Lessons in Heartbreak
Autor: Kelly Cathy | ISBN: 9780007240395 | Wydawca: Harper Collins Publ. UK
Synopsis Three Lives. Three Loves. Three Reasons to Let Go - the compelling new novel from the international No.1 bestselling author Izzie Silver left the small Irish town of Tamarin behind for New York. Life is good - until she breaks her own rules and falls for a married man. On the other side of the ocean, Izzie&39;s aunt Anneliese discovers the pain of infidelity for herself. Then Lily, the wise and compassionate family matriarch, is taken ill. At her bedside back in Ireland, Izzie discovers a past her grandmother has never spoken of, while Anneliese feels despair mount. The one person she could have turned to is starting to slip away. The lessons each of the women learns - both past and present - bring joy and heartbreak. And the hardest lesson of all is learning to let go.
Blasphemy
Autor: Preston Douglas | ISBN: 9780765311054 | Wydawca: a forge book
Blasphemy is the story of a group of researchers at Isabella, the new US government financed $40 billion particle accelerator, located on an Arizona reservation leased from the Navajos. The main goal of the accelerator is to recreate conditions just after the Big Bang, to test modern theories of the creation of the universe. When the newly completed accelerator fails to get on-line as quickly as expected, the Feds send in an operative under cover as a Navajo liaison to find out what has gone wrong. Turns out a lot has, either as the result of deliberate sabotage, a bug in the software, or something really strange. Mix in a few thousand fundamentalist Christians who view the whole thing as an attempt by anti-religious atheistic scientists to disprove the existence of God and undermine the good book, incited to a frenzied pitch by a slick televangelist huckster and a well-meaning but psychotic and delusional fundamentalist minister on the Rez, season with elements of the AntiChrist, miniature black holes and the possibility of a really large explosion, and you have all the ingredients for a suspenseful and successful potboiler. The writing is crisp and lean and everything moves very fast. The book is hard to put down as it is very much plot-driven and paced and parsed very well, and, well, you just have to find out what happens next. Do not read this if you contributed regularly to the ministries of Jerry Falwell or Jim Baker or if you disliked the Preston-Childs collaborative novels featuring the irrepressible Agent Pendergast. On the other hand, if you have recently finished and were impressed by "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris or "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins and/or their intellectual brethren, I predict you will find this novel very amusing. In spite of a hole in the plot big enough to land a 747 in (sorry - no spoilers here - if interested see my comment), this novel is great fun and highly recommended.
Faith
Autor: Pearse Lesley | ISBN: 9780141030487 | Wydawca: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
1995, Scotland. The prison of Cornton Vale. Laura Brannigan is in jail for murder. For two years she&39;s been battling for justic - insisting that she didn&39;t kill her best friend, Jackie. Yet with her spirits at their lowest ebb, she receives a letter that takes her back to a different time and memory of an old love ... Twenty years ago was a heady time for Laura: she&39;d escaped an abusive home and together with new best friend Jackie she&39;d made a fresh start. The pair had sworn to be sisters for ever. And Stuart had come into their lives - giving Laura a brilliant summer of love. So what went wrong in the intervening years? And why is Stuart writing to Laura now? Does he have faith in her innocence? And can he help free Laura from prison - and her past?
The Bloomsday Dead
Autor: McKinty Adrian | ISBN: 9780743499491 | Wydawca: Packet star books
This is a bloody and terrifying novel on the surface, and a most spophisticated and moving read underneath. This man writes with real strength and beauty about the world of men and not with the macho simplicity which usually accompanies the themes he addresses. He reminds me of George Pelecanos (no higher praise) and he gets better and better.
The Alibi Man
Autor: Harvey John | ISBN: 9780553841206 | Wydawca: bantam Books
Last seen in bestseller Hoag&39;s Dark Horse, Elena Estes, a former undercover cop turned PI, is devastated at the start of this captivating thriller when she realizes a body she finds in a south Florida canal is that of her friend Irina Markova, a beautiful groom with whom she once worked at a horse stable. Assisted by ex-lover Det. James Landry, the tough-as-nails Elena immerses herself in Irina&39;s murder investigation. One of the suspects happens to be Bennett Walker, the ex-fiancĂŠ Elena hasn&39;t seen in 20 years, who was previously tried and acquitted of rape and attempted murder despite her testimony against him. The suspense builds when Elena learns that Bennett is a member of the Alibi Club, a group of wealthy Palm Beach "bad boys" who cover for each other when trouble befalls them. Elena believes she can trust no one, especially after Russian mobster Alexi Kulak insists that Elena help him unearth Irina&39;s killer. Elena, who eschewed her elitist Palm Beach family to preserve her integrity, is a heroine readers will want to see more of.
Blood on the Strand
Autor: Gregory Susanna | ISBN: 9780751537598 | Wydawca: sphere
Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner&39;s officer. The author now has a number of excellent books to her name, primarily medieval mysteries featuring Matthew Bartholomew. This book is the second in a series featuring Restoration London and having the lead character Thomas Chaloner, a somewhat reluctant spy for the feared Secretary of State, John Thurloe, London is a bustling thriving City and there is much work for a man such as Chaloner. The year is 1663 and Thomas Chaloner a member of the King&39;s intelligence service returns to London from Ireland, after assisting in thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin. Chaloner realises that feeling in the capital have changed since he left, there is a taste of rebellion in the London air. While investigating the shooting of a supposed beggar during a royal event, Chaloner discovers that far from being a beggar the man has links to the Company of Barber-Surgeons. Meanwhile is master, the Earl of Clarendon is involved in a feud with the Earl of Bristol and to cap it all an innocent man is about to take the long drop in Newgate prison. Chaloner has his work cut out trying to protect Clarendon, discover who murdered the supposed vagrant and try to save an innocent man from the executioner. The author&39;s books are always so well researched and her characters endearing to the reader. This all helps to make her books both interesting, appealing and a joy to anyone interested in good historical fiction writing.
Die With Me
Autor: Forbes Elena | ISBN: 9781847242914 | Wydawca: Quercus
The Literary Review A very well-written, cleverly plotted first novel The Observer The troubled Tartaglia is an interesting creation and the plot shifts and swerves in unexpected but pleasurable ways
Dziennikarstwo śledcze Studium techniki
Autor: Spark David | ISBN: 9788323323549 | Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Z tej ważnej książki, adresowanej przede wszystkim do młodych dziennikarzy, można się dowiedzieć, czym jest dziennikarstwo śledcze i jakie umiejętności są potrzebne do wykonywania tego zawodu. Czerpiąc z doświadczenia wielu znanych reporterów, autor opisuje nie tylko ich umiejętności, lecz także szczególne okoliczności, które zaważyły na wielu prowadzonych przez nich śledztwach. David Spark, który bogate doświadczenie zdobył, pracując jako wolny strzelec, radzi, jak znaleźć temat i wykorzystać okazję do śledztwa, w jaki sposób przekonać informatorów, żeby ujawnili potrzebne informacje, oraz jak i gdzie te informacje sprawdzać. Szczegółowo opowiada na przykład, jak wyglądała praca reporterów śledczych prowadzących dwa klasyczne dochodzenia: śledztwo w sprawie tajemniczego weekendu, jaki w Paryżu spędził brytyjski minister obrony Jonathan Aitken, oraz historię superszpiega Kima Philby?ego. Reporterzy śledczy prowadzą dochodzenia w świecie polityki i w sferze biznesu (osobny rozdział jest poświęcony oszustwom Roberta Maxwella), interesują się działaniami służb specjalnych i policji. Nic więc dziwnego, że autor podkreśla niebezpieczeństwa, na jakie są narażeni, i ograniczenia prawne, z jakimi się borykają. Dogłębna analiza zaprezentowana w książce prowadzi do konkluzji, które można odnieść nie tylko do dziennikarstwa śledczego ? znajdują one zastosowanie również w pracy reporterów innych specjalności.