Bøger af Tom Hillenbrand

Eccentric start-up entrepreneur Gregory Hollister invested most of his money in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. When he dies in an accident, the hunt for his private fortune begins. The paranoid Californian hid it well. Where is this digital treasure, which the media is already referring to as Montecrypto? Hollister's sister hires private detective Ed Dante to track down the missing money. Dante soon discovers that quite a few people are after Montecrypto. Which isn't exactly surprising considering the rumored sum of several billion dollars - but the other seekers aren't ordinary treasure hunters. Why are foreign intelligence services, the FBI, and the Mafia interested in the treasure? Dante realizes that Hollister's legacy consists of more than just a pile of digital coins. It's possible that Montecrypto is the key to a vast financial scandal that could pull the entire world economy into the abyss. Montecrypto is incredibly suspenseful while at the same time addressing important questions of our times: Who will have the money in the future? And who will have the power?

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1683. Ob Philosophen in London oder Dichter in Paris: Sie lieben es alle. Das neue Mode-Getränk in Europa heißt Kaffee. Er ist immens begehrt – und teuer, denn die Osmanen haben das Monopol darauf und wachen streng darüber. Wer es wagt, ihn außer Landes zu schmuggeln, wird mit dem Tod bestraft. Aber ein junger Engländer hat einen waghalsigen Plan: Mit finanzieller Unterstützung der Vereinigten Ostindischen Compagnie stellt er eine Truppe internationaler Spezialisten zusammen, um den Türken den Kaffee zu klauen. Die spektakuläre Reise scheint zunächst zu gelingen, doch dann sind immer mehr Mächte hinter ihnen her ...

Wozu Zeugen vernehmen, wenn all ihre Bewegungen bereits archiviert sind? Warum Tatorte begehen, wenn Polizeidrohnen schon alles abfotografiert haben? Als ein Brüsseler Parlamentarier ermordet wird, glaubt der Ermittler, den Fall mithilfe des Europol-Fahndungscomputers rasch lösen zu können. Doch bald entdeckt er, dass die digitale Datenspur manipuliert wurde ...

Glauser Award 2015 Best German Crime NovelLasswitz Award 2015 Best German SF NovelWhy interview witnesses when all their movements and conversations have already been archived on a hard disk? Why investigate crime scenes when police drones have already photographed them from all possible angles?A Brussels MP is found murdered near the EU capital. At first, detective Aart van der Westerhuizen is confident he can solve the case quickly using Europol';s near-omniscient police computer TEREISIAS. But then he realizes the digital evidence may have been tampered with. Soon Aart becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens to shake Europe to its core.Praise for Drone State';: A sweeping thriller about our future in the surveillance state . . . since Orwell has aged a little, it was high time for a novel like this. - Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungThe scariest thing about this gripping detective story is how plausible the future presented in it seems.- Technology ReviewBrillant and fast-paced, ';Drone State' is a treasure trove of imagination, chock-full of futuristic high-tech ideas.- Les Inrockuptibles