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"A follow up novel to COMMAND AUTHORITY featuring Jack Ryan"--

FBI Special Agent Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly consequences in the latest Memory Man thriller in David Baldacci's number one New York Times bestselling series.Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison are visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's approached by an unfamiliar man. But he instantly recognizes the man's name: Meryl Hawkins. He's the first person Decker ever arrested for murder back when he was a young detective. Though a dozen years in prison have left Hawkins unrecognizably aged and terminally ill, one thing hasn't changed: He maintains he never committed the murders. Could it be possible that Decker made a mistake all those years ago? As he starts digging into the old case, Decker finds a startling connection to a new crime that he may be able to prevent, if only he can put the pieces together quickly enough...

Long Shadows is the seventh Amos Decker thriller from internationally bestselling author David Baldacci.Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of a federal judge and her bodyguard at her home in an exclusive, gated community in Florida.Things are changing for Decker. He is in crisis following the suicide of a close friend and receipt of a letter concerning a personal issue which could change his life forever. Together with the prospect of working with a new partner, Frederica White, Amos Decker knows that this case will take all of his special skills to solve.Judge Julia Cummins seemingly had no enemies and there was no forced entry to her property. Close friends and neighbours in the community apparently heard nothing, and Cummins' distraught ex-husband, Barry, and teenage son, Tyler, both have strong alibis. Decker must first find the answer to why the judge felt the need for a bodyguard, and the meaning behind the strange calling card left by the killer.As the investigation deepens, the body count rises, and Decker and White discover a trail which leads back to a past presidential campaign and an unsolved crime surrounding those in power at the very highest level.Greed, deceit, deception and corruption at the very heart of power.Someone has decided that it's payback time.[Bokinfo]

Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are in Baronville, Pennsylvania, visiting Alex's sister and her family. It's a bleak place: a former mill and mining town with a crumbling economy and rampant opioid addiction. Decker has only been there a few hours when he stumbles on a horrific double murder scene. Then the next killing hits sickeningly close to home. With the lives of people he cares about suddenly hanging in the balance, Decker realizes that the recent string of deaths is only one small piece of a much larger scheme -- with consequences that will reach far beyond Baronville. But when one mistake could cost him everything, Decker finds that his previously infallible memory may not be so trustworthy after all

'Amos Decker would forever remember all three of their violent deaths in the most paralyzing shade of blue. It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light. He would never be free from it.' When Amos Decker returned home eighteen months ago to find the bodies of his wife and only daughter, he didn't think he could carry on living. Overwhelmed with grief, he saw his life spiral out of control, losing his job as a detective, his house and his self-respect. But when his former partner in the police, Mary Lancaster, visits to tell him that someone has confessed to the murder of his family, he knows he owes it to his wife and child to seek justice for them. As Decker comes to terms with the news, tragedy strikes at the local school. Thirteen teenagers are gunned down, and the killer is at large. Following the serious brain injury Amos suffered as a professional footballer, he gained a remarkable gift - and the police believe that this unusual skill will assist in the hunt for the killer. Amos must endure the memories he would rather forget, and when new evidence links the murders, he is left with only one option. Memory Man by David Baldacci will stay with you long after the turn of the final page.

Aloysius Archer travels to 1950s California to apprentice with a legendary private eye and former FBI agent but immediately finds himself involved in a scandal

Betrayed and left for dead high in the Alps, Nick Stone is in trouble. He knows only one thing for certain - someone, somewhere wants to kill him. Not much protection in the pursuit of a gang of faceless men who trade in human misery. But this run-of-the-mill close protection task is about to become Stone's most personal mission yet.

Clementine celý život pečovala o zahořklého a hrubého otce a starala se o dům, vinici, o výrobu vína. Po otcově smrti je přesvědčena, že je právoplatnou dědičkou domu i vinice, které po generace patřily její rodině. Z poslední vůle se však dozvídá, že se o majetek musí podělit s nevlastní sestrou, kterou dvacet let neviděla, a s další sestrou, o které dosud neměla tušení. A tak vinice svede dohromady tři sestry, které nemají zdánlivě téměř nic společného. Autorka románu s břitkým vtipem a nadhledem předestírá vzájemné soupeření tří dospělých žen uprostřed svěží krajiny Champagne a odhaluje skrytá a nepominutelná pouta sesterských vztahů.

Mark, Todd, Gordy a Zola začali studovat práva, aby změnili svět a udělali z něj lepší místo k životu. Zadluží se a nastoupí na tříletou soukromou školu. V posledním semestru si však postupně uvědomí, že něco je špatně – málokdo z absolventů tohoto ústavu složí advokátské zkoušky, natož aby si našel práci v oboru. A člověk, jemuž škola patří, náhodou vlastní i banku specializující se na studentské půjčky. Stali se obětí podvodu a ne všichni se s tím dokážou vyrovnat. Tragická událost přiměje trojici z nich zosnovat plán, jak se z téhle pasti dostat. Aby ho mohli uskutečnit, budou muset ze školy odejít. A pustit se do souboje Davida s Goliášem.

Wall Street, rok 2008. Strmě stoupající kariéru Samathy Koferové ve velké právnické firmě rázně utne recese. Samantha o vlásek unikne propuštění, avšak musí nastoupit nucenou roční dovolenou a strávit ji dobrovolnickou prací ve středisku právní pomoci kdesi na venkově. Odjíždí do Brady ve Virginii, aby tam v srdci Appalačských hor zažila „skutečnou právničinu“: přípravu žaloby, účast na přelíčení, kontakt se soudcem... Místní však její přítomnost nijak nevítají, tím spíš, že se jim začne plést do jejich problémů – v Brady se už po generace těží uhlí, a po generace se tu řeší porušování zákonů, ignorování pravidel, překrucování předpisů. Někdy to vyvrcholí soudní pří, jindy oběťmi na životech... pár týdnů po příjezdu se Samantha bude muset vypořádat s obojím.