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Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.

Roy Grace is back with his most difficult case yet in the gripping new instalment from number one bestselling author Peter James.

The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a heady New Year's Eve ball, a woman is attacked as she returns to her room. A week later, another woman is assaulted. Both victims' shoes are taken by the offender . . . Roy Grace soon realizes that these new cases bear remarkable similarities to an unsolved series of crimes in the city back in 1997. Dubbed 'Shoe Man', the perpetrator was believed to have attacked five women before murdering his sixth victim and vanishing. Could this be a copycat, or has Shoe Man resurfaced?

The body of a missing boy is dredged from the seabed off the Sussex coast, missing vital organs. Soon after, two more bodies are found . . . A teenager in Brighton will die if she does not receive an urgent transplant. When the health system threatens to let her down her mother takes drastic action and goes to an online broker in black-market organs. The broker can provide what she wants, but it will come at a price. As Roy Grace investigates the recovered bodies, he unearths a gang of child traffickers operating from Eastern Europe.

Amid the tragic mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne'er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifeline: to shed his debts, disappear and reinvent himself in another country. Six years later the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman's body in a storm drain in Brighton leads Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton.

What does prosperity mean to you? Wealth? A large home? More leisure time? Whatever your aspiration, The Prosperity Track will guide you towards your personal vision of a happier life. Imagine feeling empowered to live the worry free life you have always dreamed of!

Dżdżysty poranek w Brighton. Dzień jak co dzień. Prawniczka Carly Chase wyprawia syna do szkoły i rusza do biura. Kierowca chłodni Stuart Ferguson po kilkunastogodzinnej jeździe z towarem, cieszy się, że już niedługo będzie wracał do domu. Tony Revere, student ekonomii, wsiada na rower i pędzi na wykład. Osadzony Ewan Preece może pracować poza więzieniem, więc jak co dnia śpieszy się, by zdążyć na czas. Losy tych zwykłych ludzi splotą się w tragiczny węzeł na ruchliwej Portland Road, a wtedy życie całkowicie wymknie się im spod kontroli.

Zaczyna się zwyczajnie: seria porannych scenek pokazuje współczesnych mieszkańców nadmorskiego Brighton zaabsorbowanych swoimi – mniej lub bardziej poważnymi – sprawami. I nagle szok - pogłębiarka w basenie portowym wydobywa z dna morza niezidentyfikowane ludzkie zwłoki. Nikt wtedy jeszcze nie podejrzewa, że jest to pierwsze ogniwo w łańcuchu dramatycznych wydarzeń, w którym splotą się losy wielu osób z Brighton oraz innego - odległego - miasta.

Brighton, rok 1997. Młody policjant Roy Grace, zafascynowany swoją pracą, nie zdaje sobie sprawy, jak bardzo jego żona Sandy czuje się samotna i nieszczęśliwa. Pochłonięty tropieniem sprawcy serii perwersyjnych gwałtów z ostatnich kilku miesięcy, nie zauważa nadciągającej katastrofy osobistej. Dwanaście lat później. Czterdziestoletni nadinspektor Roy Grace powoli podnosi się po stracie Sandy, która zniknęła przed dziewięciu laty w tajemniczych okolicznościach. Kieruje dochodzeniem w sprawie tajemniczego gwałciciela fetyszysty, który atakuje kobiety w markowych szpilkach.

W tym samym czasie, kiedy Brian Bishop zamordował w Brighton swoją żonę, świadkowie widzieli go w oddalonym o 90 kilometrów Londynie. Tak wyglądają fakty, które ustalił prowadzący śledztwo detektyw Roy Grace. Ale tajemnica przebywania podejrzanego w dwu odległych miejscach jednocześnie nie jest jedyną zagadką, przed którą staje. Tropienie cieni przeszłości okazuje się ryzykowną grą, również dla niego. Może zwłaszcza dla niego.

In the span of just a few months James Peters lost his father to cancer and his four-year old son shortly after. Then, he found himself accused of a crime he did not commit. Reeling with this pain and suffering, he quickly realized that the conventional road to ‘recovery’ involving medications and labels, was completely inadequate and didn’t address the root cause of his pain. James chose a different route to healing, and the discoveries he made along the way are packaged in this book to help others navigate trials and tribulations in their lives.

Der große historische Roman über die Einigung Japans und den Aufstieg des Shōgunats — jetzt neu verfilmt als Blockbuster-Serie bei Disney+. Im Jahr 1600 strandet der englische Navigator John Blackthorne an der Küste eines Landes, das erst wenige Europäer erreicht haben: Japan. Blackthorne bleibt nur wenig Zeit, um sich in der fremden Sprache und Kultur zurechtzufinden. Und er muss seine Vorstellungen von Loyalität, Mut und Moral hinterfragen. Schon bald gerät er mitten hinein in den Machtkampf der japanischen Fürsten, der das Land zu zerreißen droht. Blackthorne tritt in den Dienst des faszinierenden Strategen Toranaga.

When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at the back of the small church. But, as the service progresses, Taylor notices a man six rows in front of him. At first he thinks he must be mistaken, but the more he looks at the man, the more convinced Taylor becomes that this is his old schoolfriend Rufus Rorke. Except it couldn’t be him, could it? Because two years ago Taylor attended Rufus Rorke’s funeral. He even delivered Rufus’s eulogy.

A beautiful socialite is dead. Roy Grace’s leading suspect, her husband, was sixty miles away when she died, but all other evidence points to him. Has someone stolen his identity or is he simply a very clever liar? Grace’s investigation, and his budding new relationship, are derailed after a reported sighting of his wife, Sandy, who has been missing for nine years. Grace desperately tries to cast light on the truth in both cases as his emotional turmoil – and the body count – grows . . .

It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. But a few hours later, the groom has disappeared and his friends are dead. With only three days to the wedding, Roy Grace is contacted by the man’s distraught fiancée to unearth what happened on that fateful night. The one man who ought to know of the groom’s whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot more to gain than anyone realizes, for one man’s disaster is another man’s fortune.

When a young woman’s body is found butchered in Brighton, Roy Grace cannot help but think of his own missing wife and her unsolved fate. Elsewhere in the city, when Tom Bryce finds a disc left on a train, he simply tries to do the right thing – return it to its owner. But this attempted act of kindness makes him the sole witness to that same vicious murder. Learning that Tom has made a statement to Grace’s team, the killers have to act. But when they plan the murder of the Bryce family, it’s not just revenge – it’s entertainment.

Zatloczony przedzial drugiej klasy w pociagu do Brighton, zdenerwowany pasazer wysiadajacy w pospiechu na przedostatniej stacji, plyta CD, która pozostawia na siedzeniu i wspólpodrózny, który zabiera ja, aby oddac wlascicielowi. Tak to sie zaczyna...Gdyby Tom Bryce wiedzial, czym zajmuje sie ów tajemniczy biznesmen z dziwnym logo firmy, nie tknalby plyty za zadne skarby. Tymczasem w Brighton policja znajduje okrutnie okaleczone zwloki. Sledztwo prowadzi Roy Grace, piekielnie inteligentny profesjonalista, troche zagubiony w zyciu osobistym, który wlasnie spotyka nowa milosc.

Michael Harrison za 3 dni sie zeni, a poniewaz zawsze uchodzil za zartownisia, teraz paczka jego najblizszych przyjaciól organizuje mu wieczór kawalerski, którego nie zapomni do konca zycia. Po wesolej imprezie w knajpie zakopuja go pijanego w trumnie kilka centymetrów pod ziemia z butelka whisky, krótkofalówka, podniecajacym "swierszczykiem" oraz rurka do oddychania. Potem, kiedy – pijani i rozbawieni – wracaja autem do baru, dochodzi do wypadku, w którym wszyscy gina. Wyglada na to, ze nikt – ani piekna narzeczona, ani matka, ani bliski przyjaciel – nie maja pojecia, gdzie szukac Michaela.

Steve Coleman had never heard of Comptos before receiving a call from one of their recruiters. They needed a Project Manager and through a stroke of luck had heard about him — underpaid and underappreciated in a rural manufacturing environment.

Her name is Sandy. You might know her as the loving wife of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. But there's more to her than meets the eye. A woman with a dubious past, a complicated present and an uncertain future. Then she was gone. Her disappearance caused a nationwide search. Even the best detective on the force couldn't find her. They thought she was dead. Where did she go? Why did she run? What would cause a woman to leave her whole life behind and simply vanish?