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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Vintage An international publishing sensation Stieg Larssons The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / combines murder mystery family saga love story and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel r r Harriet Vanger a scion of one of Swedens wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago All these years later her aged uncle continues to seek the truth He hires Mikael Blomkvist a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction to investigate He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption r r r From the Trade Paperback edition Amazon Best of the Month September 2008 / Once you start em The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / em theres no turning back This debut thriller--the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson--is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie Huston and Michael Connelly Mikael Blomkvist a once-respected financial journalist watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected and unsettling offer to resurrect his name is extended by an old-school titan of Swedish industry The catch--and theres always a catch--is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that has remained unsolved for nearly four decades With few other options he accepts and enlists the help of investigator Lisbeth Salander a misunderstood genius with a cache of authority issues Little is as it seems in Larssons novel but there is at least one constant you really em dont / em want to mess with the girl with the dragon tattoo -- em Dave Callanan / em r / r / The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Knopf The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson s internationally best-selling trilogy r / r Lisbeth Salander the heart of Larsson s two previous novels lies in critical condition a bullet wound to her head in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital She s fighting for her life in more ways than one if and when she recovers she ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders With the help of her friend journalist Mikael Blomkvist she will not only have to prove her innocence but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable like herself to suffer abuse and violence And on her own she will plot revenge against the man who tried to kill her and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life r r Once upon a time she was a victim Now Salander is fighting back r r r From the Hardcover edition Amazon Best Books of the Month May 2010 / As the finale to Stieg Larssons Millennium Trilogy The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest is not content to merely match the adrenaline-charged pace that made international bestsellers out of em The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / em and em The Girl Who Played with Fire / em Instead it roars with an explosive storyline that blows the doors off the series and announces that the very best has been saved for last A familiar evil lies in wait for Lisbeth Salander but this time she must do more than confront the miscreants of her past she must destroy them Much to her chagrin survival requires her to place a great deal of faith in journalist Mikael Blomkvist and trust his judgment when the stakes are highest To reveal more of the plot would be criminal as Larssons mastery of the unexpected is why millions have fallen hard for his work But rest assured that the odds are again stacked the challenges personal and the action fraught with neck-snapping revelations in this snarling conclusion to a thrilling triad This closing chapter to The Girls pursuit of justice is guaranteed to leave readers both satisfied and saddened once the final page has been turned em --Dave Callanan / em Bake Sale Murder Kensington Books Ever since local developer Fred Stanton and his wife Mimi built five modular homes next door to Lucy Stones farmhouse life just hasnt been the same With Mimi complaining about everything from the state of Lucys lawn to another neighbors lovable dog quaint Tinkers Cove Maine is now entangled in cul-de-sac politics and backstabbing And when Mimi doesnt show up for her shift at The Hat and Mitten Fund bake sale the scent of burnt sugar leads Lucy to a shocking discovery Mimi face down on her kitchen floor--with a knife in her back While the police start their investigation Lucy gets busy writing up the murder for the local Pennysaver--and following a few leads of her own Lucy knows the women in her neighborhood didnt like Mimi but they certainly didnt want her dead right I like Lucy Stone a lot and so will readers --Carolyn Hart Leslie Meier writes with sparkle and warmth -- Chicago Sun Times Mothers everywhere will identify with Lucy Stone and the domestic problems she encounters -- Publishers Weekly / A Little Death In Dixie Bell Bridge Books The Blues were born out of need anger and pride Murder comes from those same dark places Memphis has both One of Memphis most seductive and notorious socialites has vanished Either shes off on another drunken escapade or the disappearance is something much more frightening What begins as an ordinary days work for Detective Billy Able quickly grows into a complex spiders web of tragedy mystery suspicion and sordid secrets including a few of Billys own With the help of Mercy Snow the estranged sister of the missing socialite Billy follows a twisted trail of human frailty and corruption to disturbing truths that undermine everything he thought he knew about himself and the people he loves Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery Soho Press r This book has got it all an instant classic Lee Child author of The Hard Way r r It is a pleasure marching off to war with the spirited Billy Boyle He is a charmer richly imagined and vividly rendered and he tells a finely suspenseful yarn Dan Fesperman author of The Prisoner of Guantanamo r r What s a twenty-two-year-old Irish American cop who s never been out of Massa-chusetts before doing at Beardsley Hall an English country house having lunch with King Haakon of Norway Billy Boyle himself wonders Back home in Southie he d barely made detective when war was declared Unwilling to fight and perhaps die for England he was relieved when his mother wangled a job for him on the staff of a general married to her distant cousin But the general turns out to be Dwight D Eisenhower whose headquarters are in London which is undergoing the Blitz And Uncle Ike wants Billy to be his personal investigator r r Billy is dispatched to the seat of the Norwegian government in exile Operation Jupiter the impending invasion of Norway is being planned but it is feared that there is a German spy amongst the Norwegians r r Billy doubts his own abilities with good reason A theft and two murders test his investigative powers but Billy proves to be a better detective than he or anyone else expected r Hostile Intent Pinnacle The Vince Flynn for the 21st Century is here --John Fasano producer of Another 48 Hours and Darkness Falls Hostile Intent kept me up most of the night Hold on is all I can tell you --Jay Nordlinger National Review It starts with the unthinkable--the most horrific act of violence ever committed on American soil Only one man can stop them Hostile Intent / / Code named Devlin he exists in the blackest shadows of the United States government--operating off the grid as the NSAs top agent Hes their most lethal weapon-and their most secret But someone is trying to draw him out into the open by putting Americas citizens in the crosshairs--and they will continue the slaughter until they get what they want Six pages into Hostile Intent and I began to feel uneasy By page nine Id been punched in the gut And it just doesnt stop --Bill Whittle author of Silent America Born on the United States Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune N C Michael Walsh / comes from a long line of American servicemen including veterans of the Spanish-American War World War II Korea and Vietnam Walsh grew up among veterans and intelligence officers in duty stations around the world including Washington D C San Diego and Pearl Harbor and even today several members of his family are former or active intelligence professionals with high security clearances His debut novel Exchange Alley was a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection upon its publication in 1997 His novel And All the Saints was a winner of the 2004 American Book Award for fiction Star Island Knopf Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye n e Cheryl Bunterman a pop star since she was fourteen and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster r r Now meet Cherry again in the person of her undercover stunt double Ann DeLusia Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too indisposed meaning wasted to go out in public And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott r r Now the challenge for Cherry s handlers ber stage mother horndog record producer nipped tucked and Botoxed twin publicists weed whacker wielding bodyguard is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry s public and from Cherry herself r r The situation is more complicated than they know Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swamp and now he s heading for Miami to find her r r Will Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry s motley posse does r r All will be revealed in this hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane r r r From the Hardcover edition The Postcard Killers Little, Brown and Company Paris is stunning in the summer r r / NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europes most gorgeous cities But the sights arent what draw him--he sees each museum each cathedral and each cafe through the eyes of his daughters killer r r The killing is simply marvelous / r r Kanons daughter Kimmy and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome Since then young couples in Paris Copenhagen Frankfurt and Stockholm have been found dead Little connects the murders other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim r r Wish you were here / r r Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter Dessie Larsson who has just received a postcard in Stockholm--and they think they know where the next victims will be With relentless logic and unstoppable action The Postcard Killers may be James Pattersons most vivid and compelling thriller yet The Rembrandt Affair Putnam Adult Of those writing spy novels today Daniel Silva is quite simply the best / R - The Kansas City Star R R The perfect book for fans of well-crafted thrillers the kind of page- turner that captures the reader from the opening chapter and doesnt let go / R - The Associated Press R R Gabriel Allon master art restorer and assassin returns in a spellbinding new novel from the 1 New York Times-bestselling author / R R Over the course of a brilliant career Daniel Silva has established himself as the gold standard of thriller writers Dallas Morning News who has hit upon the perfect formula to keep espionage-friendly fans fingers glued to his books turning pages in nearly breathless anticipation BookPage But now having reached the pinnacle of world-class spy thriller writing The Denver Post Silva has produced his most extraordinary novel to date-a tale of greed passion and murder spanning more than half a century centered on an object of haunting beauty R R Two families one terrible secret and a painting to die for / R R Determined to sever his ties with the Office Gabriel Allon has retreated to the windswept cliffs of Cornwall with his beautiful Venetian-born wife Chiara But once again his seclusion is interrupted by a visitor from his tangled past the endearingly eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood As usual Isherwood has a problem And it is one only Gabriel can solve R R In the ancient English city of Glastonbury an art restorer has been brutally murdered and a long-lost portrait by Rembrandt mysteriously stolen Despite his reluctance Gabriel is persuaded to use his unique skills to search for the painting and those responsible for the crime But as he painstakingly follows a trail of clues leading from Amsterdam to Buenos Aires and finally to a villa on the graceful shores of Lake Geneva Gabriel discovers there are deadly secrets connected to the painting And evil men behind them R R Before he is done Gabriel will once again be drawn into a world he thought he had left behind forever and will come face to face with a remarkable cast of characters a glamorous London journalist who is determined to undo the worst mistake of her career an elusive The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) Vintage ISBN13 9780307454553 Condition New Notes BUY WITH CONFIDENCE Over one million books sold 98 Positive feedback Compare our books prices and service to the competition 100 Satisfaction Guaranteed Part blistering espionage thriller part riveting police procedural and part piercing expos on social injustice The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful endlessly satisfying novel r r Mikael Blomkvist crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation On the eve of its publication the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander Blomkvist convinced of Salander s innocence plunges into an investigation Meanwhile Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse which forces her to face her dark past r r r From the Paperback edition Amazon Best of the Month July 2009 / The girl with the dragon tattoo is back Stieg Larssons seething heroine Lisbeth Salander once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise Only this time Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past more specifically an event coldly known as All the Evil if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-sweat thriller that crackles with stunning twists and dismisses any talk of a sophomore slump Fans of Larssons prior work will find even more to love here and readers who do not find their hearts racing within the first five pages may want to confirm they still have a pulse Expect healthy doses of murder betrayal and deceit as well as enough espresso drinks to fuel downtown Seattle for months -- Dave Callanan