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Hotel Ukraine: The Final Arkady Renko Novel (The Arkady Renko Novels)
by Martin Cruz SmithDetective Arkady Renko—&“one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction&” (USA TODAY)—returns in this tense thriller set amid the backdrop of Russia&’s invasion of Ukraine.In the latest installment of Martin Cruz Smith&’s celebrated Arkady Renko series, the legendary Moscow investigator seeks to solve the murder of a diplomat as Russia&’s invasion of Ukraine wears on and the effects of Renko&’s Parkinson&’s Disease worsen. Helped by his lover, journalist Tatiana Petrovna, Renko traces the murder to a Russian paramilitary group aided by a government official who also used to be a romantic partner of Renko. Before long, those responsible for the killing look to similarly dispatch Arkady and Tatiana—all of it leading to a thrilling and action-packed climax. Hotel Ukraine upholds Martin Cruz Smith&’s reputation as a master of modern detective fiction and Arkady Renko&’s standing as one of the genre&’s most complex protagonists.
Hotel Ukraine: The brand new Arkady Renko political thriller, from one of the undisputed masters of the genre
by Martin Cruz SmithArkady Renko returns in this tense political thriller, from one of the undisputed masters of the genre. When Arkady Renko is charged with investigating the murder of Alexei Kazasky, the Deputy Minister of Defence, he knows he has to tread carefully. Alexei Kazasky is a high-profile politician and has a complicated relationship with Putin. This investigation clearly has Kremlin approval, but, as with everything in Russia, things are not always what they seem. Already preoccupied with his developing Parkinson&’s, Arkady finds he has more to worry about. The war in Ukraine is gaining momentum, and his adopted son Zhenya has become involved with the Black Army, a Russo-Ukrainian group of hacktivists. Moreover, as Arkady digs deeper into Kazasky&’s murder, he realizes that the man&’s death may have been more politically motivated than he first assumed. Now it seems that the people behind the killing have him firmly in their crosshairs – but this time Arkady&’s life is not the only one on the line.PRAISE FOR MARTIN CRUZ SMITH: 'Does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable' Mick Herron 'Among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary' Guardian 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid 'The undisputed master of the political crime thriller' Abir Mukherjee 'One of the finest writers of our age' Charlotte Philby
Hotel de arraigo
by Imanol CaneyadaSpanish Description Un thriller sorprendente, acerca del escabroso mundo del secuestro y la corrupción policiaca. Una ciudad sin nombre, azotada por el secuestro, la extorsión, la corrupción policiaca y los contrastes sociales, es el escenario de esta explosiva novela negra. Arnulfo Lizárraga, un agente del Grupo Antisecuestros, lucha por sacar adelante a una típica familia de clase media, aquejada por frustraciones, problemas de comunicación, y la ansiedad por el estatus. Gabriel García, hijo único de un empresario cercano a los círculos de poder, es un adolescente obsesionado con grabar sus encuentros sexuales con el teléfono celular y organizar fiestas donde cunden los excesos. Tras ser acusado de tener nexos criminales, Arnulfo es degradado y termina como custodio en un hotel de arraigo de la Policía Judicial. Al mismo tiempo, Gabriel es secuestrado. En este momento, sus vidas se entrecruzan en una vorágine de traición y violencia que amenaza con salirse de control a cada instante. Ambos quedarán expuestos ante la brutalidad de un mundo en el que las relaciones personales están marcadas por el absurdo, la mentira y la codicia. "Un autor perceptivo, que ha desarrollado un estilo en el que la corrupción y la violencia ponen los pelos de punta. Con una prosa limpia, intensa, equilibrada y dura, cuenta el lado oscuro de una ciudad del norte que se parece a todas". English Description A surprising thriller about the thorny world of kidnapping and police corruption. A nameless city, devastated by kidnapping, extortion, police corruption, and social contrasts, is the setting for this explosive crime novel. Arnulfo Lizárraga, an agent from the Anti-kidnapping Group, fights to provide for his typical middle-class family, but is troubled by frustrations, problems with communication, and a need for status. Gabriel García, the only child of a businessman who is close to the circles of power, is a teenager obsessed with recording his sexual encounters on his cell phone and throwing lavish parties. After being accused of having criminal ties, Arnulfo is demoted and ends up a guard at a detention hotel for the judicial police. At the same time, Gabriel is kidnapped. In this moment, their lives intertwine in a maelstrom of treason and violence that threatens to spin out of control at any moment. Both will be exposed to the brutality of a world in which personal relationships are affected by absurdity, lies, and greed. "A perceptive author, who has developed a style in which corruption and violence set your hairs on end. With prose that is clean, intense, balanced, and hard, he tells the dark side of a northern city that bears a resemblance to any city. "
Hothouse Orchid
by Stuart WoodsHome gets hot for special agent Holly Barker. Going home can be hard. But for Special Agent Holly Barker, it could be her one chance for justice against an old enemy...
Hothouse Orchid (Holly Barker #Bk. 5)
by Stuart WoodsHome gets hot for CIA Special Agent Holly Barker in this novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods’s thrilling series. After Holly Barker lets an international terrorist slip through her fingers for a second time, the CIA thinks she might want a long vacation. So Holly returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, where she had been police chief for many years. But a very unpleasant surprise awaits her. Many years earlier, while she was in the army, Holly and another female officer had brought charges against their commander for sexual harassment. Holly had managed to fight him off, but the other woman, a young lieutenant, had not. The officer in question was acquitted of all charges, and has also left the army—for a job as Orchid Beach’s new police chief. Now Holly must decide whether to return to the CIA—or seek her revenge...
Hotline to Danger
by Carolyn KeeneNancy is working the phone lines for the Help Is Here teen hotline--but she receives one call that requires more than a sympathetic ear. A volunteer at the teen center has been murdered, and now the only witness is in danger of losing her own life. Time is running out for Nancy and her anonymous caller.
Hotshot
by Catherine MannMajor Vince "Vapor" DeLuca may have just accepted his most difficult recon mission ever-keeping an eye on Shay Bassett. As a pilot in the Air Force's top-secret test unit, Vince keeps a cool head at the controls. But ever since they were teens, Shay's had a way of jamming his radar. Now she's scheduled to tell Congress about Cleveland's escalating gang activity, and someone out there is trying to cut her testimony short. Living to tell the tale may depend on trusting the one man who burned her so badly years ago-and still makes her feel warm all over.
Hotshot Hero Under Fire (Hotshot Heroes #5)
by Lisa ChildsHe's everyone's hero Can she let him be hers? Returning to her Michigan hometown, Courtney Beaumont still feels nothing but hatred for hotshot firefighter Owen James. The former bad girl blames him for her mother's death—and for mistreating her. But after saving him from several murder attempts, Courtney finds herself falling for the local hero. Until she realizes the real reason he's getting close to her…and the high-stakes peril he's put her in. From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama. Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Hotshot Heroes series: Book 1: Red HotBook 2: Hot AttractionBook 3: Hot SeductionBook 4: Hot PursuitBook 5: Hotshot Hero Under FireBook 6: Hotshot Hero on the Edge
Hotshot Hero for the Holidays (Hotshot Heroes #9)
by Lisa ChildsNew York Times Bestselling Author Is a fake holiday relationship… The perfect bait for a killer? When firefighter Trent Miles responds to a fire just weeks before Christmas, he can&’t believe it&’s his own house—and there&’s a body inside. Detective Heather Bolton has a plan to smoke out the killer, but it&’s risky. Not only does it put both Heather and Trent in the crosshairs of a murderer, but it means fanning the flames of an incendiary chemistry that threatens to consume them…From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Hotshot Heroes series:Book 1: Red HotBook 2: Hot AttractionBook 3: Hot SeductionBook 4: Hot PursuitBook 5: Hotshot Hero Under FireBook 6: Hotshot Hero on the EdgeBook 7: Hotshot Heroes Under ThreatBook 8: Hotshot Hero in DisguiseBook 9: Hotshot Hero for the HolidaysBook 10: Hunted Hotshot Hero
Hotshot Hero in Disguise (Hotshot Heroes #8)
by Lisa ChildsNew York Times Bestselling Author His carefully crafted identity… Is about to go up in flames! After an attempt on his life, Jonathan Canterbury IV chose to let the world believe he was dead. Then Tammy Ingles discovers that the firefighter she knows as Ethan Sommerly is really the heir to an epic fortune. He doesn&’t know what scares him more: the fact that his new lover can expose his secret, or the intensity of his need for her…From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Hotshot Heroes series:Book 1: Red HotBook 2: Hot AttractionBook 3: Hot SeductionBook 4: Hot PursuitBook 5: Hotshot Hero Under FireBook 6: Hotshot Hero on the EdgeBook 7: Hotshot Heroes Under ThreatBook 8: Hotshot Hero in Disguise
Hotshot Hero on the Edge (Hotshot Heroes #6)
by Lisa ChildsUSA TODAY Bestselling AuthorIs the man she married…not the man she thought he was?Unable to stand the stress of being a firefighter&’s wife, ER nurse Willow Garrison asks her husband to leave. Not long after, however, she realizes she's carrying his child! When his reputation and life are in danger, she lets Luke back into her life. But just who wants to destroy him? Guilty and suspicious, Willow admits her lingering feelings. Can she trust the hotshot to prove his innocence and keep them safe?From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Hotshot Heroes series:Book 1: Red HotBook 2: Hot AttractionBook 3: Hot SeductionBook 4: Hot PursuitBook 5: Hotshot Hero Under FireBook 6: Hotshot Hero on the EdgeBook 7: Hotshot Heroes Under ThreatBook 8: Hotshot Hero in Disguise
Hotshot Heroes Collection: Four Action-Packed Romance Novels (Hotshot Heroes)
by Lisa ChildsDon&’t miss these spicy, action-packed stories of smoldering firefighters and the people they&’ll do anything to protect from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Childs! HOTSHOT HERO UNDER FIREReturning to her Michigan hometown, Courtney Beaumont still blames hotshot firefighter Owen James for her mother's death—and for mistreating her. But after saving him from several murder attempts, Courtney finds herself falling for the local hero. Until she realizes the real reason he's getting close to her…and the high-stakes peril he's put her in.HOTSHOT HERO ON THE EDGEUnable to stand the stress of being a firefighter&’s wife, ER nurse Willow Garrison asks her husband to leave. Not long after, however, she realizes she's pregnant with his child! When his reputation and life are in danger, she lets Luke back into her life. But just who wants to destroy him? And can she trust the hotshot to prove his innocence and keep her and her baby safe?HOTSHOT HERO UNDER THREATThe moment he starts investigating a series of threats against the Huron Hotshots, Patrick "Trick" McRooney becomes a target. And everyone on his new team is a suspect. Firefighter Henrietta "Hank" Rowlins gains his trust when an assailant takes shots at her and Trick. As alluring as she is strong, she&’s a woman he could fall for. But his desire for her might become a distraction that imperils them both!HOTSHOT HERO IN DISGUISEAfter an attempt on his life, Jonathan Canterbury IV chose to let the world believe he was dead. Then Tammy Ingles discovers that the firefighter she knows as Ethan Sommerly is really the heir to an epic fortune. He doesn&’t know what scares him more: the fact that his new lover can expose his dangerous secret, or the intensity of his need for her…
Hotshot Heroes Under Threat (Hotshot Heroes #7)
by Lisa ChildsNew York Times Bestselling Author He could handle the heat… Until he met her The moment he starts investigating a series of threats against the Huron Hotshots, Patrick "Trick" McRooney becomes a target. And everyone on his new team is a suspect. Firefighter Henrietta "Hank" Rowlins gains his trust when an assailant takes shots at her and Trick. As alluring as she is strong, she&’s a woman he could fall for. But his desire for her might become a distraction that imperils them both!From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Hotshot Heroes series:Book 1: Red HotBook 2: Hot AttractionBook 3: Hot SeductionBook 4: Hot PursuitBook 5: Hotshot Hero Under FireBook 6: Hotshot Hero on the EdgeBook 7: Hotshot Heroes Under ThreatBook 8: Hotshot Hero in Disguise
Hotshot P.I. (Lawman #11)
by B.J. DanielsA private eye investigates the woman who once betrayed him in this romantic suspense from a New York Times–bestselling author.For the second time in her life Clancy Jones had awakened at a murder scene—this time with the murder weapon in her hand. To the untrained eye, she looked mighty guilty. But to private investigator Jake Hawkins, she still looked good.Desire for Clancy had always burned inside Jake; so had anger. Ten years ago Clancy sleepwalked on to another crime scene and her testimony had put Jake’s father behind bars. Now Jake didn’t know if he wanted to prove his seductive client’s innocence—or guilt.
Hotshot's Dangerous Liaison (Hotshot Heroes #11)
by Lisa ChildsSet aflame… By danger—and him! Hotshot firefighter Michaela Momber is used to saving people from peril. But when a saboteur puts Michaela&’s team in their sights, she&’s the one under fire. Volunteer firefighter Charlie Tillerman could be a prime suspect. And yet, Michaela knows another side of the enigmatic Charlie: he&’s the father of the baby she thought she could never have! Together, can they elude a killer to save their unborn child…and one another?From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Hotshot Heroes series:Book 1: Red HotBook 2: Hot AttractionBook 3: Hot SeductionBook 4: Hot PursuitBook 5: Hotshot Hero Under FireBook 6: Hotshot Hero on the EdgeBook 7: Hotshot Heroes Under ThreatBook 8: Hotshot Hero in DisguiseBook 9: Hotshot Hero for the HolidaysBook 10: Hunted Hotshot HeroBook 11: Hotshot's Dangerous LiaisonBook 12: Last Mission
Hotshots
by Judith Van GiesonIt is a devastating tragedy: In the South Canyon of Colorado's Thunder Mountain, a sudden cold front whips a small, containable fire into a raging inferno, killing nine heroic firefighters from the Duke City Hotshots. The U.S. Forest Service blames the dead; a victim's grieving mother charges the government with negligence. Into this flammable mix enters Albuquerque lawyer Neil Hamel, hired to pursue the explosive wrongful death case. Mounting an investigation of her own, Neil interviews shocked survivors of the fire, then hikes the charred remains of the forest where the Hotshots met their end. But after retracing the steps of their flight, she will face the terror of their last gasps of breath. Because someone is playing with fire...
Hotspur (Hunt Club #2)
by Rita Mae BrownIn her well-received novel Outfoxed, Rita Mae Brown vividly and deftly brought to life the genteel world of foxhunting, where hunters, horses, hounds, and foxes form a tightly knit community amidst old money and simmering conflicts. With Hotspur, we return to the Southern chase-and to a hunt on the trail of a murderer.Jane "Sister" Arnold may be in her seventies, but she shows no signs of losing her love for the Hunt. As Master of the prestigious Jefferson Hunt Club in a well-heeled Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain town, she is the most powerful and revered woman in the county. She can assess the true merits of a man or a horse with uncanny skill. In short, Sister Jane is not easily duped.When the skeleton of Nola Bancroft, still wearing an exquisite sapphire ring on her finger, is unearthed, it brings back a twenty-one year old mystery. Beautiful Nola was a girl who had more male admirers than her family had money, which was certainly quite a feat. In a world where a woman's ability to ride was considered one of her most important social graces, Nola was queen of the stable. She had a weakness for men, and her tastes often ventured towards the inappropriate, like the sheriff's striking son, Guy Ramy. But even Guy couldn't keep her eyes from wandering.When Nola and Guy disappeared on the Hunt's ceremonial first day of cubbing more than two decades ago, everyone assumed one of two things: Guy and Nola eloped to escape her family's disapproval; or Guy killed Nola in a jealous rage and vanished. But Sister Jane had never bought either of those theories.Sister knows that all the players are probably still in place, the old feuds haven't died, and the sparks that led to a long-ago murder could flare up at any time. Hotspur brings all of Rita Mae Brown's storytelling gifts to the fore. It's a tale of Southern small-town manners and rituals, a compelling and intricate murder mystery, and a look at the human/animal relationship in all its complexity and charm. From the Hardcover edition.
Hottest Mess
by J. KennerThe S.I.N. series continues with the seductive follow-up to the Stark International Novel Dirtiest Secret, from the New York Times bestselling author of "red-hot and angsty" fiction that "keeps readers guessing" (Publishers Weekly, on Under My Skin).No one can know about our love--and hiding only makes it hotter. Dallas Sykes has a reputation. He is known for his parties, his money, and the countless women on his arm. Yet the Dallas I know is a different man--darker, smarter, and unbearably sexy. Just one look from him can leave me breathless; the anticipation of his touch can make me lose control. Inextricably bound by our past, we keep each other's secrets. And while there are people who have the power to hurt us, it's the truth that threatens us most of all. Dallas can be mine only behind closed doors, our passion as searing as it is forbidden. Yet nothing in this world has ever felt so desperately, deliciously right.Hottest Mess is intended for mature audiences.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Hottest Mess: Dirtiest 2 (Stark/S.I.N.)
by J. KennerFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the beloved, million-copy selling Stark series, comes Hottest Mess, the provocative second book in the Stark S.I.N. series. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sylvia Day, Meredith Wild and Jodi Ellen Malpas.No one can know about our love - and hiding only makes it hotter.Dallas Sykes has a reputation. He is known for his parties, his money and the countless women on his arm. Yet the Dallas I know is a different man - darker, smarter and unbearably sexy. Just one look from him can leave me breathless; the anticipation of his touch can make me lose control.Inextricably bound by our past, we keep each other's secrets. And while there are people who have the power to hurt us, it's the truth that threatens us most of all. Dallas can be mine only behind closed doors, our passion as searing as it is forbidden. Yet nothing in this world has ever felt so desperately, deliciously right.Don't miss the entire sexy Stark S.I.N. series: Dirtiest Secret, Hottest Mess and Sweetest Taboo.Find out how it all began for Damien and Nikki Stark in J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series: Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me, Unwrap Me and Deepest Kiss.Return to the smoking hot Stark world with the Stark International trilogy: Say My Name, On My Knees and Under My Skin is the explosively emotional story of Jackson Steele and Sylvia Brooks.Don't miss J. Kenner's sizzling Most Wanted series of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their knees: Wanted, Heated and Ignited.
Hotwire (Maggie O'Dell #18)
by Alex KavaOn a crisp Autumn evening in western Nebraska, what started as a group of kids filming their drug-fuelled party ends in an explosive light show, leaving the victims apparently electrocuted, with odd scorch marks being the only evidence. While Maggie O'Dell tries to make sense of the different stories, sifting through what is real and what is hallucination, she realises that the surviving teens are being targeted and systematically eliminated. Meanwhile on the East Coast, Army colonel Benjamin Platt is at the scene of a deadly outbreak, desperate to identify the pathogen that has infected children at a Virginia elementary school. Despite the miles that separate them, the two cases collide as Maggie and Platt uncover secrets that were meant to stay hidden...
Hotwire (Maggie O'Dell #9)
by Alex KavaOn a crisp Autumn evening in western Nebraska, what started as a group of kids filming their drug-fuelled party ends in an explosive light show, leaving the victims apparently electrocuted, with odd scorch marks being the only evidence. While Maggie tries to make sense of the different stories, sifting through what is real and what is hallucination, she realises that the surviving teens are being targeted and systematically eliminated. Meanwhile on the East Coast, Army colonel Benjamin Platt is at the scene of a deadly outbreak, desperate to identify the pathogen that has infected children at a Virginia elementary school. Despite the miles that separate them, the two cases collide as Maggie and Platt uncover secrets that were meant to stay hidden...
Hotwire: A Maggie O'Dell Novel (Maggie O'dell Ser. #9)
by Alex KavaIn New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava's new thriller, Special Agent Maggie O'Dell investigates the death of three teenagers, only to find herself in the middle of a conspiracy involving biological warfare. On a crisp fall evening in western Nebraska, what started as a group of kids filming their drug-fueled party ends in an explosive light show, leaving the victims apparently electrocuted, with odd scorch marks being the only evidence. While Maggie tries to make sense of the different stories, sifting through what is real and what is hallucination, she realizes that the surviving teens are being targeted and systematically eliminated. Meanwhile on the East Coast, Maggie's FBI partner, R.J. Tully, and Army colonel Benjamin Platt are at the scene of a deadly outbreak, desperate to identify the pathogen that has infected children at a Virginia elementary school. Despite the miles that separate them, the two cases collide as Maggie, Tully, and Platt uncover secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the remote Midwest landscape.From the Hardcover edition.
Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship
by Hereward Carrington Bernard M. L. ErnstTHE CURIOUS NARRATIVE DESCRIBING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE LEADING EXPONENT OF SPIRITUALISM AND HIS FOREMOST OPPONENTHARRY HOUDINI spent the last years of his life in a crusade against fake spirit mediums. He wanted to believe in spiritualism, but he could not.Conan Doyle devoted to the cause of spiritualism all the money and fame he got out of Sherlock Holmes; he cared more about spiritualism than about anything else in the world.These men had diametrically opposite views on the subject which meant most to them; yet they were friends and mutual admirers, and they kept up for many months the correspondence on which this book is based. They wrote mostly about the subject nearest their hearts. Doyle arranged settings with mediums for Houdini; Houdini took Doyle to banquets of the Society of American Magicians; Doyle thought Houdini did his tricks by supernatural power; the magicians were puzzled by the movies of prehistoric monsters in Doyle’s Lost World.Finally, Lady Doyle, Sir Arthur’s wife, got a “message” in “automatic writing” from Houdini’s mother. It was only when Houdini found himself unable to the believe in the reality of this message (though he had no doubt of Lady Doyle’s sincerity) that a break did come. Shortly after, Houdini died; Doyle followed soon. Perhaps they have become intimate again; who knows?This story of their friendship is told by Bernard M. L. Ernst, Houdini’s attorney and close friend, past president of the Society of American Magicians, and Hereward Carrington, well-known as a leading psychic investigator, author of The Story of Psychic Science, and friend of both Doyle and Houdini.
Hound
by George GreenAt the fringes of the Roman Empire, a new hero rises. &“A strong sense of history as well as myth . . . An impressive first novel.&” —The Guardian When Leary, a Roman charioteer, is shipwrecked at the edge of the known world, he fears for his life. Whispers had reached Rome of blue-painted demons in the trees of this gods-forsaken land beyond Brittania: Ireland. But the people of this country welcome him into the court of King Conor, which throngs with heroes boasting, drinking and telling stories of their exploits in battle. There he meets a young boy, an outsider whose birth is shrouded in mystery: Cuchulainn, who will one day become Ireland&’s greatest warrior. Cuchulainn&’s exploits become the stuff of legend as he grows. But when the armies of the vengeful Queen Maeve gather at the gates of Emain Macha, Cuchullain must face both his greatest challenge and his dark destiny . . . Retold as never before, this is a thrilling, timeless tale of heroism and friendship, of love and betrayal, of war and poetry. This is the story of Cuchullain, the Hound of Ulster, perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell and Giles Kristian. &“The ultimate warrior&’s tale.&” —Manda Scott, author of Boudica
Hound
by Vincent MccaffreyHenry Sullivan makes his living as a book hound. When an ex-lover is murdered, he mounts an unofficial investigation that leads him through the murky depths of Boston's literary world.