The Visitor

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Karin Slaughter

It's the most dangerous case of Will Trent's career. He knows this from the moment he sets foot in the abandoned Atlanta warehouse where a body lies on the floor--the body of an ex-cop. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim, evidently a woman, was carried away ... and has vanished into thin air. And, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city's biggest and most high-profile athlete--a local hero protected by the world's most expensive lawyers. A hero married to Will's ex-wife. A hero whom Will's superiors at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have spent the last six months investigating for rape.But for Will--and also for Sara Linton, the GBI's newest medical examiner--the case is about to get even worse. Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a personal link to Will's troubled past ... and the consequences will wreak havoc on his life and the lives of those he loves, those he works with, and those he pursues.

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Michael Burgan

Examines the political situation in America at the time of the troubles between England and her colonies and describes how the Declaration of Independence was written and accepted.

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Michael Dobbs

The role of the monarchy in modern Britain comes under scrutiny as Prime Minister Francis Urquhart threatens to expose Royal secrets when his plans are blocked by the idealistic new King. Their differences of opinion quickly degenerate into open hostility. The battlefield ranges from architecture to the underprivileged; the battle is fought with rigged opinion polls, manipulated newspaper headlines, sexual scandal and economic brinkmanship as Urquhart sets out to destroy not only the King's family and friends but even the King himself.

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John Brady

""My father. Where does he end and where do I begin?"". "Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed in November 1995. One of Nigeria's best-loved writers, a successful businessman, and an outspoken critic of military rule, he brought the human rights abuses of Shell Oil and the Nigerian government in his native Ogoni to the world's attention. His death was headline news internationally; his name became a potent symbol in the struggle between indigenous peoples and the forces of globalization. In this accomplished memoir, Saro-Wiwa's eldest son, Ken Wiwa, recounts a saga that has "all the ingredients of a Shakespearean drama," said the (London) Observer.". "Ken Wiwa was born in Nigeria and educated in England. Much is expected of those to whom much is given, and the father expected his son to return home and take up the struggle for which so many had fought, suffered, and died. The son resisted, distancing himself, until his father was arrested and sentenced to be hanged, leaving him no choice but to publicize his father's plight and take up the fight to save his life. With the refusal of the world's leaders to press the condemned man's cause, the son's efforts ended in failure. After his father's death Ken Wiwa set off on a journy to make peace with a man he barely knew or understood. He went searching for his father and ended up finding himself."--BOOK JACKET.