The Coffee Trader (Ballantine Reader'...
David LissThis historical novel begins in 1659 in Amsterdam, where a Portuguese Jewish merchant named Miguel Lienzo has just lost all his money thanks to the fluctuating sugar markets. When he meets a beautiful woman who is willing to let him i...
From the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Paper comes a stunning new thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London.The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire and master of disg...
I sentence you, Mr. Weaver, to be hanged for the most horrible crime of murder.' Hearing that judicial decree, Benjamin Weaver--former pugilist, current 'thief-taker,' and future master of disguise--begins one of the sorriest days of ...
This wacky, edgy thriller takes place during one uncomfortably hot weekend in August 1985, at a trailer park community near Jacksonville, Florida. When his stepfather refuses to pay for Columbia University tuition, Lem Altick resorts ...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL• Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.The bestselling author of such novels as A Conspiracy of Paper and The Whi...