An enduring icon of American culture, Mark Twain is still widely read, carefully studied, and reinterpreted more than a century after his death. He is best known for humor and for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, but his writings extend far beyond the humorous and his immortal boy heroes. He wrote in a dizzying variety of genres, ......
From the heart of Parliament to the jungles of South-East Asia, the junior British MP Richard Reynolds is taken on a terrifying journey of discovery that leads the UK to the brink of war. Only he has the knowledge to prevent a disaster unfolding in Asia, and with the fear of dark forces at work at home, Richard has his own very personal reasons ......
Pat Nolan, an American man, is summoned to Paris to claim the body of his estranged daughter Megan, who has committed suicide. The body, however, is not Megan's, and it becomes instantly clear to Pat that Megan staged this, that she is in serious trouble, and that she is calling to him for help.This sends Pat on an odyssey that stretches across ......
Scarlett is a university graduate with a master's in biophysics and a chip on her shoulder. Artie is a retired professor of art history. They've been hired by a wealthy collector to authenticate a cache of paintings discovered under the floorboards of an Italian townhouse. And they've taken an instant--and intense--dislike to each other. The ......
What if some of our nation's architects set into motion a series of acts so treasonous that we are still feeling their effects nearly two-and-a-half centuries later? That is the question at the heart of this stunning, provocative thriller. When newly minted doctor of history Jonathan Rickner stumbles across an old film canister in the National ......
Welcome to Blue Haven, the world's most lucrative condo corporation--so exclusive that only five lucky residents live in this lush, tropical paradise, housed in a top-secret location.Among them is twenty-five-year-old Aloe Malone, an introvert and former waitress who traded bussing tables for lengthy sleep-ins, ocean dips, Michelin-star ......
NATIONAL BESTSELLER The year is 1971. The place is Detroit. Harry Levin, a scrap metal dealer and Holocaust survivor, has just learned that his daughter was killed in a car accident. Traveling to Washington, DC to claim the body, he learns that the accident was caused by a German diplomat who was driving drunk. This is only the beginning of the ......
A vacation to St. Augustine quickly turns deadly for brothers Jon and Michael Rickner as an antiquities dealer is brutally murdered in his shop just minutes after meeting with them. Moments later, the brothers discover an original Edison wax cylinder recording detailing an audacious treasure hunt. But the hunt is not as straightforward as it ......