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13 Secrets (13 Treasures #3)
by Michelle HarrisonHappy with life at Elvesden Manor, Rowan is doing her best to put the past behind her. But it's tough to forget the past when fairy messengers won't leave her be, no matter how many magical boundaries are put in place to keep them away.When Tanya arrives to spend the summer at the manor, she notices that Rowan is acting strangely and becomes determined to find out what she's hiding. As Rowan sets about a risky secret quest, those she is working with soon begin to vanish one by one -- each in a way that is symbolic of the Thirteen Treasures. With time running out, will Tanya be able to prevent the past from consuming Rowan altogether?In this stunning finale to the 13 Treasures Trilogy, Michelle Harrison delivers a dark tale of mystery and adventure, set against a deliciously wicked fairy world.
The 13 Secrets
by Michelle HarrisonRed is now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put her past behind her. But staying on the straight and narrow isn't as easy as she had hoped. . . Hounded by fairy messengers who are trying to convince her to participate once more in the changeling trade, Rowan is haunted by dreams of the Hedgewitch's cottage and the chained-up Eldritch, who threatens revenge against her. Her past is about to catch up with her - can Tanya and Fabian prevent it consuming her altogether?
13: El Asesino No Está En El Banquillo De Los Acusados, Está Entre El Jurado (Serie Eddie Flynn #Volumen 1)
by Steve CavanaghEl asesino no está en el banquillo de los acusados... Está entre el jurado. «Hasta donde sabe, ¿hay algún impedimento para que usted forme parte de este jurado?» El asesinato no fue la parte más complicada. Fue tan solo el inicio del juego. Joshua Kane se ha estado preparando toda su vida para este momento. Él ya lo había hecho anteriormente. Pero esta vez será la más importante.Este es el juicio por asesinato del siglo. Y Kane ha asesinado para obtener el mejor asiento en la sala. Pero hay alguien a su acecho. Alguien que sospecha que el asesino no es el acusado. Kane sabe que el tiempo se agota y lo único que quiere es el veredicto de la condena antes de ser descubierto. Reseñas:«El mejor thriller legal en muchos años. Mezcla a la perfección giros adictivos con personajes que nunca podrás atrapar. Cavanagh es el John Grisham para una nueva generación, único y emocionante. 13 es mi libro favorito del año.»Sarah Pinborough «Excepcional, una intriga tensa muy original, construida brillantemente con un clímax espectacular. Cavanagh es de lo mejor del momento. Créanme.»Lee Child«Inteligente y original. Qué maravilla de libro.»Clare Mackintosh «Gran trama. Gran libro. Engancha. 13 es realmente adictivo.»Simon Kernick «Un thriller repleto de giros brillantes, un puzzle construido ingeniosamente.»Ruth Ware «13 es de las mejores novelas que he leído. Una lectura explosiva en la que Cavanagh combina de manera experta su conocimiento de las leyes con un viaje absolutamente compulsivo. Libros con este ingenio no son muy frecuentes.»Michael Connelly «Sencillamente merece ser un gran best seller. Si lees otro thriller tan bueno este año, será porque has leído esta novela dos veces.»Mark Billingham «Unanovela 5 estrellas. Steve Cavanagh es sin duda alguna, el mejor escritor de trhillers legales de nuestros días.»Craig Sisterson «Wow. Este libro es simplemente espectacular.»Emma Kavanagh «Fantástico, cautivador. Culpable de todos los cargos.»Angela Clarke
13 Stolen Girls
by Gil ReavillPerfect for fans of Michael Connelly or Nevada Barr, Gil Reavill's gripping new Layla Remington thriller plunges readers beneath the glittering façade of Hollywood and into a terrifying underworld where beautiful women can just . . . disappear. Malibu is crumbling. A monster earthquake has just ripped apart some of the priciest real estate on the planet. In a bizarre twist, it has also unearthed a grim secret buried for years beneath one particularly unstable hilltop: a steel barrel containing the mummified remains of Tarin Mistry, the beautiful starlet who went missing more than a decade ago. When Detective Investigator Layla Remington looks into that wretched metal coffin, she realizes she's just landed the case of a lifetime. But before Layla even strips off her latex gloves, a pair of hotshot LAPD detectives arrive on the scene and remove her from the investigation. Undeterred, she pursues her own line of inquiry. Risking her badge and her life, Layla's determination to track down Tarin's murderer takes her from the rarified air of exclusive canyon communities to seedy downtown sex clubs and the secluded lair of one of Hollywood's most powerful men. But while Tarin's case may be cold, her killer is poised to strike again--and in Layla, this depraved sociopath may have just found fresh prey.
13 Treasures (13 Treasures Trilogy #1)
by Michelle HarrisonNo one else can see the evil fairies that rouse Tanya from her sleep, torturing her at the slightest mention of their existence, but they are as real to the 13-year-old as anything she's ever known. She cannot rid herself of them, nor can she ignore them. But it is her insistence on responding to them that has her banished to her grandmother's secluded countryside manor. There is much to explore and even more to fear in the woods surrounding the estate. But, the forest isn't the only source of dark secrets, and Tanya soon finds herself entangled in a mystery that could trap her in the fairy realm forever.
13 Under the Wire
by Gil ReavillInternational Thriller Writers Award finalist Gil Reavill returns with another riveting crime novel featuring detective Layla Remington--perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and Nevada Barr. As 13 Under the Wire unfolds, Layla's dark and traumatic past threatens to explode into the here and now. Los Angeles is in the grip of a monster riot. After thirty-six straight hours on duty, sheriff's detective Layla Remington makes an error that could cost her badge. Shell-shocked, she retreats to the LASD's temporary staging area: a once-grand mansion that Layla knows from what seems like a lifetime ago. . . . It's ten years earlier. Layla is twenty-two, a probationary cadet at the police academy. A childhood friend has died tragically in Tijuana, and Layla finds herself once again enmeshed in the lavish lives of the über-wealthy Loushane family. The privileged kids she grew up with are taking their places among the upper crust. But as Layla wraps up the late Simon Loushane's affairs, she stumbles upon a clue to something very sinister that haunts the family. Unable to quell her curiosity, Layla pulls at the threads of greed and tragedy--and unravels a twisted history of evil that stretches from the Gold Coast of Mexico to the Sonora Desert. And now, a decade later, those demons have come back to claim her.
13 Views of the Suicide Woods
by Bracken MacLeod“Dark, human stories of horror and modern noir [by] one of the brightest stars of the next generation.” —Christopher Golden, New York Times–bestselling author of Ararat A young woman waits for her father, who has gone to a place from which no one intends to return. A single word is the push that may break a man and save a life. The members of a winemaking community celebrate the old time religion found flowing in the blood of the vine. A desperate man seeking a miracle cure gets more than a peek behind the curtain of Dr. Morningstar’s Psychic Surgery. The author of Stranded “brings together the macabre and the offbeat” (Publishers Weekly) in this remarkable collection of stories that inhabit the dark places where pain and resignation intersect, in which the fear of a quiet moment alone is as terrifying as the unseen thing watching from behind the tree line. “[A] superb new collection . . . There are pieces here that nod to distinguished ancestors like Ambrose Bierce’s ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,’ Flannery O’Connor’s ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’ and Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’.” —The New York Times
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl: A Novel
by Mona Awad<P> Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks--even though her best friend Mel says she's the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, but she's afraid to send pictures, even when her skinny friend China does her makeup: she knows no one would want her if they could really see her. So she starts to lose. <P>With punishing drive, she counts almonds consumed, miles logged, pounds dropped. She fights her way into coveted dresses. She grows up and gets thin, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband, her reflection in the mirror. But no matter how much she loses, will she ever see herself as anything other than a fat girl? <P>In her brilliant, hilarious, and at times shocking debut, Mona Awad simultaneously skewers the body image-obsessed culture that tells women they have no value outside their physical appearance, and delivers a tender and moving depiction of a lovably difficult young woman whose life is hijacked by her struggle to conform. <P>As caustically funny as it is heartbreaking, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl introduces a vital new voice in fiction.
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl: From the author of the TikTok phenomenon BUNNY
by Mona AwadWinner of the Amazon First Novel AwardWinner of the Colorado Book Award for Literary FictionShortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller PrizeLonglisted for the 2017 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for HumourLonglisted for the 2018 International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardGrowing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks—even though her best friend Mel says she&’s the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, but she&’s afraid to send pictures, even when her skinny friend China does her makeup: she knows no one would want her if they could really see her. So she starts to lose. With punishing drive, she counts almonds consumed, miles logged, pounds dropped. She fights her way into coveted dresses. She grows up and gets thin, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband, her reflection in the mirror. But no matter how much she loses, will she ever see herself as anything other than a fat girl? In her brilliant, hilarious, and at times shocking debut, Mona Awad simultaneously skewers the body image-obsessed culture that tells women they have no value outside their physical appearance, and delivers a tender and moving depiction of a lovably difficult young woman whose life is hijacked by her struggle to conform. As caustically funny as it is heartbreaking, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl introduces a vital new voice in fiction.
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
by Jane SmileyPulitzer Prize winner and bestselling novelist Jane Smiley celebrates the novel--and takes us on an exhilarating tour through one hundred of them--in this seductive and immensely rewarding literary tribute. In her inimitable style-exuberant, candid, opinionated-Smiley explores the power of the novel, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just how it works its magic. She invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits and spilling the secrets of her craft. And she offers priceless advice to aspiring authors. As she works her way through one hundred novels--from classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to recent fiction by Zadie Smith and Alice Munro--she infects us anew with the passion for reading that is the governing spirit of this gift to book lovers everywhere.
13 White Tulips (The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries Series)
by Frances Crane<p>A young couple and their dachshund star in a stylish San Francisco–set Golden Age mystery of “high ingenuity” (The New York Times).<p> <p>Jack Ivers, a man-about-town with a taste for rich women, has been found dead in his bed. What’s particularly odd is that the chief suspect, a surgeon’s fashionable wife, claims that she spotted thirteen red tulips upon entering the victim’s home—that were somehow replaced with thirteen white tulips by the time she departed.<p> <p>It’s up to sleuthing spouses Jean and Pat Abbott to dig through the dead man’s questionable past and determine in whose heart a murderous passion blossomed . . .<p>
The 130-Story Treehouse: Laser Eyes and Annoying Flies (The Treehouse Books #10)
by Andy GriffithsNew York Times-bestselling team Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton invite readers to come hang out with them in their 130-Story Treehouse—the tenth book in the illustrated chapter book series filled with Andy and Terry's signature slapstick humor!Andy and Terry live in a 130-story treehouse. (It used to be a 117-story treehouse, but they added another 13 stories.) It has a soap bubble blaster, a time-wasting level, a 13-story igloo, the GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a toilet paper factory, and an extraterrestrial observation centre for observing aliens. As it turns out, though, it’s Andy, Terry and Jill who are being observed—and then abducted—by a giant flying eyeball from outer space! At first they're excited to be going on an intergalactic space adventure, but when they arrive on Planet Eyeballia, they discover it's not at all a friendly place. Will the gang be able to escape and get back to Earth and write their book before time runs out?Praise for Andy Griffiths and the Treehouse series:"Anarchic absurdity at its best. . . . Denton's manic cartooning captures every twist and turn in hilarious detail." —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The 13-Story Treehouse"Will appeal to fans of Jeff Kinney and Dav Pilkey. . . . The wonderfully random slapstick humor is tailor-made for reluctant readers. . . . A treat for all." —Booklist on The 13-Story TreehouseRead the whole series!The 13-Story TreehouseThe 26-Story TreehouseThe 39-Story TreehouseThe 52-Story TreehouseThe 65-Story TreehouseThe 78-Story TreehouseThe 91-Story TreehouseThe 104-Story TreehouseThe 117-Story TreehouseThe 130-Story Treehouse
131 Different Things
by Zachary Lipez&“Framed by Zinner&’s sly photograpy . . . A boozy, grungy, alt-rock fable&” from the collaborators of Please Take Me Off the Guest List (Kirkus Reviews). When Sam, a bartender in New York, hears that his ex, Vicki, his one true love, has quit AA and is out drinking again, he embarks on a quest to find her. Sam and his sidekick Francis trek from dive bars to gay bars to rocker bars—encountering skinheads, party promoters, underage drug dealers, and dominatrixes—but they are always one step behind Vicki. It begins to seem like 131 different things are keeping the lovers apart. Before the night is over, Sam will have to wrestle with what he is really looking for. Nick Zinner—who plays guitar in the three-time Grammy-nominated band Yeah Yeah Yeahs—provides the visual framework for this inventive novella with his intimate photography. Known for his essays and music writing for Noisey, Vice, and Penthouse, Zachary Lipez brings his pithy, multilayered, and self-deprecating voice to this debut work of fiction. The prose and photography are tied together in a playful taxonomic scheme by editor and art director Stacy Wakefield, the author of the novel The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory. &“Engaging . . . may conjure your worst, most desperate drunken memories of your 20s-30s, but in a good way! The story is illustrated with Nick Zinner&’s beautiful photos. This is a must read for all music/nightlife loving New Yorkers, or folks who wished they lived here in the aughts.&”—BUST, Holiday Gift Guide &“An entertaining pub-crawl saga like no other.&”—The Berkshire Eagle
133 Horas
by Zach AbramsChegando ao trabalho para descobrir que ela perdeu mais de cinco dias e meio de sua vida, Briony não se lembra de onde esteve ou do que aconteceu. Ela esteve doente ou sofreu um colapso - ou poderia ter sido drogada e sequestrada? Duvidando de sua própria sanidade, Briony tem medo do que está além da superfície, mas é levada a descobrir a verdade. Revendo suas escassas lembranças, ela percebe que algo terrível pode ter acontecido com ela durante o tempo em que não se lembra. Assistidos por suas amigas Alesha e Jenny, eles se unem a um detetive aposentado para descobrir a verdade. Mas onde ela esteve por 133 horas ... e por quê?
133 Horas
by Zach AbramsCuando llega al trabajo y se da cuenta de que ha perdido más de cinco días y medio de su vida, Briony no recuerda ni dónde ha estado ni qué ha pasado. ¿Ha estado enferma, ha tenido una crisis nerviosa o pudo haber sido drogada y secuestrada? Al dudar de su propia cordura, Briony teme a lo que le pudo haber sucedido, pero se empeña en descubrir la verdad. Cuando analiza sus escasos recuerdos, se da cuenta de que algo terrible podría haberle pasado durante el tiempo que no recuerda. Asistida por sus amigas Alesha y Jenny, colabora con un detective jubilado para descubrir la verdad. Pero, ¿dónde pudo haber estado durante las 133 horas y por qué no se acuerda de nada?
1356
by Bernard Cornwell"The most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall Street Journal) has delivered another blockbuster with this thrilling tale of peril and conquest at the Battle of Poitiers.September 1356. All over France, towns are closing their gates. Crops are burning, and through-out the countryside people are on the alert for danger. The English army--led by the heir to the throne, the Black Prince--is set to invade, while the French, along with their Scottish allies, are ready to hunt them down.But what if there was a weapon that could decide the outcome of the imminent war?Thomas of Hookton, known as le Batard, has orders to uncover the lost sword of Saint Peter, a blade with mystical powers said to grant certain victory to whoever possesses her. The French seek the weapon, too, and so Thomas's quest will be thwarted at every turn by battle and betrayal, by promises made and oaths broken. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near Poitiers, Thomas, his troop of archers and men-at-arms, his enemies, and the fate of the sword converge in a maelstrom of violence, action, and heroism.Rich with colorful characters, great adventure, and thrilling conflict, 1356 is a magnificent tale of how the quest for a holy relic with the power to change history may culminate in an epic struggle.
13th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection
by Writer's Digest EditorsWriter's DigestShort Short Story CompetitionThis exclusive collection contains the top twenty-five winning entries of the 13th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition, including the First-Place winner, "EXCAVATION" by MARIE BACIGALUPO.
The 13th Apostle: A Novel
by Dermot McevoyThe story-both romantic and terrifying-of how a handful of men, armed with nothing more than handguns and guts, forced the greatest nation in the world from their shores.On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, the first great revolution of the twentieth century began as working-class men and women occupied buildings throughout Dublin, Ireland, including the general post office on O'Connell Street. Among the commoners in the GPO was a young staff captain of the Irish Volunteers named Michael Collins. He was joined a day later by a fourteen-year-old messenger boy, Eoin Kavanagh. Four days later they would all surrender, but they had struck the match that would burn Great Britain out of Ireland for the first time in seven hundred years.The 13th Apostle is the reimagined story of how Michael Collins, along with his young acolyte Eoin, transformed Ireland from a colony into a nation. Collins's secret weapon was his intelligence system and his assassination squad, nicknamed "The Twelve Apostles." On November 21, 1920, the squad-with its thirteenth member, young Eoin-assassinated the entire British Secret Service in Dublin. Twelve months and sixteen days later, Collins signed the Treaty at 10 Downing Street, which brought into being what is, today, the Republic of Ireland.An epic novel in the tradition of Thomas Flanagan's The Year of the French and Leon Uris's Trinity, The 13th Apostle is a story that will capture the imagination and hearts of freedom-loving readers everywhere.
The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
by Sid FleischmanWhen his older sister disappears, twelve-year-old Buddy Stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenth-century pirate ship captained by a distant relative.
The 13th Hour: A Thriller (The Nick Quinn Thriller Series #1)
by Richard DoetschA mesmerizing thriller -- told in reverse! The 13th Hour is the story of a man given the chance to go back in time in one-hour increments to prevent a vicious crime from destroying his life. Nick Quinn is being held in jail, accused of the murder of his beloved wife, Julia. He knows she's dead; he saw her bloody corpse, shot in the head at point-blank range. The police tell him they found the murder weapon with his fingerprints on it in the trunk of his car. Nick is confused, grief-stricken -- and completely innocent. At 9 p.m. on July 28, a gray-haired gentleman visits Nick in the police interrogation room and asks him a simple question: "If you could get out of here, if you could save her, would you?" He hands Nick a golden talisman that allows Nick to go back in time, one hour at a time, for a total of twelve hours. With each hour that Nick travels back, he finds more clues to the identity of Julia's real killer, but he also discovers that his actions in the past may have unexpected repercussions in the future. In his race against time to save the woman he loves most in the world, Nick will find that friends become enemies, old loyalties are tested, and Julia's murder is part of a larger scheme that has its roots in greed and vengeance. Nick has the ability to save Julia, the chance to put his own world in balance, but he is venturing down a precarious route. If he hasn't set things right by the thirteenth hour, his desperate attempts to save Julia's life may lead to a far greater catastrophe than he could have ever imagined. A surprising and utterly original thriller, The 13th Hour is pure page-turning suspense -- full of double crosses, cliffhangers, and shocking revelations.
The 13th Juror
by John LescroartHe is obsessed with her innocence. He will be destroyed by her guilt.The walls were champagne. The house was immaculate. A prosperous doctor lived there with his son and his beautiful wife. But the elegant walls hid a family's secret, a wife's shame. And one day shots rang out in the doctor's house. Suddenly Jennifer Witt was in jail, facing the death penalty.Jennifer insisted that she had not killed her abusive husband -- and she could never have killed her own son. Dismas Hardy believed her. But Hardy was only part of the defense team, and the only lawyer who continued to believe her...even as her story was torn to pieces, even as her lies came out, even as she was found guilty of murder.Now there's only one thing Jennifer can do to save her life...and she refuses to do it. So Hardy must do it for her. And in a shocking case of violence, betrayal, and lies, his only weapon is the truth...The 13th Juror...When innocence is not enough.
The 13th Resolution
by Charles Sheldon"Good resolutions are like babies crying in church. They should be carried out immediately."--Charles SheldonCharles M. Sheldon, best known for his classic In His Steps, wrote the 13th Resolution in 1928. It was to spur readers on to making commitments stick, and one in particular--being involved with one's local church. His supposition? If you are a person of faith then surely you would get fully engaged in community.Sheldon's classic story is now available again in this digital-first edition, retelling the story of James Blaisdell and his family, as they live out their faith and life in Kansas.
The 13th Special Nurse: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
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13th Street #1: Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats (HarperChapters #1)
by David BowlesA new silly and spooky highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book!Cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer. But on their way to Gulf City’s water park, they get lost on 13th Street. Only it’s not a street at all. It’s a strange world filled with dangerous beasts! Will the cousins find their way back to Aunt Lucy’s? Each story in this hilarious and scary new series from award-winning author David Bowles is designed to set independent readers up for success—with short, fast-paced chapters, art on every page, and progress bars at the end of each chapter!
13th Street #2: The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco (HarperChapters #2)
by David BowlesA silly and spooky new highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book! Cousins Dante, Malia, and Ivan are happy to be back in their home town. But then their school bus takes a wrong turn and they end up on 13th Street! There are new monsters to fight, but at least they have their friend Susana and their bus driver to help them. Will the gang ever make it to their first day of class? Each story in this hilarious and scary new series from award-winning author David Bowles is designed to set independent readers up for success—with short, fast-paced chapters, art on every page, and progress bars at the end of each chapter!