Claire Danvers's college town may be run by vampires but a truce between the living and the dead made things relatively safe. For a while. Now people are turning up dead, a psycho is stalking her, and an ancient bloodsucker has proposed private mentoring. To what end, Claire will find out. And it's giving night school a whole new meaning. Watch a Windows Media trailer for this book.
A gritty, atmospheric glimpse into Los Angeles’s noir underworld. Ash Levine, the top detective in the LAPD's elite Felony Special Squad, is called out to solve the murder of two young black men found shot to death in a Venice alley. The case is a high priority because one of the victims is the son of City Councilman Isaac Pinkney, a frequent critic of the LAPD. Searching for the killer throws Levine into the world of Los Angeles's Russian Mafia, Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, and Middle Eastern archaeologists. Ash's history as a child of a Holocaust survivor gives him a unique perspective on murder, redemption, and justice. His background as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, and his relentless, single-minded focus on his investigations make him a thoroughly absorbing character. As Ash closes in on the killer, the investigation becomes increasingly complex—and personal. Ash soon discovers that he is not just an investigator, but a target.
Ash Levine est chargé d'enquêter sur le double homicide de jeunes Noirs dans une ruelle de Venice. L'affaire devient prioritaire quand l'une des victimes est identifiée comme étant le fils du conseiller municipal Isaac Pinkney. Pourtant, à mesure que l'enquête avance, Levine découvre que la seconde victime était la seule visée. L'affaire prend bientôt une tout autre tournure : d'enquêteur, il devient la cible d'un complot.
A truce between the living and the dead has made Morganville relatively safe. Now, however, people are turning up dead, she is being stalked by a psycho and an ancient blood sucker is offering private mentoring.
Morganville is such a nice place to live . . . And die. If you don't mind that sort of thing. When Claire Danvers learnt that her college town was run by vampires, she did what any intelligent, self-preserving student would do: she applied for a transfer and stocked up on garlic. The transfer is no longer an option, but that garlic may come in handy. Now Claire has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. The protection her contract secures does little to reassure her friends. All of a sudden, people are turning up dead, a stalker resurfaces from Claire's past, and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home. 'Thrilling, sexy, and funny! These books are addictive. One of my very favorite vampire series.' Richelle Mead, author of the international bestselling Vampire Academy series.
When she pledges herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town, Claire is faced with a past stalker, murder, and an ancient bloodsucker who extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home, giving a horrifying new meaning to night school. Original.
After the day world is fast asleep, go into the midnight alley for nourishing humor and intelligent debate. enjoy a moment of freedom from pretense with historical reflection and humorous insight. Midnight Alley is a jazzy and sultry view of the dimensions of life; its pain and profundity and its joy and fulfillment that captures raw honesty and emotion not allowed in the day world. Meet Terri in the Midnight Alley. -- Lulu.com
Forgotten today, established Black communities once existed in the alleyways of Washington, D.C., even in neighborhoods as familiar as Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom. James Borchert's study delves into the lives and folkways of the largely alley dwellers and how their communities changed from before the Civil War, to the late 1890s era when almost 20,000 people lived in alley houses, to the effects of reform and gentrification in the mid-twentieth century.
Widely acclaimed as Naguib Mahfouz's best novel, Midaq Alley brings to life one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo in the 1940s. From Zaita the cripple-maker to Kirsha the hedonistic cafe owner, from Abbas the barber who mistakes greed for love to Hamida who sells her soul to escape the alley, from waiters and widows to politicians, pimps, and poets, the inhabitants of Midaq Alley vividly evoke Egypt's largest city as it teeters on the brink of change. Never has Nobel Prize-winner Mahfouz's talent for rich and luxurious storytelling been more evident than here, in his portrait of one small street as a microcosm of the world on the threshold of modernity.
