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Solitude Creek
by Jeffery DeaverJeffery Deaver, "the master of manipulation" (Associated Press) and "the most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world." (Daily Telegraph, UK) returns with the new, long-awaited, Kathryn Dance thriller.A tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people die and others are seriously injured. But it's the panic and the stampede that killed them; there was no fire. Kathryn Dance--a brilliant California Bureau of Investigation agent and body language expert--discovers that the stampede was caused intentionally and that the perpetrator, a man obsessed with turning people's own fears and greed into weapons, has more attacks planned. She and her team must race against the clock to find where he will strike next before more innocents die.
Solitude Creek (Kathryn Dance #4)
by Jeffery DeaverJeffery Deaver, "the master of manipulation" (Associated Press) and "the most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world. " (Daily Telegraph, UK) returns with the new, long-awaited, Kathryn Dance thriller. A tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people die and others are seriously injured. But it's the panic and the stampede that killed; there was no fire. Kathryn Dance--a brilliant California Bureau of Investigation agent and body language expert--discovers that the stampede was caused intentionally and that the perpetrator, a man obsessed with turning people's own fears and greed into weapons, has more attacks planned. She and her team must race against the clock to find where he will strike next before more innocents die.
Solitude Creek: Fear Kills in Agent Kathryn Dance Book 4 (Kathryn Dance thrillers #4)
by Jeffery DeaverThe fourth electrifying thriller in the Kathryn Dance series from master of suspense Jeffery Deaver.One mistake is all it takes.Busted back to rookie after losing her gun in an interrogation gone bad, California Bureau of Investigation Agent Kathryn Dance finds herself making routine insurance checks after a roadhouse fire.But Dance is a highly trained expert in body language: her most deadly weapon is her instinct, and they can't take that away from her.And when the evidence at the club points to something more than a tragic accident, she isn't going to let protocol stop her doing everything in her power to take down the perp.Someone out there is using the panic of crowds to kill, and Dance must find out who, before he strikes again . . .
Solitude Creek: Fear Kills in Agent Kathryn Dance Book 4 (Kathryn Dance thrillers #4)
by Jeffery DeaverThe fourth electrifying thriller in the Kathryn Dance series from master of suspense Jeffery Deaver.One mistake is all it takes.Busted back to rookie after losing her gun in an interrogation gone bad, California Bureau of Investigation Agent Kathryn Dance finds herself making routine insurance checks after a roadhouse fire.But Dance is a highly trained expert in body language: her most deadly weapon is her instinct, and they can't take that away from her.And when the evidence at the club points to something more than a tragic accident, she isn't going to let protocol stop her doing everything in her power to take down the perp.Someone out there is using the panic of crowds to kill, and Dance must find out who, before he strikes again . . .(P)2015 Hachette Audio
Solitários
by Nick Sweet Flávia MendesUma jovem estudante de cinema, Joanne, está caminhando pelas ruas de Londres, fazendo um documentário, quando ela acidentalmente filma dois homens forçando um terceiro homem a entrar em um carro. O terceiro homem - um político proeminente - acaba de ser sequestrado, e a filmagem na câmera da aluna é a evidência. Depois que os sequestradores descobriram sobre a filmagem, Joanne encontra-se no meio de um jogo mortal de gato e rato.
Solo
by William BoydIt's 1969, and, having just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, James Bond--British special agent 007--is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Zanzarim, a troubled West African nation, is being ravaged by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to quash the rebels threatening the established regime. Bond's arrival in Africa marks the start of a feverish mission to discover the forces behind this brutal war--and he soon realizes the situation is far from straightforward. Piece by piece, Bond uncovers the real cause of the violence in Zanzarim, revealing a twisting conspiracy that extends further than he ever imagined. Moving from rebel battlefields in West Africa to the closed doors of intelligence offices in London and Washington, this novel is at once a gripping thriller, a tensely plotted story full of memorable characters and breathtaking twists, and a masterful study of power and how it is wielded--a brilliant addition to the James Bond canon.
Solo
by William BoydIt's 1969, and, having just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, James Bond—British special agent 007—is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Zanzarim, a troubled West African nation, is being ravaged by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to quash the rebels threatening the established regime. Bond's arrival in Africa marks the start of a feverish mission to discover the forces behind this brutal war—and he soon realizes the situation is far from straightforward. Piece by piece, Bond uncovers the real cause of the violence in Zanzarim, revealing a twisting conspiracy that extends further than he ever imagined. Moving from rebel battlefields in West Africa to the closed doors of intelligence offices in London and Washington, this novel is at once a gripping thriller, a tensely plotted story full of memorable characters and breathtaking twists, and a masterful study of power and how it is wielded—a brilliant addition to the James Bond canon.
Solo (Bride Series)
by Jack HigginsThe New York Times–bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed delivers a pulse-pounding story of a father out for revenge against a master assassin. John Mikali is known throughout the world as a brilliant concert pianist and playboy. But his true vocation is far more interesting and lucrative: He is a peerless international assassin. His music and fame give him entrée to complete his assignments all over the world without fail. He believes himself truly untouchable—until he makes one fatal mistake. Col. Asa Morgan is a military man to the bone. A veteran of wars both declared and undeclared, he&’s one of the most respected and lethal members of the British SAS, and utterly devoted to his country. But when his daughter is run down and killed by an unknown assassin making his escape, his sworn duty no longer matters. Now, his only mission is to find the killer before the authorities do—and make him suffer as long as possible before death. Morgan and Mikali will stalk each other across continents, from bloody back alleys to gilded halls in a deadly game in which each man is both the hunter and the hunted. And only the winner walks away. Recognized as one of the finest thriller writers of our time, the international bestselling author of the Sean Dillon and Liam Devlin series delivers &“unadulterated macho adventure (and) suspense&” (Houston Post).
Solo Act: An Elder Darrow Mystery (The Elder Darrow Mysteries #2)
by Richard J. CassThe second mystery starring Boston bar owner Elder Darrow, an amateur sleuth who&’s &“every bit as tender and engaging as Robert B. Parker&’s Spenser&” (Jeri Theriault author of In the Museum of Surrender). The new owner of the Esposito, Elder Darrow knows that working in a bar is going to test his sobriety, and he&’s relying on the support of his ex-lover, a jazz singer named Alison Somers. The two of them split when Alison moved to New York to further her career, but before she left, they made a pact: he&’ll stay off the booze if she keeps taking her antidepressants, which keep her from attempting suicide—again. Then Elder hears that Alison has killed herself by diving out of her apartment window. Elder follows an instinct that tells him she wouldn&’t have quit taking her meds, or killed herself, without talking to him first. Trying to uncover the real story, he encounters a beautiful collector of jazz memorabilia, a Native American gangster with aspirations to management, and a bomb-throwing piano player. Along with his friend Dan Burton, a homicide cop, Elder finds himself entangled in a web of greed and corruption that threatens much more than his sobriety . . . Praise for Richard Cass and the Elder Darrow Mysteries &“Richard Cass writes the kind of mysteries I first fell in love with—clever, twisty, and brimming with characters as colorful as they are well-drawn.&”—Chris Holm, Anthony Award-winning author of Michael Hendricks Novels &“Cass&’s version of noir Boston is dark and beautiful as a back alley after a morning rain.&”—Gerry Boyle, author of the Jack McMorrow Mysteries
Solo Los Solitarios: Políticos, Mentiras y Vídeos
by Nick SweetLa joven estudiante de cine Joanne camina por las calles de Londres grabando un documental casero cuando graba accidentalmente a dos hombres metiendo a un tercero en un coche. El tercero, una importante figura política, acaba de ser secuestrado, y el vídeo en la cámara de la estudiante es la única prueba. Cuando los secuestradores se enteran de que han sido grabados, Joanne se ve envuelta en un peligroso juego de mentiras, persecuciones y asesinatos.
Solo amigos: Más allá del libro... (Nunca digas nunca. Capítulo extra #Volumen 3)
by Amy LabMÁS ALLÁ DEL LIBRO... ¿Quieres saber más sobre los protagonistas de Nunca digas nunca? ¡No te pierdas el Capítulo Extra Solo amigos!Si ya has leído Nunca digas nunca, querrás conocer más detalles sobre la vida de Jacq. Detalles que no están en el libro. Así que no te pierdas este Capítulo Extra. Descubrirás que Sandra nunca supo lo que estuvo a punto de ocurrir antes del verano.Y si no lo has leído, no importa, seguro que leyendo este capítulo extra te morirás de ganas de saber qué romances, secretos y misterios esperan a Jacq en su nueva vida en España.
Solo dieci giorni
by M. P. Anderfeldt Rosalba FerrignoUna classe di studenti di 18-19 anni va alle Isola Canarie per la consueta gita di fine anno scolastico. Come alcuni di loro vanno a visitare una recente isola vulcanica con un piccolo aereo. Ad ogni modo l'aereo precipita e solo alcuni riescono a raggiungere la baia di un'isola disabitata. Trovano dell'acqua e persino del cibo dell'aereo.Ma ci sono tensioni nel gruppo. Scoppiano quando una delle ragazze, Katharina, che è sempre stata l'emarginata della classe, tira fuori un'arma, una pistola da segnalazione che aveva preso sull'aereo Minaccia le altre ragazze e le tratta come le sue schiave. Una ragazza che lei odia particolarmente, Midori, deve essere la "troia" che non riceve cibo e acqua. Tra ogni capitolo, c'è una piccola retrospezione delle ragazze ai tempi della scuola e il lettore scopre lentamente perchè Midori è diventata la ragazza sarcastica e cinice che è (è stata ingannata dalle sue amiche in passato e quando cambia scuola decide di non essere più la vittima). Midori scappa di notte e esplora l'isola per conto suo. Vive di uova di uccello e trova il cadavere di un'altra compagna di classe. A Midori piace stare da sola ma si sente responsabile per le sue compagne di classe, così decide di tornare indietro. Riuscirà a convincere Katharina a stare unite per poter sopravvivere? Arriveranno mai i soccorsi?
Solo diez días
by M. P. Anderfeldt Alvaro Soldevila RibellesSeis chicas atrapadas en una isla desierta, luchando para sobrevivir, con la naturaleza... y unas contra otras. ¿Y dónde demonios están los equipos de rescate?
Solo: A James Bond Novel
by William BoydIt's 1969, and, having just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, James Bond--British special agent 007--is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Zanzarim, a troubled West African nation, is being ravaged by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to quash the rebels threatening the established regime. Bond's arrival in Africa marks the start of a feverish mission to discover the forces behind this brutal war--and he soon realizes the situation is far from straightforward. Piece by piece, Bond uncovers the real cause of the violence in Zanzarim, revealing a twisting conspiracy that extends further than he ever imagined. Moving from rebel battlefields in West Africa to the closed doors of intelligence offices in London and Washington, this novel is at once a gripping thriller, a tensely plotted story full of memorable characters and breathtaking twists, and a masterful study of power and how it is wielded--a brilliant addition to the James Bond canon.
Solomon Snow and the Stolen Jewel
by Kaye UmanskySolomon Snow and his stalwart friends return in a second mock-Victorian extravaganza! In their second adventure, the intrepid trio becomes ensnared in a plot to steal a priceless ruby. But what do a stubborn donkey, a shady dwarf, and Mr. Skippy the rabbit have to do with it all?
Solomon vs. Lord
by Paul LevineSteve Solomon is the sharpest lawyer ever to barely graduate from Key West School of Law. Victoria Lord is fresh from Yale, toiling for an ambitious D.A. and soon to be married. And Katrina Barksdale is a sexy former figure skater charged with killing her incredibly wealthy, incredibly kinky husband. With all three tangled in the steamiest trial of the century, the case is sure to make sparks fly, headlines scream--and opposites attract.
Solomon's Vineyard
by Jonathan Latimer'From the way her buttocks looked under the black silk dress, I knew she'd be good in bed'So begins the most hardboiled of Latimer's novels, whose notoriety meant that it was only published in unexpurgated form in the States in 1982, 40 years after its original publication. In this classic noir novel, St Louis private eye Karl Craven, who likes his steak rare, his liquor hard and his women fallen, arrives at the small town of Paulton to protect his wealthy client's daughter from a religious cult. He soon finds himself involved with various unsavoury characters, as well as a femme fatale named Princess, and proves more than a match for the worst of them.
Solomon's Vineyard (Murder Room #509)
by Jonathan Latimer'From the way her buttocks looked under the black silk dress, I knew she'd be good in bed'So begins the most hardboiled of Latimer's novels, whose notoriety meant that it was only published in unexpurgated form in the States in 1982, 40 years after its original publication. In this classic noir novel, St Louis private eye Karl Craven, who likes his steak rare, his liquor hard and his women fallen, arrives at the small town of Paulton to protect his wealthy client's daughter from a religious cult. He soon finds himself involved with various unsavoury characters, as well as a femme fatale named Princess, and proves more than a match for the worst of them.
Solos
by Kitty Burns FloreyEmily Lime and her equally palindromic dog, Otto, live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (zip code 11211), in a warm community of friends and fellow artists. Her life becomes more complicated when she falls in love with Marcus, a dog-walker and fellow Scrabble nut, whose father is Emily's shady ex-husband who wants the lovable Emily dead. A mystery unravels, a valuable lost cache of paintings is found, and Emily's life changes in ways she could not have anticipated.
Solstice
by Michael GandyRoberta Lee, the Vice President from “Incar*Nation”, is featured in this prequel that deals with the hunting death of the congressman husband of her friend Mary Ann Montgomery. Only it turns out the accident was no accident, and both Roberta and Mary Ann are in jeopardy.
Solstice of Death (The Mindful Detective #3)
by Laurence AnholtA dazzling dawn breaks over the Stonehenge midwinter solstice, where the assembled new-age revellers are horrified to discover a green-painted human hand dangling from beneath a mound of snow, high on one of the stone lintels. Leading the investigation into this peculiar death is DI Shanti Joyce and her partner, Vincent Caine. To Shanti's chagrin the pair have become known as 'the go-to team for weird stuff in the West Country' and this festive fatality is the mother and Father Christmas of odd and ritualistic crimes.Amidst the swirling flurries of Salisbury Plain, the unlikely duo discover that the deceased is none other than Hector Lovell-Finch, the eccentric Earl of Lovell Court, known to all as 'Finch' - and who also happens to be the father of the notoriously right-wing MP, Quentin Lovell-Finch.It is no secret that relations between father and son have become decidedly frosty since Finch's acrimonious divorce from Quentin's mother, his conversion to environmentalism, and second marriage to an indigenous Brazilian environmentalist half his age. Now there is the icy issue of who will inherit the ancient Lovell-Finch Estate.To make things more complicated, single mum Shanti has faithfully promised her son, Paul a magical Christmas with all the trimmings. Can this most knotty of English murders be untwined in just five days? And will the unlikely detective duo celebrate the season with merriment, mindfulness and mistletoe?
Solus (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré #15)
by Peter BowenGabriel Du Pré is back in action, coming to the aid of a whistleblower on the run, in this all-new novel in a “wonderfully eclectic and enjoyable series” (Booklist). When a hunted military whistleblower and his family need someplace to hide and someone to trust, Toussaint, Montana, is the place, and Gabriel Du Pré the man. The Métis Indian former cattle inspector and sometimes deputy is happy to offer protection, even though he’s already got his hands full with an ailing granddaughter, a meddling medicine man, and a Kazakh eagle hunter prowling the hills above town. As a guard at a Kabul prison, Hoyt Poe witnessed his fellow soldiers abusing the Afghan inmates. Poe’s testimony threatens to expose the military contractor that led the prison’s brutal interrogation program. Now, Temple Security’s billionaire founder, Lloyd Cutler, wants him dead. But how long can the fugitive and his family lay low before Cutler’s mercenaries come to Du Pré’s hometown looking for trouble? Packed with pulse-pounding suspense, wry humor, and the romance of small-town Montana, Solus continues the irresistible adventures of the one of a kind Gabriel Du Pré, “a character of legendary proportions” (New York Times–bestselling author Ridley Pearson). Solus is the 15th book in the Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Soma Blues (Hob Draconian #3)
by Robert SheckleyHob Draconian, American born but a two-decade resident of Ibiza and a tie-dyed-in-the-wool hippie philosopher, divides his time between Paris and Ibiza—and when Soma, a new drug, turns up in Paris in the hands of a murdered Ibizan drug dealer, it&’s time for the Alternative Detective Agency to spring into action and defeat the crime syndicate that has infiltrated his beloved expatriate community. From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was &“a precursor to Douglas Adams.&”
Sombra perfecta (e-original)
by Brent WeeksGaelan Fuego de Estrella es un campesino, un padre atento y un esposo fiel. Un hombre que, en apariencia, transmite serenidad y simpleza. Pero lo que el mundo no sabe es que Gaelan es también un ser inmortal, poseedor del don supremo del arte de la guerra. A través de los siglos, el guerrero ha tenido que adoptar múltiples alter egos para esconder su verdadera esencia, pero es un hombre destinado a convertirse en héroe aunque procure vivir en la oscuridad. Así es como los diversos nombres que ha asumido acaban convirtiéndose en auténticas leyendas: Acaelus Thorne, Yric el Negro, Hrothan Doblaceros, Tal Drakkan, Rebus Diestro...El delicado equilibrio que sostiene toda su vida y la mentira que lo acompaña parecen vacilar el día en que Gaelan se ve obligado a aceptar un nuevo y peligroso trabajo: enfrentarse a los delincuentes más temidos del universo, para ayudar a la dueña suprema de los crímenes de la ciudad, la hermosa cortesana Gwinvere Kirena.Este será su nuevo e inevitable destino: vivir en el mundo de las sombras y convertirse en un asesino en serie al servicio de los poderosos. A partir de ahora, su nuevo nombre será Durzo Blint.
Sombras Perversas
by A. D. JusticeDevon “Shadow” Kane escolheu uma vida de anonimato no momento em que entrou no mundo clandestino da CIA. Seu treinamento fez dele um assassino, uma habilidade que ele não tem escrúpulos em usar. Elle Sinclair, a irmã mais nova do seu amigo de infância, está longe de ser a garota da porta ao lado. Ela será a próxima grande estrela. Ela também é a pessoa que ele não pode ter. As luzes ofuscantes dos flashes das lâmpadas em seu mundo de celebridades contradizem a discrição e a invisibilidade exigidas no dele. Então ela se foi. Desapareceu, sem uma palavra ou vestígio. Um pedido desesperado de ajuda de seu irmão testa as habilidades secretas de Shadow. As apostas são altas e Shadow vai arriscar tudo por ela. As únicas duas constantes na equação são a ameaça de revelar seu disfarce e a probabilidade de não alcançá-la a tempo. Com perigo por toda parte, Shadow e Elle podem sobreviver? Ou as sombras perversas que os cercam finalmente causarão sua morte?