Bøger af Rj Smith

Biography of photographer Robert Frank by the author of the acclaimed James Brown biography The One

Tossed out by his girlfriend and impoverished by his dreams, Rick Hinton moves into a neighbourhood of northern Paris that is cheap, crime-ridden and perfect for his purposes.With only his unhinged American friend Anton 'Tony Extra' Ford for company, Rick encounters a society in decline, his horror turning to resignation as his funds dry up and his morals slip away.Rick and Anton believe that art might save them, an obsession which devolves into an absurd and dangerous game with the potential to destroy them both.

In a nameless harbour city, James Mathers is a 30 year-old intellectual property lawyer who appears to have it all. But James is unsettled inside, having realised the prestige attached to his job is all an illusion.When James discovers his girlfriend is cheating on him, he takes a room at the Dream City casino, a city within a city where a new logic seems to rule. At the Dream, James encounters Anton, a brilliant former classmate expelled in the tenth grade.With Anton, James travels into the Dream's dark heart, and is soon unable to distinguish the stakes of the gaming lounge from those of the supposedly real world.

The Canary Island's Cumbre Vieja volcano is experiencing a major 8.9 earthquake. Some say it's just a local disaster. But, Dr. Samuel May, one of the world's premier researchers on stratovolcanos knows different. He's a renowned crackerjack scientist who's predicted this earthquake would cause the volcano to collapse into the Atlantic Ocean. When that happens, the displacement of seawater causes a catastrophic tsunami to race for the coastlines of Morocco, Portugal and France, before barreling down the English Channel, over the Barrier Gates and burying London beneath fifty feet of water. With the Queen of England and Parliament meeting to discuss the impending threat, America is bracing for the biggest natural disaster ever recorded. Invited to participate in preparedness meeting at the United Nations and White House, Samuel and his team must convince world leaders to evacuate their Atlantic Ocean coastlines from Europe to America. Understanding the threat, the American President addresses the nation, and soon after, the city streets are chaotic with looting, rioting and uncertainty. Enter Pope Callixtus the Fourth who is visiting the Canaries when the first tremor hits. Escaping near death on the island of Tenerife, he soon learns this is the beginning of something more when ancient Vatican secrets lead him to learn that the Earth is nothing more than a science project for an extraterrestrial race. The aliens have begun to shut down the planet in a series of natural Cataclysms. But there is an assassination plot underway, the Jesuits want Callixtus dead for revealing the hidden agenda. What follows is a race against time to save humanity. Will Callixtus make it back to Rome in time to save the world? Or will life as we know it end with the annihilation of humanity?

There's a murder in the heart of Manhattan, a simple corpse... stretched out upon a bench in Herald Square Park. On any other day, in any other city, the bloody slaying would be a sidebar of filler news for the networks to bury.But this was Christmas in the city that never slept, the Big Shiny Apple... a 24-hour media show of spectacular brilliance. At the center of the universe, the King of Christmas, Mr. Jolly Old Santa Claus didn't end up dead in broad daylight.The Mayor knew the murder was a real tourist killer, a heartbreak story that could destroy the biggest shopping season of the year. Thus, with City Hall wanting answers, the Police Commissioner is leaning on his men for answers.Enter the tough talking, street savvy, Puerto Rican Lieutenant, Rico Martinez, and his crackerjack Irish Sergeant, Mike Murphy. Dispatched to the scene to hunt down leads, they are intent on cracking the case.What nobody expected was a parallel FBI Serial Killer Task Force investigation into similar murders. When the agencies come together, it doesn't take long for everyone to figure they're hunting the same psychotic, diabolical lunatic who's already on police radar.In a rush against time... New York's Finest must break out the killer's Naughty List, and hunt down the monster intent on ruining Christmas.Lock the doors, close the blinds, and run for your life. It's gonna be a merry, scary Christmas.Called 'The 'Scariest book since The Exorcist', Smith hits a home run with this debut psychological thriller.