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Earth Storm: The new novel from the Swedish crime-writing phenomenon (Malin Fors)
by Mons KallentoftThe next dark mystery featuring the Linköping's best detective, Malin Fors, from the bestselling author Mons Kallentoft.In the early hours of the morning, the naked body of a young man is discovered in a ditch next to Go¨ta Kanal. The cause of death is mysterious; the body bears no visible traces of violence.The man is soon identified as Peder Akerlund, a former Swedish politician, excluded from his party for racism but since reformed. Then sixteen-year-old Nadja Lundin is reported missing, possibly abducted, the same evening, and there are signs that suggest the two cases might be connected.But what do the victims have in common? And why were they chosen? Gradually, Malin Fors realises that they are dealing with someone who is playing a game with them, who speaks through murders and who will not be silenced. What is he or she trying to say? Desperate to fine Nadja alive, the team race against the clock to find an answer before it's too late...Praise for the Malin Fors series:'One of the best-realised female heroines I've read by a male writer.' Guardian'Kallentoft's books have been called beautiful, exquisite and original. I can see why.' Literary Review'This is a worthy successor to Larsson's Millennium trilogy.' Booklist Starred Review
Earth Storm: The new novel from the Swedish crime-writing phenomenon
by Mons KallentoftThe next dark mystery featuring the Linköping's best detective, Malin Fors, from the bestselling author Mons Kallentoft.In the early hours of the morning, the naked body of a young man is discovered in a ditch next to Go¿ta Kanal. The cause of death is mysterious; the body bears no visible traces of violence.The man is soon identified as Peder Akerlund, a former Swedish politician, excluded from his party for racism but since reformed. Then sixteen-year-old Nadja Lundin is reported missing, possibly abducted, the same evening, and there are signs that suggest the two cases might be connected.But what do the victims have in common? And why were they chosen? Gradually, Malin Fors realises that they are dealing with someone who is playing a game with them, who speaks through murders and who will not be silenced. What is he or she trying to say? Desperate to fine Nadja alive, the team race against the clock to find an answer before it's too late...Praise for the Malin Fors series:'One of the best-realised female heroines I've read by a male writer.' Guardian'Kallentoft's books have been called beautiful, exquisite and original. I can see why.' Literary Review'This is a worthy successor to Larsson's Millennium trilogy.' Booklist Starred Review
Earth Storm: The new novel from the Swedish crime-writing phenomenon (Malin Fors)
by Mons KallentoftThe next dark mystery featuring the Linköping's best detective, Malin Fors, from the bestselling author Mons Kallentoft.In the early hours of the morning, the naked body of a young man is discovered in a ditch next to Go¨ta Kanal. The cause of death is mysterious; the body bears no visible traces of violence.The man is soon identified as Peder Akerlund, a former Swedish politician, excluded from his party for racism but since reformed. Then sixteen-year-old Nadja Lundin is reported missing, possibly abducted, the same evening, and there are signs that suggest the two cases might be connected.But what do the victims have in common? And why were they chosen? Gradually, Malin Fors realises that they are dealing with someone who is playing a game with them, who speaks through murders and who will not be silenced. What is he or she trying to say? Desperate to fine Nadja alive, the team race against the clock to find an answer before it's too late...Praise for the Malin Fors series:'One of the best-realised female heroines I've read by a male writer.' Guardian'Kallentoft's books have been called beautiful, exquisite and original. I can see why.' Literary Review'This is a worthy successor to Larsson's Millennium trilogy.' Booklist Starred Review(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Earthly Powers
by David AndersonA dark secret from the dying days of war-ravaged Nazi Germany re-emerges half-way around the world on a West Coast island and exerts a malevolent influence on its present day occupants. Thirty-something Terri Stark is living on isolated Arcadia Island while recovering from a failed marriage. But one day trouble comes to paradise. Someone is spying on her, and soon her beloved dog Ned goes missing. After a break-in, a mysterious person appears at her door and makes none too subtle threats. Terri has only one person to turn to: her estranged husband Jack, whose arrival escalates the situation. Soon they are separated again, Jack running for his life from relentless killers, Terri forced into a desperate treasure hunt, their survival dependent upon her success. A teenage defector from the enemy camp turns out to have vital information – and a hidden agenda of his own.
East India
by Colin FalconerIn any other circumstance but shipwreck, rape and murder, a man like Michiel van Texel would never have met a fine lady such as Cornelia Noorstrandt. He was just a soldier, a sergeant in the Dutch East India company’s army, on his way from Amsterdam to the Indies to fight the Mataram. Such a woman was far above the likes of him. But both their destinies intertwine far away from Holland, on some god-forsaken islands near the Great Southland. When their great ship, the Utrecht, founders far from home, surviving the Houtman Rocks is the least of their worries. As they battle to survive and the bravest and the best reveal themselves for what they are, Cornelia’s only hope is a mercenary in a torn coat who shows her that a man is more than just manners and money. He makes her one promise: ‘Even if God forsakes you, I will find you.’ But can he keep it? Described by one critic as ‘Jack and Rose in the seventeenth century’, East India will keep you wondering until the final page.
Easy Come Easy Go: Alaska Gold Fever
by Ron WaldenOtis Fairfax, reclusive older resident of Nikiski, Alaska, had a lust for gold prospecting; it was all he wanted to do. Otis only worked when he needed cash to buy gas for his plane to scout a new prospecting site. Returning from one of these trips, his gas ran out along with his luck--but not before old Otis had finally struck it rich! What investigators found in his plane would come to make many people rich, as long as they had some connection to it. But easy come, easy go. And possession of another man's fortune would come to make many people do a lot of surprising things, some not easy and some that wouldn't just go away. Join Trooper investigator Sergeant Bob Seaton and his young protege as they track this gold trail through its various owners to an unforeseen conclusion.
Easy Day for the Dead: A Seal Team Six Outcasts Novel (The SEAL Team Six Outcasts Novels)
by Howard E. Wasdin Stephen TemplinInfusing the hardcore intensity of their New York Times bestselling memoir, SEAL Team Six, into two pulse-pounding novels, Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin plunge readers into the electrifying action of the Outcasts, the elite SEAL warriors who covertly defy the rules when America&’s safety is on the line. They are the heroes the world will never know…Working under the radar in Special Ops unit Bitter Ash, these men and women take on the missions no one else wants. Every op is the highest possible risk and any moment could be their last. Now, they must parachute into the harsh desert on the border with Afghanistan, to meet a beautiful agent who will lead them to an Iranian biological warfare site they are to destroy with a suitcase-size nuke. And, like most missions, nothing goes according to plan, with a maniacal Revolutionary Guard officer a razor&’s edge away from exposing them. Then the team must free a hostage in Lebanon before the fight takes them halfway around the world—in a frantic battle of courage and stealth that America cannot afford to lose.
Easy Death
by Daniel Boyd'TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS... ...and two robbers hired by a local crime boss manage to heist half a million dollars from an armored car. But getting the money and getting away with it are two different things, especially with a blizzard coming down, the cops in hot pursuit, and a double-crossing gambler and a murderous park ranger threatening to turn this white Christmas blood red.
Eat What You Kill: A Novel
by Ted ScofieldIn Eat What You Kill by Ted Scofield, Evan Stoess is a struggling young Wall Street analyst obsessed with fortune and fame. A trailer park kid who attended an exclusive prep school through a lucky twist of fate, Evan's unusual past leaves him an alien in both worlds, an outsider who desperately wants to belong. When a small stock he discovers becomes an overnight sensation, he is poised to make millions and land the girl of his dreams, but disaster strikes and he loses everything. Two years later a mysterious firm offers Evan a chance for redemption, and he jumps at the opportunity. His new job is to short stocks—to bet against the market. But when the stock goes up and he finds himself on the brink of ruin once again, another option presents itself: murder. At a moral crossroads, Evan must ask himself—how far will a man go for money and vengeance?
Eddie
by Skylar JayeKidnapped. Again. Honestly, Eddie Goodman isn't surprised. As the son of crime-fighting superheroes with no powers of his own, he's used to living with a target on his back. Now, the League of Evil has him in their clutches once more. However, Eddie's not familiar with this particular villain, whose name seems to echo the shadows he controls. Shadow isn't as disgusting as the others, like the fiendish Duke Naughty who's been after Eddie for a long time. With a master's degree in Psychology, Eddie calls on his talent to analyze the mind of this new supervillain and finds he's not so evil, just a little... dark. When Shadow saves Eddie from those intending him harm, blurring the lines between good and evil, Eddie realizes battling this new enemy--and his growing infatuation with the enigmatic man--won't be easy. As Eddie struggles to understand Shadow's motivations and his own feelings, he realizes Shadow is exactly the kind of Dominant he'd usually go for, and worse yet, Shadow seems to sense Eddie's submissive nature. Eddie's mind might not want to submit to a supervillain, but his body certainly does.
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile
by Marcia Wells Marcos CaloArt, mystery, fun and friendship, combine in this illustrated middle grade series debut. Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and talent for drawing anything he sees. When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case, drawing Eddie deeper into New York's famous Museum Mile and closer to a dangerous criminal group known as The Picasso Gang. With page-turning adventure and fun characters, this first installment in the Eddie Red series is a must-read for any fan of puzzles and mystery.A Spring 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices selection
Edén: ¿Hasta dónde llegarías para cambiar el mundo?
by Andrés PascualDe la enigmática Amazonía a las modernas urbes brasileñas, Andrés Pascual nos adentra en un laberinto de intrigas. A Mika no le sonríe la suerte últimamente. En paro y sin perspectivas de futuro en España, decide abandonarlo todo y buscar trabajo en Brasil, el floreciente país de las nuevas oportunidades. Poco después de aterrizar en São Paulo, un repentino apagón deja a oscuras a sus veinte millones de habitantes. Al instante, siete potentes focos que forman una estrella sobre la azotea de un rascacielos iluminan las favelas del extrarradio. Entre tanto, las redes sociales se inundan con la fotografía de un cadáver sin identificar y el texto: «#DíaPrimero». Éste es solo el principio de una cadena de increíbles acontecimientos que convertirán a Mika en la pieza fundamental de una trama, de inabarcables proporciones, diseñada para terminar con la civilización actual, carcomida por las desigualdades, la aniquilación de los recursos naturales y la corrupción política y empresarial. Mientras los asesinatos se suceden, Mika se enfrentará al conflicto que planea sobre toda revolución: ¿hasta dónde llegarías para cambiar el mundo? La crítica ha dicho...«Edén, un thriller lleno de acción pero que también contiene elementos que invitan a la reflexión sobre a dónde está llegando el hombre moderno.»ABC
Edge of Betrayal
by Shannon K. ButcherNational bestselling author Shannon K. Butcher returns with the electrifying fourth novel in her action-packed, romantic Edge series... The covert organization known as the Edge is in full rescue mode, having been ordered to find the victims of the dreaded Threshold Project--and also to bring Adam Brink into the fold. Brink previously worked for Threshold, and may know how to stop the terror. Mira Sage knows Adam's dark past. She's created a database of Threshold survivors whose lives were destroyed by the experiments of the twisted Dr. Stynger--and is driven to save them. If working with the duplicitous Adam will help her, she'll play along. Even as Mira secretly seeks to prove Adam is still a traitor, Adam has his own agenda that no one must discover. But when the two find their goals pointing in the same direction, Mira will be tested to believe in the one man she can't trust. The one man she can't resist...
The Edge of the Water
by Elizabeth GeorgeSequel to the Edgar-nominated The Edge of Nowhere, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth GeorgeA mysterious girl who won't speak; a coal black seal named Nera that returns to the same place every year; a bitter feud of unknown origin--strange things are happening on Whidbey Island, and Becca King, is drawn into the maelstrom of events. But Beccahas her own secrets to hide. Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location. Even Derric, the Ugandan orphan with whom Becca shares a close, romantic relationship, can't be allowed to know her whereabouts. As secrets of past and present are revealed, Becca becomes aware of her growing paranormal powers, and events build to a shocking climax anticipated by no one.Acclaimed author Elizabeth George brings her extraordinary talents to this intriguing story that blends mystery and myth."A ripping good thriller." --School Library Journal
The Edge of the Water: Book 2 of The Edge of Nowhere Series (The Edge of Nowhere #2)
by Elizabeth GeorgeOn Whidbey Island, secrets never stay buried.A mysterious girl who won't speak; a coal-black seal named Nera that returns to the same place every year; a bitter feud of unknown origin - strange things are happening on Whidbey Island and Becca King is drawn into the maelstrom of events.But Becca, first met in The Edge of Nowhere, has her own secrets to hide. Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location. Even Derric, the Ugandan orphan with whom Becca shares a close, romantic relationship, can't be allowed to know her whereabouts.As secrets of past and present are revealed, Becca becomes aware of her growing paranormal powers and events build to a shocking climax anticipated by no one.Acclaimed author Elizabeth George brings her extraordinary talents to this intriguing story that blends mystery and myth.
The Edge of the Water: Book 2 of The Edge of Nowhere Series (The Edge of Nowhere #2)
by Elizabeth GeorgeOn Whidbey Island, secrets never stay buried.A mysterious girl who won't speak; a coal-black seal named Nera that returns to the same place every year; a bitter feud of unknown origin - strange things are happening on Whidbey Island and Becca King is drawn into the maelstrom of events.But Becca, first met in The Edge of Nowhere, has her own secrets to hide. Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location. Even Derric, the Ugandan orphan with whom Becca shares a close, romantic relationship, can't be allowed to know her whereabouts.(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton
The Edge of the Water
by Elizabeth GeorgeA mysterious girl who won't speak; a coal black seal named Nera that returns to the same place very year; a bitter feud of unknown origin--strange things are happening on Whidbey Island, and Becca King, is drawn into the maelstrom of events. But Becca, first met in The Edge of Nowhere, has her own secrets to hide. Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location. Even Derric, the Ugandan orphan with whom Becca shares a close, romantic relationship, can't be allowed to know her whereabouts. As secrets of past and present are revealed, Becca becomes aware of her growing paranormal powers, and events build to a shocking climax anticipated by no one. Acclaimed author Elizabeth George brings her extraordinary talents to this intriguing story that blends mystery and myth.
The Edge of Valor
by John J. GobbellCommander Todd Ingram, commanding officer of the destroyer, USS Maxwell (DD-525) met Soviet Navy officer Eduard Dezhnev in 1942 when the starshiy leytenant (senior lieutenant) was Naval Attaché to the Soviet Consulate in San Francisco. They became close friends, or so Ingram thought, until he discovered Dezhnev was a spy and had directly contributed to his capture by the Japanese in the Philippines while attempting to rescue his wife to-be, Helen. Later that year, Ingram escaped the Philippines with Helen, and returned to San Francisco, and had Dezhnev expelled from the United States, persona non grata.Ingram had put all that out of his mind, when on the last day of the war, the Maxwell suffers a hit from a Kamikaze attack off Okinawa. She puts into Karama Rhetto, a small archipelago off Okinawa, for repairs. News of the war's end comes the next day and Ingram expects to go home with the others on operation Magic Carpet. Instead, an Army buddy from his days on Corregidor comes after him. He is Brigadier General Otis Dewitt, now intelligence aid on General Douglas MacArthur's staff. In concert with the State Department, DeWitt has temporary orders drawn for Ingram to accompany him to Manila on the same plane as sixteen Japanese senior military and civilian diplomats. Over a swift two days, they negotiate with General MacArthur's staff, the terms for the instrument of surrender, soon to be signed in Tokyo Bay. DeWitt Promises Ingram that he will attend that ceremony.But DeWitt and the State Department have an ulterior motive. After Manila, they send Ingram on to Sakhalin Island to learn what can be done to defuse a Soviet attack on Hokkaido. Why me, asks Ingram? He groans when DeWitt tells him Edward Dezhnev is now a Captain Third Rank in the Soviet Navy. Moreover, Dezhnev is a brigade commander on Sakhalin and is responsible for laying siege to a Japanese holdout in Toro, a natural jumping off place for an attack on Hokkaido.Ingram and Dezhnev were once friends. Maybe it can happen again, Dewitt explains. At the very least, Ingram might be able to gather intelligence on the Soviet's plans to attack Hokkaido. There is something else, DeWitt explains. Walter Boring, a Red Cross representative on the run from Harbin, China, has two crates of overwhelming photographic evidence of Japan's experiments on live human beings; experiments far worse than anything in Nazi Germany. Ingram is expected to return with those crates. But how can he when Boring is being protected by the Japanese garrison in Toro where Dezhnev and his brigade stand ready to overpower them at any moment? Thus Ingram's "friendship" with Dezhnev may be a key factor in securing Boring's release along with his crates. As his shipmates relax and prepare for their return to loved ones, Ingram must go the other way. Three weeks ago he was fighting the Japanese and the Soviets were supposed to be his friends. Now, he doesn't know who to trust.
Een Fotolijst Met Barstjes
by Vertaald Uit Het Italiaans Door Emmy Goes Claudio RuggeriEen spannende detective waarin inspecteur Vincent Germano wederom een lastige zaak moet oplossen, die op een respectabele galeriehouder uit Rome. Was het moord of zelfmoord? Daarbij krijgt hij hulp uit onverwachte hoek.
Eeny Meeny
by M. J. ArlidgeThe "dark, twisted, thought-provoking" (#1 New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag) international bestseller--first in the new series featuring Detective Helen Grace.Two people are abducted, imprisoned, and left with a gun. As hunger and thirst set in, only one walks away alive.It's a game more twisted than any Detective Helen Grace has ever seen. If she hadn't spoken with the shattered survivors herself, she almost wouldn't believe them.Helen is familiar with the dark sides of human nature, including her own, but this case--with its seemingly random victims--has her baffled. But as more people go missing, nothing will be more terrifying than when it all starts making sense....From the Trade Paperback edition.
Eeny Meeny
by M. J. ArlidgeThe "dark, twisted, thought-provoking" (#1 New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag) international bestseller--first in the new series featuring Detective Helen Grace.Two people are abducted, imprisoned, and left with a gun. As hunger and thirst set in, only one walks away alive.It's a game more twisted than any Detective Helen Grace has ever seen. If she hadn't spoken with the shattered survivors herself, she almost wouldn't believe them.Helen is familiar with the dark sides of human nature, including her own, but this case--with its seemingly random victims--has her baffled. But as more people go missing, nothing will be more terrifying than when it all starts making sense....From the Trade Paperback edition.
Eggs in a Casket (A Cackleberry Club Mystery #5)
by Laura ChildsThe ladies of the Cackleberry Club are always ready to serve--whether they're cooking up breakfast or sniffing out a bad egg. While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the café's other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery to help prepare for its 150th anniversary celebration. But as they search the winding paths for the historical society tent, they discover something else out of place: the body of ex-prison warden Lester Drummond lying facedown in someone else's freshly dug grave. In the small town of Kindred, everyone knows everyone, and Lester was no exception. Suzanne knew him as the creepy guy who made unwanted advances on her friend Missy Langston. But now it appears the man was hiding a few secrets...and at least one of them was worth killing for. As the case cracks open, there are plenty of suspects to consider--from recent parolees to Missy herself, who Suzanne and Toni saw speeding away just before they found the body. Now, with a cemetery celebration in the offing, and the local authorities in over their heads, it's up to the Cackleberry Club to unscramble the clues and clear their friend's name. Recipes Included!
The Eiffel Tower Incident #5
by Stefano Turconi Sir Steve Stevenson"Red Rose." Those were the final words of a Russian diplomat murdered at the Eiffel Tower. With only those two words, Agatha and Dash set off to track down a killer hiding somewhere in the busy streets of Paris.
The Eighth Day: Quarterback Operations Group Book 1 (Quarterback Operations Group #1)
by Tom AvitabileIn this action-packed political thriller, a motley crew is assembled to aid the US government in deciphering what&’s causing a series of bizarre attacks before it&’s too late. A chemical engineer sets in motion a horrendous explosion killing hundreds of commuters and himself. Hollywood&’s hottest sex symbol assassinates a sitting senator. A grandmother stages a sophisticated attack on a train causing massive damage. An airplane full of Silicon Valley&’s brightest is blown up while refueling. A series of deadly, unrelated events, or the unlikely start of an insidious new terror network? As science advisor to the president, William &“Wild Bill&” Hiccock is tasked with assembling a team to identify and stop the threat, whether homegrown or foreign. His team—a retired Navy admiral, a wise-guy computer hacker sprung from federal prison, and his ex-wife, a leading behavioral psychologist—must identify and destroy their elusive adversary who always seems to be one step ahead. &“Awesome. I could not go to sleep last night because I couldn&’t put it down.&” —Donna Hanover, WOR Radio 710 &“Frighteningly realistic. Most of Washington really works this way. Homeland Security had better read this one and take corrective action.&” —Michael Skol, US Ambassador &“The author weaves a tale that will occasionally take your breath away and then cause you to sigh with relief . . . He is a master wordsmith who knows the value of just the right phrase at just the right moment. His timing will keep you on the edge of your chair.&” —Bill Twomey, CNG Newspaper Group &“A thriller with some insights into human behavior.&” —Mel Robbins, CNBC
Ein Glücklicher Mann
by Nicola Bock Shawn InmonBeschreibung: Eine Kurzgeschichte mit der richtigen Länge für die Mittagspause - 6.400 Wörter. Noch nie ist etwas für Brett Mann schief gegangen - bis heute Nacht. Ein glücklicher Mann ist die Geschichte eines großen Mannes der für sein 25-jähriges Klassentreffen zum Ort seiner High School-Triumphe zurückkommt. Sein Leben war gesegnet mit einer eleganten, schönen Frau, brillanten Kinder, einer Karriere, auf die jeder Mann neidisch war und mehr Geld als er je ausgeben könnte. Die Frage ist: hat er das alles wirklich selbst erreicht oder hat er ein verzaubertes Leben geführt? Noch wichtiger ist für ihn allerdings die Frage, ob der Zauber sich nun in einen Fluch verwandeln würde.