"I've fought every kind of barbarian, but the Britons are by far the worst..."Marcus is excited about travelling to Britannia, the island at the edge of the world. But the Britons are savages who tattoo themselves and take the heads of their enemies in battle. They won't bow down to the rule of Rome. As Marcus travels to meet his father he meets a barbarian chief instead and his destiny is changed forever, along with that of Britannia... Views: 67
It has been more than twenty years since Vicky Maitland last set foot on
English soil. Two decades ago she left the city of Liverpool with her
three children-;leaving behind the husband she dearly loved, who had
cruelly and inexplicably turned against them all-;to begin a new life in
America. Now nervous and apprehensive, with a fateful letter burning a
hole in her pocket, Vicky has finally come home in search of the truth
and the shattering secrets behind Barney's shocking betrayal-;secrets
only Vicky's old friend, Lucy Baker, knows but swore never to reveal . .
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Disorganized Crime (Kat Makris, #1) by Alex A. King
There's no offer for her to refuse ...
Kat Makris was a little girl when her father spun wild and outrageous bedtime stories about Baboulas, the Greek boogeyman, a lawless creature with a penchant for stealing gold and clashing with the gods.
Now Kat is twenty-eight, single, a couch potato in a cube farm, when her father goes missing. Without him, she's alone in the world. Before the police can work their mojo, she herself is abducted by a couple of hoods with crooked noses, and she quickly discovers her father's old stories were true—true crime, that is. Baboulas is an infamous mob boss in Greece, and Baboulas is the one who has Kat holed up in a private plane bound for Greece.
Now, to find her father, Kat must face the boogeyman …
Somewhere between Stephanie Plum and Michael Corleone you'll find Kat Makris. DISORGANIZED CRIME is a humorous look at family—and Family. Views: 67
LAPD homicide detective
Milo Sturgis summons his friend, psychologist-sleuth Alex Delaware, to a
trendy gallery where a promising young artist has been brutally
garroted on the night of her first major showing. The details of the
murder scene immediately suggest to Alex not an impulsive crime of
passion, but the meticulous and taunting modus operandi of a serial
killer. Delaware's suspicions are borne out when he and Milo
find there's a link between the artist's death and the murder of a noted
blues guitarist. The twisting trail leads from halfway houses to
palatial mansions, and from a college campus to the last place Alex ever
expected: the doorstep of his ex-lover Robin Castagna. As more killings
are discovered, unraveling the maddening puzzle assumes a chilling new
importance --- stopping a vicious psychopath who's made cold-blood
murder his chosen art form. Views: 67
"Theroux's best novel in years."CHICAGO TRIBUNEMY SECRET HISTORY is Paul Theroux's tour de force. It is the story of Andre Parent, a writer, a world traveler, a lover of every kind of woman he chances to meet in a life as varied as a man can lead. From his days as an altar boy, to his job as a teenaged lifeguard, and then as a youth caught between the attentions of a beautiful young student and an amorous older woman. And as the boy becomes a man he turns his attention to writing, which brings him fame, and a wife, who may finally bring him to know himself. But not before he sets up his most dangerous secret life, one that any man might envy, but that could cost Andre Parent the delicate balance that makes him who he is....From the Paperback edition. Views: 67
