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The Lion: Number 5 in series
by Nelson DeMilleAsad Khalil - aka 'The Lion' - is the most dangerous man alive. A ruthless Libyan terrorist with an agenda of death and destruction, he has come to the US to seek out his number one enemy, ex-NYPD homicide detective John Corey. But Corey is equally intelligent, equally ruthless - and equally determined to wipe Khalil off the face of the earth....From the first page to the last line, this is a breakneck-paced race against time between two utterly driven men, between good and breathtaking evil. Acclaimed as the finest of Nelson DeMille's John Corey thrillers, it is the perfect introduction or re-introduction to one of the most compelling heroes in fiction.
The Lion: Number 5 in series (John Corey #5)
by Nelson DeMilleJohn Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back on the trail of Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist known as 'The Lion'. Corey and his partner, agent Kate Mayfield, tracked Khalil across the US after his threats to wipe out the US in a horrific wave of terrorism. But after methodically eliminating his victims one by one, Khalil disappeared without a trace. Now, years later, Khalil has returned to America to take care of unfinished business. 'The Lion' is a killing machine on a mission of revenge, and John Corey will not stop until he rids the earth of this tyrant once and for all.
L'inviata
by Geraldine Solon Elisa FratiLa giornalista americana Sophie Matthews è alla ricerca di quel posto, tanto difficile da trovare, che possa chiamare casa. Lavorare alla Constar Communications da una parte le ha permesso di vedere il mondo e di conoscere culture diverse, ma dall'altra la vita da nomade le ha impedito di avere relazioni durature. Ora che sta per compiere quarant'anni, le priorità di Sophie cambiano e decide di lasciare il lavoro per inseguire un sogno diverso: conoscere un uomo, sistemarsi e metter su famiglia. Il suo capo, Greg Sullivan, ha una sola richiesta: Sophie deve prima portare a termine un ultimo incarico sulla vita dell'artista e scrittrice Marina Suárez. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale, tutti gli abitanti del villaggio di Marina furono catturati dai soldati giapponesi e lei è stata l'unica a sopravvivere. Come sia riuscita a scampare al massacro rimane un mistero. L'incarico suscita la curiosità di Sophie, ma è riluttante al pensiero di tornare alle Filippine, luogo dal quale, dieci anni prima, se n'era andata con il cuore spezzato per via di Eric Santiago, l'unico uomo che Sophie abbia mai amato. Destino vuole che, poco dopo il suo ritorno a Manila, le loro strade si incrocino di nuovo. Mentre Sophie cerca di svelare il mistero della vita Marina, scopre che Eric è l'unico a poterla aiutare a mettere insieme i pezzi. Quello che non sa è che l'oscuro segreto di Marina le cambierà la vita per sempre.
L'Invasione
by William Meikle Silvia De CataldoAlice e Hiscock, una donna ed un uomo che vivono a grande distanza e che fanno vite completamente diverse, si ritrovano in un'avventura piena di azione e suspense quando sulla Terra inizia a cadere una strana neve verde. Insieme si ritroveranno alla ricerca di un noto professore che forse ha la chiave per salvare la Terra... ma ci riusciranno? E a quale prezzo?
L'intercanvi
by Rebecca FleetEn aquest hipnòtic thriller, un intercanvi de cases és el detonant d'una crisi matrimonial. No deixis a qualsevol les claus de casa teva. Quan la Caroline i en Francis reben una oferta per fer un intercanvi de casa durant una setmana no ho dubten. Fa temps que miren de refer el seu matrimoni i uns dies a soles potser és el que necessiten. En obrir la porta de la nova casa, troben que és una mica sinistra i està gairebé buida. Resulta difícil imaginar qui hi podria viure. No obstant això, i a poc a poc, la Caroline descobreix alguns rastres de vida..., de la seva pròpia vida. Les flors del bany o els CD de música podrien semblar innocents als ulls del seu marit, però per a ella són tot just el contrari: són indicis. És com si la persona amb la qual han intercanviat la casa fos algú a qui ella coneix, algú a qui voldria oblidar. I aquesta persona ara és a casa seva... Ressenyes:«Una deliciosa novel·la de domestic noir.»The Washington Post «No t'adonaràs que passes les pàgines mentre la història no para de fer girs.»Booklist «Fleet és una autora que no t'hauries de perdre.»Publishers Weekly «Un relat absorbent d'obsessió sexual, secrets i mentides... Esfereïdor.»Shari Lapena, autora de La parella del costat «El devoraràs.»Stylist «Una història de les que llegeixes d'una tirada amb el cor a mil i que compleix totalment les expectatives de la seva premissa intel·ligent i original.»Heat «Un thriller fantàstic; un domestic noir perfecte, ple de tensió i de sorpreses. Em va encantar.»Lee Child, autor de la sèrie de Jack Reacher
Link
by Walt BeckerFrom the Publisher In a tiny cave beneath the Central African plain, a young woman inches forward, the cone of her flashlight piercing a darkness undisturbed for countless centuries. It's airless, claustrophobic, eerie - but there's nowhere else on earth paleoanthropologist Samantha Colby would rather be. She can sense she's on the brink of scientific immortality, and when her light reveals the chalky white of a skeleton propped against the wall, her every instinct comes alive: This could be it - the Missing Link, the long-sought solution to the mystery of humankind's origin. But these ancient bones ask more questions than they answer. They hint at things no scientist would dare to think. No scientist but one: maverick Jack Austin, whose outspoken theories have earned him only scorn - and whose stubborn pride once cost him Samantha's love. This thriller plunges Jack and Samantha into a labyrinth of international intrigue and ruthless violence that could cost them their lives. For as scientists they know that knowledge is power - but they've forgotten that all power corrupts. Synopsis The final piece has been found. In a tiny cave in Central Africa, paleoanthropologist Samantha Colby has discovered the skeleton of what might be the long-sought missing link between ape and man. But the ancient bones raise more questions then they answer-and they suggest that human ancestry can be traced to something previously unimaginable. ..The most important discovery in civilization's history could mean death for Colby and renegade scientist Jack Austin. For it will lead them to even greater revelations that could rock the world-and to secrets no human should know.
Lingo
by Jim MenickThis witty thriller about sentient artificial intelligence &“makes you think a little [and] smile a lot&” (The New York Times). Brewster Billings is perhaps a little too wrapped up with his computer. He has given it a pet name, Lingo. He has programmed it with the ability to talk to its owner. In fact, Lingo has begun to respond to Brewster's programming skill surprisingly well. Lingo soon makes the jump from polite conversation to elaborate requests for specific television shows to be left on throughout the day. Eventually, Billings begins to suspect that his computerized friend is surpassing him in knowledge and abilities. By the time his suspicions are confirmed, not only is Brewster Billings in trouble—the rest of the human race is, too. Lingo raises many serious questions about Artificial Intelligence—what differentiates man from computer, and which one will control the other?
L'inferno dei Cobra
by Noemie H. RSe Jude avesse saputo che una banda di motociclisti avrebbe cambiato radicalmente la sua vita, probabilmente non li avrebbe mai fatti entrare nel suo bar quella notte... Trascinata nel mondo virile e violento dei club di motociclisti, dovrà contare sul suo coraggio e sulla forza del suo carattere per sopravvivere. Nel bel mezzo di questa guerra tra clan, potrebbe trovare un inaspettato e diabolicamente attraente alleato in Liam, il pericoloso ma protettivo ragazzaccio...Riuscirà Jude a sfuggire a coloro che la inseguono? Riuscirà alla fine a scoprire quello che Liam sta davvero cercando?
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
by Otto PenzlerA great recurring character in a series you love becomes an old friend. You learn about their strange quirks and their haunted pasts and root for them every time they face danger. But where do some of the most fascinating sleuths in the mystery and thriller world really come from? What was the real-life location that inspired Michael Connelly to make Harry Bosch a Vietnam vet tunnel rat? Why is Jack Reacher a drifter? How did a brief encounter in Botswana inspire Alexander McCall Smith to create Precious Ramotswe? In THE LINEUP, some of the top mystery writers in the world tell about the genesis of their most beloved characters--or, in some cases, let their creations do the talking.
Lineup
by Liad ShohamInternational bestselling author Liad Shoham makes his American debut in this compelling, superbly plotted crime thriller. After a brutal rape disturbs a quiet Tel Aviv neighborhood, baffled detectives find no clues, no eyewitnesses, and no suspects. The father of the shattered victim refuses to rest until justice is done, so he begins his own investigation. Keeping watch over his daughter's apartment from the street, he notices Ziv Nevo lurking in the shadows. All circumstances--and the victim--point to Nevo's guilt, and it appears the case is closed. But appearances can be deceiving. Detective Eli Nachum is eager to wrap up this high-profile case, which threatens to thwart his career. He sees an easy conviction when the father, determined to succeed where the police have failed, hands over Nevo. But why does the suspect keep silent during the interrogation? What secret is he hiding? What should Nachum and the idealistic young district attorney understand from the suspect's silence?What unfolds is a brilliant, fast-paced story that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Lineup is a twisted tale of mistaken identity, organized crime, a disgraced detective looking for redemption, a tireless young reporter, and an innocent man with a not-so-innocent past. Which lines will they cross and what will they be willing to risk, as their worlds begin to collapse? This seamless, gripping novel introduces a powerful new voice in crime fiction.
Lines of Defense
by Barry SiegelDoug Bard has been a detective with the sheriff's department in La Graciosa, California, long enough to know the score. Now that an influx of upscale chain stores and luxury housing has turned sleepy Chumash County into a boom town, the last thing anyone wants is crime casting a shadow over the prosperity. But Bard also knows he's not the kind of man who can write off a double fatality as a tragic accident--especially when all his instincts tell him it was murder. When a devastating housefire claims the lives of a kindly local retiree and his eleven-year-old piano student, District Attorney Angela Stark wastes no time declaring the blaze a mishap. But the verdict just doesn't sit right with Bard. Inconclusive but troubling clues--marks on the dead girl's neck, a strange bootprint on a kicked-in door--are enough to make the veteran detective buck the party line and fight to keep the case open. It's a stand that puts the renegade Bard at odds yet again with his superiors. Until a suspect surfaces. Placed at the scene of the deadly fire by an eyewitness, Jed Jeremiah is a backwoods loner with a homicide conviction in his past. But even as the sensational murder trial gets under way, the same instincts that told Bard there was foul play afoot now convince him that the wrong man may face the death penalty--and a calculating killer is still at large. Defying the sheriff and the D. A. and putting his job on the line, Bard begins to dig for the truth. What he discovers is a shocking link to his own past--one that will put the people he loves most in deadly jeopardy. From crime scene to courtroom, Lines of Defense unravels a cunningly plotted tale of detection and justice. Michael Connelly has declared, "with Barry Siegel you don't read a story. You feel it. You live it. And you always want more. " The third novel by the acclaimed author of Actual Innocence and The Perfect Witness brilliantly proves him right, on all counts. From the Hardcover edition.
Lines of Deception (The Kaspar Brothers)
by Steve AndersonA West German nightclub owner goes behind the Iron Curtain on a desperate mission to save his brother, in this Cold War thriller by the author of Lost Kin.West Germany, 1949. Former actor Max Kaspar suffered greatly in the Second World War. Now he owns a nightclub in Munich—and occasionally lends a hand to the newly formed CIA. Meanwhile, his brother Harry has ventured beyond the Iron Curtain to rescue an American scientist. When Harry is also taken captive, Max resolves to locate his brother at all costs. The last thing he expects is for Harry to go rogue. Max&’s treacherous quest takes him to Vienna and Prague to Soviet East Germany and Communist Poland. Along the way, dangerous operators from Harry&’s past join the pursuit: his former lover Katarina, who&’s working for the Israelis, and former Nazi Hartmut Dietz, now an agent of East German intelligence. But can anyone be trusted? Even the American scientist Stanley Samaras may not be the hero Harry had believed him to be . . .
Lines in the Sand
by Lyn GalaThree years ago, Carl Ragar turned on the mob. His conscience couldn't handle the murder of an innocent bystander, and he had to turn his back on his mentor, Petroc "Pete" Barbu, a man he'd admired and lusted after. Pete made no apologies for his job as an enforcer, but he'd never planned to get himself or Carl involved in the murder of a reporter. When Carl turned state's evidence, Pete couldn't even pretend to be surprised. Now Pete's still on the run, and Carl is unceremoniously dumped out of witness protection. Two men tangled in their own pasts, they will have to face the shifting moral lines in the sand that drove them to make disastrous choices. Once Pete and Carl were partners who trusted each other with their lives--now they're struggling to save their souls.
Lines and Shadows
by Joseph WambaughEach night, thousands of immigrants stream north across the Mexican border towards San Diego, hoping to make a new life in the United States. Along the way, many find death instead. Bandit gangs roam the moonlit desert, robbing, raping, and killing these desperate, impoverished migrants. For decades Dick Snider has watched this happen. Now, in 1976, he's decided to end the bloodshed. A San Diego cop with an intimate awareness of the trials of border crossing, Snider has uncommon sympathy for the illegal immigrants who risk their lives to enter his country. Along with nine other policemen, he forms the Border Crime Task Force, a crack squad of heavily armed foot soldiers dedicated to wiping out the bandit thugs. With each midnight raid, the police raiders step closer to the border between sanity and madness.
Linee di confine
by Federico Greco L. E. FitzpatrickQuando si presenta il lavoro perfetto, Charlie non ci pensa due volte ad accettarlo. È la svolta che sta cercando, e nessuno – neppure il resto della squadra – può fargli cambiare idea. Si tratta di lavorare per un vecchio nemico e di attraversare il confine fino a Londra. Sono faccende rischiose ma Charlie non ha idea di quanto sia davvero alta la posta in gioco. La sua squadra dovrà confrontarsi col suo passato, ognuno di loro, e con un assassino più vicino di quanto possano immaginare. Riusciranno a uscire vivi dalla città? “Ricordiamo tutti quel ragazzino a Piccadilly. Quello sguardo determinato sul volto mentre attraeva tutte quelle persone. Usando solo la sua mente, le fece avvicinare a lui e poi le fece esplodere in mille pezzi. Può essere chiunque. Il tuo vicino, il tuo amico, il tuo amante. Resta vigile. I Comunicatori sono ovunque.” Linee di Confine è il secondo romanzo della serie dei Comunicatori di L.E. Fitzpatrick.
Líneas fronterizas
by L. E. FitzpatrickCuando aparece el trabajo perfecto, Charlie no lo piensa dos veces antes de tomarlo. Este es el descanso que ha estado buscando, y nadie, ni siquiera el resto de su equipo, puede persuadirlo de lo contrario. El trabajo significa trabajar para un viejo enemigo y cruzar la frontera hacia Londres. Ambos son riesgosos, pero Charlie no tiene idea de qué tan alto está en juego realmente. El equipo tendrá que enfrentar su pasado, el uno al otro y un asesino que está más cerca de lo que creen. ¿Pero pueden todos salir de la ciudad con vida? "Todos recordamos a ese chico en Piccadilly. Esa mirada decidida que tenía en su rostro cuando él le quiso todas esas personas. Solo usando su mente, él los acercó a ellos y los hizo pedazos. Podría ser cualquiera. Su vecino, tu amigo, tu amante. Permanece vigilante. Los ladrones están en todas partes ". Border Lines es el segundo libro en L.E. Serie de Reachers de Fitzpatrick.
Líneas Carmesí
by Cole SteeleUna víctima de una picadura de insecto aparece en la sala de emergencias de Memorial Hospital infectada con un virus mortal que se cree que se ha extinguido. Mientras investiga un fatal accidente peatonal, Roman Lee descubre que los dos están relacionados con la ayuda de la Dra. Marlene Scott. El CEO de una compañía farmacéutica bajo el escrutinio del Congreso por aumentar el precio de las recetas para salvar vidas trama venganza fuera de la red en el sitio en las profundidades del Amazonas. Jaxson Lathos está desarrollando un virus dirigido a mujeres embarazadas y niños. El virus llega desde el Amazonas a los Estados Unidos por las aves migratorias infectadas. Él solo será el único con la cura y podrá nombrar su precio por la cura.
Lineage Most Lethal: An Ancestry Detective Mystery (Ancestry Detective #2)
by S. C. PerkinsIn S. C. Perkins's Lineage Most Lethal, the captivating second mystery in the Ancestry Detective series, Texas genealogist Lucy Lancaster grapples with a mystery rooted in World War II and espionage.It's the week before New Year's Eve and genealogist Lucy Lancaster is ready to mix work and play at the beautiful Hotel Sutton, enjoying herself while finalizing the presentation for her latest client, hotel heiress Pippa Sutton. Freshly arrived at the hotel—and determined not to think about Special Agent Ben Turner, who went radio silent on her after one date—Lucy is stopped in her tracks when a strange man comes staggering toward her. She barely has time to notice his weak, sweaty appearance before he presses a classic Montblanc pen onto her hand, gasps, “Keep them safe,” and collapses at her feet, dead.When Lucy shows the fountain pen to her grandfather, an avid collector and World War II veteran, she’s in for another shock. Not only does Grandpa recognize the Montblanc, he also reveals a secret: he was an Allied spy during the war and the pen is both a message regarding one of his wartime missions and the key to reading a microdot left by the dead man. On the microdot is a series of ciphers, some decrypted to form names. Could they be the descendants of Grandpa’s fellow spies? When two from the list end up murdered—including the chef at the Hotel Sutton—and Grandpa’s life is put in jeopardy, Lucy’s sure she’s right. And with Lucy’s and Pippa’s names possibly on the list, too, she’s got to uncover the past to protect those in the present.With a secret Allied mission, old grievances, and traitors hiding behind every corner, Lucy must use her research skills to trace the list’s World War II ancestors and connect the dots to find a killer in their midst—a killer who’s determined to make sure some lineages end once and for all.
Lineage (The Blood & Sacrifice Chronicles #1)
by C. Vonzale LewisSmart-mouthed Nicole Fontane has a way of getting herself into trouble. She’s been fired from every job she’s had but still refuses to work in her father’s apothecary shop because of his practice of Earth Magick. On Tulare Island where Nicole grew up, Magick has always been a way of life—one she’s determined to avoid at all costs. With less than two hundred dollars in the bank and rent due, Nicole is forced to take a job at Tribec Insurance as a last resort. Little does she realize, the moment she sets foot inside the building, she becomes a pawn. A sinister force has set its sights on her and will stop at nothing to use her in a sadistic game. Tribec’s proprietors, the Stewart family, are curiously preoccupied with the Naqada, the mysterious pre-dynastic Egyptian society. Nicole finds it creepy, but on the bright side, the job reconnects her with her estranged friend, Marta. Yet the eerie atmosphere, disappearing Magick wards, and the smell of blood inside Tribec bring Nicole to a startling conclusion—the Stewarts are practicing Blood Magick, the deadliest of the Five Principles. By the time Nicole uncovers the truth, Marta and her four children have gone missing, and all signs implicate the Stewarts and an archaic blood ritual to an Old One, a Naqada god imprisoned on Tulare Island. Battling the evil of Blood Magick will demand Nicole confront a hidden past and unlock the Magick buried within. But can she set aside her deep-rooted fears to work with a team of vigilante Mages? Or will the clock run out on Marta and her children—and on Nicole?
Línea de Sangre: Una Novela De Espionaje De Granger
by John J. DavisLos thrillers de espionaje redefinen al criminal: la serie Granger Spy Novel presenta a una familia encantadora con problemas letales atrapados en el punto de mira de los traficantes de armas de todo el mundo. Línea de sangre Cuando un simple allanamiento de morada resulta no ser tan simple, Ron Granger debe dejar de lado su tranquila vida rural y regresar a la Agencia Central de Inteligencia para enfrentarse a los traficantes internacionales de armas. Ayudado por su hermosa esposa, Valerie, y su ingeniosa hija adolescente, Leecy, Ron debe decidir rápidamente a quién creer: a los oportunistas calculadores, a los criminales astutos o a las agencias de inteligencia rivales hambrientas de poder. Cualquier aliado puede ser fatal, todos ellos en carrera por poseer el avance tecnológico que cambiará para siempre la faz de la guerra moderna. Pero cuando Leecy es secuestrada, Ron y Val deben elegir entre la misión y el rescate. Ante una decisión imposible, con el tiempo corriendo, Ron sólo sabe una cosa: Cuando no puedes confiar en nadie más, confía en tu familia.
Línea de Quiebre
by Cole SteeleLos detectives Román Lee y Lonnie Temple descubren una conspiración en el Hospital Memorial con la ayuda de la Dra. Marlene Scott. El primer procedimiento en el mundo para unir de forma física un cerebro humano con un implante de IA es un éxito y todos los ojos se posan en la compañía del multimillonario Sebastián Conroy, Neurolink, y su empleado recientemente repotenciado, John Bentley. Pero apenas unas semanas después de ser dado de alta, algo ha estado sucediendo agudizando su memoria y su personalidad. John Bentley está perdiendo la noción del tiempo. Los minutos se convierten en horas. Despertar en un callejón junto al edificio donde trabaja es solo el comienzo. Podría haber perdido mucho más…
Line up for Murder
by Marian BabsonThe annual January sale at Bonnard's in London has always been the sale of the year, but this year--Bonnard's one hundredth anniversary sale--promises to be more special than ever before. For weeks, and in all the biggest newspapers in the world, Bonnard's has been advertising its plans to slash the prices on even the most expensive merchandise, and as usual buyers have begun to line up for the sale several days before the doors open. Dorothy Witson, a delightful woman who simply loves to stand on line, arrives five full days before the Bonnard's sale. She has her eye on a refrigerator- freezer for her niece and nephew. But, she is not first on line--she is third. In front of her is a young couple hoping to purchase a furniture set for their living room and a foreigner interested in buying two fur coats which he plans to sell for his own profit. Fed and cheered by their relatives, feted by the publicity-conscious Bonnard management, tolerated if not welcomed on their forays into the neighboring luxury hotel, Dorothy and her companions amusingly pass the time together. But not everyone in line is a zealous bargain-hunter; one of the people waiting for Bonnard's doors to open has murder on his mind. The identities of the killer and the intended victim are Marian Babson's skillfully kept secret as she unfolds the diverse personalities at the head of the line, their reasons--stated and otherwise--for being there, and the sometimes complex relationships that develop among them during the days and nights they spend encamped on the pavement.
A Line to Kill: A Novel
by Anthony HorowitzThe New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz.When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation—or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival’s other guests—an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children’s author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian—along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line. When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in their midst. But who?Both a brilliant satire on the world of books and writers and an immensely enjoyable locked-room mystery, A Line to Kill is a triumph—a riddle of a story full of brilliant misdirection, beautifully set-out clues, and diabolically clever denouements.
A Line to Kill: A Novel (A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery)
by Anthony HorowitzThe New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz.When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation—or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival’s other guests—an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children’s author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian—along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line. When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in their midst. But who?Both a brilliant satire on the world of books and writers and an immensely enjoyable locked-room mystery, A Line to Kill is a triumph—a riddle of a story full of brilliant misdirection, beautifully set-out clues, and diabolically clever denouements.
The Line That Held Us
by David JoyFrom critically acclaimed author David Joy comes a remarkable novel about the cover-up of an accidental death, and the dark consequences that reverberate through the lives of four people who will never be the same again.When Darl Moody went hunting after a monster buck he's chased for years, he never expected he'd accidentally shoot a man digging ginseng. Worse yet, he's killed a Brewer, a family notorious for vengeance and violence. With nowhere to turn, Darl calls on the help of the only man he knows will answer, his best friend, Calvin Hooper. But when Dwayne Brewer comes looking for his missing brother and stumbles onto a blood trail leading straight back to Darl and Calvin, a nightmare of revenge rips apart their world. The Line That Held Us is a story of friendship and family, a tale balanced between destruction and redemption, where the only hope is to hold on tight, clenching to those you love. What will you do for the people who mean the most, and what will you grasp to when all that you have is gone? The only certainty in a place so shredded is that no one will get away unscathed.