Political Crime

Madre de Dios es un ecothriller que revela el espantoso atentado que se comete todos los días contra el bosque tropical más extenso del mundo. Marcela, una activista en profundo duelo tras el asesinato de su esposo, intenta explicarse el crimen ocurrido cuando ambos filmaban un documental sobre el ecocidio perpetrado por la minería ilegal en la región de Madre de Dios, Perú, donde, violando las normas ambientales y en complicidad con funcionarios del gobierno y grupos criminales, los mineros extraen oro de los lechos de los ríos.

Former special-ops soldier and now an analyst for the think tank Vektor, Max Anger would kill to move on from the scars of his past - if only for the sake of Pashie, his girlfriend and fellow operative, who wants out of the battle zone. For them, a normal life is just one more dangerous uncertainty. Especially now that evil is hitting closer to home. Sofia Karlsson of the Swedish police wants Max’s help in a high-profile and high-stakes murder investigation: the hunt for a serial killer stalking the streets of Stockholm, who’s eliminating his victims in gruesome ways.

Crossing the US-Mexican border has become increasingly dangerous as these immigrants escape poverty to a word of kidnapping, rape, murder, heat exhaustion, dehydration, and starvation, while they are chased and hunted by drug cartels and for sex trafficking.

On January 20, 2009, a new occupant had moved into the White House. The transition of power from the previous administration had been orderly and uneventful, and on the surface, seemed to move smoothly through the process as prescribed by the U.S. Constitution.

What millions of Americans couldn't know was that a few years before the new president was born, another man had been offered two lives to live. His choice would change the lives of every man, woman and child on our planet. Many famous assassinations had been left behind in the wake of his ascension. He destroyed many large individual fortunes and the economies of some countries.

Always a good sport, Jim McGill, the first private eye to live in the White House, agrees to accompany his wife, the president, to London to be her escort at a dinner given by the queen. Problem is he'll have a week in England with nothing to do. Then a client comes to McGill, the daughter of a former Chicago cop McGill knew but didn't like when he was a captain on the CPD. McGill's former colleague went to Paris to scatter the ashes of his late wife. While tending to that solemn obligation, the former cop managed to get into a brawl with and kill France's national sports hero.

This book explores the powers, activities, and accountability of MI5 from the end of the Second World War to 1964. It argues that MI5 acted with neither statutory authority nor statutory powers, and with no obvious forms of statutory accountability. It was established as a counter-espionage agency, yet was beset by espionage scandals on a frequency that suggested if not high levels of incompetence, then high levels of distraction and the squandering of resources.

If any day calls for a soothing glass of wine, it's today. One moment, Capitol Hill lobbyist Karina Cardinal is having a heated discussion with Senator Harper, who just torpedoed her latest health care legislation initiative. The next, after a cryptic remark, the senator is dead at her feet. Hours later, she's still so rattled she wakes to a freezing apartment because she forgot to close her back door. Or did she?

In a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers, mostly Jewish children. Was this a fluke of history, or something more? Anthropologist Maggie Paxson, certainties shaken by years of studying strife, arrives on the Plateau to explore this phenomenon: What are the traits that make a group choose selflessness?

South Africa is under attack from all sides when Elanza, a politically connected heiress blinded by disease and looking for love before it is too late, meets a naïve English boy. Ralph, 18 and innocent, has accidentally stumbled upon Elanza - and South Africa’s biggest secret. When Ralph disappears into the darkest part of the continent to walk home overland, a Swazi spy, the only black African agent working for the apartheid-era National Intelligence Service, comes into both of their lives.

Rau und mörderisch - die Bretagne. Zwei Tote werden an die nordbretonische Küste geschwemmt: Flüchtlinge aus dem berüchtigten Lager in Calais "La Jungle". Was zunächst nach Routine für Ronan Prad von der Gendarmerie Maritime aussieht, wird zu einem brisanten Fall, als ein verschollenes Segelschiff geortet wird. Obwohl man ihn warnt, beschließt Ronan, zu dem Schiff zu tauchen. Nachdem er bei dem Tauchgang knapp einem Anschlag entgangen ist, findet er im Rumpf des Bootes weitere Leichen. Seine Ermittlungen reichen weit in politische Sphären.

La llamada la despertó a medianoche. Elba Esther contestó inquieta, del otro lado de la línea los secretarios de Hacienda y Gobernación insistían en verla: las negociaciones con el sindicato habían llegado a un punto muerto y el presidente deseaba que se reunieran. La recorrió un mal presentimiento, sabía que podría ser una trampa, pero no le quedaba otra opción. Al día siguiente, abordó el avión privado que la esperaba para llevarla hasta Toluca, de ahí viajaría hacia la capital para desayunar en Los Pinos.

Nach "Turmschatten" der zweite Band der aufsehenerregenden Thrillerreihe von Peter Grandl – noch aktueller, noch brisanter, noch packender! Zehn Jahre nach der spektakulären Geiselnahme: Der Hochbunker beherbergt mittlerweile einen jüdischen Kindergarten. Als dieser Ziel eines rechtsradikalen Attentats wird, rückt der Turm erneut ins Zentrum von Medien und Politik. Zehn Kindern und zwei Betreuerinnen gelingt zunächst die Flucht in die geheimen Katakomben des Turms. Doch dort lagert verschollenes Nazigold, für das mancher bereit ist, zu töten.

Eine brutale Geiselnahme. Und die Welt schaut zu. Ein spektakuläres Verbrechen hält eine Kleinstadt in Atem: Drei Neonazis werden in einem Turm gefangen gehalten. Ephraim Zamir, der Geiselnehmer, konfrontiert sie in einem Verhör mit ihren Gewalttaten und überträgt das Ganze live im Netz. Die Zuschauer sollen abstimmen: freilassen oder hinrichten? Es ist der Beginn eines weltweiten Medienspektakels. Für die Polizei ist es ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Womit sie nicht rechnen: Sie haben es mit einem ehemaligen Mossad-Agenten zu tun, der nicht bereit ist zu verhandeln.

Mr. Luis Machi is an unforgettably loathsome and hilarious Argentinian oligarch who made his fortune collaborating with the worst elements of society - parasites, pushers, and secret policemen. He has a cocaine habit, a collection of three hundred ties, 10 million dollars in the bank, and a bloody corpse in the trunk of his BMW...but as far as the body goes, he's completely innocent. He has no idea who the victim could be, or who among his many, many enemies might be trying to frame him for murder, and he doesn't have much time to find out....

Many critiques of the Trump era contrast it with the latter half of the 20th century, when the United States seemed governed more by statesmen than by special interests. Without denying the extraordinary vigor of President Trump's assault on traditional ethical and legal norms, Jonathan Marshall challenges the myth of a golden age of American democracy. Drawing on a host of original archival sources, he tells the shocking story of how well-protected criminals systematically organized the corruption of American national politics after World War II.

Si Danny Cartwright le hubiese propuesto matrimonio a Beth Wilson un día antes, no habría sido arrestado y acusado por el asesinato de su mejor amigo. Los cuatro testigos de la acusación son un abogado, un popular actor, un aristócrata y el socio más joven que ha tenido en toda su historia un famoso bufete, así que, ¿quién va a creer la versión de Danny? Danny es condenado a una pena de 22 años y enviado a la prisión Belmarsh, la cárcel de máxima seguridad más férrea del país, de la que ningún preso ha escapado jamás.

Riley, ex convicto e investigador privado, recibe el encargo de encontrar a la joven y bella modelo Venecia Gayo, testigo del suicidio de un importante magnate ruso. No es el único que la busca. El Gringo –sicario de un poderoso cártel mexicano que no quiere cabos sueltos– anda tras ella. En medio de la cacería que se ha desatado, aparecerá Salazar, un Inspector de Policía para el que cumplir la ley no será tan importante como el hecho de redimir sus pecados.

"The Black Mask" is a gripping tale that follows the lives of two sisters, Fatima and Angeles, who witness the brutal assassination of their parents. Driven by the desire for justice, Fatima becomes a politician determined to eradicate corruption in the government. Meanwhile, Angeles transforms into the vigilante known as THE BLACK MASK, a formidable figure fighting against corrupt politicians from the past to the present.

La regina d`Inghilterra ha 93 anni. Il processo di insediamento di un nuovo monarca è già in fase di organizzazione. Suo figlio, il principe Carlo, è l`erede apparente. Tuttavia, qualcuno sta tentando di modificare la linea di successione. Ci sono oltre 140 persone in fila per diventare monarca. Se il Principe Carlo fosse per qualsiasi motivo, incapace di ascendere, allora il prossimo in linea, Principe William, diventerebbe Re.

Cambodia—seething hotbed of desperation and vice. The Khmer Rouge fighters are long dead but their murderous legacy has left a population gripped by violence. Into this cauldron of psychosis and trauma steps Carl Meissner, a 32-year-old unemployed investigative journalist recently fired over his reporting of a pedophile scandal involving a prominent Sydney judge. Carl has been hired by a wealthy Sydney businessman to find his missing twin brother, last sighted in Cambodia. Forced to face his own demons, he sinks into Cambodia's dark underworld.