Prolific author Stephen King presents a collection of four new novellas. In the story 1922, a man plunges into the depths of madness when his wife attempts to sell off the family home. A mystery writer, who was beaten and raped while driving home from her book club, plots her revenge in Big Driver. Diagnosed with a deadly cancer, a man makes a deal with the devil in Fair Extension. And in A Good Marriage, a woman discovers her husband's darker side while he is away on a business trip.
El 22 de noviembre de 1963, el presidente Kennedy fue asesinado en Dallas, un evento que cambió el mundo. Si tuvieras la oportunidad de cambiar la historia, ¿lo harías? En esta novela, Stephen King nos lleva a un fascinante viaje al pasado con el intento de alterar ese trágico suceso. A lo largo de casi 900 páginas, se presenta un retrato social, político y cultural de finales de los años 50 y principios de los 60, un tiempo caracterizado por coches enormes, Elvis Presley y el humo de los cigarrillos. La historia comienza con Jake Epping, un profesor de inglés en Maine que, tras leer una redacción impactante de un estudiante sobre un asesinato familiar, se ve envuelto en un cambio radical en su vida. Su amigo Al, dueño de un diner, le revela un secreto: una puerta en su almacén que lo transporta a 1958. Al le pide a Jake que lo ayude en su obsesión por evitar el asesinato de Kennedy. Así, Jake asume la identidad de George Amberson y se embarca en un viaje donde se enamora y persigue a Lee Harvey Oswald, enfrentándose a un momento histórico que podría no suceder. Un viaje al pasado que resulta tan creíble como aterrador.
Agli inizi degli anni Quaranta, il maggiore delle SS Hans Lichtblau viene messo alla guida di un programma di ricerca che utilizza i prigionieri dei campi di concentramento come cavie, ma anche come assistenti, inquadrati nel Kommando Gardenia. Sullo sfondo degli esperimenti, la “soluzione finale del problema ebraico”, l’avanzata nazista in Russia e la colonizzazione dei territori dell’Est, poi, inaspettata, la disfatta e la caduta di Berlino. Del Kommando fanno parte Shlomo Libowitz, nato in uno shtetl polacco e convertitosi al sionismo nel Lager, e Anton Epstein, ebreo assimilato della borghesia praghese, convinto che l’unica risposta possibile alla barbarie sia il socialismo. Shlomo e Anton sopravvivono alla guerra e al trattamento di Lichtblau, testimoni scomodi di un mondo passato, eppure ancora capace di influire sul presente. A distanza di quarant’anni, per conto di mandanti diversi e in apparenza inconciliabili, i due reduci si mettono sulle tracce di Lichtblau, il quale, in America Centrale, combatte i sandinisti per conto della CIA, razzia villaggi e smercia droga. Quella di Anton e Shlomo è una vendetta tardiva, in una corsa contro il tempo, perché la vita potrebbe essere troppo breve per saldare tutti i conti. Una spy story in bilico tra due continenti e due epoche, un romanzo corale su una civiltà al tramonto.
“Sharp as an ice pick….You will love this excellent book.” — New York Times Book Review Elmore Leonard is the undisputed master, the “King Daddy of crime writers” ( Seattle Times ), in the august company of the all-time greats of mystery/noir/crime fiction genre: John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al. The creator of such unforgettable classics as Stick, Out of Sight, and Get Shorty —not to mention the character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, lately of TV’s hit series Justified —Leonard is in fine form with Mr. Paradise . A riveting Detroit-based thriller enlivened by Leonard’s trademark razor-sharp dialogue, Mr. Paradise follows a smart Victoria’s Secret model’s attempt to score big after surviving a double murder in a millionaire’s mansion…with a lonely cop acting as spoiler.
A lean and mean thriller about one man and the Mob from 'the crime laureate' INDEPENDENT.
He used to be on the bomb squad, but it's not until he transfers out that Chris Mankowski really begins juggling with dynamite. Rape and revenge are just the tip of the iceberg in a twisty tale that brings Detroit's denizens to life -- and occasional death -- in all their seedy glory. Electrifying, explosive, and unexpected, this is Elmore Leonard at his suspenseful best.
Daredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi -- diving off an eighty-foot ladder into nine feet of water for the amusement of gamblers, gangsters, and luscious belles. His riskiest feat, however, was witnessing a Dixie-style mob execution while atop his diving platform. Robert Taylor saw the hit also. A blues-loving Detroit hustler touring the Southland in a black Jaguar, Taylor's got his own secret agenda re the "Cornbread Cosa Nostra," and he wants Dennis in on the game. But there's a lot more in Robert Taylor's pocket than a photo of his lynched great-grandfather. And high-diver Dennis could be about to take a long, fatal fall -- right into a mess of hoop skirts, Civil War play-acting ... and more trouble than he ever dreamed possible.
