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Even in the chill of February, no place touches Harper McClain's heart like Savannah. She should be walking beneath the historic city's towering oaks, surrounded by graceful mansions. Instead, she's hiding miles away on Tybee Island after a mysterious voice on the phone warned her that someone wanted her dead. The call was too specific to ignore. The caller knew everything about her. But that was months ago, and she's getting tired of being scared.

Im Sommer 2018 zieht die alle zehn Jahre stattfindende Wallfahrt zum Revolver Christi so viele Besucher an wie nie zuvor. Ausgestellt ist neben der Reliquie in der Kathedrale auch eine der drei erhaltenen Ikonen des Christus an der Waffe. 110 Jahre nach dem Tod eines Elektrikerlehrlings, den man mit einem Kopfschuss aus dem Revolver Christi getötet auf den Stufen des Chorraums auffand, fällt in der Kathedrale erneut ein Schuss... Anna Albinus nimmt in ihrem klassischen, eleganten Erzählton unmerklich Anlauf, als wäre nichts, und unversehens findet man sich in einer anderen Welt.

A “gripping,” (Booklist) “clear-eyed, and honest” (The New York Times Book Review) biography of Samuel Colt—the inventor of the legendary Colt revolver (a.k.a. six-shooter)—which changed the US forever, triggering the industrial revolution and the settlement of the American West...

Acquired wisdom has always put Sgt. Pepper at the head of the class, but it was Revolver that truly signaled The Beatles' sea change from a functional band to a studio-based ensemble. These changes began before Rubber Soul but came to fruition on Revolver, which took an astonishing 300 hours to produce, far more than any rock record before it.

Three generations torn apart -- by bullets fired fifty years ago. Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops -- one black, one white -- are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy. Philadelphia, 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak...