A seemingly impossible mystery teststhe keen mind and forensic skills of Joanna Blalock, the daughter of Sherlock Holmes and the heir to his unique talent for deduction.The following case has not previously been disclosed to the public due to the sensitive information on foreign affairs. All those involved were previously bound by the Official Secrets Act. With the passage of time and the onset of the Great War, these impediments have been removed and the story can now be safely told.When an executed original of a secret treaty between England and France, known as the French Treaty, is stolen from the country estate of Lord Halifax, Scotland Yard asks Joanna, Dr. John Watson, Jr., and Dr. John Watson, Sr. to use their detective skills to participate in the hunt for the missing treaty. As the government becomes more restless to find the missing document and traditional investigative means fail to turn up the culprit, Joanna is forced to devise a clever... Views: 26
Play dirty. It’s the only way to win in a war. Alessa Trentini follows the rules, or so it seems on the outside. A certain Conti has always been able to sway her inner rebel and keep her out of trouble, but even Adriano won’t be able to get her out of her brother’s mess. In a war, no woman is safe if her hand in marriage can advance her family in the world of the mafia. But mistakes of the past have a way of slipping into the present and Alessa will soon learn that even the most shameful of secrets can get her everything she wants. Adriano Conti’s loyalties are torn as he’s forced to stand at his father’s side while Riley uses his wife’s murder as a way to get higher. Blood comes first and then the Outfit. The one thing he doesn’t question in the war between the families is Alessa Trentini and even that doesn’t seem possible when he’s forced to watch Alessa be used as another man’s pawn. Adriano has his own role to play to get what he wants. The families in the Outfit have never been more divided than they are now. Blood continues to spill as revenge takes center stage and more lives are lost. But every man in the family is fighting for something different and no one’s intentions can be trusted. Playing a dirty game might be the only way to stay alive. Even if that means ruining it all. Views: 26
Sophie Brinkmann had no idea her former patient was an international crime lord. Hector Guzman had a Latin charm and easy smile she couldn't deny, so she agreed to a date... Jens Vall is in Paraguay facilitating a delivery of very dangerous weapons when he's attacked by angry Russians. They think he stole their drugs... Lars Vinge is a beat cop with a nasty drug habit he thought he kicked. He's given an important assignment that soon turns into deadly obsession... All of their paths will collide in this turbo-charged, action-packed, highly sophisticated debut thriller that will set the world on fire.From BooklistStarred Review Get ready for another round of hype in which one more heavily promoted Scandinavian thriller will be touted as “the next Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” It’s a shame, really, because this gripping crime novel, the first in a trilogy, deserves to stand completely on its own. Yes, it’s set largely in Stockholm, and, yes, it stars a woman of remarkable strength and resiliency, but Söderberg, a veteran screenwriter, is a very different kind of writer than investigative journalist Larsson; this novel is much faster paced than Dragon Tattoo, and while the multiple characters are richly complex, the narrative rumbles ever forward without Larsson’s emphasis on backstory and research techniques. When we first meet Sophie Brinkman, an unassuming nurse and single mother, she seems the polar opposite of Lisbeth Salander. That changes slowly but inexorably after Sophie gets to know one of her patients, the suave Hector Guzman, a charming family man but also—as Sophie eventually discovers—the head of an international crime ring. (Comparisons to the Corleone family are also inevitable and not entirely unjustified.) Soon enough, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a gang war as Guzman’s family battles a rival Russian contingent. Throw in a gaggle of rogue cops and Sophie’s old boyfriend, who turns up out of nowhere with a history of his own, and you have a multistranded plot that holds together as exquisitely as finely wound silk. But, as with the Larsson trilogy, it’s the woman at the center who sparks the engine. By novel’s end, Sophie has realized that “she was bigger than she had dared to see.” We see it, too, and are ready to follow her anywhere. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Söderberg’s novel was the smash of the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair, and movie rights have already been sold. Promotion plans for the novel’s release will take full advantage of the book’s international success. --Bill Ott Review“Imagine The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets The Sopranos, then crank up the intrigue and rip off the knob. Alexander Söderberg has penned an awesome thriller you won’t want to miss.” —Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Black List “One of the many wonderful things about Alexander Söderberg’s novel The Andalucian Friend is how it upsets our expectations. His cops act like gangsters, while his gangsters (some of them) attain a startling sort of nobility. Söderberg has created an entertaining, engaging, and wonderfully bloody-minded world. He’s a great storyteller. It’s that simple.” —Scott Smith, author of The Ruins “The international cast is packed with compelling bad guys, the plot is intricate and urgent, and the dialogue is tense and true and sometimes even funny. A joyride of a read.” —Chris Pavone, author of The Expats “This summer’s page-turner.” —Fokus (Sweden) “A devilishly taut and fast-paced thriller.” —Café (Sweden) “The plot is skillfully constructed and intricate…. The suspense is maintained throughout, it’s pacy until the very last page…. The Andalucian Friend is an action-packed book.” —Bokhora (Sweden)“This book is practically made for a film adaptation with all the drama and action it contains. Even though it’s full blast from start to finish, the author succeeds in creating animated and credible characters. Excruciatingly suspenseful.” —DAST Magazine (Sweden) “An action thriller with staggering pace.” —Aftonbladet (Sweden)“Refreshingly free from black-and-white renderings…. [The Andalucian Friend is] a very good book. For several reasons. There is ease and authenticity in the language, which is best demonstrated in the dialogues…behind the language are thoroughly complex characters. Complex and interesting; in The Andalucian Friend the line between good and evil is often blurred…. This is a very smart move, because the result is police detectives that are liberatingly hard to predict—no matter how many crime novels you have devoured.” —Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden)“A truly entertaining thriller debut…. Well-written action in a high pace, the settings are deliberate, the plot ingenious, and the characters surprisingly credible.” —Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)“A good story with a lot of action, narrative zest and a high pace.” —Östgöta Correspondenten (Sweden)“The Andalucian Friend is an unpredictable and breathlessly suspenseful, taut and well-written thriller on a high international level…. A timeless saga about the struggle between good and evil…. What makes The Andalucian Friend so captivating is Alexander Söderberg’s fine sense for milieus and psychological acuity…. Not least impressive is how effectively and elegantly he weaves together the many strands of the novel. It is a feverishly intense, immersive thriller. Utterly brilliant…Söderberg does it wonderfully well.” —Västerbottens-Kuriren (Sweden)“A suspenseful thriller with several ingenious twists that make it difficult to guess how it will end.” —Värmlands Folkblad (Sweden)“I’m thinking of this year’s big star, debut author Alexander Söderberg’s recently published The Andalucian Friend. Which I last week spent a long, long night with. I haven’t read such a captivating, relentlessly suspenseful thriller as The Andalucian Friend in ages.” —Dalarnas Tidningar (Sweden)“The next ‘next Stieg Larsson’ will be Alexander Söderberg with his The Andalucian Friend. I’ll bet my salary on it. Exactly the same thrilling, captivating and unputdownable quality as Stieg…. I will probably read dozens more crime novels this year, but it would surprise me if a single one outdoes [The Andalucian Friend].” —Bokboxen (Sweden) Views: 26
A FAMILY MURDERED... In 2006, the Blum family were brutally killed in their home. Detective Jon Stanton worked the case but was never able to turn up enough to make an arrest. Now, having left the San Diego PD, he still keeps the Blum file in his home. A SADISTIC KILLER WITH A MOTIVE TO LIE... A man facing life in prison is willing to confess to several murders of adult film stars over the last decade in exchange for a deal with the District Attorney's Office. He claims he also killed the Blum family but insists he will only confess to Jon Stanton. PULLED INTO A WORLD HE THOUGHT HE LEFT BEHIND, JON STANTON WILL FACE THE MAN HE HAS SOUGHT AND HATED FOR YEARS... The Blum case eats at Stanton in a way no other case has. Faced with the possibility of bringing closure to the families of all the victims, he must decide if he is willing to enter the darkness of the human mind one last time... ### About the Author Victor Methos is the international bestselling author of Plague and The White Angel Murder. His books have sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide and have topped the bestseller charts year after year. He is a former criminal prosecutor and currently a defense attorney in the United States. He is now on a quest to climb the Seven Summits and to obtain his license as a deep-sea submersible pilot. Show less Views: 26
Murder. Intrigue. Alcohol. Detectives. Clues. Golf. Laxatives. What else do you need? When a body is discovered on the golf course the identity of the killer seems obvious. The question is can Clint get to the bottom of the mystery before the stag party catches him? Views: 26
RetailThe new series by the creator of the hugely successful Spenser books has a great deal going for it: an empathetic, painfully flawed protagonist; an atmospheric small-town setting rife with corruption; and a whole new set of fascinating secondary characters (Booklist). Don't miss the first five novels featuring Jesse Stone, police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, by New York Times bestselling author Robert B. Parker. Includes:Night PassageTrouble in ParadiseDeath in ParadiseStone ColdSea Change Views: 26
Are you looking for a dark and gripping psychological thriller? Then you'll love White Is The Colour by #1 best-selling author John Nicholl.
Be careful who you trust…
The Mailer family is oblivious to the terrible danger that enters their lives when seven-year-old Anthony is referred to the child guidance service by the family GP, following the breakdown of his parents’ marriage.
Fifty-eight-year-old Dr David Galbraith, a sadistic, predatory paedophile, employed as a consultant child psychiatrist, has already murdered one child in the soundproofed cellar below the South Wales Georgian town-house he shares with his wife and two young daughters.
When Anthony becomes Galbraith’s latest obsession he will stop at nothing to make his grotesque fantasies reality.
But can Anthony be saved before it’s too late?
The book includes content that some readers may find disturbing from the start. It is dedicated to survivors everywhere. Views: 26
