quarta-feira, novembro 28, 2007

61. Double Cross, James Patterson

308 páginas

From the man the Sunday Telegraph called the 'master of the suspense genre' comes the next high-velocity thriller in the Alex Cross series - James Patterson and Alex Cross fans cannot wait to read DOUBLE CROSS. Alex Cross rejoins the DC police force to confront two of the most diabolical killers he's ever encountered. Just when Alex's life is calming down, he is drawn back into the game to confront a criminal mastermind like no other. The elaborate murders that have stunned Washington, DC, are the wildest that Alexand his new girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, have ever seen. This maniac adores an audience, and stages his killings as spectacles in public settings. Alex is pursuing a genius of terror who has the whole city on edge as it waits for his next move. And the killer loves the attention, no doubt -- he even sets up his own website and live video feed to trumpet his madness.And in Colorado, another criminal mastermind is planning a triumphant return. From his supermaximum-security prison cell, Kyle Craig has plotted for years to have one chance at an impossible escape.If he has to join forces with DC's Audience Killer to get back at the man who put him in that cell -- Alex.

segunda-feira, novembro 26, 2007

60. O Anjo mais Estúpido, Christopher Moore

270 páginas

'Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through the tiny community of Pine Cove, California, people are busy buying, wrapping, packing, and generally getting into the holiday spirit.But not everybody is feeling the joy. Little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a holiday miracle. No, he's not on his deathbed; no, his dog hasn't run away from home. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.But hold on! There's an angel waiting in the wings. (Wings, get it?) It's none other than the Archangel Raziel come to Earth seeking a small child with a wish that needs granting. Unfortunately, our angel's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch, and before you can say "Kris Kringle," he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen.

quinta-feira, novembro 22, 2007

59. Harry Potter e os Talismãs da Morte, J.K.Rowling

603 páginas

É neste sétimo volume que Harry Potter irá travar a mais negra e perigosa batalha da sua vida. Dumbledore reservou-lhe uma missão quase impossível – encontrar e destruir os Horcruxes de Voldemort… Nunca, em toda a sua longa série de aventuras, o jovem feiticeiro mais famoso do mundo se sentiu tão só e perante um futuro tão sombrio. Chegou o momento do confronto final – Harry Potter e Lord Voldemort… nenhum pode viver enquanto o outro sobreviver… um dos dois está prestes a acabar para sempre… Os seus destinos estão misteriosamente entrelaçados, mas apenas um sobreviverá... Numa atmosfera apoteótica e vibrante, Rowling desvenda-nos, por fim, os segredos mais bem guardados do universo fantástico de Harry Potter e deixa-nos envoltos, talvez para sempre, na sua poderosa magia. Este sétimo volume tem sido considerado pelo público e pela crítica como o melhor de toda a série Harry Potter.

sábado, novembro 17, 2007

58. Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, Mil Millington

338 páginas

Pel Dalton's life is uneventful. He spends his days bluffing through an IT job in the university library, pillow-fighting with his two sons and finding new things to argue about with Ursula, his German girlfriend. But all this is about to change. When his boss suddenly disappears, and Pel steps reluctantly into his shoes, his life begins to spiral out of control. Stolen money, missing colleagues, ominous calls from Hong Kong, and something nasty beneath the university foundations are only the beginning of Pel's problems. Faced with embarrassing PTA meetings and a fridge that really needs defrosting, Pel is about to learn that sometimes the things that drive you crazy can be the only things that keep you sane.

quarta-feira, novembro 07, 2007

57. A Dália Azul, Nora Roberts

291 páginas

Da autora de maior destaque da lista de best-sellers do New York Times, chega-nos o primeiro romance da nova trilogia NO JARDIM. No cenário de uma casa mergulhada em história e de um próspero negócio de jardinagem, três mulheres desenterram as memórias do passado e descobrem um avassalador segredo. Tentando fugir do passado, a jovem viúva Stella WB Rothchild, com os seus dois rapazinhos, regressa às raízes e a uma nova vida na Harper House. Aí encontra um emprego estimulante no centro de jardinagem No Jardim e sente um forte fascínio pelo paisagista Logan Kitridge. Mas alguém não está feliz com este romance incipiente... a Noiva Harper, que está disposta a fazer qualquer coisa para o destruir.

quinta-feira, novembro 01, 2007

56. The Good Guy, Dean Koontz

386 páginas

After a day's work hefting brick and stone, Tim Carrier slakes his thirst at The Lamplighter Tavern. Nothing heavy happens there. It's a friendly workingman's bar run by his good friend Rooney, who enjoys gathering eccentric customers. Working his deadpan humour on strangers is, for Tim, all part of the entertainment. But how could Tim have imagined that the stranger who sits down next to him one evening is about to unmake his world and enmesh him in a web of murder and deceit? The man has come there to meet someone and he thinks it's Tim. Tim's wayward sense of humour lets the misconception stand for a moment and that's all it takes: the stranger hands Tim a fat manila envelope, saying, 'Half of it's there; the rest when she's gone,' and then he's out the door. In the envelope Tim finds the photograph of a woman, her name and address written on the back; and several thick packets of hundred-dollar bills. When an intense-looking man sits down where the first stranger sat and glances at the manila envelope, Tim knows he's the one who was supposed to get it. Shaken, thinking fast, Tim says he's had a change of heart. He removes the picture of the woman and then hands the envelope to the stranger. 'Half what we agreed,' he says. 'For doing nothing. Call it a no-kill fee.' Tim is left holding a photo of a pretty woman, but his sense of fun has led him into a very dangerous world from which there is no way back. The company of strangers has cost him his peace of mind, and possibly his life.