svelata ed è diventata di pubblico dominio. Per non alimentare lo scandalo e non gettare al vento gli sforzi impiegati per la campagna di rielezione, Tucker ha bisogno di sua moglie e del suo appoggio. Ma Grace Tucker è stanca dei trucchi del marito.

Die Familie des Ex-Präsidenten und Navy SEAL Matthew Keating steht auf der Todesliste eines der weltweit gefährlichsten Terroristen. Nachdem eine gescheiterte Militäraktion in Libyen ihn seine zweite Amtszeit gekostet hat, lebt er nun mit seiner Frau und der gemeinsamen Tochter im ländlichen New Hampshire. Alles, was er will, ist, mit seiner Familie ein ruhiges, anonymes Leben zu führen.

Laat je verrassen door New York Times bestsellerauteur James Patterson met zijn ontroerende roman ‘Ontrafeld verleden’. Patterson is vooral bekend van zijn bloedstollende thrillers, maar hij bewijst hier dat hij ook een meester is in het schrijven van romans! De dertiger Jennifer heeft al het nodige meegemaakt in haar leven en krijgt gelukkig steun van haar oma Sam, de enige familie die ze nog heeft. Wanneer Sam plotseling verongelukt en in een coma belandt, reist Jennifer direct naar Lake Geneva om haar te helpen.

Is het zover? Maakt de tweede komst eindelijk zijn aantrede? Een jonge priester in Rome is er als enige volledig van overtuigd wanneer twee jonge maagden in 1987 op mysterieuze wijze zwanger raken. Volgens de Fatimaprofetie gaat de wedergeboorte van Jezus gepaard met de komst van de duivel. Wie van de meisjes is zwanger van de redder en wie van de vernietiger? De Romeinse priester begint een onderzoek in Newport en Ierland en bereidt zich voor op de zondige taak die hem te wachten staat...

Midt i en international krise sker det umulige. Den amerikanske præsident forsvinder. Hvad der følger er tre af de mest dramatiske dage i præsidentens liv - måske i USA's historie. Og det hele kunne ske i virkeligheden...

Hay secretos que sólo un presidente puede saber. Hay situaciones que sólo un presidente puede resolver. Pero hay decisiones que ni siquiera un presidente querría tomar. La presidencia de los Estados Unidos pende de un hilo. El presidente, Jonathan Duncan, está a punto de ser destituido y es presa fácil de los tiburones de Washington cuando, acorralado por la prensa, cuestionado por la opinión pública y sus propios colaboradores, se enfrenta al mayor ataque que Estados Unidos haya sufrido nunca. Sin nadie en quien confiar, el presidente Duncan deberá desaparecer para actuar en la sombra, aún a riesgo de que le consideren sospechoso y traidor.

The spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case - the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government's charge of murder. Damon Pierce's life has just reached a defining moment: a gifted California lawyer, he's being divorced by his wife and his work often seems soulless. Then he receives a frantic e-mail from Marissa Brand Okari - a woman he loved years ago - and decides to risk everything to respond to her plea for help.