Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe, for maximum force and maximum discretion. Already deep into the investigation of a multimillion-dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of eighteen schoolgirls, he learns his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily—and his staff of investigators use the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases. But Jack doesn't have to play by the rules.
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Als Jack Morgan, Besitzer der weltweit renommierten Ermittlungsagentur PRIVATE, in sein Zuhause in L. A. kommt, macht er eine grauenvolle Entdeckung: In seinem Schlafzimmer liegt seine ehemalige Kollegin und Geliebte Colleen, leblos und blutüberströmt. Ein Mord, der ganz klar Jack angehängt werden soll – und das anscheinend mit Erfolg, die Beweislage scheint eindeutig. Jack ist klar, dass es nur einen Menschen geben kann, der ihm nahe genug ist, das Szenario so perfekt einzufädeln, und der ihn tief genug hasst, um deswegen einen Mord zu begehen ...
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Ein grausamer Mord bei den Olympischen Spielen in London – und es sollen weitere folgen ... London 2012. „Private“, die renommierteste Ermittlungsagentur der Welt, wird beauftragt, sich um die Sicherheit der Olympischen Spiele zu kümmern. Doch schon vor der Eröffnungsfeier ereignet sich ein grausamer Mord: Ein hochrangiges Mitglied des Organisationskomitees wird geköpft. Private-Ermittler Peter Knight wird zum Tatort gerufen. Kurz darauf erhält eine Reporterin einen Brief von einem Mann, der sich „Cronus“ nennt und sich für den Mord verantwortlich erklärt. Er kündigt an, die Spiele „reinigen“ zu wollen – indem er alle tötet, die den ursprünglichen Olympischen Gedanken beschmutzen ...
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Private London - falsche Schuld
- 349 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
Dan Carter ist der Chef der Londoner Dependance von PRIVATE – der weltweit erfolgreichsten Detektivagentur. Sein derzeit bedeutenster Fall ist Hannah Shapiro, die Tochter eines reichen und wichtigen Klienten. Sie wurde bereits als Kind zusammen mit ihrer Mutter entführt. Hannah überlebte, ihre Mutter konnte nicht entkommen. Heute ist Hannah Studentin an einer Eliteuni, und Carters Job ist es, sie zu beschützen. Doch dann wird Hannah ein zweites Mal gekidnappt. Und gleichzeitig geht ein gnadenloser Serienmörder um, der es auf junge Frauen abgesehen hat ...
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Ein Berliner Ermittler der Private-Detektivagentur verschwindet, und jemand setzt alles daran, die Spuren zu vernichten – mit mörderischen Folgen ... Private, die renommierteste Ermittlungsagentur der Welt, beschäftigt auch in der Berliner Dependance nur die besten Agenten. Doch dann verschwindet einer von ihnen spurlos: Chris Schneider hatte zuvor eine persönliche Auszeit genommen – warum, wusste niemand. Das Private-Team um Mathilde Engel und Tom Burkhart erhält Hinweise auf ein verlassenes Schlachthaus bei Ahrensfelde, in dem Chris sich aufzuhalten scheint. Doch das Einzige, was sie finden, ist Chris‘ Peilsender. Und während die Ermittler fieberhaft nach der Wahrheit suchen, werden sie von einem mysteriösen Mann beobachtet …
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Seit der ehemalige CIA-Agent Jack Morgan die Privatdetektei seines Vaters übernommen hat, ist daraus ein florierendes Unternehmen mit Kunden aus den höchsten Kreisen geworden. Selbst das L. A. Police Department bittet PRIVATE um Unterstützung bei der Suche nach einem Serienmörder, der seit Jahren immer wieder Mädchen im College-Alter tötet. Die Agentur steht Kopf, als ein weiterer Mord geschieht. Und dann bekommt Jack auch noch einen verzweifelten Anruf eines Freundes: Andys Frau ist brutal ermordet worden, und er selbst steht unter Verdacht. Jack setzt alle Hebel in Bewegung, um Andys Unschuld zu beweisen ...
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P.I. Craig Gisto, head of the latest branch of Private, is enjoying the glamorous launch party with his new team when their celebrations are interrupted by the bloodied arrival of a boy with his eyes gouged out. The boy is the kidnapped son of one of Australia's richest men - but investigating his death isn't their only pressing case. The rock star Micky Stevens is convinced someone's trying to kill him, and believes Private are the only ones who can help. As if that wasn't enough, someone is murdering the wealthy wives of the Eastern Suburbs, in the most brutal way imaginable. And if they don't catch the killer soon, the next victim could be someone close to Private...
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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.
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Private Vegas
- 375 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds--especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business. He gets to treat gorgeous, young women to five-star restaurants, splashy shows, and limo rides--and then he teaches them how to kill. Private Jack Morgan spends most of his time in Los Angeles, where his top investigation firm has its headquarters. But a hunt for two criminals leads him to the city of sin--and to a murder ring that is more seductively threatening than anything he's witnessed before. PRIVATE VEGAS brings James Patterson's Private series to a sensational new level.
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When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip filled with fine food and sightseeing. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after a call from one of his most important clients asking Private to track down his young granddaughter who is on the run from a brutal drug dealer. As Jack scours the city, several members of Paris's cultural elite are found dead - murdered in shocking, symbolic fashion - and the French police need Private's help.
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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 Brazilâe(tm)s beautiful capital. Itâe(tm)s not long before he uncovers terrifying evidence that someone has set in motion a catastrophic plan. The death at the World Cup was just a warning. The Olympic Games could be the setting for the worst atrocity the world has ever seen.
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Private Sydney
- 464 Seiten
- 17 Lesestunden
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 . . .
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Murder and corruption at the highest level in the thrilling follow-up to the bestseller PRIVATE INDIA. Jack Morgan has managed to persuade Santosh Wagh to rejoin his global investigation agency and set up a new branch in Delhi. It's not long before Santosh is thrown headlong into a dangerous case which could implicate the highest members of the Indian government in a string of brutal murders.
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Private Princess
- 432 Seiten
- 16 Lesestunden
Jack Morgan receives an offer he cannot refuse... When the head of the world's foremost investigation agency is invited to meet Princess Caroline, third in line to the British throne, he boards his Gulfstream jet and flies straight to London. The Princess needs Morgan's skills, and his discretion. Sophie Edwards, a close friend of the royal, has gone missing. She must be found before the media become aware of it. Morgan knows there is more to this case than he is being told. But what is the Princess hiding?
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On a cold January morning, Jack Morgan stands inside the New York Stock Exchange with his former US Marine comrade whose company is being launched onto the market, eagerly awaiting the opening bell. But before the bell rings, a bullet rips through the air and finds its mark. In the aftermath of the murder, the victim's wife hires Jack to find the killer. As the head of Private, Jack has at his disposal the world's largest investigation agency. What he discovers shakes him to his core. Jack identifies another murder in Moscow that appears to be linked. So he heads to Russia, and begins to uncover a conspiracy that could have global consequences. With powerful forces plotting against him, will Jack Morgan make it out alive?
Jack Morgan is visiting Peter Knight and the team in the London branch of his investigation agency, Private. At a cocktail party the night before the Trooping the Colour parade for the Queen's 90th birthday, Jack receives a phone call from the Duke of Aldershot saying that his daughter, Abbie, has been kidnapped.
Private Gold
- 135 Seiten
- 5 Lesestunden
Private Johannesburg is closing down...After the tragic suicide of his partner, Khosi, Joey Montague is packing up the branch of Private they'd set up in Johannesburg with US owner Jack Morgan. But what at first seems to be a simple protection job soon becomes a matter of life and death - not just for his client, but for Joey himself.