Publisher: Ktoczyta.pl
This is the story of an innocent beautiful young woman from the poorest family, who throughout her life is associated with men of high social status. How her family members react to such a connection became the basis of the plot. The novel takes place over several decades.
In a city on the brink, Maris fights for freedom. Maris has dedicated her existence to unraveling the dark secrets that threaten the city of Nuevo Diego. Together with her human allies, hacker Spyder and scavenger Kenny, she navigates a treacherous landscape of corruption and deceit. Confronted by powerful enemies on all sides, Maris navigates a treacherous web of alliances and betrayals to expose the machinations of the cyborg mastermind Douglas Turing and his pawn, mayoral candidate Korneli Givi. With time running out and the fate of Nuevo Diego hanging in the balance, Maris must decide where her loyalties lie. Will she choose to fight for her own kind or for the city she has sworn to protect?Show book
Often overlooked as an author his wry and piercing style create works that surprise with both humour and shocking outcomes.Show book
He thought he was done with the killing. But old habits die hard.Kyle Payne thought he'd left his deadly past behind—until he is targeted by mysterious assassins posing as FBI agents.Forced into an uneasy alliance with Special Agent Carrie Walker, who is also being targeted, Payne sets out to find out who is after them and why.The trail leads to rogue CIA operative Michael Dresden who is on a vendetta against the highest levels of United States government.Payne and Walker discover Dresden's meticulous plan involves weaponized drones and a skilled team of elite mercenaries operating from a heavily armed compound in the remote Idaho wilderness.As the clock ticks down, Walker faces an impossible choice: she can follow official protocol, or she can embrace Payne's lethal skillset and prevent a devastating attack on American soil.Show book
STRONG, SMART, AND FAST AND TOO SMART. That's how they described tomboy Hattie Dumond, born in bilingual New Orleans in 1914. No one, including Hattie, thought that would save her life two decades later. She struggled against the restrictions women faced in those early 20th century years. Yes, she's a tomboy, but can slip into the role of debutante, and trains her intellect to straddle both. In Paris, she studies medicine at the Sorbonne, graduating as Hitler's Nazis invade France. Stranded in Europe, Hattie is forced to fend for herself and agrees to a marriage proposal by an officer in the French Army. It's the only way to get out of Paris before it's too late. She learns to love Luke DeValcourt, the good man she marries, then loses him to a Nazi prison and Hattie joins the French Resistance to rescue him and others, then escapes with Luke across the Channel to England. Trouble follows Hattie like a pebble stuck in a shoe. She can't see that danger will challenge her wherever she goes. Hattie has a lot to learn…if she lives. Her return to Louisiana offers a lingering mix of pitfalls and danger that threaten her medical practice and the people she loves. What must she do to prevail? Will she? Or will she suffer the terrible consequences?Show book
'Great locations, sharp dialogue, intriguing mystery, plus a charming detective-dog with knowing hazel eyes - a delight.' Greg Mosse, author of the bestselling Maisie Cooper Mysteries 'An excellent procedural featuring a likable heroine and her talented canine partner'Kirkus Reviews Meet Sergeant Ali Wren and her trusty companion Officer Police Dog Wilson, a springer spaniel with a nose for trouble. Together they serve the small Yorkshire town of Heft, where everyone knows everyone else's business. And if they don't, that's a cause for concern… Ali, who has just returned home to Heft, needs all her diplomatic skills, not to mention a huge sense of humour, to navigate the requirements of her job. Drama lurks around every corner, from rogue parking in the disabled bays to a feud between the long-established Hooley bakery and a fancy new 'cakery-bakery'. When Brian Bright reports his wife Melody missing, at first Ali thinks it's just another routine case. The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that Melody has simply left, tired of playing a supporting role to Brian's obsession with classic cars and his first (dead) wife. But something niggles. When Ali and Wilson doggedly continue their investigation, they find there was more to Melody than anyone realised – and more to her disappearance too…Show book
Turnabout is about a Seattle general surgeon Dr Fred Pomeroy who struggles defending himself in a malpractice suit for wrongful death of his ex-fiance's mother. Harrased and unsupported by his grumpy senior partner Dr Reynolds the unthinkable takes its toll. The values and people he held dear seem non-existent. His whole world has been turned upside down. This journey through a busy daily life of very capable surgeon, who seeks the truth and reconciliation has unforeseen twists and turns in a compelling mystery set in contemporary Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.Show book
