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Comfort Me With Apples
by Catherynne M. ValenteComfort Me With Apples is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente, for fans of Gone Girl and Spinning SilverSophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect.It's just that he's away so much. So often. He works so hard. She misses him. And he misses her. He says he does, so it must be true. He is the perfect husband and everything is perfect.But sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband's face when he comes back from a long business trip. The questions he will not answer. The locked basement she is never allowed to enter. And whenever she asks the neighbors, they can't quite meet her gaze....But everything is perfect. Isn't it?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Comfort To The Enemy
by Elmore LeonardA trio of short stories featuring legendary lawman Carl Webster - star of THE HOT KID.1940s' Oklahoma. Germans in a stateside POW camp have murdered one of their own and US Marshal Carl Webster, back from a tour of duty in the Pacific, is called in to investigate. Among others, he comes across a Jewish gangster bent on revenge for the Holocaust; a rodeo bull rider turned lawman; and a former Nazi guard who is a persistent runaway.Befriending the escapee, Carl becomes embroiled in a tale of gangsters' molls, enemy lines, espionage, double-crossing and a lovers' wartime promise that could to more trouble than he ever imagined...
Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories
by Elmore LeonardThe "Hot Kid" of the U.S. Marshals Service, Carl Webster maintains the law with a cool, showdown attitude. He's one of the richest creations in Elmore Leonard's half century of delivering the goods. From his appearances in the critically acclaimed novels The Hot Kid and Up in Honey's Room, Carl returns to lay down the law in a novella that originally appeared as a serial in the New York Times Sunday Magazine.The title novella--plus two Carl Webster short stories--traces Carl's career from his run-in with 1930's gangsters to his investigation of a murder at a German POW camp in Oklahoma. This time it's Carl against war-seasoned Afrika Korps Nazis. With its pitch-perfect dialogue, compelling characters, and classic charm, Comfort to the Enemy is vintage Leonard.
Comic Book Motherlode
by Robert T. Jeschonek Ben BaldwinComic book fans, rejoice! This massive volume collects over 750 pages of comics and comic book scripts from a writer whose work has been published by DC Comics. Robert Jeschonek has written plenty of scripts in his career, and these will shine a light on his writing process, his wild imagination…and some thrilling and thought-provoking adventures. This enormous collection is a must-have if you dream of writing your own comic book scripts or if you just love comics. Don't miss this motherlode of scripts and stories for one low price.
Comic Con Artist
by Franklin W. DixonFrank and Joe go undercover at a comic book convention!Someone is selling forged comic books art at a big comic book convention. The boys are on the case, but they've got to keep this one on the down low or there will be chaos among the legions of fanatical fans.
Comic Sans Murder
by Paige SheltonClare Henry’s snowy Star City, Utah, oasis turns deadly in the third Dangerous Type Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Bookman Dead Style and To Helvetica and Back. SOMETHING’S AFOOT.... The visit of quirky world-famous horror author Nathan Grimes to Star City is especially thrilling for Clare Henry and her grandfather Chester. As the owners of The Rescued Word, a charming boutique shop in town, Clare and Chester specialize in restoring old typewriters and repairing beloved books. They’ve invited Nathan to their shop to use their equipment for his next book. But all plans to work on the book take a step in the wrong direction when a tourist discovers an abandoned ski boot on the slopes—and the only sign of the owner is the dismembered foot he left inside! Nathan’s writer’s curiosity for all things horror is further piqued after the body of Clare’s high school friend Lloyd Gavin is discovered sans one foot. When all toes point to a class reunion gone wrong, Nathan can’t help but join Clare and her best friend, police officer Jodie Wentworth, as they hurry to track down the killer before more former classmates become Most Likely to Be Killed.
Coming Back (A Sharon McCone Mystery #28)
by Marcia MullerIn Locked In, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone was shot in the head and suffered from locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but with an alert, conscious mind. Now, as Sharon struggles to regain control over her body, she wants everything to go back to normal, but realizes that it may not be possible to return to her old life. Meanwhile, Sharon's relationships are suffering. Her husband is impatient with her refusal to accept help and some of her colleagues doubt her abilities after the accident. But when Sharon's friend from physical therapy goes missing, she must call upon those closest to her to find out the truth behind the disappearance. The investigation soon points to issues of national security and proves to be the most dangerous and critical case yet for Sharon and her colleagues.
Coming Clean (Orca Soundings)
by Jeff RossThis could be Rob's big break or the night everything falls apart. Rob wants to be a DJ—more than anything. And when his older brother Adam lands him a gig at a local all-ages club filling in for DJ Sly, Rob is ecstatic. When he finds out that the girl of his dreams will be there that first night, it seems like it is all coming together. But things fall apart—Mary Jane overdoses on Ecstasy provided by Adam, and DJ Sly turns Adam in and implicates Rob. The brothers end up on the run, evading the police while trying to force DJ Sly to tell the truth about the brothers' part in the death and Sly's own role in supplying drugs at the club. 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!
Coming Down Again: A Novel
by John BalabanBased on a true story: A magnificent portrayal of chaos, darkness, and adventure in Asia's Golden Triangle as the war wages in Vietnam Adrift at the end of the Vietnam War, Paul Roberts and his girlfriend, Fay, are arrested at the Burmese-Thai border for smuggling a couple of ounces of hashish. Stranded in a small Thai prison, they become part of a grisly contest played out by opium warlords, corrupt border patrol police, and two AWOL GIs. The war echoes through their intrigues and jailbreak attempts, especially when a regiment of North Vietnamese joins the skirmish. Transcending the adventure story, John Balaban&’s lyric prose conjures beautiful and frightening images, evoking the Golden Triangle&’s jungle as well as the complex hazards of the opium trade.
Coming Home
by Rosamunde PilcherThe story of Judith Dunbar and her loved ones, as they face the joys and sorrows of World War II. Judith, who is a schoolgirl when the story opens, truly comes of age.
Coming Home to You
by Fay RobinsonKate Morgan is committed to writing the definitive biography of singer-songwriter James Hayes, who died in an airplane crash six years ago. James had been an icon for his generation, and he'd had an important influence on Kate. His brother, Bret Hayes, refuses to be interviewed, refuses to talk to her. The tragedy changed his life, too. He only wants to be left in peace, breeding horses on his Alabama farm. Bret and Kate clash because she won't give up. There are simply too many questions, not enough answers. And the more she investigates, the less she seems to learn-about James. But his brother ... well, she's falling in love with the reclusive, uncooperative, mysterious Bret. Which is the one thing that's not supposed to happen!
Coming On Strong
by Tawny WeberBy private invitation only...Event: Very sensual resort opening.Place: In bed, hopefully!Host: Hottie millionaire Mitch Carter.Planner: Belle Forsham. Who once jilted Mitch at the altar. Oops...When Mitch's new hotel falters, he needs a pro. Enter the It Girl of event planning: the traitorous, damnably sexy Belle. Time for some red-hot revenge!But Belle has her own secret agenda for her ex-fiancé. And in the meantime, she'll enjoy how Mitch still makes her legs-and every other body part-deliciously quiver.But it's strictly business between them this time. At least it is...until Belle decides that the best sexual revenge goes both ways!
Coming Out Can Be Murder
by Renee JamesFirst he wants her... then he wants her dead. Bobbi Logan's life and career begin to spiral downward when she comes out as a transgendered woman. But the gutsy hairdresser is determined to live her "new" life authentically, even as she is drawn into the investigation of her brutally murdered friend. The Chicago police have all but said they're not interested in the death of a "tranny" and the media has failed to report it. As she follows a trail of evidence through the shadowy underground of the Windy City, Bobbi is led to John Strand, a seductive powerbroker. Coming face-to-face with the number-one suspect can only lead to one thing... murder. But who will it be?
Coming Undone
by Stephanie TylerSurfer-make that ex-surfer-Carly Winters can't believeshe accidentally faxed an erotic letter to...a secure militaryline? Now navy SEAL Jonathon "Hunt" Huntington is ather door, fax in hand, asking her how the fantasy ends.Because Carly's parents think Hunt is her new boyfriend,and Carly does need a wedding date ASAP, Hunt's readyto play-only on one condition. Carly's got to teach him tohang ten. Problem is it's been a while since Carly's career-ending accident and she's terrified of anything aqua. But with Hunt, letting go just may make her fantasy a reality!
Coming in Last
by Shiloh WalkerPrivate investigator Jamie McAdams couldn't exactly say the quiet woman running the daycare at his godfather's factory looked like an embezzler, but all the clues did point to her. She wouldn't have easy access to the money but out of everybody he'd investigated, she was the only one sticking out and she lived seriously outside her means.He didn't like it and not just because things didn't add up in a way he liked.Andi Morrow smelled like vanilla, tasted like sex, and moved like sin. Before long, he was hooked. It only took a few more days for him to figure out the obvious--she was being framed. But maybe he should have told her that, before they used her as bait to catch the real embezzler.Jamie always gets his man, even if it means coming in last with the woman he's fallen in love with.This title has been previously published.
Coming to Find You
by Jane CorryA heart-stopping psychological thriller about a woman running from the aftermath of a gruesome family tragedy--and also from the truth about her part in it. For fans of Gillian McAllister's Wrong Place Wrong Time and The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell.You can run away from your life . . . but you can't hide from murder.Nancy's mother and stepfather have been brutally killed. After a trial that gripped the nation, her stepbrother has been convicted of the double murder. But the end of the trial is just the beginning of a new nightmare for Nancy: the press is rabid, certain that she is hiding something. Certain that she knows more that she's telling about that night at the farmhouse . . .Determined to disappear, Nancy flees to the seaside in Devon, to Tall Chimneys, her grandmother's secluded inn--a place that holds many dark wartime secrets.Then someone sends her a letter. They know the truth about the night Nancy's mother and stepfather were murdered. They know she's been lying. And they promise to come find her. Because they have nothing to lose.
Command Authority (A Jack Ryan Novel #14)
by Tom Clancy Mark GreaneyDecades ago, as a young CIA analyst, President Jack Ryan Sr. was sent out to investigate the death of an operative--only to uncover the existence of a KGB assassin codenamed Zenith. He was never able to find the killer...In the present, a new strongman has emerged in the ever-chaotic Russian republic--the enigmatic President Valeri Volodon. But the foundations of his personal empire are built on a bloody secret from his past. And none who know of it have lived to tell. For he has set a plot in motion--a plot to return Russia to its former glory.But when a family friend of Ryan's is poisoned by a radioactive agent, the trail leads to Russia. And Jack Ryan Jr.--aided by his compatriots John Clark and the covert warriors of the secretive Campus--must delve into an international conflict thirty years in the making, and finish what his father started.With President Ryan fighting the political battle of his life, and his son fighting a silent war against a ruthless foe, global conflict becomes imminent--and the possibility of survival may soon be lost for all...
Command Performance
by Jean EchenozA thrilling, inventive, playful, and unorthodox detective and caper novel, the latest work by a French master.&“Fans of Jean-Patrick Manchette's deadpan irony will appreciate Command Performance, Echenoz's vibrant, playful homage to the hard-boiled genre, which plays like The Big Lebowski on the Seine.&” —Publishers WeeklyGerard Fulmard is a loser. A disgraced former flight attendant, he attempts the métier of private detective, with spectacularly disastrous results, then begins working for an obscure political groupuscule beset by an outsized share of infighting and backroom maneuvering. At first employed as an enforcer, Fulmard is then co-opted by one of the party&’s less savory factions, sinking in deeper and deeper until he finds himself the reluctant assassin of the party&’s own leader—and that&’s when things really start going downhill. Meanwhile, projectiles crash down from the sky, corpses turn up in perfect health, main characters suffer sudden death, and nothing is as it seems. In Command Performance, Jean Echenoz, one of France&’s most respected contemporary writers, toys with the tropes of genre fiction and high literature, displaying the twists of plot and turns of phrase that have become his signature, and that have made him, in the words of The Washington Post, &“the most distinctive voice of his generation and the master magician of the contemporary French novel.&”
Command Performance: The Royals Of Cordina (Cordina's Royal Family #2)
by Nora RobertsAVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME'She'd been to the palace before. The first time, nearly seven years earlier, she'd thought it was a fairy tale palace sprung into three dimensions. She was older now, though she wasn't sure about wiser... Fairy tales were for the very young, the very naïve or the very fortunate.'Seven years ago Eve Hamilton had experienced a brief schoolgirl crush on Prince Alexander de Cordina. But her feelings soon changed. His Royal Highness was powerful, reserved and a little intimidating - and clearly disapproved of this young, spirited American girl. Now Eve has returned to Cordina a woman - with a successful career and little patience for the obstinate, serious-minded prince. But perhaps Alexander is not quite what he seems... Command Performance can be read as a gripping standalone novel. It is also the second book in the Cordina's Royal Family quartet. The series begins with Affaire Royale and continues with The Playboy Prince and Cordina's Crown Jewel - all now available as Ebooks for the first time. Includes a preview of Playboy Prince
Command Strike (The Executioner #29)
by Don PendletonThe Executioner goes after an upstart mobster who wants to be king The last great kingpin of the East Coast, Augie Marinello walled himself up in a Long Island fortress protected by stone walls, guard towers, and a pack of Dobermans trained to kill on command. But no fence in the world is high enough to keep out Mack Bolan, the one-man army whose crusade against the Mafia has brought organized crime to its knees. When the Executioner decided it was time for Augie to die, he died, and now another man has stepped into his place: David Eritrea, who has the potential to be far more dangerous than Augie ever was. Eritrea has dreams of rebuilding Augie&’s empire bigger than before and reuniting the five families of New York under a single leader: himself. Unfortunately for the would-be don, the Executioner has other plans. Command Strike is the 29th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy (Commander Toad #5)
by Jane YolenCommander Toad and the crew of Star Warts are asked to rout out Tip Toad, Space Fleet's greatest and most elusive spy.
Commanding Justice
by Debby GiustiMission to capture a killerThe Colonel's Daughter A killer is targeting the families of soldiers in a US Army colonel's brigade, and Criminal Investigation Division special agent Jamison Steele vows to stop him. The colonel's daughter, the woman who loved and left Jamison without a word, came face-to-face with the murderer. But uncovering the serial killer's motive requires asking Michele Logan the questions that may lead them both into a deadly trap.The General's Secretary Lillie Beaumont's dark past has just turned up on her porch—fatally wounded. The dying words of the man imprisoned for killing Lillie's mother suggest hidden secrets. Criminal Investigation Division special agent Dawson Timmons has his own motive for seeking the truth. As they investigate, Dawson fears that a murderer is waiting to strike again. And this time, Lillie is right in the line of fire…USA TODAY Bestselling Author Debby Giusti 2 Thrilling StoriesThe Colonel's Daughter and The General's Secretary
Commando (Morgan's Mercenaries #3)
by Lindsay MckennaAs a mercenary, Jake Randolph had faced danger and walked away unscathed. Yet, as a man, he'd confronted love-and lost much more than his heart. But his latest assignment, locating beautiful Shah Sungilo Travers, reminded Jake of what was missing in his own life. Shah had traveled to the Amazon to escape unwanted male attention. However, Jake's determination to keep her safe was quickly wearing down her resolution to lead a secluded life. Jake claimed the jungle was no place for her, but would Shah be any safer in his arms?
Comment devenir riche
by Patrick Mercier Baron Alexander DeschauerLa vie vous donne le choix de l’amour ou l’argent, rarement les deux. George Anderson, un fermier de l’Illinois veut tout. Il cherche l’autre pour sécuriser les deux. Son chemin vers le succès inclut la CIA, les seigneurs colombiens de la drogue, et des rencontres avec quelques-uns des gens les plus puissants et secrets au monde. Son ambition de devenir riche est enracinée dans la trahison. Combien est assez? Est-ce que l’argent en soi fait d’une personne quelqu’un de riche? Est-ce que l’amour joue un rôle? Comment devenir riche est un thriller effréné au-dessus d’un océan profond et complexe de désirs humains.
Committed: the propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author
by Chris MerrittSix days to stop a deadly attack. And no one else believes it's real.'Very well done - tight action and a smart central character.' Anthony Horowitz'A propulsive nail-biter of a thriller that will keep your heart in your throat all the way through' Lisa Regan'A blistering, heart-pounding, edge-of-the-seat, adrenaline rush of a read. Absolutely outstanding and without doubt the best book I have read this year.' Carol Wyer'Heart-pounding suspense until the very last page. I absolutely loved it!' Ava GlassFormer CIA undercover operative Ellen McGinley is battling to overcome PTSD when she stumbles upon a domestic terror plot. The deadly attack is due to take place in six days and will strike at the very heart of her homeland.For Ellen, it's a chance to find redemption for her greatest mistake - one she will never allow herself to forget.But no sooner than she alerts the authorities, she finds herself diagnosed as delusional and locked in a psychiatric ward. No one believes her story.She's the only one who thinks the danger is real, which means she's the only one who can stop it.Ellen must draw on all her old skills to escape, stay alive, protect her family, and find those responsible - before all hell breaks loose.Committed is the propulsive thriller you won't want to miss this summer. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, David Baldacci, JB Turner and Robert Dugoni.