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Silent Partner (Kim Aldrich Mystery #2)
by Jinny McdonnellKIM ALDRICH once again proves that she deserves a promotion to investigator for her firm, when her Alpine ski vacation turns into a dangerous game with kidnappers, murderers, and drug smugglers. Suspected herself, she must, with the help of big, handsome Jim Whitcomb, unmask the real criminals before more lives, including her own, are lost--in SILENT PARTNER.
Smokescreen
by Dick FrancisEvery man wants to be him... every lady wants to have him... Action-thriller movie superstar Edward Link is a simple family man when he's off the big screen--until a beloved friend, asks him for one last favor after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. It will mean Link must play all his most dangerous movie roles in real life until big-screen action becomes a real-life plot that a killer is following to ensure Link's demise...
Smokescreen
by Dick FrancisFrom a New York Times–bestselling author, &“a supersized action-suspense novel&” about a celebrity turned amateur sleuth investigating a horseracing mystery (Kirkus Reviews). Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Edward Lincoln may be an international film star who plays daring detectives on the big screen, but in reality he&’s just an ordinary man. Unfortunately, his ailing friend doesn&’t seem to think so, and now he&’s come to South Africa to investigate who&’s been tampering with her racehorses. But it isn&’t long before he realizes he must go face-to-face with a killer, and give the performance of his life to save his life . . .Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &“Dick Francis is a wonder.&” —Cleveland Plain Dealer &“An imaginative craftsman of high order.&” –The Sunday Times &“Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&” —Chicago Tribune &“Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&” —Boston Herald &“[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&” —Newsday &“[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&” —The Wall Street Journal &“Francis is a genius.&” —Los Angeles Times &“A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&” —The San Diego Union-Tribune
Son of Avonar (Bridge of D'Arnath)
by Carol BergKatsuk, a militant Native American student, kidnaps 13-year-old David Marshall—the son of the US Undersecretary of State. The two flee into the deepest wilds of the Pacific Northwest, where they must survive together as teams of hunters try to track them. David begins to feel a growing bond of respect for his captor, even as he struggles to escape. What the boy does not know, however, is that he has been chosen as an innocent from the white world for an ancient sacrifice of vengeance. And Katsuk may be divinely inspired . . . or simply insane.
Striding Folly
by Dorothy L SayersThree of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his unique detection skills at their most spectacular.The engima of a house numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers; an indignant child accused of theft, a dream about a game of chess that uncovers the true story behind a violent death. Each of the stories introduces a different side of the twentieth century's most ingenious detective hero.This book also features a biographical essay by Janet Hitchman, Sayers' first biographer.'I admire her novels ... she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail' P. D. James (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton
Striding Folly: A Collection of Mysteries (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries #15)
by Dorothy L. SayersIn three stories, Lord Peter Wimsey confronts land barons, killers—and fatherhood: &“One of the most skillful of mystery writers&” (The New York Times). For decades, Lord Peter Wimsey has made life tough for England&’s criminal class. In town and country he solved some of the most baffling mysteries of the Jazz Age, facing down killers armed only with wit, charm, and a keen nose for deception. His work brought him 1 great reward: the love of beautiful mystery novelist Harriet Vane. After years of pleading, he has finally convinced her to marry him. Now the real adventure begins. In the final 3 Wimsey stories, Lord Peter confronts land barons, killers, and the terror that comes from raising 3 young sons. Through it all, his clear thinking never fails him, and he solves these last puzzles as successfully as he did his 1st. He may be a family man now, but like good wine, a great detective only gets better with age. Striding Folly is the 15th book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series by reading the books in any order.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.
Striding Folly: Classic crime fiction you need to read (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries #15)
by Dorothy L SayersDorothy L Sayers' amateur sleuth returns in this collection of three stories, featuring a brand new introduction. A must-read for fans of the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey, as well Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. 'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily TelegraphThree of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his unique detection skills at their most spectacular . . .The engima of a house numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers; an indignant child accused of theft, a dream about a game of chess that uncovers the true story behind a violent death. Each of the stories introduces a different side of the twentieth century's most ingenious detective hero, and this book also features a biographical essay by Janet Hitchman, Sayers' first biographer.'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
The Blue Knight
by Joseph WambaughBumper Morgan is a cop, a patrolman with twenty years' service under his belt and retirement is looming ominously close. His outlook is old-fashioned: he believes in justice - even when it doesn't conform to the letter of the law. If a judicious bit of violence will give him what he needs to solve a crime, so be it. That's the way the game's played. And it usually works. Until the prospect of retirement clouds his judgement and Bumper finds himself starting to make mistakes. The kind of mistakes that kill people.
The Blue Movie Murders (Mike Mccall Novels Ser. #Vol. 3)
by Ellery QueenThe search for a pornographic film director draws Mike McCall into a chase for a killer The film is called The Wild Nymph, and it may be the finest pornographic movie ever made. A relic of the 1950s, when erotic cinema was more artistic than smutty, it was filmed on a shoestring budget by the enigmatic genius Sol Dahlman. But 20 years later, the film has been forgotten and Dahlman has become a recluse. Finding him will be a deadly proposition. A Hollywood producer comes to the state capital in search of Dahlman, hoping to capitalize on pornography's growing mainstream acceptance. He meets Mike McCall, the governor's top troubleshooter, whose only interest in pornography is in keeping women's lib protestors from picketing the theaters. When Dahlman is found dead, it falls to McCall to stop the bloodshed. Sex can be controversial, but murder is always taboo.
The Book of Skulls (Millennium Science Fiction Masterworks Ser. #No. 23)
by Robert SilverbergHow far will four friends go for immortality? This novel is Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author &“Robert Silverberg at his very best&” (George R. R. Martin). After Eli, a scholarly college student, finds and translates an ancient manuscript called The Book of Skulls, he and his friends embark on a cross-country trip to Arizona in search of a legendary monastery where they hope to find the secret of immortality. On the journey with Eli, there&’s Timothy, an upper-class WASP with a trust fund and a solid sense of entitlement; Ned, a cynical poet and alienated gay man; and Oliver, a Kansas farm boy who escaped his rural origins and now wants to escape death. If they can find the House of Skulls where immortal monks allegedly reside, they&’ll undergo a rigorous initiation. But do those eight grinning skulls mean the joke will be on them? For a sacrifice will be required. Two must die so that two may live forever . . . Stretching the boundary between science fiction and horror, Robert Silverberg masterfully probes deeper existential questions of morality, brotherhood, and self-determined destiny in what Harlan Ellison refers to as &“one of my favorite nightmare novels.&” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Robert Silverberg including rare images from the author&’s personal collection.
The Case of the Crying Swallow
by Erle Stanley GardnerThe `Publisher's Note' says this was published after Erle Stanley Gardner's death in 1970. It contains a Perry Mason novelette and three short stories. Two predate the Perry Mason series. Contains THE CASE OF THE CRYING SWALLOW THE CANDY KID THE VANISHING CORPSE THE AFFAIR OF THE RELUCTANT WITNESS
The Case of the Velvet Claws
by Erle Stanley GardnerThanks to a bungled robbery at a fancy hotel, the already-married Eva Griffin has been caught in the company of a prominent congressman. To protect the politico, Eva's ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid his hush money. But Perry Mason has other plans. He tracks down the phantom fat cat who secretly runs the blackmailing tabloid -- only to discover a shocking scoop. By the time Mason's comely client finally comes clean, her husband has taken a bullet in the heart. Now Perry Mason has two choices: represent the cunning widow in her wrangle for the dead man's money -- or take the rap for murder.
The Caterpillar Cop
by James McclureHandsome twelve-year-old Boetie was strangled and stabbed. Was he the victim of a pedophile?
The Clue in the Jewel Box: The Clue In The Jewel Box (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #20)
by Carolyn KeeneAn antique dealer’s revelation about a former queen’s priceless heirloom starts Nancy on a trail of exciting adventures. Madame Alexandra, now living incognito in River Heights, asks Nancy to find her missing grandson. With only one clue to go on – a faded photograph of the prince at the age of four – the young detective begins her search. Nancy’s investigation unmasks a slick imposter and reunites the long-separated family in this suspense-filled story.
The Day Miss Bessie Lewis Disappeared
by Doris Miles DisneyThe first thing that caught Miss Bessie's eye as she came into the house was the bolt drawn back on the basement door. Just like the other day, when they had all tried to tell her she must have forgotten to bolt it the night before. Well, not this time! She flung it open, turned on the light, and screamed at the top of her lungs at the sight of what lay at the foot of the stairs. She clung to the railing and went down a few steps for a closer look. It was a man, white-haired, blood on his face, eyes closed ... and dead ...
The Dead of Winter
by William H. HallahanEdgar Award Finalist for Best First Mystery: “Eerie . . . A book you will gulp down” (The New York Times). Lyons, Basche, and Tyler—three ordinary guys—find their fourth poker night partner, Reece, fatally beaten on the floor of his apartment. Reece was a quiet, unassuming fellow but he had one outstanding trait: his fabulous memory. On Friday nights he could recall every card that was played. Yet his final slurred words were: “I don’t remember.” His three remaining friends, shocked by the indifference of the police, form their own tribunal of retribution: to find the people who had used Reece so ruthlessly and who had disposed of him in the same way; to deal with the assassins with a like kind of justice; and to ferret out the “lost” information that cost Reece his life. Their motivation and their mission culminate in an unforgettable tale of vengeance and its consequences. “Breathtaking and tough.” —Library Journal
The Eiger Sanction: A Novel
by TrevanianJonathan Hemlock lives in a renovated Gothic church on Long Island. He is an art professor, a mountain climber, and a mercenary, performing assassinations (i. e. , sanctions) for money to augment his black-market art collection. Now Hemlock is being tricked into a hazardous assignment that involves an attempt to scale one of the most treacherous mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps, the Eiger. In a breathtakingly suspenseful story that is part thriller and part satire, the author traces Hemlock's spine-tingling adventures, introducing a cast of intriguing characters--villains, traitors, beautiful women--into the highly charged atmosphere of danger. The accumulating threads of suspicion, accusation, and evidence gradually knit themselves into a bizarre and death-defying climax in this exciting, entertaining novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the last absorbing page.
The End of the Dream (Beyond Armageddon Ser.)
by Philip WylieWylie's final novel, published posthumously, focuses on man's destruction of the world through his unheeding and willful poisoning of the atmosphere, the land, the seas and rivers, and finally the human race itself.
The Erection Set
by Mickey SpillaneDogeron Kelly was out to cut a bunch of big bad boys down to size - the size of a six-foot hole in the ground. And on the way, he had his own ideas of what to do with the beautiful babes they threw out as bait -- the kind of bait Kelly loved to gobble up.
The Erection Set (Murder Room #630)
by Mickey SpillaneDogeron Kelly, a walking bomb of a man, suddenly appears in elegant - and not so elegant - New York circles with a suitcase containing a quarter of a million dollars. There are rumours, but no one is certain where he, or the money, came from. It seems he is out to claim his inheritance - or is there something else he is after?Sharon Cass, for instance: a bright and beautiful girl with some very special gifts for the right man.Whatever it is, Dog Kelly isn't telling, but his search takes in a baronial old family manor, the higher reaches of international illegal trafficking, paid mobsters and the rich and famous ...
The Fall Guy (Super Secret Agent Thrillers Ser. #No. 1)
by Ritchie PerryA witty, action-packed thriller starring a “tough, wisecracking British operative” (The New York Times Book Review). The British Intelligence outfit SR(2) has lost too many agents already trying to stop the European cocaine trade. Now they need someone unknown to succeed where they have failed—they need Philis. Whether he’s courting danger or women, this smuggler-turned-secret-agent is as villainous as he is seductive. Philis has no interest in helping the authorities—until a longtime friend is brutally tortured and an innocent woman beaten to within an inch of her life. Now Philis has but one aim: to find the ruthless drug leader behind it all, and make him pay for his crimes. But he has no idea what he’s about to get into, in this fast-paced espionage thriller featuring a hero who’s “as resilient as a rubber band” (Kirkus Reviews). “A master of the genre at the top of his game.” —Tom Kasey, bestselling author of Cold Kill
The Glass Painting
by Jan AlexanderIrene and her husband move to France to remodel a castle he inherited, but all is definitely not as it appears. A black cat, a painting and a mysterious guest all play roles in the events to follow.
The Gremlin's Grampa (The Lieutenant Reardon Mysteries #4)
by Robert L. FishA quartet of killings threaten to derail Lieutenant James Reardon's relationship--and end his life Jan has been dating James Reardon long enough to know that she wants to be with him forever, but she will not marry him as long as he's a cop. She has spent too many nights lying awake, afraid that this will be the case that gets him killed, and she cannot make that her whole life. But she and Reardon both know that death is the only thing that could make him take off his badge--and for this hard-boiled San Francisco detective, death may come sooner than he thinks. It starts with a stabbing in the Embarcadero. A particularly sleazy bartender has gotten knifed in the gut, and he is dead before the cops arrive. Three more killings follow, and each time the victim is one of the city's worst criminals. Is it a vendetta, or a vigilante? Reardon will risk his life to find out.
The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook
by Franklin W. DixonRetired FBI Special Agent William F. Flynn provides young would-be detectives with tips on how to investigate cases just like the Hardy Boys. Includes information on crime solving techniques and how investigations are conducted.
The Holiday Friend: The Modern Classic
by Pamela Hansford Johnson'A powerful tragedy' Independent Described by the New York Times upon her death as 'one of Britain's best-known novelists', plunge yourself into the wry world of Pamela Hansford Johnson in this story of seduction and marriage, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Jane Howard and Barbara Pym.******************Gavin and Hannah Eastwood are a happy couple, holidaying with their overprotected eleven-year-old son Giles in a beautiful village on the coast of Belgium. Melissa is a student of Gavin's, also in the village, having followed Gavin there. A hopeless romantic living in a fantasy, she obsessively follows the family, going out of her way to bump into the couple repeatedly - soon becoming inescapable. While Gavin pities her, Hannah finds her presence alarming; and while they're distracted by her appearances, they miss Giles secretly pursuing his own sinister friendship. . . 'Teases your curiosity and plays on your sympathy' Kirkus******************Praise for Pamela Hansford Johnson:'Witty, satirical and deftly malicious' Anthony Burgess'A remarkable craftswoman' A.S. Byatt'Hansford Johnson at her wittiest is Waugh mingled with Malcolm Bradbury Ruth Rendell'A writer whose memory fully deserves to be kept alive' Jonathan Coe