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Something Wicked
by Evelyn VaughnWhen you curse your enemy, you curse yourself, too.Nonpracticing witch Kate Trillo learned this when she walked in on her sister's murder and fought off the gloating killer. Staring into his cold eyes, she spoke the words that would make his life a living hell until she could get vengeance--and then the strangest accidents began happening to her.To make matters worse, the killer had a perfect alibi--or a look-alike. Had Kate said the wrong name, or was something wicked afoot? By uncovering her own secret heritage and finding a long-lost goddess grail, Kate might learn the truth. But would the truth set her sister's killer free?
Something Wicked (A Death on Demand Mysteries #3)
by Carolyn HartEveryone--including mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance--loves Arsenic and Old Lace. But something wicked is poisoned a local summer stock production as cast members stab each other in the back and props are sabotaged. Worst of all, the star, aging Hollywood beach-blanket hunk Shane Petree, butchers his lines--while getting top billing in bed with wives and teenage daughters around town. No wonder somebody wants to draw his final curtain. With a little help from Miss Marple, Poirot, and Agatha the Bookstore Cat, a pompous prosecutor tries to pin a murder on Max, Annie's own leading man. Unless Annie can prove her darling's innocence, their wedding date's off! Invoking the tried-and-true methods of her favorite literary sleuths, Annie snoops around the greasepaint and glitter of the show-stopper scene if she doesn't watch it, because theatrical murderers never play fair.
Something Wicked (Andrew Basnett #1)
by E. X. FerrarsA retired botanist comes to stay in a charming English village, where murder and blackmail disturb the bucolic peace in this mystery series debut. No longer on the sprightly side of seventy, Professor Andrew Basnett is looking forward to retirement and finally digging into the biography he plans to write about an obscure seventeenth century botanist. While his flat in town is renovated, he settles into a little village in Oxfordshire where he&’s borrowed his nephew&’s cottage. It sounds perfectly pleasant, even with the village murderess living right up the road. Basnett&’s nephew informs him that Pauline Hewison&’s case never came to trial because she had the perfect alibi. Not entirely comforted, Basnett is more unnerved when a blizzard knocks out the power and provides a dark, snowy night just like the one six years ago when someone shot Charles Hewison through the head. It doesn&’t help that there&’s been another murder and that Pauline, once again, has motive to spare.
Something Wicked (Horatio Wilkes Mystery #2)
by Alan GratzA wickedly gripping follow-up to the critically acclaimed Something Rotten<P><P> Horatio Wilkes has come to the Scottish Highland Festival with his childhood friend Mac for games, girls, and gallivanting. But before the Celtic festivities can get under way, Mac's grandfather and founder of the games, Duncan MacRae, is brutally murdered. All signs point to Duncan's son, Malcolm, as the killer, but Horatio has his doubts. Between Mac, his controlling girlfriend Beth, and their parents, it seems like everyone has something to hide. <P> Set against the vivid backdrop of the Tennessee mountains, Something Wicked is a thrilling adventure with all the sinister twists, turns, and tragedies of Shakespeare's Macbeth. .
Something Wicked (The Colony #3)
by Lisa Jackson Nancy BushA pregnant detective investigates murders tied to a strange group of women in this thriller by the New York Times–bestselling authors of Wicked Lies. You Sense Him Some refer to it as the Colony. To others, it&’s a cult. But few locals in the Oregon coastal hamlet of Deception Bay have ever been invited to the inner sanctum of Siren Song. Even the sisters who live here, far from strangers who might recoil at their unnerving psychic abilities, don&’t know all the terrors buried within its walls…You Fear Him Eight months into a surrogate pregnancy for her sister, Kristina, Detective Savannah Dunbar just wants to wrap up paperwork before taking medical leave. But her department&’s investigation into a brutal double homicide has suddenly become much more complex—and personal. And now there are disturbing rumors about the Colony, its matriarch, and a long history of bitter secrets...But You Can Never Stop Him Death has come to Siren Song before. But this time there will be no refuge and no remorse. For everything born in wickedness must die that way—and a killer will not rest until he has claimed them all…&“[A] superb supernatural thriller…. A masterpiece of romantic suspense with enough twists and turns to keep the reader eagerly anticipating the breathtaking conclusion.&” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Amy Rae DurresonA workaholic teacher and a cranky blacksmith investigate a haunted orphanage in the remote Scottish Borders. What they find together might help them heal the wounds of their pasts… if they survive. When the charity Leon works for inherits the orphanage, he travels north to see if the site is suitable for a new school. But Vainguard is a place of dark secrets, and Leon unearths a mystery about four children who died there in 1944—a tragic tale with an uncanny connection to the death of Leon’s parents. Still bitter and guilt-ridden over his daughter’s death, farrier Niall joins Leon in uncovering Vainguard’s cruel history, including not just abuse but a tale about a vengeful spirit preying on local children. As the orphanage’s disturbing past comes to light, another child goes missing. Niall and Leon know they don’t have long before the child falls victim to a legend straight from the Borders’ blood-soaked past.
Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel (Grand Master Editions, The)
by Ray BradburyFew American novels written this century have endured in th heart and mind as has this one-Ray Bradbury's incomparable masterwork of the dark fantastic. A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, ushering in Halloween a week before its time. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. And two inquisitive boys standing precariously on the brink of adulthood will soon discover the secret of the satanic raree-show's smoke, mazes, and mirrors, as they learn all too well the heavy cost of wishes -- and the stuff of nightmare.
Something Wicked: A McKenzie Novel (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie Novels #19)
by David HousewrightIn David Housewright's next hardboiled mysterySomething Wicked, Rushmore McKenzie, who promised to retire after his last nearly-fatal case, gets talked into doing an old friend a favor involving a castle, a family fighting over an inheritance, and at least one mysterious death.Rushmore McKenzie was a detective with the St. Paul, Minnesota PD until unlikely events made him first a millionaire and then a retiree. Since then, he's been an occasional unofficial private investigator - looking into things for friends and friends of friends - until his most recent case put him into a coma and nearly into a coffin. Now, at the insistence of his better half Nina Truhler, he is again retired.That is, until a friend of Nina finds herself in dire straights and in desperate need of a favor. Jenness Crawford's grandmother owned the family castle - a nineteenth century castle that has been operating as a hotel and resort for over a hundred years. Since her grandmother's death, the heirs have been squabbling over what to do with it. Some want to keep it in the family and running as a hotel. Some want to sell it and reap the millions a developer will pay for it. And Jenness is convinced that someone - probably in the latter group - killed her grandmother. A conclusion with which the police do not agree. Now McKenzie finds himself back in action, trapped in a castle filled with feuding relatives with conflicting agendas, long serving retainers, and a possible murderer. And if McKenzie makes one wrong move, it could be lights out.
Something Wild
by Anna EberhardtA contemporary romance from the bestselling author of SWEET AMY JANE and WHISPERED HEAT. "Sensual..sexy...a treat to read." —#1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Sandra Brown As the only child of celebrated photo-journalists who were always off on assignment, lifestyle expert Chloe Pembrook now enjoys staying in one place and making life beautiful. Ace Ellsworth III, the only child from a dynasty of ill-gotten old money, is an award winning reporter. Much to the chagrin of his family, he loves taking skeletons out of the closet and splashing them on the front page of the newspaper. When Chloe witnesses a murder, she and Ace are thrown together on a suspenseful chase that takes them from Chicago to the Hamptons. The stakes are high and if they don't learn that they each can't get their own way, the killer will get his.
Something Wrong
by Dell ShannonSergeant Ivor Maddox and the Wilcox Street precinct do not have time to rest on their laurels. Currently there is a curious wave of shoplifting among teenagers, an elderly pensioner has been shot dead from the window of a passing car, a six-month-old baby has disappeared from his pram and a pregnant fifteen-year-old has died of an overdose of an unusual drug - a terrible accident or murder?
Something Wrong (Murder Room #513)
by Dell Shannon'The best American police procedural of the year' Anthony BoucherSergeant Ivor Maddox and the Wilcox Street precinct do not have time to rest on their laurels. Currently there is a curious wave of shoplifting among teenagers, an elderly pensioner has been shot dead from the window of a passing car, a six-month-old baby has disappeared from his pram and a pregnant fifteen-year-old has died of an overdose of an unusual drug - a terrible accident or murder?
Something for Nothing
by Andy MuirIt&’s not every day a bloke stumbles across a dismembered torso on Nobby&’s beach.Lachie Munro is starting to feel like he&’s a magnet for trouble. Only the day before he fished a giant haul of heroin out of his favourite abalone poaching spot near Newcastle.There&’s a better than even chance that the heroin and the torso are connected and he should leave well enough alone. But the opportunity to get ahead of the game is too good to pass up.But how do you sell several kilos of heroin? It&’s not like drug dealers are listed in the Yellow Pages. And what happens when the owners come looking for their missing package? Is the torso a warning to anyone thinking of crossing them?Now a person of interest to the police, Lachie needs to stay one step ahead of them and a local bikie he&’s managed to insult, pay off a big time dealer from Sydney, placate the neighbour&’s labrador, Horace, and win the heart of the gorgeous new Fisheries Officer he&’s fallen for.If Lachie can pull it all off, he might just get something for nothing . . .
Something in Madness (DarkHorse Trilogy)
by Ed ProtzelThe Civil War comes to an end as the South—and the hopes of freedpeople—buckle under Reconstruction in this &“powerful saga of ongoing strife&” (Midwest Book Review). A 2021 American Fiction Awards Finalist With the Civil War finally over, Durksen Hurst sets off for Turkle, Mississippi, hoping to reclaim his deserted plantation DarkHorse. With his fiancée Antoinette, the two surviving freedmen who fought beside him, and a Rebel orphan at his side, he slowly makes his way through a decimated South. What they find in Turkle isn&’t a warm welcome . . . The chains of slavery have been replaced by the chains of law. Black Codes are being strictly enforced. Any former slave is considered a vagrant unless they are under an annual labor contract. And Turkle has fallen under the harsh rule of plantation owner Colonel Rutherford, who wields gun clubs as weapons to terrorize Black folks. As Durk and Antoinette struggle to protect themselves and their loved ones, Devereau French makes a daring escape from prison after two years of incarceration by the Union army. Still driven by the ghost of a strict, unloving mother, French sets out for Turkle, an all-consuming lust for vengeance against Durk and Antoinette far from slaked. Surviving the war was hard enough, now Durk only hopes he can survive the peace . . . &“This is a character-driven novel, and their interactions are exceptional. In this entertaining read, the reader can feel the pain and share the grief of the characters. Tension builds until the final page.&” —Historical Novel Society
Something in the Blood: A Honey Driver Murder Mystery
by Jean G. GoodhindHoney Driver runs a hotel in Bath. She also collects antique underwear. As boss, she's in charge one day and washing dishes the next, resisting her mother's match-making attempts and managing multiple responsibilities - mundane, safe, and unexciting. Then one day things change. Honey lands the job of liaising with the police on behalf of Bath Hotels Association. No worries, she tells herself. Nothing will happen; then an American tourist goes missing and Honey is called in to help. Despite the on/off hostility of her police opposite number, D C I Steve Doherty, she sticks to the task. In the process Honey finds out that there's more to work than washing dishes, and more to murder than malice aforethought.
Something in the Heart
by John LodwickA victim of betrayal, he plunged himself into a reckless life of crime and passion...This quite extraordinary novel begins with a domestic scene in London such as we will readily admit we have read before. The hero, one George Abbott, reaches a state of bitter disillusion which makes him ripe for the land of underworld adventure that only John Lodwick could imagine and create with such staggering realism.This is a brilliant novel of excitement, movement, crime, and passion.Each succeeding book by this remarkable author finds more readers, and to those who have not yet discovered Mr. Lodwick we immediately promise excitement, movement, crime and passion, and more besides."John Lodwick is a man with a real feeling for language, and a deep, passionate concern for human love and suffering."--THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT"John Lodwick has a richness of invention and a command of words equal to Evelyn Waugh."--DAILY HERALD
Something in the Shadows
by Vin PackerJoseph Meaker was a shy, dedicated scholar. To his brash wife, Maggie, and her advertising friends, he was a cipher, easily dismissed. But behind his gentle façade he carried the seeds of violence, subtle and understated. Until the day his pet cat was accidentally killed by a neighbor’s car.Joseph’s desire for revenge became an obsession that could only be satisfied by a ''punishment'' so gruesome it makes the skin crawl.
Something in the Walls: A Novel
by Daisy PearceA Library Reads Pick!Most Anticipated by Goodreads, E! News, BookRiot, and more!Unbearably tense, utterly propulsive, and studded with folklore and horror, Something in the Walls is perfect for anyone who loves Midsommar and The Haunting of Hill House.Newly-minted child psychologist Mina has little experience. In a field where the first people called are experts, she’s been unable to get her feet wet. Instead she aimlessly spends her days stuck in the stifling heat wave sweeping across Britain, and anxiously contemplating her upcoming marriage to careful, precise researcher Oscar. The only reprieve from her small, close world is attending the local bereavement group to mourn her brother’s death from years ago. That is, until she meets journalist Sam Hunter at the grief group one day. And he has a proposition for her.Alice Webber is a thirteen year old girl who claims she’s being haunted by a witch. Living with her family in their crowded home in the remote village of Banathel, Alice’s symptoms are increasingly disturbing, and money is tight. Taking this job will give Mina some experience; Sam will get the scoop of a lifetime; and Alice will get better, Mina is sure of it.But instead of improving, Alice’s behavior becomes increasingly inexplicable and intense. The town of Banathel has a deep history of superstition and witchcraft. They believe there is evil in the world. They believe there are ways of…dealing with it. And they don’t expect outsiders to understand.As Mina races to uncover the truth behind Alice’s condition, the dark cracks of Banathel begin to show. Mina is desperate to understand how deep their sinister traditions go–and how her own past may be the biggest threat of all."Unexpected, mesmerizing, and totally original...will keep you guessing until its wild end." -#1 International Bestselling author Darby Kane "Harrowing and moving...Pearce has written something magical. There are scenes in this book I'll never forget." -Kristi DeMeester, author of Such a Pretty Smile
Something in the Water (The Peter Shandy Mysteries #9)
by Charlotte MacLeodA poisoned potpie pulls botanist Peter Shandy into a local Maine mystery in the series that &“offers a blooming good time&” (The Baltimore Sun). Massachusetts horticulturalist Peter Shandy is famous for his rutabagas, but he comes to Maine with a loftier plant in mind. Specifically, he wants to size up the world-renowned lupines of Frances Rondel, a nonagenarian whose legendary flowers are even more beautiful in life than they are in myth. Shandy is bitterly jealous, but finds a major distraction in the dining room of the country inn where he&’s staying. He may grow wretched lupines, but no gardener can solve a murder like Peter Shandy. The corpse belongs to the late Jasper Flodge, a local loudmouth with a toupee and a sizeable gut. Shoveling down the last bites of a chicken potpie, Flodge clutches his chest and falls dead. Suddenly with more to do than stopping to smell the lupines, Shandy must ask himself: Which Maine cook has the bad taste to flavor chicken with cyanide?
Something in the Water: A Novel
by Catherine Steadman<P>If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? <P>Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. <P>Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. . . . <P>Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? <P>Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? <P>Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events. . . . <P>Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave? <P>Wonder no longer. <P>Catherine Steadman’s enthralling voice shines throughout this spellbinding debut novel. With piercing insight and fascinating twists, Something in the Water challenges the reader to confront the hopes we desperately cling to, the ideals we’re tempted to abandon, and the perfect lies we tell ourselves. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Something in the Water: The Gripping Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!
by Catherine Steadman‘Pure adrenaline: I swallowed this book whole’ ERIN KELLY, author of top ten bestseller He Said/She Said ‘A stunning debut … Superbly written, clever and engrossing’ B A PARIS, author of Behind Closed DoorsThe perfect couple commit the perfect crime in this brilliant new thriller: a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick! Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough; Mark a handsome investment banker with a bright future. They seem to have it all, until Mark loses his job and cracks start to appear in their perfect life. But they’re determined to make it work. They book their dream honeymoon and trust that things will work out – after all, they have each other. On the tropical island of Bora Bora Mark takes Erin scuba diving. Mark is with her – she knows he’ll keep her safe. Everything will be fine. Until they find something in the water. Erin and Mark decide to keep their discovery a secret -- after all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events... which will endanger everything they hold dear.*~*~*Praise for SOMETHING IN THE WATER*~*~* 'A thriller for our times ... Catherine Steadman is a fresh and playful new voice and I can’t wait to see where her imagination takes her next' Louise Candlish, author of Our House 'An unputdownable story’ Amy Engel, author of The Roanoke Girls ‘A fascinating moral dilemma, a fast-paced examination of the slippery slope and the precarious foundations our middle-class lives are built on’ Gillian McAllister, author of Everything but the Truth ‘An unbearably tense debut with a knockout premise … thrilling and thought-provoking’ Riley Sager, author of Final Girls ‘Brilliant’ Catherine Isaac, author of You Me Everything
Something like Hope
by Shawn Goodman17-year-old Shavonne has been in juvenile detention since the seventh grade. Mr Delpopolo is the first counselor to treat her as an equal, and he helps her get to the bottom of her self-destructive behavior, her guilt about past actions, and her fears about leaving the Center when she turns 18. Shavonne tells him the truth about her crack-addicted mother, the child she had (and gave up to foster care) at fifteen, and the secret shame she feels about what she did to her younger brother after her mother abandoned them. Meanwhile, Shavonne's mentally unstable roommate Cinda makes a rash move, and Shavonne's quick thinking saves her life-and gives her the opportunity to get out of the Center if she behaves well. But Shavonne's faith is tested when her new roommate, mentally retarded and pregnant Mary, is targeted by a guard as a means to get revenge on Shavonne. As freedom begins to look more and more likely, Shavonne begins to believe that maybe she, like the goslings recently hatched on the Center's property, could have a future somewhere else-and she begins to feel something like hope. This is a brutally honest, but hopeful story of finding yourself and moving beyond your past. From the Paperback edition.
Something of the Night (Crime Club)
by Mary McMullenPLEASE DADDY, DON'T LET THEM... YOUR SON MARKIE. Kells Cavanaugh felt damned foolish. He had just flown halfway around the world to the rescue of his young son, only to find Master Mark Cavanaugh playing in a sunny English garden under the watchful eye of his trusted nanny. Kells tried to rationalize the boy's plea as an obvious bid for attention from the child of a broken marriage. A line of thinking that breaks down when someone turns up with a bullet in the back, and Kells realizes his son wasn't crying wolf. The six-year-old was all too innocently involved in murder, with his own soon to follow... Look for more well paced, intriguing stand alone mysteries by Mary McMullen in the Bookshare collection starting with, The Other Shoe, with more on the way.
Something the Cat Dragged In (The Peter Shandy Mysteries #4)
by Charlotte MacLeodA horticulturist and amateur sleuth roots out an irritating professor&’s killer in the Nero Award–winning mystery series. An unpleasant man in every respect, university professor Herbert Ungley is exceedingly vain. One morning, his landlady catches her cat coming in with Ungley&’s hairpiece between its teeth. It&’s clear something has happened to the old grouch, because he would never be caught without his toupee. Ungley is found in the yard behind his social club, with his head bashed in and his baldness plain for the world to see. Although the police are content to call it an accident, sleuthing horticulturalist Peter Shandy is unconvinced, and finds there are too many unanswered questions: How did Ungley come to have such a bulging bank account? Who was Ungley&’s long-lost heir, and what did he have to do with the professor&’s lost hair? And whose is the second body in the woods? Shandy must answer these questions and more if he&’s to discover who pulled the rug out from the balding corpse.
Something the Cat Dragged In (The Peter Shandy Mysteries #4)
by Charlotte MacLeodA horticulturist and amateur sleuth roots out an irritating professor&’s killer in the Nero Award–winning mystery series. An unpleasant man in every respect, university professor Herbert Ungley is exceedingly vain. One morning, his landlady catches her cat coming in with Ungley&’s hairpiece between its teeth. It&’s clear something has happened to the old grouch, because he would never be caught without his toupee. Ungley is found in the yard behind his social club, with his head bashed in and his baldness plain for the world to see. Although the police are content to call it an accident, sleuthing horticulturalist Peter Shandy is unconvinced, and finds there are too many unanswered questions: How did Ungley come to have such a bulging bank account? Who was Ungley&’s long-lost heir, and what did he have to do with the professor&’s lost hair? And whose is the second body in the woods? Shandy must answer these questions and more if he&’s to discover who pulled the rug out from the balding corpse.
Something to Die For (Ryan Drake)
by Will JordanA British secret agent has one last chance to bring down a deadly rogue CIA agent in the conclusion to this international thriller series. &“This is how it ends. No more running. No second chances.&” Time has run out for Ryan Drake. Most of his friends are dead or disappeared. Corrupt CIA Director Marcus Cain is poised to ascend to the highest levels of power, and the shadowy group known as the Circle is causing chaos across the globe. But one shred of hope remains. A message hidden by his mother shortly before her death launches Drake and his sister Jessica on a desperate race against time. But they aren&’t the only ones tracking down the answers . . . Meanwhile Drake&’s estranged ally, Anya, embarks on a mission of her own, driven by murderous vengeance. The trail of bodies left in her wake attracts powerful enemies, threatening the delicate balance that holds the world in check. A climactic showdown awaits, where Drake must question everything if he is to defeat the enemy within. The epic conclusion to Ryan Drake&’s mission from a master of the action thriller, perfect for fans of Robert Ludlum and Vince Flynn. Praise for the Ryan Drake series: &“Entertaining.&” —The Daily Telegraph &“A heart-stopper for anyone who likes plenty of action and explosions.&” —Daily Mail