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The Thursday Club (Deb Ralston series, No.13)
by Lee MartinCurtis had to have his handgun close enough he could reach it. even now, even retired and paraplegic, even in his own bedroom. There were too many people who wanted to kill him. That wasn't paranoia; that was fact. It starts like any other Thursday- Deb Ralston and her friends Jeanne and Sue, who call themselves "The Thursday Club," go for a short jog in the quiet of the early morning. What they find upon their return, however, horrifies them: Jeanne's husband, Curtis Minot, has been shot to death in his bed. The gun lies below his own hand, but Deb is sure it is cold-blooded murder. In the hours and days that follow, two more people are somehow killed in Jeanne's home, and the chain of events baffles even Deb, a seasoned police officer. Details of Curtis's shady business dealings emerge, and the cast of characters widens to include Kenneth, the Minots' strangely nonchalant twelve-year-old son; Daniel Ellis, Curtis's mysterious business partner; Nudara Akhbar, whose imprisoned but seemingly innocent husband has a connection with Curtis; and a host of others.
Thursday Legends: A gritty crime thriller of murder and suspense (Bob Skinner #10)
by Quintin JardineOld scores are settled in blood... A brutal and apparently motiveless murder leads Skinner to suspect his own friends of treachery in Thursday Legends, the gripping crime novel of retribution and ultimate justice from acclaimed writer Quintin Jardine. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.'This gritty, fast-paced mystery will pin even the most squeamish readers to the page' - Publishers WeeklyFor Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner, the Thursday night football game at the local gym has long been an unbroken ritual. With each match the players are a little older, a little slower, but as fiercely competitive as a gang of teenagers. Until the savagely mutilated body of a former player is found, and suddenly the Thursday Legends have more to worry about than aching backs and dodgy knees. Former Head of Special Branch Alec Smith made plenty of enemies during his long career - and there is no shortage of suspects. But as Skinner's investigation gathers pace, everything keeps pointing to the Legends themselves. Is someone targeting this disparate group of colleagues and friends in some bizarre scheme of retribution? Or is the murderer one of them? Either way, the hunt for the killer is going to come uncomfortably close to home... What readers are saying about Thursday Legends: 'Superb plotting, excellent, believable three-dimensional characterisation and a detective who's just tougher, scarier and more ingenious than the rest - and a flawed family man to boot''From the first page till the last it is a very hard book to put down''Five stars'
Thursday Legends (Bob Skinner series, Book 10): A gritty crime thriller of murder and suspense
by Quintin JardineOld scores are settled in blood... A brutal and apparently motiveless murder leads Skinner to suspect his own friends of treachery in Thursday Legends, the gripping crime novel of retribution and ultimate justice from acclaimed writer Quintin Jardine. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.'This gritty, fast-paced mystery will pin even the most squeamish readers to the page' - Publishers WeeklyFor Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner, the Thursday night football game at the local gym has long been an unbroken ritual. With each match the players are a little older, a little slower, but as fiercely competitive as a gang of teenagers. Until the savagely mutilated body of a former player is found, and suddenly the Thursday Legends have more to worry about than aching backs and dodgy knees. Former Head of Special Branch Alec Smith made plenty of enemies during his long career - and there is no shortage of suspects. But as Skinner's investigation gathers pace, everything keeps pointing to the Legends themselves. Is someone targeting this disparate group of colleagues and friends in some bizarre scheme of retribution? Or is the murderer one of them? Either way, the hunt for the killer is going to come uncomfortably close to home...What readers are saying about Thursday Legends: 'Superb plotting, excellent, believable three-dimensional characterisation and a detective who's just tougher, scarier and more ingenious than the rest - and a flawed family man to boot''From the first page till the last it is a very hard book to put down''Five stars'
The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (The\thursday Murder Club Ser. #1)
by Richard Osman"A little beacon of pleasure in the midst of the gloom...SUCH FUN!"--Kate Atkinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big SkyFour septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleevesA female cop with her first big caseA brutal murderWelcome to...THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUBIn a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
Thursday Next: A Thursday Next Novel (A Thursday Next Novel #5)
by Jasper FfordeThe fifth installment in Jasper Fforde's New York Times bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed EnglandJasper Fforde has thrilled readers everywhere with his gloriously outlandish novels in the Thursday Next and Nursery Crime series. And with another genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainmentis Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, Fforde's famous literary detective is once again ready to make the world safe for fiction. Thursday Next is grappling with a host of problems in BookWorld: a recalcitrant new apprentice, the death of Sherlock Holmes, and the inexplicable departure of comedy from the once- hilarious Thomas Hardy novels, to name just a few--all while captaining the ship Moral Dilemma and facing down her most vicious enemy yet: herself. Thursday's zany investigations continue with Our Thursdays is Missing. Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including Jasper Fforde's latest bestseller, The Woman Who Died A Lot. Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world!Watch a Windows Media trailer for this book.
The Thursday Next Collection 1-3: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next Books)
by Jasper FfordeThe first three novels in Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, following the adventures of Swindon's favourite literary detective: THE EYRE AFFAIR, LOST IN A GOOD BOOK and THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS.
A Thursday Next Digital Collection: Novels 1-5
by Jasper FfordeA Thursday Next Digital Collection: Novels 1-5 Fall into the world of Thursday Next with the first five novels in the New York Times bestselling series featuring the renowned Special Operative in literary detection who is "part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).
A Thursday Next Digital Collection: Novels 1-5
by Jasper FfordeA Thursday Next Digital Collection: Novels 1-5 Fall into the world of Thursday Next with the first five novels in the New York Times bestselling series featuring the renowned Special Operative in literary detection who is "part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).
Thursday Night Widows
by Miranda France Claudia Piñeiro"An agile novel written in a language perfectly pitched for the subject matter, a ruthless dissection of a fast decaying society"--José Saramago, Nobel Prize winnerThe English translation of hit novel Las Viudas de Los Jueves!"Piñeiro's clever U.S. debut.. . illuminates the hypocrisies of the country's upper classes after 9/11."--Publishers Weekly"Piñeiro is particularly skilful at exposing the social forces undermining Argentine society, and the fragility of personal relationships. We learn the surprising truth of the three men's death in the final chapter; the build-up to it is riveting."--The Times (London)"Piñeiro builds up tension through banal, domestic details and the accretion of despair in everyday marital and professional struggles. There may be bloody murder at the centre of this novel, but the dystopia portrayed is an indictment not solely of an assassin but of Argentina's class structure and the willful blindness of its petty bourgeoisie."--Times Literary Supplement"A razor-sharp psychological and social portrait not only of Argentina, but of the afluent Western world as a whole."--Rosa MonteroThree bodies lie at the bottom of a swimming pool in a gated country estate near Buenos Aires. It's Thursday night at the magnificent Scaglia house. Behind the locked gates, shielded from the crime, poverty, and filth of the people on the streets, the Scaglias and their friends hide lives of infidelity, alcoholism, and abusive marriage. Claudia Piñeiro's novel eerily foreshadowed a criminal case that generated a scandal in the Argentine media. But this is more than a story about crime. The suspense is a byproduct of Piñeiro's hand at crafting a psychological portrait of a professional class that lives beyond its means and leads secret lives of deadly stress and despair. It takes place during the post-9/11 economic meltdown in Argentina, but it is a universal story that will resonate among credit-crunched readers of today.The film of Thursday Night Widows, by Argentine New Wave and award-winning director Marcelo Piñeyro is coming soon with trailers available online.Claudia Piñeiro was a journalist, playwright, and television scriptwriter and in 1992 won the prestigious Pléyade Annual Journalism Award. She has more recently turned to fiction and is the author of literary crime novels that are all bestsellers in Latin America and have been translated into four languages. This novel won the Clarin Prize for fiction and is her first title to be available in English.
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (The Rabbi Small Mysteries #7)
by Harry KemelmanA vicious anti-Semite is murdered and Rabbi Small must defend his congregants from being falsely accused in this thrilling New York Times bestseller Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts, is thriving. Every year, more young couples move to this cozy New England village to raise their families, and many of them join Rabbi David Small's synagogue. But the town is jolted out of domestic tranquility when Ellsworth Jordon, the town selectman, is murdered. An outspoken anti-Semite, and one of the town's richest and most powerful men, it seems like everyone had a reason to dislike Jordan. When he's murdered, not even the rabbi is surprised. Police suspicion falls on several upstanding members of the synagogue, so Rabbi Small endeavors to clear them the way only he can--with God at his back and the Talmud in hand. Surprises lurk at every turn as the rabbi narrows down the long list of suspects to find the killer.
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
by Harry KemelmanHad the murder victim not been such a notorious anti-semite, Rabbi Small might never have become involved. But when several members of his congregation become suspects, Rabbi Small is forced to match wits with the killer. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Harry Kemelman has a B.A. from Boston University and an M.A. in English philology from Harvard. Kemelman taught at a number of schools before World War II and during the war, Kemelman worked as a wage administrator for the United States Army Transportation Corps in Boston and later, for the War Assets Administration. It was after that war that Kemelman became a freelance writer and private businessman. He began his writing career by writing short stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine featuring New England college professor Nicky Welt, the first of which, "The Nine Mile Walk", is considered a classic. He was the creator of one of the most famous religious sleuths, Rabbi David Small--the key figure in his Rabbi series.
Thursday Trials (Juli Scott, Super Sleuth Book #4)
by Colleen L. Reece"Piece of cake," states Dave Gilmore, Juli's boyfriend pro tem. "We're called to the witness stand, we tell what we saw, we're out of there." Sounds easy, and the upcoming court appearance has Juli Scott sharpening her pencil. She and friends from her church youth group have been subpoenaed to appear as witnesses in a bank robbery case, an experience Juli regards as nothing more than creating real-life scenes for her mystery stories. But what should be a simple court appearance turns ugly. Doing the right thing sets Juli and her friends up for trouble from an unknown enemy seeking revenge.
The Thursday Turkey Murders (The Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Mysteries #2)
by Craig RiceThis Thanksgiving, two birds of a feather are about to get plucked—&“Why can&’t all murders be as funny as those concocted by Craig Rice?&” (The New York Times) Former con-artist photographers Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak are en route from the grit of New York City to the glitter of Sunset Boulevard when their dreams are waylaid in a tragic roadside accident with an errant turkey. But getting stuck in the off-the-map community of Thursday County, Iowa, has an upside: a blushing farmer&’s daughter with a promising sob story. To help her ailing grandma, the Halvorsen family turkey farm is up for grabs. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Bingo and Handsome plan to make a bundle off the gobbling herd. But these two city slickers should&’ve known that small towns hide big secrets—and Thursday&’s secrets go back more than a decade. Before long, Bingo and Handsome get tangled up in a bank robbery, face off with an escaped convict, follow the trail of a buried fortune, are wrangled into a fowl conspiracy, and come to a dead end when they become suspects in a murder. As turkey day nears, it could very well be their heads on the chopping block. This Bingo and Handsome mystery is &“a devastating satire . . . [an] immensely complex cat&’s cradle of the plot&” (Barry Ergang, Derringer Award–winning author). The Thursday Turkey Murders is the 2nd book in the Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Thursday's Child: A Novel of Suspense
by Teri WhiteWhen an orphan runs away from home, his grandfather hires an ex-cop to find him Four months ago, Beau Epstein watched his parents die. For fourteen years, he lived with his family in the jungle village of Santa María, ignoring the outside world. It was paradise until the civil war came to find them. His parents were gunned down in the streets, and Beau found himself suddenly alone in the world. His grandfather, an old-school Hollywood mogul, sends for the child. After struggling to adjust to life in Los Angeles, Beau runs away from home, and his grandfather hires Gar Sinclair to find him. Ever since a gunshot wound ended his career with the LAPD, Gar has made a living tracking down the displaced children of Hollywood big shots. But Beau is no ordinary runaway. In a city where hired killers stalk the streets, one lost boy will find himself right back in the jungle.
Thursday's Children: A Frieda Klein Mystery
by Nicci French"Fierce, fascinating and full of insight, Frieda Klein is irresistible."--Val McDermid, bestselling author of Splinter the Silence The electrifying fourth book in the internationally bestselling Frieda Klein Mystery seriesFrieda Klein is uninterested in catching up on old times when her former classmate, Maddie Capel, shows up at her door--until she hears about Maddie's troubled daughter, Becky. The teenager claims she was raped in her own bed one night while her mother was downstairs. Her assailant left her with a warning: "Don't think of telling anyone, sweetheart. Nobody will believe you." And no one does--except Frieda. Becky's story awakens dark memories of an eerily similar incident in Frieda's own past that she's been avoiding for decades. When Becky is found hanging from a beam in her bedroom, Frieda returns home, seeking out her old high school friends to ask what they remember about the night that prompted Frieda to leave town for good. But confronting the ghosts of the past turns out to be more dangerous than she ever expected.
Thus Was Adonis Murdered
by Sarah CaudwellWhile vacationing in Venice, Julia Larwood, an English tax attorney, is suspected of murder. Simple, straight-forward sex had been, and continued to be, upper-most in her mind. Friends to the rescue, armchair style. Hilarious!
Thus Was Adonis Murdered: Number 1 in Series (Hilary Tamar)
by Sarah CaudwellWhen her personal copy of the current Finance Act is found a few metres away from a body, young barrister Julia Larwood finds herself caught up in a complex fight against the Inland Revenue.Set to have a vacation away from her home life and the tax man, Julia takes a trip with her art-loving boyfriend. However, all is not what it seems. Could he in fact be an employee of the establishment she has been trying to escape from? And how did her romantic luxurious holiday end in murder?
Thus Was Adonis Murdered: A Novel
by Sarah CaudwellA young woman accused of murder while on holiday in Venice enlists a friend to come help her—but once they begin unraveling clues, there&’s no telling what else will come to light. &“A tour de force . . . a hilarious comedy of manners.&”—St. Louis Post-DispatchForeword by A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the WindowHis was a body to die for . . . Set to have a vacation away from her home life and the tax man, young barrister Julia Larwood takes a trip to Italy with her art-loving boyfriend. But when her personal copy of the current Finance Act is found a few meters away from a dead body, Julia finds herself caught up in a complex fight against the Inland Revenue. Fortunately, she&’s able to call on her fellow colleagues who enlist the help of their friend Oxford professor Hilary Tamar. However, all is not what it seems. Could Julia&’s boyfriend in fact be an employee of the establishment she has been trying to escape from? And how did her romantic luxurious holiday end in murder?Don&’t miss any of Sarah Caudwell&’s riveting Hilary Tamar mysteries:THUS WAS ADONIS MURDERED • THE SHORTEST WAY TO HADES • THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER • THE SIBYL IN HER GRAVE
Thy Kingdom Come
by Don HelinColonel Sam Thorpe, a member of the anti-terrorist task force, must go undercover and train the Patriots, a homegrown militia in central Pennsylvania. His job: get close to self-appointed general Quentin Oliver and uncover the core of evil. Oliver, a disgruntled ex-Marine colonel, plans to steal cesium-137 from a local university and construct seven dirty bombs. During training sessions, Sam also uncovers a link between Oliver and the French Separatist Movement in Quebec. The world is in trouble, and Sam is isolated with only one person in his corner: FBI covert agent Alex Prescott, a kick-ass woman with spiked blond hair and a personality to match. Will she be enough? Or is the world about to realize its worst nightmare?
Thy Neighbor
by Norah VincentNorah Vincent’s first two books—the New York Times bestseller Self-Made Man and Voluntary Madness—were masterworks of immersion journalism. Now Vincent unleashes her considerable talents in a spellbinding novel that’s as provocative and absorbing as her acclaimed nonfiction. Since his parents’ violent deaths thirteen years ago, Nick Walsh has been living alone in his childhood home, drinking, drugging, and debauching himself into oblivion. Deranged by his relentless sorrow, he begins spying on his neighbors via hidden cameras and microphones. As he observes all the strange, sad, and terrifying things that people do when they think no one is watching, Nick begins to unravel the shocking truth about how and why his parents died. .
Thyme of Death (China Bayles #1)
by Susan Wittig Albert"Albert's characters are as real and quirky as your next-door neighbor."-Raleigh News & Observer Nominated for both an Agatha and an Anthony Award, Susan Wittig Albert's novels featuring ex-lawyer and herbshop proprietor China Bayles have won acclaim for their rich characterization and witty, suspenseful stories of crime and passion in small-town Texas. Now, when China's friend Jo dies of an apparent suicide, China looks behind the quaint facade of Pecan Springs and takes a suspicious look at everyone And though she finds lots of friendly faces, China is sure that one of them hides the heart of a killer... CHINA BAYLES IS... "A wonderful character...smart, real, and totally a woman of the nineties."-Mostly Murder "Such a joy., .an instant friend."-Carolyn G. Hart "A marvelous addition to the ranks of amateur detectives." -Linda Grant 'Witty, sharp, and entirely her own woman."-Susan Dunlap A CHOICE OF THE MYSTERY GUILD.
The Tiara on the Terrace
by Kristen KittscherIn this funny, clever novel, perfect for fans of Pseudonymous Bosch and Gordon Korman and a companion to The Wig in the Window, tween sleuths Sophie Young and Grace Yang go undercover at Luna Vista's Winter Sun Festival to catch a murderer before he--or she--strikes again.Sophie Young and Grace Yang have been taking it easy ever since they solved the biggest crime Luna Vista had ever seen. But things might get interesting again now that everyone is gearing up for the 125th annual Winter Sun Festival--a town tradition that involves floats, a parade, and a Royal Court made up of local high school girls.When Festival president Jim Steptoe turns up dead on the first day of parade preparations, the police blame a malfunctioning giant s'more feature on the campfire-themed float. But the two sleuths are convinced the mysterious death wasn't an accident.Young and Yang must trade their high tops for high heels and infiltrate the Royal Court to solve the case. But if they fail, they might just be the next victims.
Tiare
by Antonio Costa John Reinhard DizonLes pourparlers de paix entre la Grande-Bretagne et l’Irlande du Nord risquent de s’effondrer. La veille de l'ouverture des négociations, la princesse d'Edimbourg est enlevée. Le destin de la princesse Jennifer attire l'attention de plusieurs organisations internationales, notamment l'IRA, le MI6 et la CIA. Alors que Jennifer devient le prix maltraité d'une guerre ancienne, personne ne s'immagine ce qu’il se passe quand La Terreur d'Or - un assassin irlandais - s’intéresse à elle.
Tic-Tac-Terror (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories #74)
by Franklin W. DixonFrank and Joe are baffled at first by the mysterious code name Bob. They soon figure out that Bob is a top secret government agency fighting crime globally. Their father Fenton Hardy has gone on a mission for Bob and the Hardy boys are worried when they do not hear from their famous father. Soon the Hardys must help a member of the gang Bob is fighting defect to the American side before the gang elimates him forever!
The Tick of Death (Sergeant Cribb #5)
by Peter LoveseyIn the fifth Sergeant Cribb mystery, either anarchists or Irish terrorists are setting off explosions in public places. Is the villain an American athlete? A beautiful Irish woman? Could Constable Thackeray be involved? <P> Peter Lovesey is the author of twenty-six highly praised mystery novels and has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Gold, Silver, and Diamond daggers.