Britský autor Mark Mills se proslavil jak svými romány, tak scénáři. Jeho díla se vyznačují pronikavým pohledem na lidskou psychiku a komplexní zápletky, které čtenáře vtáhnou do napínavého děje. Mills mistrně pracuje s atmosférou a vytváří nezapomenutelné postavy, jejichž osudy jsou protkány napětím a nečekanými zvraty. Jeho psaní je oceňováno pro svou originalitu a schopnost držet čtenáře v napětí až do samého konce.
Florence Winslow awakens in a hospital with the shocking revelation that she has killed a man, though she only recalls a collision on a remote road. The deceased was driving a stolen car, leading Detective Dylan Bodine to suspect foul play and that someone may have intended to harm Florence. As he teams up with seasoned investigator Carrie Fuller, they uncover Florence's connection to a powerful family, intensifying the urgency to solve the mystery and protect her from potential threats.
"When it comes to predicting how technology changes our near future, there are two camps. One says we live at a time of a "new normal" where we've netted all the low-hanging fruit and ordering a ride or food on a smartphone is as good as it's going to get. The other camp sees lots of changes but mainly in destroying jobs and traditional businesses. They're both wrong, predicts Mark P. Mills, whose earlier book "The Bottomless Well" debunked the bleak consensus view that the world had reached "peak oil" production in the early 2000s. History will record the 2020s as one of the episodic pivots in human progress where technology-driven prosperity goes into high gear. And it doesn't come from any single 'big' invention, but from the convergence of radical advances in technologies in three domains: the "Cloud," history's biggest and newest infrastructure, built from next-generation microprocessors and democratizing artificial intelligence; new kinds of machines used for making and moving everything; and the emergence of unprecedented and novel materials from which everything is built. We've seen this pattern before. The structure of the technological revolution that drove the last long-run expansion can be traced to the 1920s. It too came from the same kind of convergence: a new information infrastructure (telephony), new machines (cars and power plants), and new materials (plastics and pharmaceuticals). It's true that we've wrung all the magic out of the last boom. But the next one starts now. The U.S. is again at the epicenter of these innovations, one that promise to upend the status quo in manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, education, energy and entertainment"-- Provided by publisher
La fiancée de Dan disparaît du jour au lendemain, ne lui laissant qu’une lettre et le chien qu’elle venait à peine de recueillir : Doggo. Plus proche du cabot hargneux que de l’adorable toutou, celui-ci va pourtant chambouler la vie du trentenaire. Nouveau job, nouvel amour, et si la tornade Doggo se révélait le plus inattendu des porte-bonheur ?
Daniel strávil s Clarou čtyři roky a byl naprosto spokojený. Ona asi ne, protože ho ze dne na den opustila a nechala mu jen ošklivého psa a dlouhý dopis plný obvinění. Takže teď je zase svobodný muž – až na jeden závazek. Neměl to srdce dát Dogga do útulku, i když to byl vlastně Clařin pes a on si s ním neví moc rady. Rozhodl se najít mu nový domov..
Úřednice v útulku se při pročítání Doggových
materiálů najednou zamračí. „To je zvláštní,
byl u nás jen týden, když si ho vaše přítelkyně
vybrala.“
„No a?“
„Já bych ho tipovala na doživotí.“
„Na doživotí?“
„Jako ve vězení… že tu prostě už dožije.“
„Proč to říkáte?“
„No… vždyť se na něj podívejte.“
For the people of Malta in 1942, suffering daily bombing raids from the Luftwaffe, the British Army represent their only hope of defending their lone outpost in Nazi waters. And it is Max Chadwick's job to make certain the islanders keep thinking that.
Set against the backdrop of a magnificent garden, the story revolves around a statue of Flora, the goddess of spring, which holds the secret to a horrific crime that has remained hidden for centuries. The arrival of a stranger disrupts the tranquility of the Docci family, unraveling a tale of intrigue and suspense. Mark Mills, recognized as a gifted young voice in literary thrillers, crafts a narrative that intertwines mystery with the haunting history of the garden and its enigmatic statue.
