Penguin Jailhouse Lawyer Паттерсон Джеймс, Allen Nancy

Two brand-new legal thrillers in one book - from the authors of Juror No. 3 • A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown - and ends up behind bars • In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court • Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth • Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time

Джеймс Паттерсон совместно с Джеймсом О. Борном представляют захватывающий детектив "Русский" • Приближается день свадьбы Майкла Беннетта, и убийца должен выполнить свою собственную клятву в тринадцатом триллере с участием лучшего детектива полиции Нью-Йорка • За несколько недель до того, как детектив полиции Нью-Йорка Майкл Беннетт женится на своей давней возлюбленной Мэри Кэтрин, наемный убийца объявляет о своем присутствии в городе чередой убийств • Работая бок о бок с ФБР, Беннетт раскрывает множество нераскрытых убийств по всей стране, которые соответствуют одной и той же характерной схеме • Он обещает Мэри Кэтрин, что это дело не повлияет на их предстоящую свадьбу, но, пока он пытается связать убийства, Беннетт, возможно, попадает в смертельную ловушку

Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe - mother and daughter, both champion riders - vowed to never, ever, compete against one another • But a dramatic turn of events ahead of the Paris Olympics changes everything • Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best in the world. Only one rider can fulfil that dream and make history

A scandalous double homicide opens the psychological case files on Alex Cross • When a glamorous socialite and a high school principal are found murdered, the shocking double homicide dominates tabloid headlines • Detective Alex Cross knew both victims well, especially Kay who had been his patient once. And maybe more • Alex's former Metro Homicide Partner tracks the slain principal's final movements to Alabama where Alex investigates Kay's past. They discover that although she had many enemies, all of them needed her alive • The more the investigators push, the more resistance they find, and Alex is left facing a desperate choice between breaking trust and losing his way

Will she live to see her twenty-first birthday? • When a distraught mother pleads with reporter Cindy Thomas to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, Tara, and her baby granddaughter, Cindy goes straight to SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer • The prime suspect is Tara's husband, but he tells a conflicting story that paints Tara as a wayward wife, not a missing person • Is this a tragic case of domestic violence? Or is the truth linked to a more complex network of killings? • As the case grows into something far bigger than any of them could have imagined, the Women's Murder Club will need to work together to unpick the truth from a web of lies

Alex Cross faces his toughest case yet in the explosive new thriller from multi-million copy bestseller James Patterson • A killer strikes under cover of darkness, triggers no alarms, and leaves no evidence behind • Detective Alex Cross is on the hunt of a killer who is targeting entire families around Washington, DC • But Cross isn't the only one investigating - a charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the case of 'The Family Man' killer that others have missed • It's up to Cross to determine whether the writer's theories are fact or fiction - before another family falls victim

Christmas is coming, but crime never stops for the Women's Murder Club • Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is looking forward to spending time with her family over the holidays. But when she receives a tip-off that the biggest heist ever to hit San Francisco is being planned for Christmas Day, everything changes • The architect of the ambitious attack unleashes chaos across the city, laying traps and false alarms to distract Lindsay and the SFPD from his ultimate goal • As time runs out, will Lindsay be able to save the people of San Francisco from a Christmas they'd never forget?

Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer's life was perfect. With her beautiful baby daughter and doting husband, Joe, she felt nothing could go wrong • But when Lindsay discovers everything she knows about Joe is a lie, she is reeling from his betrayal just as a wave of mysterious heart attacks strikes seemingly unrelated victims across San Francisco • And at the trial of a bomber Lindsay and Joe worked together to capture, his defence raises damning questions about Lindsay and Joe's investigation • A deadly conspiracy is working against Lindsay and soon she could be the one on trial

The Family Lawyer with Robert Rotstein: Matthew Hovanes is living a parent's worst nightmare: his young daughter is accused of bullying another girl into suicide. But this loving father is also a skilled criminal defense attorney. And something here doesn't add up • Night Sniper with Christopher Charles: Cheryl Mabern is the NYPD's most brilliant detective - and the most damaged. Now she must confront her darkest fears to stop a calculating killer committing random murders • The Good Sister with Rachel Howzell Hall: Her beloved sister's cheating husband has been found dead. Now, Dani Lawrence must decide if she will help the investigation that could put her sister away... or obstruct it by any means necessary

Eugenia Malmains is one of the richest girls in England and an ardent supporter of Captain Jack and the Union Jackshirts; Noel and Jasper are both in search of an heiress (so much easier than trying to work for the money); Poppy and Marjorie are nursing lovelorn hearts; and the beautiful bourgeois Mrs Lace is on the prowl for someone to lighten the boredom of her life. They all congregate near Eugenia's fabulous country home at Chalford, and much farce ensues • One of Nancy Mitford's earliest novels, Wigs on the Green has been out of print for nearly seventy-five years. Nancy's sisters Unity and Diana were furious with her for making fun of Diana's husband, Oswald Mosley, and his politics, and the book caused a rift between them all that endured for years

Лето 1980 года. Джон Леннон впервые за долгие годы создает новые музыкальные композиции и готовится их записать. Он полон сил и готов к тому, чтобы начать все с чистого листа, и ему не терпится показать миру эти свежие песни. В то же время Марк Чепмен увольняется с работы в службе безопасности и садится на рейс в Нью-Йорк с пистолетом и пулями, спрятанными в багаже. Через несколько месяцев случится непоправимое событие, после которого мир уже не будет прежним • Джеймс Паттерсон, автор книги "Последние дни Джона Леннона" рисует достоверную картину заката жизни всеми любимого музыканта - лето и осень 1980-го. На страницах этой честной книги оживают два главных героя. Один из них Джон Леннон, кумир миллионов, чья прекрасная музыка дарит свет и вдохновляет мир по сей день

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