Ismael Carrera, a wealthy insurance executive in Lima, makes a surprising decision to marry his housekeeper. This infuriates his two lazy, greedy sons, who scheme to steal his inheritance.
Tyrell Hawthorne, a former naval intelligence officer, who is drawn back into the world of espionage to stop Amaya Bajaratt. She is a master assassin and a genius tactician who has orchestrated a chilling terrorist plot aimed at the U.S. President. Hawthorne must uncover the truth behind the "Scorpio Illusion" before Bajaratt can succeed.
Julia Austrian, a world-class concert pianist who was mysteriously struck blind ten years prior. Her sight returns suddenly, only for her to witness her mother's murder. Traumatized, she becomes blind again. This plunges her into a violent plot involving hidden conspiracies that manipulate law, finance, and media, reaching all the way to the White House and CIA. Julia must work with a CIA analyst to uncover the secrets behind the killing.
In the book, NYPD homicide detective Wolf Matheson investigates the bizarre murder of a billionaire, which leads him into a wider conspiracy involving corrupt police and a powerful Japanese organization.
The story follows three sisters who return to their old, family-owned country house in Ireland, called Tobar Lodge, during a wet and stormy summer.As the three sisters and their families reunite, a long-hidden secret comes to light. The book explores how the women and those around them confront their pasts and redefine what home means to them.
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The story is set in a rural English village during a blizzard, where a school is suddenly put under siege.The narrative follows various characters trapped within the school and the police psychiatrist on the outside trying to identify the gunmen. Over the course of three intense hours, the characters must confront their fears and find the courage to survive
Product code: 9780241374504
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Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only the torsos to be found. Quinn, a former NYPD detective, is called into the case by an ambitious chief of police and mobilizes his team of brilliant law-enforcement misfits. But in the concrete canyons of New York, this shocking serial murder case is turning into something very different. . .
The story follows Desmond Bates, a recently retired linguistics professor who is coping with progressive hearing loss.Bates finds himself struggling with the challenges of aging, his wife's more successful career, and caring for his elderly father. His deafness leads to misunderstandings and complications, especially when he becomes involved with a student.
The novel follows Brandon Vanderkool, a six-foot-eight, severely dyslexic man who gets a job with the U.S. Border Patrol along the peaceful border between Washington state and British Columbia. His unique perspective and unusual skills give him an advantage in catching smugglers, but years of security paranoia complicate his world. The book is described as a gently satirical portrait, a love story, and a celebration of the miraculous.
The novel explores a friendship between two teenage girls, Diane and Isabel. While Isabel comes from a wealthy, loving family, Diane's life is marked by poverty and domestic violence. Driven by intense jealousy, Diane begins to manipulate her way into Isabel's family with destructive results.
Set in the year 1900, the story revolves around the loving relationship between Cathleen and Silas, who have known each other since they were children. After Silas asks Cathleen to marry him, a malicious rival meddles in their affairs, using Silas's father to ruin their happiness. This forces Silas to make a terrible sacrifice, and Cathleen is left to face the bitter consequences. Separated and swept into lives with no love or peace, they must endure the cruel turns of fate that have put them on a path with no way back.
The story follows Arjun, an Indian computer programmer who travels to the U.S. with dreams of success, but ends up in a disappointing job. After being laid off, he releases a virus in an act of revenge, which spirals into a global catastrophe. The novel explores the intersection of cyberspace, Indian cinema, and global interconnectedness.Â
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This romance novel by Judith Krantz, originally published in 1996. The story centers on the glamorous world of high fashion and modeling, with intersecting plots of family drama, ambition, and romance. The story is known for its fast-paced, entertaining narrative and its signature "glamour novel" style.
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In The Three, four unrelated airplane crashes happen around the world, and there is only one child survivor found in the wreckage of each crash. An American reverend insists that the children are the harbingers of the apocalypse, while the media dubs them "The Three".
Mad Cows is a comic novel and a sequel to Lette's earlier book, Foetal Attraction. The story follows Madeleine Wolfe, a single mother, who is framed and arrested for shoplifting. She then has to navigate the British justice and welfare system while trying to protect her newborn son
Every year since he can remember, Richard had spent his holidays on the sun-drenched shores of Palm Beach with his wife and two friends. Now a hollowed-out man, he remembers his paradise, their immaculate lives and the tales that can exist only between the most intimate of friends. As Richard reminisces, we begin to wonder whether he is reliving a lost paradise or actually reinventing it.
The book is an expose of high-frequency trading (HFT) on Wall Street, detailing how a small group of outsiders discovered that the stock market was being rigged and set out to fix it.
The story follows up-and-coming photographer Kristin Ryder. Her life is turned upside down when she begins receiving anonymous and sinister emails that suggest the sender has an intimate knowledge of her past. As her life spirals out of control, she must discover the sender's identity before it's too late
Bella is a teenage chocolate addict who lives in an idyllic village in France with her aristocratic grandmother. Her eccentric life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a deposed African leader, an urbane man with a reputation for intense cruelty, who develops a strong interest in her.
This is a novel about 15-year-old Isabel, who is sent to Two Rivers in South Africa to live with her sister and brother-in-law after her mother has a stroke. The story follows her friendships and traces the riots that ultimately lead to her brother-in-law's death
