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The Baby-Sitters Club Mystery #27: Claudia And The Lighthouse Ghost (The Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries #27)
by Ann M. MartinWhen the Hatts, a family that disappeared years earlier under mysterious circumstances from the old Stoneybrook lighthouse, suddenly return and move in with the Kishis, Claudia wonders what secret they are keeping.
The Baby-Sitters Club Super Mystery #3: Baby-Sitters' Fright Night (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Mysteries #3)
by Ann M. MartinVisiting Salem during a class trip, the Baby-sitters learn the mystery of the Witch's Eye, a famous diamond that has been stolen from a local museum, but when they launch an investigation, they fear they have become cursed.
Backyard Bandit Mystery (The Cul-de-Sac Kids #15)
by Beverly LewisBook 15 in the chapter books, The Cul-De-Sac Kids. When the Cul-de-sac Kids vote to go ahead with a yard sale, their treasures start disappearing. Who is stealing from them?
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
by Stephen KingThe Green Mile, Stephen King's #1 New York Times bestselling novel, was first published twenty years ago in six original paperback installments. Inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks about an innocent man on death row, The Green Mile is now available for the first time in e-serial form. The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix is Volume Four.Time has run out for one of the inmates at Cold Mountain penitentiary. Eduard Delacroix is set to make his way into the lap of Old Sparky. But first he must say good-bye--to the guards, to his fellow inmates, and to a strange creature that forever changed his life. Little does he know of the terrible fate that awaits him, and of a devilish plan of revenge. Though no execution can ever be routine, it can follow procedures put in place to minimize pain and avoid a ghastly end. But those procedures are only as good as the men carrying them out. Unfortunately for Delacroix, one of those men is Percy Wetmore. And he's determined to hear Delacroix's screams of agony echoing along the Green Mile.
Bad to the Bone
by Philip CaveneyThe Deceivers are a rock band at the height of their powers when guitarist Scott Griffin ODs gruesomely on-stage. For co-songwriter and lead singer Jenny Slade it's a devastating loss. To get Jenny and the band back on the rails, their manager books them into The Grange, a rehearsal/studio complex in the remote Welsh countryside, hoping that the change of scene will get the band's creative juices flowing again. But The Grange is not quite the rural idyll it seems. Its enigmatic owner, Gareth Reed, has an unhealthy interest in bizarre occult practices, and far from exorcising the ghosts of the past, The Grange seems to act as a magnet for the most disturbing spiritual phenomena. And then the killings begin...
Bad to the Bone
by Philip CaveneyThe Deceivers are a rock band at the height of their powers when guitarist Scott Griffin ODs gruesomely on-stage. For co-songwriter and lead singer Jenny Slade it's a devastating loss. To get Jenny and the band back on the rails, their manager books them into The Grange, a rehearsal/studio complex in the remote Welsh countryside, hoping that the change of scene will get the band's creative juices flowing again. But The Grange is not quite the rural idyll it seems. Its enigmatic owner, Gareth Reed, has an unhealthy interest in bizarre occult practices, and far from exorcising the ghosts of the past, The Grange seems to act as a magnet for the most disturbing spiritual phenomena. And then the killings begin...
Band of Brothers
by Alexander FullertonDanger and bravery at sea from thriller-master Alexander Fullerton. It is early autumn 1943 and a German U-boat supply ship is sailing under heavy escort from Le Havre to the Atlantic. A mixed force of torpedo boats from Allied Coastal Forces is ordered to intercept and sink her. Navigator Ben Quarry has other worries. His girlfriend, Rosie, is set on returning to occupied France as an SOE agent, and his former mistress, now the wife of his CO, Bob Stack, has embarked on an affair with another officer. Ben&’s got to tell him. But in the heat of battle, survival is everything… A standalone naval thriller from a writer who was there, Band of Brothers will keep you gripped, and is perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.
Baptism in Blood (The Gregor Demarkian Mysteries #Bk. 14)
by Jane HaddamAn infant&’s death draws a former FBI agent to a strange Southern town in this mystery by an Edgar Award–nominated author. As a hurricane bears down on Bellerton, North Carolina, Zhondra Meyer opens her gates to the townsfolk. Her farm occupies the area&’s highest ground, but the locals are wary of accepting her invitation. Zhondra says her camp is nothing more than a retreat for battered women, but the town&’s evangelicals believe that her residents are lesbians, occultists, or, worst of all, satanists—a fear seemingly confirmed when an infant is found ritualistically slaughtered. Former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian might have experience solving religious murders, but he&’s never dealt with satanism. Invited by his friend David, one of America&’s most prominent atheists, to investigate the murder, Gregor keeps an open mind. What he finds in Bellerton shows that even the most pious Christians are capable of hellish deeds.
Barracuda: Final Bearing
by Michael DimercurioIn DiMercurio's most harrowing thriller to date, Greater Manchuria, a new independent nation, threatens its Japanese neighbors with nuclear devastation. But Japan initiates a preemptive strike in the form of a devastating new weapon that will bring the world to the edge of all-out war. Now Admiral Michael Pacino must return to active service to face the deadliest threat the world has ever seen!
The Basketball Mystery (Boxcar Children #68)
by Charles Tang Gertrude Chandler WarnerHenry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they are playing in a community basketball league. The Aldens are thrilled that Buzz and Tipper Nettleton, Greenfield's most famous basketball stars, are coaching their teams. But some of the other coaches don't seem so happy to see the Nettletons. Then Tipper's Most Valuable Player trophy is missing, and Buzz's practice schedules get mixed up. Is somebody trying to foul up the community league? It looks like it's time for the Aldens to solve another mystery
Before She Dies (Posadas County Mysteries #4)
by Steven F. Havill"If what you're hiding is motive, Gastner will ferret it out and do what needs to be done. An outstanding mystery." --Booklist starred reviewPosadas Register reporter Linda Real barely survives her nighttime patrol with one of Undersheriff Bill Gastner's deputies. He is killed by a more accurate shotgun blast than the one that ruins her face. Teamed with his intuitive, observant detective Estelle Reyes-Guzman and her usual sharp eye for physical evidence, Bill implicates Tammy Woodruff, the thrill-seeking daughter of the local Republican County Chairman, in the brutal assault. Before he can interrogate her, though, Tammy hightails it. Soon she is found crushed to death after her truck goes off the road while she's loaded with booze - in fact, far too much alcohol, for anyone to have consumed....
The Beggar Bride: A Novel
by Gillian WhiteDesperate for a new life, a London woman engineers a cunning deception &“in this tangled tale that twists and turns up to the very end&” (Booklist). Angela Harper&’s life has never been simple. She&’s an orphan who spent her childhood in foster homes. Her handsome, charming husband Billy can&’t hold down a job. And they&’re both stuck in a grimy London flat with no prospects for their future beyond the periodic welfare check. That is, until Ange concocts a lie that will change their lives. Her con targets the wealthy, twice-divorced businessman Fabian Ormerod, whom, with the approval of her husband, she is determined to trick into a very advantageous marriage—with a quick divorce to follow. Gillian White&’s cutting, sardonic style unfurls in The Beggar Bride, as she needles England&’s stiff upper crust, the titans of business, and the idle poor below them.
Belladonna (Her Protector #3)
by Jenna RyanHER PROTECTOR Bella Conlan was a woman with a past... One she couldn't remember. The first nine years of her life were shrouded in a mist as thick as the fog of her native San Francisco--and now those lost years were coming back to haunt her. Then out of the darkness came a man named Malone. The strong, silent type, Sean Malone was disarmingly sensual, the only person Bella could trust in a world with no landmarks. The passion that smoldered between them was rivaled only by the danger surrounding them. Someone didn't want her to remember and Bella needed to know: Was the man by her side her savior...or her betrayer? A woman alone...with no one to trust. Where can she run? Straight into the arms of HER PROTECTOR
Belle Prater's Boy
by Ruth White<P>When Belle Prater disappears, Belle’s boy, Woodrow, comes to live with his grandparents in Coal Station, Virginia. Woodrow’s cousin Gypsy is the town beauty, but she has hidden sorrows and secrets of her own. She wonders how Woodrow can accept his mother’s disappearance when she’s never gotten over her father’s death. That’s when Woodrow tells Gypsy the secret about his mother.<P><P> <b>Newbery Medal Honor book</b>
Beneath the Sun
by Claire LorrimerIt was a routine flight to Africa but the passengers were destined never to arrive. Hijacked at gunpoint, the pilot is forced to land in the desert where, in the blistering heat and with remote chance of rescue, the passengers face imminent death. For Chris and Liz, on their honeymoon, the intense passion they share proves to be an even deeper and stronger commitment than they had realised - until now. And for the stewardess Eve, and handsome American Bruce Mallory, will the lighthearted mid-air flirtation end - as it always does - on landing?
Beneath the Surface (Lake George Mysteries)
by Anne WhiteBetty Webb calls Mayor Loren Graham "compassionate and savvy, likable and witty without crossing the line into terminal cuteness". Emerald Point couldn't ask for a better mayor.
Bernie Magruder and the Bus Station Blow-Up
by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorAfter several bombs go off around town, eleven-year-old Bernie Magruder becomes suspicious of various members of his family, causing confusion in Officer Feeney's investigation and around the hotel that his parents run.
Betrayal in the Ashes (Ashes #21)
by William W. JohnstoneTime To Pay UpAs America continues its struggle to rise from the ashes of apocalypse, Europe is slowly dying. Cannibals, looters and vandals have overtaken the streets of the once great cities. And Bruno Bottger, the Neo-Nazi monster, has brought forth a new Reich—bigger, stronger and more chillingly efficient than ever. There is no force in Europe that has a snowball's chance in hell of stopping him. Only one force in what's left of the world can do the job: Ben Raines and the SUSA Rebeles.
Betrayed
by Patricia H. Rushford Rachel DuludeJennie McGrady is anxious to fly to Montana after her uncle, a full-blooded Indian and the owner of Dancing Waters Ranch, is injured by a bomb explosion meant to kill. Jennie is determined to solve the crime, but her instincts tell her she’s not in friendly territory. Her cousin, Heather White Cloud, is a beautiful Indian princess with a less-than-noble attitude. Jennie had hoped to befriend her cousin, but Heather is as cold as ice and determined to escape the home she calls a prison. Chad Elliot, on the other hand, came to Montana to reclaim the land his grandfather once owned—Dancing Waters Ranch. He’s lost his case in court, but has he decided to take the law into his own hands?
Betrayed (Jennie McGrady Mystery #7)
by Patricia H. RushfordBook 7 in the Jennie McGrady Mystery series. Jennie heads to the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana and investigates a bombing at her uncle's Dancing Waters Ranch. Jennie McGrady is anxious to fly to Montana after her uncle, a full-blooded Indian and the owner of Dancing Waters Ranch in Montana, is injured by a bomb explosion meant to kill. Jennie's determined to solve the crime, but her instincts tell her she's not in friendly territory. Heather White Cloud is a beautiful Indian princess with a less-than-noble attitude. Jennie had hoped to befriend her cousin, but Heather's as cold as ice and determined to escape the home she calls a prison. Chad Elliot came to Montana to reclaim the land his grandfather once owned--Dancing Waters Ranch. He's lost his case in court, but has he decided to take the law into his own hands?
Beware!: A thrilling and shockingly macabre horror novel
by Richard LaymonA series of weird experiments at some secret laboratories unleash terrors on an unsuspecting world... The terrifying novel Beware! by Richard Laymon is a masterclass in gore, horror and terror. Perfect for fans of Stephen King and Clive Barker.The supermarket shouldn't have been shut - it wasn't normal for Elsie to quit early. But then it wasn't normal for a meat cleaver to fly through the air by itself. Or for a guard dog locked in overnight to end up as hamburger meat. Or for Elsie herself to feature on the butcher's slab, neatly wrapped and jointed... There's weird things happening in the town of Oasis and certain folks - like hotshot local reporter Lacey Allen - had better... BEWARE! What readers are saying about Beware!: 'Another excellent book by Laymon, just when you think you have got it sussed he surprises you again. If you want on the edge of your seat excitement then don't miss this''He is descriptive and exciting and wastes no time getting to the point. If you want a no nonsense, straight to the point, blood curdling horror, read Laymon''I love this book. Mystery, witchcraft, murder, intrigue. Brilliant!'
Beware the Pirate Ghost: Casebusters #7 (Casebusters #7)
by Joan Lowery NixonWhen a spoiled kid disappears, the Casebusters go spelunking with a pirate's ghostSean and Brian Quinn have never liked Lester Hopper. The seven-year-old is spoiled rotten, and looks down on every kid he knows--even the ones who are taller than him! But one night, Lester disappears and a ransom note warns the Hoppers not to contact the police. The Casebusters are going to need to solve their most serious mystery yet--a possible kidnapping. Before he disappeared, Lester was diagnosed with a lung infection, and he needs to take his medicine again soon or he'll get very sick indeed. But was Lester kidnapped, or did he run away? Whatever the answer, all the clues point to one destination: the town's oldest cave, which is said to be haunted by the ghost of a dead pirate. To save Lester, Brian and Sean will have to match wits with a swashbuckler who's been dead for centuries.
Beware the Pirate Ghost
by Joan Lowery NixonBrian and Sean investigate the disappearance of seven-year-old Lester Hopper and track him down in the haunted pirate caves.
The Big Killing (Bruce Medway Mysteries #2)
by Robert WilsonIn this second novel of the Bruce Medway series, our hero, a go-between and "fixer" for traders in steamy West Africa, smells trouble when a porn merchant asks him to deliver a video at a secret location. Things look up, though, when he's hired to act as minder to Ron Collins, a spoiled playboy looking for diamonds in the Ivory Coast. Medway thinks this could be the answer to his cashflow crisis. But when the video delivery leads to a shootout and the discovery of a mutilated body, he wants out. Obligations keep Medway fixed in the Ivory Coast and he is soon caught up in a terrifying cycle of violence. Unless he can get to the bottom of the mystery, Medway knows that for the savage killer out there in the African night, he is the next target.
The Big Kiss
by David Huggins[From the inside book flap:] "Steve Cork's marriage to ex-model Liz has gone from seven-year itch to nine-year eczema, his best friend and business partner Tony has wrecked his own marriage and now his Porsche in a long-running battle with the bottle, and their knock-off designer clothing company is being taken over by Alan Denton, a man with the brand of self-confidence you can't buy from a therapist or a drug dealer. Plus, either Steve has begun hallucinating, or London's buildings are bursting into psychedelic bubbles--and the brash Mr. Denton is a rapist and a murderer. Even with a fresh lithium prescription, Steve is convinced that his mental instability is not entirely to blame for the way his life is unravelling. Someone here in glamorous '90s Swinging London is out to get him, and all of his friends are now the most obvious suspects. He has no idea whom to trust, including himself, and no one seems to trust him--either because he's crazy or because they're conspiring against him. But what is clear is that in the Hitchcockian thriller his life has become, someone will end up the hapless victim, someone the evil villain, and someone the triumphant hero. And Steve, hampered by hallucinations, psycho-active drugs, and a long string of very bad luck, is running out of time to choose which role he gets to play."