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Spies and Lovers
by Leigh WyndfieldChilly Winthrop is a Free Federation soldier, but now the higher-ups order her to infiltrate the enemy Coplon camp posing as a prostitute. Her mission - rescue a captured comrade before the Coplon's torture vital Free Federation information out of him. Her contact - Federation spy Foster Mallory. She knew him before her life turn upside down, before her marriage failed and everyone learned of her flaw. But now, with their lives on the line, she falls for Foster hard and fast. Will he still want her when he finds out she's damaged goods?To Foster Mallory there's nothing wrong with Chilly Winthrop. He'll take her any way he can have her. When she shows up in the Coplon's camp, his desire borders on insanity. Especially now that her marriage is over. But first, they have to make it through this mission alive, and the odds of that are stacked against them as their plan begins to unravel.
Spies and Prejudice
by Talia VancePride & Prejudice meets Veronica Mars in this slick romantic spy-thriller where nothing's as it seems.Berry Fields is not looking for a boyfriend. She's busy trailing cheaters and liars in her job as a private investigator, collecting evidence of the affairs she's sure all men commit. And thanks to a pepper spray incident during an eighth grade game of spin the bottle, the guys at her school are not exactly lining up to date her, either. So when arrogant--and gorgeous--Tanner Halston rolls into town and calls her "nothing amazing," it's no loss for Berry. She'll forget him in no time. She's more concerned with the questions surfacing about her mother's death.But why does Tanner seem to pop up everywhere in her investigation, always getting in her way? Is he trying to stop her from discovering the truth, or protecting her from an unknown threat? And why can't Berry remember to hate him when he looks into her eyes?With a playful nod to Jane Austen, Spies and Prejudice will captivate readers as love and espionage collide.
Spies in Disguise: Boy in Tights
by Kate ScottThe day starts out like any other until Joe gets home to find his parents packed and ready to run! His dad hands him a disguise and they’re out the door, his mom driving the family to safety as if she were in a Formula 1 car while his dad works the dashboard like an experienced computer hacker. What is going on?Joe’s parents are no ordinary mom and dad. As professional spies, they are experts in their field, but they’ve been undercover so long that they thought their secret was safe! Now, their covers have been blown, and they’re going to need to start over somewhere else. This time, Joe’s in on the mission. And he’s going to have to go undercover. As a girl."No way,” says Joe. "Absolutely no way!” But his family’s safety is the top priority, and the people who are after them won’t be looking for a family with a girl. Joe is about to become Josie, and it doesn’t matter if the tights itch his thighs or that it’s drafty under his dress. It’s up to him to keep his family safe! He’s on a mission, and there might be some pretty cool gadgets involved. Dive into a new chapter book series that is sure to keep you laughing from page to page.Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers-picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Spies in Disguise: Boy in a Tutu
by Kate ScottJoe thought he had the hang of this undercover thing. Sure, he has to dress up as a girl and change his name to "Josie" to keep his family safe, but he can still play soccer, and his new friend Sam knows his secret so he at least has someone to talk to. Not to mention, it's finally time for Joe and Sam to learn how to be proper spies-gadgets and all! Joe is prepared to prove to his parents that he's ready for a big mission.Their first mission isn't exactly what either of them had in mind, though. Joe and Sam have to go undercover . . . as ballerinas! Joe isn't thrilled about the idea of wearing a tutu, but he's more than ready to track down the potential thief of a soccer memorabilia exhibit at the local community center. He will dance like a flamingo if it means keeping the coveted keepsakes of his favorite sport safe.Unfortunately, Joe and Sam have very different ways of approaching the mission and their tactics clash. Once best friends and partners-in-spying, they now are determined to crack the case without each other. When Joe's parents get word from HQ that an enemy spy is on their trail, there is no other option for Joe and Sam except to put their differences aside and work together to solve the case.Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers-picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Spies of the Balkans
by Alan FurstGreece, 1940. In the port city of Salonika, with its wharves and brothels, dark alleys and Turkish mansions, a tense political drama is being played out. As Adolf Hitler plans to invade the Balkans, spies begin to circle--and Costa Zannis, a senior police official, must deal with them all. He is soon in the game, working to secure an escape route for fugitives from Nazi Berlin that is protected by German lawyers, Balkan detectives, and Hungarian gangsters--and hunted by the Gestapo. Meanwhile, as war threatens, the erotic life of the city grows passionate. For Zannis, that means a British expatriate who owns the local ballet academy, a woman from the dark side of Salonika society, and the wife of a shipping magnate. With extraordinary historical detail and a superb cast of characters, Spies of the Balkans is a stunning novel about a man who risks everything to fight back against the world's evil.nd then to a tenuous safety in Turkey, a route protected by German lawyers, Balkan detectives, and Hungarian gangsters. And hunted by the Gestapo.Meanwhile, as war threatens, the erotic life of the city grows passionate. For Zannis, that means a British expatriate who owns the local ballet academy, a woman from the dark side of Salonika society, and the wife of a local shipping magnate. Declared "an incomparable expert at his game" by The New York Times, Alan Furst outdoes even his own finest novels in this thrilling new book. With extraordinary authenticity, a superb cast of characters, and heart-stopping tension as it moves from Salonika to Paris to Berlin and back, Spies of the Balkans is a stunning novel about a man who risks everything to right--in many small ways--the world's evil. From the Hardcover edition.
Spies of the Balkans
by Alan FurstSalonika, 1940. To the bustle of tavernas and the smell of hashish, a secret war is taking shape. In the backrooms of barbers, envelopes change hands, and in the Club de Salonique the air is thick with whispers.Costa Zannis is the city's dashing chief detective - a man with contacts high and low, in the Balkans and beyond. And as unknown ships and British 'travel writers' trickle through the port, he is a man very much in demand. Having helped defeat Italy in the highlands of Macedonia, Zannis returns to a city holding its breath. Mussolini's forces have retreated - for now - but German sights are fixed firmly on the region. And as the situation in Germany worsens, Zannis becomes involved in an audacious plot - smuggling Jews to Istanbul, through the back door of Europe. The British hear he can penetrate the continent's closed borders, and soon Zannis is embroiled in the resistance, and in a reckless love affair that could jeopardise everything. With a remarkable cast of operatives, SPIES OF THE BALKANS is a brilliant espionage novel from Alan Furst.
Spies of the Kaiser: Plotting the Downfall of England
by William Le QueuxWilliam Le Queux was a famous journalist, writer and celebrated novelist, a master of the spy genre, and a vociferous critic of Britain's weak military defences before the First World War, known at the time and for the next twenty years as "The Great War". He is acknowledged as the principal precursor of that famous spy story author of the second half of the twentieth century, namely Ian Fleming.
Spies: A Novel
by Michael Frayn“A master of intellectual mystery masquerading as ripping popular entertainment . . . a gorgeous melancholy that shivers the mind.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the author of bestselling Booker Prize finalist Headlong, a mesmerizing novel about secrecy and a child’s game turned deadly earnest.When Stephen Wheatley returns to the site of a dimly remembered but troubling childhood summer in wartime London, we are brought back to a quiet, suburban street where two boys, Keith and his sidekick-Stephen—are engaged in their own version of the war effort: spying on the neighbors, recording their movements, ferreting out their secrets.But then the boys’ game of espionage takes a sinister and unintended turn. A wife’s simple errands and a family’s ordinary rituals—once the focus of childish speculation—become the tragic elements of adult catastrophe.In gripping prose, Spies reaches into the moral confusion of youth to reveal a reality filled with deceptions and betrayals, where the bonds of friendship, marriage, and family are unraveled by cowardice and erotic desire.Michael Frayn powerfully demonstrates that what appears to be happening in front of our eyes often turns out to be something we can’t see at all.“A novel of extraordinary power and wisdom.” —The Baltimore Sun“Bernard Shaw couldn’t do it, Henry James couldn’t do it, but the ingenious English author Michael Frayn does do it: write novels and plays with equal success.” —John Updike, The New Yorker“Secrets assume an unexpected power and excitement as Frayn reveals that a little of the fascist is buried in every clever child, and that spying can be a soul-destroying game.” —Chicago Sun-Times
Spike (Virals)
by Kathy Reichs Brendan ReichsThe pack is back on the prowl in this Virals adventure set after the events of Terminal. Tory and the Virals have untangled the most twisted mysteries and proven no crime is too complex for them to solve...now they just need to make it through Kit and Whitney's wedding day. As the daughter of the groom and maid-of-honor it's up to Tory to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. She expected to resolve last-minute wardrobe emergencies or venue issues but wherever the Virals go nefarious adversaries follow. Tory and her friends will need to stop a clever saboteur dead set on ruining the big day, whatever the cost. Featuring Tory's famous great-aunt Temperance Brennan, this exciting story shows the lengths the pack will go to when their loved ones' lives are on the line.
Spike It
by Charles NilesRadio reporter Sam Ridley is drunk, but not so drunk that he can't spot a good murder story. But this makes him late for his radio stint, and when he says the f-word on air, no more police reporting for Sam. But he can't stop digging into the murder. If only he'd realized what he was getting into.
Spiked (Eddie Bourque Series #0)
by Mark ArsenaultReporter Eddie Bourque chases stories for the Lowell Empire, a second-class rag in a Massachusetts city of first?generation immigrants and bare?knuckled politicians. The talented and ambitious Eddie has one eye on finding a better job. However, when the dead junkie found floating in a mill canal is identified as his beat partner, he gives the story his full attention. Before long he finds himself stonewalled by powerbrokers in Lowell law enforcement--and at his own newspaper. Bent on finding his partner's killer, Eddie disobeys orders and follows a mysterious Cambodian woman into the city's poorest neighborhood--with violent re-sults. Battered, dumped in a canal and left for dead, Eddie survives an encounter with an invisible underworld, only to find himself entangled in an international plot of murder and revenge. It's do or die for Eddie as he struggles to stay one step ahead of ruthless hitmen, the city's self-serving power elite, and the curious police detective who always shows up when Eddie wishes she wouldn't. The story of a lifetime beckons, but the closer he comes to the truth, the greater the chance that the story--and Eddie--will be spiked.
Spiked (Spliced #3)
by Jon McGoranA plan for peace turns into a fight for survival in the third book of the acclaimed sci-fi thriller series.Committed to both peace and human rights for chimeras--people who alter themselves with animal DNA--seventeen-year-old Jimi Corcoran is torn when she's invited to a gathering of moderate pro- and anti-chimera rights activists seeking to find common ground. But when a militant chimera rights group prevents her from attending--and saves her from being killed by the bomb they've planted--Jimi herself falls under suspicion for the blast. Seeking to clear her name, Jimi and her chimera boyfriend, Rex, investigate the mysterious group. . . . only to discover that her involvement is no accident. As they dig deeper, they're drawn into a whirlwind of secret identities, shocking experiments, and an apocalyptic plot that threatens the future of humanity.In this thrilling conclusion to Jon McGoran's timely and heavy-hitting Spliced series, extremists on both sides square off in an escalating battle between competing visions of the future of humanity, and of the Earth. Set in a near-future society where science is both celebrated and vilified, the Spliced series tackles weighty questions about genetic manipulation, artificial intelligence, population control--and when, if ever, revolution is worth a life.
Spill the Jackpot
by Erle Stanley GardnerCorla was blonde, beautiful, and on her way to a lifetime of happiness when she suddenly headed for Las Vegas and faded out of sight...
Spill the Jackpot (Cool & Lam)
by Erle Stanley GardnerBertha Cool has just been released from a sanitarium where she has been recovering from flu and pneumonia, but soon she and Donald Lam are on the hunt for a missing bride-to-be.They become tangled in case filled with slot-machine skullduggery, a double-crossing client, murder and a spot of financial finagling before they eventually achieve their goal.
Spill the Jackpot (The Bertha Cool and Donald Lam Mysteries)
by Erle Stanley GardnerThe diminutive detective and his bulldog of a boss head to Las Vegas to find a runaway bride in this hard-boiled mystery by the creator of Perry Mason. Donald Lam and Bertha Cool make for a couple of unlikely detectives. Donald is a charming ex-lawyer in his thirties who may lack brawn but makes up for it in brains. Bertha, meanwhile, is a fifty-something-year-old widow who won&’t take lip from anyone. She certainly won&’t let a bout of illness keep her down. After a stay at the sanitarium, she and Donald are off to Las Vegas for their latest case. Who needs rest? Mr. Whitewell needs Donald and Bertha to find his son&’s fiancée and learn why she abruptly left town. Donald quickly gets to work with just a mysterious letter as his only lead. Soon he uncovers a scheme to swindle casinos, along with a brutal murder. Now he must determine what&’s going on before someone ensures he&’s the next member of the agency to have a long hospital stay—or worse. &“The best American writer, of course, is Erle Stanley Gardner.&” —Evelyn Waugh &“Gardner has a way of moving the story forward that is almost a lost art: great stretches of dialogue alternate with lively chunks of exposition, and the two work together perfectly, without sacrificing momentum.&” —Booklist
Spilled Blood
by Brian FreemanOn a March night outside the river town of Barron, Minnesota, three teenage girls gather in a ghost town to play a terrifying game of Russian roulette. By morning, one girl will be dead, and another in jail. Olivia Hawk claims she didn't pull the trigger on Ashlynn Steele, but no one believes her. Olivia's best hope is her estranged father, an attorney from the city, who she barely knows anymore. And if he's going to prove Olivia's innocence, he's going to have to learn everything about her public--and private--life, however much she might like to keep hidden.
Spilled Blood
by Brian FreemanA TWISTY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM BESTSELLING BRIAN FREEMAN'A great read from a rising star in the crime genre' Crimesquad'This gripping psychological thriller is a cut above the rest' Candis MagazineIt's every parent's worst nightmare. Chris Hawk's daughter has been accused of murder...and she looks guilty as sin.Chris rushes to the small town in Minnesota where his ex-wife and his only child, Olivia, now live, determined to defend his daughter. He discovers two towns at war: Barron, where a chemical works has brought jobs and fortune, and St Croix, Olivia's downriver home, where the same chemical works are believed to have brought death: a cancer cluster with mysterious origins.Olivia is at the centre of this feud. So is the girl she's suspected of killing. If Chris is to find out what really happened, he needs to learn everything about his daughter...but he's beginning to realise he hardly knows her at all. Chris wants to believe Olivia is innocent, but belief is only the first step. Now he has to prove it. And all the while, the Barron boys are waiting, baying for her blood.
Spilled Blood
by Brian FreemanA TWISTY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM BESTSELLING BRIAN FREEMAN'A great read from a rising star in the crime genre' Crimesquad'This gripping psychological thriller is a cut above the rest' Candis MagazineIt's every parent's worst nightmare. Chris Hawk's daughter has been accused of murder...and she looks guilty as sin.Chris rushes to the small town in Minnesota where his ex-wife and his only child, Olivia, now live, determined to defend his daughter. He discovers two towns at war: Barron, where a chemical works has brought jobs and fortune, and St Croix, Olivia's downriver home, where the same chemical works are believed to have brought death: a cancer cluster with mysterious origins.Olivia is at the centre of this feud. So is the girl she's suspected of killing. If Chris is to find out what really happened, he needs to learn everything about his daughter...but he's beginning to realise he hardly knows her at all. Chris wants to believe Olivia is innocent, but belief is only the first step. Now he has to prove it. And all the while, the Barron boys are waiting, baying for her blood.
Spin (Captain Chase #2)
by Patricia CornwellCaptain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance in this new thriller from international bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. <p><p> In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister—as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. <p> Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between the sabotaged rocket launch and her predetermined destiny…a search that someone else seems very interested in stopping. <p> From NASA to the Chase family farm, to the White House to distant orbits of space, Calli plays a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with a cunning and ruthless adversary. One wrong move will unleash cataclysmic consequences reaching far beyond the boundaries of Earth. <p> This heart-pounding Captain Chase thriller from Patricia Cornwell will leave readers desperate for more.
Spin (Gateway Essentials #41)
by Robert Charles WilsonOne night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives. The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk - a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world's artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they'd been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside - more than a hundred million years per day on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future. Jason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life to working against this slow-moving apocalypse. Diane throws herself into hedonism, marrying a sinister cult leader who's forged a new religion out of the fears of the masses.Earth sends terraforming machines to Mars to let the onrush of time do its work, turning the planet green. Next they send humans...and immediately get back an emissary with thousands of years of stories to tell about the settling of Mars. Then Earth's probes reveal that an identical barrier has appeared around Mars. Jason, desperate, seeds near space with self-replicating machines that will scatter copies of themselves outward from the sun - and report back on what they find. Life on Earth is about to get much, much stranger.
Spin Control
by Kate DonovanWhen FBI agent Justin Russo is charged with murdering a suspect, attorney Suzannah Ryder knows exactly how she'll "spin" the facts. After all, Justin is innocent and has the spotless record of a bona fide hero. Plus, he's sexy as sin, so she'll just stack the jury with females as a backup plan.Her faith in her client is unshakable. Until, without warning, she finds herself looking into Justin's face and seeing an expression so unfamiliar, so chilling, she knows she can no longer hope to spin the truth.She can only hope to survive it.
Spin Nulo
by Rubén Azorín Juan Vicente AzorínLa nueva novela de los autores de La Torre Tesla. ¿Puede un instante abarcar varios universos? CERN, Ginebra, 2021. En el acelerador de partículas más grande del mundo, el excéntrico Herman Hahn lidera un experimento que podría cambiar nuestra concepción del universo. Tras varios meses sin encontrar resultados, deberá coordinar un equipo de científios de primer nivel entre los que se encuentra el joven Ian Blom, un físico brillante que abandona París, sin su novia Corina, para incorporarse al proyecto. ¿Pueden convivir varias realidades a la vez? Bajo una gran presión mediática y el escrutinio de la comunidad científica, Ian y Herman pronto se dan cuenta de que no son los únicos que tienen acceso al acelerador. Alguien está saboteando el experimento, y el equipo tendrá que enfrentarse a unas conclusiones que la ciencia puede explicar pero la lógica no. La cuenta atrás, o adelante, ha empezado. ¿Puede el amor comunicarse a otra dimensión? Si te gustan las películas de Christopher Nolan y las novelas de Dan Brown, no puedes perderte este trepidante thriller que desafía las leyes del tiempo y del espacio.
Spin a Black Yarn
by Josh MalermanJosh Malerman is a master weaver of stories-and in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul: A sister tells her little brother that HALF THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED with a presence that only she can see, but is it her own mind that is haunted?In ARGYLE a dying man confesses to crimes he never committed, and reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder.A tourist takes the ultimate trip to outer space in JUPITER DROP but the real journey is into his own dark past. In DOUG AND JUDY BUY THE WASHER, a trendy married couple buys the latest home gadget only to find themselves trapped by the out-of-control machine... and each other.And in EGOROV, a set of Russian triplets is devastated when one of the brothers is murdered; but will vengeance heal their pain?****PRAISE FOR JOSH MALERMAN:'Brilliant, insanely compelling' DAILY MAIL 'Fast-paced, frightening' NEW YORK TIMES'Must-read horror.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'One of the best horror stories published for years' EXPRESS 'Brilliant ... Malerman has a knack for ratcheting up the tension with just a word or two' METRO 'Daring readers should find this tale of a malevolent telepathic pig to be a memorable experience' BOOKLIST
Spin a Black Yarn: Novellas
by Josh MalermanFive harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the singular mind of the New York Times bestselling author of Bird BoxJosh Malerman is a master weaver of stories—and in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul: A sister insists to her little brother that &“Half the House Is Haunted&” by a strange presence. But is it the house that&’s haunted—or their childhoods? In &“Argyle,&” a dying man confesses to homicides he never committed, and he reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder. A tourist takes the ultimate trip to outer space in &“The Jupiter Drop,&” but the real journey is into his own dark past. In &“Doug and Judy Buy the House Washer™,&” a trendy married couple buys the latest home gadget only to find themselves trapped by their possessions, their history . . . and each other.And in &“Egorov,&” a wealthy old cretin murders a young man, not knowing the victim was a triplet. The two surviving brothers stage a savage faux-haunting—playing the ghost of their slain brother—with the aim of driving the old murderer mad.
Spindrift
by Phyllis A. WhitneyInside the walls of a palatial Newport estate, a violent struggle was beginning. Christy Moreland had come back to Spindrift determined to uncover the truth behind the mansion's most tightly held secret: the reason for her father's death. It was a truth that, at times, Christy felt she was barely strong enough to face, for it meant openly confronting Spindrift's domineering mistress--her mother-in-law, Theodora Moreland. Yet it was a battle that Christy knew she could not escape, especially if she was to free her young son from the obsessive and destructive hold the Morelands had come to exert over him. As Christy searches out the mysteries that haunt Spindrift--and the people in it--she slowly unveils a tightly woven web of deceit that only murder can continue to conceal A spellbinding novel of romantic suspense from the best-selling author of The Turquoise Mask.