Dear reader:Get ready to have the hottest time of your life with the sizzling duo of newspaper editor Jamie Swift and mysterious millionaire Max Holt. My good friend Charlotte Hughes and I set out to create a whole new world, separate from my Stephanie Plum novels, yet inhabited by the same kind of zany, hilarious, and totally unique characters that we love.There's never a dull moment for the residents of Beaumont, South Carolina. Lately, a heat wave's spiked the mercury- and everyone's sex drive! These days, when Jamie runs into Max, it's all she can do not to tear his clothes off- and the feeling is mutual.But trouble seems to follow Max like moths to a flame, and Jamie suspects he's all wrong for her. Meanwhile, the lingerie shop is having a sale on edible underwear, while the bakery's selling aphrodisiac-laced brownies and X-rated birthday cakes. Even Jamie's dog, Fleas, is dodging passes from the amorous French poodle next door!But when someone starts bumping off some of the town's more annoying citizens, all clues lead straight to the new personals section in Jamie's newspaper. Pretty soon, things are getting hot and heavy, as Max and Jamie start uncovering secrets- and undressing each other…So settle in with a tall cool drink, and have fun with FULL BLAST. We'll be back soon, with another steamy romantic adventure featuring Jamie and Max. Happy reading!Janet & Charlotte

Dear reader:The temperature's on "sizzle" again in Beaumont, South Carolina, where peach trees are in season and ripe for the picking. So is its newest entrepreneur, Annie Fortenberry, who has inherited her grandmother's B&B (and its eccentric handyman Erdle Thorney). According to a local psychic she also inherited a spirit from its glory days as a brothel- not the kind of publicity the Peach Tree Bed & Breakfast needs if it's hosting millionaire Max Holt's upcoming wedding! If rumors of a naughty, prank-playing ghost aren't stressful enough, a mysterious man has arrived with an eye on Annie and her master suite. Wes Bridges is all leather and denim, sporting a two-day beard, straddling a Harley, and sending the B&B's testosterone level through the roof. Annie's cool demeanor may be dropping as fast as Wes's jeans, but leave it to her missing ex-husband to dampen the passion! Turns out someone has done him in, and all evidence points to Annie! Wrapped up in a murder plot, Annie must find the killer, save her own neck, and get back to where she was- wrapped up in Wes's strong loving arms…We guarantee that you're going to have as much fun reading Full Bloom as we had writing it! (Even if we were surprised by the ending!) And you won't want to miss the hair-raising shenanigans when Fleas, the hound dog, meets the most cantankerous, snooty, bad-tempered, twenty-two pound orange cat….Janet & Charlotte

Dear reader:I've been hearing from many of you that you'd like to see more books that entertain the way my Stephanie Plum novels do. So my good friend, Charlotte Hughes, and I teamed up to bring you a brand-new series of books. These new books are not set in the world of Plum, but they are written in the Plum tradition with fast-paced action, dysfunctional loveable characters, steamy sex, suspense and lots of laughs.The series is kicked off by Full House, a slightly off-center love story about a devious man, an uncooperative woman, and a misguided genius. I wrote and published the original Full House in 1989 under the name Steffie Hall. I thought it was a fun book at the time, but Charlotte and I have made it bigger and better.In Full House, Nick Kaharchek senses danger the minute he sees Billie Pearce. She represents everything he's always avoided.Ý Happy in her home life, a divorced mother of two, Billie is the epitome of stability. She's also irresistibly fascinating to the footloose Kaharchek… in a car crash sort of way. Their fateful meeting leads to a story filled with seduction and mayhem and love everlasting.Charlotte and I hope you enjoy this first romantic adventure, and look forward to many more.Janet & Charlotte

Dear reader:Mercury's in retrograde, and folks in Beaumont, South Carolina, are dealing with gossip, scandal, misunderstandings, and more secrets than ever. Local pediatrician Maggie Davenport has even bigger worries. Her wild-girl past has caught up with her in the form of her ex-boyfriend, a jailbird who just flew the coop — and is bent on tracking down Maggie and her daughter. Fortunately, FBI agent Zack Madden is on hand for protection. Unfortunately his presence is turning up the heat on an attraction Maggie simply has no time for… or does she? But Maggie and Zack aren't the only ones getting busy: Fleas, the hound dog, is up to his old tricks — this time with Butterbean, a very alluring… goat? Jamie Swift and millionaire Max Holt have babies on the brain. And resident psychic-slash-astrologer Destiny is fighting a crush of her own. Since the town's ice cream parlor is a magnet for gossip, no one can keep a secret and the sticky situations are getting even stickier…It's the wildest time yet in the town we love to write about, and the characters we can't get enough of. So sit back, relax and enjoy a FULL SCOOP of fun, adventure, and romance.Janet & Charlotte

Dear reader:Welcome to the world of Jamie Swift and Max Holt! My good friend Charlotte and I have teamed up to create a series of books featuring these two characters, and they taken on a life of their own! These books are not set in the same world as my Stephanie plum novels, but what they have in common are lovable, dysfunctional characters, villains you love to hate, and a cross-eyed way of looking at life.Jamie and Max have intense chemistry- even though they drive each other crazy. Max thinks Jamie is a magnet for trouble and Jamie thinks Max is the most annoyingly sexy, mysterious man she's ever met. She knows she should stay away from him. But boy, oh boy, do the sparks fly when they get together. Jamie is a newspaper owner from a small southern town. And in FULL SPEED, she's after the story of a lifetime. Max Holt is right in the middle of that story, and so Jamie tracks down the millionaire playboy, forcing him to take her on as his partner. What follows is a story of a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog called Fleas, a wise-cracking computer genius, and lots of love in the fast lane. Not to mention plenty of steamy action between Jamie and Max.So have fun with FULL SPEED. We're going to sign off now and get back to creating more romantic adventure between Jamie Swift and Max Holt. Enjoy and happy reading!Janet & Charlotte

Dear reader:With Full House, my good friend Charlotte Hughes and I teamed up to create an exciting new series. Now we bring you the second book, Full Tilt, which is filled with even more fast-paced action, crazy characters, steamy sex, suspense and nonstop hilarity. While these books are not set in the world of my Stephanie Plum novels, we're convinced they will bring you all the fun, the wisecracks, and the adventure that we love.Jamie Swift has one priority in quiet Beaumont, South Carolina: running the local newspaper. Romance runs second. But with the arrival of her silent partner, the notoriously mysterious and sexy Maximillian Holt, Jamie's life gets shaken up. Max claims he's here to give his brother-in-law a vote of confidence. A former wrestler, Frankie Fontana's now taking his shots in the political ring. Beaumont could use a mayor with scruples, but what it gets is a crime- and what Jamie gets is a story that's taking her for a ride on the wild side, complete with two assassins, a washed-up stripper, and an insane poacher. Between a spray of bullets and a fast getaway, could it get any more romantic- or dangerous? Max and Jamie are betting their lives on a long shot.Charlotte and I hope you'll enjoy Full Tilt as much as we have enjoyed creating it.Janet & Charlotte

Dans le numéro spécial de Lire (plus de 800 pages) qu'il a consacré à San-Antonio et qui s'intitule : SAN-ANTONIO, son vit, son œuvre, Bernard Pivot a écrit dans sa brillante introduction que San-Antonio était le plus grand écrivain de langue française après Shakespeare.Le célèbre journaliste, monarque incontesté de la littérature actuelle, vient de nous adresser un rectificatif pour nous dire sa crainte de voir cet « après » mal interprété et créer une notion de subalternité dont San-Antonio aurait à souffrir par rapport à Shakespeare ; il préférerait substituer à son « après » la préposition « depuis », qu'il juge moins équivoque.Nous le remercions pour sa grande probité morale et espérons que le présent ouvrage renforcera encore son admiration pour l'immense écrivain.Les éditeurs.

In Donald E. Westlake's classic caper novels, the bad get better, the good slide a bit, and Lord help anyone caught between a thief named John Dortmunder and the current object of his attention.However, being caught red-handed is inevitable in Dortmunder's next production, when a TV producer convinces this thief and his merry gang to do a reality show that captures their next score. The producer guarantees to find a way to keep the show from being used in evidence against them. They're dubious, but the pay is good, so they take him up on his offer.A mock-up of the OJ bar is built in a warehouse down on Varick Street. The ground floor of that building is a big open space jumbled with vehicles used in TV world, everything from a news truck and a fire engine to a hansom cab (without the horse).As the gang plans their next move with the cameras rolling, Dortmunder and Kelp sneak onto the roof of their new studio to organize a private enterprise. It will take an ingenious plan to outwit viewers glued to their television sets, but Dortmunder is nothing if not persistent, and he's determined to end this shoot with money in his pockets.

Ramona wasn't much of a cleaning woman-some say she wouldn't know a dust bunny from a Doberman — but that's no reason to bump the old girl off, is it? Someone must think so: poor Ramona is found strangled to death with a vacuum chord. Jane Jeffry — mother of three, chairperson of more committees than you can shake a stick at, and part-time sleuth — sets out to find the killer and tie up the loose ends in this irresistible mystery. Grime and Punishment, winner of both Agatha and Macavity Awards for best first mystery book and nominated for an Anthony Award for the same honor, is the first in a series of seven books featuring Jane Jeffry.

Elle était un peu géante sur les bords. Mais comme elle se tenait assise, ça ne se remarquait pas. A la verticale, jamais je ne lui aurais fait du rentre-dedans et l'effarante aventure qui s'en est suivie, serait restée inconnue. Enfin le destin fait ce qui lui plaît ! C'est pour cela qu'il est marrant.Quand j'ai constaté le gigantisme d'Astrid, je m'étais avancé trop loin : la menteuse dans la clape, l'index et le médius dans la case trésor ! Me restait plus qu'à continuer. D'autant qu'à l'horizontale, un nivellement s'opère, t'as remarqué ?En tout cas, on l'a senti passer, Béru, M. Blanc, ma Pomme et surtout Salami, mon clébard magique ! En voilà un qui en vaut deux, je te jure ! Et il en a deux qui en valent cent !

Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner is the story of Harry Künt, a practical joker who winds up in the state prison when one of his hoaxes accidentally injures two Congressmen.

In the jail he meets seven tough cons with their own private tunnel into the prison town, making them the world’s first prisoner commuters.

You are in the jungles of Belize.You pick your way carefully along the overgrown trail until you come to the clearing. There, above you, rest the ruins of a Mayan pyramid. Is that a stone whistle at your feet? An idol of a bat-god? Riches surround you and Kirby Galway will be more than happy to smuggle your finds up to the United States in a bale of marijuana. Aren’t you glad you met Kirby?If you are Innocent St. Michael, wily Belizan bureaucrat, you’re not. After all, you sold Kirby the worthless land and know that there are no treasures — not to mention pyramids — on it. If you are Lemuel the curator, you’re not. After all, these artifacts should be protected — by you and in your own way. If you are St. Michael’s assistant Vernon, you’re not. After all, you are involved in a plot to overthrow the government and all the visitors Kirby is bringing in are making your job more difficult.Perhaps you are one of the two homosexual antique dealers with a secret to keep hidden, or maybe you are Valerie — loved, kidnaped, ordered to be executed and otherwise getting in the way. If you are, meeting Kirby didn’t do anything for your disposition, either.Now it is your turn to meet Kirby Galway and begin the most hilarious adventure of your life.

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos.Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He's at the scene, he's with the victim, and he's the number-one suspect. Manoso is former special forces turned soldier of fortune. He has a blue-chip stock portfolio and no known address. He moves in mysterious circles. He's Stephanie's mentor-the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension. And he's more than her friend.Now he's the hunted and Stephanie's the hunter, and it's time for her to test her skills against the master. But if she does catch him… what then? Can she bring herself to turn him in?Plus there are other things keeping Stephanie awake at night. Her maternal grandmother has set up houskeeping in Stephanie's apartment, a homicidal maniac has selected Stephanie as his next victim, her love life is in the toilet, she's adopted a dog with an eating disorder, and she can't button the top snap on her Levi's.Experience the world of Plum-in Janet Evanovich's new thriller. It's surreal, it's frenetic, it's incendiary. Hot Six. It's the best yet.

Des fantômes en Irlande ?Laisse-moi me marrer !Là-bas, y a que des ivrognes, mais alors des vrais de vrai !Etant donné que Guinness is good for leurs pommes, ils s'en cognent des pintes. Tandis que nous autres, en Francerie, c'est des pintes de bon sang qu'on s'envoie.J'ai eu beau chercher un certain fantôme, je n'ai pu dénicher que des poivrots et des curés. Entre autres, le bon père O'Goghnaud à qui j'ai eu la joie de donner ma bénédiction épiscopale.Tu voudrais savoir ce que j'allais épiscoper dans cette île ? Ce serait trop long à te raconter. Faudrait t'expliquer le coup de la môme qui avait oublié son slip dans ma chambre de Dublin, et puis la visite des gonziers qui avaient l'intention de me marquer au fer rouge, et comment Béru s'est passé la frite à la cire à parquet, et puis encore des flopées de trucs.

Viljams  Lašners IezīmētaisKONTINENTS RīgaAdvokāts Viktors Karls sirds dziļumos ir godavīrs, kas mūždien nopūlas ar bezcerīgiem klientiem. Tie viņu nereti piešmauc. Tomēr šoreiz pat Viktors nesaprot, kur iepinies. Viņš atmodies milzīgās paģirās, svešā gultā, un uz krūtīm viņam ir… tetovējums. Košas sirds ietvaros iedzeldināt sievietes vārds Šantala Adēra. Kas tā tāda? Un kas par untumu viņam licis ko tādu sev nodarīt?vieni viņš nojaustu, kādā bedrē viņu gatavojas iegrūst īstie Šantalas Adēras pazinēji…Šī ir jau trešā grāmata par lādzīgo un nepretenciozo Lašnera galveno varoni - advokātu Viktoru Kārlu, kuru ( Publisbers Weekly raksturo kā "provokatīvu un | aizraujošu ceļabiedru". Karla tēls ir^kā lielisks antidots^ pārspīlētajai nopietnībai, kas tik ierasta spriedzes un tiesu , romānos, - komentē\HarperCollins. Autora vīrišķīgais! humors, dzēlīgums ar nihilisma pieskaņu, kas ļoti tipisks' arī romānam "Krīt ēna", ierindo Lašneru mūslaiku iecienītāko kriminālromānu rakstnieku vidū.Viljams Lašners strādājis ASV Tieslietu departamenta kriminālpārvaldē un vēlāk kopā ar tēvu uzsācis advokāta privātpraksi Filadelfijā.;Viljama Lašnera romāna "lezimētais" publicēšanas tiesības pieder "Apgādam "Kontinents""No angļu valodas tulkojusi Gunita Mežule Vāka autors Dairis Hofmanis© Viljams Lašners, 2006 © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, mākslinieciskais noformējums, "Apgāds "Kontinents"", 2007Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants LočmelisManam puikam DZekam, Džekam uzbrucējam,beisbola servju padevējam, roka ģitāristam, disku ierakstu karalim

Schlimm genug, daß Amelia Peabody allein nach Ägypten reist, aber ihre neue Freundschaft zu der mittellosen und verrufenen Evelyn Barton-Forbes sprengt nun wirklich alte Konventionen der viktorianischen Etikette. Als die lebenslustige Evelyn, die eigentlich nur vor ihrer mißglückten Verlobung fliehen wollte, bald nicht nur von unzähligen Verehrern, sondern auch von einer erstaunlich lebendigen Mumie verfolgt wird, ist ihre unerschrockene Beschützerin und Hobbydetektivin Amelia gefordert ...Eine friedliche Fahrt auf dem Nil muß sich die junge Amelia Peabody wohl aus dem Kopf schlagen: Erstens laufen ihr die durchaus nicht uninteressanten Emer-son-Brüder, ihres Zeichens Ägyptologen, über den Weg, und dann muß sie auch noch ihren verrufenen, mittellosen Schützling Evelyn Barton-Forbes retten -nicht nur vor allen möglichen Verehrern, sondern auch vor einer plötzlich sehr lebendigen Mumie ... Damit ist sie natürlich ganz in ihrem kriminalistischen Element, aber nebenher muß sie sich auch noch für andere verzwickte Fälle engagieren ...