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The Fan
by Bob RandallSally Ross, a fifty-year-old actress, begins to receive notes from an obsessed fan, Douglas Breen. Through the letters written by Sally herself, her secretary her ex-husband Jake, and the fan, a menacing progression unfolds.
Fan Club: A Novel
by Erin Mayer&“Mayer lays bare the terrible destiny of a society obsessed with social media stalking and celebrity relationships.&” —Julia Heaberlin, bestselling author of We Are All the Same in the DarkIn this raucous psychological thriller, a disillusioned millennial joins a cliquey fan club, only to discover that the group is bound together by something darker than devotion Day after day our narrator searches for meaning beyond her vacuous job at a women's lifestyle website—entering text into a computer system while she watches their beauty editor unwrap box after box of perfectly packaged bits of happiness. Then, one night at a dive bar, she hears a message in the newest single by international pop star Adriana Argento, and she is struck. Soon she loses herself to the online fandom, a community whose members feverishly track Adriana's every move. When a colleague notices her obsession, she&’s invited to join an enigmatic group of adult Adriana superfans who call themselves the Ivies and worship her music in witchy candlelit listening parties. As the narrator becomes more entrenched in the group, she gets closer to uncovering the sinister secrets that bind them together—while simultaneously losing her grip on reality. With caustic wit and hypnotic writing, this unsparingly critical thrill ride through millennial life examines all that is wrong in our celebrity-obsessed internet age, and how easy it is to lose yourself in it.
Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events
by Brent SpinerBrent Spiner’s explosive and hilarious novel is a personal look at the slightly askew relationship between a celebrity and his fans. If the Coen Brothers were to make a Star Trek movie, involving the complexity of fan obsession and sci-fi, this noir comedy might just be the one.Set in 1991, just as Star Trek: The Next Generation has rocketed the cast to global fame, the young and impressionable actor Brent Spiner receives a mysterious package and a series of disturbing letters, that take him on a terrifying and bizarre journey that enlists Paramount Security, the LAPD, and even the FBI in putting a stop to the danger that has his life and career hanging in the balance.Featuring a cast of characters from Patrick Stewart to Levar Burton to Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, to some completely imagined, this is the fictional autobiography that takes readers into the life of Brent Spiner, and tells an amazing tale about the trappings of celebrity and the fear he has carried with him his entire life.Fan Fiction is a zany love letter to a world in which we all participate, the phenomenon of “Fandom.”
Fan Mail
by P. D. MartinGetting into a killer's mind is both a blessing and a curse for FBI profiler Sophie Anderson. The agent suffers through brutal premonitions in order to save lives. Now a resident of Los Angeles, Sophie is working on a case where fiction has become fatal. A popular crime writer is sexually mutilated, strangled and marked with an eerie lipstick kiss. . . just like the crime scene in the dead author's last book. As more writers are punished for their dark imaginations, there is a recurring theme--a chilling fan letter that arrives before each murder. In order to stop the slaughter, Sophie must delve into the writings of the dead authors. But the sinister mind behind the crimes is linked to an unsolved case from Sophie's past. And that person is determined to create a killer ending.
El Fan Número Uno de la Fan Número Uno.
by Francois Keyser¿Quién podría imaginar que ser fan de una estrella de rock podía ser tan peligroso? Emma, fanática del roquero Grayston, entra a un concurso llamado “Fan Número Uno” en una radio local. Gana un pase de backstage para conocer a su ídolo, luego de un concierto en su ciudad. Emma no sólo conoce a Grayston, sino también a su hermano mellizo, Hugo. Se ven idénticos e incluso suenan muy parecido. Hugo vive bajo la sombra de Grayston, trabajando como su ayudante, incluso en su pasatiempo secreto. Cuando conocen a Emma, ella le da una idea a Hugo para cambiar su vida. Para lograrlo, Hugo necesita una participante dispuesta a ayudar, o al menos una participante que pueda parecerlo, incluso aunque no lo esté. Hugo comprende que ya ha conocido a la participante perfecta, Emma, y rápidamente se convierte en el Fan Número Uno de la Fan Número Uno.
Fan the Flames
by Katie RuggleHe's a firefighter.He's a Motorcycle Club member.And if a killer has his way...he'll take the fall for a murder he didn't commit.Ian Walsh is used to riding the line between the good guys and the bad. He may owe the club his life, but his heart rests with his fire station brothers...and with the girl he's loved since they were kids. Ian would do anything for Rory. He'd die for her. Kill for her. Defend her to his last breath?and he may just have to. Every con in the Rockies knows Rory is the go-to girl for less-than-legal firearms. When she defends herself against a brutal attack, Rory finds herself catapulted into the center of a gang war, with only Ian standing between her and a threat greater than either of them could have imagined. In the remote Rocky Mountains, lives depend on the Search & Rescue brotherhood. But in a place this far off the map, trust is hard to come by and secrets can be murder... Search & Rescue Series: On His Watch (novella) Hold Your Breath (Book 1)Fan the Flames (Book 2)Gone too Deep (Book 3)In Safe Hands (Book 4)What People Are Saying: "Sexy and suspenseful, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."-Julie Ann Walker, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author for Hold Your Breath "Chills and thrills and a sexy slow-burning romance from a terrific new voice."-D.D. Ayres, author of the K-9 Rescue Series for Hold Your Breath
The Fan Who Knew Too Much: The Kit Pelham mysteries
by Nev FountainLaunching a new series, a podcaster and cult science fiction superfan stages a documentary to solve her friend&’s murder, and a 40-year-old disappearance, in this riotous and fiendishly twisty mystery. Perfect for fans of classic TV such as Doctor Who and Star Trek, wobbly cardboard sets and spandex costumes, and sharp-witted amateur detective crime such as Richard Osman, J. M. Hall and Andrew Cartmel.Kit Pelham is a professional fan, interviewer, host of the podcast The First Cult is the Deepest, and occasional obituary writer. Except this time the obituary is for her friend, maverick podcaster Wolf Tyler, who has been murdered in his shed during a live broadcast, moments before revealing a huge secret about the cult TV show Vixens from the Void. Kit and her group of friends and fellow superfans soon realise Wolf had discovered something about the disappearance of Lily Sparkes, an extra on Vixens from the Void, back in 1986. And it was a secret worth killing for... To find justice for their friend, and much more importantly, new trivia about their favourite TV show, the gang decide to put together a &“Then and Now&” Blu-Ray documentary that will reunite the original cast and crew. Armed with only a shoestring budget, an occasionally soggy drone, action figures (in the original packaging) and encyclopaedic knowledge of 1980s sci-fi TV, they have just four days to discover Wolf&’s secret, and solve his murder.
Fanatics
by Richard Hilary WeberFor fans of Kathy Reichs and Linda Fairstein, Richard Hilary Weber's new Brooklyn Crimes short novel follows police detective Flo Ott as she crisscrosses the borough's mean streets and lands in the crosshairs of a highly skilled assassin. NYPD detective Flo Ott has rotten luck. First she's put on bodyguard duty for U.S. Senator-elect Cecil King after a ultra-right-wing terror cell announces plans to assassinate him. Then she's saddled with investigating the homicide of a hip-hop mogul. Ballz Busta was fatally rapped on his head outside his mistress's Park Slope condo. The two jobs couldn't be more different. Finding Busta's killer takes Flo into the outrageous livin' large margins of the Brooklyn music scene. Keeping Senator-elect King alive requires constant vigilance as well-trained assassins could strike anytime, anywhere. It's only when these cases explosively collide that Flo realizes she's finally caught a break. What she doesn't know is that she's lit a fanatic's fuse and now he has a new target: the woman cop with the nerve to try and stop his murderous schemes.
Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel (Maximum Ride #6)
by James PattersonAngel says that Fang will be the first to die, and Angel is never wrong. Maximum Ride is used to living desperately on the run from evil forces sabotaging her quest to save the world--but nothing has ever come as close to destroying her as this horrifying prophetic message. Fang is Max's best friend, her soul mate, her partner in the leadership of her flock of winged children. A life without Fang is a life unimaginable. When a newly created winged boy, the magnificent Dylan, is introduced into the flock, their world is upended yet again. Raised in a lab like the others, Dylan exists for only one reason: he was designed to be Max's perfect other half. Thus unfolds a battle of perfection versus passion that terrifies, twists, and turns...and meanwhile, the apocalypse is coming.
El fantasma de Anil
by Michael OndaatjeUna novela tan desgarradora como hermosa, un canto a la dignidad del ser humano. Por el autor de El paciente inglés. El fantasma de Anil nos lleva a Sri Lanka, un país ahogado por siglos de tradición y obligado a entrar en el final del siglo XX entre los estragos causados por una guerra civil. En mitad de esta vorágine, emerge Anil Tissera, una joven nacida en Sri Lanka y educada en Inglaterra y América que ha vuelto a su hogar como la antropóloga forense encargada de descubrir el origen de la serie orquestada de asesinatos que envuelven la isla. Con el telón de fondo de una civilización extinta y un paisaje elocuente, Ondaatje nos narra, con su estilo inconfundible, una historia sobre el amor, la familia, la identidad y los enemigos insospechados. Novela galardonada con el Premio Médicis, el Irish Times International Fiction Prize y el Premio Giller. Reseñas:«Auténtico heredero de Faulkner y García Márquez, Ondaatje cuenta historias que a menudo parecen colisiones entre el tiempo y el espacio.»The Boston Globe «Uno de los autores más innovadores y liberadores de nuestra época.»The Guardian
El fantasma de la mala leche (Serie Perrock Holmes #Volumen 16)
by Isaac PalmiolaAquí huele a misterio... un nuevo caso para el detective más divertido y animal: ¡Perrock Holmes! Julia y Diego por fin están de vacaciones…, pero no por mucho tiempo. Hay un nuevo caso para los detectives del Mystery Club, y no se trata de una investigación cualquiera: en la mansión de la familia Pastelito ¡hay un fantasma! Estos son los HECHOS: cada noche un fantasma con muy mala leche aparece en la mansión y no deja dormir a nadie con sus ruidos y sus sustos. Estas son las PISTAS: siempre se ha dicho que los fantasmas no existen, pero este parece que está decidido a hacer que la familia se vaya de la mansión… ¿Quién si no podría estar detrás de este sabotaje? AQUÍ HUELE A MISTERIO… ¿O NO?
El fantasma de los mares (Serie Bat Pat #Volumen 36)
by Roberto Pavanello¡Atrévete a acompañar al murciélago detective Bat Pat y a los hermanos Silver: Martin, Leo y Rebecca en esta espeluznante aventura! ¡¡¡HOLA!!! SOY BAT PAT.OS VOY A CONTAR UNA HISTORIA QUE OS PONDRÁ LOS PELOS DE PUNTA...¿ESTÁIS PREPARADOS? ¡Nos vamos de viaje, amigos! ¿Sabéis dónde? A Portwind, el pueblecito pesquero donde vive el tío Charlie. Nos ha invitado a la inauguración de una nueva reserva marina. ¡Seguro que veremos muchos delfines! Pero una vez ahí descubrimos que la actividad pesquera del lugar está siendo perjudicada por... ¡un barco fantasma! ¡Esas son las aguas por las que tenemos que navegar! ¿Os atrevéis a acompañarnos?
El fantasma de Manhattan
by Frederick ForsythEn El fantasma de Manhattan, Frederick Forsyth rescata a un personaje legendario de la literatura y el cine: el fantasma de la Ópera. Aprovechando la enigmática personalidad del atormentado ser que habita en los sótanos de la ópera de París, reelabora el mito del monstruo solitario, aislado del mundo a causa de su repulsiva fealdad.La novela empieza con los primeros años de Erik Muhlheirn, el "fantasma", en su lóbrego refugio del subsuelo parisino, donde, contra toda previsión, desarrolla una sensibilidad única para la música. Joven, incapaz de asumir su soledad, se enamora perdidamente de Christine, una de las cantantes. Movido por un deseo irreprimible, rapta a la muchacha. Pero sus planes, obviamente, están condenados al fracaso y Erik, prófugo de la justicia, debe abandonar Francia. Su huida lo lleva a Manhattan, donde lo aguardan el éxito y la fortuna. Sin embargo, deberá permanecer oculto tras la máscara, alimentando su obsesión, dedicando la vida entera a recuperar a su amada. Dando un giro imprevisto a su trayectoria novelística, Forsyth crea una obra conmovedora, impregnada del encanto de un tema clásico y el vigor narrativo de uno de los escritores más leídos de nuestro tiempo.
El Fantasma Del Ballet
by Ana Bowlova Ana Claudia AntunesAna está inconsciente y desde allí su madre comienza a investigar lo que realmente pasó con ella y, una vez separada de su marido, se encuentra con escenas fantasmales de sus antepasados mientras los dos fantasmas hacen travesuras y estan listos con ella en el otro lado.Anne, una adolescente que sueña con ser una bailarina sufre una obsesión y se convierte vicitma al ser perseguida por el fantasma de una bailarina del siglo XIX, quien prefiere ser llamada de Tata y como una rata, aparece de la nada y va más allá del mínimo parpadeo, pero insiste en contactarse con ella para contar su historia. Así que decide escribir su historia en la forma de una obra de teatro que da rienda suelta a su vena artística, antes de que el fantasma de la bailarina termine por cortarse sus propias venas, por atormentarla de pies a cabeza. Como si no fuera suficiente muchos enredos y tantas advertencias y las zapatillas con sus lazos para ser desatados, aquí viene otro fantasma que parece que vino a atormentarla también. Giovanni, novio y posible asesino en serie, y que también parece tener una relación profunda con la adolescente se muestra servicial y amable con ella, pero todo parece ser sólo una forma inteligente de conquistar para dominarla y hacer con que ella haga todo lo que diga, para insertar en medio de ellos a participar en el mismo caso. Entonces comienza a relatar la historia desde su punto de vista. Teniendo dos versiones, y temeindo a los dos, en cuál de los dos se va a creer? Y mientras termina su propia historia? Ella espera para resolver el problema lo antes posible, antes de que la devoran o implican aún más en una maraña poco conocida. O empieza a creer sus propios oídos y perderse en el camino de su propia absolución atada en un desequilibrio emocional que revela en el principio una línea ancestral difícil de trazar. Para ello se necesitará de todo su valor por lo tanto debe encontrar la heroína dentro de sus venas, frent
El Fantasma del Commissario
by Claudio Ruggeri Javier Hipólito GonzálezEl Commissario Vincent Germano es un policía de la vieja escuela. Nació en San Francisco aunque lleva viviendo en Italia desde que, con poco más de veinte años, un encuentro provocó que su vida diera un giro de 180 grados. Castelli Romani, al sur de la provincia de Roma, será el escenario de dos situaciones que pondrán a prueba la pericia a la hora de investigar de Germano y de sus hombres: un árbitro en "fuera de juego" y una chica desaparecida.
El fantasma del Doctor Tufo (Serie Bat Pat #Volumen 8)
by Roberto PavanelloAcompaña al murciélago detective Bat Pat y a los hermanos Silver: Leo, Martin y Rebecca en esta fantasmagórica aventura. ¡¡¡HOLA!!! SOY BAT PAT.OS VOY A CONTAR UNA HISTORIA QUE OS PONDRÁ LOS PELOS DE PUNTA...¿ESTÁIS PREPARADOS? ¡Hogar, dulce hogar! Era una gris y perezosa mañana de domingo, y en casa de los Silver todos dormíamos como murciélagos. Bueno, todos menos Rebecca, quien se había despertado a las siete y había salido a pasear (¿esta chica no descansa nunca, o qué?). De pronto, algo nos puso a todos en pie: una paloma mensajera había traído noticias frescas (y fantasmagóricas) para mí...
El Fantasma Vestía Medias Amarillas
by Josh Lanyon María Paula MattanóCon su fin de semana romántico arruinado, el tímido artista de veintitantos años Perry Foster aprende que las cosas siempre pueden empeorar cuando vuelve a su casa desde San Francisco y encuentra un cadáver en su bañera. Un cadáver que tiene puesto un saco muy feo y unas medias haciendo juego. Perry no conoce al muerto, pero eso no le sirve de consuelo. ¿Cómo fue a parar un cadáver desconocido a un departamento cerrado del apartado edificio Alston en las tierras poco pobladas del "Reino del noreste" de Vermont? Perry recurre a la ayuda del "alto, oscuro y hostil" Nick Reno, ex miembro de las fuerzas de operaciones especiales Navy SEAL de la marina de EE. UU., pero este Reno ¿es lo que parece?
¡Fantasmas al abordaje! (Serie Bat Pat #4)
by Roberto PavanelloDescubre la nueva serie de BAT PAT, el murciélago detective. ¡Monstruos, amigos, misterios y muchas risas! ¡Un tenebroso barco pirata se acerca a la costa! Pero el valiente Bat Pat y sus amigos no tienen miedo, e irán a por todas para llegar hasta el fondo de este asunto. ¡Hola amigos! Soy Bat Pat y os traigo un misterio para resolver. ¿Estáis preparados para uniros a mí y a mis amigos Martin, Leo y Rebecca en esta terrorífica aventura? En el mar están ocurriendo cosas muy misteriosas. Al bajar la bruma, aparece navegando en la costa un antiguo barco pirata. Su capitán, el fantasma Diente de Oro, perdió un día su tesoro y fue condenado a intentar alcanzar la costa durante toda la eternidad. Ahora queremos ayudarle a poner fin a su maldición. ¿Nos acompañas?
The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets
by Sophie HannahEverybody has their secrets. Who, for instance, is the hooded figure hiding in the bushes outside a young man’s house? Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family’s holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerized by two children in a school playground—children she’s never met but whose names she knows well? All will be revealed . . . but at a cost. As Sophie Hannah uncovers the dark obsessions and strange longings behind the most ordinary relationships, life will never seem quite the same again.
Fantastic Crimes: Four Bibliomysteries by Bestselling Authors (Bibliomysteries)
by Anne Perry Christopher Fowler F. Paul Wilson Elizabeth GeorgeBook-centered mystery novellas from four masters of the craft. From Anne Perry, the New York Times–bestselling author of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, comes The Scroll. Hapless bookseller Monty Danforth&’s recent discovery of a millennia-old manuscript plunges him into a cutthroat conspiracy. &“A master storyteller.&” —The Star-Ledger Christopher Fowler, author of the Bryant and May mysteries, presents Reconciliation Day. One man&’s obsession with a lost edition of Bram Stoker&’s Dracula sends him on a dangerous journey to Transylvania. &“If Edgar Allan Poe and Monty Python had lived in the same country and the same century and somehow struck up a creative collaboration, their work might have resulted in fiction similar to Fowler&’s.&” —Richmond Times-Dispatch From F. Paul Wilson, the New York Times–bestselling creator of Repairman Jack, comes The Compendium of Srem. Prior Tomás de Torquemada yields the ultimate power, deciding who lives and dies during the Spanish Inquisition, but an ancient, evil tome is about to change that. &“A great storyteller and a thoughtful one.&” —David Morrell, New York Times–bestselling author of First Blood Elizabeth George, the New York Times–bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley novels, brings you The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy. A woman&’s gift for immersing herself in the plot of whatever book she likes draws overwhelming fame—and misfortune. &“An essential writer of popular fiction today.&” —The Washington Post
Fantastic Four: The Baxter Effect
by Dave SternMr. Fantastic&’s latest invention is turned against him and his family in this original Fantastic Four adventure novel. Quantum computing has long been a dream of computer scientists across the world. But now Reed Richards—Mr. Fantastic—has made it a reality. His quantum computer is infinitely more powerful than anything that has come before. It can predict the weather with unnerving accuracy and perform staggering calculations at lightning speed. Its potential for good is unmatched. But Mr. Fantastic knows all too well how scientific progress can have terrifying consequences. When an old enemy gets hold of his new invention, the Fantastic Four will face a threat unlike anything that has come before. As the group is pitted against itself, Ben Grimm—a.k.a. the Thing—will be forced to choose between the lives of those he loves and the survival of humanity . . .
Fantasy in Death (In Death #30)
by J. D. RobbIn this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series, it's game over for the criminals who cross Lieutenant Eve Dallas as she investigates the murder of a virtual reality wunderkind.Bart Minnock, founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play, is found in his locked private playroom, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. Despite his violent end, Eve can’t find anyone—girlfriend and business partners included—who seemed to have a problem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire. Of course gaming, like any business, has its fierce rivalries and dirty tricks—as Eve’s husband, Roarke, one of U-Play’s competitors, knows well. But Minnock was not naïve, and he knew how to fight back in the real world as well as the virtual one.Eve and her team are about to enter the next level of police work, in a world where fantasy is the ultimate seduction—and the price of defeat is death... From the Paperback edition.
Fantasy In Death (In Death #30)
by J. D. RobbMurder did that. Took lives, crushed others. But why? Money. Jealousy. Revenge. Secrets. Passion. Whatever the answers, the method had been bold and complex.They were best friends, driven by a shared vision to rule the world of virtual reality games. Their newest invention, developed to transport the player into a fantastical virtual world, is about to be launched. But suddenly, Bart, the brains behind it all, is found brutally killed - defeated by his own game. Their close-knit group is torn apart. Who could have engineered such a devastating virtual death? Even Eve Dallas, New York City's most cunning investigator, is thrown. But as she peels back layers of secrets, revenge and misplaced allegiances, she realises the depth of the killer's master plan. And she knows his game is far from over . . .
The Fantasy League Murders: 2 Paul Finley Mysteries (Paul Finley Mysteries)
by Donald DeweyPaul Finley Mysteries Book OneWhen private investigator Paul Finley is hired to find a missing teenager who turns up dead, he comes up against the powers-that-be in an affluent Long Island community who have a problem distinguishing sex and murder from their fantasy baseball games. Complicating matters further is his involvement with a beautiful widow whose own elusiveness may or may not be connected to the death of the teenager.