Дэвид Эллис – лучшие книги

ЛОЖЬ, СКРЫВАЮЩАЯ ЛОЖЬ Саймон и Вики Добиас — богатая, благополучная семья из Чикаго. Он — уважаемый преподаватель права, она — защитница жертв домашнего насилия. Спокойная, счастливая семейная жизнь. Но на самом деле все абсолютно не так, как кажется. На поверхности остается лишь то, что они хотят показать людям. И один из них вполне может оказаться убийцей… Когда блестящую светскую львицу Лорен Бетанкур находят повешенной, тайная жизнь четы Добиас выходит на свет. Их бурные романы на стороне… Трастовый фонд Саймона в двадцать один миллион долларов, срок погашения которого вот-вот наступит… Многолетняя обида Вики и ее одержимость…

Восемь месяцев назад в страшном пожаре Эмми Докери потеряла свою сестру. Все убеждены, что это была роковая случайность. Кроме Эмми… Аналитик ФБР, она уходит в бессрочный отпуск, чтобы собрать доказательства этого. И вскоре понимает: она вышла на след гениального и безжалостного серийного убийцы, оставляющего за собой только пепел. Но убедить руководство в своей правоте будет непросто. Вместе с бывшим женихом Харрисом Букменом она получает небольшую команду, чтобы в сжатые сроки вычислить гениального убийцу. Но времени будет еще меньше. Убийца понял, что на него объявлена охота, и сделает свой ход…

"Я был не один!" - сказал перед казнью Терри Бургос, повинный в жестоком убийстве шести девушек.
Но никто не обратил на его слова внимания, кроме Пола Райли, который выступал по делу в качестве обвинителя...
Прошли годы. И однажды убийства возобновились, а Полу Райли, ставшему знаменитым адвокатом, стали приходить анонимные зашифрованные послания.
Кто-то копирует "почерк" Бургоса - такова версия полиции. Но Райли уверен: перед смертью Терри сказал правду, и теперь на охоту вышел его сообщник.
Кто же он? Где скрывался столько лет?
Возможно, ответ кроется в таинственных посланиях?
Чтобы понять это, Райли начинает собственное расследование, но вскоре сам оказывается под подозрением...

Сотрудник полиции Билли Харни оказывается на волосок от смерти. Его напарница и возлюбленная мертва, а он чудесным образом остался в живых. Харни обвиняют в убийстве, но он ничего не помнит. Отчаянно пытаясь защитить свою честь, Билли собирает информацию про тот ужасный день. Он хочет понять, что же тогда произошло, и найти загадочную черную книжку…

No. 7 Ocean Drive is a multimillion-dollar beachfront house in the Hamptons, but its beautiful exterior hides a horrific past. This house was the setting for a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty and rumoured to be cursed, it's known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance.

Detective Jenna Murphy has moved to the area to escape her troubled past and rehabilitate a career on the rocks. But when a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead in the abandoned Murder House, Jenna becomes involved in a case that at first seems open and shut, but reveals more secrets than she could possibly imagine.

As more bodies surface and Jenna is drawn deeper into the dark history of No. 7, she must risk her own life to expose the truth – before the Murder House claims another victim.

Bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will surprise listeners at every turn.

Leo Balanoff is a diagnosed pathological liar with unthinkable skeletons in his family's closet. He's also a crusading attorney who seeks justice at all costs. When a ruthless drug dealer is found dead and Leo’s fingerprints show up on the murder weapon, no one believes a word he says. But he might be the FBI’s only shot at taking down the dealer’s brutal syndicate.

Risk his life going undercover for the feds or head straight to prison for murder? Leo accepts the FBI’s offer—but it comes with a price, including a collision course with his ex, Andi Piotrowski, a former cop and “the one who got away.” Forced to walk a tightrope between an ambitious FBI agent and a cruel, calculating crime boss, Leo’s trapped in a corner. But he has more secrets than anyone realizes, and a few more cards left to play …

Čikāgā, lielpilsētas politikas intrigu, ambīciju, cerību un atmaksas pasaulē notiek kārtējais noziegums. Džons Solidejs – ietekmīga pavalsts politikāņa padomnieks ir spiests aizstāvēties, jo pret viņu tiek izvirzīta apsūdzība slepkavībā, kas bija tīrā pašaizsardzība. Tomēr politikā nekas nav tik vienkārši.

Advokāta Džona Solideja pagātne, gan tā, ko viņš pats atceras, gan tā, kas pašam rada aizdomas, var atstāt viņu bez nākotnes. Ja vien Džons pirmais neatminēs – kuram būtu izdevīga viņa notiesāšana?

David Ellis’ Line of Vision has won the 2002 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author!
Marty Kalish has been accused of murdering his lover's husband. He had a motive. He was at the scene of the crime. He manipulated evidence to hide his guilt. He even confessed. But that's not the end of the story. That's only the beginning.

Defense attorney Jason Kolarich is back in another edge-of-your-seat thriller . . . and this time he may find himself in over his head, in more ways than one.

James Drinker is a bit of an oddball. A funny-looking, geeky loner, he walks into Jason Kolarich’s office one day with a preemptive concern: two women have recently been murdered, seemingly by the same killer, and Drinker thinks he will be the police’s main suspect. One woman was his ex-girlfriend, he says, and the other was a friend. He’s the only link between the victims and he has no alibi for the night of either murder—surely the police will realize it soon. Believing he’s the target of a frame-up, Drinker hires Kolarich for his defense.

Something about James Drinker seems off from the start, but Kolarich doesn’t give it too much thought. Until another murder occurs. And then another. And as he begins to probe his client’s life and story more closely, it quickly becomes clear that nothing about James Drinker is what it seems . . . and that the target of the frame-up isn’t Drinker, but Kolarich.

Unable to stop a serial killer—and prove his own innocence—without breaking his sworn attorney-client privilege, Jason Kolarich must hunt for the truth about James Drinker, the series of brutal murders, and why he’s been set up to take the fall. The answers will be beyond anything he could have imagined.

When Abbie Elliot and her three best friends arrive in Monte Carlo, they surrender to the sun and pool, to the champagne and private parties. For four days away from their husbands and families they’re free to live someone else’s life. But in the morning's harsh light, Abbie awakens on a yacht to gunshots and police storming the boat. Two men are dead, and Abbie and her friends are the only suspects. Imprisoned in a foreign country and separated from each other, the vacation of a lifetime has become a desperate fight for survival.

When Jason Kolarich accepts the case of a homeless Iraq War veteran accused of murdering a young paralegal, his course seems clear: to mount an insanity defense for a man suffering so badly from post-traumatic stress disorder that he has no real memory of the crime. But as Kolarich digs deeper, he realizes that, unlikely as it seems, his client is probably innocent. Only days before her death, the murdered paralegal had stumbled on something she wasn’t supposed to know . . . information that someone would kill to keep secret. Her murder was no random crime but a targeted hit, and the wrong man was charged.

As Jason Kolarich races to discover the truth in time to save his client, he finds himself embroiled in a mystery involving the Mob, a mysterious assassin known only as “Gin Rummy,” and a conspiracy of wealthy international terrorists with explosive plans for his city. With thousands of lives at stake, Kolarich has more on the line than ever before . . . and time is running out.

Former college football star and criminal defense attorney Jason Kolarich returns in this shocking thriller from the award-winning author of The Hidden Man.

Jason Kolarich has spent the past year struggling to recover from the horrific deaths of his wife and baby daughter.

On the night of their deaths, Kolarich was at the office, awaiting a call from a confidential informant named Ernesto Ramirez-a call that never came. Kolarich blames himself not only for the deaths of his wife and child, but for the informant's murder as well. He can't bring back his family, but he can find out who killed Ramirez and bring the killer to justice.

Unfortunately, Kolarich's guns-blazing approach to justice lands him smack in the middle of an FBI probe of a deeply corrupt governor and his cronies. To avoid jail, Kolarich must enter a world of wiretaps, double-dealing, and kickbacks, where he soon discovers that the murder of his informant was only the tip of the iceberg.

This breach of trust runs up to the highest levels of power, and exposing it may drag Kolarich into the fight of his life.

Another exhilarating thriller from Edgar Award winner David Ellis, introducing the new series protagonist Jason Kolarich.
Jason Kolarich is a midwestern Everyman with a lineman's build and an easy smart-ass remark. He's a young, intelligent maverick, but he's also struggling with an overwhelming emotional burden--one that threatens to unravel his own life, and possibly the lives of those around him.
Twenty-seven years ago, two-year-old Audrey Cutler disappeared from her home in the middle of the night. She was never found. All the detectives had to go on were vague eyewitness accounts of a man running down the Cutlers' street, apparently carrying someone. Without enough evidence to suggest otherwise, Griffin Perlini--a neighbor with prior offenses against minors--was arrested, but never convicted.

The case is long closed when Perlini is murdered nearly thirty years later. Now a man named Mr. Smith appears in Jason Kolarich's office, saying only that he represents a third party who wants the man charged with murder off the hook and that Kolarich is perfect for the job. The new client: Audrey Cutler's older brother, Sammy--Kolarich's estranged childhood best friend--a man he hasn't seen in nearly twenty years.

But when Kolarich starts receiving violent threats from Mr. Smith's enigmatic employer, he figures out that the secrecy behind this nameless third party--and the key to winning Sammy's case--is entangled with the mystery of Audrey's disappearance. With his own life and Sammy's in the balance, Kolarich has to put aside not only the mounting anxiety of the job but also a heart-wrenching personal tragedy in order to find out what really happened to Audrey all those years ago.

An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband’s secret life—and it might cost them all their lives. Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practices family law. When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, he’s celebrated as a hero. His muscled physique, shaved head, and piercing blue eyes are broadcast on every news outlet. For most people, newfound fame is a lifeline. For David Bowers, it’s a death sentence. For Marcie Bowers, it’s a test. A wife knows the difference between a loving husband and…

How well can you ever really know someone?

As Ben Casper watches his best friend plummet from her sixth-floor apartment balcony, he realises his life is about to change. Diana had no reason to kill herself, she had to have been pushed.

Diana worked for the CIA, so the investigation into her death is kept tightly under wraps. But Ben is a political journalist, and can feel that something isn't right.

Ben starts investigating for himself and soon discovers Diana was leading a double life he knew nothing about. But when more people involved die in questionable circumstances, it's clear that someone doesn't want the truth to be uncovered. And unless Ben drops his investigation, he could be next.

Комплект из двух изощренных и умных детективных романов. Дом лжи Саймон и Вики Добиас – богатая, благополучная семья из Чикаго. Он – уважаемый преподаватель права, она – защитница жертв домашнего насилия. Спокойная, счастливая семейная жизнь. Но на самом деле все абсолютно не так, как кажется. На поверхности остается лишь то, что они хотят показать людям. И один из них вполне может оказаться убийцей… Когда блестящую светскую львицу Лорен Бетанкур находят повешенной, тайная жизнь четы Добиас выходит на свет. Их бурные романы на стороне… Трастовый фонд Саймона в двадцать один миллион долларов, срок погашения которого вот-вот наступит……

As Chicago PD’s special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he’s investigating is down to his last twenty million. He’s also being held in jail.

For now.

Billy’s unit is called in when an escape plan results in officers down and inmates vanished.

In an empty lot, Billy spots two Kevlar vests. Two helmets. Two assault rifles. And a handwritten note:

Hi, Billy
Are you having fun yet?

For Detective Billy Harney, getting shot in the head, stalked by a state’s attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is a normal week on the job. So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts -- his father was once chief of detectives and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force -- run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only casualties.

When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going ... until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to the one place he vowed never to return: his own troubled past.

In the long-awaited follow-up to the #1 bestselling thriller INVISIBLE . . . the perfect murder always looks like an accident.

FBI agent Emmy Dockery is absolutely relentless. She's young and driven, and her unique skill at seeing connections others miss has brought her an impressive string of arrests.

But a shocking new case-unfolding across the country-has left her utterly baffled.

The victims all appear to have died by accident, and have seemingly nothing in common. But this many deaths can't be coincidence. And the killer is somehow one step ahead of every move Dockery makes. How?

To FBI special agent Harrison "Books" Bookman, everyone in the FBI is a suspect-particularly Emmy Dockery (the fact that she's his ex-fiancee doesn't make it easier).

But someone else is watching Dockery. Studying, learning, waiting. Until it's the perfect time to strike.

A woman accused of murder is caught in a tortuous psychological maze that leaves her only one escape—suicide. Or does it? Told in reverse chronological order, from its enigmatic end to its brilliant beginning, In the Company of Liars is a tantalizing tour de force—a “compelling new novel of intrigue, murder, and terrorism” ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ).