Best of
Thriller
1983
Berlin Game
Len Deighton - 1983
But soon, Samson is confronted with evidence that there is a traitor among his colleagues. And to find out who it is, he must sift through layers of lies and follow a web of treachery from London to Berlin until hero and traitor collide.From the Paperback edition.
The Summer of Katya
Trevanian - 1983
His first assignment is to treat the brother of a beautiful woman named Katya Treville. As he and her family become friendly, he realizes they are haunted by an old, dark secret . . . but he can’t help falling deeply in love with Katya.Jean-Marc is warned by Katya’s brother that she is delicate and that he should curb his attentions, but he is young, hopeful, and in love . . . and he is certain that Katya returns his affections. When Jean-Marc learns that the Trevilles are planning to leave the village forever, he insists on a final meeting with Katya. That meeting and the events that follow turn what was an idyllic romance into an unending nightmare. Katya’s secret is revealed in a thrilling tale that is part love story and part psychological thriller, and the chilling climax will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.
Missionary Stew
Ross Thomas - 1983
Haere seeks the information in order to get dirt on his boss's opponent in the 1984 US Presidential election. Haere's pursuit of the truth repeatedly puts Haere's life in danger, as the powers-that-be stop at nothing to keep the episode buried. Along the way, Haere carries on an affair with the wife of his candidate and enlists the aid of Morgan Citron, an almost-Pullitzer winning journalist who has recently been released from an African prison where the prisoners where fed human flesh--the titular missionary stew. Together Citron and Haere face up against cocaine traffickers, Latin American generals, corrupt US officials, and Citron's estranged, tabloid-publisher mother.
The Salamandra Glass
A.W. Mykel - 1983
Who was his father? Way was he killed? Michael's search leads him to a harrowing story of love and intrigue set against the backdrop of the French Resistance."
Phantoms
Dean Koontz - 1983
Then they found the first body, strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease.But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...
Metzger's Dog
Thomas Perry - 1983
Instead, he finds the papers the professor has compiled for the CIA, which include a blueprint for throwing a large city into chaos. But how is the CIA to be persuaded to pay a suitable ransom, unless of course someone actually uses the plan to throw a large city into chaos—Los Angeles, for instance? Assigned to cope with the crisis and restore the peace, veteran agent Ben Porterfield steps onto the scene to remind us that the CIA's middle name is, after all, Intelligence. Enlivening the mix are Gordon's beautiful girlfriend, Margaret, his temperamental cat, Dr. Henry Metzger, and Metzger's friend, an enormous half-wild dog with huge teeth.
3 Novels: The Eye Of The Beholder; The Queen Of The Night; The Ice Maiden
Marc Behm - 1983
Marc Behm vigorously treads where other writers fear to venture, through the dazzling realm of madness." Maxim JabukowskiTHE EYE OF THE BEHOLDERfilmed by Claude Miller with Isabelle Adjani and Michel SerraultHe was a detective, she was a murderer. Their odd relationship took them to the very limits as they crisscrossed America leaving behind them a sinister trail of corpses.THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHTA sombre tale of Nazi Germany and the search for an elusive father figure through the dark clouds of the holocaust years.THE ICE MAIDENShe was a croupier in a casino, as beautiful as she had been over 30 years ago. Being a vampire, she never aged, which had some advantages when it came to a career in crime.