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Like to Die: A McKenzie Novel (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie Novels #15)
by David HousewrightA seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a friend, takes McKenzie down a dark and twisted path in Like to Die, the next mystery in David Housewright’s award-winning series.Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie has become an unlikely millionaire and an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends. The favor, this time, is for a friend of a friend—Erin Peterson, a local business person and owner of a growing food company called Salsa Girl. Someone seems to have a beef with her: the outside locks on her factory having been systematically filled with superglue. But for some reason, Erin doesn’t want to report this harassment to the police. As a favor to his poker buddy and hockey teammate Ian, McKenzie agrees to stop by and chat with Erin. At first Erin denies there's anything going on and then, when the harassment escalates and threatens her business, she also asks for McKenzie's help. The further McKenzie digs into the situation, the more complicated—and deadly—it becomes. And somewhere, in the middle of it all, is Erin, playing all sides against the middle, leading McKenzie to wonder if you ever really know who your friends are.
Like Trees, Walking: A Novel
by Ravi Howard“The verdict: A breathtaking debut.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution“This is a gripping tale of evil and injustice, and a fine debut from a talented writer.” — Shelf Awareness
A Likeable Woman
by May CobbNamed A Most Anticipated Thriller of Summer 2023 by Oprah Daily ∙ Buzzfeed ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ PureWow ∙ CrimeReads ∙ and more!Kira&’s back in her affluent hometown for the first time in years and determined to unravel the secrets of her mother&’s death--hidden in the unpublished memoir she left behind-- even if it kills her. . . .After her troublemaker mother&’s mysterious death, Kira fled her wealthy Texas town and never looked back. Now, decades later, Kira is invited to an old frenemy&’s vow renewal celebration Though she is reluctant to go, there are things pulling her home. . . like chilled wine and days spent by the pool . . . like sexy Jack, her childhood crush. But more important are the urgent texts from her grandmother, who says she has something for Kira. Something related to her mother&’s death, something that makes it look an awful lot like murder.When her grandmother gives Kira a memoir that her mother had been working on before she died, Kira is drawn into the past and all the sizzling secrets that come along with it. With few allies left in her gossipy country-club town, Kira turns to Jack for help. As she gets closer to discovering what—and who—might have brought about her mother&’s end, it becomes clear that someone wants the past to stay buried.And they might come after Kira next.
Likely Stories
by Neil GaimanFrom Hugo, Eisner, Newbery, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning author Neil Gaiman and Eisner award-winner Mark Buckingham (Fables) comes a striking graphic novel anthology of four essential fantasy stories.These dark and imaginative tales feature an odd and subtly linked world of bizarre venereal diseases, a creepy old woman who feasts on raw meat, a man obsessed with a skin model from a magazine, and a story within a story about ghosts. You wont want to miss this collection featuring comic adaptations of the short stories: Looking for the Girl, Foreign Parts, Closing Time, and Feeders and Eaters from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Neil Gaiman.
A Likely Story
by Jenn MckinlayA new hardcover in the Library Lover's mystery series from the New York Times bestselling author of On Borrowed Time. Small-town librarian Lindsey Norris must solve a murder and a missing person's case involving two reclusive brothers.<P><P>Delivering books to the housebound residents of the Thumb Islands, just a short boat ride from the town of Briar Creek, library director Lindsey Norris has befriended two elderly brothers, Stewart and Peter Rosen. She enjoys visiting them in their treasure-filled, ramshackle Victorian on Star Island until she discovers that Peter has been killed and Stewart is missing. Now she's determined to solve a murder and find Stewart before he suffers his brother's fate.
Likely To Die (Alexandra Cooper #2)
by Linda FairsteinAlexandra Cooper, Manhattan's top sex crimes prosecutor, is brought into what promises to be a messy case. Gemma Dogen was found in her own office in a New York hospital sexually assaulted, soaked in her own blood and considered likely to die before she can be moved to the emergency room.Alex combs through her files for murders with similar modus operandi, while Mike Chapman and the other detectives concentrate on possible motives amongst her friends and colleagues - many of whom had found Gemma a professional thorn in their sides.Two facts rapidly become apparent: the hospital itself is far from secure; and someone believes that Alex has discovered something far too damaging for them to let her live...
Likely to Die (Alex Cooper #2)
by Linda FairsteinThe real-life work of sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein brought "riveting authenticity" (Vanity Fair) to her bestselling debut novel, Final Jeopardy. Now Fairstein's fictional counterpart -- smart and savvy assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper -- returns in "[a] Grisham-esque page turner" (Time) that puts Alex in the line of fire. New York City's oldest and largest medical center is the scene of a ghastly attack: top neurosurgeon Gemma Dogen is found in her blood-soaked office, where she has been sexually assaulted, stabbed, and designated by the cops as a "likely to die." By the time Alex has plunged into the case, it's a high-profile, media-infested murder investigation with a growing list of suspects from among those who roam the hospital's labyrinthine halls. As Alex's passion to find the killer intensifies, she discovers this hospital is not a place of healing but of deadly peril -- and that she is the next target for lethal violence. A high-style thriller that sweeps from Manhattan to London to Martha's Vineyard, Likely to Die is an exhilarating tale from a justice system insider and provocative novelist.
The Likely World: A Novel
by Melanie Conroy-Goldman“[T]hemes of motherhood, love, and addiction collide in heartbreaking and dangerous ways” in this provocative and fascinating debut novel (Publishers Weekly).After twenty years of addiction to cloud, a drug which wipes the user’s short-term memory, Mellie’s mind is a messy collection of fragments. Now a single mother, she has decided to get clean with the help of a tough-minded sponsor. She desperately clings to her fragile sobriety, but on the evening of her twenty-ninth day sober, a stranger pulls into Mellie’s driveway—and her heart surges.To protect her new life and her two-year-old daughter, Mellie must now piece together the shards of her traumatic past. Shifting between 1988 and 2010, Melanie Conroy-Goldman’s debut novel is “bizarre and beautiful, equal parts brainy lit and gut-bucket pulp” (Mary Gaitskill, author of Bad Behavior).
The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2
by Tana FrenchStill traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID shows she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: send Cassie undercover in her place, to tempt the killer out of hiding to finish the job.
The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2 (Dublin Murder Squad)
by Tana FrenchStill traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID shows she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: send Cassie undercover in her place, to tempt the killer out of hiding to finish the job.
The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2 (Dublin Murder Squad)
by Tana FrenchThe inspiration for the major new BBC drama series DUBLIN MURDERS. Tana French follows her stunning accomplished debut, IN THE WOODS, with an equally compelling psychological mystery that confirms her place as one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID shows she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: send Cassie undercover in her place, to tempt the killer out of hiding to finish the job.(P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton
The Likeness: A Novel (Dublin Murder Squad #2)
by Tana FrenchThe eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods <p><P> Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. She's transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam O'Neill, but she's too badly shaken to make a commitment to him or to her career. Then Sam calls her to the scene of his new case: a young woman found stabbed to death in a small town outside Dublin. <P><P> The dead girl's ID says her name is Lexie Madison--the identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detective--and she looks exactly like Cassie. With no leads, no suspects, and no clue to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old undercover boss, Frank Mackey, spots the opportunity of a lifetime. They can say that the stab wound wasn't fatal and send Cassie undercover in her place to find out information that the police never would and to tempt the killer out of hiding. <P><P> At first Cassie thinks the idea is crazy, but she is seduced by the prospect of working on a murder investigation again and by the idea of assuming the victim's identity as a graduate student with a cozy group of friends. As she is drawn into Lexie's world, Cassie realizes that the girl's secrets run deeper than anyone imagined. <P><P> Her friends are becoming suspicious, Sam has discovered a generations-old feud involving the old house the students live in, and Frank is starting to suspect that Cassie's growing emotional involvement could put the whole investigation at risk. Another gripping psychological thriller featuring the headstrong protagonist we've come to love, from an author who has proven that she can deliver.
The Likeness: The inspiration for BBC/RTE drama series DUBLIN MURDERS
by Tana French'One of the best crime writers working today' Guardian'The Likeness isn't just a good page-turner, but a skilfully written modern novel' Sunday IndependentStill traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder Squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam ONeill. But she's too badly shaken to commit to him, or to her career.When Sam calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID says she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: send Cassie undercover in the dead girl's place, to tempt the killer out of hiding to finish the job.
L'île du cormoran blanc
by Alain Beauchemin Roger Audibert Josée Gladu Sandra GuimontPeu de temps après son arrivée à l’île Brion, William fut témoin d’une scène étrange : l’apparition d’un navire à trois mâts, suivie de l’approche d’une barque dirigée par un équipage de marins d’une autre époque. Quand l’embarcation atteignit le rivage, une jeune femme et son jeune bébé furent débarqués et laissés seuls, alors que l’équipage regagnait le large. William courut à la rencontre de la femme esseulée sans jamais la retrouver, comme si les portes d’un lointain passé s’étaient subitement refermées. De retour de voyage, il entreprit des recherches pour découvrir que pendant le Grand Dérangement, une jeune Acadienne déportée avec toutes les femmes et les enfants de son village fomenta une révolte à bord d’un navire anglais. Mais sa tentative héroïque échoua et elle fut abandonnée seule avec son enfant sur l’île Brion en guise de châtiment. Poussé par un étrange désir de mener plus avant son investigation, William en viendra à lever le voile sur une incroyable destinée.
Liliana
by Neva Squires-Rodriguez Laura Rebollo¡Bang! Ese sonido ensordecedor cambió la vida de Liliana para siempre. Su madre yacía a su lado muerta tras recibir un disparo en las calles de Chicago. Semanas después Liliana se marcha a Colombia a vivir con un padre al que no conoce. Mientras trabaja para pagar la deuda de su padre, conoce al amor de su vida, quien la libera de su padre para llevarla a un nuevo mundo lleno de giros inesperados.
Lily and the Lawman
by Marie FerrarellaSHE WAS NO DAMSEL IN DISTRESS!City girl Lily Quintano came to tiny Hades, Alaska, toget away from men. Her cheating ex-fiancé had turnedher heart to stone-or so she thought. For the minuteshe saw Max Yearling, her pulse started racing. She hadto avoid the sexy sheriff at all costs. But in a town thesize of Hades, heated encounters with the handsomelocal hero were inevitable...and way too enjoyable.Max Yearling didn't believe in love-his deadbeat fathermade sure of that. So why did he feel the need to keepan eye on the pretty Ms. Lily? Perhaps she might getlost in the wilderness...or even better, lose herself in hisstrong, protective arms....
Lily and the Night Creatures
by Nick LakeA young girl sets out to defeat the evil spirits inhabiting her home in this delightfully dark middle grade adventure perfect for fans of Coraline and Margaret Peterson Haddix&’s The Strangers.Lily is used to hospitals—she&’s spent more time in them than out of them thanks to her recent health issues. But when her mother goes into labor, her parents drop her off at her grandmother&’s house and rush to the hospital without her. Lily doesn&’t want the new baby to replace her and she certainly doesn&’t want to be sick anymore. Most frustrating of all, she forgot to pack Willo, her favorite toy. Under her grandma&’s not-so-watchful supervision, Lily sneaks back home to get Willo. Expecting to find an empty house, she is surprised to find her parents there. But something isn&’t right... They look just like her mom and dad until she gets closer and sees their coal black eyes. And they refuse to let her in—it&’s their house now. With the help of some surprising new friends that she meets in her garden, Lily is determined to beat these shadowy replacements and be reunited with her real parents. But is she strong enough to triumph?
The Lily Bard Mysteries Omnibus
by Charlaine HarrisLily Bard is starting over again. She's disguised herself as much as she can, cutting her hair short and wearing baggy clothes, and she's moved to Shakespeare, Arkansas, where, working as a cleaning lady, she can sweep away the secrets of her dark, violent past.But Shakespeare is not the peaceful little community Lily had hoped for, and her idea of just fading into the background looks like it's doomed right from the beginning, when she discovers the dead body of her landlord ...Before long, everyone is going to know Lily Bard's name.
Lily Cigar
by Tom MurphyA historical saga of one strong woman’s journey from poverty and servitude in New York City to a new life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. At ten, Lily Malone watched her mother die in their shabby apartment on Mulberry Street. Ma’s last wish was for Lily to keep an eye on her wild, rebellious brother—but after the two children move into the Catholic orphanage, she’s helpless to stop Fergy from abandoning her and heading out west to find gold in California. With the last of her family gone, Lily has little choice but to eventually accept a position in another family’s household. They’re Irish like her, but far wealthier—and it is here that the innocent girl begins to understand that she has little to bargain with aside from her beauty. This is the story of a young woman fighting her way out of hardship, as she learns to sell her body at an elegant brothel; becomes a mother desperately trying to keep the truth from her daughter; and finally is forced by love to return to the city of her shame and seek to conquer it. Moving from tenement squalor to the Fifth Avenue splendor of old New York, from the rolling decks of a great clipper ship to the brawling streets and magnificent Nob Hill mansions of San Francisco, through storm and earthquake and fire, Lily Cigar is a breathless saga of love, intrigue, and illicit passion.
The Lily Hand and Other Stories: And Other Stories
by Ellis PetersA collection of stories about life and death—and everything in between—from brilliant mystery author Ellis Peters They find Felipe in his coffin—the ebony sarcophagus that he has always kept beside his bed—dressed in an impeccable tuxedo. Even in death, he’s larger than life. The women of London hold a vigil outside his salon, beating their breasts in memory of their dear, departed stylist. But one reporter wonders just how much they really knew about Felipe. Who was this elegant legend, and who was the woman who inspired his famous logo, the perfect pair of lily-white hands that welcomed him into death? “The Lily Hand” is vintage Ellis Peters: a breathtaking story of painful life and beautiful death. In the sixteen stories in this lovely collection, life and death are closer together than they may seem, and there are some mysteries that are better left unsolved.
Lily in the Mirror
by Paula HayesLily loves all things dark and mysterious, so when she discovers a magic mirror in a locked room it's like a dream come true. Or is it ... Lily now has a new friend who desperately needs her help. But she's also got an older brother who really needs to get a life. Lily will require all eleven fingers, plus a hefty slice of Grandad's chocolate ganache cake, to fix a long-forgotten tragedy that's very close to home.
A Lily of the Field (The Inspector Troy Novels #7)
by John LawtonSpanning the tumultuous years 1934 to 1948, John Lawton's A Lily of the Field is a brilliant historical thriller from a master of the form. The book follows two characters-Méret Voytek, a talented young cellist living in Vienna at the novel's start, and Dr. Karel Szabo, a Hungarian physicist interned in a camp on the Isle of Man. In his seventh Inspector Troy novel, Lawton moves seamlessly from Vienna and Auschwitz to the deserts of New Mexico and the rubble-strewn streets of postwar London, following the fascinating parallels of the physicist Szabo and musician Voytek as fate takes each far from home and across the untraditional battlefields of a destructive war to an unexpected intersection at the novel's close. The result, A Lily of the Field, is Lawton's best book yet, an historically accurate and remarkably written novel that explores the diaspora or two Europeans from the rise of Hitler to the post-atomic age.
The Lily Sprayberry Cozy Mystery Series Books 1–3: Deal Gone Dead; Decluttered and Dead; and Signed, Sealed and Dead (The Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery Novellas)
by Carolyn Ridder AspensonMeet Lily Sprayberry. Selling homes is her career. Solving crimes, her calling. Now get the first three books of the Southern mystery series in one volume! Deal Gone Dead When Bramblett County, Georgia's number one realtor, Lily Sprayberry, finds her cantankerous older client dead on the kitchen floor, she lands herself smack dab in the middle of a long-running property battle and a one-hundred-year-old rumor. Decluttered and Dead When a member of Lily&’s decluttering and staging class winds up dead, the small-town realtor takes it personally and sets out to find the killer. But the truth isn&’t always pretty, and when she discovers a friend from her past may be the murderer, she vows to find out. Signed, Sealed and Dead As realtor Lily preps for the annual community yard sale fundraiser, she discovers the body of the newly hired lacrosse coach lying in the high school gym. As she searches for answers, she&’s dragged deeper into an angry mob of high school sports parents all seeking revenge and gunning for their kids to sign with the most elite schools offering the best scholarships. Praise for the mysteries of Carolyn Ridder Aspenson &“I love the charming Southern small-town dynamic and all the drama it brings. And the supporting characters are a hoot!&” —Caroline Fardig, USA Today–bestselling author &“If you like southern charm and laughter with deadly mysteries, this is your series.&” —Wulfwyn Reads Excessively &“Has all the earmarks I look for in an engrossing whodunnit.&” —Roxx Is Reading
The Lily Sprayberry Cozy Mystery Series Books 4-6 (A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery)
by Carolyn Ridder AspensonBooks 4 through 6 of the Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery series, featuring a spunky, small-town Georgia real estate agent turned amateur sleuth. Meet Lily Sprayberry. Selling homes is her career. Solving crimes, her calling. Book 4: Bidding War Break-In When Bramblett County realtor Lily Sprayberry lists her deceased client&’s townhome, the last in a sought-after mixed-use development community, she winds up in the throes of a bidding war and must contend with a criminal willing to do whatever it takes to keep her from selling… Book 5: Open House Heist The theft of a valuable coin collection, one that Lily had promised would remain safe, and a taunting note left by the thief, spur Lily to action. Determined to solve a thirty-six-year-old murder, Lily discovers clues that lead her to a possible killer she&’d never suspect—someone near and dear to her heart…. Book 6: Realtor Rub Out When Lily stops by a staged home, she finds the dead body of a fellow realtor lying on the living room floor. With only a week until her destination wedding, and no leads, no potential suspects, and no possibility to leave the state until the murder is solved, Lily&’s sheriff fiancé thinks they should postpone their nuptials. But that doesn&’t work for the soon-to-be bride. If you like charming Southern cozy mysteries, you&’ll love the Lily Sprayberry series.
Lily Vanessa and the Pet Panic (The Twelve Candles Club #11)
by Elaine L. SchulteA Lost Cat + One Grumpy Goat A P-u-r-r-fect Mess! Twelve-year-old Lily Vanessa Shields is in wild surprise when her hunt for a stray cat owner leads her straight to the girls of the 12 Candles Club. As happy as she is to meet them Lily Vanessa isn't sure whether the girls will accept an African-American girl as a friend. But the members' warm welcome helps erase Lily’s fears, and soon all of them are caught up in the search for the Cat's home. When the trail brings the girls to a rundown house on the edge of town, they are hired by the owner to care for a gazillion cats and dogs--and one nasty old goat. They've never taken on a job like this! Is this pet-sitting project more than Lily Vanessa and her new friends can handle? What Has Lily Vanessa Gotten Herself Into?