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A gripping psychological thriller, The Camera Killer will keep listeners tuned to the very end as the mystery unravels.

Charlie Kolostrum carefully crafts his image, sometimes draping a black cloak over his shoulders and donning a black hat (though he knows smoking a pipe would be overdoing it). When friends drop by, he makes sure to leave a few books by Nietzsche on the table (though he prefers self-help manuals). The jobless, self-described wimp lives off the kindness --and financial contributions -- of his family and mainly compiles lists of rules to live by, daydreams about rock stardom, and schemes to bed any number of women (though he's unable to emotionally connect with anyone). A classic underachiever, Charlie stumbles through life -- until the day he gets his big chance to change everything.

"The radio and TV are suddenly filled with white noise, there's no newspaper, the Internet is down and no one's answering the phone." "Jonas seems to be the last living creature on the planet. But what happened? And why is he still here?" "A thriller and a psychological mystery, Night Work also asks profound philosophical questions."--BOOK JACKET.

Carl Haffner is a Vienesse chess master, facing in 1910 the greatest challenge of his life. He has been persuaded to challenge Emmanuel Lasker, the brilliant World Champion for his title. But Haffner is a shy, fragile man, who has escaped poverty only though his extraordinary gift for chess.