Best Selling Books by T. Jefferson Parker

In this short story from the New York Times bestselling thriller anthology Face Off, John Lescroart and T. Jefferson Parker team up for the first time ever, along with their characters - Wyatt Hunt, hero of three of Lescorart''s Hunt Club thrillers; and Joe Trona from Parker''s Edgar Award-winning Silent Joe. What begins as a relaxing fishing vacation among friends quickly descends into chaos when Hunt and Trona are drawn into a local gang war in the heart of a tiny Mexican village. When an innocent family is taken hostage, Hunt and Trona have no choice but to set aside their fishing poles and set a trap for some much bigger prey. For more exciting short story pairings, don''t miss all eleven short stories in Face Off!

Een agent onderzoekt in het Californië van de jaren ''60 van de 20e eeuw de moord op een ex-schoonheidskoningin, een kennis uit zijn jeugd.

Los Angeles is gripped by the exploding celebrity of Allison Murietta, her real identity unknown, a modern-day Jesse James. After one job ends up with ten gangsters lying dead, Rookie Deputy Charlie Hood, who discovers the bodies and starts an affair with the eyewitness, must choose between a deeply held sense of honor and a passion that threatens to consume him completely.

1968. La guerre du Vietnam fait rage et l''Amérique n''en finit pas de compter ses morts. La paranoïa anti-rouges atteint des sommets ; Charles Manson promène sa silhouette inquiétante dans les night-clubs confidentiels où il cachetonne. A Laguna Beach, Timothy Leary, initie ses disciples aux mystères du LSD et de l''amour sans entraves... Alors que le vent du changement balaie le pays, la jeune Janelle Vonn est retrouvée décapitée dans un entrepôt de Californie du Sud. Andy, Nick et David Becker, trois frères qui connaissent la famille Vonn depuis l''enfance, se lancent à la poursuite du meurtrier. Et plus l''enquête avance, plus les suspects potentiels se multiplient.. T. Jefferson Parker restitue avec une impressionnante justesse de ton et d''émotion l''atmosphère de la Californie du Sud en 1968. Roman au style percutant, California Girl s''est vu attribuer le prestigieux prix Edgar, récompensant le meilleur policier publié aux Etats-Unis en 2005.

On loan from CTLS Large Print Circuit.

"[The] harrowing tale about Daisy Herlihy, an Oceanside gringa mixed up with a marked cartel soldier who bequeaths to her his collection of rare -- and sometimes venomous -- snakes before meeting his awful fate. Among these treasures is Queenie, a seven-foot black mamba, one of the most lethal species of snake in the world. Queenie is not just lethal, she''s aggressive, fearless and suddenly escaped from her cage in Daisy''s quaint Oceanside bungalow. Only one man might have the courage and skill to help grieving Daisy re-capture the deadly serpent and restore order in her life: the legendary pet rescue master, Matt Boone. When Matt shows up, things get very wild." --