On the streets of Moscow, a vicious serial killer stalks his female victims. Ksenia, an ambitious young editor of an online newspaper, seeks to entrap him and further her own career. But her preoccupation with the crimes reflects her unconscious fascination with the sexual savagery of the murders and her own dark desires. She becomes obsessed with the unknown and seemingly unknowable killer... and he with her.

From the man Arturo Pérez-Reverte has called “the most talented young Russian author” comes this extraordinary family saga, a journey into the depths of the human soul.The Round-dance of Water is a detailed portrait of three generations of a large family, but in this story there is no division into primary and secondary characters: each individual fate carries its weight and runs into the bloody river of the twentieth century. The novel drifts between year...

This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Data Analytics and Management in Data Intensive Domains, DAMDID/RCDL 2023, held in Moscow, Russia, during 24-27 October 2023.The 21 papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. These papers are organized in the following topical sections: Data Models and Knowledge Graphs; Databases in Data Intensive Domains; Machine learning methods and applications; Data...

A historical novel about a young American artist who secretly joins the French Resistance during World War II while uncovering a family mystery through her passion for painting.“B. A. Shapiro captivated us in 2012 with her ‘addictive’ novel The Art Forger. **Now, she’s back with another thrilling tale from the art world.” —**Entertainment WeeklyAlizée Benoit is a young American artist in N...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015'Unsettling, deeply moving and very, very readable. I loved it' NATHAN FILER, The Shock of the Fall**'A striking and highly enjoyable debut' SOPHIE HANNAHYasmin would give anything to have a friend . . .And do anything to keep one.The first time I saw you, you were standing at the far end of the playing field. You were looking down at your brown straggly dog...

WISTING: THE MAJOR TV SHOW NOW ON BBC FOURWinner of the Norwegian Bookseller's PrizeOve Bakkerud, newly separated and extremely disillusioned, is looking forward to a final quiet weekend at his summer home before closing for winter but, when the tourists leave, less welcome visitors arrive. Bakkerud’s cottage is ransacked by burglars and next door he discovers the body of a man who has been beaten to death. Police Inspector William Wisting has witnes...

Fans of James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Catherine Coulter, Stieg Larsson and Lee Child will enjoy this new book from NEW YORK TIMES best-selling author Aaron Patterson.Kirk Weston hates his job as a Federal Air Marshal, but that is nothing new. His general distain for people worsen when he is finds himself trapped on a plane with them for hours at a time.His mission is simple and degrading--babysit Nika Mason, the daughter of the biggest pop star since Michael Jackson. As ...

New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen’s gripping debut—now available as an ebookA witness to a gangland murder must outwit and outrun the vicious hit men on his trail—before it’s too lateChris Meadows’s charmed life as an up-and-coming architect has kept him far removed from Miami’s bloody drug trade. But his comfortable existence comes crashing down around him when Chris witnesses the hit-and-run death of an ex-girlfriend...

With the "intensity of a Jason Bourne adventure," this thriller about a spy racing to save the daughter he gave up is a "page-turner with unexpected heart" (Kirkus Reviews).Klara Walldéen was raised by her grandparents on a remote archipelago in the Baltic Sea, learning to fish and hunt and sail a boat through a storm. Now, as an EU Parliament aide in Brussels, she is learning how to navigate the treacherous currents of international politics: the lines between frie...

A widow and her two grown children search for answers about the past in both America and China, in this insightful novel of an immigrant family’s journey.After a lifetime of sacrifice, Ling’s husband has passed away. Though she has both a son and a daughter to comfort her, she has struggled to understand how they live their lives—Emily, an immigration lawyer in New York City, inexplicably refuses to have children; and Michael is unable to commit to a relationship o...

Everyone would kill for their fifteen minutes of fame…A Premiership footballer is shot dead in cold blood on a busy London street, and a country is gripped by terror. Who is behind this apparently motiveless killing – and who’s next in the firing line?Jack Garrett is determined to find out. A small-time journalist who's left behind his Lancashire roots for the glitz and glamour – and seediness and squalor – of the capital, he's convinced this is no celebrity stalker.

'Riveting! Bussi spins psychological suspense at its finest with this consuming tale of one child, two families, and the dark secrets that define us all. Clear your schedule; this book is worth it!' - Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Crash & Burn and Find HerOn the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed inst...