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The Albert Gate Mystery: Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective
by Louis TracyIn an Albert Gate mansion a number of Turkish gentlemen had taken up their residence for the purpose of having some fifty-odd wonderful diamonds belonging to the sultan cut and polished. They had enlisted the protection of the English Government, and the police equipment and caution exercised in regard to the safety of the Turks and the jewels were such that the country was electrified when one morning four Turks were found dead in their rooms, the diamonds were missing, and the particular Assistant Secretary in the Foreign Office [...] is found to have mysteriously disappeared. --New York Times
The Albert Samson Mysteries Volume One: Ask the Right Question, The Way We Die Now, and The Enemies Within (The Albert Samson Mysteries)
by Michael Z. LewinA trio of thrilling cases for the Indianapolis private eye from the &“fast, funny, and brilliant&” three-time Edgar Award finalist (Wall Street Journal). Michael Lewin &“has brains and style&”—and so does his Indy gumshoe, Albert Samson, so relaxed he doesn&’t even carry a gun. In these three mysteries collected in one volume, Samson uses his wits to solve some very seedy crimes (Los Angeles Times). Ask the Right Question: Private investigator Albert Samson gets a shake-up with his new client: sixteen-year-old Eloise Crystal is desperate to find her biological father. What the detective unearths is the kind of dirt that makes people do desperate things. Thrust into a moneyed clan of old secrets and killer deceptions, Samson discovers that the first lie may be Eloise&’s. The Way We Die Now: When Vietnam veteran Ralph Tomanek is charged with manslaughter, Samson believes there&’s more to the story. But why was a man with a history of PTSD hired as an armed guard in the first place? The answer is a dizzying case of blackmail that lands Samson on the wrong end of the gun. The Enemies Within: Samson&’s new client is Bennett Willson, a struggling writer looking for justice. It&’s a pretty glitzy case for the cheapest detective in Indianapolis: Strong-arm a big-time Broadway producer who allegedly stole Willson&’s play. Unfortunately, Willson proves to be as pure as the Indianapolis slush. What he wants is revenge. For Samson, finding out why could mean the final curtain call. The recipient of a Mystery Masters Award, a Raymond Chandler Society Award, and a Maltese Falcon Society Award, Michael Lewin, &“writes with style and sensibility and wit . . . He can frighten the reader, too&” (Ross Macdonald).
Alberta Alibi
by Dayle Campbell GaetzSheila, Rusty and Katie are on the road again. Fresh from their adventures in Barkerville, the trio is now in southern Alberta. Sheila has been anxiously anticipating her reunion with her father and is worried about how they will get along. Her fears are confirmed when they arrive at the Triple W Ranch and he is not there to greet them. When the police arrive, Sheila finds that her father is in big trouble. Developers want to take over his land to build new housing and a golf course and when the night watchman at the development is shot, all the evidence points to Sheila's father. Sheila tries to help out, but the clues she finds only make things worse. Is Sheila's dad guilty? She doesn't think so and with help from the others sets out to prove it.
Albertine
by Décio GomesAlbertine y Jeremy crecieron juntos, y con ellos creció también el amor. Después de muchas tragedias familiares, separaciones e infortunios del destino, los dos jóvenes llevaron a cabo la tan soñada boda. Una ceremonia sencilla, hecha en aquella que sería su nueva morada: la mansión Riddell, una enorme y sombría construcción heredada por Jeremy, descubierta por casualidad en los documentos ocultos por la tiranía de su padre. En la nueva casa, junto a los criados juntos y Rosa, la fiel gobernanta que cuidara del joven desde la muerte de su madre, la pareja poco a poco comienza a descubrir que la herencia iba mucho más allá de aquella grande casa. Había algo mucho más grande: algo que pondría no sólo el amor de los dos, sino también la vida de Albertine en peligro de muerte e irremediable. Mientras el miedo y el horror se esconden en cada uno de los pasillos de la mansión, Albertine entonces tendrá que descubrir la manera de escapar del terrible destino que le espera, mientras lucha por su gran amor, sino también por su propia vida.
Albertine: The Ridell Chronicles
by Décio GomesAlbertine tells the story of a young couple in love, who after some family tragedies and twists of fate, makes the dream of getting married come true. Their new address would be a gigantic and gloomy mansion inherited by Jeremy, which he discovered by chance amongst the documents kept secret by his father’s tyranny. An old building, filled with stories and secrets. In their new address, along with the servants and Rosa, their faithful housekeeper who took care of the boy ever since his mother died, the couple begins to find out that Jeremy’s inheritance goes far beyond that house. There’s something much bigger; something that would place not only their love, but also Albertine’s life in a mortal and unescapable danger.
The Albino's Nose: English
by Enrico TirottoSophie lies helpless, and the desire to know what hidden secrets that girl hides and reveal the truths dormant in her mind will be fatal and overwhelm their lives. Morpheus will decide to save her, endowed with an innate intuition he will oppose with all his strength to those who intend to kill the beautiful sleeper and with her nose to come to the head of an intrigue where the rules do not exist. The hunt has begun and that easy prey will unleash a daring survival instinct and combined with his nose, they will lead Morpheus to unravel the mystery that surrounds the beautiful Sophie.
The Album
by Mary Roberts RinehartA killer has an axe to grind in this classic whodunit from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Circular Staircase and mystery-writing pioneer. Crescent Place was once a peaceful country green surrounded by five tasteful suburban houses and populated by polite, responsible citizens. But as the city enveloped it, the residents built a gate to keep the world out. With each passing year, the subdivision grew stranger and stranger—until it began to look like a time capsule of the 1890s. In these houses are a husband and wife who fight constantly, and another couple who hasn&’t spoken to each other in two decades. There is a widow in permanent mourning and a daughter whom the newspapers call psychotic. And there is a bedridden old woman who is about to be killed with an axe. When her murder shatters the quiet of the little enclave, the tabloids delight in trumpeting the neighborhood&’s peculiarities. But as the search for the killer intensifies, the area&’s strangest secrets have yet to be revealed.
The Album of Dr. Moreau
by Daryl GregoryDaryl Gregory's The Album of Dr. Moreau combines the science fiction premise of the famous novel by H. G. Wells with the panache of a classic murder mystery and the spectacle of a beloved boy band.It’s 2001, and the WyldBoyZ are the world’s hottest boy band, and definitely the world’s only genetically engineered human-animal hybrid vocal group. When their producer, Dr. M, is found murdered in his hotel room, the “boyz” become the prime suspects. Was it Bobby the ocelot (“the cute one”), Matt the megabat (“the funny one”), Tim the Pangolin (“the shy one”), Devin the bonobo (“the romantic one”), or Tusk the elephant (“the smart one”)?Las Vegas Detective Luce Delgado has only twenty-four hours to solve a case that goes all the way back to the secret science barge where the WyldBoyZ’ journey first began—a place they used to call home.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Alcatraz! (Repeating History #4)
by Dakota ChaseRepeating History: Book FourIn their further efforts to recover the historical artifacts lost when they set fire to Merlin’s office, Ash and Grant go back to the early 1930s, where they must infiltrate Alcatraz Prison and secure a locket belonging to Al Capone. They find themselves at odds when Ash plays the role of a prisoner, while Grant is a guard. Capone takes a liking to Ash, whom he sees as a younger version of himself, and places Ash under his protection. Before they can return to their own time, the boys must help foil an escape from the Rock, expose a corrupt and dangerous guard, and secure the pendant.
The Alcatraz Escape (The Book Scavenger series #3)
by Sarah Watts Jennifer Chambliss BertmanSleuthing duo Emily and James tackle their most challenging mystery yet set on the haunting Alcatraz Island in Book 3 of the New York Times bestselling Book Scavenger series!Legendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action—this time with “Unlock the Rock.” For his latest game, Griswold has partnered with the famous--and famously reclusive--mystery writer Errol Roy to plan an epic escape room challenge on Alcatraz Island. Emily and James are eager to participate, but the wave of fame they are riding from their recent book-hunting adventures makes them a target. Threatening notes, missing items, and an accident that might not have been an accident have the duo worried that someone is trying to get them out of the game at any cost. When Emily’s brother is caught red-handed and blamed for all the wrong doings, Emily is certain Matthew is being framed. With Matthew’s record on the line, Emily and James can’t afford to leave this mystery uncracked.A Christy Ottaviano Book
Alcestis: A Novel
by Katharine BeutnerIn Greek myth, Alcestis is known as the ideal wife; she loved her husband so much that she died and went to the underworld in his place. In this vividly-imagined debut, Katharine Beutner gives voice to the woman behind the ideal and reveals the part of the story that's never been told: What happened to Alcestis in the three days she spent in the underworld?
The Alchemist
by Donna BoydIn a sweeping epic of dazzling magic, soaring suspense, and dark longing, three immortal souls are united by fate and a fearless ambition that will change the course of history-even as it destroys their own way of life. . . . On an upper floor of a plush, high-security building on Central Park West, an elegant man sits in the office of Dr. Anne Kramer, confessing to the heinous murder that has horrified the modern world. Randolf Sontime is renowned for his personal charm, and Dr. Kramer is fighting to keep from falling victim to it. For the first time in her life, she truly understands the meaning of the word "charisma." Not knowing that her own destiny is irrevocably tied to his, Anne Kramer listens to the story of Sontime's life."It began with the magic, you see. And so, perforce, must I." As a boy named Han at the House of Ra, an isolated oasis in the Egyptian desert of a far ancient time, Sontime lived in privilege. There the chosen were trained in the science of alchemy-magic, philosophy, miracles. Only two other initiates were as skilled as he: Akan, quiet and studious, a boy whose thirst for knowledge was matched only by his hunger for truth; and Nefar, beautiful and brilliant, a girl as filled with wonder and unfathomable ambition as Han himself. Together they discovered that in union, theirs was a power unmatched in the physical world.But even in the House of Ra, there were boundaries to be observed, knowledge that only the masters understood and feared. As the threesome's thirst for answers-and for each other-deepened, they were tempted by the dark arts that they had sworn to avoid. "Look at three magnificent youths who stand astride your world and scoff at the rules you must obey. . . . Look at us, and call us gods." Their power was palpable, their desire total-until the fateful moment when their alliance was forever damned, their gifts horribly corrupted.A seductive work that seethes with mystery and passion, The Alchemist hurtles readers back through time to an era when magic was sacred and the workings of the world lay in the hands of a few gifted, but tortured souls. In a stunning feat of unbridled imagination, Donna Boyd has created her most hypnotic novel to date.From the Hardcover edition.
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho Alan R. Clarke"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams." Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come. The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.
Alchemist
by Peter JamesWhat doesn't kill you makes you stronger...Monty Bannerman's father is a leading genetic scientist, and Nobel Prize winner, whose company has just been taken over by what will soon be the world's biggest pharmaceutical giant. He had some misgivings about their company ethics - but ultimately, he needs their money, and they need his mind. Then a journalist comes to Monty's door, with a far-fetched story about the pharmaceutical company. She doesn't believe what she's being told for a moment - but within a few short weeks, events are making the apparently fantastic claims look horrifyingly like the truth.Behind the respectable facade of the multi-national company which calls itself the 'World's Most Caring Company' lies an outrage against the whole human race...'Peter James is getting better with every book.' Times'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business.' Karin SlaughterRead more from the multi-million copy bestselling author of the Roy Grace novels:Possession DreamerSweet Heart Twilight Prophecy Host Alchemist Denial The Truth Faith * Each Peter James novel can be read as a standalone*
Alchemist
by Peter JamesWhat doesn't kill you makes you stronger...Monty Bannerman's father is a leading genetic scientist, and Nobel Prize winner, whose company has just been taken over by what will soon be the world's biggest pharmaceutical giant. He had some misgivings about their company ethics - but ultimately, he needs their money, and they need his mind. Then a journalist comes to Monty's door, with a far-fetched story about the pharmaceutical company. She doesn't believe what she's being told for a moment - but within a few short weeks, events are making the apparently fantastic claims look horrifyingly like the truth.Behind the respectable facade of the multi-national company which calls itself the 'World's Most Caring Company' lies an outrage against the whole human race...'Peter James is getting better with every book.' Times'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business.' Karin SlaughterRead more from the multi-million copy bestselling author of the Roy Grace novels:Possession DreamerSweet Heart Twilight Prophecy Host Alchemist Denial The Truth Faith * Each Peter James novel can be read as a standalone*
Alchemist
by Peter JamesWhat doesn't kill you makes you stronger...Monty Bannerman's father is a leading genetic scientist, and Nobel Prize winner, whose company has just been taken over by what will soon be the world's biggest pharmaceutical giant. He had some misgivings about their company ethics - but ultimately, he needs their money, and they need his mind. Then a journalist comes to Monty's door, with a far-fetched story about the pharmaceutical company. She doesn't believe what she's being told for a moment - but within a few short weeks, events are making the apparently fantastic claims look horrifyingly like the truth.Behind the respectable facade of the multi-national company which calls itself the 'World's Most Caring Company' lies an outrage against the whole human race...'Peter James is getting better with every book.' Times'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business.' Karin SlaughterRead more from the multi-million copy bestselling author of the Roy Grace novels:Possession DreamerSweet Heart Twilight Prophecy Host Alchemist Denial The Truth Faith * Each Peter James novel can be read as a standalone*
The Alchemist of Lost Souls (A Bianca Goddard Mystery #4)
by Mary LawrenceA dangerous element discovered by Bianca Goddard’s father falls into the wrong hands . . . leading to a chain of multiple murders. Spring 1544: Now that she is with child, Bianca is more determined than ever to distance herself from her unstable father. Desperate to win back the favor of King Henry VIII, disgraced alchemist Albern Goddard plans to reveal a powerful new element he's discovered—one with deadly potential. But when the substance is stolen, he is panicked and expects his daughter to help. Soon after, a woman's body is found behind the Dim Dragon Inn, an eerie green vapor rising from her breathless mouth. To her grave concern, Bianca has reason to suspect her own mother may be involved in the theft and the murder. As her husband John is conscripted into King Henry's army to subdue Scottish resistance, Bianca must navigate a twisted and treacherous path among alchemists, apothecaries, chandlers, and scoundrels—to find out who among them is willing to kill to possess the element known as lapis mortem, the stone of death . . . Praise for Death at St. Vedast “Full of period details, Lawrence’s latest series outing captures Tudor London in all its colorful splendor. A solid choice for devotees of Karen Harper’s Elizabethan mysteries.” —Library Journal
The Alchemist's Daughter (A Bianca Goddard Mystery #1)
by Mary Lawrence"A realistic evocation of 16th century London's underside. The various strands of the plot are so skillfully plaited together." --Fiona BuckleyIn the year 1543 of King Henry VIII's turbulent reign, the daughter of a notorious alchemist finds herself suspected of cold-blooded murder...Bianca Goddard employs her knowledge of herbs and medicinal plants to concoct remedies for the disease-riddled poor in London's squalid Southwark slum. But when her friend Jolyn comes to her complaining of severe stomach pains, Bianca's prescription seems to kill her on the spot. Recovering from her shock, Bianca suspects Jolyn may have been poisoned before coming to her--but the local constable is not so easily convinced.To clear her name and keep her neck free of the gallows, Bianca must apply her knowledge of the healing arts to deduce exactly how her friend was murdered and by whom--before she herself falls victim to a similar fate..."Unique characters, a twisty plot and a bold, bright heroine add up to a great debut for Mary Lawrence's The Alchemist's Daughter. Mystery and Tudor fans alike will raise a glass to this new series." --Karen Harper, author of The Poyson Garden
Alchemy
by Michael GandyPatty Sue, a little girl in a small Southern town, finds undeveloped film in an old camera and has a friend at the local newspaper develop it. When a feature piece is published regarding the depicted parade from three decades past, threatening events indicate someone quite powerful does not want whatever the photos show investigated further.
The Alchemy of Murder
by Carol McclearyParis, 1889.The World's Fair.The Alchemist is how I've come to think of him; he has a passion for the dark side of knowledge, mixing murder and madness with science.Nellie Bly - reporter, feminist and amateur detective - is in Paris on the trail of an enigmatic killer.The city is a dangerous place: an epidemic of Black Fever rages, anarchists plot to overthrow the government and a murderer preys on the prostitutes who haunt the streets of Montmartre.But it is also a city of culture, a magnet for artists and men of science and letters. Can the combined genius of Oscar Wilde, Jules Verne and Louis Pasteur help Nellie prove a match for Jack the Ripper?
The Alchemy of Murder (Nellie Bly #1)
by Carol McClearyThe world's most famous reporter, the intrepid Nellie Bly, teams up with science fiction genius Jules Verne, the notorious wit and outrageous rogue Oscar Wilde, and the greatest microbe-hunter in history, Louis Pasteur. Together, they must solve the crime of the century. They are all in Paris—the capital of Europe and center of world culture—for the 1889 World's Fair. A spectacular extravaganza dedicated to new industries, scientific discoveries, and global exploration, its gateway is the soaring Eiffel Tower. But an enigmatic killer stalks the streets and a virulent plague is striking down Parisians by the thousands. Convinced that the killings are connected to the pandemic, Nellie is determined to stop them both... no matter what the risks.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1)
by Michael ScottHe holds the secret that can end the world. The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly 700 years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life. The records show that he died in 1418. But his tomb is empty. The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. But only because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects-the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. That's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world as we know it. Sometimes legends are true. And Sophie and Josh Newman are about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time. From the Hardcover edition.
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Graphic Novel (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
by Michael ScottDiscover the magical world of the bestselling series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel as a graphic novel! Experience Sophie and Josh's first adventure like never before in this adaptation complete with stunning full-color illustrations by Chris Chalik.The truth: Nicholas Flamel's tomb is empty.The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives.Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually been making the elixir of life for centuries?The secrets to eternal life are hidden within the book he protects--the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed, and in the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it.There is one hope. If the prophecy is true, Sophie and Josh Newman have the power to save everyone. Now they just have to learn to use it.
The Alcoholics (Mulholland Classic)
by Jim ThompsonDr. Peter S. Murphy needs fifteen thousand dollars by the end of the day, or the city of Los Angeles can say goodbye to the El Healtho clinic. A recovery center for the most severe cases of alcoholism in the state--even if no one ever does quite seem to get dry there--El Healtho has been the bane of Dr. Murphy's existence ever since he started running it. But now that its doors are about to close forever, Dr. Murphy finds he'll do anything to keep it open.Up to and including admitting Humphrey Van Twyne III, a patient with an extremely violent past whose wealthy family has the means to keep El Healtho open for business. Sure, the man isn't exactly an alcoholic. And yes, what he really needs is to be under the care of the surgeons who performed the lobotomy that's rendered Van Twyne all but a vegetable. But the money's good--until the rag-tag group of ne'er-do-wells at El Healtho begin to wreak havoc with Dr. Murphy's plans, and suddenly no one day has ever seemed so long.A literary precursor to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, THE ALCOHOLICS is Thompson like you've never read him before, a pitch-black, mad-cap portrait of deviant behavior that is at once darkly comic, humane and harrowing.
Aldaraia (Matthew Bishop (Español) #1)
by Burt ClinchandhillLa búsqueda del mayor secreto de la Tierra ha comenzado. •GANADOR: Premio Pinnacle a la excelencia literaria, Invierno 2021 - Mejor novela de suspenso "El suspenso es monumental, la historia nunca se ralentiza, y tiene ese don mágico de difuminar las líneas de lo aparentemente imposible con algo que casi parece que podría estar basado en la verdad absoluta (AKA, El Código Da Vinci)." ~ Reseñas de libros de Feathered Quill, Amy Lignor, VERDADERO HIGH-FIVE Cuando el padre de Jennifer Porter muere de una misteriosa enfermedad, ella hereda un libro de 400 años de antigüedad, titulado Aldaraia sive Soyga voco'r, escrito en una lengua desconocida que su padre había estado intentando descifrar antes de morir. Sin saber por dónde empezar, Jennifer pide ayuda al estimado profesor de Yale, Matthew Bishop, y ambos entablan una improbable amistad mientras comienzan a desentrañar los secretos del libro. Pronto descubren que se han omitido componentes vitales y se embarcan en la búsqueda global de una serie de pergaminos ocultos destinados a resolver uno de los mayores misterios del mundo. Sin embargo, Jennifer y Bishop no son los únicos interesados en los secretos del libro, y su búsqueda se convierte en una peligrosa y aterradora carrera contra el tiempo. "Burt Clinchandhill es un gran narrador con un don único para la prosa elegante, grandes diálogos y personajes que atrapan la atención de los lectores. La historia es trepidante y la tensión aumenta muy rápido, escalando hacia una conclusión deliciosa y explosiva." ~ Reseñas de libros favoritos de Lectores, Romuald Dzemo, 5 ESTRELLAS EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTA el primer libro de la serie "Matthew Bishop" de thrillers de conspiraciones religiosas, ideal para fans de Dan Brown y Michael Crichton. "Burt Clinchandhill lleva Aldaraia a un nuevo nivel de lectura apasionant