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The Water Knife
by Paolo BacigalupiWATER IS POWER In the near future, the Colorado River has dwindled to a trickle. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel Velasquez &“cuts&” water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring that its lush arcology developments can bloom in Las Vegas. When rumors of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Angel is sent south, hunting for answers that seem to evaporate as the heat index soars and the landscape becomes more and more oppressive. There, he encounters Lucy Monroe, a hardened journalist with her own agenda, and Maria Villarosa, a young Texas migrant, who dreams of escaping north. As bodies begin to pile up, the three find themselves pawns in a game far bigger and more corrupt than they could have imagined, and when water is more valuable than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.
Water Like a Stone (Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James #11)
by Deborah CrombieWhen Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit, and Toby for a holiday visit to his family in Cheshire, Gemma is soon entranced with Nantwich's pretty buildings and the historic winding canal, and young Kit is instantly smitten with his cousin Lally. But their visit is marred by family tensions exacerbated by the unraveling of Duncan's sister Juliet's marriage. And tensions are brought to the breaking point on Christmas Eve with Juliet's discovery of a mummified infant's body interred in the wall of an old dairy barn-a tragedy hauntingly echoed by the recent drowning of Peter Llewellyn, a schoolmate of Lally's. Meanwhile, on her narrowboat, former social worker Annie Lebow is living a life of self-imposed isolation and preparing for a lonely Christmas, made more troubling by her meeting earlier in the day with the Wains, a traditional boating family whose case precipitated Annie's leaving her job. As the police make their inquiries into the infant's death, Kincaid discovers that life in the lovely market town of his childhood is far from idyllic and that the dreaming reaches of the Shropshire Union Canal hold dark and deadly secrets . . . secrets that may threaten everything and everyone he holds most dear.
Water Lily
by Susanna Jones* The Earthquake Bird (Mysterious Press, 9/01), Susanna Jones' debut, won the 2001 John Creasey Award, bestowed by the Crime Writers' Association in England, for Best First Novel. Foreign rights were sold in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and Norway. It will be published in trade paperback from Mysterious Press in 3/03.* Susanna Jones writes chilling, psychological suspense that will appeal to the same audience that made Nicci French's Killing Me Softly (Warner, 7/99) a bestseller.* Susanna Jones studies Japanese Noh theatre as part of her drama degree from London University. She lived and worked in Japan before getting her M.A. in writing from Manchester University.
Water Mark (Micky Knight Mystery #6)
by J. M. RedmannIt's just one more body in one more destroyed house. In New Orleans, a few months after Katrina, there are thousands of destroyed houses and hundreds of bodies yet to be found. Can one more matter? It does to Micky Knight as she takes on the quixotic search to find out who the woman was and why she might have died there. But is Micky searching for justice or just doing anything to avoid confronting the ways Katrina destroyed everything that had tied her to New Orleans? In a city that doesn't even have working stoplights, there seems little need for a private investigator. Her friends are all struggling with their own disrupted lives, lost jobs, destroyed homes. And the woman Micky thought she'd be with forever, Cordelia James, hasn't returned. Micky's investigation leads to a tangle of greed and deceit that stretches back generations. Someone is using the destruction wrought by the flooding to finish what was started a hundred years ago. To stop them Micky will have to risk not just life and limb, but any chance to reconnect with Cordelia and rebuild the life she had before Katrina. But if she doesn't stop them, a young Midwestern teenager whose only crime was wanting to help the destroyed city, will be the next body left in an abandoned house. The sixth Micky Knight mystery.
Water Music
by Margie OrfordThere's nowhere to run ...When a little girl is found on an icy hillside, on the brink of starvation, Clare Hart is baffled that nobody has reported her missing.In another troubling turn of events, a distraught woman approaches Clare for help locating her granddaughter, a gifted cellist who has abandoned her music scholarship and been seduced by a cultish religious community and its charismatic leader.As Clare investigates these two cases, she realizes they are connected in ways too horrifying to fathom ...Water Music is a dark and twisting thriller perfect for fans of Deon Meyer and Tess Gerritsen.
The Water Nymph: The Arboretti Family Saga - Book Two (The Arboretti Family Saga #2)
by Michele JaffeA man out to save his own skin meets a woman who may be the end of him in a rollicking historical romantic mystery that “will utterly delight the reader” (Abilene Reporter-News). As one of Queen Elizabeth I’s most trusted spies, the daring Crispin Foscari never leaves anything to chance. So, he’s surprised when he’s told he has two weeks to clear his name of treason, or his neck will meet the executioner’s noose. Sophie Champion is a hero to women of London, dedicating her seemingly endless resources to free them from their bondage to men. But when her investigation into the death of her godfather places her in danger, she herself is liberated from danger by Crispin—also known as the notorious “Earl of Scandal.” Not that she would ever admit she needed his help. Even as his mind warns him to stay away from the seductive siren, Crispin offers a proposal. By day, they will pit their equally sharp wits against a calculating enemy, and by night they will fight their searing mutual attraction. But as they grow closer to identifying the killer, they grow closer to one another. Unfortunately, that is only going to make it easier for their foe to finish them both off. With peril, passion, and swashbuckling to spare, this fast-paced romantic adventure from “a writer to watch” is sure to keep you riveted until the thrilling climax (Publishers Weekly).
Water on the Moon: A Novel
by Jean MooreAfter her Greenwich, Connecticut farmhouse is destroyed, Lidia Raven is shaken, but also thankful that her teenage twins, Carly and Clarisse, are unharmed and that her friend Polly has been kind enough to take them in. Lidia&’s already experienced a string of bad luck: her husband left her and the girls for another man, she lost her job in the financial crisis, and now she&’s lost her home. She fears more bad news is on its way—and when she discovers a connection between her and Tina Calderara, the pilot who crashed into her home, she&’s proven right. In the midst of her troubles, however, she meets Harry Caligan, the FBI Special Agent assigned to her case . . . and with his help, she plunges into the mystery linking her and her family to Calderara.
The Water Rat of Wanchai (An Ava Lee Novel #1)
by Ian HamiltonWinner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel A CBC Bookie Award: Mystery and Thriller, Finalist A Quill & Quire Book of the Year An Amazon.ca Editors’ Pick In the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Lisbeth Salandar. Ava Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who works for an elderly Hong Kong–based “Uncle,” who may or may not have ties to the Triads. At 115 lbs., she hardly seems a threat. But her razorsharp intellect and resourcefulness allows her to succeed where traditional methods have failed. In The Water Rat of Wanchai, Ava travels across continents to track $5 million owed by a seafood company. But it’s in Guyana where she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a huge hulk of a man and godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, he decides he wants a piece of Ava’s $5 million action and will do whatever it takes to get his fair share…
The Water Rat of Wanchai + The Dragon Head of Hong Kong: The Dragon Head Of Hong Kong: The Ava Lee Prequel, The Water Rat Of Wanchai: Book 1, The Disciple Of Las Vegas: Book 2 (An Ava Lee Novel #1)
by Ian HamiltonMeet Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salandar — in the first installment of the wildly popular Ava Lee novels. Ava Lee is a young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant, who specializes in recovering massive debts and works for an elderly Hong Kong–based “Uncle,” who may or may not have ties to the triads. At 115 lbs., she hardly seems a threat. But her razor-sharp intelligence and unorthodox rules of engagements allow her to succeed where traditional methods have failed.In The Water Rat of Wanchai Ava is persuaded to help an old friend of Uncle’s, whose nephew is owed $5 million from a seafood company that was producing cooked shrimp for a major U.S. retailer. The deal went sideways. The money disappeared. On a journey that takes her to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Guyana, and the British Virgin Islands, Ava encounters everything from the Thai katoey culture to corrupt but helpful law enforcers. But it’s in Guyana where she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, Robbins decides he wants a piece of Ava’s $5 million action and will do whatever it takes to get his fair share…
The Water Rituals (White City Trilogy)
by Eva Garcia SáenzHOW DO YOU UNMASK A KILLER WHO'S SPENT YEARS PREPARING TO HUNT YOU DOWN?A pregnant woman has been murdered in a brutal, ritualistic way: burned, hung, and then placed upside down in a Bronze Age cauldron. When Unai &“Kraken&” Lopez de Ayala discovers the victim is his first love, Ana Belén Liaño, memories of their time together come flooding back, and with them reminders of a dark secret long buried. Then the killer strikes again, enacting the same ritual against a second expectant parent. Kraken knows he must confront his past in order to unmask this fiend. And there&’s no time to waste, because Deputy Superintendent Díaz de Salvatierra has just found out she's carrying a child. And the father could very well be Kraken himself...
The Water Room: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery (Peculiar Crimes Unit #2)
by Christopher FowlerOriginally built to house the workers of Victorian London, Balaklava Street is now an oasis in the heart of Kentish Town and ripe for gentrification. But then the body of an elderly woman is found at Number 5. Her death would appear to have been peaceful but for the fact that her throat is full of river water. It falls to the MetÂ's Peculiar Crimes Unit, led by LondonÂ's longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, to search for something resembling a logical solution. Their initial invest...
Water Signs (Jeri Howard #17)
by Janet DawsonOakland is a city shaped by water. The waterfront, home to the ship and rail yards, is also ripe for development. There’s lots of money to be made, so greed and crime inevitably follow. PI Jeri Howard looks into the murder of a former coworker who was a security guard at a construction site on the Embarcadero. It was a surprise when Cal Bradys body washed up on the Estuary shoreline. But Jeri is certain Cal’s death was no accident, and she’s determined to find out who killed him, and why.
Water-Ski Wipeout
by Franklin W. Dixon Matt DavidDetective brothers Frank and Joe try to figure out who's spoiling the fun on a class trip in the third book in an all-new, interactive Hardy Boys chapter book mystery series.Frank and Joe Hardy are super-psyched for their school trip to Lake Poketoe. Along with their friends, they can't wait to go tubing, make s'mores, and take nature walks. And Joe is particularly excited to try out his brand-new water skis during the trip! But when the group tries to head out for their first day of boating, Joe discovers his skis are missing! Who could have taken them? And how could they have disappeared without anyone noticing? With time running out on their trip, can Frank and Joe figure out who the sneaky ski thief could be?
The Water Theatre
by Lindsay ClarkeWar-reporter Martin Crowther arrives in Fontanalba, Italy on a mission to track down Adam and Marina, the estranged children of his mentor. Hal Brigshaw wants them home, but there are good reasons for their self-imposed exile; not all of them are understood, and not all are in the past. As Martin waits, trapped between duty and desire, he is both intrigued and dismayed by what he finds. . .
The Waterfall
by Carla NeggersThree years after the sudden death of her husband, Lucy Blacker Swift has finally got things under control. Leaving behind the cutthroat world of Washington, Lucy and her two children move to a Vermont farmhouse and start to rebuild their lives. But a string of unexplained events--late-night hang-ups, a bullet through a window--threatens her new life. Unwilling to turn to her powerful father-in-law, Senator Jack Swift, Lucy tracks down Sebastian Redwing, an international security expert her late husband asked her to contact if she ever needed help. Sebastian, though, wants nothing to do with her problems. . . or with a woman he's been half in love with since her wedding day. But Sebastian knows he has no choice, and reluctantly he becomes drawn with Lucy into a dangerous tangle of blackmail, vengeance and betrayal, with Lucy's powerful family--and Sebastian's troubled past--smack in the middle.
The Waterfall: An Anthology (Mira Ser.)
by Carla NeggersA young widow facing a mysterious threat calls on a security expert from her husband’s past in this politically charged romantic suspense novel.Three years after her husband’s death, Lucy Blacker Swift is finally rebuilding her life. After leaving the cutthroat world of Washington, she and her two children are starting over in a quaint Vermont farmhouse. But now unexplained events—late-night hang-ups, a bullet through a window—are threatening her family. Unwilling to contact her father-in-law, Senator Swift, Lucy tracks down the security expert her husband once told her about.Sebastian Redwing wants nothing to do with Lucy’s problems . . . or with a woman he’s been half in love with since her wedding day. But he won’t break his promise to protect her. He soon finds himself drawn into a dangerous tangle of blackmail, vengeance and betrayal, where Lucy’s powerful family—and Sebastian’s troubled past—are impossible to escape.
The Waterfall
by Carla NeggersDANGEROUS ATTRACTIONSIn the three years since her husband’s death, Lucy Blacker Swift finally has things under control. After moving to Vermont with her two children, Lucy wants to put the past behind her. But a string of unexplained events—including a bullet through a window—threatens her new life. Lucy tracks down Sebastian Redwing, an international security expert her late husband told her to contact if she ever needed help. Sebastian, though, wants nothing to do with her problems…or with a woman he’s been half in love with since her wedding day.“These pages don’t just turn; they spin with the best of them.”—BookPageFREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!Odd Man Out by New York Times bestselling author B.J. DanielsDenver McCallahan is in danger, and it’s up to country-music star J. D. Garrison to save her. But how can Denver trust the man who once broke her heart? Previously Published.
Waterfront
by Ferguson FindleyA young cop descends into New York City&’s underworld to chase down a killer in this 1951 hard-boiled detective novel, by the author of Counterfeit Corpse. Rookie detective Johnny Malone is on his way to pick up his engagement ring in midtown Manhattan when a man is shot dead on the sidewalk. He tries to handle the situation by the book, but one mistake quickly lets a killer run free and threatens Malone&’s career. As a ruse, the police commissioner announces the detective&’s suspension. But Malone&’s now the only man on the force who can identify the city&’s biggest criminal. Blackie Clegg runs the crime syndicate currently controlling New York&’s harbors. Now, he&’s also wanted for murder. Malone&’s mission is to bring him in—in cuffs or a body bag. Of course, there&’s a good chance Clegg remembers Malone&’s face, too, and Clegg doesn&’t like to leave witnesses . . . The inspiration for the film noir classic, The Mob, starring Broderick Crawford and Ernest Borgnine.</
The Waterkeeper's Daughter
by Joan MauchTHE WATERKEEPER'S DAUGHTER is about what happens when a very angry man seeks revenge for the devastation wreaked on his family by the spraying of pesticides back in the fifties. Because of that, his mother died from cancer; his brother contracted Parkinson's; they lost the family farm; and his father committed suicide. Now someone's got to pay and he knows exactly who that someone will be. Very soon the word "regret" will have a whole new meaning for the one who did this--but by then it will be too late. "Lisa's husband is dead. Her daughter is missing. An unknown event from the distant past has come to visit revenge on a woman whose only crime is a vague tie to her estranged in-laws. This terrific whodunit will keep you guessing to the final pages." --Wayne Sapp, author of ARCTIC LIONS
Waterloo Sunset (Harry Devlin Series #8)
by Martin EdwardsMarry new technology to old-fashioned policing and you've got something special.The car is found just outside Picketsville, Virginia, a smoking ruin of twisted metal and shattered glass. It takes only a glance to confirm that this is Ike Schwartz's car. Ever since he left the CIA, the incorruptible Picketsville sheriff has made enemies at home and abroad. Now, one has caught up with him, with a bomb powerful enough to turn quiet Main Street into a smoking crater. Is this a cop killing—or domestic terrorism?The town plunges into mourning, and Ike's wife Ruth, the president of the local college, puts on a brave face as the sheriff's department organizes a manhunt, the likes of which Picketsville has never seen. Back at the CIA, Ike's old colleague Charlie Garland joins the hunt, becoming fixated on a blurry videotape of the crime scene. Charlie's elastic job description includes monitoring Ike's life.Investigations—led by more than one player—fan around and out of Picketsville as far as a small town in Idaho where Martin Pangborn, head of the radical militia called the Fifty-First Star, runs his organization. If some banks and businesses are too big to fail, are some people too deeply connected or too wealthy to bring to justice? Is Martin Pangborn such a person? The Fifty-First Star's tentacles run long and deep. But the Vulture is something no one, not even Martin Pangborn, is prepared for."Surefooted prose speeds this well-told tale of greed and betrayal among the nation's covert elite." —Publishers Weekly on the 9th Ike Schwartz mystery, Drowning Barbie.
Waterman's Boy, 1st Edition
by Susan SharpeTwo boys from a small town on the Chesapeake Bay help a scientist interested in cleaning up the water for the benefit of animals, plants, and people, while risking parental disapproval of people with too much education and of outsiders' interference in their means of earning a living.Two boys from a small Chesapeake Bay town help a scientist interested in cleaning up the water to benefit animals, plants, and people, while risking disapproval of the local residents toward people with too much education and who interfere in their meansof earning a living.
Watermark: The Broken Bell series
by Elise SchillerThe oldest child in a troubled Philadelphia family, Angel Ferente struggles to care for her three sisters while pursuing her goal of attending college on a swimming scholarship. She has a problematic relationship with her mother, Pic, who uses alcohol and drugs to self-medicate and at one point lost custody for a year, and an outright hostile relationship with her stepfather, the only father figure in her life. Angel is the center of stability in the household—making sure the younger girls get to school, ensuring that holidays are observed, doing the family’s laundry at her part-time job at a Laundromat, and even taking care of Pic when she is sick or depressed. It’s 1993, the midst of the crack epidemic, and Angel and her sisters are witness to the everyday events of life in a community beset by poverty and drugs: dealers on the corner, shoot-outs that kill bystanders, prostitutes on the job, and more. Then Angel goes to a team party on New Year’s Eve—and doesn’t come home afterward. In the wake of her disappearance, her teammates, her coach’s church, and her family search the city for her. The result changes their lives forever.
A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible: A heartwarming tale of love amid war
by Christy Lefteri QuercusA moving novel of love and war by the author of The Beekeeper of AleppoIt is July 1974 and on a bright, sunny morning, the Turkish army has invaded the town of Kyrenia in Cyprus. For many people, this means an end to life as they know it. But for some, it is a chance to begin living again. Everyone has always talked about Koki. They never believed she was her father's daughter and her mother died too soon to quiet their wagging tongues. And when she became pregnant and there was no sign of a husband, her fate was sealed. So she lives outside the town and hides from her neighbours' eyes. But, held captive with the very women who have made her life so lonely, Koki is finally able to tell them the truth. To talk of the Turkish shoe-maker who came to the town and took her heart away with him when he left. And how she has longed for him all these years. Meanwhile, Adem Berker finds himself back in Kyrenia, his former home, now as a member of the invading force. Here he left everything he ever wanted and, by cover of darkness, risking his life, he is searching every house, every cafe, every old pathway, for just a glimpse of the only woman he has ever loved.For readers of The Island, The Book Thief and The Kite Runner.(P)2019 Quercus Editions Ltd
A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible: A heartwarming tale of love amid war
by Quercus Christy LefteriA moving novel of love and war by the author of The Beekeeper of AleppoIt is July 1974 and on a bright, sunny morning, the Turkish army has invaded the town of Kyrenia in Cyprus. For many people, this means an end to life as they know it. But for some, it is a chance to begin living again. Everyone has always talked about Koki. They never believed she was her father's daughter and her mother died too soon to quiet their wagging tongues. And when she became pregnant and there was no sign of a husband, her fate was sealed. So she lives outside the town and hides from her neighbours' eyes. But, held captive with the very women who have made her life so lonely, Koki is finally able to tell them the truth. To talk of the Turkish shoe-maker who came to the town and took her heart away with him when he left. And how she has longed for him all these years. Meanwhile, Adem Berker finds himself back in Kyrenia, his former home, now as a member of the invading force. Here he left everything he ever wanted and, by cover of darkness, risking his life, he is searching every house, every cafe, every old pathway, for just a glimpse of the only woman he has ever loved.For readers of The Island, The Book Thief and The Kite Runner.