I need a wife if I want to help save my family's billion-dollar pub empire. There's just one problem: I never plan on marrying. So, I need someone who understands that this is just another business deal. I don't do commitments. And my brother's executive assistant, Fallon Smith, fits that bill. Fallon needs help with her grandmother's expenses, and her pretending to be my fake wife is a way we can make that happen. She's not my biggest fan, but we can help each...
Throughout the dives of the Underworld and in the dens of criminals, the news was spread in eager whispers: «The Boss will get the Spider! He'll make himself the biggest shot in the country!»… But those nearest the criminal genius sat silent, remembering the horrible acid vat reserved for those who talked too much. Richard Wentworth – that grim Spider who strikes when the Law fails or dares not – faces the bitterest decision of his life. His servants have been maddened, his beloved Nita is...
For many outsiders, Thailand still conjures up images of the East at its most mysterious and enchanting-a view largely formed by Hollywood films like The King and I. Never conquered by foreigners, this proud and ancient land has been shaped by Buddhism, the monarchy, and the military. Today, it is a representative democracy with a populist female prime minister and is ranked among the tiger economies of Southeast Asia. It is a manufacturing powerhouse, the world's largest rice exporter, and...
Professor van Dusen nimmt an einer Ausstellung der besonderen Art teil: Im Battery Park von Manhattan geben sich berühmte Erfinder die Ehre, um ihre neuesten Werke vorzustellen. Doch es scheint, als läge ein Fluch über der Veranstaltung, denn gleich am Eröffnungstag kommt es zu einem entsetzlichen Todesfall. War es Unfall oder Mord? Die Denkmaschine geht dieser Frage nach und findet schnell heraus, dass es irgendjemand auf das Leben der Erfinder abgesehen hat. Da ereignet sich ein weiterer...
What chance had Richard Wentworth – alone – of crushing Red Feather, an amazing murder mogul who drafted legions of innocent New Yorkers into his vile service by the infliction of unbearable, scientifically applied pain? Read, in this strong, book length novel, about the Spider's weird, pulse-quickening battle with the Torture Trust! Harried on all sides, the target of Underworld assassins and police arrest warrants alike, the Spider gives no quarter as he races to bring another vicious...
How could a lone man, ceaselessly hunted by the law and a deadly under-world alike, hope to save the terrified city from the Iron Man – a super-being whose cohorts were giant, unconquerable robots of steel! Read how the Master of Men rose up to crush the invincible killers who dealt destruction at every step. Another dramatic, pulse-quickening Spider novel! Follow the Spider, Master of Men, as he dodges gangland guns and police bullets in another roller coaster ride of an adventure! Satan's...
For Anna, the family farm has always been home… but now things are changing. Anna's mother has died, and her older siblings have emigrated, leaving Anna and her father to care for a young sister with special needs. And even though their family has worked this land for years, they're in danger of losing it as poor crop yields leave them without money to pay their rent. When a violent encounter with the Lord's rent collector results in Anna and her father's arrest, all seems...
Im botanischen Garten von Singapur geht ein mörderischer Kopfjäger um – so hat es jedenfalls den Anschein, bis Prof. van Dusen sich auf der Durchreise des Falles annimmt. Durch seine kriminalistischen Fähigkeiten, vor allem auf dem Gebiet der Daktyloskopie, überführt er den wahren Mörder und enthüllt die sensationellen Hintergründe. Ein nächtlicher Besuch im botanischen Garten liefert ihm den letzten Baustein seiner Theorie, bringt aber ihn und Hatch in akute Gefahr durch einen streunenden...
Who is The Red Hand? His face concealed by horrific burns, his scarlet glove studded with acid-squirting needles, he has accomplished the most audacious overthrow of order ever attempted. For The Red Hand has unionized the entire Underworld! When Richard Wentworth, alias the Spider, is framed for the slaying of one of his accomplices, only the beleaguered police stand between society and the ravening hordes of The Man Who Ruled in Hell. But what use are the police against a sadistic...
When her old friend Hannah doesn't show up at her house in the south of France, everyone assumes that Claudia, who has known Hannah since their shared years at boarding school, will know where she is and what has happened. But as Claudia travels from the United States to France to help her friend's husband and children conduct their search, she is forced to deal with her old jealousy of Hannah, as well as her own relationship in the present with her French lover, Alexandre. As events...