David Lindsey Boeken

Martin Gallagher has never known real danger before. A newspaper reporter in San Antonio, his mundane life cracks wide open when his half sister Stella reveals the truth about herself: she is the secret leader of a Mexican revolutionary movement, and she desperately needs his help.Stella begs him to deliver a vital cache of documents that could save the revolution. Wary and unsure, Martin only knows one thing -- he must help his sister, no matter what she asks. Dodging informants, the FBI, and the CIA, Martin believes he's safe -- until he comes face-to-face with a ruthless and deadly-accurate assassin known as Tony Sleep. Even the inexperienced Martin knows a deadly enemy when he sees one and realizes Stella is the only one he can turn to -- and she's in no position to help . . . .

Harry Strand is a renowned international dealer in Old Master and Impressionist drawings. Working from a gallery in Texas, he is mourning the death of his wife, Romy. He is approached by the beautiful Mara Song needing to sell some precious Klimt drawings after an acrimonious divorce. They begin to form a serious friendship and she goes with him to Italy on a business trip, but one night returning to their villa they discover an intruder has left a video playing - a video showing that Romy's death in a car crash was murder not accident. Harry then reveals to Mara that before he became an art dealer he was a government agent and, disgusted by his bosses allowing a violent criminal to launder money in exchange for information, he and a few colleagues put in place their own scame to skim half a billion dollars from this man's operations and now Shrade wants it back. As Harry flees across Europe trying to outwit Shrade, he discovers that former allies are not who they seem and nor are former enemies.

Lena Muller, daughter of a wealthy Houston businessman, went missing in Guatemala. Now, six weeks later, detective Stuart Haydon receives a phone call from Guatemala. Lena is alive - and in trouble. But that country is synonymous with trouble. Years of guerrilla warfare have turned it into a surreal and violent netherworld where no one can be trusted. When Haydn arrives he finds himself embroiled in the menace, the complex mystery and the tension of life in Guatemala. He also finds that Lena Muller is not the young woman either he or her parents thought her to be - and that he is searching for a harsher truth than he dared imagine ...

The first five photographs were perplexing; but the sixth - the sixth seemed to be a chronicle of a death foretold.Houston homicide detective Stuart Haydon opens the anonymous envelopes to find two photographs of his late father, and three photographs of a beautiful woman he doesn't recognise. All five seem to date around fifty years ago.Photo number six is of Haydon himself, taken a few days earlier, and is marked with a felt-tip pen to show the trajectory of a bullet into his right eye and the resultant explosion of blood from the back of his head.It's not the first time Haydon has had a death threat, but as it becomes clear that this one could well be his last, Haydon is flung into a desperate search for the murderous maniac who's tracking him down - a search that leads to the sprawling mass of Mexico City and the unknown world of his father's past.

David Lindsey develops a new theory of diplomacy that illuminates why states find ambassadors indispensable. He argues that the primary diplomatic challenge countries face is not simply communication-it is credibility. Diplomats can often communicate credibly with their host countries even when their superiors cannot.

Ross Marteau is the toast of the international art world for his sensual sculptures of rich and famous women, but when a long-term relationship ends badly, he retreats to his Texas hometown -- only to have his newfound peace of mind permanently, and profoundly, shattered. One afternoon over lunch, Ross is approached by a woman to whom he feels an irresistible attraction. She introduces herself as Celeste Lacan and asks him to take on a new commission: a sculpture of her younger sister, Leda. She promises that the job will present artistic challenges unlike any he has encountered before. Though reluctant, Ross can't help but be intrigued -- by Celeste herself and by a photo of Leda's face, a portrait of incomparable beauty. When he meets her, Ross is stunned to discover that Leda's body is as startlingly unique as her face is beautiful. Just as Celeste predicted, he becomes consumed with portraying the duality of her body . . . and, perhaps, her soul.

Nach der Trennung von seiner Geliebten kehrt der bekannte Bildhauer Ross Marteau aus Paris nach Texas zurück. In San Rafael, einer Künstlerkolonie, bittet ihn seine neue Freundin Céleste darum, ihre Schwester Leda zu porträtieren. Ross ist auf Anhieb von deren eigentümlicher Schönheit fasziniert und nimmt den Auftrag an. Da geschieht der Mord, und Ross muss erkennen, dass die beiden Schwestern etwas mit der Tat zu tun haben - und dass er selbst in grösster Gefahr schwebt ...

Nella tiepida estate di San Pietroburgo, lungo strade piene di gente, Irina cammina veloce. Ha un appuntamento, ma il suo appuntamento è con la morte. Quando uscirà dalla casa cui è diretta, almeno tre saranno i cadaveri alle sue spalle. E non è neppure insolito, per lei, un appuntamento del genere. Da tempo Irina è prigioniera, schiava di Sergej Krupatin: all'inizio lo è stata del suo fascino, poi della droga che le procurava e infine lo è diventata del ricatto... In un'afosa sera di giugno a Houston, nel Texas, Cate se ne sta sola: ha appena scoperto che suo marito, agente dell'FBI come lei e appena ucciso, l'ha tradita... Due donne, cacciatrici e prede al contempo. Un incontro inevitabile e letale, a meno che un cuore di vetro...