The drama of events from the past is magnificently captured in this collection of short stories. From the last desperate moments of a stricken Carthaginian galley to mutiny on board a pirate ship, Conan Doyle captures the excitement and colour of the age, through which he weaves his storytelling gen
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**_New York Times_ bestselling author Linda Fairstein delivers a heart-pounding thriller that explores the dark secrets of New York City's Garment District--and centering on its infamous Fashion Week--in her eighteenth Alexandra Cooper novel.** New York City is known for its glamour, and nowhere i
Immortality, but at what price, in what form, and how could you be you? In the near future it's possible to build a new you, a better you, one that could carry on forever. But if you could carry on, if you could make choices about who you would be forever, how much of your past would you bring with
**Mick Ranger sacrificed his freedom to keep his country safe. Now he's out of prison and has nothing to lose...** Known as the King Killer, Navy SEAL Mick Ranger has a reputation for eliminating radical leaders and breaking out of enemy prisons with the speed and precision of an action hero. Af
My name is Rayne Whitmore, and I have been unmade. In order to awaken the power inside of me, I've pushed my body to limits that shouldn't have been possible. But, the pain that I endured was all to bring me closer to a certain goal: To kill the witch that took nearly everything from me; Namen You
### From Publishers Weekly At the start of bestseller Fairstein's nail-biting 10th legal thriller to feature alter ego Alex Cooper (after 2006's *Bad Blood*), the Manhattan ADA takes a hit from a cigar at the urging of her longtime police ally, Mike Chapmanβto cover the stench of a badly decomposed
Jason Steadman is a thirty-year-old sales executive living in Boston and working for a electronics giant, a competitor to Sony and Panasonic. He's a witty, charismatic guy who's well liked at the office, but he lacks the "killer instinct" necessary to move up the corporate ladder. To the chagrin of
It's August in New York, and the only thing that's hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper's personal and professional life. Just as she's claiming an especially gratifying victory in a rape case, she gets the call: the body of a young woman has been found in an abandoned building. Th
Private Investigator Claire DeNardo, visits her Aunt Lena's cafe, Cannoli's, and discovers a romance brewing between her aunt and a new customer. Claire's surmises that her aunt's new boyfriend is lying about his identity prove solid when he's found murdered at the cafe. Claire ignores the warning o
****Chilling near-future SF for fans of Black Mirror and True Detective.**** When Lucie Sterling's daughter is abducted, she knows it'll be no easy feat to find answers. Stanton is no ordinary city: invasive digital technology has been banned, by public vote. No surveillance state, no shadowy comp
**Murder, Bravado, Justice** Allen Pierce is a serial killer, at least he was one. A murderer who never got caught. It's beenΒ over 3 years since he last killed. He's cured isn't he? Then aΒ television series about serial killerΒ chimpanzees comes on.Β HeΒ gets excited to kill again. Does he have the
**Chilling near-future SF for fans of Black Mirror and True Detective.** When Lucie Sterling's niece is abducted, she knows it won't be easy to find answers. Stanton is no ordinary city: invasive digital technology has been banned, by public vote. No surveillance state, no shadowy companies holding
Juno is on a mission... Juno Mozambe and former chief Paul Chang once ruled Lagarto's most powerful police force. But that was before Juno's badge was revoked. Before Paul was murdered. Now Juno wants to take back what's his: the Koba Office of Police. Realizing the need for reform, he plans to in
The Army plans to use a new breed of flies to protect combat soldiers. But Dr. John Pankow, their creator, is worried that his killer flies are uncontrollable. Will Mother Nature's most genetically-altered weapon be the ultimate armor, or the potential ravager of the entire world? A work of sho
### From Publishers Weekly In this fast-paced short novel of espionage and intrigue from pulp master Hubbard, Kurt Reid, bucko mate of the tanker _Rangoon_ , jumps ship to avoid a murder rap. His goal is the city of Shanghai because behind it lay all of China and a fair chance for escape. Instantly
SUMMARY: First in the Kurt Wallander series.It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didnt present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspec
**The electrifying debut thriller that asks the question: To save the one you love, is there any price you wouldn't pay?** **His wife is sick.** **He needs $200,000 to save her.** **A mysterious man offers to give him the money with just one catch: He has to murder someone to get it.**
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*The Planet of Dante's Joy* Join John Carmody of Earth on an unforgettable adventure on the weirdest planet in the galaxy. Just when Carmody had given up understanding this weird world and decided simply to accept whatever happened, it was the Night of Light. All the citizens of Dante's Joy slumber
Invisible aliens invade the bucolic English countryside in Brian W. Aldiss & rsquo;s Nebula Award & ndash;winning science fiction novella, plus nine other stories of the fantastic and the odd A meteor shower in the skies above the rolling English countryside late in the nineteenth century fires the
Β‘CONOZCA A JACK LEVINE! Es el detective privado mΓ‘s divertido y astuto de Nueva York. Es 1947 y ha ido a Hollywood a ayudar a un guionista de cine amigo suyo. CorrecciΓ³n: un guionista de cine amigo suyo muerto. LeVine se ha metido en un caso de asesinato polΓtico protagonizado por Humphrey Bogart,
Β‘CONOZCA A JACK LEVINE! Es el detective privado mΓ‘s divertido y astuto de Nueva York. Es 1947 y ha ido a Hollywood a ayudar a un guionista de cine amigo suyo. CorrecciΓ³n: un guionista de cine amigo suyo muerto. LeVine se ha metido en un caso de asesinato polΓtico protagoniz
'This is not a love story I ever wanted to tell, because I hoped it would just go on and on, and never end. I thought that we'd grow old together. I never wanted it to be a tale.
Two best friends. Ten Christmases. One happy ending. When best friends Alexandra and Lucas share a first kiss on Christmas night their senior year of high school, it feels like the best years of their lives are ahead of them. Then Alex goes off to college, and Lucas stays behind to work at his dad's
### From Publishers Weekly A historical figure already larger than life, Capt. Sir Richard Francis Burton, pursues a legendary and violent Victorian creature, Spring Heeled Jack, at the behest of the prime minister in this convincingly researched debut. Fans of steampunk will be intrigued by the al