A masterful, witty, picaresque science fiction adventure story evoking the styles of Gene Wolfe and Jack Vance, The Summer Thieves is the first novel in the new Quinary series by noted author and reviewer Paul Di Filippo. He chased his dreams of the ideal summer across a galaxy of thieves . . .Far in the glorious interstellar future, a time of riches and complex technologies, the stern but utilitarian Quinary guards and regulates the flourishing human-colonized galaxy. Under their business-like rule, a family may own a whole planet. And so two bloodlines—the Corvivios clan and the Soldavere clan—are in full possession of the lush and benign world of Verano. The youngest members of each family—Johrun Corvivios and Minka Soldavere—are slated to wed. All looks rosy for the joint family enterprises. But then the happy future is dramatically and tragically overturned! Circumstances separate the lovers and rob them of... Views: 270
On the run. Death chasing close behind. Paradise feels out of reach. Views: 270
Driving on a country road late at night,you hit a child.There are no witnesses.You have EVERYTHING to lose.What do you do?The traditional Appleby Horse Fair hosts the largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe.The sudden influx of more than 40,000 visitors into the small Lakeland town has always caused its share of problems, with strained relations between off-comers and locals.But it's also known as a good time to settle old scores.This year, the Fair brings with it with the discovery of two bodies near the River Eden—one very recent and another a long time buried.As CSI Grace McColl and Detective Nick Weston search for answers, old secrets are revealed, old wounds are reopened, and tensions threaten to erupt into violence.While someone much closer to home is trying to get away with murder...The follow-up to DANCING ON THE GRAVE, the first of the Lakes Thriller Trilogy, this is a... Views: 270
Change is coming. Old rivalries will be forgotten.The aftermath of a violent attack on District Three has left ITF Director Bill Taggart feeling uneasy. All is too calm. The Indigenes have returned to normal life; even his wife is moving on. Bill wishes he could do the same.When a surprise illness starts spreading through the Indigenes' home, Bill's greatest fear comes true. It's a medical problem he's not equipped to deal with. Setting aside his fears, he asks an old rival for a favour. But when conditions in District Three deteriorate fast, he has no choice but to give in to his sworn enemy's demands.A virus is loose, and his rival may be the only one capable of identifying its source. If Bill and his team can't figure out the origin of the virus soon, it could end up destroying two civilisations.Genesis Cure is the seventh book in the exciting Genesis series. If you like unlikely heroes, broken worlds, and edge-of-your-seat tension, then... Views: 270
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Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are used to catering lip-smacking treats to an artsy group of book lovers—until fiction spills into reality . . . If anything can be said about endearingly predictable Margo Hemsley, it's that she always serves elaborate desserts at her mystery book club meetings. That's why everyone fears the worst after she doesn't pick up her order from Bernie and Libby and skips out on the monthly gathering. The Simmons sisters can't imagine their acquaintance vanishing like a character from one of her favorite novels, at least not willingly. When the search ends with the discovery of a dead body, Bernie and Libby agree to help the nine remaining book club members prove their friend was murdered. But a speed read through Margo's background reveals there was more to the victim than harmless hobbies and frumpy cardigans would suggest. As the sleuthing sisters unearth scandalous secrets about the book club members,... Views: 270
From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry comes a standalone supernatural thriller Ink, about a memory thief who feeds on the most precious of dreams.Tattoo-artist Patty Cakes has her dead daughter's face tattooed on the back of her hand. Day by day it begins to fade, taking with it all of Patty's memories of her daughter. All she's left with the certain knowledge she has forgotten her lost child. The awareness of that loss is tearing her apart.Monk Addison is a private investigator whose skin is covered with the tattooed faces of murder victims. He is a predator who hunts for killers, and the ghosts of all of those dead people haunt his life. Some of those faces have begun to fade, too, destroying the very souls of the dead.All through the town of Pine Deep people are having their most precious memories stolen. The monster seems to target the lonely, the disenfranchised, the people who need memories to anchor them... Views: 270
Ex-Mob enforcer-turned-private investigator Isaiah Coleridge pits himself against a rich and powerful foe when he digs into a possible murder and a sketchy real estate deal worth billions.Ex-major-domo and bodyguard to an industrial tycoon-cum-U.S. Senator, Badja Adeyemi is in hiding and shortly on his way to either a jail cell or a grave, depending on who finds him first. In his final days as a free man, he hires Isaiah Coleridge to tie up a loose end: the suspicious death of his nephew four years ago. At the time police declared it an accident, and Adeyemi isn't sure it wasn't, but one final look may bring his sister peace.So it is that Coleridge and his investigative partner Lionel Robard find themselves in the upper reaches of New York state, in a tiny town home to outsized secrets and an unnerving cabal of locals who are protecting them. At the epicenter of it all is the site of a stalled super-collider project, an immense subterranean construction that may... Views: 270
The New York Times bestselling Disney Never Girl series continues as the Never Girls complete their quest to find Tinker Bell!When Tinker Bell sets out on a trip beyond Never Land and disappears, it's up to the Never Girls—Kate, Mia, Lainey, Gabby—to find their missing fairy friend. After a series of adventures on the mysterious Shadow Island, the girls finally find Tinker Bell! But getting off Shadow Island is not as easy as it seems. Will the Never Girls be able to return to Never Land with their long-lost friend? This is the sixth and final book in the early chapter book series, Finding Tinker Bell, starring the Disney Never Girls! It's perfect for children ages 6 to 9 who love adventure, fantasy—and fairies! Kate craves adventure and excitement. Mia loves dresses, roses, and anything beautiful. Lainey dreams of talking to animals. Gabby believes in fairies more than anyone.Together, they are The Never Girls—four... Views: 270
