Political / legal thriller
Both Barrels Publishing Ltd. Critical Strike
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£13.59
Polari Press The Gospel According To...
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£12.99
Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd Glass
Book SynopsisA writer in self-imposed exile in London receives a call from the Prime Minister of his former country, inviting him to return to write the Prime Minister's biography. As he embarks from his small flat in west London to the modern Caribbean island he once called home, he immediately finds himself thrust into a world of exceptional wealth, power, and corruption.In the midst of this turmoil the writer falls deeply in love. As the love affair advances, the writer's passion for the island resurfaces, until the loss of a close friend propels him to make one final, potentially cataclysmic decision that will change everything.
£10.44
Headline Publishing Group Mayday
Book SynopsisGet ready to be thrilled by a brand new heroine, Ylva Norvahl.Fighter pilot Ylva Norvahl has returned to her hometown, Bodø, in Norway's frozen north where tension is escalating across the border with Russia. NATO has launched the "Arctic Blizzard" excercise, mobilising 60,000 soldiers, many of them American.All it takes is one false move to trigger a major political crisis, or even a war.When her plane is forced down over Russian territory, Ylva and the veteran U.S. Major John Evans must race against time across a frozen landscape to avoid capture by the Russian Spetsnaz special forces in pursuit. Complicating their journey is Evans' involvement with an American military contractor Titans Security which has its own agenda across international frontiers.As the hunt closes in, Ylva uses her local Sami knowledge to survive in the excruciating cold, and her family history reveals dark secrets of its own in this geopolitical game of chess.Trade Review'The best crime debut I have read – ever' -- Tor-Hammerø, Nettavisen'A Norwegian crime sensation. Bravo!' -- Catherine Krøger, Dagbladet'Grethe Bøe, and her main character Ylva are a refreshing and welcome addition to the Norwegian crime novel universe' -- Elin Brend Bjørhei, VG
£13.49
Orenda Books The Shot: The shocking, searingly authentic new
Book SynopsisAn aspiring TV journalist faces a shattering moral dilemma and the prospect of losing her career and her life, when she joins an impetuous photographer in the Middle East. A shocking, searingly authentic thriller by award-winning ex-CNN news executive Sarah Sultoon.‘Shocking and visceral, this novel deals with the horrors of war … a brave, important and utterly compelling book’ S J Watson ‘Gritty, hard-hitting and often harrowing … a hugely exciting voice in crime fiction’ Victoria Selman‘A powerhouse writer’ Jo Spain––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––An act of mercyOr the ultimate betrayal…Who decides?Samira is an up-and-coming TV journalist, working the nightshift at a major news channel and yearning for greater things. So when she’s offered a trip to the Middle East, with Kris, the station’s brilliant but impetuous star photographer, she leaps at the chanceIn the field together, Sami and Kris feel invincible, shining a light into the darkest of corners … except the newsroom, and the rest of the world, doesn’t seem to care as much as they do. Until Kris takes the photograph.With a single image of young Sudanese mother, injured in a raid on her camp, Sami and the genocide in Darfur are catapulted into the limelight. But everything is not as it seems, and the shots taken by Kris reveal something deeper and much darker … something that puts not only their careers but their lives in mortal danger.Sarah Sultoon brings all her experience as a CNN news executive to bear on this shocking, searingly authentic thriller, which asks immense questions about the world we live in. You'll never look at a news report in the same way again... ‘A powerful story of the brutality of front-line journalism. Authentic, provocative and terrifyingly relevant’ Will Carver ‘A gritty, jarring page-turner’ Peter Hain ‘Passionate, disturbing storytelling at its best’ James Brabazon ‘You won't read another book like this in 2022! Raw, authentic, powerful ... you won't see the end coming!’ E C Scullion ‘Brilliantly conveys both the exhilaration and the unspeakable horror of life on the international news frontline’ Jo Turner ‘Astute and penetrating, evoking feelings that are long lasting and hard to shake off … Sarah Sultoon is a new and welcome voice in what can be a very crowded genre’ Random Things through My Letterbox ‘A masterclass in storytelling and cinematic in scope’ Live & Deadly ‘Brutally honest, extremely thought-provoking, stark and vivid … impossible to put down’ Jen Med’s Book ReviewsPraise for The Source**Winner: Crime Fiction Lover Best Debut Award**‘A brave and thought-provoking debut novel. Sarah Sultoon tackles a challenging and disturbing subject without sensation, and her sensitive handling, tight plotting and authentic storytelling make for a compelling read’ Adam Hamdy‘A taut and thought-provoking book that’s all the more unnerving for how much it echoes the headlines in real life’ CultureFly‘A tense thriller, a remarkable debut, heartbreaking, but ultimately this is a story of resilience and survival’ New Books Magazine‘A powerful, compelling read that doesn’t shy away from some upsetting truths … written with such energy’ Fanny Blake‘Tautly written and compelling, not afraid to shine a spotlight on the darker forces at work in society’ Rupert Wallis‘So authentic and exhilarating … breathtaking pace and relentless ingenuity’ Nick Paton Walsh, CNN‘A powerful, intense whammy of a debut that is both uncomfortable and exhilarating to read … Thought-provoking, tense, and expressive’ LoveReading‘A gripping, dark thriller’ Geoff Hill, ITV‘A cleverly constructed story that offers an authentic view behind the scenes in a British newsroom … an original and wholly engaging debut. Definitely a name to watch’ Crime Fiction Lover‘My heart was racing … fiction to thrill even the most hard-core adrenaline junkies’ Diana Magnay, Sky News ‘Unflinching and sharply observed. A hard-hitting, deftly woven debut’ Ruth Field‘With this gripping, fast-paced debut thriller, it’s easy to see what made Sultoon such a great journalist’ Clarissa Ward, CNN ‘A hard-hitting, myth-busting rollercoaster of a debut’ Eve Smith‘I could picture and feel each scene, all the fear, tension and hope’ Katie Allen For fans of Holly Watt, Sarah Vaughan, Laura Lippman and Karin Slaughter
£8.54
Orenda Books Dirt
Book SynopsisA compulsive, searing political thriller set on a kibbutz in Northern Israel, where the discovery of the body of an Israeli-Arab worker sets off a devastating chain of events… ‘A first-class political thriller’ Steve Cavanagh ‘A bitingly sharp, pacy thriller. Devilishly good. I inhaled it’ Freya Berry ‘A powerful political thriller that brims with authentic detail. Clever, compulsive and achingly atmospheric’ Kia Abdullah –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––This is no utopia… 1996. Northern Israel. Lola leaves an unhappy home life in England for the fabled utopian life of a kibbutz, but this heavily guarded farming community on the Arab-Israeli border isn’t the idyll it seems, and tensions are festering. Hundreds of miles away, in the Jerusalem offices of the International Tribune newspaper, all eyes are on Israel’s response to a spate of rocket attacks from Lebanon, until cub reporter Jonny Murphy gets a tip from a mysterious source that sends him straight into the danger zone. When the body of an Arab worker is discovered in the dirt of the kibbutz chicken house, it triggers a series of events that puts Lola and the whole community in jeopardy, and Jonny begins to uncover a series of secrets that put everything at risk, as he begins to realise just how far some people will go to belong… ––––––––––––––––––––– ‘A fantastic page-turner and an intriguing look at a complex and dangerous world. Sarah Sultoon creates intelligent, memorable characters and fascinating stories’ Holly Watt ‘A powerhouse writer’ Jo Spain ‘An extraordinary piece of writing from a political thriller writer at the very top of her game’ Victoria Selman ‘Brilliant and gripping’ S J Watson ‘An immersive and evocative political thriller that thrust me into a unique, razor-edged world, with a plot filled with tension and complexity. The narrative twists around itself, becoming increasingly claustrophobic and fraught, until it arrives at its explosive dénouement’ Philippa East ‘Full of danger and pulsating characters’ Louise Beech ‘Sarah Sultoon draws on her time spent as a journalist in the Middle East to bring northern Israel, its people, its beauty, and its complexities to life in vibrant colour in this twisting whodunnit…' Antony Dunford ‘A compelling thriller that weaves a complex tale … escalating to a shocking finale' Eve Smith ‘Unsettling, riveting, gets under your skin’ Peter Hain Praise for Sarah Sultoon: **Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger** **WINNER of the Crime Fiction Lover Debut Thriller Award** ‘A brave and thought-provoking debut novel’ Adam Hamdy ‘A taut and thought-provoking book that’s all the more unnerving for how much it echoes the headlines in real life’ CultureFly ‘A tense thriller, a remarkable debut, heartbreaking, but ultimately this is a story of resilience and survival’ NB Magazine ‘A powerful, compelling read that doesn’t shy away from some upsetting truths … written with such energy’ Fanny Blake ‘A powerful story of the brutality of front-line journalism. Authentic, provocative and terrifyingly relevant’ Will Carver
£9.49
Whitefox Publishing Ltd The Fractured Tree
Book SynopsisA riveting financial thriller about temptation, choices, and the ruthless pursuit of profit and power in the City of London and the oil and gas fields of America. In 2014, environmentalists want to ban fracking, which has powered America to become the top oil producer in the world. Saudi Arabia is worried that too much supply will depress oil prices. One man has a plan that will make him billions. Into this world, twenty-four-year-old Sebastian has the seemingly good fortune to be offered a dream job working for Edouard de Tocqueville, one of the most powerful bankers in the City of London. But, dazzled by the opportunity laid out before him, Sebastian fails to see the devastating consequences of his actions...
£18.04
Crumps Barn Studio Hunting the Hornets
Book Synopsis"Who the hell are you?" "They call me The Hunter and I've been hunting you, Mister Hoskins." In a world where unscrupulous businessmen, rogues and thieves operate across borders and beyond the reach of the Law, the hope for justice lies with a brilliant former agent known only by a codename: The Hunter. When a job goes wrong and an international conspiracy threatens all our lives, the Hunter's team must move quickly. There is a traitor at the heart of the British Government. And there is only one person who can stop him ... Where do you turn when the Law catches flies but lets hornets go free?Trade ReviewPraise for Michael Bartlett - 'Some of the best stories are quests ... This is a book to make everyone think twice about easy assumptions' - SIMON BRETT - 'I did not want this book to end, ever ... believable, well researched and memorable' - READER REVIEW - 'Hard to put down' - READER REVIEW - 'Highly entertaining. Highly recommended' - READER REVIEW -
£8.54
Watkins Media Limited HellSans
Book SynopsisHellSans is set in a fictional UK, where HellSans is a ubiquitous typeface, enforced by the government in all communications and in all public spaces. It is the ultimate control device. The majority of the population experience bliss when they see the typeface, but there’s a minority who are allergic to it. The HellSans Allergic (HSAs) are persecuted, and live on the streets or in a ghetto on the outskirts of the capital city. Jane Ward, CEO of the company that manufactures the Inex (a cyborg doll-like creature that has replaced the smart phone as the essential aid and accessory) has everything: fame and fortune, until she falls ill with the allergy and becomes embroiled in the government’s internal power struggles. She loses her job and her wealth, ending up in the ghetto until she is rescued by Dr Icho Smith. Icho is a scientist who has developed a cure for the allergy, but she is on the run from the government and the Seraphs (the ghetto ‘terrorist’ group), who all have their own agenda for the cure. Jane and Icho work together, aiming to expose government corruption and bring the cure to the HSAs. HellSans is written in three parts. Parts one and two can be read in either order which provides a unique approach to the perspectives of the haves and have-nots in the run-up to the revolutionary conclusion. File Under: Science Fiction [ Dystopian Nightmare Typography Matters Artificial Friends Nevertheless Resist ]Trade Review"the best debut fiction by a Scottish author since 2012"“Terrific… Goblin brims throughout with reckless joy.”“Enthralling... a captivating debut.""Speculative fiction at its best: political, fearless, smart, badass. To put it down is unthinkable, you care about everything and everyone all the time.""a dark, brilliantly imagined world.""A dark and clever sci-fi social satire.""Clever, terrifying, and full of love and rage – I'm deeply jealous.""I was enraged, I was inspired - I want to read every word that Ever Dundas writes.""wildly imaginative debut" "A smart and unique dystopian thriller""So smart and provocative it hurts,""A violent and compelling thriller,""HellSans is a remarkable and admirable work.""It is a visceral and vicious novel... a body horror with brains,""This novel. Oh wow, this novel.""A cracking read.""innately cinematic, with relentless action, dramatic backdrops, unexpected twists."HellSans is a must-read book for fans of dystopias"
£9.49
Whitefox Publishing Ltd The Eagle and the Cockerel
Book SynopsisEurope. Great Britain has long-since left the Union, but tensions between European countries remain and the international balance of power is firmly weighted towards China and the US. Seizing the opportunity for an unexpected comeback, disgraced former Paris mayor Vincent d’Amont makes an outrageous proposal: France and Germany should unite to create a new superpower: Charlemagny. The question will be put to the people in an historic vote on ROME, the ubiquitous social network of Europe. But, outraged by the progress of events and fearing a new order based on chaos and conflict, political vlogger Miss Cliché engages in a fierce battle against Vincent and his cronies. A bumpy journey filled with post-truth news and scorching betrayal lies ahead. Can Miss Cliché discover who is running the all-powerful ROME and reveal the real forces behind Charlemagny? And can she keep her own feelings under control before Charlemagny becomes a reality?Trade Review'At once of the recent past and of the moment, Alan Rhode’s The Eagle and the Cockerel is a meaty political thriller served in a distinctively wry style. Brilliantly comic on personality politics, and sharp on big picture politics, political comms, AI, and social media, The Eagle and the Cockerel exposes the absurdities of political games and power play in all their treachery, arrogance and self-serving cronyism.' -- LoveReading'Alan Rhode has woven an entertaining tale about where politics and a digital world might take the European Union in the future as it struggles to find unity and purpose in the face of the looming threats to economics, the environment and democracy that lurk in all countries across the continent.' -- Joe Kirwin'I’ve rarely read such witty political fiction with so much heart and flair! It’s at once both absurdist and glaringly realistic, not to be missed.' -- Leena Norms
£16.14
Whitefox Publishing Ltd White Suicide: One Man, One Death, Two Lives
Book SynopsisWhite Suicide is initially set in the anni di piombo (the years of lead), the twenty years of Italian terrorism, and begins with the kidnap, and subsequent murder, of Aldo Moro in 1978, one of Italy’s, and the Cold War’s, visionary leaders.Trade Review‘White Suicide gripped me from page one, a modern thriller reminiscent of Eric Ambler that brings suspense, history and politics alive on the page. Not to be missed.’ -- Charles Glass, author of Soldiers Don’t Go Mad‘Simon Gaul’s novel investigates the web of mystery as the Milanese lawyer Pietro Albassi finds himself acting as a go-between during the hunt for the missing politician. Gaul has fun revealing the hidden hands many believe lay behind events at the time. Among these were the Vatican and the CIA.’ -- James Owen * The Times *‘A slow burn epic ... truly thought-provoking and credible.’ -- Paul Burke * Crime Time FM *'A brilliant, sprawling, action-packed saga set against a fascinating and murky part of recent European history.' -- Ray Celestin, award-winning author of the ‘City Blues Quartet’, two-time winner of the CWA Dagger Awards
£18.00
Bedford Square Publishers Her, Too: Gripping new psychological thriller
Book SynopsisLawyer Kelly McCann, defends men accused of rape.She's fought to build a successful career as a criminal defence attorney, with a speciality in defending men accused of sex crimes – falsely accused, she always maintains.Her detractors call her a traitor to her gender, but she doesn't care: she loves to win.Kelly's most recent victory is securing an acquittal for a world-renowned scientist accused of sexually assaulting his female employees.But the thrill of her victory is short-lived. That very night she, too, becomes the victim of a brutal sexual assault. And almost as horrific as the attack is the fact that she can't tell anyone who the perpetrator is – not without destroying her career in the process.Kelly has never backed down from a fight and she's not about to start pulling her punches now. As she joins forces with her rapist's victims, for the first time it's not about winning ― these wronged women are out for justice and for revenge."One of the most unique thriller setups I've ever read, and it keeps moving at warp speed. A must-read." -- Phillip Margolin, New York Times bestselling author of A Matter of Life and Death, on The Cage
£8.54
Corylus Books Resilience
Book SynopsisA murder mystery with political overtones taking place partly in the UK and partly in Romania
£8.54
Chiselbury Publishing Reparation
Book SynopsisEx-soldier Tom Scobie had won the safe parliamentary constituency of Ridgeway, against all the odds, only to discover that his seat is anything but safe. At home shady figures seek to undermine him and things get even more dangerous abroad. The prime minister sends him on a delicate mission and he quickly finds himself entangled in a world of multinational criminality. Tom finds himself pitted against unseen enemies at home and elusive criminals across the Balkans. His adversaries always seem one step ahead. The puppet master is still at work trying to lure an old friend of Tom's into his network of influence. The battle of wits becomes increasingly dangerous, Tom must untangle the web of corruption and intrigue, to save his old friend - and himself
£8.99
Northside House Limited The Sheikh
Book SynopsisIn 1990s Khartoum, MI6 officer Haydon Talbot uncovers a rising extremist threat as Al Qaeda plots a major attack on London. With sceptical superiors and his career at risk, he races to stop the bombers before it's too late.
£9.49
The Mercier Press Camarade
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£14.39
Whitefox Publishing Ltd Dying Days
£9.49
Moonflower Publishing The Coming Darkness
Book Synopsis"This is exactly the sort of big, meaty, ambitious thriller that the market needs. I haven't read a book like this since I Am Pilgrim." ANTHONY HOROWITZ------------"Superb - there's an ominous drumbeat throughout, and pace and tension, and a subtle and scarily plausible dystopia - and above all there's main character Alex Lamarque, who could be one of the greats. Greg Mosse writes like John Le Carre's hip grandson." LEE CHILD------------Paris, 2037. Global warming and pandemics have torn through the fabric of society. And Alexandre Lamarque of the French external security service is hunting for eco-terrorists. Experience has taught him there is no one he can trust. Experience has taught him there is no one he can trust - not his secretive lover Mariam, not even his old mentor, Professor Fayard, the man at the centre of the web. He is ready to give up. But he can't. In search of the truth, Alex must follow the trail through an ominous spiral of events, from a string of brutal child murders to a chaotic coup in North Africa. He rapidly finds himself in a heart-thumping race against chaos and destruction. He could be the world's only hope of preventing THE COMING DARKNESS . . .
£17.09
Moonflower Publishing The Coming Darkness
Book Synopsis"This is exactly the sort of big, meaty, ambitious thriller that the market needs. I haven't read a book like this since I Am Pilgrim." ANTHONY HOROWITZ------------"Superb - there's an ominous drumbeat throughout, and pace and tension, and a subtle and scarily plausible dystopia - and above all there's main character Alex Lamarque, who could be one of the greats. Greg Mosse writes like John Le Carre's hip grandson." LEE CHILD------------Paris, 2037. The world has never been more dangerous. With a double threat of rising temperatures and new diseases threatening public health, governments face hard choices between cooperation and competition for scarce resources. French special agent Alexandre Lamarque notices signs of a new terror group - one that is widespread and reaches the highest levels. Experience has taught him there is no-one he can trust - not his secretive lover Mariam, not his intelligence colleagues, and not even the people who trained him to be a spy. As his investigation deepens, Alex identifies an ominous sequence of events: a theft from a Norwegian genetics lab; a string of gory child murders; a chaotic coup in a breakaway North African republic and the extraction under fire of its charismatic leader. As the one man able to see through the web of lies, Alex may be the world's only hope of preventing THE COMING DARKNESS...Trade Review"Equally good at derring-do and dialogue... Mosse displays admirable audacity. One of the best thrillers of 2022." The Times---"This is exactly the sort of big, meaty, ambitious thriller that the market needs. I haven't read a book like this since I AM PILGRIM." Anthony Horowitz---"A heart-thumping race against time." Saga Magazine---"A clever, fast-paced thriller with incredible world building... an impressive debut with a cinematic narrative style waiting to be adapted for the screen." The Independent---"Superb - there's an ominous drumbeat throughout, and pace and tension, and a subtle and scarily plausible dystopia - and above all there's main character Alex Lamarque, who could be one of the greats. Greg Mosse writes like John Le Carre's hip grandson." Lee Child---"Absorbing and intricately plotted." The Telegraph---"Fast and absorbing, action-packed and loaded with a dark conspiratorial atmosphere... This is ambitious and inventive storytelling, an impressive debut." Crime Fiction Lover---"An utterly satisfying story set in a forensically detailed dystopic future which is too close for comfort." Lesley Thomson.
£8.54
Fremantle Press True West
Book SynopsisWestern Australia, 1988: after betraying the Knights motorcycle gang, 17-year-old Lee Southern flees to the city with nothing left to lose. Working as a rogue tow truck driver in Perth, he is captured by right-wing extremists whose combination of seduction and blackmail keeps him on the wrong side of the law and under their control. As the true nature of what drives his captors unfolds, Lee becomes an unwilling participant in a breathtakingly ambitious plot -- and a cold-blooded crime that will show just how much he, and everyone else, still has to lose.
£17.56
NeWest Press Tarstopping
Book SynopsisIn a flash, everything changes. After a group of radical environmentalists breaks into the house of a prominent oil company executive and holds him and his family hostage, the stage is set for a popular movement to coalesce around the incident.They call themselves Tarstoppers, and by occupying Calgary''s parks and public areas they hope to shut down the oilsands. But even the most cynical of their number couldn''t anticipate what happened next.Now Tim and Shannon, an ordinary couple caught up in the middle of history, must navigate a world newly populated with fifth columnists, foreign radicals, agent provocateurs and black bloc anarchists as chaos ensues right outside their door.
£12.79
NeWest Press Where the Bodies Lie
Book SynopsisSins don''t destroy people here. Dreams do.In a small city somewhere in an oil-rich Canadian province just east of the Rockies, a political scandal has erupted: an aging cabinet minister has struck and killed a member of his local constituency executive with his half-ton truck, in broad daylight. But the premier suspects that there is more to this accident than meets the eye-and he wants to know the real reasons behind it before the media or his political rivals do.Enter the premier''s old friend Harry Asher-lawyer, former hockey star, self-styled intellectual, and recent divorcé-who is hired to dig into the incident. And it isn''t long before Asher''s investigation threatens to expose a chain of corruption that implicates many of the province''s most powerful citizens-including the province''s legendary now-senile premier-as well as its most cherished founding myths.In Where the Bodies Lie, Mark Lisac (author of Alberta Politics Uncovered and The Klein Revolution) draws upon his decades of experience as a reporter at Alberta''s provincial legislature to craft an absorbing debut novel-part political thriller, part fable-that opens up timeless themes of friendship, love, the inescapability of grief, the weight of history, and the nature of truth.
£13.59
Oceanview Publishing Bahama Burnout: A Mick Sever Mystery
Book SynopsisFor rock and roll writer Mick Sever, another story, another deadly island paradise is all in a day’ s work. This time, Mick heads to Nassau, Bahamas, home of the legendary Highland Studio.Known for pumping out hits that burn up the charts, Highland is where the magic happens— or rather, where the magic happened until a devastating fire destroyed the entire studio. No one knows how the fire started, who started it— or whose body was found among the charred remains.Sent to get the inside story on the opening of the new Highland Studio, Mick finds this is hardly the Phoenix-rising-out-of-the-ashes story he expected. Some say the studio’ s haunted; some say it’ s cursed, but one thing is for sure: someone— or something— wants to stop the music. A smashed guitar and erased tracks send a subtle warning, but murder? That’ s an entirely different tune.If Mick doesn’ t act fast, Highland Studio, along with everything and everyone in its path, could go up in smoke.It’ s not always better to burn out than to fade away.
£19.76
Oceanview Publishing Black Diamond: A Novel
Book SynopsisCaught between the Boston Irish mob and the mob from the old sod—Not a good place to be Michael Knight and Lex Devlin agree to defend a jockey accused of murdering a fellow jockey during a race at Boston’s Suffolk Downs. Michael’s expertise in the machinations of the horse racing game is expected to serve them well. But a personal attachment to the murdered jockey thrusts Michael and Lex into the midst of a conflict between Boston’s Irish mafia and remnants of the terrorist branch of the Irish Republican Army. Now they are in the crosshairs of both, and the brutality of these combatants knows no bounds. As Michael and Lex uncover layer after layer of deceptions involved in the seamier side of horse racing, they become more dangerous to the gangs. In action that shuttles between Ireland and Boston, the lives of the two lawyers as well as those close to them are in the gravest danger and the criminals show no mercy in their quest to put an end to this threat. As their investigation hurtles forward, it could end a wonderful law partnership due to the absence of living partners.Perfect for fans of Lisa Scottoline and Alafair Burke While all of the novels in the Knight and Devlin Thriller Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:Neon Dragon Frame-Up Black Diamond Deadly Diamonds Fatal Odds High Stakes
£13.25
Easton Studio Press Nobody Said Amen: A Novel
Book Synopsis(Published as a Morris Jesup Book in association with the Westport Library, Westport, Connecticut) Written by an intimate participant in the turbulent civil rights movement in Mississippi, Nobody Said Amen tells the stories of two families' lives, one white, one black, as they navigate the challenging, tilting landscape created by the coming of "outside agitators" and social change to the Mississippi Delta in the 1960s. Owner of a great plantation, Luke Claybourne is a product of Southern attitudes, a decent man who feels responsible for the black families who make his plantation run, but who is loathe to accept the changes necessary for its survival. When he loses his plantation, his entire world is shattered. Led by his wife, Willy, and their friendship with a Northern journalist, Luke is forced to come to terms with a new way of life in the post--Civil Rights era South. Meanwhile, Jimmy Mack, a young black Mississippian leading a group of students who have come to Shiloh to help blacks gain the right to vote, has become a target of the Klan--savagely beaten while in jail and threatened with a burning cross. His love affair with Eula, a Claybourne employee, highlights the tensions and hazards of trying to love in the shadow of a racist world. Rich with a colorful roster of the people in Shiloh, Nobody Said Amen tells a triumphant American tale.
£12.34
McSweeney's Publishing Donald
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£9.99
Fifth Estate, Inc Coup D'Twelve: The Enterprise That Bought the Presidency
£23.36
Trineday Fiction The Octopus Deception
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£13.46
Ignition Books(r) Honorable Enemies
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£14.99
Prospect Park Books Pardon the Ravens
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£17.09
Prospect Park Books Pardon the Ravens
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£14.28
Waterside Publishing Law and Addiction: A Legal Thriller
Book SynopsisMIKE PAPANTONIO PULLS BACK THE CURTAIN ON AMERICA'S DEADLY OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN THIS SPELLBINDING THRILLER ABOUT GREED, CORRUPTION AND THE POWER OF PERSONAL CONVICTION. One week before his law school graduation, Jake Rutledge is shattered. His fraternal twin, Blake, has died of a drug overdose. When Jake returns to his hometown of Oakley, West Virginia, he discovers that his brother was not the only person hooked on opioid painkillers. The entire region has been ravaged by an epidemic insidiously planned and carried out by one of America’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies. Still wet behind the ears, Jake is determined to seek justice for all the victims of Big Pharma’s greed. He soon learns that the drug companies’ tentacles reach far and deep. His only hope is to get Nicholas “Deke” Deketomis to help. A partner at one of the country’s most powerful law firms, Deke’s “as tough as a two-dollar steak” and well-known for his winning tactics against corporate wrongdoers. With just enough persistence, Jake coaxes Deke to see Oakley’s devastation firsthand. Overwhelmed, Deke agrees to join forces with Jake. And that’s when the real heat begins. Death threats, bribes, unlawful property seizure schemes – all are connected to the massive distribution of both legal and illegal drugs. Everyone is impacted, from the highest levels of corporate America to corrupt local officials to their lackeys and hapless victims. The complexity of the schemes is overwhelming. Working tirelessly, the lawyers begin to uncover the truth. Along the way, Jake falls in love with Anna Fowler, a former homecoming queen who has succumbed to the power of opioids. With his support, she weans herself off the drugs. Hope begins to bloom — when suddenly, Jake disappears. As Deke undertakes a desperate search to find him, questions swirl. Has Jake abandoned Anna and his crusade? Can the case against the evildoers move forward without him? Will Oakley and its residents survive? Law and Addiction is real-life drama at its finest — a book that clears away the darkness page by page, spotlighting a profound truth about our society through expert storytelling.
£16.19
Waterside Publishing Law and Vengeance
Book SynopsisIdealistic. Combative. Tenacious. The Bergman-Deketomis Law Firm is back on the case! Mike Papantonio introduced Nick “Deke” Deketomis and his associates in Law and Disorder, the powerful first installment of his legal saga. His new book, Law and Vengeance, has them pitted against an even deadlier foe. In Law and Vengeance, we find that several characters from the previous novel continue to fight the good fight: Nick “Deke” Deketomis is a world-class trial lawyer with the firm that bears his name. For decades, he battled some of the world’s most reckless and corrupt corporations; but now he is confronted with a new level of corporate criminality. Gina Romano is a beautiful and determined woman who built her career as a criminal trial lawyerby believing she could play by the rules and still achieve justice. She is about to learn that the law of vengeance works with a different set of rules. Angus Moore is a gentle giant of a man, but a relentless pit bull of an attorney. He has no idea of the mortal danger his life is in after he takes the lead on the case against the world’s largest arms dealer, Arbalest Corporation. In Law and Vengeance, the Bergman-Deketomis firm sets its sights on an unscrupulous weapons manufacturer and a corrupt Chicago police union. The law firm is accustomed to going to war with opponents who value big profits more than a human life, but this is uncharted territory even for them. Once again, Mike Papantonio interweaves the intricacies of his trade in trial law with highly developed character studies to deliver action that jumps off of the page. Law and Vengeance will leave you catching your breath as the story accelerates to its explosive conclusion.
£18.52
Valancourt Books Indecent Assault
£17.67
Visiontime International, LLC Terminal Rage
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Deep Vellum Publishing Target in the Night
Book SynopsisOne of the BBC's Ten Books to Read (December 2015) "Ricardo Piglia may be the best Latin American writer to have appeared since the heyday of Gabriel Garcia Marquez." -- Kirkus Reviews "Piglia opens a window into a fascinating world, leaving the reader hungry for more." -- Publishers Weekly A passionate political and psychological thriller set in a remote Argentinean Pampas town, Target in the Night is an intense and tragic family history reminiscent of King Lear, in which the madness of the detective is integral to solving crimes. Target in the Night, a dark, philosophical masterpiece, won every major literary prize in the Spanish language in 2011. Ricardo Piglia (b. 1941), widely considered the greatest living Argentine novelist, has taught for decades in American universities, including most recently at Princeton.Trade Review"Piglia's postmodern, brainy and sometimes funny take on the detective thriller, and it's an absolute joy to read ... nothing in Target in the Night is anything less than original -- it works both as a clever detective novel and a surprising meditation on the complications of families and the way justice works in the modern world." -- Michael Schaub, NPR "Piglia is a talented storyteller and this is a compelling potboiler, but it's less Agatha Christie and more a tale about the transformation of the Argentine pampas. Piglia opens a window into a fascinating world, leaving the reader hungry for more." -- Publishers Weekly "A paranoid marvel ... unlike any detective novel you've read ... Target in the Night challenges the philosophical merit of a story whose mysteries can be succinctly concluded. It posits that a fear of death, and a fear of embracing a world where hard truth and meaning are nothing more than abstract, idealistic concepts, propels us to reconstruct the past and impose them where they don't exist, warping that past beyond recognition. Reality cannot be conformed to an easy, coherent narrative, and the more we try, the further submerged into darkness we become." -- Caroline North, Dallas Observer "Target in the Night is as much a historical novel as it is a detective novel; the author uses genre as a convenient package from which to break into a conversation about pressing matters of today." -- Olga Zilberbourg, The Common "Everything I want detective novels to be but rarely are -- paranoid, surreal, cynical, philosophical, but, above all, entertaining. Piglia's world is fully formed and constantly peeling back layers of complexity and intrigue. My favorite book of 2015." -- Justin Souther, Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe (Asheville, NC) "Weird detective novel from South America with a Dupinian detective and a slippery sense of identity and community. Sign me up! So far I'm reminded of Where There's Love, There's Hate, the moments of sustained "sanity" in some of Cesar Aira work, and the more detective-y mytery-y sections of If On a Winter's Night a Traveler. Another weird, awesome book from Deep Vellum." -- Josh Cook, Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA) "A richly nuanced and sometimes adventurous novel. Piglia's novel roams through discussion on philosophy, the Jungian analysis of dreams, and the nature of freedom, but hardly a page goes by without some subtle commentary or analysis of the recent history of Argentina, where "there are no values left, only prices." In Piglia's Argentina, corruption has twisted the rules of the game so that only the innocent and the idealists are doomed." -- Terry Pitts, Vertigo "If you love paranoid pomo detective novels about neoliberal dictatorship in the Southern Cone, try Ricardo Piglia's Target in the Night." -- Aaron Bady "With a rich cast of enigmatic and colorful characters, Piglia's tale simmers with intrigue and thrilling subtlety... effortlessly blends the best elements of both literary and detective fiction. with measured plotting and a carefully constructed narrative (and a jungian dream machine!), Piglia adeptly uses his characters to reveal multiple perspectives - deftly playing their motivations and assumptions against one another." -- Jeremy Garber, bookseller, Powell's Books (Portland, OR)
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Deep Vellum Publishing A Zero-Sum Game
Book Synopsis"Outstanding political fantasy. Eduardo Rabasa has written a futuristic novel set in the present; its inventiveness is not based on new technologies but rather on new kinds of relationships." -- Juan Villoro A hilarious satire and universal exploration of the origins of power and corruption. A Zero-Sum Game uses the highly-charged election for the presidency of a residents' committee and the influence of a powerful stranger to both expose those in power and to sympathize with individuals who find themselves caught in the paradox of empowerment and impotence that is modern consumer society and the democratic state. Eduardo Rabasa is the founding editorial director of Sexto Piso, Mexico's most prominent independent publishing house, and was selected to the Hay Festival's Mexico20 list of the greatest Mexican authors under the age of forty.Trade Review"Rabasa uses various narrative devices to make a rambunctious journey through the layers of corruption and the various faces of power in a housing complex that could be anywhere." -- Jane Ciabattari, BBC Culture "Rabasa's novel is built much like the sprawling housing complex it portrays: a complex but self-contained set of ideas populated by funny and frightening characters. Rabasa has crafted an Orwellian satire of low-level bureaucrats, urban dreamers, and political power." -- Publishers Weekly "A tome that keeps you on your toes, dancing between various characters' perspectives, different styles of narration, and abstract political lecturing... Christina MacSweeney... preserves the complicated structure and alternating voices of the novel impressively." -- Madeline Jones, Asymptote Journal "With echoes of 1984 and Brave New World, Rabasa delivers a forceful, hysterical debut that's one for the political ages. This timely novel riffs on challenges that are at the fore globally--drugs, poverty, and class division. A Zero Sum Game is a welcome addition to contemporary Mexican literature, with a voice and intellect that is astute and vibrant, providing much-needed commentary on Mexican-American relations and the abuses of capitalism." -- Monica Carter, Foreword Reviews "Rabasa uses the charged atmosphere to crack dry, wry jokes that manage to lend sympathy to both sides: those in power, who find themselves caught between empowerment and selling out, and those outside of it, who find themselves wanting to be part of a revolution. It's complex, intense, and would be heavy were the book not so charmingly funny." -- Cassidy Foust, Literary Hub "Sprawling, unwieldy, hilarious, and terrifying... Rabasa's book mercilessly scrutinizes and critiques modern consumerism and the democratic state." -- Rachel Cordasco, Bookriot "Rich with the absurdity and excess of human folly, A Zero-Sum Game is a satire bursting with invention. Eduardo Rabasa displays the keen eye of a Huxley or a Vonnegut, mocking our obsession with progress, our endless consumerism and our desire for utopia. Villa Miserias could be a stand-in for any city in any country in the world. Hilarious and original, Rabasa's debut is pure joy and the introduction of an exciting new voice." -- Mark Haber, bookseller, Brazos Bookstore (Houston, Texas) "The comparisons to 1984 are inevitable ... However, A Zero-Sum Game is closer to A Brave New World than to Orwellian dystopia." -- Victor Parkas, El Pais "Meticulous, written with harsh language, this is the portrait of a suffocating microcosm in which hierarchies are fixed by the illusion of a social progress that will never arrive. Rabasa dismantles with precision the mechanisms of a false democracy, in which no political alternative is possible (...) A mirror of some Latin American countries, this dense novel offers a pertinent reflection about the ways in which a regime can exercise violence today: less by outright repression and more through its capacity of imposing a deadly lethargy on people." -- Ariane Singer, Le Monde "A Zero-Sum Game is an outstanding political fantasy. Eduardo Rabasa has written a futuristic novel set in the present; its inventiveness is not based on new technologies but rather on new kinds of relationships. It's a novel about the most complicated of extreme sports: cohabitation." -- Juan Villoro, author of The Guilty "An amazing novel. On reading it, I felt myself to be immersed in a world that, as in certain works by Bolano, transcends the characteristics typically associated with the Latin American novel. A Zero-Sum Game carries readers to regions of the imagination which subtly suggest the best of the Central European tradition. The sensation is as real as it is unsettling and, somehow, after a time, gives rise to an awareness of where we actually are. The prose rests firmly on a set of coordinates that can only be Mexican, revealing a totality of truths that reflect the complex texture of a country and a society immersed in a moment of violent convulsion. Few recent novels have managed to surprise me so greatly as A Zero-Sum Game. -- Eduardo Lago, author of Call Me Brooklyn "A very impressive piece of work, in particular also in its creative approach to the concept of 'political fiction', and in suggesting what fiction can still do." -- M.A. Orthofer, The Complete Review "This is an important novel. In terms of narrative, what the literary critics might call the central theme --power, our relationship with power, the power of power--is very deftly handled, and is combined with stories that interweave in perfect harmony. Rabasa's decision to set the novel in an insignificant place, which works as a mirror to anywhere in the world, was a very wise one; more wise still is the satirical tone which reveals itself in his functional prose (that is, prose that functions well). Nowhere in recent times have I read a better portrait of how things are shaped -- or how those things, over time, shape us." -- Juan Bonilla "Rabasa's first novel collects outbursts of passionate love, the conflicted relationship between a father and a son, and, above all, a critique of democracy in the shape of political satire (...) Rabasa provides an unexpected twist to the genre of novels of social criticism, a literary tradition from which the author hopes to obtain the formula that allows him to think and understand the present. (...) A demolishing piece of work, perfectly suited for Rabasa, an eternal restless soul, and one who invites to share in the pleasure of literature from his double role as a publisher and writer." -- Leonardo Tarifeno, Revista Vice "Rabasa's satirical vocation is cristallized in a cumulative effect that at times recalls the transversal cut with which Georges Perec sketched the life of the tenants of a building, or the eagle-eye with which Damian Tabarovsky followed the comings and goings of a leaf that glides over a street of Buenos Aires." -- Guillermo Nunez, Frente "By using diverse narrative resources (...) Rabasa manages to maintain from the beginning to the end a sensation of breathing inside a gray and oppressive bubble in which the [Nietzschean] motto 'the measure of every man lies in the dose of truth which he can handle' takes on a disturbing sense. This sense points out, without the need of being violent, that we are always whipped by an invisible watchman, intransigent and ruthless." -- Lobsang Castaneda, Revista Mas cultura "By using a satirical tone, Eduardo Rabasa allows himself to explore the limits of political coexistence while at the same time offering fragments that come out of an overflowing imagination. His novel becomes a carnival in which the reader cannot help but find similarities with what has happened to our country, to mention just one of the possibilities. And, in doing so, he manages to outline deep reflections on the concepts of truth, of the greater good, and of the individual." -- Jorge Gudino, La Jornada "A satirical and hallucinatory debut." -- Donato M. Plata, Revista Cinepremiere
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Bellevue Literary Press The Attempt
Book Synopsis"The Attempt is historical fiction at its best. Through its narrator's archival approach to his material, the book explores the intimate lives of a pair of fervent idealists, as well as a robber baron and his family. The result is a vivid, poignant narrative about political upheaval, both in the past and the present." --SIRI HUSTVEDT, author of The Blazing World When a Czech historian becomes convinced he's the illegitimate great-grandson of an infamous anarchist who attempted an assassination while living in the United States, he travels to New York to investigate. Arriving in Manhattan during the height of the Occupy Wall Street movement, his research takes him further back into the past--from the Pittsburgh home of a nineteenth-century US industrialist to 1920s Europe, where a celebrated anarchist couple is on the run from the law. Based on the lives of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, The Attempt is a novel about the legacy of radical politics and relationships--one that traverses centuries and continents to deliver a moving, powerful story of personal and political transformation. Magdalena Platzova is the author of six books, including two novels published in English: Aaron's Leap, a Lidove Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist, and The Attempt, a Czech Book Award finalist. Her fiction has also appeared in A Public Space and Words Without Borders. Platzova grew up in the Czech Republic, studied in Washington, DC, and England, received her MA in Philosophy at Charles University in Prague, and has taught at New York University's Gallatin School. She is now a freelance journalist based in Lyon, France.Trade ReviewWorld Literature Today "Notable Translations of the Year" selection Words Without Borders "Women in Translation to Read Now" selection Literary Hub "Translated Books by Women You Should Read" selection Czech Book Award Finalist "Masterful... In the tradition of Prus, Kundera, and Vonnegut ... [Platzova's] writing style is varied, sparing, insightful, and at times nothing short of poetic. Enthusiastically recommended." --Historical Novels Review "Platzova's ultra-restrained curation of her material, translated with equal restraint and discrimination by Alex Zucker ... is a powerfully distilled meditation on the meaning of freedom, a ferocious complexity lurking beneath its smooth and hypnotically readable surface." --Words Without Borders "A lively story... Platzova demonstrates an understanding of anarchy and has a remarkable ability to explain it without dumbing it down." --World Literature Today "A tale to please all readers, from lovers of literary fiction to history buffs to social activists." --Literary Hub "A vivid reconstruction of the life of Andrei B. and Louise G., their deportation, radicalization, and enduring love. Between this and 2014's Aaron's Leap, Platzova is on a roll, telling rich stories of European history and the 20th century's cumbrous fallout." --Publishers Weekly "Encompasses history, anarchy, and love ... bridg[ing] a century of social foment." --Kirkus Reviews "The Attempt is historical fiction at its best. Through its narrator's archival approach to his material, the book explores the intimate lives of a pair of fervent idealists, as well as a robber baron and his family. The result is a vivid, poignant narrative about political upheaval, both in the past and the present." --SIRI HUSTVEDT, author of The Blazing World "In her resonant and lucid tale, elegantly translated by Alex Zucker, Platzova weaves together the story of her hero's search and an imaginary reconstruction of the passionate history that haunts him, and suggests the enduring power of ideals even after they have been shattered." --CALEB CRAIN, author of Necessary Errors "Magdalena Platzova's lively prose keeps readers on tenterhooks while tracing the troubled history of an industrialist's family and fortune and the rise and fall of anarchism." --EDITH KURZWEIL, former editor of Partisan Review and author of Full Circle: A Memoir "[A] carefully crafted story, written in a lucid and refined language... The Attempt examines the perennial questions of social order, sacrifice and self-sacrifice, freedom, and acceptability of violence as the conditions for change. These questions catch us by surprise in our post-utopian times, especially when an East European author of Platzova's generation raises them. But [she] succeeds in her attempt to bring these questions to life and show their relevance; she does it without ideology and with urgency, which make the novel a pleasure to read." --VERONIKA TUCKEROVA, Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
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Featherproof Books LLC History in One Act: A Novel of 9/11
Book SynopsisFrom national security expert, bestselling author, and award-winning journalist William Arkin comes the debut novel, History in One Act.It's a fresh retelling of 9/11, filled with revelation and insight that will shock readers into the world of al Qaeda as it grows in strength and moves forward to undertake its world-changing attacks. And it infiltrates the secret domain of American intelligence, which has its own plans, seeking to use what is coming as the means to achieve its own holy grail of national security. We all know how it ends, but as lives meet and events unfold, we come to understand that 9/11 was neither the beginning nor the end, that everyone has a reason for what they do, that individuals do matterand, indeed, that history can be created in one act. Arkin answers questions nobody seems to be askingeven 20 years later: Why did it happen? Who were these people? Can we ever hope to defeat terrorism if we don't understand those who wish us harm?In this unique work of friction (fully footnoted and based on original documents), an alternate record of true history is presented, not just peering into the minds of those involved, but into our own worldone that challenges our views of the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and the events of that momentous day.Arkin's formidable career, as Army intelligence analyst, as human rights scholar, as military consultant, and finally as journalist, uniquely equips him to bridge two very different worlds. His expert telling shows how individuals can now wage war, where disruption comes from small groups rather than organized governments, and where nobody's hands are clean. He forces the reader to grapple with a new understanding for why this world-changing attack happened in the first place, and how our indifference to the human strivings and grievances of the perpetrators made us blind then and makes us blind today.
£21.85
GLOBAL PUBLISHER SERVICES MY FAVORITE GIRLFRIEND WAS A FRENCH BULL
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McSweeney's Publishing Tragic Magic: (Of the Diaspora — North America)
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£22.80
Phoneme Collision: A Novel
Book SynopsisA raft with eleven Algerian refugees, running low on fuel. A cruise ship with a small town’s worth of international passengers and crew members. An Irish freighter. A Spanish rescue vessel. One single point of convergence in a vast wash of blue water. Miami-based The Spirit of Europe, the third largest cruise liner in the world, plows through the Mediterranean every summer, offering its passengers a temporary escape from their everyday lives. But even the bloated tackiness of the ship’s much-hyped belly flop competition is not immune to the chaos of the European migration crisis. When a disabled raft nears The Spirit of Europe, the ship’s captain is forced to do something headquarters in Miami wants to avoid: cut the engines. Collision is a maritime thriller by one of Germany’s most celebrated crime writers, building suspense through the eyes of a diverse array of memorable characters, among them Karim Yacine, the Algerian captain of the raft disable; Lalita Masarangi, member of the massive cruise ship’s security team; and Sybille Malinowski, an elderly passenger on holiday with her sister, which, as the drama at sea continues to unfold, seems to be turning increasingly sinister. Central to all of it is Nikhil “Nike” Mehta, the cruise ship’s ambitious head of security who, like an illusionist, makes the ship’s relentless problems disappear. As Collision races toward its surprising conclusion, Nike’s particular solution for the Algerian refugees at sea might be his greatest slight of hand yet.
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Common Notions Daughter Son Assassin
Book SynopsisA story of family bonds amid political betrayal that explores the drastic steps that a young girl will take in order to find a sense of belonging.Fred is lost, confused, almost certainly about to die. As he traces his steps back from the desert where he has been dropped by soldiers of a repressive Gulf Kingdom regime, his nine-year-old daughter, Nancy, is doing the same from six thousand miles away in a quiet neighborhood in the suburbs of Washington, DC. With his disappearance, she and her mother are forced to leave their comfortable house in DC for a new life in Virginia. Abandoned by their friends and desperate for answers, Nancy and her mother must acclimate to the strange world of suburban anonymity. As Nancy grows into adulthood, she pieces together what happened to her father and devises a bold plan to avenge his disappearance. Unraveling an international web of deceit in order to find her father wil
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Boutique of Quality Books Safeguard: A Sean Coleman Thriller
Book SynopsisBook 4 in the Sean Coleman Thriller series. Months after a life-altering revelation drove Sean Coleman from his mountain hometown of Winston, Colorado, the longtime security guard has found stable work as the sole caretaker of a retired nuclear missile site along the Eastern Plains. The desolate Cold War era facility now serves as a rarely visited museum and records archive, and provides perhaps the perfect job for a lonesome, headstrong man working to erase the painful memories of his past. But as Sean soon discovers, the forgotten compound has piqued new, unwelcome interest. A mysterious group of armed individuals, frighteningly cultish in their methods, work to cut off communications with the outside world and take over the facility by any means necessary. Though their dark purpose is ultimately exposed, Sean suspects their charismatic leader is guided by even more sinister motivations-motivations that can prove more deadly than anyone could possibly imagine. What was supposed to be a lazy Monday evening turns into a savage battle of survival and a close-quarters race against time as Sean fights for his life, liberty, and the things he'd left behind.
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Prospect Park Books It Happened at Two in the Morning
Book SynopsisIn this fast-moving, fast-talking legal thriller, brash young New York lawyer Tom Weldon happens to witness the 2 a.m. murder of a business tycoon and finds himself held captive with the murdered man's arrogant daughter. The two escape and go on the run, trying to stay one step ahead of a hitwoman while Tom unravels the mystery behind the violence.Alan Hruska is the author of the novels Pardon the Ravens and Wrong Man Running, the writer of several plays, and the writer and director of multiple films, most recently The Man on Her Mind. A former trial lawyer, he is a New York native and a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School.
£11.99
Prospect Park Books The Inglorious Arts: An Alec Brno Novel
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Rare Bird Books Bitter Is the Wind: A Novel
Book SynopsisDo Americans live in a land of freedom and equality where people with vision, brains, and a strong work ethic can have rewarding lives? Or is ours a society where well-being, dignity, and independence are reserved for a narrow elite?Bitter Is the Wind is a coming of age novel that traces the lives of George Johnson Jr. and his father from the rural blue-collar landscape of upstate New York in the 1970s to the halls of Wharton Business School and the heights of Wall Street. After a tragedy strengthens their familial bond, the Johnsons contend with assembly line monotony and unfulfilled dreams of baseball stardom, and they learn what it means to be tempted, trapped, jailed, and ignored by a seemingly uncaring God.First time novelist Jim McDermott opens a window on the American working class and its aching desire for financial security, recognition, and respect. His characters confront a modern world with limited possibilities, ambiguous mores, and authorities who seem devoted to keeping the brightest and most talented members of the underclass on the other side of town. Bitter Is the Wind is a deft and timely deconstruction of the American Dream.Trade Review"Like [Raymond] Carver...McDermott has a way of beautifully and crisply illuminating the thoughts and feelings of solid, blue-collar Americans."—The Huffington Post"A readable...story of generational tensions in America."—Kirkus Reviews"I was struck by the clarity and simplicity of the prose—which reminded me of Hemingway's Nick Adams stories."—Sami Moubayed, The Huffington Post"Bitter is the Wind is a...good first novel...spiced with news events from the period that will bring back memories for anyone who grew up during the '70s."—Portland Book Review"Coming-of-age new adult and adult readers will find much to like in Bitter is the Wind, a full-flavored read that provides more depth and social and economic background than most."—Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review"A fascinating character study and slice of life novel following two trapped men and how they attempt to cope with it. Honest and poignant, Bitter is the Wind is a promising novel and points to McDermott as an author to watch."—San Francisco Book Review"Bitter is the Wind, is a heart-warming story of the interactions between a father and son after they face horrible tragedy and get older."—Manhattan Book Review"A pungent slice of working-class life in 1970s America, as well as a deeply-affecting father-son story. Bitter is the Wind reminded me how hard it's always been to achieve success for those who weren't handed it on a silver platter."—Stephen Fife, author of The 13th Boy and Dreaming in the Maze of Love-Grief-Madness"A compelling tale of American aspiration and accomplishment told from the perspective of characters customarily deprived of opportunity, working folk whose lives and voices are rarely presented in first rate fiction."—Frederic Hunter, author of The Girl Ran Away and A Year at the Edge of the Jungle"Jim McDermott brings us a great read in Bitter is the Wind."—Akshat Review
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Bookpress Publishing The King-Makers of Providence
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