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The Apprenticeby Tess GerritsenISBN 0345447867 (0-345-44786-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Apprentice'Book summary:The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns-and so does that chilling novel's diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly. THE APPRENTICE It is a boiling hot Boston summer. Adding to the city's woes is a series of shocking crimes, in which wealthy men are made to watch while their wives are brutalized. A sadistic demand that ends in abduction and death. The pattern suggests one man: serial killer Warren Hoyt, recently removed from the city's streets. Police can only assume an acolyte is at large, a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of the madman he so admires. At least that's what Detective Jane Rizzoli thinks. Forced again to confront the killer who scarred her-literally and figuratively-she is determined to finally end Hoyt's awful influence . . . even if it means receiving more resistance from her all-male homicide squad. But Rizzoli isn't counting on the U.S. government's sudden interest. Or on meeting Special Agent Gabriel Dean, who knows more than he will tell. Most of all, she isn't counting on becoming a target herself, once Hoyt is suddenly free, joining his mysterious blood brother in a vicious vendetta. . . . Filled with superbly created characters-and the medical and police procedural details that are her trademark- The Apprentice is Tess Gerritsen at her brilliant best. Set in a stunning world where evil is easy to learn and hard to end, this is a thriller by a master who could teach other authors a thing or two. From the Hardcover edition. [via]
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Black Houseby Stephen King, Peter StraubISBN 0345441036 (0-345-44103-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black House'Book summary:In the seemingly paradisal Wisconsin town of French Landing, small distortions disturb the beauty: a talking crow, an old man obeying strange internal marching orders, a house that is both there and not quite there. And roaming the town is a terrible fiend nicknamed the Fisherman, who is abducting and murdering small children and eating their flesh. The sheriff desperately wants the help of a retired Los Angeles cop, who once collared another serial killer in a neighboring town.
Of course, this is no ordinary policeman, but Jack Sawyer, hero of Stephen King and Peter Straub's 1984 fantasy The Talisman. At the end of that book, the 13-year-old Jack had completed a grueling journey through an alternate realm called the Territories, found a mysterious talisman, killed a terrible enemy, and saved the life of his mother and her counterpart in the Territories. Now in his 30s, Jack remembers nothing of the Talisman, but he also hasn't entirely forgotten:
When these faces rise or those voices mutter, he has until now told himself the old lie, that once there was a frightened boy who caught his mother's neurotic terror like a cold and made up a story, a grand fantasy with good old Mom-saving Jack Sawyer at its center. None of it was real, and it was forgotten by the time he was sixteen. By then he was calm. Just as he's calm now, running across his north field like a lunatic, leaving that dark track and those clouds of startled moths behind him, but doing it calmly.
Jack is abruptly pulled into the case--and back into the Territories--by the Fisherman himself, who sends Jack a child's shoe, foot still attached. As Jack flips back and forth between French Landing and the Territories, aided by his 20-years-forgotten friend Speedy Parker and a host of other oddballs (including a blind disk jockey, the beautiful mother of one of the missing children, and a motorcycle gang calling itself the "Hegelian Scum"), he tracks both the Fisherman and a much bigger fish: the abbalah, the Crimson King who seeks to destroy the axle of worlds.While The Talisman was a straightforward myth in 1980s packaging, Black House is richer and more complex, a fantasy wrapped in a horror story inside a mystery, sporting a clever tangle of references to Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, jazz, baseball, and King's own Dark Tower saga. Talisman fans will find the sure-footed Jack has worn well--as has the King/Straub writing style, which is much improved with the passage of two decades. --Barrie Trinkle [via]
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- Black House: ISBN 034545121X (0-345-45121-X)
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Softcover, Ballantine Books - Black House: ISBN 034547063X (0-345-47063-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - Black House: ISBN 0375431519 (0-375-43151-9)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books - Black House: ISBN 0375504397 (0-375-50439-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Black House: ISBN 0345441036 (0-345-44103-6)
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Body Doubleby Tess GerritsenISBN 034545894X (0-345-45894-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Camel Clubby David Baldacci, Abel Debritto, Merci DiagoISBN 8466629408 (84-666-2940-8)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Camel Club'Book summary:The Camel Club is a meeting place for the powerful movers and shakers, where men of influence come together to eat, drink, and exchange favors and information. Their power is all-reaching and their influence is such that the decisions they make could change the course of history. When a newcomer to the club decides to carry out his grand plan and is ready to take down every obstacle in his way, the fellow members of the club soon realize the situation has gotten out of hand.[via]More editions of The Camel Club:
Chosen Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425182878 (0-425-18287-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Cobra Eventby Richard PrestonISBN 0345409973 (0-345-40997-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Cross Bonesby Kathy ReichsISBN 1594131392 (1-59413-139-2)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cross Bones'Book summary:A New York Times Bestselling Author
In a gripping and explosive new thriller from Kathy Reichs, a murder victim becomes the first link in a trail that leads Temperance Brennan and Detective Andrew Ryan to an archaeological discovery that could upend 2,000 years of history. [via]
The Day After Tomorrow/Large Printby Allan FolsomISBN 1568951213 (1-56895-121-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Descentby Jeff LongISBN 051513175X (0-515-13175-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Devil's Teardropby Jeff DeaverISBN 1568958048 (1-56895-804-8)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Doctor Deathby Jonathan KellermanISBN 0345467477 (0-345-46747-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Dogs of Warby Frederick ForsythISBN 0091205603 (0-09-120560-3)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dogs of War'Book summary:great read first edition old library book and heavly marked as such. all pages and jacket are intact [via]
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Dr. Deathby Jonathan KellermanISBN 0345413881 (0-345-41388-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Death'Book summary:Dr. Eldon Mate, a.k.a. Dr. Death, has been the bane of the Los Angeles D.A.'s existence, the bête noir of all opposed to assisted suicide, and the angel of mercy to countless "travelers" who have gone to their reward via Mate's good offices. He's also turned up in the back of his van, attached to his own death-dealing "Humanitron" machine and too far away from most of his blood and a certain external organ.
Enter Milo Sturgis, L.A.'s only openly gay homicide detective, and for the 14th time in 15 years (1985's Edgar-winning When the Bough Breaks through 1999's Monster), enter also his good friend, child psychologist and LAPD consultant Dr. Alex Delaware. Unbeknownst to Sturgis, however, is a potentially case-stymieing doctor-patient conflict of interest. One of Delaware's young patients' mother was either the beneficiary or victim of Dr. Death's services, depending upon your point of view. The father, Richard Doss, is firmly in the latter camp, giving Delaware ample pause:
After hearing the details of the murder, I felt better. The butchery didn't seem like Richard's style. Though how sure of that could I be? Richard hadn't disclosed any more about himself than he'd wanted to. In control, always in control. One of those people who crowds every room he enters. Maybe that had been part of what led his wife to seek out Eldon Mate.
Maybe. But the fact is that there's no shortage of motivated suspects from both within and without the late doctor's circle of influence. And as usual, Jonathan Kellerman (himself a child psychologist and recognized authority in childhood psycho-pathology) guides Delaware's engaging first-person narrative with expertise, keeps Detective Sturgis real, and rudders his taut story to its satisfying end with sharp, true-to-the-ear dialogue. With Dr. Death, Kellerman's legion of Delaware fans will be very well pleased, and first-timers will almost certainly join the legion. --Michael Hudson [via]
Dragon Tearsby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0425208435 (0-425-20843-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragon Tears'Book summary:Forced to kill in the line of duty, police detective Harry Lyon finds his rational world transformed into a place of bizarre surprises and unimaginable dangers. 400,000 first printing. $175,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild & Doubleday Main. Mystery Guild Alt. [via]
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El Misterio De Salem's Lot/Salem's Lotby Stephen KingISBN 8497931025 (84-9793-102-5)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Misterio De Salem's Lot/Salem's Lot'Book summary:Veinte años atrás, por una apuesta infantil, Ben Mears habáa entrado en la casa de los Marsten. Y lo que vio entonces aún poblaba sus pesadillas. Ahora, como escritor consagrado, había vuelto a Salem's Lot para exorcisar sus fantasmas. Salem's Lot era un pueblo tranquilo y adormilado donde nunca pasaba nada, excepto la vieja tragedia de la casa de los Marsten. Y el perro muerto colgado de la verja del cemeterio. Y el misterioso hombre que se instaló en la casa de los Marsten. Y los niños que desaparecían, los animales que morían desangrads. Y la espantosa presencia de ellos, quienesquiera que fuesen. Ellos. [via]
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Entretien Avec UN Vampire/Interview With the Vampireby Anne RiceISBN 2266034839 (2-266-03483-9)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Entretien Avec UN Vampire/Interview With the Vampire'Book summary:tome 1 de la saga chronique des vampires; [via]
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First Horsemanby John CaseISBN 0345435796 (0-345-43579-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Horseman'Book summary:The fictional bioterror of Richard Preston's The Cobra Event was scary enough, but The First Horseman is based on the real Spanish flu, a hideous virus that killed over 20 million people in 1918. From the opening pages, this second novel by investigative reporter John Case (author of The Genesis Code) thrusts readers into the thick of a rapid-fire plot. In New York, a man and a woman are murdered at their home by a cult whose motivations remain mysterious. Immediately, the action shifts to Tasi-ko, North Korea, where a medical worker flees to the mountains to escape a disease that has decimated his village. While he looks on from his hiding spot, North Korean soldiers pour into Tasi-ko and incinerate it and all of its suffering inhabitants. The CIA investigates the events at Tasi-ko, and realizing that the disease could well be a hybrid Spanish flu being tested as a biological weapon, recruits a team of American scientists to uncover the only known sample of the 1918 pandemic--which is frozen into the bodies of miners buried in the Arctic. From there the novel traces scientists Anne Adair and Benton Kicklighter on their expedition to the frozen town of Kopervik to uncover the miners' corpses. Not knowing that the CIA is behind Adair and Kicklighter's work, Washington Post reporter Frank Daly follows their story. When the scientists return empty-handed, though, he begins to suspect that a medical curiosity is on the verge of becoming a global catastrophe.
The strength of the novel is the eerie suspense that Case sustains by revealing only enough about the Korean plot and the Temple of Light cult to keep the reader fully engaged and wanting more. While Case doesn't spend much time delving into the lives and motivations of his characters, the Spanish flu is the real star. Case propels the novel with the constant reminder that a new plague is on the verge of exploding, and his several enigmatic subplots keep you turning the pages and praying that this is only fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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For Your Eyes Onlyby Ian FlemingISBN 0142003220 (0-14-200322-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For Your Eyes Only'Book summary:For Your Eyes Only is five Bonds for the price of one, showing Fleming equally at home with the short story as he was over the long haul. Related themes appear across the collection--domestic abuse, just revenge--but these are stories for reading in their own right.
From a View to a Kill has Bond in Paris, outsmarting both the bad guys and the other European intelligence services to solve a murder mystery centred on stolen NATO documents. Cold-blooded murder aside, this is a gentle and engrossing story with some fine descriptive touches by Fleming.
In For Your Eyes Only itself, Bond is on an M-instigated revenge mission in the wilds of Canada and Vermont. Notable for its account of his enemy stalking and unexpected rendezvous with the beautiful Judy Havelock, For Your Eyes Only also portrays closely the relationship between Bond and M, whose inertia over the correct course of action Bond resolves: "It had come to the point where justice ought to be done ... But M was thinking, is this justice or is it revenge? M wanted someone else, Bond, to deliver judgement".
Quantum of Solace is a brief but diverting oddity in which Bond barely moves from his seat. The story is an after-dinner tale of human cruelty told by his host--probably prompted by his preconceptions of Bond's work--which elicits the response, "It's extraordinary how much people can hurt each other." After this interlude, Risico picks up the pace with a heroin smuggling, vendetta-inspired rollercoaster set against an Italian backdrop.
In the final story, The Hildebrand Rarity, Bond finds himself in deep water on a fishing expedition when emotional and physical violence lead to another "justified" murder which Bond covers up. Who committed the crime? Does it matter? This is Bond as agent of natural justice above and beyond institutional law. --Iain Campbell [via]
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Four Blind Miceby James PattersonISBN 0446613266 (0-446-61326-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Hide & Seekby James PattersonISBN 0446603716 (0-446-60371-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Holcroft Covenantby Robert LudlumISBN 0399900012 (0-399-90001-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Holcroft Covenant'Book summary:The Fourth Reich is waiting to be born. The only man who can stop it is about to sign its birth certificate. In 1945 the children of the Third Reich were secretly hidden all over the world-to be concealed until the 1970's, when they would come of age. Then the most elaborate plans and $780 million in a Swiss bank would be waiting. There would even be an unsuspecting outsider to set the plan into action. that outsider is Noel Holcroft, the American son of a high-ranking Nazi. He's just been shown an amazing document, the Holcroft Covenant. If he signs, it will be his own death warrant and a devastating threat to the security of the world.
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Ian Fleming's Moonrakerby Ian FlemingISBN 0425134938 (0-425-13493-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Ice Huntby James RollinsISBN 0060521600 (0-06-052160-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ice Hunt'Book summary:Despite the submarine cover art and the rather awkward title, this is no by-the-numbers military thriller: rather, it's a full-blooded, multidimensional adventure story set in the frozen wilds of Alaska, both atop the ice and underneath it. And it's one heck of a fun ride. Matthew Pike is a Fish and Game officer cataloging bear populations in the remote Brooks Range--but he's also an ex-Green Beret, which comes in handy when trouble drops out of the sky in the form of a crashed bush plane, a cryptic survivor, and some very nasty and well-equipped pursuers. Meanwhile, an American submarine stumbles on an abandoned research station buried under the Arctic ice cap, unleashing a race to conceal the horrors that took place there and to capture the priceless scientific secret still locked within.
James Rollins invokes the polar environment so vividly you can hear the wind shriek and feel the ice forming on your nose, and the scientific/medical puzzles at the story's heart may remind you of Michael Crichton's best. The characters, while mostly familiar hero or villain types, are crisply drawn and in some cases quite sympathetic, but it's the nonstop action that carries you along. During several climactic chase scenes, you may find yourself laughing in pure delight--or gasping for breath--as Rollins keeps finding ways to ratchet up the tension one more notch. Ice Hunt is an escapist's delight. --Nicholas H. Allison [via]
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Ice Stationby Matthew J. ReillyISBN 0312971230 (0-312-97123-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ice Station'Book summary:At a remote US ice station in Antarctica, a team of scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something unbelievable buried below the surface - trapped inside a layer of ice 400 million years old. Something made of metal...something which shouldn't be there...it's the discovery of a lifetime, a discovery of immeasurable value. And a discovery men would kill for. Led by the enigmatic Lieutenant Shane Schofield, a crack team of US Marines is rushed to the ice station to secure this bizarre discovery for their own nation. Meanwhile other countries have developed the same idea, and are ready to pursue it swiftly and ruthlessly. Fortunately, Schofield's men are a tough unit, all set to follow their leader into hell. They soon discover they just did... [via]
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A James Bond Omnibusby Ian FlemingISBN 156731161X (1-56731-161-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A James Bond Omnibus'Book summary:Thunderball James Bond is in disgrace. His medical report is critical of the high living that is ruining his health, and M packs him off to a health farm to be tuned up to his former pitch of exceptional fitness. Bond expects a trying two weeks. The last thing he expects is an adversary more deadly, more ruthless even than SMERSH. On Her Majesty's Secret Service High in the air of the Swiss Alps a set-up is planned. A man is hunting respectability with all the cunning that made him Europe's most ruthless criminal. Nothing is to stand in his way. Especially not 007. And Bond, too, has a lot on his mind. . . she is so beautiful, so sensual, that the charms of bachelorhood seem oddly tarnished. Bond is skating on very thin ice. You Only Live Twice In this sequel to the tragic "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Bond is depressed and adrift. M decides to send him on an impossible mission to revive his spirits: he must go to Japan to acquire a new ciphering method from "Tiger" Tanaka, head of the Japanese Secret Service. Tanaka finally agrees, but asks in return that Bond assassinate an infamous recluse who owns a garden filled with deadly animals and poisonous plants, where people have been going to commit suicide - The Garden of Evil [via]
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Jawsby Peter BenchleyISBN 0449219631 (0-449-21963-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jaws'Book summary:It was just another day in the life of a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble - a warning of what was to come - took the form of a young woman's body, or what was left of it, washed, up on the long, white stretch of beach...A summer of terror has begun. 'Pick up Jaws before midnight, read the first five pages, and I guarantee you'll be putting it down breathless and stunned, as dawn is breaking the next day' Daily Express; Peter Benchley's Jaws first appeared in 1974, creating a legend that refuses to die. For a new generation, the ultimate holiday nightmare is about to begin all over again... [via]
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Just One Lookby Harlan CobenISBN 0451213203 (0-451-21320-3)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Just One Look'Book summary:An ordinary snapshot causes a mothers world to unravel in an instant. After picking up her two young children from school, Grace Lawson looks through a newly developed set of photographs. She finds an odd one in the pack: a mysterious picture from perhaps twenty years ago, showing four strangers she cant identify. But there is one face she recognizesthat of her husband, from before she knew him.[via]When her husband sees the photo that night, he leaves their home and drives off without explanation. She doesnt know where hes going, or why hes leaving. Or if hes ever coming back. Nor does she realize how dangerous the search for him will be. Because there are others interested in both her husbands past and that photo, including Eric Wu: a fierce, silent killer who will not be stopped from finding his quarry, no matter who or what stands in his way.
Her world turned upside down, filled with doubts about her herself and marriage, Grace must confront the dark corners of her own tragic past she struggles to learn the truth, find her husband, and save her family.
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Man With the Golden Gunby Ian FlemingISBN 014200328X (0-14-200328-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man With the Golden Gun'Book summary:[via]A brainwashed James Bond has triedand failedto assassinate M, his boss. Now Bond has to prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All 007 has to do is kill one of the most deadly freelance hit men in the world: Paco Pistols Scaramanga, the Man with the Golden Gun. But despite his license to kill, 007 is no assassin, and on finding Scaramanga in the sultry heat of Jamaica, he decides to infiltrate the killers criminal cooperativeand realizes that he will have to take him out as swiftly as possible. Otherwise 007 might just be the next on a long list of British Secret Service numbers retired by the Man with the Golden Gun...
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The Manchurian Candidateby Richard Condon, Louis MenandISBN 1568582706 (1-56858-270-6)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Mary, Maryby James PattersonISBN 0446619035 (0-446-61903-5)
Softcover, Vision
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary, Mary'Book summary:FBI Agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland when he gets a call from the Director. A well-known actress was shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail describing the murder in vivid details. Alex quickly learns that this is not an isolated incident. The killer, known as Mary Smith, has done this before and plans to kill again.
Right from the beginning, this case is like nothing Alex has ever been confronted with before. Is this the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much more frightening? Now members of Hollywood's A-list fear they're next on Mary's list, and the case grows by blockbuster proportions as the LAPD and FBI scramble to find a pattern before Mary can send one more chilling update. [via]
Moonraker: Library Editionby Ian FlemingISBN 0142002062 (0-14-200206-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Mortal Fearby Greg IlesISBN 0451180410 (0-451-18041-0)
Softcover, Signet
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The Name of the Roseby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156001314 (0-15-600131-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Name of the Rose'Book summary:It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskervilles investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of The Name of the Rose:
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The Night Managerby John Le CarreISBN 0345385764 (0-345-38576-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Perfume: The Story of a Murdererby Patrick SuskindISBN 0307277763 (0-307-27776-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perfume'Book summary:An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion-his sense of smell-leads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift-an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and frest-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"-the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brillance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. [via]
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Prodigal Sonby Dean Koontz, Kevin J. AndersonISBN 0375434704 (0-375-43470-4)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prodigal Son'Book summary:From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the story, you know only half the truth. Get ready for the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of&
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Every city has secrets. But none as terrible as this. His name is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist whos traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Detective Carson OConnor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itselfand that just may be where this case ends up. For the no-nonsense OConnor is suddenly talking about an ages-old conspiracy, a near immortal race of beings, and killers that are moreand lessthan human. Soon it will be clear that as crazy as she sounds, the truth is even more ominous. For their quarry isnt merely a homicidal maniacbut his deranged maker.
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The Quiet Gameby Greg IlesISBN 0451180429 (0-451-18042-9)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quiet Game'Book summary:Is there space in the overcrowded courtroom for one more writer of sharp, very suspenseful legal thrillers? Yes--if that writer is Greg Iles, who has proven in such varied efforts as Black Cross, Mortal Fear, and Spandau Phoenix that he knows how to squeeze the last drop of suspense out of all sorts of situations.
Iles immediately makes us feel both sympathy and empathy for his glossy hero, Penn Cage--a former ace Texas prosecutor turned suspense novelist whose sales are up there in the John Grisham Himalayan range.
Trying to cope with the recent death of his wife, Cage takes his 5-year-old daughter to Florida's Disney World, where the child sadly sees visions of her mother everywhere in the fantasy-filled environment. Wouldn't a trip to his parents' stately home in Natchez be more soothing for all concerned? Wrong, as it turns out--and before Cage can catch his breath, he's deeply involved in several dangerous matters. His father, a dedicated doctor, is being blackmailed for a past mistake in judgment, and a powerful judge (who just happens to be the father of Penn's high school sweetheart) has a nasty personal agenda of his own. Then there's the unsolved 1968 murder case of a black man, which Cage insists on reopening with the help of an attractive, ambitious newspaper publisher.
Iles does for Natchez what John Berendt did for Savannah in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, creating a gothic Southern landscape where elegance and depravity walk hand in hand. --Dick Adler [via]
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The Ruinsby Scott SmithISBN 030727828X (0-307-27828-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Secret Pilgrimby John Le CarréISBN 0345374762 (0-345-37476-2)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Secret Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425168298 (0-425-16829-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secret Prey'Book summary:John Sandford is back with his dapper, dangerous Minneapolis deputy police chief Lucas Davenport for a ninth "preyer" meeting. Fans of the series will be glad to hear that it's full of smart suspense and deduction as well as explosive action. Davenport and his fellow cops are still recovering from the deadly revenge scheme that maimed them in Sudden Prey, which seems to have ended the relationship between Lucas and his doctor lady friend. This accounts for the depression that dogs him as he is sent to investigate the killing of top banking executive Daniel Kresge in a hunting lodge north of Minneapolis. Any of Kresge's four fellow hunters--all employees at his Polaris Bank--could have shot him, and all had motives, as did his almost ex-wife. About halfway through the book we find out who the real killer is, just a few pages before Lucas does, and that villain is a masterful creation, an example of the banality of evil worthy of Hannah Arendt. This is where Sandford's beautifully honed skills at creating suspense really kick in: he keeps us fascinated as Davenport, revitalized by an affair with a jaunty colleague, tries to turn what we all know into hard evidence. --Dick Adler [via]
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The Shadow of the Windby Lucia Graves, Carlos Ruiz ZafonISBN 0143034901 (0-14-303490-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Stephen Kingby Stephen KingISBN 0451931416 (0-451-93141-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Talismanby Stephen King, Peter StraubISBN 0345444884 (0-345-44488-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Thinnerby Stephen KingISBN 0451161343 (0-451-16134-3)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thinner'Book summary:After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wasting malady and must undertake a nightmarish journey to confront the forces of death. Movie tie-in. Book available. [via]
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Thinnerby Richard BachmanISBN 0453004687 (0-453-00468-7)
Hardcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thinner'Book summary:Thinner' - the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek. 'Thinner' - the word, the old man's curse, has lodged in Billy's mind like a fattening worm, eating at his flesh, at his reason. And with his despair, comes violence [via]
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Thunderballby Ian FlemingISBN 1567310486 (1-56731-048-6)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Tom Clancy's Op-Centerby Tom ClancyISBN 0425151875 (0-425-15187-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Upright Manby Michael MarshallISBN 0515136387 (0-515-13638-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Whiteoutby Ken FollettISBN 0451215710 (0-451-21571-0)
Softcover, Signet
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The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie Collins, Camille CautiISBN 1593082800 (1-59308-280-0)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in White'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Scott Brewster, University of Central Lancashire Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and The Woman in White is his first excursion into the genre. When the hero, Walter Hartright, on a moonlit night in North London, encounters a solitary, terrified and beautiful woman dressed in white, he feels impelled to solve the mystery of her distress. The intricate plot is peopled with a finely characterised cast, from the peevish invalid Mr Fairlie to the corpulent villain Count Fosco and the enigmatic woman herself. [via]
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Entrevista Con El Vampiroby Anne Rice, Marcelo CovianISBN 8466616209 (84-666-1620-9)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Entrevista con el Vampiro'Book summary:The archetypal vampire myth is refreshed for a modern audience in this narrative of an 18th-century Louisiana plantation owner named Louis Pointe du Lac and the charismatic and powerful vampire Lestat who chooses Louis to be his fledgling. In Louis's first-person confession to a skeptical boy, this novel transforms the vampire from a hideous predator into a highly sympathetic, seductive, and human figure. The life of immortal Lestat, raised with a deep Catholic faith, provides a background for the novel's philosophical discussions of the nature of evil, the reality of death, and the limits of human perception.[via]La mitología del vampiro es reinventado para lectores del siglo 20 en esta historia de Louis Pointe du Lac, el dueño de una plantación en el Louisiana del siglo 18, y el vampiro poderoso y dinámico Lestat quien adopta a Louis como discípulo. El voz de Louis narra la novela, y este punto de vista trasforma el vampiro de un monstruo a una figura simpática, seductiva, y humana. La vida de inmortal Lestat, quien tiene profunda fe católica, provee una arena para discursos filosóficos de la natura del malo, la realidad de la muerte, y las limitaciones de la percepción humana.More editions of Entrevista Con El Vampiro:
Entrevista Con El Vampiro / Interview With The Vampireby Anne RiceISBN 8495501252 (84-95501-25-2)
Softcover, Distal USA Inc
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El Imperio Del Aguaby Clive CusslerISBN 8401466148 (84-01-46614-8)
Softcover, Downtown Book Center Inc
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El Laberintoby Kate MosseISBN 8408065874 (84-08-06587-4)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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La Reina Del Surby Arturo Pérez-ReverteISBN 842046435X (84-204-6435-X)
Softcover, Santillana USA Publishing Company, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Reina del Sur'Book summary:«Sonó el teléfono y supo que la iban a matar. Lo supo con tanta certeza que se quedó inmóvil, la cuchilla en alto, el cabello pegado a la cara entre el vapor del agua caliente que goteaba en los azulejos. Bip-bip. Se quedó muy quieta, conteniendo el aliento como si la inmovilidad o el silencio pudieran cambiar el curso de lo que ya había ocurrido. Bip-bip. Estaba en la bañera, depilándose la pierna derecha, el agua jabonosa por la cintura, y su piel desnuda se erizó igual que si acabara de reventar el grifo del agua fría. Bip-bip. En el estéreo del dormitorio, los Tigres del Norte cantaban historias de Camelia la Tejana. La traición y el contrabando, decían, son cosas compartidas.» [via]
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Interview Mit Einem Vampirby Anne RiceISBN 3442430534 (3-442-43053-4)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Der Schwarm: Romanby Frank SchatzingISBN 3462033743 (3-462-03374-3)
Hardcover, Kiepenheuer & Witsch
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Der Schwarm: Roman'Book summary:"Die Yrr haben die Welt für alle Zeiten verändert." Letzter Tagebucheintrag, nachdem die Welt haarscharf am Untergang entlanggeschrammt war. Alles hatte angefangen mit einem peruanischen Fischer. Das letzte was Ucañan in seinem Leben zu sehen bekam, war eine riesige silbrig glitzernde Fläche, die näher kam. Ein Schwarm Goldmakrelen, dachte er erfreut. Ucañan irrte. Was ihn das Leben kostete, sollte sich sehr bald zu einer unheimlichen und existenziellen Bedrohung für den gesamten Planeten auswachsen.
Unter der Meeresoberfläche brodelt es neuerdings gehörig. Im Nordwesten Amerikas verschwinden Wale spurlos, um bald darauf gar nicht mehr artgerecht wieder aufzutauchen. Australien gibt Quallenalarm. Vor Norwegens Küste entdecken Ölbohrfachleute eine unbekannte Wurmspezies, deren monströse Kauwerkzeuge einen halben Kontinent zum Einsturz bringen können. Dem Meeresbiologen und Schöngeist Sigur Johanson schwant Übles: Die gesamte Meeresfauna und -flora scheint sich ferngesteuert gegen die Menschheit zu wenden. Ein wissenschaftliches Dreamteam nimmt den Kampf auf.
Unglaubliche 1.000 Seiten (angeblich Verlagsrekord!), routiniert erzählt und -- so weit es sich überblicken lässt -- solide recherchiert (immerhin ging ein wissenschaftlicher Beraterstab von annähernder Heeresstärke dem Autor zur Hand). Die Ökothematik zerdehnt zwar die Story, aber so nebenbei erfährt man allerhand über die Ölgewinnung auf den riesigen Plattformen vor Norwegens Küste und wird mit dem weit gehend unerforschten Ökosystem Tiefsee vertraut gemacht.
Für den spannenden Plot hat Tausendsassa Schätzing (der Mann leitet eine Werbeagentur, ist Musikproduzent, sieht gut aus und hat eine mehr als bewegte Website), diverse Erfolgsrezepte zusammengerührt und mit Öko abgeschmeckt. Nicht unclever und präventiv erwähnt Schätzing im Roman das Quellgebiet, das er geistig angezapft hat. Michael Crichtons Ruvre, Independence Day, Contact mit Jodie Foster und ganz besonders James Camerons Erfolgsfilm Abyss, sie alle grüßen herzlich aus nicht allzu großer Ferne.
Im letzten Drittel wird kräftig (Methan-)Gas gegeben. Tsunamis schwappen, Gallertartiges triumphiert. Höllengleich mutieren Zellverbände zu formenreichen Glibberwesen voller Tentakel. Knietief jagt Schätzing uns durch den intelligenten Schleim, der die Menschheit vor ihre größte Herausforderung stellt. Beängstigender Ökothriller! Bitte sofort die Ölheizung abdrehen! --Ravi Unger [via]
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