Peter Quinn

The Banished Children of Eve

A likable Irish-American hustler, a Yankee stockbroker, a beautiful mulatto musical comedy star, and her white minstrel lover experience life in New York City during the Civil War Draft Riots

Banished Children of Eve

Peter Quinn's The Man Who Never Returned is a noirish, stylized detective narrative set in 1950s New York. It follows Fintan, a retired detective turned private investigator who has been given the job of finding Judge Crater that just went missing. Based on a real story, it is quite an intriguing story that was even more so for people living at the time. The famous missing person case is comparable to the Amelia Earhart missing person case though it could have been an even more interesting one. It was alleged that the missing judge may have had information about underhand dealings in the New York Judiciary. It was believed that if such information came to light, Franklin Roosevelt then Governor of New York would have had a hard time becoming the President of the US. But There were also rumors that the judge who was a known ladies man had either decided to disappear, or fell afoul of the mafia. Featuring hard boiled characters and a beautiful recreation of New York from the 50s, it is quite a compelling read.

The Man Who Never Returned

Nicholas Anderson

David Gutman

Lindsay Kemp

Rebecca Franks

Meurig Bowen

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Stephen Johnson

Daniel M. Grimley

Tom Service

Julian Haylock

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Hour of the cat

Jian Chen

Xiaoyuan Wang

Metabolic engineering has been developed over the past 20 years to become an important tool for rational engineering of microorganisms. This book has a particular interest in the methods and applications of metabolic engineering to improve the production and yield of a variety of metabolites in microorganisms. The overall goal is to achieve a better understanding of metabolism in different microorganisms, and provide a rational basis to reprogram microorganisms for improved biochemical production. This book brings together contributions from leading researchers at the cutting edge of these topics. The subject matter is divided into two sections. The first section deals with novel and emerging methods for redesigning microorganisms exploiting systems biology and gene regulation. The second discusses practical aspects of metabolic engineering for over production of a variety of valuable chemicals and materials by fermentation.

Reprogramming Microbial Metabolic Pathways

It’s just another murder, one of the hundreds of simple homicides in 1939: A spinster nurse is killed in her apartment; a suspect is caught with the murder weapon and convicted. Fintan Dunne, the P.I. lured onto the case and coerced by conscience into unraveling the complex setup that has put an innocent man on Death Row, will soon find that this is a murder with tentacles which stretch far beyond the crime scene . . . to Nazi Germany, in fact; following it to the end leads him into a murder conspiracy of a scope that defies imagination. The same clouds are rolling over Berlin, where plans for a military coup are forming among a cadre of Wehrmacht officers. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Military Intelligence, is gripped by a deadly paralysis: He is neither with the plotters nor against them. Joining them in treason would violate every value he holds as an officer. Betraying the plotters to the Gestapo Chief, Reinhard Heydrich, might just forsake the country’s last hope to avert utter destruction and centuries of shame. Heydrich is suspicious. With no limits to Hitler’s manic pursuit of territorial expansion, with crimes against the people candy-coated as racial purification, the “hour of the cat” looms when every German conscience must make a choice. When Canaris receives an order to assist in a sinister covert operation on foreign shores, his hour has come. Hour of the Cat is a stunning achievement: tautly suspenseful, hauntingly memorable, and brilliantly authentic.

Hour of the Cat

Summer Daze

A follow-up to Hour of the Cat finds retired detective Fintan Dunne investigating the unsolved 1930 disappearance of Judge Joe Crater for a media piece, a case that takes him to Los Angeles and Havana, where he confronts reluctant participants and a grieving spouse.

A Novel

Metabolic engineering has been developed over the past 20 years to become an important tool for the rational engineering of industrial microorganisms. This book has a particular interest in the methods and applications of metabolic engineering to improve the production and yield of a variety of different metabolites. The overall goal is to achieve a better understanding of the metabolism in different microorganisms, and provide a rational basis to reprogram microorganisms for improved biochemical production.

Body and Soul

This novel of corruption and murder “illuminates New York City on the eve of WWII” (Publishers Weekly). It’s just another murder, one of the hundreds of simple homicides in 1939: A spinster nurse is killed in her apartment; a suspect is caught with the murder weapon and convicted. PI Fintan Dunne, though, feels compelled to unravel the complex setup that has put an innocent man on Death Row. He will soon find this is a murder with tentacles that stretch far beyond the crime scene . . . to Nazi Germany, in fact. In Berlin, meanwhile, plans for a military coup are forming among a cadre of Wehrmacht officers. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of Military Intelligence, is gripped by a deadly paralysis: He is neither with the plotters nor against them. Joining them in treason would violate every value he holds as an officer. Betraying the plotters to the Gestapo Chief Reinhard Heydrich might just forsake the country’s last hope to avert utter destruction and centuries of shame. Heydrich is suspicious. With no limits to Hitler’s manic pursuit of territorial expansion, with crimes against the people candy-coated as racial purification, every German conscience must make a choice. And Fintan Dunne will be led into a murder conspiracy of a scope that defies imagination. “A good choice for those who enjoy a rich, stylish period piece that, like Philip Roth’s The Plot against America, explores the fickle fate of men and nations and the destructive power of a really bad idea.” —Booklist “Intelligent, ironic, well-written suspense that makes us think.” —James Patterson

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