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The Silver Falcon
by Evelyn AnthonyA widow attempts to fulfill her dead husband's last request--to enter his prize horse in the Derby--and plunges into a deadly world of blackmail, revenge, and murder Less than a year after arriving at his sprawling ancestral estate as his secretary, Isabel Cunningham marries the much-older Charles Schriber. But now Charles is gravely ill, and before he dies, he asks one last thing of his wife. Determined to honor her husband's deathbed wish, Isabel makes preparations to train the magnificent Silver Falcon to win the Epsom Derby. But someone doesn't want Isabel to succeed. When she almost drowns in an accident, suspicion immediately falls on Richard Schriber, Isabel's handsome, troubled stepson, who was estranged from his father for a decade and blames him for his mother's tragic suicide. As the Derby approaches and the violence escalates--a vicious attack on a stable boy is followed by two brutal murders--Isabel must confront a shattering truth about her deceased husband and the man who now ignites a dangerous desire in her. Is Richard the lover she can trust with her life? Or a homicidal maniac just waiting for the right moment to strike?
The Silver Ghost (The Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn Mysteries #8)
by Charlotte MacLeodMissing Rolls Royces, Renaissance fair revelry—and murder: &“A witty, literate and charming mystery&” featuring Boston&’s married art sleuths (Publishers Weekly). Sarah Kelling and her husband, Max Bittersohn, have made names for themselves tracking down stolen paintings, sculptures, and, when necessary, the occasional murderer. But this is the first time they have been asked to find a missing Rolls Royce. When Bill Billingsgate&’s prize 1927 New Phantom disappears, they head for his estate on the Massachusetts coast, arriving—to their horror—just in time for Billingsgate&’s annual Renaissance fair. Donning period dress, they grab pints of mead and start searching the crowd for the thief. Instead they find a corpse. When the local police bungle the investigation, Max and Sarah take it upon themselves to find the killer. In the course of their search, they confront a car thief, corruption at a radio station, and a horde of murderous bees. If this is the Renaissance, Max and Sarah can&’t wait to return to the present.
The Silver Gun (An Art Deco Mystery #1)
by L. A. ChandlarNew York City, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Big Apple is defiantly striving toward an era infused with art, architecture, and economic progress under the dynamic Mayor La Guardia. But those in City Hall know that tumultuous times can inspire both optimism and deadly danger . . . It’s been six months since Lane Sanders was appointed Mayor Fiorello “Fio” La Guardia’s new personal aide, and the twenty-three-year-old is sprinting in her Mary Janes to match her boss’s pace. Despite dealing with vitriol from the Tammany Hall political machine and managing endless revitalization efforts, Fio hasn’t slowed down a bit during his years in office. And luckily for Lane, his unpredictable antics are a welcome distraction from the childhood memories that haunt her dreams—and the silver gun she’ll never forget. When Lane gets attacked and threatened by an assailant tied to one of most notorious gangsters in the city, even the mayor can’t promise her safety. The corrupt city officials seem to be using Lane as a pawn against Fio for disgracing their party in the prior election. But why was the assailant wielding the exact same gun from her nightmares? Balancing a clandestine love affair and a mounting list of suspects, Lane must figure out how the secrets of her past are connected to the city’s underground crime network—before someone pulls the trigger on the most explosive revenge plot in New York history . . .
The Silver Needle Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery Series)
by Laura ChildsThe Charleston Film Festival has brought Theodosia Browning and the staff of the Indigo Tea Shop a busy week of catering jobs. First up is the opening night gala at the historic Belvedere Theatre. Tinseltown and local luminaries seem to be mingling happily in the glamorously renovated lobby, but Theo notices that the atmosphere backstage is tense. Then famous director Jordan Cole is shot on his way to the podium, and the entire audience witnesses his death silhouetted across the scrim. Never has a festival started off with this big a bang.
The Silver Ring Mystery (Vicki Barr, Book #13)
by Helen WellsFOR young and pretty Vicki Barr, the giant, jet-powered Electra is the most challenging assignment of her career as air stewardess with Federal Airlines. But Vicki's first flight on the Electra's coast-to-coast run involves her in a search for a missing Cinderella that gives new dimensions of excitement, mystery, and danger to her travels. Why are the elderly, wealthy Bryants having such trouble finding their missing granddaughter, Lucy Rowe, a girl whom they had never seen? At Mrs. Bryant's request Vicki undertakes to help them, and immediately uncovers disturbing clues that have not been found by Thurman Dorn, the Bryants' suave young lawyer. In the maze of conflicting details there is one thing Vicki is sure of: the missing Lucy Rowe will be wearing a unique silver ring that is a family heirloom. Vicki's fascinating search leads her from the Bryants' New York mansion to San Francisco, and finally to a strangely lonely house in the Sierra Nevada foothills. In a thrilling, fast-paced story, rich with colorful characters and scenes, Vicki Barr solves the most complex mystery of her adventure-packed career!
The Silver Rose (Charm Bracelet)
by Jane FeatherDear Reader,Like the rose in the haunting tale of "Beauty and the Beast," a silver rose on a charm bracelet brings together a beautiful young woman and a battle-scarred lord....In my story, Ariel Ravenspeare has been taught to loathe the earl of Hawkesmoor and everything he represents. Their two families have been sworn enemies for generations. But it's one thing to hate him, and another to play the part her vicious brothers have written for her--trapping Hawkesmoor into a marriage that will destroy him, using herself as bait. Forced into the marriage, Ariel will find her new husband unexpectedly difficult to manipulate, as well as surprisingly--and powerfully--attractive.But beneath the passion lurk the strands of a long-hidden secret...a secret embodied in a sparkling silver rose.I hope you will be as caught up in Ariel and Hawkesmoor's love story as I was.Warmest wishes,Jane Feather
The Silver Secret (Connie Blair, Book #11)
by Betsy AllenConnie felt increasing alarm. Where was Kit? Had she been kidnapped or-- Connie's mind stopped short of envisioning any other possibility, but for the first time since she had become involved in this mystery she was frightened - not just plain scared as she had been in the cemetery, but sick and cold with fear. It was quite clear that Kit had disappeared because she had been mistaken for Connie. Kit, who knew little or nothing about the silver theft. Kit, who only wanted to have a little fun on her vacation, and who loathed anything even vaguely mysterious, who, in spite of her resemblance to Connie, was as different from her twin as day is from night. With Kit in terrible danger, the Silver Secret became more than a puzzling mystery. Solving it now was a matter of life or death!
The Silver Shooter: A Rose Gallagher Mystery (The Rose Gallagher Mysteries #3)
by Erin LindseyErin Lindsey's third historical mystery The Silver Shooter follows Rose Gallagher as she tracks a monster and searches for treasure in the wilds of the Dakota Territory.It's the spring of 1887, and Rose Gallagher is finally coming into her own. She's the proud owner of a lovely little home near Washington Square, where she lives with her mother and friend Pietro, and she's making a name for herself as a Pinkerton agent with a specialty in things . . . otherworldly. She and her partner Thomas are working together better than ever, and mostly managing to push aside romantic feelings for one another. Mostly.Things are almost too good to be true—so Rose is hardly surprised when Theodore Roosevelt descends on them like a storm cloud, hiring them for a mysterious job out west. A series of strange occurrences in the Badlands surrounding his ranch has Roosevelt convinced something supernatural is afoot.It began with livestock disappearing from the range, their bodies later discovered torn apart by something monstrously powerful. Now people are dying, too. Meanwhile, a successful prospector has gone missing, and rumors about his lost stash of gold have attracted treasure hunters from far and wide – but they keep disappearing, too. To top it all off, this past winter, a mysterious weather phenomenon devastated the land, leaving the locals hungry, broke, and looking for someone to blame.With tensions mounting and the body count rising, Roosevelt fears a single spark will be all it takes to set the Badlands aflame. It’s up to Rose and Thomas to get to the bottom of it, but they’re against the clock and an unknown enemy, and the west will prove wilder than they could possibly imagine…
The Silver Stain (The Alex Mavros Mysteries #4)
by Paul JohnstonSet against a glorious Greek background, the spellbinding new Alex Mavros mystery—Hired by a Hollywood film company to trace a missing employee in Crete, private investigator Alex Mavros is plunged into a vortex of hatred. The company is shooting a movie about the invasion of Crete by the Germans in 1941—and their activities are stirring up old resentments among the islanders. The bitterness of the past bursts into the present when one of the film’s consultants is found dead, hanged by the neck. Suicide—or murder? Mavros investigates and is drawn into an ever-widening conspiracy.
The Silver State
by Gabriel UrzaWhen a public defender receives a letter from a client on death row, he is forced to reexamine his role in the murder case he cannot shake; a gripping and thought-provoking legal thriller that redefines the genre—by critically acclaimed writer and criminal defense attorney What if justice isn&’t something the legal system is truly capable of? Law school graduate Santi Elcano&’s idealism is wearing away by the cases and clients he&’s assigned. When a young mother, Anna Weston, is brutally murdered and her body is found near Reno&’s infamous silver mines, Santi and his mentor in the public defender&’s office, C.J., are tasked with defending Michael Atwood, a man arrested for Anna's murder on scant physical evidence. Eight years later, a shocking letter from Atwood—now on death row—forces Santi to reexamine his role in the case. At the time, public obsession with Anna&’s disappearance and intense pressure on the police to make an arrest led to a rushed trial. As they investigated the case, Santi and C.J. became increasingly convinced they were defending an innocent man. Now, a horrific discovery leads Santi to reconsider everything he once believed, and all that it has cost him—love, family, and friendship. Illuminating the deals that get cut in the name of justice, The Silver State explores the murkiness between victim and perpetrator, and the cost of a life in the law. Turning the legal thriller on its head, Urza tells an electrifying, emotionally charged tale of systemic failure and moral ambiguity that asks: What if justice isn&’t something the legal system is truly capable of? For readers of Scott Turow&’s Presumed Innocent and Bryan Stevenson&’s Just Mercy." &“A propulsive, hallucinatory, urgent novel. This book will haunt you." —Sierra Crane Murdoch, author of Yellow Bird
The Silver Wolf (The James Ryker Series #3)
by Rob SinclairRyker wants blood, and one way or another he’ll get it... Still tormented by the disappearance of his wife, ex-intelligence agent James Ryker sets out on a personal mission of revenge, prepared to go to any lengths in search of the truth. The trail takes him from the crystal waters of Mexico’s Caribbean coast, back to a place he thought he would never set foot again - his country of birth, England. But there he discovers more than even he bargained for. Stumbling across a terrorist attack targeted against his old employers - the secretive Joint Intelligence Agency -the faint clues to many events in his recent past are all seemingly linked to one mysterious character; The Silver Wolf. But just who is the Silver Wolf, and why is he hell bent on punishing not just Ryker, but his closest allies at the JIA too? Has Ryker finally met his match? The Silver Wolf is a globe-trotting thriller that sees James Ryker at his hard-nosed best as he fights the ghosts of his past. As skilled as Jason Bourne, as no-nonsense as Jack Reacher, James Ryker delivers in another heart-pounding thriller which. Fans of authors like LT Ryan and Mark Dawson will love this explosive and best-selling series. Also available in the James Ryker Series: The Red Cobra The Black Hornet The Green Viper What readers are saying about the international best-selling James Ryker Series: "He is a man on a mission and I love his passion and tenacity! He is my total action man!!" Claire Knight - Crimebookjunkie "With the build-up to the finale, it is a gritty read with an enthralling ending." Alexina Golding - Bookstormer "The Silver Wolf is an exciting and thrilling read that sent my heart racing." Sarah Hardy - By The Letter Book Reviews "Sinclair has generated a lovable, yet deeply flawed, character who readers instantly champion." Lisa Harrison - Segnalibro "If you love The Bourne series then you absolutely have to read The James Ryker series. I promise you won’t be disappointed!" Joanne Robertson - My Chestnut Reading Tree "There’s just something about the writing that makes a film play in my head so I can see the action playing out, it’s quite brilliant!" Kate Noble - The Quiet Knitter "The Silver Wolf offers everything you could need in a thriller, it’s dark and heavy hitting which gives it an edge..." David Baird - David's Book Blurg "It has everything you’d want in an espionage thriller – a tight twisty plot, great characters, horrible villains and surprise twists." Cathy Ryan - Between The Lines "Another absolutely brilliant read from an author that never disappoints." Jill Burkinshaw - Books n All "OMG what a story….. Once again the author draws you in straight from the start and doesn't let you go until the very last page." Shell Baker - Chelle's Book Reviews
The Silversmith's Puzzle: A Mystery (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries)
by Nev MarchCaptain Jim Agnihotri and Lady Diana Framji return to India as they investigate a murder amidst colonial Bombay's complex hierarchy in March's fourth mystery.In 1894 colonial India, Lady Diana's family has lost their fortune in a global financial slump, but even worse, her brother Adi is accused of murder. Desperate to save him from the gallows, Captain Jim and Lady Diana rush back to Bombay. However, the traditional Parsi community finds Jim and Diana's marriage taboo and shuns them.The dying words of Adi’s business partner, a silversmith, are perplexing. As Captain Jim peels back the curtains on this man's life he finds a trail of unpaid bills, broken promises, lies and secrets. Why was the silversmith so frantic for gold, and where is it? What awful truth does it represent?Set in lush, late-Victorian India, Captain Jim and Diana struggle with the complexities of caste, tradition, and loyalty. Their success and their own lives may depend on Diana, who sacrificed her inheritance for love. Someone within their circle has the key to this puzzle. Can she find a way to reconnect with the tight community that threw them aside?
The Similars (The Similars #1)
by Rebecca HanoverA New York Times Bestseller! Don't miss the series debut that readers are calling Gossip Girl meets The Umbrella Academy and one of the best boarding school books. At Darkwood Academy, secret societies rule and nothing is as it seems…This fall, six new students are joining the junior class at the elite Darkwood Academy. But they aren't your regular over-achieving teens. They're DNA duplicates, and these "similars" are joining the class alongside their originals.The Similars are all anyone can talk about. Who are they? What are the odds that all of them would be Darkwood students? And who is the madman who broke the law to create them? Emmaline Chance could care less. Her best friend, Oliver, died over the summer and it's all she can do to get through each day without him. Then she comes face-to-heartbreaking-face with Levi, Oliver's exact DNA copy and one of the Similars.Emma wants nothing to do with the Similars, but she keeps getting pulled deeper into their world. She can't escape the dark truths about them or her prestigious school. No one can be trusted, not even the boy she is falling for with Oliver's face.This exhilarating and riveting debut by Rebecca Hanover is the next obsession for readers who devoured One of Us Is Lying, Tell Me Three Things, Scythe, and Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful.Perfect for readers looking for:teen books for girls age 13-16young adult bestsellersexciting thriller seriesPraise for The Similars:"Fascinating. I was captivated."—Francine Pascal, bestselling author of the Sweet Valley High and Fearless series"[A]s immersive and fast-paced as it is shrewd, compelling and heartbreaking."—Ray Kurzweil, inventor, futurist, and New York Times bestselling author"A fast-paced thriller about identity and love."—Publishers Weekly"Episodic and fast-moving with plenty of twists and one very big turn that will delight mystery readers."—BooklistAlso in this series:The Pretenders (Book 2)
The Simple Art of Murder (Vintage Crime Ser. #Vol. 27)
by Raymond ChandlerThe renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the forthcoming film Marlowe, starring Liam NeesonIn The Simple Art of Murder, which was prefaced by the famous Atlantic Monthly essay of the same name, noir master Raymond Chandler argues the virtues of the hard-boiled detective novel, and this collection, mostly drawn from stories he wrote for the pulps, demonstrates Chandler's imaginative, entertaining facility with the form. Included are the classic stories "Spanish Blood," Pearls Are a Nuisance," and "Guns at Cyrano's," among others.
The Simple Truth (Bestsellers Ser.)
by David BaldacciWhen cop-turned-attorney John Fiske comes to Washington to investigate his brother's murder, he unearths decades-old secrets and discovers the truth is anything but simple in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.It's never what it seems...Young attorney Michael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prison letter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. Suddenly everyone who has anything to do with Harms or his appeal mysteriously dies. Now Michael's brother John, a cop turned attorney, comes to Washington to find out why his brother was murdered--and what it had to do with a crime that Harms committed twenty-five years before. But the one man who can help John, the one man who knows what really happened more than two decades ago--and why--has escaped from prison and is running for his life.
The Simply Scandalous Princess (The Carradignes: American Royalty)
by Michele DunawayPrincess Receives Royal Treatment From King's AdviserSources reveal that General Montcalm has been issued a royal directive: determine if youngest princess Lucia Carradigne is fit to be queen of Korosol. But this assignment may prove more risky to the general than taking a bullet for his king. Seems as if the beautiful princess is testing his resolve-against seduction. And what normal man wouldn't want to fail such a test with the tempting, much younger woman? Still, accounts of the military hero indicate he would never woo the king's granddaughter from the throne to satisfy his own desires. Then again-has his "investigation" wobbled off course? In this quest for a queen, perhaps he'll win a wife!Get all the facts inside...as a search for an heir to the throne leads to scandals of royal proportions for the Carradigne: American Royalty
The Sin Eater (The Nell West and Michael Flint Series #2)
by Sarah RayneThe sins of the past break through to the present in this chilling tale of supernatural suspense. When Benedict Doyle finds himself the owner of his great-grandfather&’s North London house, it stirs memories of his time there as a frightened eight-year-old and the strange glimpses that revealed the darkness in his family&’s past—through which runs the grisly thread of an old legend about a chess set believed to possess a dark power. And when Michael Flint, meeting Benedict in Oxford, starts to research his story, chilling facts begin to emerge—facts that suggest the old legend contains a disturbing reality. Could the chess set&’s malevolence be reaching out to the present?
The Sin Eater's Confession
by Ilsa J. BickWhile serving in Afghanistan, Ben writes about incidents from his senior year in a small-town Wisconsin high school, when a neighbour he was trying to help out becomes the victim of an apparent hate crime and Ben falls under suspicion.
The Sin-Eater's Confession
by Ilsa J. BickPeople in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was . . . you know. But people said all sorts of stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody really knew Jimmy. I guess you could say I knew Jimmy as well as anyone (which was not very well). I knew what scared him. And I knew he had dreams—even if I didn't understand them. Even if he nearly ruined my life to pursue them. Jimmy's dead now, and I definitely know that better than anyone. I know about blood and bone and how bodies decompose. I know about shadows and stones and hatchets. I know what a last cry for help sounds like. I know what blood looks like on my own hands. What I don't know is if I can trust my own eyes. I don't know who threw the stone. Who swung the hatchet? Who are the shadows? What do the living owe the dead?
The Sinaloa Story: A Novel
by Barry GiffordThe Sinaloa Story tells of DelRay Mudo and Ava Varazo, two down-and-outs looking for a reasonable life and maybe even a little redemption in a corrupt and violent world. Ava is a Mexican prostitute, beautiful and no victim of circumstance. When DelRay falls in love with her at the drive-in whorehouse where she is the prize, she seizes the chance to break free. They take off for Sinaloa ,Texas, the lone-dog state where "nothin' good ever happens." The far-out border flunkies they meet -- Thankful Priest, the one-eyed former football player; Indio Desacato, Ava's pimp and a small-town racketeer; Arkadelphia Quantrill Smith, an octogenarian whose father marched with Shelby in the Iron Brigade; and many others -- fill out the sinister and electrifying ride.
The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives: A Novel
by Kristin MillerMeet the trophy wives of Presidio Terrace, San Francisco&’s most exclusive—and most deadly—neighborhood in this shrewd, darkly compelling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of In Her Shadow.Mystery writer Brooke Davies is the new wife on the block. Her tech-billionaire husband, Jack, twenty-two years her senior, whisked her to the Bay Area via private jet and purchased a modest mansion on the same day. He demands perfection, and before now, Brooke has had no problem playing the role of a doting housewife. But as she befriends other wives on the street and spends considerable time away from Jack, he worries if he doesn&’t control Brooke&’s every move, she will reveal the truth behind their &“perfect&” marriage. Erin King, famed news anchor and chair of the community board, is no stranger to maintaining an image—though being married to a plastic surgeon helps. But the skyrocketing success of her career has worn her love life thin, and her professional ambitions have pushed Mason away. Quitting her job is a Hail Mary attempt at keeping him interested, to steer him away from finding a young trophy wife. But is it enough, and is Mason truly the man she thought he was? Georgia St. Claire allegedly cashed in on the deaths of her first two husbands, earning her the nickname &“Black Widow&”—and the stares and whispers of her curious neighbors. Rumored to have murdered both men for their fortunes, she claims to have found true love in her third marriage, yet her mysterious, captivating allure keeps everyone guessing. Then a tragic accident forces the residents of Presidio Terrace to ask: Has Georgia struck again? And what is she really capable of doing to protect her secrets?
The Sinful Man: A Psychological Thriller (Shade of the Reaper #3)
by Keith RommelSOON TO BE A MOTION PICTURE!Headaches. Hunger. Pain.Leo needs something . . . his stomach growls, but it can wait. That&’s not hunger he must feed. He has to get to his next high, but without money he knows he can&’t buy what he needs to sate the voice inside telling him to get more, get more.Voices. Visions. Addiction.No luck asking his father. His mother is in no position to help. After failing to steal the money he desperately needs, Leo must appeal to his dealer, the dangerous and infamous Saint Nick—despite the inevitable beating he&’ll take for showing up empty-handed. Still, anything to keep the voices and flashbacks at bay . . .Demons. Addiction. Death.Leo soon learns that everything has a price—not just money for drugs, but that every choice he makes has a repercussion. Suddenly caught between a world where he can see the sins of his past and a new consciousness that he doesn&’t fully understand, Leo finds himself not only chasing the dragon but being chased by demons of a whole different kind. He must learn the finality of being past hope—all while reliving his missed opportunities for second chances—and truly come to understand that he is responsible for his own undoing before he runs out of time. After a lifetime of bad choices, this Sinful Man discovers the consequences to his actions and the mortal responsibility of exercising free will.
The Sinful Stones: The Glass-sided Ants' Nest, The Old English Peep Show, And The Sinful Stones (The James Pibble Mysteries #3)
by Peter DickinsonScotland Yard detective James Pibble travels to a remote Scottish island to free an old man from a dangerous cult of self-proclaimed saints and saviors in this mystery by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson Ninety-two-year-old Sir Francis Francis summons James Pibble to an isolated island in the Hebrides to find out who pilfered the memoirs he was in the process of writing. The Nobel Prize–winning scientist was one of the builders of the first atom bomb. Is Francis senile? Paranoid? Was the manuscript really stolen? What&’s the real reason he sent for Pibble? As Pibble tries to untangle the mystery of the missing document, he starts to suspect that the devout millenarian religious sect inhabiting the island may be less virtuous than it seems; the community is strangely hell-bent on preventing Francis from ever leaving. It&’s up to Pibble to seek out the truth and find his own salvation before the walls of Jericho come tumbling down forever. The Sinful Stones is the 3rd book in the James Pibble Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Singapore Wink (Mysterious Press-highbridge Audio Classics Ser.)
by Ross ThomasA tragic past traps a former Hollywood stuntman in a web of international intrigue—from &“America&’s best storyteller&” (The New York Times Book Review). Two pirates do battle on an old junk ship in Singapore Harbor. They leap nimbly from deck to rigging, crossing swords like fencing masters. And then one surprises the other, slicing a rope and sending the unfortunate pirate tumbling into the bay. This is how stuntman Angelo Sacchetti dies. Edward Cauthorne was his opponent, a fellow stuntman whose career died along with Sacchetti. He&’s selling used cars when two thugs approach him. They&’re emissaries from Sacchetti&’s godfather, a Mafia don. Sacchetti is alive after all—alive enough to be blackmailing the don—and they firmly request that Cauthorne find him. The search takes Cauthorne back to Singapore, to risk his own life for the sake of the man he thought he&’d killed.