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A Wicked Deed: The Fifth Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle (Chronicles Of Matthew Bartholomew Ser. #5)
by Susanna GregoryMatthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Suffolk. One of his companions, Unwin, an unworldly scholar, is to be installed as priest. Their journey is not without incident - they are chased by footpads, pass through an eery village abandoned after the recent plague and find a man barely alive on a gibbet - so they reach their destination with some relief. But their thoughts of recovering while enjoying the local Pentecostal Fair are soon curtailed, as they are immediately thrust into the machinations of local boundary disputes between three landowners. Then all such squabbles seem mere trivia when Unwin is murdered in the very church which was to have been his home. While trying to investigate a possible motive for his killing, Bartholomew discovers that this is not the first unnatural death in the village - deaths which everyone has put down to the curse of the plague dead village. He is of too practical a mind to believe the superstitions, but is he wily enough to work out the real motive behind the murders and who will gain from them?
A Wicked Deed: The Fifth Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle (Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew #5)
by Susanna GregoryFor the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers.------------------------------------The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague. The increasing reputation and wealth of the Cambridge colleges are causing dangerous tensions between the town, Church and University. Matthew Bartholomew is called to look into the deaths of three members of the University of who died from drinking poisoned wine, and soon he stumbles upon criminal activities that implicate his relatives, friends and colleagues - so he must solve the case before matters in the town get out of hand...Matthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Grundisburgh, Suffolk. One of his companions, Unwin, an unworldly scholar, is to be installed as priest. When they arrive, they are immediately thrust into the machinations of local boundary disputes between three landowners, but all such squabbles seem mere trivia when Unwin is murdered in the very church which was to have been his home. While trying to investigate a possible motive for his killing, Bartholomew discovers that this is not the first unnatural death in the village - deaths which everyone has put down to the curse of the plague-dead village. He is of too practical a mind to believe the superstitions, but is he wily enough to work out the real motive behind the murders and who will gain from them?
A Wicked Deed: The Fifth Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle (Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew #5)
by Susanna GregoryMatthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Suffolk. One of his companions, Unwin, an unworldly scholar, is to be installed as priest. Their journey is not without incident - they are chased by footpads, pass through an eery village abandoned after the recent plague and find a man barely alive on a gibbet - so they reach their destination with some relief. But their thoughts of recovering while enjoying the local Pentecostal Fair are soon curtailed, as they are immediately thrust into the machinations of local boundary disputes between three landowners. Then all such squabbles seem mere trivia when Unwin is murdered in the very church which was to have been his home. While trying to investigate a possible motive for his killing, Bartholomew discovers that this is not the first unnatural death in the village - deaths which everyone has put down to the curse of the plague dead village. He is of too practical a mind to believe the superstitions, but is he wily enough to work out the real motive behind the murders and who will gain from them?
Brothers' Tears (The Chief Inspector Peach Mysteries #17)
by J. M. GregsonEx Ireland rugby player and now successful businessman Jim O’Connor is shot dead, point blank range, in the car park of a restaurant where he is hosting a family celebration. DCI Percy Peach is brought back from holiday to head up an investigation that has got nowhere. It seems Jim O’Connor had some rather unpleasant business contacts, many with the motive to get rid of him. However, when law-abiding Dominic O’Connor is also killed, within days of his brother, Brunton CID can only assume there must be some link between the two murders, so should they really be looking closer to home for the culprit. . . ?
Close Call (The Lambert and Hook Mysteries #19)
by J. M. GregsonIt wasn't the sort of place where anything should happen. Gurney Close was just a small, newly-built cul-de-sac, three nice houses and a bungalow overlooking the river Wye. None of the people who move in—three married couples and a divorcee—expect anything much to take place, beyond, perhaps, some neighbourhood friendliness. With this in mind, they organize a party to celebrate moving in. All goes well, a good time is had by everyone, until one of them is found dead the next morning. Lambert and Hook are faced with a baffling crime. For their harmless, normal-seeming victim turns out to have a darker past than they could have suspected—and enemies everywhere, very close to home...</div.
Cry of the Children (The Lambert and Hook Mysteries #26)
by J. M. GregsonSeven-year-old Lucy Gibson can barely contain her excitement when she learns that the funfair has come to town and Matt, her mother’s new boyfriend, has agreed to take her. Despite her slight uneasiness in Matt’s company and her upset over her parent’s split, she readily goes off with him one evening, as excited as only a young innocent child can be.The next morning, Chief Superintendent Lambert briefs DS Bert Hook and DS Ruth David on the disappearance of a young seven-year-old local girl from a funfair the previous evening. On questioning her distraught mother, it appears that Lucy has vanished into thin air and so begins an intense investigation, racing against time, to discover who took the young girl—and to prevent more children from going missing before it’s too late . . .
Least of Evils (The Chief Inspector Peach Mysteries #16)
by J. M. GregsonA shooting on an estate puts DCI Percy Peach on the trail of a brutal ganglord…—When a young man is found with gunshot wounds outside the Thorley Grange estate, DCI Percy Peach is immediately on the case. The estate has recently been taken over by Oliver Ketley, a generous local benefactor leading a double life as a ruthless ganglord. Peach quickly sets out to find the connection between him and the injured man, but Ketley faces much bigger problems: a man in his position has many enemies, and it will only take one of them to end his life . . .
More than Meets the Eye (The Lambert and Hook Mysteries #25)
by J. M. GregsonA shocking murder in a garden paradise marks the start of a difficult new case for Lambert and Hook.—Dennis Cooper is one of the few full-time resident National Trust curators in England and lives with his wife in the grounds of the spectacular Westbourne Gardens, which receives thousands of visitors each year. On the face of things, Dennis lives a perfect life and has a dream job, but this idyllic setting is riven with dark secrets, and it isn’t long before foul play draws Lambert and Hook into this troubled Eden.
Remains to be Seen (The Chief Inspector Peach Mysteries #11)
by J. M. GregsonThe London detective returns to see a criminal kingpin put behind bars—only to discover that his nefarious deeds are from over. Northumberland’s usually unflappable Det. Chief Inspector Percy Peach has suddenly found himself on the anxious side. It’s not that the bust didn’t go as planned. The raid on the sprawling country manor of a drug baron rounded up all the usual suspects. But only hours later, a converted stable on the grounds goes up in flames. In the ashes is the charred body of unassuming carpenter, Neil Cartwright. Peach can’t help but think the fire is too well-timed and highly suspicious. So does his fiancée, Det. Sergeant Lucy Blake. But whom to question? All that’s left is the butler, the gardener, the cook, and an assortment of cagey housekeepers. Yet as each goes mum, Peach realizes that they’re less a staff than a gang—and the sordid secrets of the estate didn’t end with the arrest of their boss. In fact, they’re only beginning to surface. And they’re nastier—and more dangerous—than Peach and Blake can imagine.
Too Much of Water (The Lambert and Hook Mysteries #18)
by J. M. GregsonLondon detectives Lambert and Hook are entangled in “a beguiling plot . . . and plenty of twists” as they dig through a dead girl’s past (Booklist). Gloucestershire is suffering through a brutal heatwave, but things are getting even stickier for Superintendent John Lambert and Det. Sergeant Bert Hook. The body of lovely young university student, Clare Mills, has been found strangled, and floating quietly along the Severn River. Unfortunately, not a soul who knew her is particularly grief stricken—or forthcoming. Not her mentor, or the postgrad student with the unrequited crush, or her dearest friend, or her ex-husband, or even her stepfather. And least of all, and most alarming, not even Claire’s own mother who barely elicits a blink when hearing of daughter’s brutal murder. That they all have their secrets isn’t surprising to Lambert and Hook. But it’s Claire’s own secrets that are proving to be the most revealing of all. And they’ve yet to claim their last victim.
Romanno Bridge
by Andrew GreigThe hunt for the crowning stone of the Dalriadic kings, the Stone of Scone, has begun.'You could easily make a case that Andrew Greig has the greatest range of any living Scottish writer' - ScotsmanA motorcyclist with a stolen ring walks into Rothiemurchus Forest and finds a quiet place to die.A woman with an eventful past has signed the Official Secrets Act and gone to Dumfries to forget a man and keep out of trouble.In comfortable Crieff, a retired historian publishes an obscure article on the survival of the Stone of Destiny then has his throat cut.A man with a long blade in a tan holster under his suit, a fondness for bird-watching, and memories of his short-lived Punk band Anger Management, has taken a commission to retrieve an object so valuable and mythic it might not exist.A rugby-playing half-Maori named Leo Nagotoa stands in the sleet by Romanno Bridge in the Scottish Borders, trying to thumb a lift when his Destiny slithers up alongside him. Some of the cast of The Return of John Macnab are back, but the times and the mood have changed. Romanno Bridge is a wintry thriller, an entertainment, a quest and an exploration of contemporary themes of fakes, frauds, copies, and a struggle to find the Real Thing, wherever and whatever it might be.
Romanno Bridge
by Andrew GreigThe hunt for the crowning stone of the Dalriadic kings, the Stone of Scone, has begun.'You could easily make a case that Andrew Greig has the greatest range of any living Scottish writer' - ScotsmanA motorcyclist with a stolen ring walks into Rothiemurchus Forest and finds a quiet place to die.A woman with an eventful past has signed the Official Secrets Act and gone to Dumfries to forget a man and keep out of trouble.In comfortable Crieff, a retired historian publishes an obscure article on the survival of the Stone of Destiny then has his throat cut.A man with a long blade in a tan holster under his suit, a fondness for bird-watching, and memories of his short-lived Punk band Anger Management, has taken a commission to retrieve an object so valuable and mythic it might not exist.A rugby-playing half-Maori named Leo Nagotoa stands in the sleet by Romanno Bridge in the Scottish Borders, trying to thumb a lift when his Destiny slithers up alongside him. Some of the cast of The Return of John Macnab are back, but the times and the mood have changed. Romanno Bridge is a wintry thriller, an entertainment, a quest and an exploration of contemporary themes of fakes, frauds, copies, and a struggle to find the Real Thing, wherever and whatever it might be.
Angel Down (Heart On The Run Ser. #1)
by Lois GreimanA thrilling, sensual novel of romantic suspense from USA Today bestselling author, Lois Greiman.Gabriel Durrand's wingman, ex Army Ranger Linus Shepherd, has failed to return from a covert mission in the sweltering jungles of Colombia. Gabe is determined to make certain no man is left behind. Not on his watch. Recouping from an injury himself, he knows he can't bring Shep home alone and seeks an interpreter.When an unknown named Eddy Edwards is recommended for the assignment, Gabe hopes to meet him at Edwards’ neighborhood bar. Hours later, thinking this Eddy is a no-show, Gabe flirts with a girl-next-door beauty. Sparks fly, but during the ensuing romantic interlude, he realizes she’s heavily armed, deadly dangerous, and probably an enemy operative. Jennifer ‘Eddy’ Edwards has been on desk duty at the CIA for far too long and is ready to get her hands dirty, but when she meets sexy Gabriel Durrand at her local hangout, wires get crossed, hormones sizzle, and a battle erupts.Will this unlikely team save Shepherd or will they kill each other before ever arriving in South America?''Greiman's writing is warm, witty, and gently wise.” –Betina Krahn, New York Times bestselling author''Lois Greiman delivers.'' –Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author"Lois Greiman is a natural storyteller." –#1 New York Times bestseller, Victoria Alexander “If you enjoy Susan Wiggs and Kristin Hannah, you'll love Greiman's stories of redemption and renewal.”— New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Eagle
Not One Clue
by Lois GreimanL.A. psychologist Christina McMullen's relationship with Detective Jack Rivera is heating up--until a client threatens to put a damper on their sparks. Chrissy has been counseling Micky Goldenstone to face the secrets from his past, but she had no idea that they would lead to a dangerous confrontation with a criminal even the police can't protect her from. To make matters worse, Chrissy's best friend, Hollywood starlet Laney Butterfield, has started getting creepy mail that's turning stalker-ugly. And Chrissy's neighbor desperately needs her help to rescue her runaway sister from an abusive husband. When it comes to swimming in a sea of crazy, Chrissy is a pro, but she'll need more than a few clues to keep her head above water.
One Hot Mess (Chrissy McMullen Mysteries #5)
by Lois GreimanWhen LAPD lieutenant Jack Rivera's womanizing father comes calling, asking psychologist Christina McMullen to investigate a mysterious death that might haunt his campaign for president of the United States, Chrissy is soon investigating not one "accidental" death but two--until she stumbles upon a trail of bodies littering Senator Rivera's distinguished career. As she untangles a web of high-stakes lies, Chrissy believes that she's found the secret to a serial killer's underground campaign.
Sweet Devil
by Lois GreimanA thrilling, steamy novel of romantic suspense from USA Today bestselling author, Lois Greiman.Heart on the Run #2Linus Jeremy Shepherd, mercenary, ex-Ranger, and all around thrill seeker, is shocked when Carlotta Osorio arrives on the doorstep of Eddy’s Angels Detective Agency. Yes, she saved his life while he was held captive in the jungles of Colombia, but she also broke his heart by returning to the very same crime lord who’d captured him. Now he’s certain the sultry woman hopes to deliver him back into the hands of the madman who tried to kill him months ago. But whether he admits it or not, he can’t resist a damsel in distress…even if she is planning to get him killed.Carlotta Elaina Padilla-Osorio is terrified. Her sister Sofia is missing, and although Lotta has vowed never to demean herself by seeking Shep, who she believes abandoned her without a backward glance, circumstances demand that she swallow her pride to save Sofia. Will they find her before it’s too late or will the mistakes of their past destroy them?''Lois Greiman delivers.'' –Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author“Dangerously funny stuff!” –Janet Evanovich"Lois Greiman is a modern day Dorothy Sayers. Witty as hell, yet talented enough to write like an angel with a broken wing." –Kinky Friedman, author of Ten Little New Yorkers"Lois Greiman is a natural storyteller." –#1 New York Times bestseller, Victoria Alexander
Uncorked
by Lois GreimanThe romance between LA psychologist Christina McMullen and Lieutenant Jack Rivera is finally sizzling...until Chrissy catches the lieutenant in a compromising position. Still, when a vicious criminal from their past is released from prison, Rivera is willing to do whatever it takes to keep Chrissy safe--but does that include murder?Despite sound advice from her best friend, Brainy Laney Butterfield, Chrissy is determined to clear Rivera's name. But first she'll have to tango with a quintet of sexy suitors and her own current beau, Doctor...what was his name again? And when Chrissy is attacked, the stakes become more dangerous than ever, for she's about to pop the lid on the most lucrative criminal enterprise in LA--and to the surprise of this shrink, more than one deep, dark secret is about to become uncorked.
Unhinged (Chrissy Mcmullen Ser. #9)
by Lois GreimanChrissy McMullen #9 "Dangerously funny stuff." –Janet Evanovich Chrissy McMullen, L.A.’s most death defying psychologist, is madly juggling a couple of too-hot-to-handle beaus, several weirder-than-hell family members, and a plethora of disturbed clients when longtime friend, Micky Goldenstone, is found shot and unresponsive beside a dead adversary. Is Micky a murderer? Or can Chrissy find the culprit before her juggling act crashes to a deadly conclusion? "Lois Greiman is a modern day Dorothy Sayers. Witty as hell, yet talented enough to write like an angel with a broken wing." –Kinky Friedman, author of Ten Little New Yorkers “Sexy…sassy…An entertaining series.” —Mystery Scene “For the Janet Evanovich fans who are craving a protagonist similar to Stephanie Plum.” —Mystery Scene A delightful romp, a laugh on every page." –MaryJanice Davidson "Just what the doctor ordered."--Publishers Weekly
Unleashed (Chrissy McMullen #8)
by Lois GreimanChrissy McMullen #8 "Dangerously funny stuff." -Janet Evanovich LA therapist, Chrissy McMullen and her on-again-off-again LAPD hottie, Jack Rivera finally agreed that it would be best for the rest of the civilized world if they ended their too-hot-to-handle relationship... Until they run into each other at a posh Rodeo Drive restaurant. Chrissy is there with a date. Rivera is escorting his mother, who ends up guarding the restroom door while the ex-couple revisits their decision to break up (a discussion that involves the removal of many, many items of clothing and continues at Rivera's house.) Their reunion was definitely explosive--but could it actually be deadly? The Black Flames, the most bloodthirsty criminal gang in modern history, arrives at Rivera's front door carrying a big grudge and deadly weapons...and now Chrissy is also a target! Desperate to protect her, Rivera convinces her to leave town until it's safe. Thus Chrissy's frantic exile to parts unknown--a city girl adrift in wheat fields! Sans money, decent clothing, and any kind of technology, Chrissy takes an alias, becomes a waitress and spends her time defending her dubious honor and trolling for tips. She can feel her IQ dropping with every slack-jawed patron she serves; with the exception of Hiro Jonovich Danshov, the intriguing mystery man who Chrissy hates....but is undeniably (although she DOES deny it) attracted to. Will he teach her to defend herself before they kill each other or is he a member of the very gang she's hiding from? "Lois Greiman is a modern day Dorothy Sayers. Witty as hell, yet talented enough to write like an angel with a broken wing." - Kinky Friedman, author of Ten Little New Yorkers "Sexy...sassy...An entertaining series." --Mystery Scene "For the Janet Evanovich fans who are craving a protagonist similar to Stephanie Plum." --CurledUp.com ing series." --Mystery Scene A delightful romp, a laugh on every page." -MaryJanice Davidson--Mystery Scene
Unmanned
by Lois GreimanEven in a city of long, tall beauties, psychologist Christina McMullen is used to getting hit on. But she’s definitely not accustomed to having a hit on her. Until the day a charming stranger shows up at her door—and someone guns him down right in front of her. For Chrissy, shootings and explosions are what pass for normal in her tempestuous relationship with sexy LAPD lieutenant Jack Rivera. But the real mayhem begins when her brother Pete blows in from the Windy City trailing clouds of trouble in the form of a pregnant girlfriend, “borrowed” money, and a mobster named “D.” Chrissy always said her family would be the death of her–but even L.A.’s sassiest shrink isn’t prepared for the truth behind her brother’s link to the dead stranger…or the killer who threatens them both.
Unplugged
by Lois GreimanChristina McMullen, psychologist extraordinaire, has problems–not least of which are her needy clients, a schizophrenic septic system, and her sizzling-then-fizzling romance with Lieutenant Jack Rivera. But Chrissy has yet another problem she’d like to ignore: finding her secretary’s missing boyfriend. Okay, so she secretly hopes the vertically challenged computer geek has harmlessly departed from Elaine’s life–after all, there’s no evidence to suggest foul play. But when her razor-sharp instincts, honed by years as a cocktail waitress, start screaming, she’ll have to use all her skills to protect Laney and herself from a fate far worse than heartbreak…and a little more like murder.
Unscrewed
by Lois GreimanL.A. homicide detective Jack Rivera has a killer body, a wicked smile, and a velvet touch. Just ask Christina McMullen. The cocktail-waitress-turned-psychologist has handled obsessed patients, love-struck drunks, and her own guilt-tripping mother with aplomb. But when it comes to the lieutenant, Chrissy has an old-fashioned case of irresistible attraction--until things turn fatal when Rivera is accused of murder!Not only was Rivera found unconscious next to a dead woman, but the victim was his beautiful ex-girlfriend--who left Rivera for his wealthy dad. Chrissy detects a few father-and-son issues--along with plenty of evidence that her would-be boyfriend is guilty. But when she starts looking into the dead woman's past, a rich senator's connections, and Rivera's relationship with his mother, will she discover there's hope for her and Rivera after all? Or will her curiosity have deadly consequences?From the Paperback edition.
Unscrewed
by Lois GreimanL.A. homicide detective Jack Rivera has a killer body, a wicked smile, and a velvet touch. Just ask Christina McMullen. The cocktail-waitress-turned-psychologist has handled obsessed patients, love-struck drunks, and her own guilt-tripping mother with aplomb. But when it comes to the lieutenant, Chrissy has an old-fashioned case of irresistible attraction—until things turn fatal when Rivera is accused of murder! Not only was Rivera found unconscious next to a dead woman, but the victim was his beautiful ex-girlfriend—who left Rivera for his wealthy dad. Chrissy detects a few father-and-son issues—along with plenty of evidence that her would-be boyfriend is guilty. But when she starts looking into the dead woman’s past, a rich senator’s connections, and Rivera’s relationship with his mother, will she discover there’s hope for her and Rivera after all? Or will her curiosity have deadly consequences?
Unsweetened (Chrissy McMullen #10)
by Lois GreimanChrissy McMullen #10"Dangerously funny stuff." –Janet EvanovichIf L.A. psychologist, Christina McMullen, knew Lieutenant Jack Rivera planned to propose marriage, perhaps she wouldn’t have attacked him with a lobster pick.Had she realized the true reason for the attack on her receptionist, maybe she wouldn’t have awakened with a mysterious hottie lying next to her in bed. And maybe, just maybe, she’ll figure out who’s trying to kill that hottie in time to save him, her endangered client, and her own tempestuous relationship with the irresistible Lieutenant Rivera.Or maybe not…"Lois Greiman is a modern day Dorothy Sayers. Witty as hell, yet talented enough to write like an angel with a broken wing." – Kinky Friedman, author of Ten Little New Yorkers “Sexy…sassy…An entertaining series.” —Mystery Scene“For the Janet Evanovich fans who are craving a protagonist similar to Stephanie Plum.” —Mystery SceneA delightful romp, a laugh on every page." –MaryJanice Davidson "Just what the doctor ordered."--Publishers Weekly
Unzipped (Chrissy McMullen Mysteries #1)
by Lois GreimanANALYZE THIS. ... Chrissy McMullen has made a career leap, all the way from slinging drinks at Chicago's most notorious nightclub to dispensing psychotherapy from her sleek new practice in L. A. Even if she can't quite shed her too-loud, too-curvy alter ego-or the brawling family that insists on claiming kinship. So when her most famous client, buff football star "Bomber" Bomstad, starts chasing her around her desk and getting, well...unzipped...Christina gets just a little miffed-until Bomber has the bad manners to drop dead at her feet. Enter Jack Rivera, a no-nonsense detective with a grim attitude and a great butt, who's determined to prove this cocktail-waitress-turned-shrink was engaging in some very unethical behavior. Persuading Rivera that she's not a murderer isn't going to be easy. Plunging headfirst into a city full of people in need of some serious therapy, Chrissy will have to use all her street smarts, a good deal of sex appeal, and a little love to clear her name-and cancel an appointment with a killer. From the Paperback edition.