In the majestic silence of Chartres cathedral, Deveraux--code name November Man--receives his assignment: help Czechoslovakias' cultural liaison cross over to the West. A hard enough job, even without the added complicatin of an act of God. For in a humble Chicago parish church, the sacred statue of the Infant of Prague is found weeping real tears. A visiting Czech child star actress, transfigured by the wondrous event, declares, on live television, her intent to remain in American in the name of Christ and freedom. Only an operative as cynical and seasoned as the November Man can sense the sinister link between two dramatic, yet apparently unrelated defections. A miracle has plunged him into a vast global adventure. And it will take a miracle to get him through it alive. The defection of a highly visible Czech sparks an international crisis, and the November Man is caught in the middle. Views: 15
Rose: Bride of Colorado is 38th in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Bride Series.When Colorado rancher Charlie Halstead’s father threatens to disinherit him if he doesn’t get married, and not one woman in Cedar Valley can hold his attention, he does what his best friend did – he advertises for a wife.To escape a family scandal, Boston socialite Rose Winchester left home and took a job in a garment factory. But after a fire, she is left with no means to support herself and is forced to become a mail-order bride.Although neither Charlie nor Rose expects their relationship to develop into anything more than friendship, love blossoms between them, but their fragile relationship is tested when secrets from the past threaten to tear them apart. Views: 15
"An elegant snake of a book, twisting and turning, delighting the reader on every page. Sophie Hannah is a prodigious talent – I can't wait to see what she does next." – Laura Lippman Ruth Bussey knows what it means to be in the wrong – and to be wronged. She once did something she regrets, and was punished excessively for it. Now Ruth is trying to rebuild her life and has found a love she doesn't believe she deserves. Aidan Seed is a passionate, intense man who has also been damaged by his past. Desperate to connect with the woman he loves, he confides his secret: he killed a woman called Mary Trelease. Through her shock, Ruth recognises the name. And when she's realised why it's familiar, her fear and revulsion deepen. The Mary Trelease that Ruth knows is very much alive… Views: 15
Classmate MurdersJim Richards races to uncover a sinister plot involving a lethal killer, female childhood classmates, and a TV talk show host who he might just have fallen in love with. Someone is murdering women from the class of '67, and it's up to Jim Richards, who has reluctantly just turned 60, to stop him.Vegas Showgirl MurdersJim and Penny, Buck and Deacon, travel across the country to Las Vegas, where Deacon’s sister, a showgirl, narrowly escapes being poisoned. Another showgirl took the poison possibly meant for her. Then a second showgirl is suddenly murdered, and Jim and his friends must take action to bring the murderer to justice.Dominatrix MurdersJim Richards, the senior citizen sleuth, has returned from Las Vegas and has opened up his investigation business. His first client is a housewife wanting to find out if her husband is cheating on her, but is there more to their relationship than just cheating? Is her husband a killer of wealthy wives and into bondage? Is this wife going to die, or will the murder of his personal Dominatrix stop his plans? Views: 15
The planet "Cadwal" is
forever set aside as a natural perserve, owned and administered by the
Naturalist Society of Earth, and inhabited by a very limited number of
skilled human scientists and their families. But this system has been
complicated by the passing centuries, and has become a byzantine culture
where every place in the Houses of Cadwal is the object of savage
competition.
In "Araminta Station", the first volume of "The Cadwal Chronicles",
Jack Vance has constructed a brilliant, complex tale of revenge and
murder, of love and alien intrigue, and set it glittering among the
stars of the Purple Rose System. Views: 15
"Ty Buchanan is living on the peaceful grounds of St. Monica's, far away from the glamorous life he led as a rising trial lawyer for a big L.A. firm. Recovering from the death of his fiancée and a false accusation of murder, Buchanan has found his previous ambitions unrewarding. Now he prefers offering legal services to the poor and the under-represented, from his ""office"" at local coffee bar The Freudian Sip. With his new friends, the philosophizing Father Bob and basketball playing Sister Mary Veritas, Buchanan has found a new family of sorts.
A mysterious woman with a six year old daughter comes to him for help. She's being illegally evicted from a downtown transient hotel, an interest represented by his old law firm and former best friend, Al Bradshaw. Buchanan won't back down. He's going to fight for the woman's rights.
But then she ends up dead, and the case moves from the courtroom to the streets. Determined to find the killer and protect the little girl, who has no last name and no other family, Buchanan finds he must depend on skills he never needed in the employ of a civil law firm.
Now he must learn how to fight in a whole other way, and keep himself and the girl alive." Views: 15
