Thomas Perry

A quartet of crime stories about deadly books-penned by award-winning contemporary mystery writers. The Little Men by Megan Abbott: Rumors and strange experiences lead a washed-up actress in 1950s Hollywood to question the suspicious circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of a former occupant of her low-rent bungalow-especially after she discovers an ominous inscription in a book that's closely guarded by her mysterious landlord. What's in...

Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico, when they come upon a remarkable discovery: the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan book, larger than anyone has ever seen. The book contains astonishing information about the Mayans, about their cities, and about mankind itself. The secrets are so powerful that some people would do anything to possess them--the Fargos are about to find out.

Jeremy is a young man who was born with a strange condition: he has the uncontrollable ability to transfer pain and injury he endures to the person his attacker loves the most. Jeremy has been sheltered from the outside world and his condition kept a secret by his overly protective mother. Upon her passing, he is forced to venture outside of his house to confront the realities of a harsh society and the cruelties of people.