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The enduring novel by one of our greatest storytellers.

George Smiley, small, podgy and at best middle-aged, is one of the meek who do not inherit the earth. Yet he is also a senior British Intelligence officer, as devastating as he is self-effacing.

In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy we meet him in short-lived retirement, deserted by his beautiful wife, wrestling with idleness and disillusionment. And haunted by the secret fear that one day, out of a past so complex that he himself could not remember all the enemies he might have made, one of them would find him and demand a reckoning.

At the dead of night, in the house of a member of the Cabinet Office, a mission is put to George Smiley. ?You?ll take the job, clean the stables? Go backwards, go forwards, do whatever is necessary?? As Smiley retraces path after path into his own past there is no longer any difference between the two: forwards or backwards, George Smiley has embarked on a blind night walk with God knows how many bodies at the end.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a world of hoods and lamplighters, scalphunters and pavement artists, where men are turned, burned or bought for stock; a world of moles, legmen, listeners and watchers. And George Smiley is one of le Carré?s most memorable heroes: a troubled man and superb professional of infinite compassion.

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Winner of the Malice Domestic/St. Martin's Press Best First Traditional Mystery Award

Forensic historian Simon Shaw likes his murders old and cold, and his first case fits the bill. An archeologist friend has found a skeleton with a bullet hole in its skull under historic Bloodworth House, and Simon investigates with his usual doggedness until he discovers that the corpse is Anne Bloodworth, an heiress who disappeared in 1926. Shaw feels compelled to find out who killed her. But this turns out to be more than an academic exercise when someone who wants to hide past secrets tries to murder him!


"Shaber charms us with her personable prof and her warm, vibrant portrait of small-town Southern life." -New York Times Book Review

?A most auspicious introduction.?--The Washington Times

?Sarah Shaber takes modern Southern Life and gives it a slow-roasting in this gently mocking tale of past murder in present-day Raleigh. Spiced with old-timey prejudices and up-to-date neuroses, and served with a generous helping of Southern ?fried academia, this is a perfectly delicious book!?
-Margaret Maron, Author of the Deborah Knott Mystery Series

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Murder most archeological. While searching for artifacts in the aptly named Bloodworth House, Professor Simon Shaw--young, gifted, and Pulitzered--comes upon a less-than-colonial corpse. Could she be the long-missing heroine Anne Bloodworth and can Professor Shaw sort things out and give his students their money's worth? Fans of gentle mystery and Southern civility should opt for Simon Said.

Kurzbeschreibung

Winner of the Malice Domestic/St. Martin's Press Best First Traditional Mystery Award

Forensic historian Simon Shaw likes his murders old and cold, and his first case fits the bill. An archeologist friend has found a skeleton with a bullet hole in its skull under historic Bloodworth House, and Simon investigates with his usual doggedness until he discovers that the corpse is Anne Bloodworth, an heiress who disappeared in 1926. Shaw feels compelled to find out who killed her. But this turns out to be more than an academic exercise when someone who wants to hide past secrets tries to murder him!


"Shaber charms us with her personable prof and her warm, vibrant portrait of small-town Southern life." -New York Times Book Review

?A most auspicious introduction.?--The Washington Times

?Sarah Shaber takes modern Southern Life and gives it a slow-roasting in this gently mocking tale of past murder in present-day Raleigh. Spiced with old-timey prejudices and up-to-date neuroses, and served with a generous helping of Southern ?fried academia, this is a perfectly delicious book!?
-Margaret Maron, Author of the Deborah Knott Mystery Series

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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King?s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination?a thousand page tour de force.

Following his massively successful novel Under the Dome, King sweeps readers back in time to another moment?a real life moment?when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has the power to change the course of history.

Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students?a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning?s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.

Not much later, Jake?s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane?and insanely possible?mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake?s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake?s life ? a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

A tribute to a simpler era and a devastating exercise in escalating suspense, 11/22/63 is Stephen King at his epic best.

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Amid Iceland?s wild, volcanic landscape, rumours swirl of an ancient manuscript containing a long-lost saga about a ring of terrible power. The manuscript, which is believed to have inspired Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, exists... but why is it worth killing for?

Untangling murder from myth is Iceland-born, Boston-raised homicide detective Magnus Jonson. Seconded to the Icelandic Police Force for his own protection after he runs afoul of a drug cartel back in Boston, Magnus also has his own reasons for returning to the country of his birth for the first time in nearly two decades ? to investigate the unsolved murder of his father.

Binding Iceland?s landscape and history, secrets and superstitions in a strikingly original plot that will span several volumes, Where the Shadows Lie is a thrilling new series from an established master.

Kurzbeschreibung

Amid Iceland?s wild, volcanic landscape, rumours swirl of an ancient manuscript containing a long-lost saga about a ring of terrible power. The manuscript, which is believed to have inspired Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, exists... but why is it worth killing for?

Untangling murder from myth is Iceland-born, Boston-raised homicide detective Magnus Jonson. Seconded to the Icelandic Police Force for his own protection after he runs afoul of a drug cartel back in Boston, Magnus also has his own reasons for returning to the country of his birth for the first time in nearly two decades ? to investigate the unsolved murder of his father.

Binding Iceland?s landscape and history, secrets and superstitions in a strikingly original plot that will span several volumes, Where the Shadows Lie is a thrilling new series from an established master.

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*AUTHOR?S NOTE:

What you are about to read is not MOONLIGHT FALLS as originally and graciously published by R.J.Buckley in 2009. It is an ?uncut? version that features upwards of 100 pages of original material that is derived from multiple points of view. This material was edited by me in later drafts in order create a more streamline manuscript that was delivered from Richard ?Dick? Moonlight?s 1st person POV only.

In this version, you not only have Moonlight?s perspective, you also enter into the head of several major characters, including Scarlet Montana, her husband Jake Montana, Moonlight?s ex-wife Lynn, and even the Russian mobsters who are busy harvesting human organs illegally. Any chapters that appear for you in italics, are the ?uncut? chapters and published in their entirety. Even the original quotation by the late Robert B. Parker which appears prior to the Prologue and which was eventually substituted for a quote from Genesis, is included in this new novel.

In some ways, this novel is a richer portrayal of the tragic events that lead Dick Moonlight to believe he might actually be responsible for the death of his lover while, as a private detective under the employ of the Albany Police Department?s understaffed violent crimes/homicide division, he goes about trying to solve the riddle of who killed her. You see now the near impossible dilemma Moonlight faces. Simple irony doesn?t fit the bill here. Neither does paradox. Only the words ?dark tragedy? seems to come close to describing the frantic and often desperate circumstances in which Dick Moonlight finds himself. The more he searches for a killer or killers, the more the evidence points to himself. Now you see why this novel was described as ?A new book for Hitchcock fans,? by MORE MAGAZINE.

These extra chapters will add a new dimension to the first Moonlight novel. And when combined with the special author interviews, reviews, and essays also included in this especially thick volume by StoneGate Ink, will serve to create a brand new, multi-layered, and indeed, riveting reading experience.

As always, thanks for reading.
Vincent Zandri
Albany, New York

In MOONLIGHT FALLS, novelist and photo journalist Vincent Zandri asks the question ?If you knew your life could end at any moment, how far would you go to prove you murdered your lover? ?

Albany, New York, is the setting of Zandri?s paranoid thriller (in the Hitchcock tradition) about Richard ?Dick? Moonlight, former APD detective turned private investigator/massage therapist, who believes he killed Scarlet Montana, his illicit lover and wife of his ex-boss Chief of Detectives Jake Montana. The dilemma ... Moonlight doesn?t remember what happened!

REVIEWS:

"If you want a novel that runs wild like a caged beast let loose, Zandri is the man."
?(Albany)

"Sensational?masterful?brilliant."
?New York Post

"Probably the most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season."
?Boston Herald

"A thriller that has depth and substance, wickedness and compassion."
?The Times-Union (Albany)

"Vincent Zandri explodes onto the scene with the debut thriller of the year. As Catch Can is gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting. Don't miss it."
?Harlan Coben, author of The Final Detail

"A Satisfying Yarn."
?Chicago Tribune

"Compelling?As Catch Can pulls you in with rat-a-tat prose, kinetic pacing?characters are authentic, and the punchy dialogue rings true. Zandri's staccato prose moves As Catch Can at a steady, suspenseful pace."
?Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Exciting?An Engrossing Thriller?the descriptions of life behind bars will stand your hair on end."
?Rocky Mountain News

"Readers will be held captive by prose that pounds as steadily as an elevated pulse? Vincent Zandri nails readers' attention."
?Boston Herald

"A smoking gun of a debut novel. The rough and tumble pages turn quicker than men turn on each other."
?Albany Times-Union

Kurzbeschreibung

*AUTHOR?S NOTE:

What you are about to read is not MOONLIGHT FALLS as originally and graciously published by R.J.Buckley in 2009. It is an ?uncut? version that features upwards of 100 pages of original material that is derived from multiple points of view. This material was edited by me in later drafts in order create a more streamline manuscript that was delivered from Richard ?Dick? Moonlight?s 1st person POV only.

In this version, you not only have Moonlight?s perspective, you also enter into the head of several major characters, including Scarlet Montana, her husband Jake Montana, Moonlight?s ex-wife Lynn, and even the Russian mobsters who are busy harvesting human organs illegally. Any chapters that appear for you in italics, are the ?uncut? chapters and published in their entirety. Even the original quotation by the late Robert B. Parker which appears prior to the Prologue and which was eventually substituted for a quote from Genesis, is included in this new novel.

In some ways, this novel is a richer portrayal of the tragic events that lead Dick Moonlight to believe he might actually be responsible for the death of his lover while, as a private detective under the employ of the Albany Police Department?s understaffed violent crimes/homicide division, he goes about trying to solve the riddle of who killed her. You see now the near impossible dilemma Moonlight faces. Simple irony doesn?t fit the bill here. Neither does paradox. Only the words ?dark tragedy? seems to come close to describing the frantic and often desperate circumstances in which Dick Moonlight finds himself. The more he searches for a killer or killers, the more the evidence points to himself. Now you see why this novel was described as ?A new book for Hitchcock fans,? by MORE MAGAZINE.

These extra chapters will add a new dimension to the first Moonlight novel. And when combined with the special author interviews, reviews, and essays also included in this especially thick volume by StoneGate Ink, will serve to create a brand new, multi-layered, and indeed, riveting reading experience.

As always, thanks for reading.
Vincent Zandri
Albany, New York

In MOONLIGHT FALLS, novelist and photo journalist Vincent Zandri asks the question ?If you knew your life could end at any moment, how far would you go to prove you murdered your lover? ?

Albany, New York, is the setting of Zandri?s paranoid thriller (in the Hitchcock tradition) about Richard ?Dick? Moonlight, former APD detective turned private investigator/massage therapist, who believes he killed Scarlet Montana, his illicit lover and wife of his ex-boss Chief of Detectives Jake Montana. The dilemma ... Moonlight doesn?t remember what happened!

REVIEWS:

"If you want a novel that runs wild like a caged beast let loose, Zandri is the man."
?(Albany)

"Sensational?masterful?brilliant."
?New York Post

"Probably the most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season."
?Boston Herald

"A thriller that has depth and substance, wickedness and compassion."
?The Times-Union (Albany)

"Vincent Zandri explodes onto the scene with the debut thriller of the year. As Catch Can is gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting. Don't miss it."
?Harlan Coben, author of The Final Detail

"A Satisfying Yarn."
?Chicago Tribune

"Compelling?As Catch Can pulls you in with rat-a-tat prose, kinetic pacing?characters are authentic, and the punchy dialogue rings true. Zandri's staccato prose moves As Catch Can at a steady, suspenseful pace."
?Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Exciting?An Engrossing Thriller?the descriptions of life behind bars will stand your hair on end."
?Rocky Mountain News

"Readers will be held captive by prose that pounds as steadily as an elevated pulse? Vincent Zandri nails readers' attention."
?Boston Herald

"A smoking gun of a debut novel. The rough and tumble pages turn quicker than men turn on each other."
?Albany Times-Union