- Table View
- List View
Mayhem
by Sarah Pinborough"A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller," The Guardian said of Mayhem. A virtuoso fantasy writer, Sarah Pinborough has won numerous awards including the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story. In Mayhem Pinborough turns her attention to one of the most baffling and notorious crime sprees in Victorian times. Already frustrated in their attempts to capture serial murderer Jack the Ripper, the detectives of Scotland Yard are suddenly confronted with a new monster, dubbed the Torso Killer for his habit of leaving behind neatly wrapped parcels of his victims' body parts, minus the heads. With the terrible increase in mutilated corpses to examine, the highly regarded police surgeon Dr. Thomas Bond has lost the ability to sleep. True, a growing dependency on opium affords him some solace in his loneliest and most desperate hours, but he also fears the grip of the drug. During Dr. Bond's nightly tours of London's underbelly in search of pharmaceutical respite from the horrors that plague him by day, he encounters a mysterious Jesuit priest scouring the opium dens himself, clearly in search of someone--or something. The doctor at first rejects the strange priest's unnatural theories about the Torso Killer as an affront to scientific thought. But over time Dr. Bond's opium-addled mind begins to crumble under the growing impression that there might be some awful truth to the Jesuit's ideas. As the police struggle to capture two serial killers, the troubled forensics expert begins to suspect that he may actually know the Torso Killer personally. If he is right, Dr. Bond will need all the strength he can muster to save his small circle of loved ones from falling victim to the bloody depravities of this twisted creature.From the Hardcover edition.
Mayhem & Mass (A Sister Lou Mystery #1)
by Olivia MatthewsA Los Angeles transplant, Sister Louise “Lou” LaSalle feels right at home in Briar Coast, New York. After all, her beloved nephew, Chris, works at the college founded by her congregation. But while Sister Lou has always played by the rules, she’s about to have her faith in herself tested—by murder . . . Sister Lou expects some pushback when she invites her friend, Maurice Jordan, to be the guest speaker for the St. Hermione of Ephesus Feast Day presentation. The theology professor is known far and wide for his controversial views. What she’s not prepared for is finding him dead in his hotel room, bashed over the head. When the local deputies focus on the members of her congregation as suspects, Sister Lou takes matters into her own hands. Against Chris’s wishes, she teams up with a cynical local reporter to delve into Maurice’s life. The unlikely partners in crime-fighting uncover a litany of both devotees and detractors. And though it might take a miracle to find the killer, Sister Lou vows to carry on until justice prevails . . .
Mayhem (Lawless #3)
by Jeffrey SalaneWhose side are you on in the action-packed conclusion to the Lawless series?M Freeman has been a star pupil at the Lawless School for criminal masterminds. She's been a top agent at the Fulbright Academy for extreme law enforcement. Now she finds herself in a situation she never, ever expected: a normal life!If M thinks danger is a thing of the past, however, she couldn't be more wrong. Because before she left her old life behind her, she learned a dangerous secret -- one that's made her a target. Now, with the forces of Lawless and the Fulbrights on the verge of open war, she has no choice but to rely on a ragtag team of outcasts, misfits, and troublemakers.On their own, they don't amount to much. But under M's leadership, they might just become a force to change the world.The fast-paced, unpredictable conclusion to the Lawless series is sure to appeal to fans of Spy School and The School for Good and Evil.
Mayhem (The St-Cyr and Kohler Mysteries #1)
by J. Robert JanesA French inspector and Gestapo detective team up to fight crime in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II: &“The offbeat pair gel . . . fast and convincing&” (The Oxford Times). Police inspector Jean-Louis St-Cyr watches the German tanks roll into Paris from his office window. When Gestapo agents burst through his door, he is destroying confidential documents with the care that is his trademark. As the Nazis take control of the city, they allow St-Cyr to remain at his post, solving the everyday crimes which do not stop simply because there is a war on. He is assigned a partner, Bavarian detective Hermann Kohler, a bullish man who is as brutal as St-Cyr is refined. Though their politics differ, neither man is the sort to let a bad deed go unpunished. Today their work takes them to a suburban forest, where a well-dressed young man has been found murdered and stripped of identification. Nearby lies an expensive beaded silk purse. Although it appears to be a crime of passion, its roots lie in the savagery that wartime nurtures and occupation lets run free.
Mayhem at a Halloween Wedding (A Halloween Bookshop Mystery)
by Emmeline DuncanIt&’s Halloween year-round in Elyan Hollow, Oregon, where Bailey Briggs sells the latest tomes of frights and fears at the bustling Lazy Bones Books—when she&’s not uncovering deadly secrets and mysteries that haunt the town . . .There&’s more to celebrate this Halloween when Bailey&’s college friend Raven prepares to walk down the aisle in spooky seasonal style. As a bridesmaid, Bailey is overwhelmed helping with wedding preparations while the annual holiday festival scares up business for her bookstore. She also finds herself playing peacekeeper between fellow bridesmaids Colby and Ivy, whose arguments add even more conflict to the already simmering tensions within the wedding party between the groom&’s traditional family and the bride&’s bohemian parents.Trying to ease stress and enjoy the spirit of the season, Bailey arranges the bachelorette party on the night of the Halloween parade. Everyone agrees to join in the festivities and dress up in costume. But running into several people dressed as the Grim Reaper turns out to be a bad omen. An explosion rocks the route, causing a panic. When the smoke clears, Ivy is found dead, believed to be murdered—and Colby is questioned by police after several witnesses report the very public clashes between the two bridesmaids. Narrowing down the list of suspects to prove Colby&’s innocence means Bailey will have to find a motive that drove a killer—and keep her friend&’s wedding bells from becoming funeral knells . . .
Mayhem at the Orient Express (League of Literary Ladies #1)
by Kylie LoganAt a local Chinese restaurant, it's the owner who gets taken out... Most folks aren't forced by court order to attend a library-book discussion group, but that's just what happens to B and B proprietor and ex-Manhattanite Bea Cartwright, hippy cat lover Chandra Morrisey, and winery owner Kate Wilder after a small-town magistrate has had enough of their squabbling. South Bass, an island on Lake Erie, is home to an idyllic summer resort, but these three ladies keep disturbing the peace. The initial book choice is Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, and that sets their mouths to watering. The Orient Express is the island's newest Chinese restaurant. They might not agree about much, but the ladies all love the orange chicken on the menu. But their meal is spoiled when the restaurant's owner, Peter Chan, has the bad fortune of getting murdered. Now, with Christie as their inspiration, the League of Literary Ladies has a real mystery to solve...if they can somehow catch a killer without killing each other first.
Mayhem in Miami (Aly&AJ's Rock 'n' Roll Mystery #2)
by Tracey West Katherine NollAly & AJ are in Miami for their next sizzling concert performance! While they're in town, a hot new fashion designer asks the girls to model clothes for the Miami Rocks! benefit fashion show, featuring designers who create clothes exclusively for rock musicians. As the girls prepare to make their debut on the catwalk, someone cuts the lights and ruins the show! Can Aly & AJ find the culprit?
Mayhem: Mayhem and Murder Book I
by Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes. Delve into a gaslit London, where Jack the Ripper is making headlines, but another, much more dangerous, madman is on the loose.When a rotting torso is discovered in the vault of New Scotland Yard, it doesn't take Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, long to realise that there is a second killer at work in the city where, only a few days before, Jack the Ripper brutally murdered two women in one night. This is the hand of a colder killer, one who lacks Jack's emotion. And, as more headless and limbless torsos find their way into the Thames, Dr Bond becomes obsessed with finding the killer. As his investigations lead him into an unholy alliance, he starts to wonder: Is it a man who has brought mayhem to the streets of London, or a monster?'A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller' Guardian
Mayhem: Mayhem and Murder Book I (Mayhem and Murder #1)
by Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes. Delve into a gaslit London, where Jack the Ripper is making headlines, but another, much more dangerous, madman is on the loose.When a rotting torso is discovered in the vault of New Scotland Yard, it doesn't take Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, long to realise that there is a second killer at work in the city where, only a few days before, Jack the Ripper brutally murdered two women in one night. This is the hand of a colder killer, one who lacks Jack's emotion. And, as more headless and limbless torsos find their way into the Thames, Dr Bond becomes obsessed with finding the killer. As his investigations lead him into an unholy alliance, he starts to wonder: Is it a man who has brought mayhem to the streets of London, or a monster?'A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller' Guardian
Maynard's House
by Herman Raucher“Told with icy precision of eye and ear and a wink of wicked humor . . . First-rate haunted-house creepiness” from the bestselling author of Summer of ’42(Kirkus Reviews). Austin Fletcher, a disturbed young Vietnam War vet, is willed a small house deep in the woods of northern Maine. He comes to own it by the generosity of a brother-in-arms—a fellow soldier and confidante, Maynard Whittier, killed in action by a wayward mortar shell. The rugged landscape of Maine is an intoxicating blend of claustrophobic interiors and endless frozen wastelands. Little by little, the mysterious force in the house asserts itself until Austin isn’t exactly sure what is in his mind and what is real. And just when our hero’s had enough and is ready to quit the place, a blizzard arrives and the real haunting begins. “An unsettling experience . . . Confounding, touching and well-written.” —The New York Times Book Review
Maze
by Larry CollinsWhile the CIA is doing its research into psychic powers - aided in their experiments by a woman who has the uncanny ability to locate the co-ordinates of Soviet submarines - the Russians have an altogether bigger and more sinister project in mind: developing a device that uses electromagnetic waves to trigger responses in the brains of unsuspecting victims. In the most deadly and secret struggle of the new cold war, the Russians set their sights on the US President and attempt to manipulate fanatical Islamic terrorists to play a role in their ambitious scheme. Only one man can stop them and avert a tragedy of terrifying proportions - CIA officer Art Bennington.
Maze Master: A Thriller
by Kathleen O'Neal GearNew York Times bestselling author Kathleen Gear's new apocalyptic thriller Maze Master shows the world ending not in fire nor in ice but in science.Kathleen Gear, who often co-writes with her husband W. Michael Gear, has authored 42 books which have been New York Times, USA Today and international bestsellers. Translated into 29 languages, there are around 17 million copies of her books in print worldwide.LucentB is a retrovirus that’s inevitable, unstoppable, and utterly catastrophic for humanity. The US government believes the only person who can find the cure is the geneticist who tried to warn them about it and then disappeared: James Hakari. They assign the task of finding him to his former student Anna Asher, who in turn recruits paleographer and religious studies scholar Dr. Martin Nadai.The brilliant but insane geneticist is leaving clues for Anna and Martin to follow, showing he’s truly earned his students’ nickname for him: the Maze Master. The search takes Anna and Martin around the world and into a warzone they never imagined.Maze Master's LucentB is based off of the real retrovirus HERV-K, which has caused several plagues over the past 75,000 years, almost wiping out Neandertals 50,000 years ago, and maybe 30,000 years ago. Modern geneticists consider HERV-K not to be extinct, but rather to be waiting for some trigger to come alive again.With its scientific and archaeological authenticity and suspenseful clues, Maze Master will have readers rushing through its intricate maze to find out the fate of the world in this thrilling adventure.
Mazebook
by Jeff LemireFrom New York Times bestselling and Eisner award-winning Black Hammer creator Jeff Lemire comes this ambitious and haunting graphic novel about family, mourning, and reality. A lonely building inspector still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter receives a mysterious phone call one night from a girl claiming it&’s her and that she&’s trapped in the middle of a labyrinth. Convinced that this child is contacting him from beyond this world, he uses an unfinished maze from one of her journals and a map of the city to trace an intricate path through a different plane of reality on an intense and melancholy adventure to bring his daughter back home. Collects issues #1-5 of The Mazebook and featuring a sketchbook section and pinups by Andrea Sorrentino, Dustin Nguyen, Dean Ormston, Matt Kindt, and Gabriel Hernández Walta!
Mazes and Monsters
by Rona JaffePart thriller, part love story, Mazes and Monsters is a spellbinding novel about a group of college students in the 1980s who use a fantasy game as refuge from their personal, emotional, and social problems. Based loosely on the "steam tunnel incidents" of the 1970s, the four friends--Kate, Jay Jay, Daniel, and Robbie--eventually take their game too far when they decide to live-action role-play in the caverns near their college campus. What follows is terrifying and unexpected, as each character dives deep into the darkest part of their mind, those forbidden places where our most menacing truths lie.
Mazurka (The Frank Pagan Novels #2)
by Campbell ArmstrongIn international bestselling author Campbell Armstrong&’s page-turning thriller, counterterrorism agent Frank Pagan races against the clock to defuse a confrontation with the Russians that might change the map of Europe Escorting a hard-drinking, fun-loving, probably-former-KGB Russian &“envoy&” to Edinburgh would appear to be one of the more relaxing jobs in Frank Pagan&’s career. But in the flash of a gunshot everything changes. Now Frank&’s got a Russian official with a bullet lodged in his heart, his bosses at Scotland Yard wondering if Frank missed a step, and countless politicians and secret service agencies screaming bloody murder. With spies from the KGB, MI6, and the CIA dogging his every move, Pagan has to find the men behind the deadly shooting. From the Baltic émigré community, where he meets a beautiful woman who might provide answers, to the United States to the Soviet Union, Pagan unravels a chilling plot that will have devastating worldwide repercussions.Mazurka is the 2nd book in the Frank Pagan Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Mazzocco
by HugoItaly, The Roaring Twenties... Suffering a shock defeat in the trial of the year, a young lawyer returns home to a town ravaged by luxury and excess. Caught between the failure that hangs over him and the pressure of his family's expectations, will he be able to make sense of his life once more? Through grit and ambition, a bereft Cuban immigrant brings growth and prosperity to the small town that elected him mayor. But with the wolves of the Fascist Party baying and his Socialist values under threat, is there a more sinister reason for the clash between his daughter and his best friend? Hounded by a violent, deranged stalker, will a successful art collector manage to escape the terrible fate looming over him? After months with no news, will a desperate father manage to track down the son he almost lost to the Great War? In Italy to expand their jewellery empire, will a wealthy, influential Indian family find their troubled daughter the help she needs? And through it all, will the murder of a beloved doctor bring fractured families together, or widen the rifts between them beyond repair? With people dropping around him like flies, join young Mario as he gives free rein to his analytical curiosity and cuts his investigative teeth on the mystery of the year. Get ready to laugh, sigh, gasp, and get caught up in a murky, tangled web of intrigue, murder, and suspense. Buy Mazzocco now!
Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí
by Javier MaríasUna intensa narración sobre asuntos que nos atañen a todos: sobre el ocultamiento, los hechos y las intenciones; sobre el actuar sin saber y la voluntad que casi nunca se cumple; sobre la negación de las personas que una vez quisimos y el olvido y la indecisión; sobre la despedida, y también sobre el engaño. La hechizante primera frase de esta novela ya dice mucho, quizá demasiado: «Nadie piensa nunca que pueda ir a encontrarse con una muerta entre los brazos y que ya no verá más su rostro cuyo nombre recuerda». Esto es lo que ocurre al narrador, Víctor Francés, guionista de televisión y «negro» o «escritor fantasma», encargado de redactar los discursos de la gente importante e ignorante. Recientemente divorciado, es invitado a cenar a su casa por Marta Téllez, mujer casada cuyo marido está de viaje y madre de un niño de dos años. Tras la cena galante, el hombre y la mujer pasan al dormitorio donde, «aún medio vestidos y medio desvestidos», ella empieza a sentirse mal hasta que agoniza y muere en una escena sobrecogedora. Esa infidelidad no consumada se convierte así en una especie de «encantamiento», con problemas bien reales e inmediatos: qué hacer con el cadáver, avisar o no avisar, qué hacer respecto al marido, qué hacer con el niño dormido, qué diferencia hay entre la vida y la muerte. Reseñas:«Quien tiene la fortuna de entrar en las páginas de Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí ya no vuelve a salir... De no perdérsela en modo alguno.»Corriere della Sera «Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí es decididamente el libro más hermoso compuesto por un autor contemporáneo.»Pietro Citati, La Repubblica «Provocativa y hermosamente escrita.»Booklist «La narración fluye como un thriller psicológico con interludios cómicos y macabros: el narrador lo maneja como un maestro de habilidad y de ambigüedad.»The Independent on Sunday «Una historia seductora... Un thriller metafísico.»The Observer «Pone de manifiesto la madurez y la maestría de un novelista que ha creado un mundo propio al otro lado de lo biográfico.»Süddeutsche Zeitung
Mañana, al amanecer (Bilogía Killmarnock #Volumen 2)
by Nieves HidalgoSi te enamoraste de Dargo en Lo que dure la eternidad, no puedes dejar de conocer la historia de Derry McCann. El amor le había hecho traspasar la frontera de lo permitido. Solo el amor de una mujer nacida durante Samhain podría devolverle lo que le arrebataron. Una pasión en los límites de la inmortalidad.Alba Cánovas está pasando unos días en el castillo de Killmarnock junto a sus amigos Cristina y Dargo. Lejos está de imaginar que, al aceptar trabajar para el inesperado amigo del conde, un hombre tan fascinante como misterioso, se va a ver envuelta en una aventura que la llevará a la locura. Derry McCann había cometido el delito más grande que se le podía imputar. Se había atrevido a rebasar la frontera, la delgada línea divisoria que separa las dos orillas, atrayendo hacia sí la mano apretada del amigo, del hermano de sangre, con la salvaje y loca decisión de no dejarlo partir. Para liberarse debe reunir las siete dagas de los druidas y encontrar a una mujer que pueda amarlo y haya nacido durante el Samhain. ¿Será el amor de Alba capaz de salvar al hombre del que se acaba enamorando? ¿Qué misterio encierra el panteón de ese monasterio sobre el acantilado? No te pierdas la última novela de Nieves Hidalgo, una fantástica historia de pasión, suspense y romance ambientada en Irlanda.
Mañana... Capuchinos, bikinis #love
by Agnès RuizCassie Gauthier y su mejor amiga se van a las Baleares. En sus maletas hay todo lo necesario para unas vacaciones de ensueño. Bikinis, protección solar, gafas de sol... ¿Encontrárán el amor bajo las palmeras? ¿Quizá delante de un capuchino? Pero no hay que fiarse de las apariencias... Agnès Ruiz es la autora de varios best seller de los que se han vendido más de 370.000 ejemplares. Ha tenido un enorme éxito con su primera novela, "Ma vie assassinée". Ha escrito literatura tanto para adultos como para jóvenes. Sus noticias sobre las investigaciones de la detective Rachel Toury también han tenido un gran éxito tanto en Europa como al otro lado del Atlántico. Hay disponibles varias traducciones de sus obras. Es originaria de Normandía (Francia) y ha vivido casi 20 años en Canadá. Está casada y tiene tres hijos
Mañana: A Novel
by William HjortsbergWilliam Hjortsberg, author of the acclaimed occult thriller Falling Angel, the basis for the hit film Angel Heart, takes readers on a mind-bending ride through Mexico after the Summer of Love, when an American hippie's life is upended by a gang of ex-cons All Tod remembers when he wakes up next to a dead prostitute is that he had his first shot of heroin the night before. He and his wife, Linda, were partying with their new neighbors, a trio of parole violators who fled to Mexico after robbing a Beverly Hills jewelry store. Now the place is empty, stripped clean except for Tod's hunting knife, which is covered in blood. Did he kill the woman, or was he left behind as the fall guy? Convinced that his junkie friends abducted Linda to keep her from talking to the police, Tod buys a gun and prepares to do whatever it takes to get his wife back before he makes a run for the border. ture and the dark recesses of the human mind and heart.
McCone and Friends
by Marcia MullerCreator of the modern female private eye story, Marcia Muller has been writing novels and short stories about Sharon McCone for decades. Now McCone's colleagues get a chance to offer their viewpoints on some cases. McCone and Friends contains three stories told by McCone herself, as well as two stories narrated by the agency's investigator Rae Kelleher; a story from the viewpoint of its office manager Ted Smalley; an investigation conducted by McCone's nephew Mick Savage; and one by her long-term lover Hy Ripinsky. The settings range from small planes to a sweatshop which puts Asian women into virtual slavery, and the mysteries surround a 1950's jukebox in a rundown hotel, a sculpture welded together by a long-missing and now very-dead artist. In perhaps the most moving story of all, a teenage girl has vanished leaving as a clue only a collage on her wall.
McCrary’s Justice: A Murder Mystery Thriller (Carlos McCrary, PI #6)
by Dallas GorhamInside the Gangs and Outside the Law in McCrary’s Justice, a Murder Mystery Thriller from Dallas GorhamWhen a Nebraska farmer’s daughter is trafficked by a South Florida sex slave ring, her cryptic texts point to a foreign diplomat. The police—their hands tied by diplomatic immunity—direct the distraught father to Carlos McCrary, PI, for the kind of justice only McCrary can deliver.McCrary soon uncovers a network of sexual slavery and drug trafficking stretching from the Caribbean to Switzerland, including South Florida.But, as McCrary closes in on the ruthless criminal network, the case becomes personal with the abduction of his fiancée. Forced to fight for his life and that of his fiancée in the gator-infested swamps of the Florida everglades, he risks everything in a deadly quest for survival and justice.Publisher’s Note: Dallas Gorham combines murder, mystery, and mayhem with a touch of humor—all with a PG-13 rating. Readers of hard-boiled detective and crime novels will not want to miss this hard-hitting, pulse-pounding series. The Carlos McCrary, Private Investigator, Mystery Thriller Series can be read and enjoyed in any order.The Carlos McCrary Murder Mystery SeriesSix Murders Too ManyDouble FakeQuarterback TrapDangerous FriendsDay of the TigerMcCrary’s JusticeYesterday’s TroubleFour Years GoneDebt of HonorSometimes You Lose
McCullen's Secret Son
by Rita HerronHIS CHILD'S LIFE WAS ON THE LINE-AND TIME WAS RUNNING OUT... Sexy-as-sin rodeo star Brett McCullen is Willow James Howard's past. But when her estranged husband is killed and her son kidnapped, she's forced to accept help from the man who broke her heart. Little does Brett know that the very child he's trying to rescue is his own flesh and blood-the result of a fling years earlier. He can't deny his rising desire at Willow's reappearance...even as he struggles to forgive her secret. But with the ransom deadline looming, Brett must go to extremes to save the family he never knew he wanted...
McGarvey: A Kirk McGarvey Novel (McGarvey #25)
by David Hagberg“The grand master of the contemporary thriller.” —Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author When Kirk McGarvey investigates the mysterious death of his parents so many years ago, he uncovers long-buried secrets that put him head to head and mano a mano with . . . Vladimir Putin. After Mac calls Putin out, the Russian dictator decides he wants him dead. Battling Russian hit squads as well as enemies at home, McGarvey must fight like the devil to save the himself, his friends, and the US of A in this engrossing international thriller from David Hagberg.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
McGlue: A Novella (The\fence Modern Prize In Prose Ser.)
by Ottessa MoshfeghThe debut novella from one of contemporary fiction's most exciting young voices, now in a new edition.Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of name or situation or orientation--he may have killed a man. That man may have been his best friend. Intolerable memory accompanies sobriety. A-sail on the high seas of literary tradition, Ottessa Moshfegh gives us a nasty heartless blackguard on a knife-sharp voyage through the fogs of recollection.They said I've done something wrong? . . . And they've just left me down here to starve. They'll see this inanition and be so damned they'll fall to my feet and pass up hot cross buns slathered in fresh butter and beg I forgive them. All of them . . . : the entire world one by one. Like a good priest I'll pat their heads and nod. I'll dunk my skull into a barrel of gin.