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by Marissa PiesmanThink the real-estate market is a current craze? Welcome to New York in the 1980s, where the best thing about being obsessed with real estate is that, as a conversational topic, you can count on it to just naturally arise about every ten minutes. Nina Fischman mostly opts out of those conversations: She's too busy running down to Housing Court on behalf of her poverty law clients, and tracking down sales on sweaters that camouflage the hips. But Nina's mother, Ida, has a nose for the market, and that nose gets twitchy when old ladies in her neighborhood start dying, leaving apartments that have miraculously escaped what New Yorkers delicately call ?the cockroach problem. Over a nice snack of low-fat cottage cheese, she nags Nina into snooping around. And Nina is soon forced, reluctantly, to agree with her mother: Somebody's making a killing in real estate.
Unos asesinatos muy reales: Serie Aurora Roe Teagarden 1 (Serie Aurora Roe Teagarden #Volumen 1)
by Charlaine HarrisEl "Asesinato del Mes" de repente adquirió una dimensión muy violenta y... real Cada mes, Real Murders, una asociación de aficionados al crimen de Lawrenceton, Georgia, se reúne para discutir sobre un asesinato famoso. Sus miembros son de lo más excéntrico: Gifford Doakes, el especialista en masacres; Jane Engle, amante de las historias de terror victorianas; Perry Allison, fan de Ted Bundy... Durante la noche de la última reunión, la bibliotecaria local, Aurora «Roe» Teagarden, descubrió el cuerpo mutilado de Mamie Wright en la cocina de la sede del club. Está segura de que el asesino pertenece a la asociación, ya que el crimen guarda un parecido escalofriante con el Asesinato del Mes. Y como quiera que después tuvieron lugar otros asesinatos de imitación, el único móvil parece un aterrador y extraño sentido de la diversión... Reseñas: «Una escritora de talento excepcional». Publishers Weekly «Los lectores se enfrentarán cara a cara con el mal y es una cara que tardarán mucho en olvidar. La historia de Harris por un lado cautiva y por otro estremece, una combinación difícil que la autora maneja con aplomo y brillantez». Carolyn G. Hart «Unos asesinatos muy reales posee una de las premisas más originales con las que me he encontrado en una novela de misterio, y todo el libro es extremadamente divertido. Me encantó cada giro de esta maravillosa e ingeniosa historia». Barbara Paul, autora de He Huffed and He Puffed «Con su habitual ingenio e inteligencia sureños, Charlaine Harris regresa con Unos asesinatos muy reales, que cuenta con una heroína inteligente, divertida y atractiva y una trama escalofriante, amena y absorbente». Dean James, director de Murder by the Book
Unpaid Dues: A Munch Mancini Crime Novel (The Munch Mancini Novels #6)
by Barbara SeranellaA gritty tale of suspense starring “one of the most engaging, complex characters in mystery fiction today” (Harlan Coben). Miranda “Munch” Mancini has worked hard to overcome her past life as a hard-living street junkie, including cutting ties with the people she used to run with. She’s got a daughter now, as well as respectable work as an auto mechanic to her wealthy California clients. But she’s caught by surprise when an old friend turns up dead—and Munch’s photo appears in the woman’s criminal file, connecting her to a crime she’s struggled to put behind her. With the police investigation of the murder pointing to a terrifying figure in Munch’s history, she doesn’t know what to fear more: the dangerous killer, or the truth about her past finally being revealed . . . “There’s no more interesting protagonist in crime fiction. . . . Don’t miss this series.” —Chicago Tribune
Unperfekt Kriminell
by Mary FrameAls sich Freya Morgan an ihrem schrecklichen Ex-Freund rächen wollte, hielt sie es für eine grandiose Idee, den Bad Boy des Campus‘ anzuheuern, damit er ihm eine Heidenangst einjagt. Und das war sie auch…anfangs. Danach begannen jedoch auf dem gesamten Campus erzürnte Freundinnen besagten Bad Boy anzuheuern, damit er Rache an ihren Ex-Freunden verübte. Aber jetzt werden plötzlich ein paar dieser Ex-Freunde tot aufgefunden und er ist die einzige Verbindung. Dean Collins steckt in Schwierigkeiten und das ist allein Freyas Schuld. Sie ist diejenige, durch die er überhaupt erst in das Rache-Geschäft gerutscht ist. Deswegen soll sie ihm auch aus diesem Schlamassel helfen. Als Freya zustimmt, Dean dabei zu helfen, den echten Mörder zu finden, bemerkt sie, dass dieser Bad Boy doch nicht so schlimm ist. Und sich auf ihn einzulassen, bedeutet mehr als nur einen Mordfall zu lösen, es bedeutet, dass sie möglicherweise ihr Leben…und ihr Herz verliert.
Unplanned
by Jerri DrennenSometimes, it's the unplanned events that change your life the most. Dana never planned on getting pregnant from her one night stand. Galen never planned on being arrested for murder. They certainly never planned on meeting again during a jailbreak in Ecuador! Passion abounds in the steamy Amazon jungle as Dana and Galen search for a murderer and find a love that is unplanned!Galen Hall wakes in a Ecuadorian jail with a murderous headache, a murder charge, and a memory gap where his alibi should be. How does the jungle guide prove his innocence? His best friend comes to help, only to bring with him the woman whose unplanned love sent him fleeing the Amazon to begin with.One night of steamy jungle passion has botanist Dana Rutherford carrying a stranger's baby. While coming to terms with raising a child on her own, she learns of the father's captivity. In a town where corruption reigns, she unknowingly initiates a jailbreak, and finds herself again face-to-face with the hunky, green-eyed devil who has changed her life forever.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: Classic crime for Agatha Christie fans
by Dorothy L SayersThe fourth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by detective fiction writer Simon Brett - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. 'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily TelegraphLord Peter Wimsey bent down over General Fentiman and drew the Morning Post gently away from the gnarled old hands. Then, with a quick jerk, he lifted the quiet figure. It came up all of a piece, stiff as a wooden doll . . .But how did the general die? Who was the mysterious Mr X who fled when he was wanted for questioning? And which of the general's heirs, both members of the Bellona Club, is lying?'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: Classic crime for Agatha Christie fans (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)
by Dorothy L SayersThe fourth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by detective fiction writer Simon Brett - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. 'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily TelegraphLord Peter Wimsey bent down over General Fentiman and drew the Morning Post gently away from the gnarled old hands. Then, with a quick jerk, he lifted the quiet figure. It came up all of a piece, stiff as a wooden doll . . .But how did the general die? Who was the mysterious Mr X who fled when he was wanted for questioning? And which of the general's heirs, both members of the Bellona Club, is lying?'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
by Dorothy L SayersLord Peter Wimsey bent down over General Fentiman and drew the Morning Post gently away from the gnarled old hands. Then, with a quick jerk, he lifted the quiet figure. It came up all of a piece, stiff as a wooden doll . . .But how did the general die? Who was the mysterious Mr X who fled when he was wanted for questioning? And which of the general's heirs, both members of the Bellona Club, is lying?'I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail' Ruth Rendell(P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
by Dorothy L. SayersUnpleasantness may be an understatement when there is murder afoot. Lady Dormer has a singularly strange will - if she dies before her brother, his grandson's will inherit a considerable fortune, but if she passes first, the money will go to the young artist that she has sponsored. Strange, yes, but relatively simple, until both parties pass on the same morning. It's up to Lord Peter Wimsey to determine the exact timing, and events, surrounding their deaths - a task that becomes more complicated when he starts to suspect foul play. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery
by Dorothy L. SayersAn ingenious tale of murder from one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, featuring her dashing amateur sleuth, Lord Peter WimseyNinety-year-old General Fentiman has been sitting very quietly all day long in his usual fireside armchair at the Bellona Club, oblivious to the hustle and bustle of Armistice Day celebrations, when a fellow member finally notices that he is a corpse. How long he has been in this condition is not at all clear, but the exact time of his death turns out to matter very much to the potential heirs of his substantial fortune. While attempting to resolve the rivals&’ competing claims, Lord Peter Wimsey realizes that the old general was murdered. Who did it is another matter, however, and it takes all of Wimsey&’s skills and considerable persistence to ferret out the surprising truth. A VINTAGE MYSTERY CLASSIC.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries #5)
by Dorothy L. Sayers&“The special qualities of Dorothy Sayers&’ writing are seen here at their best&” as Lord Peter battles to solve the murder of a war hero (Saturday Review). Even the Bellona Club&’s most devoted members would never call it lively. Its atmosphere is that of a morgue—or, at best, a funeral parlor—and on Armistice Day the gloom is only heightened. Veterans of the Great War gather at the Bellona not to hash over old victories, but to stare into their whiskies and complain about old injuries, shrinking pensions, and the lingering effects of shell shock. Though he acts jolly, Lord Peter Wimsey finds the holiday grim. And this Armistice Day, death has come to join the festivities. The aged General Fentiman—a hero of the Crimean War—expires sitting up in his favorite chair. Across town, his sister dies on the same day, throwing the General&’s half-million-pound inheritance into turmoil. As the nation celebrates and suspicions run riot, Lord Peter must discover what kind of soldier would have the nerve to murder a general. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is the 5th book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series by reading the books in any order. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.
Unplugged
by Lois GreimanChristina McMullen, psychologist extraordinaire, has problems–not least of which are her needy clients, a schizophrenic septic system, and her sizzling-then-fizzling romance with Lieutenant Jack Rivera. But Chrissy has yet another problem she’d like to ignore: finding her secretary’s missing boyfriend. Okay, so she secretly hopes the vertically challenged computer geek has harmlessly departed from Elaine’s life–after all, there’s no evidence to suggest foul play. But when her razor-sharp instincts, honed by years as a cocktail waitress, start screaming, she’ll have to use all her skills to protect Laney and herself from a fate far worse than heartbreak…and a little more like murder.
Unpopular Science (Destroyer #136)
by Warren Murphy Richard SapirREPULSIVE FORCE. A rash of perfectly executed thefts from military research facilities puts CURE in the hot seat. Bad enough someone is stealing top secret technology that can seriously disable the superiority of the U.S. military. Worse, whoever is masterminding the conspiracy knows about the existence of CURE and is cleverly engineering its self-destruction. The trap has been set for Remo and Chiun to flip the off switch of the technogenius behind an army of remote-controlled killer machines. But the tenacious enemy has found the weak link in the Sinanju armor. Nastier than a scourge of deadly titanium termites, more dangerous than the resurrection of a machine oil/microchip battle-bot called Ironhand, is the juice used to power them all up: an electromagnetic pulse that can unplug Remo and Chiun long enough to short-circuit CURE beyond repair.
Unpopular Science: Number 136 in Series (The Destroyer #136)
by Richard Sapir Warren MurphyAwry and technological adventure in which a tenacious enemy is using an ingenious battle-bot named Ironhand to steal top-secret information and use it to destroy CURE. Remo and Chiun must outwit this machine that is nastier and more dangerous than any other - and one capable of short-circuiting CURE beyond repair.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.
Unpretty
by Sharon C RogersThe city of Lehigh, West Virginia, faces the insidious threat of a sadistic cult bent on eliminating all "unpretty" things in the world. A bomb goes off at the Conklin Art Gallery, killing eight people associated with a unique Michelangelo exhibit being shown there. The only person who may have seen the bomber is Hummingbird Collins, an aspiring artist who works down the street from the gallery. But she soon starts receiving ominous cassette recordings of a rambling madman who reveals his plan to rid the world of "unpretty" things. This madman -- known only as Number 26 -- leads a cult known as the Michelangelus Movement, which has kidnapped and tortured people for use in their bizarre artistic experiments over the past dozen years. When Hummingbird breaks her frightened silence, she enlists the help of Detective Buck Barnes, her brother, and an old family friend, Ready Robinson, a former pro-football player who entered the priesthood after ending his NFL career. But when Hummingbird is abducted by the cult, her friends must discover where she's been taken before she becomes another addition to the leader's horrific replication of Michelangelo's masterpiece -- Last Judgment.
The Unprofessional Spy (Murder Room #760)
by Michael UnderwoodBarrister Martin Ainsworth is sent to West Berlin by British Intelligence to make contact with his former lover, a suspected Communist agent, and it's up to him to find out the truth and to spot her contacts. As he travels through a divided Berlin, his dual role becomes emotionally tortuous, his lack of training an unforeseen hazard, and he turns more reckless than his peers had ever bargained for ...'A more or less conventional spy story is suddenly turned inside out by a most ingenious twist' Guardian
The Unprofessional Spy
by Michael UnderwoodBarrister Martin Ainsworth is sent to West Berlin by British Intelligence to make contact with his former lover, a suspected Communist agent, and it's up to him to find out the truth and to spot her contacts. As he travels through a divided Berlin, his dual role becomes emotionally tortuous, his lack of training an unforeseen hazard, and he turns more reckless than his peers had ever bargained for ...'A more or less conventional spy story is suddenly turned inside out by a most ingenious twist' Guardian
The Unprotected: A Novel
by Kelly SokolA compelling debut novel exploring postpartum depression?for readers of suspenseful women’s fiction and fans of Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk About Kevin.They say motherhood changes you. As a driven advertising executive, Lara James has always put her career before any plans for a family, preferring professional chic to stay-at-home style. But after her father’s death, she realizes she’s ready. More than ready, in fact. Yet pregnancy?something other women seem to accomplish effortlessly, even accidentally?doesn’t come easily to Lara. What began as an adventure quickly becomes a nightmare as she and her husband endure endless IVF treatments, hormone therapy, and devastating miscarriages. When Lara at last becomes pregnant and gives birth to a daughter, Auden, she believes their determination has paid off. But Auden cries day and night, ear-shattering screams that strip Lara of her nerves and energy. Her life as a sleep-deprived new mother is unrelenting, and, guiltily, Lara can’t help but mourn for what she once had. With her marriage crumbling, Lara is increasingly driven to alarming thoughts and destructive actions she would never have imagined possible before now. Hanging on by a thread, it’s only in her darkest moment that Lara will discover the true depths of her love and devotion?and what she’s willing to face for the family she’s so desperately sought. At times disturbing, The Unprotected is a bold, unflinching novel for anyone who’s ever wanted children?and wondered what they might have to sacrifice along the way.
The Unprotected Witness
by James Stevenson Edwina StevensonAfter the murder of his father, who has been hiding under the Witness Protection Program, Pete finds himself the target of sinister men who seem to think he knows where a large sum of money is hidden.
Unpunished (A Gardiner and Renner Novel #2)
by Lisa BlackMaggie Gardiner, a forensic expert who studies the dead, and Jack Renner, a homicide cop who stalks the living, form an uneasy partnership to solve a series of murders in this powerful new thriller by the bestselling author of That Darkness. It begins with the kind of bizarre death that makes headlines--literally. A copy editor at the Cleveland Herald is found hanging above the grinding wheels of the newspaper assembly line, a wide strap wrapped around his throat. Forensic investigator Maggie Gardiner has her suspicions about this apparent suicide inside the tsunami of tensions that is the news industry today--and when the evidence suggests murder, Maggie has no choice but to place her trust in the one person she doesn't trust at all . . .Jack Renner is a killer with a conscience, a vigilante with his own code of honor. In the past, Jack has used his skills and connections as a homicide detective to take the law into his own hands, all in the name of justice. He has only one problem: Maggie knows his secret. She insists he enforce the law, not subvert it. But when more newspaper employees are slain, Jack may be the only person who can help Maggie unmask the killer-- even if Jack is still checking names off his own private murder list.
Unpunished
by Charlotte Perkins GilmanGilman's first and only detective novel recounts the murder of a pernicious attorney who has been shot, stabbed, bludgeoned, strangled and poisoned.
The Unquiet: A Charlie Parker Thriller: 6 (Charlie Parker Thriller #6)
by John ConnollyThe sixth haunting Charlie Parker thriller not to be missed by fans of Stephen King and Michael Connelly.'This man's so good, it's terrifying.' - The TimesDaniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has been missing for years following revelations about harm done to the children in his care. Believing him dead, his daughter Rebecca has tried to come to terms with her father's legacy, but her fragile peace is about to be shattered. Someone is asking questions about Daniel Clay, someone who does not believe that he is dead: the revenger Merrick, a father and a killer obsessed with discovering the truth about his own daughter's disappearance. Private detective Charlie Parker is hired to make Merrick go away, but Merrick will not be stopped. Soon Parker finds himself trapped between those who want the truth about Daniel Clay to be revealed, and those who want it to remain hidden at all costs. But there are other forces at work here. Someone is funding Merrick's hunt, a ghost from Parker's past. And Merrick's actions have drawn others from the shadows, half-glimpsed figures intent upon their own form of revenge, pale wraiths drifting through the ranks of the unquiet dead. The Hollow Men have come . . .
The Unquiet: A Charlie Parker Thriller: 6 (Charlie Parker Thriller #6)
by John ConnollyDaniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has been missing for years following revelations about harm done to the children in his care. Believing him dead, his daughter Rebecca has tried to come to terms with her father's legacy, but her fragile peace is about to be shattered. Someone is asking questions about Daniel Clay, someone who does not believe that he is dead: the revenger Merrick, a father and a killer obsessed with discovering the truth about his own daughter's disappearance. Private detective Charlie Parker is hired to make Merrick go away, but Merrick will not be stopped. Soon Parker finds himself trapped between those who want the truth about Daniel Clay to be revealed, and those who want it to remain hidden at all costs. But there are other forces at work here. Someone is funding Merrick's hunt, a ghost from Parker's past. And Merrick's actions have drawn others from the shadows, half-glimpsed figures intent upon their own form of revenge, pale wraiths drifting through the ranks of the unquiet dead. The Hollow Men have come . . .(P)2007 ISIS Publishing Ltd
The Unquiet: A Charlie Parker Thriller (Charlie Parker #6)
by John ConnollyHaunted private detective Charlie Parker returns in this &“not to be missed&” (Bookreporter) thriller by New York Times and internationally bestselling author John Connolly.Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has gone missing, following revelations about the harm done to children in his care. Now, a killer obsessed with finding the truth about his own daughter’s disappearance is seeking revenge, and Charlie Parker finds himself trapped between those who want the truth about Clay to be revealed, and those who will go to any lengths to keep it hidden. As with his previous novels, John Connolly masterfully intertwines mystery, emotion, and violence in this gripping page-turner. Fast-paced, hypnotic, and elegantly written, The Unquiet is John Connolly at his chilling best.