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Margery Allingham Box Set 2: Flowers for the Judge, Death of a Ghost, and The Case of the Late Pig (The Albert Campion Mysteries)
by Margery AllinghamThree Albert Campion mysteries in one volume reveal why “Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light” (Agatha Christie). Flowers for the Judge Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in a locked cellar. All eyes are on the other partners at the firm—cousins of the dead man with much to gain from his demise—and rumors hint at a connection to the long-ago disappearance of another director. Desperate to salvage their reputation, the cousins turn to Albert Campion—but will his investigations clear the Barnabas family name, or besmirch it forever? “One of her best . . . vivid and witty.” —The New York Times Death of a Ghost John Sebastian Lafcadio’s ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. A set of twelve sealed paintings is left in the hands of his widow, together with the instruction that she unveil one canvas each year before a carefully selected audience. Albert Campion is invited to join a cast of gadabouts, muses, and socialites to witness the eighth unveiling—but instead the lights go down and a young man is stabbed to death. Campion must get to work on the baffling case, with its long—suspiciously long—line-up of possible killers, and soon finds himself having to face his dearest enemy. “Wonderfully plotted . . . Allingham was a rare and precious talent.” —The Washington Post The Case of the Late Pig Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters—freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peters’s body goes missing. It takes all of Campion’s coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime. Mixing high drama and pitch-perfect black comedy, The Case of the Late Pig is, uniquely, narrated by Campion himself. “Allingham captures her quintessential quiet detective Albert Campion to perfection.”—Daily Express
Margaritas and Murder: A Murder, She Wrote Mystery
by Donald Bain Jessica FletcherFrom the book jacket: The latest novel in the USA Today bestselling series finds mystery author Jessica Fletcher on vacation south of the border, where she learns a new definition of "tourist trap".... San Miguel de Allende is a picturesque town in central Mexico's highlands that attracts artists, retirees, and those in need of some rest and relaxation. So when publisher Vaughan Buckley and his wife, Olga, invite Jessica to join them for a little R & R, she jumps at the opportunity to spend time basking in the sun and enjoying Mexican culture with her friends. But there are those who don't share Jessica's appreciation for the arts. Ruthless kidnappers abduct Vaughan and demand a considerable ransom for his safe return, or else Olga will be made a widow. Jessica can't imagine why local criminals would be interested in Vaughan. To solve the mystery, she turns her attention to his friends in San Miguel - friends who don't appreciate Jessica poking her nose into their business....
Margaret's Peace
by Linda HallAfter the death of her only daughter and the subsequent breakup of her marriage, Margaret Collingwood returns to her home in Coffins Reach, Maine, and to the seafront house she has inherited. She goes there to rest, to paint, and to find the God she has lost. Instead, she is thrust back twenty-five years and must relive the accidental death of her sister and face her family's long-buried secrets.The old family home shrouded in the secrets of the past... When Margaret Collinwood inherits her childhood home in Coffins Reach, Maine, she returns to the seafront house hoping to rest, to paint, and to find the peace she has lost after the death of her daughter and the subsequent breakup of her marriage. But Margaret's return to her family home forces her to face difficult childhood memories surrounding the fatal accicdent that took the life of her sister twenty-five years earlier. As Margaret begins to examine the past, strange things start happening in the present. As she moves between her childhood memories,the ghostly legends surrounding her historic house, and the trendy cafes of the Maine coast, Margaret uncovers the truth hidden in long-buried family secrets. And in facing the past, she finds new hope for her future.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Margaret Truman's Undiplomatic Murder: A Capital Crimes Novel
by Margaret Truman Donald BainPrivate investigator Robert Brixton has always hated Washington. Against his better judgment, he decides to stick around and take a job as an agent in a new State Department security agency headed by his former boss at the Washington P.D. After work one day he meets his youngest daughter, Janet, for a drink at an outdoor cafe. Shockingly, a young Arabic woman blows herself up, killing Janet and a dozen others. Seeking revenge for his daughter, Brixton follows the tracks of the bomber to a powerful senator's son.
Margaret Truman's Murder on the Metro: A Capital Crimes Novel (Capital Crimes #31)
by Margaret Truman Jon LandIn Margaret Truman's Murder on the Metro, Jon Land's first thrilling addition to the New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series, Robert Brixton uncovers a sinister plot threatening millions of American lives!"A roller coaster of a novel." —David Baldacci, New York Times bestselling authorIsrael: A drone-based terrorist attack kills dozens on a sun-splashed beach in Caesarea.Washington: America awakens to the shattering news that Vice President Stephanie Davenport has died of an apparent heart attack.That same morning, a chance encounter on the Washington Metro results in international private investigator Robert Brixton thwarting an attempted terrorist bombing. Brixton has no reason to suspect that the three incidents have anything in common, until he’s contacted by Kendra Rendine, the Secret Service agent who headed up the vice president’s security detail. Rendine is convinced the vice president was murdered and needs Brixton’s investigative expertise to find out why. In Israel, meanwhile, legendary anti-terrorist fighter Lia Ganz launches her own crusade against the perpetrators of that attack which nearly claimed the lives of her and granddaughter. Ganz’s trail will ultimately take her to Washington where she joins forces with Brixton to uncover an impossible link between the deadly attack on Caesarea and the attempted Metro bombing, as well as the death of the vice president. The connection lies in the highest corridors of power in Washington where a deadly plot with unimaginable consequences has been hatched. With the clock ticking toward doomsday, Brixton and Ganz race against time to save millions of American lives who will otherwise become collateral damage to a conspiracy destined to change the United States forever."Margaret Truman’s Murder in the Metro is a spectacular international thriller of intrigue and conspiracy that I could . . . not . . . put . . . down." —Mark Greaney, New York Times bestselling authorAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Margaret Truman's Murder at the CDC: A Capital Crimes Novel (Capital Crimes #31)
by Margaret Truman Jon LandMurder and intrigue on the steps of the United States capital building pulls Robert Brixton into his most personal case yet, in Margaret Truman's Murder at the CDC2017: A military transport on a secret run to dispose of its deadly contents vanishes without a trace.The present: A mass shooting on the steps of the Capitol nearly claims the life of Robert Brixton’s grandson.No stranger to high-stakes investigations, Brixton embarks on a trail to uncover the motive behind the shooting. On the way he finds himself probing the attempted murder of the daughter his best friend, who works at the Washington offices of the CDC.The connection between the mass shooting and Alexandra’s poisoning lies in that long-lost military transport that has been recovered by forces determined to change America forever. Those forces are led by radical separatist leader Deacon Frank Wilhyte, whose goal is nothing short of bringing on a second Civil War.Brixton joins forces with Kelly Lofton, a former Baltimore homicide detective. She has her own reasons for wanting to find the truth behind the shooting on the Capitol steps, and is the only person with the direct knowledge Brixton needs. But chasing the truth places them in the cross-hairs of both Wilhyte’s legions and his Washington enablers.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Margaret Truman's Experiment in Murder A Capital Crimes Novel
by Margaret Truman Donald BainWhen a Washington psychiatrist is found dead in his office, Mackenzie Smith is called in to defend one of his patients who has become a suspect. Then information emerges that links the slain shrink to a highly secret CIA mind control project. A programmed assassin strikes and kills the wildly popular frontrunner in the presidential race. As a result of the assassination, the other government agencies have become aware of the rogue CIA program. They want to infiltrate it, and Mac Smith's client, the accused killer, seems to be their perfect spy.
Margaret Truman Thrillers: Murder in the Supreme Court, Murder on Embassy Row, Murder at the FBI (Capital Crimes)
by Margaret TrumanThese three political thrillers by the acclaimed author—and daughter of President Harry Truman—offer an insider&’s look into the dangerous shadows of D.C.Murder in the Supreme Court When Clarence Sutherland, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court, is found dead, Lieutenant Martin Teller of the Washington Police and Susanna Pincher of the Justice Department are pulled together to find the killer.Murder on Embassy Road When a British Ambassador drops dead at his own gala, everyone suspects his Iranian valet—who has suddenly disappeared. But knowing the Ambassador&’s reputation for womanizing and shady financial deals, Washington Metro&’s Captain Sal Morizio digs deeper.Murder at the FBI FBI Agents Ross Lizenby and Christine Saksis are in a showdown with their own Bureau when they investigate the murder of a fellow agent at the J. Edgar Hoover Building. While the higher-ups want the case closed quickly, the trail leads to disturbing secrets among them.
Marfil (Enfrentados #Volumen 1)
by Mercedes RonAmar nunca fue tan peligroso como en «Enfrentados», la nueva saga de Mercedes Ron. Marfil tiene 20 años y vive en Nueva York, pero no todo es tan idílico como parece: hace unos días fue secuestrada mientras paseaba por Central Park. Su padre tiene muy claro que la razón del secuestro ha sido para mandarle un mensaje: podemos llegar a ella. A pesar de ser liberada, todo ha cambiado para Marfil: su vida no es la misma, y ella tampoco. Sobre todo porque ahora nunca está sola: siempre la acompaña Sebastian Moore, su guardaespaldas. Sebastian demostrará ser el encargado perfecto para protegerla, sobre todo cuando comienzan a llegar las amenazas de muerte, aunque nunca hubiese pensado que la tarea más complicada no sería esa, sino mantener a Marfil Cortés alejada de él. ¿Está Marfil preparada para descubrir la verdad de su pasado? ¿Lo pondrá todo en riesgo la atracción que ha surgido entre ambos?
Mareas de sangre (Detective William Monk #Volumen 24)
by Anne PerryCon Mareas de sangre, la reina del crimen victoriano pone el broche de oro a su legendaria saga protagonizada por el comandante William Monk. En esta última entrega el comandante William Monk se enfrenta a una posibilidad impensable: la traición de uno de sus hombres. La esposa de Harry Exeter, un poderoso y acaudalado constructor del Londres victoriano, ha sido secuestrada y sus raptores exigen que la entrega de la rehén a cambio del rescate se haga en una de las zonas más inhóspitas y oscuras a orillas del río Támesis. Para proteger tanto a Exeter como a su esposa, el comandante Monk es el encargado de supervisar la operación. Sin embargo, al llegar al lugar del encuentro, tanto él como sus compañeros caen en una emboscada. Pronto se hará evidente que se trata de una traición por parte de uno de sus hombres y para averiguar quién ha sido el culpable, deberá indagar en el pasado de todos ellos. Así descubrirá quiénes esconden un terrible secreto y a quién profesan de verdad su lealtad. ¿Pondrá Monk su vida en juego para resolver el caso? La crítica ha dicho...«Los misterios victorianos de Anne Perry son realmente excepcionales.»New York Times «La extraordinaria construcción de los personajes y la ambientación resultan fascinantes en sí mismos. No dejarás de contener el aliento hasta el final de la investigación.»Booklist
Marea roja
by José Manuel Del RíoLa gran novela sobre el narcotráfico gallego que nunca nadie se había atrevido a escribir. «Esta es la novela que me gustaría haber escrito a mí. Una joya.»Nacho Carretero, autor de Fariña En julio del 2000, una gran marea roja se propaga por las rías de A Coruña. En esas mismas fechas, Daniel Piñeiro, antiguo piloto de planeadoras del clan hegemónico del narcotráfico en Galicia, sale de la cárcel tras ocho años. Su imperio está enterrado y ya solo desea llevar una vida normal. Pero nadie ha olvidado al mito, a Dani Gasolina. Una familia rota, unas amistades consumidas, una pasión borrada y un mafioso que lo reclama como hijo propio. Todos perdidos en el laberinto donde, al final de uno de tantos caminos de sangre, desde 1992 se esconde un secreto. Con el conocimiento profundo de quien creció en la Galicia de los noventa, José Manueldel Río salda cuentas con el pasado a través de esta novela que combina la contundencia de la verdad con un estilo literario que le ha hecho ser comparado con Don Winslow y Richard Price. La crítica ha dicho:«Mi descubrimiento literario del año.»Baltasar Garzón
Marea negra
by Alberto Vázquez-FigueroaUna magnífica novela que aborda un tema de permanente actualidad: las fluctuaciones de los precios del petróleo y las posturas de la OPEP. A finales de la década de 1970, y tras la gran crisis del petróleo de 1973 que no fue más que el punto álgido de una remontada de precios que se había iniciado en la década anterior, una comisión del Mercado Común encarga a una joven francesa una difícil misión: conseguir que Venezuela se separe de la OPEP, rompa su dependencia económica con Estados Unidos y acepte la tecnología europea a cambio de vender al Viejo Continente todo el petróleo que necesite, a precio razonable, durante cinco años. Más para conseguirlo la mujer ha de entregarse a un general venezolano locamente enamorado de ella...
Marea incierta (Detective William Monk #Volumen 14)
by Anne PerryLa investigación de un robo portuario desencadenará una red de secretos que sumergirán al detective Monk en una situación fatal. William Monk conoce las calles de Londres como la palma de su mano, pero el río Támesis y sus muelles -territorio de las ratas y los saqueadores nocturnos- es terreno desconocido para él. Solo la extrema necesidad de trabajo lo lleva a aceptar investigar el robo de un cargamento de marfil africano en la goleta Maude Idris, propiedad del magnate del transporte marítimo Clement Louvain. Pero ¿por qué este no informó sobre el robo a la Policía Fluvial? A ese misterio se sumará la aparición de una mujer gravemente enferma que, según Louvain, es la ex amante de un viejo amigo. ¿Está conectada con el robo, o con algo mucho más oscuro? Mientras Monk intenta resolver estos enigmas no puede imaginar la trampa que pronto lo atrapará de manera fatídica. La crítica ha dicho de Marea incierta...«Una serie infaliblemente gratificante.»The New York Times Book Review
Mardi Gras Murder: A Cajun Country Mystery (A Cajun Country Mystery #4)
by Ellen ByronUSA Today bestselling author Ellen Byron is back at it with fan-favorite plantation B&B owner Maggie Crozat in a fourth installment of the Cajun Country mysteries. Southern charm meets the dark mystery of the bayou as a hundred-year flood, a malicious murder, and a most unusual Mardi Gras converge at the Crozat Plantation B&B.It’s Mardi Gras season on the bayou, which means parades, pageantry, and gumbo galore. But when a flood upends life in the tiny town of Pelican, Louisiana—and deposits a body of a stranger behind the Crozat Plantation B&B—the celebration takes a decidedly dark turn. The citizens of Pelican are ready to Laissez les bon temps rouler—but there’s beaucoup bad blood on hand this Mardi Gras. Maggie Crozat is determined to give the stranger a name and find out why he was murdered. The post-flood recovery has delayed the opening of a controversial exhibit about the little-known Louisiana Orphan Train. And when a judge for the Miss Pelican Mardi Gras Gumbo Queen pageant is shot, Maggie’s convinced the murder is connected to the body on the bayou. Does someone covet the pageant queen crown enough to kill for it? Could the deaths be related to the Orphan Train, which delivered its last charges to Louisiana in 1929? The leads are thin on this Fat Tuesday—and until the killer is unmasked, no one in Pelican is safe. A simmering gumbo of a humorous whodunit, Mardi Gras Murder is the fourth piquant installment in USA Today bestselling author Ellen Byron’s award-winning Cajun Country mysteries.
Mardi Gras Masquerade
by Carolyn KeeneEveryone thinks a ghost is the thief, but Nancy is on the case!A masked Mardi Gras ball turns spooky when revelers are tormented by a what they think are ghosts. When Deirdre Shannon's antique tiara is snatched Nancy is certain the crook is a guest--not a ghoul.
Mardi Gras Mambo
by Greg HerrenIn Bourbon Street Blues and Jackson Square Jazz, Greg Herren introduced the wickedly naughty--and irrepressible--Scotty Bradley, who's never met a drink he didn't want, a decadence he could resist, or a hunky trick he won't treat to a little bit of himself. Now, in Mardi Gras Mambo, Scotty's back on the crowded, party-happy streets of New Orleans, getting ready for a Carnival he'll never forget--if he lives through it... It's Carnival time in New Orleans, and Scotty Bradley, ex go-go boy turned private eye, is looking forward to relaxing with his boyfriends, Frank and Colin, and partying it up right. But nothing ever seems to work out the way Scotty wants it. Not only is it cold and rainy, ruining his elaborate costume plans, but former FBI agent Frank has "issues" with dropping a hit (or two, or four) of Ecstasy. Hello! Ecstasy at Mardi Gras is practically guaranteed in the Gay Bill of Rights! Fortunately, Frank gets over himself, the weather clears up, Scotty's dealer, Misha, delivers the goods, and the boys are off to the races. And that's when the real fun begins. After a night of partying, they come home to find the cops waiting for them. Misha has apparently been murdered and guess who was the last person to see him alive? Turns out his wheeling and dealing had gotten him in trouble with a lot of people--including the Russian mob. And those guys don't play around. Suddenly, Scotty's missing not just one but two boyfriends. And as the streets of Nola come alive in a hot human frenzy of sequins, music, dancing, and the sweat of thousands of revelers ready to throw caution and clothing to the wind, Scotty is in a desperate race to save the men he sometimes loves and keep Fat Tuesday from being the last day any of them ever see... "When Herren introduced young, well-muscled former New Orleans bar dancer Scotty Bradley, he gave crime fiction one of its most engaging gay heroes." --Booklist Greg Herren is a personal trainer and writer who calls New Orleans home. Former editor of Lambda Book Report, he has published in many publications, including Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, A&U, Genre and Instinct. He is currently working on a sequel to Mardi Gras Mambo. He has no pets, no plans to adopt or artificially inseminate, and tries to live quietly with his partner of eight years.
Mardi Gras Madness
by Brett HallidayAn innocent young woman is seduced by the temptations of Bourbon Street in this sultry, scintillating tale Twenty-two-year-old Barbara Dorn has always been sure of herself. Sure of her happiness in rural Tancipahoa Parish, Louisiana, where she was born and raised. Sure of her commitment to her fiancé, an agricultural school graduate who cultivates his family farm with scientific exactitude. Sure of her distaste for big-city life and excitement. But when her old college roommate, Ethel, comes to visit, Barbara realizes she may not have all the answers. Ethel is on a mission to convince her friend to make the hundred-mile trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, when the city becomes one vast playground and a half million people throw their cares and inhibitions to the wind. Ethel insists that Barbara experience the carnival of love before settling down to life on the farm. But when Barbara finally arrives in the City That Care Forgot, the beautiful young virgin will discover that her desires are deeper and more passionate than she ever thought possible.
Marcus (Love Undercover)
by Lori FosterThey&’ve been crushing on each other for months… So what&’s holding them back?A sizzling new Love Undercover novella For Marcus Bareden, Lucy Cortland is more than the girl next door. She&’s beautiful, funny and easy to talk to. He&’d really like to get closer, but something about her occasional wariness sets off his spidey sense. When he was nine, Marcus was plucked from an abusive situation and adopted by the most amazing parents a boy could wish for. Lucy Cortland spent years overcoming an awful youth. Now, she&’s got a great job, her own place and a super sexy neighbor. Marcus is warm, kind and they&’ve become good friends. She&’s only known him a few months, but their chemistry is undeniable. Yet for Lucy, getting close isn&’t possible. Lucy believes no one could love her after what she&’s been through. No one could understand…except maybe the guy next door, who knows how it feels to be mistreated and how hard it can be to learn to hope—even love—again.Don't miss the other titles in the Love Undercover series, including Getting Rowdy and Bare It All.
Marco Polo, If You Can: A Blackford Oakes Mystery (The Blackford Oakes Mysteries #4)
by William F. Buckley Jr.Master of espionage fiction and National Book Award winner William F. Buckley Jr. brings us another in his best-selling series starring the intrepid CIA agent Blackford Oakes. When a shadowy Russian mole threatens to undermine the free world's defenses by infiltrating President Eisenhower's National Security Counsel, CIA super-secret agent Blackford Oakes is called in to unmask the imposter. Then, Oakes turns the tables on the Communists by piloting a U-2 spy plane on a Gary Powers-style one-way mission behind the Iron Curtain. Sentenced to death and trapped in the depths of the Lubyanka prison, Oakes may have turned his last trick. Or has he?
Marco Polo, If You Can (Blackford Oakes #4)
by William F. Buckley Jr.In this volume of Buckley's Blackford Oakes spy novels, Oakes is called upon to plug a security leak in President Eisenhower's National Security Council. Oakes goes on a mission behind the Iron Curtain to counter the damage, is captured and sentenced to death as a spy, and turns the tables on the KGB.
Marco Moonlight
by Clyde Robert BullaThirteen-year-old Marco's vague memories of a brother take on reality in a terrifying way.
Marching Through Georgia (Alphonso Clay Mysteries of the Civil War)
by Jack MartinAs Sherman moves toward Atlanta, an agent searches for traitors among the troops in this compelling Civil War thriller . . . When Sherman&’s army hits a wall of resistance at Kennesaw Mountain in the summer of 1864—despite what seemed to be highly reliable intelligence—he&’s convinced by one of the Union nurses to call in Maj. Alphonso Clay to hunt for a saboteur. With his scout Ambrose Bierce badly wounded and a general murdered in the midst of battle, he summons Clay, who soon joins him on his march through Georgia. But as Clay investigates the situation—and tries to prevent any further unwelcome surprises from the Confederates—it becomes apparent that there may be more than one person betraying the Union . . . &“I can&’t wait to read the next Alphonso Clay book.&” —RP Dahlke, author of the Dead Red Mysteries
March or Die (The Fifth Foreign Legion)
by William H. Keith Jr. Andrew KeithThe epic story of a Senator’s rise and fall. Mark Coffin of California was barely thirty years old when he won a startling upset victory in his race for a seat in the U.S. Senate. A bright, handsome, energetic idealist with a passion for decency in government, he thought his honesty and dedication would see him through anything. But Washington, DC, was all too eager to teach him the hard lessons of gamesmanship and compromise. Neither Mark Coffin nor his wife were prepared for what Washington had in store for them: the bizarre sex scandal that would threaten to destroy not only Mark Coffin’s career and his personal life, but all of the political reforms he was fighting so desperately to achieve. Mark Coffin, U.S.S. is a magnificent novel of Washington politics—an insider’s view of power at the top, shown through the eyes of vivid, fascinating, and humanly likable characters. From Allen Drury, the master of spellbinding political fiction, author of Advise and Consent.
March Violets: Discover Bernie Gunther, 'one of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' (Lee Child) (Bernie Gunther)
by Philip Kerr'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILDBrutal ex-convicts or the Nazi elite - in Bernie Gunther's world it's hard to tell who are the real gangsters. Hard-boiled noir thriller for fans of Raymond Chandler and John le CarréEx-Berlin cop and private detective Bernie Gunther has seen his share of bad guys. But when the worst guys of all are the ones running the show, it's much harder to stay out of their reach.Hired by a wealthy industrialist to investigate the murder of his daughter and her husband in an apparent botched robbery, Bernie soon finds himself drawn into the complex - not to mention lethal - internal politics and corruption of the Nazi party. When Hermann Goering himself calls Bernie in with a task for him that throws his existing case into a whole new light, he must weigh up his hatred of the Nazis against his desire to stay alive.
March Violets: Discover Bernie Gunther, 'one of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' (Lee Child) (Bernie Gunther)
by Philip Kerr'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILDBrutal ex-convicts or the Nazi elite - in Bernie Gunther's world it's hard to tell who are the real gangsters. Hard-boiled noir thriller for fans of Raymond Chandler and John le CarréEx-Berlin cop and private detective Bernie Gunther has seen his share of bad guys. But when the worst guys of all are the ones running the show, it's much harder to stay out of their reach.Hired by a wealthy industrialist to investigate the murder of his daughter and her husband in an apparent botched robbery, Bernie soon finds himself drawn into the complex - not to mention lethal - internal politics and corruption of the Nazi party. When Hermann Goering himself calls Bernie in with a task for him that throws his existing case into a whole new light, he must weigh up his hatred of the Nazis against his desire to stay alive.(P) 2021 Quercus Editions Limited