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Tight End (The Bully Who Loves Me #5)
by DR LoveOf all the young up-and-coming celebrities I had to interview for my college newspaper, it had to be Egerton Ford, the boy who bullied me in high school. Now he was a star football player on his way to being pro. And he was still a bully. But I'm not that same girl in high school anymore so Egerton Ford better watch out. ** Tight End is a standalone short read bully romance with a happy ending in the Bully Who Loved Me Series. A quick prescription for those who want an escape, a pick me up, a good laugh during hard times, and more from D.R. Love...who gives doses of hot good humor romance for therapy and good times. And she recommends keeping bullying in the books and spreading love in life.
Tight Lies: The Ultimate Thriller (The Tom Hunter Books #1)
by Ted DentonBehind the refined veneer of professional golf, a sports agent discovers a world of corruption and international criminals: “Hard, fast and really good!” —Lee ChildDaniel Ratchet has arrived in Spain, ready to begin his dream job as a golf agent on the professional Tour. Meanwhile, in London, new Tour sponsor Russian Rublex Corporation, with a hidden history of mafia criminality, is pushing through a huge deal with the British government. But things are not what they seem . . .With the help of Wallace, a cantankerous old golf coach, Daniel discovers match fixing, fraud, and corruption at the heart of the game. A thorn in the Russians’ side, Daniel is kidnapped before he can expose the truth. So Wallace contacts an old army buddy—who deploys loose cannon Tom Hunter on a mission to save him . . .This explosive debut novel is an exhilarating action thriller set in the seductive world of professional sports—against a backdrop of political and corporate corruption in a world of brutal violence.
Tight Lines (The Brady Coyne Mysteries #11)
by William G. TapplyTo find a dying client&’s wayward daughter, the Boston lawyer combs through the darkest corners of New England in this &“surprising, convincing&” mystery (Publishers Weekly). Concord, Massachusetts, is littered with literary monuments, of which the historic Ames house is only a minor one. But to Susan Ames, nowhere on earth is more important than this colonial residence where Emerson and Thoreau once broke bread with her ancestors. Dying of cancer, Susan knows the house should stay in her family, but the only heir is her daughter, Mary Ellen, a wild child more likely to indulge in cocaine and motorcycles than transcendental poetry. Eleven years ago, she ran off with her college professor, and will need to be located before she can inherit the estate. Finding her falls to Brady Coyne, a good-hearted Boston attorney who knows his way around New England&’s dark parts. He will soon find that Mary Ellen&’s story is too tragic even for a great poet to contemplate.
Tightening the Threads (A Mainely Needlepoint Mystery #5)
by Lea WaitIn the coastal town of Haven Harbor, blood runs thicker than water—and just as freely . . .Antique dealer Sarah Byrne has never unspooled the truth about her past to anyone—not even friend and fellow Mainely Needlepointer Angie Curtis. But the enigmatic Aussie finally has the one thing she’s searched for all her life—family. And now she and long-lost half-brother, Ted Lawrence, a wealthy old artist and gallery owner in town, are ready to reveal their secret connection . . .Ted’s adult children are suspicious of their newfound aunt Sarah—especially after Ted, in declining health, announces plans to leave her his museum-worthy heirloom paintings. So when Ted is poisoned to death during a lobster bake, everyone assumes she’s guilty. If Sarah and Angie can’t track down the real murderer in time, Sarah’s bound to learn how delicate—and deadly—family dynamics can truly be . . .
Tighter
by Adele GriffinWhen 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl--and that she has a disturbing ability to sense the two ghosts. Why is Jamie's connection to the couple so intense? What really happened last summer at Little Bly? As the secrets of the house wrap tighter and tighter around her, Jamie must navigate the increasingly blurred divide between the worlds of the living and the dead. Brilliantly plotted, with startling twists, here is a thrilling page-turner from the award-winning Adele Griffin.From the Hardcover edition.
A Tightly Raveled Mind
by Diane Lawson"Diane Lawson's amazing insight into the mysteries and witchcraft of psychoanalysis . . . combined with her extraordinary writing skills makes this a one-of-a-kind novel that I found impossible to put down."-Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for StoneSigmund Freud would have liked Dr. Nora Goodman, a sexy forty-something psychoanalyst with her handful of neurotic patients who can't seem to allow themselves happiness, love, or success. She's not exactly a steady customer herself, born to a ranting bipolar Talmudic scholar and a mother with a heart as cold as a slaughterhouse on the Kansas prairie in January. But now she has two kids and an overbearing psychiatrist husband. She hates him. She hates his insular social world. Nora wants a new life sans husband, but what she gets is something terribly different. It starts one Monday morning when her eight o'clock patient blows himself to smithereens. The following week, another patient dies. The police see the first as an accident, the second a straightforward suicide. Nora thinks her practice is being targeted by a killer. She hires private investigator Mike Ruiz, a tightly wound ex-cop who couldn't care less for Sigmund. "Oh, Freud," Mike says. "Isn't he dead?" Freud is always watching while the unlikely pair struggle to an unexpected end.Diane Lawson was born and raised in La Russell, Missouri (population 128). She did her undergraduate studies at the University of Missouri, her psychiatric residency at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, and her psychoanalytic training at the Institute for Psychoanalysis, also in Chicago. She has two children and lives and practices in San Antonio, Texas.
Tightrope
by Andrea FrazerAfter entering a house where a commotion has been overheard, two community police officers make a horrific discovery. Detective Inspector Olivia Hardy and Detective Sergeant Lauren Groves are dispatched to investigate, triggering a major investigation which ends up with Hardy being usurped as Senior Investigating Officer. It's yet another problem for Hardy, as she already suspects that husband Hal is having an affair. Meanwhile, as Groves descends into alcoholism after her husband's desertion, both officers' lives seem to be spiralling out of control. When a baby's body is found at the back of the police station, Hardy takes the unpleasant case, determined to succeed and show the world she's still capable - but things don't turn out exactly as planned... The second in the Fine Line series of gritty detective novels by acclaimed author Andrea Frazer.
Tightrope: The Fine Line Series (The\fine Line Ser. #2)
by Andrea FrazerAfter entering a house where a commotion has been overheard, two community police officers make a horrific discovery.Detective Inspector Olivia Hardy and Detective Sergeant Lauren Groves are dispatched to investigate, triggering a major investigation which ends up with Hardy being usurped as Senior Investigating Officer.It’s yet another problem for Hardy, as she already suspects that husband Hal is having an affair. Meanwhile, as Groves descends into alcoholism after her husband’s desertion, both officers’ lives seem to be spiralling out of control.When a baby’s body is found at the back of the police station, Hardy takes the unpleasant case, determined to succeed and show the world she’s still capable – but things don’t turn out exactly as planned…The second in the Fine Line series of gritty detective novels by acclaimed author Andrea Frazer.
Tightrope: The Fine Line Series (The Fine Line #2)
by Andrea FrazerAfter entering a house where a commotion has been overheard, two community police officers make a horrific discovery.Detective Inspector Olivia Hardy and Detective Sergeant Lauren Groves are dispatched to investigate, triggering a major investigation which ends up with Hardy being usurped as Senior Investigating Officer.It’s yet another problem for Hardy, as she already suspects that husband Hal is having an affair. Meanwhile, as Groves descends into alcoholism after her husband’s desertion, both officers’ lives seem to be spiralling out of control.When a baby’s body is found at the back of the police station, Hardy takes the unpleasant case, determined to succeed and show the world she’s still capable – but things don’t turn out exactly as planned…The second in the Fine Line series of gritty detective novels by acclaimed author Andrea Frazer.
Tightrope
by Simon MawerFrom the author of the best-selling and Booker Prize-shortlisted The Glass Room and TrapezeAn historical thriller that brings back Marian Sutro, ex-Special Operations agent, and traces her romantic and political exploits in post-World War II London, where the Cold War is about to reshape old loyalties As Allied forces close in on Berlin in spring 1945, a solitary figure emerges from the wreckage that is Germany. It is Marian Sutro, whose existence was last known to her British controllers in autumn 1943 in Paris. One of a handful of surviving agents of the Special Operations Executive, she has withstood arrest, interrogation, incarceration, and the horrors of Ravensbrück concentration camp, but at what cost? Returned to an England she barely knows and a postwar world she doesn't understand, Marian searches for something on which to ground the rest of her life. Family and friends surround her, but she is haunted by her experiences and by the guilt of knowing that her contribution to the war effort helped lead to the monstrosities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When the mysterious Major Fawley, the man who hijacked her wartime mission to Paris, emerges from the shadows to draw her into the ambiguities and uncertainties of the Cold War, she sees a way to make amends for the past and at the same time to find the identity that has never been hers. A novel of divided loyalties and mixed motives, Tightrope is the complex and enigmatic story of a woman whose search for personal identity and fulfillment leads her to shocking choices.
Tightrope (Super Bolan #15)
by Don PendletonOne by one, the top officials of international intelligence agencies are murdered, spearheading a new wave of terrorist atrocities throughout Western Europe. The White Front is using acts of violence in an effort to destabilize governments, and their web of corruption extends to the highest levels of the world's elite antiterrorist squads.<P> Mack Bolan's mission is compromised from the start. Stalking the dark corners of Europe, where assassins wait at every turn, his probe leads him to the heart of a conspiracy that will imperil the U.S. Government.<P> The line between good and evil is a tightrope no man should walk. Unless that man is the Executioner.
Tightrope
by Amanda QuickAn unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a top secret invention in this novel from New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick. <P><P>Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but things are not going well. After spending her entire inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns too late that the villa is said to be cursed. <P><P>When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is murdered by his robot invention during a sold-out demonstration, rumors circulate that the curse is real. In the chaotic aftermath of the spectacle, Amalie watches as a stranger from the audience disappears behind the curtain. <P><P>When Matthias Jones reappears, he is slipping a gun into a concealed holster. It looks like the gossip that is swirling around him is true—Matthias evidently does have connections to the criminal underworld. <P><P>Matthias is on the trail of a groundbreaking prototype cipher machine. He suspects that Pickwell stole the device and planned to sell it. But now Pickwell is dead and the machine has vanished. <P><P>When Matthias’s investigation leads him to Amalie’s front door, the attraction between them is intense, but she knows it is also dangerous. Amalie and Matthias must decide if they can trust each other and the passion that binds them, because time is running out. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Tightrope: The thrilling first book in a brand-new, electrifying crime series
by Marnie Riches'Dark, gritty and funny.' STEVE CAVANAGH'A gripping page-turner of a plot' ROZ WATKINS'A corking thriller' ED JAMESWhat happens when a private investigator ends up being the one uncovered?Having lost everything after a failed marriage, Beverley Saunders now lodges in the basement flat of a house owned by her best friend Sophie and her husband, Tim. With Bev's former glittering marketing career in the gutter, she begins to do investigative work for other wronged women, gathering dirt on philanderers, bosses and exes.But when Beverley takes on the case of Sophie's friend Angela, who is seeking to uncover grounds for divorce from her controlling husband, Jerry, the shadow Science Minister, she soon discovers that she isn't the only one doing the investigating... Beverley has a secret history she doesn't want coming out - but will she manage to stay hidden long enough to give Angela the freedom she deserves?Marnie Riches is back in this darkly comic thriller, perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.Praise for Marnie Riches:'Gritty and gripping' Kimberley Chambers, Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller'Marnie Riches is already a leading light in the field of Mancunian noir.' The Guardian'Gritty and great fun.' The Express'Pacy, poignant, funny and violent, it grabs you by the hand and drags you down the mean streets of Manchester with such verve and authenticity that you can almost smell the rain and blood as you turn the pages.' Simon Toyne'Fast-paced and enthralling' C. L. Taylor'Fast, furious, fantastic...One killer thriller!' Mark Edwards'Edgy' Clare Mackintosh
Tightrope: The thrilling first book in a brand-new, electrifying crime series
by Marnie Riches'Dark, gritty and funny.' STEVE CAVANAGH'A gripping page-turner of a plot' ROZ WATKINS'A corking thriller' ED JAMESWhat happens when a private investigator ends up being the one uncovered?Having lost everything after a failed marriage, Beverley Saunders now lodges in the basement flat of a house owned by her best friend Sophie and her husband, Tim. With Bev's former glittering marketing career in the gutter, she begins to do investigative work for other wronged women, gathering dirt on philanderers, bosses and exes.But when Beverley takes on the case of Sophie's friend Angela, who is seeking to uncover grounds for divorce from her controlling husband, Jerry, the shadow Science Minister, she soon discovers that she isn't the only one doing the investigating... Beverley has a secret history she doesn't want coming out - but will she manage to stay hidden long enough to give Angela the freedom she deserves?Marnie Riches is back in this darkly comic thriller, perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.Praise for Marnie Riches:'Gritty and gripping' Kimberley Chambers, Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller'Marnie Riches is already a leading light in the field of Mancunian noir.' The Guardian'Gritty and great fun.' The Express'Pacy, poignant, funny and violent, it grabs you by the hand and drags you down the mean streets of Manchester with such verve and authenticity that you can almost smell the rain and blood as you turn the pages.' Simon Toyne'Fast-paced and enthralling' C. L. Taylor'Fast, furious, fantastic...One killer thriller!' Mark Edwards'Edgy' Clare Mackintosh
Tightrope: A gritty crime thriller with a darkly funny heart
by Marnie Riches'A gripping page-turner of a plot' ROZ WATKINS'A corking thriller' ED JAMESWhat happens when a private investigator ends up being the one uncovered?Having lost everything after a failed marriage, Beverley Saunders now lodges in the basement flat of a house owned by her best friend Sophie and her husband, Tim. With Bev's former glittering marketing career in the gutter, she begins to do investigative work for other wronged women, gathering dirt on philanderers, bosses and exes.But when Beverley takes on the case of Sophie's friend Angela, who is seeking to uncover grounds for divorce from her controlling husband, Jerry, the shadow Science Minister, she soon discovers that she isn't the only one doing the investigating... Beverley has a secret history she doesn't want coming out - but will she manage to stay hidden long enough to give Angela the freedom she deserves?Marnie Riches is back in this darkly comic thriller, perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.
Tightrope (The Blue Maguire and Spaceman Kowalski Mysteries #2)
by Teri WhiteSpaceman and Blue track a trio of Vietnam veterans with murder on their minds As Saigon erupts into chaos, General Tran walks with the easy calm of a man with a plan. After years of working with the Americans, he has no intention of being left behind in Vietnam, and so he has arranged for an escape route. He is nearly home free when he hears footsteps behind him in the darkened alley. He knows then that he will never leave Saigon alive. Tran had planned to escape Vietnam with a cache of smuggled diamonds. Years later, the three Americans who helped him steal the stones want their piece of the haul—and will do anything to get ahold of it. As their search turns violent, they attract the attention of Blue Maguire and Spaceman Kowalski, a pair of LA cops whose oddball exteriors mask a toughness rarely seen outside the LAPD. To stop this trio of killers, they will have to be tougher than ever before.
Tightrope Walker: A Novel
by Dorothy GilmanWhen quiet, shy Amelia Jones reads a desperate message that has fallen out of a barrel organ in the antique shop she just bought, she can't forget the words, "They're going to kill me soon..." <P><P>Armed only with the woman's first name and the note written years before, Amelia begins a journey into the past, a search that takes her from the protective cocoon she's wrapped herself in to a precarious world where nothing is the way it seems, where fear is second nature, and dark secrets just might uncover murder--her own....
El tigre (edición ilustrada)
by Joël DickerEl primer thriller del fenómeno mundial autor de La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert y El libro de los Baltimore. Un relato con el que desconcertó al jurado de un concurso de literatura juvenil. En una preciosa edición ilustrada por David de las Heras. A los diecinueve años Joël Dicker se presentó a un concurso literario juvenil con su relato largo El tigre. Más tarde, la presidenta del jurado le confesaría que lo habían desestimado porque no parecía creíble que una persona tan joven lo hubiera escrito. Ocho años después, Dicker obtuvo el Gran Premio de la Academia Francesa y el Premio Goncourt des Lycéens con La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert, que se convirtió en un fenómeno literario. En este primer gran relato, deudor de sus admirados clásicos rusos y anglosajones, Dicker se enfrenta ya a sus temas preferidos (dilemas existenciales, las grandes preguntas, la violencia y la posibilidad de redención) y demuestra su extraordinaria capacidad de atraparnos con una historia poderosa y unos personajes que se graban a fuego. Reseña:«Un texto de corte dramático, existencial y cargado de suspense, que al final de su lectura al lector le podrá venir a la mente perfectamente, por alguna semejanza en su relato final, un escritor de origen inglés llamado William y con apellido que empieza por S. [...] Bellamente ilustrado con los dibujos de David de las Heras. [...] En El Tigre se aprecia verdaderamente lo que va a ser este escritor y su narrativa, que funciona como envoltorio de hechos y experiencias sufridas por un ser humano y cómo éste responde ante las adversidades.»Farenheit 451, ABC La crítica ha dicho sobre La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert...«¿Hasta qué punto logra desconcertar, intrigar, jugar contigo, y te marea, tevuelve loco hasta que ya no sabes qué pensar cuando saltas de una hoja a otra sin solución de continuidad?»Jesús Ruiz Mantilla, El País Semanal «Llega el fenómeno Dicker... El sucesor de Stieg Larsson y E.L. James... Entretenimiento en vena... Un "vuelapáginas" que será la novela del verano... Terriblemente adictivo.»Antonio Lozano, La Vanguardia «Esta novela se aplaudirá y estudiará en los talleres de escritura. Un thriller modélico, con la solvencia de Larsson... Lea este libro.»Enrique de Hériz, El Periódico de Cataluña Y sobre El Libro de los Baltimore...«Jöel Dicker ha vuelto, sí, y lo ha hecho en plena forma. El Libro de los Baltimore es una novela titánica, nabokoviana, altamente recomendable.»Laura Fernández, El Cultural de El Mundo
El tigre (edición ilustrada)
by Joël DickerEl primer thriller del fenómeno mundial autor de El enigma de la habitación 622 y La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert en una preciosa edición ilustrada por David de las Heras. MÁS DE 9.000.000 DE LECTORES SON #AdictosaDicker Ganador del Premio Goncourt des Lycéens, del Gran Premio de Novela de la Academia Francesa, del Premio Lire, del Premio Qué Leer y del Premio San Clemente A los diecinueve años Joël Dicker se presentó a un concurso literario juvenil con su relato largo El tigre. Más tarde, la presidenta del jurado le confesaría que lo habían desestimado porque no parecía creíble que una persona tan joven lo hubiera escrito. Ocho años después, Dicker obtuvo el Gran Premio de la Academia Francesa y el Premio Goncourt des Lycéens con La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert, que se convirtió en un fenómeno literario. En este primer gran relato, deudor de sus admirados clásicos rusos y anglosajones, Dicker se enfrenta ya a sus temas preferidos (dilemas existenciales, las grandes preguntas, la violencia y la posibilidad de redención) y demuestra su extraordinaria capacidad de atraparnos con una historia poderosa y unos personajes que se graban a fuego. Reseñas:«En El Tigre se aprecia verdaderamente lo que va a ser este escritor y su narrativa [...] un relato fundamental que dice mucho de Dicker [...] demostrando una extraordinaria capacidad de atrapar al lector desde la primera página, generando una tensión narrativa que cautiva y engancha hasta la última página, en una historia cargada de valentía, codicia y mucho orgullo. [...] además está bellamente ilustrado con los dibujos de David de las Heras. En ellos, se aprecia un relato paralelo que cabalga a la perfección con el texto de Dicker [...] un relato intrigante que hace que este autor así como el propio ilustrador causen adicción lectora y visual.»Pablo Delgado, Farenheit 451 (Blogs ABC) «En este primer gran relato, deudor de sus admirados clásicos rusos y anglosajones, Dicker se enfrenta ya a sus temas preferidos (dilemas existenciales, las grandes preguntas, la violencia y la posibilidad de redención) y demuestra su extraordinaria capacidad de atraparnos con una historia poderosa y unos personajes que se graban a fuego.»Culturamas «Un relato magnífico [...] que se disfruta mucho más en esta cuidada edición. [...] Una pequeña joya de un escritor extraordinario.»Ana Granger, PaperBlog «Una historia tan poderosa como el felino que le da título, como la misma vida, en una edición brillantemente ilustrada por David de las Heras. Muy recomendable.»Kutxa Ródenas, La Opinión de Murcia «Sin duda alguna, quienes quieran tener una primera toma de contacto con la obra de Joël Dicker, pueden hacerlo a través de este su primer relato publicado por la editorial Alfaguara, con unas magníficas ilustraciones de Eduardo de las Heras. El lector tiene ante sí un relato que lo mantendrá en vilo hasta la última página, pendiente en todo momento de ese esperado encuentro entre el cazador y el tigre.»Blog Un lector indiscreto «La historia fluye con naturalidad, el estilo es terso y depurado, el tono épico y legendario... una maravilla de relato que, desde luego, estaba anunciando ya que había nacido un escritor con estrella.»Antonio F. Rodríguez, La antigua Biblos
Tigres de cristal
by Toni HillUna absorbente historia de suspense psicológico que explora los límites entre la culpa y la expiación. Con una trama intensa y llena de secretos, Toni Hill nos transporta a un barrio mítico del Cinturón Rojo de Barcelona, tanto en los convulsos años setenta como en la actualidad, donde unos personajes profundamente humanos se ven atrapados en un conflicto marcado por la lealtad, el silencio y la venganza. A finales de los setenta, Víctor Yagüe y Juanpe Zamora fueron algo más que simples compañeros de clase. Su amistad, llena de confidencias y juegos, de alegrías y miedos, rebasó las paredes del aula y se extendió por las conflictivas calles de la Ciudad Satélite. Hasta el 15 de diciembre de 1978. Hasta el día en que un suceso trágico sacudió la conciencia de los vecinos. Hasta el momento en que los chicos se vieron obligados a escoger entre la lealtad y la salvación. Treinta y siete años después, ambos vuelven a encontrarse en ese mismo escenario. Sus vidas han corrido suertes opuestas. Juanpe es un hombre a la deriva, sin futuro y con un presente turbio; Víctor, en cambio, puede considerarse un triunfador. Quizá por eso se siente extrañamente en deuda con su viejo amigo y decide enfrentarse a los claroscuros de un caso cerrado que, sin embargo, sigue envuelto de inquietantes preguntas que nadie quiere responder. Pero lo que Víctor y Juanpe ignoran es que alguien, en la sombra, está escribiendo la historia de ese crimen. Un relato revelador que, tal vez, ninguno de los dos debería leer. Toni Hill nos brinda una historia impactante y atmosférica que lo vuelve a confirmar como una de las grandes plumas del género de nuestro país.
Tigres de verdad
by Mick HerronMás de un millón de ejemplares vendidos del «mejor thriller de todos los tiempos» según The Times. Cuando secuestran a un miembro de su grupo y les exigen un rescate, los agentes de la Casa de la Ciénaga se ven obligados a superar todos los pronósticos sobre su competencia para burlar las férreas medidas de seguridad de la oficina central de inteligencia del MI5 y robar información valiosa como moneda de cambio para salvar a su colega. Sin embargo, ese incidente no es más que la punta del iceberg de una conspiración a gran escala, en la que no solo está implicada una banda que trabaja por libre, sino también el estamento más alto del servicio secreto. Tras años condenados a realizar tareas burocráticas, los caballos lentos se encuentran en medio de un complot que amenaza con dinamitar el futuro de la Casa de la Ciénaga y del propio MI5. La crítica ha dicho...«El nuevo rey de los thrillers de espías.»Mail on Sunday «Una prosa afilada, unos personajes plenamente definidos y un pathos subyacente convierten a esta serie en la creación más emocionante de la narrativa de espías desde la Guerra Fría.»The Times «Como maestro del ingenio, la sátira y la perspicacia [...] es complicado no sobrevalorar a Herron.»The Daily Telegraph «Una escritura irresistible.»The Financial Times «Una crónica satírica de la Gran Bretaña moderna [...]. Divertidos e impactantes, los libros de Herron reflejan a su modo la trayectoria de la nación.»The Economist «Una serie que está muy cerca de la cima. [...] Un buen escritor, glorioso en cada frase, excelso en cada diálogo.»Literary Review «Inteligente, mordaz y extraordinariamente divertida.»The Observer «Espléndido. [...] Cuando el ojo satírico y la sensibilidad cómica de Herron se despliegan con toda su fuerza recuerda al primer Tom Sharpe.»The Irish Times «Herron no busca ser John le Carré, el suyo es un estilo más ingenioso, más irónico; también más vigoroso, más realista, con una prosa recia que te agarra por la garganta.»Daily Mail
Tigres de vidre
by Toni HillToni Hill ens obsequia amb una història impactant i atmosfèrica que el reafirma com una de les grans plomes del gènere de la novel·la negra del nostre país. Una absorbent història de suspens psicològic que explora els límits entre la culpa i l'expiació. A finals dels setanta, en Víctor Yagüe i en Juanpe Zamora van ser alguna cosa més que companys de classe. La seva amistat, plena de confidències i jocs, d'alegries i pors, va traspassar les parets de l'aula i es va estendre pels conflictius carrers de la Ciutat Satèl·lit. Fins al 15 de desembre de 1978. Fins al dia en què un tràgic succés va sacsejar la consciència dels veïns. Fins al moment en què els nois es van veure obligats a triar entre lleialtat o salvació. Trenta-set anys després, tots dos es retroben en aquest mateix escenari. La sort de cadascun ha agafat rumbs oposats. En Juanpe és un home a la deriva, sense futur i amb un present tèrbol; en Víctor, en canvi, pot considerar-se un triomfador. Potser per això se sent estranyament en deute amb el seu vell amic i decideix enfrontar-se als clarobscurs d'un cas tancat que, tot i així, continua envoltat d'inquietants preguntes que ningú no vol respondre. Però el que en Víctor i en Juanpe no saben és que algú, a l'ombra, està escrivint la història d'aquest crim. Un relat revelador que,potser, seria millor que cap dels dos no llegís. Amb una trama intensa i plena de secrets, Toni Hill ens transporta a un barri mític del cinturó roig de Barcelona, tant en els convulsos anys setanta com en l'actualitat, on uns personatges profundament humans es troben atrapats en un conflicte marcat per la lleialtat, el silenci i la venjança.
Tigresse Lily de Bangkok (Tigresse Lily de Bangkok #1)
by Owen Jones Francine Labelle"Tigress Lily of Bangkok" was the first thriller-style book I wrote and I enjoyed writing it despite myself having had some terrifying moments writing it. This book is my entry in 2013 National Contest "NaNoWriMo" which translates into the month of writing a novel.
Tigresse Lily de Bangkok se retrouve à Londres: La tigresse refait surface à nouveau (Tiger Lily of Bangkok #2)
by Owen JonesTigresse Lily de Bangkok se retrouve à Londres La tigresse refait surface à nouveau Après l’effet dévastateur que la fureur qu’elle a déchaînée et a eu sur sa propre vie et les citoyens de Bangkok dans ses premiers jours en tant qu’étudiante en médecine, la vie de Lily s’apaise quelque peu et elle se met consciencieusement aux études. Deux ans plus tard, elle gagne une bourse pour travailler à l’hôpital pour enfants de la grande rue Ormond à Londres. Elle s’y rend donc sans Ron qui continue ses études à Bangkok. Le livre « Tigresse Lily de Bangkok se retrouve à Londres » reprend l’histoire de Lily durant la deuxième de ses deux années d’étude en tant qu’étudiante en médecine à l’hôpital. Elle aime beaucoup son travail et s’entends bien avec le personnel médical et infirmier ainsi que les jeunes patients. Toutefois, Lily n’a pas d’amis en dehors de son travail. Lors d’un de ses jours de congé, elle lit un article dans le « Sunday Times » sur les réseaux organisés de pédophiles à Londres qui impliquent le gouvernement du pays lui-même. Cette situation rend Lily absolument furieuse. Elle peut soit l’ignorer ou soit s’impliquer. Sa première réaction est d’éviter le démon qui l’avait possédée à Bangkok seulement quelques années plus tôt. Toutefois, lorsqu’elle rencontre d’autres jeunes victimes d’abus sexuels, le dé semble jeté. Cette histoire n’est pas pour les personnes sensibles et elle ne raconte pas les actes d’abus sexuels posés sur les jeunes. Le livre, cependant, fait souvent référence à des endroits notoires d’abus, notamment le « Meat Rack » (étalage de viande ou de jeunes à louer) sur le « Piccadilly Circus » au centre de Londres. Beaucoup de questions sont soulevées et sont toujours sous enquête par la police au moment de la rédaction de ce livre. Mais peu de personnes s’attendent à voir de résultat
Tijgerlelie van Bangkok (Tijgerlelie van Bangkok #1)
by Owen JonesLily was een gelukkig klein meisje tot een 'oom' haar vanaf haar elfde begon te misbruiken. Ze werd verlegen en introvert, leidde een eenzaam leven totdat ze naar Bangkok verhuisde om te studeren aan de Universiteit. Haar gedachten en haar verleden lieten haar echter niet met rust, dus na de lessen begon ze mannen op te sporen die ze van pedofilie verdacht en begon ze een eigenaardig soort wraak op hen te nemen. Zo werd ze de wraakzuchtige Tijgerlelie van Bangkok en van een doodsbange samenleving, maar hoe lang kon ze de politie blijven ontwijken, en wilde ze in het geheim toch gepakt worden zodat ze haar verhaal openbaar kon maken?