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Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet, a war on two fronts. Casino king Jerry Bagger from THE COLLECTORS is hunting Annabelle Conroy who conned him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues Reuben, Milton, and Caleb marshal all their resources to protect Annabelle. Yet all their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone's own mysterious past. As bodies and institutions topple, the story rockets toward a shattering finale that will leave the survivors of this explosive tale changed forever.

A tres horas de Washington, un río fuertemente custodiado sirve de frontera entre dos instituciones clandestinas. Una de ellas es una inusual comunidad científica, cuyos objetivos y financiación son un misterio. La otra es un campo de entrenamiento de elite de la CIA. Ahora, dos ex agentes secretos están a punto de abrir una brecha en estas dos organizaciones, que pretenden explotar un descubrimiento con un altísimo potencial destructivo y ocultar otros secretos para siempre.

"Dick, I need a war." Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. He's retained Dick Pender to "perception manage" his company to even more riches by manipulating world conflicts. Shaw (no first name), a man with a truly unique past, travels the world reluctantly doing the bidding of a secret multi-national intelligence agency in order to keep the world at peace - and safe. Katie James, a journalist who will do anything to get back to the top of her profession, has just gotten the break of a lifetime, the chance to interview the sole survivor of a massacre that has stunned the world. In this terrifying thriller with a global backdrop, these characters' lives will collide head-on as a series of events is set in motion that could change the world as we know it. An utterly spellbinding story that feels all-too-real, THE WHOLE TRUTH delivers all the twists and turns, emotional drama, unforgettable characters, and can't-put-it-down pacing that Baldacci fans expect-and still goes beyond anything he's written before.

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are back, and struggling in the emotional aftermath of the events that brought them to the brink in Hour Game. Dogged by personal demons, Maxwell is agrees to treatment in a psychiatric institution, after barely surviving a violent barroom brawl. And King, to right their partnership, accepts an offer to investigate a murder in a scientific think tank named Babbage Town. Feeling cured, Michelle joins him on the case, and they penetrate this secret enclave of geniuses working to surpass the capabilities of the most sophisticated microprocessor in the world. Suddenly, the pair find themselves in a race against time to expose those who would tip the entire global power structure...and destroy what´s left of their lives.

Oliver Stone and his Camel Club are in a race to stop a man who is determined to auction off America to the highest bidder: Roger Seagraves is selling America to her enemies, one devastating secret at a time. On a local level, Annabelle Conroy, the most gifted con artist of her generation, is becoming a bit of a Robin Hood as she plots a monumental scam against one of the most ruthless businessmen on earth. As the killings on both fronts mount, the Camel Club fights the most deadly foes they've ever faced.

Dans une petite ville de Virginie-Occidentale, les habitants sont en émoi : le cadavre d'une femme vient d'être découvert au fond des bois.Dépêchés sur les lieux, les détectives King et Maxwell remar

The new Baldacci reintroduces the main characters from Split Second and Hour Game - the novel that took Baldacci to another level. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell both bear the scars of their previous case. Michelle's in a psychiatric hospital after making a suicide attempt while ...

Info des Verlags Bastei Lubbe: Vier vergessene Helden. Zusammen bilden sie einen der exklusivsten Clubs der Welt. Keiner kennt sie, keiner beachtet sie. Doch der Camel Club sieht alles. Ein Mann fuhrt dieses Quartett an. Er ist ein Mann ohne Vergangenheit und nennt sich Oliver Stone. Tag und Nacht beobachten Stone und seine Freunde das Weie Haus und die groen und kleinen Skandale von Washington. Aber dann werden die selbst ernannten Wachter Zeugen eines Mordes, der Schockwellen bis ins Zentrum der Macht aussendet und die Sicherheit der Nation und der ganzen Welt bedroht... David Baldacci: Die Wachter. (The Camel Club, 2005). Roman. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Uwe Anton. Bastei Taschenbuch Nr. 16319 (1. Aufl. - Bergisch Gladbach: Gustav Lubbe, 2007), 588 S., 9.95 Euro (D).

When she turned the page and her gaze flickered over the date on top it was as though the lightning outside had somehow grounded right into her. A billion volts of pain, a shriek of anguish you could actually see, and feel, as it pierced her. Camp David, USA. A birthday party turns into a nightmare when a child is snatched after the celebrations. The First Lady enlists the services of Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to bring the child home safely. But she and King share a past. Years ago he saved her then senator husband from political disaster. And this may not be all that passed between them. With Michelle still battling her own demons, the two are pushed to the limit, with forces aligned on all sides against them - and the line between friend and foe impossible to define . . . or defend.

A rousing success… Baldacci shows once again that he is a sort of thriller renaissance man: a master of pilot, dialogue, and character.

Mason Mace Perry was a maverick cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everythingher career, her libertyand spent two years in prison. Now back on the outside, Mace is trying to rebuild her life and track down the people who set her up. But even with her police chief sister at her side, she has to work in the shadows: theres a vindictive US attorney on her tail and shes just looking for a reason to send her back behind bars . . . Roy Kingman is a young lawyer, still getting used to his high-paid job at a law firm in Washington. When Roy discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm, his fate becomes entangled with Maces, as the two team up to investigate. But as their enquiries gather pace, Roy and Mace soon find themselves in unexpected territory; drawn into both the private and public world of the nations capital, as dark secrets begin to emerge. For what began as a fairly routine homicide investigation will quickly turn into something far more complex. And possibly lethal . . . Excerpts from True Blue

The new mesmerizing thriller from New York Times #1 bestselling author David Baldacci. With fan-favorite characters Sean King and Michelle Maxwell back from their harrowing and near-fatal adventure in the blockbuster #1 bestseller Simple Genius, FIRST FAMILY will storm bestseller lists worldwide.

In the sequel to his bestselling THE CAMEL CLUB, David Baldacci brings back the four eccentric amateur crime-solvers, and has them lock horns with Roger Seagraves, an ex-CIA agent who has begun peddling the nation's secrets on the open market. Meanwhile, a new character, the sexy con artist Annabelle Conroy, puts in play a long-term scam intended to bring down a villainous Atlantic City Casino owner. She'll get $33 million for her efforts, and more importantly, some revenge.

David Baldaccis protagonists from the international bestseller The Whole Truth return in DELIVER US FROM EVIL. In South America a 96-year-old man of great wealth reads a book late one night and an hour later he lies dead in his bed, the secrets of his past starkly revealed. Six months later another mystery man lies dead at the bottom of his pool in a villa in Provence. This time, however, theres a witness at the scene: Shaw, the shadowy operative from The Whole Truth. Meanwhile, a half a world away, photojournalist Katie James is working on a story of international importance. But shortly after her meeting with a potential inside source, she is smuggled unconscious onto an airplane headed to an undisclosed destination. In the days to come, Katie and Shaw will be reunited in a deadly duel of nerve and wits against a surprising, secretive enemy and led around the world at a breakneck pace.

On the night of the State Dinner honoring the Prime Minister of England, Oliver Stone is across from the White House in Lafayette Square. As the Prime Minister's motorcade drives by there is an explosion: a bomb has been detonated, in what looks like a terrorist plot directed at the President and the Prime Minister. In the aftermath, British agent Mary Chapman, an experienced, lethal operative with an agenda of her own, is sent to assist and coordinate with American authorities to uncover who was responsible for the bombing. Stone, together with Harry Finn and the rest of the Camel Club, are drawn into the investigation. But everything is not what it appears to be. It seems that the mysterious attackers might have another target in their sights, and if the Camel Club is unable to stop them, the results would be nothing less than catastrophic.

John Carr, aka Oliver Stone-once the most skilled assassin his country ever had-stands in Lafayette Park in front of the White House, perhaps for the last time. The president has personally requested that Stone serve his country again on a high-risk, covert mission. Though he's fought for decades to leave his past career behind, Stone has no choice but to say yes. Then Stone's mission changes drastically before it even begins. It's the night of a state dinner honoring the British prime minister. As he watches the prime minister's motorcade leave the White House that evening, a bomb is detonated in Lafayette Park, an apparent terrorist attack against both leaders. It's in the chaotic aftermath that Stone takes on a new, more urgent assignment: find those responsible for the bombing. British MI-6 agent Mary Chapman becomes Stone's partner in the search for the unknown attackers. But their opponents are elusive, capable, and increasingly lethal; worst of all, it seems that the park bombing may just have been the opening salvo in their plan. With nowhere else to turn, Stone enlists the help of the only people he knows he can trust: the Camel Club. Yet that may be a big mistake. In the shadowy worlds of politics and intelligence, there is no one you can really trust. Nothing is really what it seems to be. And Hell's Corner truly lives up to its name. This may be Oliver Stone's and the Camel Club's last stand.

In South America a wealthy ninety-six year old man reads a book late into the night. Within an hour, he is dead, leaving a trail of secrets behind him. Six months later, in Provence, Shaw from The Whole Truth witnesses the murder of a mysterious man, his body left lifeless at the bottom of a pool. Shaw barely escapes the incident himself; and with a new partner of sorts in tow, begins to realise that there has to be another organization at work that rivals his own in secrecy. At the same time, half a world away, journalist Katie James is working on a new story. But shortly after meeting with a potential inside source she's unconscious and on a plane to an unknown destination. As Baldacci pulls the reader around the world at a blinding pace, the new Shaw and Katie James chronicle will leave readers' hearts pounding; and wondering if anyone is actually safe anymore...

Annabelle is a beautiful stranger with a mysterious past, planning the heist of the century - two short cons to fund a long con, then a life of unashamed luxury, incognito in a foreign land. Jonathan DeHaven, the shy head of the Rare Books Division at the Library of Congress, is planning nothing more than an uneventful day amongst his cherished collection. But when Jonathan is found dead by Caleb Shaw, a member of the Camel Club, two conspiracies are destined to meet as the Club determines to track down the dead man's long-lost wife - and Annabelle decides to avenge the death of her beloved ex-husband. Unfortunately, the victim of Annabelle's long con has sworn eternal revenge and Jonathan's killers will stop at nothing to keep the truth about his death, and the code they have perfected over the years, from surfacing...