The acclaimed author of Shooting at Midnight has penned a thriller like no other ... the no-holds-barred story of a bodyguard with the ultimate assignment: protecting a woman who also happens to be the most hunted killer in the world ... Code-named Drama, she is a lightning-fast death machine--a hitwoman ... more »

Years after Tracy Barnes witnessed the killing of her lover by the East German secret police -- after the Wall has crumbled and old enemies have become new friends -- Tracy encounters the murderer. As she formulates her plans for getting even, she discovers she is herself a pawn in a far bigger game ... more »

Hollywood location scout John Pellam thought the backwater town of Maddox, Missouri, would be perfect for an upcoming Bonnie and Clyde -style film. But real bullets leave two people dead and one cop paralyzed. Now the feds and local police want him to talk. Mob enforcers want him silenced. And a mysterious ... more »

Seventeen-year-old Marina Lu had ordered gowns for her bridesmaids. But there will be no wedding. Marina is dead. L.A. Times reporter Eve Diamond investigates a tragic subculture, where destitute young Asian immigrants live in virtual sexual slavery. The story of Marina Lu's journey from China to southern ... more »

A Stirring Chronicle of Intrigue, Romance, Danger, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Thrilling Triumphs over Fierce Beasts and Fiercer Men in the Mysterious and Exotic Dark Continent, as Recounted by the Daring, Resourceful, Handsome, and Modest Christian Gentleman: The Right Reverend Honorable Doctor Lucifer ... more »

John Pellam had been in the trenches of filmmaking, with a promising Hollywood career, until a tragedy sidetracked him. Now he's a film location scout. In a small town in upstate New York, Pellam's world is shattered by a savage murder. He is suddenly center stage in an unfolding drama of violence, lust ... more »

What if the woods were full of them?And of course they were, the woods were full of everything you didn't like, everything you were afraid of and instinctively loathed, everything that tried to overwhelm you with nasty, no-brain panic. The brochure promised a moderate-to-difficult six-mile hike on the ... more »

From his triumphant debut with Snow Crash to the stunning success of his latest novel, Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson has quickly become the voice of a generation. In this now-classic thriller, he and fellow author J. Frederick George tell a shocking tale with an all-too plausible premise. There's no way ... more »

The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and ... more »

When a priest with radical ideas and a parish council with traditional values lock horns over the beliefs they hold most sacred, there's bound to be controversy--and consequences. But murder crosses the line between committing a sin and committing a crime, turning a battle over faith into a battle for ... more »

PerfectBound e-book extra: Survive Absolute Zero: The U.S. Army Guide On one of the coldest nights in Minnesota history, the difference between life and death is literally the blink of an eye for Phil Broker, until recently St. Paul's most successful undercover cop. That blink will convey the urgent ... more »

From his triumphant debut with Snow Crash to the stunning success of his latest novel, Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson has quickly become the voice of a generation. In this now-classic political thriller, he and fellow author J. Frederick George tell a savagely witty, chillingly topical tale set in the ... more »