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The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2 (Dublin Murder Squad)
by Tana FrenchThe inspiration for the major new BBC drama series DUBLIN MURDERS. Tana French follows her stunning accomplished debut, IN THE WOODS, with an equally compelling psychological mystery that confirms her place as one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID shows she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: send Cassie undercover in her place, to tempt the killer out of hiding to finish the job.(P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton
The Likeness: A Novel (Dublin Murder Squad #2)
by Tana FrenchThe eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods <p><P> Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. She's transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam O'Neill, but she's too badly shaken to make a commitment to him or to her career. Then Sam calls her to the scene of his new case: a young woman found stabbed to death in a small town outside Dublin. <P><P> The dead girl's ID says her name is Lexie Madison--the identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detective--and she looks exactly like Cassie. With no leads, no suspects, and no clue to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old undercover boss, Frank Mackey, spots the opportunity of a lifetime. They can say that the stab wound wasn't fatal and send Cassie undercover in her place to find out information that the police never would and to tempt the killer out of hiding. <P><P> At first Cassie thinks the idea is crazy, but she is seduced by the prospect of working on a murder investigation again and by the idea of assuming the victim's identity as a graduate student with a cozy group of friends. As she is drawn into Lexie's world, Cassie realizes that the girl's secrets run deeper than anyone imagined. <P><P> Her friends are becoming suspicious, Sam has discovered a generations-old feud involving the old house the students live in, and Frank is starting to suspect that Cassie's growing emotional involvement could put the whole investigation at risk. Another gripping psychological thriller featuring the headstrong protagonist we've come to love, from an author who has proven that she can deliver.
The Likeness: The inspiration for BBC/RTE drama series DUBLIN MURDERS
by Tana French'One of the best crime writers working today' Guardian'The Likeness isn't just a good page-turner, but a skilfully written modern novel' Sunday IndependentStill traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder Squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam ONeill. But she's too badly shaken to commit to him, or to her career.When Sam calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID says she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: send Cassie undercover in the dead girl's place, to tempt the killer out of hiding to finish the job.
L'île du cormoran blanc
by Alain Beauchemin Roger Audibert Josée Gladu Sandra GuimontPeu de temps après son arrivée à l’île Brion, William fut témoin d’une scène étrange : l’apparition d’un navire à trois mâts, suivie de l’approche d’une barque dirigée par un équipage de marins d’une autre époque. Quand l’embarcation atteignit le rivage, une jeune femme et son jeune bébé furent débarqués et laissés seuls, alors que l’équipage regagnait le large. William courut à la rencontre de la femme esseulée sans jamais la retrouver, comme si les portes d’un lointain passé s’étaient subitement refermées. De retour de voyage, il entreprit des recherches pour découvrir que pendant le Grand Dérangement, une jeune Acadienne déportée avec toutes les femmes et les enfants de son village fomenta une révolte à bord d’un navire anglais. Mais sa tentative héroïque échoua et elle fut abandonnée seule avec son enfant sur l’île Brion en guise de châtiment. Poussé par un étrange désir de mener plus avant son investigation, William en viendra à lever le voile sur une incroyable destinée.
Liliana
by Neva Squires-Rodriguez Laura Rebollo¡Bang! Ese sonido ensordecedor cambió la vida de Liliana para siempre. Su madre yacía a su lado muerta tras recibir un disparo en las calles de Chicago. Semanas después Liliana se marcha a Colombia a vivir con un padre al que no conoce. Mientras trabaja para pagar la deuda de su padre, conoce al amor de su vida, quien la libera de su padre para llevarla a un nuevo mundo lleno de giros inesperados.
The Lilies
by Quinn Diacon-FurtadoOne of Us Is Lying meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in this don’t-dare-to-look-away dark academia thriller that explores how secrets can rot an institution—and the people who uphold it—from the inside out. Everyone wants to be a Lily. At Archwell Academy, it’s the ticket to a successful future. But like every secret society, there is something much darker beneath the surface … sometimes girls disappear.When four Archwell students find themselves trapped in a time loop, they must relive their worst memories, untangling the Lilies’ moldering roots and unraveling the secrets at the core of their school … before they destroy their futures forever.
Lily and the Lawman
by Marie FerrarellaSHE WAS NO DAMSEL IN DISTRESS!City girl Lily Quintano came to tiny Hades, Alaska, toget away from men. Her cheating ex-fiancé had turnedher heart to stone-or so she thought. For the minuteshe saw Max Yearling, her pulse started racing. She hadto avoid the sexy sheriff at all costs. But in a town thesize of Hades, heated encounters with the handsomelocal hero were inevitable...and way too enjoyable.Max Yearling didn't believe in love-his deadbeat fathermade sure of that. So why did he feel the need to keepan eye on the pretty Ms. Lily? Perhaps she might getlost in the wilderness...or even better, lose herself in hisstrong, protective arms....
Lily and the Night Creatures
by Nick LakeA young girl sets out to defeat the evil spirits inhabiting her home in this &“thrilling…Coraline-like&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) illustrated middle grade adventure perfect for fans of The Beast and the Bethany and Margaret Peterson Haddix&’s The Strangers.Lily is used to hospitals—she&’s spent more time in them than out of them thanks to her recent health issues. But when her mother goes into labor, her parents drop her off at her grandmother&’s house and rush to the hospital without her. Lily doesn&’t want the new baby to replace her, and she certainly doesn&’t want to be sick anymore. Most frustrating of all, she forgot to pack Willo, her favorite toy. Under her grandma&’s not-so-watchful supervision, Lily sneaks back home to get Willo. Expecting to find an empty house, she is surprised to find her parents there. But something isn&’t right... They look just like her mom and dad until she gets closer and sees their coal black eyes. And they refuse to let her in—it&’s their house now. With the help of some surprising new friends that she meets in her garden, Lily is determined to beat these shadowy replacements and be reunited with her real parents. But is she strong enough to triumph?
The Lily Bard Mysteries Omnibus
by Charlaine HarrisLily Bard is starting over again. She's disguised herself as much as she can, cutting her hair short and wearing baggy clothes, and she's moved to Shakespeare, Arkansas, where, working as a cleaning lady, she can sweep away the secrets of her dark, violent past.But Shakespeare is not the peaceful little community Lily had hoped for, and her idea of just fading into the background looks like it's doomed right from the beginning, when she discovers the dead body of her landlord ...Before long, everyone is going to know Lily Bard's name.
Lily Cigar
by Tom MurphyA historical saga of one strong woman’s journey from poverty and servitude in New York City to a new life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. At ten, Lily Malone watched her mother die in their shabby apartment on Mulberry Street. Ma’s last wish was for Lily to keep an eye on her wild, rebellious brother—but after the two children move into the Catholic orphanage, she’s helpless to stop Fergy from abandoning her and heading out west to find gold in California. With the last of her family gone, Lily has little choice but to eventually accept a position in another family’s household. They’re Irish like her, but far wealthier—and it is here that the innocent girl begins to understand that she has little to bargain with aside from her beauty. This is the story of a young woman fighting her way out of hardship, as she learns to sell her body at an elegant brothel; becomes a mother desperately trying to keep the truth from her daughter; and finally is forced by love to return to the city of her shame and seek to conquer it. Moving from tenement squalor to the Fifth Avenue splendor of old New York, from the rolling decks of a great clipper ship to the brawling streets and magnificent Nob Hill mansions of San Francisco, through storm and earthquake and fire, Lily Cigar is a breathless saga of love, intrigue, and illicit passion.
The Lily Hand and Other Stories: And Other Stories
by Ellis PetersA collection of stories about life and death—and everything in between—from brilliant mystery author Ellis Peters They find Felipe in his coffin—the ebony sarcophagus that he has always kept beside his bed—dressed in an impeccable tuxedo. Even in death, he’s larger than life. The women of London hold a vigil outside his salon, beating their breasts in memory of their dear, departed stylist. But one reporter wonders just how much they really knew about Felipe. Who was this elegant legend, and who was the woman who inspired his famous logo, the perfect pair of lily-white hands that welcomed him into death? “The Lily Hand” is vintage Ellis Peters: a breathtaking story of painful life and beautiful death. In the sixteen stories in this lovely collection, life and death are closer together than they may seem, and there are some mysteries that are better left unsolved.
Lily in the Mirror
by Paula HayesLily loves all things dark and mysterious, so when she discovers a magic mirror in a locked room it's like a dream come true. Or is it ... Lily now has a new friend who desperately needs her help. But she's also got an older brother who really needs to get a life. Lily will require all eleven fingers, plus a hefty slice of Grandad's chocolate ganache cake, to fix a long-forgotten tragedy that's very close to home.
A Lily of the Field (The Inspector Troy Novels #7)
by John LawtonSpanning the tumultuous years 1934 to 1948, John Lawton's A Lily of the Field is a brilliant historical thriller from a master of the form. The book follows two characters-Méret Voytek, a talented young cellist living in Vienna at the novel's start, and Dr. Karel Szabo, a Hungarian physicist interned in a camp on the Isle of Man. In his seventh Inspector Troy novel, Lawton moves seamlessly from Vienna and Auschwitz to the deserts of New Mexico and the rubble-strewn streets of postwar London, following the fascinating parallels of the physicist Szabo and musician Voytek as fate takes each far from home and across the untraditional battlefields of a destructive war to an unexpected intersection at the novel's close. The result, A Lily of the Field, is Lawton's best book yet, an historically accurate and remarkably written novel that explores the diaspora or two Europeans from the rise of Hitler to the post-atomic age.
The Lily Sprayberry Cozy Mystery Series Books 1–3: Deal Gone Dead; Decluttered and Dead; and Signed, Sealed and Dead (The Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery Novellas)
by Carolyn Ridder AspensonMeet Lily Sprayberry. Selling homes is her career. Solving crimes, her calling. Now get the first three books of the Southern mystery series in one volume! Deal Gone Dead When Bramblett County, Georgia's number one realtor, Lily Sprayberry, finds her cantankerous older client dead on the kitchen floor, she lands herself smack dab in the middle of a long-running property battle and a one-hundred-year-old rumor. Decluttered and Dead When a member of Lily&’s decluttering and staging class winds up dead, the small-town realtor takes it personally and sets out to find the killer. But the truth isn&’t always pretty, and when she discovers a friend from her past may be the murderer, she vows to find out. Signed, Sealed and Dead As realtor Lily preps for the annual community yard sale fundraiser, she discovers the body of the newly hired lacrosse coach lying in the high school gym. As she searches for answers, she&’s dragged deeper into an angry mob of high school sports parents all seeking revenge and gunning for their kids to sign with the most elite schools offering the best scholarships. Praise for the mysteries of Carolyn Ridder Aspenson &“I love the charming Southern small-town dynamic and all the drama it brings. And the supporting characters are a hoot!&” —Caroline Fardig, USA Today–bestselling author &“If you like southern charm and laughter with deadly mysteries, this is your series.&” —Wulfwyn Reads Excessively &“Has all the earmarks I look for in an engrossing whodunnit.&” —Roxx Is Reading
The Lily Sprayberry Cozy Mystery Series Books 4-6 (A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery)
by Carolyn Ridder AspensonBooks 4 through 6 of the Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery series, featuring a spunky, small-town Georgia real estate agent turned amateur sleuth. Meet Lily Sprayberry. Selling homes is her career. Solving crimes, her calling. Book 4: Bidding War Break-In When Bramblett County realtor Lily Sprayberry lists her deceased client&’s townhome, the last in a sought-after mixed-use development community, she winds up in the throes of a bidding war and must contend with a criminal willing to do whatever it takes to keep her from selling… Book 5: Open House Heist The theft of a valuable coin collection, one that Lily had promised would remain safe, and a taunting note left by the thief, spur Lily to action. Determined to solve a thirty-six-year-old murder, Lily discovers clues that lead her to a possible killer she&’d never suspect—someone near and dear to her heart…. Book 6: Realtor Rub Out When Lily stops by a staged home, she finds the dead body of a fellow realtor lying on the living room floor. With only a week until her destination wedding, and no leads, no potential suspects, and no possibility to leave the state until the murder is solved, Lily&’s sheriff fiancé thinks they should postpone their nuptials. But that doesn&’t work for the soon-to-be bride. If you like charming Southern cozy mysteries, you&’ll love the Lily Sprayberry series.
Lily Vanessa and the Pet Panic (The Twelve Candles Club #11)
by Elaine L. SchulteA Lost Cat + One Grumpy Goat A P-u-r-r-fect Mess! Twelve-year-old Lily Vanessa Shields is in wild surprise when her hunt for a stray cat owner leads her straight to the girls of the 12 Candles Club. As happy as she is to meet them Lily Vanessa isn't sure whether the girls will accept an African-American girl as a friend. But the members' warm welcome helps erase Lily’s fears, and soon all of them are caught up in the search for the Cat's home. When the trail brings the girls to a rundown house on the edge of town, they are hired by the owner to care for a gazillion cats and dogs--and one nasty old goat. They've never taken on a job like this! Is this pet-sitting project more than Lily Vanessa and her new friends can handle? What Has Lily Vanessa Gotten Herself Into?
Lily White Rose Red
by Catt FordGrey Randall: Private Dick Casefile #1Meet Grey Randall, a hard-boiled detective whose sense of humor makes it hard for him to stay strictly noir. It's 1948 in Las Vegas--the newborn Sin City--and he's just landed his first murder case. He's more at ease among the lowlifes, but his new client, a beautiful, wealthy woman, a real femme fatale, moves in the upper crust of society. Grey's hot on the trail of a killer, despite obstructive cops who don't want a private dick sniffing around and digging up secrets. And he starts getting close to the truth, but one of his suspects, Phillip Martin, AKA Mr. Big--AKA Mr. Beautiful--proves to be a man who could force Grey to reveal a dark secret of his own.
Lily's House
by Cassandra ParkinA novel of psychological suspense and &“a beautiful story that carefully unravels the depth of love and lies in a family.&”—Heidi Perks, author of Her One Mistake When Jen goes to her grandmother&’s house for the last time, she's determined not to dwell on the past. As a child, Jen adored Lily. She suspected she might be a witch—but the spell was broken long ago, and now her death means there won't be any reconciliation. Lily&’s gone, but the enchantments she wove and the secrets she kept still remain. In Lily&’s house, Jen and her daughter reluctantly confront the secrets of the past and present—and discover how dangerous we become when we're trying to protect the ones we love.
Limassol
by Yishai SaridA high-ranking official in the Israeli secret service is handed a new brief: go undercover as an aspiring novelist to befriend Daphna, an Israeli writer, and her friend Hani, a renowned Palestinian poet. The target is Hani's son Yotam, a wanted terrorist leader. As the agent becomes ingrained in Daphna and Hani's lives, his own sense of right and wrong is clouded. The writers have awoken new feelings, yet his sense of duty remains. At the final moment he must choose between his professional loyalties and the long dormant feelings his new friendships have awoken.
Limbo: A Novel of Suspense
by Joseph P. DesarioA vicious, insatiable psychopathic rapist is pursued through the avenues and alleyways of East L.A. by a determined female cop in Joseph P. DeSario's suspenseful first novel. They call him El Castigo del Barrio, and Detective Brenda Collins goes undercover in fishnets and halter tops to serve as bait for the madman. Meanwhile, at the Church of St. John, former POW, Father Cedric Anselm dispenses brutal penance to his parishioners. Could there be a connection between the fanatical cleric and the madman haunting the barrio? "Extraordinary.... A magnetic new voice in thriller fiction. Uncompromising, explicit." --Publishers Weekly "Powerful, gripping and highly suspenseful.... A throat-catching thriller." --San Diego Union
Limbo: A Novel about Jamaica
by Esther FigueroaLimbo is a character driven environmental murder mystery set in the shifting sands of Jamaica's environmental policies. Flora is the dynamic leader of an environmental organization set to expose the corporate greed and political hypocrisy that has polluted so much of the Jamaica's once pristine coastal environment. Funding difficulties as well as personal crises loom as Flora attempts to take on the big business of the hotel industry despite threats to her life. Old friends and revelations from the past surface to reveal that all is not what it seems to be. A new lover tempts Flora to consider a life that she has pushed away for years, causing her to ask herself the fundamental questions: How does one change a life? How does one change a society?When a film-maker dies trying to document environmental degradation, the plot heats up as Flora races the clock to expose the culprits before she herself becomes a victim.With fantastic characters steeped in Jamaican culture and language, LIMBO is both a fluid, fun mystery and a seething condemnation of Jamaican's political and environmental turmoil.
The Lime Pit
by Jonathan ValinThe first Harry Stoner mystery! Harry Stoner is a private eye in the classic tradition. A loner with a history of failed relationships with women and all-too-successful relationships with bottles of scotch, he's unable to look away from the world's corruption and unable to avoid trying--futiley--to do something about it. His latest hopeless cause is Cindy Ann, a teenage hooker. Neither pretty nor engaging, she doesn't have much to offer at all, and somehow that makes her disappearance all the more disturbing for Stoner, who knows what can happen to girls nobody wants. And he's got a sick hunch that it happened to Cindy Ann, right across the Cincinnati border. As tough as Spenser in his heyday, Stoner is as hard-boiled as they come, but he's a lot more than a standard-issue pulp P.I. The story may be ugly, but in Valin's hands it has the brutal grace of a world-class boxing match.
Limehouse Nights
by Thomas BurkeThomas Burke paints an enduring portrait of London’s East End At the beginning of the twentieth century, the East End of London was a filthy and violent neighborhood, a place where a man was more likely to get a knife in his stomach than a good dinner. It was worlds away from the fashionable district it has become more than a century later. In this gripping collection of stories, author Thomas Burke traverses the area and offers glimpses of life in Limehouse. One tale portrays the unusual friendship that develops between an immigrant and a girl who has recently been beaten by her father. Another follows a down-on-his-luck boxer looking for one last chance. In all of the pieces, Burke displays the beauty inherent in humanity, no matter the squalor in which it resides. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
The Limehouse Text: A Novel (Barker and Llewelyn Novels)
by Will ThomasIn The Limehouse Text, Barker and Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, leading them to London's Chinese district, Limehouse. There they retrieve an innocent-looking book that proves to be a rare and secret text stolen from a Nanking monastery. When they take it to Ho, Barker's favorite restaurateur, for inspection, they discover that it contains lethal martial arts techniques forbidden to the West. With the political situation between the British Empire and Imperial China already precarious, the duo must safeguard the text from a snarl of suspects with conflicting interests -- and track down a killer intent upon gaining the secret knowledge. Prowling through an underworld of opium dens, back-room blood sports, and sailors' penny hangs while avoiding the wrath of the district's powerful warlord, Mr. K'ing, Barker and Llewelyn take readers on a perilous tour through the mean streets of turn-of-the-century London.
Lime's Photograph
by Leif DavidsenPeter Lime is trained to hunt down his prey and catch them on film. But now he is the one being hunted. Whose prey has he become? And what is it that he has that these people will kill to get? Lime is a Danish paparazzo, living in Madrid. For more than 20 years he has stalked and captured the rich and famous on film, making vast sums of money from exposing their secrets - the more salacious the image, the bigger the fee. But lately he's been thinking of giving it up. His wife and child have changed his life, and now he dreams of doing a job that his daughter can be proud of. Then he goes on a routine assignment, snapping a Spanish minister out sailing with his mistress, and suddenly his world is turned upside down. When a fire destroys his home, but not all of his photographs, Lime sets out to discover a motive and finds himself drawn into the complex and terrifying web of international terrorism.