During an undercover case Inspector Lognon is shot in a room he was sharing with a beautiful woman who has since disappeared. Inspector Maigret retraces Lognon's secretive last few days and is drawn into the darker side of the art world.Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret and the Apparition.'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian Views: 398
An expansion on the universe of Destiny’s CrucibleThe
Destiny’s Crucible series chronicles the incredible adventure of Joseph
Colsco, a college student of no particular importance, who is thrust
into an unimaginable fate by an accident that couldn’t happen—but did.Cast
naked on the planet Anyar, he forges a new life for himself and rises
to prominence and responsibilities he would otherwise never have
imagined. However, much is left undone and uncertain. For readers who
finished the first four books, many questions were left unanswered, and
many stories left untold.This collection of short stories and
novellas addresses some of the questions, expands previous books, and
points to future directions. The anthology begins not on the planet
Anyar but on Earth, with the aftermath of the improbable accident that
starts Joseph Colsco on his new life. Views: 398
'I caught a glimpse of him, behind the veil. And he knew I'd caught it. There was that understanding between us. We were members of the club of the X-ray eyes, the club of people who can see into the human heart.' Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's candid and moving memoir tells the story of her thirty-year relationship with the love of her life, internationally renowned folklorist Bo Almvqvist, capturing brilliantly the compromises and adjustments and phases of their relationship. Twelve Thousand Days is a remarkable story about love, grief and time, shot through with wry and sharp observations on Irish life, culture and morality. Views: 398
Night Terror, the greatest villain Starlight City has ever seen, might not be the greatest for much longer.
Her girlfriend is back. Only Fialux might not be her girlfriend anymore. Showing up with her powers at the head of an invading alien army has kind of put a cramp on rekindling their relationship.
Yeah, it’s back to the bad old days. Fialux vs. Night Terror, only this time around that age old fight ends with Night Terror getting a one way ticket to SuperMax: the infamous prison for the criminally villainous!
Yeah, not exactly the steamy reunion Night Terror was hoping for.
So now she’s in the clink. The hoosegow. Stuck in the pokey surrounded by lesser villains who couldn’t escape or afford a lawyer good enough to get them out. And there are a lot of people on the inside who wouldn’t mind taking a shot at Night Terror now that she doesn’t have all the wonderful toys that made her the most feared villain in Starlight City not so long ago.
Crazy ex-girlfriends hellbent on conquering a world she’s already called dibs on. Heroes and villains getting thrown into SuperMax as new management takes over the city. They all want a piece of the queen, and they all made one massive mistake.
Night Terror might be down on her luck. She might not have any of her wonderful toys, but she still has the one thing that made her the greatest villain the world has ever seen: her brains.
She’s going to show the world why Night Terror should still be feared, and she doesn’t care how many asses she has to kick to prove it! Views: 398
** Agatha Award-winning Series** She makes wedding dreams come true. But when a dead body crashes the ceremony, she'll show off a whole new set of skills... Annabelle Archer is an expert at wedding day disaster control. With preparations underway for her latest lavish ceremony, she knew it was only a matter of time before the groomzilla had a breakdown. But when the drag queen officiant is found strangled to death with her own boa, even Annabelle admits there are some things not even wedding planners can prevent. Determined to sniff out the killer, she attends the memorial service to probe for clues and catwalk rivalries. After a second queen drops dead and Annabelle's go-to hairstylist is named the prime suspect, she fears there's something more dangerous at play than a dressing room feud. With her friends in jeopardy, Annabelle must track down the murderer before another queen struts her stuff for the last time. Groomed for Murder is the eighth... Views: 397
Falling Down the Rabbit Hole…Alicia's grandmother is missing and she's the only one who believes she's still alive. With the funeral days away, Alicia goes on the search to find her and prove everyone wrong.But soon, Alicia falls into a wondrous world she couldn't have imagined. Throw in two handsome shifters and a magician who loves tea and Allison's got her hands full.When the Red Queen demands retribution, how will Allison cope with the loss of one of her loves? Has the hunt for her grandmother caused more harm than good?Find out more in this Reverse Harem FairyTale retelling inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Views: 397
Their love is forbidden by others breaking all of the rules. Their parents have been married for seven years. Jake and Holly have been attached attached to the hip since she was eleven years old and he was thirteen years old. Their love has grown over the years. They can't deny their feelings for eachother. Views: 397
You know three things, Pacorus: Your ‘army’ totals only one hundred men and one hundred women. No help is coming. The gods are unreliable allies. Can you save the new King of Media, prevent Spartacus from unleashing death and destruction on Armenia, and preserve the peace between Parthia and Rome? Views: 397
