The fourth in a series of crime novels featuring Gina Gray and DCI David Scott, Weep A While Longer sets cosy Middle England against a dark crime. Picking up her granddaughter from nursery one summer afternoon, Gina Gray notices a mother and child with a dog. A few hours later she sees their faces on the TV screen, victims of a brutal murder. DCI David Scott, Gina's semi-detached partner, is determined to keep her out of the investigation but nothing can prevent her from witnessing the case's terrifying dénouement. The murder case is not the only thing preoccupying her, however. Her mother, her granddaughter, her job, her house invaded by her daughter's student friends, the costumes for open air Shakespeare in the Minster grounds and, not least, her relationship with David Scott, all combine to distract her. As the police pursue the killer, Gina's life at work and at home is running out of control. When the crash comes, just how bad will it be? Views: 20
It’s Belfast, 1975. The city lies under the dark cloud of the Troubles, and hatred fills the air like smoke. But Tony Macaulay has just turned twelve and he’s got a new job. He’s going to be a paperboy. And come rain or shine – or bombs and mortar – he will deliver… Paperboy lives in Upper Shankill, Belfast, in the heart of the conflict between Loyalists and Republicans. Bombings are on the evening news, rubble lies where buildings once stood, and rumours spread like wildfire about the IRA and the UDA. But Paperboy lives in a world of Doctor Who, Top of the Pops and fish suppers. His battles are fought with all the passion of Ireland’s opposing sides – but against acne, the dentist and the ‘wee hoods’ who rob his paper money. On his rounds he hums songs by the Bay City Rollers, dreams about outer space and dreams even more about the beautiful Sharon Burgess. In this touching, funny and nostalgic memoir, Tony Macaulay recounts his days growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, the... Views: 20
Statistician Maggie Ryan returns to her alma mater to consult for Professor Charlie Fielding, who is conducting experiments on how skilled readers read. She is invited to a celebratory luncheon with retired professor Tal Chandler. But Chandler is found dead before he gets to the restaurant. The police say suicide, but Maggie offers a different reading of the crime scene, casting suspicion on Fielding, others in the psychology department and the dead man's grieving widow.This Mystery Company edition restores to print the seventh novel in the Maggie Ryan series."A tasty blend of irreverence (Carlson enjoys jokes at the expense of academics) and sincerity (her portrayal of the murder victim's wife is touching). Maggie is an engaging everywoman – wife, mother, professional – who conducts her crime-busting with panache."– Margot Mifflin in Entertainment Weekly Views: 20
"Wilde Thing is guaranteed to seduce your senses and leave you wanting more." – Carly Phillips The Barnes Noble Review Readers who loved Eric Wilde in I Brake for Bad Boys will adore meeting his gorgeous brother Steve in this red-hot read from USA Today-bestselling author Janelle Denison. An irresistible bad boy complete with a Harley, Steve is a private investigator to whom sexy, divorced Liz Adams turns for help after her cousin Valerie goes missing. The only clue: Valerie's disappearance came shortly after her employment at The Ultimate Fantasy, a phone sex business. It's up to Liz to go undercover as a phone sex operator and check in with Steve every night, but their sexy phone talks for the record turn into an affair that goes beyond their wildest fantasies. Can their passion last beyond the job? Denison turns up the heat in scene after scene as she explores the explosive match between the untameable Steve and the commitment-phobic Liz. Ginger Curwen Views: 20
A short story of suspense. A crime/thriller for those who enjoy detective tales. Views: 20
It’s been 400 years since Dutch sea captain Cornelius Vanderdecker and his crew drank an immortality elixir that they mistook for beer. Now the compounded interest on a life insurance policy he took out in the 1500s makes him worth more money than exists in all the world…and he may be close to the end of his boring immortality. Views: 20
GENESIS OF A MONSTERVlad III Drăcula. A warleader in a warlike time: brilliant, charismatic, pious. But what became of him? What drove him to become a creature of darkness—Bram Stoker's cruel, ambitious "Un-Dead"—and what use did he make of this power, through the centuries?More than a hundred years after the monster's death, the descendants of the survivors piece together the story—dusty old manuscripts, court reports from the Holy Roman Empire at its height, stories of the Szgany Roma who once served the monster—trying to understand. Because the nightmare is far from over...Five incredible fantasy authors come together to reveal a side to literature's greatest monster you've never seen before. Views: 20
Scholarly infighting can get a lot more violent than most outsiders realize, but usually that violence is confined to the printed page. Not so in Concord, Mass., where the arrival of Homer Kelly, an expert on the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson, has stirred up passions concerning a manuscript that may or may not have been written by Henry David Thoreau. Things come to a head during the town's annual re-enactment of Paul Revere's famous ride, when one of the "Minutemen" turns up dead, still in full Revolutionary regalia. Accustomed to little more than the odd stolen bicycle, the local police are way over their head, but Kelly's in this, his first outing proves as gifted at sleuthing as he is at scholarship.
Review "I'm not sure I've ever read a mystery novel that made such evocative use of its locale...informed and delightful" -- * New York Times * Views: 20
As a bartender, Mason Cambridge charmed beautiful women who ordered cocktails. When Lexi Swafford plopped her pretty little tail down on the bar stool, Mason had no idea that he would be working with her or that he’d be letting her room with him, and he sure didn't know the impact that she was about to have on his life. After a night of drinking, one touch from her would change everything. Views: 20
