The plan was simple. The target was clear. The mistake was fatal.At 4:15 AM, the rain in Las Vegas doesn't just fall—it punishes. Inside a flickering neon diner at the edge of the desert, six desperate souls are counting their winnings and their casualties. Arthur Vance is dead in the parking lot, and the briefcase on the table isn't filled with the billionaire's extortion material they were promised. Instead, they're staring at a mountain of Cartel cash and a set ...

His android is the perfect woman. Making her human could destroy his life…Brad Barkley has never been lucky in love. Tired of searching for the girl of his dreams, the robotics student engineers her instead. His obsession not only makes her beautiful and innocent but artificially intelligent as well…Tricia is learning all she can to be human, but understanding the irrational human mind can overload her circuits. When her creator volunteers for a sh...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series explores the dangers of obsession in this gripping psychological thriller.John Waters is a successful businessman and a happy family man—but his life comes crashing down around him with one word from a beautiful stranger: “Soon.” Suddenly, he is face to face with a memory from his past—of an obsession that he thought he had escaped. One that now plunges him into the darkest side of l...

**INTRODUCING PENN CAGE...From the author of Cemetery Road comes the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Penn Cage series.**Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage.In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, this is where Penn has returned for solitude. This is where he hopes to find peace. What he discovers instead is his own fa...

Build Java web apps swiftly with this fourth edition of the best-selling Spring Boot guide for beginners, updated and enhanced with defining features of Spring Boot 4Key FeaturesLearn Spring Boot in a cohesive manner with this practical guideDiscover popular Java developer tools such as GraalVM native images, serving up JSON, and moreBuild secure, observable, and scalable web applications from zero to productionBook Description

Rabbi Greg Hershberg spent decades helping people find God in suffering.Then suffering came for him.After an unexpected medical crisis, Greg’s life unraveled fast. A collapsing body. A stopped heart. Emergency interventions. Fifty days of pain, fear, and brutal uncertainty. The man who had preached hope to others suddenly found himself lying in a hospital bed asking, “Lord, where are You?”At Death’s Door is a raw, gripping memoir about what happens when fai...

When machine murders man, one detective is the world’s only hope of preventing an all-out-war…Dhata Mays has become used to living on the fringes. Unlike most of humanity, the detective treats the synth population with the respect they deserve. But when a gruesome murder points to a synth as the perpetrator, Dhata must do everything in his power to discover an explanation before the case goes public.In a race against time, Dhata discovers a scheme involving...

THE LIFE-CHANGING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Now in a 10th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction and bonus 21-day challenge.“Essentialism holds the keys to solving one of the great puzzles of life: How can we do less but accomplish more?”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think AgainEssentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the r...

Some girls will kill for the lead role. Clara is willing to die for the background.Thirteen-year-old Clara Vance has always been invisible. In the loud, chaotic ecosystem of St. Jude's Middle School, she is the girl who never speaks, never acts out, and never gets noticed.Then comes the spring play.Enter Mr. Grotowski—a bitter, failed auteur who treats his middle school drama students like Juilliard candidates. When he casts Clara, he gives her a te...

Greg Adams had a damn good life. A bestselling cookbook, a partner who loved him, a dog on the back deck, and the respect of his friends.Then he walked into an exam room at Strong Memorial Hospital and everything changed.In 2015, Adams was sexually assaulted by his urologist during a routine appointment - and again two weeks later in his own home. When he tried to report it, two police departments refused to take a complaint. The Monroe County District Attorney shut down th...

Don’t miss the latest Natchez Burning novel, SOUTHERN MANFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy—Natchez Burning, The Bone Tree, and the upcoming Mississippi Blood—comes this e-original novella featuring former prosecutor Penn Cage, a story of family secrets and justice denied, plus an excerpt from Natchez Burning.Death is the end, and if a man doesn't speak before it sile...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard.**“In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown’s work is essential.”—Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human“At a time when fear, uncertainty, and our ev...