Edited by Lee Child, this is the follow-up to FaceOff, but this time 11 female thriller writers with 11 male thriller writers. 

Жизнь Реджиналда Рамзи ничем не отличается от жизни обычного англичанина ХІХ века. У него есть прекрасная невеста Джулия, он состоятелен и уважаем. И никаких пятен на безупречной репутации. Однако Реджиналд скрывает тайну: на самом деле он – великий египетский правитель Рамзес, возродившийся с помощью эликсира бессмертия. Так же он возродил могущественную и прекрасную царицу Клеопатру против ее желания. Но ни Рамзес, ни Клеопатра еще не знают, что незримой тенью над ними нависла сила, которая может даровать вечную жизнь. Или забрать ее…

Тяжелая работа детектива, полицейского, спецагента – чисто мужская, так считалось издавна. Женщины уже давно с этим не согласны. В век равноправия полов и развития высоких технологий на первый план стали выходить интеллект, технические навыки и профессионализм, заменяя собой грубую силу и умение быстро стрелять. Кто же все-таки лучше в этом деле? Чтобы получить ответ, автор мировых бестселлеров Ли Чайлд собрал в одну команду своих самых известных собратьев по перу и разбил их на пары – мужчина против женщины. Своих героев свели в профессиональной дуэли Кэти Райх и Ли Чайлд, Вэл Макдермид и Питер Джеймс, Сандра Браун и Си Джей Бокс, Диана Гэблдон и Стив Берри, Лиза Скоттолайн и Нельсон...

There's more than one way to stoke the flames of revenge... Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew - a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape Charlotte in their own twisted image. If only the nightmare had ended when she was rescued. Instead, her real father exploited her tabloid-ready story for fame and profit - until Charlotte finally broke free from her ghoulish past and fled. Just when she thinks she has buried her personal hell forever, Charlotte is swept into a frightening new ordeal. Secretly dosed with an experimental drug, she's endowed with a shocking new power - but pursued by a treacherous...

In this incredible follow-up to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller FaceOff, twenty-two of the world's most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology. MatchUp takes the never-before-seen bestseller pairings of FaceOff and adds a delicious new twist: gender. Eleven of the world's best female thriller writers from Diana Gabaldon to Charlaine Harris are paired with eleven of the world's best male thriller writers, including John Sandford, C.J. Box, and Nelson DeMille. The stories are edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and feature: -Lee Coburn and Joe Pickett in "Honor & ... " by Sandra Brown and C.J. Box -Tony Hill and Roy Grace...

The dark history of Spring House, a beautifully restored plantation mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans, has long been forgotten. But something sinister lurks beneath the soil of the old estate. After heiress and current owner Caitlin Chaisson is witness to her husband’s stunning betrayal at her birthday party, she tries to take her own life in the mansion’s cherished gazebo. Instead, the blood she spills awakens dark forces in the ground below. Chaos ensues and by morning her husband has vanished without a trace and his mistress has gone mad. Nova, daughter to Spring House’s groundskeeper, has always suspected that something malevolent haunts the old place, and in the aftermath...

New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice brilliantly conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayou—where three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surface—in this intense and atmospheric new supernatural thriller. It’s been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurred…and kept on running. Who left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save them from her newfound capacity for destruction…and who alone knows the...

Книга, в которой собраны произведения самых талантливых и известных американских писателей — мастеров остросюжетного жанра. Среди них такие громкие имена, как Ли Чайлд, Джеймс Роллинс, Кэтрин Нэвилл, Стив Берри, Дэвид Моррелл. Каждый из этих авторов написал рассказ, воплотивший в себе наиболее яркие особенности и достоинства жанра. Тридцать рассказов — тридцать шедевров!

Brand-new stories by: Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Hector Tobar, Patt Morrison, Robert Ferrigno, Gary Phillips, Christopher Rice, Naomi Hirahara, Jim Pascoe, Scott Phillips, Diana Wagman, Lienna Silver, Brian Ascalon Roley, and Denise Hamilton. Denise Hamilton writes the Eve Diamond series. Her books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, Macavity, Anthony, and Willa Cather awards. The Los Angeles Times named Last Lullaby a Best Book of 2004, and it was also a USA Today Summer Pick and a finalist for a Southern California Booksellers Association 2004 award. Her fourth Eve Diamond novel, Savage Garden, is a Los Angeles Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Southern...

An anthology of stories Be prepared to be thrilled as you've never been before Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors, Thriller is the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Offering up heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises are thirty-two of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature characters that made such authors as David Morrell and John Lescroart famous to four of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify. Lock the doors, draw the shades, pull up the covers and be prepared for Thriller to keep you up all night. *** "Thriller will be a classic. This...