Diversion publishing ips jun 2015 (3 résultats)

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'With refreshing insight, Margolis conveys the intensity and the crass materialism that are the hallmarks of a certain breed of young professionals.' PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY 'A good yarn populated with well-drawn characters. A credible portrait of the Fire Island singles scene gives the work a solid aura of [believability].' BOOKLIST Alison Rosen, a young, single Manhattan department-store buyer, first met Linda Levinson seven years ago when both answered the same Village Voice classified ad for a Fire Island 'share.' Since then, they've been returning to Seaside Harbor every summer weekend. One night, after leaving Crane's, the singles bar that often serves as a pickup place, Linda Levinson is found murdered. Is her killer a spurned suitor whose advances Linda rejected What about the mysterious lover back in the city about whom Linda had spoken but whom Alison has never met Long Island police officer Joe DiGregorio is assigned to work undercover on the case, posing as a yuppie accountant. Together, Joe and Alison, who is unaware of Joe's masquerade, set out to find the murderer before he strikes again. In the process, they find out that Linda was a woman of many secretsand find themselves falling in love in an atmosphere in which nobody can be trusted.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'The well-drawn characters complement Margolis's wry observations on Manhattan life and the ups and downs of marriage and career.' PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY "Fans of Tom Wolfe and Jonathan Franzen will revel in this zesty tale of penthouse envy and dot-com detumescence.' BOOKLIST When Peggy Gimmel decides to sell the apartment she bought decades ago for a few thousand dollars, she's thrilled to discover that it's worth almost $2 million. But her sudden windfall triggers a cascade of unexpected events and plunges her into the dizzying orbit of Lucinda Wells, one of Manhattan's most successful and ruthless real-estate agents. Peggy's not the only one at Lucinda's mercy. There's also the technology entrepreneur struggling to salvage his sinking company while gut-renovating his home, the socialite exiled from Park Avenue to the pullout sofa of her parents' West Side apartment, the illegal immigrant amassing a fortune printing money, and the clueless widow trying to unload a world-class collection of fake artwork. These are just some of the characters whose lives intersect in unlikely ways, all of them nearly overwhelmed by the rocketing real-estate market and the hard-charging broker who holds the key to their future. As he interweaves these often suspenseful and frequently comical stories, Margolis captures the zeitgeist of a cultural moment, keeping us turning the pages with the rise and fall of his characters' fortunes. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'Sizzling.Original.Hypnotic.A page-turner.' ORLANDO SENTINEL 'Thoroughly chilling and engrossing.a breathtaking psychological thriller.' LIBRARY JOURNAL Back at college in the '70s, they called themselves 'The Madison Seven'a close circle of friends inseparably linked by trust, loyalty, and love. Then one night, years later, they gathered at Julia Mallet's Manhattan apartment for a 'Come-As-You-Were Party' and decided to play a game. Tough, beautiful and independent, Julia Mallet feels her life is nearly perfect. She holds a high-profile executive position in an important advertising firm. She is raising a beautiful little daughter, Emily, without the inconvenience of a husband. And now 'The Madison Seven' have come together once again to celebrate her thirty-fifth birthday.and to bring back a past that should have been left dead and forgotten. Less than twenty-four hours later, a woman Julia barely knows is brutally and senselessly slain by a faceless psychopath. NYPD Detective Ray Burgess is a man pursued by shadows, a good cop who has stared too deeply into the face of evil, and his obsessive dedication is drawing him closer to Julia, even as a crazed killer strikes again and again. The maniac has left a calling card behind that only Julia Mallet can read: the result of a post-hypnotic suggestion inadvertently lodged in six subconscious mindsthe dark residue of a harmless party game gone terribly wrong. Now Julia knows without question that one of her six dearest friends is a murderer.and is coming after her next.…