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Lisey's Story
by Stephen King*Soon to be an Apple TV+ limited series starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen*INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN KING AND APPLE TV +Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark.Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure.Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality.Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.
Lisey's Story: A Novel
by Stephen KingThe &“haunting…tender, intimate book that makes an epic interior journey&” (The New York Times), Lisey&’s Story is a literary masterpiece—an extraordinarily moving and haunting portrait of a marriage and its aftermath. *Also an Apple TV+ limited series starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen*Lisey lost her husband Scott, after a twenty-five year marriage of profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, Lisey knew there was a place Scott went that both terrified and healed him, could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it&’s Lisey&’s turn to face Scott&’s demons, to go to that terrifying place known as Boo&’ya Moon. What begins as a widow&’s effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited. &“Intricate...exhilarating&” (The New Yorker), perhaps Stephen King&’s most personal and powerful novel ever, Lisey&’s Story is about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness, and the secret language of love. It is a beautiful, &“rich portrait of a marriage, and the complicated affection that outlives death&” (The Washington Post).
Lissy
by Luca D'AndreaEl thriller de «terror más negro y existencialista» (La Repubblica), ganador del prestigioso Premio Scerbanenco, por Luca D’Andrea, renovador de la novela negra europea con más de 300.000 lectores en 42 países «Maligna, frenética, despiadada. Cruda y violenta [...]. Un regalo que vale una consagración definitiva.»La Stampa «Un thriller de cotas altas [...]. Negrísimo.»La Repubblica Cuando la joven Marlene descubre en el invierno de 1974 que está embarazada de Herr Wegener, su marido y el hombre más temido de todo el Tirol, comprende que debe escapar si quiere criar a su hijo lejos de la violencia. Pero en su huida tiene un accidente de carretera del que la salva Simon Keller, un agricultor de montaña que vive al estilo tradicional tirolés. Mientras este la cuida en su granja remota, Herr Wegener está decidido a defender como sea su reputación ante el Consorcio, la poderosa organización criminal a la que rinde pleitesía. La caza ha sido encomendada a un sicario infalible, tan frío como mortífero, apodado el Hombre de Confianza, que no se detendrá hasta cumplir su misión. Pronto Marlene no sabrá qué amenaza es mayor: su marido, el asesino sin nombre o Lissy, el misterio más oscuro de la granja de Keller. La crítica ha dicho...«Hay hambre de terror italiano. Y nadie como D’Andrea para saciarla.»Noel Ceballos, GQ «Avanza con profundidad y con una precisión extrema, excavando en el pasado y en la psique de los personajes [...]. Una historia potente, que captura y confirma que estamos ante un narrador sólido y original.»La Lettura «Una indagación acerca de qué le sucede al carácter y a la mente humana cuando tienen que buscar el modo de darle sentido a lo intolerable.»Literary Review «Un thriller tremendamente disfrutable y una demostración brillante sobre cómo se cuenta una historia.»NB Magazine «Venganza, redención, muerte [...]. Emocionante.»Stern «Cada vez son más los autores del género que te atrapan con un lenguaje atrevido desde la primera línea y crean personajes potentes en conflictos de vida o muerte. Este es el caso de Luca D'Andrea.»Sächsische Zeitung «Quienes disfruten con las fábulas oscuras tienen que leer este libro.»Publishers Weekly «Maligna, frenética, despiadada. Cruda y violenta. El lector se aventura fascinado por una naturaleza severa, con personajes de aristas picassianas, donde nada es lo que parece [...]. Un regalo que vale una consagración definitiva.»La Stampa «Un thriller del terror más negro y existencialista. Una trama que atrapa al lector, sin pausas [...] y hasta el final.»La Repubblica
Lissy
by Luca D'AndreaUn llibre per a addictes a les emocions fortes i a les pulsions humanes més negres i més fosques. "Un thriller de cotes altes [...]. Negríssim." La Repubblica Hivern del 1974. La jove Marlene està embaraçada del seu marit, Herr Wegener, l'home més temut del Tirol. Com que vol criar el seu fill lluny de la violència, la jove decideix allunyar-se'n, però durant la fugida té un accident de carretera, del qual la salva en Simon Keller, un agricultor de muntanya que viu a l'estil tradicional tirolès. Mentre l'home té cura de la Marlene a la seva granja apartada del món, Herr Wegener pren la determinació de defensar fins al final la seva reputació davant del Consorci, una poderosa organització criminal a la qual ret homenatge. Per fer-ho encarrega a un sicari infal·lible, fred i mortífer, conegut amb el renom de l'Home de Confiança, que la busqui. Amb el pas del dies i a mesura que es tanca la persecució, la Marlene ja no sabrà si és pitjor l'amença del seu marit, la fixació de l'assassí implacable o Lissy, el misteri més obscur de la granja de Simon Keller. "Hi ha fam de terror italià. I ningú com D'Andrea per sadollar-la." Noel Ceballos, GQ "Avança amb profunditat i amb una precisió extrema, excavant en el passat i en la psique dels personatges [...]. Una història potent que captura i confirma que tenim un narrador sòlid i original." La Lettura "Una indagació sobre com canvien el caràcter i la ment humana quan l'individu ha de trobar la manera de donar sentit a un fet intolerable." Literary Review "Un thriller que et farà gaudir de valent i una demostració brillant de com s'explica una bona història." NB Magazine "Venjança, redempció, mort [...]. Emocionant." Stern "Els qui gaudeixen de les faules obscures han de llegir aquest llibre." Publishers Weekly "Maligna, frenètica, despietada. Crua i violenta. El lector s'aventura fascinat en una natura esquerpa, amb personatges picassians, on res és el que sembla [...]. Un regal que val una consagració definitiva." La Stampa "Un thriller del terror més negre i existencialista. Una trama que atrapa el lector, sense pauses ni treves [...] i fins al final." La Repubblica
Listen
by Rene GutteridgeNothing ever happens in the small town of Marlo . . . until the residents begin seeing their private conversations posted online for everyone to read. Then it's neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, as paranoia and violence escalate. The police scramble to identify the person responsible for the posts and pull the plug on the Website before it destroys the town. But what responsibility do the people of the town have for the words they say when they think no one is listening? Life and death are in the power of the tongue.
Listen Up, Larry: Level 1 (I Can Read! / Big Idea Books / VeggieTales)
by Karen PothA Lesson about ListeningDetectives Bob and Larry are on another case … why isn&’t Junior getting good grades at school? Can Bob and Larry find out the reason? And who will really learn a lesson?This is a Level One I Can Read! book, which means it&’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. It aligns with guided reading level J and will be of interest to children Pre-K to 3rd grade.
Listen for the Lie: A Novel
by Amy TinteraNew York Times BestsellerA Good Morning America Book Club Pick"A world-class whodunit."—Stephen King“An extremely successful high-wire act, balancing between dark comedy and darker thrills.”—Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author“Laugh-out-loud funny, thrilling and twisty...”—Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling authorWhat if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life. But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.The truth is out there, if we just listen.
Listen for the Whisperer
by Phyllis A. WhitneyA reclusive actress is brought back into the spotlight—by murder—in this novel by a New York Times–bestselling and Edgar award–winning author. Leigh Hollins had no choice but to honor her father&’s dying wish: that she find her estranged mother, now living in seclusion in Norway, and reconcile with her. Leigh&’s mother, Laura Worth, was once one of the most dynamic movie stars in the world, her films eclipsed only by her real life, which was filled with intrigue, scandal, and romantic melodrama. Then, after the mysterious death of the director on her final film, Laura slipped away from the Hollywood limelight. All she wanted was to be alone—but her daughter is about to shatter her solitude. When Leigh arrives at her mother&’s isolated hillside home in Bergen, she&’s met with both guarded joy and trepidation. Gunnar, a family friend, is a welcoming figure who sparks an unexpected attraction. But when Leigh reunites with the mother she once longed to know, she discovers a weakened recluse, a woman living in fear. As Leigh opens old wounds, draws out long-buried secrets, and unwittingly invites the dreadful past back into both of their lives, she learns that not everyone is a fan of Laura Worth. Someone wants her dead—and Leigh herself has also been targeted for a killer fade-out. From the Edgar Award–winning author Barbara Michaels hailed as &“the Grand Master of her craft,&” Listen for the Whisperer is a novel of illusions and deadly family secrets. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author&’s estate.
Listen to Me
by Hannah PittardA modern gothic about a marriage and road trip gone hauntingly awry Mark and Maggie's annual drive east to visit family has gotten off to a rocky start. By the time they're on the road, it's late, a storm is brewing, and they are no longer speaking to one another. Adding to the stress, Maggie -- recently mugged at gunpoint -- is lately not herself, and Mark is at a loss about what to make of the stranger he calls his wife. When they are forced to stop for the night at a remote inn, completely without power, Maggie's paranoia reaches an all-time and terrifying high. But when Mark finds himself threatened in a dark parking lot, it's Maggie who takes control.
Listen to Your Sister: A Novel
by Neena VielMost Anticipated by Goodreads, People, BookRiot, Reactor, Screenrant, and more!For fans of Jordan Peele’s films, Stranger Things, and The Other Black Girl, Listen To Your Sister is a laugh-out-loud, deeply terrifying, and big-hearted speculative horror novel from electrifying debut talent Neena Viel.Twenty-five year old Calla Williams is struggling since becoming guardian to her brother, Jamie. Calla is overwhelmed and tired of being the one who makes sacrifices to keep the family together. Jamie, full of good-natured sixteen-year-old recklessness, is usually off fighting for what matters to him or getting into mischief, often at the same time. Dre, their brother, promised he would help raise Jamie–but now the ink is dry on the paperwork and in classic middle-child fashion, he’s off doing his own thing. And through it all, The Nightmare never stops haunting Calla: recurring images of her brothers dying that she is powerless to stop.When Jamie’s actions at a protest spiral out of control, the siblings must go on the run. Taking refuge in a remote cabin that looks like it belongs on a slasher movie poster rather than an AirBNB, the siblings now face a new threat where their lives–and reality–hang in the balance. Their sister always warned them about her nightmares. They really should have listened. “A knockout debut." -Ashley Winstead“Incredibly original and seriously scary.” – Nick Medina “A brilliant fever-dream of a novel that effortlessly dances between horror, literary, and family saga—sure to appeal to fans of Grady Hendrix, Tananarive Due, Mona Awad, and Stephen King. – Maria Dong
Listen to the Cat (The 9 Lives Cozy Mystery Series #8)
by Louise ClarkDeveloper Murdered In Show Home, Lover Arrested: Christy Jamieson searches for the real killer in If the Cat’s Away, a cozy mystery from Louise Clark.--Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada--When renown property developer Clayton Green is murdered, Quinn's cousin, Jodie, becomes the prime suspect. Convinced of her innocence, Christy and Quinn set out to find the real killer among Vancouver's professional elite.Evidence points them to a consortium of international investors. The sleuthing duo quickly discover evidence of conflict both personal and professional, including bribery of a building inspector with a very unusual currency—one capable of killing.With a lengthy list of suspects, it's going to take a special cat to flush out the killer before it's too late for cousin Jodie.Publisher Note: The 9 Lives Cozy Mysteries, while containing some very mild profanity, will be enjoyed by readers of clean and wholesome cozy mysteries. Cat lovers and those fond of all things feline, as well as readers of Amanda Lee, Denise Grover Swank, Rita Mae Brown’s Sneaky Pie Brown Mysteries, and Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s Joe Grey Mysteries, will not want to miss this series.The 9 Lives Cozy MysteriesThe Cat Came BackThe Cat’s PawCat Got Your TongueLet Sleeping Cats LieCat Among the FishesCat in the LimelightFleece the Cat Listen to the CatWhen the Cat's AwayAbout The Author: The author of the 9 Lives Cozy Mystery Series, Louise Clark has been the adopted mom of a number of cats with big personalities. The feline who inspired Stormy, the cat in the 9 Lives books, dominated her household for twenty loving years. During that time, he created a family pecking order that left Louise on top and her youngest child on the bottom (just below the guinea pig), regularly tried to eat all his sister’s food (he was a very large cat), and learned the joys of travel through a cross-continent road trip. The 9 Lives Cozy Mystery Series—The Cat Came Back, The Cat’s Paw, Cat Got Your Tongue, Let Sleeping Cats Lie, Cat Among the Fishes, Cat in the Limelight, and Fleece the Cat--as well as the single title mystery, A Recipe For Trouble--are all set in Louise’s home town of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Listen to the Dead
by Randall PefferInspired by one of the largest unsolved cases of serial killings in the United States, the New Bedford Serial Killings of 1988.
Listen to the Dead
by Randall PefferInspired by one of the largest unsolved cases of serial killings in the United States, the New Bedford Serial Killings of 1988.Harbormaster Corby Church finds the bones of a human body on Bird Island off Cape Cod. As brassy, young police detective Yemanja Colon struggles with the case, she realizes that Church may know more than he's letting on, and a trip he took to the Bahamas in the '80s may prove the key.
Listen to the Dead
by Randall PefferInspired by one of the largest unsolved cases of serial killings in the United States, the New Bedford Serial Killings of 1988.Harbormaster Corby Church finds the bones of a human body on Bird Island off Cape Cod. As brassy, young police detective Yemanja Colon struggles with the case, she realizes that Church may know more than he’s letting on, and a trip he took to the Bahamas in the ’80s may prove the key.
Listen to the Mockingbird
by Penny RudolphIt's 1861 in New Mexico Territory, and the Civil War is about to have a startling impact on Matty Summerhayes. Matty is struggling to develop a horse ranch to make enough money to return to the East. A stranger dies in her barn...with a map of her land in his pocket. Then war is declared, and Texans invade her valley for the Confederacy. Rumors begin to fly about a lost gold mine and soon someone is trying to run her off her ranch. Then her closest friend Winona -- a one-time slave who is now nearing childbirth -- is about to be stoned for practicing voodoo, and only Matty's creative quick thinking can save her. But when Matty's greatest secret is exposed, she must find a killer or lose her ranch.
Listen to the Shadows
by Joan Hall HoveyWhen artist Katie Summers emerged from a four-day coma, she remembered all too vividly the horror of that night - the terrifying dead eyes that had stared back at her in the rear view mirror, causing her to crash her car. But nobody believed her. Even the enigmatic and disturbingly attractive psychiatrist, Dr. Jonathan Shea, implied that she had made the whole thing up. Or dreamed it. Released from the hospital, still weak from her ordeal, Katie took a taxi to her remote farmhouse on Black Lake. Darkness had already fallen. There was only the wind in the trees to greet her...and the cold and empty house. But the house was not quite empty. Something awaited her, upstairs in her bedroom. Something with cold, dead eyes
Listen to the Silence (Sharon McCone Book #20)
by Marcia MullerIn the midst of celebrating a joyous wedding, Sharon McCone gets word that her father has died. As she goes thru the rituals of death, the last one leads to a discovery that will change everything...
Listen to the Silence: A Mystery (A Sharon McCone Mystery #21)
by Marcia MullerUpon the death of her father, San Francisco-based PI Sharon McCone discovers she's adopted and is determined to find her biological parents. She journeys to Idaho's Flathead Reservation for answers but discovers some locals who will stop at nothing to keep certain secrets hidden.
Listening Woman: A Leaphorn And Chee Novel (A Leaphorn and Chee Novel #3)
by Tony HillermanThe state police and FBI are baffled when an old man and a teenage girl are brutally murdered. The blind Navajo Listening Woman speaks of ghosts and of witches. But Lieutenant Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police knows his people as well as he knows cold-blooded killers. His incredible investigation carries him from a dead man's secret to a kidnap scheme, to a conspiracy that stretches back more than one hundred years. Leaphorn arrives at the threshold of a solution--and is greeted with the most violent confrontation of his career.
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by Michael GandyAn unlikely figure is propelled into the presidency and faces his greatest challenge when pregnant women are kidnapped off the streets of America, threatened with live beheading on the Internet. His unprecedented solution results in their immediate freedom but does not end the threat to him.
Lit Fuse
by Caisey QuinnCaisey Quinn—author of the Neon Dreams romances—delivers a prequel novella in an explosive new romantic suspense series...When Chase Fisk enrolled in the United States Army, it was mostly to escape a dead- end job working with his alcoholic father. The military provided him with a sense of belonging, and his brothers in arms became the family he never thought he’d have. He’s ready to embrace his promotion to Commanding Officer over a group of new explosive tech recruits—but he isn’t ready for her. Vivian Brooks grew up in a military family and is unlike any woman Chase has ever met. The recently enlisted recruit is beautiful, tenacious, and as steady with her hands as any EOD technician he’s ever seen. She tempts him in every way possible, challenging him at all turns and taunting him with a body that haunts his waking moments and most of his sleeping ones. But as their forbidden romance could threaten their careers if it’s discovered, Vivian’s buried secrets threaten to destroy them both. Includes a teaser for Live Wire.
Litani
by Jess LoureyIn the summer of '84, fourteen-year-old Frankie Jubilee is shuttled off to Litani, Minnesota, to live with her estranged mother, a county prosecutor she barely knows. From the start, Frankie senses something uneasy going on in the small town. The locals whisper about The Game, and her mother warns her to stay out of the woods and away from adults. <p><p> When a bullying gang of girls invites Frankie to The Game, she accepts, determined to find out what's really going on in Litani. She's not the only one becoming paranoid. Hysteria burns through the community. Dark secrets emerge. And Frankie fears that, even in the bright light of day, she might be living among monsters.
Literally Murder (A Black Cat Bookshop Mystery #4)
by Ali BrandonFrom her Brooklyn bookstore, Darla Pettistone not only sells mysteries, but solves them, aided by her big-boned black cat, Hamlet--who has suddenly pounced into the spotlight after unleashing his fists of furry... After a video of Darla and Hamlet performing at a martial arts tournament goes viral, the Florida chapter of the Feline Society of America invites the "Karate Kitty" to be the guest of honor at their championship cat show in Fort Lauderdale. Upon arrival, Darla discovers that not everyone in the Sunshine State has a sunny disposition. Animal rights activists are on the march, and a cat show contestant stages his own angry protest when his special breed Minx--half Sphynx, half Manx--doesn't win. Then Hamlet disappears--only to be found next a dead man's body. Now it's up to Darla and Hamlet to take best in show and collar the killer...
Little America
by Henry BromellIn this suspenseful and atmospheric spy novel in the tradition of Graham Greene and John le Carr, Henry Bromell unfolds a labyrinthine tale of intrigue and moral ambiguity. In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, CIA agent Mack Hooper arrived in the tiny middle-eastern kingdom of Kurash with a mission to befriend and protect its inexperienced young ruler. Now, forty years later, the country no longer exists and Mack's son Terry is trying to piece together his father's story. Was he a friend to the young king, or a diplomat-seducer sent to betray him? And what happened to the lost kingdom? Moving deftly between the feudal world of Kurash and the martini-washed enclaves of the American spies, Little America is a riveting and unexpectedly moving tale of honor and betrayal as well as a brilliant evocation of espionage in the darkest days of the Cold War.
Little Angel Street (The Isaac Sidel Novels #8)
by Jerome CharynA month before he becomes New York City's mayor, Sidel confronts a gang of baseball-loving racistsFor the first time in his adult life, Isaac Sidel is no longer a cop. He has moved beyond the halls of One Police Plaza, and is about to take residence in Gracie Mansion, after winning New York's mayoral election in a landslide. Unable to bear his downtown apartment without his girlfriend--who is in Europe confronting her Nazi-tinged past--the increasingly paranoid mayor-elect has set up shop in a homeless shelter under the name Geronimo Jones. His aides roust him from his hiding spot and have returned him to work when he gets a call from the shelter: Geronimo Jones is dead. A gang of white supremacists roams the city, murdering shelter residents and marking them with Sidel's alias. They leave notes with each victim, signing them with the names of nineteenth-century baseball players. Mayors don't go armed, but Sidel isn't the mayor yet. He and his Glock will settle this problem before he takes his oath of office.