Ross Thomas

As the saying goes, you can't pick your friends. If you could, Mac McCorkle would disown Padilla....

Nicolae Polscaru, a three-and-a-half-foot-tall dwarf, is tossed into a Hollywood swimming pool by four drunken screenwriters, who take bets on how long he can tread water....

American agents abduct a high-profile terrorist in broad daylight on the streets of London, subduing him with a tranquilizer....

The twins who walk into Mac McCorkle's bar look identical, despite their differing genders. Their names are Wanda and Walter Gothar and it's apparent that their business isn't the friendly kind....

Born to a steelworker but harboring theatrical aspirations, Donald Cubbin grew up tempted by two careers....

Two pirates do battle on an old junk ship in Singapore Harbor. They leap nimbly from deck to rigging, crossing swords like fencing masters.....

There are few jobs that Harvey Longmire hasn't had. He's been a crime reporter, Louisiana state legislator, foreign correspondent, and - briefly - a decoy for the CIA....

Clinton Shartelle doesn’t seem like a good choice to run a political campaign in Albertia....

A veteran CIA agent dies unexpectedly, and officials panic when they discover that foul play may be afoot. The victim's son takes it upon himself to uncover the startling facts behind the mystery....

There's the Durango in Colorado, the one in Mexico, and the one in Spain; then there's the fourth one—the California town where god and the Franciscans forgot to found a mission....

Some shadowy and well-financed interests want to funnel five million dollars to rebels holed up in the Phillippine mountains to fund a revolt against the new Aquino government....

Abschluss der Ross-Thomas-Edition: Band 25! Drei Kandidaten treten bei den ersten freien Wahlen im fiktiven afrikanischen Albertia an, das danach von der britischen Krone unabhängig werden soll. Der Rohstoffreichtum macht das Land für diverse Unternehmen attraktiv und öffnet der politischen ...

Deutschland, 1946: zerstörte Gebäude, Besatzungsmächte, Schwarzmarkt, Entnazifizierung und untergetauchte Kriegsverbrecher. Minor Jackson hat gerade...