The long-awaited reissue of "New York Times" bestsellerCatherine anderson's "truly spectacular read" (Linda Lael Miller).Years ago, Amy Masters escaped the Texas plains for a quiet life asa teacher in Oregon. Then, out of the shadows comes Swift Antelope,the Comanche warrior to whom she once pledged her heart. But Amy'sbrutal past has made it impossible for her to trust any man-eventhe bold warrior who has haunted her dreams, the only man she everloved, the Comanche heart she can't live without...
Widowed special agent Stephen Thatcher meets his teenage son'steacher, Jenna Marshall. Soon, they are falling in love while onthe the twisted path of a serial killer. Original.
Intelligence: high. Body: hard. Mission: what no oneelse can do. It's been a year since ex-Navy SEALEthan Kelly saw his wife Rachel alive. Now he's received ananonymous phone call claiming Rachel is alive. To find her, Ethanwill have to doge bullets, cross a jungle, and risk falling captiveto a deadly drug cartel that threatens his own demise.
The eighth page-turning mystery featuring everyone's favoritesupernatural sleuth. When Lori Shepherd's husband, Bill, issummoned to the reading of a will at the resplendent country estateof Earl Elstyn, Lori jumps at the chance to come along. She didn'texpect, however, to find herself entangled in a messy--anddangerous--family dispute. The aristocratic earl has calledtogether the entire Elstyn family to disclose the beneficiaries ofhis fortune, and all present will be affected. But someone has agrudge against the Elstyns and will stop at nothing for revenge. Aburning topiary, a suspicious maid, family secrets, and threateningnotes lead Lori to seek her phantom Aunt Dimity's help inidentifying the culprit before he or she can torch the wholehouse--with the guests in it.
The Lost Symbol is the long awaited sequel to Dan Brown's TheDa Vinci Code . The Da Vinci Code was an international phenomenonwith 81 million copies in print worldwide. In Britain it was eventhe best-selling Paperback ever. The filming was also a hugesuccess. Since May 2009, is Angels and Demons worldwide intheaters. In his new book, The Lost icon again Robert Langdon is the hero.Readers will cheer again from the first page of Robert Langdon,when they accompanied him on an exciting journey of discovery fullof surprises - and all in just 12 hours time for action. DanBrown's talent for storytelling interwoven with historicalelements, codes and intrigue make the new thriller once again atrue "Paget Uri. This novel was a strange and wonderful trip," Dan Brown himselfsays "The result of five years of research into a 12-hour actionwas to weave and stimulating challenge. Robert Langdon's lifestrides definitely faster than my own.
Lori Shepherd and the phantom Aunt Dimity have become one ofthe mystery genreas most celebrated detective duos. In their latestadventure, a pleasant woodland stroll through the Englishcountryside is rudely cut short by the blizzard of the century,forcing Lori to take shelter in Ladythorne Abbeyaan old pile stillhaunted by the presence of the madwoman whose prison it once was.But the abbeyas greatest secret is the priceless jewel it concealssomewhere within its cloistersaan heirloom that hides a treacherouspast that Lorias fellow guests canat wait to get their hands on.Only Aunt Dimityas indispensable wisdom can help Lori unravel amystery that is considerably thicker than the accumulating snow inthis page-turning treat.
The first book in a new post-apocalyptic trilogy from "amaster of the genre" Heather O'Grainne is the Assistant Secretaryin the Office of Future Threat Assessment, investigating rumorssurrounding something called "Daybreak." The group is diverse andradical, and its members have only one thing in common-their hatredfor the "Big System" and their desire to take it down. Now,seemingly random events simultaneously occurring around the worldare in fact connected as part of Daybreak's plan to destroy moderncivilization-a plan that will eliminate America's top governmentpersonnel, leaving the nation no choice but to implement itsemergency contingency program...Directive 51.
The story of Oedipus has captured the human imagination as few others.It is the story of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother,a man who by a cruel irony brings these things to pass by his very efforts to avoid them.But these plays are not about fate,and not about irnoy.They are about character,choice and consequence.In Antigone we see a woman who will defy human law ,and die for it ,rather than transgress the eternal ,unwritten laws of the gods.Oedipus the Tyrant is the story of a ruler destroyed by those qualities-pride,determination and belief in his own ablitities-which made him ruler in the first place.Finally,in Oedipus at Colonus,written late in Sophocles' life,the aged and blinded king achieves a personal reconciliation,but at a cost-a son who will die in battle against his country,and a daughter who will die burying her brother.
"New York Times" bestselling author Catherine Anderson lights upthe Old West with a new tale of love, danger, and redemption. Afterbreaking off thier engagement, Eden Paxton's fiance spreads so manyrumors about her that she is forced to leave San Francisco. Herpride bruised, an angry Eden heads for the wilds of Colorado tolive with her half brothers. But murderous outlaws cut the tripshort when they kidnap her, intending to sell her across theMexican border. Ever since a gang murdered his wife, MatthewCoulter cannot see a woman being mistreated without vowing torescue her--and exacting vengeance against the evildoers. So whenhe spots Eden with the ruffians, Matthew takes fierce, focusedaction to save her. As Eden and Matthew run for their lives, sherecognizes a kind heart beneath Matthew's rugged exterior. But shewonders which will win out: his obsession with revenge--or theirgrowing passion for each other.
Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this “highly addictive series” (Romantic Times), in which Zoey’s mettle will be tested like never before. Her best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Zoey doesn’t have a clue how to help her, but she does know that anything she and Stevie Rae discover must be kept secret from everyone else at the House of Night, where trust has become a rare commodity. Speaking of rare: Zoey finds herself in the very unexpected and rare position of having three boyfriends. Mix a little bloodlust into the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social disaster. Just when it seems things couldn’t get any tougher, vampyres start turning up dead. Really dead
Maxwell and King, D.C. PIs, step on the toes of everyone, including the FBI and the Secret Service. They even manage to bruise the ego of First Lady Jane Cox, who hires them after her 12-year-old niece is kidnapped following a birthday party at Camp David. Baldacci excels at making the improbable believable as one obsessed man, 62-year-old Sam Quarry, takes on the best security the U.S. can muster from his Alabama redoubt. Even more impressive than Quarry's determined campaign is the ingeniousness with which Baldacci manages to disguise both Quarry's precise motivation and aims. Meanwhile, Maxwell has to deal with her mother's death and a host of other personal issues. Baldacci's careful plotting and confidant depictions of national security procedures make this a thinking man's thriller.
Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more thana decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever CommissarioGuido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover thethreads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integritywhile maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption,and intrigue. In "A Noble Radiance" a new landowner is summonedurgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentallyunearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, buta ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens aninfamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's mostaristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel theclues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice andthat of a family grieving for their abducted son.
Kevin Bradley and his partners are uniquely qualified tohandle cases involving the occult-he and Evan Davis are far morethan the mere mortals they appear to be. Kevin is a powerful daemonlord, and Evan is his half-daemon, half-human son. Solving mortalcrimes should be a cinch for them. But somehow, they never get theeasy, open-and-shut cases.
Someone has killed one of the most powerful men in the U.S.Senate - and the whole world is watching. Someone has murdered asmall black girl on the mean streets of Washington - and no oneseems to care. But only D.C. homicide cop Alex Cross suspects thatthe evil striking down both the high and the lowly wears the sameshocking face. From James Patterson, the sensational author of thebestsellers Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider, comes Jack Jill, the #1 thriller that breaks all the rules - andshatters every nerve.
It was a desperate plan. But Mary Grace Winters knew the onlyway to save herself and her child from her abusive cop husband wasto stage their own death. Now all that remains of their former lifeis at the bottom of a lake. Armed with a new identity in a newtown, she and her son have found refuge hundreds of miles away. AsCaroline Stewart, she has almost forgotten the nightmare she leftbehind nine years ago. She is even taking a chance on love with MaxHunter, a man with wounds of his own. But her past is about tocollide with the present when her husband uncovers her trail andthreatens her hard-won peace. Step by step, he's closing in on her-and everything and everyone she loves.
When a number of leading scientists disappear without trace concern grows within the intelligence services Are they being kidnapped?Blackmailed?Brainwashed? One woman appears to hold key to the mystery Unfortunately she now lies dying from injuries sustained in a plane crash. Meanwhile in a Casablanca hotel room Hilary Craven prepares to take her own life But her suicide attempt is about to be interrupted by a man who will offer her an altogether more thrilling way to die…
"Assassin's Creed: Forsaken" is the latest thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the phenomenally successful game series. 'I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.' 1735 - London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword from the age he was able to hold one. When his family's house is attacked - his father murdered and his sister taken by armed men - Haytham defends his home the only way he can: he kills. With no family, he is taken in by a mysterious tutor who trains him to become a deadly killer. Consumed by his thirst for revenge Haytham begins a quest for retribution, trusting no one and questioning everything he has ever known. Conspiracy and betrayal surround him as he is drawn into the centuries old battle between the Assassins and the Templars. The world of the Assassin's has become far more lethal than ever before. "Assassin's Creed: Forsaken" is based on the phenomenally successful gaming serie
In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do。 He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country’s political turmoil--in this case, Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over。 And he does this on his first try。 The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir’s father’s servant。 As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable。 They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted。 Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir r