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Cactus Heart (David Mapstone Mysteries #0)
by Jon TaltonIn this "prequel" to the popular David Mapstone mysteries, author Jon Talton takes us back to 1999, when everything dot-com was making money, the Y2K bug was the greatest danger facing the world, and the good times seemed as if they would never end.It was a time before David and Lindsey were together, before Mike Peralta was sheriff, and before David had rid himself of the sexy and mysterious Gretchen.In Phoenix, it's the sweet season and Christmas and the new millennium are only weeks away. But history professor David Mapstone, just hired by the Sheriff's Office, still finds trouble, chasing a robber into an abandoned warehouse and discovering a gruesome crime from six decades ago.Mapstone begins an investigation into a Depression-era kidnapping that transfixed Arizona and the nation: the disappearance of a cattle baron's grandsons, their bodies never found. And although the kidnapper was caught and executed, Mapstone uncovers evidence that justice was far from done. But this is no history lesson. The cattle baron's heirs now run a Fortune 500 company and wield far more clout than a former-professor-turned-deputy. Then one of the heirs turns up dead....
Cactus Waffle Murder (Wicked Waffle Paranormal Cozy #7)
by Carolyn Q. HunterSonja and Frank are finally married and on their way to their dream honeymoon in the beautiful deserts of New Mexico. They have spa days, museum trips, hiking, shopping, and of course, relaxation on their to-do list. Unfortunately, their idyllic plans are interrupted by a murder. The newlyweds try their best not to get caught up in another investigation, but when the spirit of an ancient skinwalker appears to Sonja, she knows it's up to her to help catch the real killer. A complicated web of underhanded business tactics, feuds, and revenge is woven together around the couple, making for a very sticky case.. Will Sonja and Frank be able to pin down the truth so they can get on with their honeymoon, or will the killer have the last laugh?
Cadavere nel campus
by Harry Glum Flaminia C.TRATTO DA UNA STORIA VERA La giovane Sarah Brown sparisce misteriosamente in una tranquilla mattinata d’inverno nel campus dell’Università di Northern Iowa. Due giorni dopo viene ritrovata senza vita da un gruppo di ricerca composto da agenti della polizia locale, studenti e vicini. Si apre così un caso in cui si cercherà di inchiodare il colpevole di questo crimine terribile che ha stroncato la vita e il futuro di un'adorabile giovane che sembrava non aver nemici. L’apparentemente idilliaca città di Ceadr Falls verrà scossa da questo tragico evento, e molto presto i sospetti inizieranno a moltiplicarsi. La polizia dovrà quindi risolvere un caso più complesso di ciò che si aspettava. Grazie allo stile unico di Harry Glum, CADAVERE NEL CAMPUS narra una storia basata su fatti realmente accaduti tanto terrificante quanto affascinante che ci ricorda, una volta ancora, che la realtà può rivelarsi più spaventosa dei nostri incubi più profondi.
Cadaveri bianchi
by Gemma Herrero VirtoPerché l'assassino lascia i corpi delle vittime nelle cave abbandonate della Biscaglia e li posa su una pietra a braccia incrociate come se fossero un'offerta su un altare? Perché copre i loro corpi con trucco bianco e brucia i loro volti e le mani con l'acido? Cosa significano le maschere bianche sui loro volti e le strane iscrizioni scritte su di loro? Gli orologi con le lancette ferme che portano nella mano sinistra hanno un senso? Cosa vuole dirci l'assassino con questi strani rituali? Carlos, Natalia e Gus dovranno affrontare tutte queste domande per scoprire il codice dell'assassino e svelare il mistero che nascondono i cadaveri bianchi. Avventure, piste, strade chiuse, profili psicologici... Una trama frenetica che ti catturerà dalla prima all'ultima pagina. Se ti sei emozionato con La rete di Caronte e ti sei divertito con Suicidi indotti, non puoi perderti questa terza avventura della serie.
Cadenas de vela (Navegando Claro #2)
by Philip G HenleyEl Capitán Tom Larring apenas escapó con vida de una misión en Afganistán. Ahora tiene otra tarea. Effi Miani ha estado encubierto en el Medio Oriente pero es necesario para la misma operación. Juntos deben encontrar a Bravo-One-One, que es el objetivo de mayor prioridad para el MI6. Se cree que está construyendo un arma química en el noroeste de Pakistán. Una operación anterior del MI6 ya ha fallado. Una filtración o un traidor dentro del MI6 pueden haber destruido esa misión, por lo que se deben tomar precauciones adicionales, de lo contrario, este equipo también fallará. Tom y Effi necesitan una historia de fondo impecable antes de embarcarse en su misión. La operación necesita financiación y una tapadera. Se busca la ayuda de una ex oficial del MI6 caída en desgracia, Michelle Houston, y su amante, Hugh Turnbill. Controlan con éxito el blanqueo de fondos negros para los servicios de seguridad mientras navegan fuera de los servicios de seguridad. Algunos de los líderes del MI6 quieren obtener el control directo del dinero y la pareja, a pesar de los acuerdos previos. Quieren ese control independientemente de los riesgos para las operaciones en Pakistán. Creen que pueden aprovecharse de dos ex adolescentes fugitivos conectados con la pareja. La búsqueda de quien filtró la información continúa. Se levantan sospechas. El equipo de seguridad interna debe evitar que el traidor ponga en riesgo a los financistas y la operación. Un equipo del MI5 está tras la pista de un sospechoso diplomático saudí. Puede estar conectado a Bravo-One-One. Las misiones cerradas no deben reabrirse. La NSA y el GCHQ están monitoreando y rastreando las comunicaciones utilizando técnicas y programas secretos, pero algunos secretos no deben compartirse con los aliados.
Cadillac Jukebox (Dave Robicheaux #9)
by James Lee BurkeJames Lee Burke has been hailed as a &“national treasure&” (Tampa Bay Times), and in his ninth Dave Robicheaux thriller, it&’s easy to see why. This taut, twisted tale of corruption in the Louisiana bayou truly brands Burke as &“America&’s best novelist&” (Denver Post).Aaron Crown comes from a long line of shady Cajun characters, and rumors of Klan ties swirl around his family—so his arrest for the murder of a black civil rights leader would seem to be an open and shut case. But when the man who worked hardest to put Crown away ascends to the governor’s mansion, detective Dave Robicheaux begins to suspect that Aaron may be innocent of the crime. Soon key figures in high places start pressuring Dave to drop his investigation…but that only makes him more determined to uncover the truth at any cost.
Cadillac Jukebox (Dave Robicheaux)
by James Lee BurkeThe 9th Dave Robicheaux novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling, award-winning author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN.The call from ex-Klansman Aaron Crown couldn't have been more unexpected. Sentenced to forty years for the decades-old shooting of a civil rights activist, Crown should have been out of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for good.Election candidate Buford LaRose wants Detective Dave Robicheaux to ignore Aaron's calls, promising Robicheaux a lucrative job when he makes governor. Worse still, Buford's wife, Karyn, seems unhealthily interested in getting very close to Robicheaux - just like old times . . . The LaRoses, each for their own reasons, want Crown's case buried.Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' Daily MailFans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke: Dave Robicheaux Series1. The Neon Rain 2. Heaven's Prisoners 3. Black Cherry Blues 4. A Morning for Flamingos 5. A Stained White Radiance 6. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead 7. Dixie City Jam 8. Burning Angel 9. Cadillac Jukebox 10. Sunset Limited 11. Purple Cane Road 12. Jolie Blon's Bounce 13. Last Car to Elysian Fields 14. Crusader's Cross 15. Pegasus Descending 16. The Tin Roof Blowdown 17. Swan Peak 18. The Glass Rainbow 19. Creole Belle 20. Light of the World 21. Robicheaux Hackberry Holland Series1. Lay Down My Sword and Shield 2. Rain Gods 3. Feast Day of Fools 4. House of the Rising SunBilly Bob Holland Series1. Cimarron Rose 2. Heartwood 3. Bitterroot 4. In The Moon of Red Ponies * Each James Lee Burke novel can be read as a standalone or in series order *
Cadáver no Campus
by Harry Glum Ju Pinheiro.Baseado em fatos reais A jovem Sarah Brown desaparece misteriosamente em uma agradável manhã de inverno do campus da universidade de Northern Iowa. Dois dias depois seu cadáver é encontrado por um grupo de busca formado por agentes da polícia local, estudantes e vizinhos. Assim inicia-se uma investigação que tentará encontrar o culpado de um crime horrível, que destruíu a vida e o futuro de uma jovem adorável, de quem não se conheciam inimigos. A cidade aparentemente idílica de Cedar Falls se verá abalada por este fato trágico e logo os suspeitos começarão a multiplicar-se. A polícia enfrenta um caso mais intrincado e complexo do que imaginava. Baseado em fatos reais, CADÁVER NO CAMPUS narra, com o estilo ágil e ameno ao que Harry Glum nos tem acostumados, uma história tão aterradora quanto fascinante, que nos recorda, mais uma vez, que a realidade pode superar com juros o pior dos nossos pesadelos.
Cadáveres dizem cada coisa
by Pedro Henrique Leal Doug LamoreuxO mistério campeão de vendas escrito por Doug Lamoreux, agora disponível em Português! Era um serviço simples: ficar de olho na esposa do pastor até que ela fosse pra cama em segurança. Aí foi tudo pro inferno. A morte da esposa do teleevangelista mais amado de Chicago é só o começo: alguém tem traçado em mortes seu caminho pela congregação da Igreja Templo da Majestade. Graças a sua jovem e empolgada secretária, o detetive particular Nod Blake - uma velha relíquia de uma era passada de investigações nas ruas cruéis, um dinossauro que nunca recebeu o memorando de sua extinção e que algumas vezes pensa que é Bogart, George Raft e Lee Marvin combinados em um só - foi jogado no meio disso tudo, e de cabeça. Os ferimentos resultantes parecem ter aberto uma porta para o que vem depois. Blake crê que os mortos estão falando com ele. Estariam as vítimas realmente implorando além túmulo para que o último gumshoe os ajudasse? Ou estaria ele pirando? Quando seu nemesis, o Tenente Detetive Wenders, encontra evidências de que Blake é o assassino, a vida do detetive particular vira um grande sanduíche de sopa. Cadáveres Dizem Cada Coisa é um mistério de assassinato com um senso de humor mordaz, ambientado em Chicago, 1979. Onde um maníaco homicida a solta pela Cidade dos Ventos... é a boa notícia.
Cafe Europa (Edna Ferber Mysteries #Bk. 6)
by Ed Ifkovic"Ifkovic successfully blends homicide with a loving homage to Budapest on the eve of World War I." —Kirkus ReviewsIn 1914, as rumors of war float across Europe, Edna Ferber travels to Budapest with Winifred Moss, a famous London suffragette, to visit the homeland of her dead father and to see the sights. Author Edna is fascinated by ancient Emperor Franz Joseph and by the faltering Austro-Hungarian Empire, its pomp and circumstance so removed from the daily life of the people she meets. Sitting daily in the Café Europa at her hotel, she listens to unfettered Hearst reporter Harold Gibbon as he predicts the coming war and the end of feudalistic life in Europe while patrons chatter.Then a shocking murder in a midnight garden changes everything.Headstrong Cassandra Blaine is supposed to marry into the Austrian nobility in one of those arranged matches like Consuela Vanderbilt's still popular with wealthy American parents eager for titles and impoverished European nobility who have them to offer. But Cassandra is murdered, and her former lover, the dashing Hungarian Endre Molnár, is the prime suspect. Taken with the young man and convinced of his innocence, Edna begins investigating with the help of Winifred and two avant-garde Hungarian artists. Meanwhile possible war with Serbia is the topic of the day as Archduke Franz Ferdinand prepares to head to Sarajevo. While the world braces for disaster, Edna uncovers the truth—and it scares her.
Caffè e Cupcake Con Delitto
by William JarvisCAFFE’E CUPCAKE CON DELITTO I misteri di Sky Valley Parte 1 Descrizione del libro: Benvenuti a Sky Valley, Georgia, una bellissima cittadina situata nel cuore della Contea di Rabun, piena di alberi giganteschi, vegetazione, montagne e brave persone. Un paradiso sulla terra; un luogo in cui desiderereste vivere. Ma, in realtà alcune di queste persone non sono come sembrano e questo luogo apparentemente tranquillo nasconde dei segreti. Dopo aver passato sette anni a Parigi, Emmy torna a Sky Valley per aprire il suo atelier di abiti da sposa e per aiutare suo padre, Troy Byrne, famoso proprietario di una catena di caffetterie e ristoranti, con una delle loro caffetterie: il Time For Coffee. Emmy si rende conto che ormai nulla è più come sembra e da quando se n’è andata molte cose sono cambiate. Ad esempio, la sua amica di vecchia data, Annabeth Meyer, che sta per sposarsi con il suo ex, Matthew Mills. Si dice che il loro sia un amore da favola e Emmy deve disegnare il suo abito da sposa e aiutarla con i preparativi. Ma ci sono altre cose di cui Emmy deve ancora venire a conoscenza. C’è Audrina, l’assistente di suo padre, apparentemente una brava ragazza, ma in realtà tutti sanno che ha un bel caratterino e Tripp Meyer, il padre di Annabeth, che Emmy ha sempre odiato. In che modo influenzeranno la vita di Emmy? E poi c’è Daniel, una volta il suo ragazzo e la persona che Emmy ritiene essere l’amore della sua vita. Ma lui prova ancora lo stesso? O c’è qualcun altro nella sua vita? Inoltre, cosa succerà ora che Emmy è tornata? Scatterà nuovamente la scintilla o avranno chiuso per sempre? La loro relazione avrà un futuro? Emmy non ha alcuna intenzione di rimanere a Sky Valley per sempre, ma tutta una serie di avvenimenti la obbligheranno a restare. Due giorni dopo aver sposato Matthew, Annabeth muore davanti agli occhi di Emmy e tocca a lei assicurarsi che il vero colpevole v
Caffè mortale
by William JarvisEmmy ha la vita perfetta in Paris, ma suo padre le ha chiesto aiuto con gli affari di famiglia, per questo ha deciso di tornare a casa, a Sky Valley, in Georgia. Sky Valley è una piccola città, ma ha i suoi segreti - omicidi e alcuni sconvolgenti, che sono in agguato. Quasi un anno fa, Annabeth Meyer morì sotto gli occhi di Emmy e Mattew, marito di Annabeth. Non sapevano cosa fosse successo ed Emmy era nella lista dei sospetti fin quando un uomo di nome Jim arrivò e si prese la colpa. Ma in qualche modo le cose non erano giuste. Sei mesi dopo, Ruby Cline, la ex-fidanzata di Daniel fu assunta da Emmy come wedding planner ... ma Ruby morì dopo che la sua macchina cadde dalla scogliera che portò Emmy a lasciare Daniel, suo fidanzato. Dopo un po'e molta confusione, Emmy pensò sul serio di poter trovare di nuovo l'amore nelle braccia di Frank Holt, il ragazzo nuovo, che è diventato qualcuno di cui Emmy non si poteva fidare e che anzi voleva ucciderla. E ora Emmy è alla fine dei giochi - ma lei vuole resistere, anche se le cose non sembrano avere senso. Determinata a scoprire chi c'è dietro a tutto questo, Emmy chiede l'aiuto di Daniel, la loro vecchia amica Audrina e suo padre che ha difficoltà a cogliere la realtà e affrontare fatti che sono proprio davanti ai suoi occhi. Saranno in grado di scoprire cosa stia succedendo? Oppure saranno perseguitati per sempre da quello che è successo negli ultimi due mesi? Leggi " I misteri di Sky Valley: Caffè mortale" e vedrai il più atteso finale di questa serie.
Café Berlin: A Novel
by Harold NebenzalA Syrian Jew finds romance and intrigue in Weimar-era Berlin in this &“superbly imagined&” literary thriller (Kirkus Reviews). In the years between Germany&’s defeat in World War I and the reign of the Nazis, the underground clubs and cabarets of Berlin pulsed with the frenetic energy of rebellion. Suspended on the precipice of global catastrophe, a young counterculture emerged in the Weimar capital, where—if only for a moment—races and religions mixed, jazz music resounded, and liquor flowed in abundance. In Harold Nebenzal&’s daring, suspenseful novel Café Berlin, this high-flying scene forms the backdrop for a thrilling tale of love and the universal human yearning to be free, even under the yoke of totalitarianism. Daniel Saporta is a young Jewish immigrant from Damascus, who comes to Berlin in search of fame, fortune, or at least a good party. He begins a tumultuous love affair with Samira, an exotic dancer secretly under the employ of British Intelligence. When Samira uncovers a conspiracy involving Adolf Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Daniel is drawn inexorably into an underground world of espionage, sex, and dire political stakes. Presented as a series of diary entries written years later, while Daniel is in hiding during the war, Café Berlin recounts his fleeting memory of the club and the German society now laid waste by the war. First published by Overlook to great acclaim in 1991, Café Berlin is available once again, offering an incredible story of decadence and defiance during Nazi Germany&’s rise to power.Praise for Café Berlin &“A story that combines the picturesque with the spy thriller, the idyllic with the decadent, and does it very well.&” —The Atlantic Monthly &“Dramatic. . . . Memorable. . . . Gripping and fast-paced.&” —The Washington Post &“Nebenzal . . . mixes seedy ambiance and solid historical detail in this darkly kaleidoscopic first novel. . . . An absorbing, ingenious debut.&” —Publishers Weekly
Café Solo
by Agatha Christie Eugenio CiochiniEl gran científico sir Claud Amory hace una declaración espectacular: alguien le ha robado la fórmula por él inventada y le va a dar la oportunidad a quien la ha robado que la devuelva. En la biblioteca se encuentran su hijo Richard Amory y su esposa Lucia, Miss Caroline Amory hermana de Sir Claud, el secretario Edward Raynor, el doctor Carelli, y la prima de Richard, Barbara. Pero algo sale mal y Sir Claud ha hallado la muerte. El famoso detective Hércules Poirot había sido contratado por Sir Claud para ayudarle a encontrar la fórmula, pero llegó demasiado tarde. Ahora Hércules Poirot deberá desentrañar el misterio de la desaparición de la fórmula y la muerte de Sir Claud.
Café, Cupcakes & Asesinato
by William JarvisBienvenidos a Sky Valley, Georgia, un pintoresco pueblo situado en el corazón de Condado de Rabun, lleno de frondosos árboles, zonas verdes, montañas y gente agradable. Es el paraíso en la tierra; un lugar que aspiraría a hogar. Pero algunas personas no son muy agradables y que secretos oculta este lugar aparentemente sereno. Después de pasar siete años en París, Emmy está de vuelta en Sky Valley para poner su tienda de vestidos de boda y ayudar a su padre, el famoso dueño de cafeterías y restaurantes, ”Tiempo para Café” Troy Byrne, tiempo para el café. Emmy se da cuenta de que no todo es lo que parece, y que todo ha cambiado mucho desde que se fue. Por ejemplo, su buena y vieja amiga Annabeth Meyer, quien está por casarse con su ex, Matthew Mills. Era un romance relámpago, o eso era lo que decía, y ahora Emmy tenía que diseñarle su vestido de boda, y ayudarla con los arreglos. Pero había algo más que Emmy debía saber… Otro ejemplo, es Audrina, la ayudante de su papá, parecía ser una buena chica pero tenía su carácter, y también está alguien que odia Emmy, Tripp Meyer, el padre de Annabeth. ¿Cómo lidiará Emmy con esto? Y también está Daniel, su último novio, y el amor de su vida. Pero ¿seguirán sintiendo lo mismo? O ¿él ya estará con alguien más? Pero mejor aún, ¿qué pasará cuando sepa que Emmy regresó? Acaso ¿podrán encender de nuevo la llama del amor o la apagarán para siempre? Y si hay un futuro para ellos. Emmy no planea quedarse en Sky Valley por mucho tiempo, pero con todo esto, sabe que se tiene que quedar por lo menos un tiempo. Dos días después de la boda de Matthew, Annabeth misteriosamente muere en frente de Emmy, y depende de ella asegurarse de que atrapen al verdadero culpable. Pero, ¿cómo haría eso cuando la policía piensa que ella es uno de los sospechosos? ¿Y cómo ella sería capaz de averiguar quién es el verdadero sospechoso cuando parece que la
Cage Of Bones (Brennan and Esposito #3)
by Tania CarverInto the house. Down the stairs. Through the dripping dark of the cellar. Someone is there. Someone that shouldn't be there. As a building awaits demolition, a horrifying discovery is made inside the basement: a cage made of human bones - with a terrified, feral child lurking within. Unbeknownst to DI Phil Brennan and psychologist Marina Esposito, they have disturbed a killer who has been operating undetected for thirty years. A killer who wants that boy back.But the cage of bones is also a box of secrets - secrets linking Brennan to the madman in their midst. With the death toll rising and the city reeling in terror, Brennan and Marina race to expose a predator more soullessly evil than any they've ever faced - one who is hiding in plain sight.
Cage of Bones: A Novel
by Tania CarverAn abandoned building. A dank cellar. And inside it, a cage of bones--with a shocking surprise lurking within. Carver's new thriller will scare the daylights out of you. Into the house. Down the stairs. Through the dripping dark of the cellar. Someone is there. Someone that shouldn't be there. As a building awaits demolition, a horrifying discovery is made inside the basement: a cage made of human bones--with a terrified, feral child lurking within. Unbeknownst to Detective Inspector Phil Brennan and psychologist Marina Esposito, they have disturbed a killer who has been operating undetected for thirty years. A killer who wants that boy back. But the cage of bones is also a box of secrets--secrets linking Brennan to the madman in their midst. With the death toll rising and the city reeling in terror, Brennan and Marina race to expose a predator more soullessly evil than any they've ever faced--and one who is hiding in plain sight.
Cage of Bones: A Novel
by Tiana CarverAn abandoned building. A dank cellar. And inside it, a cage of bones—with a shocking surprise lurking within. Carver's new thriller will scare the daylights out of you.Into the house. Down the stairs. Through the dripping dark of the cellar. Someone is there. Someone that shouldn't be there. As a building awaits demolition, a horrifying discovery is made inside the basement: a cage made of human bones—with a terrified, feral child lurking within. Unbeknownst to Detective Inspector Phil Brennan and psychologist Marina Esposito, they have disturbed a killer who has been operating undetected for thirty years. A killer who wants that boy back. But the cage of bones is also a box of secrets—secrets linking Brennan to the madman in their midst. With the death toll rising and the city reeling in terror, Brennan and Marina race to expose a predator more soullessly evil than any they've ever faced—and one who is hiding in plain sight.
Caged (Orca Soundings)
by Norah McClintockEven if Kenzie's dog had somehow managed to escape from the family's fenced backyard, Kenzie knows the big, lovable chocolate Lab wouldn't have gone far. As they search for Clancy, Kenzie and his dad keep hearing stories about other dogs that have gone missing too. When Kenzie finds Clancy's ID tag and spots a van loaded up with dog food, he knows he has to investigate further. With the help of a schoolmate whose dog has also disappeared, Kenzie uncovers an illegal operation that grabs dogs off the street and turns them into bloodthirsty killers. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Caged Innocence
by A. P. Ri'ChardA teenager, determined to end the reign of his abusive, alcoholic father, ends up accused of a murder he didn't commit. A noted Klansman, Miran Thompson, has been killed, and the prime suspect in his murder case is seventeen-year-old Larry Henderson. Complicating matters, Larry's father, Officer Perry Henderson, is deeply involved in the case. To the casual observer, the evidence against Larry is overwhelming. If convicted he would surely receive the death penalty. In order to avoid death row, Perry convinces his son to plead guilty. He promises to do all he can to prove Larry innocent. But are Perry's motivations so pure? The father and son's turbulent past has created a deep rift between them, and Perry is afraid of the teen's repeated promises for vengeance. Believing he is being set up for murder, Perry instead aims the evidence at his own son, allowing him to take the fall -- but will his scheme succeed, or will Larry be proven innocent?
Caged Little Birds: A sensationally sinister psychological thriller
by Lucy BanksHe thinks he knows me. But really he&’s only seeing what lies above the surface. The rest is hidden, and it&’s going to stay that way . . . Most people think Ava is a monster—but now she&’s been set free. She was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. They called her Butcher Bird. Now, freshly released with a new identity and a new home, Ava finally has the quiet life she&’s always wanted. But someone discovers who she really is, and they&’re determined to make her pay. As the lies she told are about to unravel, Ava is willing to do anything to keep the truth hidden . . .&“Disquieting, clever and captivating—I loved it.&” —Kathryn Foxfield, author of Getting Away with Murder &“Sensationally sinister, stunning from the first to the last page. I devoured it.&” —Helen FitzGerald, author of The Cry and Viral
Caged: A Novel (Agent Sayer Altair #1)
by Ellison CooperAn FBI analyst hunts for a sadistic serial killer in Washington, DC, in this “dark and mesmerizing” thriller—“equal parts Kathy Reichs and Thomas Harris” (Lisa Gardner).FBI neuroscientist Sayer Altair hunts for evil in the deepest recesses of the human mind. Still reeling from the death of her fiancé, she wants nothing more than to focus on her research into the brains of serial killers. But when the Washington, DC, police stumble upon a gruesome murder involving a girl who was starved to death while held in a cage, Sayer is called in to lead the investigation.Then the victim is identified as the daughter of a high profile senator—and Sayer is thrust into the spotlight. As public pressure mounts, she discovers that another girl has been taken and is teetering on the brink of death. With evidence unraveling around her, Sayer realizes that they are hunting a killer with a dangerous obsession . . . a killer who is closer than she thought.
Cahokia Jazz: A Novel
by Francis Spufford* Winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History * Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, The New York Times, Fresh Air (top 10 pick), NPR, the Los Angeles Times (top 15 pick),The Washington Post, and more! The bestselling and award-winning author of Golden Hill delivers a "dazzling" (Los Angeles Times), &“smoky, brooding noir set in the 1920s&” (Slate) that reimagines how American history would be different if, instead of being decimated, indigenous populations had thrived.Like his earlier novel Golden Hill, Francis Spufford&’s Cahokia Jazz inhabits a different version of America, now through the lens of a subtly altered 1920s—a fully imagined world filled with fog, cigarette smoke, dubious motives, danger, and dark deeds. In the main character of hard-boiled detective Joe Barrow, we have a hero of truly epic proportions, a troubled soul to fall in love with as you are swept along by a propulsive and brilliantly twisty plot. One snowy night at the end of winter, Barrow and his partner find a body on the roof of a skyscraper. Down below, streetcar bells ring, factory whistles blow, Americans drink in speakeasies and dance to the tempo of modern times. But this is Cahokia, the ancient indigenous city beside the Mississippi living on as a teeming industrial metropolis containing people of every race and creed. Among them, peace holds. Just about. Yet that corpse on the roof will spark a week of drama in which this altered world will spill its secrets and be brought, against a soundtrack of jazz clarinets and wailing streetcars, either to destruction or rebirth. &“Atmospheric…many of us will recognize our own held-breath bafflement, caught, as we are, on the darkling plain of our own barely believable times&” (The Washington Post).
Cain
by James Byron HugginsOnce the best killer the CIA had, Cain has been reborn--thanks to the wonders of modern science--as the ultimate soldier. Possessing titanic strength, outfitted with computer-enhanced musculature, bulletproof bones, and a host of other deadly accessories, he is capable of killing an entire platoon of elite Special Forces. The only force that can stop him is a team of three flawed mortals--a soldier who has lost his family to a terrorist; bullets, a priest who has lost his faith, and the beautiful young scientist who dared to play Frankenstein.
Cain
by James Byron HugginsAn undead super soldier possessed by the devil aims to destroy the world in this thriller from the international bestselling author of Dark Visions. HE WAS THEIR DEADLIEST KILLER The late Roth Tiberius Cain, legendary CIA hit man, is gone, but not forgotten. A top-secret project code-named Genocide One has given him a chance to live again, and enough firepower to kill multitudes—and survive to kill another day. NOW HE IS THEIR GREATEST NIGHTMARE Grotesquely transformed, Cain has become the ultimate predator: a killing machine with the soul of a devil. And the only force that can stop him is a trio of flawed people: a soldier who lost his family and his soul to a terrorist&’s bullets, a priest who has lost his faith to the power of sin, and the beautiful scientist who created Cain and then lost control of him. Now, in a ten-day countdown to Armageddon, all they have left to lose is the survival of the human race. A Book of the Month Club Main Selection Praise for Cain &“An action-packed novel filled with combat, big explosions, chases, and suspenseful confrontations.&”—SF Site