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Pay the Price: an explosive and gripping gangland crime thriller that will keep you hooked! (Manchester Underworld series)
by Sam TobinThe deadliest criminals of Manchester's murky underworld are back in an explosive new book!A SISTER'S LOVE When Fauzia's brother turns up with a dead body, her perfect life is shattered. She'll protect him to the ends of the earth, but who is he running from? A WOMAN SCORNED Keisha knows all too well that family comes first. Reeling from rejection, she's determined to make Malton pay. And she'll hurt him in the worst way imaginable. A DEADLY THREAT Craig Malton is on the hunt for a violent drug lord who's wreaking havoc and destruction in Manchester. Little does he know what's coming for him... An action-packed gangland thriller in Manchester's murky underworld - perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Pay the Price: an explosive and gripping gangland crime thriller that will keep you hooked! (Manchester Underworld series)
by Sam TobinThe deadliest criminals of Manchester's murky underworld are back in an explosive new book!GOOD GIRLS When Fauzia's brother turns up with a dead body, her perfect life is shattered. She'll defend him to the ends of the earth, but who is he running from? Who can she turn to? DO BAD THINGS Reeling from rejection, Keisha is determined to make her ex, Craig Malton, pay. If she can't have him no one can. And she knows just how to hurt him... TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILY Craig Malton, the most infamous man in Manchester, is on the hunt for a violent drug lord. He doesn't know there are two women after him. One wants help, one wants revenge. Who will succeed? An action-packed gangland thriller in Manchester's murky underworld - perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.
Pay the Price: an explosive and gripping gangland crime thriller that will keep you hooked! (Manchester Underworld series)
by Sam TobinThe deadliest criminals of Manchester's murky underworld are back in an explosive new book!GOOD GIRLS When Fauzia's brother turns up with a dead body, her perfect life is shattered. She'll defend him to the ends of the earth, but who is he running from? Who can she turn to? DO BAD THINGS Reeling from rejection, Keisha is determined to make her ex, Craig Malton, pay. If she can't have him no one can. And she knows just how to hurt him... TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILY Craig Malton, the most infamous man in Manchester, is on the hunt for a violent drug lord. He doesn't know there are two women after him. One wants help, one wants revenge. Who will succeed? An action-packed gangland thriller in Manchester's murky underworld - perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.
Pay To Play
by Jerri WilliamsWhen Kari Wheeler, a female FBI agent investigating corruption in the Philadelphia strip club industry, is blackmailed by a one night stand she picked up in one of the clubs, how far will she go to stop him from destroying her career. . . and her marriage? FBI Agent Kari Wheeler's new case has her investigating Stu Sebastiani, a corrupt Philadelphia Licensing and Inspections official, to gather evidence to prove he is accepting bribes and breaking the very adult entertainment laws he's supposed to be enforcing. But when Kari enters the seductive world of high-end clubs and sleazy strip joints to interview a colorful array of strippers and club owners, she and her partner find themselves facing temptations too difficult to resist. In a regrettable moment of weakness, Kari has a one-night stand with a stranger who later discovers her true identity and threatens to expose her. Now everything is on the line-the investigation, her career, and her family life. Before she becomes a media scandal that could sidetrack the Sebastiani investigation and trial, the married mother-of-three must devise a counter plan to protect everything that matters to her most.
Los payasos del espacio (¡BÚ!)
by Michael DahlEma no ve la hora de festejar el cumpleaños de su amiga Tia. Pero cuando llega a la fiesta, hay payasos en todas partes. A Ema no le gustan los payasos, y estos son especialmente extraños y hasta un poco misteriosos. ¿Qué estarán tramando estos payasos? Con capítulos cortos, texto fácil de leer y contenido especial al final de cada libro, la serie ¡BU! logra dar un nivel de susto justo a los lectores más pequeños (sin quitarles el sueño).
Payback
by Nancy AllenFormer NYC prosecutor Kate Stone has found herself on the wrong side of the law since leaving the district attorney's office. She returns to confront her former boss, D.A. Frank Rubenstein, and discover all he knows about the corruption in NYC law enforcement and the legal system, where rich men are using dark money to gain advantages. She must decide whether the ends justify the means when she accepts Rubenstein's help and the help of his ragtag team of vigilantes to bring down the corrupt men her policeman father was investigating before his mysterious death. And she will finally clear her father's name.
Payback (An Agent Paul Richter Thriller)
by James BarringtonA race against time in the Middle East.Hauled back from an exercise with the SAS, Paul Richter is tasked with a short-notice extraction. It goes well and as a reward he’s given an easy job: investigating James Holden, a middle-aged Englishman living in Dubai, who appears to predict terrorist attacks.It should be simple, but almost as soon as he arrives in Dubai, Richter is diverted to Bahrain. Then it all begins to get complicated. Who is the secretive patient in the nearby Manama hospital? And why has a US State Department jet carrying a specialist CIA team been diverted to Cairo?Nothing makes sense until Richter finally uncovers the outline of a truly catastrophic plot...An utterly exhilarating and no-holds-barred thriller, perfect for fans of Kyle Mills, Brad Thor and Frederick Forsyth.
Payback: A Novel (Tank Rizzo #2)
by Lorenzo CarcaterraPayback is personal for a former NYPD detective taking on a corrupt cop and a dirty accounting firm in this adrenaline-laced thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers and Tin Badges.&“Carcaterra&’s keen eye and deft style bring New York City to stunning life. A brilliant thriller by one of the all-time greats.&”—Jeffery Deaver, #1 internationally bestselling author If there&’s one kind of person Tank Rizzo hates most in this world, it&’s a dirty cop. Criminals are at least honest about being dishonest; dirty cops are a disgrace to the badge they carry. Detective Eddie Kenwood is one such disgrace. He&’s got the highest signed-confession rate in the NYPD and a distinguished career built on putting men behind bars—whether they&’re guilty or not doesn&’t matter much to him. When Tank&’s partner, Pearl, tells him about an old family friend Kenwood put in jail for a murder he didn&’t commit, Tank and Pearl vow to take Kenwood down. Also in need of a takedown: the money-laundering accounting firm where Tank&’s brother used to work—before he mysteriously died, leaving Tank the sole guardian of his nephew, Chris. Chris smells a rat, and enlists Tank&’s help to bring the men who had his father killed to justice. Working two big cases means getting out the big guns, and Tank assembles his A-team. With help from a retired mobster, a professional boxer, a Chelsea psychic, a dog named Gus, and the U.S. Attorney—not to mention his and Pearl&’s own quick wits and Chris&’s burgeoning skills as a computer whiz—Tank gears up to take on his most dangerous and personal cases to date.
Payback (The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor, Book #4)
by Melody CarlsonIf your vision asked you to risk your life to save others, would you have the courage?When Samantha McGregor tells her friend Detective Ebony Hamilton of her disturbing visions of a brutal murder at a high school, Ebony asks her to go undercover to help identify the shooter before it's too late. The stakes are raised when Ebony discovers that the potential crime may be connected to a larger terrorism threat! Meanwhile, Samantha realizes that her mother's new boyfriend is a little too good to be true. Her unsettling visions, combined with Ebony's investigation of Steven's past, reveal him to be more interested in her mother's money than her heart. To make matters worse, Samantha has been having visions of an unknown boy who is mercilessly being bullied by his peers. Who is this teen? Can she help him? This fourth and final installment in The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor series brings Samantha her biggest challenges yet, as she works against the clock to stop a mass murder, help a troubled youth, and save her mother from making a terrible mistake!From the Trade Paperback edition.
Payback (The Ravens Trilogy #3)
by Jasmine CresswellFor twenty-five years multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father--to two very different households. But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Now it's time for...PAYBACK. The police assume bigamist and wealthy businessman Ron Raven paid the price of his crimes with his life--a conclusion his "second" family, the Fairfaxes, accepts. So when restaurateur Luke Savarini outrageously claims to have seen his former investor--in the flesh!--Kate Fairfax is furious.When her anger cools, evidence leaves Kate facing the possibility that her father is still alive. With Luke's help, Kate is willing to risk everything to find Ron Raven, if it means bringing him to justice, once and for all.
Payback (Superintendent Mike Yeadings Mysteries)
by Clare CurzonThis latest from genre veteran Clare Curzon makes a thrilling addition to this entertaining series.Sandy Craddock witnesses his detested half brother deliberately mown down by a hit-and-run driver outside his place of work, and he guiltily assumes that he himself was the intended victim. Convinced the killers will strike again once they discover they've targeted the wrong man, Sandy goes on the run, leaving his boss to wrongly identify the heavily bandaged and comatose Warren Laing as his missing employee. In a daze, Sandy takes refuge in Warren's luxurious apartment. However, it isn't long before a mysterious woman turns up at Warren's home and takes charge of Sandy's complex situation, enrolling them both in an arts course in an isolated castle. When one of the students is murdered, Sandy realizes he's in too deep. But how can he distance himself from the enchanting Fiona, who has her own secrets to hide, or explain to the police why he's impersonating his critically injured brother? Caught in a web of his own making, Sandy realizes he is opening himself up to more danger than he could ever have imagined.Superintendent Mike Yeadings of the Thames Valley team must unravel the web of deceit in the present, while also under pressure to solve a cold case resurrected from the past.
Payback (Deep Black #4)
by Jim Defelice Stephen CoontsRECRUITED:A crack team of cover agents.Word is out to ex-Marine sniper Charlie Dean and his team of the National Security Agency: Infiltrate the highest stratum of Peruvian political power and derail a renegade general from acing an election. All Dean has to do is find a way inside an impenetrable bank vault protected by armed guards round the clock-it's all in a day's work for the men and women of Deep Black.
Payback
by John InmanWhen Tyler Powell's life is torn apart by an unspeakable crime, the need for vengeance takes over. Every moment of every day, as he tries to pull his shattered existence together again, it's all he can think about--revenge. Will he give in to his rage and become the very thing he hates most? A killer? Only with the help of Homicide Detective Christian Martin, the cop in charge of his case, does Tyler see the possibility of another life beginning--the astounding revelation of another love reaching out to him. A love he thought he would never know again. Will he let that love into his life, or is he lost already? Is payback more important to Tyler than his own happiness? And the happiness of the man who loves him? Tyler is determined to find a way to exact his revenge without sacrificing all hope for a future with Christian, but it will be difficult--if not impossible--and in the end he might be forced to make an unbearable choice.
Payback (Code Name Series #1)
by William W. JohnstoneAn explosive new action series! Ex-CIA agent John Barrone spearheads a secret strike force of elite law enforcement and intelligence professionals on a seek-and-destroy mission against America's enemies. As terrorists smuggle a bio-weapon of mass destruction into the West Coast, Barrone and his team race against time to take on the plotters.
Payback: The Return of C.R.E.A.M. (C. R. E. A. M. Ser. #2)
by Solomon JonesThe gritty sequel to the bestseller C.R.E.A.M. from Solomon Jones, the critically-acclaimed author of Pipe Dream, The Bridge, and Ride or Die.Karima "C.R.E.A.M." Thomas stands before a judge as an accomplice in the murders of two drug dealers. Suddenly, a scream tears through the courtroom, and when the smoke clears, her mother lies dying on the floor. Soon, others in Karima's family are targeted, and one thing becomes clear: Unless she finds the killer first, Karima will be the next to die. With the help of Captain Kevin Lynch, Karima races to untangle a web of family secrets that threaten her very life. As she unlocks the shocking truth about her past, Karima closes in on the killer, and in a deadly struggle against an enemy as ruthless as herself, Karima is determined to get one thing – payback.
The Payback: (Dennis Milne: book 3): a punchy, race-against-time thriller from bestselling author Simon Kernick (Dennis Milne #3)
by Simon KernickA gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben."Pace, pace pace is what Kernick does best" - DAILY MIRROR"Delights, excites and stimulates, and the only reason you consume it so quickly is because it's so damn good" - GQ"Fast moving and a gripping race to the dénouement." -- ***** Reader review"Great read, Simon Kendrick is a fantastic writer, kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through this book, couldn't wait to read every page." -- ***** Reader review"Completely compelling" -- ***** Reader review**************************************************************TWO COPS. ONE CITY. NO MERCY.Dennis Milne is a former cop and part-time assassin. He kills the bad guys - people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. Now he's in Manila, waiting for his next target: a young woman who's made some deadly enemies.DI Tina Boyd is in Manila hunting down the man responsible for the death of her lover. She knows he's dangerous. She knows he's ruthless. But she's determined to bring him to justice - even if it kills her.Two cops with pasts that haunt them - and a present that could see them both dead.They are about to meet.And when they do, it's payback time.
Payback (Orca Currents)
by Deb LougheadThis is the fourth story featuring Dylan O'Connor after The Snowball Effect, Caught in the Act, and Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows. Dylan O'Connor is in trouble again. While riding his bike home after dark, he has a run-in with a truck but doesn't give it a second thought until police show up at his door the next day. CCTV cameras put Dylan at the scene of a crime, and when the police question him, Dylan realizes he was an inadvertent witness. But he doesn't tell them the driver of the truck was Jeff Walker, a nasty piece of work. Dylan knows it's in his best interests to keep his mouth shut. Then he starts getting stalked by Jeff's weirdo sidekick, Eliot Barnes, a classmate of Dylan's. Is Eliot trying to protect Dylan, or is he making sure he stays silent? This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!
Payback (Boy Soldier #2)
by Andy Mcnab Robert RigbyA series of high-profile suicide bombings are devastating London and frustrating British Intelligence. That doesn't matter to 17-year-old Danny Watts and his former SAS hero grandfather, Fergus, who are living undercover in southern Spain. All too soon, Danny and Fergus have their cover blown and are on the run again, with their enemies closing in fast, in this sequel to "Traitor".
Payback (The Sisterhood, Book #2)
by Fern MichaelsSome women get angry, the sisterhood gets even! 7 women embark on their 2nd mission of sweet revenge for one of their own.
Payback
by Don PendletonLAW OF THE JUNGLE In Mexican cartel country to rescue an undercover agent, Mack Bolan arrives to find the stronghold smoked and his man missing. It's the second failed play at the same site, where five years earlier a mission went deadly sour. This time, Bolan suspects betrayal in the highest places. And when the mission shifts from rescue to revenge, the trail extends into the corridors of Washington. Bolan uncovers a wealthy industrialist selling arms to drug dealers to finance a daring political gambit. The billionaire has a rogue, high-level CIA official in the game and ambitions to put a puppet in the White House. With genetically enhanced supersoldiers to do his dirty work, he's unstoppable. Until one of those soldiers dedicates his last fight to helping Bolan take down this enemy of the state who's convinced he's got the power to commandeer the U.S. presidency. The Executioner won't stop until he proves him wrong.
Payback
by J. C. PollockJ.C. Pollock once again uses his insider's knowledge of covert actions and special warfare to deliver hard-hitting action, state-of-the-art weaponry, and high-tech espionage in this story of a former Special Forces officer whose wife's murderer is diplomatically immune to prosecution... of the legal kind, that is
Payback (Vale Hall #3)
by Kristen SimmonsThe unpredictable truth will be revealed in Payback, the stunning conclusion to Kristen Simmons’ Edgar Award-nominated thriller series that started with The Deceivers...Brynn Hilder has conned a lot of people. From the spoiled rich kids of Sikawa City to her mom's loser ex-boyfriend, from a motorcycle gang to a senator's son. If there was money to be gained, or a secret to uncover, she figured out how to get it done. And thanks to Vale Hall and its director, Dr. David Odin, she's found a family of hustlers just like her.Together, Brynn and her friends have overcome doubt, deceit, and betrayal to unearth the truth--a truth even a group of professional scammers couldn't have predicted.And now they must tackle the biggest con artist of them all: the man who brought them all together.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Payback
by Sam StewartSomeone's poisoning an artificial sweetener and people across the country are dying at random. It's part of a plot to get back at Bob Mitchell, the company's president, a decorated war hero trailed by a past, whose secrets, if exposed, could blow up his future. The police have nothing, the body count's nine, and Mitchell's got four days to track down the killer or the man kills and again explodes Mitchell's life. From Hollywood, where death is just the hook for a movie, to Switzerland, where sex is just a numbered account, Mitchell's hunt leads him to a shattering discovery, a long lost lover, and a battle as ferocious as any in the war.
Payback: A Thrilling Suspense Novel (Echo Mountain #3)
by Hope WhiteStaying alive means escaping a drug cartel&’s clutches in this thrilling workplace romance by Hope WhiteAfter agreeing to help her brother, the last thing Nia Sharpe expected was to be caught in the crosshairs of a drug war. But when her home is broken into, she knows her life is suddenly on the line. Now her criminal brother&’s gone missing, and she&’ll need to team up with her boss—Army veteran Aiden McBride—to stay ahead of the assailants dogging her every move. With the clock ticking, can Nia and Aiden expose a dangerous conspiracy before it costs them their lives?Previously published.Don&’t miss the other titles in the Echo Mountain series. Mountain Rescue Covert Christmas Christmas Undercover Witness Pursuit Mountain Ambush
Payback: Exit Strategy Payback Covert Justice (Echo Mountain)
by Hope WhiteTrouble comes to a combat veteran’s doorstep—and while fighting to survive, he also stubbornly fights his feelings for his devoted employee . . . Nia Sharpe never expected to get caught in the crosshairs of a drug war. But with the return of her criminal brother, her life is suddenly on the line. Thankfully, her handsome boss at Washington state’s Echo Mountain Resort, Aiden McBride, is there when she needs him most.Nia knows Aiden is still reeling from his past, so when the war vet steps in to keep her safe, Nia is touched by his heroic actions. Now staying ahead of the bad guys is their best chance of surviving. But watching Aiden fight for her—for them—gives her hope that they could share more than just this deadly situation. Perhaps they could share a future . . .