Thuvia, Maid of Mars is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourth of the Barsoom series. The principal characters are Carthoris (the son of John Carter of Mars) and Thuvia of Ptarth, each of whom appeared in the previous two novels. While typical in many ways of Burrough's Barsoom novels, it also includes some inventive elements. Carthoris is madly in love with Thuvia. This love was foreshadowed at the end of the previous novel....

"When the teenage daughter of a powerful Washington, D.C., judge is found dead, three local black kids are arrested for her murder--but reporter Sully Carter suspects there's more to the case. From the city's grittiest backstreets to the elegant halls of power, wry yet wounded Sully pursues a string of cold cases, all the while fighting against pressure from government officials, police, suspicious locals, and his own bosses at the newspaper. Based...

Ex-Confederate Army captain John Carter finds himself suddenly and unwittingly transported to Mars while fleeing Apache Indians. This new world is populated by a race of monstrous Martians whose culture is based on the ability to fight for their race. Captured by the savage green men of Thark, John discovers that the gravitational difference between Mars and Earth has endowed him with the strength that he will need for survival on this hostile planet....

A investigadora de fraudes e contadora forense Katerina Carter descobre um enorme esquema de pirâmide relacionado ao obscuro Instituto Mundial, um grupo de pesquisa global com uma programação secreta e atemorizante.

Kat vê-se presa em uma conspiração política de alto risco, onde os jogadores não hesitarão em conseguir o que desejam... em um jogo que ela não pode perder.

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"Daniel Carter used to be a homicide detective, but his last case -- the hunt for a serial killer -- went wrong in strange ways and soured the job for him. Now he's a private investigator trying to live a quiet life. Strangeness, however, has not finished with him. First he inherits a bookstore in Providence from someone he's never heard of, along with an indignant bookseller who doesn't want a new boss. She's Emily Lovecraft, the last known descendant...

Ten years after John Carter was transported back to Earth against his will, he returns to Mars. Having been sent back to Earth before the birth of his child, Carter is desperate to reunite with his wife, Dejah, and meet their child. However, the reunion is forced to be postponed when Carter realizes that he materialized in an unfamiliar part of the planet. Known as the Valley Dor, Carter has landed in the Barsoomian afterlife, where no one is allowed...

DJ's efforts to make sense of Christianity, prayer, and the Bible only seem to make it harder for her to deal with the inability of the girls in her grandmother's boardinghouse to get along, especially after Taylor begins flirting with Rhiannon's boyfriend.

A contadora forense e investigadora de fraudes, Katerina Carter, descobre um esquema maciço de lavagem de diamantes de sangue nas Minas de Diamantes Liberty, assim que dois importantes membros da mineradora são assassinados. Kat pode ser a próxima, a menos que não permita que os verdadeiros criminosos escapem.

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Colleen Cross escreve histórias de mistério divertidas e livros de ação

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Uma curta história

Quando a investigadora em perícia contábil Katerina Carter e seu namorado jornalista Jace Burton aceitam um convite espontâneo para uma festa, o crime é a última coisa na cabeça deles. Então, um investimento extraordinário de vinhos deixa dúvidas e um sabor amargo na boca de Kat e ela descobre pistas para uma fraude milionária.

Tudo isso antes

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Un thriller en 6 épisodes - épisode 3

Dans son emploi de juricomptable, Katerina Carter a du mal à s'arrêter. Cela la conduit dans des situations assez difficiles et précaires. Maintenant qu'elle n'a plus de travail et est à court d'argent, Kat a besoin de trouver de nouveaux clients. Sinon, elle devra retourner occuper un misérable box à son précédent

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