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The Caged Graves
by Dianne K. SalerniThe year is 1867, and seventeen-year-old Verity Boone is excited to return from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Catawissa, Pennsylvania, the hometown she left when she was just a baby. <P><P>Now she will finally meet the fiancé she knows only through letters! <P>Soon, however, she discovers two strangely caged graves . . . and learns that one of them is her own mother's. <P>Verity swears she'll get to the bottom of why her mother was buried in "unhallowed ground" in this suspenseful teen mystery that swirls with rumors of witchcraft, buried gold from the days of the War of Independence, and even more shocking family secrets.
Caged Innocence
by A. P. Ri'ChardA teenager, determined to end the reign of his abusive, alcoholic father, ends up accused of a murder he didn't commit. A noted Klansman, Miran Thompson, has been killed, and the prime suspect in his murder case is seventeen-year-old Larry Henderson. Complicating matters, Larry's father, Officer Perry Henderson, is deeply involved in the case. To the casual observer, the evidence against Larry is overwhelming. If convicted he would surely receive the death penalty. In order to avoid death row, Perry convinces his son to plead guilty. He promises to do all he can to prove Larry innocent. But are Perry's motivations so pure? The father and son's turbulent past has created a deep rift between them, and Perry is afraid of the teen's repeated promises for vengeance. Believing he is being set up for murder, Perry instead aims the evidence at his own son, allowing him to take the fall -- but will his scheme succeed, or will Larry be proven innocent?
Cahokia Jazz: A Novel
by Francis SpuffordNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian and The Financial Times From &“one of the most original minds in contemporary literature&” (Nick Hornby) the bestselling and award-winning author of Golden Hill delivers a noirish detective novel set in the 1920s that reimagines how American history would be different if, instead of being decimated, indigenous populations had thrived.Like his earlier novel Golden Hill, Francis Spufford&’s Cahokia Jazz inhabits a different version of America, now through the lens of a subtly altered 1920s—a fully imagined world full of fog, cigarette smoke, dubious motives, danger, dark deeds. And in the main character of Joe Barrow, we have a hero of truly epic proportions, a troubled soul to fall in love with as you are swept along by a propulsive and brilliantly twisty plot. On a snowy night at the end of winter, Barrow and his partner find a body on the roof of a skyscraper. Down below, streetcar bells ring, factory whistles blow, Americans drink in speakeasies and dance to the tempo of modern times. But this is Cahokia, the ancient indigenous city beside the Mississippi living on as a teeming industrial metropolis, filled with people of every race and creed. Among them, peace holds. Just about. But that corpse on the roof will spark a week of drama in which this altered world will spill its secrets and be brought, against a soundtrack of jazz clarinets and wailing streetcars, either to destruction or rebirth.
Cain
by Walter Hill Mike BensonCain tells the thrilling and mysterious neo-noir tale of a blind professional hitman, operating within a relentless underworld environment of criminal violence, sex, betrayal, and death.Meet Cain, born blind, but with a unique ability to sense the world around him.Raised from birth by rouge CIA agents, he&’s grown into a borderline alcoholic and sex addict who travels the globe, living off the grid and taking out gangsters, deviants, and corrupt politicians—all while engaging in his own hedonistic pursuits as a hitman.
Cain
by James Byron HugginsOnce the best killer the CIA had, Cain has been reborn--thanks to the wonders of modern science--as the ultimate soldier. Possessing titanic strength, outfitted with computer-enhanced musculature, bulletproof bones, and a host of other deadly accessories, he is capable of killing an entire platoon of elite Special Forces. The only force that can stop him is a team of three flawed mortals--a soldier who has lost his family to a terrorist; bullets, a priest who has lost his faith, and the beautiful young scientist who dared to play Frankenstein.
Cain
by James Byron HugginsAn undead super soldier possessed by the devil aims to destroy the world in this thriller from the international bestselling author of Dark Visions. HE WAS THEIR DEADLIEST KILLER The late Roth Tiberius Cain, legendary CIA hit man, is gone, but not forgotten. A top-secret project code-named Genocide One has given him a chance to live again, and enough firepower to kill multitudes—and survive to kill another day. NOW HE IS THEIR GREATEST NIGHTMARE Grotesquely transformed, Cain has become the ultimate predator: a killing machine with the soul of a devil. And the only force that can stop him is a trio of flawed people: a soldier who lost his family and his soul to a terrorist&’s bullets, a priest who has lost his faith to the power of sin, and the beautiful scientist who created Cain and then lost control of him. Now, in a ten-day countdown to Armageddon, all they have left to lose is the survival of the human race. A Book of the Month Club Main Selection Praise for Cain &“An action-packed novel filled with combat, big explosions, chases, and suspenseful confrontations.&”—SF Site
Cain His Brother: A William Monk Novel (William Monk #6)
by Anne Perry"A TRIUMPH . . . A model of the richness and subtleties of relationships, characters, and story construction."--Chicago Sun-TimesIn his family life, Angus Stonefield had been gentle and loving; in business, a man of probity; and in his relationship with his twin brother, Caleb, a virtual saint. Now Angus is missing, and it appears more than possible that Caleb--a creature long since abandoned to depravity--has murdered him. Hired to find the missing man, William Monk puts himself into his shoes, searching for clues to Angus's fate and his vicious brother's whereabouts. Slowly, Monk inches toward the truth--and also, unwittingly, toward the destruction of his good name and livelihood. . . ."MASTERFUL . . . DARKLY CHILLING . . . Perry eloquently delivers to her readers the flavor of Victorian England. . . . Readers will be kept entertained and guessing--right up to the final pages."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT FIGURED OUT, THINK AGAIN! No one can capture and bring to life the drama, excitement, and feel of Victorian England like Perry."--Mostly MurderA Main Selection of the Mystery GuildFrom the Paperback edition.
Cain His Brother: An atmospheric and compelling Victorian mystery (William Monk Mystery #6)
by Anne PerryWilliam Monk faces his most bizarre case to date... In the foggy streets of Victorian London, Investigator Monk continues to solve the city's crimes and murders, with Cain His Brother being the sixth instalment of Anne Perry's mystery series featuring the popular detective. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Sarah Perry.'Just when you think you have it figured out, think again! No one can capture and bring to life the drama, excitement, and feel of Victorian England like Perry' - Mostly Murder Genvieve Stonefield's husband Angus is missing when she seeks William Monk's help to find him. She is convinced that he has been murdered by his twin brother Caleb, a shadowy figure who lives in the slums bordering the Thames and has always hated his respectable businessman brother. Although worried about Hester Latterly's health as she nurses victims of a typhoid outbreak in Limehouse, and threatened by a personal scandal, Monk is determined to bring one of the most bizarre cases he has ever encountered to its conclusion. What readers are saying about Cain His Brother: 'This is the best one in the Monk series... this novel has a most baffling conclusion and left me reeling in surprise''Lots of twists to the tale, it'll have you hooked''Five stars'
Cain's Blood: A Novel
by Geoffrey GirardWhen clones of infamous serial killers escape from a secret government facility, it's up to a former Army Ranger to stop them...with the help of a teenage killer clone.The DNA of the world's most notorious serial killers--including Ted Bundy, The Son of Sam, and The Boston Strangler--has been cloned by the US Department of Defense to develop a new breed of bioweapon. Now in Phase Three, the program includes dozens of young men who have no clue as to their evil heritage. Playing a twisted game of nature vs. nurture, scientists raise some of the clones with loving families and others in abusive circumstances. But everything changes when the most dangerous boys are set free by their creator. A man with demons of his own, former black ops soldier Shawn Castillo is hot on the clones' trail. But Castillo didn't count on the quiet young man he finds hiding in an abandoned house--a boy who has just learned he is the clone of Jeffrey Dahmer. As Jeffrey and Castillo race across the country after the rampaging teens, Castillo must protect the boy who is the embodiment of his biggest fears--and who may also be his last hope. "A wild, peek-through-your fingers scare ride" (Paul Tremblay, author of The Little Sleep), Cain's Blood melds all-too-plausible science and ripped-from-the-headlines horror into a stunning work about the potential for good and evil in us all.
Cain's Book
by Alexander TrocchiA Beat-era novel of heroin addiction in 1950s New York City that was called “a treasure” by Ken Kesey. This is the journal of Joe Necchi, a junkie living on a barge that plies the rivers and bays of New York. Joe’s world is the half-world of drugs and addicts—the world of furtive fixes in sordid Harlem apartments, of police pursuits down deserted subway stations. Junk for Necchi, however, is a tool, freely chosen and fully justified; he is Cain, the malcontent, the profligate, the rebel who lives by no one’s rules but his own. Author Alexander Trocchi’s muse was drugs—but in this novel, he does not romanticize the source of his inspiration. If the experience of heroin, of the “fix,” is central to Cain’s Book, both its destructive force and the possibilities it holds for creativity are recognized and accepted without apology. “The classic of the late-1950s account of heroin addiction . . . An un-self-forgiving existentialism, rendered with writerly exactness and muscularity, set this novel apart from all others of the genre.” —William S. Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch
The Cairo Code: A Thriller
by Glenn MeadeThe international bestseller takes you on a fast-paced, nail-biting thrill ride from the Great Pyramids in Cairo, to behind the Nazi lines in Berlin, to the very seat of democracy as our hero tries to unravel a plot that could kill FDR and Winston Churchill.To save the Western Allies, he must kill the woman he loves... November 1943: Adolf Hitler sanctioned his most audacious mission ever--to kill US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill while they visit Cairo for a secret conference to plan the Allied invasion of Europe, an invasion which threatens imminent defeat for Germany. Only one man is capable of leading the defiant Nazi mission--Major Johann Halder, one of the Abwehr's most brilliant and daring agents. He is a man with a tortured soul and a talent for the impossible. Accompanied by an expert undercover team and Rachael Stern, the young and beautiful Egyptologist, Halder must race against time across a hostile desert to reach Cairo and successfully complete the assignment, or else forfeit his life and the life of his son. When US military intelligence hears about the plan, they assign Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Weaver, one of their best officers, to hunt down and eliminate Halder and his team. But for Weaver, as well as for Halder and Stern, there's more than the balance of war and the lives of the Allied leaders at stake--a pact of love and friendship will be tested in the frantic, high-stakes chase to the death. Based on a real attempt to kill the President, The Cairo Code is a breathless, suspenseful thriller--a heart-wrenching tale of friendship, love, and treachery set against the exotic and intriguing backdrop of wartime Egypt.
The Cairo Codex
by Linda LambertWhen an earthquake nearly buries anthropologist Justine Jenner in an ancient crypt, she finds what appears to be an ancient codex which, if real, could radically threaten the world's great religions.The Cairo Codex is a riveting novel of two women, two millennia apart, set in the exotic cultures of ancient and present-day Egypt. Dr. Justine Jenner has come to Cairo to forge her own path from the legacies of her parents, an Egyptian beauty and an American archaeologist. After an earthquake nearly buries her alive in an underground crypt, she discovers an ancient codex, written by a woman whose secrets threaten the foundations of both Christian and Muslim beliefs. As political instability rocks the region and the Muslim Brotherhood threatens to steal the Egyptian Revolution, Justine is thrust into a world where even those she trusts may betray her in order to control the codex's revelations.
Cairo Modern
by Naguib Mahfouz William M. HutchinsIn Naguib Mahfouz's suspenseful novel a bitter and ambitious nihilist, a beautiful and impoverished student, and a corrupt official engage in a doomed menage a trois. Cairo of the 1930s is a place of vast social and economic inequities. It is also a time of change, when the universities have just opened to women and heady new philosophies imported from Europe are stirring up debates among the young. Mahgub is a fiercely proud student who is determined to keep both his poverty and his lack of principles secret from his idealistic friends. When he finds that there are no jobs for those without connections, out of desperation he agrees to participate in an elaborate deception. But what begins as a mere strategy for survival soon becomes much more for both Mahgub and his partner in crime, an equally desperate young woman named Ihsan. As they make their way through Cairo's lavish high society their precarious charade begins to unravel and the terrible price of Mahgub's Faustian bargain becomes clear.
A Caixa 1 (A CAIXA #Volumen 1)
by Camilla Läckberg Henrik FexeusCamilla Läckberg, autora bestseller com mais de 30 milhões de livros vendidos em todo o mundo, e Henrik Fexeus, um dos mais respeitados especialistas em linguagem e comunicação corporal, unem forças e criam a trilogia mais fascinante, envolvente e impactante dos últimos tempos. Atreva-se a descobrir a verdade. Quando uma mulher é encontrada morta numa caixa de madeira, com o corpo perfurado por espadas, a polícia de Estocolmo fica perplexa: é difícil saber se é um truque de magia que acabou em tragédia ou um ritual macabro. As investigações são confiadas a uma equipa especial: um grupo heterogéneo de agentes selecionados —e alérgicos a procedimentos institucionais —, entre os quais se destaca, pela sua competência como investigadora, Mina Dabiri. É a própria Mina que sugere envolver neste caso o famoso mentalista Vincent Walder, profundo conhecedor da linguagem corporal e do mundo do ilusionismo. Juntos, partem na caça ao assassino, mas a personalidade de ambos, marcada por pequenas e grandes obsessões e segredos indescritíveis, dificultaa investigação, também porque o seu próprio passado acaba por estar perturbadoramente ligado ao caso. Com o aparecimento de mais um corpo, Mina e Vincent percebem que enfrentam um implacável assassino em série e dão início a uma emocionante corrida contra o tempo, para decifrarem os códigos numéricos e truques de ilusionismo de uma mente brilhante e perversa. Antes que a situação se agrave, a única arma de que dispõem para evitar que o assassino volte a matar é antecipar os seus movimentos: só compreendendo plenamente a sua loucura poderão acabar com ela. Uma emocionante viagem à parte mais obscura da alma humana e que não deixará nenhum leitor indiferente Os elogios da crítica: «Läckberg e Fexeus sabem perfeitamente como escrever uma história impactante e envolvente.»Göteborgs Posten «Quando Läckberg une forças com Fexeus, o entretenimento torna-se descaradamente impressionante.»Ystads Allehanda «Romance muito perturbador, que, inevitavelmente, leva a roer as unhas. Não vai querer mais nada para além de ler a história de uma só vez. [...] Mina Dabiri e Vincent Walder são uma dupla de investigadores comoventes.»De Telegraaf «Um enredo sofisticado e personagens das quais quer sempre saber mais.»denglers-buchkritik.de «A dupla Läckberg/Fexeus conseguiu criar um emocionante e extraordinário começo para a sua trilogia. Assusta, emociona e entretém.»krimi-couch.de «Fazia muito tempo que não lia um romance tão impressionante e enigmático, tão cheio de truques e reviravoltas como este.»Literaturbühne «Dramático e divertido, com investigadores não convencionais, mas muito interessantes.»Rádio Mühlheim «Arrastei por toda a parte este livro, porque era simplesmente tão excitante, que, se eu tivesse apenas cinco minutos, os aproveitava para ler algumas páginas. Há uma explosão de psicologia, conhecimento e diagnóstico no livro A caixa, o primeiro de uma trilogia de Läckberg em colaboração com Henrik Fexeus. O conhecimento profissional de Henrik e as habilidades de escrita de Läckberg transformam esta dupla numa equipa de redação brilhante... O livro é GENIAL. 6 estrelas.»Hverdags_psykologi.dk «4estrelas. Pode parecer demasiado extenso para um thriller, mas tanto o enredo quanto as análises comportamentais que servem como fio condutor da história deste crime cativam, sem sombra de dúvida, o leitor. O bom artesanato de crime de Läckberg e os novos ingredientes relevantes de Fexeus garantem uma experiência de leitura muito satisfatória.»Jyllands-Posten
La Caja de Pandora
by Luke ChristodoulouLa pequeña y pintoresca ciudad de Parga es un paraíso con aguas turquesas y gente amable y acogedora. El descubrimiento del cuerpo de una joven desnuda en un lugar emblemático de la ciudad desencadenará secretos ocultos que amenazan con convertir el pueblo costero en una pesadilla infernal. Únase al dúo de investigadores formado por la capitana de policía Arianna Kontou y el teniente Adrian Metsoviti en un viaje de suspenso y misterio mientras se desenreda el emocionante caso.
La Caja Magica: Esmerelda Sleuth; Investigadora paranormal Libro 2 (Esmerelda Sleuth (investigadora paranormal) #2)
by Eileen SheehanCon sus enemigos en la guerra anterior a la guerra civil, Virginia aún buscaba su muerte, Esmeralda se ve obligada a regresar al futuro solo unos días después de casarse con Lance. Debido a que era necesario fingir su muerte para evitar que sus enemigos la siguieran al futuro, su nuevo esposo, Lance, se vio obligado a quedarse. Había colocado debajo de las tablas del piso de la casa una caja mágica para que se comunicaran, hasta que encontrara una manera segura de estar con ella Ahora, ella debe encontrarla. ... ¡Una tarea que es más fácil decir qué hacer! "LA CAJA MÁGICA" es el libro dos del emocionante thriller paranormal-romance-misterio-thriller Esmerelda Sleuth Series
Las cajas de luz
by Shane JonesAtento lector, atenta lectora:Si vivieras en un pueblo donde Febrero, temido espíritu del frío y la oscuridad, se ha instalado durante más de novecientos días, donde la tristeza es infinita y desaparecen niños, ¿hasta dónde llegarías para derrocarlo?Thaddeus, vecino del lugar, sufre la brutalidad de Febrero: su hija Bianca ha desaparecido, dejando en su cama un rastro de perfume a miel y humo. En breve, Thaddeus liderará la guerra contra Febrero, quien, junto a la muchacha que huele a miel y humo, ha cubierto el pueblo de nieve, de lamentaciones, de musgo y de capas de gris infinito.Ya se sabe que en tiempos de guerra la fortuna ayuda a los audaces, por lo que Thaddeus despliega una serie de ingeniosas tretas contra Febrero: agujeros en el cielo para recuperar el sol, cajas de luz, pértigas gigantes que empujan a las nubes, incluso finge que es verano... Arduas tareas que -si finalmente decides seguirlas- puede que te lleven para siempre de las sombras a la luz.
A Cajun Christmas Killing: A Cajun Country Mystery (A Cajun Country Mystery #3)
by Ellen ByronMaggie Crozat is back home in bayou country during the most magical time of the year. In Pelican, Louisiana, Christmastime is a season of giant bonfires on the levee, zydeco carols, and pots of gumbo. Except, this year, the Grinch has come to stay at the family-run Crozat Plantation B&B. When he floods travel websites with vicious reviews, Maggie thinks she’s identified him as rival businessman Donald Baxter. That is, until he’s found stabbed to death at Maggie’s workplace. And Maggie and her loved ones become top suspects.The Crozats quickly establish alibis, but Maggie’s boyfriend, Detective Bo Durand, remains under suspicion. With Bo sidelined during the investigation, Maggie finds herself forced to work with an unlikely ally: longtime family enemy Rufus Durand. Her sleuthing uncovers more suspects than drummers drumming, and lands her in the crosshairs of the murderer.The sleigh bells are jingling, and the clock is ticking for Maggie and Rufus, who must catch the killer or it will be the opposite of a Joyeux Noël in A Cajun Christmas Killing, the recipe-stuffed third installment of USA Today bestselling author Ellen Byron’s Cajun Country mysteries.
Cajun Justice
by James Patterson Tucker Axum IIIThis new standalone thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author follows ex-Secret Service agent, Cain Lemaire, as he uncovers the dark secrets hidden beneath the Tokyo streets. <p><p> The Bayou is a unique place to live and it provides a grit and passion to any who hail from it, including Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans. Cain had the dream job he had always wanted, protecting the President, until a single night resulted in a scandal that lost him his post. Needing a new direction for his life and with help from his sister who works in Japan, Cain takes a job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very successful and important CEO. What he thought was a simple security post unravels a tangled web of corruption, greed, and extortion, but now Cain is on his own and without the wealth of resources he had with the Secret Service. Years of training and international missions kick in as he races to find justice that only way a born and raised Cajun can do. <p> <b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Cajun Kiss of Death: A Cajun Country Mystery (A Cajun Country Mystery #7)
by Ellen ByronThe next shot from Cupid's bow may be fatal in USA Today bestselling, Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron's hearty and delightful seventh Cajun Country mystery.In Pelican, Louisiana, Valentine's Day has a way of warming the heart, despite the February chill. But the air at Crozat Plantation B&B turns decidedly frigid when celebrity chef Phillippe Chanson checks in. And when the arrogant Phillippe--in town to open his newest Cajun-themed restaurant--perishes in a fiery boat crash, Maggie Crozat's dear friend JJ lands in very cold water.Did JJ, proprietor of Junie's Oyster Bar and Dance Hall, murder Phillippe because he feared the competition? Might Maggie's mother, Ninette, have bumped off the chef for stealing one of her cherished recipes? Or was the culprit a local seafood vendor, miffed because Phillippe was somehow able to sell oysters for a remarkably reasonable price, despite an oyster shortage?Maggie had planned to devote her February to art lessons in New Orleans, a present from her sweetheart, Bo. But now she has to focus on helping her friend and her mother cross a murder charge off the menu. Meanwhile, Maggie receives a series of anonymous gifts that begin as charming but grow increasingly disturbing. Does Maggie have an admirer--or a stalker? And are these mysterious gifts somehow related to Phillippe's murder?Blood may be thicker than water, but this case is thicker than gumbo. And solving it will determine whether Maggie gets hearts and roses--or hearse and lilies--this Valentine's Day.
Cajun Nights (The Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn Mysteries #1)
by D. J. DonaldsonA “suspenseful . . . welcome debut” mystery set in New Orleans (The Washington Post Book World). When a disturbing series of murder-suicides terrorizes the Big Easy, young NOPD criminal psychologist Kit Franklyn is eager to take the case and prove her mettle. She discovers some bizarre connections between the perpetrators: They all share the same blood type, drive old cars, and reportedly hummed a nursery rhyme before committing their grisly acts. As she uncovers the scope of the crimes, Franklyn turns to Andy Broussard, the chief medical examiner whose love of the truth is matched only by his love of New Orleans cuisine. Together, they follow a dangerous trail that leads into the Crescent City’s dark past, and an old Cajun curse that seems to have returned with a vengeance. Now Broussard and Franklyn need to fight off some very bad juju, or their partnership may end before it begins. This first mystery featuring Broussard and Franklyn is a “fast-paced thriller” that “won’t be easily put down” (The Commercial Appeal, Memphis).
The Cajuns
by Gus WeillA richly textured, deeply atmospheric, and engaging novel set in a small Louisiana town in the 1950s, The Cajuns tells a captivating tale of love, life, death, and intrigue in a wonderfully bizarre yet corrupt culture. The descendants of French Canadians who migrated to southern Louisiana in the mid-eighteenth century, Cajuns are known for their fiery and passionate dispositions. In his remarkably moving new novel, Louisiana native Gus Weill presents an affectionate yet unstinting look at Cajun culture in the small town of Richelieu -- a world in which the mix of promiscuity, ribald humor, extreme violence, and devout Catholicism is a way of life. Bobby Boudreaux is the sheriff of Richelieu, where the only laws people respect are those that dictate how much pepper goes into the stew and, of course, the edicts of the Catholic Church. It was not a job Bobby wanted -- in fact, once out of school, his dream had been to escape into the larger world as fast as he possibly could. But life -- and a strong-willed father -- got in the way. On most days being parish sheriff is not that demanding. Yes, laws get broken, but no one else seems to mind, so why should he? Thus, when Ti Boy Brouliette, an altar boy and an all-around good kid, dies in a mysterious gun accident, Bobby's only official action is to join the townsfolk who congregate at the home of the family, offering comfort to the grieving parents. What he doesn't realize, though, is that his life -- and that of everyone in Richelieu -- is about to change forever. Among those gathered at Ti Boy's home is Ruth Ann Daigle, a beautifully sexy and worldly young woman who has returned to her hometown to help out her ailing father, who runs the local newspaper. Ruth Ann intimates to Bobby that she is not convinced that Ti Boy's death was an accident and, as a reporter for the paper, she intends to investigate. Bobby, annoyed by the suggestion that he's not doing his job, is afraid that Ruth Ann may be right. He also fears that Ruth Ann's arrival in Richelieu marks the end of a way of life he has come to depend on -- for not only does she threaten to challenge tradition, she has also awakened in him a sexual need that had grown dormant over the years, and soon his marriage is threatened as well. Against this rich and vivid background, populated by a cast of colorful characters, Gus Weill has crafted a fascinating and compelling tale of a distinctive way of life threatened by scandal and of a unique culture on the brink of dramatic change.
Cake: A Novel
by DThe author of Got returns with another suspenseful work of &“gritty street noir&” (Publishers Weekly). &“There&’s a new player stepping into the street-lit spotlight, and he&’s one to watch. . . . Urban libraries have to get Got.&” —Library Journal, on D&’s debut novel Got It&’s less than six months after the events of D&’s first novel, Got, and our nameless narrator has vanished off the Brooklyn grid, only to end up in Atlanta. He&’s enrolled in college, trying to live a normal life and escape the memories of his past in New York. Yet trouble is shadowing him, and he is about to be forced to make a life-or-death decision . . .
Cake and Punishment (A Southern Cake Baker Mystery #1)
by Maymee BellIn the first of a delectable new Southern-set baking cozy series, Sophia Cummings, pastry chef extraordinaire, must craft the perfect cake for an old friend’s wedding while sifting through the suspects in a murder. Bucolic Rumford, Kentucky has glowing fields of bluegrass, a fine selection of bourbons, and now a professional pastry chef. Broken-hearted Sophia Cummings has come home from New York City. She’s not there a minute before she’s charmed into making her high school friend Charlotte’s wedding cake. The kitchen at the Rumford Country Club seems perfect until Chef Emile’s body is discovered, sprawled near the stove, a cast iron skillet on the floor close by. With one look at the shiny, new frying pan, Sophia knows it’s not Emile’s. She offers her knowledge to Sheriff Carter and her talents to Evelyn, the manager, who needs an interim chef. The mood in the country club is grim: Emile’s peppery personality had burned members and staff alike. Sophia wonders which one of them burned him? Perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and JoAnna Carl, Cake and Punishment—with authentic Southern recipes!—will satisfy your sweet tooth.
Cake on a Hot Tin Roof
by Jacklyn BradyPastry chef Rita Lucero's Mardi Gras party turns funereal when one of her guests is found dead after a public fight with her uncle-leaving Rita no choice but to find the real killer and clear her uncle's name...