From the opening bars, when the body of Tony Aliso is pulled from the trunk of his Rolls Royce Silver Cloud on Mulholland Drive, to the final grace note on a Hawaiian beach, Connelly has crafted a jazzy, funky, roller coaster of a book. The return of maverick homicide detective Hieronymous (Harry) Bosch (from 1995`s The Last Coyote) is cause for rejoicing. The Aliso murder quickly embroils Bosch and his new team (Kizmin Rider, a young black female officer on the rise in the department; veteran Jerry Edgar; and their boss, Lieutenant Grace Billets) in a Byzantine tangle of Las Vegas mob money, Hollywood filmmaking and police politics. The plot rushes headlong into deadends and deadfalls, repeatedly reorients and tears off in a new...
ISBN: 978-0-446-19819-6 Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
ISBN: 0-312-96329-7 Издательство: Holtzbrink Дата выхода: апрель 2004
"New York Times" bestselling novelist Jennifer Crusie combines fast-paced banter, sexy situations, and unforgettable characters in this delightful romance about two reluctant lovers who couldn`t be more wrong about being right for each other. TRUST ME ON THIS Dennie Banks is an investigative reporter chasing down the biggest story of her career. Alec Prentice is a government agent working undercover to catch an elusive grifter. When they meet by accident, it`s a case of mistaken identities at first sight. What they don`t mistake is the instant attraction they have for each other, an attraction they`ll do everything in their power to resist - because Dennie thinks that Alec is running interference for her interview subject, and Alec...
ISBN: 978-0-553-59338-9 Дата выхода: февраль 2012
ISBN: 9780141046044 Издательство: Penguin Books Дата выхода: январь 2011
When she was nine years old, Melody Browne`s house burned down, taking every toy, every photograph, every item of clothing and old Christmas card with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions, it took with it all her memories - Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties, Melody lives in a council flat in the middle of London with her seventeen-year-old son. She hasn`t seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but Melody doesn`t mind, she`s better off on her own. She`s made a good life for herself and her son and she likes it that way. Until one night something extraordinary happens. Whilst attending a hypnotist show with her first date in years she faints - and when she...
ISBN: 978-0-09-954353-4 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: июль 2011
Bestselling author and Orange Prize winner Ann Patchett`s first work of non-fiction is a searing, emotionally wrenching account of her long friendship with the critically acclaimed, and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy. `It is remarkable for me to remember now that I thought it would be possible to walk away from her, that she might have gone on living, but without me. I know now I never would have had the strength of my convictions. I am living in a world without Lucy. I have no choice about that. If she were alive and I had that choice, I wouldn`t have been able to last without her for a day. `What happens when the person who is your family is someone you aren`t bound to by blood? What happens when the person you promise to love...
ISBN: 978-0-00-719678-4 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
ISBN: 9781784876296 Издательство: Vintage Classics Дата выхода: январь 2021
ISBN: 0-552-99573-8 Издательство: Transworld publishers Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Swashbuckling counter spy Alex Hawke is the only man who, both Americans and the Brits agree, can stop the madness created by the new Russia and its new Tsar, who is pulling strings and pulling them hard, in Bell`s latest "New York Times" bestseller, now in a tall Premium Edition.
ISBN: 978-1-4165-5043-3 Издательство: Simon & Schuster UK Дата выхода: июль 2011
Somewhere in Russia is a man so powerful that no one even knows his name. Yet though he is all but invisible, he is pulling strings - and pulling them hard. With her finger on the switch to the European economy and her sights on the American jugular, Russia gains a new leader. Not just a president, he has been appointed Tsar, a signal to the world that the old imperial power is back - and plans to have her day. At the same time, a mysterious killer brutally murders an innocent American family, in the process blowing up the small midwestern town they called home. Just a taste, according to the new Tsar, of what will happen if America does not step aside in preventing Russia`s plans to `reintegrate` her rogue states. Onto this nightmarish...
ISBN: 978-1-84739-266-4 Издательство: Simon & Schuster UK Дата выхода: июль 2011
ISBN: 9780141049090 Издательство: Penguin Books Дата выхода: январь 2013
A New York Times Bestseller An ALA Notable Book Granted eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck finds that living forever at one age is less a blessing than it might seem. An Accelerated Reader (R) title for Ages 9-12.
ISBN: 978-0-312-36981-1 Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Old, ailing Elizabeth I is on the throne – but a rebellion to overthrow her is being plotted by the dashing Earl of Essex. One of the rallying points for the uprising will be the Globe Theatre. When the Queen learns of the plan, the plotters are defeated, and she throws Master Shakespeare`s theatre company into the most putrid prison in the land. Can James, a boy actor, and the bard himself think of a way to earn the Queen`s forgiveness - and be freed?
ISBN: 978-0-7136-6428-7 Дата выхода: январь 2012
This new novelization will cover the third season of THE TUDORS, which will follow the king as he weds third queen Jane Seymour (played by Anita Briem) and then Anne of Cleves. The new SHOWTIME dramatic series THE TUDORS, stars Golden Globe (R) - winner Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (Mission: Impossible III, Match Point, Elvis) as a young Henry VIII. Emmy (R) and Golden Globe (R)-nominated actor Sam Neill ( Jurassic Park, Little Fish), Jeremy Northam (CBS` Martin & Lewis, The Net, Gosford Park) and Henry Cavill (Tristan & Isolde) also make up the cast. THE TUDORS will focus on the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII`s nearly 40-year omnipotent reign (1509-1547) of England. In addition to dalliances with famous female...
ISBN: 978-1-4391-0139-1 Дата выхода: июль 2011
The day Queen Mary Tudor – or ‘Bloody Mary’, as she’s called, because she has anyone who doesn’t go to church burned – came to town was the most terrifying day of young Meg’s life. Everyone wants to impress Her Majesty, and what better way to show their devotion than by burning a witch themselves. But “the witch”, Old Nan is more clever and cunning than the townspeople and in the end, she isn’t the one who sparks the ferocious temper of the frightful
ISBN: 978-0-7136-6432-4 Дата выхода: январь 2012
- From battle and beheadings, to plots and plague, this book tells the story of life in Britain under the Tudors and Stuarts. - Full of intriguing facts, illustrations, detailed reconstructions, paintings and maps. - Includes links to websites to find out more information via the Usborne Quicklinks Website.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-9070-1 Издательство: Usborne Publishing Ltd Дата выхода: август 2011
King Henry VII is already mean and he`s ruthless and very angry. When a young boy called Lambert Simnel announces that he, not Henry, should be the king of England. But he is no match for the powerful king. And no one is more surprised than Lambert to hear what his extraordinary punishment will
ISBN: 978-0-7136-6440-9 Дата выхода: январь 2012
Every day, hapless hopefuls - or `coneys`, as the locals call them - come to dirty and dangerous London town, trying to seek their fortunes. Who is waiting for them? Tricksters and conmen, that`s who - like young Eleanor`s family. Eleanor becomes troubled by her family`s cunning and foils their plans to catch a coney. Meanwhile, fearsome King Henry VIII has some rather cruel ideas of for everyone.
ISBN: 978-0-7136-6434-8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The unifying premise for this short story collection is the Tuesday Club: six people who meet socially one evening at Jane Marple`s home and then decide to meet regularly each Tuesday night to solve a mystery which a group member must relate.
ISBN: 978-1-57912-690-2 Дата выхода: апрель 2012
The unpredictable events of a particular Tuesday unroll before the reader with the precision and clarity of a silent movie. A Caldecott Medal book.
ISBN: 978-0-395-87082-2 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
ISBN: 9781408847008 Издательство: Bloomsbury Дата выхода: январь 2014
The rotting, naked corpse of a man is found amidst swarms of flies in the living room of a confused woman. Who is he? Why is Michelle Doyce trying to serve him afternoon tea? And how did the dead body find its way into her flat? DCI Karlsson needs an expert to delve inside Michelle`s mind for answers and turns to former colleague, psychiatrist Frieda Klein. Eventually Michelle`s ramblings lead to a vital clue that in turn leads to a possible identity. Robert Poole. Jack of all trades and master conman. The deeper Frieda and Karlsson dig, the more of Poole`s victims they and the more motives they uncover for his murder. But is anyone telling them the truth except for poor, confused Michelle? And when the past returns to haunt Frieda, she...
ISBN: 978-0-7181-5696-1 Дата выхода: май 2012
ISBN: 9780099288855 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: январь 2015
Tully Makker is a tough young woman who forms an enduring bond with jennifer and Julie, two friends from very different backgrounds. Tully emerges into adulthood, marriage and a career, and then lifes strikes back in the most unexpected way.
ISBN: 0-00-649001-8 Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
In the broom cupboard of a small dwelling called Rose Cottage, stands a house fit for a mouse - well, two mice actually. A house made of pebblestone, with gables on the windows and turrets peeking out of the roof. A house with a ballroom, a billiard room, a banqueting room, a butler`s room and a drawing room. The house belongs to Mr and Mrs Nutmouse, or Tumtum and Nutmeg as they affectionately call each and Nutmeg have a wonderful life but the children who live in Rose Cottage, Arthur and Lucy, are miserable. So, one day Tumtum and Nutmeg decide to cheer them Tumtum repairs the electric heater in the attic where the children sleep and Nutmeg darns the children`s clothes. Arthur and Lucy are delighted and think a Fairy of Sorts is looking...
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3386-6 Издательство: Egmont Books Ltd Дата выхода: август 2011
