Annabella Caminiti Libros

"The dead don't talk. I don't know why." Yet they try to communicate with a short-order cook in a small desert town who becomes their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas sees himself as an ordinary guy, skilled at the Pico Mundo Grill and deeply in love with Stormy Llewellyn. He’s unsure if his ability to see the dead is a gift or a curse, but he strives to help the silent souls seeking him out. Sometimes they seek justice, and Odd’s insights assist the town’s sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, in solving crimes or preventing them. However, a mysterious man arrives with a ravenous appetite and a filing cabinet filled with information on the worst killers, accompanied by ominous, hyena-like shades. Odd is left in the dark about the man's identity and intentions, with only a ripped calendar page hinting at impending doom. Tomorrow is August 15, and in less than twenty-four hours, catastrophe will strike Pico Mundo. As evil lurks beneath the desert sun, Odd must navigate his world’s shifting realities to avert disaster, with the help of his soulmate and an unlikely group of allies, including the King of Rock 'n' Roll. His harrowing account of two pivotal days reveals a blend of nightmares and a call to live with courage, humor, and a resilient heart, even in darkness.

Christopher Snow suffers from a rare genetic disorder - xeroderma pigmentosum - which means his skin and eyes cannot be exposed to sunlight, so his life begins at midnight. Set in the town of Moonlight Bay, a place of picturesque beauty and haunting strangeness, FEAR NOTHING is a startling and compulsive masterpiece of tension.

The international bestseller Dean Koontz delivers a masterclass of storytelling suspense in this thriller. What would you do if a serial killer forced you to choose who he murders next? On the windscreen of his SUV, Billy finds the first note. It gives him a choice. If he takes the note to the police, an elderly woman will be killed. If he doesn't approach the police, a schoolteacher will die. He thinks it's a hoax. The schoolteacher is killed. Further notes taunt Billy's conscience, forcing him to decide who lives and who dies. He must think the unthinkable, fast, in an accelerating nightmare. More communications from the killer follow with ever tighter deadlines. Each is more personal, more confrontational than the last until he is isolated, with no one to rely on but himself. Finally, he must risk everything to save the helpless, clueless victims...

Un lungo, estenuante inseguimento sul filo della suspense, attraverso suggestivi paesaggi di incantevole bellezza: un uomo e una donna - lui, un enigma per se stesso, lei, l'immagine stessa del mistero - fuggono da un folle criminale a capo di un'organizzazione politica parafascista che minaccia di sconvolgere il paese. Spencer Grant, ex poliziotto con una cicatrice profonda, incontra casualmente Valerie in un bar di Santa Monica. Lei, strana e sfuggente, scompare quando lui cerca di rivederla, e in seguito subisce un attentato. Separati e poi insieme, i due si rendono conto di essere intrappolati in una spirale di odio e violenza, nel mirino di un'associazione guidata da un pazzo che penetra nei sistemi di sorveglianza del governo americano. Valerie possiede informazioni preziose e inquietanti, mentre Spencer diventa suo complice, trasformandoli in prede fragili di un uomo feroce e potente. In una lotta impari e spietata, corrono verso la salvezza, accompagnati solo da un cane sensibile alle loro paure. Abituati a una vita randagia e solitaria, affrontano trappole e minacce familiari come la luce del sole. Una miscela esplosiva di sentimento e fantapolitica: prima Spencer insegue la ragazza, poi entrambi fuggono, armati solo di amore ed esperienza, dalla morte.