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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark TwainISBN 0375756817 (0-375-75681-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:Introduction by Frank Conroy Commentary by William Dean Howells, Athenaeum, The Illustrated London News, and Hartford Christian Secretary This irresistible tale of the adventures of two friends growing up in frontier America is one of Mark Twain's most popular novels. The farcical, colorful, and poignant escapades of Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn brilliantly depict the humor and pathos of growing up on the geographic and cultural rim of nineteenth-century America. Originally intended for children, the book transcends genre in its magical depiction of innocence and possibility, and is now regarded as one of Twain's masterpieces. As Frank Conroy observes in his Introduction, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer "has become a sacred text within the body of American literature." This version, which reproduces the Mark Twain Project edition, is the approved text of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide [via]
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Agents of Innocenceby David IgnatiusISBN 0380705931 (0-380-70593-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Agents of Innocence'Book summary:Beirut 1969. In a city where lies are common currency and betrayal is a way of life, CIA operative Tom Rogers and Jamal Ramlawi, a high-ranking PLO terrorist, embark on a relationship that is fraught with ambiguity and danger. [via]
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Angels and Demons: A Novelby Dan BrownISBN 037543318X (0-375-43318-X)
Hardcover, Random House, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels and Demons: A Novel'Book summary:It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source known to man, has disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the eve of the election of a new pope. Langdon and Vittoria, Vetra's daughter and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following a 400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the incineration of civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's tasty. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Anthony Blunt: His Livesby Miranda CarterISBN 0374105316 (0-374-10531-6)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Anvil of Hellby Don PendletonISBN 037361411X (0-373-61411-X)
Softcover, Golden Eagle Press
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The Arm of the Starfishby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0374303967 (0-374-30396-7)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arm of the Starfish'Book summary:[via]When Adam Eddington, a gifted marine biology student, makes the acquaintance of blond and beautiful Kali Cutter at Kennedy International Airport on his way to Portugal to spend the summer working for the renowned scientist Dr. OKeefe, he has no idea that this seemingly chance meeting will set into motion a chain of events he will be unable to stop. Caught between Kalis seductive wiles and the trusting adoration of Dr. OKeefes daughter, Poly, Adam finds himself enmeshed in a deadly power struggle between two groups of people, only one of which can have right on its side. As the danger escalates, Adam must make a decision that could affect the entire worldwhich side is he on?More editions of The Arm of the Starfish:
Assassins Of Tamurinby S. D. TowerISBN 0380806215 (0-380-80621-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Athabascaby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385172044 (0-385-17204-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Bannerman Solutionby John R. MaximISBN 0380730081 (0-380-73008-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Bannerman's Lawby John R. MaximISBN 0380730103 (0-380-73010-3)
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Bannerman's Promiseby John R. MaximISBN 0380730111 (0-380-73011-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bannerman's Promise'Book summary:Paul Bannerman and his "people" were the government's most efficient killers, until they retired to a peaceful, affluent community in Connecticut. But there were promises made that still need to be kept. And old lethal habits sometimes die very hard--especially in matters of honor...or survival.
Assassins don't come any deadlier than Carla Benedict, Paul Bannerman's most ruthless operative. And now she's been forced to terminate a smooth, cunning, and dangerous spy: her own lover.
Bannerman realizes that Carla's extreme actions will ultimately have serious global repercussions. But he doesn't know how serious until an urgent call from Zurich blasts him out of retirement and plunges him into a roiling maelstrom of conspiracy and murder. For there is a terrible new cancer growing in the corrupted heart of an old enemy -- a virulent, rapidly spreading disease that Paul Bannerman has sworn to battle...to the death.
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Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIAby Ted GupISBN 0385492936 (0-385-49293-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Book of Honor: The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operativesby Ted GupISBN 0385495412 (0-385-49541-2)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Honor: The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives'Book summary:Inscribed on a wall at Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, is a quote from the Bible: "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). On the other side of the lobby, five rows of stars are etched into the white marble wall, each representing a CIA officer killed in the line of duty. Below the stars is a case containing the "Book of Honor"--"a tome as sacred to the Agency as if it held a splinter of the true cross," writes Ted Gup--and in it are the names of the men and women who gave their lives serving the CIA. Well, not all the names; about half the entries are blank because the CIA says it doesn't want to compromise ongoing operations. Yet, as Gup argues in his own tome, also called The Book of Honor, the truth behind many of the stories that aren't being told threatens nothing--except perhaps the agency's own sense of shame over botched operations.
Gup, a well-known investigative reporter with experience at The Washington Post and Time, interviewed hundreds of current and former CIA case officers to tell the stories behind the stars. "In the aggregate, the stories of the stars form a kind of constellation that, once connected, reveal not only the CIA's history but something of its soul as well," he writes. Yet this is, thankfully, not an indiscrete book. He writes of "a young woman who died a violent and selfless death in 1996 ... her name is withheld from this book. The Agency made a compelling case that to identify her would put others at risk." The bulk of The Book of Honor does, in fact, name names and describe how they died. In this sense, it is similar to the runaway bestseller Blind Man's Bluff, which described the secret history of American submarine espionage during the cold war. Yet what's most striking about Gup's accounts is how many of the deaths were routine or accidental. Many agents merely had the misfortune of being on planes that crashed--hardly the stuff of a James Bond adventure. Throughout, Gup is sensitive to a situation in which, "between the values of an open society and the demands of a craft rooted in deception and betrayal, the CIA is asked to steer an uneasy, often irreconcilable course." This fascinating book strikes a clean blow for the open society--but it serves a larger purpose as well: telling the truth. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Book of Spiesby Alan FurstISBN 037575959X (0-375-75959-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Spies'Book summary:Here is an extraordinary collection of the worlds best literary espionage, selected by Alan Furst, a contemporary master of the genre. The Book of Spies brings us the aristocratic intrigues of The Scarlet Pimpernel, in which French émigrés duel with Robespierres secret service; the savage political realities of the 1930s in Eric Amblers classic A Coffin for Dimitrios; the ordinary (well, almost) citizens of John le Carrés The Russia House, who are drawn into Cold War spy games; and the 1950s Vietnam of Graham Greenes The Quiet American, with its portrait of American idealism and duplicity. Drawing on acknowledged classics and rediscovered treasures, A Book of Spies delivers literate entertainment and excitement on every page. [via]
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Breakheart Passby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385041209 (0-385-04120-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Brokerby John GrishamISBN 0385340540 (0-385-34054-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Broker'Book summary:Before he was sent to federal prison for treason (among other things), Joel Backman was an extremely powerful man. Known as "the broker," Backman was a high roller--a lawyer making $10 million a year who could "open any door in Washington." That is, until he tried to broker a deal selling access to the world's most powerful satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder. When caught, Backman accepted prison as the one option that would keep him safe and alive, since the interested parties (the Israelis, the Saudis, the Russians, and the Chinese) were all itching to get their hands on his secrets at any cost. Little does he know that his own government has designs on accessing that information--or at least letting it die with him. Now, six years after his incarceration, the director of the CIA convinces a lame duck president to pardon Backman, and the broker becomes a free man--and an open target.
The Broker marries the best of John Grisham's many talents--his ability to immerse himself in the culture of small-town life (in this case, Bologna, Italy), and his uncanny mastery of the chase. The first half of the book focuses on Backman's transformation from infamous power broker to helpless victim in his own game. Upon his release from prison, Backman is taken into "protective custody" and whisked off to Italy where he is assigned a new identity, and a tutor to help him blend in. Sure he is on the run, but some readers may feel that Backman's time spent in Bologna is a bit too leisurely--readers join him on an almost cinematic tour through the Italian town, complete with language and history lessons. Impatient readers will be happy to know that the final half of the novel is classic Grisham--a fast-paced, thrilling cat and mouse chase pitting Backman against the numerous agencies that want him dead--as the broker makes a move to take back his life. --Daphne Durham
Grisham: The Books
- A Time to Kill, 1989
- The Firm, 1991
- The Pelican Brief, 1992
- The Client, 1993
- The Chamber, 1994
- The Rainmaker, 1995
- The Runaway Jury, 1996
- The Partner, 1997
- The Street Lawyer, 1998
- The Testament, 1999
- The Brethren, 2000
- A Painted House, 2001
- Skipping Christmas, 2001
- The Summons, 2002
- The King of Torts, 2003
- Bleachers, 2003
- The Last Juror, 2004
- The Broker, 2005
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The Cardinal Ruleby Cate DermodyISBN 0373513852 (0-373-51385-2)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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The Care of Timeby Eric AmblerISBN 0374118973 (0-374-11897-3)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Catch the Saintby Leslie Charteris, Fleming Lee, Norman WorkerISBN 0385099363 (0-385-09936-3)
Hardcover, Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday
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Charlie Muffin, U.S.A.by Brian FreemantleISBN 0385143923 (0-385-14392-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Charlotte Grayby Sebastian FaulksISBN 0375704558 (0-375-70455-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charlotte Gray'Book summary:Faulks's first novel since the extraordinary success of Birdsong is written with the same passion, power and breadth of vision. Set in England and France during the darkest days of World War II, Charlotte Gray, like Birdsong, depicts a complex love affair that is both shaped and thwarted by war.
It is 1942. London is blacked out, but France is under a greater darkness, as the occupying Nazi forces encroach ever closer in a tense waiting game. Charlotte Gray, a volatile but determined young woman, travels south from Edinburgh. Working in London, she has a brief but intense love affair with an RAF pilot. When his plane is lost over France, she contrives to go there herself to work in the Resistance and to search for him--but then is unwilling to leave as she finds that the struggle for the country's fate is intimately linked to her own battle to take control of her life.
Faulks's novel is an examination of lost paradises, politics without belief, the limits of memory, the redemptive power of art and the existence of hope beyond reason. It is also a brilliant evocation of life in Occupied France and, more significantly, a revelation of the appalling price many Frenchmen paid to survive in unoccupied, so-called Free France. As the men, women and children of Charlotte's small town prepare to meet their terrible destiny, the truth of what took place in wartime France is finally exposed.
When private lives and public events fatally collide, the roots of the characters' lives are torn up and exposed. These harrowing scenes are presented with the passion and narrative force that readers will recall from Birdsong. Charlotte Gray will attract even more readers to Faulks's remarkable fiction. [via] 
China Mazeby Lawrence GardellaISBN 0373621043 (0-373-62104-3)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bangby Ian Fleming, Brian SelznickISBN 0375832831 (0-375-83283-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'Book summary:Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond novels, wrote only one childrens bookand it is a classic! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the name of the flying, floating, driving-by-itself automobile that takes the Pott family on a riotous series of adventures as they try to capture a notorious gang of robbers. This is a story filled with humor, adventure, and gadgetry that only a genius like Fleming could create.
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Circusby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385110030 (0-385-11003-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Clientby John GrishamISBN 038542471X (0-385-42471-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Client'Book summary:In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them both their lives. [via]
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Cloud Atlas: A Novelby David MitchellISBN 0375507256 (0-375-50725-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cloud Atlas: A Novel'Book summary:Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant, and directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer
A postmodern visionary who is also a master of styles of genres, David Mitchell combines flat-out adventure, a Nabokovian lore of puzzles, a keen eye for character, and a taste for mind-bending philosophical and scientific speculation in the tradition of Umberto Eco and Philip K. Dick. The result is brilliantly original fiction that reveals how disparate people connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky.
[David] Mitchell is, clearly, a genius. He writes as though at the helm of some perpetual dream machine, can evidently do anything, and his ambition is written in magma across this novels every page. The New York Times Book Review
One of those how-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it? modern classics that no doubt isand should beread by any student of contemporary literature. Dave Eggers
Wildly entertaining . . . a head rush, both action-packed and chillingly ruminative. People
The novel as series of nested dolls or Chinese boxes, a puzzle-book, and yetnot just dazzling, amusing, or clever but heartbreaking and passionate, too. Ive never read anything quite like it, and Im grateful to have lived, for a while, in all its many worlds. Michael Chabon [via]More editions of Cloud Atlas: A Novel:
Code Name: Blondieby Christina SkyeISBN 0373771231 (0-373-77123-1)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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Dead Easyby Don PendletonISBN 0373614063 (0-373-61406-3)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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Deep Lieby Stuart WoodsISBN 0380702665 (0-380-70266-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Devil's Bankerby Christopher ReichISBN 0385337272 (0-385-33727-2)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Banker'Book summary:Hailed as the John Grisham of Wall Street by the New York Times, Christopher Reich returns to the world he knows so well--the dangerous, dazzling world of high finance and international intrigue. In this ingeniously crafted thriller, the bestselling author of Numbered Account and The First Billion introduces his most complex and engaging hero yet: forensic accountant Adam Chapel--and paints a frightening scenario where terrorism is big business and money is the ultimate weapon of war&
The explosion that shatters the smart Parisian apartment reverberates around the globe. In an instant, a suspected terrorist is dead and half a million dollars has vanished. Within days, the CIA is certain it has found a connection between the dead man and a planned terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Determined to avert another 9/11, they have assembled an elite counterterrorist task force, code name: Blood Money. Its mission: to follow the money trail. Its secret weapon: forensic accountant Adam Chapel. A man who trusts numbers more than people, Chapel has his own reasons for wanting to get the job done-- four of his colleagues were killed in the Paris blast. Now Chapel is thrust back into the line of fire when he teams up with British intelligence agent Sarah Churchill. The two are assigned to hunt down a shadowy mastermind who is moving vast sums of money from country to country, from bank to bank, leaving no tracks--as he prepares for an Armaggedon of his own devising.
As Chapel follows a disappearing money trail from Paris to Munich to the deserts of Saudi Arabia, Sarah uses her elite training to stalk the shadow and his elusive network. Meanwhile, their quarry is auditing their every move, laying a twisting trail of false clues and shocking surprises. With the clock ticking down, soon Chapel and Sarah have only days, hours, minutes to avert disaster as a master terrorist plots to unleash the first strike in a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy--with an almost unimaginable goal.
Hurtling us from the winding alleys of Pakistan to the elite banking houses of Europe, The Devils Banker creates an adrenaline-fueled world where following the money has never been more dangerous, and evil has never been harder to unmask. [via]More editions of The Devil's Banker:
The Fantastic Saintby Leslie CharterisISBN 0385173318 (0-385-17331-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Final Flightby Stephen CoontsISBN 0385245556 (0-385-24555-6)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Fire in the Skyby Don PendletonISBN 0373614101 (0-373-61410-1)
Softcover, Golden Eagle Press
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Flawlessby Michele HaufISBN 0373513763 (0-373-51376-3)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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Flyawayby Desmond BagleyISBN 0385149115 (0-385-14911-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Force 10 from Navaroneby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385027591 (0-385-02759-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Force of Eaglesby Richard HermanISBN 0380711028 (0-380-71102-8)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Girl with the Golden Bouffant: An Original Jane Bond Parodyby Mabel ManeyISBN 0380803119 (0-380-80311-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Guns of Navaroneby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385089953 (0-385-08995-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Haunted Woodby Allen Weinstein, Alexander VassilievISBN 0375755365 (0-375-75536-5)
Softcover, Modern Library
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Havana Bayby Martin Cruz SmithISBN 0375706798 (0-375-70679-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Heat of the Dayby Elizabeth BowenISBN 038042309X (0-380-42309-X)
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Here Comes Charlie Mby Brian FreemantleISBN 0385130228 (0-385-13022-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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High Jinxby William F. BuckleyISBN 0385194439 (0-385-19443-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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In My Wildest Dreamsby Christina DoddISBN 0380819627 (0-380-81962-7)
Softcover, Avon Books
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In the Coldby Jeanie LondonISBN 0373836767 (0-373-83676-7)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Cold'Book summary:What Claire de Beaupre knows could kill her . . . again.
Simon Brandauer, head of the elite U.S. intelligence agency Excelsior, blames himself for the capture and execution of his top team of agents during a covert mission in the Balkan Republic. Now, three years later, Simon is shocked to discover one agent survived and is living as the author, Claire de Beaupre.
Claire endured months of brutal torture and remembers nothing of her past. But Simon must risk her fragile memory to unravel the mystery. Then he discovers an unknown assassin wants Claire dead before her memory returns. And Simon realizes he's no longer safeguarding agency secrets, but protecting the woman he loves. [via]
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Jennifer Government: A Novelby Max BarryISBN 0385507593 (0-385-50759-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jennifer Government: A Novel'Book summary:In the horrifying, satirical near future of Max Barry's Jennifer Government, American corporations literally rule the world. Everyone takes his employer's name as his last name; once-autonomous nations as far-flung as Australia belong to the USA; and the National Rifle Association is not just a worldwide corporation, it's a hot, publicly traded stock. Hack Nike, a hapless employee seeking advancement, signs a multipage contract and then reads it. He discovers he's agreed to assassinate kids purchasing Nike's new line of athletic shoes, a stealth marketing maneuver designed to increase sales. And the dreaded government agent Jennifer Government is after him.
Like Steve Aylett, Alexander Besher, Douglas Coupland, Paul Di Filippo, Jim Munroe, Jeff Noon, and Chuck Palahniuk, Max Barry is an author of smartass, punky satire for the late capitalist era. It's a hip and happening field; before publication, Jennifer Government (Barry's second novel) was optioned by Stephen Soderbergh and George Clooney's Section 8 Films for a major motion picture. However, the level of literary accomplishment varies wildly among practitioners, from brilliant (Di Filippo and Palahniuk) to amateurish (Besher). This field is so hot, its writers needn't be nearly as accomplished as they'd have to become to break into any other form of fiction.
That said, like many of his fellow turn-of-the-millennium satirists, Barry is uneven. He has a lively imagination and a sharp eye for the absurdities and offenses of hypercorporate capitalism. But, with its sketchy characters and slow dialogue, Jennifer Government will disappoint anyone who believes the cover copy's grandiose claim that this is "a Catch-22 for the New World Order." --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Journey into Fearby Eric AmblerISBN 0375726721 (0-375-72672-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Judgement on Deltchevby Eric AmblerISBN 0375726756 (0-375-72675-6)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Khruschev Objectiveby Christopher Creighton, Noel HyndISBN 0385180136 (0-385-18013-6)
Hardcover, Doubleday Canada, Limited
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Lady Rogueby Suzanne EnochISBN 0380788128 (0-380-78812-8)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Last Rightsby Tim SebastianISBN 0380718642 (0-380-71864-2)
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Le Testament / the Testamentby John GrishamISBN 0385339585 (0-385-33958-5)
Softcover, Delta
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Testament / the Testament'Book summary:Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, their grasping spawn, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists, and a plethora of sound technicians wait breathlessly, all eyes glued to digital monitors as they watch the old man read his verdict. But Phelan shocks everyone with a bizarre, last-gasp attempt to redistribute the spoils, setting in motion a legal morality tale of a contested will, sin, and redemption.
Our hero, Nate O'Riley--a washed-up, alcoholic litigator with two ruined marriages in his wake and the IRS on his tail--is dispatched to the Brazilian wetlands in search of a mysterious heir named in the will. After a harrowing trip upriver to a remote settlement in the Pantanal, he encounters Rachel Lane, a pure-hearted missionary living with an indigenous tribe and carrying out "God's work." Rachel's grave dedication and kindness impress the jaded lawyer, so much that a nasty bout of dengue fever leads him to a vision that could change his life.
Back in the States, the legal proceedings drag on and Grisham has a high time with Phelan's money-hungry descendents, a regrettable bunch who squandered millions, married strippers, got druggy, and befriended the Mob. The youngest son, Ramble, is a multi-pierced, tattoo-covered malcontent with big dreams for his rock band, the Demon Monkeys. Will Nate get straight with Rachel's aid? Do the greedy heirs get theirs? What's the real legacy of a lifetime's work? The Testament is classic Grisham: a down-and-out lawyer, a lot of money, an action-packed pursuit, and the highest issues at stake. It's not just about great characters; it's about the question of what character is. --Rebekah Warren [via]
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Leslie Charteris' Count on the Saintby Charles King, Leslie Charteris, Graham WeaverISBN 0385171919 (0-385-17191-9)
Hardcover, Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday
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Leslie Charteris' Salvage for the Saintby Leslie CharterisISBN 0385189923 (0-385-18992-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Leslie Charteris' Send for the Saintby Donald James, Leslie Charteris, John Kruse, Peter BloxsomISBN 0385141386 (0-385-14138-6)
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Leslie Charteris' The Saint in Troubleby Leslie Charteris, Graham Weaver, John Kruse, Terence FeelyISBN 0385146124 (0-385-14612-4)
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The Light of Dayby Eric AmblerISBN 0375726799 (0-375-72679-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Little Americaby Henry BromellISBN 0375718915 (0-375-71891-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little America'Book summary:A suspense novel, a political thriller, a novel of discoveryLittle America opens in Boston today and tells the story of a man in search of the truth about his fathers past, a past locked away in the C.I.A.s code of silence.
Terry Hoopers fatherQuaker-raised, Yale-educated, a sometime poet, now a retired (is he?) State Department veteranwas, in the 1950s, the C.I.A. station chief in Kurash, a small, newly constituted Middle Eastern country, a country caught in the grip of cold war politics, a country of beautiful and frightening Otherness (Arab women hidden behind their veils, scar-faced men on horseback with curved sabers, and streets that melted in the heat), 90 percent Muslim, lodged like a walnut between Syria and Iraq. Mack Hoopers assignment: to win the confidence of the King of Kurash, an enigmatic, British-educated desert aristocrat to whom no one, not even the U.S. Ambassador, had been able to get close.
In a narrative that moves backward and forward in time, Terry puts together the pieces of the puzzle that has haunted him. Is his father a good man? Was he a friend to the young King, or a diplomat-seducer sent to betray him?
What Terry unearths about the American intrigues in Kurash, about promises made, about monies delivered, about betrayal, about courage, about us and them, is brilliantly told in a novel that royally entertains while it evokes the conflict between private morality and public policy as it recaptures a time gone by, a time when Americans set out armed with good intentions, youthful desire for adventure, and the belief that they could save the world. [via]
Lost in Your Armsby Christina DoddISBN 0380819635 (0-380-81963-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Maelstromby Paul PreussISBN 0380753456 (0-380-75345-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maelstrom'Book summary:Editorial Reviews Product Description The second volume of the spectacular science-fiction thriller evolving from the works of Arthur C. Clarke, grandmaster of science fiction and author of 2001: a space odyssey.. Her code name is Sparta. Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities of superhuman dimension-the product of advanced biotech engineering. When a team of scientists is trapped in the gaseous inferno of Venus, Sparta must risk her life to save them, unaware that her actions will help recover a mysterious artifact: irrefutable evidence of life on another planet. . As the secrets of the artifact are revealed, Sparta uncovers a mystery which may lead her to the truth of her own destiny. This gripping saga brings together the genius of Arthur C. Clarke and the talents of distinguished science-fiction writer Paul Preuss. The book has an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. [via]
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Moose Masterby George Edward Stanley, Guy FrancisISBN 0375826882 (0-375-82688-2)
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Night Without Endby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385005466 (0-385-00546-6)
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The Old Vengefulby Anthony PriceISBN 0385187505 (0-385-18750-5)
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One Night of Passionby Elizabeth BoyleISBN 0380820897 (0-380-82089-7)
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Our Man in Camelotby Anthony PriceISBN 0385120591 (0-385-12059-1)
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Partisansby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385182627 (0-385-18262-7)
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Passage of Armsby Eric AmblerISBN 0375726780 (0-375-72678-0)
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Power Curveby Richard HermanISBN 0380787865 (0-380-78786-5)
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Requiem for a Glass Heartby David LindseyISBN 0385423128 (0-385-42312-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Runnerby Christopher ReichISBN 0385333668 (0-385-33366-8)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Runner'Book summary:Set against the backdrop of post-World War II Germany, The Runner is the story of Devlin Judge, an ex-New York City detective turned lawyer on the hunt for Nazi SS soldier Erich Seyss, recently escaped from an American POW camp. Seyss, a former Olympic track star known as "The White Lion," is responsible for myriad heinous war crimes, including the murder of a platoon of unarmed American prisoners--one of whom was Judge's own brother. Initially a member of the International Legal Tribunal, set to try former Nazis for crimes against humanity, Judge begs for the opportunity to track Seyss down. With only a week in which to do so, his hunt for the cold-blooded killer leads Judge to a race not only for his own life but for the future of Europe itself. Judge is pursuing a killer, but he is also chasing the ghosts of guilt, having decided not to enlist in the hopes of advancing his legal career: "Erich Seyss was his confession and his penance, his expiation and absolution, all tucked into a black-and-silver uniform with a death's-head embroidered on its collar and his brother's blood on its cuff."
The Runner lacks the crackling tension of Numbered Account, Christopher Reich's first novel. Even the moments of crucial conflict, or of bloody disaster, seem wan and pallid. The novel is, paradoxically, handicapped by Reich's respect for historical detail: his interest in presenting the grim realities of postwar existence leads him into extensive descriptions of place and time that fail to merge with the story he spins. These "set pieces" stand awkwardly apart, like dour history professors coaxed into supervising the machinations of rambunctious students. Reich's general fidelity to detail also means that the moments in which he temporarily throws accuracy to the wind are painfully apparent: how on earth would Judge, a well-fed and well-dressed American, manage to look as if he belonged in a German work-group detail? And when would any three-star general ever tolerate the gum-cracking insouciance of Judge's driver Darren Honey, a sergeant with no regard for military hierarchy? Oddly enough, the authorial liberties Reich takes with General George Patton, saddling him with a megalomaniac's hatred of the Russians and a schemer's plot to redraw the boundaries of postwar Europe, are largely successful and add a welcome note of barely contained evil.
The Runner works best as a moving meditation on personal and social disjunction: Judge, Seyss, Patton, and the rest are desperately engaged in deciphering the proper place for prewar rules in the postwar chaos--and in confronting the uneasy suspicion that perhaps, after all, there is no place for them or for their beliefs. Judge must move past his easy assumption that the Allied victory was not "just a symbol of superior might but of superior morality": "Overnight, he'd become the hunted, not the hunter.... At some point during the last twenty-four hours, he'd crossed over an interior median into unknown waters. He'd abandoned the rigid structure of his previous life, renounced his worship of authority, and forsworn his devotion to rules and regulation. He'd tossed Hoyle to the wind, and he didn't care." --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Saint and the Templar Treasureby Charles King, Leslie Charteris, Graham WeaverISBN 0385150970 (0-385-15097-0)
Hardcover, Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday
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Santoriniby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385231539 (0-385-23153-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Santorini'Book summary:An eighty-foot yacht suddenly capsizes in the Aegean, leaving only six survivors. Then, minutes later, in the same area, an unidentified four-engine jet crashes into the sea. Are these twin disasters more than coincidence?
Commander Talbot and the crew of the HMS Ariadne are assigned to retrieve from the ocean floor the jet's volatile cargo: atomic and hydrogen weaponry with the force to destroy millions. As the delicate operation proceeds, Talbot finds himself trapped in a whirl of nightmarish events involving terrorism and drugs -- and a diabolic plot that leads straight to the Pentagon.
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Siberian Lightby Robin A. WhiteISBN 0385316887 (0-385-31688-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Spy: How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed Americaby David WiseISBN 0375758941 (0-375-75894-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed Americaby David WiseISBN 0375507450 (0-375-50745-0)
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Spy Who Got Awayby David WiseISBN 0380707721 (0-380-70772-1)
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The Spy With the Silver Liningby Wendy RosnauISBN 0373514034 (0-373-51403-4)
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The Spy Wore Red: Spy Gamesby Wendy RosnauISBN 0373513461 (0-373-51346-1)
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Stealing the Brideby Elizabeth BoyleISBN 0380820900 (0-380-82090-0)
Softcover, Avon Books
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The Talbot Odysseyby Nelson DemilleISBN 0385293224 (0-385-29322-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Talbot Odyssey'Book summary:For forty years Western intelligence agents have known a terrible secret: the Russians have a mole - code-named Talbot - inside the CIA. At first Talbot is suspected of killing European agents. Then a street-smart ex-cop uncovers a storm of espionage and murder on the streets of New York, while in a Long Island suburb a civic demonstration against the Russian mission masks a desperate duel of nerves and wits. Engineered by Talbot, a shadow world of suspicion and deceit is spilling onto the streets - leading to a new Soviet weapon and a first-strike war plan threatening the foundations of American government. For the U.S., time is running out. For Talbot, the time is now... [via]
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The Testamentby John GrishamISBN 0375433538 (0-375-43353-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Testament'Book summary:Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, their grasping spawn, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists, and a plethora of sound technicians wait breathlessly, all eyes glued to digital monitors as they watch the old man read his verdict. But Phelan shocks everyone with a bizarre, last-gasp attempt to redistribute the spoils, setting in motion a legal morality tale of a contested will, sin, and redemption.
Our hero, Nate O'Riley--a washed-up, alcoholic litigator with two ruined marriages in his wake and the IRS on his tail--is dispatched to the Brazilian wetlands in search of a mysterious heir named in the will. After a harrowing trip upriver to a remote settlement in the Pantanal, he encounters Rachel Lane, a pure-hearted missionary living with an indigenous tribe and carrying out "God's work." Rachel's grave dedication and kindness impress the jaded lawyer, so much that a nasty bout of dengue fever leads him to a vision that could change his life.
Back in the States, the legal proceedings drag on and Grisham has a high time with Phelan's money-hungry descendents, a regrettable bunch who squandered millions, married strippers, got druggy, and befriended the Mob. The youngest son, Ramble, is a multi-pierced, tattoo-covered malcontent with big dreams for his rock band, the Demon Monkeys. Will Nate get straight with Rachel's aid? Do the greedy heirs get theirs? What's the real legacy of a lifetime's work? The Testament is classic Grisham: a down-and-out lawyer, a lot of money, an action-packed pursuit, and the highest issues at stake. It's not just about great characters; it's about the question of what character is. --Rebekah Warren [via]
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Threat Caseby J. C. PollockISBN 0385299591 (0-385-29959-1)
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Three Days to Neverby Tim PowersISBN 0380976536 (0-380-97653-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Days to Never'Book summary:Albert Einstein's groundbreaking scientific discoveries made possible the creation of the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. But he made another discovery that he chose to reveal to no oneto keep from human hands a power that dwarfed the atomic bomb.
When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled Pee-wee's Big Adventure from her recently deceased grandmother's house, neither she nor her college-professor father, Frank, realize what they now have in their possession. In an instant they are thrust into the center of a world-altering conspiracy, drawing the dangerous attentions of both the Israeli Secret Service and an ancient European cabal of occultists. Now father and daughter have three days to learn the rules of a terrifying magical chess game in order to escape a fate more profound than deathbecause the Marritys hold the key to the ultimate destruction of not only what's to come . . . but what already has been.
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The Tightrope Menby Desmond BagleyISBN 0385048270 (0-385-04827-0)
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To Catch an Heiressby Julia QuinnISBN 0380789353 (0-380-78935-3)
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Total Recallby Piers Anthony, Philip K. DickISBN 0380708744 (0-380-70874-4)
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Triad of Knivesby Tom CooperISBN 037397020X (0-373-97020-X)
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War Moonby Tom CooperISBN 0373970315 (0-373-97031-5)
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Where Eagles Dareby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0385090838 (0-385-09083-8)
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Whistler's Angelby John R. MaximISBN 0380793555 (0-380-79355-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Whistler's Angel'Book summary:Adam Whistler can't remember how many people he's killed, but he's such a nice young man the reader isn't troubled by his murky past. Besides, the killings were legal, sort of. They were sanctioned by the federal drug czar and his minions, especially Adam's boss, Felix Aubrey, who turned the government's anti-drug forfeiture laws into a honey pot that sweetened his own bank account and those of his prominent friends, including many in the radical wing of the religious right. But as John R. Maxim's satirical mystery opens, Adam's fallen in love, and his deepening affair with Claudia, a young woman whose near-death experience convinced her she's been appointed his guardian angel, becomes the fulcrum of this taut, funny offshoot of Maxim's popular Bannerman series.
Adam's father wants him to come into the family firm as a go-between lurking in the shadows of multinational business. But first he has to get Adam out from under his enemies, especially Aubrey, whose ledger (containing the records of his illegal search-and-seizure scam) Adam sequestered as insurance when he quit Aubrey's employ. The elder Whistler sends Adam and Claudia on a year-long sailing sabbatical to hide him from Aubrey's gang. But an assassination plot hatched by the Reconstructionists, a gang of religious zealots controlled by Aubrey, brings Adam and Claudia back into the eye of the storm. Adam has a couple of powerful weapons on his side: Claudia, who may not be an angel but definitely has acquired some heavenly powers since her brush with death, and the Bannerman operatives, whose skills and strategies will be familiar to Maxim's fans. The author's tongue is so firmly planted in his cheek that the satire may be lost on some readers, but they'll find plenty of action, superb pacing, and picaresque characters to keep them enthralled. --Jane Adams [via]
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