Chinese edition of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini (author of the Kite Runner) has occupied a spot on the New York Times bestselling fiction list since its publication in May 2007. Whereas "the Kite Runner" focuses on the relationships among men, "Thousand" is about two women, a generation apart, being challenged by war-torn Kabul over thirty years. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Dr. Miranda Jones is called to Italy to secure theauthenticity of a valuable Renaissance sculpture. There she meets agorgeous art thief. But when dangerous sparks of passion begin tofly, Miranda finds herself in more trouble than she'd packedfor.
The #1 New York Times betseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts takesreaders deep into the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, where theshadows keep secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a childhoodfriendship matures into an adult passion.
As the carrier of a rare gene, Sirantha Jax has the ability tojump ships through grimspace-a talent which makes her a highlyprized navigator for the Corp. Then a crash landing kills everyoneon board, leaving Jax in a jail cell with no memory of the crash.But her fun's not over. A group of rogue fighters frees her...for aprice: her help in overthrowing the established order.
Kate Gordon accompanies her father on a quest for a sunkenSpanish galleon that contains a treasure beyond price--a mysteriousdrinking horn which legend states may have been responsible forMerlin's death. Now, to save her father's life, Kate must enter anundersea world of bizarre creatures and terrifying foes, andsucceed where Merlin failed.
The daughter of a diplomat disappears on a school fieldtrip–lured into the Santa Monica mountains and killed in coldblood. Her father denies the possibility of a political motive.There are no signs of struggle, no evidence of sexual assault,leaving psychologist Alex Delaware and his friend LAPD homicidedetective Milo Sturgis to pose the disturbing question: Why? Working together with Daniel Sharavi, a brilliant Israeli policeinspector, Delaware and Sturgis soon find themselves ensnared inone of the darkest, most menacing cases of their careers. And whendeath strikes again, it is Alex who must go undercover, alone, toexpose an unthinkable conspiracy of self-righteous brutality andtotal contempt for human life.
Book De*ion "Moves like a roller coaster without brakes...Koontz is America'sNo.1 author of thrillers. One of his finest novels." -------Denver Pos We have your wife. You can get her back for two millioncash. On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modestmeans, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. the caller isdead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that kind ofmoney. He's confident that Mitch will find a way, If he loves hiswife enough... Mitch does love her enough. He loves her more than life itself.He's got sixty hours to prove it. He has to find the two million bythen. But he'll pay a lot more. He'll pay anything. From its tense opening to its shattering climax, The Husband is athriller that will hold you in its relentless grip for every twist,every shock, every revelation. This is a Dean Koontz novel, afterall. And there's no other experience quite like it. Book Dimension length: (cm)17.4 width:(cm)10.6
He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park,anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He hasalready claimed three lives, and he won't stop there. Only thistime there is a witness. But she isn't talking. Enter Kate Conlan,former FBI agent turned victim/witness advocate. Not even she cantell if the reluctant witness is a potential victim or somethingmore troubling still. Her superiors are interested only because thelatest victim may be the daughter of Peter Bondurant, an enigmaticbillionaire. When he pulls strings, Special Agent John Quinn getsassigned to the case. But the FBI's ace profiler of serial killersis the last person Kate wants to work with, not with their troubledhistory. Now she faces the most difficult role of her career--andher life. For she's the only woman who has what it takes to stopthe killer...and the one woman he wants next. In the darkness amatch is struck. Not for heat, not for light...but to ignite thefire of a killer. He leaves nothing behind but as
Filled with action, adventure, mystery, and historical detail,the Sackett saga is an unforgettable achievement by one ofAmerica's greatest storytellers. In Jubal Sackett, the secondgeneration of this great American family pursues a destiny in thewilderness of a sprawling new land. Kindred spirits on a restlessquest... Jubal Sackett's urge to explore drove him westward, andwhen a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossiblequest, Sackett ventures into the endless grassy plains the Indianscall the Far Seeing Lands. He seeks a Natchez exploration party andits leader, Itchakomi. It is she who will rule her people whentheir aging chief dies, but first she must vanquish her rival, thearrogant warrior Kapata. Sackett's quest will bring him danger froman implacable enemy ... and show him a life -- and a woman -- worthdying for.
Filled with exciting tales of the frontier, the chronicle ofthe Sackett family is perhaps the crowning achievement of one ofour greatest storytellers. In Ride the River Louis L' Amour spinsthe tale of a young woman who has to protect her family fortunefrom a murderous thief -- and teaches him what it means to be aSackett.... Sixteen-year-old Echo Sackett had never been far fromher Tennessee home -- until she made the long trek to Philadelphiato collect an inheritance. Echo could take care of herself as wellas any Sackett man, but James White, a sharp city lawyer, figuredthat cheating the money from the young country girl would be liketaking candy from a baby. If he couldn't hoodwink Echo out of thecash, he' d just steal it from her outright. And if she put up afight? There were plenty of accidents that could happen to acountry girl on her first trip to the big city....
Dr. Alex Delaware doesn't see many private patients anymore,but the young woman called Lucy is an exception. So is her dream.Lucy Lowell is referred to Alex by Los Angeles police detectiveMilo Sturgis. A juror at the agonizing trial of a serial killer,Lucy survived the trauma only to be tormented by a recurringnightmare: a young child in the forest at night, watching a strangeand furtive act. Now Lucy's dream is starting to disrupt her wakinglife, and Alex is concerned. The power of the dream, its grip onLucy's emotions, suggests to him that it may be more than anightmare. It may be the repressed childhood memory of somethingvery real. Something like murder.
Every so often a character so captures the hearts andimaginations of readers that he seems to take on a life of his ownlong after the final page is turned. For such a character, one bookis not enough--readers must know what happens next. Now Dean Koontzreturns with the novel his fans have been demanding. With theemotional power and sheer storytelling artistry that are histrademarks, Koontz takes up once more the story of a unique younghero and an eccentric little town in a tale that is equal partssuspense and terror, adventure and mystery--and altogetherirresistibly odd. We're all a little odd beneath the surface. He'sthe most unlikely hero you'll ever meet--an ordinary guy with amodest job you might never look at twice. But there's so much moreto any of us than meets the eye--and that goes triple for OddThomas. For Odd lives always between two worlds in the small deserttown of Pico Mundo, where the heroic and the harrowing are everydayevents. Odd never asked to communicate with the dead--it'ssomething
Filled with action, adventure, mystery, and historical detail,the Sackett series is a remarkable contribution by one of America'sgreatest storytellers. The Sky-liners Flagan and Galloway Sacketthad made a deal to escort Judith Costello, the granddaughter of awealthy Irish horse trader, to her father's home in Colorado.Flagan saw nothing but trouble in the pretty, fiery young woman,but they needed the horses. Unfortunately, Flagan was right, forJudith had fallen for James Black Fetchen, a charismatic gunmanwhose courtship hid the darkest of intentions. Flagan and Gallowaycould only guess why Judith was so important to Fetchen and whatawaited them at her father's ranch. One thing Flagan knew for sure:the tough and spirited woman had won his heart. But could he trusther with his life? Galloway Trouble was following Flagan Sackettwith a vengeance. Captured and tortured by a band of Apaches, hehad escaped into the rugged San Juan country, where he would try tostay alive until his brother, Galloway, could fi
In her newest novel in the number-one New YorkTimes-bestselling series, Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb returnsto the New York city of 2059, where Lieutenant Eve Dallas willstruggle to solve murder of a seemingly ordinary family, andprotect one small, terrified survivor.
Who will be with you in the darkesthour? Amy Redwing has devoted her life to rescuing dogs. But the uniquebond she shares with Nickie, a golden retriever she saves in themost dangerous encounter of her life, is deeper than any she hasever known. In one night, their loyalty will be put to the test,and each will prove to the other how far they will go – when thestakes turn deadly serious.
Deep in Indian country, Major Mark Devereaux and his men finda grisly scene: a wagon train savagely attacked, with no survivors.One of the wagons originally with the group is missing; in it is afortune in gold and Devereaux's daughter, Mary. The slaughter,Devereaux learns, was not the work of Indians but of a murderousoutlaw band. With the stakes rising in a deadly game, the only wildcard is Lieutenant Tenadore Brian, who is riding with the missingwagon--against orders. Devereaux knows Brian is a good soldier, butis he good enough to protect a saddlebag full of gold . . . and thelife of his daughter?
Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenaryKate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to dowith. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide,thatas saying a lot. But when Kateas werewolf friend Derek isdiscovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challengeyet.
New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose delivers anotherpulse-pounding suspense novel that ties into SCREAM FOR ME. Five teenage girls have been murdered. One survived, and only shecan reveal the secrets of a disturbing ring of people who kidnapand sell teenage girls on the black market. But those responsiblefor the crimes will do whatever it takes to maintain hersilence. Susannah Vartanian and Luke Papadopoulos have both sworn to stopthe murderers for their own reasons. Susannah, the sister of thehero in SCREAM FOR ME, suffers from a mysterious past that isconnected to the sinister black market. Luke is an investigativeagent and a computer expert who refuses to let another childpredator get away. Susannah and Luke are instantly attracted to each other, buttheir troubled pasts prevent them from immediately acting upontheir feelings. The case will lead them to the shady realm ofInternet chat rooms, where anyone can mask their identity. AsSusannah and Luke draw closer to the crimin
When 5,000-year-old human bones are found at a constructionsite in the Blue Ridge Mountain town of Woodsboro, the news drawsarchaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into awhirlwind of adventure, danger, and romance.
Hopalong rides into a firestorm of violence and betrayal. On therain-drenched trail to the lawless town of Seven Pines, Hopalongdiscovers two men -- one dead, the other badly wounded. Returningwith medical help, Hopalong finds the wounded man has been shotthrough the temple. Who would commit such a murder? To find out,Hopalong hires on at Bob Ronson's Rocking R Ranch. There he learnsthat more than a thousand cattle have been run off by men keepingone scheming eye on the ranch and the other on the monthlystagecoach shipments of gold. Hopalong is determined to stop thoseresponsible. But even the best gunfighter needs men he can trust towatch his back, men willing to risk their lives to do what's right.With their help, Hopalong fights to save the Rocking R, only tofind himself the target of a ruthless gunman in a life-and-deathstruggle for frontier justice.
When sexy Nightkeeper Dez goes rogue, the bounty hunterenlisted to catch him is Reese, his former lover. The sexual energybetween them is hotter than ever-but the life-and-death stakesattached to the chase may pull them apart for good.
When telepathic cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees anaked man on the side of the road, she doesn't just drive on by.Turns out the poor thing hasn't a clue who-or what-he is, butSookie knows. It's the vampire Eric Northman-but now he's a kinder,gentler Eric. And a very frightened Eric, because it soon becomesobvious that whoever took his memory now wants his life.
