Pour la première fois, un ouvrage dévoile les liaisons dangereuses entre l'industrie du cinéma américain et la Mafia.Dès la Prohibition, les gangs rackettent aussi bien les exploitants de salles que les studios. Après une résistance toute symbolique, les grands Moguls accueillent à bras ouverts les Al Capone, Lucky Luciano ou plus tard Sam Giancana dans la jet set hollywoodienne. Ainsi débute une fascination réciproque, qui va influencer le film «mafieux» nourri aux meilleures sourc...

From its earliest days, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck from the American film industry. Stories of intimidation, threats and violence mingle with those of glamour and excess. In this stunning story of infamy and ballsy enterprise, Tim Adler tells the secret history of Al Capone, Sam Giancana and John Gotti's attempts to infiltrate the studio lots. However, although they have controlled the moguls and the money, the Mob learned how to be cool from classic films like The Godfat...

A missing sonA kidnapper who's deadNobody believes herNothing will stop herWhen Doctor Jemma Sands' five-year-old son goes missing, only she believesthat a vengeful patient has stolen her child.How do you convince police to search for a dead woman? As her world falls apart, Jemma realises she is the only one who can save her son.If somebody took your only child, how far would you go to get him back?What the critic...

What if someone you accidentally killed came back to haunt you?When the perfect crime results in the kidnap and murder of Megan, his only child, East End villain Mickey Speight is grief-stricken. But now, nearly thirty years later, Megan sends a message to her father, gone-to-ground in present-day Margate.As the messages from his dead daughter keep coming, Mickey teams up with a young American female therapist to discover whether this really is a voice from beyond the grave...

From the landmark films of Tony Richardson to the untimely death of Natasha Richardson – this is the saga of one of the greatest dynasties in British film and theatre.In 1928, at the end of a production of Hamlet at the Old Vic, Laurence Olivier strode to the front of the stage to hush the audience and announced, pointing at his co-star Michael Redgrave, 'Tonight a great actress has been born. Laertes has a daughter.' He meant Vanessa Redgrave. That is where this dramatic book’s st...

What if someone you accidentally killed came back to haunt you?When the perfect crime results in the kidnap and murder of Megan, his only child, East End villain Mickey Speight is grief-stricken. But now, nearly thirty years later, Megan sends a message to her father, gone-to-ground in present-day Margate.As the messages from his dead daughter keep coming, Mickey teams up with a young American female therapist to discover whether this really is a voice from beyond the grave...

'You’d like that, would you, your most private, pinkest, tenderest – small bird, small bird, small fragile – stolen from you, slammed down onto the slab, the block, poked at and paraded.’The children swing their legs on the chairs. The student delivers the presentation. The older woman stands with the gun. The young couple arrives at the house. The house is returning to nature. A movie is being made. The truth is being plundered. But the house is still lived in and...

“The perfect summer read” (USA TODAY) begins with a shocking tragedy that results in three generations of the Adler family grappling with heartbreak, romance, and the weight of family secrets over the course of one summer.*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice * One of USA TODAY’s “Best Books of 2020” * One of Good Morning America’s “25 Novels You'll Want to Read This Summer” * One of Parade’s “26...

Thirty-five awesome stories - one kick ass meme that started it all.It started as a joke. Storm Area 51 they said. They can't stop all of us they said. But all laughter stopped when the U.S. Air Force mobilized the reserves and pulled out the big guns.However, relentless mockery and derision by the media and the powers that be pushed the weebs and alien enthusiasts too far. What else were they supposed to do? They put on their big girl panties and showed up, determined to fi...

Ein mysteriöser Todesfall und eine bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verkohlte Leiche lassen Mycroft Holmes aufhorchen. Irene Adler und ihr Gefährte Mister Wu werden auf den Fall angesetzt. Sie gehen den wenigen Spuren nach und müssen schnell feststellen, dass es da noch jemanden zu geben scheint, der sich für den ermordeten Privatdetektiv Philipp Callahan interessiert. Wer war Callahan? Woran hat er bis zu seinem Tod gearbeitet und warum musste er sterben? Wer ist der geheimnisvolle Taubenmann? Zus...

Nach ihrer Rückkehr aus Los Angeles wartet Irene Adler gemeinsam mit Oscar Wilde in der Station auf Mr. Wu. Als dieser nicht erscheint, machen sich die beiden Sonderermittler der Krone auf die Suche nach ihm. Sie finden ihn schließlich an der Themse. Mr. Wu ist verletzt und befindet sich nicht bei Bewusstsein. Steckt etwa der Zirkel der Sieben hinter dem Angriff? Bei der Untersuchung des Tatorts findet sich schließlich eine erste Spur, die Irene Adler jedoch einige Rätsel aufgibt ...

Welcome to Magnolia Bloom, where hearts heal and magic happens…in a castle…in East Texas…Not everyone deserves second chances and a happily ever after, fairy tale ending…right?Kiki MacInnes has burned more than a few bridges in her time. Now, as a recovering alcoholic, she’s dedicated to helping others avoid addiction. She can only hope her temporary role as the new chatelaine for Castle MacInnes will help her stay on the straight and narro...