As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey, and an inevitable reunion with Eddie
È una fredda mattina d'inverno quando Travis Boyette, pluricondannato per reati sessuali, bussa alla porta del reverendo Keith Schroeder. L'uomo, in libertà vigilata, sostiene di custodire da anni un terribile segreto che è deciso a confessare. Ha un tumore incurabile al cervello e vuole liberarsi dal peso che grava sulla sua coscienza: con la sua testimonianza potrebbe infatti scagionare Donté Drumm, un giovane di colore condannato a morte in Texas per l'omicidio di una ragazza bianca. Mancano quattro giorni all'esecuzione. Basteranno per salvare Donté? In una spasmodica corsa contro il tempo il reverendo e Boyette faranno di tutto per convincere avvocati, giudici e politici che stanno giustiziando l'uomo sbagliato. Ma la verità, se clamorosa, sembra avere vita più difficile della menzogna...
Emocionante novela protagonizada por Mia, una excepcional pianista, que logra escapar de la persecución nazi, se incorpora a la resistencia judía, y más tarde al servicio de espionaje francés.
Perched like a black crow on a crag in the most hostile depths of the Himalayas stands a monastery. For a thousand years the monks have kept guard. Now their sanctum has been violated, the secret carried off. After a millennium of hiding from the world, the guardians of the treasure will have to turn to an outsider for help. Luckily Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is no stranger. Having trained body and mind in Tibet, he knows the land well. But neither he nor his ward, Constance, are prepared for the truth about what the monks have been protecting. The pursuit of the stolen artefact takes Pendergast and Constance far from the snowy wastes, to where the largest-ever ocean liner is preparing for her maiden voyage. As Pendergast and Constance board, they know they are joined by a cargo of secrets and murderers. As the ship slips into the night, it becomes a deadly race to recover the secret of the monks, or blackness to threaten to fall not just over the ship, but the wider world... A stunning dance of death and mystery, THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS takes the most unusual investigator around on his most thrilling case yet...
La muerte de Jeremy Grove, famoso crítico de arte, es inexplicable. Su cuerpo fue encontrado en una habitación cerrada... La muerte de Jeremy Grove, famoso crítico de arte, es inexplicable. Su cuerpo fue encontrado en una habitación cerrada con llave desde dentro, con la marca de un crucifijo grabada en su pecho como una quemadura, la huella de una garra en la pared... Y un insoportable hedor a azufre... ¿Serán las marcas del diablo? Hasta los menos supersticiosos empiezan a hablar de un pacto con el maligno. Para investigar este extraño caso, el inspector Pendergast tendrá que abandonar Nueva York y viajar a un pueblo de Italia, donde veinte años atrás cuatro hombres hicieron una promesa diabólica. A partir de entonces Pendergast se ve obligado a enfrentarse con fuerzas desconocidas; él mismo parece ser la próxima víctima de una venganza abominable, a la que no está nada claro que pueda sobrevivir...
The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.