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A Vision of Fire: Book 1 of The EarthEnd Saga (The EarthEnd Saga #1)
by Jeff Rovin Gillian AndersonThe first novel from iconic X-Files star Gillian Anderson and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Rovin: a science fiction thriller of epic proportions.Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O'Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life. Her world is suddenly upturned when Maanik, the daughter of India's ambassador to the United Nations, starts speaking in tongues and having violent visions. Caitlin is sure that her fits have something to do with the recent assassination attempt on her father--a shooting that has escalated nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan to dangerous levels--but when teenagers around the world start having similar outbursts, Caitlin begins to think that there's a more sinister force at work. In Haiti, a student claws at her throat, drowning on dry land. In Iran, a boy suddenly and inexplicably sets himself on fire. Animals, too, are acting irrationally, from rats in New York City to birds in South America to ordinary house pets. With Asia on the cusp of nuclear war, Caitlin must race across the globe to uncover the mystical links among these seemingly unrelated incidents in order to save her patient--and perhaps the world.
A Vision of Murder (Abby Cooper #3)
by Victoria LaurieProfessional psychic Abby Cooper has invested in a fixer-upper, hoping to make a killing in the real estate market. But a killing of another kind puts her plans awry, as the ghost of a murdered woman and some troublesome poltergeists lead her into a mystery that stretches all the way back to World War II.
A Viúva e o Testamento
by Caroliny B. A. Dellaparte J. Thomas-LikeQuando Tess Kingston se torna tragicamente viúva no dia do seu casamento, os misteriosos segredos de seu marido fazem dela a número um na lista de suspeitos de seu assassinato. Ela recorre ao brilhante advogado, Hudson Marks, para encontrar a evidência que a inocentará e a salvará do verdadeiro assassino, tudo isso enquanto tenta processar sua dor e perda. Mas quando conhece o irmão dele, Ford, o investigador bonito e sexy, inesperadas faíscas surgem entre eles. Será que ela irá encontrar o amor? Justiça? Ou ambos…
A Voice from the Field: A Novel (The Newberg Novels #2)
by Neal GriffinTia Suarez jumped off the pages in Griffin's brilliant debut novel, Benefit of the Doubt. Now she takes center stage in her own story, A Voice from the Field, a gripping thriller about human trafficking in the U.S.Gunther Kane and his white supremacist group are using forced prostitution to finance the purchase of automatic weapons. Kane snatches young women off the streets and sells them to hundreds of men. When a victim is used up, she's killed and dumped. After all, there are always more where she came from.Physically recovered from being shot but struggling with PTSD, Tia Suarez almost doesn't believe her eyes when she glimpses a Hispanic teenager bound and gagged in the back of Kane's van. The look of terror on the woman's face makes Tia desperate to rescue her.Kane's in the crosshairs of the FBI, who don't want a small-town Wisconsin detective messing up their big gun bust. Tia Suarez doesn't back down for anyone. Not the department shrink; not the feds who dismiss her; not even her boyfriend, a Marine veteran who thinks she doesn't know what she's getting into. Tia will find the missing teen come hell or high water.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
A Voice in the Dark
by Claire LorrimerLaura Howard, a young English nurse on holiday in Italy, helps the Contessa dell’Alba return to her home after an illness. Laura is befriended by the family and feels herself drawn to Domenico, the Contessa’s blind son. To her horror, she suddenly realises that his life is in danger. Enmeshed in a web of intrigue and confusion and unable to find the source of the threats, Laura despairs of her inability to convince the family that they are in mortal danger. Finally aware of her love for Domenico, she tries desperately to uncover the mystery but she soon finds out that her own life is in danger too…
A Voice in the Dark
by Claire LorrimerLaura Howard, a young English nurse on holiday in Italy, helps the Contessa dell?Alba return to her home after an illness. Laura is befriended by the family and feels herself drawn to Domenico, the Contessa?s blind son. To her horror, she suddenly realises that his life is in danger. Enmeshed in a web of intrigue and confusion and unable to find the source of the threats, Laura despairs of her inability to convince the family that they are in mortal danger. Finally aware of her love for Domenico, she tries desperately to uncover the mystery but she soon finds out that her own life is in danger too?
A Voice in the Night
by Andrea Camilleri Stephen SartarelliTwo deaths lead Inspector Montalbano into investigations of corruption and power in the twentieth installment of the New York Times bestselling seriesMontalbano investigates a robbery at a supermarket, a standard case that takes a spin when manager Guido Borsellino is later found hanging in his office. Was it a suicide? The inspector and the coroner have their doubts, and further investigation leads to the director of a powerful local company.Meanwhile, a girl is found brutally murdered in Giovanni Strangio's apartment--Giovanni has a flawless alibi, and it's no coincidence that Michele Strangio, president of the province, is his father. Weaving together these two crimes, Montalbano realizes that he's in a difficult spot where political power is enmeshed with the mafia underworld. From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Voice in the Night
by Sarah HawthornA lawyer gets an unsettling message twenty years after her lover&’s death on 9/11, in this &“fast-paced and emotional page-turner&” by the author of The Dilemma (Christian White, bestselling author).At last, I&’ve found you. A shock, I&’m sure. But in time, I&’ll explain. Martin Back in 2001, a young Lucie worked in New York City and was in love with Martin, who promised to leave his wife for her. Then he became one of the many victims of the terrorist attack of September 11. Two decades later, Lucie has just joined the staff of a prestigious London law firm after a bitter separation. However, her attempt at a new start is derailed by a baffling hand-delivered note—signed Martin. Is her vivid imagination playing tricks? Did her long-lost lover have stage his own disappearance under the cover of that fateful day, or could it be that someone else is stalking her? Filled with compelling characters and unsettling plot twists, spanning London, New York, and Sydney, A Voice in the Night is an addictive thriller about one woman&’s quest to solve a mystery from the past and the thin line between hope and dread. &“Masterful pacing and stealthy execution . . . keeps you on the edge of your seat and guessing right up until the end.&” —Julietta Henderson, author of The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman &“An eerie and riveting story.&” —Lynn Hightower, author of Alien Blues &“A tightly crafted, clever thriller.&” —Sarah Clutton, author of The Daughter&’s Promise
A Voice in the Night (Tom and Ricky Mystery Series - Set #2)
by Bob WrightA high-interest, low vocabulary reader. Everyone has strange dreams sometimes. But why are people all over town having the same strange dream night after night?
A Voice in the Night: the razor-sharp fourth book in the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries (DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries #4)
by Simon MasonDEEP DECEPTION. TWISTED FATE.'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen FryThames Valley has a new Superintendent - DCS Wainwright - young, charismatic and ruthless, charged with pushing through big reforms. Her in-tray is full of problems - and at the top of the pile is the problem of Wilkins and Wilkins.Trailer park boy DI Ryan Wilkins, interesting looking in baggy trackies and over-large lime-green puffa. In his personnel file is a handwritten note scribbled by the outgoing Super: 'Do not, repeat not, give him responsibility.' And posh boy DI Ray Wilkins, improbably handsome in navy blazer and tan chinos: 'Thinks too highly of himself. More experience needed at the wet end.' Their previous investigations - though somehow successful - were models of disorder and dysfunction. The new Super needs to take action.There's been a shocking murder in the heart of Oxford, the stabbing of a security guard during an attempted armed robbery. Meanwhile, an elderly professor of linguistics goes missing from his home in cosy Iffley Village.The high-profile murder investigation can be safely handled by reliable detective DI Hare. The entry-level enquiry into the wandering academic can be given to the problem duo, with instructions to keep it simple. But when the body of the professor is found, still dressed in his pyjamas and dripping wet, spreadeagled on a hotel lawn miles from home, things get a little unexpected for the Wilkinses. Will Ray keep on top of the brief? Will Ryan keep it together?PRAISE FOR SIMON MASON 'Terrific' Mick Herron'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month)'[W]ell plotted and very funny' Sun'This has a TV series written all over it' Daily Mail
A Voice in the Night: the razor-sharp fourth book in the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries (DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries #4)
by Simon MasonDEEP DECEPTION. TWISTED FATE.'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen FryThames Valley has a new Superintendent - DCS Wainwright - young, charismatic and ruthless, charged with pushing through big reforms. Her in-tray is full of problems - and at the top of the pile is the problem of Wilkins and Wilkins.Trailer park boy DI Ryan Wilkins, interesting looking in baggy trackies and over-large lime-green puffa. In his personnel file is a handwritten note scribbled by the outgoing Super: 'Do not, repeat not, give him responsibility.' And posh boy DI Ray Wilkins, improbably handsome in navy blazer and tan chinos: 'Thinks too highly of himself. More experience needed at the wet end.' Their previous investigations - though somehow successful - were models of disorder and dysfunction. The new Super needs to take action.There's been a shocking murder in the heart of Oxford, the stabbing of a security guard during an attempted armed robbery. Meanwhile, an elderly professor of linguistics goes missing from his home in cosy Iffley Village.The high-profile murder investigation can be safely handled by reliable detective DI Hare. The entry-level enquiry into the wandering academic can be given to the problem duo, with instructions to keep it simple. But when the body of the professor is found, still dressed in his pyjamas and dripping wet, spreadeagled on a hotel lawn miles from home, things get a little unexpected for the Wilkinses. Will Ray keep on top of the brief? Will Ryan keep it together?PRAISE FOR SIMON MASON 'Terrific' Mick Herron'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month)'[W]ell plotted and very funny' Sun'This has a TV series written all over it' Daily Mail
A Voice in the Night: the razor-sharp fourth book in the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries (DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries #4)
by Simon MasonDEEP DECEPTION. TWISTED FATE.'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen FryThames Valley has a new Superintendent - DCS Wainwright - young, charismatic and ruthless, charged with pushing through big reforms. Her in-tray is full of problems - and at the top of the pile is the problem of Wilkins and Wilkins.Trailer park boy DI Ryan Wilkins, interesting looking in baggy trackies and over-large lime-green puffa. In his personnel file is a handwritten note scribbled by the outgoing Super: 'Do not, repeat not, give him responsibility.' And posh boy DI Ray Wilkins, improbably handsome in navy blazer and tan chinos: 'Thinks too highly of himself. More experience needed at the wet end.' Their previous investigations - though somehow successful - were models of disorder and dysfunction. The new Super needs to take action.There's been a shocking murder in the heart of Oxford, the stabbing of a security guard during an attempted armed robbery. Meanwhile, an elderly professor of linguistics goes missing from his home in cosy Iffley Village.The high-profile murder investigation can be safely handled by reliable detective DI Hare. The entry-level enquiry into the wandering academic can be given to the problem duo, with instructions to keep it simple. But when the body of the professor is found, still dressed in his pyjamas and dripping wet, spreadeagled on a hotel lawn miles from home, things get a little unexpected for the Wilkinses. Will Ray keep on top of the brief? Will Ryan keep it together?PRAISE FOR SIMON MASON 'Terrific' Mick Herron'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month)'[W]ell plotted and very funny' Sun'This has a TV series written all over it' Daily Mail
A Void in Hearts (The Brady Coyne Mysteries #7)
by William G. TapplyBoston lawyer Brady Coyne investigates the death of a shady private detective in a mystery with &“complications of the heart as compelling as clues&” (Publishers Weekly). Les Katz may well be scum. A private detective, he does not hesitate to take the case when a Farrah Fawcett look-alike hires him to tail her husband. The photos he secures suggest the man is cheating on his wife, but they aren&’t definitive. Rather than disappoint his client, he contacts her man and offers to sell him the pictures. Katz considers this a charitable act, but to his attorney, Brady Coyne, it looks an awful lot like blackmail. Brady tells Katz to give the money back, fully expecting to be ignored. But when Katz is killed in a hit-and-run, he realizes blackmail wasn&’t the PI&’s only mistake: Les Katz was murdered to protect a terrible secret—and a conspiracy that goes far beyond a single cheating husband.
A Void the Size of the World
by Rachele AlpineA haunting novel about a girl who must face the consequences after her actions indirectly lead to her sister’s disappearance.Rhylee didn’t mean to kiss her sister’s boyfriend. At least, not the first time. But it doesn’t matter, because her sister, Abby, caught them together, ran into the dark woods behind their house…and never came home. As evidence mounts that something terrible has happened to Abby, no one wants to face the truth. Rhylee can’t bring herself to admit what she’s done: that she is the reason her sister ran away. Now Tommy, Abby’s boyfriend, is the prime suspect in her disappearance, and Rhylee’s world has been turned upside down. Slowly, Rhylee’s family is breaking—their lives center on the hope that Abby will return. Rhylee knows they need to face the truth and begin healing—but how can they, when moving on feels like a betrayal? And how do you face the guilt of wishing a person gone…when they actually disappear?
A Vote for Murder
by David Wishart'It's a funny thing about holidays in the country, but after only a few days away you feel as if you've been out of circulation for a month' Marcus Corvinus' break in the Alban Hills is interrupted by the sudden and messy death of a candidate for the local censorship post. Can Corvinus find his murderer before the Latin Festival raises its stakes? How do the Latin Nationalists fit into the picture? And what exactly is Meton the chef up to in the kitchen with Dassa the sheep? Corvinus doesn't know the answers either.
A Vote for Murder: A Murder, She Wrote Mystery
by Donald Bain Jessica FletcherMystery writer Jessica Fletcher visits Washington, D.C., to support a national literacy program. At a dinner party, Jessica discovers the body of the Maine junior senator's chief of staff. Though the death appears accidental, Jessica and her friend Scotland Yard inspector George Sutherland suspect foul play.
A Vow Of Silence: A Sister Joan Mystery (Sister Joan Mysteries #1)
by Veronica BlackSister Magdalen had vanished. Strange things are happening in Cornwall Convent, and most disconcerting to Sister Joan, who has been transferred there to quietly investigate the convent's mysterious troubles, is that the Prioress wears pink nail polish and perfume. She has also forthrightly inquired as to whether Sister Veronica, the beautiful young novice who has travelled down with Sister Joan, is a virgin. More--and more deadly--departures from normal convent routine are yet to come. Whispered hints dropped by other nuns...frantic searches for a missing novitiate...a secret midnight service in the convent chapel. Sister Joan begins to suspect what she hardly dares to name. But it is much too late to withdraw. Too late even to send for help... The intriguing rote and ritual of a cloistered religious community, a firmly crafted puzzle, and a lively, likable heroine--all combine for a fine debut for this first of a promised series. Read more of the atmospheric mysteries in the Sister Joan Series including #2. A Vow of Chastity #3. A Vow of Sanctity and #4. A Vow of Obedience, with more on the way.
A Vow for an Heiress: A Marriage Deal With The Viscount Sent As The Viking's Bride A Vow For An Heiress (Mills And Boon Historical Ser.)
by Helen DicksonThe vow of a lordIn exchange for an heiress!With a bankrupt and crumbling estate, Lord Ashurst’s situation is well known to the ton. He needs a wife, and she must be rich! He leaps at a marriage of convenience with heiress Rosa Ingram. She may be beautiful, kind and brave, but after discovering the truth about her past and family wealth, he’s torn by his sense of honor. Should he marry her now?“An intriguing and uncommon opening will have readers wondering what could possibly happen next” RT Book Reviews on Carrying the Gentleman’s Secret by Helen Dickson“A Cinderella-like tale, Dickson’s newest is one of healing and hope” RT Book Reviews on The Foundling Bride by Helen Dickson
A Vow of Adoration (Sister Joan Mystery Ser. #9)
by Veronica BlackSister Joan of the Order of the Daughters of Compassion must rely on her own wits when she finds the body of a homeless man in a creepy abandoned chapel high on the Cornish Moors near her convent. The man's identity remains a mystery, as do the activities of Michael Peter, owner of an upscale antique shop and waxwork show and husband of a woman named Crystal. When Crystal's sister comes to Sister Joan for help, the unconventional nun must use all her skills to discover the truth, but before she can do so another body is found. In the ninth adventure in the series of delightful whodunits featuring everyone's favorite nun-sleuth, Sister Joan must, in the course of her investigations, learn the difference between adoration and infatuation, and risk her own life in the process. You'll find more books in this series about Sister Joan who allows herself to be distracted from the religious life to solve crimes involving her convent and its rural surroundings. Look for #1 A Vow of Silence, #3 A Vow of Sanctity, #4 A Vow of Obedience and #5 A Vow of Penance, with more coming soon.
A Vow of Compassion (Sister Joan Mystery Series #10)
by Veronica BlackWhen Mother Dorothy, Prioress of the Order of the Daughters of Compassion, inherits a considerable estate from her godmother, Louisa Cummings, nobody would guess that the death of the old lady will lead to one of Sister Joan's most dangerous and puzzling cases yet. Linked with the mysterious death are an apparent suicide and the disappearance of an abused child. In the local hospital suspicion and fear stalk the wards and, in the convent high on the Cornish moors; that fear is reflected--for someone is 'watching and waiting. With the help of her friend Detective Sergeant Mill, Sister Joan sets out to trap one of the most dangerous of killers, and in the process discovers the true nature of compassion. Look for more books in the Sister Joan Mysteries in the Bookshare library including #1 A Vow of Silence, #3 A Vow of Sanctity, #4 A Vow of Obedience, #5 A Vow of Penance, #6 A Vow of Devotion, #8 A Vow of Poverty and #9 A Vow of Adoration, with the final three coming soon.
A Vow of Devotion (Sister Joan Mystery Ser. #6)
by Veronica BlackSACRED LOVE AND PROFANE MURDER Two new postulants--sunny, eager Bernadette Fawkes and prim, anxious Magdalen Cole--have arrived at the Convent of the Daughters of Compassion to dedicate their lives to the Lord. A rare and blessed event...but Sister Joan must confess to less-than-perfect charity when she finds one of them brandishing a knife. Her unease darkens to horror after a midnight brush with a batlike figure on the chapel stairs, and the lethal bludgeoning of a nun who had changed beds with the fearful Magdalen. From a visiting hermit to a caravan of New Age goddess-worshippers, the intrepid Sister Joan follows a trail of unholy relics toward a revelation that could destroy the convent's serenity--and even her own life. Sister Joan barely conforms to the many dictates of her religious order as she's tempted by her outgoing personality, curiosity and tendency to happen upon crimes she feels compelled to help solve. Read the 11 books in the atmospheric, cozy and complex Sister Joan Mystery series in the Bookshare library including: #1 A Vow of Silence, #2 A Vow of Chastity, #3 A Vow of Sanctity, #4 A Vow of Obedience, #5 A Vow of Devotion, #6 A Vow of Penance #7 A Vow of Fidelity and #8 A Vow of Adoration, with more on the way.
A Vow of Fidelity (Sister Joan Mysteries #7)
by Veronica BlackLong before entering the Order of the Daughters of Compassion, Sister Joan made a pact with her art school classmates. Was it coincidence or fate that led them to set a tomb--Elizabeth the First's in Westminster Abbey--as their meeting place? Twenty years later, Sister Joan receives a group photo as a reminder of the pact, with no accompanying note. And Mother Dorothy wants her to go to the London reunion, if only to draw recruits into her latest money-raising scheme. The meeting itself is a success, but if some of Joan's classmates are surprised to find a nun in their midst, Joan is nothing short of stunned to learn that three of the original ten have died in terrible accidents. And when another copy of the photo arrives with the dead crossed out and an ominous black circle around Sister Joan, our pious sleuth knows it's no halo. Her fine investigative instincts and her devotion to the Lord bring Sister Joan to the verge of a complicated and shocking discovery, and give our favorite nosy nun a chance to stop the next unwished-for martyrdom. The other books in the Sister Joan mysteries series in the Bookshare library are: #1. A Vow of Silence #3. A Vow of Sanctity, #4. A Vow of Obedience, #5. A Vow of Penance, #6. A Vow of Devotion, #8. A Vow of Poverty, #9. A Vow of Adoration and #10. A Vow of Compassion
A Vow of Obedience: A Sister Joan Mystery (Sister Joan Mysteries #4)
by Veronica BlackValerie Pendon had a late date with death. Sixteen-year-old Valerie vanishes from home in the small hours clad only in her robe and slippers. Three days later, Sister Joan finds her body abandoned in the convent's little Moor Schoolhouse. The dead girl is dressed in wedding white. A garland of leaves encircles her head and a thin red line runs round her neck. Valerie has been strangled. Sister Joan's feelings are mixed when her prioress bids her to assist in the investigation of this eerie crime. But when another young Catholic girl is similarly murdered, she vows to do her utmost to help Detective Sergeant Mill find the murderer. The faster the better, for the killer is assuredly mad--and now seems fatally attracted to Sister Joan's own tranquil, unprotected Cornwall convent.... Read more of the atmospheric mysteries in the Sister Joan Series including #1. A Vow of Silence, #2. A Vow of Chastity, and #3. A Vow of Sanctity with more on the way.
A Vow of Penance (Sister Joan Mysteries #5)
by Veronica BlackSeason of penance... and murder. As the Lenten season of Penance is observed in the Convent of the Daughters of Compassion, Sister Joan finds herself struggling with her less-than-Christian feelings toward two very prickly personalities: the serious and rather stiff Father Timothy and the dour Sister Jerome. Soon, however, she finds herself wrestling with a larger transgression--murder. When the rectory housekeeper is found dead of a pill overdose, Sister Joan refuses to believe the police's suspicions of suicide--and an accident seems equally unlikely. A sudden rash of corpses appears to bear out her theory. Now, as she grapples with her conscience and her vows during the holy season, the fearless nun sets a trap for a killer... but she may well find herself caught in an unholy--and deadly--snare. A Vow of Penance continues Veronica's streak of crafting critically and commercially acclaimed puzzlers. Sister Joan is not your ordinary nun. She's known for her wonderful sense of humor, intelligence, and her habit of wearing jeans and sneakers. She's also known not to take everything at face value--a quality that has made her a top-notch amateur sleuth. Her investigations often lead her into some tight situations and many run-ins with her fellow crime solver, agnostic copper Detective Sergeant Mill. Look for the other books in this series in the Bookshare library including: #1 A Vow of Silence, #2 A Vow of Chastity, #3 A Vow of Sanctity, #4 A Vow of Obedience, #5 A Vow of Devotion, #7 A Vow of Fidelity and #8 A Vow of Adoration, with more on the way.
A Vow of Poverty (Sister Joan Mysteries #9)
by Veronica BlackWith money tight and resources stretched, the Order of the Daughters of Compassion must find a way to increase revenue. So Sister Joan is sent to clean out several attic storerooms in the hope of discovering valuable antiques. But if the rooms are centuries old, the footprints our nun finds in the dust surely aren't. And there have been reports from town of someone walking in the deserted graveyard, setting Sister Joan's investigative antennae into motion. When two young people are found dead and a man who has been in his grave over a year seems to reappear, our sister sleuth finds herself in the middle of her most chilling and dangerous case so far. Sister Joan shows courage and great faith in the latest testament to her sleuthing skills. Sister Joan continues to try to balance her religious responsibilities with her penchant for investigating crimes in this atmospheric, cozy and complex mysteries series. Look for others in the Bookshare collection including #1 A Vow of Silence, #3 A Vow of Sanctity and #4 A Vow of Obedience, with more coming soon.