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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 Dangerous Things
by Lauren MuñozA murder mystery game turns deadly in this young adult whodunit by the author of Suddenly a Murder. "Dark academia meets classic detective fiction in this clever, twisty page-turner." —Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is LyingEveryone in town knows about the game. For decades, J. Everett High has staged an annual murder mystery to put its criminology students to the test. And this year, crime junkie Dulce Castillo is dead set on winning. Soon, the game kicks off, and the student playing the victim, Xavier Torres, is found poisoned in the school&’s greenhouse . . . except his death is not pretend.It&’s murder.When the authorities open an investigation, all the evidence points to Sierra Fox, Xavier&’s ex-girlfriend and Dulce&’s ex-best friend. Claiming innocence and desperate to clear her name, Sierra begs Dulce to look past their bad blood and find the culprit.After all, Dulce knows this school better than any investigator ever could, but she must use caution to solve this mystery. Because these historic halls are full of suspects with no shortage of motives. And in this game of cat and mouse, the other player kills.
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.
Very Old Money (Murder Room #816)
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 Veggie Murder: Book 3 in Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria Series
by Patti BenningEleanora Pacelli's extended family is visiting, turning her normally peaceful home upside down. Spending two weeks with relatives that she hardly knows isn't easy, and only becomes more difficult when she uncovers a family secret that might have been better left alone. When family drama turns fatal, and Ellie begins digging into the past, trying to figure out who her grandfather really was, she soon realizes just how dangerous asking questions can be in a small town, particularly when the killer is closer than she ever dreamed.
Vespar (Order of the Black Knights)
by Thianna DurstonOrder of the Black KnightsSpecial-ops-turned-professional-killer Vespar McKauley is hired to take out Marcolm Rogers, son of his employer's worst enemy. But Marc isn't like any hit he's ever done. He's just twenty-one, he goes to a private university studying English Lit, and for fun, he plays computer games with his friends. No drugs, no partying, no crime. The day Vespar bumps into Marc and looks into his azure eyes, the world drops out from under him. With his father in the Chicago crime syndicate, Marc and his mom have stayed out of the limelight, hiding from those who might harm them. He figures he's safe at a small liberal arts university, all the way across the country. But midway through his senior year, he feels eyes on him and the shadows encroaching. Just as he's about to run, he meets Vespar and experiences an instant attraction. When Vespar tells him he's in danger and offers to protect him, Marc wants to believe him. But he's been hunted before, and this time he isn't sure he'll get away. Especially when he finds out he is Vespar's target.
Vessel: A Novel
by Lisa A. Nichols“A surprising page-turner...Compelling. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal (starred review), Debut of the Month An astronaut returns to Earth after losing her entire crew to an inexplicable disaster, but is her version of what happened in space the truth? Or is there more to the story…A tense, psychological thriller perfect for fans of Dark Matter and The Martian. After Catherine Wells’s ship experiences a deadly incident in deep space and loses contact with NASA, the entire world believes her dead. Miraculously—and mysteriously—she survived, but with little memory of what happened. Her reentry after a decade away is a turbulent one: her husband has moved on with another woman and the young daughter she left behind has grown into a teenager she barely recognizes. Catherine, too, is different. The long years alone changed her, and as she readjusts to being home, sometimes she feels disconnected and even, at times, deep rage toward her family and colleagues. There are periods of time she can’t account for, too, and she begins waking up in increasingly strange and worrisome locations, like restricted areas of NASA. Suddenly she’s questioning everything that happened up in space: how her crewmates died, how she survived, and now, what’s happening to her back on Earth. Smart, gripping, and compelling, this page-turning sci-fi thriller will leave you breathless.
Vested Interests
by Monette MichaelsIndianapolis attorney Brigit Bauer has always fought for the underdog, whether it's sitting on the historic preservation board or mediating a gangland truce. But those battlegrounds are nothing compared to the web of deceit she uncovers, leading her through a maze of holding companies to the Chicago mob presence in her city. When a client dies in her place, she realizes she may have followed one lead too many.Tony Pendrake, a former Navy SEAL and owner of T.P. Security, assists Bree in getting to the bottom of the attempts on her life. While Tony and Bree seek the person or persons behind the attacks, the two find themselves thrown into close proximity. The intensity of the situation leads to a relationship between them, but before they can discover where such a relationship could go, Bree's newfound trust in Tony is tested in a final lethal encounter with the man who wants her dead.
Vestida de blanco
by Mary Higgins Clark Alafair BurkeVestida de blanco es la segunda novela sobre el programa de televisión de Laurie Moran. El reality que trata de desvelar los misterios sobre casos sin resolver se centrará esta vez en la desaparición de una novia el día de su boda. Hace cinco años, en el día en que iba a contraer matrimonio con su novio de la universidad, mientras familiares y amigos aguardaban expectantes en sus asientos, Amanda Pierce se esfumó sin dejar rastro. En la actualidad, la productora Laurie Moran se da cuenta de que una novia desaparecida es el caso abierto perfecto para su programa televisivo sobre sucesos policiales sin resolver Bajo sospecha. Ella y su equipo salen de viaje hacia Florida para recrear aquella noche de hace cinco años con los asistentes originales. Con una hermana celosa, un padrino de bodas playboy, el antiguo prometido de Amanda casado ahora con una de las damas de honor y oscuros rumores alrededor de la novia, Laurie y el presentador de Bajo sospecha Alex Buckley pronto descubren que todo el mundo tiene su teoría sobre por qué Amanda se desvaneció ese día. Una cosa es cierta: quienquiera que estuviera detrás de la desaparición, intentará que la verdad permanezca oculta «hasta que la muerte los separe»... Reseñas:«Un libro que dejará al lector sediento de más.»Kirkus Reviews «Una mezcla explosiva de drama familiar, secretos, rivalidades, dinero y decepción. Para todos aquellos que amen las buenas historias de misterio, es la lectura perfecta en una noche fría.»Richmond Times Dispatch
Vestido de novia
by Pierre LemaitreNo dejes que nadie te desvele nada de esta historia. <P><P> «Un thriller diabólico, que se lee del tirón, con fascinación y miedo.Arte del grande.» <P><P>Avantages Sophie Duguet no entiende qué le sucede: pierde objetos, olvida situaciones, es detenida en un supermercado por pequeños robos que no recuerda haber cometido. Y los cadáveres comienzan a acumularse a su alrededor... <P><P>Y ya no podemos desvelar nada más de este thriller para así mantener intacto el escalofriante placer de la lectura y la adictiva búsqueda de la verdad por parte del lector. <P><P>Por el ganador del Premio Goncourt con Nos vemos allá arriba,el Premio de Novela Negra Europea,el Premio del Festival de Cine Policiaco de Cognac, el Premio Best Novel Valencia Negra,el Premio del Salon du Polar,tres Dagger Awards,el Premio Lire a la mejor novela francesa,el Premio Roman France Télévisions,y el Premio de los Libreros de Nancy-Le Point,con más de tres millones de lectores.
Vestige
by K. J. PedersenJosiah Halden's life is coming apart. He's an athletic, handsome high school senior bound for college. He should be on top of the world. Instead, he's struggling with his sexuality and nursing a crush on John from his gym class, and he's plagued by nightmares and impossible visions of the night his parents died--visions he fears are an early indicator of the mental illness that runs in his family. But the nightmares are part of something more sinister than madness, something linked to the strange black iron idol of a Caananite warrior-god Josiah inherited from his father, which keeps showing up in his dreams. Josiah's friend Makani insists the statue is "wrong"--but that's ridiculous, isn't it? After all, it's only a statue....
Vesuvius Club
by Mark GatissMeet Lucifer Box: Equal parts James Bond and Sherlock Holmes, with a twist of Monty Python and a dash of Austin Powers, Lucifer has a charming countenance and rapier wit that make him the guest all hostesses must have. And most do. But few of his conquests know that Lucifer is also His Majesty's most daring secret agent, at home in both London's Imperial grandeur and in its underworld of despicable vice. So when Britain's most prominent scientists begin turning up dead, there is only one man his country can turn to for help. Following a dinnertime assassination, Lucifer is dispatched to uncover the whereabouts of missing agent Jocelyn Poop. Along the way he will give art lessons, be attacked by a poisonous centipede, bed a few choice specimens, and travel to Italy on business and pleasure. Aided by his henchwoman Delilah; the beautiful, mysterious, and Dutch Miss Bella Pok; his boss, a dwarf who takes meetings in a lavatory; grizzled vulcanologist Emmanuel Quibble; and the impertinent, delicious, right-hand-boy Charlie Jackpot, Lucifer Box deduces and seduces his way from his elegant townhouse at Number 9 Downing Street (somebody has to live there) to the ruined city of Pompeii, to infiltrate a highly dangerous secret society that may hold the fate of the world in its clawlike grip--the Vesuvius Club.
Veteran Avenue: A twisting thriller perfect for Jack Reacher fans
by Mark PepperA friend&’s violent death and a haunting childhood memory send an aimless ex-soldier back into fighting mode, in this thriller by &“a writer to watch&” (Time Out).1978. While on holiday in America, British eight-year-old John Frears is befriended by a stranger in the Oregon wilderness and stolen away from his parents. After a bizarre hour spent in a log cabin, he is sent away carrying a picture of a young girl.2013. Since leaving the military, John Frears has been drifting, unable to settle. When he hears his friend Donnie Chester was shot and killed, he feels compelled to travel to Los Angeles for the funeral. As John slowly becomes entangled with his friend&’s grieving sister, and a desperate, disillusioned LAPD cop, his life becomes more complicated than he could have imagined. And when the mysterious event from his past crashes into the present, it could mean the difference between life and death . . .
Vexing the Viscount (Bewitching #3)
by Christie KelleyA beautiful folk healer is engaged in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with a mysterious Viscount in this Regency era romance novel.Staffordshire, England, 1814. As the reluctant new Viscount Middleton, Braden Tavers already has several reputations to save—including his own. So it's imperative he stop his estate's folk healer Tia Featherstone from trying to find his rakehell brother Jonathon. But while he attempts to save the spirited beauty from her own misguided intentions, he will have to do whatever it takes to resist her unworldly charms. But that resistance only stokes his irresistible desire--and an insidious danger threatening them both . . . Tia must get Jonathon back under her care before his unforgiving brother discovers how ill he truly is. But while evading Braden and searching London's most scandalous haunts, Tia is also discovering the viscount's deepest secrets—and a longing to make his wounded heart her own.
Vi Agra Falls
by Mary DaheimInnkeeper and amateur sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn's worst nightmare comes true when Vivian Flynn--husband Joe's first wife--moves back into the neighborhood. Vivian, who has become mysteriously wealthy, plans to build a big, bad condo on their idyllic cul-de-sac. Outraged, Judith and her neighbors vow to fight the project to the death. Vivian isn't the only newcomer to the area. Frankie Buss, son of another of Vivian's ex-husbands, has arrived at Hillside Manor with his wife. Vivian was married to his father for what seemed like minutes before she inherited his vast wealth--and ran off with his other son. Now Frankie's dying for his share of the pot of gold. Vivian's got more than one mortal enemy--but which one ended up dead in her back yard? If she wants her home sweet home to stay happy, Judith will have to find out.
Viaje a los Puertos Oscuros (Ulysses Moore #14)
by Pierdomenico BaccalarioProsiguen las aventuras de la emocionante serie «Ulysses Moore» con Murray, Mina, Shane y Connor. Murray, Mina, Shane y Connor reciben una llamada de socorro: el barco de Rick Banner, el Némesis, ha caído en una trampa de la Compañía y todavía no ha regresado. En Kilmore Cove, Penelope Moore les asegura que el Némesis estará en el puerto secreto de la Jungla Negra, pero este, como los demás Puertos Oscuros, no aparece en ningún mapa. El único modo de llegar hasta allí es abriendo la Puerta del Tiempo de Villa Argo y cruzar el umbral hacia lo desconocido...
Viaje de negocios
by Anastasia Amber"Si quieres ganar seguro, inventa tu propio juego y no le digas a nadie las reglas". - Ashley Diamond Un hotel abandonado, cuatro huéspedes al azar y una víctima inocente. El asesino es obviamente uno de ellos, pero la verdad se esconde detrás de siete sellos. Un thriller policíaco en el que un trivial viaje de negocios de cuatro directivos se convierte en un juego de azar, en el que sólo el mejor de ellos puede ganar. Y si el árbitro resulta ser incorruptible, no deja a los jugadores otra opción que deshacerse de él.
Viajo sola
by Samuel BjorkViajo sola. Y no soy la única.El nuevo fenómeno de la novela policíaca nórdica. Un hombre sale a pasear con su perro para recuperarse de la resaca y de su cargo de conciencia. De repente el perro sale corriendo entre los árboles. Allí el hombre descubre a una niña que cuelga de un árbol, balanceándose sobre el suelo. <P><P>Con una mochila escolar en la espalda y un cartel alrededor del cuello que dice «Viajo sola». El inspector de policía Holger Munch se encarga del caso y no tarda en darse cuenta de que va a necesitar la ayuda de su ex colega Mia Krüger. Sin embargo, Mia, que siempre había sido una chica sana, ahora parece estar enferma. Realmente enferma. Holger Munch acude a su casa para pedirle que vuelva al servicio activo. No tiene ni la más remota idea de lo que les espera. Suspense en la mejor tradición del género policíaco escandinavo. <P><P>Nominado al Premio de los Libreros Noruegos.Entre los más vendidos de Noruega en 2014.
Vibrations passionnées
by Garrett LeighMon ami Jack Will Barter est amoureux de son ami Jack depuis toujours. Ensemble, ils ont tout partagé : leurs amours, leur vie, leurs rires et même le premier baiser de Will. Mais Jack est hétéro et l’engouement bien caché de Will le reste, jusqu’à ce que leur dernier été ensemble tire à sa fin. En une nuit, tout change, mais entre Will qui doit se rendre à la fac de Leeds et Jack à Ibiza pour devenir DJ – le job de ses rêves –, ils n’ont plus le temps d’explorer les limites floues de leur relation. Peu après, il ne leur reste plus que des secrets, des mensonges et des malentendus. Pendant les mois qui suivent leur séparation, la colère et la peine viennent assombrir quinze années d’amitié et Will doit puiser au fond de lui afin de se souvenir que Jack est son ami… son meilleur ami, et qu’il n’y a rien de plus important. Un homme chanceux En tant que fan de musique pur et dur, un concert dans une salle bruyante et enfumée est la définition du paradis pour l’inspecteur Danny Jones de la brigade des mœurs. Alors qu’il assiste à celui du groupe le plus populaire de tout le nord de l’Angleterre, sa vie change pour toujours quand il croise le regard de Finn McGovern, le chanteur du groupe. Sous ses tatouages et sa veste en cuir, Finn est gentil et adorable, mais leur relation balbutiante est mise à rude épreuve quand le chanteur confie l’un de ses secrets les plus sombres à Danny. Ce dernier prend sur lui pour accepter Finn, mais très vite, les morts s’enchaînent et menacent de les séparer avant même que leur histoire ait réellement commencé. Un monstre tue des prostituées dans le secteur de Danny. Lorsque l’une d’elles réapparaît trop près de chez lui, Danny découvre un lien tragique entre la fille et sa toute nouvelle vie avec Finn, une vie qu’il souhaite préserver à tout prix.