Arrow Books The Terminal Man Крайтон Майкл

Роман «Невиновный» — захватывающая и правдивая, и в то же время противоречивая криминальная история о шокирующей судебной ошибке от автора международных бестселлеров Джона Гришэма • На бейсбольном драфте 1971 года Рон Уильямсон был первым игроком, выбранным из Оклахомы. Подписав контракт с Оклендом, он попрощался со своим маленьким родным городком и уехал в Калифорнию, чтобы осуществить свои мечты о славе • Шесть лет спустя он вернулся, его мечты были разрушены из-за больной руки и вредных привычек. У него начали проявляться признаки психического заболевания. Не имея возможности сохранить работу, он переехал к матери и спал по 20 часов в сутки на ее диване • В 1982 году 21-летняя официантка Дебра Сью Картер была убита, и в течение пяти лет преступление оставалось нераскрытым

Сицилийская ссылка Майкла Корлеоне подходит к концу, но его отец - он же Крёстный отец - поручил сыну доставить к нему человека по имени Сальваторе Джулиано. Если, конечно, он сможет его найти • Майкл, сбитый с толку подстерегающими его на незнакомой земле трудностями и человеческим вероломством, должен нащупать свой путь сквозь воздвигнутый вокруг него лабиринт лжи, пока Джулиано готовится к последнему столкновению с доном Кроче, капо ди капи всея сицилийской мафии. В этом романе вы найдёте взрывной саспенс, сцены, достойные героев боевиков - и зло в невообразимых масштабах • Блистательный и по-своему зловещий талант Марио Пьюзо позволит вам вновь насладиться жутким очарованием мафии • Книга на английском языке • Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano - if he can find him

The stunning new novel by the acclaimed author of The Power of the Dog ('so good you want to keep him to yourself' Ian Rankin), bought for the movies by Robert de Niro, who plans to play Frankie himself • Frank Machianno is the guy, a late-middle-aged ex-surf bum who runs a bait shack on the San Diego waterfront. That's when he's not juggling any of his other three part-time jobs or trying to get a quick set in on his long board. He's a beloved fixture of the community, a stand-up businessman, a devoted father to his daughter. Frank's also a hit man. Well, a retired hit man • Back in the day, when he was one of the most feared members of the West Coast mob, he was known as Frankie Machine. Years ago, Frank consigned his mob ties to the past, which is where he wants them to stay

The second book in the epic Masters of Rome series • Rome. 97 BC. Gaius Marius is one of the greatest generals Rome has ever known. under him, Rome has conquered the Western world, withstood invasion and crushed its enemies. But when the ageing Marius grows weak, the stability of the mighty Republic looks uncertain • Ambitious, tormented Lucius Cornelius Sulla, once Marius's right hand man, withdraws from his commander's circle to prepare his own bid for power. Marius is determined not to relinquish his control over the Republic, but with his closest ally now his most dangerous rival, the stakes are higher than ever before. And as a deadly enmity develops between the two men, Rome must fight its own battle for survival

The critically acclaimed bestseller from the number one bestselling author of The Moment and A Special Relationship. A powerful romantic novel set in the tumultuous world of post-war America. New York, 1945 - Sara Smythe, a young, beautiful and intelligent woman, ready to make her own way in the big city, attends her brother's Thanksgiving Eve party. As the party gets into full swing, in walks Jack Malone, a US Army journalist back from a defeated Germany and a man unlike any Sara has ever met before - one who is destined to change Sara's future forever. But finding love isn't the same as finding happiness - as Sara and Jack soon find out. In post-war America chance meetings aren't always as they seem, and people's choices can often have profound repercussions

Man or Monster? • Anne Rice reinvented the vampire legend • Discover what she's done with the werewolf myth • After a brutal attack Reuben finds himself changing. His hair is longer, his skin is more sensitive and her can hear things he never could before • Now he must confront the beast within him or lose himself completely

Майкл Брок — человек, стремящийся к успеху • Он восходящая звезда в Drake & Sweeney, гигантской юридической фирме в Вашингтоне. Нельзя терять ни минуты, нельзя бросать монетки нищим. Некогда мучиться угрызениями совести • До того дня, пока мужчина не берет в заложники нескольких юристов в своей фирме, крича о выселении. Полицейские снайперы застреливают захватчика заложников, но Брок чувствует себя обязанным провести расследование • То, что он обнаруживает, — это вопиющее нарушение прав бездомных на улицах города, в котором по уши замешана компания Drake & Sweeney, и внезапно его начинает мучить совесть. Но чтобы поступить правильно, ему, возможно, придется украсть секреты своей собственной фирмы • «Адвокат» — захватывающий роман, детектив с элементами реализма, полный перипетий и неожиданных поворотов

The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the presents are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding • Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married - and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day - she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays • But the wedding isn't the only surprise - there is one more unexpected gift, and it could change all their lives for ever • With deeply affecting characters and the emotional twists of a James Patterson thriller, The Christmas Wedding is a fresh look at family and the magic of the festive season

The Forgotten Legion - fighting for honour, freedom and revenge • Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman. At thirteen years old they are sold - Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome. Tarquinius is an Etruscan, a warrior and soothsayer, born enemy of Rome, but doomed to fight for the Republic in the Forgotten Legion. Brennus is a Gaul, his entire family killed by the Romans, and he rises to become one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day • The lives of these characters are bound and interwoven in an odyssey which begins in a Rome riven by political corruption and violence, but ends far away, at the very border of the known world, where the tattered remnants of a once-huge Roman army - the Forgotten Legion - will fight against overwhelming odds, and the three men will meet their destiny

The dramatic climax to Ben Kane's Forgotten Legion Trilogy • Having survived the perils of a journey across half the world, Romulus and Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the Egyptians • Meanwhile in Rome, Romulus's twin sister Fabiola lives in fear for her life, loved by Brutus, but wooed by Marcus Antonius, his deadly enemy • Soon after, Romulus fights at Zela, the vicious battle where Caesar famously said, 'Veni, vidi, vici'. Tarquinius, separated from Romulus in the chaos of war, hides in Alexandria, searching for guidance. But mortal danger awaits them both • From the battlefields of Asia Minor and North Africa, to the lawless streets of Rome and the gladiator arena, they face death daily, until on the Ides of March, the twins are reunited and must decide either to back or to betray Caesar on his day of destiny

The third title in Paul Scott's masterpiece, The Raj Quartet, dramatised by Radio 4 • It is the last, bitter days of World War II and the British Raj in India is crumbling. Ensconced in the Indian Hill Station of Pankot are the English wives, mothers, daughters and widows of the officers embroiled in the ongoing conflict. With their old beliefs and assumptions under increasingly virulent attack, all eyes are upon Captain Merrick and the British military to protect them in this troubled time. But Merrick, though outwardly a consummate professional, is brutal and corrupt, and not even his machinations can stop the change that is swiftly and inevitably approaching, change which is increasingly undermining the old myth of British invincibility