First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.
★Mandy Pajeck had a tough childhood. Now 28,she feelsresponsible for the accident that took her younger brother's sight.But his complete reliance on her care is making them bothmiserable.When she meets handsome Zach Harrigan and his mini guidehorse,she thinks she's found the ticket to her brother'shappiness-and maybe her own
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaurDNA has been discovered. Creatures once extinct now roam JurassicPark, soon-to-be opened as a theme park. Until something goeswrong...and science proves a dangeroustoy...."Wonderful...Powerful."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD "Fromthe Paperback edition."
The President's son and daughter are abducted, and DetectiveAlex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone veryhigh-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him offthe case and in the dark. A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of thecapital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleashthe most devastating attack the United States has everexperienced. As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes adesperate decision that goes against everything he believes--onethat may alter the fate of the entire country. KILL ALEX CROSS isfaster, more exciting, and more tightly wound than any Alex Crossthriller James Patterson has ever written!
When Samantha Harrigan attends the local rodeo, she doesn'texpect to wind up in jail. But that's what happens when she triesto stop a drunkard from abusing his horse. Tucker Coulter, ahandsome local veterinarian, comes to her defense, and both of themare arrested. The charges are dropped, but Sam's troubles have onlystarted...
The bestselling author of "When The Bough Breaks," "BloodTest," and "Over The Edge" delivers the most stunning novel yet andfeaturing psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware. At a party fora controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a facefrom his own past--Sharon Ransom, an exquisite, alluring lover wholeft him abruptly more than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints thathe desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The next day she isdead, an apparent suicide. Driven by guilt and sadness, Alexplunges into the maze of Sharon's life--a journey that will takehim through the pleasure palaces of California's ultra-rich, intothe dark closets of a family's disturbing past, and finally intothe alleyways of the mind, where childhood terrors still hold sway.Also available on BDD Audio Cassette.
The phenomenal #1 bestseller is now a major motion picture:"Startling and addictive. . . . An epic story of love, family, andloyalty." - USA Today Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy that takes over theminds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. ButWanderer, the invading "soul" who occupies Melanie's body, findsits former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of hermind. As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, ahuman who lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she'snever met. Soon Wanderer and Melanie-reluctant allies-set off tosearch for the man they both love. Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel about thepersistence of love and the essence of what it means to behuman. THE HOST movie opens in theaters on March 29, 2013.
William J. Mann, author of the bestselling Kate: The WomanWho Was Hepburn, has now turned his attention to ElizabethTaylor, the quintessential movie star, and uses her biography toreveal the machinations of stardom and fame, from the studio era ofHollywood through the 1970s. How to Be a Movie Star isa totally fresh, brilliantly researched, and reported portrait ofElizabeth Taylor, as she became our first superstar. It isalso a fascinating revelation of cadre that got her there, from hermother to her managers, publicists, gossip columnists, and earlypaparazzi--and, not least of all, herself. Swathed in mink, sailing aboard her yachts, discarding husbandsnearly as frequently as she changed diamond earrings, Taylordominated the headlines for three glittering decades, rewritingrules, defying conventions, laying down the yardstick by whichcelebrity has been measured ever since. Focusing on the mostglamorous period in Taylor's career, Mann takes us inside herprivileged childhood in England to her schooling
When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer home, the beautiful lakeside retreat called Sara Laughs. Here Mike finds the once familiar town in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's daughter and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose. Three year old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. And Mike finds them increasingly irresistible. But there are other more sinister forces at Sara Laughs - and Kyra can feel them too....
Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jonah's second-grade teacher. A young woman recovering from a difficult divorce, Sarah moved to New Bern hoping to start over. Tentatively, Miles and Sarah reach out to each other...soon they are falling in love. But what neither realizes is that they are also bound together by a shocking secret, one that will force them to reexamine everything they believe in-including their love.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of TALES OF THE SOUTHPACIFIC returns to the scenes of those tales, which won him worldrecognition. Once again he evokes the magic of the blessed isles inthe Pacific with stories and accounts glowing with color and alivewith adventure. "This is a book that should be read by everyone...and all whohave seen the South Pacific will find on every page the odors offrangipani, copra, blood, and beer."
Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept asecret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of hisseventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two verydangerous men — came through the Arkansas Delta to work theChandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke'sworld. A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip andsuspicion. A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. Afatherless baby is born ... and someone has begun furtivelypainting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, slowly,painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white.And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secretsthat could shatter lives — and change his family and his townforever....
Jonathan Kellerman is a master at creating psychologicallynuanced novels of suspense--an author whose name is synonymous withunrelenting action, intriguing plot twists, and penetrating insightinto the criminal mind. Now he ventures into bold, new territorywith his biggest and best novel yet. "A Cold Heart" featuresKellerman's brilliant signature style--but in this tour-de-force hemines even deeper the emotional landscape of his characters:psychologist-sleuth Alex Delaware, LAPD homicide detective MiloSturgis, Milo's colleague Petra Connor, and Alex's ex-lover, RobinCastagna--bringing them all vividly to life as never before. ""I'vegot a weird one, so naturally I thought of you,"" says MiloSturgis, summoning his friend Alex to the trendy gallery where apromising young artist has been brutally garroted on the night ofher first major showing. What makes it "a weird one" is the lack ofany obvious motive, and the luridly careful staging of the murderscene--which immediately suggests to Alex not an impulsive
When Jack Mercy died, he left behind a ranch worth nearly 20million dollars. Now his three daughters-each born of a differentmother, and each unknown by the others-are gathered to hear thereading of the will. But the women are shocked to learn that beforeany of them can inherit, they must live together on the ranch forone year. They are sisters...and strangers. Now they face achallenge: to put their bitterness aside and live like a family. Toprotect each other from danger-and unite against a brutal enemy whothreatens to destroy them all.
