Political / legal thriller
Random House USA Inc The Rooster Bar
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • John Grisham’s newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that’s on shaky ground. Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam.But maybe there's a way out. Maybe there’s a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation wo
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Random House USA Inc The Reckoning
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Random House USA Inc Grown Ups
Book SynopsisINSTANT #1 BESTSELLER!A brand-new book from the #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Woman Who Stole My Life.They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together--birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie--who has the most money--insists on it.Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much . . .Still, everything manages to stay under control--that is, until Ed's wife, Cara, gets a concussion and can't keep her thoughts or opinions to herself. One careless remark at Johnny's birthday party, with the entire family present, and Cara starts spilling all their secrets.As everything unravels, each of the adults finds themselves wondering if it's--finally--the time to grow up
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Penguin Putnam Inc Locked On
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPraise for Locked On“Clancy’s at top of his game.”—Chicago Tribune “A winner...The novel's premises are all too plausible—which is what makes Locked On so exciting…Hard to put down”—Pittsburgh Post-GazetteMore Praise for Tom Clancy“He constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale.”—The New York Times Book Review“A brilliant describer of events.”—The Washington Post“No one can equal his talent for making military electronics and engineering intelligible and exciting...He remains the best!”—Houston Chronicle
£13.49
Penguin Putnam Inc Gunmetal Gray
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£15.30
Penguin Publishing Group The Hunters
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£9.49
Vintage Espanol Un abogado rebelde Rogue Lawyer
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£15.30
Vintage Espanol El soborno The Whistler
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Penguin Putnam Inc Robert Ludlums The Treadstone Resurrection
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Penguin Putnam Inc Robert Ludlums The Bourne Treachery
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Sjp for Hogarth Dawn Stories
Book SynopsisA new book from Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint, SJP for Hogarth: Written from behind bars, the unforgettable collection from one of Turkey’s leading politicians and most powerful storytellers. In this essential collection, Selahattin Demirtaş’s arresting stories capture the voices of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. A cleaning lady is caught up in a violent demonstration on her way to work. A five-year-old girl attempts to escape war-torn Syria with her mother by boat. A suicide bombing shatters a neighborhood in Aleppo. And in the powerful story, 'Seher', a young factory worker is robbed of her dreams in an unimaginable act of violence. Written with Demirtas’s signature wit, warmth, and humor, and alive with the rhythms of everyday speech, DAWN paints a remarkable portrait of life behind the headlines in Turkey and the Middle East – in all its hardship an
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Random House USA Inc Sycamore Row
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham returns to the iconic setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill, as Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a controversial trial that exposes a tortured history of racial tension.“Welcome back, Jake. . . . [Brigance] is one of the most fully developed and engaging characters in all of Grisham’s novels.”—USA TodaySeth Hubbard is a wealthy white man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and defense attorney Jake Brigance into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County’s most notorious citizens, just three years earlier. The second will raises many more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly? And what does it all have to do with a piece of land once known as Sycamore Row?Look for all of John Grisham’s gripping Jake Brigance novels:A Time to KillSycamore RowA Time for Mercy
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Random House USA Inc A Certain Justice An Adam Dalgliesh Novel 10
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Shocking.... Fascinating.... Sucks the reader in right from the dramatic first line.” —Los Angeles Times • Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TVWhen distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge defends a young man for the brutal murder of his mother, she views the case as simply another opportunity to demonstrate her brilliance in the courtroom. But within weeks of the trial Aldridge is found dead at her desk, a bloodstained barrister’s wig on her head. And as Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard attempts to make sense of events, the murders continue, inexorably spiraling into fresh complexities of horror.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Awoken
Book SynopsisThe Awoken is a phenomenal story—filled with action, romance, plot twists, and a few big juicy reveals! —Issa RaeA cinematic, speculative debut about a woman who undergoes cryogenic preservation at the time of her death and wakes up a century later in a world where her very life is a crime. When Alabine Rivers, a politically active young woman with a bright career and romance ahead of her, finds out the devastating news that she has terminal cancer, the only thing that gives her solace is the possibility of a second life through the emerging field of cryogenics. A century later, scientists have indeed discovered how to bring the dead back from preservation, but humanity has been locked in a philosophical battle over the ethics of this new Godlike power, a battle that has turned violent: Those who are resurrected, the Awoken, have been declared illegal and are to be shot on sight. This is the world
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Penguin Young Readers Stephen King 112263 en español
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Penguin Young Readers Los Guardianes
Book SynopsisHace veintidós años mataron a un abogado. Lo volverán a hacer sin pensarlo dos veces. En la pequeña ciudad de Seabrook, en Florida, un joven abogado llamado Keith Russo fue asesinado de un disparo una noche que trabajaba tarde en su oficina. El asesino no dejo huellas. No hubo testigos del crimen, y se desconoce el motivo por el que alguien querría matar al abogado. Sin embargo, la policía sospechaba de Quincy Miller, un joven de raza negra que fue cliente de Russo años atrás. Quincy fue juzgado, arrestado, y condenado a prisión de por vida. Durante veintidós años, Quincy languideció en prisión, manteniendo su inocencia. Pero nadie lo escuchaba. No tenia abogados, ni nadie que lo defendiera. En su desesperación, Quincy escribió una carta a Los Ministros Guardianes, una pequeña empresa de caridad dirigía por Cullen Post, un abogado que a su
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Penguin Putnam Inc Robert Ludlums The Bourne Sacrifice
Book SynopsisJason Bourne tackles a global media conspiracy in the latest electrifying entry in Robert Ludlum’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.Jason Bourne has faced many killers before, but none as dangerous or as cruelly inventive as the assassin who calls himself Lennon. Bourne thought he had Lennon cornered in Iceland, only to have the killer escape in a fiery explosion. Now Lennon’s trail leads Bourne to New York and then to Washington – and the body count rises with each deadly encounter.But who is Lennon working for? Bourne believes the assassin has a shadowy new employer called the Pyramid. The only clue to the group’s agenda is a young German woman murdered in Washington on her way to a covert meeting. But the woman’s entire identity turns out to be a lie, and news reports of her death have been strangely twisted and suppressed.Finding the truth about this woman may be Bourne’s only chance to catch Lenno
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Penguin Putnam Inc Robert Ludlums The Blackbriar Genesis
Book SynopsisThe assassination of a Treadstone agent leads two Blackbriar operatives down a rabbit hole of deceit and betrayal in this explosive new series from the world of Robert Ludlum.A car explodes along a quiet Prague side street—among the dead is an undercover Treadstone agent. It's not unusual for such men to meet their fates on an operation, but in this case there's one catch. None of his superiors know what he was doing there. Two Blackbriar operatives, Helen Jouvert and Donovan Wade, are sent to investigate. Their search for answers will take them deeper into the world of conspiracy and fake news than they ever expected. Treadstone and Blackbriar may be two sides of the same coin, intelligence and counterintelligence, but they have one thing in common, answers can be the deadliest commodity of all.
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Random House USA Inc The Snares
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Diversified Publishing The Exchange
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm.“A breathtaking update on the McDeeres and the life they made . . . Grisham, in vintage form, ratchets up the suspense in this winning sequel.” —The Wall Street JournalWhat became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is found in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller.It is now fifteen years later, and Mitch and Abby are living in Manhattan, where Mitch is a partner at the largest law firm in the world. When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor that will take him as far as Istanbul and Tripoli, Mitch finds himself at the center of a sinister plot that has worldwide implications. Once again Mitch’s colleagues, friends, and family are targeted. Mitch is a master at staying one staying one step ahead of his adversaries, but this time there’s nowhere to hide.Look for John Grisham’s forthcoming legal thriller, The Widow. This time, the verdict isn’t the end of the story.
£24.00
Penguin Publishing Group Robert Ludlums the Bourne Vendetta
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Diversified Publishing Rogue Justice
Book SynopsisThe phenomenal Stacey Abrams, #1 New York Times bestselling author of While Justice Sleeps, returns with another intricately plotted, riveting suspense novel featuring Avery Keene, an ingenious Supreme Court clerk who becomes entangled in a case that has the dark underpinnings of a potential national crisis.Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling a conspiracy that took down the President of the United States in While Justice Sleeps. But as the sparks of impeachment hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before she recently took her own life, and he gives Avery a file, a burner phone, and a fearful warning that there are highly dangerous people involved. Moments later, Avery is shocked when she witnesses Davies being murdered.After breaking the encrypted file Davies gave to her, Avery reveals a list of names—all federal judges—and, alarmingly, all judges on the FISA Court (the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court), also known as America’s secret court. It is this body that grants permission to the government to wiretap American individuals or corporations suspected of terrorism. Avery knows Judge Whitner had been extorted, but as she investigates the names and cases associated with other judges on the list she begins to see a frightening pattern—and she worries that something far more sinister may be unfolding. Drawing from today’s headlines and weaving them together with her unique insider perspective, Stacey Abrams combines twisting plotlines, wry wit, and clever puzzles to create another immensely entertaining suspense novel.
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Houghton Mifflin In the Lake of the Woods
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Border La Frontera Spanish Edition
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£19.79
Penguin Putnam Inc Exit West
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Legacy of Spies
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Penguin Random House LLC A Cure for Night
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. The Best Laid Plans
Book SynopsisWINNER OF CBC CANADA READSWINNER OF THE STEPHEN LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOURHere’s the set up: A burnt-out politcal aide quits just before an election—but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock—an engineering professor who will do anything, anything, to avoid teaching English to engineers—to let his name stand in the election. No need to campaign, certain to lose, and so on.Then a great scandal blows away his opponent, and to their horror, Angus is elected. He decides to see what good an honest M.P. who doesn’t care about being re-elected can do in Parliament. The results are hilarious—and with chess, a hovercraft, and the love of a good woman thrown in, this very funny book has something for everyone.
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. Mayflies
Book SynopsisAn unforgettable coming-of-age novel that becomes a profound mediation on life, death, and lifelong friendship.Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life.In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently.Thirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has news--news that forces the life-long friends to confront their own mortality head-on. What follows is an incredibly moving examination of the responsibilities and obligations we have to those we love. Mayflies is at once a finely-tuned drama about the delicacy and impermanence of human connection and an urgent inquiry into some of the most important questions of all: Who are we? What do we owe to our friends? And what does it mean to love another person amidst tragedy?
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Mira Books Tell No Lies
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Penguin Random House LLC Chaos in Kabul A Malko Linge Novel 5
Book SynopsisAs U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan, and the Taliban is poised to take over, the CIA calls upon the Austrian aristocrat Malko Linge to execute a dangerous and delicate plan to restore stability to the region.On the ground in Kabul, Malko reconnects with an old flame and hires a South African mercenary to assist with his mission. But Malko doesn't know whom he can trust. His every move is monitored by President Karzai's entourage, Taliban leaders, a seductive American journalist--and a renegade within the CIA itself. Before he can pull off his plan, Malko is kidnapped and nearly killed. When he finally manages to escape, he finds himself alone and running for his life in a hostile city.
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Penguin Random House LLC Revenge of the Kremlin 6 Malko Linge Novel
Book SynopsisIn this gripping, tightly plotted tale of espionage, Malko Linge investigates the suspicious death of a Russian oligarch in London. Boris Berezovsky is living in exile in London to avoid the wrath of Vladimir Putin. One morning, the unlucky oligarch is found dead in his bathroom, an apparent suicide. Their suspicions aroused, MI5 opens an investigation—but Prime Minister David Cameron orders the case closed. Alarmed at the renewal of Russian Cold War tricks and Moscow’s increasingly close ties to London, the CIA dispatches Malko Linge to investigate Berezovsky’s death and the British cover-up. With help from an alluring former CIA handler, Malko dives into the search for hard evidence of the Kremlin’s involvement in the affair—putting himself directly in the crosshairs of the world’s most efficient assassins.
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Penguin Random House LLC Surface to Air 8 Malko Linge Novel
Book SynopsisMalko Linge is assigned to tail a novice terrorist who has a plot to blow up Air Force One—and the weapons to make it happen.In New Jersey, Parviz Amritzar is mourning for his family—killed by a U.S. airstrike back in Pakistan—and vowing revenge against his adoptive country. He devises a plan to shoot down Air Force One and gets a lucky break when he reaches a terrorist contact who knows how he can obtain a surface-to-air missile from the Russians. When the CIA picks up on the rumors of this plot, they call on Malko Linge to carefully observe the would-be terrorist. But as soon as Malko thinks he has a handle on the situation, things become more unpredictable and much more dangerous.
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New Directions Publishing Corporation Pereira Maintains
Book SynopsisTabucchi’s masterpiece “conjures a state between waking and dreaming” (The New York Times)Trade Review"Extraordinary novel." -- Jonathan Lee - Literary Hub"Tabucchi’s prose creates a deep, near-profound and sometimes heart-wrenching nostalgia and constantly evokes the pain of recognizing the speed of life’s passing which everyone knows but few have the strength to accept." -- Alan Cheuse - NPR"A work in the high aesthetic mode, a historical novel cast in delicately evocative prose and filled with witty references to the great figures of modern European literature. In it Italians could examine their political consciences through an artful image of another country’s past. The pleasures to be had from Pereira Maintains are rich and varied, but best of all it’s very enjoyable." -- The New York Times"A masterpiece of compression." -- Moshin Hamid"Pereira Maintains is small only in size. Its themes are great ones—courage, betrayal, fidelity, love, corruption; and its treatment of them is subtle, skillful, and clear. It’s so clear, in fact, that you can see a very long way down, into the heart of a flawed but valiant human being, into the sickness of a nation, into the depths of political evil. It’s the most impressive novel I’ve read for years, and one of the very few that feels truly necessary." -- Philip Pullman"An exquisitely small masterpiece of a novel, which does so much, and which too many people have not read but should." -- Mohsin Hamid - Elle
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Beaufort Books Ladies of the Lake
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Beaufort Books The Woman in the Park
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Woman in the Park is an insanely smart, dark trickster of a thriller. Go ahead. Scan the horizon for clues. Become obsessed. Have a great time. Read it twice. (I did.)" Rebecca Coffey, author, Hysterical: Anna Freud's Story"Obsession and loneliness intersect with explosive results in this thrilling story of a woman whose life is a total mysteryeven to herself. Tense, cinematic, and relentlessly suspenseful, The Woman in the Park will have you addicted, consuming one chapter after another until you reach its chilling conclusion." Megan Collins, author, The Winter Sister" The Woman in the Park is one of those novels that you can't stop thinking about even when you aren't reading it. Hooked me from the very first page until the shocking end! A must read!" Marina Di Guardo, author, La Memoria Dei Corpi"Like a Rubik's cube, The Woman in the Park twists the perception of reality and fantasy, keeping the reader hooked and curiously searching for the solution. Intriguing, intelligent and multifaceted." Vera Näsström, author & playwright, All Is As It Should Be"Fast and thrilling, Sorkin and Holmqvist's novel The Woman in the Park kept me guessing until the final page. There's no tranquility to this Manhattan's Upper East Side, just darkness, disquiet, and suspense." James Sturz, author, Sasso"This richly textured, beautifully written, and intricately plotted thriller, with a deeply sympathetic female protagonist, is at once a page-turner, a story of loss and redemption, and a beautiful testament to the power of the human spirit. The Woman in the Park is a remarkable achievement. I loved it." Caroline Nastro, director & author, The Bear Who Couldn't Sleep" The Woman in the Park is a spine-tingling read that makes you question all your assumptions from one page to the next. Imagine if The Girl on the Train and The Hours had a baby, it would be T he Woman in the Park ."
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Beaufort Books Light of Day
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Beaufort Books A Game of Inches
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North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc Seven Graves Two Harbors Volume 2
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Autumn Hill Books A Castle in Romagna
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North Star Press of St. Cloud Farewell My Sweet
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Random House USA Inc Gray Mountain
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Random House USA Inc Rogue Lawyer
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Featuring one of John Grisham’s most colorful, outrageous, and vividly drawn characters yet, Rogue Lawyer showcases the master of the legal thriller at his very best. On the right side of the law—sort of—Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. His office is a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, and fine leather chairs. He has no firm, no partners, and only one employee: his heavily armed driver, who also so happens to be his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddie. Sebastian drinks small-batch bourbon and carries a gun. He defends people other lawyers won’t go near: a drug-addled, tattooed kid rumored to be in a satanic cult; a vicious crime lord on death row; a homeowner arrested for shooting at a SWAT team that mistakenly invaded his house. Why these clients? Because Sebastian believes everyone is entitled to a fair trial—even if he ha
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Random House USA Inc The Rooster Bar
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Random House USA Inc The RedHaired Woman
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Penguin Books Ltd Say Nothing
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St Martin's Press The Hush
Book SynopsisSet in the world of his most beloved novel The Last Child (A magnificent creation The Washington Post), John Hart delivers a stunning vision of a secret world, rarely seen. Hart evokes that surreal landscape with a power and economy worthy of the great British horror novelist Ramsey Campbell. Washington PostNew York Times bestsellerIt's been ten years since the events that changed Johnny Merrimon's life and rocked his hometown to the core. Since then, Johnny has fought to maintain his privacy, but books have been written of his exploits; the fascination remains. Living alone on six thousand acres of once-sacred land, Johnny's only connection to normal life is his old friend, Jack. They're not boys anymore, but the bonds remain. What they shared. What they lost. But Jack sees danger in the wild places Johnny calls home; he senses darkness and hunger, an intractable intent. Johnny will discuss none of it, but
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St Martin's Press Once We Were Brothers
Book SynopsisThe gripping tale about two boys, once as close as brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides of the Holocaust.A novel of survival, justice and redemption...riveting. Chicago Tribune, on Once We Were BrothersElliot Rosenzweig, a respected civic leader and wealthy philanthropist, is attending a fundraiser when he is suddenly accosted and accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named Otto Piatek, the Butcher of Zamosc. Although the charges are denounced as preposterous, his accuser is convinced he is right and engages attorney Catherine Lockhart to bring Rosenzweig to justice. Solomon persuades attorney Catherine Lockhart to take his case, revealing that the true Piatek was abandoned as a child and raised by Solomon''s own family only to betray them during the Nazi occupation. But has Solomon accused the right man?Once We Were Brothers is Ronald H. Balson''s compelling tale of two boys and a family who struggle to survi
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