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Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Drawn together by themes of strife, violence and humanity, this searing collection of four stories introduces characters who defy the mold of heroes and villains, victims and perpetrators, good and evil as they grapple with consequence, random chance andthe many paths a life can take.
Author
Series
Bone rattler mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Counterpoint edition.
Language
English
Description
"After narrowly avoiding death in London at the hands of the king's secret agents, Duncan McCallum returns to colonial America only to discover that his troubles have followed him across the Atlantic"--
Author
Series
Agents of S. U. I. T volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"That's right, Bongo and Marsha, the super-spy Badgers, are on the case...and way over-budget. When S.U.I.T. realizes just how much money the Badgers waste with their gadgets and spy vehicles and custom plush toys, they're sent to Bora Bora to investigatea case...the old-fashioned way. The bees-that's "bee-ee-ee," like the insect-that run the resort are hiding something under the tropical sands, and Marsha and Bongo are just the bumbling agents to...
Author
Series
L. A. quartet volume 2
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Warner Books ed.
Language
English
Description
Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s as the Red scare blazes, three men--an unheeded deputy, an opportunist D.A.'s assistant, and a high-rolling pimp--become immersed in a nightmarish reality.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"On a cold November night, a farmhouse burns to the ground. Inside a young woman is found dead—not from the fire but murdered. To the people in the rural community of Marbäck, this becomes a reference point: a before and after. For ten-year-old Isak Nyqvist, it sets in motion something he cannot control, igniting his future into an unpredictable inferno. The police focus their attention on Edvard Christensson, the boyfriend of the murdered woman...
Author
Publisher
Innovation Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the seventh book, Zoey and Sassafras are excited to enjoy their summer with their magical friends. But . . . why is everyone so grumpy? A bunch of bad days one after the other lead Zoey to suspect that something more is afoot. It's up to Zoey and Sassafras to solve the mystery before they end up with one bummer of a summer!
7) Brat Farrar
Author
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First Scribner Paperback Fiction edition.
Language
English
Description
"It was eight years since Patrick had vanished leaving a pitiful note, 'I'm sorry but I can't bear it any longer. Don't be angry with me, Patrick.' Now it seemed, he had returned, just in time to claim the family inheritance. But if Patrick really had committed suicide, who was this mysterious young man claiming to be him and calling himself Brat Farrar?"--Publisher description.
Author
Series
Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Allison Montclair returns with The Unkept Woman, the fourth Sparks & Bainbridge mystery: London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks - currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau - has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals - Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (whose husband was killed in the recent World War)...
10) La camarera
Author
Series
Publisher
Duomo Ediciones
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"When she discovers the dead body of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black in his suite, hotel maid Molly Gray finds her orderly life upended as she becomes the prime suspect in the case and is caught in a web of deception that she has no idea how to unravel."--
11) Rivers of London
Author
Series
Rivers of London volume 1
Publisher
Gollancz
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Tenth anniversary special edition.
Language
English
Description
10th Anniversary Edition of Midnight Riot by #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch, the first book in the international bestselling Rivers of London series!
Restored to its original British title Rivers of London, this Author's Preferred Edition includes revised text never before seen by US readers and a new introduction by the author.
My name is Peter Grant and until recently I was just another probationary constable in that mighty...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 295
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Ross Macdonald sums up the themes that haunted him: the guilty secrets passed on within families, and the violence that can arise when those secrets refuse to remain buried. He extends his portrait of Southern California as a land of seeming abundance racked by hidden obsessions and simmering discontents.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caught up in a case that turns both bewildering and intensely personal After their recent adventures in Transylvania, Russell and Holmes look forward to spending time with Holmes' son, the famous artist Damian Adler, and his family. But when they arrive at Damian's house, they discover that the Adlers have fled from a mysterious threat. Holmes rushes after...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Everything is peaceful in Tommerup, Denmark, until a young mother disappears in the middle of an idyllic summer day. There’s no trace of the missing woman when Chief Superintendent Liam Stark and Superintendent Dea Torp are called to investigate. The small town is on edge, rumors begin to fly, and blame is cast on Charlotte’s husband, who was the last to see her. When another person goes missing and Liam and Dea find a strange note linking the...
15) The vaquita
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ring and Asia Wild accompany their parents to the Sea of Cortez in Baja, Mexico to search for the endangered vaquita and uncover a dangerous conspiracy.
16) La última fiesta
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"La Ribera es un complejo vacacional de lujo recién abierto en Lago Espejado, situado en el límite entre Gales e Inglaterra, que indigna a los vecinos de Cwm Coed, la pequeña localidad galesa de la orilla oriental, pues no ven con buenos ojos una iniciativa pensada para turistas ingleses ricos. Cuando el cadáver de Rhys Lloyd, el promotor de la urbanización, aparece en el lago la mañana de Año Nuevo, la investigación, que recae en la agente...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Like Golden Hill, Cahokia Jazz inhabits a different version of America, and like Golden Hill it has a propulsive and brilliantly twisty plot set within a fully imagined world. Only this world is full of fog, cigarette smoke, dubious motives, danger, and dark deeds. And in the main character of Joe Barrow, we have a hero of truly heroic proportions, and a troubled soul to fall in love with. One snowy night at the end of winter, Barrow and his partner...
18) Watch it burn
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's early morning in the small Texas town of Edenberg when the body of sixty-five-year-old Beverly Hoffman is discovered in the Guadalupe River—drowned in only two inches of water. After elementary school teacher Nichole Miller discovers the woman's body, she makes two phone calls: first to the police, who call Beverly's death a slip and fall, and second to her best friend, journalist Jenny Martin. Jenny is attempting to revive her flailing marriage...
19) Brimstone
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
[2016?], c2004
Edition
1st oversize mass market ed.
Language
English
Description
A body is found in the attic of a fabulous Long Island estate. There is a claw print scorched into the wall, and the stench of sulfur chokes the air. When FBI Special Agent Pendergast investigates the gruesome crime, he discovers that thirty years ago four men conjured something unspeakable. Has the devil come to claim his due? Some things can't be undone.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this stunning and propulsive debut, a town grieves the loss of a young girl-but some fight to keep the truth about her death a secret. For fans of Jane Harper, Ashley Flowers, and Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. The question For the last ten years, the small, claustrophobic town of West Wilmer has been struggling to understand one thing: Why did it take young Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help on the fateful night of the...
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