New Releases by Julia Keller

By day, she''s a tough-minded prosecutor in Raythune County, West Virginia, a region scarred by poverty and prescription drug abuse. By night, Bell Elkins takes on a softer role. She volunteers at an auxiliary intensive care unit where nurses deal with the youngest and most vulnerable victims of drug abuse: the children born to mothers addicted to painkillers. The place is known as Evening Street, and it is here Bell comes whenever she can spare the time. She rocks ailing infants to sleep, and she provides what medical science-for all of its marvels-cannot: A simple human touch. One terrifying night, the distraught father of an Evening Street baby breaks into the facility. Gun in hand, he holds the staff hostage and demands a reckoning for a family grudge--with helpless infants only inches away. And so begins a standoff at Evening Street. Bell Elkins is swept up into the crisis, as the drama escalates toward a lethal flashpoint. At the center of it all is a baby, only hours old, but already ancient in his knowledge of pain.

Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney and small-town heroine of Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Keller''s A Killing in the Hills, Bitter River and Summer of the Dead, faces one of her most challenging days in this exclusive digital short story. Featuring an exclusive extract from her new full-length novel Last Ragged Breath. For Bell Elkins no day is ever the same. But on this day, for the third day running, Bell has woken up from the same dream. A dream about a boy needing her help, reaching out to her. Bell, always unable to help. Already unsettled, she becomes embroiled, in her role as prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, in an investigation into a couple running a local day-care centre, and Bell suspects that her day is only going to get worse. A suspicion that is compounded when she''s forced to confront a friend''s treachery and a ghost from her past. No day is ever the same, but will Bell be forever changed by this one?

It starts as another day. But sometimes one day changes everything... Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney and small-town heroine from Pulitzer Prize winner author Julia Keller, faces one of her most challenging days in this exclusive digital short story. Perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Henning Mankell For Bell Elkins no day is ever the same. But on this day, for the third day running, Bell has woken up from the same dream. A dream about a boy needing her help, reaching out to her. Bell, always unable to help. Already unsettled she becomes embroiled, in her role as prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, in an investigation into a couple running a local day-care centre, and Bell suspects that her day is only going to get worse. A suspicion that is compounded when she''s forced to confront a friend''s treachery and a ghost from her past. No day is ever the same, but will Bell be forever changed by this one? What readers are saying about Julia Keller: ''Real life flows from the pages of Julia Keller'' ''A novel that wraps you in its spell'' ''Five stars''

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller comes A HAUNTING OF THE BONES, another suspsenseful and provocative story that will keep readers up all night... Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney for Raythune C1ounty, West Virginia, had always believed what she''d been told: Her mother abandoned the family when Bell and her sister, Shirley, were children. Later, Teresa Dolan died somewhere out West. And then comes a shattering discovery. During an excavation in a remote area of the county, a skeleton is found. DNA testing proves it is related to DNA already on file: that of a convicted felon named Shirley Dolan. Along with the age and approximate time of death, the DNA link leads to a chilling conclusion: These are the remains of Bell''s mother, Teresa Dolan. She didn''t run away. She was here all along. And further examination reveals that she was a homicide victim. Bell automatically pins the blame on her late father, Donnie Dolan. But evidence emerges that it could not have been him. And so Bell must solve the most agonizingly personal case of her career: Who murdered her mother?

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensführung, Management, Organisation, Technische Universität Clausthal, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Stromerzeugung mittels Kernkraftwerke wird in den letzten Jahren zunehmend fokussiert. Bedingt durch die starke Nachfrage aus industriell aufstrebenden Ländern wie Russland, China und Indien sowie zunehmenden Preissteigerungen und -unsicherheiten von konventionellen Rohstoffen wie Öl, Gas und Kohle, wird bereits in den Medien von einer Renaissance der Atomenergie gesprochen.Diese kann jedoch nur lokal beobachtet werden, da das starke Nachfragewachstum lediglich in den eben genannten Ländern zu verfolgen ist. Daher stellen diese aufstrebenden Industriestaaten besonders für Unternehmen im Bereich des Anlagenbaus von Atomkraftwerken attraktive Märkte dar.

High summer in Acker''s Gap, West Virginia—but no one''s enjoying the rugged natural landscape. Not while a killer stalks the small town and its hard-luck inhabitants. County prosecutor Bell Elkins and Sheriff Nick Fogelsong are stymied by a murderer who seems to come and go like smoke on the mountain. At the same time, Bell must deal with the return from prison of her sister, Shirley—who, like Bell, carries the indelible scars of a savage past. In Summer of the Dead, the third Julia Keller mystery chronicling the journey of Bell Elkins and her return to her Appalachian hometown, we also meet Lindy Crabtree—a coal miner''s daughter with dark secrets of her own, secrets that threaten to explode into even more violence. Acker''s Gap is a place of loveliness and brutality, of isolation and fierce attachments—a place where the dead rub shoulders with the living, and demand their due.

In den eisigen Fluten eines Flusses in West Virginia wird ein Autowrack entdeckt – darin die Leiche eines 16-jährigen Mädchens. Was auf den ersten Blick wie ein tragischer Unfall aussieht, entpuppt sich bald als schrecklicher Mord: Das Opfer war schwanger und wurde brutal erwürgt. Bell Elkins, zu ständige Bezirksstaatsanwältin, geht der Fall sehr nahe. Schließlich ist sie selbst Mutter einer Tochter im Teenageralter. Und die Ermittlungen laufen nur schleppend, da sich wichtige Zeugen in Schweigen hüllen. Doch dann wird das Gerichtsgebäude zum Ziel eines Anschlags, und Bell selbst gerät auf ihrer Suche nach der Wahrheit in tödliche Gefahr ...

As the heat rises, they must face the danger to come... Julia Keller brings us Summer of the Dead, the third novel to feature the intrepid Bell Elkins. Perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Henning Mankell. ''A suspenseful, superbly executed plot that displays a depth rarely seen in mystery fiction'' - Booklist The first death came unexpectedly. An old man attacked outside his home, his murder a shock to the town. Then the second death came and with it fear. For Raythune County''s prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins, the inexplicable killings in Acker''s Gap are all she can think about. Everything - the oppressive summer heat, her absent daughter, her troublesome sister - fades into the background as she tries to work out who is responsible. As tensions escalate, and suspects begin to emerge, Bell will have to face demons from her own past as she comes head-to-head with a killer bent on destroying all those who stand in their way... What readers are saying about Julia Keller: ''Keller astounds me with her characterization, beautiful descriptions and absorbing plots'' ''A compelling read'' ''Five stars''

The Devil''s Stepdaughter, a story from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller, takes us back into beloved prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins''s past. The year Bell turns eleven, she''s living with a foster family in the beautiful but poverty-stricken mountains of West Virginia, and Keller draws a heartbreaking portrait of the time in Bell''s life that shaped her into a woman who believes in fierce justice and fighting back.

She is trying to escape her life, but evil lurks in her new home... Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney and small-town heroine from Pulitzer-Prize winning author Julia Keller, returns as a young girl in exclusive digital short The Devil''s Stepdaughter. Perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Linwood Barclay. Orphaned at eleven years old, Bell Elkins is immediately put into the foster-care system in Raythune County and shipped to Herb and Lois McCluskey''s dusty trailer in a forgotten corner of town. Bell gets on fine with the members of her foster family. With one exception. Crystal is different. And she soon sets her sights on ruining what is left of young Bell''s life. When the body of an old woman is found near the place she now calls home, Bell suspects Crystal knows more than she is letting on. But what she doesn''t know is how far Crystal will go to keep Bell out of her family... What readers are saying about Julia Keller: ''Utterly compelling'' ''Julia Keller is one of this decade''s best authors'' ''Five stars''

Het leven van aanklager Bell ELkins dochter staat op het spel wanneer zij op eigen houtje de dader van een schietpartij wil opsporen. Kan Bell haar dochter redden voor het te laat is? `Onderhuids van Julia Keller wordt door Karin Slaughter omschreven als `een must-read thriller . Acker s Gap, West-Virginia is een stadje zonder vooruitzichten: geen banen, geen hoop, geen toekomst. Toch is dit de plek waar Bell Elkins een baan heeft aangenomen als openbare aanklager. Haar zeventienjarige dochter Carla is het nog steeds niet eens met die beslissing ze mist haar vriendinnen en vader die in Washington, D.C. zijn achtergebleven. De relatie tussen moeder en dochter is dan ook ernstig bekoeld. Tot op een dag drie oude mannen voor Carla s ogen worden neergeschoten. Een schijnbaar zinloze explosie van geweld, die Acker s Gap verbijsterd achterlaat. Niemand weet wie de schutter is, en de verschillende getuigenverklaringen spreken elkaar tegen. Waren de slachtoffers gewoon op de verkeerde plek? Had het iets te maken met de drugsoorlog die ondergronds broeit? Of waren de drie mannen een doelwit? Hoewel Carla tegen de politie en haar moeder volhoudt dat ze niet weet wie de schutter is, blijft er een detail door haar hoofd spoken. Impulsief besluit ze zélf de dader te vinden, maar daarmee zet ze onbedoeld haar leven op het spel. Kan Bell haar dochter redden van haar eigen keuzes en de moordenaar vinden voor het te laat is? Julia Keller is een journalist die voor haar werk een Pulitzer Prize in ontvangst mocht nemen. `Onderhuids is haar debuut.

Packend und authentisch: das gefeierte Romandebüt der Pulitzerpreisträgerin Julia Keller Seit vier Jahren arbeitet Bell Elkins – neununddreißig, geschieden, alleinerziehende Mutter einer siebzehnjährigen Tochter – als Bezirksstaatsanwältin von Raythune County, West Virginia. Doch als drei alte Männer durch gezielte Kopfschüsse getötet werden, ist es nicht ihr Berufsethos, das die engagierte Juristin sofort zum Tatort eilen lässt, sondern ihr Mutterinstinkt. Denn die Bluttat ereignete sich in dem Fast Food Restaurant, in dem Bell mit ihrer Tochter Carla verabredet war. Carla löst sich nur langsam aus ihrem Schockzustand – doch in ihrem tiefsten Inneren weiß sie, dass sie den Täter erkannt hat. Und dieses Wissen bringt Mutter und Tochter in höchste Gefahr ...

In the next stunning novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning Julia Keller, following the popular A Killing in the Hills, a pregnant teenager is found murdered at the bottom of a river. Phone calls before dawn are never good news. And when you''re the county''s prosecuting attorney, calls from the sheriff are rarely good news, either. So when Bell Elkins picks up the phone she already knows she won''t like what she''s about to hear, but she''s still not prepared for this: 16-year-old Lucinda Trimble''s body has been found at the bottom of Bitter River. And Lucinda didn''t drown—she was dead before her body ever hit the water. With a case like that, Bell knows the coming weeks are going to be tough. But that''s not all Bell is coping with these days. Her daughter is now living with Bell''s ex-husband, hours away. Sheriff Nick Fogelsong, one of Bell''s closest friends, is behaving oddly. Furthermore, a face from her past has resurfaced for reasons Bell can''t quite figure. Searching for the truth, both behind Lucinda''s murder and behind her own complicated relationships, will lead Bell down a path that might put her very life at risk. In Bitter River, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller once again weaves a compelling, haunting mystery against the stark beauty and extreme poverty of a small West Virginia mountain town.

Concealed beneath the water, her body wants to be found... Bell Elkins returns in Bitter River, the gripping second instalment from Pulitzer prize winner Julia Keller. Perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Linwood Barclay. ''Julia Keller''s lyrical and evocative prose in Bitter River propels the novel until all you can do is hang on until the final page. Her sense of place is spot-on and bittersweet'' - C.J. Box Acker''s Gap, West Virginia: a high-school student - sixteen, full of promise, and pregnant - is found murdered in a car at the bottom of the Bitter River. Her death devastates the community, but one among them must be responsible. Bell Elkins, Raythune County''s prosecuting attorney, is determined to bring the killer to justice. But someone else has their own agenda. Amid the shadow of the Appalachian Mountains, another act of violence is about to strike. As Bell and Sheriff Nick Fogelsong work to uncover the truth, one thing is certain: no one can truly understand Acker''s Gap until they are in the thick of it. Bell returned to her hometown to make a difference. But just how much is she willing to risk? What readers are saying about Julia Keller: ''Julia Keller creates brilliant characters'' ''Keller''s style of writing is poetic and dramatic. It is incredibly unusual. She seamlessly weaves the story-lines together'' ''Five stars''

In a town ravaged by deception, can one woman make a difference? From Pulitzer-prize winner Julia Keller comes A Killing in the Hills, the first in a series featuring prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins, set in the beautiful, crime-ridden town of Acker''s Gap. Perfect for fans of Linwood Barclay and Henning Mankell. ''A terrific debut - atmospheric, suspenseful, assured. I hope there''s more to come in the story of Bell Elkins and Acker''s Gap'' - Laura Lippman Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, visitors see only Acker''s Gap''s stunning natural beauty. But for those living there it''s a different story. The mountain roads harbour secret places, perfect for making the prescription drugs that tempt its desperately poor. Bell Elkins left a broken teenager, savaged by a past she couldn''t forget. But, as prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, Bell is back and determined to help clean up the only home she has ever known. As winter sets in and her daughter is witness to a shocking triple murder, Bell finds her family in danger. Can she uncover the truth before her world is destroyed again? What readers are saying about A Killing in the Hills: ''A mesmerizing book'' ''The intertwined plots play out against a beautiful portrayal of this rural area, a wonderfully conveyed portrait'' ''I am an avid thriller reader and in my opinion this ranks among the best of them''

In A Killing in the Hills, a powerful, intricate debut from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller, a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it''s too late. What''s happening in Acker''s Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas of the country just like Acker''s Gap? Or were Dean Streeter, Shorty McClurg, and Lee Rader targeted somehow? One of the witnesses to the brutal incident was Carla Elkins, teenaged daughter of Bell Elkins, the prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, WV. Carla was shocked and horrified by what she saw, but after a few days, she begins to recover enough to believe that she might be uniquely placed to help her mother do her job. After all, what better way to repair their fragile, damaged relationship? But could Carla also end up doing more harm than good—in fact, putting her own life in danger? *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of A Killing in the Hills includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide

Antológiánk u200blapjain korunk angolszász spekulatív irodalmának legnagyobb alakjai tisztelegnek a közelmúltban elhunyt Mester előtt történeteikkel, melyek hol felemelőek, hol borongósak, hol szentimentálisak, hol hátborzongatóak, de valamennyi új és új kaland a képzelet határtalan birodalmában. NEIL GAIMAN (Sandman; Amerikai istenek) • MARGARET ATWOOD (Guvat és Gazella; A szolgálólány meséje) • JAY BONANSINGA (Száguldás a halálba; Agyrém) • SAM WELLER • DAVID MORRELL (Rambo; Settenkedők) • THOMAS F. MONTELEONE • LEE MARTIN • JOE HILL (A szív alakú doboz; Szarvak) • DAN CHAON • JOHN MCNALLY • JOE MENO • ROBERT MCCAMMON (Csak az enyém) • RAMSEY CAMPBELL • MORT CASTLE • ALICE HOFFMAN (Hetedik mennyország; Átkozott boszorkák) • JOHN MACLAY • JACQUELYN MITCHARD (Az óceán mélye) • GARY BRAUNBECK • BONNIE JO CAMPBELL • AUDREY NIFFENEGGER (Az időutazó felesége) • CHARLES YU • JULIA KELLER • DAVE EGGERS (Ahol a vadak várnak; Az árvízi csónakos) • BAYO OJIKUTU • KELLY LINK (Különb dolgok is) • HARLAN ELLISON

Since the 1970s, the prevalence of autism has increased from two in 10,000 to one in 150. Autism has become a household world. Small Pastures is a story about a mother who raised an autistic child in the 1970s, when the medical world knew almost nothing about her son''s condition. There was no protocol, no treatment, and no acknowledgement that autistic children even existed. Small Pastures is about a mother''s quest to find the research and resources she needed to raise this child to adulthood when all the doctors said to put him in an institution, a quest that became a sacred journey, an exhausting mental, emotional and spiritual adventure that transformed the lives of herself and her family forever.

Documents the life of the inventor of the Gatling gun--the first machine gun--and the impact of his invention on the expansion of the United States as a superpower and the international boom of the arms industry.

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes the story about an ordinary family who is forced to deal with an extraordinary loss, and whose lives are changed forever when their father comes home from Iraq.

L’application des nouvelles normes internationales Euro 4 et Euro 5 concernant la pollution des moteurs à combustion interne impose aux constructeurs automobiles des progrès techniques au niveau du contact segment – chemise qui conduisent à une diminution de la consommation d’huile. Afin de pouvoir répondre à ces évolutions, deux pistes principales s’ouvrent pour les industriels et les scientifiques : l’optimisation du matériau de la chemise à travers ses propriétés intrinsèques et de l’état de surface de celle-ci à travers les paramètres de rodage. Dans ce contexte, nous avons analysé lors de cette thèse ces deux aspects pour différents types de fonte. Suite à une synthèse bibliographique (chapitre 1), qui nous a donné un aperçu sur les travaux déjà réalisés dans ce domaine, nous avons mené une étude complète sur une fonte à graphite lamellaire « classique » au travers de tests de frottement au tribomètre Cameron Plint (chapitre 3). Cette étude nous a permis d’obtenir des informations sur l’évolution du coefficient de frottement, de la résistance électrique de contact, de l’usure et de la pression de contact, ainsi que sur la formation du film tribochimique, au cours du frottement sous des conditions sévères. A partir de ces informations, un modèle concernant le comportement tribologique de ce contact a été proposé. Dans le chapitre 4, nous avons caractérisé une fonte trempée en surface qui a présenté une résistance à l’usure très élevée par rapport à la fonte « classique ». La trempe superficielle entraîne une augmentation des propriétés mécaniques (notamment de la dureté) en extrême surface de la chemise, ce qui induit une résistance à l’usure élevée. Cependant, l’inconvénient de cette fonte est l’usure importante du contre-corps dans les conditions expérimentales utilisées. Le chapitre 5 a été consacré à une autre voie d’amélioration de la résistance à l’usure : des eutectiques phosphoreux, des zones très dures dans la microstructure perlitique, ont été formés par l’ajout de phosphore et de bore à la composition chimique initiale de la fonte. La présence d’eutectiques phosphoreux a impliqué une diminution de l’usure de 30% par rapport à la fonte « classique » pour des chemises avec une topographie de surface identique. Le contre-corps ne s’est pas usé lors du frottement dans les conditions expérimentales utilisées. Nous avons constaté que le film tribochimique protecteur ne se crée pas sur des zones très dures, comme les eutectiques phosphoreux et les carbures de chrome. En revanche, ces zones présentent apparemment déjà une résistance à l’usure élevée sans la présence du tribofilm grâce à leurs propriétés mécaniques élevées. Le dernier chapitre (chapitre 6) a consisté à analyser l’influence de l’état de surface (paramètres de rugosité) de la chemise sur son comportement à l’usure. Des surfaces rodées, polies miroir ainsi que des surfaces « modèles » (présentant des vallées bien définies) ont été étudiées. Une surface ayant des paramètres Rpk et Rk faibles, donc très lisse, montre la meilleure résistance à l’usure. Cependant, des surfaces trop lisses ne peuvent pas être utilisées car la présence de vallées est indispensable pour garantir une alimentation suffisante en huile dans certains domaines de fonctionnement du moteur.