Tanaya Shah longs for the wonderful world of Paris, the world that she fell in love with while watching Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina-so when a proposal comes along for an arranged marriage with a man who is living in Paris, Tanaya seizes the chance. But once she lands in the city, she shuns the match. A stroke of luck turns Tanaya into a supermodel, and soon the traditional girl is cavorting with rock stars and is disowned by her family. In her new whirlwind life, she is reintroduced to the man she was supposed to marry, the man she now realizes she should have never walked away from, the man who is her only connection to the family she longs to reconcile with, if only it's not too late

Hailing from the volcanic world of Nocturne, Space Marines from the Salamanders Chapter are in search of an ancient artefact that leads to a world overrun by Chaos. They are the fire–born: implacable warriors with iron hard determination. But all is not what it seems as far more dangerous foe is revealed. As bitter rivalries break out amongst the Salamanders their endurance will be tested to the limit. Will the Salamanders survive long enough to discover the truth about this world and the revelations that will shake the very foundations of this Chapter forever?

"All will be impressed by Turtledove's immersive ancient world." A new novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of alternate history in the world; a New York Times bestselling author who has been crowned as 'the Master of Alternate History' by Publisher Weekly and has won virtually every major award associated with the genre. Salamis is the fifth (standalone) novel in Harry Turtledove's critically acclaimed Hellenic Traders universe, detailing the adventures of two cousins, Menedemos and Sostratos, who work as seaborne traders following the death of Alexander the Great. This time the stage is one of the greatest sea battles ever fought in ancient times; the Battle of Salamis of 306 BC. The small, free, and independent polis of Rhodes is trying to stay neutral between the local

An historical novel that interweaves historical and fictional characters. The action takes place immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt against Carthage in the third century BC. This book, which Flaubert researched painstakingly, is largely an exercise in sensuous and violent exoticism. The Carthaginian costumes described therein even left traces on the fashions of the time. Nevertheless, in spite of its classic status in France, it is practically unknown today among English-speakers

Valdis Artavs SALDSKĀBAIS SMAIDS Satīra un humors RIGA «LIESMA» 1985 Mākslinieks Ēriks Ošs Recenzents Jānis Plotnieks Izdevniecība «Liesma»

From the national bestselling author of PLAIN TRUTH comes an acclaimed, richly atmospheric novel about a teacher undone by a disturbing modern-day witch hunt. Tall, blonde and handsome, Jack McBride was once a beloved teacher and football coach at a girl's school, until a student's crush sparked a powder-keg of accusation and robbed him of his career and reputation. Now after a devastatingly public ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job, Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life; taking a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner, and slowly forming a relationship with her. But just when it seems like his life is back on track, Jack finds himself the object of fresh accusations of rape brought on by a coven of bewitching teenage girls from Salem Falls, and history repeats itself as Jack's hidden past catches up with him. In a sleepy hamlet haunted by enduring love and wicked deceit, Picoult masterfully leads readers toward a truly shocking finale

Šiuolaikinė raganų medžioklės drama. Pasakodama net du kartus neteisingai apkaltinto vyro istoriją, rašytoja atskleidžia, kad melas sklinda greičiau nei teisybė, ir parodo, kokias skaudžias pasekmes gali prišaukti kieno nors piktybiškai ar neatsargiai paskleista netiesa

Ed Morris didn't know what sales-technique was until the fasrad invaded his life

За какое бы дело вы ни взялись, первое, что вам потребуется, – полный набор необходимых инструментов и умение ими пользоваться. Особенно это актуально для сферы продаж, поскольку второго шанса начать общение с клиентом с чистого листа у вас не будет и первая же ошибка может стать роковой. В книге, написанной известным бизнес-тренером Сергеем Филипповым, вы найдете все необходимое, чтобы преуспеть в продажах. Вы узнаете проверенные многолетней практикой приемы и методики и отточите умение их применять буквально до уровня рефлекса, выполняя специально разработанные автором упражнения. Книга охватывает абсолютно все стадии продаж – от поиска клиента до заключения сделки – и будет полезна как опытному менеджеру по продажам, так и новичку

Л.П.Карсавин – подлинный столп православной российской философии ХХ в., человек сложной, трагической судьбы – и удивительно чистой, прекрасно традиционной философской концепции. Сборник «Saligia. Noctes Petropolitanae» – значительная часть творческого наследия Карсавина. Именно здесь его основная, классическая идея божественного Всеединства и единения человека с Богом получает наиболее полное развитие – и достигает высочайшей степени убедительности… «Saligia, или Весьма краткое и душеполезное размышление о Боге, мире, человеке, зле и семи смертных грехах» – первая философская работа Льва Карсавина, во многом незрелая, но сфокусировавшая в себе основные темы его мысли. И основные темы мысли как таковой – «первые и последние вещи» как видно из названия – Бог, мир, человек, зло. «Noctes Petropolitanae» («Петрополитанские ночи») Льва Карсавина представляют собой диалоги автора и Любви. Любовь как основа всего, как самая суть Бога и земная любовь как отображение света Вечной Любви – основная мысль автора

This is the story of Dr Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist-for whom diary notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush and getting his article on caddis fly larvae published in ‘Trout and Salmon’-who finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing to the Highlands of the Yemen…a project that will change his life, and the course of British political history forever. With a wickedly wonderful cast of characters-including a visionary Sheikh, a weasely spin doctor, Fred’s devilish wife and a few thousand transplanted salmon-Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a novel about hypocrisy and bureaucracy, dreams and deniability, and the transforming power of faith and love

This collection of marvelously off-kilter short stories – the American debut of acclaimed Japanese writer Yasutaka Tsutsui – portrays the consequences of a world where the fantastic and the mundane collide and throw the lives of ordinary men and women into disarray. In 'The Dabba Dabba Tree' Tsutsui describes the hilarious side effects of a small conical tree that, when placed at the foot of one's bed, creates erotic dreams that metamorphose into communal farce. In 'Commuter Army' -a sly commentary on the ludicrousness of war-a weapons supplier whose rifles cease functioning after just one shot becomes an unwilling conscript in a war zone. 'The World is Tilting' imagines a floating city that slowly begins to sink on one side, causing its citizens to reorient their daily lives to preserve a semblance of normality. In 'Rumors About Me', an ordinary office worker finds himself the subject of intense media scrutiny, his every action documented in the tabloids. And in the title story, we learn just how obscenely absurd the environment on Planet Porno can seem to a group of hapless research scientists. With a sharp eye towards the insanities of contemporary life, Yasutaka Tsutsui crafts in Salmonella Men on Planet Porno an irresistible mix of imagination, satiric fantasy, and truly madcap hilarity

Rubė Delisantro niekada neraudonuoja... Bet sugavusi Keilamo Vestmoro viliojančių akių žvilgsnį nurausta it kokteilinė vyšnaitė. Kūnas nemeluoja: dabar, kai Keilamo kabrioletas su trenksmu įlėkė į jos gyvenimą, niekas nebebus kaip buvę. Rubė įpratusi laikyti gyvenimo vairą savo rankose, bet kažkas jau kužda, kad Keilamas permato kiaurai jos nepriekaištingus salsos judesius ir šmaikščius juokelius. Rubė rizikuoja prarasti kontrolę ir – o tai dar blogiau – tuo mėgautis!

Penelope is a witch, part of a secret society protecting humans from demon attacks. But when she was a child, a demon killed her parents—and stole her magic. Since then, she’s been pretending to be something she’s not, using her sister’s magic to hide her own loss, to prevent being sent away. When she’s finally given the chance to join the elite demon-hunting force, Penelope thinks that will finally change. With her sister’s help, she can squeeze through the tests and get access to the information she needs to find "her" demon. To take back what was stolen. Then she meets Carter. He’s cute, smart, and she can borrow his magic, too. He knows her secret—but he also has one of his own. Suddenly, Penelope’s impossible quest becomes far more complicated. Because Carter’s not telling her everything, and it’s starting to seem like the demons have their own agenda…and they’re far too interested in her

A beautiful novel detailing the life and loves of a Pakistani girl living in the U.S. Aliya may not have inherited her family's patrician looks, but she is as much a prey to the legends of her family that stretch back to the days of Timur Lang. Aristocratic and eccentric-the clan has plenty of stories to tell, and secrets to hide. Like salt and saffron, which both flavor food but in slightly different ways, it is the small, subtle differences that cause the most trouble in Aliya's family. The family problems and scandals caused by these minute differences echo the history of the sub-continent and the story of Partition. A superb storyteller, Kamila Shamsie writes with warmth and gusto. Through the many anecdotes about Pakistani family life, she hints at the larger tale of a divided nation. Spanning the subcontinent from the Muslim invasions to the Partition, this is a magical novel about the shapes stories can take- turning into myths, appearing in history books and entering into our lives

Dr Salt is leaving the dismal and depressing town of Birkden, and his departure can't come soon enough. Recently widowed and newly retired from the practice of medicine, Salt looks forward to starting a new life in a sunnier clime. But before he can go, he must solve the mystery of the disappearance of one of his patients, Noreen Wilks, a young woman in urgent need of a life-saving drug. Believing she's just a flighty girl who has run away, the police refuse to investigate, but Salt has reason to suspect foul play. Joining forces with Maggie Culworth, whose father has also inexplicably vanished, Salt must contend with powerful forces desperate to conceal the truth as he follows the clues towards a shocking and macabre conclusion. The only detective story by the prolific playwright and novelist J. B. Priestley (1894-1984), *Salt is Leaving* (1966) was originally written for the author's own amusement but has gone on to be recognized as a classic of the mystery genre…

The classic pacifist novel by a major Polish writer, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize

Лауреат Нобелевской премии Джон Голсуорси хорошо известен в нашей стране как автор знаменитой «Саги о Форсайтах». Однако его перу принадлежат не менее замечательные новеллы, рассказы и маленькие повести, проникнутые юмором, мягкой лиричностью и романтизмом. Salta Pro Nobis – рассказ-вариация из сборника «Моментальные снимки»

Čarlzs Dikenss Saltais nams Romāns divās grāmatās. Otrā grāmata Romānā «Saltais Nams» Č. Dikenss atmasko sava laika Anglijas birokrātisko tiesu sistēmu, kura savā darbībā ne­vis atrisina, bet sarežģī dažādas problēmas, ieraujot tiesas prāvu virpulī daudzu cilvēku likteņus. Noskanējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis No angļu valodas tulkojusi Zane Rozenberga Raksti. Devītais sējums. Rīga «Liesma» 1990 Redakcijas kolēģija: Maija Andersone, Anna Bauga, Viktors Ivbulis, Uldis Norietis Sastādījusi Brigita Šiliņa Andra Lamstera ilustrācijas Daiņa Lapsas grafiskā apdare Redaktores Tamāra Liseka un Silvija Brice © Brigita Šiliņa, sastādījums, 1990 © «Saltais Nams». Zane Rozenberga, tulkojums latviešu valodā, 1990 © «Dzīves ciņa», Zane Rozenberga, tulkojums latviešu valodā, 1990 © «Burvju asaka», Tamāra Liseka, tulkojums latviešu valodā, 1990 © Andris Lamstcrs, ilustrācijas, 1990

Čārlzs Dikenss Saltais nams Romāns divās grāmatās Pirmā grāmata Raksti Astotais sējums Romānā «Saltais Nams» Č. Dikenss atmasko sava laika Anglijas birokrātisko tiesu sistēmu, kura savā darbībā ne­vis atrisina, bet sarežģī dažādas problēmas, ieraujot tiesas prāvu virpuli daudzu cilvēku likteņus. No angļu valodas tulkojusi Zane Rozenberga Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis Rīga «Liesma  1976 Redakcijas kolēģija: Maija Andersone, Anna Bauga, Viktors Ivbulis, Uldis Norietis Sastādījusi Brigita Šiliņa, Andra Lamstera ilustrācijas Daiņa Lapsas grafiskā apdare Redaktore Tamāra Liseka © Sastādījums, tulkojums, ilustrācijas, izdevniecība «Liesma», 1989

Robert Silverberg è uno dei nostri autori preferiti e di questo non ne facciamo certo mistero. La sua versatilità e la sua bravura sono visibili anche in questo lungo racconto che egli compose in tempi abbastanza lontani (più di trenta anni fa) su un futuro oppressivo da cui la gente fugge per tornare a un passato più agreste e vivibile

Un profesor divorciado de mediana edad regresa a Tokio tras pasar quince años impartiendo clases en una universidad americana, para ser sometido a una arriesgada operación. El recuerdo de un antiguo alumno le obsesiona y decide dar con él. Cuál será su sorpresa al encontrar al niño convertido en un muchacho que trabaja para la facción radical de una secta religiosa, un peligroso movimiento que predica el fin inminente de la humanidad. En Salto mortal, la primera novela que publica Kenzaburo Oé desde que recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1994, el autor se desvía de la narración autobiográfica, para adentrarse en una magnífica historia sobre la fe, el carisma de los líderes y los riesgos del fanatismo en la que analiza, con meticulosa sagacidad, la moderna sociedad japonesa. Multitud de escenas se entretejen con naturalidad en una trama que el autor maneja hábilmente, dosificando las sorpresas y las revelaciones, para mantener el suspense hasta la última página. Salto mortal es un logro asombroso que confirma a Kenzaburo Oé como uno de los narradores más importantes de la actualidad. Su obra ha encontrado siempre una unánime acogida: «Oé no nos ahorra nunca ni un instante de reflexión sobre la cruda realidad», ENRIQUE VILA-MATAS; «sus obras representan una de las exploraciones morales más impresionantes de la novela contemporánea», The Observer; «es un legítimo heredero de Dostoievski», HENRY MILLER

Galarneau est un drôle de bonhomme. Il tient un snack-bar dans un vieil autobus et vend des hot dog. Bien sûr, il s'intéresse à son commerce mais en même temps il pense à beaucoup d'autres choses. À son père, lui aussi un drôle de bonhomme, à ses frères, à son enfance. Ses amours vont tant bien que mal. Marise est appétissante mais on tourne autour d'elle. François Galarneau la défend mal contre les assauts de Jacques, son frère, beaucoup plus hardi. Et puis Galarneau écrit des poèmes. Il faut bien s'occuper entre deux fritures. Ses projets sont vagues et sérieux en même temps, jusqu'au jour où Galarneau oubliera tout pour s'emmurer vivant dans sa maison. Ce qui lui manquait, c'était de construire une vie, sa vie qui s'en va de tous les côtés, qui prend l'eau comme un navire échoué au fond d'un bassin. On aime bien Galarneau. Mais où est Galarneau? Dans la lune, dans ses petits cahiers ou dans son joli langage québécois, dru et savoureux? On aimerait serrer la main de Galarneau

On a chouravé la Victoire de Samothrace. De quoi perdre la tête, nous aussi, les gars ! Heureusement que Pinaud se découvre des dons de Sherlock Holmes que personne n'aurait jamais soupçonnés. Malheureusement, ça ne lui servira pas à grand-chose, car il va lui arriver un drôle de turbin sur le territoire de la belle Hellène. Heureusement que je suis pote avec le destin et que Béru me tombe sur le poil au bon moment. Malheureusement, ça crache épais dans le secteur. Heureusement que Béru se découvre une vocation de pope. Tout ça n'est pas très orthodoxe, tout de même…

His feet would run, while his heart stood still — until he remembered: “Death is a victory — if it comes at the hands of a coward!”

El bebé que lo salvó… En un viaje a Italia, Ferne Edmunds se quedó completamente deslumbrada por el alegre y encantador Dante Rinucci. Lo que no sabía era que a Dante le resultaba tan fácil vivir el momento porque cada día podía ser el último de su vida. Pero cuando Ferne descubrió que estaba embarazada, la oportunidad de ser padre le ofreció a Dante una razón para luchar y recobrar la ilusión

"Terror is the given of the place." The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its civil war. The writer is Joan Didion, who delivers an anatomy of that country's particular brand of terror — its mechanisms, rationales, and intimate relation to United States foreign policy.As ash travels from battlefields to body dumps, interviews a puppet president, and considers the distinctly Salvadoran grammar of the verb "to disappear," Didion gives us a book that is germane to any country in which bloodshed has become a standard tool of politics

In Antarctica everyone can hear you scream! Action adventure sci-fi horror set in Antarctica. The spaceship entombed in the huge iceberg calved from the Pine Island Glacier drifts towards the warmer air and ocean temperatures of the South Atlantic. The race is on to claim the alien technology before the ice melts and releases its hold on the trapped alien vessel. The mission: Board the spaceship and salvage as much alien technology as possible before the doomed vessel sinks to the bottom of the ocean. The obstacles: A disintegrating iceberg, a collapsing spaceship, an armed Russian salvage force intent on claiming alien technology for themselves, an approaching storm, and the biggest obstacle of all—the spacecraft’s alien inhabitants. The aliens have another mission—survival—and when opposing species clash, there can be only one victor. Ice Rift – Salvage is the sequel to Ice Rift, which needs to be read first to gain the most enjoyment from the story

Salvage is a thrilling, surprising, and thought-provoking debut novel that will appeal to fans of Across the Universe, by Beth Revis, and The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. This is literary science fiction with a feminist twist, and it explores themes of choice, agency, rebellion, and family. Ava, a teenage girl living aboard the male-dominated, conservative deep space merchant ship Parastrata, faces betrayal, banishment, and death. Taking her fate into her own hands, she flees to the Gyre, a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean. This is a sweeping and harrowing novel about a girl who can't read or write or even withstand the forces of gravity. What choices will she make? How will she build a future on an earth ravaged by climate change? Named by the American Booksellers Association as a Spring 2014 Indies Introduce Pick

The indomitable Simon Templar, better known as “the Saint,” is in Covers for a boat race when he is accosted by a damsel in distress (his favorite kind of damsel). Arabella Tatenor’s husband, Charles, is killed when his boat the Candecour explodes during the race, and she is shocked to learn that he was flat broke — the only thing he has to leave her besides debts is the Phoenix, his half-million-dollar yacht, which is docked in France. Simon does a bit of checking and finds that Charles seems to have been the accomplice in the robbery of five million dollar’s worth of gold bullion some years ago. Before he has time to warn Arabella she has gone to France and unknowingly meets up with some of her husband’s ex-business associates. Simon finally catches up with her on the Phoenix, but unfortunately, so do Charles’s associates... It seems that Charles had been holding out on them and there is some four million dollar’s worth of gold to be accounted for. And since Charles was accustomed to take a spear-fishing trip twice a year, it seems logical that the gold should be somewhere along that route. Intertwined with the mystery of the hidden gold is the identity of the sixth conspirator in the robbery — and some people in high places begin to wonder if it could have been the saint himself

To protect his young family from merciless corporate tyranny, Samuel Hyst signs up for the hazardous life of a salvage marine, the foot soldiers of a militarized deep space operation. Hazard pay is high for a reason, and Samuel must endure grueling tours of duty in the abandoned scrapyard quadrants of a war-torn universe. Endless wars rage across every galaxy, leaving damaged starships, rusted factories, and broken planets in their wake, all ripe for plunder by the desperate and the daring. Samuel must seize his destiny in frenzied combat against murderous scavengers, horrific monsters, and the elite mercenaries of rival corporations. Left with no choice but to fight, he must win freedom with a combat rifle and his blowtorch

A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting. As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real

Todos ellos estaban a punto de descubrir el excitante poder del chocolate. Los propietarios de una prestigiosa tienda de dulces querían demostrar la teoría de que el chocolate era el mejor afrodisíaco del mundo. Para ello llevaron a cabo un estudio muy poco ortodoxo que disfrazaron de promoción de San Valentín. Cuando los confiados clientes empezaron a probar el chocolate… los resultados fueron sorprendentes. El formal Daniel Montgomery y la atrevida Carlie Pratt descubrieron que los opuestos no sólo se atraían… ¡sino que hacían que saltaran chispas!

In an attempt to control and decrease population, a mutated form of the measles is released. As a precaution, an assurance plan is placed in motion. A sampling of mankind is hidden away in a protective bunker, placed in stasis, where they will sleep through the entire event. They are set to awaken one year later to a perfectly balanced world. Not all goes as planned. Sadly, only a few survive the stasis process. They recall very little. All they know is that they are in a lab and a clock on a door appears to be counting down. They are not ready for what is ahead when the door opens. The group emerges into a barren world. They split up and plan a time and place to meet again. Quickly, they learn that not only those immune to the extinction level plague are behind a walled city called, Salvation, but they were in stasis for thirty years. The search for the fate of their families and Salvation City commences with each group going in different directions. The journey is not easy. The stasis survivors face obstacles and horrors of the post apocalypse world, along with answers they are ill prepared to face

From the critically acclaimed author of "The Last of Her Kind", a breakout novel that imagines the aftermath of pandemic flu, as seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy uncertain of his destiny. His family's sole survivor after a flu pandemic has killed large numbers of people worldwide, Cole Vining is lucky to have found refuge with the evangelical Pastor Wyatt and his wife in a small town in southern Indiana. As the world outside has grown increasingly anarchic, Salvation City has been spared much of the devastation, and its residents have renewed their preparations for the Rapture. Grateful for the shelter and love of his foster family (and relieved to have been saved from the horrid, overrun orphanages that have sprung up around the country), Cole begins to form relationships within the larger community. But despite his affection for this place, he struggles with memories of the very different world in which he was reared. Is there room to love both Wyatt and his parents? Are they still his parents if they are no longer there? As others around him grow increasingly fixated on the hope of salvation and the new life to come through the imminent Rapture, Cole begins to conceive of a different future for himself, one in which his own dreams of heroism seem within reach. Written in Sigrid Nunez's deceptively simple style, "Salvation City" is a story of love, betrayal, and forgiveness, weaving the deeply affecting story of a young boy's transformation with a profound meditation on the meaning of belief and heroism

Holy communion spells death for Fr. Miguel Flores, a popular Catholic priest in New York City's Spanish Harlem, after he swallows wine laced with cyanide during a funeral in bestseller Robb's unusually introspective 27th crime thriller to feature Lt. Eve Dallas (after Strangers in Death). The ensuing homicide investigation suggests that Flores could actually be Lino Martinez, a former member of a disbanded gang, the Soldados, suspected of two bombings before he disappeared. The death by cyanide of another religious figure, Jimmy Jay Jenkins, founder of the Church of Eternal Light, complicates matters. Are the two murders connected? Sussing out the answer to that question involves some serious digging. Dallas 's husband, Roarke, and fun sidekick, Det. Delia Peabody, lend support. Robb offers a multilayered solution to several crimes that serves as yet another reminder that wolves sometimes hide in sheep's (or priest's) clothing, but justice, like faith, has no expiration date

In 2011, The Devotion of Suspect X was a hit with critics and readers alike. The first major English language publication from the most popular bestselling writer in Japan, it was acclaimed as “stunning,” “brilliant,” and “ingenious.” Now physics professor Manabu Yukawa — Detective Galileo — returns in a new case of impossible murder, where instincts clash with facts and theory with reality. Yoshitaka, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspect — except that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime. His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty. While Utsumi’s instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter. So she does what her boss has done for years when stymied — she calls upon Professor Manabu Yukawa. But even the brilliant mind of Dr. Yukawa has trouble with this one, and he must somehow find a way to solve an impossible murder and capture a very real, very deadly murderer