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Licensed for Murder
by John RhodeLicensed for Murder, first published in 1958, is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific writer of mostly detective novels, publishing more than 140 books between 1924 and 1961. Licensed for Murder concerns the new managers of an English country inn, who, during the inn's renovation, discover the grisly, burned remains of a man behind corrugated sheeting in the inn's main fireplace. With the man's identity impossible to determine, Superintendent Jimmy Waghorn calls on the now elderly Dr. Priestley for much needed assistance in solving this gruesome case of murder.Noted American mystery critic Anthony Boucher praised Licensed for Murder, writing in the New York Times that the "detection is competent; the murders have novelty and ingenuity to recommend them; and the background details on the management of a village inn are fascinating. Slow and heavy, but kind of nice."
License to Thrill: License To Thrill/you Only Love Twice
by Lori WildeLas Vegas PI Charlee Champagne has an Elvis impersonator for a father. Her mother, Bubbles Champagne, a dancer with the Folies Bergere, died when she was young, leaving Charlee to be raised by her grandmother, Maybelline. Charlee's funny, flip, and fearless-except when she's around black widow spiders and handsome men. Investment banker Mason Gentry falls handily into the last category. He bursts into Charlee's life with the announcement that his grandfather has taken half a million dollars from their company, and he thinks that the senior Gentry might be with Maybelline. They go to her grandmother's ransacked trailer, and soon find themselves dodging bullets and being followed by thugs. But neither the hired muscle nor a memorable episode of mistaken identity can deter them from finding their grandparents. A by-the-book banker and a book-them-any-way-you-can detective find out that of all the calamities life throws at them, love can be the most dangerous of all.
License to Thrill (Spy Girls #1)
by Elizabeth CageJo, Caylin, and Thresea have nothing in common—until they’re handpicked to form the intensely cool trio known as the Spy Girls. Now they’re jet-setting all over the criminal world in search of truth, justice, and a really choice hairstylist. And on their first mission, the girls head to London to keep keep the superfoxy son of an American ambassador from blowing up the world!
License to Quill: A Novel of Shakespeare & Marlowe
by Jacopo della QuerciaLicense to Quill is a page-turning James Bond-esque spy thriller starring William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe during history's real life Gunpowder Plot. The story follows the fascinating golden age of English espionage, the tumultuous cold war gripping post-Reformation Europe, the cloak-and-dagger politics of Shakespeare's England, and lastly, the mysterious origins of the Bard's most haunting play: Macbeth. You won't want to miss this fast-paced historical retelling!
License to Dill
by Mary Ellen HughesFrom the author of The Pickled Piper comes another Pickled and Preserved Mystery...Piper Lamb knows how to make fruits and vegetables keep for months. Unfortunately, it's the people around her who are expiring too soon...After her fiancé left her, Piper came to Cloverdale to rebuild her life and open up her shop, Piper's Picklings, to sell pickles and preserves. When her ex decides to drop in for a visit--just as things are heating up between her and a local Christmas tree farmer--Piper finds herself in a jam.But there are other visitors to worry about...An Italian soccer team is set to play the Cloverdale All-Stars in an exhibition game. Their manager, Raffaele Conti, was a bitter rival of Piper's dill supplier, local farmer Gerald Standley. After Conti is found dead in Standley's field, Piper must work to clear Gerald's name and find out who relished killing Raffaele before the town is soured by another death.INCLUDES RECIPES!
License Renewed
by John GardnerJAMES BOND returns to save the world from nuclear holocaust! JAMES BOND has a new adversary, the laird of a Scottish castle, a satanic master of destruction! JAMES BOND has a new playmate, Lavender Peacock, whose sensuous body's every move makes him an offer he can't refuse. JAMES BOND has a new car, a new brand of cigarettes, a new gun. Only one thing remains the same. His secret 007 status. His license to kill...
Licence to Kill
by John GardnerOfficial, original James Bond from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'.Bond has lost his licence to kill. After he took revenge on the CIA agent who handed his friend over to the master criminal, Sanchez, M revoked his double 0 status and he's considered a rogue agent.With MI6 trying to bring him in and only the support of Q behind him Bond goes after Sanchez. Boarding his ship, Bond tricks his way into Sanchez's inner circle and discovers the secret of his wealth. But Bond is walking a tightrope and it is surely only a matter of time before he slips ...
Licence to Kill
by John GardnerOfficial, original James Bond from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'.Bond has lost his licence to kill. After he took revenge on the CIA agent who handed his friend over to the master criminal, Sanchez, M revoked his double 0 status and he's considered a rogue agent.With MI6 trying to bring him in and only the support of Q behind him Bond goes after Sanchez. Boarding his ship, Bond tricks his way into Sanchez's inner circle and discovers the secret of his wealth. But Bond is walking a tightrope and it is surely only a matter of time before he slips ...
Licence Renewed: A James Bond Novel (James Bond Ser. #0)
by John GardnerOfficial, original James Bond from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'.The first of John Gardner's novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent.Bond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as Franco. Together they plan to hijack six nuclear power plants around the world and start a global meltdown, unless Bond can stop them...
Licence Renewed: A James Bond Novel (James Bond #16)
by John GardnerOfficial, original James Bond from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'.The first of John Gardner's novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent.Bond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as Franco. Together they plan to hijack six nuclear power plants around the world and start a global meltdown, unless Bond can stop them...
Licence Renewed: A James Bond Novel (James Bond #16)
by John GardnerThe first of John Gardner's novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent.Bond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as Franco. Together, they plan to hijack six nuclear power plants around the world and start a global meltdown, unless Bond can stop them...Read by Jeremy Northam(p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group
Libélulas en Bangkok
by Natalia Sánchez DianaUn romance intenso y apasionado. Una trama trepidante que no te dejará respirar Y unos personajes que tienen mucho que ocultar y de los que vas a enamorarte. ¿Qué harías si tu mejor amiga desaparece después de enviarte unos emails misteriosos? Gala, periodista de profesión, lo tiene claro, por lo que decide viajar a Bangkok para encontrar a María. Su investigación la llevará a relacionarse con dos familias muy poderosas envueltas en secretos y en traiciones. Y, por supuesto, también la conducirá a Khao Thanatkhum, un hombre tan poderoso como atractivo y que aparece en una de las pistas que su amiga le envió. Acercarse a él es necesario, pero también arriesgado, sobre todo, cuando la atracción entre ambos despierta y lo complica todo. En el mundo lleno de ambición y poder de la aristocracia tailandesa, ¿cuánto vale la información? ¿Es posible que surja el amor cuando no sabes de quién te puedes fiar? Una historia sobre la amistad, la culpa y la pasión que no te dejará indiferente. «Su mirada hace que el aire entre nosotros se vuelva abrasador, prende fuego a Bangkok y solo los dos sobrevivimos».
Libre de culpa
by Charlotte LinkDos víctimas, la misma arma homicida, ningún motivo.¿El crimen perfecto? Justo antes de incorporarse a la policía de North Yorkshire, la detective Kate Linville decide aprovechar su último fin de semana libre para ir al spa que sus compañeros de Scotland Yard le han regalado en su despedida. Kate está sentada en el tren, de camino a su destino, cuando aparece una chica perseguida por un hombre con una pistola. La rápida intervención de la detective desvía la trayectoria de la bala, pero el desconocido huye. Días después, una profesora tiene un accidente con su bicicleta de montaña por culpa de un alambre colocado en el camino. La joven cae al suelo y, posteriormente, se oye un disparo. El examen de los cartuchos incautados en ambos sucesos demuestra que el arma utilizada es la misma. La policía está convencida de que los dos incidentes están relacionados y que incluso podrían ser obra de la misma persona, pero estas dos mujeres no se conocían, no existe ningún vínculo aparente entre ellas. ¿O sí? Kate Linville se hace cargo de inmediato del caso sin saber que su vida corre peligro. Reseñas:«¡La culpa tiene tantas caras!»Charlotte Link «Charlotte Link es la maestra de ese suspense que pone los pelos de punta».Stern Crime «Charlotte Link traza una fina red de hilos narrativos distintos que encuentran su camino en un final sorprendente».NeuePost «Lleno de giros y vueltas tiene la dosis exacta de suspense y cada capítulo acaba con un momento culminante».NDR Eat.READ.de «El thriller psicológico es la marca de Charlotte Link, libros apasionantes diseñados con inteligencia en los que el alma de los personajes tiene tanto peso como las investigaciones criminales».Brigitte
Library of the Dead: (originally Published As Secret Of The Seventh Son) (Will Piper #1)
by Glenn CooperOriginally published as Secret of the Seventh Son.Assigned to the high-profile "Doomsday" serial killer case, FBI agent Will Piper is hitting dead end after dead end. The victims seem to have nothing in common: age, background, or even the way they die. All that connects them is a postcard each received in the mail announcing his or her date of death—all sent from Las Vegas, where a brilliant computer scientist leads a double life. Just when agent Piper finds a credible lead, he's removed from the case. Continuing the investigation on his own, he must outwit a ruthless team of covert operatives from Area 51 protecting the government's greatest secret. From a medieval monastery to a cutting-edge government laboratory, Library of the Dead delivers a richly detailed, thought-provoking exploration of fate, predestination, and the choices we make in life.
Library of Gold
by Alex ArcherHe was one of Russia's most infamous rulers, and he alone held the key to a legendary Byzantine collection of books, given to him in the dowry of Princess Sophia of Constantinople. Ivan Vasilyevich-otherwise known as Ivan the Terrible-owned a library filled with rare and priceless tomes that men would kill for. Would die for. But the czar carried the knowledge of its whereabouts to his grave. And it falls to archaeologist Annja Creed, almost five hundred years later, to discover the secrets of the Library of Gold.When the opportunity to unravel the mystery of this so-called eighth wonder of the world lands in Annja's lap, she can't resist. Armed with a diary of cryptic clues, she embarks on a journey to Russia, where she must somehow find her way into the very heart of the country, beneath the Kremlin.But Annja soon discovers she's racing a ruthless KGB agent driven by sinister motives. She finds herself deep beneath the Russian soil in a dangerous game of cat and mouse... Will she be the next to mysteriously disappear from history?
Library Spirits: Historical Cozy Mystery (Daisy Gumm Majesty Mystery #19)
by Alice DuncanYoung Woman's Body Discovered in Library Gazebo, Lou Prophet Accused in Library Spirits, a Cozy Historical Mystery by Alice Duncan—1926, Pasadena, California—When Daisy’s old nemesis, Stacy Kincaid, is found murdered in the Pasadena Public Library’s gazebo, suspicion is cast upon the one-legged Lou Prophet—former bounty hunter, current curmudgeon, and reluctant Pasadena citizen.Daisy, who has had remarkable success in the kitchen considering her loathing of cookery, begins to have problems. Things burn in seconds, pots run dry, and she fears losing her mind, perhaps due to the early stages of her pregnancy. Odd things happen in the library, too, which puzzle and distress Daisy’s friend, librarian Regina Browning.But the problems mount when the real murderer steals a car, resulting in another death and the demise of a Hispano-Suiza.From the Publisher: The Daisy Gumm Majesty Cozy Mystery Series is a light-hearted mystery in a historical setting. There are no explicit sexual scenes and minimal cursing (Lou Prophet can be a little coarse) and will be enjoyed by readers who appreciate clean and wholesome reads. Fans of Carola Dunn, Amanda Quick, Elizabeth Peters, Rhys Bowen, and M. Louisa Locke will not want to miss this series.You can start anywhere, but you’ll want to read all of the Daisy Gumm Majesty Mysteries:Strong SpiritsFine SpiritsHigh SpiritsHungry SpiritsGenteel SpiritsAncient SpiritsSpirits RevivedDark SpiritsSpirits OnstageUnsettled SpiritsBruised SpiritsSpirits UnitedSpirits UnearthedShaken SpiritsScarlet SpiritsExercised SpiritsWedded SpiritsDomesticated SpiritsLibrary SpiritsSpirits AdoptedABOUT ALICE DUNCAN:In an effort to avoid what she knew she should be doing, Alice folk-danced professionally until her writing muse finally had its way. Now a resident of Roswell, New Mexico, Alice enjoys saying no smog, no crowds, and yes to loving her herd of wild Dachshunds.
Liberándose (Los barones del petrleo #6)
by Ann JacobsDos almas torturadas escapan del encarcelamiento, encuentran la paz juntas. Leila al Sinan tiene las cicatrices de una guerra que se llevó a su esposo y la dejó desolada y sola. Al refugiarse en un campo de prisioneros de guerra, se encuentra mirando a un prisionero enemigo para obtener el placer que aún puede obtener de la vida. Esperando nada más que unos pocos momentos robados de confort sensual, pronto descubre que descubre pasión más allá de sus imaginaciones más salvajes, y cuando el hombre enciende su cuerpo y agita su corazón hacia una nueva vida, Leila se ve obligada a tomar una decisión que puede cambiarla. vida para siempre Durante once años, Jamil como Hassan ha sufrido a manos del brutal director de la prisión y solo piensa en la supervivencia y la eventual fuga. Cuando una misteriosa figura envuelta entra en su celda y se sienta a horcajadas sobre su figura propensa, susurrando una solicitud impactante, él responde instantáneamente a su suave belleza y al placer que le han negado desde que comenzó su cautiverio. A medida que su deseo y satisfacción se vuelven más intensos, Jamil trama un plan que puede salvar su vida, pero también lo obliga a traicionar su honor y su corazón. Atreviéndose a arriesgarse todo, los dos escapan a la noche para una caminata larga y peligrosa que conducirá a la salvación o la muerte súbita. A medida que crece la confianza entre los antiguos enemigos, los dos descubren que el amor no conoce fronteras, y deben luchar para mantenerse vivos para encontrar una felicidad forjada por el fuego y sellada por la pasión.
Liberté 56
by Stephane SimardLa independencia financiera es un sueño para muchos, y algunos están dispuestos a hacer cualquier cosa para lograrlo... Liberté 56 es un thriller inspirado en los treinta años de carrera profesional del autor. “Sorprendente e impredecible”. “A veces con humor, a veces sarcástico.” “¡Un gran final!” Marc Paradis es el principal especialista de Montreal en financiación corporativa, fusiones y adquisiciones. A pesar de esta envidiable reputación, este cincuentón está desilusionado. Su situación económica personal y su vida amorosa son un fracaso, a diferencia de su hermano Christophe, un Don Juan al que todo parece salir bien. El encuentro de ambos con la conferenciante Kim Roy, apodada la "Reina de la Independencia Financiera", desencadena una serie de acontecimientos de consecuencias dramáticas. A pesar de una ética impecable, Marc se encuentra en el centro de una trama liderada por personas sin escrúpulos y dispuestas a todo para conseguir sus fines. El empresario conservador tendrá que correr grandes riesgos para proteger a la persona más preciada del mundo, su hija. ¿Qué pasaría si la libertad financiera estuviera plagada de malas intenciones?
Liberty: The Spy Who (Kind of) Liked Me
by Andrea PortesThe bestselling author of Anatomy of Misfit and The Fall of Butterflies, Andrea Portes, is back with another irresistible snarky heroine in Liberty. What is a hero? Paige Nolan knows. Edward Raynes, the young man who exposed America’s unconstitutional spying techniques, is a hero, even if half the dum-dums in the country think he’s a traitor. Or Paige's parents, journalists who were captured by terrorists while telling stories of the endangered and oppressed. They were heroes, too. Were. . . or are—no one has ever told Paige if they’re still alive, or dead.Not heroes? Anyone in the government who abandoned her parents, letting them rot somewhere halfway across the world. And certainly not Paige herself, who despite her fluency in five languages and mastery of several obscure martial arts (thanks, Mom!) could do nothing to save them.Couldn’t, that is, until she’s approached by Madden Carter, an undercover operative who gives her a mission—fly to Russia, find Raynes, and discover what other government secrets he’s stockpiled. In exchange, he’ll reopen the case on her missing parents. She’s given a code name and a cover as a foreign exchange student.Who is a hero? Not Paige Nolan, but maybe, just maybe, Liberty is.
Liberty's Last Stand (Tommy Carmellini Ser. #7)
by Stephen CoontsNew York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts delivers another nail-biting thriller starring CIA Director Jake Grafton and his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini. The president of the United States stands on an outdoor stage, flanked by powerful members of his administration and party. Television crews are preparing for broadcast. High above the stage, on a nearby rooftop, a decorated sniper adjusts the scope on his rifle.Afterwards, America will never be the same.Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini suddenly find themselves on the wrong side of the law when a public act of violence throws the country into chaos just before a presidential election. After martial law is declared and rioting begins, Grafton and Carmellini must risk everything to unravel a massive conspiracy and help a new resistance movement rise up against an unimaginable enemy...
Liberty or Death: A Thea Kozak Mystery (The Thea Kozak Mystery Series #6)
by Kate FloraThea Kozak's sometimes rocky relationship with Maine state police detective Andre Lemieux has flourished. Now, on the day of their wedding, Thea receives awful news: Andre has been taken hostage by a militant militia group. Their terms: release one of their members from jail.The State of Maine isn't interested in co-operating. Neither is the prisoner.Taking the situation in-hand, Thea goes undercover in the town where she suspects Andre is hidden, and comes face-to-face with the most terrifying and ruthless adversaries of her life.THE THEA KOZAK MYSTERY SERIES, in orderChosen for DeathDeath in a Funhouse MirrorDeath at the WheelAn Educated DeathDeath in ParadiseLiberty or DeathStalking DeathDeath Warmed Over
Liberty Starr
by Rebecca E. GrantRafe had never met a truly irresistible woman, until he met Liberty.Libby has the kind of beauty that comes on slow-strikes a guy the longer he looks. And Rafe sure is having a fine time looking, and touching, and loving Liberty Starr.The only problem is that Rafe is pretending to be just another cowboy down on his luck. Working for the FBI, he's come to Stone Hill, Colorado, to investigate the man Libby loves like a father.He was just another cowboy.Free-spirited Libby offers him a job and a place to stay. Together they spark like wildfire, their intense passion filling their days and nights. But Rafe is only in town for the summer, and while Liberty is willing to risk her heart, secrets threaten any possibility of a future together...77,000 words
Liberty Falling: A thrilling mystery set in New York City (Anna Pigeon Mysteries #7)
by Nevada BarrThere is peril beneath the watchful eyes of the Lady... Anna Pigeon leaves the wilderness behind for the bustle of New York City in Liberty Falling, the gripping mystery from bestselling author Nevada Barr. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Paul Doiron.'Her best book yet... Plenty of action and suspense... Liberty Falling offers something for mystery fans of every stripe' - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel When Anna Pigeon left New York City after her husband was killed, she hoped it would be forever. But now her sister Molly is clinging to life in an uptown hospital ICU, so Anna has reluctantly returned. Rooming with a friend and fellow park ranger in close quarters on Liberty Island - the small strip of land that is home to Lady Liberty - Anna spends her free time exploring the grand monument and the crumbling, overgrown, and eerie ruins in the unrestored sections of nearby Ellis Island. But the peace she seeks here is shattered when she finds herself among a crowd gathered at the Lady's base, staring at the broken body of a teenager who fell - or was pushed - to her death.The reason behind the young girl's fatal plunge is not the only mystery alive on these historic sites - nor will hers be the only death. Hidden in a dangerous labyrinth of stone, glass, and steel are secrets Anna Pigeon is now compelled to uncover... and an insidious threat to herself and to others that could wreak havoc on a nation's proudest day. What readers are saying about Liberty Falling: 'Nevada Barr delivers a very puzzling murder mystery that will leave you guessing up to the very end''The writing is exquisite, observations unique, the protagonist one of the most interesting and real around''Any Anna Pigeon novel is a treat, but Liberty Falling is a special delight in a top series'
Liberty Falling (Anna Pigeon #7)
by Nevada BarrThere is peril beneath the watchful eyes of the Lady...<P> When Anna Pigeon left New York City after her husband was killed, she hoped it would be forever. But now her sister Molly is clinging to life in an uptown hospital ICU, so Anna has reluctantly returned. Rooming with a friend and fellow park ranger in close quarters on Liberty Island---the small strip of land that is home to Lady Liberty---Anna spends her free time exploring the grand monument and the crumbling, overgrown, and eerie ruins in the unrestored sections of nearby Ellis Island. But the peace she seeks here is shattered when she finds herself among a crowd gathered at the Lady's base, staring at the broken body of a teenager who fell---or was pushed---to her death.<P> The reason behind the youthful girl's fatal plunge is not the only mystery alive on these historic sites---nor will hers be the only death. Hidden in a dangerous labyrinth of stone, glass, and steel are secrets Anna Pigeon is now compelled to uncover...and an insidious threat to herself and to others that could wreak havoc on a nation's proudest day.
Liberty Bar
by Georges Simenon David WatsonA new translation of Georges Simenon's devastating novel set on the French Riviera, book seventeen in the new Penguin Maigret series.It had a smell of holidays. The previous evening, in Cannes harbour, with the setting sun, had also had the smell of holidays, especially the Ardena, whose owner swaggered in front of two girls with gorgeous figures.. Dazzled at first by the glamour of sunny Antibes, Maigret soon finds himself immersed in the less salubrious side of the Riviera as he retraces the final steps of a local eccentric.Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret on the Riviera.'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.' - John Gray'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.' - The Guardian'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness.' - The IndependentFrom the Trade Paperback edition.