Vigilante Crime

Before he was trying to save the world, he just wanted to save his own ass. Bill Ryder has a problem: the vampires under his rule don't respect him. Unfortunately, in the world of the supernatural, that makes him as good as dead.

At hyre en morder har aldrig været farligere... ”Jeg venter på, at der kommer nogen og dræber mig. I aften vil være et godt tidspunkt.” Sytten, verdens mest berygtede lejemorder, har sagt op. Men hvem, der end måtte ønske at blive Snigmorder Atten, må finde og dræbe ham først. Så da en kugle rammer glasset få centimeter fra hans ansigt, ved han, hvem der skød – gør han ikke? Men skytten er ikke den hårdkogte dræber, han forventede. Det er Mireille – et mystisk, tavst barn, efterladt alene i skoven med instruktioner om at trykke på aftrækkeren.

Un niño abusado que busca venganza. Un matón que pertenece a una organización mafiosa pide permiso para matar a un artista plástico que abuso de él y de su novia cuando eran chicos. El pedido le es denegado. Lo cual disparara una trama en contrapunto con lo que desea y lo que puede hacer. El matón lee cómics antiguos se Bátman. Se sumerge en ese mundo oscuro y se representa la realidad mediada por la estética del cómic. Con una voz narrativa experimental, corrida de eje del normal devenir narrativo de la literatura actual, el autor nos arrastra a un universo sórdido y malevolente.

Harlan Cobens aktueller Thriller über einen unschuldig verurteilten Vater für den Mord an seinem Sohn. David, Cheryl und ihr dreijähriger Sohn Matthew sind die perfekte Familie – bis sie eines Nachts durch eine schreckliche Tragödie brutal auseinandergerissen werden. Fünf Jahre später verbüßt der traumatisierte David eine lebenslange Haftstrafe für den angeblichen Mord an seinem Sohn. Da zeigt ihm seine Schwägerin Rachel während der Besuchszeit das vor Kurzem zufällig aufgenommene Foto einer Menschenmenge. Im Hintergrund ein ungefähr achtjähriger Junge mit einem unverwechselbarem Muttermal: Matthew.

In the streets of our cities, the evil people seemingly walk freely. It seems that the laws of the land slide off of them like water off a duck's back, but imagine, if you can, the presence of hunters. Hunters of evil. Hunters who not only can but enjoy removing the evil element from the streets. Would you sleep better knowing there are such hunters out there? Would you walk the streets of your city just a little less afraid? It's something to think about, is it not? Hunters who remove the threat with a finality that the law never can.

Сэм Бергер в отчаянии. Его напарница Молли Блум бесследно исчезла. Поиски зашли в тупик. Но неожиданно к Сэму обращаются со странной просьбой... Была похищена женщина, и ее психотерапевт готов щедро заплатить Бергеру, если он поможет ее найти. Есть только одно условие — полиция не должна вмешиваться в расследование. Детектив берется за дело, рассчитывая, что быстро найдет пропавшую, но все оказывается гораздо сложнее.

Dawn's Revenge is a thriller set in the New Orleans French Quarter. Jack Chandler, a struggling young lawyer who takes every case that comes in the door, learns that his housekeeper's beautiful teenage daughter has been brutally raped and murdered by a ring of child molesters. The powerful sheriff of Orleans Parish condones the crime and attempts to silence Jack, who seeks to get justice in spite of attempts on his life.

Jack Taylor has hit rock bottom: one of his best friends is dead, the other has stopped speaking to him; he has given up battling his addiction to alcohol and pills; and his firing from the Irish national police, the Garda, is ancient history.

Wer andern eine Grube gräbt. Amtsrichter Siggi Buckmann sitzt in der Klemme: Während er seiner Lebensgefährtin und Journalistin Robin Bukowsky über seine Kontakte zu Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft bei ihren Recherchen in einem Mordfall hilft und der Wahrheit gefährlich nahe kommt, wird er plötzlich verhaftet. Unverhofft findet er sich hinter Gittern wieder. Der Vorwurf: Beihilfe in einem längst aufgeklärten Mord. Offenbar will ihn jemand ausschalten, das belastbare Material stammt ausgerechnet von Robin. Jetzt muss Buckmann sich selbst retten.

When eight immigrants arrived at the Baltimore Federal Courthouse to be sworn in as new citizens, they didn’t give a thought to the trial next door of five terrorists charged with blowing up a federal building. Baltimore Sun reporter Mark Shrader did care about that trial. His wife and unborn child had been killed in that explosion, but in spite of his pleas to cover the case, he was instead ordered to write a Sunday-Supplement article on the new citizens. Then the terrorists escaped their guards, invaded the immigrants' courtroom, and took them all hostage.

With the help of his social worker and a newfound friend, Shaun, Matt struggles back from the brink, only to risk stumbling again following Shaun's sudden, drug-related death. Instead, Matt finds revenge and, ultimately, redemption, by stepping outside the rules created by society....

Justice is a word with which Master Thief Rayla Rousseau is very familiar. After all, as Thief à la Femme and one of the fourteen members of the all-female thieving crew known universally as Robins of the Hood, procuring justice for those who can’t get it through legal means is what she does. So, when one of the Robins’ own discovers the Arsenault Museum has stolen her ancestors’ artwork, the sisterhood is all over it. Unfortunately, the museum’s security has the lady thieves baffled—a first for the four-decades-old Robins.

Recruited by the group after killing his persecutory neighbor, Victor Dickens finds himself residing in a fully furnished apartment, free of charge. Assisting in the Silent Minority’s efforts to bully the world’s bullies, he visits abusive jocks and fear-mongering celebrities. Interacting with fellow introverts Beth and Orson, for the first time in his life, Vic attains friendship.

Welcome to the city of Greenville, where murder is never what it seems. Detective Lynn Pocker and her team are battling crime on several fronts: two serial murderers and a secret organization that has been pulling the strings of crime and justice for decades. Our heroine will have to fight this and her own personal struggles as she herself becomes ensnared in the game of foxes and hounds.

Gerächt ist gerecht. Amtsrichter Siggi Buckmann hat sich geschworen, für Gerechtigkeit einzustehen – notfalls nach Feierabend. Als sein einstiger Mentor tot in einem Waldstück aufgefunden wird, macht er sich auf die Suche nach den Schuldigen. Schneller als gedacht, handelt er sich dabei Ärger mit einer dubiosen Immobilienfirma, der russischen Mafia und dem Sohn des Ministerpräsidenten ein. Die einzige Verbündete gegen seine neuen Feinde ist die kluge Journalistin Robin Bukowsky. Aber kann er ihr wirklich trauen? Vieles scheint dagegen zu sprechen.

The British government's crisis committee, known as Cobra, meet in emergency session after a jihadist terror cell strikes at the heart of the United Kingdom, causing massive loss of life. The Heathrow attack is soon followed by coordinated atrocities around the world, creating an atmosphere of fear unprecedented since 9/11. Cobra calls upon a unit of former Special Forces to track and eliminate the terrorists responsible as the country grinds to a halt.

Avenging Serpents tells how two far-from-innocent men, who met by a freak coincidence, were inspired by an old myth to seek revenge on the perpetrators of ongoing abuses.

Can Hunter and his team prevent a kidnapping by an enemy with vast resources? The foe’s endgame is to leverage these kids for their own vengeful desires. Hunter and his team are toeing the line between virtue and vile. Drawing on wit, brawn, halos, and pitchforks, the Divine Devils will scorch the earth to protect these kids. Even if it costs them their eternal souls!

Storied, fiercely competitive Mariana Academy was founded with a serious honor code; its reputation has been unsullied for decades. Now a long-dormant secret society, Prisom's Party, threatens its placid halls with vigilante justice, exposing students and teachers alike for even the most minor infraction. Iris Dupont, a budding journalist whose only confidant is the chain-smoking specter of Edward R. Murrow, feels sure she can break into the ranks of The Devil’s Advocate, the Party’s underground newspaper, and there uncover the source of its blackmail schemes and vilifying rumors.

As the Civil War raged and goldfields beckoned, a gunman stalked the territories on a mission to kill American settlers. He would elude governors and armies, bounty hunters, and posses, until his demise at the climax of a fierce high-country manhunt. By then, Felipe Espinosa had claimed more than 30 lives to quietly become one of the nation's first serial killers and foreign terrorists.