Here at last is the sensational sequel to "Papillon" – the great story of escape and adventure that took the world by storm. "Banco" continues the adventures of Henri Charriere – nicknamed 'Papillon' – in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charriere is soon involved in hair-raising exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries – robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever. He also runs night-clubs in Caracas until an earthquake ruins him in 1967 – when he decides to write the book that brings him international fame. Henri Charriere died in 1973 at the age of 66

Viktors Proņins Banda 3. Katru trešdienu pa sievietei Rīga «Iljus» 1996 Tulkoja Inga Krīgere Mākslinieks Andris Nikolajevs Maketētājs Viktors Adamovičs Romāns «Banda 3» iepazīstina lasītāju ar 1995. gada notikumiem Krievijā. Slepkavības un vardarbība kļuvušas par ikdienišķu parādību. Pilsētu savā starpā sadalījuši divi noziedznieku grupējumi. Pēkšņi parādās trešais spēks… Romāna «Katru trešdienu pa sievietei…» sižeta pamatu veido kāda sirmgalvja neremdināmās atriebības alkas. Nolēmis sodīt mazmeitas piesmējējus, viņš neapstājas nekādu šķēršļu priekšā. «Bandas» 3. romāns iepazīstina lasītāju ar 1995. gada notikumiem Krievijā. Slepkavības un vardarbība kļuvušas par ikdienišķu parādību. Pilsētu savā starpā sadalījuši divi noziedznieku grupējumi. Pēkšņi parādās trešais spēks… 1SBN-9984-522-99-7 Romāna «Katru trešdienu pa sievietei» sižeta pamatu veido kāda sirmgalvja neremdināmās atriebības alkas. Nolēmis sodīt mazmeitas piesmējējus, viņš neapstājas nekādu šķēršļu priekšā. © SiA «Iljus», 1996 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Viktors Proņins Banda 6 Detektīvs Kā viņu nogalināt? Par to ikbrīd domā gan viņa sieva un miesassargs,, gan viņa mīļākā un personiskais bomzis, gan viņa mājsaimniece un privātā cietuma ieslodzītais... Visi šie ļaudis, dzīvodami zem viena jumta milzīgā nepabeigtā   mājā, nodarbināti tikai ar vienu domu: kā nogalināt savu saimnieku - maizes devēju. Beidzot tas izdodas… Izmeklētājs Pafnutjevs sāk šķetināt, liekas, mezglaināko pavedienu viņa līdzšinējā izmeklētāja prakse. Šai jūklī katram jāatrod sava vieta, turklāt precīzi jānorāda, kurš slepkava. Un Pafnutjevs arī šoreiz pierāda savu profesionalitāti, balansēdams uz naža asmens… No krievu valodas tulkoju Inga Krīgere Redaktore Daina Garokalna Mākslinieks Andris Nikolajevs Maketētā ja Ingrīda Vaivode Viktors Proņins BANDA-6 © Iljus, 2002 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis  ISBN 9984-642-03-8

Viktors Proņins Banda 7 Viktors Proņins ir īpašs kriminālromānu autors. Lai kādas nelaimes un pārbaudījumi piemeklētu varoņus, rakstnieks neaizmirst ieskatīties arī vinu dvēselē. Un vienmēr izrādās, ka galvenie notikumi risinās tieši tur, dvēselē. Dzīvē gadās visādi. Personīgā dzīve dažreiz pilnībā saplūst ar darbu. Arī šoreiz Pafnutjevam jāpalīdz vienam no savējiem - ekspertam Hudoļejam pazudusi mīļotā meitene. Uzsākuši meklēšanu, viņi negaidot atrod divu sieviešu līķus. Un tad jo tālāk, jo trakāk. Atklājas vesela organizācija, kas piegādā meitenes Itālijas izklaides vietām. No krievu valodas tulkojusi Inga Krīgere Mākslinieks Andris Nikolajevs Maketētāja Ingrīda Vaivode Viktors Proņins BANDA-7 ' © AKOPEKS, 2004 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis ISBN 9984-732-77-0

Viktors Proņins Banda-8 -    Nāc, - Slava mudināja. - Laiks negaida. - Un viņš pirmais devās pie ēnā izvietotajiem soliņiem. -    Labi, iesim, - Pafnutjevs piekrita un pieceldamies iesvieda bagāžniekā cigareti. Un tūlTt pat metās uz kraujas pusi, tūlīt pat metās guļus zemē. Kad sprādziena vilnis bija pārvēlies viņam pāri, Pafnutjevs pielēca kājās un, neko nedomādams un apkārt neskatīdamies, metās lejup, pat neiztēlodamies, kas viņu tur gaida. No krievu valodas tulkojusi Inga Krīgere Mākslinieks Andris Nikolajevs Maketētāja Ingrīda Vaivode Viktors Proņins Banda-8 © Akopeks, 2007 ISBN 9984-778—43-6 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

En Nueva Orleans, una fundación de ayuda a la `contra` nicaragüense guarda todo el dinero recaudado con la bendición de Reagan entre los magnates y empresarios norteamericanos. El coronel Dagoberto Godoy y su siniestro guardaespaldas, Franklin de Dios, son los encargados de recoger el dinero y de organizar el embarque clandestino, de las armas destinadas a la guerrilla antisandinista. La CIA sigue con atención los acontecimientos, pero nadie puede sospechar que se ha formado entre tanto un singular grupo de bandidos dispuestos a dar un golpe magistral. Aunque parezca una locura, Lucy Nichols, que había sido monja en una leprosería de Nicaragua, Jack Delaney, ex presidiario, y Roy Hicks, que fue expulsado de la policía acusado de soborno, tienen un plan infalible para hacerse con el botín

Daņils Koreckis Bandinieks augstā spēlē atVARS-S 1997 Daņils Koreckis sarakstījis vairāk nekā piecdesmit zinātniskos darbus, apmēram trissimt rakstus un aprakstus periodiskajā presē, veselu virkni stāstu un lugu, desmitiem grāmatu. Tiesības sargājosās iestādēs vairāk nekā divdesmit gadu nostrādājis kā prokuratūras izmeklētājs un vecākais zinātniskais līdzstrādnieks tiesu ekspertīžu laboratorijā, pēdējos gadus zinātnisko un pasniedzēja darbu apvieno ar daiļradi. Daudzu viņa grāmatu sižetos izmantotas reālas krimināllietas, noziedzības apkarošanas problēmas viņa darbos ir patiesas un aktuālas. Bandinieks Augstā Spēlē Cienīgais kungs ar izlutinātā saimnieks seju nervozi staigāja pa kabinetu. Divi nelaimes gadījumi pēc kārtas nevarēja būt nāvi. Bet kurš tas varēja būt? Viņš rūpīgi pārlika prātā pēdējā laika notikumus. Vai tiešām Jā, šaubu nevarēja būt. Gan Ivans Pavlovičs, gan Mihails Petrovičs gribēja likvidēt Verjinovu. Bet ģenerālis vienmēr spēja aizsteigties priekšā. Tātad tas nav mīts… Viņš sāka domāt par savu likteni. Ja jau Verlinovs ir izrēķinājies ar atsevišķām personām, no kuru puses draudēja tiešas briesmas, tad viņu pašu liks mierā. Taču, ja ģēnerāhs ķēries pie ēnu kabineta, tad tiks iznicinātas visas nozimigās figūras, turklāt galvenā  pirmām kārtām. Skapī atradās neskaitāmas ādas mapes, dārgas piezīmju grāmatiņas, skaistas pildspalvas. To visu pasniedz prezentācijās, simpozijos, konferencēs, ko kabinets saimnieks apmeklēja vai katru dienu. Vienā no pildspalvām nedzirdami ieslēdzās iebūvētā ierīce  infraskaņas depresators. Kabinetu piepildīja staipīgi šausmu viļņi… No krievu valodas tulkojis Andris Rijnieks Mākslinieks Modris Adumāns Redaktore I. Ceriipa Tehniskā redaktore V. Vasiļjet'a Formāts 81x108/32. 14,5 iespiedi. Iespiesta Publiskajā a/s «Jāņa sēta» tipogrāfijā, Brivibas ielā 139, Rigā, LV-1012. Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Frank Matisse had specialized in stealing from hotel rooms but was trying hard to go straight. He meets Dick Nichols in New Orleans and discovers that he was raising money for the Contras, although his daughter, Lucy, doesn't want the money to arrive in Nicaragua. From the author of "Glitz"

Henks Mesiks, Bērts Goldblats Bandītisms un mafija Organizētās noziedzības vēsture Amerikā Dažos gados noziedzības un korupcijas vīruss tā cauraudis un saindējis sabiedrību, ka mietpilsoņa skatiens viegli un bez īpašām emocijām pārslīd avīžu kriminālhronikas sensacionālajiem virsrakstiem. Tirgošanās ar nelicenzētu alkoholu, automobiļu zādzības, spēļu bizness un narkotikas, prostitūcija un rekets, slepkavības un pašnāvības, tas viss kļuvis ikdienišķs un apziņu kairina ne vairāk par ķīviņiem valdības gaiteņos. Šajā ziņā mūsu sabiedrība patlaban atrodas uz tā paša ceļa, kas Amerikā noiets jau trīsdesmitajos gados. Lai arī ar zināmām atšķirībām, ko noteic katras valsts un mūsdienu sociāli ekonomiskie apstākļi, tomēr likumsakarīgi līdzīgi ir mafijas veidošanās celi. Tāpēc, lasot Henka Mesika un Berta Goldblata grāmatu-pētījumu, mēs it kā paskatāmies uz sevi spogulī. Šī ir nopietna grāmata, kas liek ne tikai apjaust, kur atrodamies, bet ļauj arī, autoru vārdiem sakot, aiz kokiem saskatīt mežu un mudina, ja ne rīkoties, tad vismaz domāt, kur gan slēpjas organizētās noziedzības panākumu fenomens. Dokumentālā proza Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv © Izdevējfirma Sia Verdikts Izdevējfirma sia Verdikts Rīgā, 1993

Edgars Volless Bandītu karalis romāns tapals 1996 Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis Edgars Volless AL-KAPONE — BANDĪTU KARALIS Romāns Tulkojis E. Feldmanis Izdevniecība "Grāmatu draugs", 1931 © "Tapals", 1996 © Mākslinieks EDGARS FOLKS

If all that is good thinks you evil… are you? Once upon a time, the Seven Shapers dwelled in accord and Shaped the world to their will. But Satoris, the youngest among them, was deemed too generous in his gifts to the race of Men, and so began the Shapers' War, which Sundered the world. Now six of the Shapers lay to one end of a vast ocean, and Satoris to the other, reviled by even the race of Men. Satoris sits in his Darkhaven, surrounded by his allies. Chief among them is Tanaros Blacksword, immortal Commander General of his army. Once a mortal man who was betrayed by King and Wife, Tanaros fled to Darkhaven a thousand years ago, and in Satoris’s service has redeemed his honor-but left his humanity behind. Now there is a new prophecy that tells of Satoris’s destruction and the redemption of the world. To thwart it, Satoris sends Tanaros to capture the Lady of the Ellylon, the beautiful Cerelinde, to prevent her alliance with the last High King of Men. But Tanaros discovers that not all of his heart has been lost — his feelings for Cerelinde could doom Satoris, but save the race of Men…

Новая книга Мацуо Монро на первый взгляд резко отличается от созерцательной "Научи меня умирать". Действие, действие и еще раз действие. Причем, чем оно неожиданнее и жестче, тем лучше - так считает автор. Но есть нечто, делающее обе книги Монро похожими друг на друга: даже под дулом пистолета герои не перестают философствовать, а тонкий психологизм и специфический юмор до последней страницы держат читателя в напряжении. В черном джипе, несущемся по дорогам Японии, четыре человека - психотерапевт-убийца; наркоманка, объявившая войну произведениям искусства; девушка, одержимая идеей глобального уничтожения человечества, и уставший от жизни простой страховой агент. У каждого из этих людей своя цель и свое понимание добра и зла. Во что выльется их противостояние? К чему приведет "крестовый поход" героев против общепринятой морали и законов?

Bangkok is one of the great cities in the world, but unlike other great metropolises it has no noir tales to its name. Bangkok Noir puts that to right. In this first ever noir anthology of Bangkok, twelve seasoned and internationally known — Thai and Western — writers have come together to make a powerful collection of crime fiction short stories that portray the dark side of this Asian metropolis where the lives of most citizens seem as far away from heaven as its Thai name Krungthep is distant from its meaning — City of Angels. In Bangkok Noir, the twelve short stories of various shades of black involve gangsters and hitmen, love and betrayal, the supernatural, the possessed and the dispossessed, and the far distant future

There isn't much worth living for in Gypsum, Missouri – or Trashtown, as the rich kids call the run-down neighborhood where sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell lives. Hailey figures she'll never belong – not with the popular kids at school, not with the rejects, not even with her cruel, sickly grandmother, who deals drugs out of their basement. Hailey never knew her dead mother, and she has no idea who her father was, but at least she has her four-year-old foster brother, Chub. Once she turns eighteen, Hailey plans to take Chub far from Gypsum and start a new life where no one can find them. But when a classmate is injured in gym class, Hailey discovers a gift for healing that she never knew she possessed – and that she cannot ignore. Not only can she heal, she can bring the dying back to life. Confused by her powers, Hailey searches for answers but finds only more questions, until a mysterious visitor shows up at Gram's house, claiming to be Hailey's aunt Prairie. There are people who will stop at nothing to keep Hailey in Trashtown, living out a legacy of despair and suffering. But when Prairie saves both Hailey and Chub from armed attackers who invade Gram's house in the middle of the night, Hailey must decide where to place her trust. Will Prairie's past, and the long-buried secret that caused her to leave Gypsum years earlier, ruin them all? Because as Hailey will soon find out, their power to heal is just the beginning. This gripping novel from thriller writer Sophie Littlefield blazes a trail from small-town Missouri to the big city as Hailey battles an evil greater than she ever imagined, while discovering strengths she never knew she had

The fourth and final installment of a "riveting" (RT Book reviews) urban fantasy series about a renegade mage and the demons who love her. Complicated does not begin to describe Arcadia Bell's life right now: unnatural magical power, another brush with death, and a murderous mother who's not only overbearing but determined to take permanent possession of Cady's body. Forced to delve deep into the mystery surrounding her own birth, Cady must uncover which evil spell her parents cast during her conception…and how to reverse it.Fast. As she and her lover Lon embark on a dangerous journey through her magical past, Lon's teenage son Jupe sneaks off for his own investigation. Each family secret they uncover is darker than the last, and Cady, who has worn many identities—Moonchild, mage, fugitive—is about to add one more to the list

When John Dortmunder sets out to rob a bank, he really means it. He steals the whole thing. With the help of his usual crew, as well as a sophomoric ex-FBI man and a militant safecracker, Dortmunder puts a set of wheels under a trailer that just happens to be the temporary site of the Capitalists' & Immigrants' Trust Corp. When the safe won't open and the cops close in, Dortmunder realizes he's got to find a place — somewhere in suburban Long Island — to hide a bank. "One of the funniest conceptions you're going to come across…the ending is hilarious." (The New York Times)

Young investment banker Tim Ekaterin suddenly finds himself involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred racing — and discovers his unexceptional world of business blown to smithereens. When the multimillion-dollar loan he arranges to finance the purchase of Sandcastle, a champion, is threatened by an apparent defect in the horse, Tim searches desperately for an answer. And he falls headlong into violence and murder. Even so, he cannot stop. He must find the key to the murders. And to Sandcastle

Few believed Professor Coldwell could commune with spirits. But in Scotland's oldest university town something has passed from darkness into light. Now, the young are being haunted by night terrors and those who are visited disappear. This is certainly not a place for outsiders, especially at night. So what chance do a rootless musician and burned-out explorer have of surviving their entanglement with an ageless supernatural evil and the ruthless cult that worships it? A chilling occult thriller from award-winning author Adam Nevill, Banquet for the Damned is both a homage to the great age of British ghost stories and a pacey modern tale of diabolism and witchcraft

The decomposed body of a much-loved eight-year-old, Annamay Hyatt, is found in a wooded creekside area. To an agonizing degree everyone concerned with Annamay feels responsible. To an even more agonizing degree, someone is. The effect of the child’s violent death runs through the community like a plague. It infects not only her parents and her cousin, Dru, the same age as Annamay, but everyone who lives or works in the area, from the aging gay who gives young parties to the white-robed con man who comes to the creek and hears a banshee. Perhaps most bereft is Annamay’s grandfather who studies the ancient Japanese fish in the koi pond, appalled that they and he should still be alive while an eight-year-old is dead. Through a telescope he watches the retired madam who lives in her villa across the canyon, surrounded by keepers. The madam also hears the banshee. Friends of the family are also badly infected, one of them fatally. These include Ben York, the young architect who designed the Hyatts’ house and the little girl’s play palace; his brash mistress who resents his attachment to the Hyatts; the minister who officiated at Annamay’s baptism and now her funeral and loses his faith in the process; and even the housekeeper, Chizzy, bewildered because Annamay did not heed her repeated warnings not to talk to strangers. Margaret Millar is a highly praised, widely read novelist. Banshee shows why, for over four decades, she has maintained a steady and devoted following

In "Banshee Cries," ritual murders under a full moon lead Jo Walker to confront a Harbinger of Death. Maybe this "gift" she has is one she shouldn't ignore — because the next life she has to save might be her own!

The historical record crowns success. Those enshrined in its annals are men and women whose ideas, accomplishments, or personalities have dominated, endured, and most important of all, found champions. John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists, and Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets are classic celebrations of the greatest, the brightest, the eternally constellated. Paul Collins' Banvard's Folly is a different kind of book. Here are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck-or perhaps some combination of them all-leapt straight from life into thankless obscurity. Among their number are scientists, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, and adventurers, from across the centuries and around the world. They hold in common the silenced aftermath of failure, the name that rings no bells. Collins brings them back to glorious life. John Banvard was an artist whose colossal panoramic canvasses (one behemoth depiction of the entire eastern shore of the Mississippi River was simply known as "The Three Mile Painting") made him the richest and most famous artist of his day. . . before he decided to go head to head with P. T. Barnum. René Blondot was a distinguished French physicist whose celebrated discovery of a new form of radiation, called the N-Ray, went terribly awry. At the tender age of seventeen, William Henry Ireland signed "William Shakespeare" to a book and launched a short but meteoric career as a forger of undiscovered works by the Bard -- until he pushed his luck too far. John Symmes, a hero of the War of 1812, nearly succeeded in convincing Congress to fund an expedition to the North Pole, where he intended to prove his theory that the earth was hollow and ripe for exploitation; his quixotic quest counted Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe among its greatest admirers. Collins' love for what he calls the "forgotten ephemera of genius" give his portraits of these figures and the other nine men and women in Banvard's Folly sympathetic depth and poignant relevance. Their effect is not to make us sneer or revel in schadenfreude; here are no cautionary tales. Rather, here are brief introductions-acts of excavation and reclamation-to people whom history may have forgotten, but whom now we cannot