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Make-Believe Wife
by Anne HerriesWith his rakish reputation and reluctance to wed, Lord Luke Clarendon is now in need of a make-believe wife. And he's charming enough to convince the talented and beautiful runaway actress Roxanne to play his leading lady.Roxanne's head cautions her against becoming involved with Luke, but it's an offer she can't refuse. As well as offering her financial security, Luke promises to help Roxanne's quest to discover her true identity. Maybe if she's revealed to be highborn, her Lord will claim her as his Lady for real!
Makeovers Can Be Murder: A Fat City Mystery
by Kathryn LilleyPlus-size reporter Kate Gallagher is facing the ultimate challenge-wearing a bikini for an upcoming assignment about weight loss scams. Sticking to her diet won't be easy-especially since her love life is already wasting away. <P><P> Kate learns she's not alone at a meeting of a women's support group, the Newbodies-where her friend Lila confides that her marriage is in trouble. When Lila turns up dead, Kate's suspicions immediately fall on the husband. But that's before she finds out that Lila wasn't the first "Newbody" to die. Apparently a killer has an appetite for plus-sized victims...
Maker of Saints
by Thulani Davis"Bird Kincaid can't sleep. She is plagued by nightmares - vivid images of Alex Decatur falling through the air. One month after she witnesses Alex, her closest friend, plunge eight stories to her death, Bird's grief has transformed into obsession." "In adjoining apartments on a boisterous, vibrant New York City block, the two young black women, Bird a radio engineer and onetime painter, and Alex a beautiful performance artist, had built an intense and unique friendship, their lives intertwined by shared space, history, friends and occasionally lovers, and a passion for art. Alex's death shatters the core of Bird's existence, compelling her to search for comfort and answers amidst the disparate strands of her friend's quixotic life - a life sometimes glamorous, sometimes painful, sometimes reckless. Was Alex's death really a suicide? Her lover, a white art critic, was never charged with a crime, but Bird is increasingly convinced that he murdered her friend." "Desperate for evidence, Bird locates a bizarre series of videotapes among Alex's belongings, in which she talks about her personal life, her work, and her turbulent relationship with her lover. At first reluctantly but soon fervidly watching the tapes, Bird discovers both startling secrets and blatant lies as she is drawn back into their carefree vagabond past and across mythic boundaries in the dangerous present. In the novel's intensely dramatic finale, Bird must confront her own long-hidden demons and test her powers as an artist and a survivor."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Making Friends Can Be Murder
by Kathleen WestThirty-year-old Sarah Jones gets caught up solving a murder after unknowingly befriending a dangerous con artist (who&’s nothing like what she seems) in this playful, twisty mystery from acclaimed author Kathleen West.It feels like kismet when Sarah Jones, newly relocated to Minneapolis after abruptly calling off her engagement, gets invited to join a group of women who share her same (very common) name. For years Sarah has received all types of correspondence intended for different Sarah Joneses, but now it seems that this mistake has given her the opportunity for an instant community.What starts as a low-stakes meet-up called &“The Sarah Jones Project&” soon turns sinister when another local Sarah Jones is found dead, under suspicious circumstances, at the base of the downtown Minneapolis bridge. After fielding numerous calls from concerned loved ones ruling out their Sarah as the victim, the surviving Sarahs decide to take matters into their own hands.Aided by the dead woman&’s nanny, a newly commissioned (and very handsome and eligible) FBI agent, and a cloistered nun with a complicated past, the motley crew of unlikely friends are determined to get to the bottom of the murder of one of their own.
Making Mischief
by Elizabeth YoungAbby Morland's been making mischief since she was not-so-sweet sixteen, when she spied gorgeous Guy from the neighborhood being attacked by curvaceous Cara, the "Topless Piranha." It was a racy, tasty, spicy piece of gossip Abby couldn't resist passing along. But years later, her indiscretion may be coming back to haunt her -- since she now wouldn't mind a little nibble of Guy herself. With four cousins, two weddings, and a re-emergent piranha in the offing, the recipe for making more mischief is at hand, and it might just turn Guy in Abby's direction at last!
Making The Cut: DI Carl McCadden 1
by Jim LusbyFor DI Carl McCadden, uncovering the truth can be murder...Exactly what was Billy Power - machinist at the plastics factory, keeper of greyhounds and Jack the Lad about Waterford - involved in? And why did he have to die?Unshaven, unorthodox and unpopular with his superiors, DI Carl McCadden finds straight answers about Power - or anything else - hard to come by. And as McCadden searches for the truth through the bleak and dilapidated housing estates, the bars and the dog track of Waterford, Byzantine business machinations and self-righteous politicking muddy the waters . . .Introducing DI Carl McCadden, MAKING THE CUT is the pulse-pounding first book in Jim Lusby's compulsive crime series.'More feeling for atmosphere and more sense of character than most crime stories' EVENING STANDARD'Excellent...an exciting read' IRISH TIMES'This is the real Ireland, where pleasure and pain are inextricably linked' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Making The Cut: DI Carl McCadden 1
by Jim LusbyFor DI Carl McCadden, uncovering the truth can be murder...Exactly what was Billy Power - machinist at the plastics factory, keeper of greyhounds and Jack the Lad about Waterford - involved in? And why did he have to die?Unshaven, unorthodox and unpopular with his superiors, DI Carl McCadden finds straight answers about Power - or anything else - hard to come by. And as McCadden searches for the truth through the bleak and dilapidated housing estates, the bars and the dog track of Waterford, Byzantine business machinations and self-righteous politicking muddy the waters . . .Introducing DI Carl McCadden, MAKING THE CUT is the pulse-pounding first book in Jim Lusby's compulsive crime series.'More feeling for atmosphere and more sense of character than most crime stories' EVENING STANDARD'Excellent...an exciting read' IRISH TIMES'This is the real Ireland, where pleasure and pain are inextricably linked' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Making Up Megaboy
by Virginia WalterThis book is a violent story about a teenager who steals a gun from his home and shoots a liquor store owner in Santa Rosa, California. It explores the dark aftermath of this murder.
Making Waves
by Catherine ToddFrom the author of Secret Lives of Second Wives: “a can’t-put-it-down novel . . . for every woman who’s had to mend a broken heart and get even” (Redbook). Newly separated from her lawyer husband, Caroline James heads to the spa for a makeover and a massage, looking for a tonic to her battered pride. Instead she encounters Eleanor Hampton, the ex-wife of her spouse’s law partner, a woman so bitter she makes Medea look like Anne of Green Gables. Watch your back, Eleanor tells her. You won’t believe the stuff they’ve pulled. When Eleanor turns up suspiciously dead in her hot tub, Caroline opens the Pandora’s Box of documents the vengeful socialite has sent as proof of the firm’s unscrupulous divorce tactics. Between fighting her divorce proceedings, raising two children, and mending her broken heart, Caroline sleuths her way through upscale La Jolla, California, to unravel the truth. For the first time in a long time, she feels truly alive, if only she can stay that way . . . “I loved it!” —Janet Evanovich
Making Waves (The Nancy Drew Files #81)
by Carolyn KeeneAndy Devereux invites Nancy, Ned, and Bess to a sailing regatta near his family's estate in Annapolis, Maryland. Andy is the co-owner of a boat-designing company, and he all but guarantees that his boat will win the cup. But his hopes--and his life--are suddenly blown off course when the police arrest him for murder! Andy's partner, Nick Lazlo, has vanished at sea, his boat stained with blood and riddled with bullet holes. Nancy's investigation into the company reveals that the business had a strange and unsavory side--both personally and financially. In a case of missing money, missing boats, and missing bodies, the most dangerous discovery of all may be the truth!
Making Wolf
by Tade Thompson'Shocking and perceptive' Guardian'It was easy to stay up well past lights out to read just one more chapter - and then one more...' James Oswald'Engaging' Sunday TimesLONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGERMeet Weston Kogi, a London supermarket store detective. He returns home to his West African home country for his aunt's funeral. He sees his family, his ex-girlfriend Nana, his old school mate Church. Food is good, beer is plentiful, and telling people he works as a homicide detective seems like harmless hyperbole, until he wakes up in hell.He is kidnapped and forced by two separate rebel factions to investigate the murder of a local hero, Papa Busi. The solution may tip a country on the brink into civil war. Making Wolf is the outrageous, frightening, violent and sometimes surreal homecoming experience of a lifetime.Praise for Tade Thompson:'Breathtaking landscapes and intoxicating food and drink . . . endemic corruption, sultry sexuality and casual, slapdash violence . . . A rock-and-roll edge' The Financial Times'Brutal, uncompromising and thought-provoking . . . superb' M. W. Craven'A magnificent tour de force' Adrian Tchaikovsky'Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!' Ann Leckie'Mesmerising' M. R. Carey
Making Wolf
by Tade Thompson'Shocking and perceptive' Guardian'It was easy to stay up well past lights out to read just one more chapter - and then one more...' James Oswald'Engaging' Sunday TimesLONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGERMeet Weston Kogi, a London supermarket store detective. He returns home to his West African home country for his aunt's funeral. He sees his family, his ex-girlfriend Nana, his old school mate Church. Food is good, beer is plentiful, and telling people he works as a homicide detective seems like harmless hyperbole, until he wakes up in hell.He is kidnapped and forced by two separate rebel factions to investigate the murder of a local hero, Papa Busi. The solution may tip a country on the brink into civil war. Making Wolf is the outrageous, frightening, violent and sometimes surreal homecoming experience of a lifetime.Praise for Tade Thompson:'Breathtaking landscapes and intoxicating food and drink . . . endemic corruption, sultry sexuality and casual, slapdash violence . . . A rock-and-roll edge' The Financial Times'Brutal, uncompromising and thought-provoking . . . superb' M. W. Craven'A magnificent tour de force' Adrian Tchaikovsky'Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!' Ann Leckie'Mesmerising' M. R. Carey
Making Wolf
by Tade Thompson'Shocking and perceptive' Guardian'It was easy to stay up well past lights out to read just one more chapter - and then one more...' James Oswald'Engaging' Sunday TimesLONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGERMeet Weston Kogi, a London supermarket store detective. He returns home to his West African home country for his aunt's funeral. He sees his family, his ex-girlfriend Nana, his old school mate Church. Food is good, beer is plentiful, and telling people he works as a homicide detective seems like harmless hyperbole, until he wakes up in hell.He is kidnapped and forced by two separate rebel factions to investigate the murder of a local hero, Papa Busi. The solution may tip a country on the brink into civil war. Making Wolf is the outrageous, frightening, violent and sometimes surreal homecoming experience of a lifetime.Praise for Tade Thompson:'Breathtaking landscapes and intoxicating food and drink . . . endemic corruption, sultry sexuality and casual, slapdash violence . . . A rock-and-roll edge' The Financial Times'Brutal, uncompromising and thought-provoking . . . superb' M. W. Craven'A magnificent tour de force' Adrian Tchaikovsky'Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!' Ann Leckie'Mesmerising' M. R. Carey
Making a Killing
by John L. Hart Olvia RupprechtThe CIA's most valuable assassin, Agent J.D. Mikel, wasn't supposed to fall in love with anyone - especially not Kate Morningside, a woman coveted by another powerful world player. When Kate is kidnapped, J.D. is pulled into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, and one false move could cost him everything. Indeed, there are players - and then there are the masters who make the rules only to break them. It's not an even match for those joining an epic search for Kate on a twisted dark hunt down the Mekong River in the midst of a bitterly disputed war: Izzy, a brilliant young psychiatrist assigned to the Army's 8th Field Hospital and counting the days until he can return home; and his best friend Gregg, a gifted psychologist who served his time only to be driven back to Vietnam by his own inner demons and a rivalry with Mikel that burns as intensely as napalm. There are other wars within wars in turbulent 1970. From the CIA to the American mafia to an International cartel helmed by a master of the sadistic, all eyes are on Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle. And when it comes to a certain cash crop flourishing under the dominion of the mysterious Poppy King, everyone wants a piece of the action. Money talks. The currency? Heroin. It's a spinning maze of intrigue, politics, and mind games; a hotbed where sex, drugs, and Janis Joplin aren't always a beautiful thing. But even when no one turns out to be quite who or what they seem, one rule remains fast across the Devil's chessboard: Winners live. Losers die. The sequel to the national bestseller THERE WILL BE KILLING, MAKING A KILLING artfully weaves a spellbinding tapestry of dark history, psychology, and seduction - the best and worst of our humanity . . . and the hunger of our hearts. PRAISE FOR THERE WILL BE KILLING: "A riveting journey into the perils of war and the darkness of the human heart - stylish and provocative." - Tara Janzen, New York Times bestselling author "There Will Be Killing is mesmerizing...a chilling and astonishing novel by authors who know their way around a story." - Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence "Make sure you have some time to spend because you won't want to put it down until you turn the last page." - Book Bug
Making a Killing: A Novel (DI Fawley series #7)
by Cara HunterFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok sensation Murder in the Family and the popular DI Adam Fawley series comes a brand-new gripping thriller in which a true-crime TV show turns up the heat on a controversial case from Fawley’s past…When Nick Vincent, producer of true-crime show Infamous, hears about an explosive new angle on a high-profile case—the 2016 murder of an eight-year-old girl in Oxford—he leaps at the chance to send a researcher to verify the claims.Two months later, a dog walker discovers a woman’s body, bound and buried in a shallow grave in the woods. Forensic evidence links the corpse to the disappearance of that same child. DCI Adam Fawley, the original investigating officer, is called in to run the enquiry. And he remembers the case well—he arrested the child’s mother for murder. A murder he now knows she didn’t commit.The investigation raises more questions than answers. What connects the two crimes? Where has the dead girl been all these years? How did she manage to disappear? For Adam Fawley, this is personal...
Mako
by Clabe TaylorMako Sloane is a CIA legend, but his dizzying rise to stardom in Moscow is matched by his precipitous fall from grace after he discovers a secret that vested interests in both Russia and the U.S. want to keep quiet. Ten years after Mako's mysterious disappearance, investigative reporter Max Crandall is writing Sloane's unauthorized biography. Max's research inadvertently dredges up ghosts from the past, and he finds himself the target of a manhunt as unidentified operatives try to derail his project. Max lures Mako out of self-imposed exile, and the two discover the truth behind a bizarre conspiracy that threatens to send the world spiraling into a superpower confrontation of unprecedented proportions.
Mal Goes to War: A Novel
by Edward AshtonThe humans are fighting again. Go figure.As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and augmented Federals and the puritanical Humanists about as interesting as a battle between rival anthills. He’s not above scouting the battlefield for salvage, though, and when the Humanists abruptly cut off access to infospace he finds himself trapped in the body of a cyborg mercenary, and responsible for the safety of the modded girl she died protecting.A dark comedy wrapped in a techno thriller’s skin, Mal Goes to War provides a satirical take on war, artificial intelligence, and what it really means to be human.
Mala Vida: A Novel
by Marc FernandezAlmodóvar meets Orwell in this acclaimed, fast-paced contemporary noir novel exposing the most shameful secrets of the Franco era.Present-day Spain, a time of economic crisis and resurgent populist nationalism. The radical right has just won the election after twelve years of Socialist rule. In the midst of this political upheaval, a series of murders is committed, taking place from Madrid to Barcelona to Valencia. The victims include a politician a real-estate lawyer, doctor, a banker, and a nun. There is no obvious connection between them. As the country prepares for a return to a certain moral order, radio crime reporter Diego Martin is trying to keep his head above water in anticipation of the expected media purge. When he decides to look into the first murder, he doesn't have the faintest clue that his investigation will lead far beyond his local beat and put his life at risk. For what he uncovers exposes the roots of a national scandal: the theft of babies from the victims of the Franco regime, crimes—never prosecuted—that were orchestrated by now well-connected citizens who will do anything to avoid exposure.
Mala lluna
by David MarínQUAN LA LLUNA MIRA A PONENT... EL CRIM DE L'OBSERVATORI DEL MONTSEC, ON EL CEL ÉS MÉS NEGRE. Misterioses llums al firmament; una constel·lació de personatges singulars; un telescopi que, inexplicablement, està orientat cap a Amaltea, la cinquena lluna de Júpiter... Un dels astrònoms de l'observatori del Montsec hi ha aparegut mort. Entre Lleida, Balaguer i la vall d'Àger, durant deu dies, el sergent Rull, l'agent Núria Riu i el caporal Coscubiela s'enfrontaran a un dels casos més insòlits de les seves carreres. I en Rull, a més, hi deixarà un trosset de pell. Perquè tal com diu en Cosqui, «ens dediquem a explorar el cosmos quan encara no coneixem l'ànima humana».
Malabarista (Detective Lane Mystery #5)
by Garry RyanGarry Ryan follows up Smoked with his most revelatory Detective Lane adventure yet. Under investigation by the Calgary Police Department, Lane finds himself fighting for his career. Then, when an Eastern European war criminal winds up dead in the city, and his partner Arthur is diagnosed with cancer, Lane must contend with dangerous criminals, broken allegiances, pressure from his superiors, a determined bomber, and the very real fear of losing the person he cares for most of all.
Malarkey: A Lark Dodge Mystery
by Sheila SimonsonLark Dodge needs time to get over a miscarriage, care for her father's driving needs in Ireland while he does research and have space to re-evaluate her marriage. After finding a dead body immediately upon arrival at their rental cottage Lark embarks on a frightful turn of events that takes her into some Irish folklore. It is filled with danger and intrigue.
Malas compañías
by Angela Henry Mari Ángeles Alcaraz SánchezPor mucho que lo intente, a sus veintiocho años, Kendra Clayton no consigue romper los lazos con su pueblo de nacimiento, Willow, en el estado de Ohio. Ahora mismo, Kendra es profesora a tiempo parcial pero tiene que completar su salario trabajando de anfitriona en el restaurante de su tío, donde se empapa de los cotilleos del pueblo. Lleva una vida tranquila, pero Kendra todavía no ha perdido la esperanza de que algún día aparezca en su puerta un príncipe azul que se enamore perdidamente de ella. Entretanto, su tranquila morada se convertirá en la escena de un crimen. Kendra por fin podrá vivir una aventura de lo más emocionante, aunque no sea exactamente la clase de aventura que ella tenía en mente. Tras el monstruoso asesinato de Jordan, un mujeriego empedernido y la pareja de Bernie, su mejor amiga, Kendra y Bernie se convertirán en las principales sospechosas del crimen. Así que a Kendra no le quedará otra y tendrá que investigar por su cuenta para demostrar su inocencia y la de Bernie, pues ella cree ciegamente en la inocencia de su amiga. Pero no lo tendrá fácil. Cuanto más investigue, más sospechosos aparecerán. Jordan era un hombre al que las mujeres amaban y odiaban a partes iguales. Ahora, una de ellas ha cruzado la línea. Pero entre las conquistas actuales y pasadas de Jordan hay toda una serie de mujeres arruinadas y vengativas. ¿Cuál de ellas será la asesina? La curiosidad lleva a Kendra a adentrarse más y más en el caso y pronto empezará a interesarse por un hombre que podría tener la clave para desenredar todo el asunto, si es que Kendra consigue salir con vida de todo este asunto y descubrir a la asesina.
Malas intenciones (Inspector Sejer #Volumen 9)
by Karin FossumEl noveno caso del inspector Konrad Sejer, por una de las autoras más aclamadas de la novela negra europea actual, así como abanderada destacada de la nueva narrativa policíaca escandinava. Es septiembre y tres amigos han decidido pasar el fin de semana en la remota cabaña del lago de Aguas Muertas. Con solo la pálida luna para guiar sus pasos, reman a través de las aguas en mitad de la noche. Sin embargo, solo dos de ellos regresan, y pactan no pedir ayuda hasta la mañana siguiente. Cuando el cuerpo es descubierto, el inspector Konrad Sejer se hace cargo del caso. Algo no le encaja en este aparente suicidio y tiene la abrumadora sensación de que los dos supervivientes ocultan algo. Pasan las semanas sin que la investigación logre avanzar... hasta que, en la superficie de un lago cercano, aparece el cuerpo de otro joven flotando.
Malasangre
by Helena TurUna tierra teñida por la sangre de cuatro niñas. Una joven dispuesta a arriesgar su vida por los demás. Una poderosa historia de amor. En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, Henar, una joven huérfana, viaja hasta el Bierzo para trabajar en una granja de abejas. Coincidiendo con su llegada, comienzan a aparecer en la comarca niñas asesinadas, con un corte en el cuello y el cadáver sin sangre. En medio de este ambiente opresivo, Henar descubrirá el amor que no conoció en su infancia, al encariñarse de la hija de los señores, a la que cuida y protege como si fuera de su familia, y conocerá la pasión en los brazos de un atractivo buscavidas que huye por una estafa. Pero en un lugar inhóspito donde nadie es quien dice ser ¿es posible confiar en un extraño? La verdad está escrita en la sangre. «Pasaron dos minutos quese le hicieron eternos. No era una persona paciente y la necesidad de saber qué ocurría allí dentro era tan fuerte como su temor a entrar. Notaba cómo ambos impulsos luchaban entre sí: deseaba asomarse, pero no quería delatar su presencia. De pronto, se sintió perdida. Alguien, a su espalda, la agarró por la muñeca de la mano que empuñaba la navaja y se la retorció hasta que tuvo que soltarla, al tiempo que con la otra mano le tapaba la boca para impedir que gritara. Henar entró en pánico al sentir el aliento de su agresor en el cuello. Tal vez esos fueran sus últimos instantes de vida.» Reseña:«Helena Tur nos ofrece una joven protagonista apasionada que ansía conocer todo lo que le rodea y seguramente os cautivará por su fuerza e ímpetu. Es una mujer que se sale de lo establecido.»Blog Letras en vena. « Me ha dejado una sonrisa en la cara y con muy buenas sensaciones.»Blog Adicción a los libros.
Malcolm Under the Stars
by Brian Lies W. H. BeckNow that Snip the cat is gone (but hardly forgotten), the classroom animals of the Midnight Academy are ready for things to get back to normal at the McKenna School. After all, protecting nutters (students) and lankies (teachers) is an around-the-clock job! When a rare coin and a strange code are uncovered in the school, Malcolm and the Academy have another mystery on their paws. To find answers, Malcolm ventures into the dangerous outside world full of shady characters, new friends, and old enemies. Can Malcolm solve the mystery and save the school before it's too late? Join Malcolm and company as they take on their most challenging assignment yet. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by Brian Lies, author and illustrator of the New York Times bestsellers Bats at the Beach, Bats at the Library, and Bats at the Ballgame, this engaging novel will have readers rooting for Malcolm as they try to solve the mystery alongside him.