A sequel to the very popular Stones, Fanatics is a thrilling story in which the past and present collide in terrifying, riveting ways.Garnet Havelock has just finished his apprenticeship in furniture-making, and has found a workshop for his new business in an old coach house on the isolated estate of recently deceased Professor Eduardo Corbizzi. Garnet signs a contract with the late professor's long-time companion, the eccentric and inscrutable Mrs. Valentina Stoppini, who presides over the mansion and is its only occupant. The terms of the deal are excellent, but there's a catch: Garnet has to repair ...
Being a kid with wings-constantly on the run-has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. First, on a trip to Africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the Flock makes her fear the worst. Then, a cryptic message from a young girl arrives, warning them "The sky will fall." And as if an impending apocalypse weren't bad enough, canny birdkid Angel makes a dire prophecy about Max's soul mate: Fang will be the first to die. Max's desperate desire to protect Fang brings the two closer than ever. But can the team weather the storm, or will the turmoil rip them apart for the last time?
My name is Sarah Dearly, and I've got major problems. Last month, I was turned into a vampire by the world's worst blind date. Then I may have, totally by accident, started a war between the mostly peaceful bloodsuckers and a bunch of sociopathic vamp hunters who have nicknamed me the Slayer of Slayers. Now I'm being used as bait to draw out the hunters' bad-ass leader, while my gorgeous 600-year-old boyfriend Thierry seems to be blowing me off, and my sizzle-hot, fanged friend Quinn is trying to turn my self-defense lessons into make-out sessions. So you know what? I'm done. I've had it. There comes a time when a vamp has to just suck it up and go after what she wants. And as soon as I figure out what that is, that's exactly what I'll do...
Imogene es joven y guapa. Besa como una actriz y conoce absolutamente todas y cada una de las pel?culas que se han filmado.El caso es que tambi?n est? muerta y a la espera de Alec Sheldon en el teatro Rosebud una tarde de 1945… Arthur Rod es un ni?o solitario con unas ideas brillantes y un don para atraer los malos tratos. No es f?cil hacer amigos cuando eres el ?nico chico hinchable de tu ciudad…Francis no es feliz. Francis fue humano una vez, pero eso tuvo lugar hace ya alg?n tiempo. Ahora es una langosta de dos metros y medio de altura, y todo el mundo en Calliphora se estremece cada vez que lo escuchan cantar… John Finney est? encerrado en un s?tano lleno de manchas de sangre que pertenecen a los asesinatos de otra media docena de chicos. Con ?l en el s?tano hay un viejo tel?fono, desconectado desde hace mucho tiempo, pero que cada noche suena con llamadas de los muertos…
They were best friends, driven by one shared vision – to rule the world of virtual reality games. Cill, hard-edged and beautiful, Var and Benny, brains and business acumen, and Bart, the genius behind the idea. Their newest invention, developed to transport the player into a fantastical virtual world, is just about to be launched. Then, suddenly, Bart is found brutally killed, defeated by their own game. Their close-knit group is torn apart. Who could have engineered a virtual death with such devastating consequences? Even Eve Dallas, New York City's most cunning investigator, is hard-pressed for an answer. But as she digs deeper, peeling back layers of secrets, revenge and misplaced allegiances, she realises with growing dread the depth of the killer's master plan. And she knows his game is far from over…
Su protagonista es Richard Baedecker, un antiguo astronauta del proyecto Apolo y uno de los hombre que caminaron por la Luna. Lo que se cuenta es su relaci?n con sus antiguos compa?eros de misi?n, uno convertido en evangelista y otro en senador, con su hijo, seguidor de un gur? hind?, y con la antigua novia de ?ste. Pero ante todo es la historia de un hombre que se busca a s? mismo despu?s de su momento de gloria, el relato de su b?squeda de la trascendencia, de un sentido para el resto de la ...
International jewel thief, Paul Hater, knows a secret that everyone wants to know - and will go to any lengths to uncover. How long can he remain silent? When Hater is arrested in possession of a stolen necklace, the police use every possible means to persuade him to reveal the location of the rest of the collection. He remains silent and so begins his twenty-year prison sentence. Having exhausted all their leads, the International Detective Agency, acting on behalf of the insurers, must patiently await Hater's release before they can hope to find out more. But just as his day of release approaches, Hater is kidnapped by a ruthless international gang determined to force the secret from him and prepared to go to any lengths to do so….
From Publishers WeeklyIf Cook's skills as a writer were as finely tuned as his sense of timing, his 14th medical thriller (after Terminal) would be a lot more rewarding. Current political events guarantee that a suspense novel centering on health care management will be topical and at least potentially fascinating. Unfortunately, stock characters, stilted dialogue and improbable heroes and villains make for difficult reading here. Idealistic young doctors David and Angela Wilson take positions at a state-of-the-art medical center in a small Vermont town partly because they see it as an ideal spot for their daughter, who ...
Lust will make a fool of any man, but it is only love that can truly ruin him. So says Victor Carl, the ethically adventurous Philadelphia lawyer who usually ends up doing the right thing, but, as his law partner says, often for all the wrong reasons.Late one night Victor gets a panicked phone call from an old law school classmate. Guy Forrest claims he has just found the body of his fiancee lying murdered in the house they shared. The victim is Hailey Prouix, for whose love Guy had abandoned his children, his job, his wife, ...
For Commissario Guido Brunetti it began with an early morning phone call. A sudden act of vandalism had just been committed in the chill Venetian dawn, a rock thrown in anger through the window of a building in the deserted city. But soon Brunetti finds out that the perpetrator is no petty criminal intent on some annoying anonymous act. For the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene of the crime is none other than Paola Brunetti. His wife. As Paola's actions provoke a crisis in the Brunetti household, Brunetti himself is under pressure at work: a daring robbery with Mafia connections is then linked to a suspicious accidental death and his superiors need quick results. But now Brunetti's own career is under threat as his professional and personal lives clash – and the conspiracy which Paola had risked everything to expose draws him inexorably to the brink…
Eine Kriminalgeschichte, bei der niemand zu Schaden kommt au?er dem Verbrecher selbst, in der es oft noch nicht mal eine Leiche gibt – das ist das Kennzeichen vieler Geschichten um den katholischen Priester und unkonventionellen Ermittler Father Brown. Und doch sind G. K. Chestertons Detektiverz?hlungen spannend und fesselnd, wie es das Genre verspricht: Mit reiner Menschenkenntnis statt mit kriminalistischem Know-how schafft es Father Brown immer wieder, die kniffligsten F?lle zu l?sen.Erstmals werden die packendsten Erz?hlungen um Father Brown in einem Band ver?ffentlicht – ein Mu? f?r jede Sp?rnase.Gilbert ...
Historia zaczyna si? wr?cz banalnie, ale to wszystko pozory. W strzelaninie na posterunku dw?ch zamaskowanych bandyt?w zabija policjanta, rani komendanta Jeffreya Tollivera i bierze zak?adnik?w, w?r?d kt?rych jest lekarka Sara Linton, jego by?a ?ona. Bezwzgl?dni napastnicy nie zg?aszaj? ?adnych roszcze?. Pozostali w mie?cie koledzy po fachu – Lena i Frank – usi?uj? gor?czkowo ustali? to?samo?? zab?jc?w…
Silicon Valley: the eccentric inventor of a new encryption application is murdered in an apparent drug deal. Istanbul: a cynical undercover operative receives a frantic call from his estranged brother, a patent lawyer who believes he’ll be the next victim. And on the sun-drenched slopes of Sand Hill Road, California ’s nerve center of money and technology, old family hurts sting anew as two brothers who share nothing but blood and bitterness wage a desperate battle against a faceless enemy.Alex Treven has sacrificed everything to achieve his sole ambition: making partner in his high-tech law firm. ...
Trwa wojna Chin z Indiami. Do akcji wkracza ameryka?ski supernowoczesny bezza?ogowy okr?t podwodny. USS Snarc zostaje jednak porwany. Chi?czycy zamierzaj? wystrzeli? jego pociski na Stany zjednoczone. Amerykanie musz? za wszelka cen? zniszczy? aSnarcaa. Przeciwko niemu wyrusza eksperymentalny okr?t podwodny dowodzony przez admira?a Pacina…
