Bøger af Rodman Philbrick

INTELLIGENCE OF THE DOLPHINHUNGER OF THE SHARKISURUS MAXIMUSGenetically-engineered sharks designed to have the intelligence of a dolphin. Twenty feet long. Two thousand pounds of cartilage and teeth and muscle, bigger and meaner than any great white.The SeaLife Institute bred them-and lost them. Six monster sharks roam the Florida keys, gliding silently through the water, hunting as a pack, eating anything that catches their attention.Man, they soon discover, is slow and clumsy underwater... and delicious. Innocent tourist or experienced shark hunter-no one is safe from the beautiful, eager, and now intelligent, killers.

THEY WERE DAMNED TO A LIVING HELL-AND REBORN INTO A TERRIFYING NEW ORDER...CITY OR THE DEADThey are called "sleepers"-comatose "zombies" discovered in the slums of Miami. Their fingerprints obliterated, their ice-cold naked flesh impervious to pain, they stare wide-eyed in stark, silent terror-once-human prisoners trapped in limbo between life and death. And they guard a blood-chilling secret that will drag Dr. Sara Copley and Detective Lee Valdez through the mysterious Santeria underworld... and into a brilliant, twisted sociopath's isolated hell in the Florida Everglades. For there, inhuman experiments are underway that pervert every law of God and nature. And there, mankind's ultimate nightmare will become reality... once the seventh sleeper is awakened...

In the remote frozen hills of Maine, a group of top scientists gathers under a cloak of secrecy...THE TERROR BEGINS...As winter grips the sub-zero peaks, the peaceful little village is suddenly stricken by bizarre happenings-unexplained power surges, strange illnesses, alarming changes in blood chemistry... and corpses that refuse to die...A brilliant young medical troubleshooter and pathologist is called in to investigate. Dr. Susan Cullen's painstaking studies uncover a conspiracy of unthinkable proportions; a chilling medical experiment affecting both the living and the dead...AND THE NIGHTMARE EXPLODES...Stalked by a twisted psychopath, stunned by a sudden love affair, and confronted by multimillion dollar medical madness, Dr. Susan Cullen races to save the world from a horror worse than death - a horror she has only begun to understand...

T.D. Stash, part-time sleuth, was over his cool head 'n dirty business in the Everglades: There was an adorable little girl who claimed her loving father wanted her to be an adorable corpse... a tycoon who bred killer alligators for profit and pleasure... a sex kitten with skin you'd love to touch and claws you didn't want to feel... a pair of twin sadists who offered a double dose of pain for your money. And as Stash cast his line for the savage secret below the surface of the swampland, the fever of fear rose in direct proportion to death's chilling revelations...Praise for Rodman Philbrick"ONE OF THE BEST SINCE TRAVIS McGEE!"─Orlando Sentinel

SUNKEN GOLD BECOMES BLOOD MONEY IN A GULF-STREAM STORM OF SEX AND SLAYINGThe Rosario, a Spanish galleon loaded with gold, sank four centuries ago off the Florida Keys. Now a, smooth-as-silk-tongued treasure hunter named Harper King said he had the key to finding that fortune, with a lot of other people's money. And it was up to T. D. Stash, laid-back fishing guide and part-time detective operating out of Key West, to put on his sleuthing cap, climb into diving gear, and plunge into the depths of a mystery where hammerhead sharks below the surface were nothing compared to the human ones above it. In less time than a hurricane could wink its eye, Stash was deeply immersed in a case of ghoulish greed where sex was the ultimate sales pitch and death the final payoff...

A T.D. STASH CRIME ADVENTUREDRUGS, DAMES, DEATH-A BUBBLING BREW OF DANGER IN THE FLORIDA KEYSKEYS TO TROUBLEA young kid in over his head in the kind of snow that doesn't melt but kills. An aging rock star running out of voice and money. His Brit wife, as beautiful, cold and cutting as an icicle. A female cabdriver who turned the meter off when it came to sex. A local lawman who played by the rules and a narc who made his own. A woman painter who liked her landscapes bare and her men nude. A kidnapping that was either real or faked, and a corpse that couldn't be denied.T.D. Stash thought he had seen everything in anything-goes Key West. But the laid-back fishing guide, sometimes private eye, was wrong. And unless he got to the bottom of drugs, deceit, greed and sex, he would wind up dead... THE NEON FLAMINGO.

Crime writer J.D. Hawkins believes that "bad things happen when people lie, even when good people lie."Was macho crime writer Howard Holton living a lie up to the time when he drowned in the Nantucket surf? And why has Holton's unsolved death come back to haunt novelist Fiona Darling, who has a few secrets of her own to hide?When Hawkins and his gutsy life mate Megan Drew set out to prove that Fiona is the author of a certain manuscript, they stumble into a deadly family secret that will leave one victim hanging from a velvet noose and another running for her life.In a tale of intrigue, greed, and betrayal that will test his intimacy with Meg and put him at risk of felony arrest, Jack Hawkins must confront not only the dark nightmare that leads to murder, but the quirks and kinks of human nature-and that, as he and Megan discover, is the only real mystery worthy of our attention.Walk on the Wateris the fourth novel featuring J.D. Hawkins and Megan Drew, and in terms of complexity, suspense, and crackling good writing, it just may be the best yet.

Wheelchair-bound author Jack Hawkins complains only mildly when the producer of the TV movie made from his police novel changes the black widow of the title to a blonde, when her dead cop husband metamorphoses from black to a matching shade, and when the small, cynical Casey himself is made over to suit the appearance of the hunk who plays him. But then events that vary from mean pranks to potential murder begin to occur. Jack and his fiancee, Megan, are impelled into a search for the reason that this harmless and basically simpleminded film should be imperiling the lives of not only the actors and crew but some of Jack's policeman friends as well.What they find is alarming: Behind the tricks and the mayhem is an unbalanced mind-one capable of being clever, devious, and blindly determined on revenging an imagined hurt.The hunt takes Jack to an encounter with a hired assassin, to the estate of the leader of a right-wing military cult, and finally, into an underground hiding place where he is held, bound and helpless, in what is a terrifying prison and a perverted shrine.This is Rodman Philbrick's third novel about the ingenious and quietly dauntless Hawkins and his spirited Meg; readers who haven't met them previously will want to catch up quickly.

The scene is Boston, in the middle of a bone-chilling fall. J.D. Hawkins, author of mysteries, wheelchair-bound, and the solver of crimes in Shadow Kills, becomes involved in a new case. Two young children are kidnapped-and their father just happens to be the lawyer representing the mother of a slain youth killed by a policeman. The father also happens to be Finian X. Fitzgerald, close friend of Hawkins, who is pressured into dropping the case. With help from J.D. the children are recovered unharmed. But, the private investigator sent to rescue them is murdered, and so begins the real mystery. Following a maze of clues, Hawkins finds himself drawn into the underground world of the police department, the shrouded community of the Catholic Church, and the troubled world of a priest.As the trail into the two sacred Boston communities gets hotter, as the danger to J.D., his lover Megan, and the two children increases, Ice for the Eskimo reveals the full scope and detail of this new chiller.

Listen, Jack Hawkins, and listen well...Mystery writer Jack Hawkins thinks it's just an oddbail prank caller reciting a quote from one of his detective novels. It is actually the beginning of a nightmare.You have just committed murder. You have killed to come alive.Now Jack Hawkins is the best known mystery writer in Boston and the prime suspect in this series of grisly murders terrifying the city.I am the death inside you. I am the voice in the dark. You create. I destroy You die... then I die.By the time Jack begins to guess what this madman means, it is too late. Far, far too late.

Connie Kale and Mandy O'Hare were friends when they were young, before it mattered that Connie's father was the retired golf pro turned greenskeeper at the posh Sankaty Head Golf Course, of which the O'Hare family was the sole owner. But the time had come when being from opposite sides of the tracks made a difference-and the rift between Mandy and Connie was one that never really closed. While Connie followed in her father's footsteps as a professional golfer, Mandy turned into the town's golden girl-wild, rich, irresponsible. Still, no one-least of all Connie-would have predicted that Mandy would turn up at the Sea Breeze Motel with a tough male stripper, one Tony Steel-and dead, to boot.Alfred, the "Governor," O'Hare doesn't take kindly to people who upset his ambitions for his family. And with Mandy's father, Pudge, running for Congress, he's particularly anxious not to have bad press messing up his son's chances. Connie, just back from the grueling pro circuit and newly-turned private detective, can't keep herself from paying her respects at Mandy's funeral. After so many years, she's astonished the Governor would even remember her-much less invite her back to the O'Hare mansion for a drink.She knows the Governor is never generous without a reason. When he offers to hire her to get the real story on Mandy's death-and keep it out of the local papers-Connie isn't sure if it's sentiment or snoopiness that makes her say yes. But she soon finds that the privilege of being in the Governor's circle comes with no strings attached...Old-time money and small-town New England politics, the high life on Sankaty Head and the low underside of life among the hustlers and dealers of Rivermuth, all combine to make Slow Dancer a fresh new twist on a classic mystery story.

FLESH AND BLOOD Michael and Jack Fitzroy. They were more than brothers. They were partners in a Boston detective agency that they hoped to turn into something very big in the post-World War II world of big business, big-time politics, and big money. They shared something else as well. A passion for Miriam, Michael's beautiful and sexually dangerous wife and daughter of Boston's legendary political kingmaker, Sugar Me Kane Michael couldn't say no to her. Jack couldn't keep his hands off her. And both were drawn by her into a web of shocking family guilt, savage violence, and brutal betrayal-in a town and time where the name of the game was cheating, and blood ties could strangle shame...

"Nick Chase and Jess Hardy are at a local animal rescue facility when the massive earthquake hits, followed by an even more dangerous tsunami--practically buried alive, the two kids and two teachers struggle to survive, unsure if anyone else from their town has escaped the disaster that has destroyed their homes"--

Young Homer Figg sets off to follow his brother into the thick of the Civil War. Through a series of fascinating events, Homer's older brother has been illegally sold to the Union Army. It is up to Homer to find him and save him. A Newbery Honor Book.

Award-winning novelist Rodman Philbrick challenges the boundaries of time and place in this exciting fantasy. "Harry Potter fans will recognize the misfit hero in a strange, new world." - BooklistWhere anything is real, and everything is about to disappear . . .Arthur's mom tried hard, but sometimes she had no idea what her son was thinking, or why the only thing that made him happy was food, more food. Endless supplies of food, glorious food. "Did you have a nice birthday, dear?" she asked. "Was the cake big enough?"But Arthur didn't answer because he wasn't listening. He was thinking about his new miracle weight-loss device. If only it would work! If only he really could go to sleep fat and wake up thin! On the way out of the kitchen, Arthur snagged eleven Oreo cookies and slipped them into his oversized pockets. Just for luck. Then he headed down the cellar stairs into the deep, dark basement. And his life, and the world, and the universe would never be the same again., br/>Rodman Philbrick's children's book Freak the Mighty was the basis of a Golden Globe-nominated Sharon Stone movie titled simply The Mighty.

For Arthur Bash, the mystery all begins with a letter, written in blood, threatening his geeky classmate Darius Drake. For the price of two candy bars, Arthur agrees to his usual job of thug-for-hire, but in this case, Darius is secretly pulling him into

A twelve-year-old boy and his dog become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.

When a dam fails and rushing waters sweep away their adult supervisors, five middle schoolers on a white-water rafting adventure are left alone with few supplies and the opportunity to forge powerful bonds as well as develop dangerous disagreements.

This is the dramatic, heartwrenching tale of Max and Worm, two outsiders who turn to each other for survival. Written in a haunting yet uplifting first-person voice, this compelling novel is destined to become a classic.

In a world where most people are plugged into brain-drain entertainment systems, epileptic teenager Spaz is a rare human who can see life for what it really is. When he meets an old man named Ryder, he begins to learn about Earth and its past. With Ryder as his companion, Spaz sets off to save his dying sister--and, in the process, perhaps the world. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

Two children face the terrors of a house that wants them dead Can Jason and Sally survive the evil spirits in the house on Cherry Street until their parents return? Jason looks for clues to the house's mysterious historyespecially the ';accidental' fall that killed Bobby, the ghost who still fears his terrifying nanny and whose body was never found. Maybe if Jason and his sister can right the wrongs of the past, the house will no longer be haunted. But that means they'll have to go back inside ...The Final Nightmareis the concluding book of the chilling House on Cherry Street trilogy from prolific wife-and-husband coauthors Lynn Harnett and Rodman Philbrick, the Newbery Honor Awardwinning author ofFreak the Mighty.

A haunted house continues its quest for vengeance on two young children After surviving the wrath of the house that wants them dead, Jason and his four-year-old sister, Sally, face a new challengea week without their mom and dad. When their parents are called away to deal with a work crisis, they are left with Katie, a seventeen-year-old babysitter. Katie doesn't believe in spirits, but that doesn't matter to Bobby, the ghost of the child who was murdered here. Bobby has become closer than ever to Sallyin fact, he now possesses her. And his hatred of babysitters and desire for vengeance will leave Jason, Sally, and Katie in even more danger than before.The Horroris the second book of the chilling House on Cherry Street trilogy from prolific wife-and-husband coauthors Lynn Harnett and Rodman Philbrick, the Newbery Honor Awardwinning author of Freak the Mighty.

A vacation house has a terrifying pastone that only the children know about Jason, his little sister, Sally, and his parents plan to spend the summer in the perfect seaside vacation home. But as soon as Jason steps onto the porch, icy air grips him, and he feels the stare of an invisible being. Although he can't explain it, he knows that in this house, children are not welcome. Jason soon meets Steve, a friendly kid who teases him about the so-called haunted house and the witch who used to live there. Jason tries to ignore him, but he's pretty sure there's truth to the spooky tale. Especially when he meets the pale figure of a child in the house ...The Haunting is the first book of the chilling House on Cherry Street trilogy from prolific wife-and-husband coauthors Lynn Harnett and Rodman Philbrick, the Newbery Honor Awardwinning author of Freak the Mighty.

Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force. (Made into the film, The Mighty.) * ';A wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss.' - School Library Journal, starred review ';Compelling...written with energy and...humor.' - The Bulletin for the Center of Children"s Books

Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad.Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. On account of his size and being some cripple kid.But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world.An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.