Arrow Books Private L.A Паттерсон Джеймс, Sullivan Mark

We will take on any case, solve any crime, uncover any secret • We are Private. And we're the best • The greatest show on Earth - and the greatest opportunity for terrorists • Two years ago, Jack Morgan was in Rio consulting on security for the World Cup. The tournament went without a hitch. Until a man died in one of the executive hospitality suites during the final, and the autopsy showed the cause to be a rare and deadly virus • The story was kept from the media to avoid causing panic, but Jack feared that the death was no freak occurrence • Now the eyes of the world are once again turned towards Rio for the Olympic Games, and Jack is back in Brazil's beautiful capital. It's not long before he uncovers terrifying evidence that someone has set in motion a catastrophic plan

The President is in New York - and in an assassin's sights • As the most powerful men on earth gather in New York for a meeting of the UN, Detective Michael Bennett receives intelligence warning that there will be an assassination attempt on the US president. Even more shocking, the intelligence suggests that the Russian government could be behind the plot • Tensions between America and Russia are the highest they've been since the Cold War, but this would be an escalation no one could have expected • The details are shadowy, and Bennett finds false leads and unreliable sources at every turn. But he can’t afford to get this wrong. If the plotters succeed, the shockwaves will be felt across the globe

Detective Michael Bennett's enemies know where to find him • An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a set-up. An officer is taken down - but despite the attackers' efforts, it's not Michael Bennett • New York's top cop is not the only one at risk • One of Bennett's children is attacked. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennett to the presence of a professional killer • Bennett can't tell what's driving the assassin

The mayor of New York has a daughter who's missing. Detective Michael Bennett has a son who's in prison. Can one father help the other? • Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett an exceptional investigator who might be willing to take on a case that needs to be kept under the radar. The two men strike the deal • Sources lead Bennett to a homicide in the Bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking operation - and also to the mayor's missing daughter. But this murder is part of a serial killing spree, one with national security implications. And suddenly Bennett is at the centre of a dangerous triangle anchored by NYPD, FBI and an international crime organization • Michael Bennett has always been an honourable man, but sometimes honour has to take a back seat

Even for Private Investigations, the world's top detective agency, it's tough to find a man who doesn't exist • Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as CEO of a high-profile research company, Eric Moss shouldn't be difficult to find • Except it's not just the man who's gone missing. Despite the most advanced technology at their disposal, they find every trace of him has vanished too • And they aren't the only ones on the hunt. Powerful figures want Moss to stay 'lost', while others just as ruthlessly want him found • Meanwhile, a routine background check becomes a frantic race to find a stolen baby and catch a brutal killer - a killer Private may well have sent straight to the victim's door

Extraordinary crimes require extraordinary detectives. Welcome to Private • When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky he's head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest PI agency • In a city of over thirteen million he has his work cut out at the best of times. But now someone is killing women - seemingly unconnected women murdered in a chilling ritual, with strange objects placed carefully at their death scenes • As Santosh and his team race to find the killer, an even greater danger faces Private India - a danger that could threaten the lives of thousands of innocent Mumbai citizens…

We will take on any case, solve any crime, uncover any secret • We are Private. And we're the best • Even the world's greatest detective agency sometimes finds itself in too deep • Santosh Wagh quit his job as head of Private India after harrowing events in Mumbai almost got him killed. But Jack Morgan, global head of the world's finest investigation agency, needs him back. Jack is setting up a new office in Delhi, and Santosh is the only person he can trust • Still battling his demons, Santosh accepts, and it's not long before the agency takes on a case that could make or break them. Plastic barrels containing dissolved human remains have been found in the basement of a house in an upmarket area of South Delhi. But this isn't just any house, this property belongs to the state government

Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he's never had to work and he's rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It's a role he's not prepared for and one that he struggles to face • But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who's recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she's an alluring mystery, and Maxim's longing for her deepens into a passion that he's never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he's been hiding secrets of his own? • From the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page

Jack Morgan has a company called Private. Private helps people. Sometimes, Private helps the police, too. Now, Jack's friend is dead. Private must find the killer • Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills • Private, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives

Sometimes figuring out the truth means going to the point of no return. For Mitchum, returning isn't something he concerns himself with • Hidden: Rejected by the Navy SEALs, Mitchum is content to be his small town's unofficial private eye, until his beloved 14-year-old cousin is abducted. Now he'll call on every lethal skill to track her down - but nothing is what it seems • Malicious: Mitchum's brother has been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife. Now, Navy SEAL dropout Mitchum will break every rule to expose the truth - even if it destroys the people he loves • Malevolent: Mitchum has never been more desperate. One by one his loved ones have become victims of carefully staged attacks

Джейми Гримм - ученик средней школы, у которого есть миссия: он хочет стать величайшим в мире стендап-комиком, даже если ему всегда кажется, что он "задыхается" в центре внимания. Когда Джейми узнает о конкурсе под названием "Самый смешной ребенок на планете", он понимает, что пришло время встретиться лицом к лицу со своими страхами и принять участие. Но награждают ли судьи его из жалости, потому что он прикован к инвалидному креслу, как предполагает его двоюродный брат-хулиган Стиви? И поделится ли Джейми когда-нибудь секретом своего беспокойного прошлого - и причиной своей инвалидности - вместо того, чтобы прятаться за своим комедийным выступлением? • В прекрасно иллюстрированной книге "Я смешной", столь же проникновенной, сколь и веселой, Джеймс Паттерсон рассказывает множество шуток, которые заставят читателей кататься по полу и подбадривать друг друга