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Bruno's Challenge & Other Dordogne Tales
by Martin WalkerA bumper collection of delightful stories featuring Bruno, Chief of Police and France's favourite cop, all set in the beautiful Dordogne valley and the ravishing Perigord region of the south west. Here is a landscape of meandering rivers with medieval castles overlooking their banks, of lush hillsides and spreading vineyards, of delicious local wines and world renowned cuisine. With titles like 'The Chocolate War'; 'The Birthday Lunch'; 'Oystercatcher'; 'A Market Tale' and 'Fifty Million Bubbles', you may be sure that champagne and gastronomy will feature as well as cosy crime in 'Dangerous Vacation'. Bruno strides through these tales, staying calm. settling local disputes and keeping safe his beloved town of St Denis. Only on one occasion does he panic: in 'Bruno's Challenge', his friend Ivan, proprietor and chef of the town's popular eatery, suddenly collapses on the eve of a large anniversary dinner, and he asks Bruno to take over the restaurant. After a few protests followed by some deep breaths, the inimitable Bruno meets his challenge and saves the day.(P) 2021 Quercus Editions Limited
Bruno's Challenge & Other Dordogne Tales: A bumper collection of delicious stories to warm the heart
by Martin WalkerA bumper collection of delightful stories featuring Bruno, Chief of Police and France's favourite cop, all set in the beautiful Dordogne valley and the ravishing Perigord region of the south west. Here is a landscape of meandering rivers with medieval castles overlooking their banks, of lush hillsides and spreading vineyards, of delicious local wines and world renowned cuisine. With titles like 'The Chocolate War'; 'The Birthday Lunch'; 'Oystercatcher'; 'A Market Tale' and 'Fifty Million Bubbles', you may be sure that champagne and gastronomy will feature as well as cosy crime in 'Dangerous Vacation'. Bruno strides through these tales, staying calm. settling local disputes and keeping safe his beloved town of St Denis. Only on one occasion does he panic: in 'Bruno's Challenge', his friend Ivan, proprietor and chef of the town's popular eatery, suddenly collapses on the eve of a large anniversary dinner, and he asks Bruno to take over the restaurant. After a few protests followed by some deep breaths, the inimitable Bruno meets his challenge and saves the day.
Bruno's Challenge: And Other Stories of the French Countryside (Bruno, Chief of Police Series)
by Martin WalkerMartin Walker's first collection of stories featuring all the familiar characters from his Bruno novels and the glories of the Périgord region of France, with ample helpings of food and wine."Whether preparing nettle soup, liaising with the Police Nationale or reading boar scat, Bruno remains focused and efficient.... Turn immediately to Martin Walker&’s new platter of delicious morsels.&”—The Washington PostAfter a prisoner breaks parole to see his son on Christmas, Bruno must track him down before he throws away his chance at eventual freedom. When a Senegalese man&’s coffee sells superbly at the market, some café owners become incensed by the new competition and take matters into their own hands. As a Swiss tourist and a St. Denis native fall in love over the fruit-and-veggie stall, one of their family members takes drastic steps to break them up. A fledgling tour bus business is sabotaged, leading Bruno to take a closer look at a town love triangle. Called in to investigate a case of stolen oysters, our beloved policeman reunites with an old flame to catch the shellfish thieves. In story after story, Bruno settles town disputes, mediates family quarrels, and tracks down lawbreakers in his adored village of St. Denis and its environs. Featured meals in the collection include a fatty Christmas goose, a savory nettle soup with crème fraîche, and a fluffy quiche Lorraine.
Bruno, Chief of Police: A Mystery of the French Countryside (Bruno, Chief of Police Series #1)
by Martin WalkerThe first installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.Meet Benoît Courrèges, aka Bruno, a policeman in a small village in the South of France. He&’s a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life. He has a gun but never wears it; he has the power to arrest but never uses it. But then the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes all that. Now Bruno must balance his beloved routines—living in his restored shepherd&’s cottage, shopping at the local market, drinking wine, strolling the countryside—with a politically delicate investigation. He&’s paired with a young policewoman from Paris and the two suspect anti-immigrant militants. As they learn more about the dead man&’s past, Bruno&’s suspicions turn toward a more complex motive."Enjoyable.... Martin Walker plots with the same finesse with which Bruno can whip up a truffle omelette, and both have a clear appreciation for a life tied to the land." —The Christian Science Monitor"A nice literary pairing with the slow-food movement.... [It is] lovely...to linger at the table." —Entertainment Weekly"A wonderfully crafted novel as satisfying as a French pastry but with none of the guilt or calories." —Tuscon Citizen's Journal
Bruno, jefe de policía
by Martin WalkerEs día de mercado en St. Denis, un pueblecito de la región francesa de Périgord. Y lo que promete ser una jornada tranquila se convierte en tragedia cuando encuentran el cadáver de un hombre árabe con una esvástica dibujada en el pecho. Bruno Courrèges será el responsable de resolver el crimen. Y así da comienzo la investigación, con la ayuda de agentes de policía parisinos enviados por el Ministerio. Entre ellos se encuentra el inolvidable J.J., un viejo amigo de Bruno, e Isabelle, una atractiva joven. Las primeras sospechas apuntan a jóvenes simpatizantes del Front Nationale, pero la información es contradictoria y parece que el pasado de los habitantes del pueblo es mucho más oscuro de lo que cualquiera pudiera imaginar.Bruno, nuestro jefe de policía, es un hombre afable y sencillo, amante de la buena comida y el buen vino, un sibarita que encarna la inteligencia y habilidad de los mejores detectives del género.«Martin Walker es autor best seller en toda Europa. Sus libros son amenos, entretenidos y excitantes. Walker aporta lo mejor del género y además consigue que el lector viaje a través de estas páginas: gastronomía, recreación rural y misterio, una mezcla muy gratificante.»Times Literary Suplement
Brunswick Gardens: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #18)
by Anne PerryIn London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood--a "new woman" whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling. When Unity, three months pregnant, tumbles down the staircase to her death, Superintendent Thomas Pitt is as certain as he can be that one of the three deeply devout men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter? His handsome curate? Or his son, a fervent Roman Catholic? <P> Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, refuse to settle for less than the truth--or less than justice.men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter, his handsome curate, or his Roman Catholic son? Powerful forces demand that the scandalous matter be cleared up immediately. But Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, refuse to settle for less than the truth... and justice.<P> Like all Anne Perry's novels, Brunswick Gardens translates great moral issues into deeply moving human dramas. Perhaps the most psychologically penetrating book she has written, it is a distinguished addition to her acclaimed body of work.
Brunswick Gardens: A thrilling journey into corruption and murder in Victorian London (Thomas Pitt Mystery #18)
by Anne PerryDoes the murder of a young woman have a religious cause? Anne Perry's Brunswick Gardens delves deep into the politics of the church, uncovering thwarted ambitions, unfulfilled promises and frustrated passions amid murder. Perfect for fans of C. J. Samson and Ann Granger.'Beautifully crafted, filled with the gaslit atmosphere of a bygone world' - Cosmopolitan In London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood - a 'new woman' whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling. When Unity, three months pregnant, tumbles down a staircase to her death, Superintendent Thomas Pitt is certain that one of the three deeply devout men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter? His handsome curate? Or his son, a fervent Roman Catholic? Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, will refuse to settle for less than the truth - or less than justice. What readers are saying about Anne Perry: '[Anne Perry's] books are always gripping and beautifully written''These are a great set of books. Pitt is a really likeable hero''Five stars'
Brush Back
by Sara ParetskyChicago's V. I. Warshawski confronts crooked politicians and buried family secrets in the gritty new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Sara Paretsky. No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but there are a few she'd be happy to avoid. High on that list is tangling with Chicago political bosses. Yet that's precisely what she ends up doing when she responds to Frank Guzzo's plea for help.For six stormy weeks back in high school, V.I. thought she was in love with Frank. He broke up with her, she went off to college, he started driving trucks for Bagby Haulage. She forgot about him until the day his mother was convicted of bludgeoning his kid sister, Annie, to death. Stella Guzzo was an angry, uncooperative prisoner and did a full twenty-five years for her daughter's murder.Newly released from prison, Stella is looking for exoneration, so Frank asks V.I. for help. V.I. doesn't want to get involved. Stella hated the Warshawskis, in particular V.I.'s adored mother, Gabriella.But life has been hard on Frank and on V.I.'s other childhood friends, still stuck on the hardscrabble streets around the dead steel mills, and V.I. agrees to ask a few questions. Those questions lead her straight into the vipers' nest of Illinois politics she's wanted to avoid. When V.I. takes a beating at a youth meeting in her old hood, her main question becomes whether she will live long enough to find answers.
Brush Back: V.I. Warshawski 17
by Sara ParetskyThe seventeenth V.I. Warshawski thriller from one of America's greatest female crime writers, and winner of Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award 2015.For six stormy weeks in high school, V.I. Warshawski thought she was in love with Frank Guzzo. He broke up with her, she went off to college, he started driving trucks for a living. She forgot about him until the day his mother was arrested for bludgeoning his kid sister Annie to death. Twenty-five years later, Stella is released and Frank comes to V. I., begging the private detective to help find grounds to exonerate his mother from a crime she claims she never committed.V.I. doesn't want to get involved, but life has been hard on Frank. When V.I. agrees to ask a few questions, it's a painful journey to the past for her, to her old neighbourhood and the people she grew up with. And when she gets beaten up after attending a youth-group meeting in her old 'hood, V.I.'s main question becomes whether she will live long enough to find the answers.
Brush With Death: An Art Lover's Mystery
by Hailey Lind Juliet BlackwellSince she went straight, Annie Kincaid’s been applying her genius for fine art forgery to her own faux finishing business in San Francisco. She hasn’t seen the inside of a jail cell since she was seventeen, although sometimes it takes all of her arts—fine or otherwise—to keep it that way… Annie knows that art security can be inadequate, but it’s crazy to think that an Old Master painting could be hanging unguarded in the local columbarium where she’s doing restoration work. Still, when she gets a tip that the chapel’s copy of Raphael’s exquisite La Fornarina might be the real thing, Annie has to take a look. And when she runs into a certain sexy art thief on the premises, alarm bells go off in her head as well as her heart. Tired of being an art world pariah, Annie hopes that if she can help return the masterpiece to Italy, she’ll finally be redeemed. But when murder enters the picture, Annie realizes that it won’t be so easy to put things at the cemetery to rest… INCLUDES ART TIPS!
Brutal Vows: Queens and Monsters Book 4 (Queens and Monsters)
by J.T. GeissingerThe fourth book in the scorchingly hot mafia romance Queens and Monsters series by New York Times bestselling author J.T. Geissinger, where John Wick meets Romeo and Juliet.An Irish mobster with a brutal grudge.An Italian mafia princess with a dark secret.Two enemy empires joined in sacred marriage vows.Let the hating games begin.Reyna:If this arrogant Irish mobster my brother sold my niece to thinks I’m going to play nice over this arranged marriage BS, he should think again. I don’t care if this match with the Mob will make my brother capo of the Five Families.I don’t care how much money, territory, or power it will gain us. I especially don’t care that the Irishman is the sexiest man I’ve ever seen. I won’t allow my innocent niece to suffer the same way I did.Even if I have to kill him.Spider:I’m supposed to marry sweet, beautiful Lili. So why can’t I stop thinking about her swamp witch of an aunt?Reyna who hates me. Reyna who challenges me. Reyna with the guts of a Viking, the body of a fertility goddess, and the attitude of a feral cat.Nothing good can come of what I’m feeling for a woman who’s not the one in the wedding contract I signed. A woman I want so much, I’ll have to burn the whole world down to get.If she doesn’t kill me first.Queens and Monsters Reading Order:Ruthless CreaturesCarnal UrgesSavage HeartsBrutal VowsAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Brutality
by Ingrid ThoftGutsy, relentless, wisecracking Boston P.I. Fina Ludlow is back with her most hard-hitting case yet in the critically acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft.When soccer mom Liz Barone is attacked in her kitchen and left with a life-threatening injury, Fina Ludlow is hired by Liz's mother to identify her attacker. It's unusual for Fina to take a case that isn't connected to the family firm, Ludlow and Associates, but Liz was in the process of suing her alma mater, New England University--a suit that could be a legal gold mine. Twenty years earlier, Liz was an NEU soccer star known for her physical toughness; however, a serious cognitive decline has soured her soccer memories. She's convinced that her aggressive style of play--and the university's willingness to ignore head injuries in favor of a win--has put her health and her future in jeopardy, and someone needs to be held responsible. Was Liz attacked to stop her lawsuit, or were there other secrets in the seemingly innocent woman's life? Fina convinces her father and boss, Carl, to take the case, and discovers that wading into the financially lucrative and emotionally charged world of collegiate sports requires nerves of steel. As the list of suspects grows and hidden agendas are revealed, Fina wonders if any game is worth the price.From the Hardcover edition.
Brutality
by Ingrid ThoftGutsy, relentless, wisecracking Boston P.I. Fina Ludlow is back with her most hard-hitting case yet in the critically acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft.When soccer mom Liz Barone is attacked in her kitchen and left with a life-threatening injury, Fina Ludlow is hired by Liz's mother to identify her attacker. It's unusual for Fina to take a case that isn't connected to the family firm, Ludlow and Associates, but Liz was in the process of suing her alma mater, New England University--a suit that could be a legal gold mine. Twenty years earlier, Liz was an NEU soccer star known for her physical toughness; however, a serious cognitive decline has soured her soccer memories. She's convinced that her aggressive style of play--and the university's willingness to ignore head injuries in favor of a win--has put her health and her future in jeopardy, and someone needs to be held responsible. Was Liz attacked to stop her lawsuit, or were there other secrets in the seemingly innocent woman's life? Fina convinces her father and boss, Carl, to take the case, and discovers that wading into the financially lucrative and emotionally charged world of collegiate sports requires nerves of steel. As the list of suspects grows and hidden agendas are revealed, Fina wonders if any game is worth the price.From the Hardcover edition.
Brute Force
by Andy McNabA cargo ship is apprehended by the authorities off the coast of Spain, packed with enough arms and ammunition to start a war. Twenty years later, an unknown aggressor seems intent on taking out those responsible for the treachery – one by one.The last victim was brutally tortured with a Black & Decker drill and then shot through the head at point-blank range.And Nick Stone – ex-SAS, tough, resourceful, ruthless, highly trained – is next on the killer’s list. He has only two options – fight or flight – but which do you choose when you don’t know who you are up against?
Brute Force
by Andy McNabA cargo ship is apprehended by the authorities off the coast of Spain, packed with enough arms and ammunition to start a war. Twenty years later, an unknown aggressor seems intent on taking out those responsible for the treachery – one by one.The last victim was brutally tortured with a Black & Decker drill and then shot through the head at point-blank range.And Nick Stone – ex-SAS, tough, resourceful, ruthless, highly trained – is next on the killer’s list. He has only two options – fight or flight – but which do you choose when you don’t know who you are up against?
Brute Force (A Jericho Quinn Thriller #6)
by Marc CameronAre these the last days of America? A thriller starring &“a compelling, never-give-an-inch hero who will appeal to Jack Reacher fans&” (Booklist). In the aftermath of a devastating biological attack, America stands on the brink of disaster. The President of the United States is controlled by terrorists. The Vice President, global mastermind Lee McKeon, is plotting his next move. And special agent Jericho Quinn is running for his life. Desperate to clear his name—and expose the conspirators in the White House—Quinn must race against time before McKeon can execute his evil plan. It begins with heightened security, mass surveillance, and the establishment of a brutal police state. It can only end in the takeover of America. The only thing standing between democracy and destruction is a man named Quinn…and one perfectly aimed bullet. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Tom Clancy Oath of Office, this heart-pounding thriller features &“a formidable warrior readers will want to see more of&” (Publishers Weekly).
Brute Strength (A Dog Lover's Mystery #19)
by Susan ConantWhen Dog's Life columnist and malamute fancier Holly Winter rejects applicants who want to adopt homeless malamute dogs, she makes a lot of enemies. In dogs Holly trusts, and the dogs she trusts most are her beloved malamutes, Rowdy, Kimi and Sammy. But right now she can use a human friend. Wherever she turns, romances sour and fights break out. Holly's veterinarian husband and her beloved stepmother, Gabrielle, are both keeping secrets from Holly's ever- difficult father. Then a lovely young woman is killed in an unexplained car crash, and an elderly member of Holly's dog-training club dies of a mysterious illness. Peril strikes close to home when Gabrielle unaccountably begins to fall asleep at the wheel - and closer yet when Holly faces a killer whose intended victim is Holly herself.
Bruxaria de Amor no Dia dos Namorados (Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick #6)
by Colleen CrossAté que a morte nos separe... Cendrine West e as bruxas de Westwick estão ansiosas por um Dia dos Namorados encantador, cheio de romance, admiradores secretos e talvez até mesmo um ou dois pedidos de casamento. O amor está no ar, mas Tia Pearl não se importa. A empreitada mais recente de Ruby traz hóspedes inesperados e uma proposta de mistério lança Cen em uma missão. Mas a flecha do Cupido acerta uma maldição e, subitamente, o caos começa!
Bruxarias de Natal: Um Mistério das Bruxas de Westwick (Série Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick #4)
by Colleen CrossComa, beba e seja envenenado... Cendrine West estava ansiosa para ter uma ceia de véspera de Natal aconchegante e gostosa quando uma tempestade chega, trazendo uma enxurrada de convidados inesperados. Mas bruxas desastradas e feitiços malcriados são uma receita para o desastre, especialmente quando uma convidada morre. O lado investigativo de Cendrine a faz descobrir uma trama do tamanho da lista de presentes do Papai Noel e todos são suspeitos, inclusive seu namorado maravilhoso, o delegado. Foi um acidente terrível de uma bruxa bêbada... ou algo mais sinistro? A morte está no cardápio esta noite e só a magia pode desvendar a verdade neste romance enfeitiçante, emocionante e natalino! Os Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick são para fãs de livros de mistérios leves e divertidos com um toque sobrenatural! Caso ainda não tenha lido os três primeiros livros da série, Que Bruxaria é Essa?, Bruxas aos Farrapos e Bruxas e Famosas, compre-os agora mesmo por um preço especial com o conjunto Mistério Mágico das Bruxas de Westwick. “Bruxas e suspense... eu adorei!” “Cinco estrelas para minha combinação preferida de magia, visco e assassinato!” “... Uma deliciosa mistura de bruxaria e coisas sobrenaturais. Se você gosta de mistérios de bruxas, amará Cendrine West e sua família doida de bruxas!” “... Um dos melhores livros de mistério paranormal que li nos últimos tempos. Um mistério criativo de detetive que combina os melhores mistérios de um romance enigmático de Agatha Christie com os livros fantasiosos de Harry Potter. Magia para adultos!” Mistérios de bruxas para fãs de livros de mistérios leves e divertidos com um toque sobrenatural! Os Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick em ordem: Que Bruxaria é Essa? Bruxas aos Farrapos Bruxas e Famosas Bruxarias de Natal
Bruxas aos Farrapos: Um Mistério das Bruxas de Westwick (Série Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick #2)
by Colleen CrossVencer, perder ou empatar… Um Mistério das Bruxas de Westwick Cendrine West não consegue uma folga. Ela está prestes a conseguir um novo emprego e as coisas estão melhorando com o delegado sexy, Tyler Gates. Tudo muda quando ela é sequestrada pela bruxa renegada, tia Pearl, que quer vingar a morte recente de uma amiga. É Las Vegas ou a prisão... por todos os motivos errados. Rocco Racatelli é um homem rico de Vegas... e o próximo alvo da máfia. A sorte lhe deu uma mão perdedora e ele quer vingança. Quando tia Pearl aparece, muito disposta a ajudar, o projeto Vingança em Vegas rapidamente se transforma em uma guerra da máfia. Quando as bruxas entram no submundo da Cidade do Pecado, os cadáveres se acumulam e segredos são expostos. Não é apenas o calor de Las Vegas que é escaldante... Rocco está disposto a ganhar o coração de Cen. Mas ela só quer o homem que deixou para trás em Westwick Corners. A única coisa que ela precisa fazer é solucionar um assassinato, vencer a tia na magia e derrubar a máfia de Las Vegas. O que poderia dar errado? Quando o crime organizado encontra a magia desorganizada, tudo pode acontecer! À medida que o número de corpos aumenta, fica claro que Cen precisa de mais do que um milagre no deserto para consertar as coisas. Se você gosta de mistérios divertidos, com uma boa dose de humor e sobrenatural, adorará este livro paranormal! Para os fãs de Janet Evanovich, Leighann Dobbs, Angie Fox, Deanna Chase e Lynn Cahoon. Registre-se para receber notificações de novos lançamentos em http://www.colleencross.com “Uma história sobrenatural enfeitiçadora. Se você gosta de mistérios divertidos, adorará Cendrine West e sua família maluca!”
Bruxas e Famosas : Um Mistério das Bruxas de Westwick (Série Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick #3)
by Colleen CrossLuzes, câmera, assassino… Um figurão do cinema de Hollywood chega à cidade e a jornalista Cendrine West está ansiosa para conseguir um furo de reportagem. A família de bruxas dela também quer participar da ação, mas problemas com as estrelas logo se transformam em uma tragédia. Os cadáveres se empilham mais rápido do que um rosário de xingamentos e tudo aponta para a família de Cen. Elas não pararão por nada na missão do estrelato sobrenatural, mesmo que isso signifique interferir com uma investigação de assassinato. As bruxas criaram uma confusão com feitiços e deram ao assassino a chance de escapar impune. Cen recorre à própria justiça sobrenatural para manter a família sob controle, mas conseguirá desmascarar o assassino antes que ele ataque de novo? Boas-vindas à vida selvagem das Wests! Bruxas e Famosas é para fãs de mistérios paranormais e bruxas engraçadas. Este livro pode ser lido como um mistério independente, mas, se quiser saber mais sobre as Bruxas de Westwick e a história de sua família, comece com o livro 1: Que Bruxaria é Essa?.
Bryan Gruley's Starvation Lake Mystery Series 2-Book Boxed Set
by Bryan GruleyIn the dead of a Michigan winter, pieces of a snowmobile wash up near the crumbling, small town of Starvation Lake—the same snowmobile that went down with Starvation's legendary hockey coach years earlier. But everybody knows Coach Blackburn's accident happened five miles away on a different lake. As rumors buzz about mysterious underground tunnels, the evidence from the snowmobile says one thing: murder. Gus Carpenter, editor of the local newspaper, has recently returned to Starvation after a failed attempt to make it big at the Detroit Times. In his youth, Gus was the goalie who let a state championship get away, crushing Coach's dreams and earning the town's enmity. Now he's investigating the murder of his former coach. But even more unsettling to Gus are the holes in the town's past and the gnawing suspicion that those holes may conceal some dark and disturbing secrets secrets that some of the people closest to him may have killed to keep. The Hanging Tree When Gracie McBride, the wild girl who had vanished for fifteen years, is found dead in an apparent suicide shortly after her homecoming, it sends shockwaves through her native Starvation Lake. Gus Carpenter, executive editor of the Pine County Pilot, sets out to solve the mystery with the help of his old flame and now girlfriend, Pine County Sheriff’s Deputy Darlene Esper. As Gus and Darlene investigate, they can’t help but question if Gracie’s troubled life really ended in suicide or if the suspicious crime scene evidence—a missing shoe, a pair of handcuffs, and traces of blood on the snow beneath her—adds up to murder. The second book in Bryan Gruley’s irresistible Starvation Lake series, The Hanging Tree is a compelling story about family and friendship, sex and violence, and of love falling short of making everything right.
Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart
by Christopher FowlerLondon's wiliest detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are back on the case in this fiendishly clever new mystery. And when a cemetery becomes the scene of a crime, neither secrets--nor bodies--stay buried. Romain Curtis sneaks into St. George's Gardens one evening with his date, planning to show her the stars. A centuries-old burial ground, the small, quiet park is the perfect place to be alone. Yet the night takes a chilling turn when the two teenagers spy a strange figure rising from among the tombstones: a corpse emerging from the grave. Suffice it to say that wherever there's a dead man walking, Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit are never far behind. As the PCU investigates the sighting, a second urgent matter requires their unusual brand of problem-solving. Seven ravens have gone missing from their historic home in the Tower of London, and legend has it that when the ravens disappear, England will fall. Bryant has been tasked with recovering the lost birds, but when Romain is suddenly found dead, the two seemingly separate mysteries start to intertwine and point to a plot more sinister than anyone could ever imagine. Soon Bryant and May find themselves immersed in London's darkest lore, from Victorian-era body snatchers, to arcane black magic, to the grisly myth behind Bleeding Heart Yard, a courtyard long associated with murder. And as the body count spikes and more coffins are unearthed, they will have to dig deep to catch a killer and finally lay these cases to rest. Darkly funny and fast-paced, Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart is a brilliantly twisting puzzle, conjured from the inventive mind of Christopher Fowler.
Bryant & May and the Burning Man
by Christopher FowlerNo case is too curious for Arthur Bryant and John May, London's most ingenious detectives. But with their beloved city engulfed in turmoil, they'll have to work fast to hold a sinister killer's feet to the fire. In the week before Guy Fawkes Night, London's peaceful streets break out in sudden unrest. Enraged by a scandal involving a corrupt financier accused of insider trading, demonstrators are rioting outside the Findersbury Private Bank, chanting, marching, and growing violent. But when someone hurls a Molotov cocktail at the bank's front door, killing a homeless man on its steps, Bryant, May, and the rest of the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in. Is this an act of protest gone terribly wrong? Or a devious, premeditated murder? Their investigation heats up when a second victim is reported dead in similar fiery circumstances. May discovers the latest victim has ties to the troubled bank, and Bryant refuses to believe this is mere coincidence. As the riots grow more intense and the body count climbs, Bryant and May hunt for a killer who's adopting incendiary methods of execution, on a snaking trail of clues with roots in London's history of rebellion, anarchy, and harsh justice. Now, they'll have to throw themselves in the line of fire before the entire investigation goes up in smoke. Suspenseful, smart, and wickedly funny, Bryant & May and the Burning Man is a brilliantly crafted mystery from the beloved Christopher Fowler. Praise for Christopher Fowler's ingenious novels featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit "A brilliant series."--The Denver Post "Fowler, like his crime-solvers, is deadpan, sly, and always unexpectedly inventive."--Entertainment Weekly "Mr. Fowler's small but ardent American following deserves to get much larger. And The Invisible Code is a delightful introduction to his work. . . . The Invisible Code has immense charm, but its plotting will satisfy serious mystery fans. . . . Best of all are the two main characters, particularly Bryant, whose fine British stodginess is matched perfectly by the agility of his crime-solving mind."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times, on The Invisible Code "Picture a television series that is a rough mash-up of Law & Order, The X-Files, and Monty Python's Flying Circus . . . and you have the Peculiar Crimes Unit. . . . These stories are witty, challenging, engrossing, informative and incredibly well-written."--Bookreporter "Spiced with a little screwball-comedy dialogue and a touch of the occult."--The Washington Post, on The Memory of Blood "May and Bryant make a stellar team."--The Wall Street Journal "Fowler reinvents and reinvigorates the traditional police procedural."--The Boston Globe"The most joyously inventive mystery series of our time."--Kirkus ReviewsFrom the Hardcover edition.
Bryant & May and the Secret Santa
by Christopher FowlerIn this fast-paced Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery, available as an eBook short story, detectives Arthur Bryant and John May must crack a puzzling Christmas case with some extra assistance from Santa's little helpers. Includes a preview of Christopher Fowler's upcoming Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery, Bryant & May and the Burning Man! The streets of London are covered in twinkling lights and freshly fallen snow, but the mood inside the Christmas department of Selfridges is decidedly less cheery. Bryant and May have arrived there to investigate the death of an eleven-year-old boy who inexplicably fled the store after a routine visit to Santa's Wonderland. Their only clue is a torn scrap of blue cloth discovered at the scene. Now, Bryant and May are making a list of suspects, but they'd better check it twice to catch a shifty culprit in disguise.