Böcker av Douglas Pratt

On an overnight run across the Gulf of Mexico, Chase Gordon witnesses a lone yacht explode into a ball of flames. Now, Chase has been catapulted into a whirlwind of deceit. "Red Light at Night" is a sizzling thriller that navigates through a maze of lies where each clue can be as deceptive as the calm before a storm.

When Chase and Jay stumble into a murder scene, they recognize a familiar face.A former Marine with a new name and the same face is chasing the men who murdered his family.But why did he change his name?Who else is after him?The manhunt leads Chase and Jay against a motorcycle gang and deep into the Everglades where no one may come out alive.

Caleb Saunders was a killer-codenamed Corsair-working for a shadowy government office.Until one day he vanished in the middle of an assignment.Presumed dead, Caleb Saunders assumed a new role-father.When a random crime steals that away, Corsair is unmasked.Now, he's in hiding again, trying to find a new life.But his enemies know he's alive, and they'll stop at nothing to make sure he dies with all his secrets.

Chase is on a hunt for a missing kid-his nephew. An unexpected visitor shows up at the Manta Club, surprising Chase. His sister is searching for her son who ran away from home. Chase leaps to help only to find the trail for his nephew is littered with dead bodies and a high-powered thug who is hunting the boy as well.

Max Sawyer's longtime girlfriend, journalist Lisa Day, has disappeared while investigating a rash of missing persons. Max rushes to the last place he heard from her, a small town Arkansas. He arrives only to discover that the small, idyllic town is hiding a dark secret - one that may destroy everything he cares about. As Max confronts the most dangerous case of his life, he wonders - will he find Lisa before he loses everything?

Ein ermordetes Mädchen an dem letzten Ort, den Max erwartet hätte - einer Kirche. Die Familie ist schon schwierig genug für Max. Als ein junges Mädchen brutal ermordet aufgefunden wird, wird es noch schwieriger. Max wird in die Geheimnisse und Intrigen hineingezogen, die unter der Oberfläche dieser Gemeinde liegen.

A chance meeting.A murder, he thinks he could have stopped.A horrific past. Now Max finds himself up against a powerful man with perverse passion. He will stop at nothing to find justice for a forgotten girl. Get to know Max Sawyer. He's part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a wandering spirit like Jack Reacher. He is just a man with an unquenchable thirst for justice as well as an unquenchable thirst for bourbon. The Blood series is the newest murder mystery novel to come on the scene with Max Sawyer as the suave detective. If you enjoy Lee Child or Robert Crais, then check out Max Sawyer in Crimson Blood.

It always starts with a girl. She shows up asking Max to help her find her brother who has gone missing on the river. Now Max is lost on an isolated section of the Mississippi River called the Kentucky Bend, and he is being hunted by a small army. Get to know Max Sawyer. He's part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a wandering spirit like Jack Reacher. He is the latest crime-fighter with an unquenchable thirst for justice as well as an unquenchable thirst for bourbon.

Chase's peaceful afternoon at anchor is abruptly shattered when an old friend appears, telling him of a missing treasure hunter. Rikki Talens ventured upriver on a wild goose chase, and now she has vanished without a trace. Determined to find her, Chase pulls up anchor and begins his search. As he ventures further upriver, Chase finds himself in the midst of a small army of men guarding something suspiciously in the woods.What could be so important that they would kill to keep it hidden? He must continue forward, no matter the cost, to save Rikki.

Chase is caught in the midst of a cartel war.When Chase first met Esteban Velasquez, the cartel hitman tried to kill him.Now, the man who is second in command of the largest drug cartel in Florida is missing, and a rival drug lord is claiming he's killing his men.Chase quickly turns down a request by the drug lord, Julio Moreno. However, the DEA and the rival cartel come after Chase, thinking he's working at Moreno's bequest.Before he can get clear, he needs to find Velasquez before a war breaks out in South Florida.

In the middle of dead calm seas, Chase witnesses a plane crashThe lone survivor is soon targeted by dangerous foes.Can Chase keep her safe long enough to find who is trying to kill her?

A sunken U-boat.A lost cache of Hitler's gold.Can Chase beat a band of Nazis to this hidden treasure?Chase's peaceful beach day is disrupted when he rescues the beautiful Rikki Talen from an attempted kidnapping. He finds Rikki being pursued by a group of neo-Nazis bent on finding a missing German submarine filled with a shipment of gold.The hunt for the treasure carries Chase and Rikki in the footsteps of a long-dead Nazi hunter and into the depths of the ocean.Grab your snorkel gear and join the pair as they dive into history and face a deadly threat.

Life at sea isn't always tranquil.Anchored off a small uninhabited cay in the Bahamas, Chase witnesses another boat being boarded. Before he can react, the skipper of the other vessel is kidnapped.Chase rushes over to find the skipper's teenage daughter hiding in a locker.When one of the kidnappers returns, Chase finds himself protecting the girl at all costs.Can he find the girl's father and stop the men looking for her?

Chase Gordon has the life.The former Marine works part-time as a bartender to support his life island-hopping on his 40-foot sailboat. When the pretty young wife of one of his fellow Marines shows up looking for her husband, Chase steps in to help her out.Immediately, he finds himself in a stand-off between one of South Florida's most dangerous drug dealers and the D.E.A. Now, he's left wondering what kind of trouble his friend might be facing.Can Chase even save his fellow soldier?

Chase wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there.It takes just a minute to realize he's in the middle of Havana.A minute later, he finds the dead girl, only seconds before the police begin to bang on the hotel door.Soon, he's playing cat and mouse through the streets of Havana while trying to discover who had a vendetta against him.

When Chase and Jay stumble into a murder scene, they recognize a familiar face.A former Marine with a new name and the same face is chasing the men who murdered his family.But why did he change his name?Who else is after him?The manhunt leads Chase and Jay against a motorcycle gang and deep into the Everglades where no one may come out alive.

This book investigates the coming-to-be, principal features and theological outcomes of interreligious dialogue as an activity of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Roman Catholic Church (Vatican). The embrace of dialogical engagement represents a dramatic departure from almost two millennia of hostile Christian regard toward other faiths. The development of this phenomenon is outlined and explored, with research focussed on the work of relevant offices of the WCC and the Vatican during the final four decades of the 20th century. A principal task has been to construct a comparative narrative that provides the basis for a close analysis and assessment of policy and practice, together with theological reflection and critique. A hypothesis of three dimensions, or theological 'moments', that constitute a theology of dialogue has both informed and been tested by the undergirding research. The conclusion suggests that the more inclusive term 'interfaith engagement' today better encapsulates the ongoing field of concern, action, and theological reflection with respect to Christian relations to other religions, and that a model of transcendental dialogue is now requisite for the future of this engagement.

Ignaz Goldziher was a pre-eminent scholar of Islam during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It remains a classic that, in our day, is well worth re-visiting as it can still inform our understanding of contemporary Islam, whose roots lie in all that Goldziher covers.