The poor in India are, too often, reduced to statistics. In the dry language of development reports and economic projections, the true misery of the 312 million who live below the poverty line, or the 26 million displaced by various projects, or the 13 million who suffer from tuberculosis gets overlooked. In this thoroughly researched […]
Even for a redhead, Helen Dester was a wild- shed driven one guy to drink and made another jump out of a top floor window… Glyn Nash realized that to tangle with her would be dangerous. But he had no option if he wanted to get a share in the three quarters of a million […]
When the Scottish terrier first fell into Meriel Welwyns hands, the Countess knew shed found a diamond in the ruff. But even more perfect was the poochs owner, the Earl of Hadham. Tall, dark and handsome, Douglas Jonys had a smile that set Meriels heart racing. But hounded by Victorian propriety, Meriel feared that her […]
Maxing our career is our ??dharma?? in this age of Kali. But at what cost? Working parents don??t see enough of their children, couples barely spend time with each other, young men and women become strangers to their families and friends. And here??s the irony??most of us mention our families and loved ones as the […]
When she chose master vampire Jean- Claude over her ex-fianc??, alpha werewolf Richard Zeeman, Anita learned that sometimes love is not enough. But though she and Richard won??t be walking down any aisles, she can??t turn her back on him when he??s arrested on a rape charge in Tennessee. Anita knows firsthand that Richard has […]
“You cant trust anyone who sleeps with monsters”. Thats what Anita Blake had always believed. But now she was sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the city. So when an arsonist began to target vampire victims, the creatures of the night turned to their former enemy. For now only “The Executioner” could save […]
Anita Blake, vampire hunter, is now herself a hunted woman. Who put the $500,000 price on her head–a man or a monster? Its not just her own skin she needs to save; the rivalry between her werewolf boyfriend, Richard, and Marcus, the other alpha werewolf in his pack, has come to full boil. And theres […]
In some of Laurell Hamiltons excellent supernatural thrillers about Anita Blake, the Vampire Executioner, we forget that Anita raises the dead for a living, and that her involvements with the undead, the temporarily furry and the St Louis Police Department are only a sideline. InBloody Bones, she is hired to raise the victims of some […]
Detective Harry Bosch reopens one of his own unsolved cases and comes face to face with a psychotic killer he has been seeking for 11 years. When Bosch realizes he and his partner missed a clue that could have prevented nine additional murders, his whole being as a cop begins to crack. In 1993, Marie […]
An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent “suicides” suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia — a […]
After building an empire that has made her a legend in business, Olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoy. This summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the Mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of all. More than […]
From the corporate executive to the street vendor, everyone wants financial security, wealth and affluence. But, the author feels that most people are so lost in getting the wealth that they forget to live their lives. In From The Rat Race To Financial Freedom, the author takes his own life as an example to illustrate […]
On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma-City style, and to leave “a lasting impression on the world.” Their bombs failed, but the ensuing shooting defined a new era of school violence-irrevocably branding every subsequent shooting “another Columbine.” When […]
The sleepy town of Heartsdale is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, pediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams, a young college professor, horribly murdered in the local diner. Police chief Jeffrey Tolliver then finds a second victim crucified and recognises the work of a serial killer.
In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift-an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouilles genius is such […]
Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders… and hes tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britains elite SAS. Now hes an Edinburgh cop who hides from his memories, misses promotions and ignores a series of crank letters. But as […]