manhattan (new york, n.y.)

Becky Bloomwood, a television financial expert in Britain and an out-of-control shopaholic, finds a whole new world of stores open to her when she moves to New York with her boyfriend, but her inability to check her spending puts her job and relationship at risk.

Snow blankets the avenues of Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side. The storm is the perfect cover for a fashionable, highly trained team of lethal assassins as they prowl the streets, hunting their prey. But their first hit is simply target practice. Their next mission may very well turn the Cold War red-hot once again. Stepping directly into the line of fire, the president of the United States is in New York for a summit at the United Nations with his Russian counterpart. Pulled away from his family and pressed into service, Detective Michael Bennett must trace the source of a threat that could rip the country apart--and ignite a war the likes of which the world has never seen. With allegiances constantly in doubt and no one above suspicion, only Bennett can save the president--and the country--before the assassins' deadly kill shot hits its mark.

Quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner, Amelia Sachs, engage in a two-day race against time when a twisted killer, exploiting the modern world's drive toward sustainable energy, uses an everyday energy source as a weapon.

"Three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet academy compete for the status of prima ballerina, with each willing to sacrifice, manipulate, and backstab to be the best of the best"--OCLC.

Phee has street smarts to survive in war-torn Manhattan, where she has grown up as a prisoner in the Third World War. Her bookish sister, Sky, dreams of escape and freedom.

When Manhattan detective Jimmy Montone lets a British writer tag along with him on a murder investigation, he begins to suspect that the writer may be the murderer.

""Gabriela McKenzie's daughter has been kidnapped. In exchange for her safe return, her abductors demand two things: $400,000 in cash, and a document known only as the October List." --.

Explores the web of influences that shaped the generation of experimental and outsider artists working in Downtown New York from 1974 to 1984.

Private investigator John March agrees to help Rick Pierro clear him from any involvement in a vast money-laundering scheme, but when the investigation reveals a murderous undertone, John realizes he is in over his head.