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Part of the Silence
by Debbie HowellsA blighted memory. A child who seems never to have existed. A watcher in the shadows. <P><P> When they find Evie Sherman, battered and left for dead in a maize field, the young woman has no recollection of who she is. After three days in a hospital bed, the fog in her head begins to lift, and she remembers two names: her own, and that of her three-year-old daughter, Angel. Evie is convinced that Angel is in grave danger. But the police can find no evidence of the girl’s existence. <P><P> It’s clear that Evie is having some kind of mental breakdown—or is it? Even in the depths of her amnesiac darkness, Evie knows her daughter’s voice, her chameleon eyes, every precious hair on her head. So how can she be losing her mind? <P><P> As Evie’s grasp on reality slips away, she finds herself haunted by the same three-word warning, which she hears over and over: Trust no one. But whom is she being warned against? The police? The doctors and nurses? Or the mysterious figure who’s been watching her, who knows all her secrets, has a hidden agenda—and perhaps their own twisted version of reality.
Part of the Spell
by Rachel HeathIn a small English town, everyone is silently struggling to be the person they think they should be. Tacita is pretending to ignore her husband's affair; Theresa is determined to stay so busy she won’t have time to feel guilty; and Stella just wants everything to stay the same. But when Sheila, a widow, mother and grandmother, disappears from the town, their private lives start to collide and change ...
Parte de la felicidad que traes
by Joan Canete Bayle¿Hasta dónde es capaz de llegar el amor de una madre? Una conmovedora historia de solidaridad femenina, de coraje y de supervivencia contra todo pronóstico. Cuatro mujeres se conocen en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos de Pediatría de un hospital. Cada una lleva a cuestas alegrías, desilusiones, silencio y secretos que forman el tapete de la vida. Tres de ellas se conocen por otras estadías en el hospital, están a cargo de niños que sufren de enfermedades crónicas que les obligan a ser admitidos continuamente al hospital, y son las madres de la UCI. La cuarta, Carmen, aparece una noche en la Sala de Emergencia. Su hija está muy grave porque la atropelló un coche cuyo conductor ha escapado. Este golpe duro someterá a prueba su matrimonio y creencias, y hará al lector descubrir que el amor puede ser solitario, y que el silencio duele. En el tiempo de esta larga estadía en el hospital, las cuatro mujeres entretejerán hebras invisibles de solidaridad: se reirán, llorarán, pelearán, vivirán, compartirán el peso de sus soledades. Y juntas enfrentarán la decisión más difícil de Carmen. Porque antes de que uno cruce por primera vez la puerta del hospital, siempre deja detrás algo de la felicidad que trae. How far will a mother's love go? A touching story of solidarity, courage and survival against all odds. Four women meet in the pediatric ICU of a hospital. Each one of them carries the baggage, joys, disappointments, silence and secrets that form the canvas of life. Three of them are known from other stays in the hospital, they are in charge of children suffering from chronic diseases that force them into continual hospital admissions, they are mothers of the ICU. The fourth, Carmen, appears one night in the ER. Her daughter is very serious condition after she has been run over by a car whose driver has escaped. This hard blow will test her marriage and beliefs, will make the reader discover that love can be lonely and that silences hurts. In the time of this long hospital stay, the four women will weave invisible threads of solidarity: they will laugh, they will cry, they will fight, they will live, they will share the weight of their solitudes. And together they will face the most difficult decision for Carmen. Because when you first enter the hospital door, you always leave behind some of the happiness you bring.
Parte del gioco
by Alan BrenhamTemple, detective della polizia del Texas, Berry Marshall va a caccia di un serial killer incallito con un finale di partita ben definito, uno destinato a spogliare Berry Marshall di tutto ciò che gli è caro : la sua carriera, sua moglie Erin e la sua reputazione. All'insaputa di Marshall, l'assassino aveva frequentato Erin anni prima e vedere il detective con lei lo spinge al limite. Determinato nel voler punire Marshall per avergli rubato la sua amata, l'assassino gioca a un micidiale gioco di omicidi in stile gatto e topo. Mentre il numero di morti aumenta, Marshall è costretto ad affrontare il suo peggior incubo.
Partes de guerra
by Jorge VolpiSolo en este olvidado embarcadero entre México y Guatemala reuniré el coraje para escuchar a mi corazón y desentrañar lo que sucedió contigo, conmigo, con nosotros, en esta temporada de guerra En Frontera Corozal, un pequeño poblado a orillas del Usumacinta, un par de migrantes descubre el cadáver de una chica de catorce años. Pronto se sabe que fue asesinada por su prima y el novio de esta en presencia de dos pequeños de ocho y diez años. Luis Roth, el brillante fundador del Centro de Estudios en Neurociencias Aplicadas, se obsesiona con el caso y convence a su grupo de amigos y colaboradores para averiguar qué pasa en los cerebros de unos niños que se convierten de pronto en criminales. Roth y Lucía Spinosi, su más cercana alumna, viajan a Chiapas para iniciar sus estudios hasta que este sufre un terrible accidente. A partir de ahí, la joven neurocientífica será la responsable no solo de continuar el trabajo de su maestro,sino de revelar cada una de las vidas que Roth mantenía en secreto. Sus descubrimientos y el apego que siente por Saraí, la joven culpable, la obligarán a revivir su propia cadena de abusos y a sumar nuevas heridas a las del pasado. Partes de guerra, una desgarradora investigación sobre los orígenes de la violencia y una meditación acerca de las identidades ocultas de cada uno, provoca y conmueve con dos historias paralelas que alimentan nuestras preguntas en torno a la amistad, la envidia, el amor y las pérdidas «Jorge Volpi es uno de los más interesantes escritores vivos. Aunque es mexicano, sus temas no lo son. En cambio, posee un amplio punto de vista internacional y lo que ve y estudia es el poder. Filosofía, física, economía, psicología: Volpi parece ser el dueño de las llaves que abren todas las cajas fuertes de la curiosidad humana y la carrera por la dominación mundial.»Edmund White «Volpi hace caer a sus personajes en una suerte de absorción profunda en lo trágico. ¡Una gran obra de arte!»Jean Pierre Amette (Premio Goncourt) «En esta historia, el narrador es tan solo el ojo que se pasea por los hechos y los ordena. Su mirada es la pregunta, aquí no hay respuestas, solo la perplejidad de lo real.»Sobre Una novela criminal, del acta del jurado del XXI Premio Alfaguara de novela
Parthian Shot
by David WishartIf there is one thing Marcus Corvinus hates more than doing the household accounts, it is politics. So when he is interrupted in the former to get involved in the latter, he is not best pleased. His brief is to conduct an unofficial investigation into an attack on the Parthian Prince Phraates, a task that taxes his (none too) diplomatic skills to the utmost. The byzantine twists and turns of the case give Corvinus a headache worse than his customary hangover, and it takes a violent threat to Perilla before he begins to get a grip on what is involved. Along the way he learns a lot about the spice trade - and a new way with lampreys.
Parthian Shot
by David WishartIf there is one thing Marcus Corvinus hates more than doing the household accounts, it is politics. So when he is interrupted in the former to get involved in the latter, he is not best pleased. His brief is to conduct an unofficial investigation into an attack on the Parthian Prince Phraates, a task that taxes his (none too) diplomatic skills to the utmost. The byzantine twists and turns of the case give Corvinus a headache worse than his customary hangover, and it takes a violent threat to Perilla before he begins to get a grip on what is involved. Along the way he learns a lot about the spice trade - and a new way with lampreys.
Partial Eclipse: A Novel
by Lesley GlaisterJennifer is in prison for an undisclosed crime. Denied companionship, she escapes into her memory and imagination. Peggy Maybee, Jennifer's ancestor, was transported for stealing a peacock. This is all that is known about Peggy but Jennifer conjures a life for her aboard a convict ship bound for Botany Bay.A partial eclipse of the moon used by the captain as inspiration for a sermon triggers a mutiny and, amidst the chaos of brawling thieves, cut-throats, whores and crew, Peggy makes a bid for freedom ...'Brilliant, seductive and assured' Nick Hornby
Partial Eclipse: A Novel (Murder Room #430)
by Lesley GlaisterJennifer is in prison for an undisclosed crime. Denied companionship, she escapes into her memory and imagination. Peggy Maybee, Jennifer's ancestor, was transported for stealing a peacock. This is all that is known about Peggy but Jennifer conjures a life for her aboard a convict ship bound for Botany Bay.A partial eclipse of the moon used by the captain as inspiration for a sermon triggers a mutiny and, amidst the chaos of brawling thieves, cut-throats, whores and crew, Peggy makes a bid for freedom ...'Brilliant, seductive and assured' Nick Hornby
Partials (Partials Sequence #1)
by Dan WellsThe human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials--engineered organic beings identical to humans--has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out. Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic-in-training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws have pushed what's left of humanity to the brink of civil war, and she's not content to stand by and watch. But as she makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race, she will find that the survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the connections between them--connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps never even knew were there. Dan Wells, acclaimed author of I Am Not a Serial Killer, takes readers on a pulsepounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question--one where our humanity is both our greatest liability and our only hope for survival.
Partida
by Cole SteeleWillow Darby está en unas vacaciones familiares por primera vez en años. Es el feriado del 4 de julio en Mackinac Island y Main Street está repleta de turistas de todas partes del mundo. Momentos antes de que llegue el último trasbordador para devolver a los pasajeros a tierra firme, lo que parecían ser sonidos de fuegos artificiales se convierten en una explosión de gritos y caos. Hannah y June Darby están perdidas. Para salvar a su familia, Willow deberá depender de la única cosa que el entrenamiento militar nunca podrá reemplazar.
Partida final
by Daniel ColeUn cuarto cerrado. Un cadáver. El secreto que se llevó a la tumba. Un gran thriller. Cuando encuentran al agente retirado Finlay Shaw muerto en una habitación cerrada, todos piensan que se trata de un suicidio. Pero el detective William Fawkes, alias Wolf, no está tan seguro, pues sabe que Shaw nunca habría dejado a su mujer Maggie, su compañera de vida. Fawkes, que se ha entregado a la policía para saldar algunas cuentas pendientes con la justicia, consigue un permiso especial para hacerse cargo de la investigación del que fuera su mentor. Pero, ¿era Shaw tan intachable como aparentaba? ¿O puede que hubiera algo en su vida que jamás le contó a nadie? Wolf se sumerge en el caso con la ayuda de la detective Emily Baxter y sus colaboradores habituales, pero su regreso no es bien recibido por todos. A medida que rebusca más y más en el pasado de Shaw, el policía saca a la luz un entramado de corrupción que pone en juego su vida y la de quienes le rodean. Reseña:«Si te gustan los thrillers explosivos, ágiles, con protagonistas carismáticos, imperfectos y fascinantes, este thriller vibrante, bien escrito e imaginativo es una lectura obligada.» Goodreads
Parties Scenes From Contemporary New York Life
by Carl Van VechtenThis portrait of the smart set in Jazz Age New York by one of the most interesting personalities in 1920s New York, writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten.Exhausted by wars and peace conferences, worn out by prohibition and other dishonest devices of unscrupulous politicians, the younger generation, born and bred to respect nothing, make a valiant and heart-breaking attempt to enjoy themselves.
Parting Breath (The Calleshire Chronicles #7)
by Catherine AirdIn this thrilling crime novel by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, a student&’s last words are all that Detective C. D. Sloan has to go on in his latest case There are rumblings throughout the campus of the University of Calleshire, talk of a sit-in, of revolt, of H? Chí Minh, of discontent. Malcolm Humbert has been expelled, and the students are livid. Meanwhile, the faculty is equally out of sorts—Hilda Linaker just wants to finish her treatise on Jane Austen, Bernard Watkinson is tired of dealing with the female students&’ vehement—and possibly dangerous—opinions, and Simon Mautby can&’t find a lab tech to help with his ecology experiments. When someone breaks into a dorm room, leaving behind little evidence but a single kernel of corn, it&’s time to call in the police. But no one—not the professors, the students, or even the great detective C. D. Sloan—could have predicted murder. A young woman finds a second-year student slumped against a cloister&’s column, covered in blood. Before he dies, he manages to breathe the words &“twenty-six minutes.&” The brilliant and acerbic inspector C. D. Sloan, recently reunited with his assistant, Detective Constable Crosby, must connect a seemingly unrelated burglary to a senseless murder—with nothing more to go on than those eerie last words.
Parting Shot
by Linwood BarclayFrom New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes a new, standalone blockbuster thriller that spins off from the events of the explosive Promise Falls trilogy.If you made a mistake that took someone's life, you'd remember it . . . wouldn't you? After a tragedy rocks the community of Promise Falls, Cal Weaver is asked to investigate the threats being made to the accused's family. He's heard all about it on the news: the young man who drank too much, stole a Porsche and killed a girl, and who claimed afterwards not to remember a single thing. The whole town is outraged that he got off lightly, but for reasons Cal can't explain, he accepts the job. Then Cal finds himself caught up in a vicious revenge plot, chasing someone set on delivering retribution. In Cal's experience, it's only ever a matter of time before threats turn into action. . . . A gripping thriller packed with scandal, from the master of the twist you never saw coming.
Parting Shot
by Linwood Barclay'A SUSPENSE MASTER' STEPHEN KINGEvery crime has consequences.Every town has secrets.__________A young girl is killed by a drunk driver. Shaken by the tragedy, the local community wants justice.It doesn't matter that the accused is only a kid himself. When he's given a soft sentence, the outcry reaches fever pitch. Under siege from threats of revenge, theboy and his desperate family hire Private Investigator Cal Weaver to trace the senders. But in a town full of suspects, it could be anyone...There is so much more to this case than meets the eye. Weaver wonders what he's missing - and if he'll piece the puzzle together before more blood is spilled, including his own...__________'Nothing is more satisfying than tucking into a new Linwood Barclay novel'Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door'No one can thrill you and chill youbetter than Linwood Barclay' Tess Gerritsen'One of the best thriller writers in the world' Mark Billingham
Parting Shot
by Linwood BarclayIf you made a mistake that took someone's life, you'd remember it . . . wouldn't you?After a tragedy rocks the community of Promise Falls, Cal Weaver is asked to investigate the threats being made to the accused's family. He's heard all about it on the news: the young man who drank too much, stole a Porsche and killed a girl, and who claimed afterwards not to remember a single thing. The whole town is outraged that he got off lightly, but for reasons Cal can't explain he accepts the job. Then Cal finds himself caught up in a vicious revenge plot, chasing someone set on delivering retribution. In Cal's experience, it's only ever a matter of time before threats turn into action . . . A gripping thriller packed with scandal in a small town, from the master of the twist you never saw coming - international bestseller, Linwood Barclay.Read by Jeff Harding(p) 2017 Orion Publishing Group
Parting Shot (A Matter of Time Series #5)
by Mary CalmesA Matter of Time StoryLife has never been easy for Duncan Stiel. His childhood was the stuff of nightmares, and his day job as an undercover police officer forces him to hide his true self and occasionally lands him in the hospital. So when he finally meets the perfect man, it comes as no surprise that everything falls apart around him. What Duncan doesn't expect is that the hardest hurdle to get over before he can make a life with Aaron Sutter is the one inside himself. Everyone thinks Aaron has it all--looks, money, fame, and success beyond measure. Everyone, that is, except Aaron. At the end of the day, the cameras stop flashing, friends go back to their own lives, company business is handled, and Aaron is always alone. The moment he meets Duncan Stiel, Aaron knows he'll do anything to hold onto the larger-than-life detective. But when he realizes money won't buy him the ultimate happiness, Aaron needs to find the strength to give Duncan something much more important--his heart.
Partisans
by Alistair MacLeanMajor Peter Petersen leads a commando force to the Balkans during WWII, to deliver a mysterious message to the Partisans, the Yugoslavian Royalists, from the Fascists. Petersen knew it couldn't be a smooth operation. That sixth sense a veteran acquires warned him -- of a setup. His order reek of doublecross and deception. But he has his own reasons for playing along with the Facists... and delivering them their due!
Partner in Crime (Joanna Brady #10, J. P. Beaumont Series #16)
by J. A. JanceThe dead woman was an artist recently arrived from Washington State, cruelly cut down in the early stages of a promising career. Now all that remains of Rochelle Baxter lies on a cold slab in the Cochise County morgue, and Sheriff Joanna Brady knows that murder has once again infected her small desert community. But there is more to this homicide than initially meets the eye-and more to the victim, who died while supposedly under the conscientious protection of the government.A big-city legal establishment has no faith in the abilities of a small-town Sheriff, let alone a female sheriff. Instructed to swallow her indignation, Joanna awaits the arrival of the "help" Washington's attorney general is sending her: the newest member of the state's Special Homicide Investigation team-a man named Beaumont.Bisbee, Arizona, is the last place J.P. Beaumont wants to be. The ghosts of a painful past are too numerous there, and his reluctant "partner," Sheriff Brady, resents his intrusion and cannot help but make her feelings known.But the road they are forced to travel together is taking some unexpected turns, running two dedicated servants of the law headfirst into the impenetrable stone walls of a shocking conspiracy of silence. For Brady and Beaumont's hunt is disturbing a very deadly nest of rattlers, and suddenly trust is the only option they have. On their own in the Arizona desert, they know death can be cold and quick. And nobody is watching their backs here...they'll have to watch each other's.
Partner-Protector (The Precinct #1)
by Julie MillerDetective T. Merle Banning vowed to conduct the Holiday Hookers homicide investigation based on cold, hard evidence, not psychobabble from the department's "crackpot" consultant. So, despite their smoldering attraction, he scoffed at Kelsey Ryan's unsettling visions of one of the murders. But even he couldn't discount the truth when Kelsey provided a break in the case that had stymied the Fourth Precinct for years. As their pursuit of the twisted killer led them down the seedy back alleyways of Kansas City, the flamboyant beauty bewitched T's battle-scarred heart...and propelled him to breach her isolated world. Could these partners in passion unravel the killer's web of darkness before it ensnared them both?
Partners in Crime (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Gold #Level Q)
by Peggy O'BloscaidhPartners in Crime Author: Peggy O'Bloscaidh
Partners in Crime (Tommy and Tuppence)
by Agatha ChristieTommy and Tuppence, Agatha Christie&’s bantering pair of 1920s bright young things, solve mysteries together as a pair of newlyweds in this delightful collection of linked short stories.Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Crowley, after their first foray into amateur crime-solving in Christie&’s earlier novel The Secret Adversary, are now happily married to each other—but both are finding the settled life a little boring. When the opportunity arises to go undercover disguised as professional detectives, the newlyweds seize the chance. While helping Scotland Yard infiltrate a ring of international spies, they also take on every chance client who comes through the door. In the process, they succeed in recovering a stolen pink pearl, finding out who poisoned a box of chocolates, and tracing how a murderer vanished into thin air on a golf course, among other thrilling adventures.
Partners in Crime Part 1 (36 Hours)
by Alicia Scott36 Hours SerialAs a devastating summer storm hits Grand Springs, Colorado, the next thirty-six hours will change the town and its residents forever....Partners in Crime Part 1Mayor Olivia Stuart has been murdered. The prime suspect? A mysterious blonde woman named "Jo."Josie Reynolds lost a friend and mentor when Olivia Stuart died. How could anyone think she killed Olivia? But clearly that's just what detective Jack Stryker thinks. Josie knows from past experience that cops can jump to the wrong conclusions. She doesn't know whether to set Jack straight or stay off his radar."Straight Arrow" Jack Stryker has to find Olivia's killer. Josie matches the description of the mysterious blonde, and his instincts tell him she's hiding something. But as he gets closer to Josie, he's afraid of what his investigation might reveal....The story continues in Partners in Crime Parts 2 and 3.
Partners in Crime: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries #2)
by Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are Partners in Crime—or rather partners in crime solving—and must demonstrate their deductive skills in a wide range of confounding cases after agreeing to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency.Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance.Their first case is a success—the triumphant recovery of a pink pearl. Other cases soon follow—a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates. But can they live up to their slogan of "Any case solved in 24 hours"?