DescriptionAs a hit man, Joe Flood deals in death. But when his doctor tells him that he has only months to live, he puts out an open contract on his own life with a 6-million-dollar reward. But now there's a catch; the lab made a mistake and he'll live - unless one of his competitors can cash in on his contract. Now it's kill or be killed as Joe tries to stay one step ahead of his fellow stalkers in a romp that bristles with suspense.
DescriptionOut of funds and longing for a sea voyage, young doctor Ralph Leslie jumps at the chance to sign aboard a luxurious millionaire's yacht as steward of the After House . His job is easy sailing until one summer night, when the dream voyage suddenly becomes a nightmare of blood and terror. One of the ship's officers is thrown overboard; another one is killed with an axe. As panic sets in on the boat, only the young doctor remains calm enough to try to solve the murders. But can he stay alive long enough to do it? Here is another classic from Mary Roberts Rinehart, a master of mystery and suspense novels known for their humor and ingenuity.
DescriptionOn an average day, in an average minute, we can process over 20, 000 trillion bits of information per second. Such incredibly rapid brain activity can lead to confusion, fear, tension, stress, and anxiety. To stave off these pressures, our "one-minu…
DescriptionWhen Spalding Gray first arrived in New York City in 1959, it was to become a writer of great sprawling novels. He got sidetracked into the theater for 30 years until one day his literary agent said, "I think you've got a novel inside you." Instead of elective surgery, Spalding sat down to write if he could, or pace floors in different cities plumbing the depths of writer's block if he couldn't. In this recording, Gray, now one of America's premiere monologists, performs Monster in a Box, the story of one man's struggle against publication, the writing of a 1900-page manuscript that became the much smaller Impossible Vacation . Gray recounts the horrors of putting one word after another, and another, and another...
DescriptionTailspin is a novel of nonstop suspense and extraordinary intrigue. In 1945, just after the German surrender, Major Kaufmann of G-2 Counterintelligence receives disturbing reports: aerial bombs are missing from Italy. German POW airmen are being transferred to France for no obvious reason. A fleet of B17s disappear without a trace. When Kaufmann tries to follow up, his contacts are murdered before he can reach them - and when the word comes up from Eisenhower's office: stop Kaufmann - stop him dead. Can Kaufmann evade the traitors - whoever they are - long enough to stop the world from going into a tailspin? Told with all Jack Hunter's enormous narrative gifts and proved expertise in military aviation and wartime intelligence, Tailspin is a thriller of the highest order.
DescriptionOnce upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person. So Anne Tyler opens this irresistible novel. The woman is Rebecca Davitch, a 53-year-old grandmother. Is she an imposter in her own life? she asks herself. Is…
