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Homicide at Whiskey Gulch (The Outriders Series #1)
by Elle JamesSomeone murdered his father.He’s home to set things right.The moment he learns his father has been murdered, Delta Force soldier Trace Travis knows he must return home. But finding resourceful Lily Davidson, his high school sweetheart, helping his mother in the wake of the tragedy leaves him shaken. As old desires and deceits come flooding back, Trace partners with Lily to find his father’s killer—and overcome the circumstances that have always kept them apart.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. The Outriders Series
Homicide at Yuletide
by Henry Kane''She turned her head, young, pale, with enormous black eyes. She looked at me, but she didn’t see me. I saw her: the round smooth face and the deep black eyes and the full curved glossy mouth, a red underlip protruding in a pout that flicked at your libido despite the flung-about furniture and the dead man turned to the ceiling and the narrow wind pushing in through the broken window and the blue gun in both her hands.''Meet Stella, whose eighteen-year-old cry is that Cleopatra was Queen of Egypt at seventeen.Stella, who makes the merely voluptuous seem passe. But then, she is only a teenager, and doesn’t even a Private Richard have a conscience?
Homicide at Yuletide (Peter Chambers Mystery #5)
by Henry Kane"She turned her head, young, pale, with enormous black eyes. She looked at me, but she didn't see me. I saw her: the round smooth face and the deep black eyes and the full curved glossy mouth, a red underlip protruding in a pout that flicked at your libido despite the flung-about furniture and the dead man turned to the ceiling and the narrow wind pushing in through the broken window and the blue gun in both her hands."Meet Stella, whose eighteen-year-old cry is that Cleopatra was Queen of Egypt at seventeen.Stella, who makes the merely voluptuous seem passé. But then, she is only a teen-ager, and doesn't even a Private Richard have a conscience?
Homicide by Horse Show (A Creature Comforts Mystery #2)
by Arlene KayLeathersmith Persephone &“Perri&” Morgan makes the kind of beautiful custom leashes and saddles that make wealthy dog and horse show lovers swoon—until murder strides onto the course . . . When Perri&’s BFF Babette hosts a meeting of Fairfax County&’s affluent animal lovers to save a local horse rescue farm, the agenda gets sidetracked by the discovery of a corpse in the master bedroom. Everyone present is a suspect, including Perri&’s main squeeze, Wing Pruett—Washington, DC&’s sexiest reporter. While Perri scours local horse and dog shows hoping to unmask the killer, she uncovers bad manners, infidelity, and low-level crime in her hunt for the killer—but what she can&’t find are grounds for murder. When the killer strikes again and she gets a warning to stop her sleuthing, Perri has to muster all her training—and all her allies, human and animal alike—to make it out of the ring alive. Praise for Arlene Kay&’s Boston Uncommons Mysteries &“Reminiscent of the comedy-mystery movies of the thirties…An entertaining first entry into the Boston Uncommons Mystery series.&” —New York Journal of Books on Swann Dive &“Highly entertaining . . . I can't wait for the next book in the series!&” —Jaye Roycraft, author of Rainscape
Homicide by Horse Show (A Creature Comforts Mystery #2)
by Arlene KayLeathersmith Persephone &“Perri&” Morgan makes the kind of beautiful custom leashes and saddles that make wealthy dog and horse show lovers swoon—until murder strides onto the course . . . When Perri&’s BFF Babette hosts a meeting of Fairfax County&’s affluent animal lovers to save a local horse rescue farm, the agenda gets sidetracked by the discovery of a corpse in the master bedroom. Everyone present is a suspect, including Perri&’s main squeeze, Wing Pruett—Washington, DC&’s sexiest reporter. While Perri scours local horse and dog shows hoping to unmask the killer, she uncovers bad manners, infidelity, and low-level crime in her hunt for the killer—but what she can&’t find are grounds for murder. When the killer strikes again and she gets a warning to stop her sleuthing, Perri has to muster all her training—and all her allies, human and animal alike—to make it out of the ring alive. Praise for Arlene Kay&’s Boston Uncommons Mysteries &“Reminiscent of the comedy-mystery movies of the thirties…An entertaining first entry into the Boston Uncommons Mystery series.&” —New York Journal of Books on Swann Dive &“Highly entertaining . . . I can't wait for the next book in the series!&” —Jaye Roycraft, author of Rainscape
Homicide for the Holidays (Viv and Charlie Mystery)
by Cheryl HonigfordThe second book in the acclaimed Viv and Charlie mystery series, Homicide for the Holidays is a riveting holiday mystery set amidst the glitz of Chicago's radio drama scene and the grime of its taverns and speakeasies.A hidden key that opens a drawer locked for the past eight years, a mysterious envelope filled with cash, and a threatening note... none of this is what rising radio star Vivian Witchell expects to find in her late father's office. But when Vivian stumbles into trouble, she hardly knows how to steer herself back to safety.With the handsome and maddeningly practical private detective Charlie Haverman at her side, Vivian spends the holiday season uncovering the details of the last weeks of her father's life, following a sinister trail of clues that leads her directly to one of the most notorious mob bosses of all time, Al Capone.
Homicide in American Fiction, 1798–1860: A Study in Social Values
by David Brion DavisHomicide has many social and psychological implications that vary from culture to culture and which change as people accept new ideas concerning guilt, responsibility, and the causes of crime. A study of attitudes toward homicide is therefore a method of examining social values in a specific setting. Homicide in American Fiction, 1798–1860 is the first book to contrast psychological assumptions of imaginative writers with certain social and intellectual currents in an attempt to integrate social attitudes toward such diverse subjects as human evil, moral responsibility, criminal insanity, social causes of crime, dueling, lynching, the "unwritten law" of a husband's revenge, and capital punishment. In addition to works of literary distinction by Cooper, Hawthorne, Irving, and Poe, among others, Davis considers a large body of cheap popular fiction generally ignored in previous studies of the literature of this period. This is an engrossing study of fiction as a reflection of and a commentary on social problems and as an influence shaping general beliefs and opinions.
Homicide in Hardcover: A Bibliophile Mystery
by Kate CarlisleBook expert Brooklyn Wainwright discovers that murder is always a bestseller in the first novel in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series.Brooklyn Wainwright is a skilled surgeon. Sure, her patients might smell like mold and have spines made of leather, but no ailing book is going to die on her watch. The same can’t be said of Abraham Karastovsky, Brooklyn’s friend and former employer. On the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration, Brooklyn finds her mentor lying in a pool of his own blood. With his final breath Abraham leaves Brooklyn with a cryptic message, “Remember the Devil,” and gives her a priceless—and supposedly cursed—copy of Goethe’s Faust for safe-keeping. Brooklyn suddenly finds herself accused of murder and theft, thanks to Derek Stone, the humorless—and annoyingly attractive—British security officer who found her kneeling over the body. Now she has to read the clues left behind by her mentor if she is going to restore justice...
Homicide in the House (A Washington Whodunit #2)
by Colleen J. ShoganWashington, DC, can be murder in this “solid choice for political junkies and readers of Maggie Sefton, Fred Hunter, and Mike Lawson” (Library Journal). Vindicated after helping catch the culprit who murdered her senator boss, Washington DC, staffer Kit Marshall has bounced back with vigor. Now she is working for a freshman congresswoman, Maeve Dixon, a young Gulf War veteran representing North Carolina. Still, not all is well. A government shutdown was just announced, Kit’s boyfriend doesn’t seem any closer to popping the question, and her pet pooch Clarence has little to no chance of winning the Capitol Canine contest. But things get really bad when Dixon is caught standing over the corpse of the Speaker of the House’s top staffer—who she was seen bitterly arguing with the day before. The murder weapon was the Speaker’s gavel, which was entrusted to Dixon at the time, leading the police to believe they’ve found their killer. To save her job, Kit must clear her boss’s name before a killer gets away with a “capitol” offense in this “fast-paced fun read” (Jane Reads).
Homicide in the Indian Hills (A Jane Wunderly Mystery)
by Erica Ruth NeubauerIntrepid American newlywed Jane Wunderly learns that tigers aren&’t the only dangers lurking in 1920s India, when a murder in a popular resort town threatens to destabilize the local government and undermine the resistance movement for Indian self-rule . . .Ooty, 1927: Accompanying Mr. Redvers on an assignment to Ootacamund to quell revolutionary rumblings, Jane finds there&’s more than meets the eye to India&’s Queen of Hill Stations. Ooty&’s lush tea plantations and tranquil gardens barely conceal its secrets—scandalous affairs, political sabotage, and a mounting anti-colonial movement. Even Redvers intends to subvert his official mission in Ooty by arranging a series of clandestine meetings with local resistance leaders. But it&’s not until the shocking death of a British national that Jane and Redvers are truly drawn into Ooty&’s deepest shadows. Jane&’s suspicions that the death is more than a tragic accident are soon confirmed, but word of a murder could stoke Ooty&’s simmering tensions into a full boil. Navigating corrupt local officials, festering personal vendettas, and a complicated network of bureaucratic entanglements that lead to the top tiers of government, Jane and Redvers edge closer to the truth . . . and its deadly consequences. Someone is willing to spill blood to protect their interests: will Jane become just another of Ooty&’s darkest secrets?
Homicide: The Graphic Novel, Part One (Homicide: The Graphic Novel #1)
by David SimonHomicide, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned in this first volume of a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology.In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were common. Only the most heinous cases stood out–chief amongst them, the rape and murder of eleven-year-old Latonya Wallace. Originally published in 1991, Simon’s Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show Homicide: Life on the Streets and inspired HBO’s The Wire. Now, this true-crime classic is reimagined as a gritty two-part graphic novel series.
Homicide: The Graphic Novel, Part Two (Homicide: The Graphic Novel #2)
by David SimonHomicide, the celebrated true crime book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned as a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology. This thrilling second volume concludes the saga.A woman is stabbed and left to die in her bedroom. A taxi cab driver is killed for a handful of jewelry. A man is gunned down over a debt of $8. As the board fills with red ink, the pressure rises. All the while, Detective Pellegrini is haunted by the murder of eleven-year-old Latonya Wallace, a case that is getting colder by the day. Originally published in 1991, Simon’s Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show Homicide: Life on the Streets and inspired HBO’s The Wire. Now, this true-crime classic is reenvisioned as a gritty two-part graphic novel series.
Homicidio Dos Por Uno: Una Novela de Misterio
by Lauren Carr¿Qué es Homicidio Dos por Uno? ¡Es una sorpresa para los Amantes de los Misterios! ─Los libros de Lauren Carr nunca son aburridos, eso de seguro. Son entretenidos, nos ofrecen un buen misterio que analizar, mantienen a los lectores adivinando, nos dan unas buenas carcajadas y nos hacen sentir ansiosos por el próximo libro. Advertencia: Las series de Lauren Carr son adictivas, ¡así que prepárense para leer más de un libro! ─ Laura Fabiani, Biblioteca de Clean Reads. ─Lauren Carr hace un buen trabajo guiándonos a lo largo de una trama peculiar con un diálogo ingenioso abundante. Y no tendrán idea de quiénes son los buenos y quiénes son los malos hasta el final. ─ Reseña de Every Free Chance Book ¡Homicidio Dos por Uno es un regalo para los fanáticos de los misterios de la autora de éxitos de ventas Lauren Carr! La más reciente novela de Lauren contiene los personajes principales de sus tres series exitosas: Mac Faraday, Amantes en el Crimen, y los Misterios de la Rosa con Espinas. Los chicos se van en un viaje de pesca de un fin de semana para quedar atrapados en el homicidio de un periodista que investigaba un fraude en una empresa maderera. Mientras tanto, las chicas pasan el fin de semana en la suite presidencial de un hotel elegante en el que Jessica Faraday va a aceptar un premio en nombre de su abuela por los logros de su vida durante una conferencia de escritores de misterio. Pero antes de eso tienen tiempo para recibir tratamientos faciales, ¡y quedar involucradas en un misterio de la vida real cuando una autora en ascenso aparece muerta!
Homicidio por Perfección (Los Misterios de la Rosa con Espinas #3)
by Lauren Carr¡Cuidado! ¡La perfección tiene un lado oscuro! Frustrados por sus ocupadas agendas, Murphy Thornton y Jessica Faraday intentan encontrar un tiempo para estar juntos programando una noche de cita a la semana. Lo último que Jessica esperaba para su noche de cita era una clase de cocina gourmet para parejas en el Estudio de Cocina Stepford, propiedad de la Chef Natalie Stepford–la personificación de la perfección femenina. Cuando Natalie termina muerta y Murphy está desaparecido, los detectives de la Rosa con Espinas deben separar todas las capas en la vida intachable de Natalie Stepford para descubrir que la perfección tiene un lado muy siniestro.
Homicídio Cruel em Mersey: Caçada ao Assassino do Farol
by Brian L. Porter1966. A Inglaterra vence a Copa do Mundo de futebol. Na mesma noite, o corpo de uma garçonete é descoberto perto de um farol abandonado. Ocorrem mais dois homicídios; todos permanecem sem solução. 2005. o inspetor Andy Ross é chamado quando uma série de homicídios perturbadoramente semelhantes começa no mesmo local. Se suas estimativas estiverem corretas, Ross e sua equipe têm uma semana para resolver o caso antes que ocorra o próximo Assassinato do Farol. O inspetor Ross e a sargento Izzie Drake procuram capturar o cruel assassino. Mas com poucas pistas e ainda menos evidências, podem capturá-lo a tempo?
Honest Illusions
by Nora RobertsWith Honest Illusions, national bestselling author Nora Roberts unveils a world where passion and mystery entwine, where nothing is as it seems. The daughter of a world-renowned magician, Roxy Nouvelle has inherited her father's talents--and his penchant for jewel thievery. Into this colorful world comes Luke Callahan, an escape artist who captures her heart--and keeps secrets that could shatter all her illusions...
Honest Illusions
by Nora RobertsRoxy Nouvelle understands the art of deception. The daughter of a world-renowned magician, Roxy has inherited her father's talents - and his secret life as a jewel thief. She loves the thrill of the game and can take care of herself.Roxy is smart and resilient, but she has one weakness: Luke Callahan, a sexy escape artist with a roguish reputation. Five years ago they fell into a passionate affair - but then, true to his art - he disappeared, leaving Roxy broken hearted and furious.Now Luke is back, trailing secrets and danger in his wake. Why did he run out on Roxy all those years ago? And can she ever trust him again?
Honey (Shooting Stars #4)
by V. C. AndrewsIn her music, she found sweet salvation.... Honey grew up on a farm under her strict, fanatically religious grandfather's disapproving eye. To him, everything is a sin -- from her natural-born talent for the violin to her innocent interest in boys and dating -- and life is a treacherous path to be walked in fear. When Honey is paired for music practice with a brilliant piano student, wealthy Chandler Maxwell, she discovers a true soul mate. But when a shocking family secret comes to light, Honey discovers the startling cause of her grandfather's bitter fury. And her own precious joy may be lost forever....
Honey Bbq Murder (The Darling Deli #10)
by Patti BenningHas your day ever gone to the dogs? Sometimes a good deed can definitely come back to bite you. Deli owner and amateur sleuth, Moira Darling, is finally able to enjoy some much-needed time off, after making her trusted employee, Darrin, the manager of Darling's DELIcious Delights. Now, she'll be able to spend more time with her lovable canine buddy Maverick, her hunky boyfriend, David, and her hardworking daughter, Candice. All is well, until she receives a tearful call from the husband of the woman who owned Keeva, the missing dog that she found in the woods behind her house. Keeva's owner has been murdered, and the husband doesn't want to keep the dog. Though she is sad for the woman who died, Moira jumps at the chance to get Keeva, a sweet Irish wolfhound, back and drives down to Kentucky to pick her up. A dog who falls ill, and an intruder who comes to call, make the small town of Maple Creek feel suddenly like a scary place to be. Will Moira get to the bottom of the mystery before it’s too late? Find out in this deliciously action-packed Cozy Mystery!
Honey Dripped Murder (Frosted Love Cozy Mysteries #9)
by Summer PrescottThey’re just high school kids, right? And kids don’t kill.. .or do they? You’ll be instantly hooked by this delicious Cozy Mystery! Formerly titled Pink Velvet Murder, this newly-revised installment in the Frosted Love series will have you hanging on the edge of your seat. Get a taste of southern charm and an old-fashioned murder mystery.
Honey Drop Dead (A Tea Shop Mystery #26)
by Laura ChildsThe murder of a political bigwig at a Honey Bee Tea sends Theodosia Browning buzzing for answers in this latest installmentof the New York Times bestselling series.Theodosia&’s Honey Bee Tea was an elegant affair set in Charleston&’s new Petigru Park amid newly planted native grasses and a community beekeeping project. But when a phony beekeeper shows up and sprays toxic smoke at the guests, the party erupts in chaos. Worse yet, a shot rings out and Osgood Claxton III, candidate for state legislature, falls to the ground—dead.Holly Burns, the gallery owner who asked Theodosia to cater the tea, is understandably heartbroken. A man is dead, her guests are angry and injured, and the paintings that were on display are left in tatters. When the police don&’t seem to have a clue, when old-line politicos don&’t want questions asked, Holly begs Theodosia to run a shadow investigation and help restore her gallery&’s good name.Between hosting a Wind in the Willows Tea and a Glam Girl Tea, Theodosia questions everyone that had a bone to pick with Claxton. This includes Booker, an angry outsider artist; Lamar Lucket, Claxton&’s political opponent; and Mignon Merriweather, the dead man&’s soon-to-be ex-wife. But the investigation becomes a political hot potato following a second murder, the revelation of a messy affair, a chase through a swamp, and a vandalized shop.INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!
Honey Roasted (A Coffeehouse Mystery #19)
by Cleo CoyleClare Cosi is busy as a bee planning her honeymoon when murder buzzes into the Village Blend in this all-new mystery in the beloved New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse series by Cleo Coyle.While struggling to find a romantic (and affordable) destination for her upcoming honeymoon, coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi whips up a honey of a drink made from honey-processed coffee. Clare plans to serve her outstanding new Honey-Cinnamon Latte at her spring wedding to her longtime honey, NYPD detective Mike Quinn. The culinary world is also abuzz about the amazing honey that Clare was lucky enough to source for her shop's new latte. Produced by Madame's old friend "Queen" Bea Hastings, the rare, prize-winning nectar from Bea's rooftop hives commands a premium price, and top chefs compete for a chance to use it in their signature seasonal dishes. One night, a swarm of escaped bees blanket the Village Blend's chimney, and Clare discovers Bea's unconscious body after she seemingly fell from her high-rise rooftop-hive setup. The police want to rule it as a tragic accident or possible attempted suicide, but Clare does not believe either theory. Like Madame, she knows this Queen would never abandon her hive. To sort out this mystery, Clare investigates a world of cutthroat chefs, culinary start-ups, and competitive urban beekeepers. But can she uncover the truth without getting stung?
Honey West: This Girl for Hire
by G. G. FicklingHoney West is the nerviest, curviest P.I. in Los Angeles—or anywhere else for that matter. She’s a cross between James Bond and The Avengers’ Emma Peel—a girl detective with the sleuthmanship of Mike Hammer and the measurements of Marilyn Monroe. This Girl for Hire is the first in a series of darkly funny and innuendo-laden crime novels originally published in the 1950s and 1960s. In this one, Honey finds herself playing strip poker with four murder suspects...and a deck that’s as stacked as she is!
Honey West: This Girl for Hire
by G. G. FicklingHoney West is the nerviest, curviest P.I. in Los Angeles--or anywhere else for that matter. She's a cross between James Bond and The Avengers' Emma Peel--a girl detective with the sleuthmanship of Mike Hammer and the measurements of Marilyn Monroe. This Girl for Hire is the first in a series of darkly funny and innuendo-laden crime novels originally published in the 1950s and 1960s. In this one, Honey finds herself playing strip poker with four murder suspects...and a deck that's as stacked as she is!
Honey West: This Girl for Hire
by G. G. FicklingHoney West is the nerviest, curviest P.I. in Los Angeles-or anywhere else for that matter. She's a cross between James Bond and The Avengers' Emma Peel-a girl detective with the sleuthmanship of Mike Hammer and the measurements of Marilyn Monroe.<P> This Girl for Hire is the first in a series of darkly funny and innuendo-laden crime novels originally published in the 1950s and 1960s. In this one, Honey finds herself playing strip poker with four murder suspects...and a deck that's as stacked as she is!