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The Man Who Was Thursday
by G. K. ChestertonA WILD, MAD, HILARIOUS AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING TALE It is very difficult to classify THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the Father Brown stories should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, therefore, THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY succeeds superbly; if nothing else, it is a magnificent tour-de-force of suspense-writing. However, the reader will soon discover that it is much more than that. Carried along on the boisterous rush of the narrative by Chesterton's wonderful high-spirited style, he will soon see that he is being carried into much deeper waters than he had planned on; and the totally unforeseeable denouement will prove for the modern reader, as it has for thousands of others since 1908 when the book was first published, an inevitable and moving experience, as the investigators finally discover who Sunday is.
Random Acts
by Taylor SmithCriminal profiler Laurel Madden is at the top of her field. But being the best comes at a price. Brilliant, beautiful and aloof, agent Madden has a dark side and even darker secrets. Maybe it's why she understands the criminal mind so well. Sent to cover the disappearance of the children, report Claire Gillespie arrives in California with another, more personal agenda: to rip away the veil of secrecy that surrounds and protects Madden. Claire has evidence that Madden committed murder... and got away with it. Until now. And Claire won't rest until there's justice for the victim - someone she cared about. Between these two determined women stands veteran FBI agent Dan Sprague - torn by duty, loyalty to one woman and an intense attraction to the other that's as unwelcome as it is irresistible. As the balance shifts dangerously between these three, one thing becomes clear: hunting killers is a dangerous game.
Red Horse
by Don PendletonA specter of fire has turned sections of inner-city Boston into a smoke- choked nightmare of terror. As the city weeps for its dead, Mack Bolan returns to his old hunting ground to challenge a new breed of evil. Suspicions that the fire-bombings are part of a turf gang war crumble under Bolan's hard probe. No gang-bangers can pull off this kind of deliberate, coordinated arson. Whoever is behind the attacks is professional, operating with military precision. By their acts, the enemy have consigned themselves to hell. The Executioner will dispatch them to the eternal fires personally. Violence. 226th novel in the "Executioner" series, 1997.