Best Selling Books by Thomas Perry

Un hombre de negocios de Portland ha sido asesinado a tiros en la ba&ñera de su casa. A la hora de investigar el crimen, la detective de Homicidios Catherine Hobbes cuenta con dos &únicas pistas: algunos cabellos rubios de mujer y el hecho de que la v&íctima fuera primo de un importante mafioso de Los &Ángeles. Para complicar a&ún m&ás las cosas, Hobbes se ve obligada a colaborar en la resoluci&ón del caso con Joe Pitt, un investigador privado tan mujeriego y arrogante como atractivo. La rubia que aparece junto al fallecido en la grabaci&ón de la c&ámara de seguridad de un hotel, &¿es su pareja, su asesina o ambas cosas a la vez? Mientras le siguen el rastro por varios estados del oeste del pa&ís, Hobbes y Pitt descubrir&án que no se encuentran ante una criminal cualquiera. Porque esa misteriosa mujer muestra una capacidad camale&ónica para cambiar de aspecto f&ísico, parece haber sido responsable de varias muertes m&ás y, sobre todo, sabe que la mejor forma de escapar de un cazador es acabando con &él. Nightlife es un thriller de ritmo endiablado que viene a saldar una vieja cuenta pendiente: por fin el lector espa&ñol puede sumergirse en el escalofriante universo de Thomas Perry, elogiado por Stephen King como uno de los seis grandes escritores vivos de novelas de suspense.

A revealing look at the changing role of churches in the decades after the American Revolution. Most Americans today would not think of their local church as a site for arbitration and would probably be hesitant to bring their property disputes, moral failings, or personal squabbles to their kin and neighbors for judgment. But from the Revolutionary Era through the mid-nineteenth century, many Protestants imbued local churches with immense authority. Through their ritual practice of discipline, churches insisted that brethren refrain from suing each other before "infidels" at local courts and claimed jurisdiction over a range of disputes: not only moral issues such as swearing, drunkenness, and adultery but also matters more typically considered to be under the purview of common law and courts of equity, including disputes over trespass, land, probate, slave warranty, and theft. In Law in American Meetinghouses, Jeffrey Thomas Perry explores the ways that ordinary Americans—Black and white, enslaved and free—understood and created law in their local communities, uncovering a vibrant marketplace of authority in which church meetinghouses played a central role in maintaining their neighborhoods'' social peace. Churches were once prominent sites for the creation of local law and in this period were a primary arena in which civil and religious authority collided and shaped one another. When church discipline failed, the wronged parties often pushed back, and their responses highlight the various forces that ultimately hindered that venue''s ability to effectively arbitrate disputes between members. Relying primarily on a deep reading of church records and civil case files, Perry examines how legal transformations, an expanding market economy, and religious controversy led churchgoers to reimagine their congregations'' authority. By the 1830s, unable to resolve doctrinal quibbles within the fellowship, church factions turned to state courts to secure control over their meetinghouses, often demanding that judges wade into messy ecclesiastical disputes. Tracking changes in disciplinary rigor in Kentucky Baptist churches from that state''s frontier period through 1845, and looking beyond statutes and court decrees, Law in American Meetinghouses is a fresh take on church-state relations. Ultimately, it highlights an oft-forgotten way that Americans subtly repositioned religious institutions alongside state authority.

A cunning thief is on the run for her life in a breakneck thriller from the New York Times–bestselling “master of nail-biting suspense” (Los Angeles Times). Elle Stowell is a young woman with an unconventional profession: burglary. But Elle is no petty thief—with just the right combination of smarts, looks, and skills, she can easily stroll through ritzy Bel Air neighborhoods and pick out the perfect home for plucking the most valuable items. This is how Elle has always gotten by—she is good at it, and she thrives on the thrill. But after stumbling upon a grisly triple homicide while stealing from the home of a wealthy art dealer, Elle discovers that she is no longer the only one sneaking around. Somebody is searching for her. As Elle realizes that her knowledge of the high-profile murder has made her a target, she races to solve the case before becoming the next casualty, using her breaking-and-entering skills to uncover the truth about exactly who the victims were and why someone might have wanted them dead. With high-stakes action and shocking revelations, The Burglar will keep readers on the edge of their seats as they barrel towards the heart-racing conclusion. “The fact is, there are probably only half a dozen suspense writers now alive who can be depended upon to deliver high voltage shocks . . . Thomas Perry is one of them.” —Stephen King

A former CIA officer, living off the grid, finds himself on the run in the book which forms the basis for the new Disney+ series, starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow.

A free preview of THE MAYAN SECRETS by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry The outstanding new novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling grand master of adventure. Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico, when they come upon a remarkable discovery—the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan book, larger than anyone has ever seen. The book contains astonishing information about the Mayans, about their cities, and about mankind itself. The secrets are so powerful that some people would do anything to possess them—as the Fargos are about to find out. Before their adventure is done, many men and women will die for that book—and Sam and Remi may just be among them.

"Another stunner from a modern master."—Booklist (Starred Review) Rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a wild chase through the Northeast Jane Whitefield helps people disappear. Fearing for their lives, fleeing dangerous situations, her clients come to her when they need to vanish completely—to assume a new identity and establish a new life somewhere they won’t be found. And when people are desperate enough to need her services, they come to the old house in rural western New York where Jane was raised to begin their escape. It’s there that, one spring night, Jane finds a young woman fresh from LA with a whole lot of trouble behind her. After she cheated on her boyfriend, he dragged her to the home of the offending man and made her watch as he killed him. She testified against the boyfriend, but a bribed jury acquitted him, and now he’s free and trying to find and kill her. Jane agrees to help, and it soon becomes clear that outsmarting the murderous boyfriend is not beyond Jane’s skills. But the boyfriend has some new friends: members of a Russian organized crime brotherhood. When they learn that Sara is traveling with a tall, dark-haired woman who disappears people, the Russians become increasingly interested in helping the boyfriend find the duo. They’ve heard rumors that such a woman existed—and believe that, if forcibly extracted, the knowledge she has of past clients could be worth millions. Thus begins a bloodthirsty chase that winds through the cities of the northeast before finally plunging into Maine’s Hundred Mile Wilderness. But in a pursuit where nothing can be trusted, one thing is certain: only one party—Jane or her pursuers—will emerge alive.

The Third World in Soviet Perspective consists of translations of a representative selection of essays on numerous aspects of the developing areas by prominent and promising Soviet scholars. They deal with Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and range over such subjects as economic development, class relationships, political forces, and agrarian reform, with some discussion of more general problems of Soviet research. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

When an archeologist friend requests their help to excavate a top-secret historical site, the Fargos are intrigued. But they have no idea that their discoveries will set them on a hunt for a prize beyond all imagination. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold, jewels, and plunder: a bounty that has never been found. Asthey follow a trail throughout Europe, it leads them not to one tomb, but five. The Fargos also find themselves pitted against a thieving group of treasure hunters, a cunning Russian businessman, and a ruthless Hungarian who claims direct descent from Attila himself—and will stop at nothing to achieve his destiny...

Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry writes about stories of true crime along the Virginia North Carolina border region that he calls home. From the 1912 Hillsville Shootout to the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre, Perry writes about these stories that have interested him over a long career of writing about the history of the place he calls home. Subjects covered include the 1929 Lawson family Christmas murders in Stokes County to the shootout on Fayette Street in Martinsville, Virginia, along with the case of the Martinsville Seven. Multiple bombing stories from Mount Airy, North Carolina, before it was Andy Griffith''s mythical Mayberry to the title of "Little Chicago." Several murder true stories from Perry''s native Patrick County are included.

Qui a voulu la mort du sénateur Claremont ? Ce ne sont pas seulement les policiers du F.B.I. qui se posent cette question, mais le tueur lui-même. Devenu le gibier d’un personnage occulte mais puissant, ce garçon-boucher — car tel est son nom de guerre — va devoir déployer tout son savoir-faire pour retourner la situation. Dans une immense course-poursuite à travers les États-Unis, trois chasseurs d’hommes vont faire appel à leur perspicacité, pour anticiper les mouvements de leurs adversaires. Et l’on verra qu’un homme seul, pour peu qu’il soit un spécialiste dans son genre, est en mesure de défier les organisations les mieux équipées, comme le ministère de la Justice américain et ses ramifications, ou encore le terrible réseau des familles de la Mafia. Le garçon-boucher, c’est l’individu contre la pieuvre noire, le grain de sable qui détraque les machines les mieux huilées. Dans ce combat, la bureaucratie lente et solennelle du ministère, joue le rôle peu enviable de voiture-balais. Malgré sa remarquable intuition, la jeune et jolie analyste Elizabeth devra, comme ses supérieurs et leurs ordinateurs ultra-sophistiqués, se plier aux événements que suscite magistralement le garçon-boucher.

«I lettori di Cussler lo ameranno.» Kirkus Review «La serie Fargo Adventures rappresenta senza dubbio uno dei gioielli della corona nell''impero letterario creato da Clive Cussler.» Publishers Weekly «Romanziere o avventuriero, Cussler è sempre il più forte.» USA Today I coniugi Sam e Remi Fargo, instancabili cacciatori di tesori, si trovano in Messico nel tentativo di assistere le popolazioni locali colpite da un terribile terremoto. Impegnati nelle operazioni di soccorso, si imbattono in una scoperta sensazionale: lo scheletro di un uomo che stringe a sé un antico vaso sigillato. All’interno del vaso si trova un manoscritto maya, il più completo esemplare mai rinvenuto. Il testo contiene informazioni di immenso valore a proposito dei maya, della loro cultura e delle loro città, ma anche sul destino del genere umano. I Fargo scopriranno presto che i segreti custoditi dal codice sono tanto importanti da spingere qualcuno a fare qualsiasi cosa pur di impadronirsene. Prima che la loro avventura giunga al termine, in molti perderanno la vita per quel libro... e Sam e Remi potrebbero essere fra questi.

En esta quinta entrega de las aventuras del matrimonio de cazadores de tesoros, el descubrimiento de un ancestral libro maya desencadenará una terrible lucha para hacerse con sus secretos, en la que Sam y Remi Fargo se verán implicados. Sam y Remi Fargo se encuentran en la costa oeste de México cuando la noticia de los terribles efectos de un terremoto cerca de la frontera pone al matrimonio en marcha. Decididos a ayudar en todo lo que puedan, parten a toda velocidad con su yate hacia la zona afectada. Ya en las aldeas damnificadas de la costa llega a sus oídos la noticia de un pueblo indígena que se ha quedado aislado cerca del Volcán Tacaná. Sin dudarlo ni un segundo, los Fargo organizan una expedición de rescate. Pero durante la travesía Sam tropieza con lo que parece ser una tumba maya, aflorada de bajo tierra por causa del seísmo y que contiene, además, una urna sellada en cuyo interior se ha guardado durante siglos un manuscrito precolombino. Se trata de un hallazgo excepcional, de valor incalculable... y los saqueadores estarán dispuestos a todo por hacerse con él. Reseña: «Un magnífico entretenimiento para los fans de la aventura.» Booklist

Forts. v. äDas Geheimnis von Shangri Laä. Die Schatzsucher Sam und Remi Fargo kommen den verborgenen Goldschätzen des Hunnenkönigs Attila auf die Spur, die weit über Europa verstreut sind. Ihr Gegenspieler, der hinterhältige Bako, will mit Macht an dieselben Preziosen gelangen.

When a sudden crime wave hits several small midwestern towns, the U.S. Attorney for the region calls on Harry Duncan to investigate. An ex-cop known for his unorthodox methods, Duncan is reluctant to go up against a widespread criminal organization--but the attorney in question is Ellen Leicester, the wife who left him fifteen years earlier, and to her, he can''t say no. Initially brought in as a consultant to determine if the racketeering is severe enough to require an all-out investigation by the FBI, Duncan quickly finds himself in conflict with a syndicate far more violent than first suspected. As the investigation develops, he begins compiling a "murder book," the notebook in which a detective keeps records, interviews, photos--everything he needs to build his case. But his scrutiny of the gang soon makes Duncan a target. And Ellen, too. A thrilling and suspenseful tour of crime-addled midwestern towns, Murder Book is signature Thomas Perry, with characters you won''t soon forget, crisply-described action sequences, and breathlessly-tense plotting that will keep you racing through the pages.