the best fiction novels
Discover the best fiction novels of all time! Explore our curated list of top-rated books, from timeless classics to modern masterpieces, perfect for every book lover.
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Conquest of Paradise
by Britt Gillette
September 11th, 2001 marks the beginning of a world-wide war on terror. Unbeknownst to the citizens of the Western Powers, their governments are working on a modern-day Manhattan Project to create a weapon so potent, it will defeat the terrorists of the world once and for all. In an era when the very survival of liberty and the global economic system are daily threatened by weapons of mass destruction, the Western democracies ardently push the limits of the known universe to unleash a weapon of unrivaled omnipotence a self-replicating assembler. Amidst these troubled times, a god-like figure rises to power. As leader of the newly created United Europe, Raphael Vicente sets out on a bold quest to exterminate disease, eliminate poverty, and destroy the world s oppressors. The ascendance of this new breakthrough technology sets the stage for realizing his dream a world entrenched in democratic social justice for all peoples of the world. But in Raphael s world of black and white, the dream of eradicating injustice proves to be a formidable task, and in the end, man s elusive pursuit of perfection drives him to the edge of never-before imagined consequences. decisions must be made, and they leave the world teetering on the brink of annihilation
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The Marshal and the Murderer
by Magdalen Nabb
A young Swiss art student has been reported missing, and Marshal Guarnaccia must travel to the small town where she was studying to find out the truth about her disappearance. When her body is found, it appears that she was the victim of a sex-related crime. But Guarnaccia—who comes from a small town himself—suspects that a local feud with roots in the horrors and betrayals of World War II may play an important part in the solution to the crime.
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An Irish Murder
by Caitlan O'Connell
Irish detective Rupert Dunne lives a divided existence between a big city career in Dublin and lesser policing matter at home in County Cork. Now estranged from his English wife and at a personal impasse, he finds himself contemplating the possibilities of early retirement. However the usually peaceful countryside of Cork has other things in store for him. The first in a series of murder mysteries set in current day Ireland. This book introduces detective Rupert Dunne, his assistant Murphy, and the people and scenery of West Cork.
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Edith
by Rosamond McPherson Young
Roz Young's hilarious account of Edith, the most famous cat in Dayton, Ohio, and their move to a condo apartment and the cat's adjustments to it's new home.
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American Tabloid
by James Ellroy
The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia. We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination--in the underworld that connects Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C. . . . Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles, and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . . Where the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a moment of a man's loyalty . . . Where three renegade law-enforcement officers--a former L.A. cop and two FBI agents--are shaping events with the virulence of their greed and hatred, riding full-blast shotgun into history. . . . James Ellroy's trademark nothing-spared rendering of reality, blistering language, and relentless narrative pace are here in electrifying abundance, put to work in a novel as shocking and daring as anything he's written: a secret history that zeroes in on a time still shrouded in secrets and blows it wide open.
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Maigret and the Killer
by Georges Simenon
Maigret, accompanying his physician on an emergency call, is drawn into one of his most stubborn cases yet. The victim, a son of a wealthy perfume manufacturer, had been enjoying an odd hobby before his death: collecting human voices with a tape recorder, often in the rougher districts of Paris. But his wallet and his tape recorder have been left untouched, so the killer's motive is unclear. The absence of clues begins to exasperate Maigret until an anonymous letter reveals that he is dealing with no ordinary criminal. Maigret is a registered trademark of the Estate of Georges Simenon.
