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The Chocolate Mouse Trap
by JoAnna CarlChocolate-shop manager Lee McKinney has had enough of party planner Julie Singletree's cutesy e-mails. Then somebody actually kills the woman, putting everyone on her mailing list on edge. As their connections to the murder emerge, so do more attacks. Lee smells a rat-and it's not made of chocolate. And if she doesn't want to be permanently deleted, it's up to her to trap it. .
The Chocolate Pirate Plot
by JoAnna CarlWhen 'Young Blackbeard' became the biggest movie of the decade, the residents of Warner Pier caught pirate fever. the town couldn't be more amused, until a body washes up on the shore.
The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle (A Chocoholic Mystery #4)
by Joanna CarlBARKS AND Bites The lakeside town of Warner Pier, Michigan, is tickled pinker than a strawberry truffle. Flashy Aubrey Andrews Armstrong has just swept into town, dropping celebrity names and claiming he's a Hollywood producer. For his next project, he says, he'll make a movie based on a local author's romance novel- right there "on location," as they say in Tinsel Town. Armstrong makes older ladies blush and giggle like schoolgirls. He's promised the members of the high school drama club bit parts in the movie. And Monte, his chocolate Lab and constant companion, is quite the charmer. But sensible Lee McKinney, business manager of TenHuis Chocolade, would bet her last chocolate coin that Mr. Armstrong is a doggone phony. Even though it's the shop's busy season, Lee's always up for some sleuthing. But when her detecting leads her to a dead body, dogging the killer could fetch a whole lot of danger....
The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle
by JoAnna CarlHollywood comes to Michigan when a film producer decides to turn a local author's romance novel into a blockbuster. Although the movie mogul's chocolate labrador is charming, Lee McKinney thinks the producer's talk is a bunch of sweet nothings-and she grows even more suspicious when she stumbles upon a dead body. .
The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole (Chocoholic Mystery #18)
by JoAnna CarlIn this eighteenth mystery in the national bestselling Chocoholic series, a gang of crooks with a wicked sweet tooth wreaks havoc on the resort town of Warner Pier, and it's up to Lee Woodyard to rout the hungry rascals. A frantic late-night phone call from her right-hand woman Dolly Jolly brings Lee Woodyard to the scene of a break-in at the Warner Pier jewelry store next door to TenHuis Chocolade. To her shock, the suspect being held at gunpoint by police is Dolly's boyfriend, Mike Westerly, who was recently hired as a night watchman specifically to prevent break-ins. Dolly hopes Lee can help straighten out the crazy misunderstanding. Even crazier? The thieves took nothing of value from the jewelry store, only swiping some snacks. It's another in a series of break-ins by burglars the media has dubbed the Cookie Monsters. They've been hitting shops selling everything from sunglasses to shoes but stealing only sweets: lollipops, cookies, even chewing gum! It all seems pretty funny--until the discovery of a dead body. With her friends and community in danger, Lee must stop one very sour killer before someone else comes to a bitter end.
The Chocolate Shark Shenanigans (Chocoholic Mystery #17)
by JoAnna CarlIn the newest mystery from nationally bestselling author Joanna Carl, a dive into house flipping becomes a deadly flop....When a house near Lee and Joe's home goes up for sale, the couple teams up with Lee's aunt and uncle, Nettie and Hogan, to buy it, remodel it, and resell it for a sweet profit. But after the owners of the house, the Baileys, accept their offer, a local developer, Richard "Spud" Dirk, suddenly swoops in with a higher one, and it seems their dreams might be snatched away. Lee, never as passionate about the plan as her husband and uncle, is anxious to get back to focusing on managing TenHuis Chocolade. But when a long-hidden gun is found behind a pipe in the Baileys' basement, she begins to suspect a mystery is afoot. And when Spud turns up dead in the Baileys' carport a few days later, it becomes clear there's something rotten at the foundation....To solve the murder, Lee will have to strip away layers of secrets--that is, if someone doesn't level her first....
The Chocolate Snowman Murders (A Chocoholic Mystery #8)
by Joanna CarlWith the Warner Pier Winter Arts Festival just days away, everyone in the West Michigan town is looking forward to the big art show--and, of course, the unveiling of TenHuis Chocolade's special holiday chocolates. As treasurer of WinterFest, Lee is up to her elbows in the arguments, egos, and last-minute mix-ups that happen behind the scenes. But she's coping, even when the guest juror of the arts festival shows up drunk. Lee leaves him to sleep it off, but she is stunned the next day when her husband, Joe, discovers that someone has put the visiting dignitary into a permanent state of repose. As the last people spotted near the crime scene, Lee and Joe are in a sticky situation. But after another murder and a run-in with a deadly snowman, they're more determined than ever to find the real killer before someone else comes to a bitter end.
The Chocolate Snowman Murders
by Joanna CarlThe much anticipated Winter Arts festival is here, and as treasurer of Winterfest, Lee is up to her elbows in mix-ups behind the scenes. When the art show?s guest juror shows up drunk, Lee lets him sleep it off, only to find out later that someone?s put the visiting dignitary into a permanent state of repose. Lee and Joe were the last people spotted near the crime scene. In a seriously sticky situation, it?s up to them to find the real killer before someone else comes to a bitter end. . . .
The Homicide Report (A Nell Matthews Mystery)
by Joanna CarlEve K. Sandstrom's The Violence Beat was "an impressive debut."* Here the national bestselling author of the Chocoholic Mystery series brings back crime reporter Nell Matthews in a novel about a crimesolver's secret past--and a killer's hidden motive... Crime reporter Nell Matthews doesn't have to go far for a gripping lead story. In fact, the Grantham Gazette's own basement pressroom has become the scene for the paper's next explosive headline. Nell and her boyfriend, Detective Mike Svenson, have stumbled on a trail of press ink leading to the body of copy editor Martina Gilroy. And just before dying, she whispered one final word: Alan. Alan was Nell's father--a man who vanished from her life when she was a child...a man who was implicated in the murder of her mother. For Nell, investigating the story behind Martina's death means sifting through her own past to discover the truth about her father, exposing a long-buried secret, and surviving the deadline--her own. "The Nell Matthews series will attract legions of new fans. A nicely plotted mystery...[Sandstrom] knows her way around the pressroom."--The Sunday Constitution "Thoroughly enjoyable."--I Love A Mystery *New York Times bestselling author Margaret Maron Includes a preview of The Smoking Gun and JoAnna Carl's The Chocolate Book Bandit.
The Smoking Gun: A Nell Matthews Mystery
by Joanna CarlA split-second judgment and a single bullet turn a routine assignment into murder for reporter Nell Matthews and officer Mike Svenson. The shoot-out at the Grantham Women's Shelter may have liberated a woman from her knife-wielding husband, but it also left Mike holding the gun and targeted for scandal. <P><P>Especially when it turns out that the deceased was the son of the most powerful matriarch in town. Now Nell finds herself with an unexpected key to the dead man's past--a key that links him to a bizarre conspiracy and will lure Nell into the crosshairs of a killer still on the loose... The Nell Matthews Mysteries are... "Strong and unique."--Sue Henry "Beguiling and wicked."--Boston Herald "Hooks you on the first page and never lets go."--William Bernhardt Includes a preview of The Violence Beat and JoAnna Carl's The Chocolate Book Bandit.
The Violence Beat: A Nell Matthews Mystery (InterMix)
by Joanna CarlIn the Southwestern city of Grantham, Bo Jenkins takes his young son hostage and demands to talk to the press. Enter Nell Matthews, a reporter for the Grantham Gazette, who becomes a hostage herself before finally turning the tables on her captor. <P><P> But when Bo Jenkins dies under suspicious circumstances, Nell initiates an investigation that could bring down an entire city--and just might implicate Mike Svenson, the charismatic cop with whom she's begun a secret romance. As Nell moves dangerously closer to the truth, she realizes that her beat is getting too close to home...
Bestial
by William D CarlBENEATH THE DIM LIGHT OF A FULL MOON, MADNESS REIGNS. . . . As night descends on Cincinnati, the city braces for hell on earth: The populace mutates into huge, snarling monsters that devour everyone they see and act upon their most base desires. Planes fall from the sky. Highways are clogged with abandoned cars, and buildings explode and topple. The city burns. And when daylight comes at last, the same monsters return to human form, many driven insane by atrocities committed against friends and families. . . . Only four survivors are immune to the metamorphosis: a smooth-talking thief who lives by the code of the Old West; a bank teller who's put her past behind her; a wealthy, disillusioned housewife; and a desperate teenaged runaway. Together they form an unlikely quartet that must find a way to stop the apocalypse before the next full moon.
Las Rosas Son Rojas, La Muerte Nos Ronda. Un misterio de Emma Flowers
by Carla Rebeca Walle Rojas Rachel WhiteEmma Flowers dirige “Regalos y Florería Flowers” en la aburrida ciudad de Parkridge. Un día al hacer una entrega de flores para el 38vo aniversario nupcial de la pareja más adinerada de la ciudad, Emma se encuentra con la peor sorpresa de su vida: un cadáver. Con la ayuda de su mejor amiga y el nuevo y guapo detective del pueblo, Emma debe trabajar rápido para descubrir la identidad del asesino y limpiar su propio nombre.
Wish You Were Here - un'inchiesta dei ricordi
by Laura Carletti Nuno MoraisFrederico Batalha è ispettore della Judiciária, la branca investigativa della polizia portoghese. Viene mandato in Algarve, la soleggiata regione portoghese popolare meta vancanziera, per indagare sul ritrovamento di un cadavere scoperto durante la demolizione di un vecchio resort. Il viaggio riporta a galla vecchi ricordi di gioventù sulle vacanze trascorse a Praia da Luz, sulla costa occidentale portoghese vicino Lagos. E potrebbe anche scoprire qualcosa che avrebbe preferito non sapere.
Requiem for a Knave: The new novel by the author of The Wicked Cometh
by Laura CarlinFrom the author of The Wicked Cometh comes a dark, page-turning tale of passion and romance in the darkest of places. . .'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer'A book of great beauty and lyricism' On MagazineAfter the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity . . . but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund, a young woman travelling the same path, has much to conceal too.The journey to discovering who he really is will lead Alwin into great danger and great passion. These are dark times, and through them, Alwin must shine a light.Will the revelations to come destroy everything that came before?'Effortlessly transports the reader to fourteenth-century rural Derbyshire and the plight of young Alwin. With the deft touch of a master storyteller, Laura Carlin recreates the dangerous world Alwin must navigate as they flee the comforts of home for an entirely new life' Sophie Ward, author of Love and other Thought ExperimentsREADERS' PRAISE FOR REQUIEM FOR A KNAVE:'Hugely engaging''A gem of an historical novel with beautiful atmospheric writing''I loved Laura's first book and this is another fun, dark historical novel full of twists and turns. Atmospheric and passionate''Laura Carlin charmed and bewitched me with her Victorian era debut The Wicked Cometh and here again I am willingly sucked into the dark medieval world of pilgrims, lords and villains''Beautifully written with strongly portrayed characters, A very good read''The author gives us fully rounded, engaging characters, a compelling story and beautiful, lyrical prose. I loved this even more than The Wicked Cometh''A lyrical and engaging novel, with beautiful writing and a gripping storyline'
Requiem for a Knave: The new novel by the author of The Wicked Cometh
by Laura CarlinFrom the author of The Wicked Cometh comes a dark, page-turning tale of passion and romance in the darkest of places. . .'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer'A book of great beauty and lyricism' On MagazineAfter the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity . . . but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund, a young woman travelling the same path, has much to conceal too.The journey to discovering who he really is will lead Alwin into great danger and great passion. These are dark times, and through them, Alwin must shine a light.Will the revelations to come destroy everything that came before?'Effortlessly transports the reader to fourteenth-century rural Derbyshire and the plight of young Alwin. With the deft touch of a master storyteller, Laura Carlin recreates the dangerous world Alwin must navigate as they flee the comforts of home for an entirely new life' Sophie Ward, author of Love and other Thought ExperimentsREADERS' PRAISE FOR REQUIEM FOR A KNAVE:'Hugely engaging''A gem of an historical novel with beautiful atmospheric writing''I loved Laura's first book and this is another fun, dark historical novel full of twists and turns. Atmospheric and passionate''Laura Carlin charmed and bewitched me with her Victorian era debut The Wicked Cometh and here again I am willingly sucked into the dark medieval world of pilgrims, lords and villains''Beautifully written with strongly portrayed characters, A very good read''The author gives us fully rounded, engaging characters, a compelling story and beautiful, lyrical prose. I loved this even more than The Wicked Cometh''A lyrical and engaging novel, with beautiful writing and a gripping storyline'
Requiem for a Knave: The new novel by the author of The Wicked Cometh
by Laura CarlinFrom the author of The Wicked Cometh comes a dark, page-turning tale of passion and romance in the darkest of places. . . 'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity...but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund, a young woman travelling the same path, has much to conceal too. The journey to discovering who he really is will lead Alwin into great danger and great passion. These are dark times, and through them, Alwin must shine a light. Will the revelations to come destroy everything that came before?(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
The Wicked Cometh: The addictive historical mystery
by Laura CarlinThe nail-biting historical mystery with a heady romance at its heart 'Beguiling' Stylist*********Hester White once had a comfortable home and a loving family, but after the untimely death of her parents, her life was turned upside down, leading her to live with her aunt and uncle in the slums of London. As the years turn, people begin to disappear from these murky streets in mysterious circumstances . . . with nobody to investigate their absences.When a life-threatening accident crosses Hester's path with Calder Brock's, it appears Hester's fortune has changed. Handsome, charming and wealthy, Calder is quick to invite her into his home, introducing Hester to his mysterious sister Rebecca, who takes Hester under her wing. In the opulence of her new home, Hester believes she has now escaped the darkness of the slums for good.But, Hester is about to find out, appearances can hide the ugliest of truths. When she is lured back onto the streets to investigate the mystery, the clues seem to lead her back far closer to her new friends than she could ever have imagined. . .*********'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer'Contains lovely, lyrical writing . . . and a heady romance at its heart' Sunday Express
The Wicked Cometh: The addictive historical mystery
by Laura Carlin'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort because WE are the bad sort . . .' 'Beguiling' StylistThe year is 1831. Down murky alleyways, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and London's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape these slums by any means possible. When a chance encounter thrusts Hester into the beguiling world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life. But whispers from her past slowly begin to poison her new existence, and lure her into the most sinister of investigations. As she finds herself dragged into the blackest heart of the city, little does she know that something more depraved than she could ever imagine is lurking. . .'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer'Contains lovely, lyrical writing . . . and a heady romance at its heart' Sunday Express'A deliciously dark confection of a novel' Ruth Hogan
The Wicked Cometh: The addictive historical mystery
by Laura Carlin'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort because WE are the bad sort . . .''This newspaper has taken note that the past month has been remarkable for the prevalence of cases where men, women and children are declared missing. Scarcely a week passes without the occurrence of an incident of this type' - The Morning Herald, Tuesday 13 September 1831Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible.When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious Rebekah Brock. But whispers from her past slowly begin to poison her new life and both she and Rebekah are lured into the most sinister of investigations, dragging them into the blackest heart of a city where something more depraved than either of them could ever imagine is lurking. . .(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
The Court of Miracles
by Flavio Carlini S. M. PopeThe book enfolds like a multi-viewpoint novel, organised in a series of short stories from the perspectives of characters that alternate and- in the course of events- cross paths and come into conflict, gradually forming an intricate web of ties and crossed plots. Inside a court of miracles, represented by an unspecified district on the outskirts of an unnamed city, various characters move in a suburban world of violence and crime. The District- with a capital letter, as it is known to its inhabitants- is the true protagonist of the novel, inside which its ‘heroes’ move: hitmen, conmen, jackals, policemen corrupted by money or by power. A place that destroys and recreates in its image anyone who inhabits it, even if they desperately try to stay clean. Through the adventures of Max, Tony, Walter, Laura and many more, we walk the streets of the District, coming into contact with the inner structure of civilised society, on which is built the everyday hypocrisy of living peacefully.
Tribunal dos milagres
by Flavio Carlini Eloísa Moriel ValençaO livro desenvolve-se como uma novela com várias vozes, organizado em uma série de histórias que se alternam e são contadas dos pontos de vista dos personagens e - no decorrer dos eventos - encontram-se e desencontram-se, em um jogo de referências cruzadas complexas e emaranhadas que se forma ao longo do romance. Dentro de um "Tribunal de milagres" representado por um subúrbio não especificado, de uma cidade sem nome, personagens diferentes se movem em um mundo suburbano de violência e crime. O Distrito - com a letra inicial maiúscula, como é chamado por seus habitantes - é o verdadeiro protagonista do romance, dentro do qual seus "heróis" se movimentam: assassinos, golpistas, chacais, policiais corruptos na carteira ou na alma. Um lugar que destrói e molda à sua imagem quem ali habita, mesmo que este tente desesperadamente se livrar dessa influência. Por meio das histórias de Max, Tony, Valter, Laura e muitos outros, atravessa-se as ruas do Distrito, entrando em contato com a estrutura fundadora da sociedade civil, sobre a qual a hipocrisia diária da vida cotidiana é construída.
All the Secret Places: A Gin Sullivan Mystery (A Gin Sullivan Mystery #Bk. 2)
by Anna CarlisleGin Sullivan is back in her small hometown of Trumbull, Pennsylvania on an extended leave from her job at the Chicago medical examiner’s office and rekindling an old flame with her high school sweetheart, Jake. Gin is readjusting to life at home when Jake receives harrowing news early one morning. The new housing development his construction firm is building has caught fire and underneath one of the burnt homes is a dead body.When the body is identified as a man who may very well be the violent offender who terrified Gin’s childhood town years ago, the pool of suspects broadens and it becomes a greater challenge to pinpoint his killer. Gin is determined to unearth old demons, hers included, but soon finds some people will kill to keep them buried.Small town secrets cast daunting shadows in All the Secret Places, Anna Carlisle’s riveting second Gin Sullivan mystery.
Dark Road Home (A Gin Sullivan Mystery #1)
by Anna CarlisleThe summer after she graduated from high school, Gin Sullivan's little sister Lily went missing. Her family fell apart, not to mention her relationship with her high school sweetheart, Jake. Now, almost twenty years later, Gin is living in Chicago and working as a medical examiner when she gets the call: a body's been found in the woods outside her small hometown. It could be her sister. After all these years, it's time for Gin to go home and face the demons she tried to leave behind.Confronting your past is never easy, but for Gin it also means confronting Jake, who was the prime suspect in Lily's disappearance. To find an answer to the question of what happened to her sister that fateful summer, Gin makes the difficult decision to use her talents as a medical examiner to help the police investigation. But as Gin gets deeper into the case, she uncovers a shocking truth that could change everything—if it doesn't destroy what's left of her and her family first.Buried secrets come to light in Dark Road Home, Anna Carlisle's sharp and simmering debut mystery.
In the Darkest Hour (A Gin Sullivan Mystery #3)
by Anna CarlisleAnna Carlisle’s third chilling Gin Sullivan mystery, is perfect for fans of small-town suspense and authors like Chevy Stevens, Lisa Jackson, and Julia Maynard. Former medical examiner Gin Sullivan thought she’d put her troubled past behind her—but a deadly web of drugs, depravity, and murder threaten to consume all she loves.Small-town secrets don’t stay buried for long, and no one know that better than former Chicago medical examiner Gin Sullivan. On extended leave from her job, Gin is back in her hometown of Trumbull, PA, settling into a quiet life with her old high school sweetheart, Jake Crosby. But the demons of Gin’s past are lying in wait—and when Jake’s estranged mother turns up dead in a local motel from a heroin overdose, life in Trumbull begins to unravel one thread at a time. Dead set on revenge against the dealer, Jake brings in local high school student Jonah Krischer to face justice. But Trumbull police chief Tuck Baxter has to contend with the boy’s father, a prominent physician who threatens legal action over the unconventional arrest—even though Jonah admits to stealing his dad’s prescription pad to sell phony opiate prescriptions for cash. And when Jonah offers to lead police to a body in exchange for leniency, the stiff turns out to be one of the doctor’s own patients. Is there a killer on the loose in Trumbull? The race is on to find the truth in Anna Carlisle’s In the Darkest Hour, the third hair-raising Gin Sullivan mystery.