The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction.
This special edition contains selections from the following 2016 editions:
The Best Ame……続きを見る
著者:David Housewright
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2013年06月04日
Rushmore McKenzie agrees to go undercover to help the ATF track a cache of stolen gunsーafter all, what could possible go wrong?
Rushmore McKenzie is both a millionaire and an unlicensed PI, which m……続きを見る
It’s the summer of 1992 and a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist, Caravaggio, is discovered in a church in Messina, Italy. Is it an original painting lost over the centuries or is it a fake?……続きを見る
著者:David Housewright
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年04月01日
Rushmore "Mac" McKenzie has a lot of old girlfriends, but only one went on to marry the current governor of the state of Minnesota. And only one is calling him with a desperate request to meet in se……続きを見る
著者:Bernard Shou
出版社: Glagoslav Distribution
発売日: 2013年07月18日
Великий ирландский писатель Джордж Бернард Шоу (1856 – 1950) – драматург, прозаик, эссеист, один из реформаторов театра XX века, пропагандист драмы идей, внесший яркий вклад в создание «фундамента» ……続きを見る
著者:David Housewright
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年06月08日
In David Housewright's The Taking of Libbie, SD, a grifter cons an entire town using Mac McKenzie's name, leaving the real McKenzie facing an angry town with nothing left to lose.
Rushmore McKenzie ……続きを見る
著者:David Housewright
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年05月01日
Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the cops were kidding. After all, he did them a favor by stopping a rookie cop from roughing up a distraught woman at a murder scene. But the ne……続きを見る
著者:Brant House
出版社: Wildside Press LLC
発売日: 2013年07月02日
The identity of Secret Agent "X" is an enigma. He comes and goes veiled in a cloak of mystery. His name, his background, and even his date of birth are riddles, even to those who know him best. He i……続きを見る
By the author of Rogue Male, a classic thriller of the twentieth century.
'Household ... helped to develop the suspense story into an art form' New York Times
When retired mining engineer Yarrow is ……続きを見る
A superb thriller, romance and spy novel from 'The best in his field since Buchan' Observer
Arabesque is a love story that takes us to the colourful crossroads of the Middle East at the height of Wo……続きを見る
Thirteen short stories from the original master of the spy-thriller.
It was by this 1952 collection of short stories that Geoffrey Household wished his literary skill to be judged. And it is clear w……続きを見る
An atmospheric, menacing tale of secrets and suspense, set in a seemingly idyllic Cotswolds manor house
'Deliciously sinister' Daily Mail
**'Murder and mayhem will keep you turning the pages long pa……続きを見る
A company-controlled oil town becomes the scene of a layoff and a subsequent boycott led by Rafael Garay, whose wife is killed alongside 17 others in the protest.
Mat Darlow, a gentle mining enginee……続きを見る
In the Forest of Dean, Pierre Colet joins an esoteric community preparing its members for the collapse of urban civilisation. The experiment is financed by Simeon Marrin, who allows it to be thought……続きを見る
From a remote cottage in the Pentlands to the old port of Leith, grave robbery, treasure, burglary, a dancing skeleton and a crooked banker, are just a few of the things encountered by Robert L……続きを見る
Coveleski vit difficilement sa séparation d’avec Kathryn, sa femme. Certains soirs, quand il broie du noir, le détective se rend dans le red light et se confie à Fleurette, une prostituée qu’il a dé……続きを見る
Stan Coveleski n'est pas mécontent : Kathryn, sa femme, lui a proposé de passer une fin de semaine à Joliette chez une ancienne amie, Clémence Durand. Le mari de celle-ci, Jacques, qui est avocat, a……続きを見る
SOMMAIRE LES FICTIONS : « Précoce Vocation », de Paul Scadera ; « Jeu de patience », d'Isabelle Lauzon ; « God, gold & guns », d'André Jacques ; « Double Jeu », de Mathieu Croisetière ; « L'……続きを見る
Daniel Martineau joue gros. Trop gros. En échange d’une réduction substantielle de sa dette de jeu, il accepte, pour le compte de Big Ed Sachetti, d’enquêter sur la disparition de Sam Costa, un des ……続きを見る
Take a tour around Europe with this riveting collection from the classic-crime master and author of Rogue Male.
'The best in his field since Buchan' OBSERVER
From the fine lines of an Eton suit on t……続きを見る
著者:David Housewright
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2015年06月02日
During one of the first heavy snows of the winter, on the Interstate outside the Twin Cities, Rushmore McKenzie is behind a truck behaving erratically when the man in the truck bed dumps a body out ……続きを見る
An exciting children's adventure story from the acclaimed author of ROGUE MALE, Geoffrey Household.
12-year-old Dick Garland lives on the northern coast of Spain. With his thirst for exploring, he h……続きを見る
'Geoffrey Household's prose is as clean and spare and unwaveringly efficient as are his plots' Sunday Times
On the death of his father, artist and mystic Alfgif Hollaston returns to his Somerset hou……続きを見る
Georges Rivac is in big trouble. His London contact doesn't want his business and has never heard of Rivac's Czech client. And Rivac's chances of proving his innocence rapidly diminish when that cli……続きを見る
著者:David Housewright
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年05月13日
Homicide cop Bobby Dunston's daughter has been kidnapped, taken in broad daylight on a city street in the middle of September. The kidnappers demand a million dollars and force Dunston to get the ra……続きを見る
Daniel Martineau joue gros. Trop gros. En échange d’une réduction substantielle de sa dette de jeu, il accepte, pour le compte de Big Ed Sachetti, d’enquêter sur la disparition de Sam Costa, un des ……続きを見る
Two years ago Rowan McQuaid paid the ultimate price when he took a bullet meant for fellow cop Jo Jellic, causing permanent damage to both himself and his career.
Now Rowan had arrived in the town o……続きを見る
After a long day, overworked fashion designer Roxie Kincaid walked into the wrong apartment and suddenly had a gun at her head. A mistake that left her at the mercy of Mac McBride, a man she believe……続きを見る
Maggie Kovacs was the most enchanting woman Detective Max Strachan had ever met. She was also the most eccentric. Or was she? Max soon realized that the nighttime visions Maggie claimed she saw supp……続きを見る