Quick Reads: Bloody Valentine

Rappel out of helicopters, off-road along the Baltic coast, and smile for the camera! It's all in a day's work for the Collier kids! Wait-what? The Kidd siblings have rescued some of the world's greatest treasure, without ever seeking fame and glory. So they aren't happy when the Collier kids start treasure hunting for the camera, more focused on looking good and selling ads than actually recovering treasure. When the Kidds are invited to compete with the Colliers for the title of 'The World's Greatest Treasure Hunting Kids,' they jump at the chance to show the world real treasure hunting. But with rumors swirling of a mistake made by the Kidds' great-grandfather years ago, the Kidds discover that fame and glory aren't the only things on the line. Will they be able to solve the mystery, re...

When five teenage girls are abducted, Chicago PD Detective Billy Harney leads the investigation to find them. Harney and his partner, Carla, follow a lead to a remote house, only to find themselves caught in a deadly trap. A huge explosion rips through the building, killing Carla and allowing the kidnapper to escape. With the loss of his partner fuelling him, Harney strengthens his resolve to find her killer - and to make sure the body count ends there.

Twenty-five years after her tragic death, James Patterson tells the heartbreaking true story of Princess Diana's life as a mother and a global icon. At the age of thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family - Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King and one needing to find his own way, she taught them lessons about royal tradition and also real life. 'William and Harry will be properly prepared,' Diana once promised. 'I am making sure of this.' Even after her tragic death, the strength of her love for her sons remains an enduring inspiration, not only for...

Find a future. Lose a past. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy her . . . RUN ROSE RUN: a story glittering with danger and desire.

After returning from his honeymoon, Detective Michael Bennett is greeted with the shocking news that FBI agent Emily Parker is missing. Determined to track down his former partner, Bennett follows Emily's investigation into an anarchist group that led her between Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC. Lurid rumours begin to surface about Emily's disappearance, but Bennett will never give up hope of finding her. After everything they've been through together, he owes her that much.

For Hawk, being a hero weighs heavily on her wings. In the City of the Dead, life happens in the shadows. That's why a war is brewing against an enemy no one can see. Hawk and Maximum Ride never back down from a conflict, but as the dead begin to outnumber the living, they'll need to work together now more than ever.

Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe - mother and daughter, both champion riders - vowed to never, ever, compete against one another. But a dramatic turn of events ahead of the Paris Olympics changes everything. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best in the world. Only one rider can fulfil that dream and make history.

Two brand-new legal thrillers in one book - from the authors of Juror No. 3 A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown - and ends up behind bars... In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.

Sometimes middle school feels like a dangerous mission in the cold, unforgiving tundra. Sometimes it literally is. Will Rafe survive his most (frost)biting adventure yet? Things heat up at Hills Village Middle School when Rafe gets an invitation from Dr. Daria Deerwin to join a research study on polar bears. How many times in life do you get a chance to come face-to-face with a real polar bear in the wild? Rafe is ready to find out! Alaska is pinkie-freezing, hair-freezing, snot-freezing cold, but Rafe might be headed for a meltdown. He's spending every waking moment with Penelope, who he definitely has a crush on, and a polar bear Dr. Deerwin is tracking goes missing...with poachers on the tundra. It's up to Rafe, Penelope, and their new friends to save the day in Rafe's coolest adventure...

At the age of thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family - Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King and one needing to find his own way, she taught them lessons about royal tradition and also real life. 'William and Harry will be properly prepared,' Diana once promised. 'I am making sure of this.' Even after her tragic death, the strength of her love for her sons remains an enduring inspiration, not only for the two princes, but for the entire world.

Błyskotliwy thriller, nowy hit autorstwa «dream teamu» - prezydenta Billa Clintona i Jamesa Pattersona. – Lee Child. Wszyscy prezydenci mają swoje koszmary. Ten akurat się ziścił. Matthew Keating, były komandos i były prezydent Stanów Zjednoczonych, zawsze staje w obronie swojej rodziny, tak samo jak wcześniej niezłomnie bronił ojczyzny. Tym razem jednak obrona zamienia się w atak. Terrorysta porywa nastoletnią córkę Keatinga, Melanie. Gdy cały świat na bieżąco przygląda się wydarzeniom, Keating rozpoczyna specjalną operację ratunkową, która będzie próbą jego siły i wytrzymałości – jako przywódcy, żołnierza i ojca. Pierwsza wspólna książka autorów – Gdzie jest prezydent, bestseller „New York Timesa” – była najlepiej sprzedającą się po...

Max Einstein nie jest typową dwunastolatką. Bierze udział w tajnych misjach, wymyśla genialne wynalazki i rozmawia z Albertem Einsteinem. Choć Max i jej przyjaciele z Centrum Mądrych Inicjatyw potrafią znaleźć rozwiązanie dla najtrudniejszych problemów, tym razem czeka na nich prawdziwe wyzwanie. Czy młodym geniuszom uda się z sukcesem zakończyć kolejną misję i sprawić, by już nigdy żadne dziecko nie cierpiało głodu? Na drodze staje im jak zwykle chciwa Korporacja, która chce przejąć władzę nad światem. Inteligentne drony, niebezpieczne zasadzki i podróże w czasie – Korporacja nie cofnie się przed niczym, by osiągnąć swój cel. Ale to jeszcze nie koniec! Max również próbuje zbudować wehikuł czasu, by dowiedzieć się, kim byli jej rodzice i dlaczeg...