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An extraordinary fiction debut, Think of a Number is an exquisitely plotted novel of suspense that grows relentlessly darker and more frightening as its pace accelerates, forcing its deeply troubled characters to moments of startling self-revelation. Arriving in the mail over a period of weeks are taunting letters that end with a simple declaration, Think of any numberpicture itnow see how well I know your secrets. Amazingly, those who comply ...

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Proper Lady Christabel, the Marchioness of Haversham, is desperate to regain some letters that could destroy her -so desperate that she pretends to be the mistress of notorious gaming-club owner Gavin Byrne to accompany him to a scandalous house party where she can reclaim them. But when she agreed to let Byrne coach her on how a true mistress behaves, she never suspected how very persuasive his wicked lessons would be]] Gavin is secretly dete...

Beautiful Lady Regina Tremaine has turned down so many suitors that she's called La Belle Dame Sans Merci. The truth: she won't marry because she carries a dark secret. She sees no good reason, however, why her brother shouldn't court the lovely Louisa North -- even if the girl's brother, the notorious "Dragon Viscount, " objects. Marcus North, Viscount Draker -- bastard son of the Prince of Wales -- is rumored to be a monster who holds women ...

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Through over fifty historical facts that are reported here, the reader can get an overview of what has meant the slaughter throughout history. However, this book is not intended as an exhaustive study of this phenomenon, but a simple approximation of an informative nature. But already this simple approach allows us to draw some interesting conclusions that did not leave anyone indifferent.

In 1737, a committee of eminent citizens has the task of moving the remains of the mausoleum Galilei teacher would have to accept it. However, once opened the tomb to find that there is another body, a woman, accompanied. Who is this mysterious lady and why it earned the honor to remain with Galilei in his eternal rest?

At the 1875 Rome bankers, politicians, journalists and masons are involved in a mystery guided by the invisible hand of Edgar Allan Poe and reminiscent of The Alien by Caleb Carr

Castilla, 1360. King Pedro I of Castile, the Justiciero for some, cruel for the others, was engaged in a struggle against Aragon and his brother, Enrique de Trastamara. Peter knows that their ranks are a traitor. One of them, their intimates, those in which most relies. One of five. Discovery is vital. But the only man who can reveal the identity of the traitor, Utiel Martin, has died. It appears that it was not a natural death, the body appea...

When Harry Boschformer hero cop bumped from the L.A. homicide desk to the lowly Beverly Hills squadgets the call on a death at Mulholland Dam, he recognizes the corpse as that of a fellow soldier in Vietnam. Together they had searched for Viet Cong in burrows beneath Vietnamese villages, and had both experienced the "black echo" of their own panic reverberating in their ears. Further investigation connects his old pal to an unsolved bank jobst...

Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father... until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a q...

Robert Pattinson: The Unauthorized Biography" lifts the lid on the life of one of Britain's most popular exports. Talented, gorgeous and just as desirable as his on-screen alter egos Edward Cullen and Cedric Diggory, Robert Pattinson has won himself millions of devoted fans. With this, the only full-length biography of the silver-screen sensation, fans can learn everything there is to know about Robert: from his childhood in London, private sc...

Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough L.A. neighborhood. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. He uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad, a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants and their new lives in the U.S.

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