-Titulo Original : Clive Cusslers Dark Vector (the Numa Files)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Kurt Austin must find a vanished ship and stave off a global catastrophe in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series created by the “grand master of adventure” Clive Cussler. A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous Chinese pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel. Discovering that the sinking of the ship is just part of an intricate web of deception, they find themselves in the middle of a cyber-war between rival groups of hackers, both of whom want to control the flow of data around the world. With no allies except a group of pirates who operate under their own crude laws, Kurt and Joe must rescue a colleague held hostage-while keeping the computers out of Russian or Chinese hands and the world’s digital information safe from the hackers. About the Author Clive Cussler was the author of more than eighty books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt®, NUMA Files®, Oregon Files®, Isaac Bell®, and Sam and Remi Fargo®. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020. Graham Brown is the author of Black Rain and Black Sun, and the coauthor with Cussler of Devils Gate, The Storm, Zero Hour, Ghost Ship, The Pharaohs Secret, Nighthawk, The Rising Sea, Sea of Greed, Journey of the Pharoes, and Fast Ice. He is a pilot and an attorney. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1One hundred miles northeast of TaiwanPresent dayThe Canberra Swift sailed through the night, heading north from Taiwan. She was a midsized cargo vessel, with a high beltline and an aerodynamic shell covering the front half of the ship. Her bridge emerged from this shell near the middle of the ship, while twin funnels, raked sharply backward, extended aft.A leading nautical magazine described her as unattractive in nautical terms, suggesting a Japanese bullet train and seagoing ferry had borne a child together. But the strange shape had a purpose.The ship had been designed to carry oversize cargo in a roll on/roll off configuration, much like a ferry. Freight and equipment were loaded on the ship at the stern, using a ramp wide enough to accommodate six lanes of traffic. It would be parked or stored inside, in a vast, unbroken cargo hold that ran the length of the main deck from bow to stern. Upon reaching its destination, the cargo was simply driven forward and off the ship on another ramp at the front.Because of her size, shape and speed, the Swift had been used to transport everything from the fuselage sections of large aircraft, to rocket parts, and even nuclear waste, which traveled in sealed, lead-lined containers. If a war ever broke out, she was already committed by an option contract to be pressed into service carrying oversize military equipment to bases near whatever combat zone arose.Jobs like these fell to the Swift, not only because shed been designed to carry unique cargoes but also because-as the name implied-the Swift was one of the fastest cargo ships ever built. She could make forty knots in a sprint and travel at thirty-five all day long. She could cross the Pacific in seven days, a third of the time required for the average containership.Standing on the bridge, the Swifts captain studied the radar. There were no vessels near enough to be a bother. All ahead full, he ordered....

-Titulo Original : The Family-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: The Instant New York Times bestsellerA TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself.Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love. But the disappearance of Antonia’s father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into women, wives, mothers, and leaders. Their hearts expand in tandem with Red Hook and Brooklyn around them, as they push against the boundaries of society’s expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before it’s too late. Review A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick A Barnes & Noble Discover Pick A Book of the Month PickOne of Parade’s Best Fall Books of 2021One of Cosmopolitan’s Best Historical Fiction of 2021One of Good Morning America’s 15 Books to Curl Up with This NovemberOne of PopSugar’s Best New Books of November 2021 One of Bustle’s Best Books of November 2021 One of Real Simple’s Best Books of 2021One of Katie Couric Media’s Best Books About Female Friendship “Vivid, authentic and filled with the unexpected… Once you read this novel of blood and love, promises and betrayal, you may never look at family in quite the same way again.” -Washington Post “Krupitsky’s immersive debut is an intoxicating hybrid of The Sopranos and the novels of Elena Ferrante…The writing is downright dazzling….” -San Francisco Chronicle “Mario Puzo meets Elena Ferrante in Krupitsky’s dynamite debut novel...Fans of Adriana Trigiani and Lynda Cohen Loigman will inhale this tense, engrossing novel about family ties, women’s friendships, and the treacherous complications of loyalty.” -Booklist, starred review “Insightfully imagining the lives of two Italian American girls born into the Mafia as they come of age and become mothers, Krupitsky has written a debut that readers will want to inhale with occasional pauses to savor her evocative descriptions.” -Library Journal, starred review “Gripping.” -Real Simple“Loyalty, love, loss and redemption take this well told tale to a searing conclusion. You wont be able to put it down!”-Adriana Trigiani, author of Tonys Wife and The Shoemaker’s Wife “It’s been a long time since I’ve stayed up all night to read a book…. Krupitsky has created a riveting story powerful in its realism.” -Diane Chamberlain, author of Big Lies in a Small Town “Krupitsky has constructed a work of exquisite tension….A tremendous debut.” -Fiona Davis, author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue “If youve ever wondered what all of those Italian mafia movies would look like from the perspective of the women in the families, then you need to pick up a copy of The Family by Naomi Krupitsky right now.” -PopSugar “Krupitsky beautifully captures [Sofia and Antonia’s] day-to-day lives under never-ending tension. The women’s rich stories make this worthwhile.” -Publishers Weekly “With lyrical, dreamlike prose…Krupitsky’s confident style adds a satisfying literary dimension to the often-told tale of how the Mafia tested family loyalties…An authentic, moving novel.” -Historical Novels Review “[A] well-written and readable story…The war and the changing neighborhoods also shape their lives, but The Family and the violence it proffers continue to play the biggest role toward a dramatic and revengeful ending.” -Florida Times-Union“Compelling and electrically charged…The Family explores the darkness that lurks just below the surfa...

-Titulo Original : What Happened To The Bennetts-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: From #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a pulse-pounding new novel.Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same. Now you have to choose between law…and justice. Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever. Later that awful night, Jason and his family receive a visit from the FBI. The agents tell them that the carjackers were members of a dangerous drug-trafficking organization--and now Jason and his family are in their crosshairs. The agents advise the Bennetts to enter the witness protection program right away, and they have no choice but to agree. But WITSEC was designed to protect criminal informants, not law-abiding families. Taken from all they know, trapped in an unfamiliar life, the Bennetts begin to fall apart at the seams. Then Jason learns a shocking truth and realizes that he has to take matters into his own hands. Sometimes justice is a one-man show. Review Advance Praise for What Happened to the BennettsScottoline just keeps ratcheting up the pressure in what may be her most emotionally intense nail-biter to date.”-PeopleA Must-Read Book-USA TodayJust might be the best book Scottoline has ever written, a masterpiece of misdirection, where nothing is as it seems, and a scorching character study of a man at the end of his rope whos not about to go down without a fight.-Providence Journal “Explosive new complications in the most relentless of all her mysteries. A high-octane thriller whose hero is tossed into one impossible situation after another. Best started early in the morning.”-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Twisty, propulsive and exhilarating. From this novel’s first pages, Scottoline caroms us into a heart-throttling journey as the Bennett family must navigate both urgent dangers and their own complicated pasts-all while the clock ticks. What Happened to the Bennetts left me dazzled and breathless.” -Megan Abbott, author of The Turnout “An emotion-packed thriller that stabs at the core of family, betrayal, and justice. Scottoline drives the plot at breakneck speed and keeps readers turning the pages. A must read.” -Robert Dugoni, author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series Scottoline is at the top of her already masterful game in this gripping thriller about parental love. From its opening, heart-grabbing pages, What Happened to the Bennetts is compulsively readable, seamlessly delivering one blazing twist after another with relentless pacing. You won’t be able to put this one down.” -Alafair Burke, author of Find Me “In What Happened to the Bennetts, Scottoline thrusts the reader into one family’s living nightmare-and their long, nail-biting battle to return to some sense of normalcy.” -Riley Sager, author of Survive the Night“This heart-wrenching novel…morphs into a high-speed, action-packed thriller…Fans will get their moneys worth. -Publishers WeeklyScottoline’s gift for crafting human connections is displayed here...setting this thriller apart from other suburban-hero stories. A good choice for Greg Hurwitz and Harlan Coben fans. -Booklist“Clear the calendar before you start reading; What Happened to the Bennetts is so good you may not want to put it down until the hard-won and well-earned finale.”-New York Journal of Books“[Scottolines] best thriller...Fast-paced with so many twists and turns, and I felt like something happened on every page.”-Bookreporter Praise for Scottoline’s Thrillers “Scottoline writes riveting thrillers that keep me up all night, with plots that twist and turn.” --Harlan Coben, author of The Match “Scottoline is a powerhouse.” --David Baldacci, author of Mercy...

-Titulo Original : Robert B. Parkers Stones Throw (A Jesse Stone Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Paradise is rocked by the mayors untimely death in the latest novel starring legendary police chief Jesse Stone.The town of Paradise receives a tragic shock when the mayor is discovered dead, his body lying in a shallow grave on a property on the lake. Its ostensibly suicide, but Jesse Stone has his doubts...especially because the piece of land where the man was found is the subject of a contentious and dodgy land deal. Two powerful moguls are fighting over the right to buy and develop the prime piece of real estate, and one of them has brought in a hired gun, an old adversary of Jesse’s: Wilson Cromartie, aka Crow. Meanwhile, the town council is debating if they want to sacrifice Paradise’s stately character for the economic boost of a glitzy new development. Tempers are running hot, and as the deaths begin to mount, it’s increasingly clear that the mayor may have been standing in the wrong person’s way. Review Lupica successfully captures the cadences and banter of Parker’s crime fiction....Parker fans won’t be disappointed.--Publishers WeeklyLupica seems thoroughly comfortable carrying on the fictional lives of Robert B. Parkerscharacters. He has the jaunty tone down pat, and everything flows from that with Parkers people.--Booklist About the Author Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.Mike Lupica is a prominent sports journalist and the New York Times-bestselling author of more than forty works of fiction and nonfiction, including cowritten novels with James Patterson. A longtime friend to Robert B. Parker, he was selected by the Parker estate to continue the Sunny Randall and Jesse Stone series. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ONE Sunny Randall, with whom Jesse Stone was currently in a relationship timeout, asked him once what he missed the most about baseball.“Everything,” he said.“Even though it broke your heart?”“Even though,” he said. They’d been walking on the beach in Paradise, a couple of miles from where he lived. “Do you ever miss drinking the way you miss baseball?” Sunny said. “Let me answer you this way,” Jesse said. “The worst days I ever had because of drinking were the worst days I ever had. The worst day I ever had in baseball, at least until the one when I got hurt, was great.” That day had been in Albuquerque, Triple-A ball, last stop before the majors, when he’d landed on his shoulder and had his dreams of making the show blow up along with his shoulder. “What about sex?” Sunny asked. Jesse had grinned. “Right here?” Jesse said. “Damnit, I knew I should have brought a blanket.” “You know what I mean,” she said. “Baseball or sex?” “Sex with you, or sex in general?” “In general.” “Baseball,” he said. “Seriously?” “Both pleasurable activities, more with you than anyone I’ve ever known,” he said. “But baseball wasn’t just what I did. Was who I was.” “I thought being a cop was who you are.” “Now it is,” he said. It was one of the last times they’d been together before she went to Los Angeles on a case a few weeks later, unsure of when she would return. She’d been hired by an old boyfriend of hers named Tony Gault, a bigtime talent agent Out There whom she still refused to classify as having been her boyfriend, describing him more accurately, she said, as an itch she’d occasionally felt the urge to scratch. Jesse had met Gault, who wasn’t much different from a lot of Hollywood phonies he’d met when he was still working Robbery Homicide for the LAPD. He’d told Sunny, and more than once, that the next time she had a similar itch she should consider ointment. But they both knew they h...

-Titulo Original : W. E. B. Griffin Rogue Asset By Andrews & Wilson (a Presidential Agent Novel)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Review “Theres red-hot action from the get-go in the ninth novel in the late W.E.B. Griffins newly revived Presidential Agent series. . . A kick-ass thriller from start to finish.”-Kirkus Reviews “Fans of bestseller W.E.B. Griffin [will] welcome the return of Griffins hero C.G. “Charley” Castillo [in] the capable ninth Presidential Agent novel. . . Andrews and Wilson supply plenty of credible action in the Griffin mold, while the mentoring subplot provides extra interest. Readers will look forward to how the succession angle is handled in the sequel.”-Publishers Weekly Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. CHAPTER ONEMarriott Mena House HotelGizaCairo, EgyptMarch 15, 10:11 p.m.You Americans and your conspiracy theories, the Egyptian ambassador to the United States said through a laugh. I dont know how these crazy rumors get started, but I can assure you extraterrestrials were definitely not involved. Ingenuity and manpower-thats how the pyramids were built.U.S. Secretary of State Frank Malone, who at six-foot-four and two hundred and forty-five pounds towered over the ambassador, smiled at the comment as he looked past the manicured courtyard and palm canopies at the four-thousand-year-old marvels in the distance. From the outdoor balcony of his Pyramid Suite at the Mena House, he could see both the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Khafre atop the Giza Plateau. He shifted his gaze from the pyramids to Ambassador Gamal. Malone had thrown out the Did aliens really build the pyramids? comment to see how the man would react. The comment was clearly a joke, but it was also a test. The fifty-nine-year-old Malone, a self-made millionaire and the retired CEO of Malone Construction Ltd., had come to believe that everything in life was a test. Every task, every conversation, every interaction-no matter how insignificant or mundane-was an opportunity to rise or fall. Gain or cede. In this case, the Egyptian had proven himself to be affable, quick-witted, and someone who knew how to handle a curveball.As a former construction man, I can appreciate more than most why the Great Pyramid is the Seventh Wonder of the World, Malone said, contemplating how in the hell the ancient Egyptians had managed to stack more than two million limestone blocks, each weighing two-and-a-half tons, forty stories in the air without cranes and excavators. Blood, sweat, and bone built the pyramids, and he wondered how many slaves had died to fulfill the grand narcissistic desire of a man who believed himself a god.Thousands? Tens of thousands? More?Minister Pasha is very much looking forward to meeting you this afternoon, Gamal said, referring to Malones domestic equivalent-Egypts newly appointed minister of foreign affairs. Pasha was Gamals predecessor, serving as ambassador to the United States before being promoted. This was the typical diplomatic career progression in many countries, where the U.S. ambassadorship served as the ultimate litmus test and stepping-stone for promotion to the head of a nations international affairs.Im looking forward to meeting him, too, Malone said. I understand he and my predecessor did not see eye to eye on most issues.Gamal laughed politely. It is true-there was great tension with the last administration, but now, with President Cohens commitment to global diplomacy, Egypt is looking forward to renewed opportunities for dialogue and mutual prosperity.Mutual prosperity? Malone thought, resisting the urge to roll his eyes. Translation-the reestablishment of the United States historically generous Egyptian foreign aid package that the previous administration unceremoniously gutted.Im glad to hear the minister feels that way. Egypt offering to host this summit to discuss the Middle East becoming a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone demonstrates-A hand forcefully grabbed him by the upper arm, stopping him mid-sentence.Weve got a problem, Mr. Secretary, his security lead, Jac...

-Titulo Original : Clive Cusslers The Devils Sea (dirk Pitt Adventure)-Fabricante : G.P. Putnams Sons-Descripcion Original: Fearless adventurer Dirk Pitt must unravel a historical mystery of epic importance in the latest novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling series created by the “grand master of adventure” Clive Cussler.When NUMA director Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten plane crash in the Philippine Sea, he unearths clues pointing to an invaluable Buddhist artifact that has been lost for decades. But soon, he will learn that he’s not the only one making earthshattering discoveries. During a mission to recover a failed hypersonic missile from Luzon Strait, Pitt finds himself racing against a rogue Chinese military team…who have hijacked a ship strong enough to stir the ocean into a veritable Devil’s Sea. From the cold depths of the Pacific to the dizzying heights of the Himalayas, only Pitt and his children can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation…and save the world from war. Review “Trouble comes looking for Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk and Summer, in the strangest and most entertaining ways…The Pitts are all great characters-clever, gutsy, and lucky…Dirk Cussler carries on what his father started in a series that never gets old.”?Kirkus Reviews (starred)“Exciting…Cussler has done his father proud.”?Publishers Weekly About the Author Clive Cussler was the author of more than eighty books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt©, NUMA Files©, Oregon Files©, Isaac Bell©, and Sam and Remi Fargo©. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020. Dirk Cussler is the author of Clive Cussler’s The Devil’s Sea, and coauthor with Clive Cussler of eight previous Dirk Pitt adventures: Black Wind, Treasure of Khan, Arctic Drift, Crescent Dawn, Poseidons Arrow, Havana Storm, Odessa Sea, and Celtic Empire. He serves as president of NUMA, where he continues his fathers legacy of searching for important historical shipwrecks. He lives in Connecticut. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. -1-WenchAng Spacecraft Launch SiteHainan, ChinaOctober 2022The missile rose in a graceful arc, the thunderous burn of its solid-fuel booster engine rippling through the predawn sky. It wasnt a large missile, barely twenty feet tall, and it was fired from an auxiliary launchpad at the sprawling coastal base, which was more accustomed to massive satellite-carrying rockets. Yet to those watching the flight, it was considerably more important than the latest spy satellite.The missiles fiery exhaust disappeared from sight in a matter of seconds. But the cameras from a reconnaissance plane tracked its progress far out to sea, supplemented by satellites that targeted the launch. The distant lenses viewed the missile as the exhaust suddenly fell dark and it briefly sailed on in silence. If an observer had been present as it passed, they might have heard a sonic boom, followed by a motorized whooshing, now accompanied by the burning exhaust of liquid propellant. But those senses would have to be acute, as the missile was traveling more than a mile per second.In an operations bay twelve hundred miles away at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, General Xu Junhai watched the missile on a large video screen. Long-range cameras on Hainan and on ships in the South China Sea showed only a speck as the missile sped from view. Xu turned to one of several engineers seated at a console, monitoring telemetry data. Has the motor engaged?The engineer, a slight man with thick, square glasses, nodde...