The young son of a Russian oligarch is kidnapped, and his father will pay anything, do anything, stop at nothing to get him back. Up to now though, everything he has tried has failed. He needs the one man with the know-how, the means and the guts to complete the mission: ex-SAS trouble-shooter Nick Stone… But for Nick, the mission will take him to the poorest and most violent country on the planet, Somalia – a lawless land, ripped apart by civil war and famine, fought over by drug-fuelled, gun-crazy clan fighters. They want to make the world to sit up and take notice – any way they can…
The author vividly recounts his two years as a Marine sniper in the Vietnam War, describing the nerves of steel and keen marksmanship required, and the long waits for skirmishes with the Vietcong. Original.
So, when Jake Bellamy -- an insurance agent and beloved father -- is found murdered in the dewy grass of a local park, it comes as a bit of a shock.
An aggressive monster is loose, one who preys on a specific type of victim. Female. Police. Officers. For Sex Crimes Inspector Jamie Vail, no case has ever hit closer to home.
The shocking true story of murder on Colorado's Snipe Mountain. Struck by three rifle bullets, newlywed John Bruce Dodson supposedly died in a hunting accident. But District Attorney Frank...
The answer appeared to be no: James Q. Wilson, The New Republic, 5/11/98, 37. Clinton and his team: David Sears, Carol Van Laar, Mary Carrillo, and Rick Kosterman, “Is It Really Racism? The Origins of White Americans' Opposition to ...
Kevin Cameron is one of the most widely read motorcycle journalists in the world--for reasons that this collection makes immediately and undeniably clear.
This second volume of Cameron's articles and columns highlights his perception that the pursuit of higher performance improves our general understanding of the way things work.
Twenty years after a shooting death deemed accidental, Weber is charged with murdering a man who had been his friend-- and whose widow he married.
An Ojibwa woman has been found dead on the outskirts of the Minnesota Red Earth Reservation.
Above all, this is a book filled with comfort, love, forgiveness, and hope. For Thomas John, death is not the end, it is just the beginning. Our friends and relatives are still with us. They care for us. They watch over us.