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The Tournament
by Rebecca BarrowThree girls with entangled pasts compete for glory in their private school&’s annual tournament, putting their survival skills and their relationships to the test, in this young adult thriller that&’s &“Shakespearean…stunning…dark academia at its finest&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Gardner isn&’t like other boarding schools. They take in those who&’ve been rejected everywhere else, they offer a survival skills class that has students killing and gutting animals, and then there&’s the Tournament. A competition available only to seven elite seniors, the Tournament is revered by the entire student body. They&’d do almost anything—including completing a series of grueling physical challenges—to win the champion&’s cup. And this year, three seniors make the Tournament more cutthroat than ever. Max, the ruthless scholarship student who can&’t afford any distractions, not even her ex best friend Nora&’s stupid confession of love at the end of last year that ruined everything between them. Nora, who always put herself on the sidelines so Max could have everything she wanted, but might just be ready for center stage now that Max has brutally excised herself from Nora&’s life. And Teddy, the transfer who&’s on her last chance and will chase any high that can pull her back from the gaping, dark void inside herself that&’s always threatening to pull her in. If one of them wants to win, then they can&’t let anything—or anybody—get in their way.
The Tower
by Gregg Andrew HurwitzIn the bestselling tradition of The Silence of the Lambs comes a thrilling novel of nail-biting suspense and heart-stopping terror played out in a psychological battle of wit, cunning, and pure evil between a diabolically clever killer and his determined hunter.Allander Atlasia is an infamous psychopath whose heinous crimes have earned him a lifetime stay at the Tower (nicknamed Alcatraz II), the world's most extreme maximum-security prison. But after a briliant and brutal escape, the criminal mastermind begins a killing spree that is intensely personal—one by one, victims fall prey to a twisted and chilling re-enactment of his own depraved past. Jade Marlow is an ex-FBI profiler and tracker whose fearlessness is only surpassed by the severity of his own inner demons. With a record of irrational behavior and a genius for putting himself into the mind of a criminal predator, he may be the one man diabolical enough to catch Atlasia. In an excalating contest of wills and wits, two equally defiant men race toward a showdown where daring is deadly and failure is fatal.
The Tower
by P. M. HubbardFrom the church of St Udan's rises The Tower, threatening collapse unless a large sum can be raised to repair it. In its shadow, the brooding, macabre figure of Old Liberty, fire-and-brimstone vicar, rages against robust and clever George Hardcastle, humanist and self-styled 'antichrist', while between them wavers diminutive enchanting Mary Garstin, wearing her wealth and position uneasilyHappening upon this tiny hamlet where nothing is quite what it seems, John Smith is held in thrall by the elusive charm of Cynthia Hardcastle - who plays Shakespearean games with her father, and crouches on tree stumps in the dark of night - and by a premonition of disaster.
The Tower
by Richard Martin SternThis is one of the two books that the movie "The Towering Inferno" was based upon.
The Tower
by Simon ToyneAfter the risecomes the fallWhen a cyber-attack at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland disables the Hubble telescope and the Nobel Prize-winning scientist in charge disappears, the only clues left behind are a cryptic countdown clock and a chilling message displayed on the missing mans computer: Mankind Must Look No Further. Newly appointed FBI agent Joe Shepherd, a former academic star with degrees in astrophysics and computer science, is uniquely qualified to handle the investigation, but he is also hiding some secrets of his own. He discovers a note in the missing scientists handwriting that reads "end of days" and further evidence linking the cyber-attack to a series of strange events from eight months earlier--an explosion at the Citadel, an ancient monastery in Turkey; the deadly viral outbreak that occurred in its wake; and the disappearance of an American journalist named Liv Adamsen and ex-special forces operative Gabriel Mann. Liv has been trapped in the Syrian Desert, a prisoner of the prophecy that drove her there and now whispers of terrible things to come. Gabriel, infected and tormented by the deadly virus he carried out of the Citadel, is desperate to return before it spreads. Shepherds investigation takes him on a journey to the secrets at the very edge of the universe and also deep into his own past as the countdown clock continues and extraordinary events begin to manifest around the globe--animals migrating out of season, extreme weather battering the planet, people deserting the cities as they answer a growing urge to return to their original homes. In this exhilarating conclusion to the internationally bestselling Ruin trilogy, one womans destiny weaves the past and present together in a way that will change the future for us all. But what is the "end of days" and what does it really mean for humankind--will it be revelation or devastation?
The Tower (Murder Room #754)
by P. M. HubbardFrom the church of St Udan's rises The Tower, threatening collapse unless a large sum can be raised to repair it. In its shadow, the brooding, macabre figure of Old Liberty, fire-and-brimstone vicar, rages against robust and clever George Hardcastle, humanist and self-styled 'antichrist', while between them wavers diminutive enchanting Mary Garstin, wearing her wealth and position uneasilyHappening upon this tiny hamlet where nothing is quite what it seems, John Smith is held in thrall by the elusive charm of Cynthia Hardcastle - who plays Shakespearean games with her father, and crouches on tree stumps in the dark of night - and by a premonition of disaster.
The Tower Treasure
by Franklin W. DixonFrank and Joe Hardy were driving along on their motorcycles one pleasant afternoon when a roadster driven by an apparent madman almost ran them down. The event happened so fast that all the boys noticed was the drivers' bright red hair. Later, that same red-haired driver attempted to rob a ferry boat office, and successfully made off with a yellow roadster called Queen from the Hardys' friend, Chet Morton. Since one witness reported that the villain had dark hair, the Hardy Boys assume The man was wearing a red wig when they saw him. When the boys hear a report that there has been a robbery of forty thousand dollars in securities and jewels from the Tower Mansion owned by siblings Hurd and Adelia Applegate they decide it's time to follow in their father's footsteps and become private investigators. Frank and Joe Hardy were driving along on their motorcycles one pleasant afternoon when a roadster driven by an apparent madman almost ran them down. The event happened so fast that all the boys noticed was the drivers' bright red hair. Later, that same red-haired driver attempted to rob a ferry boat office, and successfully made off with a yellow roadster called Queen from the Hardys' friend, Chet Morton. Since one witness reported that the villain had dark hair, the Hardy Boys assume The man was wearing a red wig when they saw him. When the boys hear a report that there has been a robbery of forty thousand dollars in securities and jewels from the Tower Mansion owned by siblings Hurd and Adelia Applegate they decide it's time to follow in their father's footsteps and become private investigators.
The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys #1)
by Franklin W. DixonWhen Tower Mansion is robbed, its owner, Hurd Applegate is furious. He immediately wants Fenton Hardy to recover the missing loot and to have his handy man arrested. Frank and Joe are convinced though that Perry's father is innocent. Perry's family is forced to leave Tower Mansion and stay in a run down section of Bayport. Perry thinks he will soon have to drop out of school and abandon his dream of college because no one will hire his dad. The Hardys find clues that the treasure is hidden in one of the towers., but after two exhaustive searches that have Hurd Applegate insisting the boys no nothing, Frank and Joe are stumped. If the treasure isn't in Tower Mansion, then where will Frank and Joe look next? This is the revised 1959 version of The Tower Treasure.
The Tower Treasure: The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys #1)
by Franklin W. DixonA dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stored "in the tower." Both towers of the looted mansion are searched in vain. It remains for the Hardy boys to make an astonishing discovery that clears up the mystery and clears the name of a friend's father.
The Tower at the End of the World
by John Bellairs Brad Strickland S. D. SchindlerWhen Lewis, his uncle Jonathan, and their friends Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann take a trip to a small town near Lake Superior, they expect a pleasant vacation. <P><P>Instead, they find themselves facing the ghastly Ishmael Izard, son of the fiendish creator of the Doomsday Clock that was once hidden in the walls of Uncle Jonathan's house. Ishmael himself is a cruel and heartless sorcerer, and he is determined to wreak vengeance upon the entire world. Will Lewis and his friends be strong enough to defeat him, or will their fate be decided by their most formidable foe yet?
The Tower of Songs (A Duck Darley Novel #3)
by Casey BarrettEmbracing an improbable stretch of sobriety, unlicensed P.I. Duck Darley has proven himself stronger than the temptations that loom in the shadows of New York City. But the familiar pull of self-destruction lingers like garbage in July when Layla Soto, a sharp-tongued Park Avenue teenager with a family as screwed up as his own, presents a twisted missing-persons case he can’t refuse . . . Layla saw video evidence of her billionaire father being abducted from their home—at the top of the tallest residential tower on earth. She suspects her grandmother, a Chinese social climber on husband number three, orchestrated the act to silence her only son. Duck agrees to investigate the hedge funder’s disappearance, if only for the rush of a new thrill—and an excuse to reconcile with Cass Kimball, his leather-clad sometime partner who nearly got him killed . . . As the unlikely duo become immersed in a high-stakes ransom linked to the international drug trade and the delicate relations between the two most powerful nations on earth, survival means trusting no one. Because when confronting absolute power, certain forces will stop at nothing to bury the truth.
The Towering Sky (Thousandth Floor #3)
by Katharine McGeeThe final book in Katharine McGee's epic New York Times bestselling Thousandth Floor seriesWhen you have everything, you have everything to lose.Welcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams.LEDA just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget.RYLIN is back in her old life, reunited with an old flame. But when she starts seeing Cord again, she finds herself torn: between two worlds, and two very different boys.CALLIOPE feels trapped, playing a long con that costs more than she bargained for. What happens when all her lies catch up with her? WATT is still desperately in love with Leda. He’ll do anything to win her back—even dig up secrets that are better left buried.And now that AVERY is home from England—with a new boyfriend, Max—her life seems more picture-perfect than ever. So why does she feel like she would rather be anything but perfect?Perfect for fans of Kiera Cass and Anna Godbersen, and with all the drama, romance, and hidden secrets from The Thousandth Floor and The Dazzling Heights, this explosive finale will not disappoint.“We couldn’t put this one down.” —The Skimm“The luxe lives of Manhattan’s elite are even more extraordinary in Katharine McGee’s futuristic, highly addictive page-turner. The irresistible cast of characters lures you into the elevator for an unexpected ride, packed with wittily prescient high-tech details and good old-fashioned romance and drama. The Thousandth Floor will give you vertigo and leave you eager for more.” —Cecily von Ziegesar, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gossip Girl
The Towers (A Dan Lenson Novel of 9/11 #13)
by David PoyerAfter surviving the attacks on September 11, 2001, four people join the search for the terrorists responsible. Their mission: bring justice to Osama bin Laden. On the morning of September 11, 2001, Commander Dan Lenson, USN, is visiting the Pentagon. On that same morning, his wife, former Undersecretary of Defense Blair Titus, is at the World Trade Center. Meanwhile, NCIS agent Aisha Ar-Rahim is investigating a terror cell in Yemen, and former SEAL Teddy Oberg is pitching an action movie to investors in Los Angeles. Teddy, Aisha, and Dan immediately become involved in the military response to the 9/11 attacks. Dan is assigned to the Joint Special Ops team in Afghanistan. His mission: to overthrow the Taliban government. In Yemen, Aisha undertakes a dangerous undercover operation to learn Osama bin Laden's location in the Shah-i-Khot Valley in Afghanistan. Teddy, having rejoined the SEALS, is assigned to Task Force Cutlass, to hunt down and kill bin Laden and other senior members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda leadership. Meanwhile, Blair struggles with her recovery from serious injuries and has to decide which course her life will take from here. The thirteenth Dan Lenson novel, The Towers is a fascinating, accurate depiction of the events of September 11 and the American response to terror, informed by interviews and deep sources in the Navy, the SEALS, the Marines, the NCIS, and the author's own military experience. A master of fast-paced sequences and heart-pumping drama, David Poyer takes the reader into the center of the action and face-to-face with the enemy.
The Towers of Love
by Stephen BirminghamThe Towers of Love is a suspenseful family drama set among the well-to-do schemers of a Connecticut suburb. When Hugh Carey moves home to take stock of his failing marriage, he is reunited with Edrita Everett Smith, the girl next door who got away. But his cold, manipulative and fascinating mother Sandy has never liked Edrita, and she is not about to let Hugh out of her grasp now.
The Towers of Samarcand: Join the greatest warrior of the age for an unforgettable Byzantine adventure! (Rise of Empires)
by James HeneageA select band of soldiers led by Luke Magoris are given the mission of persuading Tamerlane to defend Constantinople. The great conqueror must turn his forces to the West to fight the Ottomans, who otherwise would destroy Constantinople and the Byzantine empire. Luke, torn away from the woman he loves and all he knows, is trained as a Mongol warrior to impress Tamerlane and his army before joining his fellow Varangian guards, descendants of the men who once brought a vital treasure out of Constantinople. It is this treasure, some say, that can still save the empire - uniting the Christian churches of the east and west in one final triumphant crusade to smite the Ottomans. No longer an innocent patriot, Luke is caught in the crossfire and begins to question if his mission is honourable - or whether those who sent him have the best interests of Byzantium at heart. The Towers of Samarcand is a powerful historical novel full of lively characters and enthralling scenes of battle, wealth, beliefs and trade in a part of the world torn by the clash of empires.(P)2014 WF Howes Ltd
The Towers of Silence: 3 (The Raj Quartet #Nos. 3-4)
by Paul ScottIndia, 1943: In a regimental hill station, the ladies of Pankot struggle to preserve the genteel façade of British society amid the debris of a vanishing empire and World War II. A retired missionary, Barbara Batchelor, bears witness to the connections between many human dramas; the love between Daphne Manner and Hari Kumar; the desperate grief an old teacher feels for an India she cannot rescue; and the cruelty of Captain Ronald Merrick, Susan Layton's future husband.
The Town
by Chuck HoganFour masked men--thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of Charlestown--take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault were simple. But career criminal Doug MacRay didn't plan on one thing: falling hard for Claire. When he tracks her down without his mask and gun, their mutual attraction is undeniable. With a tenacious FBI agent following his every move, he imagines a life away from his gritty, dangerous work--a life centered around Claire. But before that can happen, Doug and his crew learn that there may be a way to rob Boston's venerable baseball stadium, Fenway Park. Risky yet utterly irresistible, it would be the perfect heist to end his criminal career and begin a new life. But, as it turns out, pursuing Claire may be the most dangerous act of all.Racing to an explosive climax, The Town is a brash tale of robbery in all its forms--and an unforgettable odyssey of crime, love, ambition, and dreams.
The Toy Cupboard
by Lee JordanJoanna Townsend is watching the man watch her--a stranger in a red parka browsing among the stalls in London’s Camden Market, but always keeping his eye on Jo in her antiques booth. With her husband Michael away on business and her sister Flora already gone home for the day, Jo yearns for the safety of her flat. But there she finds a sinister German called Willy waiting for her. After knocking her about Willi leaves a cryptic message for Michael. Fleeing to Flora’s for comfort, Jo finds that her sister has just been entertaining the mysterious lover she has so far refused to introduce to Jo. Then Michael unexpectedly appears at Flora's house and explains that Willi is after him because he’s obtained a valuable pre-Columbian statuette on the black market. Soon Jo is drawn into Michael’s scheme for evading Willi. She must take the statuette to the south of France, to her childhood home, and hide out until Willi--one of the original thieves--is thrown off the scent. It’s only stealing from a crook, Michael argues. Jo is persuaded, but on the way to La Motte she makes the acquaintance of journalist Roger Maillet, enchanting company until she begins to suspect that he too wants something from her. Jo races for her childhood home little realizing that there she faces another danger. Marcel Drac, the man convicted of murdering Jo's father and his lover on the testimony of the then five-year-old Jo is
The Toy Taker
by Luke DelaneyOutside the house, it's cold and dark.Inside, where it's warm, children are sleeping.D.I. Sean Corrigan might have a tiny new office at Scotland Yard and a huge new beat—all of London—but the job is the same. His team has a knack for catching the sickest criminals on either side of the Thames, thanks in large part to Corrigan's uncanny ability to place himself inside the mind of a predator.But he just can't get a read on this new case. Four-year-old George Bridgeman went to sleep in his bedroom in a leafy London suburb . . . and wasn't there in the morning. No tripped alarms. No broken windows. No sign of forced entry or struggle.As his investigation zeroes in on a suspect, Corrigan's gut tells him it doesn't add up. Then another child is taken. Now someone's toying with Corrigan. And the game is about to turn deadly.
The Toybreaker
by Paul RogersHave you ever been blamed for something you didn't do? if so, you'll know how Jamie feels when he's accused of breaking other people's toys. But if it's not Jamie who's breaking them, who is it? Is it a child at all? Jamie is baffled. Throughout the town, toys are being broken - teddies' eyes are going missing, puppets' strings are tangled, and the finger of blame seems to point at Jamie. Then he meets Mr Pratchett, the toymender, who tells him the tale of the monstrous Toybreaker - a hideous creature fuelled by jealousy who roamed children's rooms before Christmas in times gone past, breaking anything, and everything which was loved. Could the Toybreaker be back? If he is to clear his name, Jamie has to find out
The Trace of a Soul
by Alexandre Apolca"Clarice" wakes up in a dumpster, not even knowing her name. And here is the weirdest thing: she is in 2040, in a decadent São Paulo. As she begins a desperate quest to discover herself, she tries to get used to this strange world surrounded by technological advances and humanitarian setbacks. Her obsession with finding a way back to her time doesn't stop her from facing this adventure. In the midst of all this, she meets people who have been part of her mysterious story – which can be modified for both better and worse. But most of the time, forgetfulness is better than the simple truth. On a whim of fate, she ends up meeting the enigmatic Elvis and his faithful companion Kurt, a cat who manages to be even more enigmatic. And this meeting, apparently by chance, could change her life deeply. Living on the boundary between being hunted and the hunter, she rediscovers herself in the future at the same time the past is being distilled, until all of that becomes just one thing: the present. Like all good suspense, there will be no shortage of twists, chases and a psychopath on the loose. The Trace of a Soul talks about murder, violence and passion. A book that invades, without asking permission, the territory of the noir. An electrifying story with a touch of dystopia and sadism. All this separated by a fine line between the future, the past and the present...
The Track of Sand
by Andrea CamilleriAs seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Inspector Montalbano rises one morning to find the carcass of a horse on the beach in front of his seaside home. But no sooner do his men arrive, than the body has mysteriously vanished, leaving behind only a trail in the sand . . . Before long Rachele, a beguiling equestrian champion, turns up at police headquarters to report her horse missing. She had been keeping it at the stables of a certain Saverio Lo Duca, one of the richest men in Sicily. Montalbano investigates, and soon things take a more disturbing turn . . . But who has Montalbano upset within this strange, unfamiliar world of horse-racing? And what has the Mafia to do with it all? Maneuvering his way through the colorful demimonde of eccentric aristocrats and high-rolling bourgeois, Montalbano must decipher the cryptic messages being sent by those spying on him and once again call upon his special blend of intuition, analysis, play-acting and Proustian memory for good food, if he is to uncover this latest mystery . . .
The Trackers
by Ray HoganIf the lynch mob didn't get him, a hanging judge would . . . even though he was innocent!Matt Campion had come to Harmony to begin a new life as a rancher, only to find himself unjustly accused of murder. Now, even if he could escape from this jail cell, he would have to outrun Albert Toon, the lawman they called "The Mantracker. " He was a human bloodhound. And he'd follow Campion to the ends of the earth if he had to. Because the man Campion was accused of killing was Albert Toon's brother.
The Trackers
by Ray HoganIf the lynch mob didn't get him, a hanging judge would. Even though he was innocent! Matt Campion had come to Harmony to begin a new life as a rancher, only to find himself unjustly accused of murder. Now, even if he could escape from this jail cell ... he would have to outrun Albert Toon, the lawman they called "The Mantracker." He was a human bloodhound. And he'd follow Campion to the ends of the earth if he had to. Because the man Campion was accused of murdering was Albert Toon's brother.
The Trackers
by Ray HoganIf the lynch mob didn’t get him, a hanging judge would. Even though he was innocent! Matt Campion had come to Harmony to begin a new life as a rancher, only to find himself unjustly accused of murder. Now, even if he could escape from this jail cell … he would have to outrun Albert Toon, the lawman they called “The Mantracker.” He was a human bloodhound. And he’d follow Campion to the ends of the earth if he had to. Because the man Campion was accused of murdering was Albert Toon’s brother.