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Peppermint Barked: A Spice Shop Mystery
by Leslie BudewitzA Dickens of a Christmas turns deadly… As the holiday season lights up Seattle&’s famed Pike Place Market, Pepper Reece&’s beloved Spice Shop is brimming with cinnamon, nutmeg, and shoppers eager to stuff their stockings. Add to the mix a tasty staff competition—a peppermint bark-off—along with Victorian costumes for this year&’s Dickensian Christmas theme, and Pepper almost forgets to be nervous about meeting her fisherman boyfriend&’s brother for the first time. But when a young woman working in her friend Vinny&’s wine shop is brutally assaulted, costumed revelers and holiday cheer are the last things on Pepper&’s mind. Who would want to hurt Beth? Or were they looking for Vinny instead? The vicious attack upsets everyone at Pike Place, but none more than Pepper&’s own employee, Matt Kemp. At first, Pepper is baffled by his reaction, but his clandestine connection to Beth could hold the key to the assailant&’s motive. Or perhaps it&’s Vinny&’s ex-wife who knows more than she&’s letting on . . . and what about the mysterious top-hatted man with whom Pepper saw Beth arguing that morning? As the secrets of the market come to light, long-held grudges, family ties, and hidden plans only further obscure the truth. Is it a ghost of the past rattling its chains, or a contemporary Scrooge with more earthly motives? As Pepper chases down a killer, someone is chasing her, and in the end, the storied market itself may hold the final, deadly clue. A cozy holiday mystery full of culinary delights and a rich cast of characters, the sixth installment in the Spice Shop Mystery series will keep you turning the page . . . and reaching for another piece of peppermint bark.
Peppermint Mocha Killer (INNcredibly Sweet #13)
by Summer PrescottParties and parades and decorating, oh my! As if life isn't busy enough for a cupcake-baking business owner, the holidays take things up several notches. Melissa Beckett, her dashing detective hubby, Chas, and the rest of the gang in the sleepy, beachside town of Calgon, Florida, are kicking things into high gear as the holidays descend upon them. There are cupcakes to be made, parade floats to decorate, and parties to plan. In the midst of it all, Missy and Chas are delighted to receive a visit from some very special guests, but their joy is diminished somewhat by a holiday murder that rocks the entire community. Will Missy figure out 'whodunit' in time for everyone to have a happy holiday season? Or will this be her final investigation? Find out the answers to that and more in this fast-paced tale of holiday intrigue! This fun Cozy Mystery can be read as a standalone, but if you're interested in finding out more about Missy, her husband, Detective Chas Beckett, and the rest of the gang, you'll want to read the Frosted Love Cozy Mysteries, which precede this series, along with all the other INNcredibly Sweet books which follow this one. The saga continues with the Cupcakes in Paradise series. Enjoy them all!
Peppermint Murder (Frosted Love Cozy Mysteries #22)
by Summer PrescottHolidays are supposed to be happy... But for one family in the beach side town of Calgon, Florida, the holidays turned out to be horrific. Cupcake baker, bed and breakfast owner, and amateur sleuth, Melissa Beckett, is as tenderhearted as can be, and when her dashing hubby, Detective Chas Beckett, brings home news of a brutal triple homicide, which has left a young child orphaned, she dives into the investigation headfirst. Missy's maternal instincts kick into high gear, and she's determined that nothing will stop her from finding out the truth behind what happened to the precious child's family, all the while dealing with guests, parties and responsibilities at her cupcake shop and at the bed and breakfast inn. Loving and supportive friends step in to help, putting themselves at risk, without a second thought. Missy's life, and the lives of those around her, will be forever changed, no matter what the outcome of the investigation. One of the most emotional, and thought provoking books in the Frosted Love Cozy Mysteries series, this one is not to be missed! Cupcake recipe included.
Peppermint Twisted
by Sammi CarterNo visit to Paradise, Colorado, is complete without a stop at Divinity Candy Shop for a little taste of heaven. For owner Abby Shaw, it’s a sweet deal too. When her Aunt Grace passed away, Abby inherited Divinity—and with it the opportunity to leave her career as a corporate lawyer and dump her cheating husband. Now she spends her time serving up delectable treats—and performing the occasional deductive feat… Paradise’s local artists are up in arms when wealthy Felicity Asbury names herself director of the annual Arts Festival. But she soon gets her just desserts. Abby finds Felicity dead in Divinity’s parking lot—an awl lodged in her chest. And when evidence points to Abby as the suspect, she must put aside her sweets-making for sleuthing to discover who was twisted enough to do the deed. Includes Candy Recipes
Peppermint Twisted (Candy Shop Mystery #3)
by Sammi CarterNo one's happy when wealthy Felicity Asbury names herself director of the local arts festival. But when she's found dead, all evidence points to candy shop owner Abby Shaw, who must put aside her sweets to discover the twisted killer.
Peppermints in the Parlor
by Barbara Brooks WallaceEmily Luccock is looking forward to living at Sugar Hill Hall. . . . She remembers her aunt and uncle's grand old mansion well, with its enormous, elegant parlor, marble fireplace, and white china cups filled with hot chocolate. But this time things are different. Her aunt's once bright and lively home is now dead with silence. Evil lurks in every corner, and the dark, shadowed walls watch and whisper late at night. And no one ever speaks. Everything's changed at Sugar Hill Hall, and Emily knows something awful is happening there. What's become of Uncle Twice? Why is Aunt Twice a prisoner in her own home? Emily is desperate to uncover the truth. Time is running out, and she must find a way to save the people and home she cares so much about.
Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder (A Pizza Lovers Mystery #2)
by Chris CavenderFor once, it seems, no one is trying to pin a murder on Eleanor Swift, owner of the scrumptious pizzeria A Slice of Delight in the quiet little town of Timber Ridge, North Carolina. But someone has to answer for that body in her kitchen. . .and it looks like the final stop for Greg Hatcher, her deliveryman, may be the state penitentiary. . . Eleanor knows Gregg would never have lethally bashed his own brother in the head with a pizza-rolling pin. Sure, Wade was greedily claiming far more than his fair share of their family inheritance. And Gregg did catch his ex-girlfriend Katy smooching on the couch with Wade. It's no wonder that Timber Ridge's police chief--and Eleanor's ex-sweetheart--has his sights set on finding and arresting poor Gregg. But as Eleanor and her saucy sister Maddy dig a little deeper into the mystery, they find Wade's enemies begin to outnumber the slices on a large pie. This is one mystery that's made to order, and if Eleanor and Maddy don't find out who killed Wade, Gregg's delivery days are over. But while finding the killer is one thing, escaping alive to dish the goods to the police is quite another. Includes delicious pizza recipe!
Pequeña guerra en Londres
by J. J. WardJohn Mordred sabe exactamente qué hacer con las "noticias falsas" y cómo tomarlas en serio. Es solo un nombre de moda para uno de los trucos más antiguos de la política. Toma su última encarnación. ¿Realmente puede ser que unos pocos agentes de inteligencia disidentes de Rusia y los Estados Unidos estén luchando una discreta batalla a muerte en algunas de las calles secundarias de Londres? ¿Y que los cadáveres se están acumulando, fuera de la vista de la policía británica? Y aun así, todo el asunto podría girar en cualquier momento y Dios sabe ¿qué versión de la Tercera Guerra Mundial? Alguna oportunidad. Pero piénsalo otra vez, John. Las dos primeras veces que el lobo de la fábula lloró fueron falsas noticias. La tercera fue una catástrofe. Para todo el mundo. Una en tres -una de tres. No hay grandes probabilidades. Pero dada toda la desinformación que hay, podría ser aún peor. ¿Alguien puede confiar en una buena oportunidad pasada de moda hoy en día?
Pequeñas mentiras
by Liane MoriartyAlgunas veces las pequeñas mentiras son las más letales Madeline es una fuerza de la naturaleza. Es divertida, mordaz y apasionada, lo recuerda todo y no perdona a nadie. Ni a su exmarido y su nueva esposa, que se acaban de mudar junto a ella. Celeste posee el tipo de belleza que hace que el mundo se pare a mirar. Aunque a veces puede parecer un poco nerviosa ¿quién no lo estaría con ese par de gemelos traviesos? Ella y su marido llevan una vida de ensueño, pero los sueños tienen un precio, y Celeste tiene que decidir cuánto está dispuesta a pagar. Jane, madre soltera y nueva en la ciudad, es tan joven que la confunden con la niñera. Además alberga preocupaciones impropias de su edad y tiene ciertas dudas secretas sobre su hijo. Pero... ¿por qué? Pequeñas mentiras es una extraordinaria historia sobre estas tres mujeres en una encrucijada, sobre exmaridos y segundas esposas, madres e hijas, escándalos de patio de colegios y las peligrosas mentirijillas que nos contamos a nosotros mismos para poder sobrevivir. La crítica ha dicho... «Es un libro realmente bueno. Divertido y siniestro a la vez. Da en el clavo con las relaciones entre madres.» Stephen King «Irresistible... Moriarty se ha convertido en una especialista en dejar al descubierto las grietas de lo que aparenta ser perfecto... Su perspicaz humor y agudo ingenio te hará seguir pasando las páginas hasta que descubras lo que ocurre.» People Magazine «Leer una novela de Moriarty es un poco como beberse un Cosmopolitan aderezado con arsénico... Pequeñas mentiras es una lectura divertida, entretenida y, a veces, perturbadora.» USA Today «Una novela que te convertirá en un ávido devorador de libros... Moriarty ha escrito otro éxito absorbente y satírico.» The Huffington Post «Fascinante e inteligente... Una estupenda lectura llena de agudos destellos sobre las múltiples variedades de las relaciones humanas: madre-hijo, marido-mujer (y exmujer) y, fundamentalmente, sobre el poderoso vínculo de la amistad femenina.» Bookpage
Pequeños Delitos Inocentes
by C. S. Lakin Alejandra MartinezLila Carmichael puede ser una comediante rica y famosa, pero ella ha ocultado su mayor talento de sus admiradores, su habilidad para cocinar, condimentar y servir un tour de force cuidadosamente construido en una reunión acogedora en su isla privada en el noroeste del Pacífico. Seis incautos invitados han olvidado los pequeños crímenes inocentes que cometieron contra la pobre y crédula Lila hace quince años en la universidad. Todos se tambalean al borde de la ruina, esperando que la famosa Lila vaya a su rescate. Pero su desesperación les juega una mala pasada. Uno por uno, los invitados de Lila mueren figuradamente en un vicioso juego de salón llamado Lobos. Y la venganza se vuelve agridulce cuando el fin de semana termina... y un invitado está muerto de verdad.
Per Amore Di Anna
by James Lawless Claudia MirruzzoL'incontro-scontro al Loti's cafè tra Guido van Thool, studente universitario, e Anna Zweig, meravigliosa ballerina, inserisce i due in una sorta di romanzo turbinoso arricchito da balletti teatrali, marce anti-globalizzazione e appuntamenti amorosi incorniciati da campanule. Persino quando Guido è chiamato al servizio militare, il tempo non riesce a compromettere la loro fedeltà reciproca, costantemente alimentata da scambi di lettere d'amore. Parallelamente alle loro vite corre quella del giudice Jeremiah Delahyde, uno sperperatore ricco di potere, conferitogli dal suo fedele amico, nonché primo ministro, Bartholomew Smythe. Le loro vite parallele s'incontrano quando, l'ultimo dell'anno, il giudice, totalmente ubriaco, investe Anna con la sua auto, con conseguenze fatali. Guido promette vendetta. Cosa, tuttavia, potrà realmente Guido contro un giudice dell'Alta Corte, corrotto, potente ed assunto tramite vie politiche?
Per Volere Di Dio
by L. L. Fine Ombretta MartignoniPolonia, II Guerra Mondiale. Una giovane donna ebrea sacrifica la sua vita per salvare i figli gemelli dal terribile destino che li attende. Cinquant'anni più tardi, a New York, il Rabbino Jeremiah Neumann viene a conoscenza dell'esistenza di un fratello gemello. Si butta a capofitto nella ricerca ma rimane profondamente scioccato nell'apprendere che l'uomo è un prete cattolico. I due intraprendono un viaggio in Polonia alla ricerca di sé stessi e delle loro origini. Pagina dopo pagina si svela il terribile segreto, celato dietro il loro sconvolgente retaggio. Un demone dormiente si è risvegliato e ritorna a minacciare le loro esistenze. Sopravvivranno alla nuova aggressione? 'Per volere di Dio' è un libro accattivante che lascia il lettore con il fiato sospeso. Ci guida ben oltre le frontiere dell'atrocità umana, dove la crudeltà incontra il coraggio e la fede incontra il fato. La trama agghiacciante finisce per toccare le istituzioni religiose, sollevando riflessioni sull'ebraismo, il cristianesimo, la natura umana, la fede e il senso della vita.
Per cinque minuti in più (Enhanced World (Italiano) #1)
by Victoria Sue Natascia GandiniSerie Enhanced World, Libro 1Fin dal momento della sua trasformazione in un umano potenziato, Talon Valdez sapeva che avrebbe dovuto dire addio alla sua vita e ai suoi sogni. Trattati con diffidenza, insultati, spesso rinchiusi, i potenziati sono visti come mostri, disprezzati dalla società e considerati inadatti a prestare servizio nell’esercito o nelle forze dell’ordine. Anni più tardi, ha la possibilità di creare una task force di potenziati all’interno dell’FBI, ma a una condizione: ogni potenziato deve fare coppia con un essere umano normale. Finn Mayer sogna di entrare nell’FBI da quando aveva quattordici anni e ha fatto qualsiasi sacrificio perché ciò avvenisse: ha sopportato di vivere con una madre egoista, con un fratello omofobo e bullo e di non avere un compagno. Soffre però di dislessia non diagnosticata e basta questo a frustrare le sue aspirazioni sul nascere. La sua ultima occasione è fare coppia con Talon, un potenziato con abilità letali, che però non vuole affidare i suoi segreti ai normali e che pertanto vuole vederlo fallire. Quattro sono le settimane a disposizione di Finn per provare alla squadra quanto vale. Quattro le settimane perché la squadra dimostri al resto del mondo che può funzionare. E quando un altro gruppo minaccia il loro successo – mettendo a rischio le loro vite – sarà per quattro settimane che dovranno sopravvivere.
Per il Bene di un Bambino
by Stevie Turner Eric CominettoGinny Ford è felice di aver ottenuto l'ambito incarico di donna delle pulizie dei direttori della PhizzFace Inc. Ma la sua gioia è presto rovinata da un ritrovamento accidentale avvenuto durante le pulizie, che la porta a pensare che nel corridoio dei direttori ci sia qualcosa che non va. Scavando più a fondo, è sconvolta dalla scoperta di casi di corruzione e di una rete segreta di pedofili rimasta nascosta per anni, della quale fanno parte proprio le persone che ha conosciuto e di cui ha iniziato a fidarsi. Incapace di sopportare un tale peso sulla coscienza, decide che non può rimanere in silenzio e che deve trovare un modo di aiutare tutti i bambini coinvolti. Tuttavia, scopre che ha inconsapevolmente messo in pericolo la sua famiglia nel tentative di aiutare i bambini…
Per sempre compagni
by Violet Haze Cinzia GamberiniSimone Winston ha trascorso due mesi come una schiava, sottomessa a un Master, indossando dopo essere stata rapita. Liberata dal suo Master di cui si era innamorata al quale voleva appartenere per sempre, la su vita perde ogni significato, lasciandola sola a crescere un figlio senza nessuno che si prenda cura di lei. Lavora per una paga misera e non riesce più ad avere fiducia in nessuno, specialmente a quell'uomo misterioso che le lascia una mancia generosa dopo aver scambiato poche parole. Attratta da quest'uomo, nonostante tutte le sue riserve, dentro di lei cresce una passione inspiegabile insieme a un profondo legame che percepisce nei suoi confronti finché Isaac Toft, questo il nome dell'uomo, non la invita a far pare della sua vita. Ma un pericolo incombe nelle loro vite e qualcuno tenta di dividerli. Il futuro della loro profonda relazione è a rischio.
Perception extra-sensuelle (Dreamspun Desires (Français) #26)
by Rayna VauseSi un harceleur ne les tue pas, la chaleur qui règne entre eux pourrait bien le faire. Christopher Vincent a tellement besoin d’un travail qu’il accepte de devenir médium pour divertir les clients dans la discothèque d’une amie. Jackson Whitman, l’autre propriétaire de la discothèque, n’est pas vraiment ravi de ce nouveau numéro. Pour lui, les médiums sont ridicules et un risque. Mais quand ils se retrouvent face à face, leur attirance est immédiate. Cependant, quelqu’un observe Jack et Chris dans l’ombre. Ce qui commence comme une série d’événements louches mène à des attaques meurtrières. Jack et Chris doivent mettre leurs différences de côté et travailler ensemble pour survivre à un harceleur bien décidé à tuer. Mais pourront-ils survivre à leur attirance explosive ?
Perception of Death
by Louise AndersonA major new crime-writing talent emerges with a debut novel that reaches deep into the dark and murderous heart of a divided family. There are some things in life better not known - some things that should be left where they rest... Erin Paterson runs her grandfather's law firm in Glasgow, and is an uncompromisingly aggressive negotiator. But the success of her practice is not echoed in her personal life. Her father had a stroke, she can't stand her mother, her sister is a flake and their brother, Leland, committed suicide. And she's not doing too well with her boyfriend either - she discovers him in flagrante on the same day that an old-school friend, Lucy Grant, is murdered. From this moment on, events unravel to test Erin's resolve to the maximum. Can she hold onto her job, even to her life, when the past slithers out of the darkness to expose a secret in the family that no one dare confront?
Perception: A Clarity Novel
by Kim HarringtonWhen you can see things others can't, what happens when someone is watching you?Everybody knows about Clarity "Clare" Fern. She's the psychic girl in school, the one who can place her hands on something and see hidden visions from the past. Only, Clare would rather not be a celebrity. She prefers hanging back, observing. Her gift is not a game to her. But then someone starts playing with her head and heart. Messages and gifts from a secret admirer crop up everywhere Clare turns. Could they be from Gabriel, the gorgeous boy who gets Clare's pulse racing? Or from Justin, Clare's hopeful ex-boyfriend who'd do anything to win her back?One thing is certain. Clare needs to solve this mystery, and soon. Because the messages are becoming sinister, and a girl in town has suddenly disappeared. Clare needs to see her way to the truth -- before it's much too late.
Perchance To Dream
by Robert B. ParkerIn the sequel to Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, Marlowe returns to save the Sternwood sisters from the clutches of evil.
Perchance of Death
by Dell Shannon'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald TribuneHelen is eighteen, respectable, modestly pretty; she disappears. Juanita isn't much older, and a stunner; she picks men up in bars and then robs them at gunpoint. Old Mrs Peller's bungalow has been broken into and she is found dead - but she had managed to shoot her assailant too.It's all in a day's work for Detective-Sergeant Ivor Maddox and the rest of the Hollywood police department, who are as richly varied as the cases they investigate.
Perchance of Death (Murder Room #432)
by Dell Shannon'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald TribuneHelen is eighteen, respectable, modestly pretty; she disappears. Juanita isn't much older, and a stunner; she picks men up in bars and then robs them at gunpoint. Old Mrs Peller's bungalow has been broken into and she is found dead - but she had managed to shoot her assailant too.It's all in a day's work for Detective-Sergeant Ivor Maddox and the rest of the Hollywood police department, who are as richly varied as the cases they investigate.
Perdants Pleureuses: Perdants Pleureuses
by J. J. DiBenedettoJane Barnaby avait tout ce qu’elle voulait : un stage prestigieux au Museum of Natural History, un fantastique appartement de sous-location dans l’Upper West Side et une aide à la planification du mariage de son amie d’université nouvellement fiancée. Jusqu’à ce qu’un déjeuner décontracté avec le fiancé de son amie déclenche une sonnette d’alarme et l’envoie creuser dans le terrier du lapin qui est son passé. Lorsque ce terrier de lapin conduira Jane et son petit ami à la campagne anglaise, découvrant des secrets remontant à la 2e Guerre mondiale, à la recherche de trésors d’art inestimables pillés par les nazis et combattant les voleurs qui tueront pour obtenir ces trésors pour eux-mêmes, découvriront-ils la vérité ou perdront-ils la vie?
Perdedores que choram
by J. J. DiBenedettoJane Barnaby tinha tudo a seu favor: um estágio de prestígio no Museu de História Natural, um fantástico apartamento na Upper West Side, e estava ajudando a planejar o casamento de sua amiga da faculdade que havia ficado noiva recentemente. Até que um almoço casual com o noivo de sua amiga disparou o alarme, e a fez investigar o passado desse homem misterioso. Essa investigação levou Jane e seu ex-atual namorado para o interior da Inglaterra, descobrindo segredos que datam da 2ª Guerra Mundial, envolvidos em uma procura por obras de arte de valor inestimável saqueadas pelos nazistas, e enfrentando os ladrões que matam para conseguir esses tesouros para si próprios, descobrirão a verdade ou perderão suas vidas?
Perdicion: The Other Blue Planet
by Alec J. OttIn this space opera adventure, two planets battling for control of another confront a captain on a mission to protect the last known uncolonized planet. When the inhabitants of Perdicion discover there is life on the nearby planet of Parthenos, they rejoice in the possibilities. The most technologically advanced planet in the galaxy, Perdicion now dreams of space travel, exploration, and colonization. But first the forces of Perdicion have to overcome the rebellious Red Colonies, who also wish to make Parthenos their own. What the warring factions don&’t realize is that Parthenos has a protector in Commander Solus, who struggles between his desire to protect the pristine planet and his own need for advancing technology and weapons to use against the tyrants who would destroy the blue planet. The battle for Parthenos pits the past against the future and the old world against the new in pursuit of the soul of the last-known primitive planet.
Perdida
by Gillian FlynnEn un caluroso día de verano, Amy y Nick se disponen a celebrar su quinto aniversario de bodas en North Carthage, a orillas del río Mississippi. Pero Amy desaparece esa misma mañana sin dejar rastro. A medida que la investigación policial avanza las sospechas recaen sobre Nick. Sin embargo, Nick insiste en su inocencia. Es cierto que se muestra extrañamente evasivo y frío, pero ¿es un asesino? Perdida arranca como todo buen thriller que se precie: una mujer desaparecida, una investigación policial... Pero es que Perdida no es solo un buen thriller. Es una obra maestra. Un thriller psicológico brillante con una trama tan apasionante y giros tan inesperados que es absolutamente imposible parar de leer. Perdida es también una novela sobre el lado más oscuro del matrimonio, sobre los engaños, las decepciones, la obsesión, el miedo. Una radiografía completamente actual de los medios de comunicación y su capacidad para modelar la opinión pública. Pero sobre todo es la historia de amor de dos personas perdidamente enamoradas.