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Ten Days in Summer: A Paula Savard Mystery (A Paula Savard Mystery #1)
by Susan CalderCalgary, Alberta, gears up for its ten-day Stampede festival. When a hoarder dies in a suspicious house fire, adjuster Paula Savard sets the revelry aside to handle the property insurance claim. But Paula’s interviews with the hoarder’s bickering heirs raise questions. What are they hiding from each other and the police? Are they trying to help or to sabotage the investigation? Did one of them set the blaze to kill a relative and hasten an inheritance? The case turns personal when Paula’s daughter becomes involved with a suspect and moves into his home. If Paula learns the truth, she can ensure her daughter’s safety. While the police are occupied with keeping order during the Stampede, Paula digs through the hoarder’s life. She unearths betrayal, murder and a long-ago secret that led to his death. Exposing the truth would put Paula at risk, but free a troubled family.
Ten Days' Wonder
by Ellery QueenDESCENT INTO DARKNESS When Howard Van Horn staggered into Ellery Queen's apartment, the young man was clearly in trouble. His expensive clothing was torn to rags, his handsome face was pounded to a pulp, and the blood on his hands and clothes was not all his own. What was worse, Howard Van Horn had no idea of what he had done and what had been done to him during the past nineteen days. Ellery Queen knew and liked Howard. He had no choice but to agree to try to get to the bottom of the nightmare that was destroying Howard's mind and life. Little did Ellery Queen suspect that his own nightmare had just begun ...
Ten Days' Wonder (Paperback Ser.)
by Ellery QueenWhen an amnesiac friend wakes up with blood on his hands—and it seems to be someone else&’s—Ellery Queen takes the case in this &“enigmatic entertainment&” (Kirkus Reviews). Howard Van Horn wakes up in a Bowery flophouse. His knuckles are bruised, his head is bloodied, all his valuables are gone, and he has a strong urge to leap out the window. He has been unconscious for nineteen days—another in a long line of amnesiac episodes that have destroyed this once-promising sculptor. As he comes to grips with this latest blackout, he realizes something awful. The blood on his clothes suggests that another life has been wrecked. Van Horn goes to an old friend, amateur sleuth Ellery Queen, who works hand in hand with the New York Police Department. Though Queen has solved countless murders, never before has he been asked to determine whether a crime was committed at all. To get to the root of the sculptor&’s attacks, Queen forces him to return to Boston, to confront a family secret so dark that Van Horn&’s mind destroyed itself rather than face it.
Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery
by Fred Van LenteFred Van Lente’s brilliant debut is both an homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and a thoroughly contemporary show-business satire. As the story opens, nine comedians of various acclaim are summoned to the island retreat of legendary Hollywood funnyman Dustin Walker. The group includes a former late-night TV host, a washed-up improv instructor, a ridiculously wealthy “blue collar” comic, and a past-her-prime Vegas icon. All nine arrive via boat to find that every building on the island is completely deserted. Marooned without cell phone service or wifi signals, they soon find themselves being murdered one by one. But who is doing the killing, and why? A darkly clever take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None and other classics of the genre, Ten Dead Comedians is a marvel of literary ventriloquism, with hilarious comic monologues in the voice of every suspect. It’s also an ingeniously plotted puzzler with a twist you’ll never see coming!
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe Groff ConklinTen great mysteries to enjoy by Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Purloined Letter The Tell Tale Heart The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar The Pit and the Pendulum A Tale of the Ragged Mountains A Descent in the Maelstrom The Black Cat Thou Art the Man Metzengerstein
Ten Little Bloodhounds (Bloodhound #5)
by Virginia LanierA Georgia dog trainer’s search for a missing cat leads her to a murdered billionaire in this mystery from the author of Blind Bloodhound Justice.There’s a lot of excitement down at Jo Beth Sidden’s kennel. A full litter of ten baby bloodhounds is due any day. Though pressed for time, Jo Beth still agrees to do a favor for a friend— finding a reclusive, wealthy matriarch’s missing cat. But soon afterward, her client is murdered. Now, Jo Beth is looking for a killer. There’s a slew of suspects to choose from, too—all potential heirs to the matriarch’s fortune. The quicker Jo Beth can solve this case, the soon she can get home to her dogs and get her life in order. But she’s in for a surprise, and a fight she’ll never forget.
Ten Little Herrings (The Ethelred and Elsie Mysteries #2)
by L.C. TylerIn this Edgar-nominated cozy mystery, a sub-par literary agent and her crime-writing client must ferret out a murderer in a French hotel.Ethelred Tressider is eager to pack in his career a mid-level mystery author—and happy to leave his (deservedly) long-suffering agent, Elsie, holding the bag. But Elsie has tracked Ethelred from England to his hideout, a run-down hotel hosting a stamp-collectors’ conference in the French Loire Valley.After a guest is stabbed, other murders follow—as does a swarm of policemen. Suspicion soon falls on the remaining guests, while Ethelrod can’t be bothered to help, and Elsie can’t resist the urge to meddle in police business—or devour chocolate. But soon both agent and author are joining forces to say “Au revoir” to the killer.Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and other authors of Golden Age mysteriesPraise for The Herring-Seller’s Apprentice“Fans of comic mysteries will welcome British author Tyler’s debut.” —Publishers Weekly“Tyler is a stylish writer, and his humor is both subtle and sly.” —Booklist
Ten Little New Yorkers
by Kinky FriedmanKinky Friedman has always proven himself to be a master of the offbeat and irreverent, and still manages to pull off a helluva whodunit in the process. Now the Kinkster may have met his match in this superbly crafted, fiendishly clever tale of a murderer who's methodically killing off unsuspecting Manhattan men. Gallingly, all clues point toward Kinky. Greenwich Village is the setting for Ten Little New Yorkers,a tale of murder and mayhem as only Friedman can warble it and featuring his usual suspects, including Ratso -- Dr. Watson to Kinky's singular Sherlock Holmes. As the clues and bodies pile up and the cops strong-arm Kinky as their man, he has to jump through hoops to find the real killer, all the while maintaining his outrage and, of course, his innocence. The murderer may be someone close to Kinky, which leads to a shocker of an ending that will surely take Kinky devotees completely by surprise. With a wink and a nod to Dame Agatha (as in Christie), after which all resemblance to those classic mysteries fades, this is one of Friedman's most complex and irresistible page-turners yet. Cunningly contentious issues of life, death, guilt, innocence, love, loss, and the danger of false confessions, this is Kinky Friedman at his wily, suspenseful, and sacrilegious best.
Ten Lords A-Leaping
by C. C. BenisonA skydiving routine for charity goes horribly awry, leaving a wealthy lord dead and his household at odds over whether it was a tragic accident . . . or cold-blooded murder at twenty thousand feet. To fundraise for the parish in bucolic Thornford Regis, Father Tom Christmas skydives, plummeting for charity. While his landing is bumpy, it's nothing compared to that of Hector, Earl of Fairhaven, who leaps from twenty thousand feet with disastrous results. Some residents of the town, including every member of the Earl's household, however, believe that those results were not accidental, and soon Tom Christmas is investigating a crime that will take him into the secrets of his own past, and in for a very hard landing of his own.
Ten Lords A-Leaping
by C. C. BenisonThe delightful Father Tom Christmas returns, and the cozy hamlet of Thornford Regis comes to life, in C. C. Benison's witty, beautifully written series that is "a must-read for lovers of classic English mysteries" (Kirkus Reviews). Although Father Tom Christmas serves his little church in enchanting Thornford Regis with a glad and faithful heart, he never expects to find himself skydiving to raise money for it. Nor, safely back on the ground, to see two of the other divers leap from the plane, then tangle in a midair punch-up and begin falling to the earth. To say that there is tension between the men in question--Oliver, the 7th Marquess of Morborne, and his brother-in-law Hector, the 10th Earl of Fairhaven--would be an understatement. But the trouble among this ancient landed family really began a generation ago, when a marquess divorced his first spouse to marry his brother's wife, fathering in his two marriages a viper's nest of arrogant young aristocrats. Now they have all turned up for the show to witness this shocking event in the sky. Thankfully the men land safely, but death will not be slighted. Much to Father Tom's dismay, he later discovers Lord Morborne lying deceased on castle grounds. Rumors of bigamy, art forgeries, and upstairs/downstairs intrigue fly. So do whispers of unvicarly behavior between Tom and Oliver's beautiful half-sister, Lady Lucinda. In fact, the vicar may be headed for a very hard landing of his own. C. C. Benison gives a virtuoso performance in this gripping new puzzle, a compelling and wise holiday mystery with the irresistible allure of hot tea and warm scones on a cold winter's day. Praise for C. C. Benison's Father Christmas mysteries Twelve Drummers Drumming "A crime novel that Agatha Christie might have been justly proud to claim as her own."--Margaret Maron "Benison does an admirable job balancing humor with suspense. . . . Father Christmas's first case leaves you eager for his next."--The Wall Street Journal "Splendid . . . an intelligent and empathic protagonist and skillful prose make this a winner."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) Eleven Pipers Piping "Benison uses the claustrophobia of village life to great effect, making the series a psychologically astute pleasure for fans of traditional cozies."--The Washington Post "Smashingly clever . . . Readers will be crazy about this vicar."--Library Journal "A great whodunit in the best British tradition."--The Globe and MailFrom the Hardcover edition.
Ten Lords A-Leaping (Robert Amiss/Baroness Jack Troutbeck Mysteries #0)
by Ruth Dudley EdwardsThe House of Lords will never be the same again. Disinclined to watch her language or moderate her manners, Jack Troutbeck, assisted by her old friend Robert Amiss, plots vigorously with others to scupper an anti-hunting bill of which she violently disapproves. But she hadn't reckoned with the campaign of intimidation mounted by the animal activists and the attempt on the life of one of her allies, shortly followed by scenes of horrifying carnage amongst the peers...
Ten Mile Treasure
by Andre NortonFew authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton&’s books have sold millions of copies worldwide.A secret plan, a mystery cave . . . and a summer full of excitement! When Christie Kimball and her family start a new life on a run-down Arizona ranch—once a bustling stagecoach stop in the Old West—their lives take an unexpected turn. Christie and her brother Neal have a secret plan to transform the ranch into a moneymaking tourist attraction for the motel their father wants to build. But when the Kimball kids and their Navajo friends go exploring in the desert and stumble on a mysterious treasure chest hidden deep in a cave—the real adventure begins . .. Soon a ghost town, a long-lost letter, and a concealed valley carry Christie and Neal into a lot more excitement than they ever dreamed possible!
Ten Rules for a Call Girl: An eShort Story
by Allison LeottaFrom former federal sex-crimes prosecutor Allison Leotta, an eShort story about the secret life of Washington, D.C.'s highest-paid escorts.Beautiful Georgetown undergrad Caroline McBride almost has it all--a loving fiancée, a promising academic career, and a college life of fabulous parties--but she can't afford it. When her father becomes ill, plunging her family into debt, she reluctantly agrees to meet Madeleine, the madam of a high-end escort service. Catering to the most powerful men in D.C., Caroline can make more money in one night than in a month at her part-time college job. And no one has to know. All she has to do is follow the madam's ten simple rules. A riveting story of D.C.'s red-light underworld and the life of a modern courtesan, Ten Rules for a Call Girl is fascinating and addictive. Includes an excerpt from Allison Leotta's new novel, Discretion!
Ten Second Staircase
by Christopher FowlerFirst a controversial artist is found dead in her own art installation, inside a riverside gallery with locked doors and windows - and the only witness is a small boy who insists that the murderer was a masked man riding a stallion. Then a television presenter is struck by lightning while indoors. . . Clearly, these are the kind of impossible crimes that only Arthur Bryant and John May of the Met's Peculiar Crimes Unit might be able to solve. But Bryant has lost his nerve following a disastrous public appearance, and May is fighting to keep the unit from closure. Worse still, the case of the Leicester Square Vampire, an unsolved mystery from the past that changed both their lives, has returned to haunt them in the present. With a sinister modern-day highwayman bringing terror to the London streets in a series of crimes each more puzzling than the last, the elderly detectives track their suspect to an exclusive private school and a deprived housing estate. But just when they need all the help they can get to uncover a new breed of criminal, the highwayman begins to be hailed a national hero, and the public turns against them. . . Bryant & May, the nation's most extraordinary investigators are back on the case in a breathless adventure that explores the dark side of celebrity, the conflicts of youth, age and class, and the peculiar myths of old London.
Ten Second Staircase
by Christopher FowlerIt's a crime tailor-made for the Peculiar Crimes Unit: a controversial artist is murdered and displayed as part of her own outrageous installation. No suspects, no motive, no evidence-it's business as usual for the Unit's cantankerous founding partners, Arthur Bryant and John May. But this time they have an eyewitness. According to twelve-year-old Luke Tripp, the killer was a cape-clad highwayman atop a black stallion. As implausible as the boy's story sounds, Bryant and May take it seriously when "The Highwayman" is spotted again, striking a dramatic pose at the scene of his next outlandish murder. Whatever the killer's real identity, he seems intent on killing off a string of minor celebrities while becoming one himself. As the tabloids look to make a quick bundle on "Highwayman Fever," Bryant and May, along with the newest member of the Unit, May's agoraphobic granddaughter, April, find themselves sorting out a case involving an unlikely combination of artistic rivalries, sleazy sex affairs, the Knights Templars, and street gang feuds. To do it, they're going to have to use every orthodox-and unorthodox-means at their disposal, including myth, witchcraft, and the psychogeographic history of the city's "monsters," past and present.And if one unsolvable crime weren't enough, this case has disturbing links to a decades-old killing spree that nearly destroyed the partnership of Bryant and May once before...and may again. The Peculiar Crimes Unit is one murder away from being closed down for good-and that murder could be their own.From the Hardcover edition.
Ten Seconds: 'If you're looking for a gripping thriller that twists and turns, Robert Gold delivers' Harlan Coben
by Robert Gold'Ten Seconds will keep you up all night' HARLAN COBEN***Broadchurch meets Harlan Coben in the most compulsive thriller you'll read all year. Whether you've read Twelve Secrets and Eleven Liars, or whether you're discovering Robert Gold for the first time, this is your next addictive read.***__________After a tense birthday celebration in Haddley, journalist Ben Harper watches his boss, Madeline, get into the car that has come to collect her. He walks home, never imagining that by the next morning, Madeline will be missing.To find Madeline, Ben will have to return to the now infamous murder case that made her journalism career over a decade ago. A case which, Ben quickly discovers, was never as simple as it seemed.But time is of the essence, and soon it's not just Madeline's life on the line . . .__________PRAISE FOR ROBERT GOLD'Superb' LISA JEWELL'This is what every other thriller aspires to be' Reader Review'Utterly absorbing' SHARI LAPENA'Excellent' LEE CHILD'My new favourite author' Reader Review'One of a kind' JAMES PATTERSON'Unputdownable' KARIN SLAUGHTER'___________________
Ten Seconds: 'If you're looking for a gripping thriller that twists and turns, Robert Gold delivers' Harlan Coben
by Robert Gold'Ten Seconds will keep you up all night' HARLAN COBEN***Broadchurch meets Harlan Coben in the most compulsive thriller you'll read all year. Whether you've read Twelve Secrets and Eleven Liars, or whether you're discovering Robert Gold for the first time, this is your next addictive read.***__________After a tense birthday celebration in Haddley, journalist Ben Harper watches his boss, Madeline, get into the car that has come to collect her. He walks home, never imagining that by the next morning, Madeline will be missing.To find Madeline, Ben will have to return to the now infamous murder case that made her journalism career over a decade ago. A case which, Ben quickly discovers, was never as simple as it seemed.But time is of the essence, and soon it's not just Madeline's life on the line . . .__________PRAISE FOR ROBERT GOLD'Superb' LISA JEWELL'This is what every other thriller aspires to be' Reader Review'Utterly absorbing' SHARI LAPENA'Excellent' LEE CHILD'My new favourite author' Reader Review'One of a kind' JAMES PATTERSON'Unputdownable' KARIN SLAUGHTER'___________________
Ten Spot: A Bobby Emmet Novel
by Denis HamillBobby Emmet, the NYPD detective turned private investigator, returns in a mystery involving a neighborhood in Brooklyn in which the mafia and the hip-hop scene intersect.Ten Spot begins when the mother of three budding hip-hop prodigies is mowed down by a hit-and-run on a Brooklyn street corner, barely saving the youngest of her talented children, but their chance at a recording career is dashed. Only the peering eyes of the caustic Italian widow downstairs have any clue about what really happened. It is a murder that no one in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, will ever forget, including the child who was saved and his older sister.
Ten Thousand Islands (A Doc Ford Novel #7)
by Randy Wayne WhiteGovernment agent-turned-marine biologist Doc Ford sails an endless sea of questions when he agrees to investigate a death from the past. Years ago, off Florida's Gulf Coast, a teenaged girl found an ancient gold medallion. Then, she began having nightmares. Then she was found hanging from a tree. Now, years later, the girl's mother is being terrorized with break-ins, phone calls with no one there--and her daughter's grave has been dug up. Somebody wants that medallion. The search for answers will lead Doc through a shadowy world of ancient ritual and modern corruption, to an evil that was born in the past--but lives in the present...
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
by Claudia GrayIn this sequel to A Thousand Pieces of You by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray, Marguerite races through various dimensions to save the boy she loves.Ever since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross through to alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse--even hurt the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked, and his consciousness is scattered across multiple dimensions.The hunt for each splinter of Paul's soul sends Marguerite racing through a war-torn San Francisco, the criminal underworld of New York City, and a glittering Paris where another Marguerite hides a shocking secret. Each dimension brings Marguerite one step closer to rescuing Paul. But with every trial she faces, she begins to question the one constant she's found between the worlds: their love for each other.
Ten Thumb Sam (Orca Young Readers)
by Rachel Dunstan MullerSam Stringbini, the youngest son in a family of circus performers, is living every kid's dream, except for the fact that he is no good on the high wire, trapezes freak him out and magic mystifies him. When the Triple Top Circus is threatened by repeated acts of sabotage, Sam is the number one suspect. To clear his name, Sam enlists the help of his cousin, Harriet, and discovers that, while he may never be a sword-swallower or a lion-tamer, he just might be able to save the circus.
Ten White Geese: A Novel
by Gerbrand BakkerHave you ever wanted to disappear and make a new life for yourself where no one knows your name? Ten White Geese is the eagerly anticipated, internationally bestselling new novel by the winner of the world’s richest literary prize for a single work of fiction. Fans of Per Petterson’s Out Stealing Horses or Paul Harding’s Tinkers may find in Ten White Geese a new novel to fall in love with. A woman rents a remote farm in rural Wales. She says her name is Emilie. An Emily Dickinson scholar, she has fled Amsterdam, having just confessed to an affair. On the farm she finds ten geese. One by one they disappear. Who is this woman? Will her husband manage to find her? The young man who stays the night: why won’t he leave? And the vanishing geese? Set against a stark and pristine landscape, and with a seductive blend of solace and menace, this novel of stealth intrigue summons from a woman’s silent longing fugitive moments of profound beauty and compassion. .
Ten Year Stretch: Celebrating a Decade of Crime Fiction at Crimefest
by Martin Edwards Adrian Muller"Edwards and Muller have assembled top-notch talent in this entertaining anthology of 20 original short stories... High-quality entries from the likes of Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and Ian Rankin, as well as from lesser-known authors such as Bill Beverly, elevate this above similar volumes."—Publishers WeeklyThe twenty brand new crime stories in this book have been specially commissioned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as "one of the 50 best festivals in the world." Contributors come from around the world and include the legendary Maj Sjöwall who, together with partner Per Wahlöö, was the originator of Nordic noir. The editors are Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller. Martin Edwards is responsible for many award-winning anthologies and Adrian Muller is one of the co-founders of CrimeFest.Contributors to Ten Year Stretch are:Bill Beverly, Simon Brett, Lee Child, Ann Cleeves, Jeffery Deaver, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Peter Guttridge, Sophie Hannah, John Harvey, Mick Herron, Donna Moore, Caro Ramsay, Ian Rankin, James Sallis, Zoë Sharp, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Maj Sjöwall, Michael Stanley and Andrew Taylor.
Ten for Dying: A John The Lord Chamberlain Mystery (John, the Lord Chamberlain Mysteries #10)
by Mary Reed Eric Mayer548 CE, Constantinople. Emperor Justinian, distraught from the death of his wife, Empress Theodora, has exiled his longtime aide, John, the Lord Chamberlain. At the Church of the Holy Apostles, an Egyptian magician tries to raise the empress from the dead. As the unholy ceremony explodes into chaos, supposed demons vanish into the darkness with one of the city's holiest relics. Felix, Captain of the Palace Guard, is selected as John's successor and charged with finding the missing relic.But before Felix's investigation even begins, someone deposits a corpse at his house. A botched attempt to dispose of the body leaves Felix looking suspect. To make matters worse, it seems as if half the city wants to possess the relic, see Felix dead—or both. If only Felix's friend, the shrewd John, were still in the city, but the former Lord Chamberlain has already sailed for Greece.Now Felix enters a fight for his very survival, a crucible in which he cannot cannot tell friend from foe—or worldly dangers from the supernatural.
Tenacia (Tendenza Verso I Guai #3)
by Lexy TimmsNon importa cosa, i guai arrivano sempre. Il tempo sta finendo. Con Troy nelle grinfie dell'ex violento della sua ragazza, sa che è più vulnerabile che mai. Cosa le sta succedendo mentre lui è legato? Chi sta proteggendo Sadie mentre è rinchiuso nel retro di un furgone da qualche parte? Ogni minuto che passa, diventa più vulnerabile. Ogni ora che passa dà a Luke un'altra possibilità di avere finalmente Sadie al suo fianco. E la furia spaventosa di quella realtà lo alimenta. Tutto ciò che Troy sa è che deve tornare da lei. Tutto quello che sa è che Luke non potrà mai raggiungerla. Non importa quanto gli costa. Non importa cosa significhi. Non importa quale parte di lui deve scendere a compromessi per raggiungerla. Rischiare la propria vita per salvare la sua sarà sufficiente? Serie Tendenza Verso I Problemi Libro 1 - Problemi Libro 2 - Discordia Libro 3 - Tenacia