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Pocketbooks and Pistols (A Haley Randolph Mystery #9)
by Dorothy HowellUSA Today-Bestselling Author: A handbag-obsessed salesclerk must focus on a homicide instead—if she has any hope of keeping her employee discount… Haley Randolph isn&’t exactly a model sales clerk at Holt&’s Department Store. But when the corporate office acquires a high-end boutique chain and extends a juicy discount to employees, the fashionista will do anything—maybe even a little hard work—to clinch a Mystique handbag, the season&’s absolute must-have, at a heart-stopping price. But when Haley discovers former Holt&’s employee Asha McLean shot dead behind the store during orientation training, it turns out there&’s more to die for than hot designer deals. Haley can&’t fathom why anyone would harm Asha—until she learns that her former coworker was seriously shady. Upon closer inspection, Asha&’s duplicitous lifestyle not only earned lots of cash, but plenty of mortal enemies. As authorities question her innocence and business wanes, Haley&’s desperate to sack the murderer and save Holt&’s in time. Otherwise, instead of rocking a Mystique, Haley might end up full of holes—or worse, locked away in a very unflattering shade of orange . . .
Poder: Policías Candentes - Crímenes Candentes - Romances Candentes (Patrulla de la Pasión #6)
by Emma CalinÉl está en camino a ser presidente, ella es una policía de Londres. Su amor no puede ser pero sus cuerpos saben más. ¿Podrá ella mantenerlo vivo para luego romper su corazón? Cuando el guapo congresista Jackson interviene para ayudar a una mujer policía en problemas, sus vidas cambian para siempre. Él es un chico tranquilo de Oklahoma, ella es una feroz Escocesa. La reacción química es ardiente. Despiadados oponentes confabulan para su caída. Jackson no es un hombre que de marcha atrás en una confrontación. Elige enfrentarlos solo, rodeado y en desventaja numérica. Un arma invisible llega a su lado. Una mujer enamorada. Pero ¿llegará demasiado tarde para salvarlo? Compre este libro ahora para sentir el zumbido del clímax esta noche. Esta es otra aventura independiente de la Serie ‘Patrulla de Pasión’ de Emma Calin, disfrute las 7 novelas que combinan el misterio con la intensidad de suspenso romántico. Puede leerlos en cualquier orden.
Poe (Poe)
by J. Barton MitchellEveryone knows that Poe created the detective genre, but did you know he was a detective himself? Finally the secret can be revealed for the first time! Enter the world of POE and follow the famous author of darkness as he tracks a supernatural killer ravaging the streets of Baltimore! All four issues of the break out hit collected here for the first time. "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." --Edgar Allan Poe
Poe Must Die
by Marc OldenA half-mad, alcoholic Edgar Allan Poe aims to defeat an occultist&’s terrifying plot in this &“intelligent, suspenseful&” thriller set in 1840s New York (Booklist). It is said that beneath Solomon&’s glorious throne, books that gave the fabled king control over life, death, and demonic power were buried. The throne has been lost for millennia, but now one man seeks to find it and harness its secrets to unleash hell upon the world. Jonathan is the most powerful psychic on earth, and in service of his god, Lucifer, he will tear civilization apart. To combat his dark designs, mankind&’s hopes rest on a troubled author named Edgar Allan Poe. In the shadows of New York City, Poe drowns his talent in rotgut gin, trying to forget the death of his beloved wife. A bare-knuckle fighter named Pierce James Figg arrives with a letter of introduction from Charles Dickens, begging for Poe&’s help chasing down the power-mad devil worshiper. Now, writer and fighter must stand together to save humanity from a darkness beyond even Poe&’s tortured imagination. This fast-paced tale of historical supernatural suspense, which Booklist hailed as &“unfailingly readable and terrifically well-written,&” provides &“one cliffhanging chapter after another&” (Kirkus Reviews).
Poe: Beyond Gothicism (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)
by James M. HutchissonEdgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American original—a luminous literary theorist, an erratic genius, and an analyst par excellence of human obsession and compulsion. The scope of his literary achievements and the dramatic character of Poe’s life have drawn readers and critics to him in droves. And yet, upon his death, one obituary penned by a literary enemy in the New York Daily Tribune cascaded into a lasting stain on Poe’s character, leaving a historic misunderstanding. Many remember Poe as a difficult, self-pitying, troubled drunkard often incapable of caring for himself. Poe reclaims the Baltimore and Virginia writer’s reputation and power, retracing Poe’s life and career. Biographer and critic James M. Hutchisson captures the boisterous worlds of literary New York and Philadelphia in the 1800s to understand why Poe wrote the way he did and why his achievement was so important to American literature. The biography presents a critical overview of Poe’s major works and his main themes, techniques, and imaginative preoccupations. This portrait of the writer emphasizes Poe’s southern identity; his existence as a workaday journalist in the burgeoning magazine era; his authority as a literary critic and cultural arbiter; his courtly demeanor and sense of social propriety; his advocacy of women writers; his adaptation of art forms as diverse as the so-called “gutter press” and the haunting rhythms of African American spirituals; his borrowing of imagery from such popular social movements as temperance and freemasonry; and his far-reaching, posthumous influence.
Poetic Justice
by Amanda CrossStudent riots have ravaged the distinguished New York City university where Kate Fansler teaches. In the ensuing disarray, the survival of the university's plebeian stepchild, University College, seems doubtful. President Jeremiah Cudlipp is snobbishly determined to ax it; and as sycophantic professors fall in line behind him, the rally of Kate and few rebellious colleagues seems doomed. It is a fight to the death, and only a miracle--or perhaps a murder--can save their beloved institution. . . .From the Paperback edition.
Poets and Murder: A Judge Dee Mystery
by Robert Van GulikJudge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. A mild-mannered student is rumored to have been slain by a fox-demon, while a young dancer meets her death as she dresses to perform for the magistrate's illustrious dinner guests an obese Zen monk revered for his calligraphy, a beautiful poetess accused of murder, and the past president of the imperial academy. To connect the present crimes with betrayals and adulteries from decades past, the clever judge must visit a high-class brothel and the haunted shrine of the Black Fox. From the moment the young scholar is found dead on the eve of the Autumn Festival, the pace never lets up. "The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again. " Allen J. Hubin, "New York Times Book Review ""If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee, I envy you that initial pleasure. . . . For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group headed by Sherlock Holmes. " Robert Kirsch, " Los Angeles Times ""
Poets and Murder: A Judge Dee Mystery (The Judge Dee Mysteries)
by Robert van GulikJudge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath the placid surface of academic life. A mild-mannered student is rumored to have been slain by a fox-demon, while a young dancer meets her death as she dresses to perform for the magistrate's illustrious dinner guests—an obese Zen monk revered for his calligraphy, a beautiful poetess accused of murder, and the past president of the imperial academy. To connect the present crimes with betrayals and adulteries from decades past, the clever judge must visit a high-class brothel and the haunted shrine of the Black Fox. From the moment the young scholar is found dead on the eve of the Autumn Festival, the pace never lets up. "The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again."—Allen J. Hubin, New York Times Book Review "If you have not yet discovered Judge Dee, I envy you that initial pleasure. . . . For the magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in that select group headed by Sherlock Holmes."—Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
Poinciana
by Phyllis A. WhitneySharon thinks her dreams have come true when she meets the man of her dreams. When she goes to the family home, Poinciana she finds she will not live happily ever after
Poinciana
by Phyllis A. WhitneyA millionaire&’s Florida estate becomes a sinister trap for his bride in this classic gothic romance from &“a superb and gifted story teller&” (Mary Higgins Clark). On the Florida coastline stands Poinciana, the Logan family&’s fabulous mansion. Inside its storied walls are the two most prized possessions of patriarch Ross Logan: his invaluable collection of Oriental art and, even more priceless, his new bride, Sharon. When Ross proposed, it seemed Sharon&’s dreams had come true and her tragic past was at last behind her. Now she&’d be safe and find happiness, a family, and a home as the wife of one of America&’s wealthiest and most celebrated oil and banking magnates. But upon her arrival at the sprawling Palm Beach estate, Sharon can&’t ignore the strange undercurrents of hostility emanating from everyone who resides at Poinciana—from Ross&’s principal assistant to his reckless and resentful daughter from a previous marriage to his strange and guarded mother, who has isolated herself in a cottage on the grounds. And when Sharon starts asking questions about the Logan family history, even Ross turns from a dynamic and solicitous husband to a dark and silent menace. As secret after secret is revealed, Sharon begins to doubt her sanity—and safety—in this isolated house of strangers. A New York Times–bestselling author and recipient of the Edgar and Agatha Awards, &“Phyllis Whitney is, and always will be, the Grand Master of her craft&” (Barbara Michaels). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author&’s estate.
Point
by Thomas BlackthorneA DEADLY NEW CRAZE HAS TAKEN HOLD. What else is there when life has no point? In a Britain on the edge of collapse, there is a desperate new craze - a suicide cult made up of disaffected young people. They kill themselves in "cutter circles", loaded up with teenage cool and desolate dreams. For ex-Special Forces soldier Josh Cumberland, this is just the start of another descent into the very heart of darkness. It's a virus. Find out who caused it. Destroy them. Survive. Savage satire, brilliant characters and incredible near-future thrills from the author of Edge.
Point Blank
by Catherine CoulterFBI Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich face the most explosive case of their careers, pitting them against an unstable villain-with a very long memory.
Point Blank (Alex Rider #2)
by Anthony HorowitzAlex Rider is now an IMDb TV/Amazon Original Series!Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author! When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious—and identical—overnight. It's up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot, before they find him.From the author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty.
Point Blank (Sisterhood #26)
by Fern MichaelsA mysterious martial artist strikes at the heart of the Sisterhood in an action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. The women of Fern Michaels&’ bestselling Sisterhood series are beloved for bringing justice to strangers in need. And when one of their own needs help, that loyalty and commitment goes double . . . When Yoko Wong&’s partner, Harry, receives a phone call from an old schoolmate in China, he finds out that his daughter, Lily, is missing from the Shaolin temple where she is now a student. Finding Lily is a top priority, and the Sisterhood and their allies come up with a way for the group to travel to China. They&’ll go to Macau, nicknamed &“the Monte Carlo of the Orient,&” on the pretext of opening a casino there. But what will they find once they reach their destination? Can they hope to rescue Lily when the enemy has the home advantage . . . and the will to kill? The odds are stacked against them, but when the Sisterhood is involved, you can always bet on the underdog . . . Series praise &“Spunky women who fight for truth, justice, and the American way.&”—Fresh Fiction on Final Justice &“Readers will enjoy seeing what happens when well-funded, very angry women take the law into their own hands.&”—Booklist on Weekend Warriors &“Delectable . . . deliver[s] revenge that&’s creatively swift and sweet, Michaels-style.&”—Publishers Weekly on Hokus Pokus
Point Blank SEAL: Rough Rider Point Blank Seal Mr. Serious (Red, White and Built #4)
by Carol EricsonA Navy SEAL goes rogue to protect his family in this romantic suspense adventure.Tortured in captivity, Navy SEAL Miguel Estrada owes his survival to his fiancée, the memory of her keeping him strong through his darkest moments. But when his escape is compromised by military protocol and he suspects the woman he loves is being targeted, he turns rogue.Jennifer Lynch has spent a year mourning Miguel and raising the baby he never met. But her reality is shaken once she finds him at her door and discovers they’re all at risk.Putting his life on the line for Jennifer and their child, Miguel is forced to face some hard truths—and confront the secrets that might separate them permanently.
Point Blank: Smoky Mountain Secrets (Smoky Mountain Secrets)
by Sandra RobbinsIn this inspirational romance, when a competitive archer becomes the target of an assassin, she joins forces with the local sheriff to find her stalker.For archery expert Hannah Riley and her daughter, nowhere on her Smoky Mountain ranch is safe with someone aiming to kill her. She’s not sure why they want her dead, but with the help of her best friend, Sheriff Ben Whitman, she won’t give up until she knows—and stops them. Hannah’s comeback in competitive mounted archery is looming, though, and time is running out to uncover the truth. Years ago Ben promised Hannah’s late husband he’d watch over her. But guarding her proves even more dangerous to Ben’s heart when the lawman is forced to confront his growing feelings for Hannah. He can’t lose another woman he loves . . . but if Ben wants to save the single mother and her little girl, every move he makes must be on target.
Point Deception (Soledad Country Series #1)
by Marcia MullerThe body of an woman washes up near Point Deception, California--a day after she was spotted near her broken-down car on the highway. Deputy Sheriff Rhoda Swift worries the woman's brutal rape and murder will resurrect fears from the unsolved massacre of two families 13 years before. When Rhoda investigates with journalist Guy Newberry, a shocking truth will test how far she is willing to go for justice. (May)
Point Doom
by Dan FanteFrom Dan Fante, the son of novelist John Fante, comes a gritty detective novel featuring JD Fiorella, an ex-private investigator whos bent on avenging his friends murder. Failed private investigator JD Fiorella was a pro at finding trouble. Mixing it up with the wrong people in New York, he escaped to L. A. --only to hit rock-bottom after too many nightmares and too much booze. Now forty-six and sober, JD is working hard to get it together. Living in Malibu at his mothers house in Point Dume, hes got a new job selling used cars with his friend Woody and a new girlfriend. But just as things are looking up, JD discovers a gruesome murder. Now the ex-private detective has to make a choice. Determined to exact vengeance, he follows a twisting trail of clues that leads him to unexpected truths about himself and his new life--and to a psychopathic killer with an eerie connection to his past. And, as JD soon learns, this time theres no easy way out.
Point Last Seen: A Novel
by Christina Dodd"When it comes to nerve-shredding, edge-of-your-seat suspense, Dodd consistently delivers the goods...Point Last Seen is a gobsmackingly great read."—Booklist STARRED REVIEW Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Karin Slaughter and Sandra Brown, New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd&’s all-new thriller, POINT LAST SEEN, will have readers keeping the lights on all night.LIFE LAST SEENWhen you&’ve already died, there should be nothing left to fear… When Adam Ramsdell pulls Elle&’s half-frozen body from the surf on a lonely California beach, she has no memory of what her full name is and how she got those bruises ringing her throat.GIRL LAST SEENElle finds refuge in Adam&’s home on the edge of Gothic, a remote village located between the steep lonely mountains and the raging Pacific Ocean. As flashes of her memory return, Elle faces a terrible truth—buried in her mind lurks a secret so dark it could get her killed.POINT LAST SEENEveryone in Gothic seems to hide a dark past. Even Adam knows more than he will admit. Until Elle can unravel the truth, she doesn&’t know who to trust, when to run and who else might be hurt when the killer who stalks her nightmares appears to finish what he started…"No one does high-stakes, high-voltage suspense quite like Dodd."—Booklist (starred review)
Point No Point
by Mary LogueThe seventh book in the Claire Watkins mystery series. Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins is faced with a difficult case when a friend of the family is suspected of killing his wife. Her investigation puts a great stress on her relationship with her husband. Things are further strained when the suspect attempts suicide, solidifying his guilt in Claire's mind. But what if she's wrong?
Point No Point
by Mary LogueThe seventh book in the Claire Watkins mystery series. Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins is faced with a difficult case when a friend of the family is suspected of killing his wife. Her investigation puts a great stress on her relationship with her husband. Things are further strained when the suspect attempts suicide, solidifying his guilt in Claire’s mind. But what if she’s wrong?
Point Of Impact: (Bob Lee Swagger #1)
by Stephen HunterHe was one the best Marine snipers in Vietnam. Today, twenty years later, disgruntled hero of an unheroic war, all Bob Lee Swagger wants to be left alone and to leave the killing behind. But with consummate psychological skill, a shadowy military organization seduces Bob into leaving his beloved Arkansas hills for one last mission for his country, unaware until too late that the game is rigged. The assassination plot is executed to perfection — until Bob Lee Swagger, alleged lone gunman, comes out of the operation alive, the target of a nationwide manhunt, his only allies a woman he just met and a discredited FBI agent. Now Bob Lee Swagger is on the run, using his lethal skills once more — but this time to track down the men who set him up and to break a dark conspiracy aimed at the very heart of America.
Point Of Origin (Kay Scarpetta #9)
by Patricia CornwellThe ninth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesA farmhouse destroyed by fire. A body amongst the ruins.Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF, is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia which has been destroyed by fire. In the ruins of the house she finds a body which tells a story of a violent and grisly murder. The fire has come at the same time as another, even more incendiary horror: Carrie Grethen, a killer who nearly destroyed the lives of Scarpetta and those closest to her, has escaped from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Her whereabouts is unknown, but her ultimate destination is not, for Carrie has begun to communicate with Scarpetta, conveying her deadly - if cryptic - plans for revenge. Chillingly mesmeric in tone, labyrinthine in structure, Point of Origin is Patricia Cornwell at her most dazzling.Praise for the groundbreaking series: 'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express
Point Of Origin (Kay Scarpetta)
by Patricia CornwellCarrie Grethen, partner in crime to William Temple Gault, has escaped from prison. Before she does so she sends Kay Scarpetta a message which makes it all too clear that she blames her (and Lucy, and Benton Wesley, and Pete Marino) for Gault's death, and has specific - if cryptic - plans for revenge. Wary and quite shaken, Scarpetta still has a professional life to get on with, including investigating the death of an unknown female in a fire which has destroyed the isolated farmhouse home of her erstwhile political boss. The post mortem reveals that the woman was stabbed before the fire was started, but while Scarpetta and her colleagues are puzzling over means and motive they are called out to the scene of another fire and another murder. The pattern is the same, the answers as elusive and then Benton disappears while following up a tip-off. Suddenly, and with appalling clarity, Scarpetta sees that Carrie has set up a scenario in which she can manipulate them all and in which she appears to have the inescapable upper hand. A novel of high suspense from the acknowledged mistress of the forensic thriller.
Point and Shoot
by Duane SwierczynskiFUN & GAMES AND HELL & GONE COME FULL CIRCLE IN THE HARDIE SERIES' ASTONISHING CONCLUSION.Charlie Hardie finds himself in a steel box, tubes and wires attached to his body, trapped inside a satellite parked in orbit 500 miles above the Earth. He's got a year's supply of food, air, water, and no communication back to Earth, and must complete his 12 months' duty or his wife and son will have an "accident."But when someone all-too-familiar docks on the satellite, informs Hardie he's sitting in a veritable zero-G vault containing the world's most dangerous secrets, and forces a crash-landing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Hardie must decide whether he's come face-to-face with the partner he needs to save his family--or with his nemesis. After years of exile, Hardie's arming up....and heading home.