Bøger af R O Palmer

SPIDER WEB is the dark story of a suburban drug epidemic told from diverse perspectives-one is that of Hal Jenkins, 51, a Parsippany, New Jersey, police detective with an inadequate anti-drug task force. The second is that of Samantha Tate, 23, a fashion model adrift on the fringes of the underworld. Hal's job is in jeopardy unless he can break a methamphetamine ring. Samantha's life is in danger unless she can shake her addictions, both physical and psychological. They meet during Hal's investigation of a tragic accident. Afterward, Hal keeps finding Samantha where she doesn't belong. Their lives converge because Hal needs Samantha's help to shut down the drug dealers while Samantha needs Hal's help to escape them.

PARTITION chronicles a microcosm of India in 1947, a British archeological dig in rural Punjab. There, while uncovering artifacts of India's past, Professor Robert Joyce is enveloped by political turmoil of India's present. Robert must deal with competing pressures from Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs. Complicating Robert's exit strategy, his daughter Serena falls for two graduate students, one Hindu and one Muslim.

A pompous architect bumbles his way into the twentieth century, overshadowed by both his wife and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Pride and Prejudice derivative historical fiction set during the American Civil War.

QUARTET is the story of four talented string players who meet at a music conservatory in Cooperstown, New York, where their lives are forever changed. More than a mere coming-of-age story, QUARTET examines, in four distinct voices, the relationships between talent, ambition, and friendship. Kat Dobro, a fiery Romanian-American, drives herself toward greatness-or destruction; Suyin Zhang, borderline anorexic, struggles to break free of the Asian-American stereotype-and from her mother; Ana Kozerski, a Russian exchange student, has big dreams-and bigger secrets; Jaz Phillips, class-clown, has the gift to make everyone play better-except herself. As a team, they strive to win America's premier string quartet competition, encountering ups and downs on their four-year journey from being girls to becoming women. Like a classical string quartet, this novel weaves multiple themes with multiple voices, exchanging melodies, building harmonies, moving back and forth from dissonance to consonance. QUARTET is an adult novel that the 15-25 generation will relate to. The twists and turns will make you laugh and cry. Perhaps, you will hear Mozart.

A newly discovered Picasso canvas, the Winter Prince, is up for auction on a Caribbean connoisseur art cruise, and collector Malcolm Golden has to have it. He also has a death threat, so he hires Cynthia James as his covert bodyguard on Persian Prince, a cruise ship like no other. Cynthia sees the job as easy money... until somebody on board turns up dead. The wealthy bidders, including Malcolm, are suspects, as is Cynthia, when her murky past comes to light. The Winter Prince may be in jeopardy, but the painting is safe from theft as long as the ship is at sea, isn't it? Picasso Prince is a mystery that isn't a typical mystery, and a romance that isn't a conventional romance. The novel mixes a pinch of travelogue into a tale of deception that confirms Ovid's maxim: "Art lies in concealing art."

Nostalgic vignettes (short short stories) inspired by Norman Rockwell's cover art for The Saturday Evening Post.