Mary and O’Neil frequently marveled at how, of all the lives they might have led, they had somehow found this one together. When they met at the Philadelphia high school where they’d come to teach, each had suffered a profound loss that had not healed. How likely was it that they could learn to trust,(…)
By and large the kind of tales an author writes are metaphors for the scars in the nooks and crannies of his/her psyche. In David Morrell’s youth, thrillers and horror stories provided an escape from his nightmarish reality. Is it any wonder that, as an adult obsessed with being a writer, he has compulsively turned(…)
Deception, murder, blackmail, revenge – these are the themes of ten stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Dublin to Dordogne.
A band of soldiers in its last month of service in Vietnam goes out on a patrol through enemy territory with a female sniper in its path. territory only to find a female Viet Cong sniper in its path. Recounting the mission in shattering and sometimes gruesome detail, DeMille creates a concise masterpiece of moody(…)
Collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched his writing career, the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck, and two new stories collected here for the first time.
A collection of five heart-stopping stories from the master thriller writer. A miracle in war-torn Siena that begins with the persecution of a young nun in the turbulent days of the sixteenth century and culminates in the bitter German retreat from Italy; a drug smuggling heist on an international flight where the Knock pit their(…)
In “Beautiful” former supermodel Kari’s stalker has followed her to her new home. The police can do nothing. In “Triangle” Pete finds a true crime book – and uses the lessons to kill Mo’s lover. “Without Jonathan” introduces Marissa, about to go on a date with a man she met through the personals.
In this story, Stephanie Plum has bigger problems than the usual thugs, thieves and hoodlums – this time, there’s someone in her apartment who just won’t leave. We – and Stephanie – meet a character as mysterious as Ranger and as sexy as Morelli.
Watchlist is a unique collaboration by twenty-one of the world’s greatest thriller writers including Lee Child, Joseph Finder, David Hewson, S.J. Rozan, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver, who conceived the characters and set the plot in motion; In turn, the other authors each wrote a chapter and Deaver then completed what he started, bringing each(…)