This breathtakingly original new thriller set in a glittery, surreal Las Vegas brings us Michael Connelly's most appealing hero yet: a woman caught up in a scam that may cost her the one thing she holds dearer than her own life. Cassie Black is lured back to a profession she'd left behind - robbing casino gamblers of their winnings - by a set up that looks too good to ignore. Her work goes as planned, except that the mark has too much money, so much that someone very powerful must be very angry. Cassie soon finds herself running from a stone cold killer who somehow knows her every move in advance. He also appears to be closing in on Cassie's most closely guarded secret, the one thing that could have caused her to return to crime - and the one thing she will do anything to protect. Written with the fiery pace and brilliant plotting that have made bestsellers of Blood Work and Angels Flight, and featuring one of the strongest heroines to come along in years, Void Moon is Michael Connelly at the top of his

In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a housewife. Yet they have always lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner. But now that certainty is about to crumble.

Peony is the cherished only child of the first wife of a wealthyChinese nobleman. Yet she is betrothed to a man she has never metand as her sixteenth birthday approaches, she has spoken to no manother than her father and never ventured outside the cloisteredwomen's quarters of the Chen Family Villa. Though raised to beobedient, Peony has dreams of her own. But when, from behind ascreen, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man with hairas black as a cave and is immediately bewitched by him. So beginsPeony's journey of love, desire and sorrow as Lisa See's hauntingnew novel takes readers back to seventeenth-century China and intothe heart and soul of an unforgettable heroine.

Cain's classic novel, and the source for the 1945 film starringJoan Crawford, makes its way onto audio with this reading by actorand singer Williams. Cain's purple prose and then-scandalousdialogue take on new life under Williams's direction, her assuredtone underscoring the legendary noir writer's rip-roaring tale of awoman scorned who survives no-good men and a hateful daughter tomake it in 1930s Los Angeles. Williams is out of her depthencountering tense or high-pitched dialogue, reading it in aclipped monotone that does little for Cain's drama, but is on farstronger ground with the rest of the book, which flourishes underher steady, patient, ever-so-slightly melancholic gaze. Williams'sreading lacks the rage that moved Crawford's Mildred, but herversion of the now-familiar story amplifies our sense of Cain'sheroine as an abandoned woman who finds her own way, on her ownterms. (Apr.) Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed ElsevierInc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio

From "the funniest important writer in America" (Miami Herald)comes a tale that is gleefully zany and incisively sharp and nowavailable in trade paperback for the first time.

When humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there. When the alien juggernaut known as the Covenant declared holy war upon the fragile human empire, millions of lives were lost - but millions of heroes rose to the challenge. In such a far-reaching conflict, not many of the stories of these heroes, both human and alien, have a chance to become legend. This collection holds stories that dive into the depths of the vast Halo universe, not only from the perspective of those who fought and died to save humanity, but also from those who vowed to wipe humanity out of existence.

LaRosa， a producer of the CBS newsmagazine 48 Hours， kicks off that show's true crime paperback series with this riveting account of the horrific 2004 murder of two young women living in the peaceful wine country of Napa， Calif。 On Halloween night， Lauren Meanza awakes to the screams of her housemate， Adriane Insogna。 Taking cover in the backyard， Lauren watches as an intruder escapes through a window； inside she finds Adriane bleeding profusely and their other housemate， Leslie Mazzara， laying unresponsive nearby。 Neither survive。 Police investigation of the murders focuses on Adriane's troubled relationship with boyfriend Christian and the many paramours of former beauty queen Leslie。 When a look into Leslie's past leads law enforcement to a number of dead ends， and the suspects all fail to match DNA evidence from the crime scene， the investigation stagnates； new developments， however， eventually reveal another suspect。 LaRosa's clear chronology and thorough research

When hotshot lawyer Elizabetrom football practice, the coach tells her she needn't have bothered, as Grace's uncle has already picked her up. The only problem is - Grace has no uncles. And so begins a furious race against time to save Grace from unknown kidnappers. Grace's internet geek father John leads the search, forced to unite with his terrifying wife and even more terrifying father Ben, a battle-hardened Vietnam veteran.

Welcome to the Custer Hill Club, a mountain hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. The club appears to be a place to relax with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club's executive board gathers to talk about 9/11--and finalize a retaliation plan, known only as Wild Fire. Soon after, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is found dead near the hunting lodge. Investigating this mysterious death, Detective John Corey and his wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield, uncover a shocking plot that begins with the Custer Hill Club--and ends with American cities locked in the crosshairs of a nuclear device. Now Corey and Mayfield are the only ones who can stop global chaos from being unleashed...

Mafia Wife is an unforgettable, intimate portrayal of Lynda Milito's strong, but often harrowing, marriage to Mafia hit man Louie Milito. It is also a personal story about her own attraction to danger, her yearning to escape her mother's stifling care, family dysfunction, spousal abuse, helping Louie with his minor criminal exploits, and mental illness. She delves into her past and confronts the demons that led her to live the life she did, culminating in her husband's disappearance and death, her own struggle with manic depression, and estrangement from her two children. Her story is full of startling revelations, intriguing characters, senseless killings, ominous answers and vignettes of life and death in America's Mafia - an inner sanctum and underworld of greed and power, with a veil of bloodshed and death always hovering above. 作者简介：Lynda Milito was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, to Jewish parents originally from Greece and Russia. She and her two brothers grew up in the Coney Is

Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who arlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner Oflsao unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned, she's a survivor as indomitable as her father, who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the hard South African soil. Now, celebrating her ninetieth birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil-her winnings in life. Is she the master of the game? "A master storyteller at the top of his game."-USA Today "Compulsively readable...Any writer who can get his audience to ask breathlessly 'What next?' needs no help from this or any envious reviewer."-New York Times Book Review

Bestseller Koontz's third Odd Thomas novel (after Forever Odd) offers an irresistibly offbeat mix of supernatural horror and laugh-out-loud humor. A resident of St. Bartholomew's Abbey, a monastery in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Thomas has the ability to see the spirits of the dead, a gift he has used to resolve mysteries and prevent future tragedies. As the story opens, the seer is unsettled by visions of bodachs, sinister ghostlike entities whose appearance precedes some dire tragedy. Thomas frantically searches for some sign that will help him head off disaster, even as St. Bart's is thrown into turmoil by the disappearance of one of its members. Thomas must figure out both the identity of the person or being behind the terror and the most effective way to restore peace to his haven. While newcomers may find the villain's underlying motive a bit over the top, the narrator's engaging voice should continue to give this series cross-genre appeal. 作者简介： Dean Koontz was born and raised in Pennsy

Enter the enchanted world of The Chronicles of Narnia. There are seven books in all:The Magician's Nsphew The Lion,the Witch and the Wardrobe The Horse and His Boy Price Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Last Battle CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS,known as Jack to his friends,was born in 1898.Lewis and his good friend J.R.R.Tolkien,the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy,were part of the Inklings,an informal writers'club that met at a local pub to discussd story ideas.Lewis's fascination whth fairy tales,myths,and ancient legends,coupled whth inspiration drawn from his chidhood,led him to write THE LION,THE WITCH AND THE WAROROBE,one of the best-loved books of all time.Six further gbooks followdd to become the immensely popular Chronicles of Narnia.The immensely popular Chronicles of Narnia.The final title in the series,THE LAST BATTLE,was awarded the Carnegie Medal,one of the highest marks of excellence in chidren's literature.

Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell． But not quite what the police had expected． Dolores Claiborne has a confession to make．．． She will take her time．Won’t be hurried．Wi do it her way,sparing neither details nor feelings．Hers or anyone else's． This is the truth，the whole truth and nothing but the truth．Truth that takes you to the edge of darkness．Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell and you'd better pay attention—or else．

Two intriguing long stories following the fortunes of the characters from Barbara Erskine's bestselling novel Whispers in the Sand. 'A Legacy of Isis' finds Louisa Shelley, years after her fateful visit to Egypt, still haunted by ancient mysteries, and once again the focus of the sorcerer Roger Carstairs's dark intentions. He is determined to possess both Louisa and the precious artefact she brought back – but can she find the strength to resist him? Meanwhile, in 'The Sands of Time', Anna, the modern–day heroine of Whispers in the Sand, finds that she, also, is drawn back inexorably to the past. Here, too, are ghost stories, mysteries and love stories: a happily married woman on holiday in France is surprised by her feelings for a ghost from the World War I . Newly pregnant Roz relives a tragic love story from long ago . A quiet divorcee finds that it takes more than a makeover to reveal her destiny . Who is the little ghost girl on the swing in the old orchard? And how can a traveller

TheAlchemistpickedupabookthatsomeoneinthecaravanhadbrought.Leafingthroughthepages,hefoundastoryaboutNarcissus. ThealchemistknewthelegendofNarcissus,ayouthwhokneltdailybesidealaketocomtemplatehisownbeauty.Hewassofascinatedbyhimselfthat,onemorning,hefellintothelakeanddrowned.Atthespotwherehefell,aflowerwasborn,whichwascalledthenarcissus. Butthiswasnothowtheauthorofthebookendedthestory. HesaidthatwhenNarcissusdied,thegoddnessesoftheforestappearedandfoundthelake,whichhadbeenfreshwater,transformedintoalakeofsaltytears. "Whydoyouweep?"thegoddnessesaskes. "IweepforNarcissus,"thelakereplied. "Ah,itisnosurprisethatyouweepforNarcissus,"theysaid,"forthoughwealwayspursuedhimintheforest,youalonecouldcontemplatehisbeautycloseathand." "But...wasNarcissusbeautiful?"thelakeasked "Whobetterthanyoutoknowthat?"thegoddnesssaidinwonder."Afterall,itwasbyyourbanksthatheknelteachdaytocontemplatehimself!" Thelakewassilentforsometime.Finally,itsaid: "IweepforNarcissus,butInevernoticedthatNarcissuswasbeautiful.Iweepbecause,eachtime

Arctic Tale accompanies a new Paramount Vantage motion picture from the producers of March of the Penguins, a 2005 Academy Award winner. The film, narrated by Queen Latifah, follows the dual drama of Seela and Nanu, a walrus calf and polar bear cub, as they embark on their astonishing journey from infancy to maturity amidst the stark beauty of the Arctic landscape. Protected by mothers who will stop at nothing to ensure their safe passage to adulthood, both cubs romp in their cold playground as ever-present threats of starvation, predators, and a harsh homeland are overcome in an unrelenting life-and-death struggle to survive.