Books with author Brian Freemantle

It is a vast and brilliant conspiracy. International monetary links crossed ideological boundaries between East and West long ago. Now, the Soviet Union has a finely tuned plan to default on more than $600 billion owed by itself and its satellites to a consortium of western banks. The unthinkable is close at hand: total collapse of the economic on which our civilisation is based.From Washington to London to New York, in every money centre in the world, the bankers are slowly becoming aware of the fact that something is very wrong. Thomas Pike, Jr. is first to put the pieces together, to see the pattern in the loans Moscow is making to the satellite and unaligned nations, and the money the Soviet Union is borrowing from the West.

[Read by Joe Barrett] Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are both investigating high-profile murders in Las Vegas. A celebrity is assassinated during a fling with a prostitute, and a young boy is killed in a brutal hit-and-run incident. When the cases converge, Jonathan and Serena find themselves racing the clock against a determined serial killer and searching for a connection to the unsolved murder of a showgirl years earlier. -- Freeman's vivid cast of characters exposes all of Las Vegas' dirty secrets, past and present, and in a rooftop showdown amid the ruins of a 1960s-era casino, the chase comes to a stunning climax. Like Immoral, Stripped pushes the emotional and sexual limits of its heroes and keeps the listener riveted until the last shocking plot twist.

Ten years ago, six-year-old Catalina Mateo hid under theporch of her family home while a knife butchered her mother and a bullet killedher father. Now a rough-sleeping orphan, Cat arrives at the house of Detective Jonathan Stride, pleading for protection. Drenched in theicy waters of Lake Superior, she claims to have narrowly escaped a cold-bloodedkiller.Stride s raw instinct is to protect Cat, whose late parents case and his personal guilt associated with it still sends a shiver down hisspine. As a result, he takes the troubled teenager under his wing.But Stride s partner, Maggie Bei, is not convinced. Shedoubts the sincerity of this beautiful young streetwalker who has so easily wonStride s trust, and now sleeps in his house with a butcher s knife under herpillow.As Stride continues to care for Cat, Maggie ssuspicions solidify, and a single question occupies the void between them: Should Stride be afraid for, or of, this terribly damaged girl?

[MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.][Read by Joe Barrett] Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are both investigating high-profile murders in Las Vegas. A celebrity is assassinated during a fling with a prostitute, and a young boy is killed in a brutal hit-and-run incident. When the cases converge, Jonathan and Serena find themselves racing the clock against a determined serial killer and searching for a connection to the unsolved murder of a showgirl years earlier. -- Freeman's vivid cast of characters exposes all of Las Vegas' dirty secrets, past and present, and in a rooftop showdown amid the ruins of a 1960s-era casino, the chase comes to a stunning climax. Like Immoral, Stripped pushes the emotional and sexual limits of its heroes and keeps the listener riveted until the last shocking plot twist.

Ten years ago, six-year-old Catalina Mateo hid under theporch of her family home while a knife butchered her mother and a bullet killedher father. Now a rough-sleeping orphan, Cat arrives at the house of Detective Jonathan Stride, pleading for protection. Drenched in theicy waters of Lake Superior, she claims to have narrowly escaped a cold-bloodedkiller.Stride s raw instinct is to protect Cat, whose late parents case and his personal guilt associated with it still sends a shiver down hisspine. As a result, he takes the troubled teenager under his wing.But Stride s partner, Maggie Bei, is not convinced. Shedoubts the sincerity of this beautiful young streetwalker who has so easily wonStride s trust, and now sleeps in his house with a butcher s knife under herpillow.As Stride continues to care for Cat, Maggie ssuspicions solidify, and a single question occupies the void between them: Should Stride be afraid for, or of, this terribly damaged girl?

This ambitious follow-up to Brian Freeman's debut novel, Immoral, which Michael Connelly called "a page-turner of the highest caliber," delivers non-stop action and gut-wrenching intrigue on the streets of Sin City--where you can hit the jackpot, or you can get…STRIPPED They looked like isolated cases: a hit-and-run and a celebrity murdered during a fling with a prostitute. No one could ever imagine they'd be linked to a brutal crime in the city's steamy past…and that the race to corner a determined serial killer would stir up secrets long thought buried with the dead. When detectives--and lovers--Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are called to investigate, they have no idea that they're stepping into a world of sex and money, glamour and vice--where desperate ambition rules and loyalties know no bounds…

This collection features tales of horror by Brian James Freeman that deal with both real and supernatural terrors, exploring unfamiliar territories within the heart and mind, uncovering our darkest demons in the most unexpected places:• Erin and Russ discover something their beloved “Pop-Pop” hid away in his attic that was never meant to see the light of day again.• A lonely young man’s unusual job takes a heavy toll on him in “Answering the Call.”• In “The Final Lesson,” a mild-mannered high school teacher might not be able to control himself when he learns the truth about his wife’s death.• Patty knows everyone makes mistakes in life, and when it comes to “Loving Roger,” she wants to fix the errors of her ways, no matter how high of a price she might need to pay.• A family man discovers monsters taking over the world in “Among Us,” but he also learns that a chosen few can fight back--if they’re willing to sacrifice everything they love the most.• As “Not Without Regrets” opens, Sarah is remembering her grandmother’s motto: make every day count and live without regrets because no one gets out alive.• Finally, in “What They Left Behind,” a young man discovers something lurking in the basement of an abandoned office building… something that is evil, and very, very hungry.These stories showcase Brian James Freeman’s dazzling virtuosity and imagination as his characters descend into the depths of madness. Discover why Richard Matheson called his writing “spooky stuff” and why Stewart O’Nan said his stories have “great velocity and impact.” There is darkness all around us, but Brian James Freeman isn’t afraid to shine a light onto the things that scare us the most.

[Library Edition Audiobook CD format in sturdy Vinyl case.] [Read by Joe Barrett] Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are both investigating high-profile murders in Las Vegas. A celebrity is assassinated during a fling with a prostitute, and a young boy is killed in a brutal hit-and-run incident. When the cases converge, Jonathan and Serena find themselves racing the clock against a determined serial killer and searching for a connection to the unsolved murder of a showgirl years earlier. -- Freeman's vivid cast of characters exposes all of Las Vegas' dirty secrets, past and present, and in a rooftop showdown amid the ruins of a 1960s-era casino, the chase comes to a stunning climax. Like Immoral, Stripped pushes the emotional and sexual limits of its heroes and keeps the listener riveted until the last shocking plot twist.