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Cast in Silence: Cast In Secret Cast In Fury Cast In Silence (The Chronicles of Elantra #5)
by Michelle SagaraCAST IN SILENCE A member of the elite Hawk force that protects the City of Elantra, Kaylin Neya has sacrificed much to earn the respect of the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani she works alongside. But the mean streets she escaped as a child aren't the ones she's vowed to give her life guarding. Those were much darker... Kaylin's moved on with her life--and is keeping silent about the shameful things she's done to stay alive. But when the city's oracles warn of brewing unrest in the outer fiefdoms, a mysterious visitor from Kaylin's past casts her under a cloud of suspicion. Thankfully, if she's anything, she's a survivor... Previously Published in 2009
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.
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.
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.
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.
Castellano's Mistress of Revenge
by Melanie MilburneMen like Marc Castellano don't forgive. They get revenge...Five years ago, Ava McGuire married Marc's business rival, causing a high-profile scandal. But no one knows that Ava was forced to say "I do." Now a widow, she's left with nothing but crippling debts and another scandalous proposition.Marc is going to have Ava right where he wants her…not with a ring on her finger, not even in the palm of his hand. But in his bed for as long as he desires....
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
Casting Bones: A New Voodoo Mystery Series Set In New Orleans (The Quentin Archer Mysteries #1)
by Don BrunsIn this &“utterly compelling&” mystery, a triple homicide draws detective Quentin Archer and a voodoo queen into the steamy underbelly of New Orleans (Jeffery Deaver). &“With charismatic characters, superb locations, and a great hard-edged story,&” Don Bruns introduces his Quentin Archer Mysteries (Lee Child). 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 . . . Solange Cordray volunteers at the dementia center 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 when a second judge is murdered—and then a third—Solange and Quentin&’s investigation takes them deep into the darkest parts of the Big Easy . . . &“This thriller immediately casts a spell on you and doesn&’t let go until the very last page!&” —Jeffery Deaver
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.
Castle Deadly, Castle Deep (A Dinner and a Murder Mystery #2)
by Veronica BondAfter a man dies during a performance at Castle Dark, Nora Blake learns just how hard it is to catch a killer, especially if every suspect is a trained actor, in this exciting new Dinner and a Murder Mystery.Autumn has arrived at Castle Dark, and Nora Blake has settled into her role as an actor in Derek Corby&’s castle murder-mystery troupe. She is troubled, however, by the setting of Derek&’s fall mystery: the catacombs in the depths of the castle. Yes, these catacombs are part of a set, the skeletons and cobwebs mere props, but Nora feels uneasy in the shadowy passages beneath Castle Dark. When a man is killed during one of their first shows, the eerie catacombs become a place of terror.Joined by her castle companions, Nora attempts to find the motive for killing a seemingly innocent victim. Some of those answers appear to lie with the local community theater, the members of which Nora has come to know because she has joined Derek&’s latest town production. As Nora practices her lines at Wood Glen&’s Blue Curtain Theater, she realizes that everyone around her is an actor, and all of her suspects are perfectly capable of convincing others of their innocence. Nora soon discovers that someone else is in danger and that she may also be in the sights of the killer. With the help of her handsome boyfriend, Detective John Dashiell, Nora will have to go off-script to prevent a murderous encore. . . .
Castle Fear (Hardy Boys Casefiles #44)
by Franklin W. DixonFrom the back of the book: The battle of Britain Jed Shannon, a young American movie star on location in England, has received a threat against his life. When the Hardys set out to investigate, they are drawn into a case worthy of Sherlock' Holmes-and into a conspiracy as thick as the London fog. Jillian Seabright, a beautiful British actress befriended by Jed has vanished. The key to the mystery lies in her resemblance to missing emerald heiress Emily Cornwall. Frank and Joe trace the damsel in distress to a medieval mansion on the moors-Castle Fear. Dodging bullets and battle-axes, the boys are out to prove that chivalry is not dead-but one wrong move and they will be! =============== From inside the book: LETHAL WEAPON As the Hardys were passing the stone stairway that led up to the ground floor of the castle, the door at its top creaked open. Framed in the light was a huge man, staring down at them. Moving much faster than a man his size usually did, he darted out a hand to grab something off the wall. Frank sucked in his breath through his teeth when he saw what it was. Though rusty and covered with spiderwebs, the ancient battle-ax the man now held in his hands looked lethal enough to take care of both him and Joe. Snarling in rage, the man charged toward them, swinging the ax like a baseball bat. The sharp edges sliced the air as he whipped the handle back and forth. Frank and Joe had no choice-they had to retreat before the whistling blade got any closer. Unless the man got tired, they didn't stand a chance.
Castle Rock (Carolyn Hart Classics #6)
by Carolyn HartA young woman is convinced she's living with a murderer among family members, lodgers, and ranch hands in New Mexico. Serena Mallory came to the huge New Mexico ranch of Castle Rock as a twelve-year-old orphan. She grew up as the ward of owner Dan McIntire. Now in her early twenties, Serena watches the ranch's idyllic summer charm disappear when Dan dies in a riding accident. The night before his accident, she overheard him arguing with someone, and since his death, a series of strange accidents has plagued the ranch. Convinced that Dan's accident was anything but, Serena sets out to find the guilty party.
Castle Shade: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #17)
by Laurie R. KingA queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat—all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure.The queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter of Victoria, Empress of the British Empire, and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia. A famous beauty who was married at seventeen into Roumania&’s young dynasty, Marie had beguiled the Paris Peace Conference into returning her adopted country&’s long-lost provinces, singlehandedly transforming Roumania from a backwater into a force.The castle is Bran: a tall, quirky, ancient structure perched on high rocks overlooking the border between Roumania and its newly regained territory of Transylvania. The castle was a gift to Queen Marie, a thank-you from her people, and she loves it as she loves her own children.The threat is . . . well, that is less clear. Shadowy figures, vague whispers, the fears of girls, dangers that may be only accidents. But this is a land of long memory and hidden corners, a land that had known Vlad the Impaler, a land from whose churchyards the shades creep.When Queen Marie calls, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are as dubious as they are reluctant. But a young girl is involved, and a beautiful queen. Surely it won&’t take long to shine light on this unlikely case of what would seem to be strigoi?Or, as they are known in the West . . . vampires.
Castle Skull (British Library Crime Classics)
by John Dickson CarrMystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderThat is the case. Alison has been murdered. His blazing body was seen running about the battlements of Castle Skull.And so a dark shadow looms over the Rhineland where Inspector Henri Bencolin and his accomplice Jeff Marle have arrived from Paris. Entreated by the Belgian financier DAunay to investigate the gruesome and grimly theatrical death of actor Myron Alison, the pair find themselves at the imposing hilltop fortress Schloss Schädel, in which a small group of suspects are still assembled.As thunder rolls in the distance, Bencolin and Marle enter a world steeped in macabre legends of murder and magic to catch the killer still walking the maze-like passages and towers of the keep.This new edition of John Dickson Carrs spirited and deeply atmospheric early novel also features the rare Inspector Bencolin short story 'The Fourth Suspect'.
Castle in The Air
by Donald E. WestlakeIn the funniest crime caper ever from Grandmaster Donald Westlake, four teams of international thieves race through Paris to steal a king's ransom from the walls of a disassembled castle.A DIRTY DOZEN WITH A FRENCH CONNECTION When four groups of international heist artists team up to pull off the theft of the century – stealing an entire castle, and the treasure hidden in its walls –what could possibly go wrong? Well, consider this: none of the master thieves speak each other&’s languages... and no one knows precisely where the loot is stashed... and every one of them wants to steal it all for him or herself. It&’s MWA Grand Master Donald E. Westlake at his wildest, a breathless slapstick chase through the streets of Paris only one step ahead of the law – and each other.
Castle of Shadows
by Ellen RennerEver since the Queen mysteriously disappeared and the King went mad five years ago,eleven-year-old Princess Charlie has lived a wild and mostly unsupervised life in thecountry of Quale--until now. With the discovery of an unfinished letter in the Queen'shandwriting, Charlie embarks on a quest to find her mother and save the kingdomfrom a revolution. With Tobias, the gardener's boy, by her side, every step closer to theQueen pulls Charlie deeper into an entangling web of lies and secrets--as twisted asthe dark castle--where nothing is as it seems.
Castles in the Air
by Tracy SinclairMike Sutherland was surprised to learn that Sam Morgan, of Morgan Construction, was a woman-all woman-but that didn't stop his determination to buy her ailing company. But Sam was equally determined not to sell, and so began a battle of wills that could have only one ending: the triumph of love as they learned to build a dream together.