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A Grave Waiting: A Moretti and Falla Mystery
by Jill DownieThere’s nowhere to hide from international intrigue and murder most foul even on an island as small as Guernsey. Second in the Moretti and Falla Mystery series. In St. Peter Port Harbour on the Channel Island of Guernsey, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his partner, Detective Sergeant Liz Falla, are called in to investigate the shooting death of arms dealer Bernard Masterson on the Just Desserts, his luxury yacht. Why are Masterson, his glamorous partner in crime, Adèle Letourneau, and his thuggish bodyguard here on the island? And how are an ex-Folies Bergère dancer, a former espionage agent, and a wealthy sax-playing financier involved – or are they? With the knowledge that there’s nowhere to hide in a world now as small as his island, and not knowing whom to trust in a mystery involving money and international intrigue, Moretti goes to London in search of answers, returning to Guernsey for a violent showdown on the Just Desserts. Watch for Blood WIll Out arriving September 2014.
A Grave Without Flowers
by Mary McMullenIt was a carefree vacation... until death joined the holiday. Emily Denver had been promised stately homes and picture-postcard country gardens when she toured England in June. The travel brochure had said nothing about murder--yet danger was indeed to be part of Emily’s itinerary. It all involved a gold cigarette case, with an inscription that was of much more than sentimental value; a message that was worth a fortune to the one person who could decipher it--and who, before the trip ended, would kill to get it. So Emily Denver’s idyllic summer holiday was to become an excursion into peril... simply because (unbeknownst to her) circumstance had placed an expensive but deadly trinket quite literally within her arm’s reach...
A Grave at Glorieta (The Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries #4)
by Michael KilianHarrison Raines struggles to keep the Civil War from overtaking the West It's 1862 and the Civil War hangs in the balance. Although the Union has beaten back the Southern armies in the East, the Confederacy is intent on opening new fronts to the west--and perhaps securing British support to widen this ugly conflict into a world war. To contain the rebellion, Abraham Lincoln's secret service sends exiled Virginian Harrison Raines to Texas to gather intelligence about a planned Confederate invasion of New Mexico. Raines has never been west of the Mississippi, and he will find Texan hospitality rather rougher than he expected. When the hero of the Battle of Glorieta Pass is killed, Raines's only friend in Texas is accused of the crime. To save his friend's neck, Raines must find the real killer--or risk never making it back to Virginia alive. A Grave at Glorieta is the 4th book in the Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
A Grave in the Woods (The Dordogne Mysteries #17)
by Martin WalkerIn his latest adventure Bruno, France's favourite country cop, investigates a long-buried war crime and faces a devastating flood that threatens the town he polices and the people he loves.'FRENCH TOURISM SHOULD RAISE A GLASS TO WALKER'S DORDOGNE MYSTERIES' Daily MailThe long arm of history reaches into the present in Bruno's latest case when three sets of bones are discovered, buried deep in the woods outside the Dordogne town of St Denis. It appears that the remains have lain there since World War 2. Bruno must investigate who the bones belong to and whether their burial amounts to a war crime.Bruno has other concerns too. After weeks of heavy autumn rain, the normally tranquil Dordogne river has risen to record levels, compromising the upriver dams that control the Vezere that flows through St Denis, bringing the threat of a devastating flood. As ever, Bruno must rely on his wits, tenacity and people skills to ensure that past wrongs don't result in present violence, and to keep his little town and its inhabitants safe from harm.Readers are loving A Grave in the Woods 'What a truly wonderful book . . . Roll on the next one!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Fun and heartwarming!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A cracking addition to one of my favourite series. I can't wait to reconnect with Bruno and the gang and return to the wonderful St Denis' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Once again Martin Walker captures the delights of his idyllic Perigord whilst Bruno copes with mysteries and dramas galore' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Executed seamlessly with detail and charm. I don't understand how he does it, but I hope he never quits' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Grave in the Woods (The Dordogne Mysteries #35)
by Martin WalkerIn his latest adventure Bruno, France's favourite country cop, investigates a long-buried war crime and faces a devastating flood that threatens the town he polices and the people he loves.'FRENCH TOURISM SHOULD RAISE A GLASS TO WALKER'S DORDOGNE MYSTERIES' Daily MailThe long arm of history reaches into the present in Bruno's latest case when three sets of bones are discovered, buried deep in the woods outside the Dordogne town of St Denis. It appears that the remains have lain there since World War 2. Bruno must investigate who the bones belong to and whether their burial amounts to a war crime.Bruno has other concerns too. After weeks of heavy autumn rain, the normally tranquil Dordogne river has risen to record levels, compromising the upriver dams that control the Vezere that flows through St Denis, bringing the threat of a devastating flood. As ever, Bruno must rely on his wits, tenacity and people skills to ensure that past wrongs don't result in present violence, and to keep his little town and its inhabitants safe from harm.
A Grave in the Woods: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel (Bruno, Chief of Police Series #17)
by Martin WalkerAnother entertaining and enlightening entry in the Bruno, Chief of Police series, featuring an archaeological dig in the French countryside that unearths World War II–era mysteries—all while Bruno dishes up more culinary magicWhen Abby, an American archaeologist, arrives in St. Denis on the heels of her divorce, she hopes to make a new life for herself as a specialist guide for visiting tourists. So when a local British couple discover a grave from World War II on their property, Abby is able to put her training to good use. As it turns out, in the grave are the remains of two German women and an Italian submarine officer who had a big secret to hide. The women are suspected of having had links to the German garrison in Bordeaux during the war. It&’s up to Bruno, just recovered from a gunshot wound earlier in the year, to unravel the mystery—and its contemporary relevance. His task is made more difficult by the horrible heat-dome summer, which is raising the temperature for miles around, as unprecedented amounts of rain drench the Massif Central and threaten increasingly dramatic floods. As Bruno drills to the heart of the case, matters get even more complicated when both Abby&’s financially distressed ex-husband and a mysterious dashing Italian naval officer arrive, with very different ideas in mind. Once again, Bruno is left to serve the guilty their just rewards, and his friends, some sumptuous Perigordian cuisine.
A Graveyard for Lunatics
by Ray BradburyHalloween Night, 1954. A young, film-obsessed scriptwriter has just been hired at one of the great studios. An anonymous investigation leads from the giant Maximus Films backlot to an eerie graveyard separated from the studio by a single wall. There he makes a terrifying discovery that thrusts him into a maelstrom of intrigue and mystery—and into the dizzy exhilaration of the movie industry at the height of its glittering power.
A Great Day for the Deadly (The Gregor Demarkian Holiday Mysteries #5)
by Jane HaddamAs St. Patrick&’s Day nears, a retired FBI agent must solve a sinful crime near a small-town convent: &“[An] engrossing murder case . . . enjoyable&” (Publishers Weekly). Her childhood friends wanted careers, but Brigit Ann Reilly spent her youth looking forward to her wedding—her wedding to God. When she finally gets to don the habit, her new order sends her to Maryville, where a former sister is poised to become Rome&’s first Irish-American saint. Brigit has no time to worry about Vatican politics. She&’s about to become a martyr herself. Brigit is found dead in the basement of her local library, her corpse swarming with ten poisonous water moccasins. When ex-FBI investigator Gregor Demarkian hears of her death, he is puzzled by two things: Water moccasins are not native to upstate New York, and Brigit died of hemlock poisoning, not the snakes&’ venom. As Maryville whips itself into a pious frenzy in search of evidence for its hometown hero&’s sainthood, Demarkian will attempt his own miracle by finding justice for the murdered young nun.
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley #1)
by Elizabeth GeorgeTo this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders. Now into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an axe in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry. " Yet as Lynley and Havers wind their way through Keldale's dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a shattering series of revelations that will reverberate through this tranquil English valley--and in their own lives as well. From the Paperback edition.
A Great Deliverance: An Inspector Lynley Novel: 1 (Inspector Lynley #1)
by Elizabeth GeorgeFat, unlovely Roberta Teys is found beside her father's headless corpse, wearing her best dress and with an axe in her lap. Her first words are: 'I did it. And I am not sorry' and she refuses to say more. Inspector Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers are sent by Scotland Yard to solve this particularly gruesome murder. And as they navigate their way around a dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a series of shocking revelations that shatter the façade of the peaceful Yorkshire village.
A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Gamache #12)
by Louise Penny#1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny pulls back the layers to reveal a brilliant and emotionally powerful truth in her latest spellbinding novel.<P><P> When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes.<P> Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets. To an old friend and older adversary. It leads the former Chief of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec to places even he is afraid to go. But must.<P> And there he finds four young cadets in the Sûreté academy, and a dead professor. And, with the body, a copy of the old, odd map.<P> Everywhere Gamache turns, he sees Amelia Choquet, one of the cadets. Tattooed and pierced. Guarded and angry. Amelia is more likely to be found on the other side of a police line-up. And yet she is in the academy. A protégée of the murdered professor.<P> The focus of the investigation soon turns to Gamache himself and his mysterious relationship with Amelia, and his possible involvement in the crime. The frantic search for answers takes the investigators back to Three Pines and a stained glass window with its own horrific secrets.<P> For both Amelia Choquet and Armand Gamache, the time has come for a great reckoning. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Gamache #12)
by Louise PennyWinner of the the Barry, Macavity, & Anthony Awards for Best Novel 2017Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Crime Novel 2016A Goodreads Best Mystery & Thriller of 2016 finalistFormer Chief Inspector Gamache has been hunting killers his entire career and as the new commander of the Sûreté Academy, he is given the chance to combat the corruption and brutality that has been rife throughout the force. But when a former colleague and professor of the Sûreté Academy is found murdered, with a mysterious map of Three Pines in his possession, Gamache has an even tougher task ahead of him.When suspicion turns to Gamache himself, and his possible involvement in the crime, the frantic search for answers takes the investigation to the village of Three Pines, where a series of shattering secrets are poised to be revealed . . .Ingenious, gripping, and powerful, A Great Reckoning is the twelfth spellbinding novel in the Chief Inspector Gamache series from number one bestseller, Louise Penny. Evocative and atmospheric, this magnificent work of crime fiction will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
A Great Reckoning: thrilling and page-turning crime fiction from the author of the bestselling Inspector Gamache novels
by Louise PennyWINNER of the the Barry, Macavity, & Anthony Awards for Best Novel WINNER of the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Crime Novel 'Outstanding' THE NEW YORK TIMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.Former Chief Inspector Gamache has been hunting killers his entire career and as the new commander of force, he is given the chance to combat the corruption and brutality that has been rife. But when a former colleague and professor is found murdered, with a mysterious map of the village of Three Pines, Gamache's home, in his possession, Gamache has an even tougher task ahead of him.When suspicion turns to Gamache himself, and his possible involvement in the crime, the frantic search for answers takes the investigation to Three Pines, where a series of shattering secrets are poised to be revealed ...Millions of readers worldwide.One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.
A Green Place for Dying: A Meg Harris Mystery
by R. J. HarlickMeg Harris’s friend has been missing for over two months, but she’s not the only one. Meg Harris returns to her home in the West Quebec wilderness after a trip. Upon her arrival she discovers that a friend’s daughter has been missing from the Migiskan Reserve for more than two months. Meg vows to help find the missing girl and starts by confronting the police on their indifference to the disappearance. During her investigation, she discovers that more than one woman has gone missing. Fearing the worst, Meg delves deeper and confronts an underside of life she would rather not know existed. Can she save the girl and others with little help and in the face of grave danger? This is the fifth book in the Meg Harris Mystery series. The next book in the series is Silver Totem of Shame.
A Green Velvet Secret
by Vicki GrantLetters from beyond the grave and a green velvet dress reveal a secret to Yardley's beloved grandmother; for fans of The Parker Inheritance and The List of Things That Will Not Change and ages 10 and up.It's always hard to lose a friend, but for Yardley O'Hanlon it's devastating. Her best friend is her wild and wonderful grandmother Gidge. They're two fashionable peas in a quirky little pod. They spend all their time together sewing and crafting and creating beautiful things — until Gidge dies, and Yardley loses her for good.Or does she?Yardley isn't convinced. Gidge was a big believer in reincarnation. She promised she'd never leave Yardley, and Gidge always kept her promises. So when a stylish older woman walks into the Over Easy Vintage Emporium where Yardley is helping out, Yardley is sure it's her grandmother, back from the dead. But her happiness doesn't last long, as the woman runs away in terror and no one else believes she was Gidge reincarnated. It's only with the help of a beautiful green velvet dress, a series of letters from "the other side" and an irritating twelve-year-old buttinsky named Harris that Yardley discovers there's more to the mystery woman — and Gidge — than she ever imagined.
A Grid for Murder
by Casey MayesSavannah Stone makes her living creating puzzles for logic lovers. But when a novice puzzle maker's number is up, Savannah has to fill in the blanks to solve a murder... Savannah would almost rather drink poison than have tea with Joanna Clayton. Not only is the unpleasant woman one of the worst gossips in Asheville, North Carolina, over tea she flaunts her new assignment creating logic puzzles for a local newspaper--one that has repeatedly turned down Savannah's work. But when Savannah's retired police chief husband, Zach, calls her later to tell her Joanna has actually been poisoned, she is more than puzzled--she's troubled. Will the police consider puzzle envy a strong enough motive and think she decided to eliminate the competition? It's time for Savannah to sort through Joanna's long list of enemies to find out who was bitter enough to poison the prospective puzzle maker . . .
A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer (A SCYTHE Mystery #1)
by Maxie DaraMurder is not her department. It&’s not like it used to be. Modern-day grim reapers wear business casual, not black cloaks, and they don&’t carry scythes, they work for S. C. Y. T. H. E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), where the Department of Natural Causes is the least exciting gig. And that&’s how Kathy Valence likes it: boring and predictable. She has enough stress in her personal life; she&’s mid-divorce, pregnant, and terrified she doesn&’t have what it takes to be a good mom. Then, she goes to pick up a new client and finds his soul is missing. When she finally tracks down Conner Ortiz, he angrily insists he was murdered, and he refuses to move on until Kathy finds out why and by whom. Kathy has only forty-five days to solve the mystery before the boy&’s soul is doomed to roam the earth as a ghost forever. To do that she&’ll have to call on the help of her retired mentor, her almost ex-husband—and, inconveniently, Conner himself. This is the wildest case of her career . . . and one wrong move could cost Kathy her job, not to mention her life.
A Groom To Come Home To
by Irene BrandCOMING HOME...Beth Warner had pledged she'd never return to Harlan County. But when a twist of fate brought the beautiful nurse home, she faced reawakened memories-and the only man who had ever won her heart....Clark Randolph hadn't changed. Handsome, strong and kind, he was still all Beth had ever wanted. Secure in his faith, he'd never given up on their hometown. Deep in his heart, he'd never stopped loving Beth....Now Beth was again faced with the same dilemma that had torn her apart as a teenager. And as she struggled to understand heaven's plan in bringing her home again, she prayed that it was not too late to embrace a future filled with Clark's love.
A Groom Worth Waiting For
by Sophie PembrokeUnder the Tuscan sun... It's everything Thea has ever dreamed of. A Tuscan wedding, the perfect dress, a handsome groom...and her wedding will unite two families in more than business. So why is it only when her groom's brother Zeke Ashton arrives that things start feeling right? Watching the woman he once loved sacrifice her happiness for duty is impossible. Zeke has to remind her of the carefree, happy girl she once was before she says "I do" if Thea-or he-is ever to have a chance at happiness....
A Groom with a View (A Jane Jeffry Mystery, Book #11)
by Jill ChurchillJane Jeffry is event manager of a rich wedding at a remote club. But before the wedding day arrives a violent storm has knocked the lights out and someone takes a slippery slide to sudden death. Jane quickly steps into the role of investigator. But before she can supply the police with a motive for murder, the ceremony begins, and someone's idea of a fantasy wedding suddenly turns into a killer of an occasion.
A Gross Carriage of Justice (The Carruthers, Simpson, and Briggs Mysteries #2)
by Robert L. FishAnother installment in the Murder League, this time ex‑detectives Carruthers, Simpson, and Briggs fall prey to inept kidnappers Clarence Alexander and Harold Nishbagel. Of course, the situation is quickly overturned and the captives bring the kidnappers to their knees. It is time for a new brand of justice as these three older Britons take the law into their own hands.
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty: A Novel (Playaway Adult Fiction Ser.)
by Joshilyn JacksonA GROWN-UP KIND OF PRETTY is a powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family. Fifteen-year-old Mosey Slocumb-spirited, sassy, and on the cusp of womanhood-is shaken when a small grave is unearthed in the backyard, and determined to figure out why it's there. Liza, her stroke-ravaged mother, is haunted by choices she made as a teenager. But it is Jenny, Mosey's strong and big-hearted grandmother, whose maternal love braids together the strands of the women's shared past--and who will stop at nothing to defend their future.
A Gruesome Discovery: A Mystery Set in 1920s Ireland (A reverend Mother Aquinas Mystery #4)
by Cora HarrisonIreland. 1925. Like all who seek charitable contributions, Reverend Mother Aquinas is used to being gifted some fairly dubious items. But nothing like this. On opening the evil-smelling trunk, labelled 'old books', the Reverend Mother is horrified to discover it contains the dead body of one of Cork's richest merchants, wrapped in decomposing animal hides. Many had reason to loathe the hides and skins merchant: his rebellious, republican son; his frustrated, clever daughter; his neighbours; his business rivals; and those whose unbaptised babies were buried on the site of his new tanning yard. But when suspicion falls on a former lay sister from her convent, the Reverend Mother decides she must help find the real killer.
A Guard Dog Named Honey
by Denise Gosliner OrensteinWhat happens when a girl tries to steal a dog -- but the dog steals her heart instead?I made my birthday vow: I would get Willis out of jail, no matter what.When Bean's brother gets arrested for joyriding in a stolen car, Bean is devastated. She's determined to get him out of jail by raising the bail their mom can't afford. She tries everything, from applying for summer jobs, to offering to paint summer mansions. It's at one of those old mansions that she meets a young girl named Phoebe and her giant (and very valuable) guard dog, Honey.Bean quickly hatches her plan: She'll convince Phoebe to sell Honey and let her use some of the cash for bail.But when Honey's sale takes a dangerous turn, Bean is torn between her desire for her brother's freedom and her loyalty to Phoebe and sweet, drooly, affectionate Honey. Can Bean fight for her family without betraying her new friends?
A Guardiã do Irmão
by J. J. DiBenedettoJane Barnaby planejou as férias perfeitas de Natal. Seu pai e sua noiva estão indo com ela para a Espanha em uma escavação arqueológica. Poderão ver o seu trabalho, conhecer seu mentor e desfrutar de alguns dias nas praias ensolaradas do Mediterrâneo, em pleno auge do inverno. Mas tudo se desfaz quando o irmão irritante de Jane os acompanha e vai parar na prisão por um crime que não cometeu. Para limpar o nome do irmão, tudo o que Jane precisa fazer é perseguir uma vigarista astuta por toda a Europa, capturá-la e confrontar a mulher e seus cúmplices. Ah, e enganar um ex-agente da KGB e seu esquadrão pessoal ao longo do caminho.