Examines the nature and value of friendship and how it can have its ups and downs....
From Publishers Weekly The theft from a private museum in Miami of a painting by 19th-century artist Fernando Reyes of Columbus offering his book of p......
In June 1900, Boxer rebels attacked the foreign community in China s capital, forcing all non-Chinese along with hundreds of Chinese Christians, to ta......
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ONE A steak sandwich smothered in melted cheese lay half-eaten on Jack Terranova s plate. He took another swig of the pun- gent local beer as a fly，......
From Publishers Weekly Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Kobe Police Force is back for his ninth appearance. A Dutch woman named Marianna van Wijk ha......
From AudioFile Set in Victorian England， this 1979 novel introduced Inspector Thomas Pitt and the socially privileged Charlotte Ellison (later Pitt)， ......
From Publishers Weekly Intelligence agent Tori Nunn's travails involve divergent scenarios around the globe， from cocaine smuggling to an anti-Communi......
Vivid photographs reveal Nigerian village life and provide a beautiful scene for the story of young Chidi, whose favorite color is blue, even after hi......
Book Description Ambassador Geoffrey James might be a British citizen， but when he dies on the night of a gala party， it's up to Captain Sal Morizio o......
For millions of readers John D. MacDonald is the consum-mate storyteller of our time， a x~fiter ~o， ~t~a h~ ~，e~cprose， his vivid sense of cha......
From Publishers Weekly A fast-paced romantic thriller about a woman's efforts to protect her granddaughter from a satanic cult. Copyright 1994 Reed Bu......
Book Description "Chilling， brutal， and satisfying...The reader becomes deeply involved."THE HOUSTON CHRONICLEThe sudden death of a major pr......
From Publishers Weekly Former jockey Shoemaker's debut is an assured and entertaining thriller about a professional horseracing syndicate plagued by c......
Book Description "Chilling， brutal， and satisfying...The reader becomes deeply involved."THE HOUSTON CHRONICLEThe sudden death of a major pr......
When FBI agent John O Hara first sees her, she seems perfect. She has the looks. The career. The clothes. The wit. The sophistication. The tantalizing......
Give Him Back To God begins with the seduction of eight-year-old Giovanni (John) Martino in a Seminary in Italy, and culminates with his murder as a p......
When an unpopular local cook is found poisoned to death by a bad batch of crepes, Magdalena is eager to bring the killer to justice-but she s shocked ......
