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OMICIDIO IN BELLA MOSTRA
by Simona Trapani Luke ChristodoulouOMICIDIO... DA VICINO E IN BELLA MOSTRA! UN MISTERO SOTTO IL COCENTE SOLE GRECO! Il sole sorge sulla pittoresca isola di Folegandros, rivelando il corpo, mutilato e senza testa, di una giovane ragazza impalata su un’antenna, per permettere a tutti di vederla. La tenente IOLI CARA viene mandata ad indagare su quello che sembra essere un caso già chiuso. Tuttavia, non è così semplice... Un amante misterioso, un fratello arrabbiato, un ex ragazzo, un compagno di classe speciale... tutti pezzi di un puzzle. 'Caso aperto e chiuso, col cavolo,' impreca Ioli, desiderando di avere accanto a sé il suo ex partner, il Capitano PAPACOSTA. Ma Costa, malato di cancro, è molto lontano; a bordo di una delle più belle navi da crociera della Grecia. Anche lui si trova coinvolto in un mistero. Una ragazza scomparsa e un’enorme pozza di sangue nella cabina accanto interrompono la sua breve vacanza rilassante. Imbarcatevi anche voi con i due detective in un viaggio all’insegna della suspense, del mistero e dell’omicidio attraverso le acque turchesi del mar Egeo. Procuratevi la vostra copia di questo nuovo, atteso e acclamato Mistero dell’Isola Greca e tuffatevi subito tra le pagine di questo entusiasmante romanzo!
OMNIVIOLENCE
by Jones WorthingtonJackson Cross kills strangers with nothing more than a drone and a computer in exchange for crypto—all from his mother's basement. When his accounts are scythed, and he's pegged at the top of the most popular slaysite, Jackson is ejected from his virtual comfort zone and forced to go on the run. Joseph "Bones" Carboni is an old-school mafia hitman with a lot of demons and one big problem: he's developed a conscience. When tasked with slaying fifteen-year-old Jackson, Joe breaks rank. Now, he must decide if playing the hero is worth having a target on his own back. Attacked from all sides and struggling to survive in a world where your elderly neighbor or an angry kid on social media can be your executioner, neither Joe nor Jackson realize they've become entangled in a global power struggle that could change what it means to be human. * * * This near-future speculative fiction thriller with a dose of satire explores the consequences of the democratization of technology, cryptocurrency replacing fiat, cancel-culture bleeding into the streets, the total disbanding of government, and the disenfranchisement of the next Generation—Generation Alpha. A gripping tale of vengeance and redemption, this story plunges into the heart of our rapidly changing world and values, revealing a terrifyingly real and imminent future for humanity. We are on the brink of omniviolence.Insert here [ALL THE TRIGGERS]YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
ORDO LUPUS Y LA PUERTA DEL TEMPLO
by Lazlo Ferran Pedro José Díaz Armstrong¿Por qué un culto notorio de asesinos lo mantiene vivo? ¿Por qué un culto notorio de asesinos lo mantiene vivo? En esta aventura de suspenso enervante, una serpiente alada gigantesca, en una acción sanguinaria, asesina la hija adolescente del héroe, dejándo su cuerpo misteriosamente disecado y aplastado. La policía sospecha del crimen a nuestro héroe anónimo, quien es un antiguo agente del ServicioSecreto Británico de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y de su esposa, de la que se está divorciando. Con gran poder de previsión huye con el propósito de aclarar su nombre. Solo tiene un amigo, un historiador y miembro de los Caballeros de Malta modernos. Con su ayuda se encamina en un viaje intenso a su salvación. En París, una sirviente bruja de la misteriosa secta católica de asesinos Consilium Putus Visum lo seduce durante su búsqueda del arma secreta de los Cátaros. Si él puede resolver una serie de claves enigmáticas para encontrar el arma, quizás podrá matar el monstruo y salvar su matrimonio. ¿Pero por qué es que los asesinos y las culebras vampiras parecen protegerlo? ¿Por qué es que el cuerpo de su abuelo no está donde debe estar, en su tumba? ¿Qué secreto sobrenatural sobre la familia quería el viejo revelarle antes de morir? Amantes de la mezcla de misterio e historia de Dan Brown les gustará esta aventura de suspenso sobrenatural - un cuento enervante, lúgubre y poderoso, el cual hábilmente combina lo sobrenatural con lo histórico, con rasgos de una historia de crimen de suspenso.
OSS Commando: Hitler's A-Bomb
by Charles SasserWorld War Two rages on. In the conflict's darkest days, both the U.S. and Germany scramble to achieve nuclear capabilities. And if Hitler's scientists hand him the atomic bomb first, the world will be his.Hand-picked and trained by OSS chief "Wild Bill" Donovan, Captain James Cantrell is expected to do the impossible. He must parachute alone into ravaged Poland, and into the jaws of the Nazi beast, to rescue an aging scientist who's been marked for extermination. With the Russians racing to capture the same prize, one wiry and tough ex-Oklahoma cop faces the most tragically difficult choice he's ever had to make. If the SS realize the value of Professor Jahne's secrets, their war is as good as won. So the fragile old genius must accompany Cantrell out of the country—or else he must die.
OUsT
by Michael GandyThe Vincents are a power couple. She’s in Congress, running for the presidency. He’s a high finance broker, trading in the millions. But then one night after a debate, she disappears. Is it by design or is she in danger? And were they in on it together, or is one a villain and one a victim? The answers aren’t so clear.
Oak and Dagger
by Dorothy St. JamesWhen it comes to gardening, Cassandra “Casey” Calhoun isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. But when it comes to murder, she’s not the kind of gal to let any killer get away clean...Despite cooler fall temperatures in Washington, D.C., tempers flare at the White House when important historical documents go missing from the curator’s office and the gardeners are blamed. As if that isn’t bad enough, Casey has started receiving death threats, the president’s pooch is digging unsightly holes all over the South Lawn, and the curator has been found dead. All evidence for the murder points to Gordon Sims, the chief gardener. His fingerprints are on the murder weapon, and witnesses saw him arguing with the curator shortly before her death.With the help of Special Agent Jack Turner, her reluctant sidekick and new flame, Casey works to clear Gordon’s name. Along the way she finds herself in a deadly race against time to discover if there’s a link between the stolen papers, the dog’s holes in the South Lawn, and a rumored two-hundred-year-old treasure—before the killer strikes again...
Oakdale Confidential
by AnonymousThis is the novel that everyone in Oakdale is talking about. This is the scandal they can't ignore. It's a major event in Oakdale -- a black-tie gala honoring the Marron family's fifty years of support for Oakdale's Memorial Hospital. But high spirits are cut short when patron of honor Gregory Marron Jr. is delivered in his limo dead on arrival, from an apparent heart attack. Three women in the crowd have reasons of their own to suspect murder. . . . Event organizer Katie Peretti never understood her boyfriend Mike Kasnoff's reasons for not attending the party -- until now. Wrongly implicated in a crime against the Marrons, Mike served a stiff sentence, and has nursed a simmering rage ever since. Maddie Coleman, the teenaged sister of the limo's driver, Henry, knows that her brother owed Marron thirty-thousand dollars. She also knows he couldn't pay him back, and had only one recourse for permanently erasing the debt. Carly Snyder's suspicions are more personal. The wife of police detective Jack Snyder, Carly was one of Marron's mistresses. In a heated moment she wanted her shameful past dead and buried -- a wish her husband possibly honored. Now Katie, Maddie, and Carly, each of them desperate to protect the man they love, are crossing paths in an investigation that's uncovering more poisonous secrets in Oakdale than they ever imagined. The means, motives, and suspects are shifting with each new twist -- and one of these determined women may not live to see the killer revealed.
Oakdale Confidential: Secrets Revealed
by Alina Adams Katie PerettiNow expanded with a note from the author, 16 pages of photos, and a startling new epilogue that everyone in Oakdale is talking about! It's a major event in Oakdale -- a black-tie gala honoring the Marron family's fifty years of support for Oakdale's Memorial Hospital. But high spirits are cut short when patron of honor Gregory Marron Jr. is delivered in his limo dead on arrival, from an apparent heart attack. Three women in the crowd have reasons of their own to suspect murder. . . . Event organizer Katie Peretti never understood her boyfriend Mike Kasnoff 's reasons for not attending the party -- until now. After being wrongly implicated in a crime against the Marrons and serving a stiff sentence, Mike has nursed a simmering rage ever since. Maddie Coleman, the teen-aged sister of the limo's driver, Henry, knows that her brother owed Marron thirty thousand dollars. She also knows he couldn't pay him back and had only one recourse for permanently erasing the debt. Carly Snyder's suspicions are more personal. The wife of police detective Jack Snyder, Carly was one of Marron's mistresses. In a heated moment she wanted her shameful past dead and buried -- a wish her husband possibly honored. Now Katie, Maddie, and Carly, all three of them desperate to protect the men they love, are crossing paths in an investigation that's uncovering more poisonous secrets in Oakdale than they ever imagined. The means, motives, and suspects are shifting with each new twist -- and one of these determined women may not live to see the killer revealed.
Oakland Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Kim Addonizio Judy Juanita Katie Gilmartin Nayomi Munaweera Eddie Muller Harry Louis Williams II Keenan Norris Dorothy Lazard Nick Petrulakis Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder Carolyn Alexander Phil Canalin Jamie DeWolf Mahmud Rahman Tom McElravey Joe Loya"Wonderfully, in Akashic's Oakland Noir, the stereotypes about the city suffer the fate of your average noir character--they die brutally. Kudos to the editors, Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller, for getting Oakland right. All those outsize statistics don’t reveal a real city, but this collection of local voices--both established and new--brings it thrumming to life...Readers who know the city will relish its sense of place, and those who only know the stereotypes will be in for a pleasing eye-opener.”--San Francisco Chronicle“From the Oakland hills to the heart of downtown, each story brings Oakland to life."--The Mercury News“Oakland is a natural for the series, with its shadowy crimes and disgruntled cops.”--Zoom Street Magazine"San Francisco's grittier next-door neighbor gets her day in the sun in 16 new stories in this tightly curated entry in Akashic's Noir series. The hardscrabble streets of Oakland offer crime aplenty...Thompson and Muller have taken such pains to choose stories highlighting Oakland's diversity and history that the result is a volume rich in local culture as well as crime."--Kirkus Reviews"The legendarily tough California city of Oakland finally gets an entry in the Akashic noir series."--Publishers WeeklyBrand-new stories by: Nick Petrulakis, Kim Addonizio, Keenan Norris, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Katie Gilmartin, Dorothy Lazard, Harry Louis Williams II, Carolyn Alexander, Phil Canalin, Judy Juanita, Jamie DeWolf, Nayomi Munaweera, Mahmud Rahman, Tom McElravey, Joe Loya, and Eddie Muller.In the wake of San Francisco Noir, Los Angeles Noir, and Orange County Noir--all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir Series--comes the latest California installment, Oakland Noir. Masterfully curated by Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller (the "Czar of Noir"), this volume will shock, titillate, provoke, and entertain. The diverse cast of talented contributors will not disappoint.From the introduction:Jerry Thompson: Discovering the wang-dang-doodle jams of the Pointer Sisters shifted my entire focus. Stunning black women were scatting and bebopping all the way into my soul. I think what we've put together in Oakland Noir is a volume where this city is a character in every story. He's a slick brother strutting over a bacon-grease bass line and tambourine duet. She's a white chick with a bucket of hot muffins heading to farmer and flea markets, to sell crafts and get hooked up with some fine kat with dreadlocks and a criminal record. And it's in the faces of young fearless muthafuckers pounding keyboards and snapping fingers, lips, Snapchats, and Facebook timelines. It's the core of not only Black Lives Matter but all lives matter. We are the children of fantasy and of the funk...Eddie Muller: These days, writers and readers aren't denying the darker parts of our existence as much as they used to, especially in crime fiction. Some writers just do it for fun, because it's become the fashionable way to get published. You know, "gritty violence" and all that bullshit. The genuine darkness in noir stories comes from two places--the cruelty of the world's innate indifference, and the cruelty that people foster within themselves. If you're not seriously dealing with one, the other, or both, then you're not really writing noir.
Oasis of Night (Heartache Café #1)
by J. S. Cook2nd EditionHeartache Café: Books One and TwoThe Second World War touches Newfoundland in unprecedented ways, throwing spies and patriots together inside Jack Stolyes's Heartache Café. Heartache Café American expatriate Jack Stoyles embarks on a self-imposed exile to St. John's, Newfoundland. With good reason, Jack calls his place "Heartache Café." He's content--until Samual Halim walks into his life. When a constable goes missing, Jack finds himself caught between a manipulative woman, a corrupt cop, and a sabotaged work site. Valley of the Dead When Egyptian diplomat Samuel Halim enters Jack's Heartache Café, Jack's life changes forever. Then Sam disappears along with the code key to decipher a Nazi radio command that will set Rommel's troops in motion, leaving Jack with nothing but a fragmented phone call. In the teeming heat of Cairo--a city rife with romance, secrets, sex, and danger, where no one is who he seems and violent death waits around every shadowed corner--it's up to Jack to find the new love of his life and deliver the code that will change the course of history. But as Sam's secrets come to light, there's more at stake than the tenuous relationship forming between the two men.First Edition of Valley of the Dead published by Dreamspinner Press, 2013.First Edition of Heartache Café published by MLR Press, 2009.
Oasis: A Novel
by Katya de BecerraIn this young adult thriller for fans of Lost and The Twilight Zone, a group of teens are saved when they come across a mysterious oasis. But who will save them from the oasis?Alif had exciting summer plans: working on her father’s archeological dig site in the desert with four close friends ... and a very cute research assistant. Then the sandstorm hit.Their camp wiped away, Alif and the others find themselves lost on the sands, seemingly doomed ... until they find the oasis. It has everything they need: food, water, and shade—and mysterious ruins that hide a deadly secret. As reality begins to shift around them, they question what’s real and what’s a mirage. The answers turn Alif and her friends against each other, and they begin to wonder if they’ve truly been saved. And while it was easy to walk into the oasis, it may be impossible to leave ...An Imprint Book“Will stick to readers’ skin long after the final page is turned.” —Booklist (starred review)“de Becerra successfully builds a fraught tension throughout the book that mirrors the characters’ feelings as reality leaves them behind . . . well worth the payoff.” —The Bulletin
Oath Of Office
by Michael PalmerTo protect. To defend. To obey. Doctors, police, and even the President of the United States swear an inviolate oath to their offices. Inviolate, that is, until it is broken. DR. JOHN MEACHAM goes on a shooting spree at his office, killing his associate, staff, and two patients. Then Meacham turns the gun on himself. Much of the blame for the massacre falls on Dr. Lou Welcome, who counseled Meacham years before when Meacham's medical license was suspended for problems related to his alcoholism and anger-management issues. Lou knew that Meacham was an excellent physician who'd shown a strong recovery, and fought hard for his license to be restored. After hearing the news of the shootings, Lou is stunned like everyone else, but he is also utterly incredulous. And when he begins to look into matters, the terrifying evidence he finds takes him down a path of unspeakable conspiracy that seems to lead directly to the White House. Shocking, chilling, and with scientific details that are based on today's headlines, Oath of Office will have you questioning everything you know about those entrusted with our health and our lives.
Oath of Honor: A Thriller (The Logan West Thrillers #2)
by Matthew Betley&“A high-energy tale that unfolds at a machine-gun pace…Betley has become essential reading.&” —Booklist A global conspiracy threatens America&’s position in the current balance of power in this &“story of action, history, and secrets that is as imaginative as it is compelling&” (Steve Berry, #1 New York Times bestselling author) from the author of Overwatch.Roughly two years after the events of Overwatch, Logan West and John Quick are sent to Alaska to investigate the possible presence of a Russian black ops team on a mission to steal American next-generation technology. The resulting violent confrontation triggers a global search for the stolen technology and threatens to pit the United States against China in a looming shadow war and technology race. As Logan and John—now joined by the chief of the CIA&’s Special Operations Group, Cole Matthews—battle their way through Spain, the Mediterranean, and ultimately, across Sudan, an imminent threat arises at home that FBI Deputy Director Mike Benson must face and determine if it is part of a deadly global conspiracy. As New York Times bestselling author Kyle Mills raves, &“Betley continues to turn the screws with the relentless action, unbearable tension, and terrifying threats that we all loved in Overwatch. With Oath of Honor, he cements his position as one of the genre&’s new stars.&”
Oath of Honour
by Matthew BetleyLogan West returns in another break-neck military thriller as he uncovers a global conspiracy that threatens America's position in the international balance of power 'Crackles with authenticity' Matthew Reilly 'A brilliantly conceived thriller' Clive Cussler Logan West and John Quick are sent to Alaska to investigate the possible presence of a Russian black ops team on a mission to steal American next-generation technology. The violent confrontation that follows triggers a global search for the stolen assets and threatens to pit the United States against China in a looming shadow-war and technology race. As Logan, John, and Cole Matthews - the chief of the CIA’s Special Operations Group - battle their way through Spain, the Mediterranean and Sudan, an imminent threat arises at home that FBI Deputy Director Mike Benson must face: is it part of a deadly global conspiracy? 'Betley turns the screws with the relentless action, unbearable tension, and terrifying threats. One of the genre’s new stars.' Kyle Mills 'A high-energy tale that unfolds at a machine-gun pace … Betley has become essential reading.' Booklist
Oath of Loyalty
by Kyle Mills Vince FlynnTHE EXPLOSIVE NEW THRILLER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MITCH RAPP SERIES, WRITTEN BY KYLE MILLSAs a new generation of assassins comes together, the world turns against Mitch Rapp With President Anthony Cook convinced Mitch Rapp is a threat, Irene Kennedy is forced to negotiate a truce: Rapp must stay out of the country while Cook is in control of the White House. In return, they won&’t make moves against him. But the new CIA director has a different plan. Going after his partner, Claudia Gould, puts Rapp right where Cook wants him. As her cover is blown and enemies from her past resurface, the race to neutralize them is on. But a new kind of killer, a shadowy group known only as Legion, is on her tail. They can&’t be called off and they won&’t back down until their target is dead, no matter how long it takes. No one has ever been able to identify them. In fact, no one is even completely sure they exist . . . Praise for the Mitch Rapp series 'Sizzles with inside information and CIA secrets' Dan Brown 'A cracking, uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners' The Times 'Vince Flynn clearly has one eye on Lee Child's action thriller throne with this twist-laden story . . . instantly gripping' Shortlist 'Action-packed, in-your-face, adrenalin-pumped super-hero macho escapist fiction that does exactly what it says on the label' Irish Independent 'Mitch Rapp is a great character who always leaves the bad guys either very sorry for themselves or very dead' Guardian 'Outstanding . . . Mills is writing at the top of his game' Publishers Weekly 'Hard to kill and easy to root for . . . plenty of satisfying action' Kirkus Reviews
Oath of Loyalty (A Mitch Rapp Novel #21)
by Kyle Mills Vince FlynnNamed the Best Thriller of 2022 by The Real Book Spy Mitch Rapp confronts a very different kind of killer in this explosive &“and entertaining from the first page to the last&” (The Providence Journal) addition to Vince Flynn&’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, written by Kyle Mills.With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him. This fragile détente holds until Cook&’s power-hungry security adviser convinces him that Rapp has no intention of honoring their agreement. To put him on the defensive, they leak the identity of his partner, Claudia Gould. As Rapp races to neutralize the enemies organizing against her, he discovers that a new type of assassin is on her trail. Known only as Legion, the shadowy killer has created a business model based on double-blind secrecy. Neither the assassin nor the client knows the other&’s identity. Because of this, Legion can&’t be called off nor can they afford to fail. No matter how long it takes—weeks, months, years—they won&’t stand down until their target is dead. Faced with the seemingly impossible task of finding and stopping Legion, Rapp and his people must close ranks against a world that has turned on them in this white-knuckled thriller filled with &“plenty of action and political intrigue&” (Booklist).
Oath of Loyalty (A Mitch Rapp Novel #21)
by Kyle Mills Vince FlynnMitch Rapp – &‘the best hero the thriller genre has to offer&’ (The Real Book Spy) – confronts a very different kind of killer in this explosive addition to Vince Flynn&’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, written by Kyle Mills. With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him. This fragile détente holds until Cook&’s power-hungry security adviser convinces him that Rapp has no intention of honouring their agreement. In an effort to put him on the defensive, they leak the true identity of his partner, Claudia Gould. As Rapp races to neutralize the enemies organizing against her, he discovers that a new generation of assassins is on her trail. A killer known to intelligence agencies only as Legion. The shadowy group has created a business model based on double-blind secrecy. Neither the killer nor the client knows the other&’s identity. Because of this, Legion can&’t be called off nor can they afford to fail. No matter how long it takes – weeks, months, years – they won&’t stand down until their target is dead. Faced with the seemingly impossible task of finding and stopping Legion, Rapp and his people must close ranks against a world that has turned on them.Praise for the Mitch Rapp series 'Sizzles with inside information and CIA secrets' Dan Brown 'A cracking, uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners' The Times 'Mitch Rapp is a great character who always leaves the bad guys either very sorry for themselves or very dead' TheGuardian
Oath of Office
by Michael PalmerA shocking medical-political thriller featuring Dr Lou Welcome by the New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense. For fans of Robin Cooke and Michael Connelly.A well-respected doctor on a murderous rampage. Only one person can clear his name. When Dr John Meacham goes on a shooting spree, his business partner, staff, and two patients are killed in the bloodbath. Then Meacham turns the gun on himself. The blame lands on Dr Lou Welcome, who worked with Meacham when his medical license was revoked years before. Lou believed in John when no one else did, fighting for his license to be restored, and knows there must be more to the horrifying act than meets the eye. As Lou explores the case further, he uncovers terrifying evidence of an unspeakable conspiracy. One that leads directly to the White House and those in the highest positions of power...
Oath of Office
by Steven J. KirschIT'S THE ONE CRISIS THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR... JONATHAN STARR Just elected as the first Jewish president. On the morning after his stunning upset victory, he awakens in the trunk of a car-a kidnap victim. ARTHUR SUTHERLAND The nation's current president. Defeated for reelection, he must now face the most shattering crisis of his career. With the Constitution unclear, he must decide who will hold the highest office in the land. ANDREW REYNOLDS Secret Service agent and close personal friend of Jonathan Starr, He must find the president-elect and bring him back alive in time to save the country from civil chaos. LEN ALLEN Convicted felon. Ruthless killer. His job was to snatch the president-elect and torture him-until his employer reveals his diabolical plans. CHARLES DURKIN Speaker of the House. With the president-elect missing and the country in the grips of a constitutional crisis, he will stop at nothing to grab the presidency for himself. As the desperate search continues for Jonathan Starr, the danger mounts that Inauguration Day will mark the end of the republic...
Oaths and Miracles
by Nancy KressTwo people, the widow of murdered scientist and an unstable, hard-boiled FBI agent, join forces to follow a trail of science and death. It leads them through a biotech company in New Jersey to the mafia, to a paramilitary splinter group, to a religious commune in upstate New York, and finally to a deadly secret that may be killing someone right now.
Obedience
by Will Lavender"With superb confidence, Lavender constructs a brilliant fictional web of lies, inventively warping the psychological thriller to fit the confines of a scholarly investigation." --Kirkus Reviews When the students in Winchester University's Logic and Reasoning 204 arrive for their first day of class, they are greeted not with a syllabus or texts, but with a startling assignment from Professor Williams: Find a hypothetical missing girl named Polly. If after being given a series of clues and details the class has not found her before the end of the term in six weeks, she will be murdered.At first the students are as intrigued by the premise of their puzzle as they are wary of the strange and slightly creepy Professor Williams. But as they delve deeper into the mystery, they begin to wonder: Is the Polly story simply a logic exercise, designed to teach them rational thinking skills, or could it be something more sinister and dangerous?The mystery soon takes over the lives of three students as they find disturbing connections between Polly and themselves. Characters that were supposedly fictitious begin to emerge in reality. Soon, the boundary between the classroom assignment and the real world becomes blurred--and the students wonder if it is their own lives they are being asked to save.
Obedience (A Dave Brandstetter Mystery #10)
by Joseph HansenThe death of a Vietnamese immigrant brings former death claims investigator Dave Brandstetter out of retirement. As an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter built a reputation unraveling suspicious deaths. Now, well into middle age, he has decided to retire for the sake of Cecil, the young TV reporter who loves and cherishes him, and has too often risked his own life for Dave&’s work. But retirement does not come easily. Dave never did it for the money. He always had that. Nor did he tirelessly work cases in hopes of chasing renown. It was always the pursuit of the truth that drove Dave. He enjoyed the truth&’s habit of coming into direct conflict with bigotry, allowing him to surprise the small-minded along the way. It doesn&’t take much arm twisting, then, to get Dave back in the saddle when an old friend in the public defender&’s office asks him to help Andy Flanagan, a shiftless young man accused of murdering a Vietnamese businessman to defend the Old Fleet — a shantytown of houseboats that has been earmarked for development. Beneath the surface of this oil-slicked slum lurks an international conspiracy so appalling that Dave will regret postponing his retirement.
Obedience (Dave Brandstetter #10)
by Joseph HansenWith retirement just out of reach, Dave Brandstetter investigates the killing of a Vietnamese immigrant <P> As an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter has spent his life unraveling suspicious deaths. Now, well into middle age, he has decided to retire for the sake of Cecil, the young TV reporter who loves and cherishes him, and has too often risked his own life for Dave's work. But retirement does not come easily. An old friend in the public defender's office asks Dave to help Andy Flanagan, a shiftless young man accused of murdering a Vietnamese businessman to defend the Old Fleet--a shantytown of houseboats that has been earmarked for development. Unable to resist the case, Dave heads to the Old Fleet and begins asking questions. Beneath the surface of this oil-slicked slum lurks an international conspiracy so appalling that Dave will regret postponing his retirement. <P> Obedience is book ten in the Dave Brandstetter Mystery series, which also includes Troublemaker and The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of.
Obedience: Dave Brandstetter Investigation 10 (Dave Brandstetter)
by Joseph Hansen'After forty years, Hammett has a worthy successor' The TimesDave Brandstetter stands alongside Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade and Lew Archer as one of the best fictional PIs in the business. Like them, he was tough, determined, and ruthless when the case demanded it. Unlike them, he was gay. Joseph Hansen's groundbreaking novels follow Brandstetter as he investigates cases in which motives are murky, passions run high, and nothing is ever as simple as it looks. Set in 1970s and 80s California, the series is a fascinating portrait of a time and a place, with mysteries to match Chandler and Macdonald.A rundown harbour is due to be re-developed - against the wishes of those who call it home. When Mr Le, the businessman behind the project, is shot on his way to meet the residents' spokesman, the culprit seems obvious. But then Dave is persuaded to take the case, and finds much more beneath the surface: forbidden love, deadly hatred, and most toxic of all, family honour.
Obelists En Route
by C. Daly KingThe discovery of a corpse turns a cross-country train journey into a closed-circle hunt for a killer. The magnificent Transcontinental Express, showcasing the cutting edge of mid-1930s luxury train travel, is making its first trip from New York to San Francisco. For its record-breaking maiden voyage—coast to coast in three days with no passenger stops—the express carries only invited guests, among them renowned businessmen, physicians, psychologists, and even a high-ranking member of the NYPD. Among refined staterooms, an elegant dining car, and a “recreation room” for bridge, ping-pong, and dancing, the vehicle’s most lauded feature is the swimming pool car—which is precisely where the waterlogged corpse of a prominent banker is discovered just one day into the journey. Uncertain of the cause of death and fearing negative publicity, the conductor drives on for the West Coast, charging a select group of passengers, including the sharp-witted Dr. Pons, with the task of uncovering what has occurred—even as every new piece of evidence seems to suggest more perplexing possibilities. Hopelessly rare in first edition and never before published in the United States, Obelists en Route is a brilliantly complex Golden Age mystery from one of the greatest American authors of the period. Besides its intriguing whodunit plot, the book’s period detail and locomotive setting make it a welcome rediscovery today.