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Singing In The Shrouds (Inspector Alleyn #43)
by Ngaio MarshOn a cold February night the police find the third corpse on the quayside in the Pool of London, her body covered with flower petals and pearls. The killer walked away, singing. When the cargo ship, Cape Farewell, sets sail, she carries nine passengers, one of whom is known to be the murderer. Which is why Superintendent Roderick Alleyn joins the ship at Portsmouth on the most difficult assignment of his professional career...
Singing Sensation (Geronimo Stilton #39)
by Geronimo StiltonAfter being enrolled in the New Mouse City Song Festival, Geronimo Stilton''s song, "Welcome to New Mouse City," goes to the top of the charts. Geronimo''s a star, but very few CDs are sold after the festival, and no one can figure out why. Will Geronimo and his detective friend, Hercule Poirat, be able to solve the mystery?
Singing in Seattle (Aly & AJ's Rock 'n' Rolly Mystery #3)
by Tracey West Katherine NollAly and AJ are off to Seattle to judge a songwriting competition. The winner will have the song performed by Aly and AJ at their concert. <P><P>They hear some good songs and some bad songs, but things really hit a sour note when a contestant's notebook filled with song lyrics is stolen. Will Aly and AJ be able to crack the case?
Singing in the Shrouds: The Ngaio Marsh Collection (Roderick Alleyn #20)
by Ngaio MarshIt&’s foul play on a freighter: &“Enthralling . . .keeps the reader on tenterhooks until the dramatic finale.&” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The good ship Cape Farewell is steaming out to sea, with a passenger-list and crew fairly littered with the shifty, the twitchy, the peculiar, and the up-to-no-good. Arguably the up-to-no-goodest is a strangler with a romantic streak: He likes to leave his ladies with a flower and a charming little song. The latest of the ladies is currently lying on a fogbound London dock, mute witness to the fact that Inspector Alleyn—long on the strangler&’s trail—has so far failed to catch his man. A wintertime sailing on a low-rent cargo ship is not Alleyn&’s idea of a terrific time, but he nevertheless boards the Cape at Portsmouth, determined that no one else is going to get strangled on his watch . . .. &“This is the Classic Puzzle at its purest . . .embellished by literate dialogue and attractive characterization.&” —The New York Times
Singing the Sadness (The Joe Sixsmith Mysteries #4)
by Reginald HillSaving a woman&’s life puts British PI Joe Sixsmith&’s own life in danger in this mystery by &“a master of form and style . . . grace and wit&” (The New York Times). Best known for his gritty Dalziel and Pascoe novels, which were adapted into a hit BBC series, Reginald Hill &“could not have created a protagonist more different&” than Joe Sixsmith, the laid-back British PI and church chorister of West Indian descent, who makes for an engaging addition to crime fiction in this winning mystery, available for the first time as an ebook (Publishers Weekly). It looks to be a melodious weekend for Joe Sixsmith and his chapel choir. They&’re headed for the first annual choral festival in Llanffugiol, a village said to be the heart of musical life in rural Wales. But the locals are far from welcoming in this off-the-map hamlet where dread lingers as heavy as the mist. Never more so than when Joe comes to the rescue of a naked amnesiac screaming for her life in a burning cottage. No one claims to know her, or what she was doing on a stranger&’s property, much less why anyone would want to set her ablaze. Secretly recruited by the owner of the cottage to investigate and, oddly enough, just as surreptitiously by the man&’s wife, Joe soon discovers that arson is the least of the burning secrets in Llanffugiol.
Singing the Sadness: A P.I. Joe Sixsmith Mystery
by Reginald HillReginald Hill's offbeat private eye Joe Sixsmith is off by bus to Wales with his church choir group to compete in the Llanffugiol Choral Festival. On the way, and possibly lost, they come upon a summer cottage in flames, and Joe surprises everyone (including himself) by dashing in to save a woman trapped inside. Joe escapes with minor injuries. The woman, whose identity is unknown, is not quite as lucky. The owner of the cottage secretly engages Joe to discover who the woman is. Unbeknownst to her husband, the man's wife also hires Joe to find out if the young woman is actually her husband's lover, as she suspects. Adding to the confusion are a multitude of curious individuals - a suspicious policeman, a patronizing headmaster, a drug dealing student, and a gang of disaffected locals bent on sabotaging the festival. Joe is intent on uncovering the truth during his weekend stay, and his investigation reveals crimes that have remained buried for years. Written with both humor and verve by the author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series, readers will enjoy this next installment of Joe Sixsmith's adventures as much as they did its predecessors.
Single & Single
by John Le CarréUna extraordinaria novela de John Le Carré, uno de los grandes maestros del espionaje Un abogado de la prestigiosa asesoría financiera británica Single & Single, experto en paraísos fiscales, muere asesinado en la costa turca de un tiro en la cabeza. Su muerte tiene todos los integrantes de una ejecución, un castigo ejemplar. Por esas mismas fechas, Oliver, un animador de fiestas infantiles, es conducido a un banco de un pueblo de Devon a media noche para que justifique el repentino ingreso de una exhorbitante suma en su exigua cuenta. Por otra parte, un carguero ruso es abordado y detenido por la policía en el mar Negro, y un famoso financiero de aduanas. Brock, investiga un caso de corrupción internacional... La conexión secreta de todos estos hechos constituye el nudo gordiano de esta extraordinaria novela de John Le Carré, sin duda uno de los grandes maestros del espionaje.
Single & Single: A Novel (Jet/debolsillo Ser. #Vol. 99)
by John le CarreNew York Times bestselling author John le Carré's novels deftly navigate us through the intricate shadow worlds of international intrigue with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim. A lawyer from a London finance house is shot dead on a Turkish hillside by people with whom he thought he was in business. A children's magician in the English countryside is asked to explain the arrival of more than five million pounds sterling in his young daughter's modest trust. In Single & Single, le Carré masterfully establishes a sequence of events whose connections are mysterious, complex and compelling. He tells of corrupt liaisons between criminal elements in the new Russian states and the world of legitimate finance in the West. He also paints an intimate portrait of two families: one Russian, the other English; one trading illicit goods, the other laundering the profits; one betrayed by a son-in-law, the other betrayed, and redeemed, by a son.
Single Dad (Man of the Month)
by Jennifer GreeneMr. JuneDad: Josh PenoyerSons: Teenaged Calvin and BruiserDaughter: Six-year-old Patrice-a.k.a. "Killer"Missing Ingredient: A mom!How did one handle a kleptomaniac first grader? Solo parent Josh Penoyer was mystified by his youngest's latest hobby-swiping trinkets from Ariel Lindstrom's shop. Then he uncovered Killer's ulterior motive. She wanted a mother, and Ariel fit the bill!Ariel always had time for kids-including a certain sticky-fingered miniature matchmaker and her big brothers. In fact, the motherless brood-and their sexy dad-almost made her wish she were the marrying type....
Single Father Sheriff: Hard Core Law Single Father Sheriff Be On The Lookout: Bodyguard (Target: Timberline #1)
by Carol EricsonAn unsolved case once tore this sheriff’s town apart. Now it’s about to destroy his life in this riveting thriller—first in the Target: Timberline series.When two children go missing, every parent’s worst fear becomes Sheriff Cooper Sloane’s reality. The single father doesn’t have a minute to waste and only a single lead: Kendall Rush, a woman who survived a similar abduction twenty-five years ago. Her twin sister was not so lucky.Kendall’s return to Timberline has stirred up a lot of town chatter. Despite her tragic past, Cooper is more than willing to play the bad guy to get her to remember any tiny detail that could help. But he can’t prepare himself for her vulnerability, or determination. As the kidnapper’s taunts turn horrific, Cooper and Kendall must stop this sick game before it hits even closer to home . . .
Single Malt Murder: A Whisky Business Mystery (Whisky Business #1)
by Melinda MulletAbigail Logan never expected to inherit a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands. But in the first novel of an engaging new series blending fine spirits with chilling mystery, Abi finds that there are secrets lurking in the misty glens that some will go to any lengths to protect . . . even murder. When Abi inherits her uncle’s quaint and storied single malt distillery, she finds herself immersed in a competitive high-stakes business that elicits deep passions and prejudices. An award-winning photojournalist, Abi has no trouble capturing the perfect shot—but making the perfect shot is another matter. When she starts to receive disturbing, anonymous threats, it’s clear that someone wants her out of the picture. But Abi’s never been one to back down from a fight. Arriving on the scene with her whisky-loving best friend, Patrick, and an oversized wheaten terrier named Liam, Abi seems to put everyone in the bucolic village on edge—especially her dour but disturbingly attractive head distiller. Acts of sabotage and increasingly personal threats against Abi make it clear that she is not welcome. When one of Abi’s new employees is found floating facedown in a vat of whisky, Abi is determined to use her skills as an investigative journalist to identify the cold-blooded killer and dispense a dram of justice before he strikes again. But distilling truth from lies is tricky, especially when everyone seems to have something to hide.
Single Malt: Off Base Loose Cannon Single Malt On Duty (Agents Irish and Whiskey #1)
by Layla ReyneEight months after the car crash that changed everything, FBI agent Aidan Talley is back at work. New department, new case and a new partner. Smart, athletic and handsome, Jameson Walker is twelve years his junior. Even if Aidan was ready to move on-and he's not-Jamie is off-limits. Jamie's lusted after Aidan for three years, and the chance to work with San Francisco's top agent directly is too good to pass up. Aidan is prickly-to put it mildly-but a growing cyber threat soon proves Jamie's skills invaluable. Jamie's talents paint a target on his back, and Aidan is determined to protect him. But with hack after hack threatening a high-security biocontainment facility, time is running out to thwart a deadly terrorist attack. They'll have to filter out distractions, on the case and in their partnership, to identify the real enemy, solve the case and save thousands of lives, including their own. Book one of the Agents Irish and Whiskey series This book is approximately 68,000 words
Single Mom's Bodyguard: Sheltered By The Cowboy Single Mom's Bodyguard Runaway Heiress Captivating Witness (Bachelor Bodyguards #6)
by Lisa ChildsA pretend relationship between a bodyguard and single mom turns all too real in the latest Bachelor Bodyguards romance Emilia Ecklund hears her child cry when he's smiling. She sees intruders where there are none. She's either losing her mind-or someone wants her to think she is. Desperate, she asks her brother's best friend, former Marine and Payne Protection Agency bodyguard Dane Sutton, to investigate. But the only way is for him to move into her home...and bed. Dane's secret mission: to pose as Emilia's boyfriend while watching every door and window like a hawk. He vows to keep things purely professional, but he's severely tempted as his feelings intensify. And as the threats escalate, the guarded loner has everything to lose.
Single White Female
by John LutzNo matter how much you think you know, you're taking a chance when you shop for a new roommate. But after Allie Jones throws out Sam, her sexy but two- timing live-in lover, she desperately needs someone to split the rent on her Upper West Side New York apartment. And if anybody seems a safe bet, it's shy and unimposing Hedra Carlson, the least likely candidate for leaving dirty socks on the floor. Yet there is something odd about the way Hedra openly envies Allie's appearance and lifestyle. Then Allie begins receiving obscene phone calls from strangers who know her name; her credit cards mysteriously disappear; and she is shocked to discover that Hedra's wardrobe is eerily similar to her own. Unknown to Allie, her plain and modest roommate is sharing much more than the rent...and an unspeakable, bloody nightmare is just beginning...
Single White Female
by John LutzThe unforgettable novel that inspired the classic film.After a messy breakup, Allie Jones finds herself living alone in her New York apartment with no one to share her bed with - and more urgently, no one to share her rent. The solution is obvious - so she advertises for a roommate. And Hendra Carlson seems perfect - shy, quiet... safe. But soon Hendra's disturbing envy of Allie's looks and social life becomes unsettling. She wears Allie's clothes, even buys a wig in Allie's colour and style.And then the obscene phone calls start. Allie's credit cards vanish, and she discovers Hendra is leading a dangerous double life. For Hendra's twisted admiration has no limits, the nightmare has just begun, and there will be a bloody price to pay...Praise for John Lutz:'Lutz offers up a heart pounding roller coaster of a ride' Jeffrey Deaver.'Misleading clues and dramatic suspense will keep readers pondering the intricacies of this twisted, creepy whodunit long after the last page is turned' Publishers Weekly, starred review.'Lutz knows how to make you shiver' Harlan Coben.
Single White Female Seeks Same
by John LutzA Manhattan woman&’s new roommate is a nightmare in this classic psychological thriller that inspired the hit film, Single White Female.Things could be better for computer consultant Allie Jones. With her boyfriend moved out, she needs to find a new way to make rent on her Upper West Side apartment.After placing an ad in the classifieds, she meets Hedra Carlson, a shy, awkward office temp. While Hedra may not be the perfect applicant, she&’s the best one Allie can find.As the two adjust to living together, Hedra can barely contain her admiration for Allie. But soon Hedra&’s mousey demeanor transforms into something far more menacing. She&’s doesn&’t just love Allie, she wants to become her . . .&“A contemporary horror tale that few readers will be able to put down. . . . An enjoyable diversion.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Gotham paranoia at its creepiest.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Single to Paris (Rosie Ewing Spy Thrillers)
by Alexander FullertonA lone agent is sent into occupied Paris to find the mistress of a high-level Nazi officer in this edge-of-your-seat WWII espionage adventure. When two agents are arrested in Paris, SOE agent Rosie Ewing is sent to rescue them. Also in Paris in the summer of 1945 is a woman called Jacqueline, already known to Rosie and now the mistress of a highly placed SD officer. Rosie&’s brief is to find Jacqueline, and through her discover where the two agents are being held—then get them out before they either talk or die. She needs help from the French Resistance. But both Gaullist and Communist groups are stirring—and at each other&’s throats. There are also several exceptionally vicious pro-Nazi groups out there. Rosie is going in solo—and virtually blind . . .Praise for the Rosie Ewing Spy Thrillers: &“The tension rarely slackens and the setting is completely convincing.&” —The Times Literary Supplement &“The most meticulously researched war novels I&’ve ever read.&” —Len Deighton
Single-Minded: A Logan Booth Short (A Logan Booth Thriller)
by Matt RogersFollow Logan Booth on his first ever assignment in this action-packed prequel novella to The Forsaken, book one in the blockbuster Logan Booth series. &‘A fresh voice you&’ll get addicted to – fast!&’ Candice Fox&‘Logan Booth is a character who is impossible to look away from and difficult to forget.&’ Kyle Mills CIA contract killer Logan Booth is an anomaly in the world of covert operations – he doesn&’t know he&’s part of it. A rugged individualist, Logan would never serve his country willingly. He thinks he&’s a hitman for a rogue vigilante group, unaware that he is being manipulated by the CIA to do their dirty work. In Single-Minded, we meet Logan and his handler, James Moss, who sends Logan into the field for the first time, tasking his assassin with infiltrating a trafficking ring in the bowels of Moscow. As Logan&’s first assignment spirals into disaster, James grapples with the ethics of deceiving an asset whose worldview he has come to deeply respect …
Singleton's Law
by Reginald HillEngland has become an isolated wasteland ruled over by football hooligans in a thriller that &“makes Clockwork Orange seem a gentle fantasy&” (Time Out). The British Parliament has been dissolved. Now the nation is divided among four soccer clubs: City, United, Wanderers, and Athletic, constantly and violently at odds with one another. And the United Kingdom is on its own, alienated from the rest of Europe. Expatriate journalist Whitey Singleton escaped safely to America, and has been an outspoken critic of the tactics of the Club managers ever since. The last place he wants to be is back in London. But now his plane has been hijacked and diverted to Heathrow, and he finds himself at the mercy of this brutal regime—and drawn into a terrifying web of political intrigue that is about to explode at Wembley Stadium, in this chillingly suspenseful political parable by a winner of the prestigious Diamond Dagger.
Sinister (The Wyoming Series #1)
by Lisa Jackson Rosalind Noonan Nancy BushNew York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, and Rosalind Noonan unite their talents in this riveting Wyoming-set novel of family secrets, obsession, and murder . . .A KILLER&’S PATIENCETwenty years ago, a fire ravaged the Dillinger family's old homestead, killing Judd Dillinger and crippling his girlfriend. Most people blamed a serial arsonist who'd been seen around town. But strange things are happening in Prairie Creek, Wyoming, again.WILL BE REWARDEDIra Dillinger, the family's wealthy patriarch, has summoned his children home for his upcoming wedding. Eldest son, Colton, and his siblings don't approve of their father&’s gold-digging bride-to-be. But someone is making his displeasure felt in terrifying ways, setting fires just like in the past. Only this time, there will be no survivors.IN BLOODAs fear and distrust spread through Prairie Creek, soon all the Dillingers, and those closest to them, are targets--and suspects. A killer has been honing his skill, feeding his fury, and waiting for the moment when the Dillingers come home—to die . . .
Sinister Errand
by Peter CheyneyAgent Michael Kells is in pursuit of Nazi spies in London, who have been tasked with the job of pinpointing the actual landing places of V1 bombs to improve their accuracy.Through the strange byways of Kells's sinister errand flit the mysterious 'Auntie', the alluring Janine, the beautiful Mrs Vaile and the delightful and unfortunate Alison Fredericks.'Nobody eats or sleeps in the course of this tale. And you probably won't either' New Yorker
Sinister Errand (Dark Series)
by Peter CheyneyAgent Michael Kells is in pursuit of Nazi spies in London, who have been tasked with the job of pinpointing the actual landing places of V1 bombs to improve their accuracy.Through the strange byways of Kells's sinister errand flit the mysterious 'Auntie', the alluring Janine, the beautiful Mrs Vaile and the delightful and unfortunate Alison Fredericks.'Nobody eats or sleeps in the course of this tale. And you probably won't either' New Yorker
Sinister Graves (A Cash Blackbear Mystery #3)
by Marcie R. Rendon"Marcie Rendon is writing an addictive and authentically Native crime series propelled by the irresistible Cash Blackbear—a warm, sad, sharp, funny and intuitive young Ojibwe woman. I want a shelf of Cash Blackbear novels! To my delight I have a feeling that Rendon is only getting started."—Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Night WatchmanSet in 1970s Minnesota on the White Earth Reservation, Pinckley Prize–winner Marcie R. Rendon&’s gripping new mystery follows Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman, as she attempts to discover the truth about the disappearances of Native girls and their newborns.A snowmelt has sent floodwaters down to the fields of the Red River Valley, dragging the body of an unidentified Native woman into the town of Ada. The only evidence the medical examiner recovers is a torn piece of paper inside her bra: a hymnal written in English and Ojibwe.Cash Blackbear, a 19-year-old Ojibwe woman, sometimes helps Sheriff Wheaton, her guardian, on his investigations. Now she knows her search for justice for this anonymous victim will take her to the White Earth Reservation, a place she once called home.When Cash happens upon two small graves in the yard of a rural, &“speak-in-tongues kinda church,&” Cash is pulled into the lives of the malevolent pastor and his troubled wife while yet another Native woman dies in a mysterious manner.
Sinister Heights (The Amos Walker Mysteries #15)
by Loren D. EstlemanDetroit PI Amos Walker steps into a lethal family feud when the beautiful widow of a powerful industrialist hires him to find her late husband's illegitimate children Leland Stutch was building automobiles before Henry Ford ever dreamed up the Model T. He dominated Detroit for most of the 20th century as the auto industry soared and then began its long, slow descent. When Stutch's widow contacts Amos Walker, the private eye expects to meet a doddering old lady. Instead he encounters Rayellen, a 30-something beauty with washboard abs and 1 of the most unusual propositions he's ever heard. Unconcerned with matrimonial vows, the most powerful man in Detroit left mistresses--and love children--all over Michigan. To stave off any future paternity suits, Rayellen hires Walker to locate Stutch's illegitimate offspring and pay them off--a seemingly simple task that draws the detective into a dysfunctional family's war zone and a violent case of kidnapping and murder. Sinister Heights is the 15th book in the Amos Walker Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.