*new York Times Bestseller* An “outstanding” (publishers Weekly, Starred Review) Blistering Thriller Featuring A Brilliant And Unorthodox Army Investigator, His Enigmatic Female Partner, And Their Hunt For The Army’s Most Notorious—and Dangerous—deserter From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Nelson Demille And Alex Demille. When Captain Kyle Mercer Of The Army’s Elite Delta Force Disappeared From His Post In Afghanistan, A Video Released By His Taliban Captors Made International Headlines. But Circumstances Were Murky: Did Mercer Desert Before He Was Captured? Then A Second Video Sent To Mercer’s Army Commanders Leaves No Doubt: The Trained Assassin And Keeper Of Classified Army Intelligence Has Willfully Disappeared. When Mercer Is Spotted A Year Later In Caracas, Venezuela, By An Old Army Buddy, Top Military Brass Task Scott Brodie And Maggie Taylor Of The Criminal Investigation Division To Fly To Venezuela And Bring Mercer Back To America—preferably Alive. Brodie Knows This Is A Difficult Mission, Made More Difficult By His New Partner’s Inexperience, By Their Undeniable Chemistry, And By Brodie’s Suspicion That Maggie Taylor Is Reporting To The Cia. With Ripped-from-the-headlines Appeal, An Exotic And Dangerous Locale, And The Hairpin Twists And Inimitable Humor That Are Signature Demille, The Deserter Is The First In A Timely And Thrilling New Series From An Unbeatable Team Of True Masters: The #1 New York Times Bestseller Nelson Demille And His Son, Award-winning Screenwriter Alex Demille.

since Its Inception In 1915, The Best American Series Has Become The Premier Annual Showcase For The Country’s Finest Short Fiction And Nonfiction. For Each Volume, A Series Editor Reads Pieces From Hundreds Of Periodicals, Then Selects Between Fifty And A Hundred Outstanding Works. That Selection Is Pared Down To Twenty Or So Very Best Pieces By A Guest Editor Who Is Widely Recognized As A Leading Writer In His Or Her Field. This Unique System Has Helped Make The Best American Series The Most Respected — And Most Popular — Of Its Kind. Assembled By Best-selling Suspense Author Nelson Demille, The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 Contains A Spectacular Array Of Stories By Mystery Veterans And Talented Newcomers. Follow A Chain Reaction That Saves A Woman’s Life, Visit A House Haunted By A Husband’s Violent Killing Spree, Enter The High-stakes World Of Las Vegas Gambling, Watch The Line Between Reality And Dream Blur, Travel With A Bored Salesman Driven To Crime, And Much More. Encompassing All Aspects Of The Genre, This Year’s Selections Are Sure To Quicken Pulses, Send Chills Down The Spine, And Keep Readers Continually Guessing.publishers Weeklythe Eighth In Otto Penzler's Popular Series Offers Some Fine Writing, But Mystery Fans Should Be Aware That The Bulk Of The Entries Amount To Crime Fiction. Out Of The 20 Stories From Veteran Bestsellers Such As Stephen King And Joyce Carol Oates, As Well As Promising Newcomers, Only One-william J. Carroll Jr.'s Height Advantage-is A Whodunit. The Standout Is Christopher Coake's All Through The House, A Chilling, Multilayered Account Of A Family Massacre Whose Shifting Perspectives, Flashbacks And Flash-forwards Create A Moving, Painful And Haunting Effect That Lingers Long After The Last Page. Sherlockians Will Be Amused And Intrigued By Richard Lupoff's Clever Pastiche Of Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin, The Incident Of The Impecunious Chevalier, Which Features A Young Holmes Calling On His Literary Ancestor To Track Down A Certain Legendary Jeweled Black Bird. Jeffrey Robert Bowman's Stonewalls, With Its Alternative Explanation Of The Cause Of Gen. Stonewall Jackson's Death From Friendly Fire, Will Appeal To Civil War Buffs With Its Gritty And Compelling Perspective On The Barbarities Of War. Fans Of Suspenseful And Psychologically Rich Tales Of Con Men And Low-level Crooks Will Enjoy This Volume; Devotees Of Agatha Christie And Other Authors In The Classic Mystery Tradition Should Seek Satisfaction Elsewhere. Agent, Nat Sobel. (oct. 14) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Mac Has Left His Life Of Danger And Adventure Behind Him. But When Carlos, A Hotshot Lawyer Heavily Involved With Anti-castro Groups, Approaches Mac For A Ten-day Fishing Tournament In Cuba - To Be Accompanied By A Covert Mission And A Sizable Paycheck - Mac's Interest Is Piqued. Mac Understands That If He Accepts This Job, He'll Either Walk Away Rich - Or Not At All.

welcome To The Fabled Gold Coast, That Stretch On The North Shore Of Long Island That Once Held The Greatest Concentration Of Wealth And Power In America. Here Two Men Are Destined For An Explosive Collision: John Sutter, Wall Street Lawyer, Holding Fast To A Fading Aristocratic Legacy; And Frank Bellarosa, The Mafia Don Who Seizes His Piece Of The Staid And Unprepared Gold Coast Like A Latter-day Barbarian Chief And Draws Sutter And His Regally Beautiful Wife, Susan, Into His Violent World. Told From Sutter's Sardonic And Often Hilarious Point Of View, And Laced With Sexual Passion And Suspense, The Gold Coast Is Nelson Demille's Captivating Story Of Friendship And Seduction, Love And Betrayal.the New York Times - Joanne Kaufman''the Gold Coast'' Glitter Is Nelson Demille's Sharp Evocation Of The Vulpine Bellarosa And Of Sutter, A Wonderfully Sardonic, Self-mocking Man Betrayed By A Midlife Crisis. In His Way, Mr. Demille Is As Keen A Social Satirist As Edith Wharton....the Novel Bogs Down Only When Mr. Demille Insists - All Too Frequently - On Ending Chapters With Heavy-handed Portents. The Reader Does Just Fine Without Them.

Paul Brenner is a member of the Army's elite undercover investigative unit, with the authority to arrest any military person anywhere in the world. He has always wondered just how far he could push his power. He is about to find out. Captain Ann Campbell is the daughter of General "Fighting Joe" Campbell. She is a West Point graduate, beautiful, bright, and the pride of Fort Hadley. Her raped and murdered body is found on the firing range, naked and spread-eagled, her hands and feet bound with tent rope - but there is no sign of a struggle. All of Brenner's instincts tell him to avoid the case. Yet Brenner's natural curiosity is aroused. He takes the case. As if that decision weren't reckless enough, he finds himself teamed with rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, a woman with whom Brenner once had a tempestuous, ultimately doomed affair and with whom the temperamental sparks still flare. Together, they will discover the truth about the brass above them: that beneath the neatly pressed uniforms, the military codes of honor, pride, and order hide a corruption as rank as Ann Campbell's own astonishing secret life. Paul and Cynthia learn that any number of people were sexually, emotionally, and dangerously involved with the Army's "golden girl," and any one of them could have wanted her dead. Far more than a richly plotted murder mystery, Nelson DeMille's The General's Daughter is a resonant and scathing portrayal of military life, demonstrating, unforgettably, how its members are different from - and at the same time, so much like - the rest of us. From By the Rivers of Babylon to The Gold Coast, DeMille's powerful novels have established him as one of the masters of suspense. Finally in paperback, this thriller--which outsold all DeMille's other hardcovers--tells of the bizarre life and death of a famous general's daughter.

If you thought Michael Crichton's Airframe posed the ultimate in-flight nightmare, welcome to Mayday. When an airliner going from the United States to Tokyo is hit by a U.S. Navy missile, chaos and death engulf the plane. The people aboard who are lucky enough to still be alive care only about making it to safety. But the government only wants to cover up the potential public-relations disaster.New York Times Book ReviewFascinating, frightening, and furiously paced...A story of almost unrelenting suspense.

A Descent Into The Maelstrom -- On Edgar Allan Poe / By T. Jefferson Parker -- The Cask Of Amontillado -- Under The Covers With Fortunato And Montresor / By Jan Burke -- The Curse Of Amontillado / By Lawrence Block -- The Black Cat -- Pluto's Heritage / By P.j. Parrish -- William Wilson -- Identity Crisis / By Lisa Scottoline -- Manuscript Found In A Bottle -- In A Strange City : Baltimore And The Poe Toaster / By Laura Lippman -- The Fall Of The House Of Usher -- Once Upon A Midnight Dreary / By Michael Connelly -- The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar -- The Thief / By Laurie R. King -- Ligeia -- Poe And Me At The Movies / By Tess Gerritsen -- The Tell-tale Heart -- The Genius Of The Tell-tale Heart / By Stephen King -- The First Time / By Steve Hamilton -- The Pit And The Pendulum -- The Pit, The Pendulum, And Perfection / By Edward D. Hoch -- The Pit And The Pendulum At The Palace / By Peter Robinson -- The Masque Of The Red Death -- Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, And Me / By S.j. Rozan -- The Murders In The Rue Morgue -- The Quick And The Undead / By Nelson Demille -- The Gold-bug -- Imagining Edgar Allan Poe / By Sara Paretsky -- The Raven -- Rantin' And Ravin' / By Joseph Wambaugh -- A Little Thought On Poe / By Thomas H. Cook -- The Bells -- Poe In G Minor / By Jeffrey Deaver -- Excerpt From The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket -- How I Became An Edgar Allan Poe Convert / By Sue Grafton. By Edgar Allan Poe ; And Essays By Jeffery Deaver ... [et Al.] ; Edited By Michael Connelly ; Illustrations By Harry Clarke.

Nelson Demille.

Captain Ann Campbell is a West Point graduate, the daughter of legendary General "Fighting Joe" Campbell. She is the pride of Fort Hadley until, one morning, her body is found, naked and bound, on the firing range. Paul Brenner is a member of the army's elite undercover investigative unit and the man in charge of this politically explosive case. Teamed with rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, with whom he once had a tempestuous, doomed affair, Brenner is about to learn just how many people were sexually, emotionally, and dangerously involved with the army's "golden girl." And how the neatly pressed uniforms and honor codes of the military hide a corruption as rank as Ann Campbell's shocking secret life.Newgate CallendarThe General's Daughter is bigger, more ambitious and rather pretentious....Mr. DeMille writes well enough, there is some snappy dialogue, the police work is painstakingly thorough, but none of the characters really come to life. -- New York Times

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCELEBRATING THE 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHORWounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen -- and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. The local police chief, Sylvester Maxwell, wants Corey's big-city expertise, but Maxwell gets more than he bargained for. John Corey doesn't like mysteries, which is why he likes to solve them. His investigations lead him into the lore, legends, and ancient secrets of northern Long Island -- more deadly and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. During his journey of discovery, he meets two remarkable women, Detective Beth Penrose and Mayflower descendant Emma Whitestone, both of whom change his life irrevocably. Ultimately, through his understanding of the murders, John Corey comes to understand himself. Fast-paced and atmospheric, marked by entrancing characters, incandescent storytelling, and brilliant comic touches, Plum Island is Nelson DeMille at his thrill-inducing best.

The truly wealthy live in another world. From their multi-national businesses to their palatial mansions to their exotic vacations at glamorous places all around the world, they do everything in a big way. And sometimes, that even includes crime. In this anthology, you'll read about a wealthy writer who plots murder his hopeless agent, an aging actress who clings to her past of wealth and fame, and a spoiled rich boy who steps into dangerous territory with his mean antics, among others. THE RICH AND THE DEAD features mystery and crime stories set among the upper crust of society, going behind the scenes of the lifestyles of the two percent of the world that controls sixty percent of its riches--and just how far they'll go to stay on top.

The hair-raising suspense of The General's Daughter . . . the wry wit of The Gold Coast . . . this is vintage Nelson DeMille at the peak of his originality and the height of his powers.Publishers WeeklyTom and Judy Gordon were bright, young, attractive scientists whom everyone seemed to like. So who would murder them-and why? Could their deaths have something to do with Plum Island, supposedly an animal research facility but possibly a top-secret site for biological warfare experiments? Could it involve a pirate's treasure buried in the vicinity more than 300 years ago? Returning to the Long Island, N.Y., setting of The Gold Coast (1990), DeMille makes his finest showing since that enormously popular book. Important to his success here is the catchy, ironic voice of narrator John Corey, a freewheeling Manhattan detective who's at his uncle's house on the Island to recover from bullet wounds and who gets tapped by the locals to act as "consultant" on the case. Key to the novel's sway is its boisterous plot, as DeMille expertly melds medical mystery, police procedural and nautical adventure, adding assorted love interests and capping matters with a ferocious storm at sea. Atmospherics are strong and the novel acquires its own storm force as it moves toward a cataclysmic denoument. DeMille's research seems sound as well, rendering the inner workings of a science lab as believable and fascinating as the discovery of treasure maps. It's a smooth job from an old pro who knows what readers are looking for.

Joining together for a good cause brings out the best in today's top mystery and suspense writers! For this marvelously entertaining anthology, these outstanding contributors rose to a unique literary challenge: each penned a tale that ingeniously features a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak. \nThe result is a collection of wonderfully imaginative tales that both chill the spine and warm the heart: proceeds from The Plot Thickens will help bring the gift of reading to millions of disadvantaged Americans.

Detective John Corey of Plum Island fame returns to take on one of the most incredible serial killers of all time--a young Arab, known as "The Lion" who will stop at nothing in his quest for revenge against the Americans who bombed Libya and killed his family. Filled with unrelenting suspense and shocking plot twists at every turn, THE LION'S GAME is a heart-stopping race against time and Nelson DeMille's most riveting thriller yet.New York Times Book Review...DeMille works with enormous intelligence, pacing his two narrative strands...with the greatest craft. Suspense builds steadily and artfully as the clues pile up..."The Lion's Game" carries us along with professionalism many writers, highbrow and low, should admire.

The hair-raising suspense of The General's Daughter . . . the wry wit of The Gold Coast . . . this is vintage Nelson DeMille at the peak of his originality and the height of his powers.Publishers WeeklyTom and Judy Gordon were bright, young, attractive scientists whom everyone seemed to like. So who would murder them-and why? Could their deaths have something to do with Plum Island, supposedly an animal research facility but possibly a top-secret site for biological warfare experiments? Could it involve a pirate's treasure buried in the vicinity more than 300 years ago? Returning to the Long Island, N.Y., setting of The Gold Coast (1990), DeMille makes his finest showing since that enormously popular book. Important to his success here is the catchy, ironic voice of narrator John Corey, a freewheeling Manhattan detective who's at his uncle's house on the Island to recover from bullet wounds and who gets tapped by the locals to act as consultant on the case. Key to the novel's sway is its boisterous plot, as DeMille expertly melds medical mystery, police procedural and nautical adventure, adding assorted love interests and capping matters with a ferocious storm at sea. Atmospherics are strong and the novel acquires its own storm force as it moves toward a cataclysmic denoument. DeMille's research seems sound as well, rendering the inner workings of a science lab as believable and fascinating as the discovery of treasure maps. It's a smooth job from an old pro who knows what readers are looking for.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille brings back Detective John Corey of The Lion*s Game and Plum Island in a provocative new novel inspired by actual events.On a Long Island beach at dusk, Bob Mitchell and Janet Whitney conduct their illicit love affair in front of a video camera, set to record each steamy moment. Suddenly a terrible explosion lights up the sky. Grabbing the camera, the couple flees as approaching police cars speed toward the scene. Five years later, the crash of Flight 800 has been attributed to a mechanical malfunction. But for John Corey and Kate Mayfield, both members of the Elite Anti-terrorist Task Force, the case is not closed. Suspecting a cover-up at the highest levels and disobeying orders, they set out to find the one piece of evidence that will prove the truth about what really happened to Flight 800--the videotape that shows a couple making love on the beach and the last moments of the doomed airliner.Publishers WeeklyDemille's latest is sure to be a #1 bestseller-but it's also sure to be controversial. The book is centered on an investigation of the July 1996 crash of flight TWA 800, "when... a big Boeing 747 bound for Paris with 230 passengers and crew on board, exploded off the Atlantic coast of Long Island, sending all 230 souls to their deaths." In July 2001, Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force detective John Corey, a brilliant, smart-ass detective last seen in Plum Island and The Lion's Game, accompanies his FBI agent wife, Kate Mayfield, to the fifth anniversary of the disaster. John, whose wife worked the crash in 1996, understands that Kate has brought him along because she doesn't buy the official finding of "mechanical failure" and wants him to mount his own investigation. There are 200 eyewitnesses who swear they saw a missile lift into the clear night sky and bring down the airplane, a charge dismissed by the CIA as an optical illusion. Though Corey is warned away from the investigation, like any good fictional detective, this only serves to spur him on. He uncovers evidence that a man and a woman, on the beach that fateful night videotaping their adulterous affair, inadvertently caught on tape the missile hitting the plane. The book is primarily about John tracking down the couple, but as the end nears, readers will begin to understand the perilous direction in which Demille is leading them. The pages will turn in a blur as a feeling of dread grows, until the end comes and one's worst fears are confirmed. Readers will think about this one for a long time. Agent, Nicholas Ellison. (Nov.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Welcome to the Custer Hill Club - a men's club set in an Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to relax with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club's Executive Board gathers to talk about 9/11 - and finalize a retaliation plan, known only by its code name: WILD FIRE That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is found dead. Soon it's up to Detective John Corey and his wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield, to unravel a plot that starts with the Custer Hill Club and ends with American cities locked in the crosshairs of a nuclear device. Only Corey and Mayfield can stop the button from being pushed, and global chaos from being unleashed... More chilling than yesterday's headlines and as prophetic as tomorrow's, Wild Fire will challenge you to question everything you thought you knew about your leaders and your country while thrilling you with suspense that builds with every page.

When The Lion's Game was published in 2000, it was an instant critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller. Now Special Agent John Corey returns to confront Asad Khalil, the Libyan terrorist known as . . . THE LION The last time Federal Agent John Corey of the Anti-Terrorist Task Force heard from Khalil, he claimed he was defecting to the U.S.-only to unleash a deadly reign of destruction on American soil. As Corey and FBI agent Kate Mayfield chased him across the country, Khalil eliminated his victims one by one and then disappeared without a trace. Now, after the events of September 11, Khalil has resurfaced, returning to murder a select group of enemies, with Kate and John topping the list. As the bodies begin to pile up, John Corey finds himself back on the hunt. The Lion is a killing machine on a mission of revenge-and Corey will stop at nothing to find and kill Khalil before he himself is killed.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille brings back Detective John Corey of The Lion*s Game and Plum Island in a provocative new novel inspired by actual events.On a Long Island beach at dusk, Bob Mitchell and Janet Whitney conduct their illicit love affair in front of a video camera, set to record each steamy moment. Suddenly a terrible explosion lights up the sky. Grabbing the camera, the couple flees as approaching police cars speed toward the scene. Five years later, the crash of Flight 800 has been attributed to a mechanical malfunction. But for John Corey and Kate Mayfield, both members of the Elite Anti-terrorist Task Force, the case is not closed. Suspecting a cover-up at the highest levels and disobeying orders, they set out to find the one piece of evidence that will prove the truth about what really happened to Flight 800--the videotape that shows a couple making love on the beach and the last moments of the doomed airliner.Publishers WeeklyDemille's latest is sure to be a #1 bestseller-but it's also sure to be controversial. The book is centered on an investigation of the July 1996 crash of flight TWA 800, when... a big Boeing 747 bound for Paris with 230 passengers and crew on board, exploded off the Atlantic coast of Long Island, sending all 230 souls to their deaths. In July 2001, Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force detective John Corey, a brilliant, smart-ass detective last seen in Plum Island and The Lion's Game, accompanies his FBI agent wife, Kate Mayfield, to the fifth anniversary of the disaster. John, whose wife worked the crash in 1996, understands that Kate has brought him along because she doesn't buy the official finding of mechanical failure and wants him to mount his own investigation. There are 200 eyewitnesses who swear they saw a missile lift into the clear night sky and bring down the airplane, a charge dismissed by the CIA as an optical illusion. Though Corey is warned away from the investigation, like any good fictional detective, this only serves to spur him on. He uncovers evidence that a man and a woman, on the beach that fateful night videotaping their adulterous affair, inadvertently caught on tape the missile hitting the plane. The book is primarily about John tracking down the couple, but as the end nears, readers will begin to understand the perilous direction in which Demille is leading them. The pages will turn in a blur as a feeling of dread grows, until the end comes and one's worst fears are confirmed. Readers will think about this one for a long time. Agent, Nicholas Ellison. (Nov.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen-one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing: a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts and murders-and the U.S. government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost. As latecomers to a deadly game, John and Kate don't know the rules, the players, or the score. What they do know is that there is more to their assignment than meets the eye-and that the hunters are about to become the hunted. Filled with breathtaking plot turns and told in John Corey's inimitable voice, THE PANTHER is a brilliant depiction of one of the most treacherous countries in the world and raises disturbing questions about whether we can ever know who our enemies - or our allies - really are.

Asad Khalil, The Notorious Libyan Terrorist Otherwise Known As The Lion, Has Returned To America To Make Good On His Threats And Take Care Of Unfinished Business. John Corey, Former Nypd Homicide Detective And Special Agent For The Anti-terrorist Task Force, Will Stop At Nothing To Find And Kill Khahil. Nelson Demille.

After A Showdown With The Notorious Yemeni Terrorist Known As The Panther, John Corey Has Left The Anti-terrorist Task Force And Returned Home To New York City, Taking A Job With The Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Although Corey's New Assignment With The Dsg -- Surveilling Russian Diplomats Working At The U.n. Mission -- Is Thought To Be A Quiet End, He Is More Than Happy To Be Out From Under The Thumb Of The Fbi And Free From The Bureaucracy Of Office Life. But Corey Realizes Something The U.s. Government Doesn't: The All-too-real Threat Of A Newly Resurgent Russia. When Vasily Petrov, A Colonel In The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Posing As A Diplomat With The Russian U.n. Mission, Mysteriously Disappears From A Russian Oligarch's Party In Southampton, It's Up To Corey To Track Him Down. What Are The Russians Up To And Why? Is There A Possible Nuclear Threat, A So-called Radiant Angel? Will Corey Find Petrov And Put A Stop To Whatever He Has Planned Before It's Too Late? Or Will Corey Finally Be Outrun And Outsmarted, With America Facing The Prospect Of A Crippling Attack Unlike Anything It's Ever Seen Before? Nelson Demille.

He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But a lifetime ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity--and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Now the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career, and his personal sense of honor hang in the balance. And only one woman can reveal the truth of his past--and set him free. The New York Times - Richard Nalley 'Word of Honor' entertains without reaching for moral revelation or subtle psychological effects. It is about a nail-biting career complication in the life of a man whom, otherwise, you would like in your golfing foursome.

After John's Wife Killed Her Mafia Don Lover, John Set Out On A Sailboat Journey Around The World. Ten Years Later He Comes Home ... And People From His Life Begin Resurfacing, In A Web Of Seduction And Betrayal, Intent On Exacting Revenge. Nelson Demille.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast. When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan who has also returned to Long Island. But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions: Drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer—Susan Sutter. At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces and old passions begin to reignite, and John finds himself pulled deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal. In THE GATE HOUSE, acclaimed author Nelson Demille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore — a place where past, present, and future collides with often unexpected results.Publishers WeeklyDeMille's follow-up to his bestselling The Gold Coast features protagonist John Sutter falling back into old habits and acquaintances as he comes home to Long Island. Narrator Christian Rummel gives an awkward reading, struggling to capture the character of Sutter through a voice that sounds manufactured and often uneasy. Rummel fares slightly better with supporting characters such as Sutter's ex-wife, though the first-person narrative from Sutter's perspective ensures that most of the novel is read with that same nervous tone. Rummel never finds his groove, eternally searching for the proper narrative tone that will captivate the audience. A Grand Central hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 18). (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The last thing Paul Brenner wanted to do was return to work for the Army's Criminal Investigative Division, an organization that thanked him for his many years of dedicated service by forcing him into early retirement. But when his former boss calls in a career's worth of favors, Paul finds himself investigating a murder that took place back in Vietnam thirty years before. Now, returning to a time and place that still haunts him, Paul is swept up in the battle of his life as he struggles to find justice.

captain Ann Campbell Is A West Point Graduate, The Daughter Of Legendary General Fighting Joe Campbell. She Is The Pride Of Fort Hadley Until, One Morning, Her Body Is Found, Naked And Bound, On The Firing Range. Paul Brenner Is A Member Of The Army's Elite Undercover Investigative Unit And The Man In Charge Of This Politically Explosive Case. Teamed With Rape Specialist Cynthia Sunhill, With Whom He Once Had A Tempestuous, Doomed Affair, Brenner Is About To Learn Just How Many People Were Sexually, Emotionally, And Dangerously Involved With The Army's Golden Girl. And How The Neatly Pressed Uniforms And Honor Codes Of The Military Hide A Corruption As Rank As Ann Campbell's Shocking Secret Life.newgate Callendarthe General's Daughter Is Bigger, More Ambitious And Rather Pretentious....mr. Demille Writes Well Enough, There Is Some Snappy Dialogue, The Police Work Is Painstakingly Thorough, But None Of The Characters Really Come To Life. -- New York Times

Two Concorde jets take off from Lod Airport in Israel for a U.N. conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters and accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifist, enemies, dignitaries - and a bomb! Forced to crash-land, the men and women of the peace mission make a desperate life or death stand against Palestinian commandos.

Sixteen Years After The Vietnam War Corporate Executive Ben Tyson Thought He Had Put The Horror Of The War Behind Him, Allegations Of A Civilian Massacre By Soldiers Under His Command Brings Him To Trial. Nelson Demille.

st. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone Is Celebrating, But Everyone Is In For The Shock Of His Life. Born Into The Heat And Hatred Of The Northern Ireland Conflict, Ira Man Brian Flynn Has Masterminded A Brilliant Terrorist Act--the Seizure Of Saint Patrick's Cathedral.

on A Dark Road Deep Inside Russia, A Young American Tourist Picks Up A Most Unusual Passenger With An Incredible Secret. Poised Against The Very Heartland Of America Is A Vast And Astounding Kgb Enterprise Known As "the Charm School." Arrayed Against The All-encompassing Grip Of The Soviet State Are Three Americans: Sam Hollis, An Air Force Officer, Who Will Fly One Last Covert Mission Into The Center Of A Mad Experiment; Lisa Rhodes, An Embassy Liaison, Who Will See Her Political Hopes And Ideals Brutally Tested; And Seth Alevy, The Chief Of The Cia's Moscow Station, Who Will Find His Intricate Dance Of Destiny And Death Reaching Its Devastating Conclusion. Welcome To The Charm School, One Of The Most Chilling Cold War Novels Ever Written.the New York Times - James F. Claritynelson Demille's New Novel Is A Moscow Thriller, And He Has Mastered The Mechanics Of The Genre, Moving The Plot Swiftly With Regular Intrusions Of Violence, Ironic Twists And Cynical Betrayals.

The Cold War is over, and Keith Landry, one of the nation's top intelligence officers, is forced into early and unwanted retirement. Restless, Landry returns to Spencerville, the small Midwestern town where he grew up. The place has changed in the quarter century since Landry stepped off his front porch into the world, but two important people from his past are still there. The first is Annie Prentis, his school sweetheart and college lover. The second is Cliff Baxter, the high school bully, Landry's rival, and now the police chief of Spencerville and the jealous and possessive husband of Annie Prentis. They're all about to come together again--and rip Spencerville apart with violence, vengeance, and renewed passion. From the bestselling author of The General's Daughter and The Gold Coast comes what may be Nelson DeMille's best novel yet, a bittersweet story of recaptured youth and reclaimed love . . . one with all the honed-steel suspense that readers have come to expect from DeMille.

On a dark road deep inside Russia, a young American tourist picks up a most unusual passenger with an incredible secret. Poised against the very heartland of America is a vast and astounding KGB enterprise known as "The Charm School." Arrayed against the all-encompassing grip of the Soviet state are three Americans: Sam Hollis, an Air Force officer, who will fly one last covert mission into the center of a mad experiment; Lisa Rhodes, an embassy liaison, who will see her political hopes and ideals brutally tested; and Seth Alevy, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station, who will find his intricate dance of destiny and death reaching its devastating conclusion. Welcome to The Charm School, one of the most chilling Cold War novels ever written.The New York Times - James F. ClarityNelson DeMille's new novel is a Moscow thriller, and he has mastered the mechanics of the genre, moving the plot swiftly with regular intrusions of violence, ironic twists and cynical betrayals.

The cold war is over, and Keith Landry, one of the nation's top intelligence officers, is forced into early and unwanted retirement. Restless, Landry returns to Spencerville, the small Midwestern town where he grew up. The place has changed in the quarter century since Landry stepped off his front porch into the world, but two important people from his past are still there: Annie Prentis, his first love, and Cliff Baxter, the high school bully who became the police chief of Spencerville and Annie's possessive husband. They're all about to come together again-and rip Spencerville apart with violence, vengeance, and renewed passion. Back from the Cold War, intelligence officer Keith Landry returns to his hometown of Spencerville, Ohio. Twenty-five years after their last encounter, Keith runs into his first love, Annie, now unhappily married to the town's chief of police--an abusive alcoholic. In his efforts to reclaim Annie, Keith will have to draw on all the skills of a violent lifetime.

There’s never been a better time to be an author. Books like the Harry Potter series create a media phenomenon, with people lining up and camping outside bookstores to purchase newly released titles. Yet book sales overall – not just those of mega-sellers – are on the rise, as more and more people seek knowledge and entertainment through reading. The Library of Congress currently registers about 60,000 new titles for copyright each year. 60,000 books by 60,000 authors. Imagine yourself as one. Getting Your Book Published For Dummies is your complete guide to realizing whatever gem of an idea you’ve been carrying with you. If you’ve ever thought, “this would make a really good book,” be it the next great American novel or a guide to naming babies, here’s your chance to put pen to paper and find out! Written from both sides of the editor’s desk – by a widely published writer and a HarperCollins veteran publisher – this guide puts in your hand the advice you need to: Pick an idea Approach the publisher Craft proposals and queries Work with agents, or act as your own Self-publish Negotiate a contract Create the actual book Sell your published book Full of examples, proposals, query letters, and war stories drawn from the authors’ extensive experience, Getting Your Book Published For Dummies shows you how to clear all the hurdles faced by today’s writers – freeing up precious time for you to refine your manuscript. You’ll get the inside scoop on: Titling your book Major publishers, smaller houses, niche publishers, university presses, and spiritual and religious publishers The 12 elements of a successful nonfiction proposal How editors read queries Submitting fiction Publishing outside the box And much more Getting Your Book Published For Dummies is the clear, A-Z handbook that makes the entire process  plain and practicable. You don’t need to be a celebrity. You don’t need to be some kind of publishing insider. All you need to do is write.

these Memoirs Of A Great Aviation Career Are Cleverly Presented As A Life Flight Adventure. Each Chapter Is A Series Of Interesting, Informative, And Easy Reading, Short Stories. Many Are Airborne Adventures, From Which Pilots May Learn From The Author S Many Mistakes, As Well As His Many Achievements.

Prepare to meet the most seductively female and the most shockingly fatal of femmes fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today's finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short and sizzling masterpieces of kisses and kiss-offs, gams and gats, published for the first time anywhere. In "Third Party," Jay McInerney takes you on a wild ride through the Paris night with a party girl built for speed and sin..."Rendezvous," Nelson DeMille's first short story in twenty-five years, plunges you into a Vietnam jungle where the bloodiest scourge of this man's army is no man at all...back in the U.S.A. of "Louly and Pretty Boy," Elmore Leonard introduces a Depression-era teenage gun moll who loves Pretty Boy Floyd more than she likes knocking off filling stations...and Michael Connelly's colorful and ironic "Cielo Azul" shows how a nameless woman left dead on a Los Angeles hillside can be the most lethal prey of all. These and a bevy of other very bad girls cast their criminal spells through the powerful voices of Lorenzo Carcaterra, Joyce Carol Oates, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffery Deaver, J. A. Jance, Andrew Klavan, Laura Lippman, Ed McBain, Walter Mosley, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, and S. J. Rozan in stories as irresistible as the antiheroines that blaze through their pages.

Sixty-five Concise And Lively Essays By Some Of Today's Most Successful Writers Identify The Books That Proved Pivotal To The Shaping Of Their Careers, In A Volume That Includes Harold Bloom On Little, Big, Nelson Demille On Atlas Shrugged, And Sebastian Junger On Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. Introduction / Roxanne J. Coady -- Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye / Dorothy Allison -- Robert Coover's Pricksongs & Descants / Kate Atkinson -- Gwendolyn Brooks's Selected Poems / James Atlas -- Joseph Campbell's The Power Of Myth / Robert Ballard -- Jean Kerr's The Snake Has All The Lines / Gina Barreca -- The Works Of Shakespeare / Nicholas A. Basbanes -- J.r.r. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings / Graeme Base -- The Little Engine That Could / Jeff Benedict -- J.d. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye / Elizabeth Berg -- The Most Of P.g. Wodehouse / Amy Bloom -- John Crowley's Little, Big / Harold Bloom -- John Hersey's Hiroshima / Lary Bloom -- Joyce Carol Oates's Expensive People And More / Chris Bohjalian -- Theodore H. White's The Making Of The President, 1960 / Steven Brill -- Ernest Becker's The Denial Of Death / Benjamin Cheever On -- Alexandre Dumas' The Count Of Monte Cristo / Da Chen -- Gertrude Stein's Ida / Harriet Scott Chessman -- Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain / Brother Christopher -- Mary Higgins Clark's A Stranger Is Watching / Carol Higgins Clark -- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's The Yearling And Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita / Billy Collins -- Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew Mysteries / Claire Cook -- Caesar's Gallic Wars / Caroline B. Cooney -- Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin / Patricia Cornwell -- Charles Dickens's David Copperfield / Maureen Corrigan -- Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged And More / Nelson Demille -- Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter / Tomie Depaola -- Virginia Woolf's A Room Of One's Own / Anita Diamant -- Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now / Dominick Dunne -- Thomas á Kempis's The Imitation Of Christ / Carlos Eire -- Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes / Linda Fairstein -- Barbara W. Tuchman's The Guns Of August / Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm / Linda Greenlaw -- Cecil Woodham-smith's The Reason Why / David Halberstam -- J.d. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye / Alice Hoffman -- Dee Brown's Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee / Sebastian Junger -- Geoffrey Barraclough's An Introduction To Contemporary History / Paul Kennedy -- Ernest Hemingway's Collected Stories / Tracy Kidder -- Ernest Becker's The Denial Of Death / Robert Kurson -- Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird / Wally Lamb -- Ram Dass's The Only Dance There Is And More / Anne Lamott -- Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation Of Dreams / Barbara Leaming -- The Bible / Senator Joe Lieberman -- Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre / Margot Livesey -- Ernest Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls / Senator John Mccain -- William Shakespeare's Henry Viii / Frank Mccourt -- F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby / Faith Middleton -- Betty Smith's A Tree Grows In Brooklyn / Jacquelyn Mitchard -- Ed Mcbain's 87th Precinct Series / Leigh Montville -- Herman Wouk's Marjorie Morningstar And Susan Isaacs's Compromising Positions / Sara Nelson -- William Lewis Nida's Ab The Cave Man / Sherwin B. Nuland -- Kay Thompson's Eloise / Laura Numeroff -- William Maxwell's So Long, See You Tomorrow / Stewart O'nan -- Albert Camus' The Myth Of Sisyphus / Jacques Pépin -- G.k. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday / Anne Perry -- Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden Of Verses And More / Jack Prelutsky -- Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange / Ian Rankin -- Albert Schweitzer's Out Of My Life And Thought And Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle Series / Richard Rhodes -- Moss Hart's Act One / Frank Rich -- Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings / Sark -- Frank Mccourt's Angela's Ashes / Lisa Scottoline -- William Saroyan's The Human Comedy / Bernie S. Siegel, M.d. -- Christopher Morley's Kitty Foyle And Guy Endore's Voltaire! Voltaire! / Liz Smith -- Stendhal's The Red And The Black / Edward Sorel -- John Barth's The End Of The Road / Jane Stern -- The Sears Catalogue / Michael Stern -- Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters To A Young Poet / Alexandra Stoddard -- C.s. Forester's Horatio Hornblower Series / Paco Underhill -- Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird / Susan Vreeland -- E.b. White's Charlotte's Web / Kate Walbert -- Steven Millhauser's Edwin Mullhouse / Katharine Weber -- F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby / Jacqueline Winspear -- The Books That Changed Their Lives : A Reading List Of The Books Selected By The Contributors -- Editors' Note -- Roxanne's Very Opinionated Reading List -- Joy's Very Opinionated Reading List -- About Read To Grow. Edited By Roxanne J. Coady And Joy Johannessen. Includes Bibliographical References.

Inspired By A Book From 1961, The (original) Artists' & Writers' Cookbook Included Recipes From The Likes Of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Marianne Moore, And Harper Lee. This New, Vibrantly Illustrated Version Includes Stories And Recipes From Anthony Doerr, Leanne Shapton, Joyce Carol Oates, John Currin And Rachel Feinstein, Ed Ruscha, Neil Gaiman, Edwidge Danticat, Aimee Bender, Gregory Crewdson, James Franco, Francesca Lia Block, Swoon, Nelson Demille, Rick Moody And Laurel Nakadate, Nikki Giovanni, T.c. Boyle, Lev Grossman, Roz Chast, Heidi Julavits, Marina Abramović, Curtis Sittenfeld, Julia Alvarez, And Many Others-- Breakfast -- Soups & Salads -- Sandwiches & Pizza -- The Main Dish -- Snacks -- Sweets. Edited By Natalie Eve Garrett ; With Illustrations By Amy Jean Porter.

He's fast. She's furious. They're in for the ride of their lives. Rising star Roxanne St. Claire puts the pedal to the metal in a story of intrigue and passion that will get your heart racing! When sexy NASCAR racer Beau Lansing tracks down high society debutante Celeste Bennett, it's a matter of life or death. Stunned at the secret Beau reveals, Celeste is forced to make a life-altering decision. But with her love life on the skids and her family life in a tailspin, escaping incognito into Beau's world is just what she needs -- especially if she can get answers about her past. Beau needs Celeste to save a man's life -- he never expected a high-octane attraction that could wreck his well-protected heart. And when Celeste's life is threatened by someone who clearly knows her real identity, Beau has to risk everything -- including his own life -- to save her. With menacing forces in the driver's seat and time ticking too fast, the two must win the biggest race of all...the race for their lives and their love.

Mosley returns to mysteries at last with his most engaging hero since Easy Rawlins. When Paris Minton meets a beautiful new woman, before he knows it he has been beaten up, slept with, shot at, robbed, and his bookstore burned to the ground. He's in so much trouble he has no choice but to get his friend, Fearless Jones, out of jail to help him.

Knowing a missing despised man to be innocent of the murder charge levied against him, used bookstore owner Paris Minton hires former sheriff Jefferson T. Hill to investigate, but when the sheriff goes missing as well, Minton enlists Fearless Jones for the case. 150,000 first printing.

Fearless Jones and Paris Minton, stars of the bestsellers Fearless Jones and Fear Itself, return in a high-velocity, larger-than-life thriller about family, betrayal, and revenge."I'm in trouble, Paris."Paris Minton has heard these words before. They mean only one thing: that his neck is on the line too. So when they are uttered by his lowlife cousin Ulysses S. Grant, Paris keeps the door firmly closed. With family like Ulysses-Useless to everyone except his mother-who needs enemies?But trouble always finds an open window, and when Useless's mother, Three Hearts, shows up from Louisiana to look for her son, Paris has no choice but to track down his wayward cousin.Finding a con artist like Useless is easier said than done. But with the aid of his ear-to-the-ground friend Fearless Jones, Paris gets a hint that Useless may have expanded his range of enterprise to include blackmail. Now he has disappeared, and Paris's mission is to discover whether he is hiding from his vengeful victims-or already dead.Traversing the complicated landscape of 1950s Los Angeles, where a wrong look can get a black man killed, Paris and Fearless find desperate women, secret lives, and more than one dead body along the way. Fear of the Dark is filled with the sheer-nerve plotting and brilliant characterizations that prompted The Nation to credit Walter Mosley for "the finest detective oeuvre in American literature."

Selected by Nelson DeMille, a collection of mystery/thriller short stories focused on the wealthy upper echelons from some of today's top writers.The truly wealthy live in another world. From their multi-national businesses to their palatial mansions to their exotic vacations at glamorous places all around the world, they do everything in a big way. And sometimes, that even includes crime. In this anthology, you'll read about a wealthy writer who plots murder his hopeless agent, an aging actress who clings to her past of wealth and fame, and a spoiled rich boy who steps into dangerous territory with his mean antics, among others. The Rich and the Dead features mystery and crime stories set among the upper crust of society, going behind the scenes of the lifestyles of the two percent of the world that controls sixty percent of its riches--and just how far they'll go to stay on top.