The new Inspector Sam Blackstone mystery . . . - August, 1900. William Holt, a reclusive millionaire businessman, has been kidnapped from his grand Coney Island home after the brutal murder of his two bodyguards. Soon, a huge ransom is demanded, and the victim's two sons are given just days to find the money. Inspector Sam Blackstone, now seconded to the New York Police Department, and his partner, Alex Meade, are charged with solving the case, but they'll need to keep their wits about them if they are to solve it in time . . . Views: 5
The Circle Trilogy by Nora Roberts “Roberts's Celtic-flavored Circle trilogy features superbly crafted characters, three passionate romances, and a bewitching blend of magic and myth” (Booklist).All three novels are included in this collection from the #1 New York Times bestseller and “America’s favorite writer” (The New Yorker). Morrigan’s Cross Dance of the Gods Valley of Silence Views: 5
For billionaire Michael Xavier, the opening of The Neptune Hotel in Fiji is the culmination of a childhood dream and an adult obsession - to build a luxury hotel, deep under water on the ocean bed. But during the glittering Opening Night Gala the unthinkable happens. There is a succession of explosions and aftershocks that destroy the hotel and leave a handful of survivors attempting the impossible - to escape from a crumbling building 100 metres deep in the ocean. Enter E-Force, the global rescue team, who race to the scene... But even for these experienced operatives this is one rescue they will never forget.About the AuthorSam Fisher is the pseudonym for an internationally bestselling author who is now writing action adventure novels for the first time. His novels in the E-Force series are State of Emergency and Aftershock. The Art of Murder, which he co-wrote with James Patterson under the name Michael White, is the start of the Private series. Views: 5
In its original French, Tom Est Mort was nominated for the Prix Femina and the Prix Goncourt. This edition is translated by Lia Hills.Tom died when he was four.To stop herself from forgetting him, his mother tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death. She strives to describe it all as precisely as possible. It's the details that will lead her and the reader to the truth. Set in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney, Tom is Dead is a suspense novel in which Darrieussecq takes us to the core of grief and drives this narrator's experience into our hearts.'There are very few writers who may have changed my perception of the world, but Darrieussecq is one of them.' The Times Views: 5
When Charles Sainte-Beuve, an ambitious French journalist, meets Victor Hugo, a young writer on the vergeof fame, he finds himself in a world of great passions, a world where words can become swords. But, to his surprise, he is more attracted to Victor’s long-suffering wife, Adèle. When the two lovers create a scandale in Paris, Victor exacts his price for betrayal.Set during the tumultuous reign of Napoleon III, and sweeping from France to the Channel Islands, to Halifax and back, The Reinvention of Love draws a rich portrait of the old city, where duels are fought in its parks and cholera-ridden bodies float in the Seine. Along its narrow, crime-filled streets, noble families and artists—Frédéric Chopin, Georges Sand,Alexandre Dumas—mix with ordinary citizens, who remainrestless with ideas of revolution. Towering over all is the enormous talent of Victor Hugo, who is rapidly becoming the voice of France to the world.Review"'In order to ventriloquize a long-forgotten, peculiar Frenchman, Humphreys has added to her trademark exquisite prose a stylish wryness. Witty, sad and gorgeous in equal measure, this story of a man like no other probes love like a wound' (Emma Donoghue, author of Room) 'Humphreys' pacing and story-telling are well-honed... an engaging novel told with wit and imagination.' (Nathan Brooker, FT)" Review"'In order to ventriloquize a long-forgotten, peculiar Frenchman, Humphreys has added to her trademark exquisite prose a stylish wryness. Witty, sad and gorgeous in equal measure, this story of a man like no other probes love like a wound' (Emma Donoghue, author of Room) 'Humphreys' pacing and story-telling are well-honed... an engaging novel told with wit and imagination.' (Nathan Brooker, FT)" Views: 5
A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He travels with little purpose, letting the chance encounters of the road dictate his path. But although he knows that he is drifting, he is unable to settle. It is as if, without these encounters, the person he is cannot exist. And yet each journey ends in disaster. A novel of longing and thwarted desire, rage and compassion, In a Strange Room is an extraordinary evocation of one man's search for love, and a place to call home. Views: 5
Maisie's parents go through an acrimonious divorce when she is very young, and the court decrees that she will travel between them, spending time with each. They do not hesitate to use her in their war against each other, and she is neglected and abandoned by them as they each remarry and then take further lovers. The story follows her to maturity, when she is able to decide her own fate. Views: 5
