Carlo Prosperi Knihy

THE EDGAR AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! Victor Gischler's legendary first novel, originally published as GUN MONKEYS, tells the story of Charlie Swift, loyal Mob enforcer to a Central Florida crime boss, who goes ballistic when a rival gangster murders his crew, his boss goes missing, the FBI swarms the scene, and a cadre of killers come after him with everything they've got. No one's quicker on the trigger than Charlie Swift - but is Charlie fast enough to get himself out alive...? Now a major motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin, and (in his final role) James Caan, FAST CHARLIE is a breathless, top-velocity tale of treachery, taxidermy, and family ties.

In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has worse fears than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest-scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a new world of clockwork and music. Although Mori seems harmless at first, a chain of unexpected slips soon proves that he must be hiding something. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library dressed as a man. A theoretical physicist, she is desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses. Utterly beguiling, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street blends historical events with dazzling flights of fancy to plunge readers into a strange and magical past, where time, destiny, genius - and a clockwork octopus - collide

A Spy. A Killer. An Imposter. Three extraordinary heroes. One unique novel. In The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters . . . three most-unlikely but nevertheless extraordinary heroes become inadvertently involved in the diabolical machinations of a cabal bent upon enslaving thousands through a devilish 'process': Miss Temple is a feisty young woman with corkscrew curls who wishes only to learn why her fiancé Roger broke off their engagement . . . Cardinal Chang was asked to kill a man, but finding his quarry already dead he is determined to learn who beat him to it and why . . . And Dr Svenson is chaperone to a dissolute Prince who has become involved with some most unsavoury individuals . . . An adventure like no other, in a mysterious city few have travelled to, featuring a heroine and two heroes you will never ever forget.

Londra, gennaio 1947. La guerra è finita da due anni e la città è in macerie. In uno degli inverni più freddi da che se ne ha memoria, anche trovare qualcosa da mettere in tavola è molto difficile. Ad abbattere ancor di più gli animi, arriva la perdita inaspettata e scioccante di uno dei più amati attori teatrali del momento: Charlie Grice muore in circostanze poco chiare, gettando la moglie Joan, donna bellissima e innamorata, che lavora come guardarobiera del teatro, in un dolore sordo e senza limiti. Controvoglia, Joan assiste con la figlia Vera alla prima replica dello spettacolo che era di suo marito, sottoponendosi al trauma di vedere un altro uomo interpretarne il ruolo. L'idea la terrorizza, ma quando l'attore appare sul palco, la vedova è sconvolta nel rendersi conto che dietro agli occhi dell'uomo brucia ardente lo spirito di Charlie. Più tardi, nel backstage, incontrando il sostituto, il suo cuore, stordito dalla gioia, ha la conferma che il suo grande amore vive nel giovane attore Daniel Francis. Ne diventa amica, lo invita a casa e comincia a donargli gli abiti del marito, sottratti al suo guardaroba. Nasce così una relazione che oscilla tra l'attrazione e l'assedio del fantasma di Charlie, che trascina Joan in un gorgo. Chiamata da una voce amata e spaventosa al tempo stesso, la donna scoprirà il terribile segreto che avvolge anche la morte di suo marito Charlie Grice: la guerra, dopotutto, non è ancora finita.