Liveaboard skipper and amateur sleuth Cass Lynch is busy at marine college in Scalloway, until one night she finds an acquaintance dead in a doorway with her hand smeared with peat ash. Rumours spread of a strange ritual linked to the witches once burned in Shetland's ancient capital, and of a horned figure abroad in the night. At first Cass believes these to be mere superstition, until there's a second murder, and she begins to wonder if the devil really does walk in Scalloway ... Views: 51
Maternal Instincts Mystery [6]Bringing up baby--Bringing down a killer * An over the top, good-time cozy mystery *While staking out a cheating husband, Kate can't help but to indulge the cravings from her newest pregnancy. Little does she know the owner of the bakery has her eyes on Jim, Kate's beloved husband. Things turn deadly as Kate's cravings take over. It's up to Kate to keep her Family Life on track while solving another deadly whodunit! Views: 51
The Collected Mysteries of J.S. Fletcher (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains 13 novels by 20th century British detective novelist J.S. Fletcher. In a career spanning more than twenty years, Fletcher completed more than one hundred mysteries and was one of the leading figures of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. ContentsDead Men’s MoneyIn the Mayor’s ParlourRavensdene CourtScarhaven KeepThe Borough TreasurerThe Chestermarke InstinctThe Herapath PropertyThe Middle of ThingsThe Middle Temple MurderThe Orange-Yellow DiamondThe Paradise MysteryThe Rayner-Slade AmalgamationThe Talleyrand Maxim This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected. Views: 51
Product Description
Thanks to a presidential pardon, the Sisterhood can put their fugitive
days behind them and resume their lives in peace. Still, all the women
admit that lately things are a little too calm and peaceful. Meeting up
for the first time in months to celebrate Kathryn's birthday - in the
City of Sin, no less - seems like the perfect antidote. But before they
can kick up their heels something too big to pass up is dropped into
their laps. The time has come to deal with Enemy Number 1, aka, Hank
Jellicoe. Wanted by the FBI, the CIA, and Homeland Security for
starters, President Connor, herself, has run out of patience with their
lack of results. Only the Sisterhood, with their special blend of guts,
imagination, and friends in all places are capable of pulling off the
impossible - of hunting down this monster and taking him out once and
for all.
About the Author
FERN MICHAELS is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author
of the Sisterhood series, Mr. and Miss Anonymous, Up Close and Personal,
and dozens of other novels and novellas. There are over seventy million
copies of her books in print. Fern Michaels has built and funded
several large day-care centers in her hometown, and is apassionate
animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with
special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with
her four dogs and a resident ghost named Mary Margaret.
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With one small chess piece, the game begins. For archaeologist and TV host Annja Creed, a late-night phone call from the NYPD means one thing: there’s been a murder and the police need her expertise. The only link between a dead body and the killer is a small elephant of white jade. An artifact that’s gone missing. Once belonging to Catherine the Great of Russia, the elephant was key in a risky political gambit all those years ago. But there is another story attached to the artifact - a rumor of an ancient hidden treasure. And for a cruelly ambitious media mogul with a penchant for tomb-raiding, the elephant is nothing short of priceless. Annja must make her move quickly, traveling across several continents with only the assistance of her extraordinary sword - purportedly the same sword wielded by Joan of Arc - and a mysterious temple monk. It’s a deadly battle of wits, and one wrong move could mean game over. Views: 51
He thought the past was finally behind himShade Sterling has carried a torch for Lizzy Conners since senior year of high school. But the timing never felt right for them, especially since his ex-girlfriend, Ariel, disappeared without a trace years ago. Now, with their five-year class reunion approaching, Shade is tired of waiting. Determined to move on with his life and take a chance with Lizzy, he's all in...until a car is dredged up from a local pond and Ariel's remains are found inside.As the newly appointed sheriff, Lizzy must investigate every single lead—including the ones that point right to Shade. She knows she can't let her heart get in the way of an investigation, but she can't accept that Shade is guilty. Now if she can only prove it—both to the town out for justice and to herself. Views: 51
The more she reads, the less she wants to know.A murderer is stalking the Windy City, carving out the eyes of his victims as grisly souvenirs. When shy Ellen Gordon finds a diary left behind in a coffee shop, she can't keep from reading it. And when she meets the author in person, he's just as charming as his writing. Only when she reads further does she find clues to the identity of Chicago's terrifying serial killer. Could it be the author himself? Ellen will have to uncover the truth about her new boyfriend quickly if she doesn't want to become the killer's next victim. Views: 51
PReaders of Anne Perry#8217;s bestselling William Monk novels feel as if they#8217;ve experienced the many shades of Victorian London, from Belgravia to Limehouse, from drawing room to brothel. In bExecution Dock/b, Perry#8217;s first Monk novel in three years, we find ourselves on the bustling docks along the River Thames. Here the empire#8217;s great merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade.PThe dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips. On his floating brothel, sex slaves are forced to endure unspeakable acts. Now one such soul, thirteen-year-old Fig, is found with his throat cut, his tortured body tossed into the river.PCommander William Monk of the River Police swears that Phillips will hang for this abomination. But the miscreant is as wily as he is monstrous, and his wealthy clients seem far beyond the reach of the law. Monk#8217;s attempt to bring about justice becomes the first electrifying episode in a nightmare that will test his courage and integrity.PHowever, reinforcements are on the way. Monk#8217;s wife, Hester, who runs a free clinic for abused women, draws a highly unusual guerrilla force to her husband#8217;s cause#8211;a canny ratcatcher, a retired brothel keeper, a fearless street urchin, and a rebellious society lady. To one as criminally minded as Phillips, these folks are mere mosquitoes, to be sure. But as he will soon discover, some mosquitoes can have a deadly sting.PThis gripping, terrifying story hurtles toward to a denouement that will leave the reader breathless but cheering.b Execution Dock /bis Anne Perry at her incomparable, magnificent best. Views: 51
Four years ago, assassin Court Gentry was betrayed by his handlers in the CIA. Now, an old comrade returns to haunt him-and to force him on a mission against his will.
With his ruthless employers on one side, his former friends on the other and a doomed mission ahead, Court Gentry would kill to get out of this one alive.
From Publishers Weekly Disgraced former CIA agent Court "The Gray Man" Gentry (introduced in 2009's The Gray Man) makes ends meet as an assassin working for clients he cannot trust. Russian arms merchant Sidorenko wants Court to kill Sudan's President Abboud, arguably the man responsible for the genocide in Darfur. The CIA makes a counteroffer: kidnap Abboud and give him to American officials in exchange for amnesty. Court cannot refuse and treks through Sudan in pursuit of nebulous, ever-changing goals. Every element in this book is familiar, but Court is endearing in his perseverance even as his schemes are undermined by sympathetic victims, misleading information, outright lies, poor planning, betrayal, conflicting agendas, and simple bad luck. What could have been a storm of clichés becomes an action-filled yet touching story of a man whose reason has long ago been subsumed by his work ethic. Views: 51
It is every mother's nightmare: her child is missing, found murdered, and her lover is the prime suspect. It is every police officer's dread: a child murder, a circumstantial case. It is every solicitor's dream. Twelve men and women will decide the verdict, but only you can decide if justice is done for the victim. Views: 51
The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River, Lune XXIII South, Big Planetaka Showboat WorldFrom Handbook of the Inhabited Worlds: "Big Planet lies beyond the frontier of terrestrial law, and has been settled by groups impatient with restraint: non-conformists, anarchists, fugitives, religious dissidents, misanthropes, deviants, freaks. Big Planet represents for us that tantalizing vision of the land beyond the frontier where bravery, resource and daring are more important than the mastery of urban abstractions. Who can deem this good or bad? Who can define justice, or correctness or truth? Big Planet is in essence a problem to which there exists no solution".Shipmasters who run the magnificent showboats along the rivers of Big Planet know that each port has unique character and sensitivities. Apollon Zamp and Garth Ashgale are adept at dodging danger; two of the wiliest rascals in the business, they are deadly rivals to boot. When Zamp sets out to compete at the Grand Festival at Mornune, he knows Ashgale is never far behind! Views: 51
