Richard Yancey

"La quinta ola, de Rick Yancey, es una novela de narrativa fantástica de acción en la estela de Los juegos del hambre, Divergente u Olvidados, y con unos personajes igual de complejos que te atrapará hasta la última página. En el amanecer de la quinta ola, Cassie está huyendo por un tramo desolado de autovía. Huye de esos s eres que aunque parezcan humanos, deambulan por el campo matando a cualquiera. Dispersando a los últimos supervivientes en la tierra, aislando a los resistentes, intentando vencer, así, los últimos vestigios de la humanidad. Cassie sabe que mantenerse a solas es la única opción para seguir con vida. Hasta que se topa con el cautivador y misterioso Evan Walker. Un joven que parece capaz de ayudarle a encontrar a su hermano. Así que Cassie deberá tomar una elección definitiva: confiar o perder la esperanza, desafiar o rendirse, vivir o morir ... abandonar o levantarse y luchar."--Casadellibro.

La quinta ola / The Fifth Wave

A última estrela

Wanneer buitenaardse wezens de aarde aanvallen, blijft Cassie alleen achter. Haar ouders zijn dood en haar broertje is ontvoerd. Dan ontmoet ze Evan met wie ze haar broer gaat zoeken. Maar kan ze Evan wel vertrouwen? Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

De vijfde golf / druk 1

Twelve years ago, Richard Yancey answered a blind ad in the newspaper offering a salary higher than what he’d made over the three previous years combined. It turned out that the job was for the Internal Revenue Service -- the most hated and feared organization in the federal government. So Yancey became the man who got in his car, drove to your house, knocked on your door, and made you pay. Never mind that his car was littered with candy wrappers, his palms were sweaty, and he couldn’t remember where he stashed his own tax records. He was there on the authority of the United States government. With "a rich mix of humor, horror, and angst [and] better than most novels on the bestseller lists" (Boston Sunday Globe), Confessions of a Tax Collector contains an astonishing cast of too-strange-for-fiction characters. But the most intriguing character of all is Yancey himself who -- in detailing how the job changed him and how he managed to pull himself back from the brink of moral, ethical, and spiritual bankruptcy -- reveals what really lies beneath those dark suits and mirrored sunglasses. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS

Confessions of a Tax Collector

After the first wave, only darkness remains. After the second, only the lucky escape. And after the third, only the unlucky survive. After the fourth wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the fifth wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see.

Piata fala

Inheriting a substantial fortune from his late mother, Teddy Ruzak quits his job as a night watchman to pursue his long-time dream of becoming a private eye, enlisting the help of his new secretary Felicia, a former waitress, to solve his first case, the hit-and-run of a family of geese, a case that is soon complicated by an all-too-human murder. 20,000 first printing.

The Highly Effective Detective

Pátá vlna

From the critically acclaimed author of The Highly Effective Detective comes this deliciously funny follow-up featuring the lovable but bumbling P.I. Teddy Ruzak. After the state shuts him down for practicing detection without a license, Teddy thinks his investigating days are over. Then he discovers the body of a man outside his office, a homeless man whom he had befriended just the day before. Teddy suspects foul play, but the police think he's barking up the wrong tree. Then his normal befuddlement is exponentially enhanced by two very unexpected--and potentially very dangerous--visitors from the pound. With his signature wit and gripping suspense, Richard Yancey has written yet another irresistible page-turner. It is sure to win him and Teddy Ruzak a whole new series of fans.

A Mystery

The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs

From the critically acclaimed author of Confessions of a Tax Collector and The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp comes The Highly Effective Detective--a hilarious and thrilling series debut featuring a lovable but bumbling private investigator. Meet Teddy Ruzak, the oversized, over-his-head P.I. whose first case begins with the hit-and-run killing of a gaggle of goslings. After his ailing mother dies, Teddy quits his job as a night watchman to fulfill his childhood dream of being a detective. With little planning and even less foresight, he hangs up his shingle and hires his favorite waitress from the local diner to be his Girl Friday. And his first case? Bringing to justice the thoughtless driver who mows down six baby geese. Not the most exciting assignment--until Teddy's "wild-goose chase" quickly evolves into an investigation of a vicious murder.

The Fifth Wave

"Un libro excepcional que se coloca a la cabeza de las novelas distópicas juveniles. Una obra maestra moderna de ciencia ficción.” USA Today “Una emocionante trilogía sobre un planeta Tierra diezmado por una invasión alienígena.” USA Publishers Weekly Cassie deambula por una tierra desolada en busca de su hermano menor. A diferencia de sus padres, ella logró sobrevivir a las primeras cuatro olas de una invasión extraterrestre que ha exterminado de la faz de la Tierra a casi todos los seres humanos. Primero un apagón generalizado en todo el planeta, después el caos resultante, más tarde una plaga que acabó con la mayor parte de la población mundial y, finalmente, un grupo de asesinos llamados Silenciadores que se dedican a cazar a los sobrevivientes. Sin embargo, aún falta el golpe final y definitivo: la quinta ola. Durante su peregrinar por bosques solitarios y ciudades destruidas, Cassie se enfrenta a distintos desafíos, mientras recuerda cómo era su vida antes de la llegada de los alienígenas. Un día se encuentra con Evan, un misterioso adolescente que le ofrece su ayuda. Ambos entablan una relación en la que, sin embargo, privan los secretos y la desconfianza." --

La quinta ola

"Deserves mention with the wackiest of today's comic crime novelists... similar to Donald E. Westlake or Carl Hiaasen." —Booklist on The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs In this third installment of Richard Yancey's hilarious Teddy Ruzak P.I. series, Teddy's latest client is a good looking dame with long blond hair and great gams. Her husband, she suspects, is stepping out on her, and she hires Teddy to nail the cheater. Then the client disappears. Is this a divorce case—or a murder?

The Highly Effective Detective Plays the Fool

In this fourth installment of Rick Yancey's touching and funny Highly Effective Detective Series, lovable but bumbling PI Teddy Ruzak is out of his league again, and this time, things are getting serious. Farrell, one of Teddy's old friends, is in desperate need of Teddy's help. His daughter Isabella's ex-boyfriend, locked up for assault, is days away from being released from jail, and Farrell knows his first stop out of the slammer will be at his daughter's door. Farrell enlists Teddy to keep any eye on Isabella. But when the bad seed ex-boyfriend turns out to have associates even more alarming than he is,Teddy finds himself dealing with truly dangerous criminals. To make matters worse, Felicia, his secretary, is being threatened by mysterious men whom she can't seem to shake. Can Teddy keep Felicia getting hurt while still protecting Isabella? And do his strong feelings towards Felicia run deeper than just a friend looking out for a friend? This funny and engaging mystery starring Teddy Ruzak will delight and entertain his many devoted fans.

The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line

A Burning in Homeland is ...a wonderfully written, crazily romantic story of intense love and devastating betrayal ...a stunning debut of a remarkably gifted young novelist ...a Southern novel that captures the beauty, madness and mystery of both place and time. In what can only be described as a tour-de-force of passionate atmospheric storytelling, first-time novelist Richard Yancey had created a finely nuanced narrative that resounds with raw, emotional truths -- a story about the ominous return to a small town in central Florida of a man once sentenced to prison for defending the honor of the woman he loved, about the woman and her husband who both betrayed him, and about a guileless young boy who gets caught up in their web of love, lies, and deceit. The story of the love between Halley Martin and Mavis Howell is seldom talked about in the tiny town of Homeland, Florida, but in the twenty years since Halley was sent to prison for murdering a rival suitor -- the only murder ever in this small, pious town -- the story has become legend. To seven-year-old Shiny Parker it has become a mystery, something his parents whisper about. He knows that somehow the pretty wife of the local minister is involved, but it is all too confusing for him to sort out. When the church's parsonage burns, almost killing the minister, only days before the legendary Halley Martin is due to be released from prison, Shiny senses a connection between the events -- as do most residents of the town. But if Haley was still in prison when the house burned, who set the fire...and why? Passionate love, the betrayal of friendship, hidden letters, a suspicious fire, mystery and revenge -- all are elements of this complex and deeply involving Southern gothic tale. Alternating among a trio of first person narrators -- Shiny, Mavis, and Halley -- Richard Yancey has created a lush, epic Southern landscape bursting with larger than life characters and rich atmospherics. A Burning in Homeland is both starkly haunting and exquisitely romantic and a masterpiece of dazzling storytelling you will not soon forget.

A Novel

A Burning in Homeland

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The Monstrumologist; The Curse of the Wendigo; The Isle of Blood

The Monstrumologist Collection (w.t.)

Scott Westerfeld

Kate Brian

Jessica Verday

Becca Fitzpatrick

These bestselling series may have ended, but it’s never too late to start reading them! This e-sampler features excerpts from the first books in each series. Private by Kate Brian The Hollow by Jessica Verday The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

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