2015 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/Collections A New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller! Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci and including stories by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most beloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series today. Worlds collide! In an unprecedented collaboration, twenty-three of the world’s bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers have paired their series characters—such as Harry Bosch, Jack Reacher, and Lincoln Rhyme—in an eleven-story anthology curated by the International Thriller Writers (ITW). All of the contributors to FaceOff are ITW members and the stories feature these dynamic duos: · Patrick Kenzie vs. Harry Bosch in “Red Eye,” by Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly · John Rebus vs. Roy Grace in “In the Nick of Time,” by Ian Rankin and Peter James · Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast in “Gaslighted,” by R.L. Stine, Douglas Preston, and Lincoln Child · Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. Warren in “The Laughing Buddha,” by M.J. Rose and Lisa Gardner · Paul Madriani vs. Alexandra Cooper in “Surfing the Panther,” by Steve Martini and Linda Fairstein · Lincoln Rhyme vs. Lucas Davenport in “Rhymes With Prey,” by Jeffery Deaver and John Sandford · Michael Quinn vs. Repairman Jack in “Infernal Night,” by Heather Graham and F. Paul Wilson · Sean Reilly vs. Glen Garber in “Pit Stop,” by Raymond Khoury and Linwood Barclay · Wyatt Hunt vs. Joe Trona in “Silent Hunt,” by John Lescroart and T. Jefferson Parker · Cotton Malone vs. Gray Pierce in “The Devil’s Bones,” by Steve Berry and James Rollins · Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller in “Good and Valuable Consideration,” by Lee Child and Joseph Finder So sit back and prepare for a rollicking ride as your favorite characters go head-to-head with some worthy opponents in FaceOff—it’s a thrill-a-minute read.

FaceOff

The New York Times bestselling author of The Library of Light and Shadow crafts “an enchanting glimpse of Jazz Age New York” (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train) about a young painter whose traumatic past threatens to derail her career at a prestigious summer artists’ colony run by Louis Comfort Tiffany of Tiffany & Co. fame. New York, 1924: Twenty‑four‑year‑old Jenny Bell is one of a dozen burgeoning artists invited to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s prestigious artists’ colony. Gifted and determined, Jenny vows to avoid all distractions and take full advantage of the many wonders to be found at Laurelton Hall. But Jenny’s past has followed her there. Images of her beloved mother, her hard-hearted stepfather, murder, and the dank hallways of Canada’s notorious Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women overwhelm Jenny’s thoughts, even as she is inextricably drawn to Oliver, Tiffany’s charismatic grandson. As the summer shimmers on, and the competition between the artists grows fierce as they vie for a spot at Tiffany’s New York gallery, a series of suspicious and disturbing occurrences suggest someone else knows about Jenny’s childhood trauma. Supported by her closest friend Minx Deering, a seemingly carefree socialite yet dedicated sculptor, and Oliver, Jenny pushes her demons aside. Between stolen kisses and jewels, the champagne flows and the jazz plays on until one moonless night when Jenny’s past and present are thrown together in a desperate moment, that will threaten her promising future, her love, her friendships, and her very life. “This fast-paced mystery, star-crossed romance, and love letter to Louis Comfort Tiffany will captivate Rose’s many fans and readers of 20th-century historical fiction” (Library Journal, starred review).

Tiffany Blues

From M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author of Tiffany Blues, “a lush, romantic historical mystery” (Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale), comes a gorgeously wrought novel of ambition and betrayal set in the Gilded Age. New York, 1910: A city of extravagant balls in Fifth Avenue mansions and poor immigrants crammed into crumbling Lower East Side tenements. A city where the suffrage movement is growing stronger every day, but most women reporters are still delegated to the fashion and lifestyle pages. But Vera Garland is set on making her mark in a man’s world of serious journalism. Shortly after the world-famous Hope Diamond is acquired for a record sum, Vera begins investigating rumors about schemes by its new owner, jeweler Pierre Cartier, to manipulate its value. Vera is determined to find the truth behind the notorious diamond and its legendary curses—even better when the expose puts her in the same orbit as a magazine publisher whose blackmailing schemes led to the death of her beloved father. Appealing to a young Russian jeweler for help, Vera is unprepared when she begins falling in love with him…and even more unprepared when she gets caught up in his deceptions and finds herself at risk of losing all she has worked so hard to achieve. Set against the backdrop of New York’s glitter and grit, of ruthless men and the atrocities they commit in the pursuit of power, this enthralling historical novel explores our very human needs for love, retribution—and to pursue one’s destiny, regardless of the cost.

Cartier's Hope

Kohtalo, intohimo ja taide, jotka yhdistävät viisi naista toisiinsa Kolmen suositun kirjailijan yhdessä kirjoittama Perjantai-illan klubi on historiaan pohjautuva lukuromaani taidemaalari Hilma af Klintista ja hänen kollegoistaan. Hilma af Klint oli 1900-luvun alun Tukholman taidemaailmassa voimakkaasti vaikuttanut taidemaalari, jonka tuotanto on jättänyt pysyvästi jälkensä toisen maailmansodan päätyttyä tehtyyn taiteeseen. Henkisistä asioista kiinnostunut ja mystikkona tunnettu af Klint oli myös perustamassa De Fem -taidekollektiivia, johon kuuluivat hänen lisäkseen Anna Cassel, Cornelia Cederberg, Sigrid Hedman ja Mathilda Nilsson. Viiden naisen joukko kohtasi miesten hallitsemassa taidemaailmassa suuria haasteita ja vastoinkäymisiä, mutta päättäväisen ja intohimoisen viisikon liekkiä pitivät yllä ryhmän viikottaiset istunnot, joissa nämä ammensivat toisistaan luovuutta, ystävyyttä, rakkautta ja yhteenkuuluvuutta. Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman ja M. J. Rose kertovat Perjantai-illan klubi -romaanissa, millaista oli elää, unelmoida, rakastaa ja luoda taidetta yli sadan vuoden takaisessa Tukholmassa. Romaani kuvaa kunkin De Fem -ryhmän jäsenen näkökulmasta, millaista ponnistelua ja voimaa on vaatinut luoda uutta naisina, ystävinä, kollegoina ja taidemaalareina. Historiallisiin tapahtumiin ja uraauurtaviin taideteoksiin pohjautuva kirja on samaan aikaan herkkä ja voimakas tarina siitä, millaisen roihun taide voi sytyttää sieluun.

Perjantai-illan klubi

Eine schwedische Malerin um 1900 und ein Kurator im heutigen New York: Ein beeindruckender Roman über die unsterbliche Kraft großer Kunst. Stockholm 1896: Die Malerin Hilma af Klint hat genug von künstlerischen und gesellschaftlichen Konventionen. Sie will anders leben, anders lieben und auch in der Kunst radikal neue Wege gehen. Jeden Freitagabend trifft Hilma ihre vier engsten Freundinnen, um gemeinsam die Grenzen der Kunst zu sprengen. In Séancen suchen die unkonventionellen Frauen den Austausch mit der Welt jenseits des Sichtbaren. Ihre Zeitgenossen halten sie für verrückt. Doch Hilma af Klint gelingt etwas Spektakuläres: Sie erfindet die abstrakte Kunst, und das lange vor Kandinsky oder Mondrian. Ein Jahrhundert später soll ein talentierter, aber einsamer Kurator eine Ausstellung mit Hilmas Werken im weltberühmten Guggenheim-Museum in New York organisieren. Während der Recherche trifft er seine vor langer Zeit verlorene große Liebe wieder, die ihm den Schlüssel zum Erfolg der Ausstellung liefert – und vielleicht auch zu seinem Glück. »Hilma« ist eine atemberaubende Romanbiografie über bahnbrechende Kunst und die vielschichtigen Beziehungen zwischen fünf faszinierenden Künstlerinnen. Die verschiedenen Perspektiven werden mitreißend gelesen von Heike Warmuth und Richard Barenberg.

Hilma

Por la autora de Los amantes de Praga, Alyson Richman Principios del siglo XX. El mundo está dominado por hombres y el ámbito artístico en Estocolmo no es una excepción. Hilma af Klint, cansada de no encontrar un espacio para desarrollarse, convoca cada viernes por la noche a un enigmático grupo de artistas —Anna, Cornelia, Sigrid y Mathilda— para crear su propia red de apoyo emocional y artístico. Las Cinco, como se hacen llamar, se internan en un territorio desconocido cuando Hilma y Anna incursionan en el ocultismo, esperando que a través de sesiones espiritistas puedan canalizar espíritus que las ayuden a expandir su potencial como pintoras. Más de un siglo después en Nueva York, el curador del Museo Guggenheim, Eben Elliot, exhibe la obra de Hilma af Klint y con ello revela secretos sobre Las Cinco y el oscuro y cuestionable financiamiento del arte moderno. Una apasionante novela que explora el destino, la pasión y los hilos que conectaron a cinco mujeres mientras desafiaban las tradiciones artísticas y sociales de su época. Audiolibro narrado en español neutro.

El club de las pintoras

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