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Death Rides Again: A Mystery (The Jocelyn Shore Mysteries #3)
by Janice HamrickWith a family reunion that is getting smaller by the minute and more romance and humor than can be fenced in on any ranch, Janice Hamrick's Death Rides Again is another outstanding addition to her award-winning mystery series.Texas high school teacher Jocelyn Shore had been looking forward to spending Thanksgiving at her Uncle Kel's ranch, but her visit takes an unexpected turn when she discovers Uncle Kel threatening his son-in-law Eddy with a shotgun. It seems that Kel, who is hosting the whole Shore clan, is none too happy about how Eddy has been treating his daughter Ruby June, and tensions are about to boil over.Thanks to Jocelyn's quick thinking, Eddy makes it out alive, and it looks like Ruby June is going to toss him out for good. Yet no one knows for sure because that is the last anyone saw of Ruby June. The family pins the disappearance on Eddy and files a missing-persons report. Still, it isn't until Jocelyn and her sometime-boyfriend, Austin homicide detective Colin Gallagher, find Eddy's body at the bottom of a caliche pit that the police really take notice. Unfortunately, all eyes---including Colin's---are on Jocelyn's family as the most likely suspects. While Colin assists the local police, Jocelyn and her cousin Kyla decide to investigate on their own. Their hunt turns up a shady ranch manager, a mysterious racehorse owner, and an overly persistent goat, but no sign of Ruby June . . . or a killer who is poised to strike again.
Death Rides Alone (Luke Jensen Bounty Hunter #5)
by William W. Johnstone J. A. JohnstoneThe Greatest Western Writers Of The 21st CenturyMountain Man Smoke Jensen's long-lost brother Luke Jensen is a dead shot scarred by war--the perfect formula for a bounty hunter. And he's cunning, and fierce enough to bring down the deadliest outlaws of his day. . .Law Of The GunLuke Jensen has earned this bounty, hunting down the violent man charged with murdering a preacher's daughter. The outlaw Judd Tyler confesses to many crimes, but not the girl's murder. And he tells Luke they won't reach the town of White Fork alive because a corrupt sheriff does the bidding of a cattle baron, and that man's son is the true killer. Sure enough, halfway to White Fork, Luke and his prisoner are battling for their lives, and when they finally reach town, they're greeted by a storm of bullets, betrayal, and blood. With a band of innocent travelers caught up in the melee, Luke is outgunned, surrounded, and sure of only this: his only job now is survival--by the measured, efficient, righteous killing of as many men as he can...
DEATH RIDES THE DENVER STAGE
by Lewis B. PattenClee Fahr has just arrived by stage in Denver City, Colorado. It is 1861 and the War Between the States has broken out back in the East. Torn apart by opposing military and political sympathies, the town is a tinderbox of treachery and suspicion. Eames Jeffords, an old enemy of Clee's from the South, is buying arms for the Confederate cause. Sam Massey, a mine owner, is raising a company of volunteers to march east and join the Union forces. Although he was born in the North, Clee has divided sympathies. But he's caught in the middle, and both sides see him as a threat--a threat that needs to be removed.
Death Rides the Ferry (A Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery)
by Patricia SkalkaIt’s a sparkling August day on Washington Island and the resonant notes of early classical music float on the breeze toward the sailboats and ferries that ply the waters of Death’s Door strait. After a forty-year absence, the Viola da Gamba Music Festival has returned to the picturesque isle on the tip of Wisconsin’s Door County peninsula. Sheriff Dave Cubiak enjoys a rare day off as tourists and a documentary film crew hover around the musicians. The jubilant mood sours when an unidentified passenger is found dead on a ferry. Longtime residents recall with dismay the disastrous festival decades earlier, when another woman died and a valuable sixteenth-century instrument—the fabled yellow viol—vanished, never to be found. Cubiak follows a trail of murder, kidnapping, and false identity that leads back to the calamitous night of the twin tragedies. With the lives of those he holds most dear in peril, the sheriff pursues a ruthless killer into the stormy northern reaches of Lake Michigan.
Death Rides the Night (The Powder Valley Westerns #8)
by Brett HallidayIn a formerly peaceful western valley, a sheriff and his friends battle a corrupt land speculator Pat, Sam, and Ezra came to Powder Valley together, to tame the West and find a place to settle down. Soon, Pat is the sheriff, and Sam is married, but big, powerful Ezra, with his craggy face and missing eye, remains a loner. This state of affairs usually doesn't get Ezra down, but tonight the big man is too gloomy to eat peach pie. When Ezra can't eat peach pie, something is wrong--and Pat is certain it has to do with Eustis Harlow. After six months in Powder Valley, Harlow has established himself as the most powerful rancher in the area. Before he came, the locals were content with what they had. Now, half of them are in his debt, and the others have been consumed by greed. With the sheriff and his friends gearing up to quash Harlow's dominance, the rancher sends for an army's worth of gunmen. Powder Valley is about to explode.
Death Rides the Pecos (The Twister and Chuckaluck Mysteries #2)
by Brett HallidayOn the road to easy living, Twister and Chuckaluck ride straight into a heapin' mess of mystery and intrigue Twister Malone and Chuckaluck Thompson can't catch a break. These two wisecracking friends--the first lean and clever, the second stout and tough--have ridden together from the Rocky Mountains to the deserts of West Texas. All they want is a trail to follow straight through to Mexico, where a ranching job offers honest work, peace, and quiet. But no matter how fast they ride, trouble keeps hot on their heels. A gunshot breaks the silence of the lonely wagon road. By the time Twister and Chuckaluck reach the corpse, the killer is long gone. In the victim's pocket they find a letter from a woman begging for help, a woman whose savior now lies dead in the alkali dust. Twister and Chuckaluck have no choice but to take up his mission--even if it means facing down the quickest draw they've ever been up against. Death Rides the Pecos is the 2nd book in the Twister and Chuckaluck Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Death Rides the Surf (A Kate Kennedy Senior Sleuth Mystery #5)
by Nora CharlesKate Kennedy rides the waves-of suspicion. When the surfer crush of Kate Kennedy's granddaughter is killed-and foul play is suspected-Kate must clear her granddaughter's name before she's thrown to the sharks.
Death Rides the Surf (A Kate Kennedy Mystery #5)
by Noreen WaldSparkles like the South Florida sunshine...Kate Kennedy is a warm and funny heroine. Nancy Martin, Author of the Blackbird Sisters MysteriesTired of college, Kate Kennedys granddaughter, Katharine, drops out and heads for Florida, landing in the apartment of Kates best friend. In her quest for a new life, she takes up with a gang of surfers that go by the name The Four Boardsmen of the Apocalypse.But catching waves can be a dangerous pastime. When Katharines surfer crush is killed in a shark attack, foul play is suspected, especially by the police. Fingers are pointing at Katharineincluding, to Kates disappointment, those of her friend Detective Nick Carbone. Its up to Kate to prove her beloved granddaughters innocence or else Katharines new life will be spent behind bars.Miss Marple with a modern twist...[Wald] is a very funny lady! Donna Andrews, Author of the Meg Langslow MysteriesA stylish and sophisticated Miss Marple, seeking justice in sunny South Florida instead of a rainy English Village, and meeting the most delightfully eccentric suspects in the process. Victoria Thompson, Author of the Gaslight MysteriesKate Kennedys wry wit, genuine kindness, and openness to adventure make her a sleuth to cherish. Death is a Bargain is another top-notch entry in a great series. Carolyn Hart, Author of the Death on Demand MysteriesRelated subjects include: women sleuths, humorous murder mysteries, cozy mysteries, murder mysteries, whodunit mysteries (whodunnit), book club recommendations, amateur sleuth books. Books in the Kate Kennedy, Senior Sleuth Mystery Series:DEATH WITH AN OCEAN VIEW (#1)DEATH OF THE SWAMI SCHWARTZ (#2)DEATH IS A BARGAIN (#3)DEATH STORMS THE SHORE (#4)DEATH RIDES THE SURF (#5)Also by Noreen Wald:Books in the Jake OHara Ghostwriter Mystery Series:GHOSTWRITER ANONYMOUS (#1)THE LUCK OF THE GHOSTWRITER (#2)A GHOSTWRITER TO DIE FOR (#3)REMEMBRANCE OF GHOSTWRITERS PAST (#4)GHOSTWRITER FOR HIRE (#5)Part of the Henery Press Mystery Series Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all.
Death Rides the Zephyr: A Mystery (Jill McLeod California Zephyr #1)
by Janet DawsonIt's December 1952, and the luxurious train called the California Zephyr heads east, through the Sierra Nevada, the Great Basin, and the Colorado Rockies, with a full load of passengers heading home for Christmas. Zephyrette Jill McLeod hopes the journey will be uneventful, but fate has other ideas. On this trip, crime is riding the rails.
Death Rights: Romantic Suicide, Race, and the Bounds of Liberalism (SUNY Press Open Access)
by Deanna P. KoretskyDeath Rights presents an antiracist critique of British romanticism by deconstructing one of its organizing tropes—the suicidal creative "genius." Putting texts by Olaudah Equiano, Mary Shelley, John Keats, and others into critical conversation with African American literature, black studies, and feminist theory, Deanna P. Koretsky argues that romanticism is part and parcel of the legal and philosophical discourses underwriting liberal modernity's antiblack foundations. Read in this context, the trope of romantic suicide serves a distinct political function, indexing the limits of liberal subjectivity and (re)inscribing the rights and freedoms promised by liberalism as the exclusive province of white men.The first book-length study of suicide in British romanticism, Death Rights also points to the enduring legacy of romantic ideals in the academy and contemporary culture more broadly. Koretsky challenges scholars working in historically Eurocentric fields to rethink their identification with epistemes rooted in antiblackness. And, through discussions of recent cultural touchstones such as Kurt Cobain's resurgence in hip-hop and Victor LaValle's comic book sequel to Frankenstein, Koretsky provides all readers with a trenchant analysis of how eighteenth-century ideas about suicide continue to routinize antiblackness in the modern world.This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Open Book Program—a limited competition designed to make outstanding humanities books available to a wide audience. Learn more at the Fellowships Open Book Program website at: https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/FOBP, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1712.
Death Rite (Detective Hazel Todd)
by Kerry WattsTheir next breath will be their last in this Detective Hazel Todd thriller from a new voice in Scottish crime fiction. Forty years ago, the name Rachel McMahon was synonymous with evil. After killing four men in the most brutal of ways, the world rejoiced as she was locked up. Now Rachel has done her time, repented for her crimes, and is ready to live a quiet life back in Scotland under a new name. But then the killings start again. As the bodies of fathers and sons appear on the streets of Perth, their deaths echoing those from Rachel&’s murder spree four decades ago, DCI Hazel Todd and her squad are called in to track down a murderer taunting them at every step. Could Rachel really have reformed, or is a copycat killer trying to finish what she started? And as the murders get closer to Hazel, it&’s a race against time to stop a psychopath with their own twisted agenda . . . Praise for the Detective Hazel Todd series &“A fiendish central mystery told at a breathless pace and a brilliant final twist. DCI Todd has got it all. Classic tartan noir—a treat for fans of Val McDermid and LJ Ross.&” —P. R. Black, author of The Beach House &“A finely honed police procedural with sharply judged characters carrying an intriguing plotline to a satisfying conclusion.&” —Douglas Skelton, author of Where Demons Hide
Death Rites
by Bruce ElliotThe killer lives in a fantasy world of his own design. He lures young women into his home. And if they do not fulfill his fantasy, they die. Detective Touch Benson heard about the first ritualistic slaying from a woman who saw the grisly tableau left behind by the killer. The strange thing is, she saw it in a dream. Days before it happened.
The Death Room III: The Monster´s Comeback (DARK COLLECTION BOOK 6 #6)
by Ana FolhadelaWith the unexpected introduction of two new members into His household, He finds serious challenges in reseting normality.
Death Round the Corner (Department Z #4)
by John CreaseyA terrifying international plot threatens the agents of Britain’s Department Z in this tale of suspense from an Edgar Award–winning author. Leopold Gorman studies the World Economic Conference with interest—and then picks five rich and powerful men to bring his plan to fruition. If any one of them shows reluctance to fall in with his scheme, he’ll be dead within the hour . . . Gordon Craigie, chief of British intelligence, is the only thing standing between Gorman and success. So Gorman turns his attentions to Craigie’s greatest asset: the men of Department Z. As Craigie attempts to undermine Gorman’s plot, Gorman decides which agent should be next to “disappear.” Can Craigie and his men outwit this master criminal before it’s too late?
Death Round the Corner (Department Z #4)
by John CreaseyA terrifying international plot threatens the agents of Britain’s Department Z in this tale of suspense from an Edgar Award–winning author. Leopold Gorman studies the World Economic Conference with interest—and then picks five rich and powerful men to bring his plan to fruition. If any one of them shows reluctance to fall in with his scheme, he’ll be dead within the hour . . . Gordon Craigie, chief of British intelligence, is the only thing standing between Gorman and success. So Gorman turns his attentions to Craigie’s greatest asset: the men of Department Z. As Craigie attempts to undermine Gorman’s plot, Gorman decides which agent should be next to “disappear.” Can Craigie and his men outwit this master criminal before it’s too late?
Death Round the Corner (Department Z #4)
by John CreaseyA terrifying international plot threatens the agents of Britain’s Department Z in this tale of suspense from an Edgar Award–winning author.Leopold Gorman studies the World Economic Conference with interest—and then picks five rich and powerful men to bring his plan to fruition. If any one of them shows reluctance to fall in with his scheme, he’ll be dead within the hour . . .Gordon Craigie, chief of British intelligence, is the only thing standing between Gorman and success. So Gorman turns his attentions to Craigie’s greatest asset: the men of Department Z.As Craigie attempts to undermine Gorman’s plot, Gorman decides which agent should be next to “disappear.” Can Craigie and his men outwit this master criminal before it’s too late?
Death Row Breakout: And Other Stories
by Edward BunkerSix stories from the papers of one of America&’s finest crime authorsRoger doesn&’t mean for the preacher and his wife to die. Released less than a year earlier from San Quentin, he&’s trying to make a living the only way he knows how: theft. His latest heist goes perfectly until his car breaks down. Sirens are closing in when an old black preacher stops to give him a lift. The police at the roadblock kill the elderly couple, but in the eyes of the law it&’s Roger&’s fault. And he will die in the gas chamber at San Quentin—unless he can break out first. Roger&’s incredible story anchors this collection of short fiction by Edward Bunker, who knew better than anyone what it means to be a criminal, inside and outside of prison. In these stories, which were unpublished at the time of his death in 2005, he shows again the talent that made him such a remarkable writer.
Death Run
by Jack Higgins Justin RichardsA mafia banker with access to a large number of criminal accounts is willing to give evidence in exchange for help retiring from the mob, but when spy John Chance assists him, he puts his fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, in the line of fire.
Death Run (Executioner #378)
by Don Pendleton Darwin HolmstromFor a group of fundamentalist extremists, stealing a shipment of weapons-grade plutonium from Pakistan was almost too easy. Now they have everything they need to construct a terrifying weapon on U.S. soil. They believe their plans are virtually undetectable but Mack Bolan is on their trail. When the Executioner tracks the stolen plutonium he uncovers a brutal network hiding behind the scenes of the professional motorcycle-racing circuit. The world of professional motorcycle racing is fast and dangerous and comes complete with corrupt oil companies, al Qaeda ties and murder. The race has already started, and only the winner will survive.
Death Scene (A Witch City Mystery #14)
by Carol J. PerryIt takes a lot for Salem locals to get excited about their historic Massachusetts town being known as &“the witch city.&” But when a major studio arrives to shoot a witchcraft-themed movie, folks go Hollywood. For WICH-TV&’S program director and chief documentary-maker, Lee Barrett, however, the project may come complete with a real-life death scene . . . Between documenting the progress of the movie, corralling starstruck autograph seekers and fans, and managing unmanageable traffic on Salem&’s narrow streets, Lee and her police detective husband, Pete Mondello, are beyond busy. Even Lee&’s best friend, River North, tarot card reader and practicing witch, gets in on the action, landing a job as a stand-in and body double. But it only takes one interview for Lee to realize that the male and female leads—whose roles include torrid love scenes—despise each other. Yet the problem is short-lived, literally . . . When the gorgeous lead actress is found dead on a set staged to replicate the room where suspected witches were tried in 1692—and her on-screen lover, in full costume, is discovered sound asleep in her trailer—the hunt is on for a killer on the loose. Nevertheless, the producer decrees &“the show must go on!&” Now, even with help from River, Lee&’s Aunt Ibby, and O&’Ryan, a remarkably clairvoyant gentleman cat, sorting out a witch&’s brew of secrets, sorcery, and special effects might turn Lee&’s documentary into her own final act . . .
The Death Scene Artist
by Andrew WilmotM_____ is dying of cancer. Only thirty-two, an extra with a meagre list of credits to their name and afraid of being forgotten, M_____ starts recounting the strange, fantastic, and ultimately tragic path of their love affair with the world's greatest living "redshirt"—a man who has died or appeared dead in nearly eight hundred film and television roles. In a compelling narrative of blog entries interspersed with film script excerpts, The Death Scene Artist immerses readers in a three-act surrealist exploration of the obsessive fault-finding of body dysmorphia and the dangerous desires of a man who has lived several hundred half-minute lives without having ever experienced his own.
The Death Sculptor
by Chris Carter{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f1\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Helvetica;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang2057\fs18 \cf1\lang1033\b\f1\fs20 'Good job you didn't turn on the lights . . .'\lang2057\b0 \par \lang1033 A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless - Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind.\lang2057 \par \lang1033 \lang2057 \lang1033 For Hunter, there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police, but the method is unlike anything he's ever seen before. And what could the hidden message be?\lang2057 \par \lang1033 \lang2057 \lang1033 Just as Hunter and his partner Garcia reckon they've found a lead, a new body is found - and a new calling card. But with no apparent link between the first and second victims, all the progress they've made so far goes out of the window. \par Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with the confident Alice Beaumont, Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the investigation . . . before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece.\b \par }
The Death Sculptor
by Chris CarterFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER'Good job you didn't turn on the lights . . .' A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless - Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind. For Hunter, there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police, but the method is unlike anything he's ever seen before. And what could the hidden message be? Just as Hunter and his partner Garcia reckon they've found a lead, a new body is found - and a new calling card. But with no apparent link between the first and second victims, all the progress they've made so far goes out of the window. Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with confident investigator Alice Beaumont, Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the puzzle . . . before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece.PRAISE FOR CHRIS CARTER 'A touch of Patricia Cornwell about Chris Carter's plotting' Mail on Sunday 'Gripping . . . not for the squeamish' Heat 'A page-turner' Express