Ex-Marine Chase Malone has sworn never to take orders from anyone again. Now a famous artist, he has built a new, isolated life, and spends his days painting. But this idyllic existence is disrupted when billionaire arms merchant Derek Bellasar offers a huge commission for two portraits of his wife, Sienna. Malone has never accepted a commission, refusing to paint to another's dictates, and will make no exceptions. But Bellasar won't take no for an answer. Before long, Malone's beach has been bulldozed, his favourite restaurant closed, and the gallery displaying his works taken over. Confused and angry, Malone vows to get revenge. Then an old friend from the Marines asks him to take the commission. Jeb, now a CIA agent fighting Bellasar's ever-increasing power, sees this as his one chance to get close to him. It is also Sienna's one chance for survival. She doesn't know she is Bellasar's fourth wife, and that each of the other three died mysteriously in an accident immediately after her beauty had been immortalized by a renowned artist. Malone is quickly overwhelmed by Sienna. Saving her life and keeping her with him soon become his only goals. Once on the run, however, he finds that a woman as beautiful as Sienna is impossible to hide... Views: 59
Political corruption, abortion, and dead body discovered inside a trunk at Hudson depot.The summer of 1871 in New York City is hot and humid. The city is gripped by two seemingly separate events. The first is the discovery of a beautiful young woman's body stuffed inside a trunk at the Hudson railway depot. The second involves Victor Fowler, grand sachem of Tammany Hall, and the Boss" of what is popularly referred to as The Ring." This is a small clique that includes Governor Dandy" Archibald Krupp, Fowler's man at the state assembly in Albany; Mayor Thomas The Prince" Emery, an opportunist of the worst variety; Slimy" Bob James, the cunning and sly city comptroller; and Isaac The Wizard" Harrison, the City Chamberlain, who is possibly the most treacherous of the Ring Rascals."In Evil of the Age, New York journalist Charles St. Clair, tracking down the story of Lucy Maloney, the kept woman" found murdered and... Views: 59
A Detective Vos thriller by the bestselling author of The Killing."Literary gold" Daily TelegraphAnnie Schrijver is just twenty-two years old. She works in the picturesque Albert Cuyp flower market where her father has a stall. Brimming with personality, she's always been popular with the customers. But then she goes missing, only to be found barely alive, tied to a stone angel in agraveyard, surrounded by a ring of fire. Her body contains traces of a drug which connect the police to a previous case: the Sleeping Beauty murders. But Annie seems to have been the lucky one, as a body is found nearby, freshly tattooed with three words: Sleep Baby Sleep.It is summer and Amsterdam is full of tourists drunk or high on all that it has to offer. The drum of music from a make-shift DJ booth near the zoo is deafening, and empty frites cones and beer cans litter the streets. But the atmosphere has sinister undercurrents as a... Views: 59
Veronica Speedwell returns in a brand new adventure from Deanna Raybourn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries... London, 1887. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task—saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Accused of the brutal murder of his artist mistress Artemisia, Ramsforth will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if Veronica cannot find the real killer.But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of the many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural historian colleague Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer—a ruthless villain who not only took Artemisia's life in cold... Views: 59
Jack Vance is one of the most remarkable talents to ever grace the world of science fiction. His unique, stylish voice has been beloved by generations of readers. One of his enduring classics is his Mazirian the Magician (previously titled The Dying Earth), and its sequels—a fascinating, baroque tale set on a far-future Earth, under a giant red sun that is soon to go out forever.In Cugel: the Skybreak Spatterlight , Cugel the Clever is still seeking revenge on the magician Iucounu, whom he blames for his exile and all his troubles. But revenge is hard to come by, and the adventures on the way are so very diverting....At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. Views: 59
Having refused the man her parents chose for her, Miriam Jacobson finds herself smuggling gold across Napoleon's France to Wellington in Spain, accompanied by two attractive young men, both of whom detest her—and each other. High adventure and romance in the best Regency tradition. Having refused the man her parents chose, Miriam Jacobson finds herself smuggling gold across Napoleon's France to Wellington in Spain, accompanied by two attractive men, both of whom detest her-and each other. High adventure in the best Regency romance tradition.Regency Romance by Carola Dunn; originally published by Walker. Views: 59
Three men in Sing Sing - all writers - awaiting execution for the same crime. The body of the victim held only two bullets—one of the men is innocent. How can they find out before morning which one of them is to sign the pardon blank? Sing Sing Nights is a startling example of Mr. Keeler's uncanny power to unravel the most involved plots and during the unraveling deepen the mystery until the very end of the story. Views: 59
