Bøger af Cathi Stoler

It was supposed to be a simple and quick assignment for Marina DiPietro and Nick Donahue. Help Marina's client, Adnan bin Haddad, guard his fabulous racehorse, Devil Wind, from human predators who are threatening the stallion with death if millions aren't paid in "protection money." Just guard the horse and catch the attackers before they strike. If you're lucky. Turns out, the threat against the horse is just the opening gambit in a deadly game with ISIS. With events spiraling out of control, Nick and Marina must stop the terrorists from getting the real prize they're after: a weapon of mass destruction that could tear the world apart. Now, Nick has to use all the cunning, skill, and subterfuge he's acquired as a gambler to discover the 'tell' that will help him turn the predators into prey. And there's no time to lose.

In this fast-paced international suspense thriller, Nick Donahue, an American Gambler living in London, is in Venice playing Blackjack when he meets a beautiful woman in desperate need of help. Nick obliges and is soon embroiled in a whirlwind of mystery and intrigue.He is kidnapped by jewel thieves, then released and dumped in the woods outside Prague. Calling on his brother Alex, a banker at Zurich's SuisseBank, for assistance, Nick soon finds himself juggling Alex's problem: the murder of his boss and a worldwide money laundering scheme the bank has been running. When Nick blows the whistle on SuisseBank, its main client, the New York mob is none too happy with his interference and their loss of revenue. They demand revenge and restitution, which only Nick, with all of his gambling tricks, can provide.

Murder, not pleasure, greets Jude Dillane when she takes a vacation from her East Village restaurant and embarks on a luxurious Mediterranean cruise.