Judas Horse

Author: Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1838774424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
Not all killers can be tamed... The thrilling second book in the Sunday Times bestselling Detective Jack Warr crime series. Wild mustangs are difficult to rope, their lead stallion wary and protective of his herd. To capture that special stallion takes time. He is separated, roped, and lead back to the ranch. Once tamed, he is sent back into the wild. And before long, he will lead the entire herd back to the ranch. He is given the name 'Judas Horse'. When Detective Jack Warr identifies an informer, the terrified man begins to give details of a massive robbery planned by a team of unscrupulous and dangerous men. These men have already orchestrated many audacious robberies, leaving terrified victims in their wake. And they have already killed to get what they want. Detective Jack Warr and his team must use their informant as a 'Judas Horse' to draw in the unsuspecting robbers, so that they go ahead with the planned robbery. However, one false move, and more blood will be spilled . . .

Judas Horse

Author: April Smith
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307390640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
FBI Agent Ana Grey returns to infiltrate the volatile core of an eco-terrorist cell in the Pacific Northwest. Only months after a traumatic shooting incident, Ana is still emotionally unstable when she returns to work and learns that a fellow agent—and former lover—was killed by a group of terrorists operating under the name of FAN (Free Animals Now). To find the murderer and prevent any further killing, Ana goes undercover as an animal activist. In the course of her investigation, Ana encounters Julius Emerson Phelps, the charismatic leader of a "family" of anarchists in rural Oregon, whose secret past could blow the Bureau to pieces. To matters worse, Ana learns that Phelps is preparing a cataclysmic act of terrorism. With time ticking away and her undercover identity in jeopardy, Ana must find a way to solve her case and foil Phelp's bloody plot.

Judas Horse

Author: Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN: 1785769839
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
SOME KILLERS CAN'T BE TAMED . . . The brand new Detective Jack Warr thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante - now available in hardback, eBook and audiobook. __________________ 'Do you know what a Judas Horse is? When the wild mustangs are running free, you corral one and train it. When he's ready, you release him and he'll bring his team back into the corral - like Judas betraying them...' Violent burglars have been terrorising residents across the English countryside. But when a mutilated body is discovered in a Cotswolds house, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary group of opportunist thieves. As Detective Jack Warr investigates, he discovers locals with dark secrets, unearths hidden crimes - and hits countless dead ends. With few leads and the violent attacks escalating, he will have to act as audaciously as the criminals if he hopes to stop them. When Warr meets Charlotte Miles, a terrified woman with links to the group, he must use her to lure the unsuspecting killers into one last job, and into his trap. But with the law already stretched to breaking point, any failure will be on Warr's head - and any more blood spilled, on his hands... __________________ PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE: 'DC Jack Warr is clearly destined for higher things, and I look forward to following his progress' - PETER ROBINSON, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series 'A compelling, clever plot with a brilliant cast of diverse characters. Utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT, million-selling author of ONLY THE INNOCENT 'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' KARIN SLAUGHTER ***LOVE LYNDA LA PLANTE? YOU CAN NOW PRE-ORDER HER BRILLIANT MEMOIR, GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER - OUT SEPTEMBER 2024***

Buried

Author: Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Zaffre
ISBN: 9781838770327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The first book in a brand new thriller series from Lynda La Plante. A burnt-out cottage, a fortune buried in the ashes - and a body that could solve a decades-old crime.

Spirits Of Vengeance

Author: Victor Gischler
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302503901
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
Collects Spirits of Vengeance #1-5. A dead angel. A silver bullet. A kept promise. For ages, the war between Heaven and Hell raged in the unseen corners of society, with both sides in delicate balance. But when an undercover angel is murdered, the scales are tipped. Now, Johnny Blaze must find the killers and punish them but he wont do it alone. A deadly team rises from the darkest depths of the Marvel Universe to form an unholy alliance: Ghost Rider! Hellstorm! Satana! Blade! They are the Spirits of Vengeance and they must unravel a plot against God himself. The forces of Necrodamus mean to unleash a deicidal rampage not seen since the Old Testament. As the drums of war beat louder and louder, only the Spirits of Vengeance stand between the armies of Heaven and Hell!

Judas #4

Author: Jeff Loveness
Publisher: Boom! Studios
ISBN: 1641449160
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 31

Book Description
With the fate of all of life and the afterlife hanging in the balance, Judas performs an intervention on Jesus in the pits of Hell.

Leonardo's Judas

Author: Leo Perutz
Publisher: Collins Harvill Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
An evocation of Leonardo da Vinci and the world of Renaissance artists; also a thought-provoking parable.

A Girl and Five Brave Horses

Author: Sonora Carver
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1625588550
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
A Girl and Five Brave Horses is the story of Sonora Carver and was the basis for the movie Wild Hearts Can't be Broken. Carver answered the following want ad: Wanted: Attractive young woman who can swim and dive. Likes horses, desires to travel. See Dr. W. F. Carver, Savannah Hotel. From there she became the first woman to jump from forty and sixty feet into a pool of water with diving horses. Carver was blinded during a jump as a result of hitting the water off balance and detaching both of her retinas. Despite this she continued to jump for another eleven years. An amazing and inspiring story. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

Kiss Me, Judas

Author: Will Christopher Baer
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing
ISBN: 9781931561808
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
The first installment of the Phineas Poe trilogy. An unwitting police officer fsalls in love with a beautiful but deadly tremptress who steals his kidney and leaves him alone and empty.

The Judas Gate

Author: Jack Higgins
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101475331
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255

Book Description
General Charles Ferguson, Commander of the British Prime Minister's private hit squad and adviser to the new president of the United States, has been given a disturbing recording from Afghanistan, on which the murders of American Army Rangers and a British medical team are recorded. About half of the Taliban force voices on the tape are British. One authoritative voice is Irish; code name: Shamrock. Shocked that one of their own could be responsible for a massacre, General Ferguson tasks Sean Dillon with hunting the traitor. But even as Dillon goes to war, the war is coming to him...