Nadando desnuda en la noche en compa??a de sus delfines, Melis hab?a encontrado por fin la paz y algo parecido a la felicidad. Viv?a en una isla solitaria alejada del mundo… pero el mundo no estaba dispuesto a olvidarla. Porque esta muchacha hermosa y aparentemente fr?gil tiene la clave para el mayor descubrimiento arqueol?gico de la humanidad, un premio que atrae a los hombres como la sangre a los tiburones. Uno de ellos es Jed Kelby, seductor millonario, curtido ex-comando de la Armada y ambicioso buscador de tesoros. El otro es Hugh Archer, traficante ...
The president rushes across the South Lawn through a pounding thunderstorm to Marine One to fly to Camp David late at night. His advisers plead with him not to fly, but he insists. He has arranged a meeting that only three people in his administration know about. After fighting its way through the brutal thunderstorm on the way to Camp David, Marine One crashes into a ravine in Maryland, killing all aboard.The government blames the European manufacturer of the helicopter and accuses them of killing the president. Senate Investigations and Justice Department accusations multiply as Mike Nolan, ...
It must have been a hell of a night. One of those long, dangerous nights where the world shifts and doors open. A night of bad judgment and wrong turns, of weariness and hilarity and a hard sexual charge that both frightens and compels. A night where your life changes irrevocably, for better or for worse, but who the hell cares, so long as it changes.It must have been a night just like that, yeah, if only I could remember it.All Victor Carl knows is that he’s just woken up with his suit in ...
The master of the medical thriller returns with his most heart-pounding tale yet.Twenty-eight-year-old Sean McGillin is the picture of health, until he fractures his leg while in-line skating in New York City 's Central Park. Within twenty-four hours of his surgery, he dies.A thirty-six-year-old mother, Darlene Morgan, has knee surgery to repair a torn ligament in her knee. And within twenty-four hours, she has died.New York City medical examiners Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton are back, in Robin Cook's electrifying twenty-fifth novel. Last seen in Vector, the doctors confront a series ...
Martin Misunderstood tells the story of Martin Reed, an average man who wonders how he has wound up with such an abysmally empty existence. Working as a senior accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his nagging mother, his sole source of excitement is the crime novels he cherishes. So immersed is Martin in these escapes he fails to notice the crimes going on all around him. When first one, then another, of his co-workers is brutally murdered, Martin steps in to help the investigation, bringing his amateur detecting skills to bear. But Martin realizes too late that what he has mistaken for the glow of the spotlight, is actually the harsh glare of interrogation.
Czytaj?c Martwego a? do zmroku zaczynasz wyobra?a? sobie autork? powie?ci, Charlaine Harris, jako ukochane dziecko Laurell K. Hamilton i Joego R. Lansdale'a – mo?e z Tany? Huff i P. N. Elrodem jako rodzicami chrzestnymi. A jednak "humorystyczny wampirzy krymina? z elementem romantycznym" Harris jest nie tylko kolejn? mroczn? igraszk? z naszym ulubionym motywem nieumar?ych. Otrzymujemy r?wnie? opowie?? o parze odmie?c?w pr?buj?cych znale?? sobie miejsce w ?wiecie, i o ich zwi?zku, kt?ry nie jest ?atwy ani dla niej, ani dla niego.W ?wiecie Harris wampiry stanowi? mniejszo?? spo?...
The title of Cronin's debut collection of eight interconnected stories, set between 1979 and the present, implies that the content will be devoted to the relationship between the eponymous duo. Instead, they don't appear in the same tale until halfway through, detailing their marriage in their early 30s after both become teachers. Before this, there's a lengthy opening story concerning the events leading up to the accidental death of O'Neil's parents, Arthur and Miriam; another story on how O'Neil and his older sister, Kay, cope with the aftermath; and a third about the abortion Mary has at the age of 22. ...
Harry Bosch participa como testigo en un juicio en el que se acusa a un director de cine del asesinato de una actriz. Mientras tanto, Terry McCaleb recibe la vista de una antigua compa?era de trabajo que solicita su ayuda en la resoluci?n de un caso dif?cil. El asesinato que ahora debe investigar es el tipo de homicidio complejo con los que trataba frecuentemente durante sus d?as en el FBI.
Premio Caf? Gij?n de Novela 1995 Convocado por el Ayuntamiento de Gij?n y patrocinado por la Caja de AsturiasPese a una obra narrativa y ensay?stica muy notable, ya reconocida no s?lo en su pa?s sino tambi?n en Hispanoam?rica, s?lo ahora llega a los lectores espa?oles M?scaras, la cuarta novela de Leonardo Padura, galardonada con el Premio Caf? Gij?n de Novela 1995. Con su publicaci?n queremos reparar en cierto modo ese olvido al que relegamos, con demasiada frecuencia, a una valios?sima nueva generaci?n de escritores cubanos ...
Diecis?is a?os reci?n cumplidos y hab?a huido de casa para conocer, por fin, al joven universitario con quien llevaba tiempo chateando, convencida de haberse enamorado. Luego… el silencio.Seis meses despu?s el caos se desata en Dutton, un peque?o pueblo del estado sure?o de Georgia. Cinco adolescentes son asesinadas, y la ?nica que logra sobrevivir sabe que impedir?n que hable como sea.Una pareja est? decidida a ayudarla. Luke Papadopoulos, agente federal, se enfrenta a diario al mal sin rostro que merodea en internet, aunque jam?s haya podido acostumbrarse. Susannah Vartanian, que se ha visto forzada a regresar a Dutton, comprende que debe sacar a la luz todo lo que call? durante a?os.Ambos se ver?n obligados a juzgar a todo un pueblo. Un pueblo edificado sobre la crueldad impune, el poder absoluto y los silencios c?mplices, un pueblo que se sustenta gracias a la poderosa tela de una ara?a que no puede permitir que nadie escape.
Me mud? a Nueva York hace un mes para convertirme en el mejor periodista de todos los tiempos. Para encontrar las mayores historias jam?s contadas. Y ahora aqu? estoy: Henry Parker, veinticuatro a?os, exhausto y aturdido, a punto de que una bala acabe con mi vida. No puedo huir. Huir es lo ?nico que Amanda y yo hemos hecho las ?ltimas setenta y dos horas. Y estoy cansado. Cansado de saber la verdad y de no poder contarla.Hace cinco minutos cre?a haberlo resuelto todo. Sab?a que aquellos dos hombres (el agente del FBI y el asesino a sueldo) quer?an matarme, pero por motivos muy distintos. Si muero esta noche, m?s gente morir? ma?ana…
Desde hace tres a?os, Naomi Jenkins conserva un secreto que no piensa desvelar a nadie. Ni siquiera a Robert, su amante, un transportista casado con el que todos los d?as se encuentra a la misma hora en el mismo motel de siempre. Pero un d?a Robert no acude a la cita y Naomi decide buscarlo en su casa. A pesar de que el cami?n est? all?, aparcado, ella sospecha que ha ocurrido algo terrible. Sobre todo cuando la esposa de su amante la descubre merodeando por el jard?n y le asegura que a partir ...
Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock have barely recovered from their last arctic adventure, when they are confronted by the most frightening catastrophe yet. Millions of fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii and someone-or something-is destroying hundreds of ships. Unable to discover the cause, the government enlists the Flock to help them get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.While Max and her team are exploring the depths of the ocean, their every move is being carefully tracked by Mr. Chu-a criminal mastermind with his own plans for the Flock. Can they protect themselves from Mr. Chu's army of mercenaries and save the ocean from utter destruction?A James Patterson PageturnerIn the spirit of the most enduring hit movies and books, James Patterson has written this story for readers from ten to a hundred and ten. Special care has been taken with the language and content of MAXIMUM RIDE 5.
"Le roman populaire a donn? naissance au roman policier, et cette transition s'op?re sous nos yeux comme par magie, gr?ce ? un auteur presque oubli?, Henry Cauvain (1817 – 1899) et ? son merveilleux roman Maximilien Heller. Ce r?cit est excellent, entre autres raisons, parce qu'il est relativement bref et ne s'encombre d'aucune intrigue amoureuse. Il comporte un criminel de g?nie, un crime en chambre close remarquablement expliqu? compte tenu de l'?poque, et un enqu?teur r?solument priv?!On peut y faire des comparaisons amusantes. Heller aime les chats, comme Sherlock Holmes. Il prend de l'opium pour s'endormir – ...
Enter the world of Elmore Leonard. The setting is Palm Beach County, Florida, where someone places a live ten-foot alligator in the backyard of the bigoted, redneck judge Bob Gibbs-known to all as Maximum Bob-and his wife, Leanne, a former Weeki Wachee mermaid. Not long after that, shots are fired into the judge's house. It doesn't take much figuring to conclude that someone's out to get him and that malefactor isn't going to stop at the second try. There's a long list of suspects: Dale Crowe, who just got an outrageous sentence for a minor crime; his uncle Elvin, ...
