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Andrew Meier: The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: For half a century, the case of Isaiah Oggins, a 1920s New York intellectual brutally murdered in 1947 on Stalin's orders, remained hidden in the secret files of the KGB and the FBI — a footnote buried in the rubble of the Cold War. Then, in 1992, it surfaced briefly, when Boris Yeltsin handed over a deeply censored dossier to the White House. THE LOST SPY at last reveals the truth: Oggins was…

Philip K. Dick: The Man in the High Castle

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It is 1962 and the Second World War has been over for seventeen years: people have now had a chance to adjust to the new order. But its not been easy. The Mediterranean has been drained to make farmland, the population of Africa has virtually been wiped out and America has been divided between the Nazis and the Japanese. In the neutral buffer zone that divides the two superpowers lives the man in…

James Rollins: Map of Bones

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: When a group of parishioners is burned to death in a German cathedral, the US sends in Sigma force. For this tragedy is more than a case of arson — someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral's golden reliquary: the bones of the biblical Three Kings. Commander Gray Pierce leads a team on the hunt for the Royal Dragon Court, a clandestine aristocratic fraternity of alchemists…

Lisa Gardner: The Neighbour

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy — a young mother, blonde and pretty, disappears without trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness, and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect. But from the moment Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren arrives at the Jones' snug little bungalow, she senses something off about the…

Marcus Sedgwick: Revolver

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: 1910. A cabin north of the Arctic Circle. Fifteen-year-old Sig Andersson is alone. Alone, except for the corpse of his father, who died earlier that day after falling through a weak spot on the ice-covered lake. His sister, Anna, and step-mother, Nadya, have gone to the local town for help. Then comes a knock at the door. It's a man, the flash of a revolver's butt at his hip, and a mean glare in…

Lesley Lokko: Rich Girl, Poor Girl

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Nic, Caryn and Tory: three girls who form a friendship that should last a lifetime. Nic is the daughter of a white Zimbabwean business tycoon. Despite a life of jaw-dropping wealth and privilege, all she really wants is a bit of attention from daddy. Caryn never met her father — but growing up on a tough London sink estate, she had other things to worry about. Like getting out and moving on. Tory…

Chloe Neill: Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn't exactly glamorous, but it was mine. I was doing fine until Chicago's vampires announced their existence to the world — and then a rogue vampire attacked me. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker... one who decided the best way to save my life was to take it. Turns out my saviour was the master vampire of Cadogan House.…

Max Frei: The Stranger

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Max Frei's novels have been a literary sensation in Russia since their debut in 1996, and have swept the fantasy world over. Presented here in English for the first time, The Stranger will strike a chord with readers of all stripes. Part fantasy, part horror, part philosophy, part dark comedy, the writing is united by a sharp wit and a web of clues that will open up the imagination of every…

Lynsay Sands: Tall, Dark and Hungry

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: When book editor Kate C. Leever visits reclusive romance author Lucern Argeneau to try and persuade him to make more public appearances, she has no idea that he is a 612-year-old vampire. He agrees to her request, but isn't ready for what he has committed himself to — a romance book convention with some two thousand rabid female romance fans. SINGLE WHITE VAMPIRE is a hilarious romantic comedy…

Kate Mosse: The Winter Ghosts

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Number 1 bestselling author Kate Mosse is back with a haunting ghost story from the French mountains. The Great War took much more than lives. It robbed a generation of friends, lovers and futures. In Freddie Watson's case, it took his beloved brother and, at times, his peace of mind. Unable to cope with his grief, Freddie has spent much of the time since in a sanatorium. In the winter of 1928,…

Boris Akunin: The Coronation

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Grand Duke Georgii Alexandrovich arrives in Moscow for the coronation, with three of his children. During an afternoon stroll, daughter Xenia is dragged away by bandits, only to be rescued by an elegant gentleman and his oriental sidekick. The passing heroes introduce themselves as Fandorin and Masa, but panic ensues when they realise that four-year old Mikhail has been snatched in the confusion.…

Maeve Binchy: The Return Journey

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: A secretary's silent passion for her boss meets the acid test on a business trip; a man and a woman's mutual disdain at first sight shows how deceptive appearances can be; an insecure wife clings to the illusion of order, only to discover chaos at the hands of a house-sitter who opens the wrong doors; a pair of star-crossed travellers pick up each other's bags, and then learn when you unlock a…

Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: For very-nearly-eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, the discovery of a dead snipe on the doorstep of Buckshaw, the crumbling de Luce country seat, was a marvellous mystery — especially since this particular snipe had a rather rare stamp neatly impaled on its beak. Even more astonishing was the effect of the dead bird on her stamp-collector father, who appeared to be genuinely frightened. Soon Flavia…

Michael Connelly: The Brass Verdict

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his career. Then another lawyer, Vincent, dies, and Haller gets an unexpected windfall: he inherits all Vincent's clients — putting his stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent had taken on a high profile and potentially lucrative murder case. It'll be a trial…

Allan Pease: The Mating Game: Understanding What He Wants and What She Wants from a Relationship

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: International bestselling authors Allan and Barbara Pease focus their insight and wit on the most popular, and some would maintain, important part of any relationship: sex. In their inimitable style they explore what men and women want from a sexual relationship and give humourous and practical advice. Discover: What men and women really want from love and sex How to find a great partner What to…

Erica James: The Queen of New Beginnings

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Alice Shoemaker habitually goes to great lengths to avoid telling the truth about herself and her past. After agreeing to help out a friend, by shopping and cleaning for the unknown man staying at Cuckoo House, she soon becomes suspicious that her strange and obnoxiously rude client has something to hide... Clayton Miller's life is a mess. His career as one of the country's best comedy script…

Matthew Reilly: The Five Greatest Warriors

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: The end is approaching... Can Jack West unravel the ancient secrets of The Five Greatest Warriors and save the world? With the end of the world fast approaching, Jack West Jr must rebuild the final pieces of the fabled, ancient 'Machine' — the only thing that can prevent global catastrophe. But he is out of clues, out of leads... until he is presented with an ancient text about five unnamed…

Nicholas Coleridge: Deadly Sins

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Pride: Gazing from his magnificent Chawbury Manor, Miles Straker has it all. A society wife who runs his home like clockwork, four gorgeous children, a smart stucco in West London and, most importantly of all, his multi-national PR business. Greed. Utterly ruthless in both business and pleasure, Miles is a man who gets what he wants in a heartbeat, with a web of power that can bring a company to…

Olivia Lichtenstein: Things Your Mother Never Told You

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: 'I hate you. When I'm a mother, I'm never going to be like you...' These words come back to haunt Ros, years later. As her marriage of twenty years collapses and her beloved twin sons prepare to flee the nest, Ros's world is tilting on its axis. It doesn't help that her dead mother seems to have taken up residence in her head, reminding her of things she once said. As Ros tries to adapt to…

Michael Connelly: Nine Dragons

Скачать книгу (размер 1 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 380) Аннотация: The shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA brings Harry Bosch back to the Rodney King riots and the moment a stranger gave a young cop sanctuary. Now the debt must be repaid, and Harry soon discovers the old man's death was no ordinary hold-up. Homing in on clues disregarded by the cops on the scene, Harry builds a picture of corruption and intimidation, with the local Triads at the heart…