The Ace Of Clubs

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA. From the author of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger is an acclaimed novel filled with laughter, fists, and love. A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK FIVE STARRED REVIEWS Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first ace arrives in the mail. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?

Years ago, Captain Jack Endicott's half-sister vanished after a carriage accident. He now sets out to honor his father's dying wish and find her. Jack plans to open a lavish gaming parlor and hire only beautiful ladies to deal cards, possibly finding his sister. All he needs is a little luck. Instead he finds prim schoolteacher Allie Silver, who needs a guardian for one of her most precocious pupils. With such an unlikely duo, all bets are off in a wild game of romance.

The fourth book in the acclaimed Queen of Spades Thriller Series featuring former Italian mob boss Eva Santella.When an American girl goes missing on spring break in Cabo San Lucas, her desperate mother turns to the Queen of Spades for help. Drunk tourists on spring break are a dime a dozen in the popular resort town, but nobody who lives there wants to help find the missing girl. Including the police.Eva finds that nothing is as it seems on the Baja Peninsula.If she is going to find the girl, dead or alive, Eva must travel a twisted and dangerous path and risk it all.

Unter seinen Freunden als Spaßvogel bekannt, tut Ace alles dafür, seine Vergangenheit zu verbergen. Doch als die junge Journalistin Olivia auftaucht und die Wahrheit über die vier Freunde enthüllen will, ist es nicht nur Ace’ Leben, das plötzlich auf dem Kopf steht. Er lockt sie in einen Hinterhalt, um sie an dem Artikel zu hindern, den sie über die Dynasty of Sinners schreiben will, und bringt sie dazu, einem Arrangement zuzustimmen, das die Schlinge um seinen Hals unweigerlich enger zieht. Als eine andere Wahrheit ans Licht kommt, sind längst die Herzen der beiden involviert. Die Vergangenheit lauert in den Schatten, und auf einmal ist nichts mehr so, wie es war ...

Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.