Sei spari esplodono improvvisi in una cittadina di provincia dell'Indiana. Sei colpi di fucile su una folla inerme, in una piazza del centro. A terra cinque corpi senza vita. Chi è stato? Perché? Domande che sembrano trovare risposta quando, poche ore dopo, viene arrestato un ex cecchino dell'esercito, James Barr. Le prove contro di lui sono schiaccianti, eppure lui sostiene che abbiano preso la persona sbagliata, e chiede una sola cosa: "Trov...
Nell'assolato deserto del Sudovest americano, il maggiore Reacher si imbatte in una bellissima donna di origini messicane, Carmen Greer. Sposata a un uomo violento, in carcere per problemi con il fisco, Carmen è sola, senza mezzi e con una bambina. Quando incontra Reacher decide di chiedergli aiuto, proponendogli di uccidere il marito quando uscirà dal carcere. Reacher non è un assassino, ma non può voltare le spalle a una donna disperata...
Xavier Francis Quinn: un nome rimasto nella memoria di Jack Reacher sin dai tempi in cui era maggiore della Polizia militare. Un criminale, un traditore del suo Paese e, soprattutto, un sadico assassino che ha ucciso barbaramente una collega di Jack che stava indagando su di lui ed era vicina a incastrarlo. Dieci anni dopo, Reacher non ha dimenticato. Adesso lui è tornato a lavorare con l'FBI e insieme con Susan Duffy, un'affascinante e coragg...
Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, "a superb craftsman of suspense" (Entertainment Weekly). Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the ...
Questa volta succede tutto per colpa di una donna. Un'agente dei Servizi Segreti, assegnata alla protezione di personalità politiche avvicina Reacher e, in virtù del suo passato militare, gli chiede di commettere un crimine: violare le difese che proteggono il vicepresidente. Dovrebbe essere un test, una prova per vedere quanto è sicuro il sistema che circonda il politico. La paga è buona. La ragazza gli piace e poi... perché no? Tanto dovrebb...
Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, "a superb craftsman of suspense" (Entertainment Weekly). Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the ...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Lee Child returns with a gripping new powerhouse thriller featuring Jack Reacher, "one of this century's most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes" (The Washington Post).BONUS: Includes a sneak peek of Lee Child's new novel, Past Tense. Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005. A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan. The ring ...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Lee Child returns with a gripping new powerhouse thriller featuring Jack Reacher, "one of this century's most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes" (The Washington Post). Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005. A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan. The ring is tiny, for a woman, and it has her initials engraved on the insi...
Excerpt from Oration in Honor of Universal Emancipation in the British Empire, Delivered at South Reading, August First, 1834Next to doing good and great actions ourselves, the best thing is to appreciate them duly when done by others. A frank commendation of goodness affords a strong presumption of a wish to imitate it. We participate the glory which we celebrate. On the other hand, self-praise is real reproach, and a man's true worth will co...
Excerpt from The Despotism of Freedom: A Speech at the First Anniversary of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, January 1, 1834This pamphlet is the first number of a series of publications, entitled the Abolitionist's Library. We shall continue the series as fast as our means will allow. We would respectfully invite the friends of universal freedom, to aid in this attempt to diffuse truth on this important and hitherto neglected subject. We ...
Excerpt from Rights and Duties of the United States Relative to Slavery Under the Laws of War: No Military Power to Return Any SlaveThis right, though available at discretion, is not to be abused. It cannot be used, except by privateers, to sate private avarice, and mere lust of plunder. The just and impregnable grounds of all seizures of enemies' property, are the crippling of their resources of every sort, replenishing and sustaining our own...
John Kott ist einer der besten Scharfschützen, die die U.S. Army jemals hervorgebracht hat. Doch er ist auch ein skrupelloser und kaltblütiger Mörder, der den französischen Präsidenten während eines Besuchs in den USA erschießen wollte. Das Attentat schlug fehl, aber in Kürze bietet sich ihm eine neue Gelegenheit: der G8-Gipfel in London. Es gibt nur einen Mann, der in der Lage ist ihn aufzuhalten. Nur einen, der Kott ebenbürtig ist und über d...
Excerpt from Review of a Report to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the Case of William Vans: With Observations Upon the Dispensing Power of the Legislature, and Upon a Decision of the Supreme Judicial Court, "Nullifying" The Said PowerThe following pamphlet is an appeal to you from the decision of a Committee of the House of Representatives - not of the House itself, because the House was deceived.About th...
Excerpt from Review of a Report to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the Case of William Vans: With Observations Upon the Dispensing Power of the Legislature, and Upon a Decision of the Supreme Judicial Court, "Nullifying" The Said PowerThe following pamphlet is an appeal to you from the decision of a Committee of the House of Representatives - not of the House itself, because the House was deceived.About th...
Ein knallharter Soldat, ein illegaler Befehl, eine folgenschwere Entscheidung.Der Einsatzbefehl für den Militärpolizisten Jack Reacher ist eindeutig: Er soll verdeckt den Mord an einer jungen Frau aufklären - und anschließend, falls nötig, seine Ergebnisse vertuschen. Denn der Hauptverdächtige ist ein hoch dekorierter Offizier und - schlimmer noch - der Sohn eines Senators. Reacher soll niemandem zu nahe treten und verhindern, dass die Presse ...
