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Clam Wake
by Mary DaheimIn this delightfully charming Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from acclaimed USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Mary Daheim, innkeeper and irrepressible sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn and Cousin Renie face off against a slippery, cold-blooded killer in a beach communityWith the holidays over and Hillside Manor light on guests, innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn has a bad case of the January blues. It doesn't help that her husband, Joe, is leaving for New Zealand on a once-in-a-lifetime fishing trip with Cousin Renie's husband, Bill. A few days away housesitting at her aunt and uncle's retirement home on Whoopee Island with Renie sounds like the perfect getaway to lighten her mood. Surrounded by retirees in the off season, the cozy beach town is sure to be quiet and restful, and Auntie Vance has stocked the fridge with all their favorite dishes. But when Judith and Renie arrive, they quickly discover that the seniors of Obsession Shores prefer cold cocktails and hot gossip to sets of canasta and gin rummy. The latest news buzzing around the community is about a proposed ordinance that has divided the residents, turning neighbor against neighbor. And of course it isn't too long before Judith and Renie stumble across a dead body on the beach. Death isn't surprising in an area full of older folk--until they learn it was a very sharp knife, not a bad ticker, that did in the victim. Though she's curious, Judith has made a promise: no more sleuthing. Yet with clouds of suspicion suddenly hovering over her and Renie, she's got to look into the crime--if only to prove their innocence. What she finds is puzzling. The victim reputedly didn't have an enemy in the world--except for the killer. Beneath the town's booze-soaked boredom Judith and Renie uncover dangerous shams, scams, and secrets. Digging for clams and answers, the cousins discover that retirement can be deadly--at least among the eclectic, eccentric residents of Obsession Shores.
Clammed Up (A Maine Clambake Mystery #1)
by Barbara RossSummer has come to Busman's Harbor, Maine, and tourists are lining up for a taste of authentic New England seafood, courtesy of the Snowden Family Clambake Company. But there's something sinister on the boil this season. A killer has crashed a wedding party, adding mystery to the menu at the worst possible moment. . .Julia Snowden returned to her hometown to rescue her family's struggling clambake business--not to solve crimes. But that was before a catered wedding on picturesque Morrow Island turned into a reception for murder. When the best man's corpse is found hanging from the grand staircase in the Snowden family mansion, Julia must put the chowder pot on the back burner and join the search for the killer. And with suspicion falling on her old crush, Chris Durand, the recipe for saving her business and salvaging her love life might be one and the same. . .Includes Traditional Maine Clambake Recipes!
Clandestine (Mysterious Press-highbridge Audio Classics Ser.)
by James EllroyA murder investigation nearly drives a beat cop to madnessDespite the sunshine, high necklines, and demure purity of its silver-screen goddesses, Los Angeles in the 1950s is not a gentle place. Even as a young cop, Freddy Underhill knows this. Patrolling one of L.A.'s roughest districts, he sees the lust, rage, and madness that permeate the city--and stands in wonder and dismay at it all. He covers the beat with his partner Wacky Walker, a World War II veteran with a Medal of Honor, a drinking problem, and a serious obsession with death. When an old flame of Freddy's is murdered, the investigation takes them deep into the shadiest part of the city, where Freddy will have to embrace the darkness if he wants to emerge with his life.
Clandestine (Mysterious Press-highbridge Audio Classics Ser.)
by James EllroyIn James Ellroy's riveting second novel, an ambitious beat cop is hot on the trail of a serial killer who frequents L.A. dive bars and preys on the fallen women he finds there.Los Angeles, 1951. For officer Fred Underhill, the job is all about the wonder, an elusive quality he finds in L.A.'s seedy underbelly. He spends his off-duty hours playing golf and chasing women. But then a grim opportunity arises that consumes Underhill: a serial killer whose capture might make his career. This hungry rookie will have to wheel and deal with some of the force's most unscrupulous officers to prove his worth, and when the case goes sideways and fast, the eyes of the very law he serves will be trained on him. Cast aside and left with nothing, not even his unsullied love for a bright-eyed DA, Underhill has no choice but to pick up the trail of the soulless killer and close the case himself. The author says of Clandestine: "It's a wild ride of a book. It's got golf, police corruption, good sex, and some raunchy laughs." In his second, novel James Ellroy begins to limn the deep, dark themes that will define his career.
Clandestine (The St-Cyr and Kohler Mysteries #16)
by J. Robert JanesA hijacked delivery vehicle draws St-Cyr and Kohler back to the killing fields of World War I The last time Jean-Louis St-Cyr visited the ruins of this ancient abbey, during one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Great War, a sniper nearly killed him. Three decades later, death has brought him here again. Ever since the German occupation of France, the chief inspector has worked alongside German detective inspector Hermann Kohler, solving crimes too common to pique the Gestapo's interest. Now, during the fall of 1943, the war is going badly for the Third Reich, but conflicts continue to plague these two unlikely allies. A bank-owned cargo van is parked near the crumbling monastery, its contents ransacked, its passengers murdered. The killers took small bills but left behind a bounty in smuggled champagne, cheese, and coffee. Even more confounding is the expensive pair of high heels left behind. Were the thieves from the Resistance, or from the underworld? Who is the mysterious woman who was wearing those shoes? St-Cyr and Kohler have a feeling that the answers are hiding in the cold French rain.
Clandestine Baby (Covert Cowboy Soldiers #6)
by Nicole HelmShe's supposed to be dead. So is he. Rancher Cal Thompson is shocked when his wife turns up injured, amnesiac and cradling a baby…especially since he was told she had died. But who just tried to murder her? Together, Cal and Norah start investigating, but as her memory returns, secrets shatter and both come under attack. One mystery turns into two, and Cal is torn between his family and his mission. Meanwhile Norah is desperate to learn why she was told Cal was dead… From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in the Covert Cowboy Soldiers series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: The Lost Hart TripletBook 2: Small Town VanishingBook 3: One Night StandoffBook 4: Shot in the DarkBook 5: Casing the CopycatBook 6: Clandestine Baby
Clandestine Christmas (Covert Cowboys, Inc. #8)
by Elle JamesSexy cowboy ropes in stunning secret agent! A wickedly handsome billionaire rancher, Chase Marsden is past his dissolute playboy days. With Covert Cowboys' Kate Rivers posing as his fiancée, he's determined to find the culprits trying to murder an old-and notorious-friend many would kill to keep silent. From the moment Chase eyes Kate-beautiful, tough, but vulnerable-he knows she's the one. Kate, a former Texas Ranger, fears nothing but Chase's reckless kisses. As they investigate together, each clue puts their lives further in jeopardy. Will Christmas find them under the mistletoe...or escaping kidnappers and dodging hit men?
Clara & Olivia
by Lucy Ashe&“Surely you would like to be immortalised in art, fixed forever in perfection?&” Sadler's Wells, 1933. I would kill to dance like her. Disciplined and dedicated, Olivia is the perfect ballerina. But no matter how hard she works, she can never match identical twin Clara's charm. I would kill to be with her. As rehearsals intensify for the ballet Coppélia, the girls feel increasingly like they are being watched. And, as infatuation turns to obsession, everything begins to unravel.
Clara Voyant
by Rachelle DelaneyA wannabe journalist and reluctant astrologer turns out to be clairvoyant in this charming middle-grade coming-of-age novel; for fans of Rebecca Stead's novels.Clara can't believe her no-nonsense grandmother has just up and moved to Florida, leaving Clara and her mother on their own for the first time. This means her mother can finally "follow her bliss," which involves moving to a tiny apartment in Kensington Market, working at a herbal remedy shop and trying to develop her so-called mystical powers. Clara tries to make the best of a bad situation by joining the newspaper staff at her new middle school, where she can sharpen her investigative journalistic skills and tell the kind of hard-news stories her grandmother appreciated. But the editor relegates her to boring news stories and worse . . . the horoscopes. Worse yet, her horoscopes come true, and soon everyone at school is talking about Clara Voyant, the talented fortune-teller. Clara is horrified -- horoscopes and clairvoyance aren't real, she insists, just like her grandmother always told her. But when a mystery unfolds at school, she finds herself in a strange situation: having an opportunity to prove herself as an investigative journalist . . . with the help of her own mystical powers.
Clare at Eighteen (Clare #3)
by Don RoffJust when you thought Clare Bleecker had faced the darkest corners of Pickman Flats, her story takes a murderous detour under the glitzy lights of Hollywood. In a town where the stars shine bright and secrets lurk in every shadow, Clare finds herself with an opportunity that could be her big break—or her final downfall. When movie producer Lester Bryce is found murdered, Clare is cast not in the role of a lifetime but as the prime suspect in a deadly drama. Talk about creative differences. Now, caught in the spotlight of suspicion, Clare must navigate a labyrinth of lies and deceit in a city known for making and breaking dreams. Hollywood harbors a strange cult with a thirst for celebrity blood, and Clare's own could be next on the altar. As the lines between performance and peril blur, can Clare unveil the truth before the final cut silences her scream? Can you say development hell? The stakes of Clare’s “passion project” are higher, the Tinseltown killers more cunning, and the twists more treacherous than ever before. Clare must use all her cunning to survive this lethal script. Can she “do lunch” and deliver a performance that will clear her name, or will this role prove to be her most deadly? Will Clare win or die? Kill Discriminately, XOXO Clare
Clare at Seventeen (Clare #2)
by Don RoffAfter the tragic events that rocked Pickman Flats, Clare Marie Bleecker is a year older and far wiser. She fights to suppress The Other Clare, practicing a mindful self-care regime that keeps her fierce alternate personality caged. However, the violence in the small Eastern Washington town is only beginning for the vegan serial killer, who’s found a new kind of celebrity and fame. After the disappearance of famed suspense author Lois J. Cain, Clare is hauled into the police station as the primary suspect. Now, she must track down the real kidnapper of her favorite author to prove her innocence to the tough-as-nails police detective Jaqui Zang. However, as corpses start piling up around Clare, she faces even more blame. Clare learns that nothing is as it seems in her new reality. Searching her past for clues, Clare must piece the terrifying puzzle together, and she must do so quickly to save herself and her loved ones from a murderous mystery figure hellbent on playing a dangerous game. Will Clare win or die?
Clare at Sixteen (Clare Bleecker #1)
by Don RoffIf Dexter and Faith (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) had a daughter and raised her in the land of Santa Clarita Diet....she'd be Clare Bleecker. The small town of Pickman Flats offers a bright sunny place filled with quaint shopping and wine tasting. But underneath the town's inviting exterior lies a dark underbelly, a sinister element that lurks in the shadows. Clare is a devoted vegan who goes to Catholic high school, is fastidious in her manner, and also, well, a serial killer. The Other Clare takes over at the most inopportune of times. She tries to keep her inner beast's lust for blood at bay, but it's hard when there are so many creeps around who help to unleash it. What secret lies hidden beneath Pickman Flats? And who is Clare really? If you want answers, well, there's only one way to find out - even if it kills you.Slay Responsibly,XOXO Clare
Claret and Present Danger (A Literary Pub Mystery #4)
by Sarah FoxIn this thrilling mystery by USA Today bestselling author Sarah Fox, deadly happenings stick around like red wine stains on white tunics when the Renaissance faire visits Shady Creek, Vermont. The Trueheart Renaissance Faire and Circus has rolled into town, attracting locals who can&’t wait to spend a few summer days lost in a whimsical world of all-knowing fortune-tellers and daring acrobats. Well-read pub owner Sadie Coleman is swept up in the magic herself when she serves drinks to the faire&’s resident wizard, the shamelessly brazen illusionist Ozzie Stone, and scores two tickets to his dazzling performance. Sadie has no complaints about indulging in a free show with her new beau, craft brewery owner Grayson Blake. But while Ozzie is an instant crowd-pleaser, the real surprise comes when he collapses in the middle of his set. It&’s not part of the act—Ozzie is dead, seemingly poisoned by someone who wasn&’t clowning around about writing the roguish showman&’s final chapter. The terrifying situation intensifies when the police eye one of Sadie&’s employees, last seen caught in a suspicious fistfight at the fairgrounds. With so much at stake, Sadie must strain through a suspect list longer than her cocktail menu to find the real knave of a killer. But when another performer is murdered, it becomes clear that bringing the mixed-up murderer to justice will be about as dangerous as walking the high wire after happy hour . . .
Clarets of Fire (Rose Avenue Wine Club Mystery #4)
by Christine E. BlumWine connoisseur Annie "Halsey" Hall must turn up the heat on a felonious firebug . . . Halsey and the ladies of the Rose Avenue Wine Club are celebrating with newlyweds Penelope and Malcolm, who are thrilled to be opening their new winery. They’re also partnering with a cherished neighborhood eatery, Rico's Pizza, which will be serving young clarets from their fall harvest. But as Halsey attempts to savor the bouquet of her Tooth & Nail Cab, a different scent intrudes—smoke. The nearby pizza parlor is going up in flames. As they rush to the scene, Halsey's rescue dog Bardot pulls a body from the burning building—the pizza delivery driver—but it's too late. When investigators determine a rag soaked with gasoline in a bottle from the winery started the blaze, police suspect both the pizza parlor owners and Penelope and Malcolm of arson and murder. With her friends' business and freedom at stake, it's up to Halsey to smoke out the real arsonist—before somebody else gets scorched . . .
Clarity: A Clarity Novel
by Kim HarringtonWhen you can see things others can't, where do you look for the truth?This paranormal murder mystery will have teens reading on the edge of their seats.Clarity "Clare" Fern sees things. Things no one else can see. Things like stolen kisses and long-buried secrets. All she has to do is touch a certain object, and the visions come to her. It's a gift. And a curse.When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case--but Clare is still furious at the cheating jerk. Then Clare's brother--who has supernatural gifts of his own--becomes the prime suspect, and Clare can no longer look away. Teaming up with Gabriel, the smoldering son of the new detective, Clare must venture into the depths of fear, revenge, and lust in order to track the killer. But will her sight fail her just when she needs it most?
Clark and Division
by Naomi HiraharaSet in 1944 Chicago, Edgar Award-winner Naomi Hirahara&’s eye-opening and poignant new mystery, the story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II. Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki&’s older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier and moved to the new Japanese American neighborhood near Clark and Division streets. But on the eve of the Ito family&’s reunion, Rose is killed by a subway train. Aki, who worshipped her sister, is stunned. Officials are ruling Rose&’s death a suicide. Aki cannot believe her perfect, polished, and optimistic sister would end her life. Her instinct tells her there is much more to the story, and she knows she is the only person who could ever learn the truth. Inspired by historical events, Clark and Division infuses an atmospheric and heartbreakingly real crime fiction plot with rich period details and delicately wrought personal stories Naomi Hirahara has gleaned from thirty years of research and archival work in Japanese American history.
Claro de luna: . (Los Gatos Guerreros | La Nueva Profecía #Volumen 2)
by Erin HunterLos cuatro guerreros regresan a sus clanes llevando un mensaje de vital importancia. No te pierdas Claro de luna, segunda entrega de «Los Gatos Guerreros | La Nueva Profecía». Han pasado varias lunas desde que los cuatro clanes enviaron una expedición para averiguar el significado de la nueva profecía, y ahora, el pequeño grupo vuelve a casa con un mensaje sombrío: los Dos Patas se disponen a arrasar el bosque y destruir así el hogar de los clanes. Además, en su camino de regreso a través de las montañas, los gatos se toparán con una tribu de felinos salvajes que los someterá a una dura prueba. Así, mientras en el bosque las temibles máquinas de los Dos Patas inician su actividad destructora, ¿llegarán a tiempo los valientes expedicionarios para salvar a los clanes? «La Nueva Profecía» es la segunda saga de «Los Gatos Guerreros», una serie que se ha traducido ya a 36 idiomas, lleva vendidos más de 30 millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo y ha permanecido durante más de dos años en la lista de grandes éxitos de The New York Times.
Clases de baile para oficinistas
by Andrés BurgosUn retrato implacable, con buenas dosis de humor e ironía, de ese universo único que es el de las oficinas, por el que suele pasarse de largo en la literatura, como si en él no ocurriera la vida. Se avecina una junta directiva crucial y Amalia, la secretaria de gerencia, está más nerviosa que nunca. Su jefe, don Bernardo, le ha dejado claro que su única misión en esos días es que nadie lo moleste, y ella obedece al pie de la letra: su rutina se estrecha del todo y, como su vida, pasa a oscilar entre el aburrimiento y una tensión vacía. Pero el contratiempo más nimio, un enchufe averiado, da pie a que la sacuda una feliz convulsión. La crítica ha dicho... "Una ingeniosa y divertida historia sobre dos seres grises, habitantes promedio de la gran ciudad, que coinciden para ponerle a sus vidas un poquito de color". Pilar Quintana "Esta novela tiene guaguancó, tiene tumbao, y mucho humor". Antonio García Ángel
Clash of Empires: The Red Sea
by William NapierTwo unlikely English heroes are swept up in an epic and bloody sea battle that will change history.1571. Chained to a slave galley in the heart of the Mediterranean, it seems that English adventurers Ingoldsby and Hodge might have finally run out of luck. But they've survived worse, and as the men around them drop dead at their oars, they're determined to escape.By a miracle of fate, they find their way back to dry land and freedom - but unable to return home. With the Ottoman Empire set on strangling the crusading Christian power before it can take root, hostilities between East and West - Muslim and Christian - are vicious and deadly. And as the sun rises on one day in October, five hours of bloodshed will change the course of history. Once again, the two Englishmen find themselves living on borrowed time...
Clash of Legions: Empire XIV (Empire series #14)
by Anthony RichesTwo emperors - one must fallMarcus Aquila and his patron Rutlius Scaurus have fought a superior enemy force to a standstill in Thracia, gaining the favour of the gods but paying a grievous cost in their family's blood.Battle-weary and mourning their losses, they are tasked with rooting out a spy ring operating in the lands into which their imperial master Severus's armies are advancing.Hunting down informers operating under the skilled and ruthless command of their sworn enemy Sartorius, spymaster to the usurper Niger, will not be easy. But the potential to turn his intelligence network, and thereby deceive and distract the enemy, might land a war-winning blow on the army of the east. The quest to find and subvert their foes' informers will place the two friends at great risk, with torture and death the price of any mistake. While success will put them in the front rank of a bitter battle against battle hardened legions, hungry for revenge, in a bloody struggle to determine the fate of Asia's loyalty. And Scaurus is a man with a powerful threat still hanging over him, a curse imploring the gods to fell him at the very moment of his greatest victory.'A master of the genre' The Times
Clash of Legions: Empire XIV (Empire series #14)
by Anthony RichesMarcus Aquila and his patron Rutlius Scaurus are tasked with rooting out a spy ring operating in the lands into which their imperial master Severus's armies are advancing.The quest to find and subvert their foes' informers will place the two friends at great risk, with torture and death the price of any mistake. While success will put them in the front rank against battle-hardened legions, hungry for revenge, in a bloody struggle to determine the fate of Asia's loyalty.-----'This is fast-paced and gripping "read-through-the-night" fiction, with marvellous characters and occasional moments of dark humour. Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both.' Conn Iggulden on Empire'A master of the genre' The Times
Clash of Legions: Empire XIV (Empire series #14)
by Anthony RichesMarcus Aquila and his patron Rutlius Scaurus are tasked with rooting out a spy ring operating in the lands into which their imperial master Severus's armies are advancing.The quest to find and subvert their foes' informers will place the two friends at great risk, with torture and death the price of any mistake. While success will put them in the front rank against battle-hardened legions, hungry for revenge, in a bloody struggle to determine the fate of Asia's loyalty.-----'This is fast-paced and gripping "read-through-the-night" fiction, with marvellous characters and occasional moments of dark humour. Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both.' Conn Iggulden on Empire'A master of the genre' The Times
Clash of the Secret Code Clubs (The Code Busters Club #10)
by Penny WarnerCody, Quinn, Luke, M.E., and Mika are the Code Busters—clever clue hunters with a passion for puzzles. They are ready to prove they are the best at solving codes after Matt the Brat forms his own club. The teachers put on a scavenger hunt throughout the school, and the group that can complete it first wins. But after beginning the hunt, the teachers start disappearing. Will the Code Busters be able to complete the scavenger hunt before Matt the Brat? And can they figure out the mystery of where the teachers have gone? Can you crack the code? Test your brain with the Code Busters to see if you have the right stuff to be an ace detective. Answers are in the back, if you ever get stuck. For more code-breaking fun, visit www.CodeBustersClub.com and join the club!
Class A: Book 2
by Robert MuchamoreWhen CHERUB kids go undercover, no one suspects that they are trained professionals, working to infiltrate criminal organisations that have eluded MI5 and the police for years. James Adams is on his biggest mission yet, working to nail Europe's most powerful cocaine dealer. He'll need all his specialist training if he's going to bring down the man at the top. The reason for CHERUB's existence is simple: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. For official purposes, these children do not exist.
Class A: Book 2 (CHERUB #2)
by Robert MuchamoreWhen CHERUB kids go undercover, no one suspects that they are trained professionals, working to infiltrate criminal organisations that have eluded MI5 and the police for years. James Adams is on his biggest mission yet, working to nail Europe's most powerful cocaine dealer. He'll need all his specialist training if he's going to bring down the man at the top. The reason for CHERUB's existence is simple: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. For official purposes, these children do not exist.