From the author of Ripley Bogle and Manfred's Pain, this story is set in Belfast in the 6 months just before and after the latest ceasefires. Politics and violence are the backdrop to the erotic action of a city that fuels itself on love.
Ben Addison heeft het helemaal gemaakt. Net afgestudeerd als jurist, en nu als stagiair bij het hooggerechtshof in Washington. Ben heeft een gouden toekomst voor zicht. Totdat Ben zijn mond voorbijpraat. Eén moment van onoplettendheid, dat een einde aan zijn carrière kan maken. Gelukkig heeft Ben vrienden die hem willen helpen. De resulterende maalstroom van verdenkingen, dreigementen en intriges bedreigt meer dan vriendschappen en carrières...
When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y is a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed.With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love, sex, death and time-travel.
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are in for an action-packed adventure when they cross paths with a towering Pentecostal preacher, a midget with a giant attitude, and a gang of bikers turned soldiers of fortune. Even though a midlife crisis just hit Hap Collins like a runaway pickup truck, he's still got his job, he knows his best friend, Leonard Pine, will always be there for him, and of course he's got his main squeeze, Brett Sawyer. Things hit a new low, however, when Brett's daughter, Tillie, who has been walking on the wrong side of the law suddenly stands in need of a rescue. It's won't be easy—it never is—but nothing is going to stop Hap and Leonard as they hit the road destined for Hootie Hoot, Oklahoma to shake things up. And with Hap and Leonard at the wheel this promises to be a wild ride.