Sam: 465 books

Start to finish, this book goes through drugs and money and jewels and fast paced all the way; it includes a dash of international intrigue for those who like ocean spanning crime. Murder of a whole family: mother, father, and two children is the kick off to a very bad day for a police detective who...

Dans la Chine du XIXe siècle, un meurtre est commis lors d'une cérémonie de mariage. Qui est l'assassin? Les coupables le sont-ils réellement? Nous le saurons assez vite, car ce roman est prétexte à nous faire découvrir les relations anglo-chinoises en rapport avec le trafic de l'opium et le fonctionnement de la justice à cette époque.

Le narrateur, durant une promenade, rencontre, près d'un tunnel, un signaleur du chemin de fer, homme instruit et consciencieux qui lui dit recevoir, avant des accidents sur la voie ferrée, la visite d'un spectre qui lui fait d'étranges avertissements dont le dernier semble s'adresser à lui.... Courte...

The train is hijacked by the prisoners and they escape to form a renegade bunch which turn the Japanese occupiers into twists and turns trying to re-capture them. There are American Marines, Australians, and several Chinese captors who are very inventive. They are there for over two years and finally...

When the doctor died, he held the secret to all the things his friends had done.He wanted, clearly, to make a better life for himself, but in the end, it all came to a bloody end in the middle of his office.The wife, almost helplessly and hopelessly inept, had to struggle through the death, the burial,...

Jim was able to survive a catastrophe and follow the trail of a man so evil he had not once cares who he killed or how badly he treated people. But, Jim was not going to let this evil man get away with the kidnapping of that “woman on the stage.” And when he found she was after the Comanchero...

The History Channel ran a program on July 16, 2007 and again on July 25, 2007 with many facts about how pirates are rampant in the South Pacific, murdering, pillaging, and plundering no less than happened in the 19th Century by such as Blackbeard and his crews and others who had no regard for human...

The action about WW I, starts in 1918 and races across two continents. The vision of exploding shells and machine guns firing just over head, the risks and the rewards are there, but unattainable. The two detectives hope to find their man, but as moments slip by, they are left stranded on a dock in New York City.— Ken Timmerson,Retired Police Officer

The woman was treated to everything a woman might want, jewels, finest hotels, marriage by a priest in the most sacred of Texas towns -- San Antonio, and trips to New Orleans and finally to Richmond, Virginia. You know the destination, but the why is really important. She had been seduced by the man...

Edge of the Knife is a book which deals with spies both in the United States and Germany during WWII and how they go about their tasks. The failures of both and the success of the efforts of two young people who have gone from small Arizona ranches to the towers of power in Washington DC during wartime.

80後作者利用三個月入台簽證，在香港主權移交20周年前，以投資方式移居台灣。本書以這90日新奇刺激經驗為藍本，以不同篇章記下當中所見所聞，有的笑中有淚，有的淚中有笑，另外還有開公司申請居留證的過程，同場加映台灣會計師的專業意見，讓有意移居台灣人士「有路可尋」。  

Les «Mémoires d'un médecin» est une suite romanesque qui a pour cadre la Révolution Française et qui comprend «Joseph Balsamo», «le Collier de la reine», «Ange Pitou» et la «Comtesse de Charny». Cette grande fresque, très intéressante sur le plan historique, captivante par son récit,...

Des Don Quichotte, chaque époque en voit naître une kyrielle. Au début du siècle, ils enfourchaient un vélo, comme cet Hoopdriver qui se lance sur les routes campagnardes afin de mieux maîtriser sa Rossinante d'acier. Ainsi, sans le vouloir, au cours de son périple, le petit vendeur de calicot...

Dumas quitte Paris en juillet 1832 pour aller, à pied, en barque et en carriole, effectuer un voyage en Suisse. Il en rapporte un récit où l'on suit son périple pas à pas, au fil des pages.