From the author of the critically acclaimed Inspector O series comes another riveting novel set in the mysterious world of North KoreaAutumn brings unwelcome news to Inspector O: he has been wrenched from retirement and ordered back to Pyongyang for a final assignment. The two Koreas, he learns, are now cooperating-very quietly-to maintain stability in the North. Stability requires that Inspector O lead an investigation into a crime of passion committed by the young man who has been selected as the best possible leader of a transition government. O is instructed to make sure that the case goes away. Remnants of the old regime, foreign powers, rival gangs-all want a piece of the action, and all make it clear that if O values his life, he will not get in their way. O isn't sure where his loyalties lie, and he doesn't have much time to figure out whether 'tis better to be noble or be dead.

An omnibus of novelsMindstar Rising 1992A veteran of Gulf War II, telepath Greg Mandel enters the high-tech world of computer crime, zero-gravity smuggling, and artificial intelligence when an elusive saboteur threatens a powerful organization and the very future of humankind.***A Quantum Murder 1994Peter F. Hamilton returns to the future of "Mindstar Rising" with an engrossing new adventure of Greg Mandel, a freelance operative whose telepathic abilities give him a crucial edge in the high-tech world of the 21st century. Mandel must investigate the murder of professor Edward Kitchener, a double Nobel laureate who had been researching quantum cosmology for the powerful Event Horizon conglomerate.***The Nano Flower 1995At first no one noticed when the flower was delivered to Julia Evans, owner of Event Horizon, but this flower has genes millions of years in advance of terrestrial DNA. Where did the plant come from? Greg Mandel, telepathic investigator, must find out-before the Nano Flower blooms.

Falsely convicted of a brutal crime, college student Jeff Converse sees his future vanishing before his eyes. But someone has other plans for Jeff, in a far deadlier place than any penitentiary. Jeff finds himself beneath the teeming streets of Manhattan, in a hidden landscape of twisting tunnels and forgotten subterranean chambers. Here, an invisible population of the homeless, the desperate, and the mad has carved out its own shadow society. But they are not alone. For someone has made this forsaken civilization a private killing ground. Now, with no weapon but his wits, and an unimaginable threat lurking around every dark corner, Jeff must somehow move heaven and earth to escape from a living hell…

Part 1: In which David Staunton, the son of the deceased tycoon Boy Staunton, seeks psychoanalytical help in Zurich to help resolve the mystery of his father's death and investigate whether or not Dunstan Ramsay might by bis real father. Part 2: In which David Staunton continues his psycho-analysis in Zurich and falls in love with his analyst, Dr Helena Von Haller. Part 3: In which David Staunton completes his psycho-analytical cure in Zurich and meets up with Dunstan Ramsay and the magician Magnus Eisengrimm. The mystery of Boy Staunton's death is partially resolved.

Tucked away from the building sites of modern hanghai are the beautiful mansions once owned by the smartest families in 1930s China. They have since been bought by rich businessmen and high-ranking members of the Communist Party. All except one.The owner is an old painter. Each day he teaches his students, all beautiful girls in their twenties.Each night he holds a glittering party: swing jazz plays for his former neighbours, who dance, remember old times and forget for an evening the terrors that followed. But questions are being asked. How can he afford such a lifestyle? His paintings? Blackmail? A triad connection? Prostitution?Inspector Chen is asked to investigate discreetly what is going on behind the elegant façade. But, before he can get close to anyone, one of the girls is found murdered in the garden and another is terrified she will be next.Chen's quest for answers will take Chen to a strange businessman, triads, Chairman Mao himself and a terrible secret the Party will go to any length to conceal.

Brunonia Barry, the New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader, offers an emotionally compelling novel about finding your true place in the world.Zee Finch has come a long way from a motherless childhood spent stealing boats – a talent that earned her the nickname Trouble. She's now a respected psychotherapist working with the world-famous Dr. Liz Mattei. She's also about to marry one of Boston 's most eligible bachelors. But the suicide of Zee's patient Lilly Braedon throws Zee into emotional chaos and takes her back to places she though she'd left behind.What starts as a brief visit home to Salem after Lilly's funeral becomes the beginning of a larger journey for Zee. Her father, Finch, long ago diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, has been hiding how sick he really is. His longtime companion, Melville, has moved out, and it now falls to Zee to help her father through this difficult time. Their relationship, marked by half-truths and the untimely death of her mother, is strained and awkward.Overwhelmed by her new role, and uncertain about her future, Zee destroys the existing map of her life and begins a new journey, one that will take her not only into her future but into her past as well. Like the sailors of old Salem who navigated by looking at the stars, Zee has to learn to find her way through uncharted waters to the place she will ultimately call home.

In a little Mexican village, the American Ambassador is abducted. With him a Peace Corps volunteer, a nervous kid with a conscience, is picked up by mistake. The kidnappers are presumed to be Cuban exiles, anti-Castro terrorists. They have just committed the biggest mistake of their lives.

In a fitting follow-up to his highly-acclaimed first novel. Fear in a Handful of Dust, John Ives has created a heroine to be long remembered. Carole Marchand is forty-three, attractive, sophisticated, a film director with a tart tongue. She is weary of letting her fantasies play themselves out on celluloid. When tragedy strikes her son. she is determined to act. While her unflappable ex-husband Howard and his colleague O’Hillary try to maneuver by phone from their air-conditioned Washington offices, Carole embarks on a harrowing voyage of vengeance.

Companions on her adventure are a dreamy-eyed-CIA man who inconveniently falls in love and a crusty mercenary playing his last act for something more than mere money. Their opponents are a band of aging guerillas torn by dissension and guided by the imperious but faltering hand of one of the richest robber barons of the Caribbean. Carole Marchand and her mercenary follow a dim trail through the sleazy saloons and the offices of corrupt petty officials in Mexico and Puerto Rico and meet their destiny in a terrible climax in the tropical rainforests of El Yunque.

John Ives has written a riveting suspense thriller that grapples directly with the moral issues of justice and revenge.

Disenchanted academic Nick Elliot knows that he may be selling his soul when he joins City brokers Dekker Ward, but he needs the money. Dekker dominate the stormy Latin American bond market and Nick’s boss Ricardo Ross, known as the Marketmaker, is the most successful trader the region has ever seen. And as Nick discovers, you’re either with him or you’ve made an enemy for life.

At first Nick’s content to ride his luck until strange things start to happen to Dekker employees. One top trader is fired without warning. Another dies in a bungled robbery. As tension mounts, Nick can’t disguise his feelings for his attractive colleague Isabel. Then she is kidnapped. While Nick debates the wisdom of taking matters into his own hands, the all-powerful Marketmaker gets ready to make his move...

A thrilling and startling novel from the author of the international bestseller The Genesis SecretWhen David Martinez, a young lawyer, receives an ancient map from his dying grandfather, the mysteries of his past begin to open up before him. The map leads David into the heart of the dangerous Basque mountains, where a genetic curse lies buried and a frightening secret about the Western world's past is hidden.Meanwhile, London journalist Simon Quinn may have found his big break. A wealthy, elderly woman has been murdered in the most horrific fashion, and another homicide soon follows. Both victims came from villages in the Basque region, both were interred at a top-secret Nazi camp, both have been silenced for what they know about the experiments conducted on the Basques, the Jews, and a dwindling mystical tribe of pre-Caucasian locals called Cagots.From the North Sea islands to the Arizona desert, from the graveyards of the Basque countryside to the heart of colonial Africa, Martinez 's and Quinn's quests intersect to reveal the shocking roots of racial persecution, human violence, and war.The Genesis Secret-already in its fourth hardcover printing and appearing on several bestseller lists-immediately established Tom Knox as a searing, brilliant new voice in commercial fiction. The Marks of Cain dares to raise the bar even higher and promises to be an even greater success.

Топ-100 рейтингов Amazon.«Триллер года 2021» по версии читателей Amazon10 лет назад он убил моего сына. Сегодня я выхожу за него замуж…Пронзительный, полный любви и ненависти психологический триллер о браке молодого мужчины и женщины на двадцать лет старше него. И о противостоянии двух матерей, которые были лучшими подругами, а стали заклятыми врагами. Затягивающий психологический триллер, который будет держать читательниц в напряжении до последней страницы.Десять лет назад любимый и единственный сын Бриджет Уилсон был убит. Виновным оказался сын ее лучшей подруги, Том Биллингерст. Жизнь Бриджет потеряла всякий смысл. Ее красивый, сильный мальчик превратился в воспоминание – фотографию, которую она всегда носит с собой. Бриджет ненавидела Тома. Но спустя десять лет она вышла за него замуж…Десять лет назад любимый и единственный сын Джилл Биллингерст попал в тюрьму, случайно убив лучшего друга одним-единственным ударом. Он получил максимально суровое наказание, но Джилл уверена: ее мальчик невиновен, а приговор – максимально несправедлив. И когда Тома наконец освободили, новость о свадьбе оглушает и шокирует ее. Джилл точно знает: Бриджет Уилсон – лгунья. Она задумала погубить убийцу своего сына. Но Джилл остановит ее любой ценой.«К. Л. Слейтер написала холодную, хитрую, расчетливую и совершенно блестящую историю, которая держит вас в напряжении. Книга, от которой вы не захотите отказаться. Поверьте!» – The Secret Book Sleuth«ВАУ, какая история! Настоящая мечта читателей: все, что вы хотите, здесь есть, но неожиданное продолжает происходить… 10/10!» – Book Mark«Я не спал всю ночь, читая эту книгу. Потрясающе! Я определенно буду читать другие книги этого автора». – The Written Blurred

When the B-29 Superfortress Mary Jane is discovered in 1945 sitting in thick jungle with no visible damage, and her crew and mysterious payload are missing, the incident is hushed up and forgotten. But in 1990, mysterious radar images start to appear. F-18 crews sent up to investigate discover a B-29 flying towards Japan. What is this mysterious plane? If it is the Mary Jane continuing her mission, how can they stop it? [55000 words]

A beautiful young girl appears out of nowhere. A teenager with no past, no family — no memories. Carol and Paul were drawn to her. She was the child they’d never had. Most mothers would die for such a darling little angel. And that’s what frightened Carol most of all…