When an old letter arrives on their doorstep, well-to-do New Yorkers Brendon and Josh are propelled into a mystery involving Brendon's grandfather.The resulting investigation takes our intrepid detectives across the country to the Deep South, and across the world to remote Sardinia, Italy. Hounded by shadowy forces, Brendon and Josh race to find answers before everyone involved in the mystery, including them, is killed.

The year was 1713. It had been two years since he first met her. And now Jacob was making his way back to Josephine's tavern in search of her father's killer. His friend and business partner, Tobias, a huge brute of a man, would meet him there. Together they would set out on a route linking their past to their present, crossing paths with pirates, merchants, pugilists, highwaymen and murderers. Will the killer be caught along this winding, twisting road on their unexpected journey?

Shakespeare’s Othello is one of his finest and most famous tragedies. This highly acclaimed performance, which ran between November 2007 and February 2008 at the Donmar Warehouse in London, features Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Moor Othello, Ewan McGregor as the scheming Iago, and Kelly Reilly as the gentle Desdemona. This recording features music written specifically for the stage production which enjoyed huge success each performance was a sell-out.

Ecce Homo, which is Latin for “behold the man,” is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, the book passes under review all of Nietzsche’s previous works so that we, his “posthumous” readers, can finally understand him on...

In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thérèse Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband’s earthy friend, Laurent. But their passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever.Thérèse Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and brought its twenty-seven-year-old auth...

A powerful tale of grief, love’s enduring bonds, and secrets of the past set in the Castle Rock universe from #1 New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King.Four years after the sudden death of his wife, bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving. Unable to write and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the western Maine summerhouse he calls “Sara Laughs,” Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway.There, he fi...

A dastardly murder and the kidnapping of a prize chicken threaten to ruin Caerphilly's state fair—fortunately, Meg Langslow is on the case of The Hen of the BaskervillesThe newest mystery in Donna Andrews's gut-bustingly funny, award-winning, New York Times bestselling series is anything but elementary. Meg Langslow is helping Mayor Randall Shiffley organize the Virginia Un-Fair, Caerphilly's entry in the race to replace the old state fair (which ...

The fifth book in the Joanne Kilbourn seriesIn the horrifying opening paragraph of A Killing Spring, Reed Gallagher, the head of the School of Journalism at the university where Joanne Kilbourn teaches, is found dead in a seedy rooming house. He is dressed in women’s lingerie, with an electric cord around his neck. Suicide, the police say. A clear case of accidental suicide. But for Joanne, who takes on the thankless task of breaking the news to Gallagher’...

In this mystery from the author of Manor of Dying, Hamptons interior designer and antiques picker Meg Barrett uncovers a veil of spooky goings-on...The first Sag Harbor Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair is right around the corner, and interior designer Meg Barrett has her hands full decorating rooms at the Bibliophile Bed & Breakfast for wealthy rare book collector Franklin Hollingsworth. Rumor has it Hollingsworth is in possession of an ...

Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage.Atlanta’s West End district has always been a haven and home to a coterie of unique characters—artists and thinkers, dreamers and doers. Folks here know one another’s names, keep their doors unlocked, and look out for their neighbors. Anyone planning to sell drugs, vandalize, or rob a little old lady should think twice before hitting this part of town....

In this heart-pounding thriller, after finding himself at the wrong place at the wrong time, Nick Stefanos is on the hunt for a killer—and for his own shot at redemption."You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man."In his third appearance in George Pelecanos's acclaimed series, Nick Stefanos has been spending too much time with bad women and bad booze. Which is why he wakes up one blurry morning on the banks of the Anacostia Riv...

When a mysterious planet-wide blackout threatens a Federation world, the Starfleet Corps of Engineers must track down those responsible—before it’s too late.When a sudden, catastrophic blackout engulfs an entire Federation world, it’s Starfleet Corps of Engineers to the rescue. As Commander Gomez and her elite team of engineers fight to restore power before civilization unravels, a far more mysterious thread begins to surface beneath the chaos.Linguist Bart...