McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be found in such outdoor recreations as camping, huntin......
An intriguing exploration of a favorite pastime -- a trip to the beach."One night in 1883, David Bradley s candy stand was swamped by a storm. Not one......
An all-purpose car book written by a woman for women demystifies the car through step-by-step instructions in buying, selling, maintaining, and repair......
Professional Cemetery is an excellent collection of poems and short stories. Many of them have a Chicago flavor....
1914年,程小青创作的侦探小说《灯光人影》在《新闻报》征文竞赛中人选,小说人物“霍森”被误印为“霍桑”,从此陆续创作“霍桑探案”系列,集为《霍桑探案全集袖珍丛刊》,由世界书局陆续出版。翻译、创作之外,程小青也为侦探小说的理论探索打下了良好的基础。他与严独鹤、周瘦鹃等人于1923年创办的《侦探世界》......
Raising the stakes in an already perilous situation, the elite members of a clandestine government sect have taken it upon themselves to become the ar......
A body is found beside the railway track in the deserts of New Mexico with a note in the pocket bearing the location of an old woman and an obscure Na......
Margaritaville may not appear on a map, but it does exist--at least in the brilliantly creative, sometimes slightly skewed imagination of Jimmy Buffet......
From Roger L. Simon, author of The Big Fix, comes his best Moses Wine novel yet -- a hilarious, dark thriller set in the movie world. DIRECTOR S CUT A......
Former SAS commando Andy McNab returns in electrifying form with his newest international bestselling novel Last Light Top-secret operative Nick Stone......
Two dramas set among the folk of the Aran Islands and western Irish coastlands. The Playboy of the Western World deals with a hero s progress, from ti......
A RAZOR-SHARP THRILLER FROM THE EDGAR AWARD-NOMINATED AUTHOR WHO "BLURS THE LINES BETWEEN DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES" (Abilene Reporter-News, TX)Darby McCo......
On Saturday, April 2nd, five April brides discover their wedding-dresses have been stolen from a Manhattan bridal salon. One of the brides is none oth......
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Tanenbaum ratchets up the suspense with an authentic and morally complex mystery set deep inside......
In six "New York Times" bestsellers, including her smashing hardcover debut "Now You See Her," Linda Howard has seamlessly melded thrilling sensuality......
a poet of the mystery novel...
John Connolly thrilled readers with his bestselling novels, Every Dead Thing, Dark Hollow, and The Killing Kind. Now he delivers spellbinding suspense......
From Publishers Weekly Romance veteran Johnston makes her hardcover debut with another Bitter Creek novel (The Loner, etc.), in which Houston lawyer L......
Book Description A classic American private eyeB> To hear him tell it, Amos Walker is an unsuccessful man in an obsolete profession. Still, even P.I.s......