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Verses for the Dead (Agent Pendergast #18)
by Douglas Preston Lincoln ChildPreston & Child return with their #1 bestselling series, confronting FBI Special Agent Pendergast with the one challenge he never expected: a partner. <P><P>After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner. <P><P> Pendergast and his new colleague, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to investigate a rash of killings in Miami Beach, where a bloodthirsty psychopath is cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them with cryptic handwritten letters at local gravestones. The graves are unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belong to women who committed suicide. <P><P>But the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast's worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death that reaches back decades. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Version Zero
by David YoonFrom the brilliant mind of New York Times bestselling author David Yoon comes a lightning-fast and scorchingly observant thriller about how we can save ourselves from the very real perils of a virtual world.Max, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company does with the data they collect, he's fired...then black-balled across Silicon Valley. With time on his hands and revenge on his mind, Max and his longtime friend (and secretly the love of his life) Akiko, decide to get even by rebooting the internet. After all, in order to fix things, sometimes you have to break them. But when Max and Akiko join forces with a reclusive tech baron, they learn that breaking things can have unintended--and catastrophic--consequences.
Verso l’ignoto: Trilogia dei misteri di Sky Valley Libro 3
by William JarvisEmmy e il resto del gruppo decidono di recarsi a Tallulah Falls nella speranza di porre finalmente fine al mistero della morte di Lucy. Ma si rendono conto che non è mai così semplice. Emmy e i suoi amici, con l’aiuto di una sensitiva di nome Cassiopeia, scoprono che c’è Laurel dietro la morte di Lucy, così decidono di vederla ancora una volta, ma a sorpresa lei non si trova più a casa bensì nella vicina città di Tallulah Falls. Emmy e il resto del gruppo decidono di recarsi a Tallulah Falls nella speranza di porre finalmente fine al mistero della morte di Lucy. Ma si rendono conto che non è mai così semplice. Perché la verità è che le cose di cui erano a conoscenza non combaciano con le cose che Laurel gli ha nascosto per tanto tempo. Devono inoltre scoprire cosa nasconde Tyler, o tutto ciò per cui Emmy ha lavorato tanto andrebbe perso. Riusciranno finalmente a scoprire che cosa è successo? Riuscirà Lucy ad essere finalmente in pace? O continuerà ad essere un fantasma che perseguita ognuno di loro… per sempre? Scopri cosa succede in Verso l’ignoto, il terzo e ultimo episodio della serie dei gialli di Sky Valley, ora in uscita.
Versos para un muerto (Inspector Pendergast #Volumen 18)
by Douglas PrestonEl agente especial Pendergast se enfrenta a una avalancha de asesinatos en Miami Beach y a un desafío que nunca habría imaginado: un nuevo compañero. Tras los últimos cambios en la oficina del FBI en Nueva York, Pendergast se ve obligado a aceptar una condición inconcebible para conservar su empleo: el ferozmente independiente agente especial deberá ahora trabajar con un compañero.Pendergast y su nuevo colega, el agente Coldmoon, son destinados a Miami Beach, donde una serie de homicidios cometidos por un sanguinario psicópata presenta un desconcertante modus operandi: el asesino les arranca el corazón a sus víctimas y lo abandona -junto con unas misteriosas cartas manuscritas- sobre distintas lápidas de cementerios locales. Las tumbas están conectadas solo por una extraña circunstancia: todas pertenecen a mujeres que se suicidaron.Sin embargo, la aparente falta de relación entre los antiguos suicidios y los nuevos asesinatos pronto es la menor de las preocupaciones de Pendergast. Porque, a medida que profundiza, el agente descubre que los crímenes pueden ser la punta del iceberg... y que se encuentra frente a una conspiración letal cuyos orígenes se remontan a décadas atrás. «Pendergast es un héroe peculiar, un Sherlock Holmes moderno.»Kirkus «Legendario.»Associated Press La crítica ha dicho...«Preston y Child son maestros escribiendo historias que van más allá de un simple misterio o un thriller... Los lectores que no conozcan a Pendergast encontrarán en esta novela un fantástico punto de partida. Es un Sherlock Holmes moderno, y la historia se lee como literatura clásica.»Associated Press «Hay pocos como Preston y Child a la hora de crear auténticas escenas de suspense.»Publishers Weekly «La nueva entrega de la serie de Preston y Child da a nuestro protagonista un compañero para que lo ayude a cazar a un extraño asesino. Versos para un muerto tiene un final absolutamente trepidante. A los lectores les entusiasmarán los peculiares personajes de esta inteligente trama. Pendergast y Coldmoon hacen una pareja extraordinaria.»Kirkus «Pendergast, el maestro detective de Douglas Preston y Lincoln Child, es el equivalente moderno de Sherlock Holmes o Hércules Poirot. Y sus dotes investigadoras nunca han sido más lúcidas que en la absolutamente brillante Versos para un muerto. Un regreso a la novela policíaca clásica que a la vez mantiene un lado afilado y posmoderno.»Providence Journal «Una de las mejores series de thriller de todos los tiempos.»Examiner.com «Las novelas de Pendergast combinan una prosa elegante con unas historias fascinantes y el agente del FBI sigue siendo uno de los personajes más interesantes del género thriller.»Booklist
Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne (Spin offs)
by César Pérez GellidaTres personajes y tres momentos decisivos que configurarán la historia de Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne. ¡Disfruta del género Gellida! ¿Qué hizo de Armando Lopategui el sombrío personaje que se atisba en Memento mori? ¿Qué cruento pasado atesora el comisario de Homicidios Ólafur Olaffson? ¿Qué llevó a Augusto Ledesma a comenzar a matar? Tres incógnitas que se desvelan en estos spin offs y que solventarán la curiosidad de los lectores de la trilogía Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne. Porque los personajes de César Pérez Gellida son inquietantes, plantean disyuntivas y, sobre todo, son víctimas de su propia existencia.
Versöhnung des Blutes (Partnership in Blood #4)
by Ariel Tachna Anna DoeFortsetzung zu Konflikt des BlutesBuch 4 in der Serie - BlutspartnerschaftDer Krieg nähert sich seiner entscheidenden Phase und beide Seiten sind bis an ihre Grenzen gefordert. Da gelingt den dunklen Magiern ein vernichtender Schlag, denn sie nehmen Orlando St. Clair gefangen. Am Boden zerstört vor Sorge um seinen entführten Partner, muss Alain befürchten, dass auch Orlandos Befreiung aus den Klauen der dunklen Magier den Vampir nicht mehr retten kann, weil sein Herz und sein Verstand unheilbaren Schaden genommen haben. Christophe Lombard, der älteste und mächtigste Vampir von Paris, weiß, dass die Allianz an der Schwelle zur Niederlage steht. Er gibt seine selbstgewählte Isolation auf und schließt sich dem Kampf an. Alains abtrünniger Freund Eric Simonet, der zu den dunklen Magiern übergelaufen war, wird vor die Wahl gestellt zwischen Rache und Erlösung. Und Jean, durch Orlandos Schicksal in Wut und Zorn versetzt, muss sich der schwierigsten Entscheidung seiner Existenz stellen, während um ihn herum der alles entscheidende Kampf tobt. Werden sie mit ihren Entscheidungen die Allianz endgültig zerschlagen oder schaffen sie es doch noch, ihre Welt vor dem Untergang zu bewahren?
Vertel geen leugens
by Tanya Anne Crosby Miriam van der Veen"Crosby levert verhalen met spanning, geheimen en zuidelijke schandalen als geen ander!" —Harlan Coben, bestseller auteur New York Times-bestsellerlijst Auteur Tanya Anne Crosby, die al verschillende malen de bestsellerlijst van de New York Times heeft gehaald, keert terug naar de ongerepte moerassen en in verval geraakte plantages van Charleston, waar een gruwelijke moord en kidnapping de angst voor een seriemoordenaar opnieuw aanwakkeren ... Augusta Aldridge gelooft in de onschuld van Ian Patterson, zelfs nadat hij is gearresteerd op verdenking van de moord op twee jonge vrouwen en het verminken van hun lichamen. Zij was namelijk bij hem in de nacht dat een van de misdaden plaatsvond. Verborgen in de schaduwen onder een pier aan het strand, had ze verstrengeld gelegen in een sensationele, ondenkbare omarming met deze gevaarlijke, fascinerende man. Was zijn aantrekkingskracht te groot geweest voor de andere slachtoffers? Als er weer een lichaam wordt gevonden, vermoedt de politie dat er sprake is van een copycat-moordenaar, maar Augusta is er zeker van dat ze de verkeerde man achter de tralies hebben gezet. Zij zal haar reputatie, en haar leven, riskeren om het te bewijzen ...
Vertical
by Cody GoodfellowA group of urbex explorers breaking into the world&’s tallest skyscraper in Moscow grapple with dangers from all sides in this pulse-pounding cinematic thriller for readers of Gregg Hurwitz and Patrick Hoffman.Michael Foster, Cam Buckley and Maddie Acosta – all former activists in the infamous urbex crew Les Furies. Together they scaled buildings, broke into the spaces no-one else could, and chased a rush that still haunts them. Now though, Michael is stuck recovering from an injury, coding in a dead-end start-up, But Les Furies cannot hide forever. A journalist has uncovered Michael&’s identity and he is being sent anonymous videos of his time in the crew. When he discovers that Cam and Maddie are planning on reuniting the crew one last time, to scale the Korova Tower in Moscow, he is sceptical. But the tower has never been scaled before. Breaking into the world&’s tallest building on Russia Day is too good an opportunity to pass him by. But Michael is about to discover that the vertical city has another purpose, one far more sinister than he could have imagined, and this one final ride for Les Furies might well be the last thing any of them ever do.
Vertical
by Jorge NoresMás que el retrato psicológico de un narcotraficante en ciernes, Vertical es el vertiginoso retrato de un naufragio adolescente. Gustavo tiene quince años y vive en Chihuahua. La vida es demasiado dura o demasiado árida o ambas. Una noche, casi por accidente, termina en la esquina donde otros adolescentes trabajan como prostitutos. Néstor, un narcotraficante de treinta y pocos años, levanta a Gustavo; éste se sube a su camioneta por conseguir algo de droga, dinero o compañía, cualquier cosa que suavice un poco el desierto interno. A partir de entonces, su vida no volverá a ser la misma; a partir de ese momento, se convertirá en una especie de testigo indiferente de la fatalidad.
Vertical Burn
by Earl EmersonEarl Emerson is the poet laureate of men and women who make their living where the heat is, bringing to life the terror of a burning building and the moments of solitude, solace, and camaraderie that happen in between. Now, Emerson has written a mesmerizing novel of suspense about a man who goes into a fire as a hero and a friend, and comes out as an outcast-and a target. VERTICAL BURN Twenty-eight paces. John Finney counted his steps as he fought his way for help from inside a Seattle warehouse bur...
Vertical Run: A Novel
by Joseph GarberYou think YOU had a killer workday. . . Get ready for the FASTEST thriller of the summer!Each morning in his 45th floor executive office, David Elliot savors the quietmoments until the workday begins.Until today, when his boss walks in and aims a gun at him.For the rest of the day, he will be trapped in his midtown office building, andeveryone David Elliot meets will try to kill him.He has 24 hours to find out why. . .In Vertical Run, you can escape into a world on fast forward, a dramathat plays out with electrifying intensity. No one who reads this book willever see the office the same way again.Vertical Run is available now -- run for it!A Book-of-the-Month Club featured selectionSoon to be a major motion picture from Warner Brothers and PetersEntertainment CompanyFrom the Paperback edition.
Vertigo
by Geoffrey Sainsbury Thomas Narcejac Pierre BoileauThe story could have happened to any of us, but it happened to a man named Flavieres. His days as a detective were over, and everyone knew he had his reasons. But when an old friend appeared out of nowhere with concerns about his withdrawn and mysterious wife, Flavieres didn't have the heart to refuse. And soon he would be scouring the streets of Paris in search of an answer - in search of a girl who belonged to no one, not even to herself. Soon intrigue would be replaced by obsession, and dreams replaced by nightmares. This is the story of a desperate man. A man who ended up compromising his own morality beyond all measure, while World War Two raged outside his front door. A man tormented - and destroyed - by a dark, terrible secret.This sinister, mindbending roman noir was turned into a 1958 Hollywood classic, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, directed by the great Alfred Hitchcock.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Vertigo
by Karen HerbertFrances, a public servant, is struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of her colleague Eric, and the death of her brother. Asked to review Eric' s last work file, Frances becomes an accidental sleuth, analysing spreadsheets and reports for clues that may help solve Eric' s mysterious disappearance. As Frances uncovers a trail of corruption that leads to the highest levels of government, she must use her wits and resourcefulness to stay one step ahead of those who want to keep the truth hidden. But will her personal vendetta lead her straight into danger? With twists and turns at every corner, this is a must-read for mystery fans from the bestselling author of The River Mouth.
Vertigo
by Lauren Baratz-LogstedIn turn-of-the-century London, an exemplary Victorian wife begins a noble-minded project: writing letters to a lonely local prisoner. What happens next in this brilliantly crafted novel of literary suspense will change Emma Smith’s life forever—and ignite a dark, erotic drama of suspicion, loss, and awakening. In the year 1898, Emma makes a New Year’s resolution: to become a better person. So, under the tutelage of her novelist husband, she begins an innocent correspondence with Chance Wood, a man se...
Vertigo 42: A Richard Jury Mystery (A Richard Jury Mystery)
by Martha GrimesIn her latest Richard Jury mystery, Martha Grimes delivers the newest addition to the bestselling series The Washington Post calls "literate, lyrical, funny, funky, discursive, bizarre." The inimitable Scotland Yard Superintendent returns, now with a tip of the derby to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.Richard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an office building in London's financial district. Despite inconclusive evidence, Tom is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago. The inspector in charge of the case was sure Tess's death was accidental--a direct result of vertigo--but the official police inquiry is still an open verdict and Jury agrees to re-examine the case. Jury learns that a nine-year-old girl fell to her death five years before Tess at the same country house in Devon where Tess died. The girl had been a guest at a party Tess was giving for six children. Jury seeks out the five surviving party guests, who are now adults, hoping they can shed light on this bizarre coincidence. Meanwhile, an elegantly dressed woman falls to her death from the tower of a cottage near the pub where Jury and his cronies are dining one night. Then the dead woman's estranged husband is killed as well. Four deaths--two in the past, two that occur on the pages of this intricate, compelling novel--keep Richard Jury and his sidekick Sergeant Wiggins running from their homes in Islington to the countryside in Devon and to London as they try to figure out if the deaths were accidental or not. And, if they are connected. Witty, well-written, with literary references from Thomas Hardy to Yeats, Vertigo 42 is a pitch perfect, page-turning novel from a mystery writer at the top of her game.
Vertrau mir, Bulle (Toronto Tales (Deutsch) #2)
by Kc Burn Teresa SimonsBuch 2 in der Serie - Toronto TalesDetective Ivan Bekker ist ganz unten angekommen. Während er noch mit der Trennung von seinem untreuen Freund kämpft, geraten er und seine Kollegen bei einer Razzia in einen Hinterhalt. Ivan muss zum ersten Mal einen Mann töten und ein Freund wird lebensgefährlich verletzt. Obwohl wegen seiner Rolle bei der Schießerei gegen Ivan ermittelt wird, überredet sein Vorgesetzter ihn zu einem inoffiziellen Einsatz als verdeckter Ermittler, um den Fall aufzuklären. Die Zeit drängt, denn auf dem Revier könnte es eine undichte Stelle geben. Auf sich allein gestellt und aus dem Gleichgewicht gebracht spielt Ivan einen frisch geschiedenen Mann und wird Parker Wakefields neuer Mitbewohner. Allerdings kann er kaum glauben, dass der liebenswerte Parker kriminell oder gar in den Drogenhandel der Russenmafia verwickelt sein soll, und lässt sich dazu hinreißen, ihm näherzukommen. So unprofessionell seine Gefühle auch sind - er kann Parker einfach nicht widerstehen. Als Ivan schließlich doch auf Beweise für ein Verbrechen stößt, muss er sich entscheiden: Soll er Parker ohne Rücksicht auf Konsequenzen beschützen oder seine Karriere retten, indem er den Mann verhaftet, den er liebt?
Very Bad Company: A Novel
by Emma RosenblumFrom the national bestselling author of Bad Summer People • "Another irresistible summer read." ―W Magazine • "A darkly funny mystery." —TIME • "Juicy and hilarious." ―Glamour • "Fun, page-turning." ―People • A high-stakes, high-drama novel that reads like White Lotus meets SuccessionEvery year, executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company’s top employees for an exclusive retreat in Miami, and this year Caitlin Levy—Aurora’s newest hire—is joining the team as head of events. The benefits are outstanding: a seven-figure salary, stock shares, a discretionary bonus, limitless vacation days—what could possibly go wrong?When a fellow high-level executive vanishes after the first night, the disappearance has the potential to derail the future of the company’s sale and cost everyone on the team millions. Now more than ever, Caitlin and her colleagues must continue the charade—partaking in team-building exercises, group brainstorms, dinners—in order to keep the future of Aurora afloat amid all the fatal speculations.Compulsively readable, Very Bad Company is a slick send-up of corporate culture wrapped in a captivating mystery.
Very Bad Men
by Harry DolanFrom the national bestselling author of Bad Things Happen--the debut that Stephen King called a "great f***ing book"--comes a new crime novel that will blow readers away... ANTHONY LARK has a list of names--Terry Dawtrey, Sutton Bell, Henry Kormoran. To his eyes, the names glow red on the page. They move. They breathe. The men on the list were once involved in a notorious robbery. And now Lark is hunting them, and he won't stop until every one of them is dead. DAVID LOOGAN--editor of the mystery magazine Gray Streets--is living a quiet life in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Detective ELIZABETH WAISHKEY and her daughter. But soon David and Elizabeth are drawn into Lark's violent world. As Elizabeth works to track Lark down, David befriends Lucy Navarro, a reporter with a crazy theory about the case that threatens to implicate some very powerful people. And when Lucy disappears, David decides her theory may not be so crazy after all
Very Bad Men (David Loogan Series #2)
by Harry DolanAnthony Lark has drawn up a list of names-- Terry Dawtrey, Sutton Bell, Henry Kormoran. To his eyes, the names glow red on the page. They move. They breathe. Dawtrey is in prison; Bell has a wife and daughter and a good job; Kormoran lives alone. They have little in common except that seventeen years ago they were involved in a notorious crime: the robbery of the Great Lakes Bank. Now Anthony Lark is hunting them, and he won't stop until every one of them is dead. David Loogan is living in Ann Arbor with Detective Elizabeth Waishkey and her daughter, Sarah. He's settled into a quiet routine as editor of the mystery magazine Gray Streets-- until one day he finds an envelope outside his office door. The manuscript inside begins with a deadly hook: I killed Henry Kormoran. Soon both David and Elizabeth are drawn into Anthony Lark's violent world. As Elizabeth works to track Lark down and uncover his motives, David befriends Lucy Navarro, a tabloid reporter with a crazy theory about the case--a theory that threatens to implicate some very powerful people. And when Lucy disappears without a trace, David decides her theory may not be so crazy after all.
Very Bad People
by Kit FrickFirst editions have an exclusive foil design underneath the jacket! In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us, a teen girl&’s search for answers about her mother&’s mysterious death leads to a powerful secret society at her new boarding school—and a dangerous game of revenge that will leave her forever changed.Six years ago, Calliope Bolan&’s mother drove the family van into a lake with her three daughters inside. The girls escaped, but their mother drowned, and the truth behind the &“accident&” remains a mystery Calliope is determined to solve. Now sixteen, she transfers to Tipton Academy, the same elite boarding school her mother once attended. Tipton promises a peek into the past and a host of new opportunities—including a coveted invitation to join Haunt and Rail, an exclusive secret society that looms over campus like a legend. Calliope accepts, stepping into the exhilarating world of the &“ghosts,&” a society of revolutionaries fighting for social justice. But when Haunt and Rail commits to exposing a dangerous person on campus, it becomes clear that some ghosts define justice differently than others. As the society&’s tactics escalate, Calliope uncovers a possible link between Haunt and Rail and her mother&’s deadly crash. Now, she must question what lengths the society might go to in order to see a victory—and if the secret behind her mother&’s death could be buried here at Tipton.
Very Deadly Yours
by Carolyn KeeneA mysterious man with murder on his mind is using newspaper personal ads to attract unsuspecting women, and Nancy Drew is determined to track him down before it is too late.
Very Nearly Dead: An Addictive Psychological Suspense Thriller
by A K ReynoldsEVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE... "An ending that you will never see coming; just brilliant." "a book to be devoured in one sitting because you won’t want to put it down." My name is Jasmine Black, and I'm an ordinary woman apart from three things: I’m hiding a terrible secret from my youth My past is catching up with me When it does, I’ll be dead. Jasmine Black, a 34-year-old alcoholic, criminal lawyer, has a secret. At the age of 16, she was in a gang of youths that committed a horrendous crime. As members of the gang start being killed one by one, Jasmine fears for her life. Desperate to uncover who is responsible for the murders, Jasmine starts to investigate. But can she uncover the truth before it’s too late? Very Nearly Dead is a gripping and suspenseful psychological thriller with an ending you won't see coming. The perfect read for fans of authors like K.L. Slater, Mark Edwards and C.L. Taylor.
Very Old Money
by Stanley EllinThe enormously wealthy Durie family occupies a gigantic baroque turn-of-the-century mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The family, whose fortune was established in Colonial times, is traditionally shy of all public notice and proud that no scandal has ever touched its name.Newly married Michael and Amy Lloyd, bright young teachers in a private school, suddenly find themselves unemployed and apparently unemployable. When all cash and credit are gone, Michael and Amy decide to take up positions on the Durie household staff. But as the Lloyds learn to cope with their positions as servants they slowly become aware that the seventy-year-old matriarch Margaret Durie is, for her own unexplained reasons, enlisting them as her helpless accomplices in a subtly designed series of events that will ultimately lead to a thunderous scandal ... and a ghastly death.
Very Old Money
by Stanley EllinTwo servants discover family skeletons behind the closed doors of a forbidding Manhattan mansion in this mystery by a three-time Edgar Award–winning author. In dire financial straits, young couple Mike and Amy Lloyd—a former cab driver and a New York prep-school teacher, respectively—have signed away their independence to become live-in servants for one of the city&’s wealthiest and most private families. At first, the Durie home, a cavernous Gilded Age palazzo off Fifth Avenue, is a maze of intimidation: sixteen other employees, eight Duries in residence, forbidden rooms, and an exact and unbreakable set of rules. For Amy, personal secretary to the aged and blind Miss Margaret, that includes never broaching the subject of her employer&’s &“condition&” or the tragic accident that caused it. On the other hand, Mike, an aspiring writer, is already taking notes for a Durie-inspired novel. A modern gothic, he&’s guessing—part Rebecca, part Psycho. Most of the plot, he&’ll soon discover, won&’t require much imagining. But Amy, bound to the servitude of the matriarch—a woman cut off from the world for fifty years—is growing more curious and unnerved by Miss Margaret&’s demands: the sudden trips to the Plaza hotel, the mysterious bank transactions, and an extended invitation to a stranger for a private dinner. By the time Amy realizes the truth—that she and her husband have been enlisted as unwitting accomplices in a subtly played series of moves that could lead to something rather unspeakable—it could be too late.