He's a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
For nobody.
(From "Nowhere Man"
by The Beatles)

Coben Harlan - "Fade Away" (1996)

Winner of the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award - the first author to win all three -- New York Times bestseller Harlan Coben's critically-acclaimed novels have been called "poignant and insightful" (Los Angeles Times), "consistently entertaining" (Houston Chronicle), "superb" (Chicago Tribune) and "must reading" (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Myron Bolitar once had a promising career as a sportsman, until an accident forced him to quit. After a spell in the FBI he now runs his own business. Then Myron is approached to find Greg Downing. He knows Greg from old - they were once rivals, not just in sport, but for a woman they both loved. Now Greg has vanished, and the team boss wants Myron to find him, before news of his disappearance is leaked to the press. In Greg's house Myron finds blood in the basement - lots of it. And when he discovers the body of a woman, he begins to unravel the strange, violent world of a national hero gone wrong, as he comes face to face with a past he can't re live, and a present he may not survive.

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James Rollins - "Sandstorm" (2004)

Nationally bestselling author James Rollins has transported readers to the dark heart of the Amazon, the bowels of the earth, far below the ocean, and the top of the world. Now he embarks upon his most gripping and terrifying adventure yet: to a nightmare buried beneath a treacherous desert wasteland. An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum -- a devastating blast that sets off alarms in clandestine organizations around the world, as the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means.

Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. And her search for answers is about to lead Kara and her friend Safia al-Maaz, the gallery's brilliant and beautiful curator, into a world they never dreamed actually existed. For new evidence exposed by the tragedy suggests that Ubar, a lost city buried beneath the Arabian desert, is more than mere legend ... and that something astonishing is waiting there.

Two extraordinary women and their guide, the international adventurer Omaha Dunn, are not the only ones being drawn to the desert. Former U.S. Navy SEAL Painter Crowe, a covert government operative and head of an elite counterespionage team, is hunting down a dangerous turncoat, Crowe's onetime partner, to retrieve the vital information she has stolen. And the trail is pointing him toward Ubar.

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Noam Chomsky - "Pirates and Emperors, Old and New - International Terrorism in the Real World" (2002)

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800 Comic Books

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Janet Evanovich - "Twelve Sharp" (2006)

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Stuart Kaminsky - "A Cold Red Sunrise" (1987)

The fourth book in the Inspector Rostnikov series

Winner of Best Mystery "Edgar" from the Mystery Writers of America, this addition to the acclaimed series starring Russian Inspector Rostnikov will be caviar indeed. Rostnikov is sent to investigate a brutal murder in icy Siberia but is hampered by a suspicious set of KGB rules.

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Stuart Kaminsky - "A Fine Red Rain" (1987)

(The fifth book in the Inspector Rostnikov series)

"Porfiry Rostnikov is a treasure."

Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov knew why he had fallen from grace. No one, however, seemed to know why certain members of the Moscow Circus were suddenly falling from high places. It was Rostnikov's kind of case if only he and his small band of sleuths could keep the KGB off their backs!

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