A fourth spine-tingling visit to the secret London borough of Darkside... A Blood Succession, a mysterious watch, and chaos in the streets - just another day in Darkside. Jonathan is back home again when he hears that Vendetta has gone missing - and that's not even the worst of it. Teaming up with some old friends, Jonathan becomes embroiled in a terrifying Darkside mystery - and he discovers the answer to a question he's been asking for years: could his mother still be alive?
Jonathan Starling's father is in an asylum and his home has been attacked when, while running away from kidnappers, he stumbles upon Darkside, a terrifying and hidden part of London ruled by the descendants of Jack the Ripper, where Jonathan is in mortal danger if he cannot find the way out.
A Blood Succession, a mysterious watch, and chaos in the streets - just another day in Darkside. Jonathan is back home again when he hears that Vendetta has gone missing - and that's not even the worst of it. Teaming up with some old friends, Jonathan becomes embroiled in a terrifying Darkside mystery - and he discovers the answer to the question he's been asking for years: could his mother still be alive?
SHE’S GOD. HE’S A GAMBLER. IT’S A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN … OR HELL? Risk of Ruin is a love story unlike any you’ve ever read—dark, disturbing, irreverent, some might say sacrilegious—while protagonists Bart and Stacy may be the most compelling misfits to go on the lam since Bonnie and Clyde. The first work of fiction to be released by well-known gambling expert and author Arnold Snyder, Risk of Ruin is a provocative story of crime, passion, rebellion, and possible redemption that attempts to answer a question that has tormented gambling men since Adam placed that all-in bet on Eve: Is she worth the risk?
As Jonathan searches London's Darkside for the same murderer that his mother was seeking when she disappeared twelve years earlier, it becomes clear that it is Jonathan who is being hunted.
The #1 national bestseller, now a major motion picture, 21—the amazing inside story about a gambling ring of M.I.T. students who beat the system in Vegas—and lived to tell how. Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.’s math students and engineers take up blackjack under the guidance of an eccentric mastermind. Their small blackjack club develops from an experiment in counting cards on M.I.T.’s campus into a ring of card savants with a system for playing large and winning big. In less than two years they take some of the world’s most sophisticated casinos for more than three million dollars. But their success also brings with it the formidable ire of casino owners and launches them into the seedy underworld of corporate Vegas with its private investigators and other violent heavies.
Author Nathaniel Tilton was just a regular guy with a regular job when he read Bringing Down the House and decided he wanted to do what the players in that book did. A journey through the inner world of card counting, the lessons of teamwork, and the clandestine pursuit of beating the odds, in The Blackjack Life Tilton relates the story of his personal journey through the smoke-filled casinos in which he and his playing partner gambled, to the seedy backrooms that he hoped he would never see. More than just wins and losses, The Blackjack Life is about the growth of a man who discovered himself through the unlikeliest of places – the world of professional blackjack -- and who now shares his informed view of the opportunities that still exist for skilled players and what it’s really like to travel that road today.
A true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate in the crucible of the digital age. Give Me Everything You Have chronicles author James Lasdun's strange and harrowing ordeal at the hands of a former student, a self-styled "verbal terrorist," who began trying, in her words, to "ruin him." Hate mail, online postings, and public accusations of plagiarism and sexual misconduct were her weapons of choice and, as with more conventional terrorist weapons, proved remarkably difficult to combat. James Lasdun's account, while terrifying, is told with compassion and humor, and brilliantly succeeds in turning a highly personal story into a profound meditation on subjects as varied as madness, race, Middle East politics, and the meaning of honor and reputation in the Internet age.
A tragic past defines her. Will love save her or destroy them both? Julia Hamilton hates Athens, Afghanistan, and the U.S. Army; and now, Advil. She hates a lot of things that begin with the letter A, with good reason, because she's lost everyone she's ever loved to these very things. When an illicit connection to a stranger at her husband's funeral saves her life, it causes her to question everything, herself most of all. Owen's award-winning debut novel is heartbreakingly intense, achingly romantic, and ultimately captivating. Seeing Julia is an intense, emotional roller coaster of a ride, so hang on and don't forget to breathe. If you enjoy the tender scenes of P.S. I Love You, the poignant story lines of Nicholas Sparks, and the twists and turns in plot lines like those of Jodi Picoult, you are going to LOVE Katherine Owen's novel Seeing Julia! PRAISE for SEEING JULIA ★★★★★ "...an authentic look at grief and love. I believe anyone that has ever loved someone, lost them, and found a life and another love will devour Seeing Julia. Be forewarned: keep a box of Kleenex handy, as you will need them." "...You get a little of everything in this book. Love, anger, angst, misery, retribution, they're all in there and make for a wonderful read." "...Seeing Julia was everything I look for in a great book. Heartbreakingly sad, funny, enlightening, and best of all, heart mending...five stars are not enough..." This is an emotional roller coaster read. Seeing Julia will captivate readers and take them along for an incredible ride--one woman's personal journey--where she must battle grief, recover from incredible loss, and ultimately start over, but only after discovering the amazing depths to which love can go. Katherine Owen won the Zola Award and First Place in Romance category with the Pacific Northwest Writers Association in July 2010 with Seeing Julia. If you like dark, edgy compelling fiction with elements of love and romance, look for Katherine's other works in contemporary fiction by simply searching for NOT TO US or WHEN I SEE YOU or THIS MUCH IS TRUE. Please be advised that SEEING JULIA contains adult language and adult situations and is not appropriate for young readers. (New Adult Fiction, Contemporary Romance)
A second gripping visit to the secret borough of Darkside... When Jonathan and Carnegie, Darkside's premier wereman PI, start to investigate a series of murders they find themselves embroiled in Dardside's most dangerous secret - and its most dangerous family. Solving the mystery is a lot less important than staying alive...
