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Nightmare in Aurora: A Battle of Truth to Power
ISBN: 9781478705673 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nightmare in Aurora is a fictionalized tale, based on an actual horrific and nearly deadly event and the people, who were involved, whether willingly or by sheer chance, do actually exist. From the main character, Charley and his roommate, Tom, to the lead detectives charged with seeking the truth in this tale of lies and deceit, to the crime scene investigators and the witnesses, they are all actual persons and all played a role in the search for the truth and justice. In every case, I have changed the names of those depicted here. However, the book contains many of the actual police reports...
Nightmare in Aurora is a fictionalized tale, based on an actual horrific and nearly deadly event and the people, who were involved, whether willingly ...
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Double Cross Purposes
ISBN: 9781471900471 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Hon. Vernon Lethaby is a flamboyant, headline-seeking exhibitionist with extravagant tastes and an allowance that barely covers his racing debts. In an unlikely partnership with middle-aged Canadian adventurer Joe 'Digger' Henderson, he strikes out for the Highlands of Scotland to hunt for Prince Charlie's treasure, which, according to legend, is interred on the isle of Erran. But Lathaby doesn't trust his partner, and has taken out insurance to cover him against being swindled. Enter Miles Bredon, who is sent by his employer to ensure than neither of them defrauds the Indescribable...
The Hon. Vernon Lethaby is a flamboyant, headline-seeking exhibitionist with extravagant tastes and an allowance that barely covers his racing debts. ...
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The Footsteps at the Lock
ISBN: 9781471900495 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At first sight the case looks simple enough to private investigator Miles Bredon. Two cousins on a boat trip on the River Thames: Derek with a 50,000 reason for surviving the next two months until he inherits a legacy; Nigel with a 50,000 reason for getting rid of him and inheriting the money himself. When Derek disappears, Nigel naturally falls under suspicion - not least because he has a train of alibis that is almost too perfect. But where is the body? And if this is not murder, whose is the photograph of a body slumped in a boat, and who left the wet footprints at the lock?"
At first sight the case looks simple enough to private investigator Miles Bredon. Two cousins on a boat trip on the River Thames: Derek with a 50,000 ...
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Still Dead
ISBN: 9781471900532 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After Colin Reiver is acquitted of responsibility for killing a child in a car accident he sets out on a sea cruise in the hope that it might ease local feeling and the voice of his own conscience. But when a few days after his departure Colin is found dead by the roadside, Miles Bredon, investigator for the Indescribable Insurance Company, must travel to Scotland to establish precisely when the death occurred. The body has disappeared and reappeared in the space of forty-eight hours and a large insurance premium is at stake.
After Colin Reiver is acquitted of responsibility for killing a child in a car accident he sets out on a sea cruise in the hope that it might ease loc...
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116,22 |
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St. Augustine Set
ISBN: 9781492132592 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This novel is an introduction to the characters, attitudes, and lifestyles that make up St. Augustine Beach. The tale begins as a love story, becomes a mystery, and then a thriller. There are laughs and tears along the way.This novel is a good read to have under your belt when you begin the Sand Crab Chronicles.
This novel is an introduction to the characters, attitudes, and lifestyles that make up St. Augustine Beach. The tale begins as a love story, becomes ...
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51,84 |
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The Dugan Chronicles: For Love of Country
ISBN: 9781492193135 / Angielski / Miękka / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Dugan Chronicles, the action packed detective series that's centered around two LAPD Homicide detectives. Lt. Mathew "Matt" Dugan heads up an elite team of detectives. Detective Kelly Moore, started off as a routine run of the mill traffic cop. That all changed the second she pulled the Lieutenant over and wrote him a six page ticket and impounded his car. Now, they're husband and wife. They're a team that can't be stopped. Add in the rest of the cast and there you have THE DUGAN CHRONICLES. In For Love of Country, Matt and Kelly get sent on a forced vacation. That vacation will take them...
The Dugan Chronicles, the action packed detective series that's centered around two LAPD Homicide detectives. Lt. Mathew "Matt" Dugan heads up an elit...
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67,85 |
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Crescent City Kills
ISBN: 9781481890236 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CRESCENT CITY KILLS - LaStanza Novel #4 This is New Orleans 1983. NOPD Homicide Detective LaStanza and his new partner, the long-cool-blond Jodie Kintyre, are called to the west bank of New Orleans where the bodies of two young women, hands bound behind their backs, bullet holes in the back of their heads, lay on the narrow strip of unkempt land between the levee and the river's edge known as the batture. There are no witnesses, the only clue a lone set of muddy footprints leading away from the bodies. This was the work of one man. LaStanza focuses all his energies on the case, identifying...
CRESCENT CITY KILLS - LaStanza Novel #4 This is New Orleans 1983. NOPD Homicide Detective LaStanza and his new partner, the long-cool-blond Jodie Kint...
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60,67 |
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The Big Show
ISBN: 9781481890304 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE BIG SHOW - LaStanza Novel #5 This is New Orleans - 1985. A burning man stumbles in front of Det. Dino LaStanza's police car. Doused with gasoline, the victim had been set afire with a flare gun. How did this homeless man manage to get murdered along the manicured lawns of the Garden District? Who was he? And who would commit such a vicious crime? In every profession there's a big show In the army it's the Special Forces In the navy it's the Seals In baseball it's the Major Leagues In football it's the NFL In police work it's the Homicide Division Homicide - The big pressure cooker. The...
THE BIG SHOW - LaStanza Novel #5 This is New Orleans - 1985. A burning man stumbles in front of Det. Dino LaStanza's police car. Doused with gasoline,...
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60,67 |
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Cross Country Hit
ISBN: 9781481903813 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cross Country Hit is largely the age-old story of evil conquering good, sort of, most of the time. No lunch is free; a price must be paid. Luke is by most accounts a successful freelance hit man who travels on assignments by his Agent, Stan, but he starts to weigh the cost. Luke has a home in South Carolina and a condo in Mexico. In this novella we follow his travels on a series of assignments which take him from Finger Lakes, N.Y. State, to nearby Buffalo, from there to Quebec City, Canada and on to Napa Valley, California. The novel examines the day-to-day concerns and activities of a man...
Cross Country Hit is largely the age-old story of evil conquering good, sort of, most of the time. No lunch is free; a price must be paid. Luke is by ...
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43,70 |
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A Song for Joshua Miller
ISBN: 9781481942645 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joshua Miller is a good looking mechanic with a drinking problem, a beautiful wife, Ruth, and a conscience. Nevertheless, he will do whatever it takes to support his family during the 1930's depression, including bootlegging whiskey stolen from the mafia. Clayton Kendall is an Oklahoma State Senator with an ego problem, a bitter wife, and no conscience. He'll do whatever it takes, too, including blackmailing anyone who crosses him. Miller loves America and sees political power as a means to keep it great. Kendall knows political power is an end in itself. Joshua must face his demons in order...
Joshua Miller is a good looking mechanic with a drinking problem, a beautiful wife, Ruth, and a conscience. Nevertheless, he will do whatever it takes...
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59,83 |
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Gabriela
ISBN: 9781478221555 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Gabriela, readers learn that the torch of Mafia leadership in the Paterlini family has been passed to Gabriel Paterlini's daughter and approved by his brothers Raphael and Angelo. To make her "bones," Gabriela embvarks on a mission to Greece to recover a fleet of ships owned by a woman, Zoi Agne, which were confiscated on the high seas by the Greek prime minister for the value of its cargo. A tale of intrigue, ruthlessness, and murder ensues.
In Gabriela, readers learn that the torch of Mafia leadership in the Paterlini family has been passed to Gabriel Paterlini's daughter and approved by ...
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Dead Tide: Mercury Spill
ISBN: 9781479182176 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. DEAD TIDE Synopsis by: Alvin Leaphart TRACCO, a chlorine and caustic manufacturer which uses mercury in its production process, pumps several thousand tons of sludge containing mercury into a creek which runs into Turtle River, near Brunswick, Georgia. Turtle River is a major sport and commercial fishing area. An environmental catastrophe occurs. People who live along the waterway begin to get sick from mercury poisoning. A number of infants begin to show neurological defects. Clyde Darsey, the plant manager, and Franklin Perry, his maintenance superintendent, begin to embezzle from the...
DEAD TIDE Synopsis by: Alvin Leaphart TRACCO, a chlorine and caustic manufacturer which uses mercury in its production process, pumps several thousand...
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Knaves of Spondulix
ISBN: 9781480067264 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fast-moving story about money and marijuana is filled with interesting characters like Harley Four-fingers and his wimpy pot farmer partner, Jerry, who narrates this action-adventure tale about one especially nasty pitfall that can happen to the outlaws who make their living growing an illegal and valuable herb. The action takes place during a midwinter week in the heart of the infamous "Emerald Triangle" of northwestern California. Expect harrowing chases and gun-play, surprising plot twists and turns, and a factual glimpse into a remote forest milieu that produces some of the world's...
This fast-moving story about money and marijuana is filled with interesting characters like Harley Four-fingers and his wimpy pot farmer partner, Jerr...
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Cigarette Money
ISBN: 9781481065887 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on his own struggles and life experiences, author Michael Mili presents a compelling snapshot of a time gone by in his new novel, Cigarette Money. In this poignant mid-1960's coming of age story, the author chronicles the life of a young boy from Detroit named Michael Paphos and his unlikely friendship with Detroit's underworld. The story centers around Michael and his Uncle Gus' Greektown restaurant called, The Grecian. During that wondrous but turbulent decade, the restaurant was known as the "best of the best" of what Detroit had to offer. It was a hangout for movie stars,...
Drawing on his own struggles and life experiences, author Michael Mili presents a compelling snapshot of a time gone by in his new novel, Cigarette Mo...
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Frontier Justice: An Alaskan Tale
ISBN: 9781481164382 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After a satisfying murder, an alcoholic retreats further north into a rural Alaskan community; a place where every man is judge and executions go unnoticed. The prospect of gold, sex and booze escalates into deception and murder, proving that not all can be rehabilitated.
After a satisfying murder, an alcoholic retreats further north into a rural Alaskan community; a place where every man is judge and executions go unno...
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59,83 |
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Fortune Cookie
ISBN: 9781481820684 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When John left a Chinese restaurant and phoned the number listed on a cryptic fortune cookie message, he had no idea of the web of intrigue and murder he was about to become entangled in or of the wealth and true love he was destined to find. An exciting crime noir novel from the pen of Thomas Weston.
When John left a Chinese restaurant and phoned the number listed on a cryptic fortune cookie message, he had no idea of the web of intrigue and murder...
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Las Lágrimas del Cocodrilo
ISBN: 9781481882958 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sinopsis En esta novela, Josignacio nos narra, la historia de Cesar Augusto, un hombre relativamente joven, culto y elegante, que estudio Ingenieria en Coheteria en la antigua Union Sovietica, gracias a su alto nivel de inteligencia. Por problemas "con la justicia" en su Cuba natal, y desilusionado del sistema en el que crecio y al que fielmente sirvio, decide emigrar a los Estados Unidos en busca de una nueva vida. Por los azares del destino, ya con casi 40 anos de edad, es reclutado en Miami, por Julio Hernandez, un subjefe de la mas poderosa y secreta organizacion criminal de dicha ciudad....
Sinopsis En esta novela, Josignacio nos narra, la historia de Cesar Augusto, un hombre relativamente joven, culto y elegante, que estudio Ingenieria e...
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93,63 |
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20 Years!
ISBN: 9781481895392 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carlos Ortega, a very bright, successful businessman, had earned $12,770 from his computer business in 1966 - at age 16 (Remember, a new Chevrolet only cost $2,500 in 1966.) Considered 'tall, dark and handsome' by the girls at high school, one, Ann O'Grady, was strongly attracted to Carlos. The feeling was mutual. Ron Rossetti, the 16 year old son of a local cop. wanted Ann for himself. Carlos, to Ron, was just another 'dirty Mex' and had no right to date an Irish girl, much more marry her. Ron's anger, initially displayed by vandalism, culminated in the murder of Ann. A very 'anti-Mex'...
Carlos Ortega, a very bright, successful businessman, had earned $12,770 from his computer business in 1966 - at age 16 (Remember, a new Chevrolet on...
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The Wisdom of Father Brown
ISBN: 9781602068315 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative," for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," and his works-80 books and nearly 4,000 essays-remain among the most beloved in the English language Chesterton is best remembered, perhaps, as a spinner of mystery tales, and for his recurring character of Father Brown....
British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "libe...
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51,04 |
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Gray Hearts and Greenbacks
ISBN: 9780615724133 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gray Hearts and Greenbacks, is filled with corruption from beginning to end. It grew out of the general societal discontent of our time. Elites of government, religion, finance and almost every other anchoring element of society have come to be seen by ordinary citizens as corrupt and that the game they're in is rigged against them by these outside forces. As a result, many individuals no longer respect the rules and more than a few among them are open to previously forbidden actions. Gray Hearts is a Washington novel with a distinct twist in that it isn't about glamour, intrigue or war but...
Gray Hearts and Greenbacks, is filled with corruption from beginning to end. It grew out of the general societal discontent of our time. Elites of gov...
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