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Yama

Dhruvi Rajput is a psychotherapist who has lost the two most important people in her life. She is trying to move on, get her life back together. Then she gets a call from a man identifying himself only as Yama. And her life turns upside down. Basheer Ali, a Senior Inspector at the CBI, has captured many criminals. But he has seen many more walk free. So, even as he works to track down Yama—a vigilante killer bringing the corrupt and guilty outed on social media to fatal justice—he finds himself grudgingly siding with a killer. Through the dark and gritty streets of Delhi, Dhruvi and Basheer chase this spectre of the God of Death, each step leading up to a final choice that makes them question their own morality.Can one man decide another's fate? Is rage the real way to justice?

The Yankee Club

In Michael Murphy's action-packed Prohibition-era novel of suspense, a mystery writer returns to the bright lights and dark alleys of New York City--uncovering a criminal conspiracy of terrifying proportions. In 1933, America is at a crossroads: Prohibition will soon be history, organized crime is rampant, and President Roosevelt promises to combat the Great Depression with a New Deal. In these uncertain times, former-Pinkerton-detective-turned-bestselling-author Jake Donovan is beckoned home to Manhattan. He has made good money as the creator of dashing gumshoe Blackie Doyle, but the price of success was Laura Wilson, the woman he left behind. Now a Broadway star, Laura is engaged to a millionaire banker--and waltzing into a dangerous trap. Before Jake can win Laura back, he's nearly killed--and his former partner is shot dead--after a visit to the Yankee Club, a speakeasy dive in their old Queens neighborhood. Suddenly Jake and Laura are plunged into a conspiracy that runs afoul of gangsters, sweeping from New York's private clubs to the halls of corporate power and to the White House itself. Brushing shoulders with the likes of Dashiell Hammett, Cole Porter, and Babe Ruth, Jake struggles to expose an inconspicuous organization hidden in plain sight, one determined to undermine the president and change the country forever.

Yankee Doodle Dead (The Death on Demand Mysteries Series #10)

Master mystery spinner Carolyn Hart gives us the tenth high-spirited entry in her Agatha, Anthony and Macavity Award-winning Death on Demand series.The most delectable sleuthing couple since Nick met Nora, Annie and Max Darling manage to find quite a bit of murder in their allegedly safe and serene South Carolina island resort town. After all, murder is Annie's business -- well, sort of. She's the proprietor of the popular Death on Demand mystery bookstore and cafe, and her establishment seems to attract trouble like Annie's pesky felines, Dorothy L. and Agatha, attract hairballs. Now, Annie and Max watch their Fourth of July holiday explode not only with fun and fireworks, but with murder as well.The library board wants to declare its independence from new member, retired Brigadier General Charlton "Bud" Hatch, a man accustomed to being in charge. Hatch's takeover attitude has alienated everyone in town, especially the women. But Annie finds it difficult to ignore him at a crowded patriotic festival -- particularly when he's shot dead before her eyes...

Yankee Spy: A Union Girl in Richmond During the Peninsular Campaign (Young American Series #3)

Louisa, a Union patriot, finds a way to help the Army of the Potomac as it fights its way toward the Confederate capital in the Peninsular Campaign of 1862.

The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad #1)

1889, LONDON. JACK THE RIPPER'S REIGN OF TERROR IN FINALLY OVER, BUT A NEW ONE IS JUST BEGINNING. Victorian London--a violent cesspool of squalid depravity. Only twelve detectives--The Murder Squad--are expected to solve the thousands of crimes committed here each month. Formed after the Metropolitan Police's spectacular failure in capturing Jack the Ripper, the Murder Squad suffers the brunt of public contempt. But no one can anticipate the brutal murder of one of their own... A Scotland Yard Inspector has been found stuffed in a black steamer trunk at Euston Square Station, his eyes and mouth sewn shut. When Walter Day, the squad's new hire, is assigned to the case, he finds a strange ally in Dr. Bernard Kingsley, the Yard's first forensic pathologist. Their grim conclusion: this was not just a random, bizarre murder but in all probability, the first of twelve. Because the squad itself it being targeted and the devious killer shows no signs of stopping before completing his grim duty. But Inspector Day has one more surprise, something even more shocking than the crimes: the killer's motive.

Yard Dog (The Jack Palace Series #1)

Honourable ex-con Jack Palace struggles to repay an unstable criminal who saved his life. What does a man do when he gets out of jail? Jack Palace hits the streets, plunging back into a violent world of crime and corruption. Jack wants out, but first he must repay his debt to Tommy, the man who saved his life in prison. Tommy’s dad, an old school mob boss, is on his deathbed, and Tommy wants to take over the old man’s rackets. Jack and his new girlfriend, Suzanne, are soon caught in the middle of a mob war. Now Jack must fight to defend the people he loves from the man he has sworn to protect while he tries to get out of the criminal life alive.

Yarn Over Murder (A Knitting Mystery #12)

Kelly and her knitting pals were checking out the wares at the annual Wool Market when news spread about the wildfires threatening the canyon ranches. With temperatures scorching, the alpacas belonging to Kelly’s good friend Jayleen are in danger. Working fast, Kelly and her pals hightail the herd to the nearby pasture owned by rancher Andrea Holt. But their rescue mission is interrupted by a screaming match where Connie, a longtime employee of House of Lambspun, accuses Andrea of stealing her husband. <P><P> Days later, Andrea is found dead at her ranch—and suspicion immediately falls on Connie. Now Kelly and her friends must untangle this yarn before Connie ends up dangling by a thread…

A Yarn Over Murder

St. Lucy Found Dead in Funeral Home Sauna—Freshly Anointed Chief Of Police, Hatti Lehtinen, Investigates in A Yarn Over Murder, a Cozy Knitting Mystery from Ann Yost—Red Jacket, Michigan, On the Keweenaw Peninsula—A year after her marriage break-up and return to Michigan’s remote Keweenaw Peninsula, Hatti Lehtinen has settled into a peaceful life within the Finnish community as shopkeeper at Bait and Stitch, a hybrid fishing-and-yarn store.When Hatti's beloved dad, Pops, breaks his leg in a snowmobiling accident, the mayor tags Hatti to fill Pop's role as the town police chief, and entire police force. Assured the job entails little more than prying quarters from frozen parking meters, Hatti steps up.But Hatti's peaceful existence is short lived when the town's reigning St. Lucy is found dead in the funeral home sauna on the eve of the St. Lucy Festival. Now with a murder to investigate, Hatti's situation is complicated when she discovers the prime suspect is her brother-in-law, Reid Night Wind, a circumstance sure to bring her face-to-face with the husband who dumped her a year earlier—a man she’d hoped to never see again this side of the Pearly Gates.With the counsel of her knitting circle, Hatti launches her investigation, fearing someone among those she's known all her life is a murderer. With the list of suspects growing like increases in a Finnish wedding ring shawl, the answer comes from an unlikely source. But can the town of Red Jacket ever be the same?Publisher's Note: The Bait and Stitch Cozy Mystery Series will be enjoyed by readers who appreciate clean, wholesome and humorous mysteries in ethnic settings. Readers who enjoy knitting mysteries as well as fans of Joanne Fluke, CeeCee James, Mildred Abbott and the Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries will not want to miss this captivating series by Ann Yost.The BAIT & STITCH SERIES:A Pattern for MurderA Yarn Over MurderA Double-Pointed MurderA Fair Isle Murder

Yarn to Go

Dessert chef Casey Feldstein doesn't know a knitting needle from a crochet hook. But after her aunt dies unexpectedly, leaving Casey to run her yarn retreat business, the sweets baker finds herself rising to the occasion--and trying to unravel a murder mystery... When Casey finds out that her late aunt's business, Yarn2Go, has one more yarn retreat scheduled, she decides to go ahead and host the event, despite her complete lack of experience as a knitter. At least the retreat is on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula. But the idyllic setting is soured when a retreat regular is found murdered in her hotel room. Feeling a sense of responsibility, Casey begins to weave the clues together and detects a pattern which may shed light on her aunt's suspicious death. Despite the danger, the last thing Casey plans to do is retreat. She'll catch this killer...or dye trying. Includes a knitting pattern and a recipe!

Yarned and Dangerous (A Tangled Web Mystery #1)

"A tale of murder and intrigue that will ensnare knitters and non-knitters alike. I couldn't put it down."--Barbara Ross, author of Musseled OutTime has not been kind to sleepy Dorset Falls, Connecticut, where an erstwhile resident is hoping to bring a tattered yarn shop back to life--but with a murderer on the loose, the whole town is in knots... Josie Blair left Dorset Falls twelve years ago in hopes of making it big in New York City. But after earning an overpriced master's degree and getting fired by a temperamental designer, she finds herself heading back to her hometown. Her great-uncle was injured in a car accident, and newly unemployed Josie is the only person available to take care of him. Uncle Eb's wife didn't survive the crash, so Josie is also tasked with selling the contents of her Aunt Cora's yarn shop. But the needling ladies of the Charity Knitters Association pose a far bigger challenge than a shop full of scattered skeins... Miss Marple Knits is one of the few businesses still open in the dreary downtown. Josie can't imagine how it stayed open for so long, yet something about the cozy, resilient little shop appeals to her. But when one of the town's most persnickety knitters turns up dead in a pile of cashmere yarn, Josie realizes there's something truly twisted lurking beneath the town's decaying façade... INCLUDES ORIGINAL KNITTING PATTERNS!

Yaroslaw's Treasure: A Novel

Winner of the 2002 Anna Pidruchney Award For New Writers On a visit to Ukraine to retrieve a family heirloom secretly buried by his grandfather during the Second World War, Yaroslaw, a Ukrainian-Canadian university student, stumbles into a world full of spies and secret organizations, peril and political intrigue. His discovery of the hidden cache yields clues to the location of a fabled lost treasure-the greatest in all Europe. Working against time, Yaroslaw and a small band of accomplices struggle to uncover and save a nation’s heritage, operating in secret to prevent the corrupt leaders of the government and the Russians-from stealing it. Yaroslaw’s Treasure is a thrilling suspense story set against the gripping drama of the Orange Revolution, the 2004 popular uprising that saw hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in Ukraine to overthrow a corrupt government and reinforce democracy in a land long occupied by repressive and foreign regimes. Rich with history, romance, politics, and danger, Yaroslaw’s Treasure superbly captures the wonders and horrors of Ukraine’s past, swirls through the treacherous currents of its present politics, all the while providing entertainment as a first-rate thriller.

A Year Less a Day: An Inspector Bliss Mystery

Short-listed for the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel In the fourth Inspector Bliss mystery, Bliss teams up with Daphne Lovelace to trace the father of a Canadian woman whose husband is dying of cancer. While Ruth Jackson may believe that she was sired by a Beatle, Bliss and Daphne have other ideas. In Vancouver, Ruth’s world falls apart when her dying husband suddenly disappears and she is arrested on suspicion of murder. His substantial life insurance policy and the blood-stained knife found in her kitchen don’t help her case. Detective Sergeant Phillips of the Mounties takes up the case, and Trina Button, a zany homecare nurse, stirs up trouble for everyone in this intriguing international story.

The Year of Secret Assignments

In this epistolary novel, three Aussie private school girls enter a pen pal program that leads to friendship, love, mischief, mystery, and revenge.The Ashbury-Brookfield pen pal program is designed to bring together the two rival schools in a spirit of harmony and “the Joy of the Envelope.” But when Cassie, Lydia, and Emily send their first letters to Matthew, Charlie, and Sebastian, things don’t go quite as planned. What starts out as a simple letter exchange soon leads to secret missions, false alarms, lock picking, mistaken identities, and an all-out war between the schools—not to mention some really excellent kissing.Praise for The Year of Secret Assignments“Who can resist Moriarty’s biting humor?” —Kirkus Reviews“This energetic novel reveals the author’s keen understanding of teen dynamics and invites audience members to read between the lines to discover what makes each character tick. Containing elements of mystery, espionage, romance and revenge, Moriarty’s story will likely satisfy hearty appetites for suspense and fun.” —Publishers Weekly

The Year of the Cobra: A thrilling tale of the secrets of the Egyptian pharaohs (Egyptian Mysteries Ser. #Vol. 3)

Egypt's enemies are massing in the North. But could the nation's deadliest threat lie within?The Year of the Cobra is the third and final book in Paul Doherty's Egyptian trilogy. Perfect for fans of Lauren Haney and Wilbur Smith. Egypt is in danger. The barbarous Hittites are rumoured to be massing their armies. Pharaoh Tutankhamen is seriously ill and the country appears powerless against its enemies. Scheming minister Lord Ay sends Mahu, Overseer of the House of Scribes, to uncover the Hittites' plan. But what Mahu discovers could be more devastating than any attack... When the Masked messengers emerge to guide Mahu many unanswered questions reveal themselves; the truth about Pharaoh Akenhaten's disappearance; the identity of the 'Watchers' and secret knowledge about the Aten; the one God and the coming of the Messiah. Mahu knows that Egypt's future rests on this knowledge, but he also knows that knowledge is power...What readers are saying about The Year of the Cobra:'Very fresh and extremely well researched' 'From page one the reader is hooked... Paul Doherty creates a vivid, colourful and lively picture of the time''It is a mark of the author if he can capture the spirit of the time he is writing about and of course make the characters come alive... Paul Doherty does all of this with ease'

Year of the Dog: A Detective Jack Yu Investigation (A Detective Jack Yu Investigation #2)

He's been transferred to a different precinct, but Detective Jack Yu cannot get away from Chinatown's criminals--his old friends--who have hooked up with the Hong Kong-based triads in an elaborate nationwide credit card fraud. He also cannot escape the Chinese victims whose stories cry out for justice, like the teenage Chinese take-out delivery boy brutally murdered in the projects. Henry Chang was born and raised in New York City's Chinatown, where he still lives. His debut novel, Chinatown Beat, was hailed in several best of 2006 lists.

The Year of the Gadfly: A Novel

A darkly witty mystery set at a New England prep school: &“Part Dead Poets Society. Part Heathers. Entirely addictive&” (Glamour). &“Do you know what it took for Socrates&’ enemies to make him stop pursuing the truth?&”&“Hemlock.&” The fiercely competitive Mariana Academy was founded with a serious honor code; its reputation has been unsullied for decades. But now, a long-dormant secret society called Prisom&’s Party seems to have reemerged, threatening the school&’s placid halls with vigilante justice, exposing students and teachers alike for even the most minor infraction. Iris Dupont, a budding journalist whose only confidant is the chain-smoking specter of Edward R. Murrow, feels sure she can break into the ranks of the Devil&’s Advocate, the Party&’s underground newspaper, and there uncover the source of its blackmail schemes and vilifying rumors. Some involve the school&’s new science teacher, who also seems to be investigating the Party. Others point to an albino student who left school abruptly ten years before, never to return. And everything connects to a rare book called Marvelous Species. But the truth comes with its own dangers, and Iris is torn between her allegiances, her reporter&’s instinct, and her own troubled past, in this &“darkly comic romp&” filled with double-crosses and deeply buried secrets (The Washington Post).

The Year of the Gun (The Irregular)

1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin.Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and is soon driving the boss's girlfriend around town. Molly wants O'Connell to support her Irish nationalist cause - a cause needing guns to defeat the British - and then they go to find them in America.Finally, Wiggins can solve the mystery of Bela - and meet his old mentor, Sherlock Holmes in a story of escalating intrigue, danger and violence.

The Year of the Gun

'Skilfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child, this is historical crime-writing at its best.' - John Williams, the Mail on Sunday.1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin.Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and is soon driving the boss's girlfriend around town. Molly wants O'Connell to support her Irish nationalist cause - a cause needing guns to defeat the British - and then they go to find them in America. Finally, Wiggins can solve the mystery of Bela - and meet his old mentor, Sherlock Holmes in a story of escalating intrigue, danger and violence.

The Year of the Gun (The Irregular)

1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin.Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and is soon driving the boss's girlfriend around town. Molly wants O'Connell to support her Irish nationalist cause - a cause needing guns to defeat the British - and then they go to find them in America. Finally, Wiggins can solve the mystery of Bela - and meet his old mentor, Sherlock Holmes in a story of escalating intrigue, danger and violence.(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Year of the Hyenas

Year of the Hyenas is a brilliant, original, and unique murder mystery, set in ancient Egypt at the height of that kingdom's glory and power. It is at once a strikingly insightful portrait of a mysterious, complex, and sophisticated society, reminiscent of Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings in its wonderful detail and feel for the past, and a fast-paced detective story that reads like the best of twenty-first-century thrillers. From the oldest known court transcripts in history, Egyptologists have long known about the mysterious death of Ramses III, involving intrigue, ambition, greed, and crimes of passion on a huge, though hidden, scale. In Year of the Hyenas, Brad Geagley takes this event -- a struggle that nearly brought ancient Egypt to its knees -- as the backdrop for a story that is every bit as captivating as the distant civilization it resurrects. At the heart of the novel is Semerket, the so-called Clerk of Investigations and Secrets, a detective half-paralyzed by problems of his own, with a reputation for heavy drinking and tactless behavior toward the great, the powerful, and the holy, a kind of Sam Spade of the ancient world, deeply (and dangerously) addicted to the truth. Hard-bitten, deeply flawed, he is retained by the authorities to investigate what is considered an insignificant murder of an elderly, insignificant Theban priestess. They fail to inform him, however, that they don't expect him to solve the case. In fact, they don't want him to. But Semerket is not so easily fooled, and this is hardly an "insignificant" murder. As he delves deeper for the elusive truth, he uncovers a web of corruption so vast that it threatens the life of the last great Pharaoh, Ramses III, and the stability of the kingdom. Even worse, uncovering the conspiracy means more than just putting his own life on the line -- for, unbeknownst to Semerket, his adored ex-wife Naia has fallen afoul of those who would bring down the reign of Ramses, and he soon finds himself having to choose between saving her and saving Egypt.... Merging historical fact and speculation with a nail-biting crime story that could be taking place in the present, Year of the Hyenas is a riveting and remarkable achievement.

The Year of the Intern

The nurse is desperate. "Dr. Peters, the patient has stopped breathing and he doesn't have any pulse." "I'm on my way." Dr. Peters, in his fifteenth day of internship, is running again. True, he has been trained to run, through high school, the Ivy League, and a prestigious eastern medical school. Now he has run all the way to Hawaii for his year as an intern. He has run away from the pressure and competition of the mainland medical system. He is tired-tired and scared. And with good reason. After two weeks on call, his exhausted nervous system is in rebellion. Worse yet, three years of the best medical training this country has to offer have taught him too little of practical value. He knows less than a nurse about medication; his surgical knots won't hold; all his knowledge about Schwartzman reaction and other esotérica is useless in the practical hurly-burly of daily hospital life. As for the man who has stopped breathing- "What time did he die?" Peters asks the nurse. "He died when you pronounced him dead, Doctor." Some parts of Hawaii do not disappoint. The climate and the girls are joyful. But in his attempt to grow as a doctor, Peters on his own. As posstesor of a medical degree he is called "Doctor" he is a stage prop, a human mechanism holding retractors through endless operations, staring at the back of the surgeon, unable to see, to learn. On the ward, senior doctors see to it that Peters does the work-ups-fills out charts, draws blood, the "scut" work-and handles night calls. Thus Peters alternates between frustrating days and panic-filled nights. In the emergency room it is much the same. Amid the banality of common colds, backaches, and surfing lacerations, Peters delivers a baby, handles the multiple wreckage of an automobile accident, and deals as best he can with patients who need years of psychiatric care rather than a few hurried minutes with an intern.

The Year of the Locust: A Thriller

Terry Hayes, author of the #1 global bestseller I Am Pilgrim, returns with this terrifying and eagerly awaited instant bestseller.If, like Kane, you&’re a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again—by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide—and when to shoot. But some places don&’t play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane&’s experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan meet are such a place—a place where violence is the only way to survive. Kane travels there to exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the West—but instead he meets an adversary who will take the world to the brink of extinction. A frightening, clever, vicious man with blood on his hands and vengeance in his heart...

Year of the Reaper

The past never forgets... <p><p> Before an ambush by enemy soldiers, Lord Cassia was an engineer's apprentice on a mission entrusted by the king. But when plague sweeps over the land, leaving countless dead and devastating the kingdom, even Cas’ title cannot save him from a rotting prison cell and a merciless sickness. <p><p> Three years later, Cas wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget past horrors. But home is not what he remembers. His castle has become a refuge for the royal court. And they have brought their enemies with them. <p><p> When an assassin targets those closest to the queen, Cas is drawn into a search for a killer… one that leads him to form an unexpected bond with a brilliant young historian named Lena. Cas and Lena soon realize that who is behind the attacks is far less important than why. They must look to the past, following the trail of a terrible secret—one that could threaten the kingdom’s newfound peace and plunge it back into war.

Year of the Tiger (Paul Chavasse #2)

In 1962, abrilliant scientist becomes the key to the superpower space race--and the object of a worldwidemanhunt. A maelstrom of Cold War intrigue and espionage, The Year of the Tiger is Higgins at his best.

Year One ( Chronicles of the One #1)

<P>Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives… <P>It began on New Year’s Eve.The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed—and more than half of the world’s population was decimated. <P>Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river—or in the ones you know and love the most. As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. <P>At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive. <P>In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain.The end has come. The beginning comes next. <P><b> A New York Times Bestseller</b>

Year One: Chronicles of The One, Book 1 (Chronicles of the One #1)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts—Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives…It began on New Year’s Eve. <P><P>The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed—and more than half of the world’s population was decimated.Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river—or in the ones you know and love the most. As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. <P>At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive.In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. <P>But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain.The end has come. The beginning comes next. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>

Year Zero

In his sensational novel The Descent, Jeff Long created a world of stunning terror and adventure, "an imaginative tour de force" (Jon Krakauer). Now he imagines a scenario so vivid, so haunting, it anchors his place among storytelling masters. YEAR ZERO An archaeological manhunt is raging in the holy land -- a hunt for the historical Jesus. For Nathan Lee Swift, a young American field researcher and expectant father, the line between noble discovery and the plunder of ruins is sacred -- until the night he crosses it. At a Roman landfill beneath the crucifixion grounds known as Golgotha, Nathan Lee yields to his professor's greed and turns common grave robber. His world -- his unborn daughter -- seems lost to him. Hundreds of miles away, on the remote Greek island of Corfu, a wealthy collector pries open his latest black-market purchase -- a fourteen-inch holy relic containing a vial of blood dating back to the first century -- and unleashes a two-thousand-year-old plague. As the pandemic explodes from the Mediterranean basin and threatens to devour humankind, Nathan Lee gets a chance at redemption. He embarks on an Odyssean journey back to the United States to find his family. Skirting the edges of the world, Nathan Lee's path finally leads him to New Mexico, where the greatest minds of science have converged at Los Alamos to find a vaccine. There Nathan Lee meets Miranda Abbot, a nineteen-year-old prodigy. As the cure continues to elude them, Miranda launches a desperate final strategy: the use of human lab rats cloned from the year zero. Nathan Lee, the thief of bones, comes face-to-face with men made from the very relics he looted, one of whom claims to be Jesus Christ, but may also be Patient Zero. Combining the scientific precision of The Andromeda Strain with the intensity of classic adventure epics, Jeff Long takes readers on a riveting voyage through the rubble of earthquake-torn Jerusalem, the serenity of the high Himalayas, and the eerie sanctuary of Los Alamos. With Long's characteristic originality, Year Zero races against the apocalyptic clock, creating a maze of twists, astonishing atmosphere, and the clash of science and faith.

The Yearbook

A high school yearbook editor stumbles on a body—and his school&’s evil secretAccording to his IQ test, David Kallas is a genius, even if his teachers think he&’s a slacker. His sole extracurricular activity is the yearbook, and he only became editor as an excuse to get close to Ariana Maas. On his way to the printer&’s to check on the book, he takes a shortcut to spy on Ariana and her boyfriend—the impossibly perfect Stephen Taylor—and ends up finding something even nastier than two students making out: a butchered corpse floating in the creek. The body leads David to a disturbing secret about his school&’s past. When members of the senior class start dying, David is determined to solve the mystery and save the school—even if he has to destroy himself to do it. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Lerangis including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.

The Years of the Wolf

This story begins with a murder. A German internee is found dead inside a civilian internment camp during World War One, and one young internee, Arno Friedrich, determines to find the killer. But the more he probes into the lives of his fellow internees the more he discovers that little within the old stone prison is as he had imagined. He finds that the Germanic facades and fantasies the men construct hide secrets within secrets. And a killer.

Yeast of Eden (A Pancake House Mystery #4)

In USA Today bestselling author Sarah Fox’s delicious new Pancake House Mystery, it’s up to Marley McKinney to discover the waffle truth behind a rival’s murder . . . Winter has come to Wildwood Cove, and riding in on the chill is Wally Fowler. Although he’s been away for years, establishing his reputation as the self-proclaimed Waffle King, the wealthy blowhard has returned to the coastal community to make money, not friends—by pitting his hot and trendy Waffle Kingdom against Marley McKinney’s cozy pancake house, The Flip Side. Wally doesn’t see anything wrong in a little healthy competition, until he’s murdered in his own state-of-the art kitchen. Marley isn’t surprised when the authorities sniff around The Flip Side for a motive, but it’s her best friend Lisa who gets grilled, given her sticky history with the victim. When a second murder rocks the town, it makes it harder than ever for Marley to clear Lisa’s name. Marley’s afraid that she’s next in line to die—and the way things are looking, the odds of surviving her investigation could be stacked against her. Includes pancake recipes right from The Flip Side menu!

Yeats, The Man And The Masks: The Man And The Masks

"The book helps fill in the picture of a complex and fascinating man...indispensable for the serious study of the subject."--Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker<P><P> The most influential poet of his age, Yeats eluded the grasp of many who sought to explain him. In this classic critical examination of the poet, Richard Ellmann strips away the masks of his subject: occultist, senator of the Irish Free State, libidinous old man, and Nobel Prize winner.

Yeats’s Iconography

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, Yeats—along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others—was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival.“This study is a sequel to my W. B. Yeats And Tradition, and the Yeats scholar may like to take all my work in conjunction; but I have tried to make it possible for the two books to be read independently.“The aim of this book is to interpret what Yeats meant by the symbolism of five of his plays, Four Plays for Dancers and The Cat and the Moon; also by that of a number of related lyrics. I should stress, once and for all, that I am concerned primarily with what the symbols meant for the poet himself; Yeats of course hoped that the ‘words on the page’ would work for him, and he also believed in a collective unconscious which would operate to suggest his archetypal meanings to all readers; but it can of course be maintained that communication fails. I myself doubt whether this ever happens; but I cannot prove this statement in a book not concerned with technique; and this is why I define my field as I have done. What Yeats believed his plays and poems to mean is a valid field for scholarship; and the meaning he attached is certainly the archetypal meaning, which is therefore my main preoccupation.”—F. A. C. Wilson

Yeeps! Secret in the Statue! (Abracadabra Series #4)

When Quincy opens the Abracadabra Club's fabulous new magic chest, he unwraps a strange-looking statue with one glowing red eye. The statue rattles when it's shaken. Turns out, this treasure hides its own secret inside.

The Yellow Cat Mystery (The Ellery Queen Jr. Mystery Stories #7)

On vacation in Florida, Djuna meets a cat with a peculiar secret Djuna steps off the bus and into the Florida heat, ready for a few weeks of slow-paced Southern living with his friend Tommy, whose father recently moved to Dolphin Beach. After spending the whole summer solving mysteries, Djuna is looking forward to some peace and quiet. But trouble has a way of finding Djuna. While Tommy gives him a tour of the town, Djuna spies two men sneaking away from a strange black boat. Inspecting the ship, Djuna discovers that it has been freshly painted and that the name has recently been changed. Is it possible that smugglers are operating in Dolphin Beach? There is something about this boat that tells Djuna he's not on vacation anymore--he's on an adventure. Ellery Queen is one of the world's finest detectives, but his adventures are nothing compared to the Ellery Queen Jr. Mystery Stories. Join Queen's apprentice, Djuna, and his trusty Scottie, Champ, on adventures filled with danger, suspense, and thrills.atch the scoundrels.

The Yellow Claw

Yellow Clover: A Book of Remembrance

This book of poetry, written by famous author Katharine Lee Bates, was dedicated in remembrance of her friend Katherine Coman.“Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American professor and author, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker.Bates enjoyed close links with Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she had graduated with a B.A., and later became a professor of English literature, helping to launch American literature as an academic speciality, and writing one of the first-ever college textbooks on it. She never married, possibly because she would have lost tenure if she had. Throughout her long career at Wellesley, she shared a house with her close friend and companion Katharine Coman. Some scholars have assumed that this was a lesbian relationship, considering some exchanges of letters sufficient proof, others believe their relationship may have been a platonic ‘Boston marriage’ in the contemporary phrase.”

The Yellow Dog

A gripping tale of small town suspicion and revenge--part of Penguin's series of fantastic new Inspector Maigret translations "There was an exaggerated humility about her. And yet he sensed, beneath that image, glints of pride held firmly in check. She was anaemic. Her flat chest was not formed to rouse desire. Nevertheless, she was strangely appealing, perhaps because she seemed troubled, despondent, sickly." In the coastal town of Concarneau, a local wine merchant is shot. Maigret soon realizes that Emma, a downtrodden waitress, is hiding something and that the mysterious yellow dog lurking around town may be the key to solving this crime. With this tense crime story--the sixth Maigret novel--Georges Simenon moves beyond the genre, creating a richly evocative psychological landscape with haunting insights into the dark corners of human nature.

The Yellow Dog

In the tense crime story The Yellow Dog, Simenon moves beyond the genre, creating a richly evocative psychological landscape with haunting insights into the dark corners of human nature.

Yellow-Dog Contract (Mysterious Press-highbridge Audio Classics Ser.)

An ace campaign operative comes out of retirement to investigate a chilling disappearanceThere are few jobs that Harvey Longmire hasn't had. He's been a crime reporter, Louisiana state legislator, foreign correspondent, and--briefly--a decoy for the CIA. But he made his name as campaign trail fixer, an expert in the art of exploiting an enemy's secrets. For nearly a decade, Harvey was the sharpest man in the Beltway, but he quit in 1972, trading political dirty work for a quiet life on a farm. Now two old friends want him back in the game. A millionaire named Vullo has started a foundation to investigate conspiracies, and Harvey happens to be the expert on the most prominent case: the infamous disappearance of a man named Arch Mix. The trail is not as cold as Harvey thought. Soon he'll either find Mix--or suffer a disappearance of his own.

The Yellow Feather Mystery (Hardy Boys #33)

Frank and Joe are called upon to help a college student prove that his grandfather left a will leaving a private academy to him and not the deputy headmaster. The youths are perplexed by the sign of the yellow feather and are determined to seek out his identity. Can Frank, Joe, Chet and the other Hardy friends find the will before it can be destroyed? This is the original unrevised text of The Yellow Feather Mystery (1953).

The Yellow House Mystery (Boxcar Children #3)

The boxcar children are determined to solve a mystery that surrounds a yellow house where a man disappeared years before.

The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #3)

Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of the yellow house in the third book in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.A mystery surrounds the old yellow house on Surprise Island! Years ago, a man vanished from the house, and no one knows how or why. Now a long-lost clue leads the Aldens to investigate the mystery—and to a new adventure!What started as a single story about the Alden Children has delighted readers for generations and sold more than 80 million books worldwide. Featuring timeless adventures, mystery, and suspense, The Boxcar Children® series continues to inspire children to learn, question, imagine, and grow.

The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children Graphic Novels #3)

Henry, Jesse, Violet, and Benny Alden discover that a mystery surrounds the run-down yellow house on Surprise Island. The children find a letter and other clues that could lead them on the trail of a man who vanished from the house. Join the Boxcar Children in their graphic novel adventure to solve the Yellow House Mystery! <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>

The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children Graphic Novels #3)

Henry, Jesse, Violet, and Benny Alden discover that a mystery surrounds the run-down yellow house on Surprise Island. The children find a letter and other clues that could lead them on the trail of a man who vanished from the house. Join the Boxcar Children in their graphic novel adventure to solve the Yellow House Mystery! <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>

Yellow Iris

An alarming telephone call, in which the phrases "it's life and death" and "the table with the yellow irises" are whispered, causes Hercule Poirot to rush to the luxuriant restaurant Jardin des Cygnes, desperate to stop an impending murder and find the person behind the voice on the phone. After bumping into an old acquaintance, he is invited to join a dinner party in full swing. But, just as the dancing and champagne are overflowing, a morbid announcement is made and the lights go out. By the time the lights come back on, everything has changed....

Yellow Lies

Salvadore Zuni is a master carver of traditional Navajo fetishes. He is also a liar. He makes synthetic amber that rivals anything to be found in nature. He even puts the bugs inside. His recipe is worth a fortune, and his partner in these yellow lies is willing to kill for it. In this second book in the series, Ben Pecos returns to the pueblos of New Mexico where he must sift through the traditions of an ancient people to catch a modern day murderer.

The Yellow Phantom (Judy Bolton Mysteries #6)

Away from home, Judy and Irene spend time with their new friend, Pauline, in NYC while Pauline's renowned father, a doctor, is away. En route to NYC, on a train, the girls meet a very interesting, absorbed man with strange notes left behind has they disembark. Irene is she this mystery man is her ideal guy, so when they arrive and Pauline is in school, they try to search for him. However, after scaring Judy's new employer, Irene, and some valuable poetry manuscripts disappear. How can Judy find Irene, clear her name, and will there be a happy ending for a Irene and the mystery writer, Dale? The thirty-eight volume Judy Bolton series was written during the thirty-five years from 1932-1967. It is one of the most successful and enduring girls' series ever published. The Judy Bolton books are noted not only for their fine plots and thrilling stories, but also for their realism and their social commentary. Unlike most other series characters, Judy and her friends age and mature in the series and often deal with important social issues. To many, Judy is a feminist in the best light-smart, capable, courageous, nurturing, and always unwavering in her true beliefs; a perfect role model.

Yellow Rain

A mysterious—and lethal—chemical weapon goes missing in this Cold War thriller of nonstop intrigue and suspense. When an Afghan village becomes paralyzed by the Soviets&’ new warfare, and a thick nerve gas suffocates innocent people, rumors of a deadly weapon find their way to the Pentagon—and into the hands of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Schad. Along with his three-man team, Lieutenant Colonel Schad will lead one of the riskiest covert operations known to the US Department of Defense in order to find one unexploded cylinder of Yellow Rain. But are these men up against something much greater than American intelligence is prepared to face?

The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery (Su Lin Series #4)

'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON'Charming' RHYS BOWEN'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature' SCOTSMAN________________The next title in the Mystery Tree series, exploring Singapore after the Japanese retreat and in the aftermath of WWII.________________Praise for Ovidia Yu:'Chen Su Lin is a true gem. Her slyly witty voice and her admirable, sometimes heartbreaking, practicality make her the most beguiling narrator heroine I've met in a long while' Catriona McPherson'Charming and fascinating with great authentic feel. Ovidia Yu's teenage Chinese sleuth gives us an insight into a very different culture and time. This book is exactly why I love historical novels' Rhys Bowen'A wonderful detective novel . . . a book that introduces one of the most likeable heroines in modern literature and should be on everyone's Must Read list' Scotsman'Unassuming, brilliantly observant' SCMP'Ovidia Yu's writing helped me peel back the layers to understand Singapore. The story and Chen Su Lin's initiative and tenacity, set against a backdrop of wartime Singapore, intrigued both the historian and the mystery lover in me' Kara Owens CMG CVO, British High Commissioner to Singapore

The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery (Su Lin Series #4)

'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON'Charming' RHYS BOWEN'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature' SCOTSMAN________________The next title in the Mystery Tree series, exploring Singapore after the Japanese retreat and in the aftermath of WWII.________________Praise for Ovidia Yu:'Chen Su Lin is a true gem. Her slyly witty voice and her admirable, sometimes heartbreaking, practicality make her the most beguiling narrator heroine I've met in a long while' Catriona McPherson'Charming and fascinating with great authentic feel. Ovidia Yu's teenage Chinese sleuth gives us an insight into a very different culture and time. This book is exactly why I love historical novels' Rhys Bowen'A wonderful detective novel . . . a book that introduces one of the most likeable heroines in modern literature and should be on everyone's Must Read list' Scotsman'Unassuming, brilliantly observant' SCMP'Ovidia Yu's writing helped me peel back the layers to understand Singapore. The story and Chen Su Lin's initiative and tenacity, set against a backdrop of wartime Singapore, intrigued both the historian and the mystery lover in me' Kara Owens CMG CVO, British High Commissioner to Singapore

The Yellow Room: Three Complete Novels By America's Mistress Of Mystery - The Bat - The Haunted Lady - The Yellow Room

An isolated country house sets the scene for a wartime mystery from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author known as the American Agatha Christie. As far as Carol Spencer is concerned, the war has spoiled everything. She and Don had been engaged for years and were on the verge of marriage when he was shot down in the South Pacific, leaving Carol on the verge of spinsterhood at twenty-four. She wants to take some kind of job in the war effort, but her invalid mother demands that Carol accompany her to the family&’s summer home in Maine. But when they arrive at the faded mansion, they find it completely locked up. The servants are gone, the lights are dark—and there is a body in the closet. There is a killer on the grounds of the abandoned Spencer estate, and the police believe it is Carol. As war rages across the seas, Carol Spencer fights a private battle of her own—to prove her own innocence, and to save her mother&’s life.

The Yellow Room Conspiracy: A Crime Novel

An aging aristocrat on her deathbed and her longtime devoted lover explore the dark events of their shared past in hopes of uncovering a tragic, elusive truth in this masterfully evocative British mystery from CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson Lady Lucy Vereker Seddon is dying of a terminal illness when something she hears on the radio reminds her of her younger, darker days and inspires her to question her dearest friend and former lover, Paul Ackerley, about his role in a series of past family tragedies. There was the strange death of Lucy's brother-in-law, the brute Gerry Grantworth, in the Yellow Room of Blatchards--the huge and ugly Vereker estate--and the subsequent destruction by fire of the sprawling manor house. And then there was the infamous Seddon Affair, the sordid scandal that rocked Great Britain in the midst of the Suez Crisis. Surprised to hear that the woman he has always loved suspects him to be the culprit behind these events--especially since he always assumed Lucy herself helped engineer them--Paul suggests that they each record their memories and compare them. By doing so, perhaps they will both find their way to the long-hidden and terrible truth. Told through an alternating series of memories and flashbacks, The Yellow Room Conspiracy brilliantly re-creates a post-war era and a world of privilege corrupted by greed, jealousy, lust, and lies. The astonishing Peter Dickinson, one of Britain's greatest suspense novelists of the late twentieth century, ingeniously wraps a love story around a mystery and once again solidifies his position alongside luminaries such as P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, Peter Lovesey, and Reginald Hill.

The Yellow Warning (Connie Blair, Book #7)

Connie's suggestion of taking photographs of fur coats modeled in front of their living and breathing counterparts at the Philadelphia Zoo sounded, to the executives of Reid and Renshaw, like a very good idea. But who could have foreseen an escaped gorilla ... and the theft of an expensive mink coat? Connie certainly didn't ... but since the coat at the time of its loss was in her care she feels responsible, and is determined either to find the coat or make good the loss. But when innocent Henry Colt, last seen holding the coat, is jailed as a suspect, Connie wastes no time in setting a trap for the real thief - a trap that backfires, placing her in mortal danger! How Connie's deductions and expert sleuthing solve the mystery of the missing mink is sure to keep all of her readers gasping.

The Yellow Wood

A grown daughter confronts her father’s dark power in this “smart, creepy, and painfully insightful [novel]” by the Bram Stoker Award–winning author (Publishers Weekly). To forge a life for herself, Alexandra Kove knew she had to escape the claustrophobic forest where her father had raised her. Always headstrong and independent, she was the only one of her siblings to leave. But now, after thirty years away from the yellow wood and her father’s influence, Alexandra is returning to see him, perhaps for the last time. Though she is determined to maintain her independence, Alexandra soon finds herself ensnared in a battle of wills with a man whose control over his children seems somehow more than natural. Alexandra always knew that her father was something of a wizard, but she’s about to discover just how real—and how powerful—his wizardry is. “The Yellow Wood is a terrific book, and I came away from it unsettled, even a bit horrified.” —Tor.com

Yellowface: A Reese's Book Club Pick

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK“Hard to put down, harder to forget.” — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling authorWhite lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.

Yellowhammer: The gripping second book in the DI Nicholas Lowry series (DI Nick Lowry)

'With well-rounded characters, a terrific sense of time and place and masterful plotting, this solid police procedural is a 24-carat holiday read' GuardianJuly 1983, Essex. Fox Farm is, thanks to two corpses, neither picturesque nor peaceful. The body in its kitchen belongs to eminent historian Christopher Cliff, who has taken his own life with an antique shotgun. The second, found on the property boundary, remains unidentified.DI Nick Lowry's summer is neither sleepy nor serene. And the two deaths are just the half of it. The fact County Chief Merrydown was a college friend of Cliff's means Lowry is now, in turn, under scrutiny from his severely stressed and singularly unsympathetic boss, Sparks.To catalyze his investigation, Lowry enlists the services of DC Daniel Kenton and WPC Jane Gabriel. Gabriel needs direction, if she is to begin a career as a detective. While Kenton, who appears solely focused on beginning a relationship with Gabriel, needs distraction.Both the heat and the investigation soon intensify. The team find themselves interrogating enigmatic neighbors, antiques merchants, jilted lovers and wronged relatives; all the while negotiating the caprices of Sparks - whose attitudes remain as dated as Fox Farm's antiques.Only when they fully open their eyes and minds will they begin to unpick a web of rural rituals, dodgy dealings and fragmented families - and uncover not just one murder, but two.

Yellowhammer: The gripping second book in the DI Nicholas Lowry series (DI Nick Lowry)

The new Essex-based thriller from the author of Blackwater and the Detective Jack Frost prequelsJuly 1983, Essex. A boy playing hide-and-seek sees a fox tugging at something up on a railway embankment. He approaches it cautiously. Seconds later, a blast is heard, and rooks ascend from the poplars surrounding the farmhouse at which the boy is spending his summer holiday with cousins.DI Nick Lowry is called upon to investigate two deaths at Fox Farm, the home of eminent historian Christopher Cliff. The body in the farmhouse kitchen is Cliff himself, having seemingly taking his own with an antique shotgun. The fox-disturbed body on the property boundary is as yet unidentified.Lowry is already under pressure: County Chief Merrydown was at college with Cliff and knows the family. He must enlist colleagues Daniel Kenton and Jane Gabriel to answer two key questions: just who was at the house with Cliff that morning, and just what has since happened to Cliff's wife?(P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited

Yellowstone Standoff

"In archaeologist Chuck Bender, Scott Graham has created a flawed, all-too-human, and memorable investigator who had me rooting for him to the end. " Margaret Coel, "New York Times "best-selling author of "Night of the White Buffalo" "A bookseller's dream. "Andrea Avantaggio, President of the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association and owner of Maria's BookshopBook three in the National Park Mystery Series, Yellowstone Standoff takes readers deep into the backcountry of a wildly popular national park. When Yellowstone National Park's grizzly bears and gray wolves suddenly and inexplicably go rogue, archaeologist Chuck Bender teams with his old friend, Yellowstone Chief Ranger Lex Hancock, to defend the suspect members of a group scientific expedition. Soon, Chuck finds himself defending the lives of his family as an unforeseen danger threatens in the storied national park's remote wilderness. Scott Graham is the author of seven books, including "Canyon Sacrifice "and "Mountain Rampage," books one and two in the National Park Mystery Series from Torrey House Press, and "Extreme Kids," winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Like most visitors to America's first national park, Graham was awestruck by Yellowstone as a child. His fascination with the park has continued in the years since, with numerous visits to Yellowstone's geyser- and wildlife-filled front country and its incomparable wilderness. Graham is an avid outdoorsman and amateur archaeologist who enjoys mountaineering, skiing, hunting, rock climbing, and whitewater rafting with his wife, who is an emergency physician, and their two sons. He lives in Durango, Colorado. "

The Yemen Contract: A Hayden Stone Thriller (The Hayden Stone Thrillers #3)

Arthur Kerns, a former intelligence officer, returns with his most explosive Hayden Stone adventure yet. "Kerns takes his readers into the shadowy world of international terrorism. Hayden Stone is a character worth rooting for, and Arthur Kerns is a talented storyteller." —Sheldon Siegel, New York Times bestselling author. CIA operative Hayden Stone has his work cut out for him. Abdul Wahab seeks to make a power grab in the exotic land of Yemen and establish a terrorist base from which to launch an attack on Europe. Wahab lures Stone to Yemen by kidnapping his partner CIA officer Sandra Harrington in Sicily. Stone comfortably operates in this world where tribal leaders vie for power with the central government, al Qaeda exerts its influence through murder and mayhem, and double-dealing among Bedouin and townspeople is a national pastime. And the light from the merciless desert sun can cloak the most potent of weapons. The cat and mouse game goes from the capital Sana’a, to the deserts in the far east of the country, and to the mountain villages in the north. Stone has a personal stake in this mission, but can never keep his eye off of the greater plot developing, the one that puts millions in peril, and that only he can stop.

Yes, Daddy

"A gut-churning, heart-wrenching, blockbuster of a first novel . . . Parks-Ramage is an extraordinary new talent and Yes, Daddy is truly something special."—Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead ThingsA propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an older, successful playwright into a dizzying world of wealth and an idyllic Hamptons home where things take a nightmarish turn. Jonah Keller moved to New York City with dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but, for the time being, lives in a rundown sublet in Bushwick, working extra hours at a restaurant only to barely make rent. When he stumbles upon a photo of Richard Shriver—the glamorous Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and quite possibly the stepping stone to the fame he craves—Jonah orchestrates their meeting. The two begin a hungry, passionate affair. When summer arrives, Richard invites his young lover for a spell at his sprawling estate in the Hamptons. A tall iron fence surrounds the idyllic compound where Richard and a few of his close artist friends entertain, have lavish dinners, and—Jonah can&’t help but notice—employ a waitstaff of young, attractive gay men, many of whom sport ugly bruises. Soon, Jonah is cast out of Richard&’s good graces and a sinister underlay begins to emerge. As a series of transgressions lead inexorably to a violent climax, Jonah hurtles toward a decisive revenge that will shape the rest of his life. Riveting, unpredictable, and compulsively readable, Yes, Daddy is an exploration of class, power dynamics, and the nuances of victimhood and complicity. It burns with weight and clarity—and offers hope that stories may hold the key to our healing.

Yes, The River Knows (Tal Jefferson #2)

Leaving the big city and coming back to South Carolina was the best thing attorney Tal Jefferson ever did. Even though she's still haunted by the ghosts of her past, she's finally given up the booze and started letting the tranquility of her hometown work its way through her veins. But her life is thrust back into turmoil when she and a high school acquaintance make a gruesome discovery in the Wynnton River. A man has been murdered-and soon, he's identified as the estranged husband of Tal's fierce-hearted secretary, June Atkins. In a town full of racism and self-delusion, Tal will have to clear June's name and save them both from a murderer who'll do anything to save himself.

Yesterday: How Do You Solve A Murder When You Only Remember...

How do you solve a murder when you can only remember yesterday?Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality-until...A beautiful woman is found dead, her body dumped in England's River Cam. The woman is Mark's mistress, and he is the prime suspect in her murder. The detective investigating the case has secrets of his own. So did the victim. And when both the investigator's and the suspect's memories are constantly erased--how can anyone learn the truth?Told from four different perspectives, that of Mark, Claire, the detective on the case, and the victim--Felicia Yap's staggeringly inventive debut leads us on a race against an ever-resetting clock to find the killer. With the science-fiction world-building of Philip K. Dick and the twisted ingenuity of Memento, Yesterday is a thriller you'll never forget.

Yesterday: The phenomenal debut thriller of secrets, lies and betrayal

A brilliant high-concept debut thriller - just how do you solve a murder when you only remember yesterday?'The thriller of the summer' - Observer'Yap is a phenomenon' - Guardian'The intrigue of Gone Girl and the drama of Before I Go to Sleep' - iNews'So hotly tipped it should come with scorch marks... Quite literally mind-bending' - RedToday, the police are at your door. They say that the body of your husband's mistress has been found in the River Cam. They think your husband killed her two days ago.You can't recall what he did that day, because you only remember yesterday.You rely on your diary to tell you where you've been, who you love and what you've done. So, can you trust the police? Can you trust your husband? Can you trust yourself?

Yesterday: The phenomenal debut thriller of secrets, lies and betrayal

A brilliant high-concept thriller - a debut with all the intrigue of Gone Girl and the drama of Before I Go To Sleep - just how do you solve a murder when you can only remember yesterday?There are two types of people in the world. Those who can only remember yesterday, and those who can also recall the day before.You have just one lifeline to the past: your diary. Each night, you write down the things that matter. Each morning, your diary tells you where you were, who you loved and what you did.Today, the police are at your door. They say that the body of your husband's mistress has been found in the River Cam. They think your husband killed her two days ago.Can you trust the police? Can you trust your husband? Can you trust yourself?(P)2017 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Yesterday's Child

"Time will help. That's what people promised. But for Laura, nothing is helping or healing. Her mother's death has left a void in her. It's made Laura realize she hardly knew her mother, and that can never be fixed. So Laura lies in her mother's bed, puts on her lipstick, reads her letters-anything to answer Laura's questions and end her unbearable loneliness. Then Laura finds a letter that raises more questions than it answers. Written the day before her mother's death, it's addressed to someone named Megan and speaks vaguely of "forgiveness." Laura's never heard of Megan, but Megan and Laura's mother appear to have been childhood friends who hadn't spoken in twenty-five years. What would prompt her mother to write Megan now? And what did she mean by "forgiveness"? If Laura can unveil the mystery behind this letter, maybe she'll also unveil the mystery that was-and still is-her mother. But Laura's search for answers becomes an obsession. Laura can't stop, not until she knows the truth about everything-even if it kills her.

Yesterday's Child

Brimming with the passion and suspense Barbara Wood's fans have come to expect, this novel portrays two lovers separated by deadly secrets and trapped in the fateful hourglass of time. Beautiful young Andrea travels from Los Angeles to her ancestral home in England to meet her relatives and confront her mysterious heritage. But from the first moment she steps foot in her grandmother's cold Victorian house in Warrington, she senses an awesome, unsettling presence. She knows that a rendezvous awaits her: a terrifying journey into the past, and a shattering encounter that will mark her and change her forever. Andrea soon learns how terribly right her instincts have been. Waiting for her is Victor Townsend, a man who reaches out to embrace her from beyond the grave, a man for whom she hungers even though she knows of his past evil deeds. But Andrea also discovers the lingering horrors of the old house, its carefully buried secrets, and a timeless, tragic passion still burning within its aging walls.

Yesterday's Echo: A Novel (The Rick Cahill Series #1)

Rick Cahill was never convicted of his wife's murder, but he was never exonerated either. Not by the police. Not by the media. Not even by himself. Eight years later, police suspicion and his own guilt remain over his responsibility in his wife's death. When he meets Melody Malana, a beautiful yet secretive TV reporter, he sees a chance to love again. When she is arrested for murder and asks Rick for help, the former cop says no, but the rest of him says yes and he grasps at a chance for redemption. But Rick's attempt to help turns terribly wrong, and he becomes a suspect in the murder and the target of a police manhunt. On the run, Rick encounters desperate people who'll kill to keep their pasts buried. Before Rick can save himself and bring down a murderer, he must confront the truth about his own past and untangle his feeling for a woman he can never fully trust.

Yesterday's Gone (Two Daughters #1)

Tomorrow's a new beginning... When a digitally aged photo of a girl named Hope Lawson is posted online, Bailey Smith can't deny the similarity to herself. But could she really be the same woman who was abducted as a child twenty-three years ago? When she meets Detective Seth Chandler, who opened the cold case of Hope's disappearance, suddenly everything changes. Not only does Bailey have a family she barely remembers-and a sister she's never met-she's connecting with a man for the first time. A man who's loving and gentle. But Bailey's not sure she's ready to be found: by him or the parents she once lost.

Yesterday's Murder

From the author of the John J. Malone Mysteries: An estranged relative becomes heir to a Chesapeake Bay fortune—and his family’s ghostly history. If it hadn’t been for his great-uncle Philip, David Telefair would’ve grown up unwanted, forlorn, and poverty stricken in a New England parsonage. But for twenty years, David’s generous benefactor paid for his education, yearly summer camps, living expenses as he grew older, and any amenities he ever needed. Odd that David had never spoken to him in his entire life. Odder still that after all this time, the aging Philip has now extended an invitation for David to meet him at his isolated estate on Telefair Island in the Chesapeake. From the moment David arrives, something feels . . . off. First was the local minister’s daughter’s queer way of describing David’s visit: inevitable; then the unaccountable loathing in the eyes of a Telefair servant; and finally a perilously pale female cousin who welcomes David with a warning: “You ought never to have come.” This is less a family reunion than an ingeniously designed trap of murder, madness, and nasty family secrets.

Yesterday's News (Clare Carlson Mystery)

A classic cold case reopened—along with Pandora's boxWhen eleven-year-old Lucy Devlin disappeared on her way to school more than a decade ago, it became one of the most famous missing child cases in history. The story turned reporter Clare Carlson into a media superstar overnight. Clare broke exclusive after exclusive. She had unprecedented access to the Devlin family as she wrote about the heartbreaking search for their young daughter. She later won a Pulitzer Prize for her extraordinary coverage of the case.Now Clare once again plunges back into this sensational story. With new evidence, new victims, and new suspects—too many suspects. Everyone from members of a motorcycle gang to a prominent politician running for a US Senate seat seem to have secrets they’re hiding about what really might have happened to Lucy Devlin. But Clare has her own secrets. And, in order to untangle the truth about Lucy Devlin, she must finally confront her own torturous past.

Yesterday's News: A Novel Of Suspense (The John Cuddy Mysteries #5)

A reporter hires Cuddy to investigate her source&’s suspicious deathAccording to its daily paper, Nasharbor is an idyllic seaside hamlet. But reporter Jane Rust knows better. Investigating a raid on a child pornography ring, she uncovers a web of police corruption built to protect the sickos behind the camera. She writes a story that should blow the lid off the Nasharbor police, but her editors scrub it clean of any reference to corruption, calling her accusations unfounded. Soon after, the cop who tipped her off to the story is dead. Rust hires Boston PI John Francis Cuddy to look into the murder and the cover-up. But prodding small-town cops is like kicking a hornet&’s nest. By the end of his investigation, more good people will die, and Cuddy will wish he had never heard of sunny, tranquil Nasharbor.

Yesterday's Roses (The Parrish Novels #1)

In post-Civil War San Francisco, a forward-thinking female physician falls in love with a man who may have murdered his wife Jake Parrish is Dr. Hallie Gardiner's last hope. She needs a wealthy and powerful benefactor to save her foundering mission hospital in Philadelphia, and Jake, known as Young Midas, is just the kind of person she's looking for. At Parrish's magnificent San Francisco mansion, Hallie is stunned to discover that his pregnant wife, Serena, is suffering from a severe emotional disturbance that has caused her to lose touch with reality. At times, she is violent and incoherent; at others, she is frighteningly lucid. Drawn into Serena's bizarre world, Hallie does her best to help. But not long after Serena has her baby, she is found dead. Is Jake Parrish a cold-blooded murderer? Or a grieving widower haunted by terrible memories of war? As she falls dangerously in love with the handsome ex-soldier, Hallie tries to ignore the whispers. Her efforts to heal Jake--and uncover the truth about his wife's death--backfire when someone threatens her life and her chance for future happiness.

Yesterday's Shadow

Love never dies...unless a killer intervenes." The Hotel Southern Savoy has become the reluctant host to two corpses on a single night--and Homicide Inspector Scobie Malone knows this investigation will be a nightmare the moment he arrives. The first victim was the wife of the American Ambassador, a slaying that will certainly have international repercussions--and worse, if the lady's dark secrets are ever revealed. But it's the second murder that strikes straight at Malone's heart. The dead man was the husband of a woman from Malone's past, a brief love long over but never forgotten. An assassin has violently blended Malone's personal and professional lives in a lethal stew of blood and memory, and there's no way the dedicated policeman's going to walk away from this one unscathed. But even Scobie Malone doesn't realize how deadly a concoction it truly is--and by the time he does, it may already be too late...

Yesterday's Sins: The Road to Redemption Series (The\road To Redemption Ser. #3)

Charlie Bronski, US Air Force security expert turned successful cookery writer, now lives the quiet life with his wife beside the sea in Denmark. So why would anyone plant a bomb under his car?Recognising it as a professional job, Charlie asks for help from the people who set him up in his new life. They want a favour in return: for him to kill a middle-aged man, a trainee priest who caused them some problems - surely an easy task for someone with Charlie's military training.But that man is ex-copper, ex-criminal, Jimmy Costello, a man with powerful friends - and powerful enemies. Will Charlie's past catch up with him before he catches up with Jimmy - and will Jimmy make it through alive?The third in James Green's critically acclaimed series featuring his hardboiled former London detective.

Yesterday's Sins: The Road to Redemption Series (The Road to Redemption #3)

Charlie Bronski, US Air Force security expert turned successful cookery writer, now lives the quiet life with his wife beside the sea in Denmark. So why would anyone plant a bomb under his car?Recognising it as a professional job, Charlie asks for help from the people who set him up in his new life. They want a favour in return: for him to kill a middle-aged man, a trainee priest who caused them some problems - surely an easy task for someone with Charlie's military training.But that man is ex-copper, ex-criminal, Jimmy Costello, a man with powerful friends - and powerful enemies. Will Charlie's past catch up with him before he catches up with Jimmy - and will Jimmy make it through alive?The third in James Green's critically acclaimed series featuring his hardboiled former London detective.

Yesterday's Spy: A Novel

A father searches for his missing son in 1953 Tehran in this brilliantly plotted espionage thriller from the bestselling author of Triple Cross. London, 1953. Harry Towers is a recently retired, and even more recently widowed, British intelligence officer. But he springs to action when hears that his estranged son Sean has disappeared in Tehran after writing a damning article about the involvement of government officials in the opium trade. In Tehran, a city on the brink of a historic coup, Harry&’s career as a spy soon proves perfect training for this much more personal mission as American, British, Iranian, and French players flit in and out of the scene. But as the first attempt at a coup in the city fails and foreign powers jockey for oil, money, and influence, Sean&’s disappearance takes on a more sinister tone. Was he really taken in retribution for his reporting, or is this an attempt to silence a globally significant revelation he was preparing to make? Or, most terrifying of all, does Sean&’s disappearance have nothing to do with him at all? Has Harry&’s past caught up to them all? Praise for Tom Bradby &“[A] cracking, uber-topical spy thriller . . . a plot full of twists and turns.&” —Financial Times &“Enthralling and fast-moving . . . packed with details of modern tradecraft in the twilight world of spooks, against a background of politics at its most Machiavellian, it is the stuff headlines are made of.&” —Daily Mail &“Bradby masterfully combines textured psychological drama with a rip-roaring plot that boasts several dizzying switchbacks along the way to a genuinely shocking conclusion.&” —Booklist (starred review)

Yesterday's Spy

A tale of two spies and the old ties that bind them - tightly enough to kill.

Yesterday’s Trouble: A Murder Mystery Thriller (Carlos McCrary, PI #7)

Murder is on Stage in Yesterday’s Trouble, a Murder Mystery Thriller from Dallas GorhamWhen NBA superstar Marvelous LeMarvis Jones bankrolls the first concert for his fiancee, Cleo, an unbalanced cyberstalker takes issue with the prominent couple’s interracial relationship.Cleo dismisses the threats, but LeMarvis hires Private Investigator Carlos McCrary to provide security for Cleo’s Summer Fun Concert Tour.The situation turns deadly when a sniper’s bullet kills a backup singer while on stage, leading McCrary to suspect the shot may have been intended for Cleo.As threats build and the body count rises, an extremist black-power group’s claim of responsibility puts McCrary in the crosshairs for being a traitor to his race.With the killer seemingly outsmarting the cops and McCrary at every move, Carlos McCrary finds himself fighting a ghost from the past.Publisher’s Note: Dallas Gorham combines murder, mystery, and mayhem with a touch of humor—all with a PG-13 rating. Readers of hard-boiled detective and crime novels will not want to miss this hard-hitting, pulse-pounding series. The Carlos McCrary, Private Investigator, Mystery Thriller Series can be read and enjoyed in any order.The Carlos McCrary Murder Mystery SeriesSix Murders Too ManyDouble FakeQuarterback TrapDangerous FriendsDay of the TigerMcCrary’s JusticeYesterday’s TroubleFour Years GoneDebt of HonorSometimes You Lose

Yesteryear

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when from out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! Who was the mind behind The Lone Ranger? It's 1930s Buffalo, and the Great Depression rages. Playwright Fran Striker needs to write the pilot for a new radio show but, first, he must overcome writer's block, defeat a curse, foil a plot to assassinate FDR, and recover stolen diamond rings belonging to alcoholic boxing champion. Who was that masked man? Based on the controversial true-life story of Lone Ranger creator Fran Striker, Yesteryear takes us on a magical journey leading to an icon's debut, a show that provided hope to Americans during the country's darkest days. Populated by characters of the era— radio actor John Barrett, Mafioso Stefano Magaddino, former lightweight champion Jimmy Slattery, and president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt— Eoannou's latest novel breathes new life into the immortal Lone Ranger, and the man who struggled to create him, echoing the spirit of W.P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe, Bernard Malamud's The Natural, Daniel Wallace's Big Fish.

Yet Another Death in Venice (The Simon Bognor Mysteries #11)

Along the canals of Venice, Bognor investigates a mogul&’s medieval murderFlush with cash from the success of his latest insipid blockbuster, aspiring film mogul Irving Silverburger takes to Venice to soak himself in luxury. Instead, he is quickly soaked in blood. Cruising down the canal in a vaporetto, Silverburger is shot with a crossbow, killed by a Harlequin who disappears into the masquerade of Carnival.Unmasking the disguised assassin falls to Simon Bognor, a British Board of Trade detective whose natural sloth did not prevent him from stumbling backward into knighthood—an honor that fits just as poorly as his ill-tailored clothes. If he ever had a prime, he is long past it now, but Bognor must rally once more to penetrate the mysteries of an ancient city at festival time, when the killers are not the only ones in disguise.

Yews with Caution

Flower shop owner Abby Knight is out to help a friend in need but soon finds herself in the weeds…The Spring of Abby’s DiscontentIt’s April in New Chapel, and Abby and her husband, Marco, are off to buy shrubs for their new house. But the owner of the local landscaping company is nowhere to be found. Abby’s best friend, Nikki, meanwhile, believes she unwittingly helped a group of her hospital coworkers conspire to kill the man.After the police get involved, Nikki becomes a suspect. Abby digs deeper for clues to save her friend only to discover bushels of folks bearing a deep-rooted hatred for the two-faced business owner. Marco attempts to help Abby with the case but soon falls critically ill. Now Abby must find the real culprit on her own before everything goes to pot…

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end. Homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. And in the cheap hotel where Landsman has washed up, someone has just committed a murder-right under his nose. When he begins to investigate the killing of his neighbor, a former chess prodigy, word comes down from on high that the case is to be dropped immediately, and Landsman finds himself contending with all the powerful forces of faith, obsession, evil, and salvation that are his heritage. At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end. Homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. And in the cheap hotel where Landsman has washed up, someone has just committed a murder--right under his nose. When he begins to investigate the killing of his neighbor, a former chess prodigy, word comes down from on high that the case is to be dropped immediately, and Landsman finds himself contending with all the powerful forces of faith, obsession, evil, and salvation that are his heritage.At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.

Yin Village: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)

On the surface, I am a young man with knowledge from the countryside, but the secret in my heart will never be told to you. On the day I arrived in Liujiajia, the people in the terraced fields dug up a large amount of copper coins. What I didn't expect was that it was these copper coins that brought about this terrifying disaster …

Yin Village: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)

On the surface, I am a young man with knowledge from the countryside, but the secret in my heart will never be told to you. On the day I arrived in Liujiajia, the people in the terraced fields dug up a large amount of copper coins. What I didn't expect was that it was these copper coins that brought about this terrifying disaster …

Yin-yang Incantation: Volume 9 (Volume 9 #9)

In his dreams, Su Yue traveled to a strange place and became an ancient rich and handsome man with a concubine. However, this was a strange place. There were mysterious Taoists, Phantoms, Phantoms, and even paper men riding bicycles!He wanted to leave this strange place, but he couldn't leave no matter what. Gradually, he realized that there was something strange here. He even changed his body, but the mark was still there. It was as if the only way to leave this place was to end all the Karma in this place!Where would he go? Could he leave this place? After he left, would he still dream of teleporting to other places?Everything was unknown …

Yin-yang Incantation: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)

In his dreams, Su Yue traveled to a strange place and became an ancient rich and handsome man with a concubine. However, this was a strange place. There were mysterious Taoists, Phantoms, Phantoms, and even paper men riding bicycles!He wanted to leave this strange place, but he couldn't leave no matter what. Gradually, he realized that there was something strange here. He even changed his body, but the mark was still there. It was as if the only way to leave this place was to end all the Karma in this place!Where would he go? Could he leave this place? After he left, would he still dream of teleporting to other places?Everything was unknown …

Yin-Yang Judge of Hell: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)

Before he managed to find a job, he had somehow become the Yin Master, and it was even a written judgement, being in charge of the order within the Underworld … F * * k, do you have to be so ridiculous? He just said that he was destined to give me a bunch of paperbacks, not even giving me the chance to choose. Bro only wanted to drown in the red dust and enjoy Hua Hua's world, but from then on, he had to wander in both the Yin Yang and Yang realms, trying to find a place to talk about some strange things …

Yin-Yang Judge of Hell: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)

Before he managed to find a job, he had somehow become the Yin Master, and it was even a written judgement, being in charge of the order within the Underworld … F * * k, do you have to be so ridiculous? He just said that he was destined to give me a bunch of paperbacks, not even giving me the chance to choose. Bro only wanted to drown in the red dust and enjoy Hua Hua's world, but from then on, he had to wander in both the Yin Yang and Yang realms, trying to find a place to talk about some strange things …

Yo en tu lugar

El pequeo Tom es un enano de circo con sueos de gigante. Puede que sea el rey de los enanos, pero tiene ambiciones mayores: convertirse en el jefe de pista. Ahora, recurriendo a oscuros secretos antiguos, est a punto de conseguir su deseo: un diminuto Cheech Marin que se transforma en Omar Sharif. Pero al asumir la identidad de otro hombre, Tom debe tambin enfrentarse a sus enemigos. . . que quieren hacerle pagar por los pecados del gran hombre.

Yo mato

Un locutor de Radio Montercarlo recibe una noche durante su programa una llamada telefónica asombrosa: alguien revela que es un asesino. El hecho se pasa por alto, como una broma de pésimo gusto; sin embargo, al día siguiente un famoso piloto de fórmula uno y su novia aparecen en su barco, muertos y horrendamente mutilados. Se inicia así una serie de asesinatos, cada uno precedido de una llamada a Radio Montecarlo con una pista musical sobre la próxima víctima, cada uno subrayado por un mensaje escrito con sangre en el escenario del crimen, que es al mismo tiempo una firma y una provocación: «Yo mato». Para Frank Ottobre, agente del FBI, y Nicolas Hulot, comisario de la Sûreté monegasca, comienza la caza de un escurridizo fantasma que tiene aterrorizada a la opinión pública: nunca hubo un asesino en serie en el principado de Mónaco. Ahora lo hay, y de su búsqueda nadie va a salir indemne. Yo mato es un thriller pleno de acción e intriga, con un desarrollo narrativo tan maduro como absorbente. Eso ha bastado -y ha sobrado- para situar a su autor entre los nombres más importantes del género y a su obra como un auténtico fenómeno editorial.

Yo no quería, pero...: Diario de Desmund Sasse

Cuando el lector se zambulle sin vuelta atrás en esta historia, se dice, al término de la obra, que el área metropolitana de Rennes se revela decididamente como un marco ideal para el género novelesco. Las persecuciones por pasillos mugrientos del hospital Pontchaillou y por las inmediaciones del parque Thabor no tienen nada que envidiar a la novela negra del asfalto parisino. Al margen de su brevedad, uno se engancha sin remedio a la opacidad de los protagonistas principales: a Corynthe, a Louise e incluso a crápulas como Baloo. Lo que revela, de todos modos, cuando se tiene la suerte de conocer un poco al autor, es que el afamado Desmund Sasse se le parece en muchos sentidos. No es descabellado pensar que Danquigny, al igual que su doble, no haya ido dando tumbos por las calles, por las azoteas de la universidad de esta misma ciudad. Hablando más en serio, entre una cierta trama policiaca rural que imposibilita la crítica social inherente al género y la novela policiaca de la gran urbe, esta obra se hace un hueco en el mundo de las novelas urbanas que nos traen un poco de aire fresco.

Yo nunca

En un apacible valle gallego, lleno de silencios y suspicacias, surge un triángulo amoroso que irá difuminando los límites entre la pasión y la locura. <P><P>Luis es un eterno opositor a judicatura que decide aislarse en ese entorno rural para preparar el examen definitivo. <P><P>Allí conocerá a Carmen, una mujer madura que trabaja como fisioterapeuta, y a Laura, una joven dedicada a restaurar las pinturas de la ermita. <P><P>Pero las cosas no siempre son lo que parecen, y el lector se verá pronto arrastrado a una oscura espiral en la que todos guardan secretos sobre su pasado.

Yo soy el Araña

Pedro Pérez, un joven policía del norte del país, pierde la memoria tras un accidente. Su antigua afición a los cómics lo lleva a creer que es Espáiderman, y que bajo ésta identidad habrá de enfrentar a los criminales y corruptos de la ciudad. Esa mañana Pedro Pérez, agente de la Policía Estatal, pensó que lo único grave que ocurriría en su día sería discutir con su esposa, María Juana, por su afición a los cómics. Un par de horas después, sin embargo, Pedro sufre un accidente que distorsiona su sentido de la realidad, convenciéndolo de tener superpoderes. El joven policía buscará convertirse en héroe por un día, y eso tal vez sea lo que necesite una ciudad comandada por criminales. Yo soy el Araña, ganadora del Premio Nacional de Novela Negra, es un recordatorio de que la vida, en efecto, a veces parece sacada de un descolorido e hiperviolento libro de historietas. ¿Qué puede salir mal cuando un hombre pierde la razón y decide enfrentar, no a molinos de viento, sino a sicarios y políticos corruptos, enfundado en un traje de licra azul y rojo? Quizá todo.

Yo soy el invierno

Un joven policía, inexperto y tímido, tiene que resolver un crimen en el pequeño pueblo donde está destinado. «¿El frío es una cualidad del aire o el aire es una cualidad del frío? Incrédulo, el Pampa ve los primeros copos caer. Livianos, deshilachados, pero copos al fin. Está nevando». El joven suboficial ayudante Pampa Asiain, recién salido de la escuela de policía, es destinado a un pequeño pueblo de provincia llamado Monge, un lugar aislado, con pocas casas y apenas algunos pobladores. El suboficial Parra, su compañero, le asigna tareas de patrulla cotidianas, como verificar las denuncias sobre pescadores furtivos en la zona de la laguna. Una tarde de invierno muy fría, a partir de una llamada, Pampa explora la zona y se encuentra con la escena de un crimen. Contrariamente a lo que se espera de él, no lo comunica y decide investigar por su cuenta. Pero ¿es eso lo que hace? ¿Investiga? ¿Y qué es lo que investiga? El suboficial ayudante Pampa Asiain espera, acecha, se deja llevar por sus intuiciones. Y lo que descubre es el lado más oscuro del azar, la versión más inhumana de la llanura. En Yo soy el invierno, Ricardo Romero nos ofrece un relato hipnótico y desgarrado sobre los fantasmas del miedo, la soledad y el abandono que nos rondan y a los que nunca es fácil ignorar. La crítica dijo: «En su monumental y experimental novela Big Rip […] Romero se lanza con todo a explorar la potencia de la novela fractal para tratar de capturar todos los planos posibles de un mundo que se desmorona, pero que todavía se merece un relato que trate de entenderlo».Fernando Krapp, Página/12 «Big Rip es una apuesta extrema, de esas que la literatura siempre pide a gritos».José María Brindisi, La Nación «Ambiciosa pero no total, Big Rip es una gesta ante tanta inmediatez; un conjuro contra la ansiedad».Juan F. Comperatore, Otra Parte «Romero, tras los pasos del Cortázar más ominoso, nos obsequia una historia o una metáfora tan redonda como singular».J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, "Babelia", El País, sobre La habitación del Presidente «En la inquietante novela El conserje y la eternidad, Ricardo Romero hilvana versiones de una criatura condenada a una existencia infinita, sin saber el abismo que hay entre una palabra y otra».Silvina Friera, Página/12

Yo te cuidaré

Un thriller psicológico. Cómo un padre se enfrenta a un miedo aniquilador para salvar a su hija adolescente, mientras la locura le pisa los talones. Aunque ha transcurrido un año, la existencia de Javier Almazán sigue sometida al miedo que un angustioso accidente provocado por su ceguera le dejó como herencia. Incapaz de superarlo, ve como la estabilidad familiar peligra de forma alarmante, empantanada en una vorágine de incomprensiones, tensiones y desencuentros que no consigue detener. La emergencia clínica que de pronto amenaza la vida de Nerea, su hija adolescente, lo obligará a enfrentar la fobia que arrasa su integridad y sus principios. Javier tendrá que lanzarse fuera de casa en busca de la muchacha cuyo paradero desconoce, con la ayuda de su fiel perro guía. Pero no solo el miedo acecha en cada esquina. El pasado de Javier se vuelve presente en la persona de Olga Vera, una enfermera que jamás perdonó lo que para ella fue el peor de los agravios. Obsesionada por un deseo paranoico de posesión, perseguirá a Javier hasta conseguir su propósito más anhelado: hacerlo suyo. Una historia trepidante que conducirá a los personajes a lo largo de un escabroso camino de miedo, oscuridad y perversión. Una trama de realidades entrelazadas que acaban convergiendo en el estallido final. Solo las horas de margen que la locura concede, decidirán de qué lado se inclinará la victoria. Quizá del de la fuerza de voluntad y el amor quizá del de la más absoluta depravación mental. El lector podrá acompañar a los personajes durante poco más de un día plagado de sobresaltos y situaciones inesperadas que le mantendrán pendiente de cada minuto.

Yo veo en la oscuridad

«¿Los thrillers no te parecen tan emocionantes últimamente? ¿Los asesinos en serie son demasiado tontos? ¿Los detectives demasiado sensibles? ¿Te preguntas dónde fueron a parar los tipos duros? Solo hay que proponer el nombre de la autora noruega Karin Fossum, cuya nueva novela es una de las historias de crímenes más oscuras y más inquietantes que probablemente leerás este año.» The New York Times «Todo el mundo tiene cualidades, todo el mundo tiene algún talento, todo el mundo tiene derecho a que se le respete por lo que es. Eso es lo que nos gusta pensar a los humanos. Pero hay individuos podridos, y yo soy uno de ellos, lo admito.» Sin siquiera llamar a la puerta, la policía entra en casa de Riktor y empieza a inspeccionar cada rincón. El protagonista, un hombre solitario de 49 años que trabaja como enfermero en una residencia de ancianos, se queda quieto mientras registran su hogar: es culpable de un terrible crimen y espera con resignación el momento en que lo descubran. La sorpresa de Riktor llega cuando es arrestado por un delito que él no ha cometido. Encarcelado, deberá encontrar la manera de defenderse sin revelar lo sucedido dentro de las paredes del geriátrico, cuando se encerraba con aquellos pacientes que ya no podían hablar. ¿Podrá limpiar su nombre sin incriminarse a sí mismo? La crítica ha dicho...«Una gran escritora y exploradora de la mente humana.»Jo Nesbø «Espero con ganas cada nueva novela de Karin Fossum.»Ruth Rendell «Un tremendo suspense... un tesoro para los fans.»Kirkus Reviews «Karin Fossum escribe novelas de intriga desde un silencio desconcertante.»Marilyn Stasio «Como Patricia Highsmith y Ruth Rendell, Fossum es una maestra en el arte del terror psicológico.»The New York Times «Una de las mejores escritoras de novela negra de todos los tiempos.»The Times «Un thriller psicológico inolvidable escrito desde la perspectiva de un enfermero sádico.»Library Journal «Fossum se adentra dentro de la mente de Riktor para crear una exquisita novela de suspense psicológico.»More Magazine «La autora que nos encandiló con uno de los mejores personajes policíacos nórdicos, el inspector Konrad Sejer, vuelve a deslumbrar con una historia de una crudelísima humanidad, que hace de esta novela negra, pero que muy negra, uno de los mejores libros del género publicado en los últimos año [...]»José María Sánchez Pardo, Revista Prótesis

Yolks on You Box Set (Yolks on You #6)

Mount Angus is a small Wisconsin town that would be boring if not for its many over-the-top holiday festivals. Kiko Cooper is a local owner of the niche egg-themed store Yolks on You. Dominic Grady is a tourist who finds himself suddenly single while on vacation. What starts with a bad break up quickly spirals into new romance, intrigue, and murder.Neither Kiko nor Dom can resist the pull of a good mystery any more than they can resist the attraction they feel for each other. Surprising everyone in town, they make a cute couple, and a decent investigative team, too. Which is a good thing, because Mount Angus appears to have a small murder problem ...Contains the stories:Shell Shocked: When Dominic agreed to join his boyfriend for a weekend away at the annual Eggstravaganza in small town Wisconsin, he was expecting a boring experience. He was not expecting to discover his boyfriend had been cheating on him. He was not expecting to fall for Kiko, owner of the niche shop Yolks on You. And he certainly wasn’t expecting an exploding cow to drop him in the middle of a deadly mystery.Egg Whites and Blue: Kiko and Dom are still getting used to each other, and with Mount Angus’ Knee High 4th of July Festival approaching, they anticipate spending quality time together, if only for a weekend. But with the arrival of Kiko’s ex and the discovery of a murdered body, they are drawn into another small-town mystery where dark secrets and a generous serving of danger could very well get them killed.Deal with the Deviled Eggs: After a chaos-filled summer, Kiko and Dom are ready to ease into a more laid back autumn and really put in some quality time together. But with an old friend of Dom's crashing with them and causing tension and a sudden spree of murders, this could either be a Halloween for Kiko and Dom to remember, or their very last.Egg the Halls: When local artist Cat asks Kiko and Dom to solve her vandalism problem, the two are only too happy for the distraction from holiday visitors. But when the property damage escalates to threats on Kiko's life, things get more serious than they'd hoped, and if they can't get to the bottom of the family drama fast, Kiko might never be home for the holidays again.Eggs and Kisses: The annual Be Mount Valentine Heartstival has the whole town of Mount Angus on the lookout for relationship drama, and this year it seems everyone's most interested in whether Kiko and Dom are going to tie the knot. When a body is found rolled in a rug, though, it's up to the couple to unravel a deadly mystery before the celebration ends in more than just bruised egos and broken hearts.

The Yom Kippur Murder (Christine Bennett Mystery #2)

When ex-nun Christine Bennett can't get into her friend Mr. Herskovitz's apartment to accompany him to Yom Kippur services, she discovers that he's been murdered. The police arrest someone almost immediately, but Chris isn't ready to end her own investigation . . .From the Paperback edition.

Yonder Stands Your Orphan

"Yonder Stands Your Orphan" opens with the establishment of an orphans' camp and the discovery of an abandoned car with two skeletons in the trunk. Hannah's novel paints a searing picture of the American South and establishes him as one of the most important voices in America.