By the author of The Lover's Knot, a brand-new quilting mystery in the tradition of Jennifer Chiaverini and Emilie Richards. In the sleepy town of Archers Rest, Nell Fitzgerald is finishing her first quilt and preparing for her first date - with Police Chief Jesse Dewalt. When Jesse stands her up, it turns out he has a good reason - the body of a murdered young woman has been discovered near the Hudson River. Meanwhile the members of Nell's quilting circle encourage her to take drawing classes with the famous artist Oliver White. When Nell's professor meets her grandmother Eleanor, owner of the Someday Quilts shop, he seems instantly smitten. But once another woman's body is found outside her grandmother's home under a blanket of snow, Nell begins to patch together clues and follow a path of evidence that suggests her professor may also have a degree in the art of murder. Views: 42
NEW! From New York Times Bestselling Author CJ Lyons: Former FBI Special Agent Lucy Guardino faces what may be her greatest challenge: turning forty. It's been some birthday, filled with black balloons and gag gifts, a visit to her surgeon who isn't happy with the way her leg has healed and suggests amputation as an option "before she gets too old," and now a missed message from an old friend, a sheriff in a remote region of Idaho's Bitterroot mountains, who needs her help. Lucy calls back only to learn he's missing, presumed dead. Was it an accident? Suicide? Murder? The grieving widow and stunned community aren't sure what the truth is. Accompanied by her husband, Nick, and armed only with her intuition, Lucy journeys into the wilderness to find her friend and solve the mystery. At least that's the plan. Until Nick ends up in the crosshairs of a killer more cunning and devious than any Lucy has faced... Views: 42
Classic reprints from: Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, Fletcher Flora, Bill Pronzini, Joe Gores, Janet Dawson, Oscar Peñaranda, Seth Morgan, Craig Clevenger, and others.Peter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He’s been known to occasionally moonlight with private investigators.From Publishers WeeklyThis classics entry in Akashic's noir anthology series boasts an impressive roster of names, including such standard authors as Mark Twain, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce and Dashiell Hammett. Unsurprisingly, Hammett, one of the fathers of American hard-boiled fiction, supplies the best story, The Scorched Face, which sets his Continental Op on the trail of two missing women. Marcia Muller's Deceptions makes good use of the Golden Gate Bridge's appeal to potential suicides in a short but gripping exploit of her series PI, Sharon McCone. Readers looking for lesser-known talent will welcome Janet Dawson's Invisible Time, which presents a grim view of life on the streets for two young people. Don Herron's gritty Knives in the Dark, with its Chandler-like plot line, convincingly depicts Prohibition-era tough guys. As usual, the overall caliber of the writing in this reprint volume is superior to the average all-original book in the series. (Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. About the AuthorPeter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He?s been known to occasionally moonlight with PIs. He was the editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. Views: 42
The whole town turned out to watch Jeff Danner bring in his prisoners, the two Dooley Brothers, and in all that crowd there wasn't a man who didn't believe that Jeff had killed the other three Dooleys for the $30,000 they had robbed from the Richfield Railroad express car. That Jeff was special agent for the railroad didn't mean a thing to the town.
But Jeff didn't care what people thought. His prisoners had stolen two crates of Winchester rifles from the train and had staged it so that he would follow them, thereby making it clear for their brothers to rob the express car. And because Jeff was off chasing these two, Colonel Richfield, owner of the railroad and the man to whom Jeff owed his life, had gone after the three Dooleys - and been killed.
All Jeff wanted now was to get the Colonel's killer. He told himself that it didn't matter that the Colonel's lovely daughter, Melinda, thought he was a killer and thief. But when she merged her father's railroad with the Great Plains Central line, and the new manager, Tom Wainwright, released the Dooleys, Jeff quit.
He'd had all he could take of railroading. He was through with the railroad - and everyone in town. He couldn't even be sure his fiancee, Lona Swensen, didn't think he was a killer.
To prove his was through, he went partners with Billy McDaniel on the old Jensen wheat ranch - the biggest mistake he could have made. For when it came time to ship their wheat shipment, the other local wheat ranchers fell in with Jeff's plan to ship to Junction City and sell there in order to beat the crooked weigh-in rates of Alec Browder in Richfield.
Only Jeff realized what a chance they were taking. For he knew that Browder, with his crew of hired guns, was going to do everything he could to stop their wheat from getting to the Junction City market.
When the last wagonload had been put aboard the freight, Jeff figured he'd done enough for the suspicious wheat ranchers and now he could take that job offer from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. He took off for Topeka.
The first thing he heard when he got there took his breath away. The wheat train special had disappeared - seemingly gone from the earth! Thirty boxcars loaded with wheat had completely vanished - and he was being blamed for it.
Now he had no choice. He had to go back to Richfield and face a town gone wild, in order to find that missing wheat train. But he had to stay alive to do it. Views: 42
The adventure and romance continues in the final installment of the new fantasy duology by NYT bestselling author Amanda Hocking.While dealing with dark revelations about her life and her world, Malin finds herself with new allies—and new enemies. Her quest for the truth leads her to places she never thought possible, and she's never been one to shy away from a fight. But for all her strength and determination, will it be enough to save the world before it's too late? Views: 42
Parker Nolan likes to tell tall tales, so why should anyone believe him when he says he saw a mysterious figure stealing plays out of the coach's playbook? Views: 42
No one asks a Marcolini for a divorce. Especially a gold digger who could walk away with the family's fortune! Antonio Marcolini will make Claire pay. And he has got the perfect plan for vengeance--he'll demand she spend the next three months living with him as his reconciled wife, and nothing will stop him from getting what he wants!But Claire is innocent. Can she prove it before her husband blackmails her back into marriage...and the marriage bed? Views: 42
Para quienes empiezan a adentrarse en el fascinante mundo de Harry Potter, pero también para quienes ya han profundizado en los mitos y leyendas en los que se inspira la obra de J. K. Rowling, éste es un libro imprescindible. Con numerosas entradas adicionales y nuevas ilustraciones, esta edición ampliada de El Diccionario del mago es la versión definitiva de una obra que ya constituye un referente para los interesados en la magia y la mitología. ¿Cuáles son los ingredientes más empleados en las pociones mágicas? ¿Qué sistemas de adivinación y profecía se conocen? ¿Cuál es el significado del atuendo de un brujo? El diccionario del mago contiene más de ciento treinta entradas acerca de cuestiones tan diversas como los talismanes y los conjuros, los gigantes y las sibilas, y es un repaso exhaustivo de las leyendas ancestrales que han dado origen al universo de Harry Potter. El auténtico libro de cabecera de todo aprendiz de mago. Este libro no ha sido realizado o aprobado por ninguna persona o entidad relacionada con las obras originales o licenciadas de Harry Potter. Views: 42
Prussia has been overrun by Napoleon’s forces, and the Emperor’s troops have discovered a new source of funds there: enough amber to finance France’s wars. But their plans stall when the girls who collect the stones begin to disappear, only to be found gruesomely disfigured by an unknown killer. The French call upon Prussian investigator Hanno Stiffeniis, who must seek out the culprit knowing hat his own success may doom his country’s future. Dark, intelligent, and vividly written, A Visible Darkness continues a masterful series of historical mysteries that portray a past torn between nationalism and humanism, superstition and science.From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Set in 1808, the superb third whodunit from the pseudonymous Gregorio (the husband-wife team of Michael G. Jacob and Daniela De Gregorio) to feature Prussian magistrate Hanno Stiffeniis (after 2008's Days of Atonement) subtly probes the heart of human darkness. When a woman who collects precious amber, a resource Napoleon hopes to use to generate funds, is horribly butchered, Stiffeniis must work for his French occupiers to solve the mystery. As more victims follow the first, Stiffeniis's hopes of a speedy resolution that would enable him to be present for his latest child's birth are dashed. Aided by Johannes Gurten, an odd apprentice who's adopted Buddhism, the sleuth attempts to get cooperation from those working at all levels of the amber trade to identify the killer's true motive. While some readers will anticipate the solution, the pitch-perfect evocation of the period and the compelling, gloomy atmosphere more than compensate for any lack of surprise. (Apr.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistUpon finishing this third mystery featuring nineteenth-century Prussian magistrate Hanno Stiffeniis, readers are likely to give thanks for modern medicine and hygiene. As a serial killer methodically hacks and slices his (or her) way along the Amber Coast of the Baltic Sea, Gregorio takes every opportunity to supply vivid descriptions—not just of the killer’s handiwork, but also of various unpleasant anatomical inner workings. Amid the viscera, there is a crime to solve. With his wife due to deliver their fourth child and the Napoleonic Wars raging, Stiffeniis is called away to Nordcopp, where he is charged with finding the person responsible for murdering an amber collector. Unfortunately, his investigative talents, learned in Critique of Criminal Reason (2006) from no less than Immanuel Kant, cannot prevent further grisly deaths. Gregorio uses the idea of amber as a metaphor to evoke the passion of those who trade the stones as well as to suggest the evil strength and perverted intelligence of his villain, a horrifying blend of Hannibal Lecter and Joseph Mengele. Philosophy and chemistry run amok in this intelligent, compelling, but definitely difficult-to-read thriller. --Jen Baker Views: 42
All that glitters in Miami is not gold . . . Lured in by a bad ex-boyfriend and the moonlight of Miami, Meg O'Hara is trapped in a nightmare situation, waiting tables for a crime boss and fearing for her life. When undercover FBI agent Christopher Shaunessy offers her a way out, she seizes it. Getting the goods on Salazar Moreno might not be easy, but she'll do anything to be freed from her servitude and Moreno's sexual advances, even if it means moving in with the charismatic agent. Chris Shaunessy pretends to be Meg's lover in order to keep her safe, but he steels his heart against further involvement. Passion has no place in the sordid world of organized crime. And yet, the closer they get to cracking the case, the stronger his feelings for the spirited waitress shine. It's a dangerous game he's playing, and taking Meg in his arms for real could prove a fatal misstep . . . Views: 42
