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Oath of Office

by Michael Palmer

A shocking medical-political thriller featuring Dr Lou Welcome by the New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense. For fans of Robin Cooke and Michael Connelly.A well-respected doctor on a murderous rampage. Only one person can clear his name. When Dr John Meacham goes on a shooting spree, his business partner, staff, and two patients are killed in the bloodbath. Then Meacham turns the gun on himself. The blame lands on Dr Lou Welcome, who worked with Meacham when his medical license was revoked years before. Lou believed in John when no one else did, fighting for his license to be restored, and knows there must be more to the horrifying act than meets the eye. As Lou explores the case further, he uncovers terrifying evidence of an unspeakable conspiracy. One that leads directly to the White House and those in the highest positions of power...

Oath of Office

by Steven J. Kirsch

IT'S THE ONE CRISIS THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR... JONATHAN STARR Just elected as the first Jewish president. On the morning after his stunning upset victory, he awakens in the trunk of a car-a kidnap victim. ARTHUR SUTHERLAND The nation's current president. Defeated for reelection, he must now face the most shattering crisis of his career. With the Constitution unclear, he must decide who will hold the highest office in the land. ANDREW REYNOLDS Secret Service agent and close personal friend of Jonathan Starr, He must find the president-elect and bring him back alive in time to save the country from civil chaos. LEN ALLEN Convicted felon. Ruthless killer. His job was to snatch the president-elect and torture him-until his employer reveals his diabolical plans. CHARLES DURKIN Speaker of the House. With the president-elect missing and the country in the grips of a constitutional crisis, he will stop at nothing to grab the presidency for himself. As the desperate search continues for Jonathan Starr, the danger mounts that Inauguration Day will mark the end of the republic...

Oaths and Miracles

by Nancy Kress

Two people, the widow of murdered scientist and an unstable, hard-boiled FBI agent, join forces to follow a trail of science and death. It leads them through a biotech company in New Jersey to the mafia, to a paramilitary splinter group, to a religious commune in upstate New York, and finally to a deadly secret that may be killing someone right now.

Obedience

by Will Lavender

"With superb confidence, Lavender constructs a brilliant fictional web of lies, inventively warping the psychological thriller to fit the confines of a scholarly investigation." --Kirkus Reviews When the students in Winchester University's Logic and Reasoning 204 arrive for their first day of class, they are greeted not with a syllabus or texts, but with a startling assignment from Professor Williams: Find a hypothetical missing girl named Polly. If after being given a series of clues and details the class has not found her before the end of the term in six weeks, she will be murdered.At first the students are as intrigued by the premise of their puzzle as they are wary of the strange and slightly creepy Professor Williams. But as they delve deeper into the mystery, they begin to wonder: Is the Polly story simply a logic exercise, designed to teach them rational thinking skills, or could it be something more sinister and dangerous?The mystery soon takes over the lives of three students as they find disturbing connections between Polly and themselves. Characters that were supposedly fictitious begin to emerge in reality. Soon, the boundary between the classroom assignment and the real world becomes blurred--and the students wonder if it is their own lives they are being asked to save.

Obedience (A Dave Brandstetter Mystery #10)

by Joseph Hansen

The death of a Vietnamese immigrant brings former death claims investigator Dave Brandstetter out of retirement. As an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter built a reputation unraveling suspicious deaths. Now, well into middle age, he has decided to retire for the sake of Cecil, the young TV reporter who loves and cherishes him, and has too often risked his own life for Dave&’s work. But retirement does not come easily. Dave never did it for the money. He always had that. Nor did he tirelessly work cases in hopes of chasing renown. It was always the pursuit of the truth that drove Dave. He enjoyed the truth&’s habit of coming into direct conflict with bigotry, allowing him to surprise the small-minded along the way. It doesn&’t take much arm twisting, then, to get Dave back in the saddle when an old friend in the public defender&’s office asks him to help Andy Flanagan, a shiftless young man accused of murdering a Vietnamese businessman to defend the Old Fleet — a shantytown of houseboats that has been earmarked for development. Beneath the surface of this oil-slicked slum lurks an international conspiracy so appalling that Dave will regret postponing his retirement.

Obedience (Dave Brandstetter #10)

by Joseph Hansen

With retirement just out of reach, Dave Brandstetter investigates the killing of a Vietnamese immigrant <P> As an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter has spent his life unraveling suspicious deaths. Now, well into middle age, he has decided to retire for the sake of Cecil, the young TV reporter who loves and cherishes him, and has too often risked his own life for Dave's work. But retirement does not come easily. An old friend in the public defender's office asks Dave to help Andy Flanagan, a shiftless young man accused of murdering a Vietnamese businessman to defend the Old Fleet--a shantytown of houseboats that has been earmarked for development. Unable to resist the case, Dave heads to the Old Fleet and begins asking questions. Beneath the surface of this oil-slicked slum lurks an international conspiracy so appalling that Dave will regret postponing his retirement. <P> Obedience is book ten in the Dave Brandstetter Mystery series, which also includes Troublemaker and The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of.

Obedience: Dave Brandstetter Investigation 10 (Dave Brandstetter)

by Joseph Hansen

'After forty years, Hammett has a worthy successor' The TimesDave Brandstetter stands alongside Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade and Lew Archer as one of the best fictional PIs in the business. Like them, he was tough, determined, and ruthless when the case demanded it. Unlike them, he was gay. Joseph Hansen's groundbreaking novels follow Brandstetter as he investigates cases in which motives are murky, passions run high, and nothing is ever as simple as it looks. Set in 1970s and 80s California, the series is a fascinating portrait of a time and a place, with mysteries to match Chandler and Macdonald.A rundown harbour is due to be re-developed - against the wishes of those who call it home. When Mr Le, the businessman behind the project, is shot on his way to meet the residents' spokesman, the culprit seems obvious. But then Dave is persuaded to take the case, and finds much more beneath the surface: forbidden love, deadly hatred, and most toxic of all, family honour.

Obelists En Route

by C. Daly King

The discovery of a corpse turns a cross-country train journey into a closed-circle hunt for a killer. The magnificent Transcontinental Express, showcasing the cutting edge of mid-1930s luxury train travel, is making its first trip from New York to San Francisco. For its record-breaking maiden voyage—coast to coast in three days with no passenger stops—the express carries only invited guests, among them renowned businessmen, physicians, psychologists, and even a high-ranking member of the NYPD. Among refined staterooms, an elegant dining car, and a “recreation room” for bridge, ping-pong, and dancing, the vehicle’s most lauded feature is the swimming pool car—which is precisely where the waterlogged corpse of a prominent banker is discovered just one day into the journey. Uncertain of the cause of death and fearing negative publicity, the conductor drives on for the West Coast, charging a select group of passengers, including the sharp-witted Dr. Pons, with the task of uncovering what has occurred—even as every new piece of evidence seems to suggest more perplexing possibilities. Hopelessly rare in first edition and never before published in the United States, Obelists en Route is a brilliantly complex Golden Age mystery from one of the greatest American authors of the period. Besides its intriguing whodunit plot, the book’s period detail and locomotive setting make it a welcome rediscovery today.

Obelists at Sea (An American Mystery Classic #0)

by Martin Edwards C. Daly King

C. Daly King’s debut mystery is a tale of murder, travel, and psychiatry set aboard a luxury transatlantic liner The smoking room on a transatlantic cruise ship is bound to be a hotbed of activity — but it’s less common for it to be the site of a murder. Yet, when the lights flicker aboard the luxury Meganaut, making its way from New York to Paris, this is precisely what happens; in the darkness, a gunshot rings out, and when the light is restored, a man is found dead. The situation becomes all the more curious when it’s discovered that the deceased had apparently ingested cyanide just seconds before being penetrated by the bullet. Luckily, for the other passengers, there are two detectives aboard the Meganaut, ready to leap into action. There are also four psychiatrists, and those psychiatrists convince the captain to let them take a stab at solving the crime, using their professional understanding of the human psyche to determine who could have been capable of such a crime — and why. But will they be able to deduce the puzzle’s solution before the killer strikes again? The first of seven novels by psychologist C. Daly King, Obelists at Sea is intelligent and enjoyable Golden Age mystery fare, featuring an atmospheric setting, carefully placed clues, and a complex whodunnit plot explained with sharp-witted ratiocination.

Obelysk

by Michael Gandy

A coffee shop in DC is at the center of a plot to overhear conversations from within the White House by using an app that records and uploads conversations from different cell phones five seconds at a time, then stitches them together in the middle of the night. But the owner of the place has no idea this is happening.

Obertura Francesa

by Luis Manuel Ruiz

Una novela de misterio y amor que discurre en torno al mundo de la música clásica. Un joven estudiante de música es empujado por su maestro a investigar la desaparición de un famoso pianista de once dedos. Su antigua novia, Hélène, le acompañará en sus aventuras desde París hasta Salzburgo, pasando por la Selva Negra. Lo que al principio parecía un caso sencillo les acaba llevando a un terrible descubrimiento: un proyecto siniestro que desafía las leyes de la naturaleza. Una oscura organización ha desarrollado, bajo la sombra de Bach, experimentos que van más allá de lo que cabe imaginar. Obertura Francesa es una novela de misterio y amor donde unos personajes perfectamente trazados comparten protagonismo con una sólida trama imposible de abandonar hasta el descubrimiento final.

Obit

by Daniel Paisner

Axel Pimletz writes obituaries for a Boston newspaper. He's been going nowhere for the past fifteen years and his failure has almost consumed his self-esteem. Axel needs action and excitement, like a front-page story. He never guesses he's about to get both--along with murder!

Obit Delayed

by Helen Nielsen

The melody of death Down at the edge of Mexican town, where the pavement gives out and the yellow dust drifts ankle deep over the hard packed adobe, a radio is moaning a dreamy beat into the night. It is the kind of music that needs two people, but only one is listening a long legged blonde who keeps time to the music while brushing her glistening hair She drops the brush and reaches for the tall glass that stands on the dressing table and then she hesitates, peering into the blackness of the room beyond. There is no doubt about the sound Frank? She stands up and moves through the doorway, the name still on her lips. And then she dies horribly.

Obit Delayed

by Helen Nielsen

The melody of death ...Down at the edge of Mexican town, where the pavement gives out and the yellow dust drifts ankle deep over the hard packed adobe, a radio is moaning a dreamy beat into the night. It is the kind of music that needs two people, but only one is listening--a long legged blonde who keeps time to the music while brushing her glistening hair ...She drops the brush and reaches for the tall glass that stands on the dressing table--and then she hesitates, peering into the blackness of the room beyond. There is no doubt about the sound ..."Frank?" She stands up and moves through the doorway, the name still on her lips. And then she dies ... horribly.

Obit Delayed

by Helen Nielsen

The melody of death...Down at the edge of Mexican town, where the pavement gives out and the yellow dust drifts ankle deep over the hard packed adobe, a radio is moaning a dreamy beat into the night. It is the kind of music that needs two people, but only one is listening—a long legged blonde who keeps time to the music while brushing her glistening hair...She drops the brush and reaches for the tall glass that stands on the dressing table—and then she hesitates, peering into the blackness of the room beyond. There is no doubt about the sound...“Frank?” She stands up and moves through the doorway, the name still on her lips. And then she dies...horribly.

Object of Virtue

by Nicholas B. A. Nicholson

A dazzling debut about the power of family and the pain of betrayal set within Manhattan's Fifth Avenue apartments, the opulent mansions of the new Moscow, and the pre-revolutionary palaces of Saint Petersburg. Sasha Ozerovsky is a young expert in Russian art at Leighton's, an exclusive Manhattan auction house. When a dealer arrives from Moscow with an exquisite 1913 Fabergé figurine, Sasha immediately recognizes a rare masterpiece. But in the high stakes art world, the price of an object is tied to its history. If Sasha can determine for whom the bejeweled piece was made and where it has been hiding for the past century, its value -- and Sasha's career -- will soar. But as Sasha moves between New York's high society and Russia's new rich, he discovers that the piece once belonged to his family, and he must face questions about their past that he never dared to ask. Superbly plotted and evoking the elegance of Russia's gilded age,Object of Virtueis an enthralling tale that explores what happens to a family torn between vanity and virtue.

Objetivo Equivocado

by Jessica Page

Tres extraños con una insólita conexión se encuentran inmersos en una peligrosa lucha por el poder. Después de trabajar durante siete años como acompañante de alto nivel de la elite política de Washington, Kendall Daley está lista para un cambio en su vida. Pero en las vísperas de su última cita conoce a Kane Clarke — un teniente SEAL de la Marina que se encuentra de licencia obligatoria. Lo que Kendall no sabe es que Kane se encuentra en la ciudad para reparar su relación con su distanciado hermano…alguien a quien ella conoce demasiado bien. Pronto después de aquella fatídica noche, el Senador James Clarke es secuestrado y Kendall se encuentra bajo la mira de unos asesinos a sueldo. Grandes y profundos secretos personales se exponen cuando Kane se apresta a ayudarla. Involucrados en un juego peligroso, el par debe trabajar junto para desentrañar una confusa red de fraudes y salvar al Senador antes de que se agote el tiempo. Objetivo Equivocado, un thriller de ritmo rápido, es un explosivo debut de su autora Jessica Page.

Objetivo Harper (Martina Harper #Volumen 2)

by Ava Cleyton

Cuando creía tener todas las respuestas, alguien llegó y le cambió todas las preguntas. Martina Harper decide trasladarse a Toledo para seguir investigando los misteriosos casos de asesinatos junto a Bruno Bernal y el resto de su equipo. Pero ni por asomo imagina la oscura amenaza que se cierne sobre ella. ¿Será capaz la criminóloga de hacer frente a las poderosas fuerzas del mal sin caer en la locura? Y si lo consigue, ¿cómo probará científicamente lo que parece una horrible pesadilla? No te pierdas Objetivo Harper, la segunda entrega de la Trilogía Martina Harper. Una nueva aventura en la que los límites de la realidad se difuminan entre los senderos del cielo y del infierno.

Obliteration: An Awakened Novel (Awakened #3)

by Darren Wearmouth James S. Murray

“Scary amazing fun.”—Brad MeltzerEvils both above and below ground arise once again, threatening the world and all its inhabitants with extinction in this electrifying science fiction thriller—the final novel set in the Awakened universe—from the #1 internationally bestselling author and star of television’s Impractical Jokers and a bestselling science fiction writer.Thanks to the heroics of former New York City Mayor Tom Cafferty and his team, the world is once again safe. The villainous Foundation for Human Advancement has been dismantled, the cities of the world are safe from nuclear annihilation, and Cafferty is now on a hunt to decimate every nest of creatures on the planet.When Cafferty enters a nest underneath the Nevada desert, he is horrified to find it completely empty. It can only mean one thing: the battle for survival is not over. Across the planet, creatures are emerging from their subterranean homes. Now, the all-out war against humanity has begun—a war in which only one apex species will survive. Humankind has finally met its match. Cafferty knows that only one man can help him stop the onslaught. A man who is despised by the world. A man who has already caused the death of millions. A man who is a sworn enemy hell-bent on taking Tom Cafferty down forever: Albert Van Ness. But even this desperate move may not be enough to stop the creatures and save humanity . . .

Oblivion

by Peter Abrahams

Nick Petrov was a world-famous private investigator -- until a brain trauma destroyed part of his memory and changed who he is forever. Now a killer is on the loose, looming up from a past that Nick can no longer remember.

Oblivion

by Sasha Dawn

Lisa McMann's Dead to You meets Kate Ellison's The Butterfly Clues in a psychological thriller full of romance, intrigue, and mystery. One year ago, Callie was found in an abandoned apartment, scrawling words on the wall: "I KILLED HIM. His blood is on my hands. His heart is in my soul. I KILLED HIM." But she remembers nothing of that night or of the previous thirty-six hours. All she knows is that her father, the reverend at the Church of the Holy Promise, is missing, as is Hannah, a young girl from the parish. Their disappearances have to be connected and Callie knows that her father was not a righteous man.Since that fateful night, she's been plagued by graphomania -- an unending and debilitating compulsion to write. The words that flow from Callie's mind and through her pen don't seem to make sense -- until now. As the anniversary of Hannah's vanishing approaches, more words and memories bubble to the surface and a new guy in school might be the key to Callie putting together the puzzle. But digging up the secrets she's buried for so long might be her biggest mistake.

Oblivion Pact

by Don Pendleton

Hell on EarthWhen a firefight breaks out in Mexico, the blitz leaves countless dead and Apache gunships in the hands of an Australian self-made millionaire and the soldiers of his white supremacist group. This in turn puts Mack Bolan in grim pursuit. Hijacking the ordnance turns out to be the first move in a campaign of terror that arms the enemy with an arsenal of experimental limpet mines. The killing sweep then strikes the Cayman Islands, with the object of stealing a supercomputer to control the limpets. And a deadly demonstration off the coast of Brazil leaves no doubt that World War III is the millionaire's ultimate goal.Now all things from satellites to rockets are hands-on weapons of terror to cripple global defenses. Cities around the world will burn unless Bolan-using everything he's got-can dispatch the enemy into eternal darkness.

Obras Maestras De Malicia: Una asesina en serie lesbiana cobra su venganza, una auténtica lucha contra el crimen. (Malice #1)

by K'Anne Meinel

MALICIA MISTERIOSA Al conocer a una misteriosa mujer en un bar, la vida de Deirdre está a punto de cambiar. Los abusos de su marido cesan repentinamente cuando esta mujer entra en sus vidas. ¿Qué quiere esta mujer a cambio de su ayuda? Al descubrir los abusos que Deirdre ha estado sufriendo a manos de su apuesto y poderoso marido, ¿qué puede hacer una mujer menuda como Alice para ayudarla a salir de una mala situación? ¿Qué querrá ella a cambio de esa ayuda? MALICIA MISTERIOSA Alice tiene una rutina que sólo sigue ella. Trata de no tenerla fuera de su casa, sin dejar nada al hábito que alguien pueda seguir... ¿la está siguiendo alguien? El asesinato requiere técnica, requiere una planificación meticulosa, y un cuidado genuino si lo vas a hacer bien, ¿no? Los actos de violencia al azar no son el estilo de Alice, sin embargo, cuando la obligan, bueno, sigamos el juego... Malicia meticulosa profundiza en quién es realmente Alice... juguemos con sus reglas... MALICIA EQUIVOCADA Cometer un error es algo que Alice no hace. ¿Puede lidiar con el hecho de que alguien podría no haber necesitado morir? ¿Puede lidiar con el hecho de que otra persona cometa un error fatal? A la arena de Alice llegan los senadores Cecilia y Ken Edwards, ¿el interés que ella ve es por su dinero, su poder o su cuerpo deseable? Perseguir esta "amistad" creará consecuencias que ninguno de ellos pretendía... MALICIA MALICIOSA Alice está enfadada y quiere vengarse por la muerte de su hermana... ¡su amante lesbiana es su objetivo! ¿Cómo de enfadada debe estar una asesina psicópata? El homicidio justificado es un juego peligroso, pero Alice es una maestra. Alice está enfadada con su amante lesbiana y se venga de una forma única que promete exigir lo que necesita. MALICIA MAESTRA Cuando Alice recibe una petición de ayuda de una amiga de su hermana, ¿puede hacer algo para

Obras Maestras de Malicia 2: Libros del 6 al 10 (Malicia #2)

by K'Anne Meinel

Malicia Matrimonial (Libro 6): Alice se va a casar, ¿finalmente se ha enamorado... y primero viene el amor, luego viene el matrimonio, luego viene el bebé o los bebés en el cochecito? ¿Es esto posible para el corazoncito frío de Alice? Malicia de luto (Libro 7): Lidiando con la muerte de su esposa, Alice descubre que criar a una hija adolescente y otros dos niños es un desafío. No había planeado nunca ser madre, pero por amor a su esposa, ahora fallecida, hará lo que tenga que hacer. Una amenaza para su hija adolescente conduce a otras revelaciones que sacan a relucir a la "vieja" Alice que todos conocemos y amamos... sus instintos depredadores se despiertan... ¿qué hará a continuación? Malicia asesina (Libro 8): Alice descubre la verdad sobre el año pasado y las manipulaciones que otros han realizado sobre ella y su familia. Su ira arde y vuelve a ser lo que nació para ser... una asesina. Nuestra antihéroe regresa mientras se venga por el bien de su familia... Malicia Mental (Libro 9): Kathy tiene que lidiar con el daño mental y físico que se le ha infligido. Entre agentes federales, médicos y su propia familia, el estrés casi la está matando. ¿Puede Alice ser lo suficientemente paciente para esperar a su esposa después de que se haya ido por tanto tiempo, tanto mental como físicamente? ¿Puede Alice esperar para vengarse de lo que le han hecho a su esposa? Malicia Amenazante (Libro 10): Kathy ha descubierto el secreto de Alice. ¿Podrá lidiar con la enormidad de darse cuenta del monstruo que es su esposa? ¿Destruirá su matrimonio? ¿Destruirá a Kathy? ¿Cómo puede Kathy sobrevivir sabiendo lo que Alice es capaz de hacer? ¿Puede Alice compartirse completa y honestamente con su esposa? ¿Puede dejarla mantener este conocimiento?

Obras Maestras de Malicia 3: Libros del once al quince (Malice #3)

by K'Anne Meinel

LIBRO 11 MALICIA MENOR ¿Qué hace que Alice, bueno... Alice? Desde muy pequeña, siempre fue "diferente". La gente lo notaba: desde sus inusuales ojos que cambiaban cuando sentía emociones intensas, hasta su cerebro y sus peculiares hábitos. ¿Un "asesino en serie" realmente "nace" o se "hace"? Aquí descubrimos más sobre la joven Alice y por qué sus primeras experiencias vitales la convirtieron en la mujer que nos ha intrigado a todos. LIBRO 12 MORALIDAD Alice está cansada de los asesinatos; quiere una vida agradable y normal. Sin embargo, las circunstancias no se lo permiten, y aunque ha intentado hacer lo "correcto", lo "moral", la vida no le permite hacer nada más que lo necesario para proteger a su familia de quienes les harían daño. LIBRO 13 MOROSIDAD El posible fin del matrimonio de Alice le obliga a abandonar el hogar que ha construido con Kathy. Se traslada a Nueva York para empezar de nuevo. El encuentro con su compañera de piso de la universidad y antigua amante desencadena una cadena de acontecimientos que ni siquiera Alice podía prever o controlar. Cuando Alice renueva viejas amistades y conoce a nuevas personas, aprendemos un poco más sobre ella y su estimulante pasado. Sin embargo, la presencia de nuevas personas en su vida significa que se avecinan nuevos cambios para nuestra querida Alice, cambios que quizá no le gusten. LIBRO 14 MALDAD MELANCÓLICA Al quedarse sola para hacer frente a la enormidad de la finca que le fue legada, Kathy debe seguir sola. ¿Podrá ocuparse de los niños, de las finanzas, de los negocios legítimos y no tan legítimos? Las muchas sorpresas que le esperan, algunas bienvenidas y otras no tanto, empiezan a cambiar a Kathy. Conocer a las "otras" mujeres de la vida de Alice, así como a muchas personas que no sabía que estaban en su pasado, puede resultar demasiado para Kathy.

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