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Aggressor
by Andy McNabFormer covert operator Nick Stone seems to be living his dream in book eight of the best-selling series - not a care in the world as he steers his camper van around the surfing and parachuting paradise of Australia. But when he sees a news report of the massacre of women and children in a terrorist outrage on the other side of the world, long-suppressed memories are triggered, and Nick knows he must risk everything to repay a longstanding debt of friendship.As events unfold in the teeming streets of modern Istanbul and the bleak, medieval villages of Georgia, Nick finds himself catapulted once more into the murky, clandestine world he thought he’d left behind – a world in the grip of nameless enemies who linger in the shadows, and stalk the corridors of power…
Aggressor
by Andy McNabFormer covert operator Nick Stone seems to be living his dream in book eight of the best-selling series - not a care in the world as he steers his camper van around the surfing and parachuting paradise of Australia. But when he sees a news report of the massacre of women and children in a terrorist outrage on the other side of the world, long-suppressed memories are triggered, and Nick knows he must risk everything to repay a longstanding debt of friendship.As events unfold in the teeming streets of modern Istanbul and the bleak, medieval villages of Georgia, Nick finds himself catapulted once more into the murky, clandestine world he thought he’d left behind – a world in the grip of nameless enemies who linger in the shadows, and stalk the corridors of power…
Agitation
by Annia CarterSometimes we judge a book by its cover. Sometimes we come to regret that decision. First impressions are all-important, aren't they? But are they always right? Davy can look frightening. He has rages he can't control and a deep-seated frustration at the restrictions placed upon him. Silently resentful, he vows to one day show the world exactly what he is capable of. William is the most charming of men. Successful, good-looking and articulate, he draws others towards him like a magnet. People remember him for all the right reasons. Witty and generous, he certainly seems to be one of life's good guys. On the face of it, two very different men, each hoping his 40th birthday will herald the change that will transform his future, but maybe they have more in common than it first appears. Whilst Davy's aspirations are simple ones, William's are less easy to achieve. As agitation escalates, events take an unhealthy turn and only one man will come to realise that life really does begin at 40.
Agnes and the Hitman
by Jennifer Crusie Bob MayerTake one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding, a missing necklace, two annoyed flamingos, and a dog named Rhett, and you've got a recipe for a sexy, hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love.... Agnes Crandall's life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that she's staked her entire net worth on. Then a hero climbs through her bedroom window. His name is Shane-no last name, just Shane-and he has his own problems: He's got a big hit scheduled, a rival trying to take him out, and an ex-mobster uncle asking him to protect some little kid named Agnes. When he finds out that Agnes isn't so little, that his uncle has forgotten to mention a missing five million bucks he might have lost in Agnes's house, and that his last hit was a miss, Shane's life isn't looking so good, either. Then a bunch of lowlifes come looking for the money, a string of hitmen show up for Agnes, and some wedding guests gather with the intent to throw more than rice. Agnes and Shane have their hands full with greed, florists, treachery, flamingos, mayhem, mothers of the bride, and- most dangerous of all-each other. Agnes and the Hitman is the perfect combination of sugar and spice, sweet and salty-a novel of delicious proportions.
Agnes Mallory
by Andrew KlavanA decades-old mystery and the memory of a young girl haunt a reclusive man in a thrilling novel of suspense from an Edgar Award winner. He meets her in a stranger&’s backyard. Harry is a child walking home from school, and Agnes is a young girl playing in the creek behind her house. While their parents speak, the children play, and Agnes explains the supernatural. She uses cookie dough to make statues of ghosts, she tells him, which she sets free in the river. So begins an enchantment that will last the rest of Harry&’s life. Years later he is a disbarred lawyer, living a reclusive life outside a Westchester commuter town. Memories of Agnes, dead for a decade, haunt him. He befriends a shivering young runaway, an encounter which forces him to confront his past for the first time, unearthing a mystery which stretches back to the Holocaust, and revolves around that strange young girl he met so long ago.
Agnes, Murderess
by Sarah LeavittAgnes, Murderess is a graphic novel inspired by the bloody legend of Agnes McVee, a roadhouse owner, madam and serial killer in the Cariboo region of British Columbia in the late nineteenth century. Fascinated by this legend—which originated in a 1970s guide to buried treasure in BC, and has never been verified—Sarah Leavitt has imagined an entirely new story for the mysterious Agnes: her immigration to Canada from an isolated Scottish Island; her complex entanglement with shiny things; and her terrifying grandmother, Gormul, who haunts Agnes's dreams and waking life.Leavitt puts a decidedly queer twist on the story, moving from women's passionate friendships in the gardens of St John's Wood to female relationships in the Canadian wild. At the same time, the book grapples with the dangerous pre-conceived notions held by settlers that the country was a "new world," free of ghosts and history. Agnes, Murderess presents a tortured, complicated woman struggling to escape her past. It is a spine-chilling tale of ghosts and murder, friendship and betrayal, love and greed, fate and choice.
Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime (Miss Sharp Investigates #2)
by Leonie SwannThis highly anticipated follow-up to The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp finds Agnes and her octogenarian friends face-to-face with a killer after winning a trip to a beautiful hotel in the seaside town of CornwallThe year is rapidly drawing to an end, Hettie the tortoise is hibernating and Agnes, Charlie, Marshall, and the other elderly residents of Sunset Hall are going stir-crazy at home. They&’ve had enough of the broken boiler, draughty bedrooms, and Christmas jingles on the radio. And to top it all off, another series of murders is rocking the hamlet of Duck End. It seems like every villager and his dog is trying to make up for all of the thwarted murders of the past thirty years.Most unpleasant! The residents of Sunset Hall don&’t want anything to do with the criminal activities. So when Edwina manages to slip onto Marshall&’s computer in an unobserved moment and promptly wins a stay in an exclusive coastal hotel in Cornwall, the Sunset Hall crew doesn&’t waste any time in deciding to join her. After all, Edwina can&’t be left unsupervised.But they&’ve barely unpacked their bags when Agnes sees something unsettling from the terrace of the hotel: two figures in hoods walk away from the hotel along the cliffs, but only one returns. Worried she&’s witnessed a murder, Agnes tells the others. At first nobody really believes her, after all the crew have enough to do working their way through the incredible menu, exploring the hotel&’s wellness-landscape, navigating old and new love affairs and adopting a boa constrictor. But when the hotel ends up isolated from the outside world after a storm, it becomes clear that a murderer really is on the loose—and they&’re trapped, just like all of the other guests!
Agnishikha: अग्निशिखा
by Sameerसमीर को रोमांटिक उपन्यास सम्राट कहते हैं। समीर इश्क और मोहब्बत का तानेबाना ऐसा बुनते हैं कि आपको लगता है कि आपकी आंखों के सामने कोई चलचित्र चल रहा है। प्यार की टीस, दर्द का एहसास, नायिका के हृदय की वेदना, नायक के हृदय की निष्ठुरता का वर्णन मर्मस्पर्शी होता हैं। इसके बाद नायिका को पाने की तड़प और दिल की कशिश का अनुभव शब्दों की चासनी में इस कदर डूबो कर परोसते हैं कि पाठक वाहवाह कर उठता है। समीर अपने साथ अपने पाठकों को भी प्रेम रस के सागर में सराबोर करते हैं जिससे वह एकबार में ही पूरा उपन्यास पढ़े बगैर नहीं रहता। प्यार एवं इश्क की तड़प के तानबाने में उलझा समीर का नया उपन्यास ‘अग्निशिखा’ आपके हाथ में है।
Agony
by Mark BeyerENJOY THE ECSTASY OF AGONY. Amy and Jordan are just like us: hoping for the best, even when things go from bad to worse. They are menaced by bears, beheaded by ghosts, and hunted by the cops, but still they struggle on, bickering and reconciling, scraping together the rent and trying to find a decent movie. It&’s the perfect solace for anxious modern minds, courtesy of one of the great innovators of American comics. Now if only Amy&’s skin would grow back ...This NYRC edition features a recreation of the original, pocket-size, slipcovered, paperback, designed by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly.
Agony Hill: A Mystery (Frank Warren #1)
by Sarah Stewart TaylorSet in rural Vermont in the volatile 1960s, Agony Hill is the first novel in a new historical series full of vivid New England atmosphere and the deeply drawn characters that are Sarah Stewart Taylor's trademark.In the hot summer of 1965, Bostonian Franklin Warren arrives in Bethany, Vermont, to take a position as a detective with the state police. Warren's new home is on the verge of monumental change; the interstates under construction will bring new people, new opportunities, and new problems to Vermont, and the Cold War and protests against the war in Vietnam have finally reached the dirt roads and rolling pastures of Bethany. Warren has barely unpacked when he's called up to a remote farm on Agony Hill. Former New Yorker and Back-to-the-Lander Hugh Weber seems to have set fire to his barn and himself, with the door barred from the inside, but things aren’t adding up for Warren. The people of Bethany—from Weber’s enigmatic wife to Warren's neighbor, widow and amateur detective Alice Bellows — clearly have secrets they’d like to keep, but Warren can’t tell if the truth about Weber’s death is one of them. As he gets to know his new home and grapples with the tragedy that brought him there, Warren is drawn to the people and traditions of small town Vermont, even as he finds darkness amidst the beauty.
The Agony House
by Cherie PriestA New Orleans haunted house, a killer ghost, and a long-lost comic book come to life in this blend of mystery and comics by the author of I Am Princess X. Denise Farber has just moved back to New Orleans with her mom and stepdad. They left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and have finally returned, wagering the last of their family&’s money on fixing up an old, rundown house and converting it to a bed and breakfast. Nothing seems to work around the place, which doesn&’t seem to weird to Denise. The unexplained noises are a little more out of the ordinary, but again, nothing too unusual. But when floors collapse, deadly objects rain down, and she hears creepy voices, it&’s clear to Denise that something more sinister lurks hidden here. Answers may lie in an old comic book Denise finds concealed in the abandoned attic: the lost final project of a famous artist who disappeared in the 1950s. Denise isn&’t budging from her new home, so she must unravel the mystery—on the pages and off them—if she and her family are to survive . . . Open this book and dare to enter The Agony House, another spectacular mix of novel and comics form Cherie Priest. Praise for The Agony House&“Priest pairs with O&’Connor to neatly weave together the history of comic books and contemporary concerns about gentrification into an eerie ghost story set in a ramshackle house that&’s as much a character as the people living in it . . . At its heart, though, this is a ghost story, and Priest excels at building palpable atmosphere . . . Dynamic characters and a surprising mystery round out this sharp, satisfying, and engrossingly spooky story.&” —Booklist, starred review&“Priest ably weaves contemporary issues and a feminist strand into this fantasy . . . A wonderfully melodramatic climax . . . Conflicts, ectoplasmic and otherwise, laid to rest in a deliciously creepy setting.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Agony of the Leaves
by Laura ChildsIn the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Scones and Bones, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning finds herself in hot water when a body surfaces at the grand opening of Charleston's Neptune Aquarium... The opening of the aquarium is a major Charleston event, and Theodosia has been hired to cater tea, scones, and sandwiches for the private party to honor dignitaries and big buck donors. Things are going swimmingly, until Theodosia escapes the party for a momentary rest, only to discover the body of a man entangled in a net, drowned in one of the aquarium's state-of-the-art tanks.To make matters worse, the victim is Theodosia's former boyfriend Parker Scully. The EMTs on the scene think Parker's drowning was an accident, but when Theodosia notices what look like defense wounds on his hands, she realizes that someone wanted Parker dead. The local police aren't keen on hearing her theory-especially because of her ties to the victim-so Theodosia knows that if she wants Parker's killer brought to justice, she'll have to jump into the deep end and start her own investigation...INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!
Agora Me Vê, Agora Não
by Elodie NowodazkijTessa está à procura de sua irmã, Mellie, que desapareceu há sete anos, e vive uma vida dura, segurando a barra de sua mãe, inconformada com o sumiço da filha. Mal sabe ela que seu amigo de infância Luke sabe mais do que aparenta, quando ele volta para a cidade depois de anos sem dar notícias. Tessa não imagina o que o futuro trará, cruzando sua vida de forma inadvertida com sua irmã e com uma seita de devotos radicais!
Agosto es un mes cruel
by Cristina Origone¿Qué estás dispuesto a hacer para lograr tu sueño? Angelo, como tantos otros ancianos en Génova, está pasando uno de los veranos más calurosos de los últimos años. Su vida fluye de manera monótona, pasa casi todos los días en casa o sentado en un banco en el campo de bolos, que desde hace unos meses se ha convertido en un lugar de encuentro con el individuo, una persona poco recomendable, que le hace pequeños favores a cambio de dinero. Angelo está solo y enfermo, siempre afligido por los problemas económicos y consciente de que tendrá que morir pronto. Dado que su esposa murió, él está seguro de que no tiene nada que perder y acepta emprender un camino que Loris, un pensionista muy querido en el barrio por su disposición para ayudar a los demás y por su integridad moral, no lo aprueba; pero a Angelo no le importa el parecer de su amigo porque tiene un sueño que lo mantiene con vida, un sueño de juventud difícil de dejar a un lado al que se aferra para huir de la realidad. ¿Qué hará Angelo cuando el individuo le ofrezca la oportunidad de realizar su sueño? ¿Cómo reaccionará Loris? "Agosto es un mes cruel" es un relato en el que se entrelazan la soledad, los remordimientos, el cinismo y la avaricia, donde el bien y el mal se enfrentarán y la elección que hará el protagonista lo envolverá en una espiral que lo llevará a la oscuridad. Tenemos que estar preparados para esperar todo de todos.
The Agreement: A totally gripping psychological thriller full of twists
by Jacqueline WardA twisting new thriller from the author of The Replacement: Is the man she married in trouble—or is he just trouble? Kate and Jake agreed when they got married that they would always give each other space. But lately, Jake seems to want a lot more space than Kate&’s comfortable with. He&’s growing more distant with every day. In an angry attempt to figure out why, she doesn&’t take the turn for their road on the way home from work. She keeps on driving and takes a room at a local hotel to conduct a bit of spying—and discovers some worrisome information. But when she returns home to confront him, Jake isn&’t just emotionally distant—he&’s gone, along with all his things. All that remains is a lone laptop with a map of everywhere she has been over the past days and a timer that is ticking down . . . Kate turns to the police, who just think she&’s been dumped. Then comes an anonymous threat and a demand for money. Nothing seems to make sense. Will she ever get her husband back? And does she really want to?Praise for Jacqueline Ward&’s novels &“Wildly entertaining and compelling.&” —Daily Mail &“Tense and gripping.&” —Sanjida Kay, author of My Mother&’s Secret &“Hugely engrossing.&” —Catherine Ryan Howard, Edgar Award finalist
Agreement to Kill
by Peter RabePunching Dixon had gotten Jake Spinner thrown in jail, but now that he’s out all he wants is a fresh start back on his farm. Suddenly Dixon is dead and Spinner is on the run, escaping town in the getaway car with Dixon’s assassin in the back seat! He knows the cops won’t believe his innocence. He knows his only chance is to keep the cold, clubfooted little killer known as Loma with him. Because Loma is his ticket to a new life. His respectable life shattered, Spinner figures the only ones who’ll take him in now are the guys who hired Loma. The choice is easy - until he meets Ann.
Aground
by Charles WilliamsFrom the Book Jacket: A yacht has vanished under mysterious circumstances. Involved are the woman who owns it, the charter captain who undertakes to find it, and two desperate men who are intimately connected with its disappearance and with the explosive cargo aboard, which they are committed to delivering without benefit of law. From these ingredients Charles Williams concocts one of the superior suspense stories which his increasingly large and avid public has come to expect. Again he shows his mastery of this exacting field of fiction, his ability to create believable characters, and his swift narrative pace. And again in evidence is his special affection for the sea in all its moods. As Anthony Boucher, in The New York Times Book Review, said of Williams' most recent novel, The Sailcloth Shroud, here is "... a fine light novel of excitement, spirited, fresh, and satisfying."
Aground (The\hardy Boys Casefiles Ser.)
by Charles WilliamsA widow and a charter captain scour the ocean for a stolen yachtWhen Ingram lands in Miami, he doesn&’t even have time to finish his bath before the police come knocking. The out-of-work charter captain has just returned from Nassau, where he was looking to buy a boat on behalf of a millionaire. But the day after he toured the seventy-foot Dragoon, his &“millionaire&” disappeared, and the yacht went with him. Ingram convinces the cops that he was only an unwitting accomplice in stealing the boat, and offers to help recover it for the owner, a beautiful widow with secrets of her own. He only has eight thousand square miles of open ocean to search. Finding the ship is the easy part. Escaping it will be harder, as Ingram finds himself caught in a tangle of lust, smuggling, and murder, surrounded by endless miles of the most beautiful water on earth.
Aground on St. Thomas
by Rebecca M. HaleFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Adrift on St. John and Afoot on St. Croix, comes a tale of intrigue and excitement in the Virgin Islands... The tropical paradise of St. Thomas is shut down as the FBI seizes control of the island to apprehend government officials on bribery charges. Tourists and locals are stranded until FBI agent Gabe "Friday" Stein can find the missing governor and two senators who have eluded capture. Innocent of any crime, Senator Julia Sanchez can only escape wrongful arrest with the help of eccentric Senator Bobo. As they try to blend in with increasingly hostile locals and make their trek across the island to safety, Senator Sanchez is only just beginning to realize the extent of the corruption behind the island's idyllic façade...
Águas Envenenadas
by Ana Paula Pina e Rita Martins Ermisenda AlvarezSinopse: Erros malditos, lembranças dolorosas e grandes mentiras. Uma história de perversão. Helen Gardener é assassinada num cruzeiro transatlântico. O Diamond Royale zarpou de Southampton com destino a Nova Iorque, levando o seu assassino a bordo. Passado nos anos 50, Águas Envenenadas acompanha as histórias de infortúnio de sete personagens e a forma como aquela morte os afectou. Teria sido apenas um acidente? O Sr. Phillips, o dono do paquete e patrono do cruzeiro, gere a situação com mão férrea, no rasto de algo ou alguém. As mentiras aumentam em espiral, à medida que os suspeitos tentam superar os últimos dias a bordo. Em conflito com o seu sentido de moral, ganância e luxúria, eles apercebem-se do tipo de pessoas que realmente são. Quem irá erguer-se? Quem irá cair? Quem terá sido o assassino de Helen?
Aguas Envenenadas
by Noris La Valle Ermisenda AlvarezErrores sangrientos, cicatrices desagradables y hermosas mentiras. Una historia de corrupción. Helen Gardener es asesinada durante un viaje transatlántico. El Diamond Royale zarpa desde Southampton hacia Nueva York con su asesino a bordo. Ambientada en los años 50, Aguas Envenenadas nos cuenta la historia de siete desafortunados personajes y la forma en que se ven afectados por su muerte. ¿Fue simplemente un accidente? El señor Phillips, dueño del barco y anfitrión del crucero, gobierna con puño de hierro y está tras la búsqueda de algo o de alguien. Las mentiras crecen fuera de control mientras los sospechosos tratan de sobrevivir los últimos días a bordo. Confrontados con su propio sentido de la moralidad, de la avaricia y de la lujuria, descubren qué clase de personas realmente son. ¿Quién ascenderá? ¿Quién caerá? ¿Quién asesinó a Helen?
Águas Escuras - Livro Elemental 1
by Amanda Falcão Rain OxfordDevon Sanders, um investigador particular conhecido pela sua eficiência e discrição, não tem interesse em se envolver com a comunidade paranormal. Infelizmente, a comunidade paranormal têm interesse nele, ou pelo menos em seu segredo. Devon é excelente para resolver casos usando sua intuição infalível. Quando Devon descobre um assassinato violento, ele sabe que não foi um crime natural. Para resolver esse caso e expôr o assassino, ele terá de se disfarçar de bruxo na universidade paranormal, Quintessência. Ele logo descobre que seu talento tem relação com forças sobrenaturais. A mágica é elementar.
Aguas Mortales
by Jacob ParrALGO ANTIGUO SE OCULTA BAJO LA SUPERFICIE… Una importante tarea lleva a James Luna de regreso a su ciudad natal de Alpine Ridge. Un lugar al que juró no volver nunca más, después de ese desafortunado verano en el que perdió a su hermano menor en una tragedia. Al llegar, se encuentra en una situación más allá de sus sueños más salvajes. El peligro y la muerte rodean al pintoresco Lago Trinity en el Bosque Nacional Shasta-Trinity. James debe equilibrar el peso de una familia destrozada, un nuevo romance y mantener con vida a sus seres queridos. Lo que está en juego nunca ha estado tan alto. ¿Será capaz de resolver el misterio y acabar con la amenaza, o la pesadilla continuará?
Aguas oscuras: Elementos 1
by Natalia Steckel Rain OxfordDevon Sanders, un investigador privado conocido por su eficiencia y discreción, no tiene ningún interés en involucrarse con la comunidad paranormal. Lamentablemente para él, la comunidad paranormal sí tiene interés en él, o al menos en su secreto. Devon es extraordinario en la resolución de casos mediante su asombrosa intuición. Cuando Devon descubre un asesinato violento, sabe que no es un delito natural. Para resolver el caso y exponer al asesino, deberá fingir que es un hechicero en la Universidad paranormal Quintessence. Pronto descubre que su talento tiene más que ver con las fuerzas sobrenaturales que lo que él sabía. La magia es elemental.