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Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Molly Murphy Mystery #7
by Rhys Bowen"It's wintertime in New York, and for the first time since Irish immigrant Molly Murphy started her early-twentieth-century detective agency, she is completely snowed in with work. While she's very much in demand by some of Broadway's brightest stars and Fifth Avenue's richest families, Molly must admit that it's time for her to get some help. Her beau, the recently and wrongly suspended police captain Daniel Sullivan, would make& an ideal associate. But before Molly and he can agree on the terms of his employment,& they stumble upon a young woman lying unconscious in the middle of a snow-covered Central Park. When the woman wakes up, she is disorientated and has and lost her ability to speak. The authorities are about to pack her off to an insane asylum--but Molly can't help but step in and take on yet another stormy case ..." Catch up on all of the investigations of a feisty Irish immigrant in early twentieth century New York City. The historic atmosphere is diverse and accurate and though Molly enjoys her independence and is out to prove women are capable of running a business, she has a soft spot for Daniel, a police captain who loves her, but not reliably. Look for #1 Murphy's Law, #2 Death of Riley, #3 For the Love of Mike, #4 In Like Flynn, #5 Oh Danny Boy, #6 In Dublin's Fair City, with #8 In a Guilded Cage to be added soon. The ten books in the Evan Evans series, also by Rhys Bowen, about a constable in a mountainous Welsh town are also in the collection
Tell Me: Savannah series, book 3 (Savannah Thrillers)
by Lisa JacksonThe most hated woman in Savannah, Georgia, is about to be set free. Twenty years ago, Blondell O'Henry was convicted of murdering her eldest daughter and wounding her two other children. The prosecution said that beautiful, selfish Blondell wanted to be rid of them to be with her lover.Now Blondell's son, Niall, has recanted his testimony and demolished the case. Reporter Nikki Gillette is determined to get the true story, and not just for professional reasons. Blondell's murdered daughter, Amity, was Nikki's childhood friend. The night she died, Amity begged Nikki to meet with her, insisting she had a secret to tell, but Nikki didn't go. Her guilt is compounded by other complications--Nikki's favourite uncle, Alexander, was the attorney who helped save Blondell from execution. And rumours swirl that he was one of her many lovers.Nikki's fiancé, Detective Pierce Reed, is concerned she may be compromising the case. As she digs for answers during one of the most sweltering summers in Savannah's history, he also worries for her safety. Everyone involved seems to have secrets, from Blondell's old boyfriend and his fundamentalist, snake-handling in-laws to the cop who led the original investigation.
Tell No Lies
by Tanya Anne CrosbyCrosby serves up suspense, secrets and Southern scandal like no one else! --Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorNew York Times bestselling author Tanya Anne Crosby returns to the teeming marshes and crumbling plantations of Charleston, where a gruesome murder and kidnapping reawaken fears of a serial killer on the loose. . . Augusta Aldridge believes in Ian Patterson's innocence, even after he was arrested for killing two young women and mutilating their corpses. Because she was with him the night one of the crimes occurred, hidden in the shadows beneath a beachside pier, locked in a wild, unthinking embrace with the man whose dangerous fascination may have fatally lured the other victims. Now that another body has been found, the police suspect a copycat killer, but Augusta is sure they have the wrong man behind bars. She's going to risk her reputation, and her life, to prove it. . . 86,000 Words
Tell No Lies
by Tanya Anne Crosby"Crosby serves up suspense, secrets and Southern scandal like no one else!" --Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorNew York Times bestselling author Tanya Anne Crosby returns to the teeming marshes and crumbling plantations of Charleston, where a gruesome murder and kidnapping reawaken fears of a serial killer on the loose. . .Augusta Aldridge believes in Ian Patterson's innocence, even after he was arrested for killing two young women and mutilating their corpses. Because she was with him the night one of the crimes occurred, hidden in the shadows beneath a beachside pier, locked in a wild, unthinking embrace with the man whose dangerous fascination may have fatally lured the other victims. Now that another body has been found, the police suspect a copycat killer, but Augusta is sure they have the wrong man behind bars. She's going to risk her reputation, and her life, to prove it. . .86,000 Words
Tell No Lies (Detective Caelan Small)
by Lisa HartleyThe police are in the crosshairs in this explosive crime thriller featuring Detective Caelan Small from the author of Ask NoQuestions and Time to Go. A tortured body is found in a basement. Drug dealing and people smuggling is on the rise. Then police start going missing. There seems to be no connection between the crimes, but Detective Caelan Small senses something isn&’t right. Plunged into a new investigation, lives are on the line. And in the web of gangs, brothels and nerve-shattering undercover work, Caelan must get to the truth, or be killed trying. And then there&’s Nicky . . . Utterly gripping, written with searing tension and remarkable dexterity, Tell No Lies is a blistering crime novel for fans of Angela Marsons, Rebecca Bradley and Faith Martin. &“Gritty and raw . . . It had me on the edge of my seat.&”—Stardust Book Reviews &“I was hooked by its reality . . . Its pace is breathless . . . right up till the last page I had no idea how it was going to end . . . I loved it.&” —nigeladamsbookworm
Tell No Lies: A Novel (A Quinn & Costa Thriller #2)
by Allison BrennanThe unsolved murder of a young activist leads to the discovery of much darker crimes in New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan&’s latest compelling thriller to feaure the young, edgy detective Kara Quinn and the loner FBI agent Matt Costa. This time they work to uncover possible ties to a high-stakes cartel in the Southwest desert.Something mysterious is killing the wildlife in the mountains just south of Tucson. When a college intern turned activist sets out to collect her own evidence, she, too, ends up dead. Local law enforcement is slow to get involved. That&’s when the mobile FBI unit goes undercover to infiltrate the town and its copper refinery in search of possible leads.Quinn and Costa find themselves scouring the desolate landscape, which keeps revealing clues to something much darker—greed, child trafficking and more death. As the body count adds up, it&’s clear they have stumbled onto much more than they bargained for. Now they must figure out who is at the heart of this mayhem and stop them before more innocent lives are lost.Don&’t miss THE MISSING WITNESS, the brand-new page-turning thriller from New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan!A Quinn & Costa ThrillerBook 1: The Third to DieBook 2: Tell No LiesBook 3: The Wrong VictimBook 4: Seven Girls GoneBook 5: The Missing Witness
Tell No One
by Harlan CobenEight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered.Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his life. Then one afternoon, he receives an anonymous email telling him to log on to a certain website. The screen opens on to a web cam - and it is Elizabeth's image he sees.As Beck tries to find out if Elizabeth is truly alive, and what really happened the night she disappeared, the FBI are trying to pin Elizabeth's murder on him. And everyone he turns to seems to end up dead.Read by Tim Machin(p) 2001 Orion Publishing Group
Tell No One / Gone for Good: Two Explosive New York Times Bestsellers in One Volume
by Harlan CobenFrom New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels—two top-notch thrillers filled with the author’s signature storytelling genius. TELL NO ONE: For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it’s time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible—that somewhere, somehow, his wife is alive… and he’s been warned to tell no one. “A COMPELLING AND ORIGINAL SUSPENSE THRILLER.” —Los Angeles Times GONE FOR GOOD: As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman—a girl Will had once loved—was found brutally murdered in her family’s basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good. Now eleven years have passed. Will has found proof that Ken is alive. And this is just the first in a series of stunning revelations as Will is forced to confront startling truths about his brother, and even himself. “RIVETING… HAS MORE TWISTS AND TURNS THAN AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE.” —USA Today
Tell No One/Gone for Good: Two Novels in One Volume
by Harlan CobenFrom New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels--two top-notch thrillers filled with the author's signature storytelling genius.TELL NO ONEFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible--that somewhere, somehow, his wife is alive...and he's been warned to tell no one."A COMPELLING AND ORIGINAL SUSPENSE THRILLER." --Los Angeles Times GONE FOR GOOD As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins' affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman--a girl Will had once loved--was found brutally murdered in her family's basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good. Now eleven years have passed. Will has found proof that Ken is alive. And this is just the first in a series of stunning revelations as Will is forced to confront startling truths about his brother, and even himself."RIVETING...HAS MORE TWISTS AND TURNS THAN AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE." --USA TodayFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Tell No One: A Novel
by Harlan CobenFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive.Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible -- that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive.Beck has been warned to tell no one. And he doesn't. Instead, he runs from the people he trusts the most, plunging headlong into a search for the shadowy figure whose messages hold out a desperate hope.But already Beck is being hunted down. He's headed straight into the heart of a dark and deadly secret -- and someone intends to stop him before he gets there.From the Hardcover edition.
Tell No One: A gripping thriller from the #1 bestselling creator of hit Netflix show Fool Me Once
by Harlan CobenDavid Beck has just received an email from his dead wife... The shocking thriller which made No.1 bestselling author and Netflix creator of Fool Me Once Harlan Coben a household name. Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his life. Then one afternoon, he receives an anonymous email telling him to log on to a certain website. The screen opens on to a web cam - and it is Elizabeth's image he sees. As Beck tries to find out if Elizabeth is truly alive, and what really happened the night she disappeared, the FBI are trying to pin Elizabeth's murder on him. And everyone he turns to seems to end up dead...
Tell No Tales (DI Zigic & DS Ferreira #2)
by Eva DolanTwo men are kicked to death in brutal attacks. Caught on CCTV, the murderer hides his face – but raises a Nazi salute. In a town riddled with racial tension, Detectives Zigic and Ferreira from the Hate Crimes Unit are under pressure to find the killer. But when a car ploughs into a bus stop early one morning, the Detectives have another case on their hands, and soon the media are hounding them for answers. Riots break out, the leader of right-wing party steps into the spotlight, and Zigic and Ferreira must act fast – before more violence erupts.'A rising star of crime fiction'BBC Radio 4 Front Row'Powerful'Sunday Times'Breathlessly exciting'Sunday Mirror'Gritty'Daily Express'Everyone should read this'Sarah Hilary'Frightening in its believability'Big Issue
Tell Us No Secrets: A Novel
by Siena SterlingThis stunning debut thriller, set in a girls’ boarding school, will leave you breathless until the final page is turned.Sometimes girls are the meanest of them all...Female friendship is intense and that intensity can erupt into dangerous passions when teenage girls are cooped up in an exclusive East Coast boarding school.Beautiful, streetwise Cassidy Thomas; debutante jock Abby Madison; academic, sensitive Karen Mullens; and sophisticated troublemaking Zoey Spalding are four seventeen-year-olds who should be cruising happily through their Senior Year. But jealousies are simmering. And when Zoey plays a game with the class list—if you lose your virginity you get a star beside your name—it sets in motion a chain of shocking events. Nine months later, when one of the girls is murdered, the others must ask themselves if they can carry the truth of what happened the rest of their lives.Tell Us No Secrets describes the bonds between these adolescent girls as well as the terrible pain of betrayal and the tragic consequences of peer pressure running riot at a time when the seismic shift of the Sixties changed the rules for everyone.
Tell You No Lies: A totally addictive psychological thriller full of twists
by Lynn FraserWhen a teenage boy is found dead in a Cambridge park, three women are determined to keep their secrets hidden . . . Emma, a detective&’s wife, watches the park outside her window where a body was discovered. She sees contagion everywhere—even in her new baby. Emma was there the night of the murder, but as her mind spirals, can she be certain about what took place? Jenny&’s son had fought with the victim at school and didn&’t come home that night. The detective is Jenny&’s son&’s father. She knows she should say something to him. But will she? Sandra is the victim&’s grandmother. She&’s aware that murder investigations focus close to home. Is she also hiding something? Only the police seem to care about the boy or the circumstances of his death. And if they don&’t uncover the truth soon, there may be more tragedy to come . . .
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil
by Melina MarchettaIn the wake of a devastating bombing, a father risks everything to find out who was responsible.When Bish Ortley, a suspended cop, receives word that a bus carrying his daughter has been bombed, he rushes to be by her side. A suspect has already been singled out: a 17-year-old girl who has since disappeared from the scene.The press has now revealed that she is the youngest member of one of London's most notorious families. Thirteen years earlier, her grandfather set off a suicide bomb in a grocery store, a bomb her mother confessed to building. Has the girl decided to follow in their footsteps?To find her, Bish must earn the trust of her friends and family, including her infamous mother, now serving a life sentence in prison. But even as he delves into the deadly bus attack that claimed five lives, the ghosts of older crimes become impossible to ignore.A gripping fusion of literary suspense and family drama, TELL THE TRUTH, SHAME THE DEVIL is a fast-paced puzzle of a novel that will keep readers feverishly turning pages.
Tell-Tale Bones: A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery (A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery #26)
by Carolyn HainesCarolyn Haines's Tell-Tale Bones marks the next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney.Private Investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her partner Tinkie are in Sheriff Coleman Peters's office, consulting Coleman about cold cases, when Elisa Redd storms in with a case of her own. She wants Coleman to reopen the investigation of her missing daughter, Lydia Redd Maxell, the heiress to a large fortune who disappeared along with her friend Bethany nearly seven years ago. Lydia and Bethany were rumored to be working as human rights organizers abroad, but Elisa suspects Lydia’s problems might have stemmed closer to home. Now Lydia’s husband, Tope, is set to inherit the fortune, and Elisa believes he’s behind the disappearance.Sarah Booth and Tinkie soon connect the case to a series of mysterious disappearances over the years, as well as to a perplexing recurring dream. With another woman’s life at stake, the friends follow an increasingly twisty trail all over Sunflower County, leading them to a tree and an empty grave in the county cemetery. A grave that’s said to be haunted…
Tell-Tale: A heartstopping psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
by Samantha HayesA woman stands on a bridge, the water rushing below. In a few seconds she will jump, plunging more than two hundred feet to her death. Who is she? And why is she desperate to take her own life? Nina Kennedy, a wife and mother, is afraid. A man is following her, threatening her family, toying with her sanity. What does he want? And how long will it be before he strikes? Eight-year-old Ava sits waiting for her daddy. But, like the others in the children's home, she knows her father will never come. The home is a place of whispers and shadows. But no one dare tell the truth. Until now...(P) Isis Audio, 2010
Telling Lies
by Wendy HornsbyExposing the truth is investigative filmmaker Maggie MacGowen's business. She's smart, skeptical, and stubborn, with a hard-edged, wise-cracking approach to life that hides her vulnerable heart. Maggie's passion for truth is first inspired when her sister, Emily, is mysteriously shot in a Los Angeles alleyway, and the evidence shows that it's no accidental street crime. For the twisted tale that emerges stretches back more than two decades ... building a mystery Maggie will have to piece together one clue at a time. Using her formidable skills to unravel tangled threads of lies, deceptions, and buried secrets, Maggie comes close enough to the truth to put her in the same deadly jeopardy as her sister. This sharp and gritty mystery marks the debut of Maggie MacGowen, a relentlessly intelligent sleuth--with an unabashedly roving eye and a razor-sharp wit.
Telling Lies (The Maggie MacGowen Mysteries #1)
by Wendy HornsbyAfter a brutal attack on her sister, Maggie MacGowen searches L.A. for the gunmanWhen Maggie MacGowen was a girl, her sister Emily lived the life of a leftist radical on the run from the FBI. Twenty-two years after the FBI finally caught her, Emily lives in Los Angeles, a doctor at a free clinic that tends to the city&’s down and out. When one of her old radical buddies comes out of hiding and surrenders to the police, their long-ago crimes become front-page news. Emily calls Maggie, now a documentary filmmaker, and asks her to come visit. By the time Maggie arrives in Los Angeles, Emily is nearly dead. The bullet, delivered point-blank in broad daylight, sent Emily into a coma. It seems a random act of violence, but Maggie digs deeper. She finds dark secrets in her sister&’s past, and a conspiracy that won&’t end until all those who ask questions are silenced.
Telling Tails
by Sofie RyanThe New York Times bestselling author of A Whisker of Trouble returns as secondhand shop owner Sarah Grayson and her rescue cat, Elvis, get caught up in a case of she said, she said.... When Sarah Grayson opened a secondhand shop in the quaint town of North Harbor, Maine, she was expecting peace and quiet. Then she was adopted by a rescue cat named Elvis and a kooky trio of senior sleuths known as Charlotte’s Angels. Now she has nine lives worth of excitement… Sarah’s friend and employee Rose is delivering a customer’s purchase when the quick errand becomes a deadly escapade. Rose arrives just in time to see the customer murdered by his wife, but before she can call the police, she is knocked out cold. When she wakes up, no one believes her, especially after the woman claims her husband is very much alive and has left her for someone else—and has a text message and empty bank account to prove it. Despite her convincing story, Sarah is sure something is fishy—and it’s not Elvis’s kitty treats. Sarah, Elvis, and the Angels are determined to unravel this mysterious yarn, before the feral killer pounces again...
Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery (Vera Stanhope #2)
by Ann CleevesFrom Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes Telling Tales. “Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers.”—Louise Penny It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel. Now residents of the East Yorkshire village of Elvet are disturbed to hear of new evidence proving Jeanie’s innocence. Abigail’s killer is still at large.For one young woman, Emma Bennett, the revelation brings back haunting memories of her vibrant best friend--and of that fearful winter’s day when she had discovered her body lying cold in a ditch.As Inspector Vera Stanhope makes fresh enquiries on the peninsula and villagers are hauled back to a time they hoped to forget, tensions begin to mount. But are people afraid of the killer or of their own guilty pasts?With each person’s story revisited, the Inspector begins to suspect that some deadly secrets are threatening to unfurl…
Tema-me, Não me Tema (Gavert City #1)
by Elodie NowodazkijSegredos, uma pequena cidade texana, um serial killer, romance... este livro vai mantê-lo acordado durante a noite! A líder de torcida de dezessete anos, Erin Hortz, deveria estar se preparando para o maior concurso de sua vida, o que poderia ser sua passagem para fora de sua pequena cidade texana. Mas com o pai suspeito de ser um assassino em série, ela tem dificuldade em manter as coisas juntas. Especialmente, em torno do ex-astro de futebol americano Dimitri Kuvlev: o irmão de sua melhor amiga Nadia, sua paixão desde sempre, aquele que machucou seu coração... A lesão de Dimitri, de 19 anos, o levou de astro do futebol americano com universidades de todo o país batendo à sua porta, para não saber o que ele quer fazer com sua vida. A única pessoa que parece entendê-lo é a que ele jurou manter na zona dos amigos até que ele consiga sua merda: Erin. Quando Nadia não chega em casa depois de uma festa, Dimitri e Erin sabem que devem encontrá-la antes que seja tarde demais, mesmo que isso signifique arriscar suas próprias vidas e tudo o que Erin sabia.
Temor a la verdad
by Mary Higgins ClarkEl misterioso incendio del negocio familiar provoca el despertar de un oscuro y viejo secreto de familia que hará peligrar las vidas de las hermanas Kate y Hannah Conelly. Cuando el negocio de muebles antiguos de imitación que fundó su abuelo queda totalmente destruido a causa de una misteriosa explosión, Hannah Connelly se convierte en el pilar de la familia. Su hermana Kate sigue en coma tras haber logrado escapar de las llamas, y su padre parece todavía más abatido, desconcertado y dependiente del alcohol de lo que lo ha estado en los últimos tiempos. Pero la pregunta que urge contestar es: ¿qué hacía Kate en el lugar del accidente, de madrugada y acompañada de Gus Schmidt, un antiguo empleado «jubilado» contra su voluntad hace cinco años? Las pesquisas de la policía apuntan claramente a un incendio provocado, el típico siniestro en el que el propietario de un negocio en decadencia trata de sacar provecho a la desesperada. Mientras Kate se debate entre la vida y la muerte, Hannah, empeñada en averiguar la verdad, no tardará en comprender que hay alguien decidido a que su hermana no recupere la consciencia. Reseñas:«Un desconcertante misterio protagonizado por una fascinante galería de personajes, entre los cuales hay un asesino despiadado.»Goodreads «Mary Higgins Clark ha escrito otra novela de misterio que reafirma su puesto entre los mejores escritores de suspense por mucho tiempo. Temor a la verdad fascinará a los lectores.»Bookreporter.com «Mantendrá a sus fans en vilo hasta el final.»Kirkus Reviews «La maestra de la alta tensión.»The New Yorker
Temper
by Layne FargoFor fans of the high-stakes tension of the New York Times bestsellers Luckiest Girl Alive and The Lying Game, comes &“a brilliantly paced thriller that gets under your skin in the best possible way&” (Megan Collins, author of The Winter Sister) about female ambition and what happens when fake violence draws real blood. After years of struggling in the Chicago theater scene, ambitious actress Kira Rascher finally lands the role of a lifetime. The catch? The mercurial Malcolm Mercer is the director and he&’s known for pushing his performers past their limits—on stage and off. Kira&’s convinced she can handle Malcolm, but the theater&’s cofounder, Joanna Cuyler, is another story. Joanna sees Kira as a threat—to her own thwarted artistic ambitions, her twisted relationship with Malcolm, and the shocking secret she&’s keeping about the upcoming production. But as opening night draws near, Kira and Joanna both come to the realization that Malcolm&’s dangerous extremes are nothing compared to what they&’re capable of themselves. An edgy, addictive, and fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deceit, and power suited for fans of the film Black Swan, Temper &“revels in its mind games, delivering twist after twist as it races toward a Shakespearian climax. The final page will leave you gasping&” (Amy Gentry, author of Last Woman Standing).
Temperance's Trial, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #1
by Hallee BridgemanMARIE GILBERT flees France after the Gestapo arrest her father. In London, Marie is recruited into an experimental all female cohort dubbed the Virtues, a collection of seven extraordinary women with highly specialized skills. Known only by her code name, TEMPERANCE, she is trained to operate a wireless radio and returns to her beloved France. As the H-hour to execute a daring mission draws near, Marie plays a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the unrelenting and merciless young Nazi forces that surround her.