Paul Adam is the critically acclaimed author of eleven thrillers for adults, which have achieved wide international sales and translation. He has also penned the Max Cassidy Series of thrillers aimed at younger readers. Beyond his novels, Adam has contributed to television and film scripts. His narrative drive and intricate plotting create compelling suspense for his audience.
Max, a typical schoolboy by day and a successful escapologist by night, discovers that his mother, convicted of murder, may be innocent. A mysterious man named Lopez-Vega reveals the trial's rigging, but when Max seeks him out, he finds Lopez-Vega dead in a hotel.
Violinmaker Giovanni Castiglione searches for a long-lost instrument that was possessed by famed violinist Niccolo Paganini. Full of remarkable history and musical lore, "Paganini's Ghost" will enchant music lovers and Italophiles alike.
Rainaldi was a violin-maker and when he was discovered slumped over his workbench, murdered with one of his own chisels, both the police and his friends are at a loss to discover a motive.
This is a thriller from the author of 'Unholy Trinity' and 'Flash Point', in which an innocent man's life is wrecked. But he can't work out who has done it until he understands why he's been targeted.
Maggie Walsh, a freelance photo-journalist with a penchant for dangerous situations, receives a tip that the Dalai Lama is dead. In McLeod Ganj, home of the Tibetan community in exile, she confirms the truth of the tip, but before she can get out with her photographs, she is apprehended. While detained, she gets to know a young monk, and when he announces he is going into Tibet to follow the oracle to find the Dalai Lama's reincarnation, she persuades him to take her with him. It is the beginning of an extraordinary physical and spiritual adventure as they first locate the newly born child, and then attempt to return to McLeod Ganj without alerting the Chinese.
Rome foreign correspondent, Andy Chapman, investigates the brutal killing of a controversial left-wing priest and discovers evidence which appears to implicate the Vatican in the death. He turns his information over to the investigating magistrate, the beautiful Elena Fiorini, and together they begin a hunt for the killers. Probing deeper, they find themselves up against the might of the Catholic Church and a sinister network of neo-Fascist fanatics. Their quest leads them to the very heart of the Vatican and back to the last days of Mussoloini's dictatorship, when people changed their identities but not their allegiances.
Focusing on the art of bookbinding, this republished edition of a classical work aims to preserve its significance for future generations. The text has been reformatted and retyped for clarity, ensuring a readable and accessible format, rather than relying on scanned copies. This modern edition reflects a commitment to maintaining the legacy of bookbinding techniques throughout history.
Nesvatou trojici v tomto románu představuje věčné město Řím, smrt a politika. Prolínají se v něm dvě časové linie. Celý příběh začíná na konci války a důsledky tehdejších dějů se projevují v současnosti. Hlavní hrdiny, vyšetřující soudkyni Elenu Fiorini a anglického novináře Andy Chapmana, zavede pátrání po vrahovi „Rudého kněze“ mezi neofašisty, do nejvyšších pater politiky i do Vatikánu a jeho tajných archivů. Rafinovaná zápletka, napětí až do poslední stránky, plastické zachycení prostředí dnešního Říma i historická věrohodnost – to jsou přednosti tohoto politického thrilleru.
