Jeffrey Archer
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English
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"Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer's #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective . . . William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father's dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Newly promoted, Detective Inspector William Warwick, is tasked with a dangerous new line of work--to go undercover and expose corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police. Along with constables Rebecca Pankhurst and Nicky Bailey, his team is focused on following Detective Sergeant Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle exceeds his income. But the investigation risks being compromised when Nicky falls for Summers. As the undercover...
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English
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"Jeffrey Archer's Hidden in Plain Sight is the second novel featuring Detective William Warwick, by the master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but his promotion means that he, along with the rest of his team, have been reassigned to the Drugs Squad. They are immediately tasked with apprehending Ahmed Rashedi, a notorious drug dealer, who operates...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In London, the Metropolitan Police have set up an Unsolved Murders Unit to catch the criminals nobody else can. Four victims. In Geneva, millionaire art collector Miles Faulkner--convicted of forgery and theft--was pronounced dead two months ago. So why is his unscrupulous lawyer still representing a dead client? On board a luxury cruise liner en route to New York, the battle for power at the heart of a wealthy dynasty is about to turn to murder....
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English
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The reading of a suicide note has devastating consequences for the Clifton family. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot. Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank;...
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English
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Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin. In a...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London. For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it's run like clockwork. But this year, everything is about to change....
8) Next in line
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
"London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the "people's princess." Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland Yard squad are sent in to investigate the team....
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English
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"Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the...
10) Best kept secret
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English
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Embarking on a shared family life, Harry, Emma, Sebastian, and Jessica find their happiness challenged by Emma's brother's engagement to a fortune-seeker, Sebastian's hedonist pursuits, and a grudge-bearing enemy from the past who would destroy their careers.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life in the most profound way. Revel in the stories of the 1930's woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in A Gentleman and A Scholar while another young woman who thumbs...
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English
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When Harry arrives in New York, his publisher Harold Guinzberg tells him he has been elected as the next president of English PEN, which will give him the opportunity to launch a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who is languishing in a Russian Gulag in Siberia. His crime, writing a book Uncle Joe, which gives an insight into what it was like to work for Josef Stalin.
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Series
Clifton chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"From the popular author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the words, "I was told that my father was killed in the war." A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he's left school....
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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The world's largest submarine The Neptune is missing, lost somewhere at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.When Willy hears about it, he sets out right away with rambunctious Randolph, his fuzzy teddy, to rescue the crew of The Neptune. Along the way he'll meet Sybil Seagull, The Rightaway Bird and Boris the Blue Whale, who will help him take on Konrad the Killer Kipper who has taken the crew of the Neptune hostage. Can Willy and his new found friends...
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Series
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Oh no, Yo-Yo the Cat has been mysteriously kidnapped!It's up to Willy and his faithful teddy Randolph to fly through space to Square World where Yo-Yo has been taken. Here they'll get the help of Fuzziness, the wise Big Whoosh, Glowsnake and the Upsidedown Bird. Willy will need all the help he can get when he takes on Grumpfuzz and his Thieving Bird before they have Yo-Yo for breakfast.'Willy Visits the Square World' is a brilliantly loving tale,...
17) Ścieżki chwały
Author
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Polish
Description
Poruszająca opowieść oparta na faktach z życia alpinisty, który poświęcił wszystko dla spełnienia swojego marzenia!Co sprawia, że człowiek wyrusza w ekstremalnie niebezpieczną podróż do najwyższego miejsca na Ziemi? Jakie emocje towarzyszą temu, który wciąż zmaga się ze stereotypami społecznymi, potęgą natury i własnymi słabościami?Oto prawdziwa i mrożąca krew w żyłach historia Georga Mallory'ego, Brytyjczyka żyjącego...
Author
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Polish
Description
Książka z pierwszych miejsc na liście światowych bestsellerów, współczesna wersja powieści A. Dumasa ,,Hrabia Monte Christo"!Co stałoby się, gdyby Danny Cartwright oświadczył się Beth Wilson jeden dzień wcześniej? Mechanik Danny wybiera się z Beth do pubu, by świętować swoje zaręczyny. Tam dochodzi jednak do tragedii...Czy Danniemu uda się uniknąć odsiadki w Belmarsh - najgorszym z brytyjskich więzień? Mężczyzna bezskutecznie...
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Series
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Polish
Description
Emocjonująca opowieść o przeżyciach skazańca, którego zamknięto w jednej celi z mordercą i baronem narkotykowym!Jak wyglądało życie Jeffreya Archera od momentu opuszczenia więzienia Wayland aż do jego zwolnienia warunkowego?Co przeżywał znany pisarz podczas nieoczekiwanego powrotu do więzienia o zaostrzonych warunkach?Ostatnia część trzytomowej serii ,,Dziennik więzienny" opisuje okres od października 2001 do lipca 2003 roku i...
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Series
Clifton chronicles) volume 2
Language
English
Description
A second installment in a planned five-part series finds Harry despairing of a marriage to Emma and joining the Merchant Navy before assuming the identity of a fallen American soldier whose past proves even more turbulent than Harry's own.