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ADOLF HITLER STRIKES AT PARIS FROM THE GRAVE *** "A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY." (Florida Weekly) *** In 1945, Nazi Germany collapsed faster than the crazed dictator expected. With little time to spare, Hitler, a failed and bitter artist, wants to destroy the Louvre, and Paris along with it. But his plan goes awry, and his secret "vengeance weapon", the one remaining crude atomic device his scientists created, lies forgotten in a dusty museum storeroom. Then, more than 70 years later, a curator with ties to ISIS discovers it. The Caliphate, reeling from recent battlefield defeats, sends two of its experts to detonate the bomb. Standing in their way are an American journalist, an Italian priest, and a French policewoman. At first, this unlikely trio have only one thing in common: a desire to help restore Notre Dame Cathedral after its catastrophic fire. But their efforts include visits to the Louvre, where rescued artifacts from the cathedral are temporarily stored -- hidden in the same room as the Nazi nuclear bomb ALAS, PARIS is an action-packed race between those wanting to save the City of Light, and the fanatics who want to destroy it *** "A MASTER OF THRILLER DIALOGUE." (Washington Independent Review of Books);"WHILE DE MARIA MAY HAVE BEEN AN AWARD-WINNING FINANCIAL REPORTER, HE'S AN AWFULLY GOOD FICTION WRITER AS WELL." (Naples Daily News) INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM GREAT BRITAINTHE END OF US (Cole Sudden Thriller): "Great bunch of characters and fast paced. Enjoyable."HOPE (Jake Scarne Thriller): "Another brilliant read in an ever-increasing catalogue of great stories."SISTER (Alton Rhode Mystery): "Brilliant characters, a terrific storyline and would recommend this author without any misgivings. Kept me enthralled from beginning to the end."FRANCEA JAKE SCARNE ACTION THRILLER BOX SET: "Good paced stories with interesting characters. Enjoyed and will read more. Would definitely recommend. Look forward to more by author."GERMANYALAS, PARIS (Thriller): "I have read many of De Maria's books, and find them unfailingly entertaining. Engaging dialogue, venues with enough descriptive detail to interest experienced travelers, scenes played out with gastronomic expertise, all while partnering with attractive and attentive characters of both sexes. And finally, for me, the writing in Chapter 14 was perfection.INDIATHE VIRON CONSPIRACY (Jake Scarne Thriller): If you enjoy conspiracy theories, this is the book for you. Well written plot and characters, fast paced, detailed mystery.SPAINALL RHODES LEAD TO MURDER (Box Set): "I have just finished the 5-volume series, and wished there were more."

ARE TERRORISTS PLANNING TO KILL THE WORLD'S BIGGEST THRILLER WRITER?*** "A Lawrence De Maria title gives you more bang for your buck than just about anything in the book marketplace today." (FLORIDA WEEKLY); "A case of publish AND perish, KILLERFEST is another sparkling thriller from De Maria, who adeptly skewers the New York literary scene." (John Crudele, NEW YORK POST)***Jake Scarne is asked to protect world-famous thriller novelist Sebastian Quimper during the "Killerfest" publishing conference, where the literary superstar is the featured speaker. Quimper has been threatened - and a "co-author" brutally murdered - for publishing a book that allegedly insulted Islam The annual New York conference, which attracts thousands of authors, agents and publishers, is a security nightmare. The New York Police Department is confident it can protect Quimper. Scarne is not so sure. He knows there is more than the author's life and artistic freedom at stake. Quimper sells millions of books annually and is the key to a huge publishing merger. Scarne launches his own investigation into the killing of the "co-author" and comes to a frightening conclusion.Throw in a beautiful but deadly woman assassin, a sadistic henchman with a taste for torture, Interpol, sex, violence and some exotic locations (London, India, Belgium and Tuscany, to name a few) and KILLERFEST is another great entry in the Jake Scarne thriller series. ***"A master of thriller dialogue." - WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS"While De Maria may have been an award-winning financial reporter, he's an awfully good fiction writer as well." - NAPLES DAILY NEWS ***Winner of an Associated Press award for crime reporting, Lawrence De Maria is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist who cut his teeth on financial corruption at The New York Times and Forbes.

THE DEATH OF A VISIONARY EXECUTIVE SPARKS A PROBE THAT UNCOVERS A DIABOLICAL INTERNATIONAL PLOT ***A prominent Chicago law firm asks Jake Scarne to look into a murder in Hawaii. The firm's client is the dead executive's widow - a woman who left Scarne at the altar years earlier Against the backdrop of his own personal turmoil, the dogged private eye is soon enmeshed in a conspiracy fueled by perverted science. And with thousands, perhaps millions, of lives at stake, Scarne learns that he is not the only one tracking biological terrorists.***"IF YOU LIKE HARD-BOILED ACTION, MEMORABLE VILLAINS AND TWISTY PLOTS, THE JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS NEVER DISAPPOINT " (John Crudele, New York Post); "A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY." (Florida Weekly); "A MASTER OF THRILLER DIALOGUE." (Washington Independent Review of Books); "WHILE DE MARIA MAY HAVE BEEN AN AWARD-WINNING FINANCIAL REPORTER, HE'S AN AWFULLY GOOD FICTION WRITER AS WELL." (Naples Daily News)

A private investigator is torn between duty and the woman he loves ***"IF YOU LIKE HARD-BOILED ACTION, MEMORABLE VILLAINS AND TWISTY PLOTS, THE JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS NEVER DISAPPOINT " (John Crudele, New York Post); "A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY." (Florida Weekly); "A MASTER OF THRILLER DIALOGUE." (Washington Independent Review of Books); "WHILE DE MARIA MAY HAVE BEEN AN AWARD-WINNING FINANCIAL REPORTER, HE'S AN AWFULLY GOOD FICTION WRITER AS WELL." (Naples Daily News) ***Bodies pile up from coast to coast as a private investigator probes a reporter's grisly death. Uncovering a web of murder, sex, fraud and political corruption, he makes the mistake of falling in love with the beautiful, amoral woman who is the power behind the throne of a rogue billionaire. Together, the lovers set off a chain reaction of revenge that puts them in the crosshairs of brutal mobsters. If you like thrilling action, crackling dialogue and a tragic love story you won't soon forget, then SOUND OF BLOOD, the first novel in the Jake Scarne series, is for you ***MORE CRITICAL RAVES: "Real women, real villains and real heroes make Lawrence De Maria's SOUND OF BLOOD a terrific read." (JANET EVANOVICH); "Fast, funny and furious, featuring a femme fatale for the ages and a shocking ending, SOUND OF BLOOD is as good a financial thriller as you can find in today's fiction." (John Crudele, NEW YORK POST); "SOUND OF BLOOD is a rollicking good adventure mystery with all the essential ingredients: an intrepid private eye, bizarre murders, international intrigue, missing documents, gorgeous women and slippery financial dealings. For those who enjoy dialog of the jocular irony-exaggeration genre, De Maria is a master." (WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS)

"If you like strong characterizations, great dialogue and surprises, Pulitzer-nominee Lawrence De Maria's Alton Rhode mysteries are in a class by themselves." - JOHN CRUDELE (New York Post)"A master of thriller dialogue." (WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS); "While De Maria may have been an award-winning financial reporter, he's an awfully good fiction writer as well." (NAPLES DAILY NEWS); "What is really almost beyond belief is how easily De Maria has transitioned from the dry world of financial reporting to the wild and lavish world of novel writing." (COLLIER CITIZEN)***Alton Rhode is feeling a bit lonely - and depressed. Just about everyone he knows, including his girlfriend, is out of town. Then, Laurene Robillard walks into his office.At first, he does not recognize the beautiful, mature woman. She has changed dramatically since posing as a dying waif years earlier as part of a plot that almost cost Rhode his life. The former hooker is now respectable, very rich and soon to be married. But she needs Rhode's help. Someone has killed her grandfather, Colver Elson, a man with whom she has just reconnected after tracking down her birth mother in Atlas, Virginia. The private eye heads south, where he soon discovers that the murder of Elson, a prominent judge, is not the only evil lurking in the small Virginia town. With two brutish killers straight out of "Deliverance" on his tail, Rhode accepts help from someone even tougher than he is, and the bodies start to pile up.Winner of an Associated Press award for crime reporting, Lawrence De Maria later cut his teeth on financial corruption at The New York Times and Forbes.

HOW CAN A DEAD MAN SHOOT A COP HANDING OUT HALLOWEEN CANDY?Private eye Alton Rhode is stunned when a close friend, an N.Y.P.D. detective, is gravely wounded.At first, the police pull out all the stops looking for the gunman, even enlisting Rhode's help. But the trail hits a dead end. Literally. Then, a perverted maniac begins a horrible spree.The cops must now concentrate on finding a child killer.But Rhode uncovers clues that indicate the two cases are related. What he learns during his cross-country investigation is scarcely believable.With the crazed child-killer always one step ahead, Rhode knows he needs a lucky break.And he gets one. The pervert has made a mistake during his nationwide rampage. The net starts to close in on him.But the mysterious madman has one more trick up his sleeve. And it almost costs Rhode his life If you like a great mystery full of stunning twists - with even a little Hitchcock thrown in - then SHADOW OF THE BLACK WOMB is for you And it's only a click away ***"Another Alton Rhode stunner from De Maria. This is a great series." (John Crudele, NEW YORK POST)"A Lawrence De Maria title gives you more bang for your buck than just about anything in the book marketplace today." (FLORIDA WEEKLY)"A master of thriller dialogue." (WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS). INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM GREAT BRITAINTHE END OF US (Cole Sudden Thriller): "Great bunch of characters and fast paced. Enjoyable."HOPE (Jake Scarne Thriller): "Another brilliant read in an ever-increasing catalogue of great stories."SISTER (Alton Rhode Mystery): "Brilliant characters, a terrific storyline and would recommend this author without any misgivings. Kept me enthralled from beginning to the end."FRANCEA JAKE SCARNE ACTION THRILLER BOX SET: "Good paced stories with interesting characters. Enjoyed and will read more. Would definitely recommend. Look forward to more by author."GERMANYALAS, PARIS (Thriller): "I have read many of De Maria's books, and find them unfailingly entertaining. Engaging dialogue, venues with enough descriptive detail to interest experienced travelers, scenes played out with gastronomic expertise, all while partnering with attractive and attentive characters of both sexes. And finally, for me, the writing in Chapter 14 was perfection.INDIATHE VIRON CONSPIRACY (Jake Scarne Thriller): If you enjoy conspiracy theories, this is the book for you. Well written plot and characters, fast paced, detailed mystery.SPAINALL RHODES LEAD TO MURDER (Box Set): "I have just finished the 5-volume series, and wished there were more."

CAN A PRIVATE EYE SAVE A WOMAN FROM A MADMAN WHO LOVES HER?Aided by a brilliant and stunning Caribbean beauty, Jake Scarne exposes a lottery scam in a troubled island paradise.Case closed and big payday? Not quite.Scarne has aroused the wrath of corrupt politicians, a murderous Colombian drug cartel -- and a shadowy American financier.He is soon caught in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse that costs the life of a friend. But as Scarne seeks revenge, the line between friend and foe blurs.If you want a thriller with memorable villains and plenty of twists and turns, CHANCE is for you. And it's only a click away ***"The Jake Scarne thrillers never disappoint " (John Crudele, NEW YORK POST)"While De Maria may have been an award-winning financial reporter, he's an awfully good fiction writer as well." (NAPLES DAILY NEWS)"What is really almost beyond belief is how easily De Maria has transitioned from the dry world of financial reporting to the wild and lavish world of novel writing." (COLLIER CITIZEN)"A master of thriller dialogue." (WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS)

WHAT IF A DYING HIT MAN CONFESSES A MURDER AND ASKS A PRIEST TO AVENGE IT?***Even powerful mobsters are expendable to a criminal financial mastermind who hides in plain sight among New York's power elite.But in pursuing his deranged dream, the man has made a fatal mistake. There are some people, on both sides of the law, who want him to pay for killing a young girl.In locales as varied as Paris, New York, Florida and the Bahamas, MADMAN'S THIRST is a non-stop thrill ride, where billions are at stake in an international conspiracy involving a foreign power. With non-stop pacing, biting dialogue and a redemptive outcome, MADMAN'S THIRST, the second of the Jake Scarne novels, is perfect for you. And it's just a click away ***"If you like hard-boiled action, memorable villains and twisty plots, the Jake Scarne thrillers never disappoint " (John Crudele, NEW YORK POST)"A Lawrence De Maria title gives you more bang for your buck than just about anything in the book marketplace today." (FLORIDA WEEKLY)"A master of thriller dialogue." (WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS) "What is really almost beyond belief is how easily De Maria has transitioned from the dry world of financial reporting to the wild and lavish world of novel writing." (COLLIER CITIZEN)