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(0)David Morrell
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Series
Language
English
Description
Thomas De Quincey, best known for his sensational memoir Confessions of an Opium Eater, is the prime suspect in a series of horrific murders that paralyze London. The killer seems to be imitating De Quincey's true-crime essay "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts." Desperate to prevent more atrocities but crippled by addiction, De Quincey is aided by his brilliant daughter, Emily, and two determined Scotland Yard detectives.
4) Burnt sienna
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Ex-marine Chase Malone must stop a dangerous and powerful arms dealer before he kills again in this new high-action thriller by the bestselling author of "Double Image" and "Black Evening." The wealthy and dangerously twisted arms agent has spent the last two decades marrying a succession of beautiful women--all of whom have met with mysterious deaths just after having their portraits painted by a top artist.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his Confessions of an Opium-Eater, confronts London's harrowing streets to thwart the assassination of Queen Victoria. The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The incompetence of British commanders causes the fall of the English government. The Empire teeters. Amid this crisis comes opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, one of the most notorious and brilliant personalities of Victorian England. Along with his irrepressible...
6) Double image
Author
Language
English
Description
A Bosnia war criminal hunts the photographer whose photo proved to be the key evidence in his conviction, while the photographer pursues the world's most beautiful woman.
13) The protector
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Hired by a brilliant scientist who is seeking protection from a powerful drug lord, bodyguard Cavanaugh is shocked when his teammates are killed in a vicious attack that implicates his new employer.
Author
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
As holiday celebrations take place in Santa Fe, Agent Paul Kagan is on the run with a baby the Russian mafia wants to destroy and turns to a mother and her young son for help during a violent night where they all must work together to keep the child safefrom harm.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown, and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Opium addict Thomas De Quincey and his irrepressible daughter Emily investigate the strangling of a lawyer in what is the first murder on an English train, and they uncover a dangerous secret that reaches the highest levels of British society.
17) The shimmer
Author
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Santa Fe police officer Dan Page tracks down his missing wife only to witness a bloodbath in Rostov, a remote town in Texas famous for a massive astronomical observatory, a long-abandoned military base, and unexplained nighttime phenomena that draw onlookers from every corner of the globe. Determined to solve the mystery of the Rostov Lights in order to save his wife, he discovers that the decaying military base may not be abandoned at all, and that...
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Before I Wake is a thriller fan's dream, a rich, resonant collection that reminds us, once again, of its author's enduring and unmistakable importance. This is popular fiction as it should be written. It doesn't get better than this. Before I Wake shows us Morrell at the top of his game. Each of the stories gathered here is a compelling, beautifully crafted gem. Each is the clear product of a world-class storyteller. There are fourteen stories included...
Author
Publisher
ReQuest Audiobooks (RE-Q, Inc.)
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In "Front Man, " an aging screenwriter cast adrift in a youth-oriented Hollywood culture finds a scary way to make it back into the business. In "Nothing Will Hurt You, " a father is obsessed by his daughter's murder, and will stop at nothing to avenge her. In "Resurrection, " a son is determined to preserve and care for a father frozen in cryogenic sleep.
