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Burying Ben: A Dot Meyerhoff Mystery (The Dot Meyerhoff Series #1)
by Ellen KirschmanDot Meyerhoff has barely settled into her new job as a psychologist for the Kenilworth Police Department when Ben Gomez, a troubled young rookie, commits suicide without warning. He leaves a note blaming her, and suddenly her promising new start becomes a nightmare. At stake is her job, her reputation, her license to practice, and her already-battered sense of self-worth. What really drove Ben to kill himself? Why did Dot's psychologist ex-husband recommend that Ben be hired in the first place? Ben’s surviving family—including his pregnant, sociopathic widow—and everyone else associated with him are unshakable in keeping the real story secret. Despite disastrous consequences, Dot's persistence pays off when she uncovers the truth behind Ben’s suicide, and brings those responsible to justice, ultimately recovering her confidence and her reputation.
Burying Ben (The Dot Meyerhoff Mysteries #1)
by Ellen Kirschman&“A deftly crafted novel of compelling complexity,&” this first book in the mystery series featuring cop therapist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff is &“absorbing&” (Midwest Book Review). As her police department&’s newest hire, police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff has a lot to prove. Especially since everyone on a small-town force doesn&’t see any reason for a shrink on staff. So when the rookie cop commits suicide, everyone&’s looking to blame Dot—even Dot herself. Dot knew Ben Gomez was struggling to adjust to police work, but how had she missed the signs that he was at the end of his rope? Now, with Ben&’s and her reputation on the line, Dot goes looking for answers. What she discovers is the dark underbelly of a town—and a police force—who have very little patience with a woman who asks too many questions. Dot is determined to get to the truth behind the young officer&’s death—even at the risk of losing her job. Or her life. . . . Praise for the Dot Meyerhoff Mysteries &“Riveting, compelling and authentic! Ellen Kirschman&’s been-there done-that experience makes this a real standout.&” —Hank Phillippi USA Today-bestselling author of The House Guest &“Psychological thriller writing at its finest.&” —D.P. Lyle, award-wining author of the Jake Longly series &“Highly satisfying . . . Perceptively treats complex racial, feminist, personal, and political issues while providing intimate knowledge of cops&’ shop procedure.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Gutsy and emotionally anchored in real life.&” —Hallie Ephron, New York Times–bestselling author of Careful What You Wish For &“Ellen Kirschman is one to watch.&” —Bookreporter.com
Burying Daisy Doe: A Star Cavanaugh Cold Case (A\star Cavanaugh Cold Case Ser.)
by Ramona RichardsNo cold case is more important than the one that destroyed her own familyEvery small town has one unsolved case that haunts its memory, festering for generations below the surface with the truth of humanity’s darkness. Star Cavanaugh is obsessed with the one that tore her family apart.Over sixty years ago, Daisy Doe was murdered and discarded outside Pineville, Alabama, buried without a name or anyone to mourn her loss. When Star’s father tried to solve the case, he was also killed. Now a cold-case detective with resources of her own, Star is determined to get to the bottom of both crimes. But she’ll have to face an entire town locked in corruption, silence, and fear--and the same danger that took two other lives. The only people in town she can trust are her grandmother and the charming Mike Luinetti, and both of them trust a God Star isn’t sure she believes in. Can Christians so focused on the good really help her track down this evil?With an irresistible combination of sharp suspense, faith, humor, and authentic regional flavor, Burying Daisy Doe will draw fans of Terri Blackstock, Margaret Maron, Jaime Jo Wright, and J. T. Ellison.
The Burying Field
by Kenneth AbelWhen four white teenagers desecrate an old slave burying ground, racial tensions explode and Danny Chaisson finds himself on the wrong side of a bitter struggle over land, power, and memory in a small Louisiana town. Hired by a wealthy real estate developer to protect his interest in a valuable piece of property, Danny discovers that even the past can't stay buried for long in the rich soil of the bayou country. As the violence spreads and more bodies surface, only Danny's determination to dig up this region's bloody past can stop a cycle of fear and hatred that seems as old as the land itself.<P><P> With compelling characters and dead-on dialogue, The Burying Field is an enthralling crime novel.
The Burying Ground: A Thaddeus Lewis Mystery
by Janet KelloughSomeone is digging up the graves at the Strangers’ Burying Ground in Toronto — the final resting place of criminals, vagrants, indigents, and alcoholics — and the only person who seems to care is the sexton, Morgan Spicer. The authorities are unconcerned; after all, for years the growing village of Yorkville has been clamouring to have the bodies moved and the Burying Ground closed. The distraught Spicer enlists the aid of his old friend Thaddeus Lewis, who has unexpectedly returned to preaching on the Yonge Street Circuit. The graveyard’s secrets lead Lewis and his son Luke into the hidden heart of 1851 Toronto where they discover a trail of corruption and blackmail tied to an old sexual scandal and a dangerous enemy intent on vengeance.
The Burying Place: A high-suspense thriller with terrifying twists
by Brian FreemanA child is missing. Three women have been taken. Time is running out for them all. The stunning, clever and unputdownable fifth thriller in the Jonathan Stride series by Brian Freeman, winner of the International Thriller Writers' Best Hardcover Novel Award 2013 and author of Thief River Falls and The Voice Inside. The Burying Place will enthral fans of Michael Connelly and James Oswald. 'Raised from the merely formulaic by Freeman's emotional literacy, sense of place and an uncanny ability to wrong-foot the reader and produce a wholly unexpected ending. The Burying Place is far more than the sum of its parts' GuardianIn the quiet town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, a baby vanishes from her bedroom in an opulent lakeside home. It looks like an abduction, but Lieutenant Jonathan Stride suspects that her father has a great deal to hide. That same night, a young policewoman stumbles into the middle of a horrific crime in an encounter which will bring a sadistic killer right into the heart of her already complicated life. Meanwhile, deep in the woods, a small and shallow grave conceals a secret that Stride and his team must unearth before time runs out...What readers are saying about The Burying Place:'Wow. A real thrill ride with lots of twists and turns. One of the best books I have read all year''The author keeps us guessing until the very end''Yet another treasure from an author who is quickly becoming a huge favourite of mine. Well rounded characters, a great plot and an all-round fantastic read'
The Burying Place: A high-suspense thriller with terrifying twists
by Brian FreemanA child is missing. Three women have been taken. Time is running out for them all. The stunning, clever and unputdownable fifth thriller in the Jonathan Stride series by Brian Freeman, winner of the International Thriller Writers' Best Hardcover Novel Award 2013 and author of Thief River Falls and The Voice Inside. The Burying Place will enthral fans of Michael Connelly and James Oswald. 'Raised from the merely formulaic by Freeman's emotional literacy, sense of place and an uncanny ability to wrong-foot the reader and produce a wholly unexpected ending. The Burying Place is far more than the sum of its parts' GuardianIn the quiet town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, a baby vanishes from her bedroom in an opulent lakeside home. It looks like an abduction, but Lieutenant Jonathan Stride suspects that her father has a great deal to hide. That same night, a young policewoman stumbles into the middle of a horrific crime in an encounter which will bring a sadistic killer right into the heart of her already complicated life. Meanwhile, deep in the woods, a small and shallow grave conceals a secret that Stride and his team must unearth before time runs out...What readers are saying about The Burying Place:'Wow. A real thrill ride with lots of twists and turns. One of the best books I have read all year''The author keeps us guessing until the very end''Yet another treasure from an author who is quickly becoming a huge favourite of mine. Well rounded characters, a great plot and an all-round fantastic read'
Burying the Dead
by Georgette GouveiaPlaying off today’s headlines, Burying the Dead serves up a high stakes game of love and death set on the power courts of Washington, DC, and other glittering world capitals.There Dimitri “Dimi” Orlov is a rising Russian tennis star whose glamorous, globetrotting career provides the perfect cover for his real day job -- agent and assassin. Trained by his government from the time he’s discovered in an orphanage, Dimi is assigned to assassinate the president of the United States -- a brilliant but arrogant onetime New York prosecutor who’s proved too independent for his Russian backers -- by romancing and enlisting his abused first lady, Catherine Darlington.Dimi courts the lovely, loveless Catherine at Renaissance House, a new cultural center in historic Dupont Circle that’s a front for Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and at the US Open. There he’s shadowed by CIA agent Mitch Abramson, who has begun to connect the dots. But just as the various matches – Dimi and Catherine, Dimi and Mitch -- heat up, Dimi makes a choice that could have his bosses take him out of the game permanently.
Burying the Newspaper Man
by Curtis IppolitoA cop finds the body of the man who abused him long ago, in this &“dark, noir thriller echoing the best works of Hammett and Lehane, [yet] altogether original&” (Stephen J. Golds, author of Always the Dead). Marcus Kemp is a beat cop living a normal life in San Diego, California—until the day he makes a shocking discovery: a dead body in the trunk of a stolen car. Worse, the victim turns out to be the man who abused him as a child. Marcus instinctively wants to help the killer get away with murder and, disregarding his police oath, will stop at nothing to make it happen. With both his job and freedom in jeopardy, Marcus&’s investigation leads him to an unexpected suspect, and he is soon faced with an impossible decision. Can he finally bury the past before it drags him under? &“An interesting plot that takes several dizzying twists and turns.&”—S. A. Cosby, author of Blacktop Wasteland &“An entertaining, high-octane thriller that won&’t let you down and will evoke some serious emotions . . . Ippolito has knocked it out of the park and, whether you are a fan of crime thrillers or not, you will enjoy this story.&” —Readers&’ Favorite &“No amount of SoCal sunshine can burn away the traumas of the past. Marcus Kemp takes his place in the pantheon of battle-damaged California noir heroes, anti or otherwise, in a compelling tale of one man facing his own pain.&” —Brian Asman, author of Jailbroke &“Classic crime fiction with a 21st century edge.&” —Paul D. Brazill, author of Guns of Brixton
Burying the Past (The Fran Harman Mysteries #4)
by Judith CutlerIn this historical mystery, British Detective Fran Harmon’s professional and private lives collide when a skeleton is unearthed in her garden. Det. Chief Inspector Fran Harmon and her fiancé, Asst. Chief Constable Mark Turner, have their hands full preparing for their wedding and renovating the rectory that will be their new home. But all their plans for wedded bliss are put on hold with the discovery of a skeleton buried in the vegetable patch. As investigations into the identity of the deceased progress, Fran and Mark realize that they have more to contend with than a dead body. It seems that Mark’s two grown-up children are less than thrilled for their father’s forthcoming nuptials. In fact, at least one of them seems to be behaving very strangely indeed . . . With so many obstacles in their way, Fran and Mark will have to draw on all their crime solving skills if they ever want to make it down the aisle. “Cutler’s fourth Harman entry will please readers who prefer their malice domestic.” —Kirkus Reviews
The Bus on Thursday: A Novel
by Shirley BarrettBridget Jones meets The Exorcist in this wickedly funny, dark novel about one woman’s post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting herIt wasn’t just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellett’s life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it.One day she felt a bit of a bump when she was scratching her armpit at work. The next thing she knew, her breast was being dissected and removed by an inappropriately attractive doctor, and she was suddenly deluged with cupcakes, judgy support groups, and her mum knitting sweaters.Luckily, Eleanor discovers Talbingo, a remote little town looking for a primary-school teacher. Their Miss Barker up and vanished in the night, despite being the most caring teacher ever, according to everyone. Unfortunately, Talbingo is a bit creepy. It’s not just the communion-wine-guzzling friar prone to mad rants about how cancer is caused by demons. Or the unstable, overly sensitive kids, always going on about Miss Barker and her amazing sticker system. It’s living alone in a remote cabin, with no cell or Internet service, wondering why there are so many locks on the front door and who is knocking on it late at night.Riotously funny, deeply unsettling, and surprisingly poignant, Shirley Barrett’s The Bus on Thursday is a wickedly weird, wild ride for fans of Helen Fielding, Maria Semple, and Stephen King.
The Bus on Thursday: A Novel
by Shirley Barrett'Intoxicating' Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation'Barrett's brilliant second novel plummets headlong into a darkly funny tale' Mail on SundayBridget Jones meets Twin Peaks in this black comedy about a woman's retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her.It wasn't just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellett's life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it.One day she felt a bit of a bump when she was scratching her armpit at work. The next thing she knew, her breast was being removed by an inappropriately attractive doctor, and she was subsequently inundated with cupcakes, besieged by judgy support groups, and the ungrateful recipient of hand-knitted sweaters from her mum.Luckily, Eleanor finds that Talbingo, a remote little town, needs a primary-school teacher. Their Miss Barker upped and vanished in the night, despite being the most caring teacher ever, according to everyone. Unfortunately, Talbingo is a bit creepy. It's not only the communion-wine-swigging priest prone to rants about how cancer is caused by demons. Or the unstable, overly sensitive kids, always going on about Miss Barker and her amazing sticker system. It's living alone in a remote cabin, with no phone service or wifi, wondering why there are so many locks on the front door, and who is knocking on it late at night.Riotously funny, deeply unsettling, and surprisingly poignant, Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday is a wicked, weird, wild ride for fans of Maria Semple, Stephen King and Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. And when have those three writers ever appeared in the same sentence?
Bus Station Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #18)
by Gertrude Chandler WarnerFour brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate some suspicious activity at a bus station in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.The Boxcar Children take a bus trip to the Science and Hobby Fair, but a bad storm forces them to stay at a bus station along the way. Soon they are in the middle of a mystery involving a polluted river, two strange boys, and a suspicious bus-station manager.What started as a single story about the Alden Children has delighted readers for generations and sold more than 80 million books worldwide. Featuring timeless adventures, mystery, and suspense, The Boxcar Children® series continues to inspire children to learn, question, imagine, and grow.
Bus Station Mystery (Boxcar Children #18)
by Gertrude Chandler Warner David CunninghamThe boxcar children are bound for the Science and Hobby Fair, but when a storm hits, they're forced to stay in a bus station with a mystery nearby.
Busca mi rostro
by Ignacio Del ValleDos policías, Daniel Isay y Sailesh Mathur, y una ex fotógrafa de guerra, Erin Sohr, buscan a un escurridizo criminal del conflicto de los Balcanes, apodado ?Viktor?, que está asesinando en Manhattan a importantes cabecillas de mafias de Europa del Este. Mientras los policías tratan de detener una escalada de crímenes, la búsqueda de "el rostro del terror" de Viktor, que realizó auténticas barbaridades durante la guerra, es la excusa para que Erin regrese a Sarajevo. Allí, tendrá que enfrentarse a los terribles recuerdos de su experiencia como fotógrafa de guerra durante el conflicto de los Balcanes y responder a la pregunta: ¿cuál es el verdadero rostro del mal?En su nueva novela, Ignacio del Valle guía al lector por un escalofriante y muy documentado viaje a las entrañas de las mafias rusas, el tráfico de drogas y armas, la corrupción política y otras consecuencias de un conflicto bélico cuyas repercusiones todavía sufren miles de personas. Con un magistral estilo y un dominio prodigioso de la tensión narrativa, Del Valle ha escrito un thriller de violencia, amor y redención sobre las máscaras que todos usamos para ocultar nuestra verdadera identidad. Busca mi rostro supone su consagración como uno de los autores españoles más importantes del momento.
Busca, Uma aventura de Dane Maddock (As aventuras de Dane Maddock, livro #3)
by David Wood Mike Brandish149.A.C. - Escapando por pouco das legiões invasoras de Roma, um soldado de Cartago carrega um segredo antigo para um local desconhecido. 1925- Percy Fawcett inicia sua útima expedição para a Amazônia, mas qual seria seu verdadeiro objetivo? Dane Maddock está de volta. Nas profundezas da Amazônia, um grupo de universitários encontra um horror além de seus pesadelos mais sombrios. e desaparecem sem deixar vestígios. Chamado para realizar um ousado resgate, Dane e Ossudo devem encontrar o verdadeiro caminho da última expedição de Fawcett, mas o segredo que se encontra no fim da jornada pode ser ainda mais letal do que os inimigos que o procuram. Das ruas de Lodres a ilhas remotas no atlântico, as selvas perigosas da Amazônia, Dane e Ossudo devem penetrar um segredo perdido através da história, em sua busca mortífera. "David Wood conseguiu novamente. Busca te leva numa expedição de encontro a uma trilha de aventura e sustos. David Wood aperfeiçoou sua arte e Busca é a prova de seus esforços!" David Golemon, autor de LEGACY, THE SUPERNATURALS, e EVENT "Dane e Ossudo estão de volta! Recheado de ação e díalogos espirituosos, essa aventura vibrante dá um novo ar a um dos maiores mistérios que perduram no século 20, David Wood entrega o que promete novamente com Busca." -- Sean Ellis, autor de INTO THE BLACK e DARK TRINITY: ASCENDANT "As peripécias do personagem serial de Wood, Dane Maddock, continuam em grande estilo com Busca, uma luta acirrada por um segredo global que leva a uma aventura recheada de mistérios, que interrompe a ação apenas o suficiente para umas boas risadas." -- Rick Chesler, autor de kiDNApped e WIRED KINGDOM "Que não haja confusão: David Wood é o próximo Clive Cusller. Da leitura acessível a trama bem formada e os personagens principais que não desistem, não importa o perigo, O último livro de Wood, Busca, é uma tremenda aventura clássica. Quando vo
Buscando a Faith
by Kristen MiddletonUn palpitante thriller de misterio escrito por la autora de Best sellers del New York Times, Kristen Middleton. Una niña desaparecida. Una psíquica bendecida. Un asesino serial al acecho. Tras el aparente secuestro de una niña de siete años en Two Harbors, Minnesota, la psíquica Carissa Jones ofrece su ayuda para localizarla. En medio de la desesperación y sin ninguna pista por la cual empezar, las autoridades locales deciden involucrarla en el caso. Este es el primer libro de la serie de Carissa Jones. Cada historia se encofcará en un caso distinto de abducción de niñas. Los libros pueden ser leídos por separado o consecutivamente.
Buscando a Lainey
by Kristen MiddletonUn apasionante thriller psicológico lleno de giros impresionantes y una sorpresa en el final que no te imaginarás. Tu peor pesadilla como padre: que te roben a tu hijo cuando estás de espalda. ¿Hasta dónde llegarías por recuperar a tu hijo o hija? Una niña de ocho años secuestrada por traficantes sexuales. Una madre desesperada y llena de culpa por quitarle la vista de encima a su hija. Un hombre cercano a ambas… tan culpable como el pecado. La vidente Carissa Jones una vez más se ve inmersa en un caso… este involucra al sórdido y espantoso mundo de la trata de niños.
Buscando a Rosanna Mee: Un Misterio de Sam Smith (La serie de Misterio de Sam Smith #17)
by Hannah HoweRosanna Mee, una chica de 21 años, severamente agorafóbica, estaba confinada a su casa. Aun así, cuando Faye y yo llegamos a su departamento para entregar algunos documentos legales, no pudimos encontrarla. Había desaparecido. ¿Cómo es que una mujer que no ha había salido de su casa en tres años simplemente desaparece? Esa fue la primera de una serie de preguntas que nos llevaron a adentrarnos al mundo del fisicoculturismo, del fraude y del asesinato.
Buscando el alma de Babilonia
by Alejandro Clavel Sonador SnowBuscando el alma de Babilonia es un relato que transporta al lector al pasado, al tiempo en que el imperio persa era un gobierno poderoso, y durante el cual una monumental hazaña se llevó a cabo en medio del desierto. La avidez de poder y riquezas provocó que un general del ejército llevara a cabo acciones aberrantes, que se proyectaron al tiempo futuro en un paralelo espeluznante cuando una arqueóloga (Diane Ryan) y un historiador (Geoff Symons) intentan recuperar losobjetos valiosos que dan destimonio de los relatos del pasado, pero que debido al valor de dichos descubrimientos, un cadena de hechos violentos terminan haciendo que su trabajo se transforme en una carrera por su vida. Buscando el alma de Babilonia lo mantendrá al borde del asiento, al tiempo que le hará visualizar los eventos de manera asombrosa e interesante.
Busco a Violet Park
by Jenny ValentinePuede que la revolución que esperabas se encuentre en una urna con cenizas. Puede que además sea la clave de una misteriosa desaparición. El padre de Lucas había desaparecido años atrás sin dar explicaciones. Una noche, el joven encuentra en una oficina de taxis una urna olvidada con las cenizas de Violet Park, una anciana absolutamente desconocida. Convencido de que su espíritu trata de comunicarse con él, empieza a investigar sobre su vida y desatará los hilos de una terrible verdad. Reseñas:«Un maravilloso debut por muchas razones... Este libro no es sólo especial por su encanto, calidez e ingenio, sino también por la habilidad con que la autora trenza todos los temas.»The Guardian «No hay resumen que pueda hacer justicia al sabor tan particular de este libro, a sus ingeniosos momentos de dulzura genuina... Excelente.»Books for Keeps
Bush Poodles Are Murder: A Belle Palmer Mystery
by Lou AllinIn the third Belle Palmer mystery, Belle takes her friend and employee on a snowshoe trek. Miriam MacDonald brings her spoiled mini-poodle, a gift from investment broker boyfriend, who promises huge returns on her life savings. Later that week, Miriam discovers Elphinstone bludgeoned to death in his condo. Although Miriam’s fingerprints alone are found on the Inuit sculpture murder weapon, the collapse of Elphinstone’s empire has ruined hundreds of people and made him many dangerous enemies. Miriam is eventually charged with second-degree murder and then, as Belle struggles to pull the pieces of a very complicated puzzle together, Miriam rushes off to North Bay to be with her ailing daughter, and Belle inherits the obnoxious poodle.. Meanwhile, a stalker now has Belle watching her back in the Northern Ontario bush she calls home. Will she find the killer before a bullet finds her?
Bushel Full of Murder
by Paige SheltonThe New York Times bestselling author of Merry Market Murder returns to Bailey's Farmers' Market where Becca Robins must get her cousin out of a jam... This summer, Becca is looking forward to selling her delicious jams and preserves, but things are changing fast at the farmers' market. A fleet of food trucks has arrived for a two week visit, peddling cupcakes, tacos, chicken wings, and more--including a gourmet hot dog truck operated by Becca's own cousin, Peyton.Tensions between truck operators and market vendors over their required licenses reach a crescendo when the town's business manager is murdered. With Peyton already under suspicion of stealing money and a secret recipe from the restaurant where she worked in Arizona, the cops start grilling her as their prime suspect. Now it's up to Becca to clear her cousin and find out who at the market gave themselves a license to kill...
The Business: A Novel
by Iain BanksKate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance, the character of The Business seems, even to Kate, to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses, allegedly, a book of Leonardo cartoons, several sets of Crown Jewels and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations.Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley, a ranch in Nebraska, the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters, and a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control, she has to do The Business.
The Business
by Iain BanksKate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance, the character of The Business seems, even to Kate, to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses, allegedly, a book of Leonardo cartoons, several sets of Crown Jewels and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations.Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley, a ranch in Nebraska, the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters, and a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control, she has to do The Business.