"From some of the hottest names in crime fiction today come original stories written expressly for this collection.These taut tales, loaded with tension and charged with uncertainty, bring each victim--the unsuspecting, the hunted, the fearful--into the deadly sights of a hired killer's gun.From New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors come these stories: "Keller's Karma" by Lawrence Block, read by Stefan Rudnicki"A Trip Home ..."
"A young Italian woman flees her home in Rome and gets involved with the wrong man in Paris. Cornelia, the fearless stripper and killer for hire, who proved such a hit in previous novels, is back and on another mission to kill. As the two women's paths intersect, an English crime writer down on his luck is mistaken for a private eye and goes on a quest for a missing person. From New York to Paris, and then on a thrilling journey through ..."
Red House Library EditionThe by Mark Haddon, MaxwellCaulfield Aparelho De Áudio Digital Pré-Carregado, Published 2012 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-61587-547-4, ISBN: 1-61587-547-6
"Twenty years ago, David Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever since that night he has been plotting revenge. When Bryan Hartwell moves into Jessica Michael's guest house, she has no idea that her new tenant has a deadly agenda to go with his new identity. Her daughter Laura doesn't trust him from the beginning but can't convince her mother that there's more to him than meets the eye."
"Jahr: 2022, Ort: Gefängnisplanet New Alcatraz-Hochsicherheitstrakt. Vier Gefangene werden für eine Mission ausgesucht. Ein aus unbekannten Gründen verschollener Raumkreuzer muß geborgen und zurückgebracht werden. Sollten die Gefangenen die lebensgefährliche Mission erfolgreich beenden, erhalten sie ihre Freiheit wieder. Unter dem Kommando von Commander Skyler beginnen sie ihre Mission. Sie orten den Raumkreuzer und stellen fest, daß sic ..."
"The director of Pump Up the Volume cranks it up another notch with Empire Records Remix! Special Fan Edition, including 16 minutes of never-before-seen footage. A comedy about an eventful day in the lives of the young slackers, doers and dreamers who work at a bustling record store. Stars Renee Zellweger, Liv Tyler, Anthony La Paglia, Ethan Embry and Robin Tunney. Gin Blossoms, the Cranberries, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Cracker, Evan Dando ..."
"This story about a day in the life of an independent record store, truly a threatened species, screeches with the sound of teenagers falling apart emotionally every five minutes. The script, which feels like an old guy's idea of how kids talk and think, concerns the young employees of a Delaware music shop faced with imminent extinction. While the ship is sinking, the staff indulge in tantrums, depressions, and run-ins with low self-est ..."
"When a crew of international terrorists hijack a commercial airliner and intentionally plunge it into the Pacific Ocean, passengers are forced to struggle to survive. On board is a computer micro-board that controls the National Defense satellite Nova One, capable of launching nuclear weapons of mass destruction. In the wrong hands, it can mean global devastation. But in the eleventh hour, a band of Navy Seals will stage a daring underw ..."
"Twenty years ago Danny Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever since that night he has been plotting revenge. When Brian Hartwell moves into Jessica Michael's guesthouse, she has no idea that her new tenant has a deadly agenda to go with his new identity. Her daughter Laura doesn't trust him from the beginning but can't convince her mother that there's more to "The Perfect Tenant" than meets the eye."
"Tom DiCillo's love-go-round stars Matthew Modine and Catherine Keener as an unmarried, New York City couple whose relationship has stalled: should they get married? Have a kid? What's certain is that Modine's character, Joe, is an aspiring actor with no prospects and Keener's character, Mary, is a photographer's assistant with little joy. Joe leads us to Bob (Maxwell Caulfield), a soap opera star on a fetishistic search for a non-bot ..."
"Millennia of conflict between humans and mechs have driven the human race to near-extinction. Now, as the fierce AI mechs begin their final assault on mankind, it soon becomes apparent that three men—three generations in a family of voyagers—are their targets. Toby Bishop, his father, Killeen Bishop, and his grandfather, Nigel Walmsley, each carry a piece of the lethal secret that can destroy their enemies. But hunted through space and ..."
Haunted House, The(Unabridged) by Hilaire Belloc, MaxwellCaulfield Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9562-2, ISBN: 1-5226-9562-1
"Readers of The Emerald of Catherine the Great will not have to be told that Mr. Belloc's mystery stories are written with suavity and originality and an eye for piquant situations. This new mystery tale is the story of Rackham Catchings, a manor house in Sussex belonging to an amiable but improvident squire, which in payment of a debt has come into the possession of his brother. How the squire's son, John, is forced to earn his living a ..."
Mr. Pye(Unabridged) by Mervyn Peake, MaxwellCaulfield Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-7905-9, ISBN: 1-5226-7905-7
"Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five foot three inches of sex'. Mr Pye, however, is prone to excess and in the increasingly personalised struggle between good ..."
In the Ocean of Night(Unabridged) (Galactic Center) by Gregory Benford, MaxwellCaulfield Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5113-9956-2, ISBN: 1-5113-9956-2
"It is 2019. NASA astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent on a mission to intercept a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Ordered to destroy it, he instead discovers that it is actually the shell of a derelict space probe—a wreck with just enough power to emit a single electronic signal. In 2034, a reply is heard. Searching for the source of this signal, which comes from outside the solar system, Nigel discovers the existence of a ..."
Man Who Made Gold, The(Unabridged) by Hilaire Belloc, MaxwellCaulfield Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Hörbuch, Mp3-Audio, Sacd, Ungekürzte Ausgabe ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-7760-4, ISBN: 1-5226-7760-7
"Professor Charles Lexington led a placid and uneventful life until he made the mistake of discovering a way by which lead could be turned into gold. A Mr. Bowry volunteered to help the Professor capitalize the discovery, and from then on things began to happen. Before Professor Lexington got back to Earth he had been a match seller on the streets of London, an end man in a minstrel show, an inmate of a charitable institution, and a plum ..."