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NOW A NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Michael Mann, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat and Miami Vice, teams up with Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first crime novel, an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat – an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the film. A Times Book of the Year 2022 ‘Michael Mann’s HEAT is one of my all-time favourite movies. HEAT 2 is now one of my favourite suspense novels’ JAMES PATTERSON Described by Michael Mann as both a prequel and sequel to the renowned, critically acclaimed film of the same name, HEAT 2 covers the formative years of homicide detective Vincent Hanna (Oscar winner Al Pacino) and elite criminals Neil McCauley (Oscar winner Robert De Niro), Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), and Nate (Oscar winner Jon Voight), and features the same extraordinary ambition, scope, rich characterizations, and attention to detail as the epic film.This new story leads up to the events of the film and then moves beyond it, featuring new characters on both sides of the law, new high-line heists, and breathtakingly cinematic action sequences. Ranging from the streets of L.A. to the inner sancta of rival Taiwanese crime syndicates in Paraguay to a massive drug cartel money-laundering operation just over the border in Mexico, HEAT 2 illuminates the dangerous workings of international crime organizations and the agents who pursue them as it provides a full-blooded portrait of the men and women who inhabit both worlds. Operatic in scope, HEAT 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic – a masterpiece of crime fiction from one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. PRAISE FOR HEAT 2:‘Sweep, self-confidence and a cinematic sheen make this the most immersive of reads’The Times‘A brilliant and riveting novel with rich and real characters and powerhouse storytelling…’Don Winslow‘An exciting, emotionally rich thriller, with just as much style and panache as Michael Mann's original classic heist movie’Adrian McKinty, #1 International bestselling author‘Easily one of the finest novels of the year!’Steve Cavanagh, #1 International bestselling author

A pulse-pounding, race-against-time thriller featuring forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett.Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett's speciality is the psychological autopsy – an investigation into a person's life to determine whether a death was natural, accidental, suicide, or homicide. When Jo is asked to do a psychological autopsy on a living person – one with a suspect memory who can't be trusted to participate in his own medical care – she knows all her skills will be put to the test. Jo is called to the scene of an aircraft inbound from London to help deal with a passenger who is behaving erratically. She figures out that Ian Kanan has got anterograde amnesia, and can't form new memories. Jo finds herself racing to save a patient who can walk and talk and yet can't help Jo figure out just what happened to him. Suddenly a string of clues arises, something to do with a super deadly biological agent code-named "Slick", a kidnapping, and a secret partnership gone horribly wrong. Jo realises Kanan's addled mind may hold the key to preventing something terrible from happening in her beloved San Francisco. With time running out, she will have to get deeper into the life of a patient than she ever has before, hoping the truth emerges from the fog of his mind in time to save her city – and herself.

When you have to take on the White House there's only one woman to call – Jo Beckett.When a rock singer is killed onstage during a concert, Jo Beckett is called in to perform a psychological autopsy. But Tasia McFarland's death causes Jo all kinds of problems, because Tasia is the ex-wife of the President of the United States.The White House pressures Jo to declare Tasia's death an accident rather than a suicide. The media and conspiracy nuts rant that Tasia was knocked off to silence her, for unknown reasons. Fringe extremists seethe about taking direct action to "save America" from the president and his administration.Jo learns that an obsessed fan was apparently stalking Tasia. The stalker may have killed her and escaped in the panic at the concert.As the media and conspiracy frenzy grows, the White House leans harder on Jo to close the case. When she won't, Gabe Quintana finds his military orders suddenly changed, and he's called up to active duty in Afghanistan… in 72 hours.Jo discovers the identity of the stalker. It’s someone who's obsessed with Tasia's new boyfriend, a famous country singer. Jo calls the police but she's too late. The stalker stabs the singer to death.The police kill the stalker. The case seems to have come to a spectacular conclusion. But Jo doesn't think the stalker murdered Tasia; the facts don't add up. She fears that Tasia was killed for other reasons. And she's nervous, because the President is coming to San Francisco to attend Tasia's memorial service…

A pulse-pounding, race-against-time thriller featuring forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett.Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett's speciality is the psychological autopsy - an investigation into a person's life to determine whether a death was natural, accidental, suicide, or homicide. When Jo is asked to do a psychological autopsy on a living person - one with a suspect memory who can't be trusted to participate in his own medical care - she knows all her skills will be put to the test. Jo is called to the scene of an aircraft inbound from London to help deal with a passenger who is behaving erratically. She figures out that Ian Kanan has got anterograde amnesia, and can't form new memories. Jo finds herself racing to save a patient who can walk and talk and yet can't help Jo figure out just what happened to him. Suddenly a string of clues arises, something to do with a super deadly biological agent code-named "Slick", a kidnapping, and a secret partnership gone horribly wrong. Jo realises Kanan's addled mind may hold the key to preventing something terrible from happening in her beloved San Francisco. With time running out, she will have to get deeper into the life of a patient than she ever has before, hoping the truth emerges from the fog of his mind in time to save her city - and herself.

When you have to take on the White House there's only one woman to call – Jo Beckett.When a rock singer is killed onstage during a concert, Jo Beckett is called in to perform a psychological autopsy. But Tasia McFarland's death causes Jo all kinds of problems, because Tasia is the ex-wife of the President of the United States.The White House pressures Jo to declare Tasia's death an accident rather than a homicide. The media and conspiracy nuts rant that Tasia was knocked off to silence her, for unknown reasons. Fringe extremists seethe about taking direct action to "save America" from the president and his administration.Jo learns that an obsessed fan was apparently stalking Tasia. The stalker may have killed her and escaped in the panic at the concert.As the media and conspiracy frenzy grows, the White House leans harder on Jo to close the case. When she won't, Gabe Quintana finds his military orders suddenly changed, and he's called up to active duty in Afghanistan… in 72 hours.Jo discovers the identity of the stalker. It’s someone who's obsessed with Tasia's new boyfriend, a famous country singer. Jo calls the police but she's too late. The stalker stabs the singer to death.The police kill the stalker. The case seems to have come to a spectacular conclusion. But Jo doesn't think the stalker in fact murdered Tasia; the facts don't add up. She fears that Tasia was killed for other reasons. And she's nervous, because the President is coming to San Francisco to attend Tasia's memorial service…

In the California wilderness no one can hear you scream.San Francisco Forensic Psychiatrist Jo Beckett doesn’t dissect the body or the crime scene – she dissects a life and a mind, recreating the victim as a person, piecing together the story of their death to get to the truth. And then she goes after the killer.Autumn Reiniger wants something special for her twenty-first birthday. Daddy’s bought her the car and the apartment, but now she wants excitement. And what Autumn desires, she gets.Her father signs-up her and five friends for an ultimate urban reality game. `Edge Adventures’ alert the SF police that a `crime situation’ is underway, so the authorities will ignore any squealing tires or desperate cries for help.Then – when working on a case nearby – Jo Beckett encounters a group of men carting six sullen college kids to the woods for a wilderness adventure. Suspicious, she takes a closer look. And winds up with an invite to a birthday party she may never leave …

Be thrilled by three pulse-pounding cases in the Jo Beckett thriller series, praised by Tess Gerritsen and Jeffery Deaver.THE MEMORY COLLECTOR: An aeroplane full of passengers displaying the symptoms of a high-tech poison attack. One man who holds the key to the perpetrators. Beckett will have to get deeper into the life of a patient than ever before to halt an even bigger attack on her beloved San Francisco.THE LIAR’S LULLABY: When the ex-wife of the President is killed on-stage during her comeback concert, Beckett is called in to decipher the clues and avert a political disaster. What will her death mean for the President?THE NIGHTMARE THIEF: Autumn Reiniger is given the dream birthday present: a “simulated crime experience” in the California wilderness. But when the game descends into a nightmare, will Beckett hear her screams and hunt down the killer?

NOW A NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Michael Mann, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat and Miami Vice, teams up with Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first crime novel, an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat – an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the film. A Times Book of the Year 2022 ‘Michael Mann’s HEAT is one of my all-time favourite movies. HEAT 2 is now one of my favourite suspense novels’ JAMES PATTERSON Described by Michael Mann as both a prequel and sequel to the renowned, critically acclaimed film of the same name, HEAT 2 covers the formative years of homicide detective Vincent Hanna (Oscar winner Al Pacino) and elite criminals Neil McCauley (Oscar winner Robert De Niro), Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), and Nate (Oscar winner Jon Voight), and features the same extraordinary ambition, scope, rich characterizations, and attention to detail as the epic film.This new story leads up to the events of the film and then moves beyond it, featuring new characters on both sides of the law, new high-line heists, and breathtakingly cinematic action sequences. Ranging from the streets of L.A. to the inner sancta of rival Taiwanese crime syndicates in Paraguay to a massive drug cartel money-laundering operation just over the border in Mexico, HEAT 2 illuminates the dangerous workings of international crime organizations and the agents who pursue them as it provides a full-blooded portrait of the men and women who inhabit both worlds. Operatic in scope, HEAT 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic – a masterpiece of crime fiction from one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. PRAISE FOR HEAT 2:‘Sweep, self-confidence and a cinematic sheen make this the most immersive of reads’The Times‘A brilliant and riveting novel with rich and real characters and powerhouse storytelling…’Don Winslow‘An exciting, emotionally rich thriller, with just as much style and panache as Michael Mann's original classic heist movie’Adrian McKinty, #1 International bestselling author‘Easily one of the finest novels of the year!’Steve Cavanagh, #1 International bestselling author

Instant #1New York TimesBestseller!Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director ofThe Last of the Mohicans,The Insider,Ali,Miami Vice,Collateral, andHeatteams up with Edgar Awardwinning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Manns first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime filmwith an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movieA hard-boiled, cinematic read that moves as fast as a well-planned heist. EsquireOne day after the end ofHeat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherliss brother in arms Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hannas determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauleys crew, before he ghosts out of the city.In 1988, seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago. Driven, daring, theyre pulling in money and living vivid lives. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hannaa man unreconciled with his historyis following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men into the dark and wild places, hunting an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauleys scores and Hannas pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative, driving through the years followingHeat.Heat 2projects its dimensional and richly drawn men and women into whole new worldsfrom the inner sanctums of rival crime syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia. The novel brings you intimately into these lives. In Michael Manns Heat universe, they will confront new adversaries in lethal circumstances beyond all boundaries.Heat 2is engrossing, moving, and tragica masterpiece of crime fiction with the same extraordinary ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film.

When a young woman tumbles dead onto the beach, the police identify the body. It's Evan Delaney. Except that Evan is very much alive. It's her identity that has been stolen. And the thief has compromised more than just Evan's bank account. She has been scamming money from rich Hollywood wannabes - including a vicious drug boss. He wants his money back. From Evan. Soon she finds herself harassed by drug runners and suspected of murder. She must save herself - but to do that must escape a web of deceit that threatens to destroy not just her, but her boyfriend Jesse.

When Evan Delaney's father disappears, the cops think he's fled the country to avoid prosecution. But Evan is sure that Phil has been abducted or killed for reasons associated with his work for Naval Intelligence.As Evan hunts for clues, she is attacked by an armed man. The attacker ends up dead - and turns out to be a federal agent. Now Evan is on the run, implicated in his murder. Then she is contacted by a sinister duo - a Madam and gigolo mother-and-son-team who claim that Phil was mixed up in their very dirty business.Can Evan save her father's reputation - and his life? And can Jesse save Evan? Time is running out ...

Evan Delaney is a heroine of our times: a woman with a big heart, a quick tongue and a hot temper that gets her into trouble. She is shocked to discover that Tabitha, her ex-sister-in-law, has joined the Remnant - the Reverend Pete Wyoming's fanatical band of disciples. And that Tabitha is trying to regain custody of her six-year-old son, Luke, currently in Evan's care while his father is posted to the Naval Air Warfare Center. Then one of the Remnant is killed, and Evan's brother is the prime suspect. With her boyfriend, lawyer Jesse Blackburn, Evan tries to clear her brother's name and rescue her nephew. In doing so, she finds herself caught up in a wild plan to steal weapons, and a blazing inferno on a Santa Barbara hillside.

A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier.   Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood nightmares reemerges: the Prophet. An UNSUB—what the FBI calls an unknown subject—the Prophet terrorized the Bay Area in the 1990s and nearly destroyed her father, the lead investigator on the case. The Prophet’s cryptic messages and mind games drove Detective Mack Hendrix to the brink of madness, and Mack’s failure to solve the series of ritualized murders—eleven seemingly unconnected victims left with the ancient sign for Mercury etched into their flesh—was the final nail in the coffin for a once promising career. Twenty years later, two bodies are found bearing the haunting signature of the Prophet. Caitlin Hendrix has never escaped the shadow of her father’s failure to protect their city. But now the ruthless madman is killing again and has set his sights on her, threatening to undermine the fragile barrier she rigidly maintains for her own protection, between relentless pursuit and dangerous obsession. Determined to decipher his twisted messages and stop the carnage, Caitlin ignores her father’s warnings as she draws closer to the killer with each new gruesome murder. Is it a copycat, or can this really be the same Prophet who haunted her childhood? Will Caitlin avoid repeating her father’s mistakes and redeem her family name, or will chasing the Prophet drag her and everyone she loves into the depths of the abyss?

In this exhilarating thriller inspired by real-life serial killer Ted Bundy, FBI profiler Caitlin Hendrix faces off against a charming, merciless serial killer.In southern Texas, on Saturday nights, women are disappearing. One vanishes from a movie theater. Another is ripped from her car at a stoplight. Another vanishes from her home while checking on her baby. Rookie FBI agent Caitlin Hendrix, newly assigned to the FBI''s elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, fears that a serial killer is roaming the dark roads outside Austin.Caitlin and the FBI''s serial crime unit discover the first victim''s body in the woods. She''s laid out in a bloodstained, white baby-doll nightgown. A second victim in a white nightie lies deeper in the forest''s darkness. Both bodies are surrounded by Polaroid photos, stuck in the earth like headstones. Each photo pictures a woman in a white negligee, wrists slashed, suicide-style--posed like Snow White awaiting her prince''s kiss. To track the UNSUB, Caitlin must get inside his mind. How is he selecting these women? Working with a legendary FBI profiler, Caitlin searches for a homology--that elusive point where character and action come together. She profiles a confident, meticulous killer who convinces his victims to lower their guard until he can overpower and take them in plain sight. He then reduces them to objects in a twisted fantasy--dolls for him to possess, control, and ultimately destroy. Caitlin''s profile leads the FBI to focus on one man: a charismatic, successful professional who easily gains people''s trust. But with only circumstantial evidence linking him to the murders, the police allow him to escape. As Saturday night approaches, Caitlin and the FBI enter a desperate game of cat and mouse, racing to capture the cunning predator before he claims more victims.

Un día después del final de Heat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) se encuentra escondido en Koreatown; está herido, medio inconsciente y tratando desesperadamente de escapar de Los Ángeles. Lo persigue el detective del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Horas antes, Hanna había matado al compañero de Shiherlis, Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), en un tiroteo bajo las luces estroboscópicas al pie de una pista del aeropuerto de Los Ángeles. Ahora Hanna está decidido a capturar o matar a Shiherlis, último superviviente de los hombres de McCauley, antes de que desaparezca de la ciudad.En 1988, siete años antes, McCauley, Shiherlis y el resto de la banda recorren dando golpes la Costa Oeste, la frontera con México y, por último, Chicago; ganan dinero salvajemente y viven al límite. El detective de homicidios de Chicago Vincent Hanna, un hombre que no se ha reconciliado con su pasado, cumple con su vocación: la persecución de una banda ultraviolenta de asaltantes de viviendas.Mientras tanto, las consecuencias de los golpes de McCauley y de la persecución de Hanna provocarán repercusiones inesperadas en una trama paralela a lo largo de los años posteriores a Heat.Heat 2 sitúa a sus personajes, hombres y mujeres reales, vívidamente descritos, en mundos por completo nuevos: desde las entrañas de organizaciones criminales rivales en Sudamérica hasta los cárteles transnacionales en el sudeste asiático. La novela nos muestra las vidas de todos ellos, que en el universo de Heat se enfrentarán a nuevos adversarios en circunstancias letales más allá de todos los límites.Heat 2 es fascinante, conmovedora y trágica, una obra maestra de ficción criminal con las mismas ambiciones extraordinarias, alcance y riqueza de personajes del mítico film.Michael Mann, guionista y director cuatro veces nominado al Óscar por El último mohicano, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral y Heat, colabora en su primera novela con la escritora ganadora del Edgar Award Meg Gardiner; un explosivo regreso al universo y los personajes de su famosa película policiaca, con una historia completamente nueva que transcurre en los años anteriores y posteriores del icónico film.«Heat 2 es una novela brillante y cautivadora, con personajes redondos y una poderosa narración que es una de las evocaciones más auténticas que he leído de los criminales y los policías que los cazan. La primera novela de Michael Mann (y Meg Gardiner) es un tour de force que funciona de manera independiente, pero también homenajea a la icónica película de Mann y profundiza en ella, colocando a todos sus personajes clave en una nueva historia que tiene lugar antes y después de Heat llena de sorprendentes detalles y con un gran voltaje emocional».Don Winslow«Siempre tuve la intención de ampliar las historias que aparecían en Heat. Los personajes ya tenían vidas ricas y complejas antes de 1995, el año en que transcurría mi película. Heat 2 es una nueva historia que abarca los primeros años de vida de los personajes de Heat y es también una secuela que nos presenta su futuro.Es el antes y el después de la película, comenzando un día después del final de Heat con un Chris Shiherlis desesperado tratando de escapar de Los Ángeles.Cuando escribí y dirigí Heat, era mi práctica habitual crear completas biografías de todos los personajes para saber de dónde vienen, cómo llegaron a ser quienes son y qué querían para su futuro. Este trasfondo profundo no solo fue creado para la película, sino que fue la base para los actores que interpretasen sus papeles.

«Heat 2 é um romance brilhante e cativante, com personagens perfeitos e uma narração poderosa que é uma das evocações mais autênticas que li dos criminosos e dos polícias que os caçam.O primeiro romance de Michael Mann (e Meg Gardiner) é um tour de force que funciona de forma independente, mas também homenageia o filme icónico de Mann e o aprofunda, colocando todos os seus personagens-chave numa nova história, que tem lugar antes e depois de Heat – Cidade Sob Pressão, cheia de detalhes surpreendentes e com uma grande voltagem emocional.»DON WINSLOW«SEMPRE tive a intenção de ampliar as histórias que apareciam no Heat – Cidade Sob Pressão. Os personagens já tinham vidas ricas e complexas antes de 1995, o ano em que o meu filme decorria. Heat 2 é uma nova história que abrange os primeiros anos de vida dos personagens do Heat – Cidade Sob Pressão e também é uma sequela que nos apresenta o seu futuro.É o antes e o depois do filme, começando no dia que se segue ao fim do Heat – Cidade Sob Pressão com um Chris Shiherlis desesperado a tentar fugir de Los Angeles.Quando escrevi e realizei Heat – Cidade Sob Pressão, era a minha prática habitual criar biografias completas de todos os personagens para saber de onde vêm, como se transformaram em quem são e o que queriam para o seu futuro.Este contexto profundo não foi criado apenas para o filme, mas foi a base para os atores que interpretaram os seus papéis.Heat 2 inclui um Neil McCauley mais jovem e perigoso e que ainda mantém algumas relações pessoais; ainda não é o Neil do filme, que "não tem nenhuma dependência, que pode deixar radicalmente toda a sua vida para trás em exatamente trinta segundos".O romance também nos traz um Vincent Hanna atormentado pelo seu passado e que ainda não se transformou no caçador que dirá à sua ex-mulher, Justine, no filme: "Tudo o que sou é o que serei".Heat – Cidade Sob Pressão era apenas uma parte destas vidas. Para mim, Heat 2 é uma oportunidade fascinante de mostrar os seus passados e projetar os seus futuros com todo o detalhe.»MICHAEL MANNUm dia depois do fim de Heat – Cidade Sob Pressão, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) encontra-se escondido em Koreatown; está ferido, meio inconsciente e a tentar desesperadamente fugir de Los Angeles. É perseguido pelo detetive do Departamento de Polícia de Los Angeles, Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Horas antes, Hanna matara o companheiro de Shiherlis, Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), num tiroteio sob as luzes estroboscópicas ao pé de uma pista do aeroporto de Los Angeles. Agora, Hanna está decidido a capturar ou matar Shiherlis, o último sobrevivente dos homens de McCauley, antes que desapareça da cidade.Em 1988, sete anos antes, McCauley, Shiherlis e o resto do gangue atacaram na Costa Oeste, na fronteira com o México e, por último, em Chicago; ganham dinheiro selvaticamente e vivem no limite. O detetive de homicídios de Chicago, Vincent Hanna, um homem que não se reconciliou com o seu passado, cumpre com a sua vocação: a perseguição de um gangue ultraviolento de assaltantes de casas. Enquanto isso, as consequências dos golpes de McCauley e da perseguição de Hanna terão repercussões inesperadas numa trama paralela ao longo dos anos posteriores a Heat – Cidade Sob Pressão. Heat 2 situa os seus personagens, homens e mulheres reais, vívidamente descritos, em mundos completamente novos: desde as entranhas de organizações criminosas rivais na América do Sul até aos cartéis transnacionais no Sudeste Asiático. O romance mostra-nos as vidas de todos eles que, no universo de Heat, enfrentarão novos adversários em circunstâncias letais para além de todos os limites.

Dos asesinatos. Las víctimas llevan la firma del Profeta, un psicópata calculador que hace veinte años sembró el terror en la bahía de San francisco y luego desapareció. Aquel asesino en serie destruyó al padre de Caitlin Hendrix cuando era una niña. Ahora ella es policía y no piensa dejarle escapar. Aunque para ello tenga que asomarse al abismo.

¿PUEDE UN ASESINO SER ENCANTADOR?En los últimos meses, han desaparecido varias mujeres en una zona del sur de Texas. La policía ha establecido algunos vínculos entre ellas: son jóvenes, guardan cierto parecido físico y todos los presuntos secuestros se produjeron un sábado por la noche. La agente Caitlin Hendrix, miembro de la Unidad de Análisis de Conducta del FBI, sospecha que un psicópata recorre las carreteras de los alrededores de Austin a la caza de posibles víctimas. Sus peores temores se ven confirmados cuando aparecen los cadáveres de dos de las mujeres buscadas, vestidas con camisones blancos y rodeadas de polaroids.