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The Cast Net
by Millie WestLeaving the glamour of a successful advertising career in New York, Mills Taylor eagerly accepts a position as the director of an educational scholarship foundation in Alston Station, a town near Charleston, South Carolina---the opportunity for a simpler, less hectic life is just too appealing to turn down. But, she unwittingly steps into an unfamiliar world of family secrets, betrayal, supernatural tales, southern traditions, and money---lots of money. Her new boss, Cooper Heath, is as socially conscious as he is charming, but falls from favor when his beautiful wife goes missing. Fundraising work brings Mills in close contact with a community divided in loyalty to Heath---does she have to choose a side? The Cast Net chronicles a world of southern money and power in the late 1980s. Living and working closely with the Heath family, Mills learns the deeper meaning of "the cast net" and why it has been embraced by generations of Low Country residents. The Cast Net is a compelling and engaging novel about roots, a sense of community, trust, redemption, and, especially, love.
Cast No Shadow: A Gripping Intelligent Thriller
by Julie NewmanDiscovering the truth could be the death of her. Samantha is a journalist who longs to investigate a big story that will launch her career. In a search for her big break, she comes across a little-reported press story in India. A hotelier - Amit Joshi – has been accused of rape but exonerated when it is revealed he is female. Samantha, believing there is more to the story, begins to investigate, helped by colleague Gregory whose brother, Simon, works for the British High Commission in Delhi. But as more comes to light, Simon is found brutally murdered. And when Gregory travels to India to discover what happened to his brother, he goes missing. With the authorities seemingly unable to help, Samantha heads to India to search for Gregory and discover the truth behind Amit's story and Simon's murder. But thrown into a dark underworld with danger at every turn, discovering the truth could prove to be the death of not just the story but Samantha herself... Murder and deceit abound in the exotic backstreets of India in Julie Newman's compelling new thriller. What readers are saying about Cast No Shadow: "An exciting and compelling read." "Gripping, original, genre-defying page-turner." "Just when you think you know where it's going there's an intriguing twist." "Through every turn of the page, there was another twist or turn that just made you want to read more."
Cast of Characters
by Lou AronicaTWENTY-EIGHT LEADING VOICES IN FICTION -INCLUDING ELEVEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS -JOIN TOGETHER IN A CELEBRATION OF GREAT STORYTELLINGWe love fiction. It's in our blood and it's in our souls. Great stories thrill us and inspire us in a way that nothing else can. If you're like us, then we invite you to revel in this anthology of all-original stories we've created for you.In CAST OF CHARACTERS, you'll meet a collection of unforgettable personalities. The devoted wife who discovers her husband's devastating secret. The Black Death survivor who reinvents herself. The woman who finds love in the arms of a dark, dangerous artist. The devoted scientist faced with a daunting ethical dilemma. The woman who hears ghosts. The gorgeous but fated young man. The small-town beauty queen with a world-class mean streak. The inventor who fears his invention. The man seeking a reunion decades later with his first love. The stalker who understands too late who he is stalking. The dreadful athlete who gets one opportunity to win. The man who loves a woman society will not allow him to love. These are only a few of the figures who will leap from the page and take residence in your heart.In addition, CAST OF CHARACTERS is highlighted by several "events" you won't want to miss: #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander delivers her first short story with a contemporary setting - as does New York Times bestselling author Tanya Anne Crosby. New York Times bestselling author Jo Beverley brings back the hero of her novel Forbidden Magic. New York Times bestselling author Angie Fox creates a new Biker Witches story. New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham writes her first story with her son Jason. New York Times bestselling author Katie MacAlister tells the story of one of her most beloved teen characters as an adult. National bestselling author Julie Ortolon tells the beloved Pearl Island story her fans have been clamoring for. National bestselling author Diana Peterfreund offers the origin story for one of the most important magical items in her "killer unicorn" series.A huge volume of twenty-eight stories ranging from romance to suspense to fantasy to comedy to poignant character pieces, CAST OF CHARACTERS is a must-have book for everyone who loves fiction.
Cast of Criminals (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories #97)
by Franklin W. DixonIn trying to free their friend Holly from the clutches of a murderous mountain cult, the Hardy Boys find that the lunatic Rajah and his followers have spread to their own home town.
A Cast of Falcons: A Birder Murder Mystery
by Steve BurrowsThe threat from above casts a dark shadow. A man falls to his death from a cliff face in western Scotland. From a distance, another man watches. He approaches the body, tucks a book into the dead man’s pocket, and leaves. When the Scottish police show visiting Detective Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune the book, he recognizes it as a call for help. But he also knows that answering that call could destroy the life he and his girlfriend Lindy have built for themselves in the village of Saltmarsh, in north Norfolk. Back in Saltmarsh, the brutal murder of a researcher involved in a local climate change project has everyone looking at the man’s controversial studies as a motive. But Sergeant Danny Maik, heading the investigation in Jejeune’s absence, believes a huge cash incentive being offered for the research may play a crucial role. With their beleaguered Chief Superintendent blocking every attempt to interview the project’s uber-wealthy owners, Jejeune and Maik must work together to find their answers. But will the men’s partnership survive when the danger from above begins to cast its dark shadow?
A Cast of Falcons: A Birder Murder Mystery (A Birder Murder Mystery #3)
by Steve BurrowsThe threat from above casts a dark shadow. A man falls to his death from a cliff face in western Scotland. From a distance, another man watches. He approaches the body, tucks a book into the dead man's pocket, and leaves. When the Scottish police show visiting Detective Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune the book, he recognizes it as a call for help. But he also knows that answering that call could destroy the life he and his girlfriend Lindy have built for themselves in the village of Saltmarsh, in north Norfolk. Back in Saltmarsh, the brutal murder of a researcher involved in a local climate change project has everyone looking at the man's controversial studies as a motive. But Sergeant Danny Maik, heading the investigation in Jejeune's absence, believes a huge cash incentive being offered for the research may play a crucial role.With their beleaguered Chief Superintendent blocking every attempt to interview the project's uber-wealthy owners, Jejeune and Maik must work together to find their answers. But will the men's partnership survive when the danger from above begins to cast its dark shadow?
Cast of Shadows
by Kevin GuilfoileA bereaved doctor undertakes a diabolical experiment in a shattering philosophical thriller that anticipates the moral, social, and metaphysical dilemmas science is poised to confront. Davis Moore is a fertility doctor in Chicago specializing in reproductive cloning, a controversial and closely regulated new practice, when his seventeen-year-old daughter is brutally raped and murdered. The case is investigated but never solved. Months later, Moore retrieves her belongings from the police, and finds among them a vial containing the killer's DNA. Tormented by grief, Moore entertains a monstrous thought: the possibility of cloning not his daughter but the man who killed her. How far would you go to look into the face of your daughter's murderer? Justin Finn, at three, looks like any other child. Bright, joyful, sweet; an innocent toddler to his unsuspecting parents and to all who know him. But his face, one day, will be the exact match of the cold-blooded killer of whom he is a perfect genetic replica. Can a three-year-old have a past? Where does evil come from? What happens to the soul when we die? What are you duplicating when you duplicate a human life? Cast of Shadowsis a spectacularly original, hair-raising novel about the fate of a little boy brought into the world to solve a crime. Relentlessly gripping, profoundly unsettling, and visionary, it introduces a major new suspense novelist. From the Hardcover edition.
A Cast of Vultures: A Mystery (Sam Clair #3)
by Judith FlandersThere was every possibility that I was dead, and my brain hadn’t got the memo. Or maybe it was that I wished I were dead. On reflection, that was more likely.Usually clear-headed editor Samantha Clair stumbles through her post-book-party morning with the hangover to end all hangovers. But before the ibuprofen has even kicked in, she finds herself entangled in an elaborate saga of missing neighbors, suspected arson, and strange men offering free tattoos. By the time the grisly news breaks that the fire has claimed a victim, Sam is already in pursuit. Never has comedy been so deadly as she faces down a pair from Thugs ’R’ Us, aided by nothing more than a Scotland Yard boyfriend, a stalwart Goth assistant, and an unnerving knowledge of London’s best farmer’s markets.From the acclaimed bestselling author Judith Flanders, A Cast of Vultures continues the sharp-witted series starring book editor and amateur sleuth Samantha Clair.
A Cast-Off Coven: A Witchcraft Mystery (Witchcraft Mystery #2)
by Juliet BlackwellLily Ivory is not your average witch. She runs a vintage clothing store called Aunt Cora's Closet and has the magical ability to sense vibrations of the past from clothing and jewelry. When students are spooked at the San Francisco School for the Arts, Lily is called in to search for paranormal activity. She finds a dead body00and a closet full of old clothes with some very bad vibes.
Cast On, Kill Off
by Maggie SeftonWedding bells are ringing in Fort Connor, Colorado, and the House of Lambspun knitters are abuzz with excitement. But when a murder interrupts the wedding planning, Kelly Flynn will have to solve this crime fast to ensure the killer doesn't wind up on the guest list... Kelly Flynn's knitting pal Megan is about to get hitched, and Megan has found the perfect seamstress, Zoe Yeager, to create the bridesmaids' dresses. But Zoe is harboring a secret. Bruises on her face show a troubling side of her marriage, and just after she finds the courage to leave her husband, she's shot dead. Zoe's husband is a key suspect, but there are others who might have had designs on her death. It's up to Kelly and her knitting pals to use their sleuthing savvy to solve the case. They'll have to stitch up all the loose ends before they can don their dresses and escort Megan into the land of happily ever after... DELICIOUS RECIPE AND KNITTING PATTERN INCLUDED!
Cast the First Stone: An Ellie Stone Mystery (Ellie Stone Mysteries #5)
by James W. ZiskinFebruary 1962: Tony Eberle has just scored his first role in a Hollywood movie, and the publisher of his hometown newspaper in upstate New York wants a profile of the local boy who's made good. Reporter Ellie Stone is dispatched to Los Angeles for the story. But when she arrives on set to meet her subject, Tony has vanished. The director is apoplectic, Tony’s agent is stumped, and the producer is found murdered. Ellie is on the story, diving headfirst into a treacherous demimonde of Hollywood wannabes, beautiful young men, desperately ambitious ingénues, panderers, and pornography hobbyists. Then there are some real movie stars with reputations to protect. To find the killer, Ellie must separate the lies from the truth, unearthing secrets no one wants revealed along the way. But before she can solve the producer’s murder, she must locate Tony Eberle.
Castang's City (The Henri Castang Mysteries #3)
by Nicolas FreelingA French detective looks into a public figure’s murder—and discovers some private secrets—in a mystery by an author who is “a joy to read” (TheTimes Literary Supplement). When a local official is gunned down in the street, it looks like a cold-blooded political assassination. But as Inspector Henri Castang investigates—and questions the victim’s colleagues and family—it seems the motive might have been closer to home. The mystery only becomes more tangled when the official’s son turns up dead. What is this family involved in that has cost them two lives already? Castang must sort through secrets, blackmail, and lies to solve the case before another victim is targeted . . . Castang’s City is an atmospheric and suspenseful novel by a celebrated author who earned crime fiction’s three most prestigious prizes: the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, the Edgar Award, and the CWA Gold Dagger.
Castang's City (The Henri Castang Mysteries)
by Nicolas FreelingA French detective looks into a public figure&’s murder—and discovers some private secrets—in a mystery by an author who is &“a joy to read&” (TheTimes Literary Supplement). When a local official is gunned down in the street, it looks like a cold-blooded political assassination. But as Inspector Henri Castang investigates—and questions the victim&’s colleagues and family—it seems the motive might have been closer to home. The mystery only becomes more tangled when the official&’s son turns up dead. What is this family involved in that has cost them two lives already? Castang must sort through secrets, blackmail, and lies to solve the case before another victim is targeted . . .Castang&’s City is an atmospheric and suspenseful novel by a celebrated author who earned crime fiction&’s three most prestigious prizes: the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, the Edgar Award, and the CWA Gold Dagger.
The Castaway Hat: An Intrigue of Lure and Lucre
by Clark JamesThe Castaway Hat is an amusing intrigue of lure and lucre, spanning two generations. A mystery of a straw hat with a faded red ribbon washed among the rocks. The finder, Edgar, by co-incidence, not that he knows it, met the owner the previous night at a book launch. Daphne and the hat were parted when a launch capsized - she swimming to an island off New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula, only to discover an old gold mining tunnel, a recently worked old mining tunnel. The author, Erica, locates the earlier, but not original diggers of that tunnel. An adventure that spans oceans and time to settle in the tiny carless town of Murren, Switzerland, during World War II.
The Castaway Lounge
by Jon BoilardSet in a busted Massachusetts mill town circa 1986, The Castaway Lounge is the story of Jackson "Applejack" Thibedeaux. Cocaine dealer, womanizer, and tough-guy-for-hire, Applejack is weary of the wrong life and trying to leave it behind. But all bets are off when a young pole dancer ends up dead during an after-hours party with a local businessman and politician, and our hero risks going to prison or worse by setting in motion a plan to bring the killers to justice.Along the way, Applejack's fiancéeis abducted by a flying saucer and she goes on the Oprah Winfrey show to talk about her experience, a bible-thumping arsonist burns down the titty bar, and a disturbing love triangle forms when a washed-up guitar player seduces his teenage son's girlfriend. To further complicate matters, upon learning of her demise, the dead pole dancer's father and twin brother's thunder down from the high hills with violent intentions.It is a dark world that these people live in, but from time to time slivers of light manage to break through. At its core, the book is an exploration of one man's struggle to choose between right and wrong. And the fact that sometimes the right choice requires the ultimate sacrifice.Jon Boilard is the author of A River Closely Watched, a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. Born and raised in Western Massachusetts, Boilard lives in San Francisco, California.
Castaways (Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy)
by David McDonaldGuardians of the Galaxy: Castaways is the thrilling new adventure featuring Marvel's swashbuckling heroes Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, and the ever-charming Star-Lord himself, Peter Quill. After a series of missions—some successful, others less so, and most nearly getting everyone killed—the Guardians of the Galaxy are at a breaking point when they crash-land on a strange planet. With no way to repair their ship, the frustrated Guardians go their separate ways, quickly discovering that the planet's inhabitants have never progressed past a medieval stage of development. Quill finds himself a favored member of a powerful duke's court (as well as a favorite of the duke's daughter), and life seems just fine under the circumstances . . . until the duchy comes under attack. When Quill reckons that their foe may be what's keeping the planet's civilization from advancing, he realizes that defeating it—with the Guardians' help—may be their only hope for getting off of that world. . . If he can find his friends in time.
Castello dei Trantini: Uma Morte na Toscana
by Dick Rosano Marcella AraujoFilippo Trantino cresceu na Toscana e depois se mudou para a América com sua família, deixando seu coração entre os vinhedos da vinícola de sua família. Depois que ele volta para casa para um funeral, seus primos o convencem de que a morte de seu avô não foi um acidente. Enquanto investiga o crime, Filippo viaja pelas paisagens pastoris da Toscana, entregando-se ao vinho e comida mais deliciosos da região e descobre a vida que ele sempre quis viver. Castello dei Trantini: Uma Morte na Toscana de Dick Rosano é parte mistério, parte tutorial de vinhos e parte aventuras na bela paisagem da Toscana.
Castigo
by Ferdinand von SchirachTras Crímenes y Culpa, el jurista alemán Ferdinand von Schirach regresa con Castigo. Basada en casos reales, Crímenes, la primera obra de Ferdinand von Schirach, ganadora del prestigioso Premio Kleist y uno de los mayores éxitos de los últimos años en Alemania, fascinó y conmovió por la honestidad y lucidez con que planteaba la búsqueda de la verdad en los procesos criminales. Culpa, una colección de punzantes miniaturas sobre el insondable comportamiento humano, mereció de nuevo el elogio de la crítica y los lectores. Ahora, Von Schirach vuelve a convertir doce casos de su dilatada trayectoria profesional en sendas piezas de orfebrería literaria que tratan, con su aguzado instinto narrativo y su particular sentido del humor, las consecuencias penales y morales del castigo. Una mujer que asume la culpa del delito de parricidio cometido por su marido, los efectos catastróficos de un juicio cancelado tras declarar no apto a un miembro del jurado popular y un hombre con las funciones de la corteza cerebral dañadas al haber resbalado con el collar de perlas de su amante son algunos de los sustanciosos argumentos de estas turbadoras historias rebosantes de ingenio y reflexiones agudas sobre la naturaleza humana. Al tiempo que resalta los elementos más imponderables del poder judicial y pone el foco en los sentimientos más frágiles y secretos que anidan en nuestro interior, Castigo nos habla de lo que sucede tras una sentencia firme, un hipotético accidente o un crimen planificado. En algunos relatos, el castigo resulta fortuito pero oportuno, mientras que en otros adquiere forma de venganza deliberada. Y aunque en ocasiones éste sea injusto y doloroso, puede significar la única vía hacia la salvación. La crítica ha dicho...«Doce relatos inolvidables sobre el sistema judicial. Implacables, precisos, fríamente distantes y, también, profundamente humanos.»Claudio Armbruster, ZDF «Una y otra vez, me sorprende la capacidad de Ferdinand von Schirach para captar lo contradictorio en los entornos más reducidos, para dibujar el gran espacio emocional en pocas palabras. Una y otra vez, me siento conmovido por esta combinación de precisión no sentimental y maravillosa, la empatía filantrópica que hace que sus textos sean incomparables.»Michael Haneke «La literatura de Von Schirach mira de cerca, con claridad y enorme lucidez, aunque lo que tenga que explicar no siempre sea bonito.»Focus «Pocos autores son capaces de provocar sentimientos tan intensos con tan pocas palabras. Von Schirach es un narrador compasivo y muy humano.»Abendzeitung
El castillo en la nubes
by Kerstin GierUn lugar mágico en las nubes.Una heroína un poco curiosa.Y la aventura de su vida. En lo alto de las montañas suizas hay un gran hotel cuyos mejores días de gloria, sin duda, han quedado atrás. Conocido como El castillo en las nubes, cada Noche Vieja se prepara para celebrar el gran baile, y entonces regresa al hotel todo el esplendor perdido. Fanny, una joven de 17 diecisiete años que trabaja en el hotel, se ocupa de hacer la estancia de los huéspedes lo más confortable y lujosa posible. Sin embargo, se da cuenta de que algunos de los huéspedes no son quienes fingen ser.¿Qué planes secretos se forjan detrás de las cortinas de terciopelo? ¿Es cierto que la mujer del millonario ruso tiene el diamante que dice poseer? ¿Y por qué razón Tristan, ese atractivo chico, prefiere trepar por la fachada del hotel en vez de subir por la escalera? Pronto Fanny se encuentra en medio de una peligrosa aventura queno solo pone en riesgo su trabajo, sino también su corazón...
Casting Bones: A New Voodoo Mystery Series Set In New Orleans (The Quentin Archer Mysteries #1)
by Don BrunsIntroducing New Orleans homicide detective Quentin Archer in the first of a brand-new mystery series. When a prominent New Orleans judge is brutally murdered, former Detroit cop Quentin Archer is handed the case. His enquiries will lead him into a world of darkness and mysticism which underpins the carefree atmosphere of the Big Easy. Interrogating crooked police officers, a pickpocket, a bartender with underground contacts and a swamp dweller, Archer uncovers some troubling facts about the late judge’s past. But it’s only when he encounters a beautiful young voodoo practitioner that he starts to make headway in the investigation. Voodoo queen Solange Cordray volunteers at the dementia centre where her mother lives. When she starts reading the mind of one of her patients, she learns that a secretive organization known as Krewe Charbonerrie may be behind the murder of the judge. And the second murder. And the third . . .
Casting the First Stone
by Frances FyfieldA year after her husband's death, young widow and art collector Diana Porteous listlessly roams the beach near her home. Her friend and agent Saul takes action, introducing her to his stylish, anarchic sister, Sarah, to pep her up.They plan that Di should rediscover her talents as a thief, as well as art expert, to recover stolen paintings - and begin with Steven, the neighbour's son, who is amassing works of art in a strange building in London, including work stolen from his mother.But if Di is interested in his illicit treasures, he is equally fascinated by hers - and in the secrets still held in that house by the sea. . .
Casting the First Stone
by Frances FyfieldA year after her husband's death, young widow and art collector Diana Porteous listlessly roams the beach near her home. Her friend and agent Saul takes action, introducing her to his stylish, anarchic sister, Sarah, to pep her up.They plan that Di should rediscover her talents as a thief, as well as art expert, to recover stolen paintings - and begin with Steven, the neighbour's son, who is amassing works of art in a strange building in London, including work stolen from his mother.But if Di is interested in his illicit treasures, he is equally fascinated by hers - and in the secrets still held in that house by the sea. . .
Casting the First Stone
by Frances FyfieldA year after her husband's death, young widow and art collector Diana Porteous listlessly roams the beach near her home. Her friend and agent Saul takes action, introducing her to his stylish, anarchic sister, Sarah, to pep her up. They plan that Di should rediscover her talents as a thief, as well as art expert, to recover stolen paintings - and begin with Steven, the neighbour's son, who is amassing works of art in a strange building in London, including work stolen from his mother.But if Di is interested in his illicit treasures, he is equally fascinated by hers - and in the secrets still held in that house by the sea...
Casting the Gods Adrift (Flashbacks)
by Geraldine McCaughreanA thriller set in ancient Egypt between 1351-1354 BC. Tutmose and Ibrim's father, the animal dealer, is commanded by the new pharaoh Akhenaten, to bring him animals - lots of animals - for his new capital city. The boys' father is delighted. But he has no idea what the pharaoh's strange new religion will mean for all of them...
Castle Bravo
by Karna Small Bodman“Smart, slick and exciting as hell. Castle Bravo is one great read. Karna Small Bodman has an insider’s feel for the corridors of power. As you quickly turn the pages, you will find yourself wondering if the book is truth or fiction. A winner.” —Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author “Karna Small Bodman is in the top echelon, male or female, of modern spy writers. She’s been there and done that and gets it all right.” —John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author “A labyrinth of intrigue, where danger and drama abide. It’s fresh and relevant and makes you clamor for more.” —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author “Bodman has an amazing gift for creating scenarios that terrify—and the government background to make them feel so real you find yourself checking the news to make sure they aren’t really happening. —Kyle Mills, New York Times bestselling author White House Director of Homeland Security, Samantha Reid, receives intelligence about a possible new threat to the country's national security. While she and her staff are inundated with potential issues on a daily basis, this new one is staggering. What if a hostile country or group gets hold of a small nuclear device, and instead of aiming it at one of our cities, they intend to detonate it high in the atmosphere? The result would be the creation of an Electro-Magnetic Pulse or "EMP" sending shock waves that would "fry" all electronics on the ground in its line of site. There would be no electricity grid, no internet, no communication--transportation--refrigeration--ATMs. It would set us back to the year 1910! Could it happen here? White House officials are too skeptical and too focused on other threats to pay attention to Samantha's warnings. The love of her life, Tripp Adams is sent on a business trip to a foreign country where just such a plot is simmering. Will Tripp become embroiled? Will he be trapped overseas while Samantha races to pull a team together to foil a sinister plot? This gripping tale spans the globe and is filled with international action and political intrigue at the highest levels, made all too real by the author's "inside The White House" details. It gives the reader a seat at the table in the Situation Room, the meetings in the Oval Office, and the frantic search for a way out. It's a trip on a wild ride of an all-too-real scenario for the future of our country.