First comes darkness, then comes fear Eve Duncan is back! Blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen`s latest thriller brings Eve closer to discovering her daughter`s into a web of danger from which she may not be able to Eve Duncan returns in a thriller that pits her against the most evil mind she has ever encountered: a ruthless killer who taunts her with his every who has a special affinity for blood. When a Georgia senator`s daughter is found murdered, and her body drained of blood, Eve Duncan is drawn into the web of Kevin Jelak--a serial murderer who is on Eve`s short list of killers who might know something about her missing daughter Bonnie. When a goblet of blood is found in Eve`s refrigerator, she knows the...
ISBN: 978-0-312-36813-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
It began with two bodies. Different locations, same cause of death. Vicki Nelson, , knew right off that it wouldn`t be a straightforward case. The silver bullets found at the scene were a pretty big clue. Vicki is on the trail of an assassin hell-bent on wiping out Canada`s last remaining werewolf clan.
ISBN: 978-1-84149-357-2
Издательство:
Orbit
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Blood books center around three main characters: Vicki Nelson, a homicide cop turned private detective, her former partner Mike Celluci, who is still on the force, and vampire Henry Fitzroy, who is the illegitimate son of Henry VIII and makes his living as a writer of bodice rippers. Not only are the three of them caught in a love triangle, but they are, time and again, involved in mysteries with a supernatural slant — from demons, to werewolves, to mummies — and inevitably must join forces to solve crimes and defeat supernatural enemies. Now all of Tanya Huff`s short stories about Henry, Vicki, and Mike are being released in this collection entitled "Blood Bank". As an added bonus for fans of the TV series, "Blood Bank" includes...
The discovery of an unidentified, decomposed corpse in a railway wagon marks the beginning of Zen`s most difficult and dangerous case. Set against the backdrop of the 3000-year-old city of Catalina, in the shadow of Mount Etna, Blood Rain finds Aurelio Zen at his most desperate and driven.
ISBN: 978-0-571-20288-1
Издательство:
Faber
Дата выхода: август 2011
I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who’d get married in a few years and settle down to a quiet life. Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae. Not only can I see the terrifying otherworldly race, but I can sense the sacred Fae relics that hold the deadliest of their magic. When my sister was found dead in a trash-filled alley in Dublin, I came over to get answers. Now all I want is revenge. And after everything I’ve learned about myself, I know I have the power to get it…. MacKayla Lane’s ordinary life underwent a complete makeover when she landed on Ireland’s shores...
ISBN: 978-0-440-24099-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
Ellen hasn`t seen Andy for years - and the transformation is incredible. He`s tall, with high cheekbones and tousled hair. If Ellen was normal, she`d have a massive crush on him. But Ellen is dying. Her illness is a mystery. It`s as if all the strength is slowly being sucked from her. What dark force is reaching out to claim her, draining her lifeblood away? This is a dark, compelling vampire thriller from the author of Witch Child .
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1550-4
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Surrounded by its brooding swampscape, Blackwood Farm is alive with the comings and goings of the bewitched and the bewitching. Among them is the ageless vampire Lestat, vainglorious enough to believe that he can become a saint, weak enough to fall impossibly in love. Gripped by his unspeakable desire for the mortal Rowan Mayfair and taking the not so innocent, new-to-the-blood Mona Mayfair under his wing, Lestat braves the wrath of paterfamilias Julien Mayfair and ventures to a private island off the coast of Haiti. There, Saint Lestat will get his chance to slay his dragon. For Mona and the Mayfairs share an explosive, secret blood bond to another deathless species: a five-thousand-year-old race of Taltos, strangers held in the throes...
ISBN: 978-0-345-44369-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Roffe and Sons is a family firm, an international empire filled with desperate, cash-hungry family members. At its head was one of the wealthiest men in the world, a man who has just died in a mysterious accident and left his daughter, Elizabeth, in control of the company. Now as this intelligent, tough, and beautiful young woman dares to save-not sell-Roffe and Sons, she will have to outwit those who secretly want her power. And the unknown assassin who wants her Формат: 10,5 см x 17 см.
ISBN: 0-446-35744-8
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Admirers of Edgar-winner Rankin`s bestselling series featuring Edinburgh`s Insp. John Rebus (Fleshmarket Alley, etc.) may be disappointed by this stand-alone suspense novel, which has more in common with the works of Frederick Forsyth and Robert Ludlum. Gordon Reeve, an ex–Special Forces soldier with serious anger management issues, has settled down to a tranquil second career running a survival camp in a remote part of Scotland. When he learns that his journalist brother, Jim, with whom he hadn`t been close for years, has shot himself in California, Reeve resolves to seek answers. Once in the , Reeve begins to suspect that his brother was murdered because of an investigative piece he was working on involving a major chemical company....
Enter the exotic world of lush and steamy rainforests, where squiggly poisonous spiders scrabble up deadly stinky trees! Are you ready to explore the world’s jungliest jungles and climb their tallest trees, smell their stinkiest plants and meet their hairiest insects? If not, the Bloomin’ Rainforest is too gross a place for you…
ISBN: 978-0-439-94460-1
Издательство:
Scholastic Inc
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
From credit crunch to golden parachute, barking up the wrong tree to storm in a tea cup in this book, Gordon Jarvie explains all you need to know about these and 3,000 other common English idioms. Packed with nuggets of fascinating information, the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms traces the origins of these phrases, explains meanings and gives examples of up-to-date usage. Ideal for word buffs and English students alike, this book will help all users of English to mind their (linguistic) ps and qs.
Patricia Cornwell`s golden touch continues with this arresting novel featuring Kay Scarpetta, one of thriller fiction`s most charismatic and passionate characters. Settling into her new life as a private forensic consultant, Kay Scarpetta agrees to investigate a cold case in Louisiana - the baffling eight-year-old murder of a woman with a history of blackouts and violent outbursts. Then she receives news that chills her to the core: Jean-Baptiste Chandonne - the vicious and unrepentant Wolf-man, who pursued her to her very doorstep - has asked to see her. From his cell on death row, he demands an audience with the legendary With her friends and family by her side, Scarpetta tries to guess what sort of endgame this madman has in mind -...
ISBN: 978-0-425-19873-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
"At the close of Wilbur Smith`s bestselling Monsoon, Tom Courtney and his brother Dorian battled on the high seas and finally reached the Cape of Good Hope to start life afresh." In this spellbinding new novel, the next generation of Courtneys are out to stake their claim in southern Africa, travelling along the infamous `Robber`s Road.` It is a journey both exciting and hazardous, which takes them through the untouched wilderness of a beautiful land filled with warring tribes and wild animals.
ISBN: 978-0-312-99142-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
With her evocative bestsellers "The Shell Seekers" and "Coming Home", Rosamunde Pilcher opened your heart to the extraordinary powers of love, heartbreak, and joy. Now she invites you to share the full spectrum of life`s moods and emotions through her very first collection of stories. From a child`s first knowledge of death, through city and country, to an elderly woman`s newfound freedom, "The Blue Bedroom" is a welcoming experience full of the honesty and warmth unique to Rosamunde Pilcher.
The college term has ended and Rick and Jen join their friends at the beach to swim and surf. Jen doesn`t realise that the new friend she meets will soon save their lives.
ISBN: 978-0-230-03579-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
As Schuyler Van Alen`s blood legacy is called into question, an ancient place of power in Rio de Janeiro is threatened, and the Blue Bloods need Schuyler on their side.
ISBN: 978-1-4231-0229-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
