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Hellworld
by Tom LeveenIn an effort to put her family back together, a teen struggles to discover what happened to her mother who disappeared during a ghost hunt in this haunting new novel from the author of Party, Sick, and Shackled.Five years ago, Abby Booth’s mom, cohost of a ghost hunting reality show, went missing while filming in a ‘haunted’ cave in Arizona. Since then, Abby’s life has all but fallen to pieces, most notably because of her dad’s deep depression and how they’ve drifted further and further apart. But now, at seventeen, Abby has decided that things will change. She plans to go to the same cave where her mom and the crew went missing and to find out, once and for all, what happened there. With the help of the cohost’s son Charlie, and two of his friends, Abby sets off on a quest for answers…but when the group ends up finding, what they stumble across in that dark, primordial cave in Arizona, is nothing they could have ever imaged. Abby was investigating a possible haunting…she never expected that there could be something worse.
Mercy Rule
by Tom Leveen<p>Danny’s parents yanked him from the art school that let him wear a kilt and listen to bands that no one’s heard of. Now he’s starting sophomore year at the public high school—the one with the gymnasium at the heart of the building and the glorified athletes who rule it all. The smart thing would be to blend in, but Danny has always been about making statements. <p>Brady just wants to get out. Go to college, play football, maybe reach the NFL. He definitely wants to stop waiting for his deadbeat mother to come home, sleeping on park benches, and going to bed hungry. But first he has to lead the team to the championships. It all adds up to a lot of stress. So who can really blame him when he and the football team turn their aggressions on the new freak? Even the quarterback needs to blow off steam sometimes. <p>Coach turns a blind eye to his players’ crimes—because this year, they’re going to State. But maybe if Coach had paid more attention they could’ve caught it before it all happened. Maybe it could’ve been avoided. <p>Maybe. <p>With quick cuts between a large cast of unforgettable characters, and razor-sharp plotting, Tom Leveen takes readers on a countdown to an inevitable, horrifying act. This gripping novel offers an intense, smart perspective on the tragic, toxic mindsets behind the celebrated American sport and the monsters it creates.</p>
Shackled
by Tom LeveenFrom author Tom Leveen comes a taut, suspenseful novel about a girl's abduction that leaves her best friend emotionally paralyzed, until a chance encounter points her toward the truth...and a terrifying new danger.Sixteen-year-old Pelly has a master plan. After years of therapy, medication, and even a stint in a mental hospital, she's finally ready to re-enter the world of the living. Pelly has been suffering from severe panic attacks ever since her best friend, Tara, disappeared from a mall six years ago.And her plan seems to be working, until an unkempt girl accompanied by an older man walks into the coffee shop where she works. Pelly thinks she's seen a ghost, until the girl mouths "help me" on the way out, and Pelly knows she's just seen Tara.Too shocked to do anything, Pelly helplessly watches Tara slip away again as she steels herself against a renewed spiral of crippling anxiety. But rather than being overcome by anxiety, Pelly feels more energized than she has in years. Determined to track down enough evidence to force the police to reopen Tara's file, Pelly's master plan takes a turn for the dangerous.Pelly decides she cannot be shackled by her past--and the anxiety, fear, and grief that comes with it--any longer if she wants to save Tara. But in seeking answers through whatever means necessary, she'll come face-to-face with true evil. And not all the shackles are in her head...
Apple Turnover Treasure
by Nancy Simpson LeveneEleven-year-old Alex learns about heavenly treasure as she gets to know a classmate and her family and helps catch a group of bicycle thieves.
The Hunter's Kind: Book 2 of The Hollow Gods (The Hollow Gods #Bk. 2)
by Rebecca LeveneBorn in tragedy and raised in poverty, Krishanjit never aspired to be anything greater than what he was: a humble goatherd, tending his flock on the slopes of his isolated mountain home.But Krish has learned that he's the son of the king of Ashanesland - and the moon god reborn. Now, with the aid of his allies, Krish is determined to fight his murderous father and seize control of Ashanesland. But his allies Dae Hyo, Eric and Olufemi, are dangerously unreliable and hiding secrets of their own. To take Ashanesland, Krish must travel to the forbidden Mirror Town and unlock the secrets of its powerful magic. But the price of his victory may be much greater than the consequences of his defeat... For, deep in the distant Moon Forest lives a girl called Cwen - a disciple of the god known only as the Hunter. She believes that Krish represents all that is evil in the world. And she has made it her life's mission to seek Krish and destroy all who fight by his side.
Una chica judía en París
by Melanie LevensohnInspirada en hechos reales y ambientada en el contexto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial Una chica judía en París es una poderosa novela sobre el amor prohibido PARÍS, 1940. La ciudad está bajo ocupación alemana. Una joven judía, Judith, conoce a un joven, hijo de un rico banquero y simpatizante de los nazis; su familia nunca aprobará a la chica de la que se ha enamorado. A medida que los alemanes imponen másy más restricciones a los judíos parisinos, la pareja planea huir del país en secreto. Pero antes de que puedan escapar, Judith desaparece… MONTREAL, 1982. Poco antes de su muerte, Lica Grunberg le confiesa a su hija que tiene una media hermana mayor, Judith. Lica escapó de los nazis, pero perdió todo contacto con su primogénita. Su hija promete encontrar a la hermana que nunca conoció. La búsqueda languidece durante años, hasta que Jacobina es alentada por su joven amiga Béatrice. Pronto las dos mujeres descubren un oscuro secreto familiar, que se extiende por dos continentes y seis décadas, que cambiará sus vidas para siempre. La crítica dice: «En esta novela vívida y conmovedora sobre destinos entrelazados y el poder perdurable del amor contra las peores probabilidades, Levensohn teje una historia saturada de precisión histórica y, sin embargo, sorprendentemente íntima. Una chica judía en París ofrece romance e intriga de sobra, pero el verdadero poder de la novela radica en su descripción de cuán profunday, a veces, misteriosamente podemos encontrarnos conectados con el pasado y entre nosotros.» Paula McLain, autora bestseller de The New York Times con The Paris Wife y When the Stars Go Dark
Butterfly Man
by Lew LevensonButterfly Man, first published in 1934, is one of the first openly gay novels available in the United States. The story centers on Ken Gracey, who escapes from poverty in Texas to become a dancer, ending up in Tijuana, Mexico. A chance encounter with a theatrical agent brings Ken to New York City and Broadway, where his career blossoms. Numerous gay relationships develop, but Ken is plagued by alcoholic binges and blackouts, and a downward spiral follows leading to a tragic ending.
The Island
by Olivia LevezFrances is alone on a small island in the middle of the Indian ocean. She has to find water and food. She has to survive. And when she is there she also thinks about the past. The things that she did before. The things that made her a monster. Nothing is easy. Survival is hard and so is being honest about the past. Frances is a survivor however and with the help of the only other crash survivor she sees that the future is worth fighting for.A gripping and thoughtful story about a girl who didn't ask to be the person she is but is also determined to make herself the person she wants to be.
Beating Banks At Their Own Game: Don't fear Big Brother; fear Big Banks
by Steve LeviAs you are reading this, banks are giving away millions of your dollars in gift mortgages. The banks are borrowing money from the federal government for mortgages, claiming the loans have ‘gone bad' and then giving the title of the property to ‘deserving individuals.' There is no federal check on these ‘bad loans' so the mortgages are free and clear—and tax-free. A Writ of Mandamus filed by the author in August of 2017 may end this practice. Beating Banks At their Own Game, is a fictional approach to explaining how the process works. The Appendix includes a collection of nonfiction documents sent by the author to the FBI, SEC, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Housing Finance Administration to STOP the practice of gift mortgages. Beating Banks At their Own Game is the saga of five people who use occupational and real-life experience in banking and real estate to seize control of more than 120 lots in a six-block area in Las Vegas using money that does not exist. They slide the land titles into a shell corporation and then sell out to a development corporation for 75% of book value. By selling below market value they know the sale will go quickly and quietly. But can they get the land and sell it before their scam is uncovered by greedy competitors who want in on the action, state banking auditors, the IRS and the SEC?
The Matter of the Bandersnatch Burglar: Heinz Noonan Impossible Crime Short Stories
by Steve LeviHow can a man drown in a hot air balloon? Can a boxcar disappear off a moving train, and is it possible for flying horses on a merry-go-round to fly away? These are just some of the impossible crimes Detective Heinz Noonan, the Bearded Holmes, is called upon to solve. Every story has all the clues necessary to see if you can solve the impossible crime as fast as the detective! (And if you can't, you'll have to read to the end of the story!) Want more! Then there's the mystery of why anyone would steal water from a water truck night after night. And why would someone steal 40 pairs of shoes from a thrift store? How could 16 bars of gold vanish from a vault, and how is a vegetarian anaconda part of a robbery scheme? Here are 15 short stories of impossible crimes to give you the chance to prove you are brighter than the detective!
The Matter of the Dematerializing Armored Car: United States Department of Treasury Caper
by Steve LeviIn The Matter of the Dematerializing Armored Car, Chief of Detectives Heinz Noonan is asked to solve the disappearance of an empty armored car and its two drivers from a tunnel with guards on both ends. Why would anyone want to steal an empty armored car and is it linked the $12 million in cash in the armored car vault under the control of the United States Department of Treasury which vanishes without a trace – legally? A suspenseful thriller of breathtaking action where the detective must solve an impossible crime before the heist can become an unsolved crime!
The Matter of the Departed Diamonds: The Ultimate Locked Room Mystery
by Steve LeviHow can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in front of witnesses, they were placed in a locked cabinet. Under guard, the cabinet with the diamonds was loaded into an armored car and transported to a jewelry assessor. When the cabinet arrived at the secure room of the jewelry assessor in Kansas City, Missouri, the diamonds were gone! Detective Heinz Noonan is called to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to find the departed diamonds. He follows the gems, step by step, from the bank vault to the jewelry assessor's secure room using witness statements and security footage. His task is to determine who masterminded the theft before the insurance company has to pay for the loss. All of the clues are revealed in the novel to see if you, the reader, can solve The Matter of the Departed Diamonds faster than Detective Heinz Noonan!
The Matter of the Deserted Airliner: Alaska Disappearing Crew and Passengers Caper (Impossible Crime Mystery #2)
by Steve LeviUnicorn Airlines Flight 739 with no pilot, no crew, and no passengers lands at Anchorage International Airport. As the authorities are wondering what happened, a ransom demand is made for the passengers: $25 million in diamonds. Chief of Detectives for the Sandersonville, North Carolina, Police Department, Captain Heinz Noonan, is visiting his in-laws in Anchorage when he is called onto the case. He has 36 hours to determine how crew and passengers disappeared off Unicorn Airlines Flight 739 before the $25 million in diamonds is paid to the extortionists. But can he solve what appears to be an impossible crime, free the hostages, arrest the perpetrators, and resolve The Matter of the Deserted Airliner before the ransom is paid?
The Matter of the Duct Tape Tuxedo: And Other Impossible Crime Short Stories
by Steve LeviCaptain Heinz Noonan, “Master of the Impossible Crime,” is called upon to solve the most puzzling of riddles. If it's odd, you call Noonan. Why, for instance, would someone steal 200 garden gnomes and then leave them in a pattern across a city? Better yet, how can air cargo increase in weight as it flies and how can a century old Tong highbinder warrior appear in a locked warehouse and then disappear in a cloud of smoke? And why would anyone want to steal anything from a garbage dump? See if you can solve these unusual mysteries faster than the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department. Oh, then there is the theft of 8,000 gallons of water, a reappearing coelacanth, the theft of some Komodo dragon trousers and, of course, a missing duct tape tuxedo. The perfect Who dun what for your bookshelf and enjoyment.
The Matter of the Misdirecting Mastermind: The St. Louis $50 Million Diamond Heist and Bridge Hostage Caper
by Steve LeviImpossible Crime Detective Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes,” is ordered to East St. Louis, where a criminal mastermind has made a train with 70 passengers and crew disappear. As the search is on for the hostage, the mastermind loads a railway boxcar with a massive explosive device and abandons it on the Eads Bridge over the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Lewis, Illinois. Now the mastermind wants $50 million, or the bridge and portions of both cities of St. Lewis will be destroyed. Heinz Noonan has 48 hours to find the hostages, stop the ransom payment, and disable the bomb before time runs out. Tick, tick, tick. Can he do it? Find out in The Matter of the Misdirecting Mastermind.
The Matter of the Phantom Purloiners: Wyoming Land Flimflam and Water Boondoggle Caper
by Steve LeviCaptain Heinz Noonan, Master of the Impossible Crime, is in Wyoming to solve an odd murder. A transient is under arrest, accused of murdering himself with a weapon that cannot be found at a time no one could pinpoint for an unknown motive. And how is this murder linked with three odd robberies in three different Wyoming towns in adjacent counties and what does all of this have to do with $25 million in missing Russian money from Philadelphia? See if you can solve the impossible crime faster than Detective Heinz Noonan.
Walrus With A Gold Tooth: Crime in Anchorage, Alaska—the Pioneer Way—Unorganized!
by Steven LeviIn the two decades between the Second World War and the Great Alaska Earthquake, Anchorage grew by a factor of 10. Money was, quite literally, washing down the street. The economic boom was so great that all you needed to make a million dollars was a cash register. At the same time Anchorage was one of the few cities in America where organized crime never got a firm foothold. Uptown, downtown, out of town, the locals were clever enough to keep the East Coast families out. Walrus With A Gold Tooth is a fictionalized version of crime in Anchorage over these two decades and a step-by-step history of how the local squeezed out the mob before it ever made it in. And if you know your Anchorage history, you just might be able to determine which characters are actual people whose names have been changed to protect the guilty.
City of the Sun: A Novel (Frank Behr #1)
by David LevienNow available in paperback with a stunning new jacket treatment. Twelve-year-old Jamie Gabriel gets on his bike before dawn to deliver newspapers in his suburban neighbourhood. Somewhere en route, he vanishes without a trace. Fourteen months later, still with no sign of Jamie and having lost all faith in the police, his parents Paul and Carol are on the verge of abandoning hope. Then they meet private investigator Frank Behr, a tough, reclusive ex-cop. Abandoned by his former colleagues, separated from his wife and haunted by his own terrible past, Behr doesn't make it a practice to take on hopeless cases, but the desperate couple's plea for help awakens a personal pain he can't ignore . . . "Introducing a dazzling new crime series from one of Hollywood's top screenwriters. Prepare yourself for 'relentless suspense that will not let you out of its grasp' - Harlan Coben
Signature Kill: A Novel
by David LevienTaut and edgy, Signature Kill is a riveting exploration of a killer next door--a tour de force from acclaimed author David Levien. The quiet of the Indianapolis night is broken when an unidentifiable body is found in a local park, deliberately arranged in such a way that police know it's not a random crime. Across the city, former cop Frank Behr, down on his luck and virtually broke, takes on a no-win case to locate a desperate mother's wayward daughter who's been missing for months. Behr has few friends left on the police force, but as he wades into the world of small-time prostitution from which the daughter disappeared, he comes to believe the two cases are related. When another body is found, it becomes clear Indianapolis has a serial killer on its streets . . . an untraceable predator who, Behr surmises, lives behind the chilling veil of a perfectly normal life. Behr's pursuit threatens to become entangled in the official police investigation, and will lead him to a dark place--and ultimately to a devastating decision from which he will not be able to turn back. Signature Kill is a masterly novel, in which one man's obsession with justice faces off against a killer's all-consuming obsession with perfection.From the Hardcover edition.
Thirteen Million Dollar Pop
by David LevienThe bestselling author of City of the Sun returns with a relentlessly taut new novel featuring enigmatic private investigator Frank Behr and the American heartland setting that has won David Levien critical acclaim. In an Indianapolis underground parking structure, Frank Behr is on an executive protection detail for Bernard "Bernie Cool" Kolodnik, a hard-driving business mogul on the verge of making a move into big-time Indiana politics. Behr is working for an exclusive investigation company, and it's an uncomfortable fit, both literally and philosophically. The uneasy stability is quickly rocked by a burst of automatic weapons fire as an attempt is made on the prominent client, and Behr manages to protect him and repel the attackers. Though Behr is celebrated for his heroism, he can't help but investigate what happened in that garage--and why the Indianapolis cops seem to be burying the incident. As David Levien has masterfully done in his previous novels, he weaves a crime story that is teeming with real characters and electric energy--centered on the brooding psyche of Frank Behr. Thirteen Million Dollar Pop is unyieldingly compelling and will give readers yet another reason to enlist with this superbly talented writer.From the Hardcover edition.
Where the Dead Lay: A Novel
by David LevienTHE VICTIM was a fighter, but strength wasn't enough to save him from this gruesome end. THE MISSING are two well-paid private investigators who have disappeared on a confidential job. THE FAMILY is formidable, deadly and crazy, and will stop at nothing to make their mark. THE INVESTIGATOR is Frank Behr, haunted by an unspeakable loss, avenging his friend's death, and close to becoming . . . THE HUNTED . . . can Behr track down the killers before they find him? And will he survive?
Antes de que él se convirtiese en música
by B. LevinGunter es un músico exigente y reservado que se encuentra al borde del colapso, ante una grave crisis psicológica motivada por dificultades en su carrera. En estas condiciones, conoce a Niko, un joven atractivo y misterioso, impregnado de secretismo en muchos aspectos, especialmente en su forma de ganarse la vida, cuyas intenciones a menudo no son lo suficientemente claras. Comienza una implicación que lo sumerge en una trama en la que la pasión, la obsesión, la lucha por la expresión creativa, la desconfianza y la traición se manifiestan en paralelo al avance de un enemigo interno silencioso, una mezcla que amenaza su integridad mental y que puede llevarlo a transgredir límites peligrosos. Una obra en la que el romance psicológico, el erotismo y el suspense se entrelazan en distintos matices.
Island Bound
by Betty LevinChris Fossett can't resist a dare to spend a week alone on rocky, isolated Fowlers Island off the coast of Maine. He expects to spend his time hunting for food--not ghosts. But there's no denying an eerie presence in the fog, and Chris recalls his grandfather's tales of a girl who was left behind on the island. A fierce girl...who may still be there. Joellen Roth, who comes to the island's bird cliffs with her scientist father and his new girlfriend, wants nothing to do with Chris--nor he with her. But when the two stumble upon a hidden journal, the pages reveal a story strikingly similar to one that Joellen is writing.
Shoddy Cove
by Betty LevinClare's summer has been ruined. With Dad away, Clare is forced to accompany her mother to the Cossit Island Village living historical museum. Every day she has to wear long, awkward 1830s-style dresses and card wool in the hot, gloomy Grimes homestead. Then two children appear -- a boy who knows how to spin wool without even using a spindle and his little sister who throws a fit in the middle of a funeral reenactment. They are not ordinary tourists. Clare sees them day after day. Who are these strange children? What are they doing at Cossit Island Village? As Clare tries to unravel their story, she stumbles upon a second mystery, nearly two hundred years old, and just as intriguing and suspenseful as the first...
La última ascua
by Levin, DanielAntiguos espías, conspiraciones modernas... Arqueología, política y religión se dan cita en La última ascua para intentar redefinir la propia Historia. ¿Realidad o ficción? El Imperio romano castigó la rebelión del pueblo judío con la destrucción del Templo de Jerusalén. En el botín figuraba la menorá, un enorme candelabro de siete brazos de oro macizo al que se atribuía un alto valor, símbolo más antiguo del judaísmo... Jonathan Marcus, abogado de compradores de antigüedades poco lícitos, ha de regresar a Roma, donde descubrió su pasión por la arqueología años atrás, para resolver el caso de la desaparición de una importante reliquia que lleva escondida 2.000 años. Sus investigaciones lo llevan del laberíntico subsuelo del Coliseo romano a los túneles de Jerusalén, que se remontan a tiempos bíblicos. En su búsqueda se encuentra frente a frente con Emili Travia, antigua compañera y conservadora de las Naciones Unidas, y juntos se darán cuenta de que no son los únicos que persiguen la reliquia... Bajo Roma y Jerusalén duermen innumerables yacimientos, auténticas ciudades subterráneas que permanecen ocultas. Con La última ascua volveremos a descubrir el Coliseo, las ruinas del Foro y la misma Roma con una mirada tremendamente sugerente y original. Daniel Levin nos transmite una pasión viva y actual por la antigüedad clásica. La trama, bien documentada pero sin olvidar que debe cautivarnos, se mueve entre la novela histórica y la detectivesca. Un mestizaje sumamente seductor.