Deivids MorelsNakts un miglas brālībaKONTINENTS RĪGADeivida Morela romāns "Nakts un miglas brālība" ir lielisks apliecinājums autora spējai saasināt intrigu un gluži nemanot sais­tīt lasītāju interesi. Ne velti Dei vidu Morelu sauc par darbības meis­taru.Pārceļoties no tagadnes uz pagātni, gaismā nāk notikumi, ku­rus daudzi gribētu aizmirst. Rakstnieks parāda, cik nedroša cilvē­ka apziņā ir robeža starp bijušo un esošo.Apgādā "Kontinents" izdotas jau Deivida Morela grāmatas "Pēdējā atteikšanās", "Izmisuma solis" un "Pats sev svešinieks". Kārtējais populārā amerikāņu rakstnieka bestsellers īpašu interesi radīs tiem, kuri jau lasījuši romānus "Rozes brālība" un "Akmeris brālība".Šo divu dažādo grāmatu varoni satiekasNAKTS UN MIGLAS BRĀLĪBĀPagātnes liecības un šausmas liek satikties romāna varoņiem, lai atrastu noslēpuma atslēgas, kuras savās rokās tur viņu tēvi. Rēķinu kārtošana ar pagātni ir sarežģītr, jo krustojas daudzu kluso karotāju ceļi. Viņiem jāspēj vienoties pret draudīgo pagātnes rēgu, pretējā gadījumā viņi zaudēs visu.Autors piesaka svarīgas problēmas risinājumu - vai pagātnē nodarīto pārestību mazina laiks, vai Otrais pasaules karš ir beidzies vai tomēr vēl turpinās to cilvēku dzīvē, kuri radīja veselu nāciju iznīcināšanas mašinēriju un kuri tika tajā ierauti. Vai atriebība ir tikai sods?Deivida Morela romāna varoņi meklē savas atbildes, mums varbūt radīsies citas, bet "Nakts un miglas brālība" ir grāmata, kuru izdosies aizvērt tikai pēc ielasīšanas.Deivida Morela romāna "Nakts un miglas brālība" publicēšanas tiesības pieder apgādam "Kontinents"No angļu valodas tulkojis Armīns Voitkāns Vāka autors Kristiāns Šics Fotogrāfs Aivars DrāznieksISBN 9984-621-06-5© Deivids Morels, 1987 © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, mākslinieciskais noformējums, Kontinents, 1998Noskanējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants LočmelisPolam Seidoram - īstajam draugam.SatursPrologs………………………………………………………………….. 11ČETRAS NAKTS ĒNAS…………………………………… 11GARO DUNČU NAKTS………………………………. 13SASISTO STIKLU NAKTS…………………………… 15NAKTS UN MIGLA…………………………………….. 17DVĒSELES TUMŠĀ NAKTS………………………… 19Pirmā daļa…………………………………………………………….. 23IZSAUKUMS…………………………………………………… 23TILKA……………………………………………………….. 25KARAVĪRA ATGRIEŠANĀS……………………….. 54GRĒKU NOŽĒLOTĀJS……………………………….. 71Otrā daļa……………………………………………………………….. 95APMĀTĪBA…………………………………………………….. 95STARP SKUDRULĀCI UN SUNI………………….. 97"ŠAUSMAS, ŠAUSMAS"……………………………. 110KAROJOŠĀ BAZNĪCA……………………………… 132Trešā daļa………. *………………………………………………… 151SAŅEMŠANA SPĪLĒS……………………………………. 151MIROŅGALVA………………………………………… 153ĒNU SPĒLE……………………………………………… 166MŪŽĪGĀ PILSĒTA……………………………………. 185Ceturtā daļa…………………………………………………………. 209KURSS UZ SADURSMI………………………………….. 209TĒLI IZ KAPA………………………………………….. 211MURGI TOREIZ UN TAGAD…………………….. 230NEDABISKĀ APVIENĪBA…………………………. 275Piektā daļa…………………………………………………………… 301TRIECIENS…………………………………………………… 301"MEDŪZA"………………………………………………. 303MELNIE JEZUĪTI……………………………………… 335KRITISKĀ MASA……………………………………… 408Pret ļaunuma jaunajām izpausmēm vajadzīgi jauni līdzekļi… vajadzīgas jaunas sankcijas, kas sargātu un reabilitētu mūžīgo labā un ļaunā principu."The Times" (Londona), PAR NIRNBERGAS PRĀVU

The brain-teasing new thriller from the “master of the clever twist.”A sequence of extraordinary events over the past 300 years provides the links in a chain of intrigue, deceit, greed and murder:The loss of HMS Association with all hands in 1707.An admiralty clerk's secret mission thirty years afterwards.A fatal accident during a dive to the wreck in 1996.An expatriate's reluctant return home ten years later. The simple task he has come to accomplish, shown to be anything but. A woman he recognizes but cannot identify.It's a conspiracy of circumstances that is about to unravel his life. And with it, the past.

Historia, opisana przez autorkę licznych bestsellerów Lisę Kleypas, dzieje się w świecie, w którym najważniejsze są pozory, a prawdziwe uczucia są starannnie skrywane. Jednak w takim świecie stateczna Angielka gotowa jest narazić się na skandal, żeby przeżyć jedyną miłość.Powieściopisarka Amanda Briars, dobiegająca 30. panna, postanawia w dniu swoich urodzin zaznać zmysłowych przyjemności i w tym celu wynajmuje na jedną noc profesjonalistę, który świadczy tego rodzaju usługi. W jej domu zjawia się niezwykle przystojny i uwodzicielski dżentelmen, który budzi w niej namiętności, o jakie nigdy siebie nie podejrzewała… Jednak coś go powstrzymuje przed spełnieniem jej życzenia do końca.Zafascynowany Amandą, Jack Devlin robi wszystko, żeby ją zdobyć. Dobrze wychowana Amanda boi się naruszyć konwenanse, gdy tymczasem Jake, nieślubny syn hrabiego i otoczony dwuznaczną sławą londyński biznesmen, nie chce się dostosować do wymogów społeczeństwa. Los jednak ich połączył, a zderzenie dwóch tak odmiennych światów wyzwoli emocje, których żadne się nie spodziewało…

When a wereleopard is abducted from a seedy club, Anita is plunged once more into the dark world of shapeshifter crime and werecreature power struggles. A sinister force seems to be targeting the lycanthropes and Anita may be their only hope — but only if she can survive herself.

Wrongly imprisoned at twelve years old, Nathan Bailey kills a guard in self-defense, escapes, and finds himself on the run from the police, the Mafia, and a county prosecutor determined to stop him at all costs.

For a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered Nathaniel's name in wonder and fear. Some say he is a folktale, created to frighten children on cold winter nights. Some swear he is a terrifying spirit returned to avenge the past. But soon… very soon… some will learn that Nathaniel lives still-that he is darkly, horrifyingly real. Nathaniel-he is the voice that calls to young Michael Hall across the prairie night… the voice that draws the boy into the shadowy depths of the old, crumbling, forbidden barn… that chanting, compelling voice he will follow faithfully beyond the edge of terror.

Now reissued—one of the most beloved novels by the "New York Times" bestselling author in which dedicated, if somewhat demented, environmentalists battle sleazy real estate developers in the Florida Keys.

A shocking biological discovery. A previously unknown predatory species. Evolving just like the dinosaurs. Now. Today. Being forced out of its world and into man’s for a violent first encounter. Weaving science and thriller in a way not seen since Jurassic Park, Natural Selection introduces a phenomenally dangerous new species that is rapidly adapting in a way never before seenA mystery. A chase. A vast expansive puzzle. A team of marine scientists is on the verge of making the most stunning discovery in the history of man. In their quest for answers, they engage a host of fascinating characters. The world’s premier neurology expert. A specialist on animal teeth. Flight simulation wizards, evolution historians, deep sea geologists, and so many more. Along the way, the team of six men and women experience love, friendship, loyalty and betrayal. Together, they set off to exotic locales. Literally to the bottom of the ocean. To a vast and mysterious redwood forest. To an unknown complex of massive caves. When people start dying, the stakes are upped even further. Then the real hunt begins…Loaded with astonishing action sequences, Natural Selection is that rare breed of thriller, filled with intricately layered research, real three-dimensional characters, and tornado pacing.

Honey Santana—impassioned, willful, possibly bipolar, self-proclaimed “queen of lost causes”—has a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference, and dinnertime sales calls. She's taking rude, gullible Relentless, Inc., telemarketer Boyd Shreave and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress, Eugenie—the fifteen-minute-famous girlfriend of a tabloid murderer—into the wilderness of Florida's Ten Thousand Islands for a gentle lesson in civility. What she doesn't know is that she's being followed by her Honey-obsessed former employer, Piejack (whose mismatched fingers are proof that sexual harassment in the workplace is a bad idea). And he doesn't know he's being followed by Honey's still-smitten former drug-running ex-husband, Perry, and their wise-and-protective-way-beyond-his-years twelve-year-old-son, Fry. And when they all pull up on Dismal Key, they don't know they're intruding on Sammy Tigertail, a half white - half Seminole failed alligator wrestler, trying like hell to be a hermit despite the Florida State coed who's dying to be his hostage . . . Will Honey be able to make a mensch of a “greedhead”? Will Fry be able to protect her from Piejack—and herself? Will Sammy achieve his true Seminole self? Will Eugenie ever get to the beach? Will the Everglades survive the wild humans? All the answers are revealed in the delectably outrageous mayhem that propels this novel to its Hiaasen-of-the-highest-order climax.

"It's the most wonderful time of the year," the old song tells us. But that doesn't mean the people celebrating it are always so nice. Criminals get the Christmas spirit, too!In this collection of hilarious short stories, you'll see what the thieves, killers, psychos and scumbags are up to come the holidays…and it's not caroling door to door. Well, not unless they're casing the neighborhood for a break-in, as a rag-tag gang does in the title story. You'll also meet a mall elf menaced by a very, very bad Santa (in "I Killed Santa Claus"), a London police inspector hunting for the man who murdered Ebenezer Scrooge (in "Humbug"), a trucker out to save his shipment of Cabbage Patch Dolls from bumbling hijackers (in "Special Delivery") and many more characters you'll never forget.Originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, these nine tales from award-winning short story master Steve Hockensmith (Dawn of the Dreadfuls, Holmes on the Range) are sure to have you ho-ho-hoing from the first page to the last.

Amy, una niña de ocho años, la llamaba la casa de las arañas porque la daba escalofríos, hasta que su padre la reprendió por ser tan tonta: no había nada de lo que asustarse, solo era una mansión con vistas al pueblo. Pero cuando su padre la aúpa hasta una ventana para que pueda mirar dentro, lo que ve difícilmente calma sus miedos.Ramsey Campbell cuenta con más premios en el ámbito de las novelas de terror que ningún otro autor en el mundo.

Cela commence par une idylle. David est pédiatre, marié à Elizabeth qu’il connaît depuis l’enfance. Ils ont pris l’habitude de se rendre régulièrement en pèlerinage sur les rives du lac Charmaine, là où ils ont échangé leur premier baiser à l’âge de douze ans. Mais le jour où Elizabeth est assassinée par un serial killer, la vie de David bascule. Il a beau s’investir à fond dans son travail, il reste inconsolable. Jusqu’au jour où il reçoit d’un inconnu un e-mail, puis une séquence vidéo sur laquelle il reconnaît sa femme sans aucun doute possible, Elizabeth qui lui demande pardon. Pourtant elle est morte, son propre père officier de police a formellement identifié le corps huit ans auparavant. Une quête angoissante commence alors que de nouvelles victimes apparaissent.Harlan Coben est le seul à avoir cumulé les trois prix les plus prestigieux récompensant le roman policier aux États-Unis.

Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces him to a charming new companion. Too bad she also comes with the baggage of a persistent ex-boyfriend intent on retribution.As Stone skillfully dodges each disturbance, it becomes clear that there’s an even more treacherous game being played behind the scenes. When long-standing grudges resurface, Stone is brought back into the orbit of some familiar enemies. He must use all of his tricks — as well as those of a few old friends — to evade trouble before it’s too late. But this time, danger just might catch up with him.

Bones meets Fringe in a big, dark, scary, brilliantly-plotted urban thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end.Nearly Boswell knows how to keep secrets. Living in a DC trailer park, she knows better than to share anything that would make her a target with her classmates. Like her mother's job as an exotic dancer, her obsession with the personal ads, and especially the emotions she can taste when she brushes against someone's skin. But when a serial killer goes on a killing spree and starts attacking students, leaving cryptic ads in the newspaper that only Nearly can decipher, she confides in the one person she shouldn't trust: the new guy at school—a reformed bad boy working undercover for the police, doing surveillance. . . on her.Nearly might be the one person who can put all the clues together, and if she doesn't figure it all out soon—she'll be next.

In this dazzling addition to Deborah Crombie's acclaimed mystery series, a disappearance, a murder, and a child in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's legendary East End – a neighborhood where the rich and the poor, the ambitious and the dangerous, collide – to solve one of the most challenging and disturbing cases they've ever faced…Necessary as BloodOnce the haunt of Jack the Ripper, London's East End is a vibrant mix of history and the avant-garde, a place where elegant Georgian town houses exist side by side with colorful street markets and the hippest clubs. But here races and cultures still clash, and the trendy galleries and glamorous nightlife of Whitechapel disguise a violent and seedy underside, where unthinkable crimes bring terror to the innocent.On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in mid May, a young mother, Sandra Gilles, leaves her daughter with a friend at the Columbia Road Flower Market and disappears. Shortly thereafter, her husband, a Pakistani lawyer, is killed. Scotland Yard detective Gemma James happens upon the scene in time to witness the investigator making a mistake.When Duncan and his trusted sergeant, Doug Cullen, see Gemma's name in the report, they decide to take the case. Working together again, Gemma, Duncan, Doug, and Melody Talbot must solve it before the murderer can get his hands on the real prize, Naz and Sandra's daughter.But just as the case grows more dangerous, a personal issue threatens to throw Gemma and Duncan off the trail. In the end, it is up to them to stop a vicious killer and protect the child whose fate hangs in the balance.