Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earths history. Why did the […]
Subtitled “A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words,” this is a remarkable account of the life of W.C. Minor. Not a famous name, but a quite extraordinary man. Minor was an American Army surgeon and millionaire who contributed enormously by post to the first, epic edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) […]
Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound–such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model for The Absent-Minded Professor, or Ralph Nader, said to have had his own key to the library as an undergraduate. Or the “Phantom of Fine Hall,” a figure many students had seen shuffling around the corridors of the math and physics […]
Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a community in the shadow of a nuclear power station, engaged in tying up his aunts estate. A serial killer known as the Whistler is terrorising the neighbourhood and Dalgliesh is drawn into the lives of the headlanders when it quickly becomes apparent that the Whistler isnt the only murderer […]
March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base.Is the murderer a local guy or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.The county sheriff is a former U.S. Marine and […]
Peter thinks he has the worlds biggest problem – his little brother Fudge. Fudge causes trouble wherever he goes and its usually up to Peter to sort out the mess. When Peter wins a tiny green turtle called Dribble hes determined to keep it away from his brother. But when Fudge does get his hands […]
Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cook have a lot in common. Both were army high-flyers.Both were acquainted with Jack Reacher.Both were forced to resign from the service. nnNow they re both dead.nnBoth were found in their own home, naked, in a bath full of paint.Both apparent victims of an army man.A loner, a smart […]
Mankell is by far the best writer of police mysteries today. He is in the great tradition of those whose works transcend their chosen genre to become thrilling and moral literature Michael Ondaatje Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has […]
Identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield cant believe their eyes. While on a family vacation at the Triple Z Ranch, they meet two perfect guys–who happen to be thirteen-year-old twins! Elizabeth hits if off immediately with Nick Handel, and his brother Chris, is the boy of Jessicas dreams. At first. After one double date, the […]