Багатьом із нас про В’єтнам майже нічого не відомо — хіба що ми знаємо кілька в’єтнамських ресторанів, де смачно готують, або ж бачили американські фільми про нескінченну криваву війну. Але ХТО вони — головні герої цього маловідомого конфлікту? Кім Тхюї — одна з цих «людей із човна», які втекли з пекла, щоб знайти порятунок в іншому білому краї. І невеличкими оповідями, історійками, афоризмами вона помалу малює образ квебекської пані з в’єтнамським акцентом, якій вдалося (чи, радше, яка мусила) пристосуватися до вторгнення комуністів, вижити у переповненому таборі для біженців, навчитися західному способу життя і, зрештою, звикнути до материнства. Через поетичність і гумор читати цю книжку — суцільне задоволення. Французькою RU означає «струмочок», у переносному значенні «витікання, потік, циркуляція» (сліз, крові, грошей) (Le Robert historique). В’єтнамською RU означає «колискова», «колисати». І це досконала назва для цього невеликого, однак сильного роману. Усі права застережені. Жодну частину цього видання не можна переви­да­ва­ти, перекладати, зберігати в пошукових системах або передавати у будь-якій формі та будь-яким засобом (електронним, механічним, фотокопіюванням або іншим) без попередньої письмової згоди на це ТОВ «Видавництво Анетти Антоненко». ISBN 978-617-7192-88-5 Copyright © Les Éditions Libre Expression, 2009 © Зоя Борисюк, український переклад, 2017 © «Видавництво Анетти Антоненко», 2018

A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thúy's Governor General's Literary Award-winning Ru is a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. Ru. In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow — of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec. There, the young girl feels the embrace of a new community, and revels in the chance to be part of the American Dream. As an adult, the waters become rough again: now a mother of two sons, she must learn to shape her love around the younger boy's autism. Moving seamlessly from past to present, from history to memory and back again, Ru is a book that celebrates life in all its wonder: its moments of beauty and sensuality, brutality and sorrow, comfort and comedy

Упершыню па-беларуску асобнай кнігай выдаюцца рубаі класіка ірана-таджыкскай літаратуры, матэматыка, фізіка і філосафа Усходу (XІ ст.). Разнастайнасць жыцця ў вершах Амара Хаяма цэлыя стагоддзя захапляе і будзе захапляць чалавека глыбінёй думкі, пачуццяў, палётам духу, фантазіі

‘The dead can’t speak to us,’ Professor Madoc had said. That was a lie. Because the body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. Life is already strange enough for the obsessive Patrick without having to solve a possible murder. Especially when no one else believes that a crime has even taken place. Now he must stay out of danger long enough to unravel the mystery – while he dissects his own evidence. But as Patrick learns one truth from a dead man, he discovers there have been many other lies rather closer to home…

La serie que protagoniza Easy Rawlins llega a su décima y tal vez última entrega con esta novela, en la que Walter Mosley nos traslada al turbulento Los Angeles de finales de los 60. Situada en 1967, en la décima entrega de la serie de novelas criminales protagonizada por Easy Rawlins nos encontramos a un Rawlins de mediana edad que empieza a acusar el paso del tiempo y los fantasmas que nunca lo abandonaron. Easy está lidiando con en el hecho de haber abandonado a Bonnie ─a pesar de amarla como a ninguna otra mujer─, con que sus hijos ya se han hecho mayores y con que Los Angeles está sufriendo cambios tan radicales después de los enfrentamientos raciales, que hasta a un superviviente como él le cuesta adaptarse a la ciudad donde siempre ha vivido. Sin embargo, Rawlins siempre parece encontrar nuevos problemas a los que hacer frente. Dos peligrosos amigos de Easy, Ratón Alexander y Navidad Black, han desaparecido. Al primero lo buscan por el asesinato de Pericles Tarr; Navidad, por su parte, dejó a su hija Pascua en casa de Easy y se esfumó. La aparición de la policía militar en busca de Black, hace que Easy se ponga a trabajar para descubrir qué ha pasado y la relación que existe entre las desapariciones de sus amigos, el asesinato de Tarr y la aparición de una mujer rubia que no es como parece ser. «Sus compactos diálogos continúan centelleando y el modo en que Mosley compone sus escenas sigue siendo tan sagaz como siempre» The New York Times

A prisoner with a haunted past is released into ravaged Los Angeles, where he pursues an elusive girl to the shores or Rubicon Beach and faces his lost destiny. In his second novel, Steve Erickson creates a decaying world filled with leftover passions and poetic vision that established him as one of the most original and evocative American writers of his generation

Prawdziwym bohaterem tej epickiej sagi dwóch rodów, prowadzącej czytelnika przez tysiąc lat ich dziejów, jest Rzym miasto i jego mieszkańcy. Wplatając historię, legendę i najnowsze odkrycia archeologiczne w dynamiczną narrację, Steven Saylor tchnął nowe życie w dramat pierwszego tysiąclecia Wiecznego Miasta od chwili jego założenia poprzez meandry zadziwiającej drogi do roli stolicy najpotężniejszego w dziejach imperium. Rzym przypomina tragedię bohatera i zdrajcy Koriolana, zdobycie miasta przez Galów, najazd Hannibala, zacięte zmagania polityczne między patrycjuszami i plebejuszami, a wreszcie śmierć republiki z chwilą triumfu i wkrótce potem zabójstwa Juliusza Cezara. świadkami, uczestnikami, a czasem głównymi aktorami dramatu są potomkowie starych rodów Potycjuszów i Pinariuszów. Rolę łącznika między pokoleniami pełni tajemniczy talizman, odwieczny jak samo miasto. Steven Saylor, historyk, jest autorem uznanego przez krytyków i uwielbianego przez czytelników cyklu powieści Roma sub rosa, wydanego w osiemnastu językach, także w wersji polskiej przez REBIS, pojawiał się też w roli eksperta od polityki i realiów codzienności starożytnego Rzymu w telewizyjnych filmach dokumentalnych nadawanych w wielu krajach na kanale History Channel. Rzym historyczna panorama, ludzki dramat i porywająca opowieść jest jego największym literackim osiągnięciem

Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell, “the kind of pretty it hurt to look at,” has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city-the darkened piano bars and hidden alleyways of the Village-all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town’s dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy

Best friends Jess and Lily visit Friendship Forest, where animals can talk and magic exists! Lily and Jess can’t wait to see the Fuzzybrush fox family wake the stars with their magical dance. But wicked witch Grizelda’s black dragon is determined to make the forest dark — forever! Can Ruby Fuzzybrush help the girls reverse the spell on her family and save the forest?

В сердце России начинается Третья мировая война – война нового типа, в которой всё решают СМИ, нефть и высокотехнологичное оружие. Российская республика Татарстан ссорится с Москвой. Дело доходит до вооруженного конфликта, в который вмешивается Совет Безопасности ООН. Но суверенный Татарстан не намерен подчиняться ни миротворцам, ни превосходящей силе НАТО. И это не безумие или фанатизм, а хитрый расчет, подкрепленный агентурной сетью, отвагой и смекалкой. А также самыми большими в мире стратегическими бомбардировщиками. Роман был опубликован в 2004 году под названием «Татарский удар». В настоящем издании представлена авторская редакция

Ukryte we wnętrzu kamer chochliki błyskawicznie malują kolejne klatki na celuloidowej taśmie. Świat Dysku odkrywa magię Srebrnego Ekranu! Nie wystarczy jednak usiąść w kinowym fotelu i z przejęciem śledzić losy bohaterów Porwanego wiatrem, najdziwniejszego filmu o Wojnie Domowej, jaki kiedykolwiek powstał. Przede wszystkim trzeba wyjaśnić, jaką tajemnicę skrywa wzgórze Świętego Gaju (czyli Holy Woodu), nie przejmując się tym, że Gaspode, Cudowny Pies, ma wielką ochotę na to, by uratować świat…

Priscilla robiła wszystko, co w ludzkiej mocy, by tragiczne zdarzenie z czasów wczesnej młodości nie zniszczyło jej dalszego życia. Udało jej się odsunąć w niepamięć koszmary wspomnień, dopóki na jej drodze nie stanął ten potężny mężczyzna, Coop Maitland, kolega ze szkoły. A przecież on tylko chciał jej pomóc…

Dragutins Malovičs Rudais runcis izdevniecība «Liesma» Rīga 1974 Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis MĪĻIE BĒRNI! Šajā grāmatā jūs iepazīsieties ar mūsdienu dienvidslāvu rakstnieka Dragutina Maloviča daiļradi. Viņš liriski un izjusti stāsta par savu sūro bērnību, par tēvu — komunistu, kas dar­bojās pagrīdē, par jaunākajiem brāļiem un māsām. Stāsta darbība risinās šā gadsimta trīs­desmito gadu beigās un četrdesmito gadu sākumā kādā Dienvidslāvijas pilsētiņā — Suboticā, netālu no Ungārijas robežas. No krievu Valodas tulkojis Herberts Kanālis Ilustrējis V. Čapļa Vāku un titullapu zīmējusi D. Purviņa © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, «Liesma», 1974

Na przedstawiony tu wybór składają się utwory, które wiążą się przede wszystkim z legendami i anegdotami z Shire schyłku Trzeciej Ery. Wiersze, jak się zdaje, zostały napisane przez hobbitów”, napisał w Przedmowie do Przygód Toma Bombadila J.R.R. Tolkien, który występuje tu w roli badacza opracowującego hobbicki tekst. Te oryginalne wiersze przeznaczone są przede wszystkim dla młodszych czytelników. Ale warto pamiętać o tym, co powiedział o nich sam autor: „Utwory te są, przynajmniej z pozoru, lekkie i swawolne, choć czasami trudno się oprzeć wrażeniu, że kryje się w nich znacznie więcej, niż można się powierzchownie dosłuchać

Au lieu de passer au centre des chèques postaux, aujourd'hui, j'aurais mieux fait de me consacrer à des amours ancillaires (celles que je préfère). Au guichet, j'avise un vieux type blême et pâle des crayons qui retire de l'artiche. Où ça se complique, c'est quand je retrouve pépère, assis dans sa bagnole, bien sagement, mais un peu mort ! Alors je me mets en piste, courant de surprise en surprise au long de la rue des Macchabées

C’est un jeune Marocain de Tanger, un garçon sans histoire, un musulman passable, juste trop avide de liberté et d’épanouissement, dans une société peu libertaire. Au lycée, il a appris quelques bribes d’espagnol, assez de français pour se gaver de Série Noire. Il attend l’âge adulte en lorgnant les seins de sa cousine Meryem. C’est avec elle qu’il va “fauter”, une fois et une seule. On les surprend : les coups pleuvent, le voici à la rue, sans foi ni loi. Commence alors une dérive qui l’amènera à servir les textes — et les morts — de manières inattendues, à confronter ses cauchemars au réel, à tutoyer l’amour et les projets d’exil. Dans Rue des Voleurs, roman à vif et sur le vif, l’auteur de Zone retrouve son territoire hypersensible à l’heure du Printemps arabe et des révoltes indignées. Tandis que la Méditerranée s’embrase, l’Europe vacille. Il faut toute la jeunesse, toute la naïveté, toute l’énergie du jeune Tangérois pour traverser sans rebrousser chemin le champ de bataille. Parcours d’un combattant sans cause, Rue des Voleurs est porté par le rêve d’improbables apaisements, dans un avenir d’avance confisqué, qu’éclairent pourtant la compagnie des livres, l’amour de l’écrit et l’affirmation d’un humanisme arabe. Mathias Énard est l’auteur de quatre romans chez Actes Sud : La Perfection du tir (2003, prix des Cinq Continents de la francophonie), Remonter l’Orénoque (2005 ; adapté au cinéma en 2012 par Marion Laine sous le titre À cœur ouvert avec Juliette Binoche et Edgar Ramirez), Zone (2008, prix Décembre 2008 ; prix du Livre Inter 2009) et Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d’éléphants (2010, prix Goncourt des lycéens 2010)

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During a supposedly relaxing retreat at a Texas convent, herbalist China Bayles and her friend Maggie, an ex-nun, investigate the seemingly accidental death of the Mother Superior and uncover a deadly conflict within the walls of the cloister

Daß Menschen aus allem immer einen Riesenschlamassel machen, wissen die Tigerkatze Mrs. Murphy und ihre Hundefreundin Tee Tu­cker längts. Aber als sie eines Nachts >was köstlich Totes< riechen und eine abgehackte Menschenhand finden , ist klar: Hier stimmt was nicht! Ein neuer Fall für die tierisch-klugen Detektivinnen von Rita Mae Brown und Sneaky Pie Brown

The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives. Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova’s amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling’s secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for

“Can Hugo Jupiter save his country from an even scarier future? If you like Terry Pratchett or Will Self you’ll love this.” “Dystopia gets a facial in this brilliant story of hero Hugo Jupiter’s meteoric rise to power.” “A wildly funny adventure in the dark reaches of an all too possible future. Dan Carver is a great new talent.” England is cut off and has entered a dark post-apocalyptic future. Evil politicians, who will stop at nothing, battle for control over the helpless population who are terrorized by marauding leopards. Enter former army surgeon Hugo Jupiter, who gets caught up in the course of history. He fights to overthrow the corrupt regime and establish his own. Will he succeed or will his very flawed character lead to an even worse future?

Hell is looking for a way to break loose… Jax lost the genetic lottery. Descended from Cain, the world's first murderer, he's plagued by a curse that demands violence in exchange for his happiness. He left everything behind, including the girl he loved, but thriving on the pain of others is lonely… And it's killing him. After a series of heartbreaking losses, Samantha put rubber to pavement and headed for college as fast as her clunker could carry her. But she can't outrun her problems. When an attack at school drives her back home, she's thrown into the path of a past—and a guy—she's been trying to forget. Sam strains Jax's control over his darkness, but running isn't an option this time. Someone—or, something—followed her home from school: a ruthless monster with a twisted plan centuries in the making. Forced together to survive, and fighting an attraction that could destroy them both, Jax and Sam must stop a killer bent on revenge

When originally published in 1993, Ruined City (Fei Du) was promptly banned by China’s State Publishing Administration, ostensibly for its explicit sexual content. Since then, award-winning author Jia Pingwa’s vivid portrayal of contemporary China’s social and economic transformation has become a classic, viewed by critics and scholars of Chinese literature as one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Howard Goldblatt’s deft translation now gives English-speaking readers their first chance to enjoy this masterpiece of social satire by one of China’s most provocative writers. While eroticism, exoticism, and esoteric minutiae — the “pornography” that earned the opprobrium of Chinese officials — pervade Ruined City, this tale of a famous contemporary writer’s sexual and legal imbroglios is an incisive portrait of politics and culture in a rapidly changing China. In a narrative that ranges from political allegory to parody, Jia Pingwa tracks his antihero Zhuang Zhidie through progressively more involved and inevitably disappointing sexual liaisons. Set in a modern metropolis rife with power politics, corruption, and capitalist schemes, the novel evokes an unrequited romantic longing for China’s premodern, rural past, even as unfolding events caution against the trap of nostalgia. Amid comedy and chaos, the author subtly injects his concerns about the place of intellectual seriousness, censorship, and artistic integrity in the changing conditions of Chinese society. Rich with detailed description and vivid imagery, Ruined City transports readers into a world abounding with the absurdities and harshness of modern life

Science Fiction maestro Brian Aldiss at the top of his writing powers in a rare foray into literary fiction. With a sparse elegance, Aldiss crafts a heart-breaking, heart-fixing novella delving into ideas of selfhood and human connection. Published in beautiful new collector's livery. 'The best contemporary writer of science fiction.' Guardian Hugh Billing is sad. After making his fortune in the music industry decades ago, for years Hugh has been drifting. Shuttling between the US and UK on business, his life has become a testament to monotony. With every trip through customs he becomes more customary. With every departure he seems to leave a little more behind. But when his mother's death returns him to London, Hugh draws just enough hope and courage to travel on a different journey; from loneliness and loss of purpose through to somewhere beyond just survival. Writing at the height of his powers and with a sparse elegance, Aldiss departs from science fiction to craft a

Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping final installment in the Partials Sequence, a series that combines the thrilling action of The Hunger Games with the provocative themes of Blade Runner and The Stand. There is no avoiding it—the war to decide the fate of both humans and Partials is at hand. Both sides hold in their possession a weapon that could destroy the other, and Kira Walker has precious little time to prevent that from happening. She has one chance to save both species and the world with them, but it will only come at great personal cost

When Rigg and his friends crossed the Wall between the only world they knew and a world they could not imagine, he hoped he was leading them to safety. But the dangers in this new wallfold are more difficult to see. Rigg, Umbo, and Param know that they cannot trust the expendable, Vadesh—a machine shaped like a human, created to deceive—but they are no longer certain that they can even trust one another. But they will have little choice. Because although Rigg can decipher the paths of the past, he can’t yet see the horror that lies ahead: A destructive force with deadly intentions is hurtling toward Garden. If Rigg, Umbo, and Param can’t work together to alter the past, there will be no future

Osadzona w fikcyjnym, stylizowanym na średniowiecze, świecie powieść przygodowa dla nastolatków, pierwszy tom bestsellerowej serii Johna Flanagana. Przyszłość piętnastoletniego Willa, wychowanka sierocińca, zależy od decyzji możnego barona. Szkoła Wojowników bądź proza chłopskiego życia, miecz i zbroja, albo oporządzanie trzody… Will bardzo chciałby zostać rycerzem jak jego ojciec — bohater, który zginął w ostatniej potyczce ze złym baronem Morgarathem. Problem w tym, że do władania ciężką bronią potrzebna jest krzepa i siła fizyczna, a ich chłopakowi brak. Niewysoki i drobny, regularnie zbiera cięgi od większych kolegów. Los Willa wydaje się być przesądzony (witajcie świnki, witajcie zagony, żniwa i wykopki!), gdy nieoczekiwanie ktoś wyraża chęć zaopiekowania się sierotą. Tajemniczy Hart proponuje chłopcu przystanie do zwiadowców — okrytej złą sławą grupy ludzi, o których krążą rozmaite legendy. Ponoć zwiadowcy parają się mroczną magią, potrafią stawać się niewidzialni. Ludzie patrzą na nich ze strachem i niechęcią. Nie taki los wymarzył sobie Will, ale wszystko wydaje się lepsze od wejścia w skórę pokornego pańszczyźnianego chłopa. Początek nauki u Halta to jednocześnie początek wielkiej przygody, prawdziwej męskiej przyjaźni oraz walki na śmierć i życie

Meet Edinburgh Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh, head of the Innovative Crimes Investigation Unit, otherwise known as the Rule 34 Squad. They monitor the Internet for potential criminal activity, analyzing trends in the extreme fringes of explicit content. And occasionally, even more disturbing patterns arise… Three ex-cons have been murdered in Germany, Italy, and Scotland. The only things they had in common were arrests for spamming—and a taste for unorthodox entertainment. As the first officer on the scene of the most recent death, Liz finds herself sucked into an international investigation that isn’t so much asking who the killer is, but what—and if she doesn’t find the answer soon, the homicides could go viral

Lion Breed, Rule Breaker had just a few rules he didn't break. Not for anything. Not for anyone. #1. Never have sex with a woman outside his own subspecies, especially a human woman. #2. Never, at any time, accept a mission concerning a female when Jonas Wyatt stinks of a lie. #3. Run don't walk, skip or stumble. Run, hell for leather away from any female, human or breed, when his desire for her appears, in any way, to have so much as a single sign of Mating Heat. Now, the woman believes he's mated, is too helpless, to fun loving and too full of life to ever be able to protect herself, let alone aide him in protecting her. If the damned animal inside him insisted on a mate, then why pick the woman it did? One that could be struck out at, at any time? But, what he suspected was a mating, may not be. No swollen glands? No heat? Just his animal instincts rioting, pacing, irritated whenever he's away from her. Okay, he could handle that. What ensues is a fiery affair that breaks all the rules of mating heat and will eventually endanger his mate with the very rules designed to protect the breeds when Jonas learns she's possibly been working against them

When we first meet him, Chappie is a punked-out teenager living with his mother and abusive stepfather in an upstate New York trailer park. During this time, he slips into drugs and petty crime. Rejected by his parents, out of school and in trouble with the police, he claims for himself a new identity as a permanent outsider; he gets a crossed-bones tattoo on his arm, and takes the name "Bone." He finds dangerous refuge with a group of biker-thieves, and then hides in the boarded-up summer house of a professor and his wife. He finally settles in an abandoned schoolbus with Rose, a child he rescues from a fast-talking pedophile. There Bone meets I-Man, an exiled Rastafarian, and together they begin a second adventure that takes the reader from Middle America to the ganja-growing mountains of Jamaica. It is an amazing journey of self-discovery through a world of magic, violence, betrayal and redemption

If you follow the rules, you miss all the fun... Kassidy is a good girl who wants to be bad. Dag is a bad boy who is very, very good. And Chris? He likes to watch… When wicked-sexy Dag returns to Chicago to catch up with his old college buddy Chris and meet The Girlfriend, none of them are anticipating the unexpected turn of events that switches a loving twosome into a scorching hot threesome. As old feelings resurface, and new attractions are explored, a storm of sexual sparks is unleashed that leads them into forbidden areas

Dr. Jonathan Ransom, world-class mountaineer and surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, is climbing in the Swiss Alps with his beautiful wife, Emma, when a blizzard sets in. In their bid to escape the storm, Emma is killed when she falls into a hidden crevasse. Twenty-four hours later, Jonathan receives an envelope addressed to his wife containing two baggage-claim tickets. Puzzled, he journeys to a remote railway station only to find himself in a life-and-death struggle for his wife's possessions. In the aftermath of the assault, he discovers that his attackers-one dead, the other mortally wounded-were, in fact, Swiss police officers. More frightening still is evidence of an extraordinary act of betrayal that leaves Jonathan stunned. Suddenly the subject of an international manhunt and the target of a master assassin, Jonathan is forced on the run. His only chance at survival lies in uncovering the devastating truth behind the secret his wife kept from him, and stopping the terrifying conspiracy that threatens to bring the world to the brink of annihilation. Step-by-step, he is drawn deeper into a world of spies, high-tech weaponry, and global terrorism-a world where no one is who they appear to be and where the ends always justify the means. RULES OF DECEPTION is a brilliantly conceived, twisting tale of intrigue and deceit written by the master of the espionage thriller for the twenty-first century

Esmay, a gifted Fleet officer, and Brun, daughter of the Speaker of the Grand Council, have much in common, but their enmity is the talk of the base. When Brun falls into the hands of a fanatical religious militia group, Esmay finds herself in disgrace, suspected of conniving in the abduction

From Publishers Weekly "Making his fiction debut, 'Sandford,' a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist using a pseudonym his real name is John Camp, has taken a stock suspense plot-a dedicated cop pursuing an ingenious serial killer-and dressed it up into the kind of pulse-quickening, irresistibly readable thriller that many of the genre's best-known authors would be proud to call their own," stated PW. From Library Journal Lieutenant Lucas Davenport, highly touted killer detective, invents intricate video games that he sells for cash. Called in to aid the Minneapolis team scrambling to stop a psychopathic serial woman-slayer, Lucas almost meets his match. The self-styled "mad dog" murderer views his rape/stabbings as a game as well, setting up obstacles for the police, carefully selecting his victims, and priding himself on clever moves. Despite his largely deja vu plot, debut novelist Sandford (also the author of The Fools Run due from Holt in September under the name John Camp; see Prepub Alert, LJ 4/1/89) delivers tense action, chilling excitement, and thrilling suspense. Fast-moving prose and romantic sidelines add a little zest, too. BOMC featured selection

Orphaned and poor, Brooke Gordon had spent years developing a strong character and independence, and no smooth-talking ladies' man -- no matter how irresistible -- was going to make her swoon. So why were Brooke's knees wobbling every time gorgeous Parks Jones came near?

Months after foiling an attack on a commercial jetliner, Doctors Without Borders physician Jonathan Ransom is working under an assumed name in a remote corner of Africa, while his newly revealed spy wife, Emma, desperate to escape the wrath of Division, the secret American intelligence agency she betrayed, has vanished into the netherworld of international espionage. Both look forward to sharing a stolen weekend in London – until an ambush on a convoy of limousines turns their romantic rendezvous into a terrorist bloodbath. In the confusion, Emma disappears. Jonathan is first hailed as a hero for his valiant actions during the violence, but when surveillance footage makes it unclear whether he was trying to stop the terrorists, or aid them, he quickly turns from savior to suspect. Once more on the run, Jonathan realizes that the only way to clear his name is to locate Emma, but finding her may prove that all along he's been a pawn in a game far beyond his imagining…

Rusty-James is the toughest guy in the group of high-school kids who hang out and shoot pool down at Benny's, and he enjoys keeping up his reputation. What he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. He wants to stay calm and laughing when things get dangerous, to be the toughest street fighter and the most respected guy on their side of the river. Rusty-James isn't book-smart, and he knows it. He relies on his fists instead of his brains. Until now he's gotten along all right, because whenever he gets into trouble, the Motorcycle Boy bails him out. But Rusty-James' drive to be like his brother eats away at his world-until it all comes apart in an explosive chain of events. And this time the Motorcycle Boy isn't around to pick up the pieces

After bidding good-bye to New York's brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, rumors continue to fly about her untimely demise. All eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her mischievous sister, Diana, now the family's only hope for redemption; New York's most notorious cad, Henry Schoon-maker, the flame Elizabeth never extinguished; the seductive Penelope Hayes, poised to claim all that her best friend left behind — including Henry; even Elizabeth's scheming former maid, Lina Broud, who discovers that while money matters and breeding counts, gossip is the new currency. As old friends become rivals, Manhattan's most dazzling socialites find their futures threatened by whispers from the past. In this delicious sequel to The Luxe, nothing is more dangerous than a scandal. . or more precious than a secret

For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Harris, picture this: a landscape of American genocide… 5 D A Y S A G O A rash of bizarre murders swept the country… Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected. A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike. A mass of school shootings. Prison riots of unprecedented brutality. Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state. 4 D A Y S A G O The murders increased ten-fold… 3 D A Y S A G O The President addressed the nation and begged for calm and peace… 2 D A Y S A G O The killers began to mobilize… Y E S T E R D A Y All the power went out… T O N I G H T They’re reading the names of those to be killed on the Emergency Broadcast System. You are listening over the battery-powered radio on your kitchen table, and they’ve just read yours. Your name is Jack Colclough. You have a wife, a daughter, and a young son. You live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. People are coming to your house to kill you and your family. You don’t know why, but you don’t have time to think about that any more. You only have time to…

You’ve lost your daughter. She’s addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she’s made it clear that she doesn’t want to be found.Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she’s not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble. You don’t stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs. And you do the only thing a parent can do: you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Before you know it, both your family and your life are on the line. And in order to protect your daughter from the evils of that world, you must face them head on

A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York 's elite, it is a call to terror. Only one man can tackle such a high-profile case: Detective Mike Bennett. The pressure is enough for anyone, but Mike also has to care for his 10 children-all of whom have come down with virulent flu at once! Discovering a secret pattern in The Teacher's lessons, Detective Bennett realizes he has just hours to save New York from the greatest disaster in its history. From the #1 bestselling author comes BE AFRAID, the continuation of his newest, electrifying series