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Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse, or limits, to live with intensity. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.

Exit Wounds is a thrilling anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Dean Koontz, Val McDermid, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Elly Griffiths, Dennis Lehane, Joe R. Lansdale, and others.

At 34, Internet entrepreneur Ryan Perry seemed to have the world in his pocket - until the first troubling symptoms appeared out of nowhere. Within days, he's diagnosed with incurable cardiomyopathy and finds himself on the waiting list for a heart transplant; it's his only hope, and it's dwindling fast. Ryan is about to lose it all...his health, his girlfriend Samantha, and his life.

As a girl, Joanna Chase thrived on Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana until tragedy upended her life. Now thirty-four and living in Santa Fe with only misty memories of the past, she begins to receive pleas—by phone, through her TV, in her dreams: I am in a dark place, Jojo. Please come and help me. Heeding the disturbing appeals, Joanna is compelled to return to Montana, and to a strange childhood companion she had long forgotten. 

Hur långt skulle du gå för kärleken? Skulle du dö för den? Skulle du döda för den? Det här är historien om en helt vanlig man vars ovanliga lojalitet till sin fru ska ta honom med på ett hemskt äventyr fyllt av uppoffringar. En resa till själva kärlekens mysterium och till en uppgörelse med den mörka kraft som skulle förstöra den för evigt. "Vi har din fru. Du kan få henne tillbaka för två miljoner dollar. I kontanter." Landskapsarkitekten Mitchell Rafferty tänker att det måste vara ett skämt.

Raised in the wilderness by her late great-uncle, Vida is a young woman with an almost preternatural affinity for nature, especially for the wolves that also call the forested mountains home. Formed by hard experience, by love and loss, and by the prophecies of a fortuneteller, Vida just wants peace. If only nearby Kettleton County didn’t cast such a dark shadow.

Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished—including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry. Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he—or anyone else—has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John, whom Shelby greatly admired.

Behind a wall of amnesia, he can’t remember anything. Maybe he can’t bear to. Nameless knows only the mission: Directed by the mysterious Ace of Diamonds, he travels the country, turning predators into prey. But the pain in his past can’t hold him back when dark visions of the future lead him toward his greatest test yet. Nameless is closing in on a revelatory endgame in this collection of short thrillers from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.

På en parkeringsplads foran et supermarked bliver Christines seksårige søn Joey udsat for et mordforsøg af en skør gammel dame, der kalder sig Mother Grace. Christine er forfærdet, og nu følger det ene mordforsøg efter det andet. Mother Grace er leder af sekten Tusmørkets Kirke, som mener, at Joey er Antikrist, og han derfor bliver nødt til at dø.

If our memories make us who we are, who is a man without any? Nameless has only a gun, missions from a shadowy agency, and one dead aim: dispense justice when the law fails. As he moves from town to town, driven by splintered visions of the past and future, he's headed toward the ultimate confrontation in this propulsive series of short thrillers by number one New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.

Odd har altid været plaget af sine overnaturlige evner. Clairvoyance er ikke noget, man sådan kan styre, og det får Odd til at søge tilflugt langt fra civilisationen i et kloster i High Sierras forblæste bjerge i Californien. Han befinder sig atter i kampen mellem det gode og det onde, og hans overnaturlige evner er nødvendige for at sikre, at den gode side vinder.

Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling Stone) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character, mystery, and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Dean Koontz is at the peak of his acclaimed powers with this major novel. A young boy, a musical prodigy, discovering life’s wonders—and mortal dangers. His best friend, also a gifted musician, who will share his journey into destiny. His remarkable family, tested...

Pico Mundo is een stadje in de Mohave-woestijn. Thomas, een kok in een plaatselijk restaurant, heeft een ongewoon talent: hij voelt het als de dood nabij komt. Daarom woont hij in the middle of nowhere: Pico Mundo zou veilig moeten zijn. Maar al dagenlang heeft hij nachtmerries over een slachtpartij. Als de toekomstige moordenaar het restaurant bezoekt, begrijpt hij dat hij moet ingrijpen, en snel ook.

Zehn Jahre ohne Emily. Zehn Jahre voller Fragen. Man hielt sie für ein weiteres Opfer des berüchtigten Serienmörders Ronny Lee Jessup – doch ihr Körper wurde nie gefunden. Der Schriftsteller David Thorne ist im Schmerz über den Verlust seiner großen Liebe gefangen. Bis er Maddison begegnet. Sie sieht nicht nur unfassbarerweise exakt so aus wie Emily – sie teilt auch deren intimste Erinnerungen.

Jane Hawk, una de las mejores agentes del FBI hasta hace poco, se ha convertido en una fugitiva de la justicia. Gente muy poderosa desea verla muerta, porque ha descubierto una ambiciosa conspiración para mantener controlada a la población mediante la nanotecnología. Una de las primeras víctimas de ese plan diabólico fue su marido.

It seems straightforward enough: Get a foot in the door by posing as a potential investor in a lucrative underground business—then bring the place down from the inside. There’s more here than meets the eye. What it triggers in Nameless is uncontrollable rage and brutal retribution. What it reveals is a clue to his forgotten past. Is it a breach on his handler’s part? Or a test? Either way, something’s not right.

A terrorist attack in the news leaves Nameless reeling from a disturbing vision. But it’s not a glimpse of the future. It’s a recovered memory that’s opening a window into his mysterious past. Uncharacteristically forthcoming—and unexpectedly personal—Nameless’s handlers have no choice but to emerge from the shadows. The indoctrinating factions of his visions are growing in number. What’s more, their chilling symbol of totalitarian control is now linked to the highest powers in the country.

Evie and her daughter, Asteria, are fleeing an abusive cult when they meet a stranger in an abandoned Arizona shopping mall. Fate hasn’t set Nameless on their trail. It’s a premonition, and a chance to make reparations for a failure from his past he can’t even remember. This time, Nameless must do everything in his power not to fail those who trust him with their lives.

A self-styled artist is getting away with murder in Death Valley. If all goes well, so will Nameless. In part two of the Nameless series, the relentless avenger is haunted by nightmares of the past and visions of what’s to come. Palmer Oxenwald’s hunting ground is the Mojave wasteland. His victims are random tourists and hikers. His trophies are cherished photographs of the damage he’s done. His greatest threat is Nameless. Two men with one thing in common: memories of the dead.