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Circles of Confusion
by April HenryWhy did dear departed Aunt Cady have an exquisite old painting buried beneath World War II paraphernalia? And how can a painting so dramatically shift Claire's perspective on everything from her uninspired love life to her ho-hum job in the Oregon state custom license plate division? A sophisticated art expert tells Claire the painting isn't valuable. Why, then, is she being followed, her hotel room getting ransacked, and her life being thrown in a state of havoc that reaches back to her quiet home in Portland? The closer Claire comes to the truth about her inherited masterpiece, the more questions--and trouble--she uncovers. Though offers of help are arriving in very intriguing packages, Claire is caught in the middle of a dangerous tug-of-war that can leave her either richer in body, soul, and bank book--or broken, battered, and pushing up daisies.
Circumference of Darkness
by Jack HendersonThis electrifying debut thriller delivers a gripping tale of Big Brother gone mad amid a modern world on the verge of endless war. Brimming with high-powered suspense, here is the brilliant, frighteningly believable story of three masterminds locked on a breathtaking collision course--the outcome of which will determine the fate of the United States.
Circus
by Alistair MacLeanBruno Wildermann of the Wrinfield Circus is the world's greatest trapeze artist, a clairvoyant with near-supernatural powers and an implacable enemy of the East European regime that arrested his family and murdered his wife. The CIA needs such a man, and recruits Bruno for an impossible raid - on the impregnable Lubylan fortress, where his family was held. Under cover of a circus tour, Bruno prepares to return to his homeland. But before the journey even begins a murderer strikes twice. Somewhere in the circus there is a communist agent with orders to stop Bruno at any cost...
Circus Act (The Nancy Drew Notebooks #42)
by Carolyn KeeneCome one, come all, to the greatest show in town! Nancy, Bess, and George are attending Little Big Top circus day camp, and now they're preparing for the big show. Bess will help Splatter the elephant make a painting, George will be an acrobat, and Nancy will perform with Celeste the Hopscotch Poodle. Then Celeste disappears while Nancy is taking care of her. Was Celeste dognapped by the Flying Tremendoes, the kid aerialists? Or by Orson Wong, who claimed the poodle made him sneeze? Or maybe by Katie Zaleski, who wanted Celeste for the TV program she's taping in her basement? One thing's for sure -- there's big, big trouble at Little Big Top!
Circus Games: An addictive political thriller (Inspector Carlyle #15)
by James CraigWho is the man with no head? Commander John Carlyle has enough on his plate with a dead film producer and a runaway actor, not to mention the alcoholic boss who's accused him of harassment. The last thing he needs is a headless corpse in the cells of a recently closed police station. Does the killing have something to do with the station's dark past? It seems more than coincidence but Carlyle has to identify the victim before he can solve the murder...Praise for James Craig:'A cracking read' BBC Radio 4'Fast paced and very easy to get quickly lost in' Lovereading.com'Craig writes like an angel' Crimefictionlover.com
Circus Games: An addictive political thriller (Inspector Carlyle Ser.)
by James CraigWho is the man with no head? Commander John Carlyle has enough on his plate with a dead film producer and a runaway actor, not to mention the alcoholic boss who's accused him of harassment. The last thing he needs is a headless corpse in the cells of a recently closed police station. Does the killing have something to do with the station's dark past? It seems more than coincidence but Carlyle has to identify the victim before he can solve the murder...
Circus of the Damned: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels #No. 3)
by Laurell K. Hamilton'Most women complain that there are no single straight men left. I'd just like to meet one that's human.'I'm Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. I've dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves, and been wooed - but not won - by Jean-Claude, the Vampire Master of the City.And now a darkly dangerous vampire named Alejandro has hit town. He wants me for his human servant. A war of the undead has begun. Over me ...
Cirque du Slay
by Rob OslerIn this rollicking mystery, perfect for fans of Steven Rowley and Elle Cosimano, the circus becomes the stage for a high-profile murder investigation. With quirky LGBTQ+ amateur sleuths, Cirque du Slay will delight readers looking for a madcap mystery with high-flying excitement!Pint-sized Seattle middle school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. The celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is the artistic director of Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show combining magic, acrobatics, and a Michelin-star dinner. But Kennedy is a no-show—until she&’s found dead in her hotel suite.When frenemy Sarah Lee is discovered in the room with the body, Hayden and Hollister are on the case to find the real culprit before Sarah Lee is charged with the crime.The suspects for the murder are as unique as Mysterium itself: a Russian trapeze artist, a cowgirl comedian sharp-shooter, an over-cologned operations director, a feisty, green-haired costume manager, and Adrenalin!, a sexy troop of Romanian male acrobats...If Hayden and Hollister are to clear Sarah Lee of suspicion, they&’ll have to outsmart a killer for whom trickery is art.
Cisne y murciélago
by Keigo HigashinoEl nuevo libro del mejor autor de novela negra en Japón. Un homenaje a Crimen y castigo en la compleja y contradictoria sociedad nipona. Tsutomu Godai, detective de la Sección de Delitos Violentos de la policía, investiga el asesinato de un abogado de prestigio del que todo el mundo solo habla para bien. Conforme avanzan las pesquisas, un hombre llamado Tatsuro Kuraki es detenido y acaba declarándose autor del crimen. Según su confesión, la razón del asesinato se remonta a más de treinta años atrás y está relacionada con otra muerte violenta, de la que también se autoinculpa Kuraki, la de un ciclista al que había atropellado y que le estaba extorsionando, un crimen por el que un hombre inocente fue acusado. Tanto el hijo del acusado como la hija de la víctima están convencidos de la inocencia de sus respectivos padres y juntos conducirán una investigación paralela a la de la policía que sacará a la luz la verdad. «Quiero que la gente lea mis libros para comprender cómo piensan, aman y odian los japoneses».Keigo Higashino La crítica ha dicho:«Higashino es una figura fundamental del frecuentemente ignorado thriller nipón».Ramón de España, El Periódico de Catalunya «Diabólicamente inteligente».Publishers Weekly «Concada nueva obra Higashino lleva el misterio contemporáneo a una forma literaria más intensa e inventiva».Library Journal «Personajes realistas y descripciones cautivadoras… encantará a quienes buscan misterios poco convencionales».Library Journal «Inteligente e impredecible».Bookreporter
Cita con el pasado
by Nora RobertsUna intriga sorprendente, una emocionante historia de amor y unos personajes inolvidables. A sus treinta años, Callie Dunbrook es una experta arqueóloga. Ahora tiene la oportunidad que podría representar el gran salto en su carrera profesional. Le han propuesto dirigir el proyecto de excavación de un poblado y un cementerio indios de cinco mil años de antigüedad, que unas obras han puesto al descubierto en una pequeña y apacible ciudad estadounidense. Pronto surgen los problemas. Callie tiene que enfrentarse a la cólera de un promotor urbanístico, a la hostilidad de algunos vecinos, a dos inexplicables muertes y al creciente rumor de que la excavación está maldita. Además, la han obligado a aceptar en el proyecto a quien menos habría querido ver cerca de ella: su irritante, aunque irresistible, ex marido. Por eso no está muy dispuesta a escuchar a la misteriosa mujer que la aborda para revelarle un secreto que las atañe a ambas. Algo que podría cambiar todo lo que Callie sabía de sí misma... Reseña:«La última combinación de Roberts entre romance y suspense es una lectura mágica.»Booklist
Citadel (Bibliomysteries #24)
by Stephen HunterShort tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors A thrilling new novella from the bestselling author of the Bob Lee Swagger series A captain in the British Army, Basil St. Florian has been tasked with a dangerous mission in the midst of World War II. He has been sent across the English Channel to find and photograph a manuscript that does not officially exist, one that may hold the key to a code that, if cracked, could prevent the deaths of millions. St. Florian's mission presents him with one challenge after another, and it doesn't help that the SS and the Abwehr are following his every move in a cat-and-mouse chase across occupied France. But St. Florian is willing to risk his life to get to the manuscript--even if the genius professor Alan Turing can't guarantee he'll be able to break the code.
Citadel: A Novel (Languedoc #3)
by Kate Mosse“A thrilling adventure and a truly epic love story,” a novel of WWII female resistance fighters from a New York Times bestseller (The Times, London).France, 1942. In Carcassonne, a colorful historic village nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women are engaged in a lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought to protect their land from Northern invaders seven hundred years before, these members of the resistance—codenamed Citadel—fight to liberate their home from the Nazis.But smuggling refugees over the mountains into neutral territory and sabotaging their German occupiers at every opportunity is only part of their mission. These women must also protect an ancient secret that, if discovered by their ruthless enemies, could change the course of history.A superb blend of rugged action and haunting mystery, Citadel is a vivid and richly atmospheric story of love, faith, heroism, and danger—and a group of extraordinary women who dare the impossible to survive.“Raiders of the Lost Ark meets The Da Vinci Code, with lashings of Nazis and belles mademoiselles.” —Kirkus Reviews“Strong female protagonists, a fascinating historical backdrop, a bittersweet romance, and the integration of mystical elements guarantee a large crossover audience for this thrilling genre-bender.” —Booklist“A compelling mix of romance and historical fiction that succeeds as an epic tale of mystery and adventure.” —Library Journal
Cities And Thrones: Recoletta Book 2 (Recoletta #2)
by Carrie PatelIn the fantastical, gaslit underground city of Recolleta, oligarchs from foreign states and revolutionaries from the farming communes vie for power in the wake of the city's coup. The dark, forbidden knowledge of how the city came to be founded has been released into the world for all to read, and now someone must pay. Inspector Liesl Malone is on her toes, trying to keep the peace, and Arnault's spy ring is more active than ever. Has the city's increased access to knowledge put the citizens in even more danger? Allegiances change, long-held beliefs are adjusted, and things are about to get messy.
Cities of the Dead
by Linda Barnes"Barnes builds her plot like a fine pastry, layer by layer." Chicago Sun-Times. A Michael Spraggue mystery. When the great chefs of New Orleans stage an elegant banquet, tempers burn hotter than cayenne pepper. Up-and-coming Cajun chef Joseph Fontenot is found with a slender French cooking knife through his heart, and all the evidence points to Dora Levoyer, sublime cook to Boston's wealthy and eccentric Mary Spraggue Hillman. A guest at the banquet, Mary summons her nephew Michael Spraggue, actor-cum-private detective, to the scene. And soon Spraggue is investigating a murder case that will leave his mouth burning and his mind spinning. One thing is certain: the solution to the murder will make for a spicy mystery indeed!
Cities of the Dead: Blood Will Have Blood, Bitter Finish, Dead Heat, And Cities Of The Dead (The Michael Spraggue Mysteries #4)
by Linda BarnesFormer PI and independently wealthy actor Michael Spraggue attends a get-together of great New Orleans chefs where the secret ingredient is murder Sophisticated Boston Brahmin Michael Spraggue will never forget the flaky strawberry tarts Dora Levoyer made for him when he was a little boy. A French immigrant who has worked for Michael's eccentric aunt Mary for decades, Dora has an old-world sensibility, an elegant palate, and a past that cannot be spoken of. Deserted by her husband long ago, she has fought hard to put him out of her mind. But when Dora is invited to a banquet held by the finest chefs in New Orleans, she sees a man who looks just like her missing spouse. Before she can confront him, he is found with a chef's knife embedded in his heart--and every piece of evidence points to Dora as the killer. At his aunt Mary's behest, Michael hops the first plane down to New Orleans--a mysterious city where the dead, like the living, have dangerous secrets.
Citizen K-9: A K Team Novel (K Team Novels #3)
by David RosenfeltIn Citizen K-9, bestselling author David Rosenfelt masterfully blends mystery with dogs and humor to create an investigative team that readers will be rooting for book after book.The Paterson Police Department has created a cold case division, and they want to hire the private investigators known as the K Team to look into the crimes. After all, Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, German shepherd Simon Garfunkel, recently retired from the force. Plus, another K Team member, Laurie Collins, used to be a cop as well.Their first cold case hits home for the K Team. A decade ago, at Laurie's tenth high school reunion, two of their friends simply… vanished. At the time Laurie had just left the force, and Corey was in a different department, so they had no choice but to watch from the sidelines. With no leads, the case went cold.As the team starts to delve deeper into the events leading up to that night—reopening old wounds along the way—the pieces start to come together. But someone wants to stop them from uncovering the truth behind the disappearance, by any means necessary.
Citizen Sidel (The Isaac Sidel Novels #10)
by Jerome CharynOn the eve of a White House run, Sidel cleans up a mess in his old backyardTired of being led by weaklings, the American people have fallen in love with J. Michael Storm and Isaac Sidel, the lawyer and the New York mayor who saved the country from the worst baseball strike in history. The Democratic National Convention is at Madison Square Garden, and when Storm is nominated for the presidency, he&’s going to put the eccentric, gun-toting Sidel at the bottom of the ticket. But before Sidel can take his shot at the White House, he has a few loose ends to tie up. He&’s most preoccupied with a father-and-son detective team suspected of running a murder-for-hire operation that went south, resulting in the father shooting his son. Sidel suspects there&’s more to the story, and until he&’s gotten to the bottom of it, the vice presidency will have to wait.
Citrus County
by John BrandonThere shouldn't be a Citrus County. Teenage romance should be difficult, but not this difficult. Boys like Toby should cause trouble but not this much. The moon should glow gently over children safe in their beds. Uncles in their rockers should be kind. Teachers should guide and inspire. Manatees should laze and palm trees sway and snakes keep to their shady spots under the azalea thickets. The air shouldn't smell like a swamp. The stars should twinkle. Shelby should be her own hero, the first hero of Citrus County. She should rescue her sister from underground, rescue Toby from his life. Her destiny should be a hero's destiny.
City Blood: A Novel of Revenge
by Clark Howard&“[An] unusual cop story set in Chicago . . . This graphic depiction of urban and emotional decay carries a powerful, lasting punch.&” —Publishers Weekly When a topless dancer is beaten to death, police detective Joe Kiley strongly suspects her boyfriend, a mob kingpin&’s brother, is the killer. He isn&’t—but in the course of trying to track him down, Kiley&’s partner winds up dead during an unauthorized stakeout. Now Kiley wants vengeance—if not for the dancer, then for his longtime fellow cop. Despite warnings from the department, he&’s about to be drawn deep into the world of gangs and organized crime, and into entanglements with two women that will only heighten his despair, in this novel from an Edgar Award–winning author featuring &“moments that glitter with insight and gritty, urban realism&” (Publishers Weekly).
City Of Bones (Harry Bosch Series #8)
by Michael ConnellyThe outstanding eighth Harry Bosch thriller from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer. City of Bones is featured in Amazon Prime's BOSCH TV series.When the bones of a boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up dark memories from his past. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the child's identity and reconstructs his fractured life, determined that he won't be forgotten. At the same time, a new love affair with a female cop begins to blossom - until a stunningly blown mission leaves him in more trouble than ever before. The investigation races to a shocking conclusion and leaves Bosch on the brink of an unimaginable decision . . .
City Of Bones (Harry Bosch Series #8)
by Michael ConnellyWhen the bones of a boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up dark memories from his past. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the child's identity and reconstructs his fractured life, determined that he won't be forgotten. At the same time, a new love affair with a female cop begins to blossom - until a stunningly blown mission leaves him in more trouble than ever before. The investigation races to a shocking conclusion and leaves Bosch on the brink of an unimaginable decision...Read by Peter Jay Fernandez(p) 2002 Hachette Audio
City Of Brick And Shadow
by Tim Wirkus"Intimate, mysterious, magical...as accomplished and compelling as anything I've read in recent years." --T.C. Boyle, award-winning author of The Harder They Come"Beautifully conceived and beautifully written...rendered with a strong, confident voice that is so rare in a first novel." --Percival Everett, award-winning author of AssumptionAlready struggling to keep their tiny congregation afloat, two Mormon missionaries stationed in the dangerous Latin American neighborhood of Vila Barbosa suspect the worst when Marco Aurelio, a man they recently baptized, disappears from a crowded street market. When the neighborhood's corrupt police force shows no interest, Elder Toronto and Elder Schwartz decide to investigate Marco Aurelio's disappearance themselves.Breaking mission rule after mission rule, the elders doggedly pursue any clues that might lead them to their friend. As they interview the people who knew him--his short-tempered, bodybuilding brother; his gun-toting ex-wife; his mercurial former business partner--a tangled portrait emerges of an enigmatic con artist in over his head. At the edges of the investigation lurks a shadowy, mythical figure known only as the Argentine, a man who poses an increasingly dire threat to the two young missionaries as they plunge recklessly forward.Tim Wirkus' City of Brick and Shadow is a fantastically fun ride, recasting the classic buddy-cop dynamic in a pair of hapless young missionaries; a gripping and unconventional mystery along the lines of The Yiddish Policemen's Union or Motherless Brooklyn.
City Of Lies
by R.J. ElloryA superb, powerful thriller from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph]John Harper has always been alone. His mother died when he was just seven years old and he was raised in New York by an aunt he barely knew. He never even made his father's acquaintance - a man who died shortly after he was born. After leaving the Big Apple as soon as he was old enough, his life consisted of one moderately successful book, a collection of affectionately received newspaper columns and a comfortable existence in Miami.Then everything changes. A liquor store heist goes wrong - and turns John's existence on its head. It seems that his father didn't die all those years ago. In fact, he has thrived in the New York underworld. But now the man himself lies critically injured in a Manhattan hospital and it's time for father and son to meet at last . . .
City Of Lies: A Thriller
by R.J. ElloryA superb, powerful thriller from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph]John Harper has always been alone. His mother died when he was just seven years old and he was raised in New York by an aunt he barely knew. He never even made his father's acquaintance - a man who died shortly after he was born. After leaving the Big Apple as soon as he was old enough, his life consisted of one moderately successful book, a collection of affectionately received newspaper columns and a comfortable existence in Miami.Then everything changes. A liquor store heist goes wrong - and turns John's existence on its head. It seems that his father didn't die all those years ago. In fact, he has thrived in the New York underworld. But now the man himself lies critically injured in a Manhattan hospital and it's time for father and son to meet at last . . .
City Of Veils: A Novel (A\katya Hijazi And Nayir Sharqi Novel Ser.)
by Zoe FerrarisThe crime: one scalding afternoon, the mutilated body of a young woman, half naked beneath her burqa, is discovered on a Saudi beach; soon afterwards a Western woman's husband vanishes without trace.The place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the City of Veils. A city of narrow streets and closed shutters, where nothing is what it seems ;and the Empty Quarter - one of the most beautiful, yet unforgiving deserts on earth.The people: Miriam Walker, alone in an alien culture, desperate to find her missing husband. Katya, a forensic scientist battling the prejudices of a society full of sexual, religious and moral contradictions; and Nayir, devout Muslim, desert guide, amateur sleuth - the man she loves.