W grobowej ciszy opuszczonego kamienio?omu w Connecticut kto? ukrywa swoje brudne tajemnice, kt?re ods?aniaj? g??bi? ludzkiej deprawacji. Tajemnice, kt?re przypadkiem w ko?cu wychodz? na jaw. Agentka specjalna Maggie O`Dell w?a?nie mia?a rozpocz?? zas?u?one wakacje, kiedy dosta?a telefon od swojej przyjaci??ki, psycholog Gwen Patterson. Jedna z pacjentek pani doktor, niejaka Joan Begley, zagin??a podczas podr??y do Connecticut. Czy Maggie mog?aby wyja?ni?, co si? sta?o z Joan?Maggie pocz?tkowo lekcewa?y niepok?j przyjaci??ki. Kiedy jednak w kamienio?omie ...
Starred Review. Set in 1176, Franklin's excellent third Mistress of the Art of Death novel (after The Serpent's Tale) finds Adelia Aguilar, a qualified doctor from the School of Medicine in Salerno, in the holy town of Glastonbury, where Henry II has sent her to inspect two sets of bones rumored to be those of Arthur and Guinevere. Henry is hoping that an unequivocally dead Arthur will discourage the rebellious Welsh. The bones have been uncovered by the few monks, under the saintly Abbot Sigward, who remain after a terrible and mysterious fire devastated the town and abbey. Adelia's party ...
New in the series from New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels.Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from looking for the dead to visit the two little girls they both think of as sisters. But, as always happens when they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface.To make matters worse, Tolliver learns from his older brother that their father is out of jail and trying to reestablish contact with other family members. Tolliver wants no part of the man- but he may not have a choice in the matter.Soon, family secrets ensnare them both, as Harper finally discovers what happened to her missing sister, Cameron, so many years before.And what she finds out will change her world forever.
Jelena Preseren has finally found love and happiness with her new husband Ashinji Sakehera and his family, but her peaceful life is about to be turned upside down. Far to the south, the Soldaran Empire prepares for war against the elves and in the icy north, the arcane power of the Nameless One continues to grow… Set against a backdrop of impending war, shocking betrayals, and uneasy alliances, Griffin's Shadow is a story of courage and enduring love in the face of adversity.
Daniel Vartarian es el agente del FBI asignado al caso del asesinato de una joven en la localidad de Dutton, pueblo donde Daniel naci?. El asesinato es exactamente igual a uno que ocurri? en el mismo lugar trece a?os atr?s. Al investigarlo, Daniel reconocer? a aquella adolescente del pasado… Ha visto su rostro en una de las fotos que pertenec?an al asesino en serie m?s cruel que haya conocido: su propio hermano Simon. As?, Daniel tendr? que enfrentarse a sus propios vecinos, a sus fantasmas familiares y a sus conflictos de adolescencia mientras investiga los viejos y nuevos cr?menes con la ayuda de Alexandra, la hermosa hermana gemela de una de las v?ctimas del asesino.
?Qui?n era ella?La mujer destacaba entre la multitud, y Jim Neilson, sintiendo una gran atracci?n sexual, se acerc? a ella.?Qui?n era ?l??Quedaban huellas del joven Jaime, su compa?ero de juegos en el valle, del ni?o que hab?a conocido tan bien y amado tanto?Si ella pudiera llegar hasta el ni?o vulnerable que exist?a en el interior del hombre, ?ser?a posible que reapareciera el Jaime que recordaba? ?O todo lo que cab?a esperar era una sola noche en los brazos de Jim? Tal vez de esa manera podr?a olvidar a Jaime de una vez para siempre…
Najnowsza powie?? autorki bestsellerowego "Labiryntu" to przykuwaj?cy uwag? thriller o zem?cie i obsesji, rozgrywaj?cy si? w barwnej scenerii po?udnia Francji.Pa?dziernik 1891 roku. L?onie Vernier i jej brat Anatole opuszczaj? ciasne i t?oczne ulice Pary?a i wyje?d?aj? na po?udnie, do tajemniczej wiejskiej rezydencji La Domaine de la Cade niedaleko Carcassonne. Tam, w prastarym lesie dziewczyna trafia na zrujnowany grobowiec, kt?ry kryje w sobie tajemnic? pope?nionego przed ponad stu laty morderstwa. L?onie zanurza si? w krainie zjaw i widm, w kt?rej ?yciem i ?mierci? rz?...
W nowym, zapieraj?cym dech thrillerze pi?ra Catherine Coulter agenci FBI, Savich i Sherlock, prowadz? jedn? z najtrudniejszych spraw w swojej karierze, w kt?rej morderstwo i zemsta nierozerwalnie splataj? si? ze sob?. Akcja rozpoczyna si? w chwili, gdy agentka FBI, Ruth Warnecki, wyrusza do jaskini w Zachodniej Virginii na poszukiwanie konfederackiego z?ota. Ruth nawet nie przeczuwa, ?e natknie si? na przera?aj?ce morderstwo, kt?re rozpocznie ca?y korow?d ?mierci zwi?zany z presti?ow? Szko?? Muzyczn? Stanislaus.
„Grzeszne rozkosze” to pierwsza cz??? wielotomowego cyklu o Anicie Blake. Dzi?ki niemu jej autorka, Laurell Kaye Hamilton, zyska?a ca?kiem spore uznanie. Dlatego niejedna osoba – w nadziei na udan? lektur? – si?gnie po wspomniane „Grzeszne rozkosze”, kt?re zapocz?tkowa?y popularn? seri?. Jednak czytaj?c je szybko dochodzimy do konkluzji, ?e trzymamy w d?oniach dzie?o pod niemal ka?dym wzgl?dem przeci?tne i tym samym zadowalaj?ce jedynie naprawd? ma?o wymagaj?cego odbiorc?.Akcja ksi??ki rozgrywa si? w niedalekiej przysz?o?ci, ale jest ona niestety w niewielkim stopniu odczuwalna. ...
Defense attorney Paul Madriani gets caught in a web of deceit and murder involving Cold War secrets, a rare coin dealer who once worked for the CIA, and a furious assassin in one of the most entertaining novels yet in this New York Times bestselling series.A woman pauses in the hallway of a darkened San Diego beach house at night – listening for just the right moment when she can flee before her companion notices that she's gone.A man outside watches the same mansion, waiting for a sign that he can enter on his mission of ...
Successful lawyer Mark Dooher has killed his wife of 20 years in order to marry a beautiful young female colleague. But suspicions of his guilt begin to tear his life apart, as the homicide chief gets closer to the truth.
The sizzling new erotic tale from New York Times bestselling author Lora LeighMarty Matthews swore she would never allow herself to be drawn into the secret, forbidden pleasures that the women she had grown up with enjoyed. Women whose husbands or lovers were members of the exclusive 'Club,' where they took a selected 'third' into their beds. Now, Marty is an FBI agent and her brand new case has put the one man she can't have in her sights.Marty's boss is convinced Khalid is involved in a plot to derail talks between his uncle and the President to strengthen ties between the US and the Middle East, and he wants Marty to get close enough to Khalid to prove it. However, Khalid is a member of the Club and he offers to introduce her to the kind of guilty pleasure Marty swore she would never experience. And even though danger lurks around every corner, there is no way to escape the man who threatens not only her control, but her very heart.
Vampire hunter Anita Blake (known by the vampires she kills as “The Executioner”) is hired by the most powerful vampire in town to find out who has been murdering vampires.
Charlie Swift just pumped three.38-caliber bullets into a dead polar bear in his taxidermist girlfriend's garage. But he's a gun monkey, and no one can blame him for having an itchy trigger finger. Ever since he drove down the Florida Turnpike with a headless body in the trunk of a Chrysler, then took down four cops, Charlie's been running hard through the sprawling sleaze of central Florida. And to make matters worse, he's holding on to some crooked paperwork that a lot of people would like to take off his hands. Now, with his boss disappeared and his friends dropping like flies, Charlie has got his work cut out just to survive. If he wants to keep the money and get the girl too, he's really going to have to go ape…Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, Gun Monkeys is a fast, furious collage of wit and wise guys, violence and thrills-and a full-throttle run through the dark side of the Sunshine State.
The explosive sequel to GANGSTA has finally arrived!Blood answers for blood on the streets of Harlem. It's been months since Lou-loc was brutally murdered on his way to freedom and the pain is still fresh. Gutter, Lou-loc's best friend, finds himself on a path to self destruction, vowing to eradicate the entire Blood faction in New York City in the name of his fallen comrade. Sharell urges him to abandon the suicide mission, but his oath won't allow it. Not even for the child they are expecting. But as Gutter slips further into madness, a shocking revelation brings Satin out. In the middle of all this is a man named Major Blood. He has been flown in from Cali with two very simple instructions. Shut down Harlem Crip, and execute El Diablo's murderer. Walk back into the mouth of madness in the not-to-missed sequel to GANGSTA.
Published in The New York Times (June 6, 2009).Child's contribution to the Times' Summer Thrills fiction series starts with a girl who catches Jack Reacher's eye at a Greenwich Village bar in the wee hours. She's no older than nineteen, Russian, and Reacher's instincts tell him she's about to be kidnapped. Longtime fans balance a trust in Reacher's take on most situations with the knowledge that, sooner or later, Child will upend expectations. When he does it is the surprise.
Kinsey Millhone, twice-divorced ex-cop, ever dauntless, ever vulnerable ("A" is for Alibi, etc., etc.), now investigating claims for California Fidelity, is assigned a seemingly routine claim from the files of deceased co-worker Parnell Perkins – robbed and shot dead. The case leads Kinsey to elusive, beautiful Bibianna Diaz and to a late-night restaurant meal interrupted by an attempt to kidnap Bibianna that ends with the shooting death of Chago Maldonado – killed by Bibianna's escort Jimmy Tate – an ex-cop and old pal of Kinsey's. Tate lands in the hospital; Bibianna and Kinsey in jail – to be greeted on release by Chago's ...
Tras sobrevivir a la devastadora pandemia que ha asolado el mundo y con la esperanza de ahondar en el misterio del Necrosum, el peque?o grupo de supervivientes de Carranque llega finalmente a la Alhambra de Granada, donde el aparato militar ha instalado uno de los ?ltimos bastiones de resistencia de la Humanidad. Sin embargo, una vez all? descubrir?n que las cosas no son c?mo les hab?an prometido y los protagonistas deber?n afrontar una realidad a?n peor que todo lo que hab?an conocido hasta entonces.El autor se sirve de los muertos vivientes para describir situaciones de extrema dureza y dramatismo, explorando la complejidad del ser humano cuando se encuentra cara a cara con el terror en un mundo manifiestamente hostil, y lanzando al lector, en definitiva, a una monta?a rusa de sensaciones que desemboca en la conclusi?n final.
An anthology of storiesFeaturing brand-new stories by: Edwidge Danticat, Rodney Saint-Eloi, Madison Smartt Bell, Gary Victor, M.J. Fi?vre, Marvin Victor, Yanick Lahens, Louis-Philipe Dalembert, Kettly Mars, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Evelyne Trouillot, Katia Ulysse, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Nadine Pinede, and others. Haiti has a tragic history and continues to be one of the most destitute places on the planet, especially in the aftermath of the earthquake. Here, however, Danticat reveals that even while the subject matter remains dark, the caliber of Haitian writing is of the highest order.
