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Juan Cabrillo's first adventure with the Oregon - a state-of-the-art spy ship disguised as a nondescript lumber hauler - takes him and his crew into dangerous waters as they try to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and the Chinese.

Emily’s tranquil domesticity with new husband Cyrus is interrupted when she is called to Hong Kong in pursuit of a vanished agent.

Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, have never been able to turn away a misfit. As a result they share their small Vientiane house with an assortment of homeless people, mendicants, and oddballs. One of these oddballs is Noo, a Buddhist monk who rides out on his bicycle one day and never comes back, leaving only a cryptic note in the refrigerator - a plea to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekong River to Thailand. Naturally, Siri can't turn down the adventure.

Sean Lincoln, an ex intelligence agent turned investigative reporter is approached by the beautiful Sarah Scott, a woman with a mysterious past and a story so incredible that if true will not only alter the perception of human history, but the course of humanity’s future.

A partially decomposed body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Pasadena, California. The woman was strangled but not sexually assaulted. The police suspect she might be a missing heiress who disappeared over a year ago, but dental records prove them wrong. But who is she? And is there a link between the heiress and this corpse? The celebrated detective Virgil Tibbs reshapes the known facts regarding these two women and discovers astonishing connections.

Divertidísima novela negra, en la cual Ricardo Madden, exprofesor de literatura de una preparatoria y detective novato quiere recuperar una valiosa joya, que también buscan un matón y sus dos rehenes. Narrada en una doble perspectiva: lineal y en retroceso, la novela obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Novela Negra 'Una vuelta de Tuerca' 2007.

"Gyllene buddha" är den första delen i serien Oregonarkiven där vi får möta Cusslers nye actionhjälte Juan Cabrillo - fartyget "Oregons" mycket karismatiske kapten. Bara en man av Cabrillos kaliber kan förvandla ett gammalt lastfartyg till en flytande spioncentral utrustad med högteknologiska avlyssningsapparater och avancerade vapensystem - och bara han klarar de farliga uppdrag som "Oregons" besättning tar sig an.

It is 1878, and Dr. Poppy Stamford has reluctantly rekindled her relationship with Sherlock Holmes. Though it has been almost four years since they parted on uneasy terms and while he continues to suppress his feelings for her, they are still intrigued and inspired - and frustrated - by each other. When her beloved uncle is arrested in relation to a series of murders near the British Museum, Poppy and the burgeoning detective set out to find the evidence to set him free.