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Amanda Cross

Poetic Justice

Catherine Coulter

Point Blank

<p>FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich face the most dangerous case of their careers in Catherine Coulter's explosive new thriller.<p>Point Blank's propulsive story takes off when FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver are nearly killed while trying to rescue popular entertainer Pinky Womack from kidnappers. Lured to a motel in Pumis City, Virginia, by a known snitch, the only thing the agents discover is a glowing red timer. The place is demolished in a catastrophic explosion, but everyone survives.<p>The same snitch leads them to Arlington National Cemetery, promising the agents Pinky's safe return. The search is interrupted when Savich takes a fateful call on his cell. The mysterious caller taunts Savich with other threats-against him, and against his wife, fellow agent Lacey Sherlock. Up against an untraceable foe-not even MAX can locate him-Savich and Sherlock find themselves fighting an unstable villain with a very long memory.<p>At the same time, Agent Ruth...<

Patricia Cornwell

Point of Origin

Jilly Cooper

Polo

SUMMARY: In Jilly Cooper'S Third Rutshire Chronicle We Meet Ricky France-Lynch, Who Is Moody, Macho, And Magnificent. He Had A Large Crumbling Estate, A Nine-Goal Polo Handicap, And A Beautiful Wife Who Was Fair Game For Anyone With A Cheque Book. He Also Had The Adoration Of Fourteen-Year-Old Perdita Macleod. Perdita Couldn'T Wait To Leave Her Dreary School And Become A Polo Player.The Polo Set Were Ritzy, Wild, And Gloriously Promiscuous.Perdita Thought She'D Get Along With Them Very Well.But Before She Had Time To Grow Up, Ricky'S Life Exploded Into Tragedy, And Perdita Turned Into A Brat Who Loved Only Her Horses - And Ricky France-Lynch.Ricky'S Obsession To Win Back His Wife, And Perdita'S To Win Both Ricky And A Place As A Top Class Polo Player, Take The Reader On A Wildly Exciting Journey - To The Estancias Of Argentina, To Palm Beach And Deauville, And On To The Royal Polo Fields Of England And The Glamorous Pitches Of California Where The Most Heroic Battle Of All Is Destined To Be Fought - A Match That Is About Far More Than Just The Winning Of A Huge Silver Cup...<

Donna Woolfolk Cross

Pope Joan

Patricia Cornwell

Port Mortuary

La doctora Kay Scarpetta, recién nombrada directora de uno de los centros de estudios forenses más avanzados de Estados Unidos, deberá enfrentarse al caso aparentemente más sencillo pero a la vez más crucial de toda su carrera. Sospechosamente cerca de su nueva casa de Massachusetts fallece un joven de forma repentina y todo apunta a que su muerte se debe a una arritmia. Pero Scarpetta, gracias a la última tecnología en escáneres tridimensionales, descubre detalles desconcertantes en la autopsia.<

Steve V Cypert

Port of Errors

<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Port of Errors is a pirate adventure of historical fiction set in the late seventeenth century in the Eastern Atlantic. Davy and Joseph grew up together in an orphanage where they became best of friends. But, when the orphanage was burnt down they were separated from one another, each following a separate course in life. Davy turned to lawlessness, becoming Black-Hearted, a ruthless pirate. Joseph pursued a life in the English Royal Navy, becoming Daniel Stirvin, a courageous captain determined to rid the waters of such pirates as Black-Hearted. Finally coming together for an epic battle, they each realize the others identity. Now committed to their separate causes and backed by their men, they are unable to back down and in the end only one man will stand. This is a bitter, yet uplifting tale of two friends, as close as brothers whose lives are followed closely to the end. You will come to love each character and discover new ones, like Scurvy Shaw, a clever and underhanded pirate; Darcy Wenham, a wealthy business man; and Isabel Shaw, a woman who captures Black-Hearted's eye. With new and exciting fictional and historical locations, this is an epic journey of adventure, love, war and betrayal. </p></div><

Megan Chance

The Portrait

Patricia Cornwell

Postmortem

Andrea Camilleri

The Potter's Field

<p>Witty and entertaining, the Montalbano novels by Andrea Camilleri-a master of the Italian detective story-have become favorites of mystery fans everywhere. In this latest installment, an unidentified corpse is found near Vigàta, a town known for its soil rich with potter's clay. Meanwhile, a woman reports the disappearance of her husband, a Colombian man with Sicilian origins who turns out to be related to a local mobster. Then Inspector Montalbano remembers the story from the Bible-Judas's betrayal, the act of remorse, and the money for the potter's field, where those of unknown or foreign origin are to be buried-and slowly, through myriad betrayals, finds his way to the solution to the crime.<

Ben Coes

Power Down

<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Coes pumps new heat, blood, and flat-out action into a well-worn premise--terrorists are out to break America by attacking its energy resources--in his frighteningly plausible thriller debut. One target is Capitana, an American oil rig located in the Pacific off the coast of Colombia. Rigger gang chief Dewey Andreas, a former Delta officer, fights back and succeeds in saving many lives, but the oil platform is destroyed. At the same time, Canada's Savage Island Project, the largest hydroelectric dam in North America, is blown up, killing hundreds and destroying a vital link in the U.S.'s energy production. Behind these schemes and with many more to come is Manhattan billionaire Alexander Fortuna, who will stop at nothing to destroy America, a country he was taught as a child to loath. Abetting Fortuna is a despicable traitor, Vic Buck, director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service. Readers will eagerly await Coes's next effort and hope for Dewey Andreas's return. <br />Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Review</h3><p><strong>"<em>Power Down</em> is terrific! </strong>With a gripping story, compelling characters, a relentless pace and nerve-wracking suspense, <em>Power Down</em> is <strong>one of the must-read thrillers of the year</strong>.  Don't miss this debut of novelist Ben Coes and the introduction of Dewey Andreas--<strong>you'll devour this one</strong> and wait anxiously for their return."—Vince Flynn, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Pursuit of Honor</em></p><p>"A ripping thriller from an exciting new novelist.  <em>Power Down</em> kept me glued, turning the pages.  Lots of action, a terrific hero, and a slimy villain--thrillers don't get any better."—Stephen Coonts, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Disciple</em></p><

Elizabeth Chandler

The Power of Love

<h3>About the Author</h3><p>Elizabeth Chandler is a pseudonym for Mary Claire Helldorfer. She is the author of the Kissed by an Angel and Dark Secrets series. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.</p><p><strong>READER BIO</strong></p><p>Renee Raudman is a multi-award -winning audiobook narrator who has recorded over 150 titles. She has earned a number of AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and been recognized by Library Journal and the ALA. She has also performed on film, TV, radio, and stage, including recurring roles on One Life To Live and Passions, and guest-starring roles on prime-time TV. She has been heard in cartoons, videogames, and the E! channel.</p><

Joseph Campbell

The power of myth

SUMMARY: Finally available in a popularly priced, non-illustrated, smaller-format edition, which is ideal for the college market and general reader alike, this extraordinary best-seller is a brilliant evocation of the noted scholar's teachings on mythology.<

Tom Clancy

Power Plays #01 - Politika

<p class="description">it is 1999. The sudden death of Russia's president has thrown the Russian Federation into chaos. Devastating crop failures have left millions in the grip of famine, and an uprising seems inevitable. One of Russia's provisional leaders asks the American president for help. But the whole world is watching when a deadly terrorist attack stuns the United States - and evidence points to the Russian parliament. Amidst the turmoil in Russia, American businessman Roger Gordian finds his multinational corporation and its employees in jeopardy. Determined to find those responsible for the attack, he calls upon his crisis control team to intervene. But Gordian doesn't realize how far the terrorists will go - and how much he has to lose...</p><

Tom Clancy

Power Plays #02 - Ruthless.com

<p class="description">When American businessman Roger Gordian refuses to put his sophisticated encryption program on the market, he finds his company the object of a corporate takeover--and to say it's hostile doesn't even come close. Only Gordian stands between the nation's military software and political extremists who want to put the leadership of the free world out of business--for good.</p><

Tom Clancy

Power Plays #03 - Shadow Watch

<div><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Roger Gordian's troubles, which we heard about in Ruthless.com, continue in this work. Terrorists are out to get him, and this time they have a special microwave weapon. This clean, untraceable device cooks up some very big disasters involving, e.g., a space shuttle on the launch pad and a train in Brazil. The nonstop action in this story takes place in Florida, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. Like in Ruthless.com, the listener is given a great amount of detail concerning the weapons and equipment. Experienced actor J.K. Simmons displays his vocal versatility in this reading; he moves at a steady pace and is especially good with the narrative portions. For all action collections.AMichael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll., Lynchburg <br>Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>In this novel, a near disaster prior to a space shuttle launch provides the first evidence of a global terrorist plan to bring the USA to its knees. </p></div><

Tom Clancy

Power Plays #04 - Bio-Strike

<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Global stability and the New World order are in peril, and American businessman Roger Gordian, star of POLITIKA and SHADOW WATCH, must again mobilize the full resources of his multinatinoal corporation to counter the threat. Bearing all the hallmarks of classic Tom Clancy, the fifth Powerplays novel serves up another dose of international intrigue and political brinkmanship. Intricate plotting, exceptional authenticity and knife-edge suspense will see this book repeat the massive success of its four predecessors. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Tom Clancy lives in Maryland, USA. His bestselling books include RAINBOW SIX and THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON. </p></div><

Tom Clancy

Power Plays #05 - Cold War

<p class="description">In Antarctica, Roger Gordian's UpLink Technologies' research facility tests robotic landing craft for use on Mars, but testing is disrupted when one of the rovers disappears--along with the repair team sent out after it. Fear of discovery has prompted a renegade consortium that is illegally dumping nuclear waste nearby to destroy the UpLink Base. Now, everyone at the base have only themselves to rely on as the consortium mounts its strike.</p><

Tom Clancy

Power Plays #06 - Cutting Edge

<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>WIRED.</strong></p><p>Africa becomes the battleground of twenty-first-century war. As fiber-optic cable is laid down around the continent, two entities fight to control it. One is UpLink Communications, headed by Roger Gordian. The Pan-African fiber-optic ring is his most ambitious?and expensive?endeavor to date. </p><p>His nemesis, Harlan Devane, is penetrating the network. Devane trades in black-market commodities with terrorists and rogue states, and the cable offers him unlimited access to a most valuable product: information. To ensure his success, Devane makes his move halfway around the world. He hits Gordian where it hurts?and kidnaps his daughter. </p><p>Now, Gordian must trust his UpLink team as never before, as they fight on land and sea to save his daughter and turn the tables against Devane?once and for all. </p></div><

Tom Clancy

Power Plays #08 - Wild Card

<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>TOM CLANCY'S POWERPLAYS When an anonymous e-mail alerts UpLink Technology's operatives to suspicious activity on an exclusive island resort, Pete Nimec goes undercover to investigate. Located off the coast of Trinidad, Rayos del Sol is not just a playground for the world's richest and most powerful people - it's also the headquarters for a joint fiber optic and oil refinery project run by UpLink and Sedco Oil. What Nimec discovers is a plot to drain oil from the United State's strategic petroleum reserve and sell it to outlaw nations. And when the island's highly trained security force is sent to take Nimec out - heaven on earth erupts into hell </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Tom Clancy is the author of bestselling books such as Rainbow Six, The Bear and the Dragon, Red Rabbit and The Teeth of The Tiger. He lives in Maryland USA. </p></div><

Trevor Cole

Practical Jean

Mason James Cole

Pray to Stay Dead

<h3>Product Description</h3><p>1974.</p><p>The Summer of Love is a fading memory, the Cold War rages on, Richard M. Nixon is barely holding onto the Presidency, and the dead are returning to life.</p><p>Five friends on their way to a week at Lake Tahoe, a Vietnam veteran in Sacramento trying to get home to his daughter in New Mexico, an older couple idling in a dusty shop in the hills, and a dangerous man who has spent twenty years preparing his strange family for the end of the world.</p><p>As civilization collapses, these scattered survivors cross paths, and the hungry dead are the least of the horrors unleashed.</p><p>Those who die will walk. Those who live will hope for a quick death, and they will.</p><p>PRAY TO STAY DEAD.</p><p>For an extended preview, download the FIRST 150 PAGES here:</p><p>http://www.printisdead.com/praytostaydead-free-sample.pdf</p><p>About the author:</p><p>Mason James Cole is the pseudonym of an apparently mild-mannered conservative type who doesn't want his family and friends to know he writes stuff like this. His boring but lucrative job keeps him on the road five months out of the year, and that's when he watches scary movies, reads scary books, and writes scary stories. He smiles and nods through church every Sunday and secretly votes Green. He lives in Farmington, Utah.</p><p>Praise for PRAY TO STAY DEAD:</p><p>"A brutally entertaining collision of zombie thriller and grindhouse action. Not for the faint of heart!"</p><p>Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Patient Zero</p><p>"This guy Mason James Cole knocked me back on my heels. I've read a lot of zombie books over the last few years, and frankly, I thought I had seen it all. It seemed like nothing could shock me anymore. But Pray to Stay Dead delivered on all fronts. It's got all the raw emotional violence and brutal gore one would expect from a zombie book, but those things are only the surface of this tale. Underneath, Pray to Stay Dead possesses an elegantly simple style of storytelling that I haven't found since my first encounter with Jack Ketchum. Mason James Cole is that good. Read Pray to Stay Dead, and then pray this guy writes more soon, because he's the real deal."</p><ul> <li> Joe McKinney, author of Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead </li></ul><p>PRINT IS DEAD is a new line of top-quality zombie novels brought to you by the critically acclaimed indie publisher, Creeping Hemlock Press. Each title is available in both paperback and e-book format.</p><p>www.printisdead.com</p><p>GEORGE A. ROMERO ON PRINT IS DEAD:</p><p>"These guys know more about the undead than I do. and that's saying something, because I've been hanging out with zombies for as long as I can remember." </p><

Patricia Cornwell

Predator

Sólo una forense puede atrapar al asesino, un ser peligrosamente desequilibrado… Atrévete a leer y a seguir las pesquisas de la Dra. Kay Scarpetta en esta nueva e intrigante trama que te provocará escalofríos. La entrega más reciente de la serie protagonizada por la forense Scarpetta, quien ahora trabaja como free-lance para la National Forensic Academy en Florida. Este servicio le asigna una investigación que la llevará a indagar en Florida y Boston. Acompañada de su habitual equipo, compuesto por su sobrina Lucy Farinelli, su compañero sentimental Benton Wesley y su colega Pete Marino, intentará dar con la identidad de un ser peligrosamente desequilibrado.<

Mary Higgins Clark

Pretend You Don't See Her

<h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p>Lacey Farrell, the heroine of Mary Higgins Clark's 15th novel, is having a bit of an identity crisis. While working as a real estate agent in New York, Lacey witnessed a client's murder, and now she's in hiding with a new name and a new life. But changing her identity doesn't completely remove Lacey from the web of danger and deceit that surrounds the crime; new clues keep popping up that suggest some kind of link between Lacey's family and the murder. Meanwhile, a new man comes into the heroine's life, further complicating an already murky situation. As any fan will tell you, Mary Higgins Clark never fails to deliver plot twists and turns that are as unexpected as they are thrilling. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Clark's lucky 13th novel shows that falling in love is hard work when you're in the federal witness protection program.<br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><

Michael Crichton

Prey

A C Crispin

The Price of Freedom

Twenty-five year old Jack Sparrow is a clean-cut merchant seaman pursuing a legitimate career as a first mate for the East India Trading Company. He sometimes thinks back to his boyhood pirating days, but he doesn't miss Teague's scrutiny or the constant threat of the noose. Besides, he doesn't have much choice; he broke the Code when he freed a friend who had been accused of rogue piracy, and he can no longer show his face in Shipwreck Cove./DIV     When Jack's ship is attacked by pirates and his Captain dies in the altercation, Jack suddenly finds himself in command. But the wily sailor's skillful negotiations with the pirate captain--who turns out to be a woman from his past--result in a favorable turn-out that puts Jack in line for official promotion.      After making port in Africa, Jack is summoned by Cutler Beckett, who makes him Captain of a ship called the Wicked Wench. Beckett gives Jack an assignment. He has heard a legend about a mysterious island named Zezura whose labyrinthine bowels are said to contain a glorious treasure. Beckett suspects that one of his house slaves, a girl named Aisha, is from Zezura. He asks Jack to take her along on his voyage and seduce her into divulging the island's whereabouts. In payment for his services, Beckett promises Jack a share of the treasure.      But this task isn't as easy as Jack initially believes. He begins to fall for Aisha, and after winning her trust, he takes her back to Zezura and reports to Beckett that he found nothing. Furious with Jack for his failure, Beckett orders Captain Sparrow to make up for the loss by transporting a new cargo--slaves. Jack wants to refuse, but he has no leverage. He reluctantly agrees and sets out for the Americas.     A few days into the voyage, Jack reaches a breaking point. He can't in good conscience continue with the journey, so he sails to Zezura and sets the slaves free. But Beckett is prepared for this; an EITC ship is watching Jack's every move and intercepts the Wicked Wench, ordering her back to Africa. Having lost yet another lucrative venture, Beckett wants to hit Jack where it hurts the most. So he brands Jack as a pirate and then sets fire to the Wicked Wench. DIV   Full of love for his ship, Jack dives into the ocean and swims out to the sinking vessel, but he can do nothing to quell the flames. The ship starts to go down, and he goes down with her. At the moment before he loses consciousness, a familiar squid-like face appears. In a last-ditch effort, Jack decides to take a chance. Maybe he can bargain with Davy Jones and somehow get his ship back. . . .<

Catherine Coulter

The Prince of Ravenscar

<p>The #1 <I>New York Times</I>-bestselling author brings a daring and witty new historical romance to life, with a sparkling cast of engaging, multifaceted characters.<p>Nicholas Monroe, widowed Prince of Ravenscar," is feeling pressure from his family to remarry. But the mysterious death of his first wife, Lily, still hangs over his head. Her brother, Richard, believes Nicholas is responsible for her death. When Richard finally confronts Nicholas, long-held secrets threaten to resurface-despite someone's desperate effort to keep them buried.<

Pat Conroy

The Prince of Tides

<div><h3>From Wikipedia</h3><p>The Prince of Tides is a novel by Pat Conroy, first published in 1986. It revolves around traumatic events that affected former football player Tom Wingo's relationship with his immediate family. Tom's elder brother, Luke, met a tragic and premature death and his sister, Savannah, a published poet, has attempted suicide and is now in a deep depression. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon</p><p><strong>In the article: </strong>Plot summary | Reception and other media</p><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>For sheer storytelling finesse, Conroy will have few rivals this season. His fourth novel is a seductive narrative, told with bravado flourishes, portentous foreshadowing, sardonic humor and eloquent turns of phrase. Like The Great Santini, it is the story of a destructive family relationship wherein a violent father abuses his wife and children. Henry Wingo is a shrimper who fishes the seas off the South Carolina coast and regularly squanders what little money he amasses in farcical business schemes; his beautiful wife, Lila, is both his victim and a manipulative and guilt-inflicting mother. The story is narrated by one of the children, Tom Wingo, a former high school teacher and coach, now out of work after a nervous breakdown. Tom alternately recalls his growing-up years on isolated Melrose Island, then switches to the present in Manhattan, where his twin sister and renowned poet, Savannah, is recovering from a suicide attempt. One secret at the heart of this tale is the fate of their older brother Luke; we know he is dead, but the circumstances are slowly revealed. Also kept veiled is "what happened on the island that day"a grisly scene of horror, rape and carnage that eventually explains much of the sorrow, pain and emotional alienation endured by the Wingo siblings. Conroy deftly manages a large cast of characters and a convoluted plot, although he dangerously undermines credibility through a device by which Tom tells the Wingo family saga to Savannah's psychiatrist. Some readers may find here a pale replica of Robert Penn Warren's powerful evocation of the Southern myth; others may see resemblances to John Irving's baroque imaginings. Most, however, will be swept along by Conroy's felicitous, often poetic prose, his ironic comments on the nature of man and society, his passion for the marshland country of the South and his skill with narrative. 250,000 first printing; $250,000 ad/promo; movie rights to United Artists; BOMC main selection; author tour. <br>Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div><

Sean Cullen

The Prince of Two Tribes

Courtney Cole

Princess

<h3>Product Description</h3><p>Money can’t buy happiness… even in a world that begins with a Tiffany teething ring. <br /></p><p>Sydney Ross has it made. As the 17-year old daughter of Illinois senator Randall Ross and socialite Jillian Ross, Sydney was born with perfect teeth and a killer trust-fund. Everything about her life is idyllic…the life of a princess. The Ross’ are richer than God and twice as beautiful…. The picture-perfect All-American Family. <br /></p><p>Except that it is all a lie. <br /></p><p>Sydney’s life spins into a free-fall and survival itself begins to look questionable as she struggles through the sordid twists that she has been dealt. After the shocking climax, Sydney is left with one seething question: Who in the world can she trust when no one is who they seem to be?<br /></p><p>Caution: This novel is intended as a 'cross-over' novel, meaning that it is meant for older teens/women. It contains adult themes and language. <br /></p><p>About the author: <br />Courtney Cole is a novelist who would rather write than eat chocolate (but please-oh-please don’t make her choose!) Princess is her first venture into the contemporary fiction genre. She usually hangs out in paranormal worlds, as evidenced by her Bloodstone Saga series. Find out more about Courtney at www.courtneycolewrites.com or find her on Facebook! </p><

Carlos J Cortes

The Prisoner

<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><em>2049. Earth's prisons are shut down and all inmates placed in massive hibernation tanks. In the ten years since then, no one has broken out…until now.</em><em><br></em></p><em><p><em>When prisoners check into Washington D.C.'s maximum security "sugar cube," they don't check out. Here lie suspended not just the planet's most dangerous criminals, but also half a million so-called "center inmates"—troublesome activists whose only offense is to challenge those in power. <br></em></p><em><p>Laurel Cole was one of those inmates—and now she's on the run. After pulling off a meticulously executed escape plan, she and her team must elude the police by descending into the tunnels that run like poisoned veins beneath the city. Pursued by a ruthless mercenary who knows these sewers better than anyone, Laurel seeks help from a group of renegades who live huddled in the fetid darkness. But if she ever hopes to see daylight again—and expose the government's lies—she'll have to go even deeper. . . and the clock is ticking. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Carlos J. Cortes was born in Madrid. An engineer by trade, he has published a score of technical books in Spanish and to date has lived in thirty-two countries. <strong>Perfect Circle</strong> is his first novel. He splits his time between Spain and California, where he lives with his family. </p></em></em></div><

Amy Clipston

A Promise of Hope

Kathryn Cushman

A Promise to Remember

Douglas Clegg

Purity

<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Clegg (You Come When I Call You [Forecasts, Mar. 6]) turns the screws dexterously in this sleek, multifaceted suspense story, twisting an ill-fated love triangle into a framework for violent tragedy. Owen Crites, teenage son of a gardener to the rich on Outerbridge Island, pines for debutante Jenna Montgomery, a childhood sweetheart who comes to stay each summer with her parents. Devastated when Jenna arrives the summer of their 18th year with preppie tennis star Jimmy McTeague in tow, Owen schemes to win her back by seducing his sexually conflicted rival--and then presenting himself as the waylaid victim to Jenna. Ensuing events, though surprising, flow ineluctably from the behavior of Clegg's deftly sketched characters. Owen is intriguingly complex: sympathetic in his insecurity and social na vet , but creepy in his obsessive idolatry of a primitive god appropriated from pulp horror stories. Jimmy, Jenna and even Jenna's love-starved mother, whose exchanges with Owen smolder with sexual tension, all have private moments in which they reveal unspoken, potentially volatile discontent with their lives. Clegg brings them together in a vacation paradise saturated in alcohol, entitlement and hypocrisy, from which a fall seems inevitable. With uncommon finesse, he beguiles the reader into believing that the destinies carved for his doomed modern souls by social caste and economic privilege differ little from the inescapable fates ordained in classic tragedy. (June) FYI: Clegg won an International Horror Guild Award for his short-fiction collection The Nightmare Chronicles at the World Horror Convention in May. </p><p>Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</p><h3>From School Library Journal</h3><p>Clegg (You Come When I Call You [Forecasts, Mar. 6]) turns the screws dexterously in this sleek, multifaceted suspense story, twisting an ill-fated love triangle into a framework for violent tragedy. Owen Crites, teenage son of a gardener to the rich on Outerbridge Island, pines for debutante Jenna Montgomery, a childhood sweetheart who comes to stay each summer with her parents. Devastated when Jenna arrives the summer of their 18th year with preppie tennis star Jimmy McTeague in tow, Owen schemes to win her back by seducing his sexually conflicted rivalAand then presenting himself as the waylaid victim to Jenna. Ensuing events, though surprising, flow ineluctably from the behavior of Clegg's deftly sketched characters. Owen is intriguingly complex: sympathetic in his insecurity and social na?vet?, but creepy in his obsessive idolatry of a primitive god appropriated from pulp horror stories. Jimmy, Jenna and even Jenna's love-starved mother, whose exchanges with Owen smolder with sexual tension, all have private moments in which they reveal unspoken, potentially volatile discontent with their lives. Clegg brings them together in a vacation paradise saturated in alcohol, entitlement and hypocrisy, from which a fall seems inevitable. With uncommon finesse, he beguiles the reader into believing that the destinies carved for his doomed modern souls by social caste and economic privilege differ little from the inescapable fates ordained in classic tragedy. (June) FYI: Clegg won an International Horror Guild Award for his short-fiction collection The Nightmare Chronicles at the World Horror Convention in May. <br />Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><

Marcus Chown

Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You

J C Conaway

Quarrel with the Moon

Thomas H Cook

The Quest for Anna Klein

Jack L Chalker

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