Книги, похожие на «Desmond Bagley, The Tightrope Men»

One choice: run…or die. It is a time of austerity. Financial cuts are biting hard and the once great City of Liverpool finds itself now almost bankrupt. At the eleventh hour funding is found in the form of enigmatic billionaire Kirk Bovind, a religious zealot, determined to change the moral fibre and bring salvation to the streets.Against this backdrop a man disappears without trace. Solitary lawyer, Erasmus Jones, agrees to track the missing Stephen down, but quickly discovers that this is more than just a missing person case. Men are being brutally murdered across the city and Erasmus discovers that Bovind, the murdered men and Stephen once knew each other as boys…How long can the past be kept secret? How long can secrets stay hidden? And who will be the next to die…? Look out for Book 2 in the Erasmus Jones series: Sudden DeathPraise for Phil Kurthausen“This pulls you in at 100 mph. [The] sense of place is terrific. A great central character. I love Erasmus Jones.” – Mark Billingham“Totally un-putdownable.. Quite Outstanding.” – Jeffrey Archer"Wonderfully written, tightly written, Erasmus Jones is like Jack Reacher. Wonderful." – Cathy Kelly“I read ahead of myself. Just cracking. Macabre, brilliant.” – Penny Smith

When he was recruited by the Recovery Project, Caleb Mattern found a new lease on life. Tracking missing persons. Protecting witnesses. But even after stretching his muscles and becoming one of the company's elite agents, he couldn't leave his past behind. Avery Walters wouldn't let him.His former boss had also been his onetime lover, and now she's burst back into his life with dangerous consequences. But settling old scores won't be on the agenda–not yet! With the nation's security depending on them to act appropriately, Caleb must pull off the most impossible assignment of his career. Now that Avery's put her life in his hands, what will Caleb do with it?