New Releases by Mark Frost

This clever & terrifying novel is a classical-style, slam-bang adventure. First came the 7 . . . now there are 6. Arthur Conan Doyle is a celebrated author -- due to the enormously popular exploits of the fictional detective he fashioned after his boldly eccentric sleuthing partner, Jack Sparks. Together, a decade earlier, they curtailed the apocalyptic triumph of a dread, otherworldly menace. And now an even more horrific game is afoot. Certain doom awaits Doyle & his impetuous younger brother Innes on a book tour across America -- as do 6 extraordinary personages, linked solely by dreams of a black tower & a river of blood. For each has a leading role to play in the ultimate drama of light versus darkness.

New York Times–Bestselling Author: "Plenty of fascinating backstory, both about [Bobby] Jones'' young life as a golf phenom and about the sports-crazy 1920s." — Booklist A Los Angeles Times Bestseller In the wake of the stock market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports in the summer of 1930. Bobby Jones, a twenty-eight-year-old amateur golfer, mounted a campaign against the record books. In four months, he conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the United States Open, and finally the United States Amateur Championship, an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam. To this day no other golfer has accomplished it in a single year. Mark Frost, author of The Match and The Greatest Game Ever Played, uses a wealth of original research to provide an unprecedented intimate portrait of golf great Bobby Jones. Blending a vivid portrait of the era with sports biography, The Grand Slam is "an excellent book of golf history" ( Booklist). "[Frost] has a gift for dramatizing historic golf matches and making them seem suspenseful all over again . . . the book is full of vivid portraits of figures like Ted Ray, fighting his twitchy putting stroke; Harry Vardon, puffing his pipe even as he swung from his heels; and the beautifully tailored Walter Hagen." — The New York Times "A swift, surefooted account of Jones''s remarkable life and career . . . for the literate duffer, this is a hole in one." — Publishers Weekly

rancis Ouimet and Harry Vardon came from different worlds and different generations, but their passion for golf set them on parallel paths that would collide in the greatest match their sport had ever known. A young Massachusetts native, Francis was only three years removed from his youthful career as a lowly caddie. Harry was twice his age, the greatest British champion in history, and innovator of the modern grip and swing. Through exacting hard work, perseverance, and determination, Vardon had escaped a hopeless life of poverty; the unknown Ouimet dared to dream of following in his hero''s footsteps. When the two men finally came together in their legendary battle at the 1913 U.S. Open, its heartstopping climax gave rise to the sport of golf as we know it today. Weaving the stories of Ouimet and Vardon as his narrative, Mark Frost creates a uniquely involving, intimate epic; equal parts sports biography, sweeping social history, and emotional human drama. Including historical photographs, The Greatest Game Ever Played is sure to be a must-read for millions of sports and history fans, and all who have ever dared to reach for their dreams.

1894. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, célèbre inventeur du personnage de Sherlock Holmes, embarque en compagnie de son jeune frère Innes, à bord du paquebot Elbe, pour une tournée de promotion aux Etats-Unis. Pendant la traversée, il se trouve mêlé à une mystérieuse affaire de meurtre et de vol d''un livre précieux, Le Livre de Zohar, que le jeune Lionel Stern a promis de rapporter à son père, le rabbi Jacob Stern. Celui-ci fait depuis plusieurs mois des rêves étranges où revient constamment le chiffre six... Dans le même temps, un moine japonais débarque à San Francisco, à la recherche d''un livre sacré, tandis que dans le Dakota une Indienne fait le même rêve que le rabbi Stern. Arrivé à New York, Conan Doyle retrouve son vieil ami Jack Spark, espion de la Couronne et chargé par la Reine d''une mission secrète. Ensemble, ils mènent alors, des bas-fonds de Manhattan aux ruelles sombres de Chicago, une enquête haletante qui les conduit en plein désert d''Arizona au coeur d''une secte étrange où cinq messies (plus un, notre Arthur !) sont venus récupérer les livres saints. Digne des meilleures aventures de Sherlock Holmes, ce roman aux multiples rebondissements, aux intrigues les plus cocasses, entretient le suspense jusqu''à la dernière page.

In 1894 on a visit to the U.S., Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, investigates the theft of valuable books on the world''s great religions. In the process, he uncovers a sinister plot by a group of fanatics in a commune in the Arizona desert.

The ancient holy texts are missing. The death of the world approaches. Six extraordinary men have shared one vision of a black tower and a river of blood. Somewhere in the desert wastelands of America, the ultimate battle will be waged. The greatest experiment in evil since the beginning of time is under way, with all humanity its designated sacrifice. The future is in the hands of the Six.

Un jour de Noël 1884, à Londres, un jeune médecin nommé Arthur Conan Doyle est convoqué à une séance de spiritisme. Il est lui-même un spécialiste de l''occulte, ayant écrit un roman sur le sujet, inspiré des écrits très mystiques de Madame Blavatsky. A la suite de cette séance, Doyle est en danger de mort, son appartement est incendié, sa voisine russe assassinée !... Un agent très spécial de la Reine vient à son secours et lui explique que son propre frère, qui a tué père et mère, s''est ligué avec quelques personnages éminents pour placer sur le trône d''Angleterre une réincarnation du diable. Or ces 7 conjurés sont les membres du conseil d''administration de la maison d''édition qui doit publier le roman de Doyle. Une histoire ébouriffante, pleine de violence, de visions effrayantes, de suspense, de rebondissements où l''auteur introduit le lecteur dans l''univers sombre du crime de l''Angleterre victorienne.

Auf der Spur einer dämonischen Verschwörung gegen die britische Monarchie gerät der junge Conan Doyle in einen Strudel makabrer und übersinnlicher Abenteuer.