Peter Israel: 10 books

In the fast-paced Paris art world, a forger has come home to roost In a lavish Parisian gallery, a painting waits behind a velvet curtain. The room is full of the most interesting people in the city, from diplomats and spies to fishmongers and thieves, but the man of the hour has not yet appeared....

Hired to kill a sensational story, a modern-day shamus discovers a murder The rumors start flying almost as soon as Karen Beydon leaps out her window. The newspapers provide myriad theories as to what led this beautiful heiress to hurl herself out of a seventh-floor dorm room, suggesting everything...

A private investigator risks his life for the sake of a French basketball player Sometimes B. F. Cage can’t remember what he’s doing in Paris. He had a successful business in California doing dirty work for people who could afford to keep their hands clean, but the French don’t seem to...

An attorney tries to protect a science fiction writer from a galaxy of would-be killers Thirty minutes north of Central Park, Philip Revere finds himself in a world of spacious lawns, jogging suits, and extreme, unabashed wealth. He has come to confer with Raul Bashard, a titan of science fiction...

To save his boss’s wife, a clever lawyer must unmask a silent serial killer Another woman has died, just like all the others who have been targeted by the so-called pillow killer—her life snuffed out without a sound. He smothers each of them carefully, and they seem to go without struggle,...

Suburban calm is shattered when a mother’s worst nightmare comes true She is twenty-one, gorgeous, and well mannered. She speaks English, she loves children, and children love her. Harriet Major is the perfect babysitter—almost too good to be true. Georgia Coffey has been searching for...

In 1980s New York, a ruthless couple rockets up the corporate ladder Tommy is waiting in the bushes when the woman comes home crying. He unlocks the door and pads through the darkened house as he has done so many times in the past. He finds her upstairs in her nightgown, half asleep but not...

The Weimar Moment’s evocative assault on closure and political reaction, its offering of democracy against the politics of narrow self-interest cloaked in nationalist appeals to Volk and “community” – or, as would be the case in Nazi Germany, “race” – cannot but appeal to us today. This...

This volume, with contributions from scholars in political science, literature, and philosophy, examines the mutual influence of reason and religion at the time of the American Founding—especially in the writings and speeches of critical figures in that period, such as Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin,...

Stay current with the latest discoveries in molecular and genomic research. Sweeping revisions throughout include eight brand-new chapters on: Tumor Suppressor Genes; Inflammation and Cancer; Cancer Systems Biology: The Future; Biomarkers Assessing Risk of Cancer; Understanding and Using Information...