"From an American master comes another "beautifully languid, emotionally intense tale" (Entertainment Weekly), this time of a newspaper editor's fateful decision to expose a small-town fugitive. Ned Ayres, the son of a judge in an Indiana town in midcentury America, has never wanted anything but a newspaper career--in his father's appalled view, a "junk business," a way of avoiding responsibility. The defining moment comes early, when Ned is city...

Beth and Jennifer know their company monitors their office e-mail, but they still spend all day sending each other messages, gossiping about their coworkers at the newspaper and baring their personal lives like an open book. When Lincoln applied to be an Internet security officer, he hardly imagined he'd be sifting through other people's inboxes like some sort of electronic Peeping Tom. Lincoln is supposed to turn people in for misusing company e-mail,...

"As World War II rages in Europe and the Pacific, the small town of Progress is doing its part for the soldiers in the field with a war bond drive at the annual county fair. Town gossip Ava Dempsey rumors that Clark Gable will be among the participating stars. Instead of Gable, the headliner is Freddie Harrison, a B-movie star. When Freddie turns up dead in the dunk tank, Irene Ingram, editor-in-chief of The Progress Herald, starts chasing the real...

"Geronimo Stilton is invited to a rat-jitsu martial arts championship in a snowy faraway land, much to the famouse reporter's surprise. With his helpful relatives, Thea, Trap and Benjamin, Geronimo goes to cover the event for the Rodent's Gazette. But something strange is happening. After each championship match, the winner disappears without a trace! Will Geronimo get involved and solve the mystery of the missing martial artists? Or will he be consumed...

When she signs her famouse brother Geronimo Stilton, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rodent's Gazetter, up for a dating service, the result is rather unexpected!

"When a 40 year old letter arrives at Geronimo's house containing only a piece of a treasure map and a mysterious clue, Geronimo and his friends set off to track down the recipient the envelope was intended for all those years ago--even if that means going halfway around the world! It's a globetrotting adventure for the generations!"--Provided by publisher.