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Common Enemy (Extreme Zone #5)
by M. C. SumnerBlinded by the desire for revenge that binds them together, Harley and Kenyon are in danger of missing the real enemy pulling the strings. The true face behind the mask can only be revealed in the Extreme Zone.
The Common Lawyer
by Mark GimenezAndy Prescott is the most laid-back young lawyer in Austin, Texas. Specialising in traffic law, he operates from a small room above a ramshackle tattoo parlour. He rides a trail bike and spends way too much time drinking beer in the sunshine. Ambition has never been Andy's strong point - he prefers to take it easy.That is, until one of Texas's wealthiest men walks into his office. On the spot, billionaire Russell Reeves retains Andy as his lawyer and, in exchange for some easy legal work, pays him more money than he has ever earned before. Andy's life is transformed.But nothing comes for free. Russell is a desperate man whose sole aim is to save his eight-year-old son, Zach, who is dying from leukemia. He is prepared to do anything - even if it means putting Andy's life in danger...
The Common Lawyer
by Mark GimenezAndy Prescott is the most laid-back young lawyer in Austin, Texas. Specialising in traffic law, he operates from a small room above a ramshackle tattoo parlour. He rides a trail bike and spends way too much time drinking beer in the sunshine. Ambition has never been Andy's strong point - he prefers to take it easy.That is, until one of Texas's wealthiest men walks into his office. On the spot, billionaire Russell Reeves retains Andy as his lawyer and, in exchange for some easy legal work, pays him more money than he has ever earned before. Andy's life is transformed.But nothing comes for free. Russell is a desperate man whose sole aim is to save his eight-year-old son, Zach, who is dying from leukemia. He is prepared to do anything - even if it means putting Andy's life in danger...
A Common Loss: A Novel
by Kirsten TranterA WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS P APERBACK ORIGINAL THEY WERE ORIGINALLY FIVE. Elliot. Brian. Tallis. Cameron. And Dylan--charismatic Dylan--the mediator, the man each one turned to in a time of crisis. Five close friends, bonded in college, still coming together for their annual trip to Las Vegas. This year they are four. Four friends, sharing a common loss: Dylan's tragic death. A common loss that, upon their arrival in Vegas, will bring with it a common threat: one that will make them question who their departed friend really was, and whether he was ever worthy of their grief. "Brimming with blackmail and deception" and "laced with simmering emotional tension" (Australian Bookseller & Publisher), A Common Loss is a hypnotic tale from an exciting new voice in literary fiction.
A Common Loss
by Kirsten TranterThey were originally five. Elliot. Brian. Tallis. Cameron. And Dylan: the mediator, the man each one went to in a time of crisis. Five close friends, bonded in college and close ever since, still coming together for a once-yearly trip to Las Vegas. This time round, their twelfth annual get-together, they are not just bound by a common tradition, but by a common loss: that of Dylan, tragically taken in a road accident the previous year. However, what is intended as a joyous celebration of Dylan's life soon turns sour. Upon arrival in Vegas, the four remaining friends each receive an envelope; one that contains evidence of their guiltiest secrets: A fraud. A cover up. An affair. An assault. Secrets that haunt their owners individually, yet were only known collectively by one person - Dylan. This man had another, hidden side - one that is now haunting them from beyond the grave. Why would Dylan want these secrets unearthed? And who is digging them up for him? And, more importantly, what is it going to take for them to be reburied?
A Common Loss
by Kirsten TranterA WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS P APERBACK ORIGINAL THEY WERE ORIGINALLY FIVE. Elliot. Brian. Tallis. Cameron. And Dylan--charismatic Dylan--the mediator, the man each one turned to in a time of crisis. Five close friends, bonded in college, still coming together for their annual trip to Las Vegas. This year they are four. Four friends, sharing a common loss: Dylan's tragic death. A common loss that, upon their arrival in Vegas, will bring with it a common threat: one that will make them question who their departed friend really was, and whether he was ever worthy of their grief. "Brimming with blackmail and deception" and "laced with simmering emotional tension" (Australian Bookseller & Publisher), A Common Loss is a hypnotic tale from an exciting new voice in literary fiction.'s death reveals long-held secrets, Elliot is forced to find a way to come to terms with his own past and the possibilities and limits of redemption.
Common Murder
by Val McdermidLindsay Gordon, Scottish journalist and amateur sleuth, was the first creation of international bestseller Val McDermid. Report for Murder introduced the United Kingdom's first lesbian detective, and the series has been perennially popular ever since. Lindsay is tenacious to the point of stubbornness, intrepid to the point of stupidity, and loyal to the point of laying her life on the line. With the support of friends, family, and lovers, she takes on the world with wit and brio, unraveling criminal conspiracies and unmasking murderers. She's feisty, feminist, and funny.Each novel plunges Lindsay into a different milieu. Report for Murder is set against the backdrop of an exclusive girls' boarding school; Common Murder features a women's peace protest, where feelings run deadly; Deadline for Murder forces Lindsay to confront the darker side of her own world of journalism; Conferences Are Murder explores the deadly underbelly of trade unionism; Booked for Murder lifts the lid on publishing, showing it's no longer a gentleman's game; and Hostage to Murder brings Lindsay face-to-face with child custody battles and the gangsters who inhabit the world of terrorism. The hallmark of McDermid's novels is a compassionate understanding of human relationships and a shrewd insight into contemporary society.The Lindsay Gordon novels have been published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Booked for Murder, the fifth Lindsay Gordon mystery, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. McDermid has been praised for the way her storytelling interweaves the various elements of the novel into a seamless, balanced whole. "I don't write about issues, I write about characters," McDermid says. The books have won a wide general readership among fans of the mystery genre.Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community and read English at Oxford. She lives in northern England.
The Common Pleas Lawyer: A Casey Cort Novella (A Casey Cort Novel #0.5)
by Aime AustinSylvie Fox writing as Aime Austin shares the beginning of Casey Cort's story. Casey crosses a powerful family in this prequel novella. It's spring in Cleveland, Ohio, but Casey Cort isn't going to let rain and gray skies get her down. The last year of law school is a magical time. At any moment her long-time boyfriend, Tom Brody, is going to pop the question. She's ready to finish a successful year as a senior editor on the law review, and her dream job at Morrell Gates is right around the corner. The bar exam is her last hurdle, and she's more than ready to jump it. Or so she thinks. When Casey reports an honor code violation to the dean of the law school, her perfect future comes crashing down around her as friends and fellow students fail to come to her rescue. In this prequel novella of the Casey Cort series, Aime Austin--a former trial lawyer in Cleveland--weaves a tale that blends the best of today's top legal thrillers with the heart and soul of women's fiction, in a story ripped from real-world headlines.
Common Sense Is All You Need (Murder Room #115)
by J. J. ConningtonWhen Pickford's body was found hanging from a beam in his garage, Inspector Loxton was sure that it was a case of suicide following a series of financial and domestic worries. Then came the criminologist with his slogan, 'Common sense is all you need', and in ten minutes he upset the inspector's hypothesis. Further evidence pointed so clearly in one direction that the arrest and the conviction of the criminal seemed almost a matter of form.But both the Inspector and the expert are way off course, and it is left to the Chief Constable to clear up the mystery ...'Mr Connington has the art of writing delightful detective novels' Baltimore Evening Sun
Common Sense Is All You Need
by J. J. ConningtonWhen Pickford's body was found hanging from a beam in his garage, Inspector Loxton was sure that it was a case of suicide following a series of financial and domestic worries. Then came the criminologist with his slogan, 'Common sense is all you need', and in ten minutes he upset the inspector's hypothesis. Further evidence pointed so clearly in one direction that the arrest and the conviction of the criminal seemed almost a matter of form.But both the Inspector and the expert are way off course, and it is left to the Chief Constable to clear up the mystery ...'Mr Connington has the art of writing delightful detective novels' Baltimore Evening Sun
A Commonplace Killing: A Novel
by Sian BusbyOn a damp July morning in 1946, two schoolboys find a woman"s body in a bomb site in north London. In this gripping murder story, Sian Busby gradually peels away the veneer of stoicism and respectability to reveal the dark truths at the heart of postwar austerity Britain.
A Commonplace Killing
by Sian BusbySet in the bleakness and confusion of post-WWII London, this gripping psychological thriller unravels the double life of a seemingly proper middle-class woman found strangled to death.On a damp July morning in 1946, two schoolboys find a woman's body in an abandoned churchyard in Holloway, north London. She had been strangled and left on a pile of rubble with her clothes and handbag left intact. The police assume that the victim, identified as Lillian Parry, was the random victim of an ex-serviceman looking for a cheap thrill, but the autopsy finds no evidence of sexual assault. The mysterious case sets Divisional Detective Inspector Jim Cooper on a mad search for answers to the many questions surrounding the woman's private life: How did Lil, who lived nearby with her family, come to be in the churchyard--a well-known lovers' haunt? If she hadn't been raped, why was she strangled? How could her husband have failed to notice that she never came home on the night she was murdered? As DDI Cooper unravels the case, the facts point to a postwar world of disillusionment, bitterness, and emotional disturbance--a world where getting back to normal proves far more difficult than the cheerful optimism that the news reels suggest... Brilliantly plotted, fast-paced, and utterly suspenseful, A Commonplace Killing interweaves an account of Lil's last day with the mystery of the investigation into her murder. What results is a sweeping journey through post-war London that will intrigue and shock you through the very last page.
The Commuter
by Patrick OsterIt seemed an innocent enough idea. After Barnaby Gilbert got laid off with a nice severance, his boss suggested he take up a new hobby to fill up his free time. On his regular commuter train, Barnaby got an idea what that hobby would be. He decided to satisfy a curiosity he'd long had. An avid birder, he began tracking some regular passengers -- people he'd always wondered about -- to see where they went and what they did. In following a Chinese man, a schoolgirl, and a sexy woman, he used the same techniques he had to add hawks and herons to his life list. But in this quirky, tongue-in-cheek thriller, he found out pretty fast that humans were a much more dangerous species.
Commuters: A Novel
by Emily Gray Tedrowe"Tedrowe explores the reconfigurations of a family and the strange alliances that can occur between young and old, love and work. And she writes brilliantly about money…. A deeply satisfying debut." —Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street“A poignant meditation on desire, heartrending loss, and dreams deferred.” —Robin Antalek, author of The Summer We Fell ApartEmily Tedrowe’s exceptional debut novel depicts the shockwaves set in motion by the sudden marriage of one middle-class family’s 78-year-old matriarch to a wealthy outsider. Commuters is that rare novel that offers something for almost everyone: “foodies” interested in exploring the rich tapestry of the New York City restaurant scene; the millions who have been profoundly affected by the current financial and mortgage crisis; or anyone simply looking for a beautifully drawn family drama in the vein of the works of Katrina Kittle (The Blessings of the Animals, Two Truths and a Lie) and Jennifer Haigh (The Condition, Baker Towers, Mrs. Kimble).
Como bonita es, bonita muere
by Elizabeth Spann CraigParke Stockard tenía todo a su favor. Favorecida con una buena apariencia y encima, sentido para los negocios. ha debido estar satisfecha. En vez, Parke crea problemas en su pequeño pueblo. Cuando la jubilada maestra octogenaria, Myrtle Clover descubre su cuerpo, en el pueblo Bradley nadie parece particularmente alterado. Myrtle decide ganarle a su hijo, el jefe de policía, e investigar el crimen ella misma. Y justo cuando decide jugar al detective, conoce a un viudo recién llegado que resulta ser el compañero perfecto.
Cómo empezó mi vida prestada
by Jenny ValentineUn nombre. Un misterio. Dos chicos y una sola identidad. Tras años de malvivir en la calle, a un muchacho de dieciséis años se le presenta la oportunidad de suplantar a un tal Cassiel Roadnight, un joven desaparecido con el que comparte un sorprendente parecido físico. Solo tiene que afirmar ser él para conseguir lo que tanto ansía: un hogar, una familia, un lugar en el mundo. ¿Cómo resistirse a la tentación? Sin calibrar las consecuencias, decide hacerse pasar por él; un gesto mínimo que lo sumirá en una vorágine de culpa, mentiras y preguntas: ¿qué pasará si lo descubren? ¿Quién era en realidad Cassiel Roadnight? ¿Por qué desapareció y dónde está? Pero, por encima de todo, el engaño le llevará a afrontar el mayor de los misterios: el de su propia identidad.
Como ficar RICO
by Baron Alexander DeschauerDescrição do livro: A vida lhe dá a escolha do amor ou do dinheiro, raramente ambos. George Anderson, um garoto da fazenda que mora em Illinois, quer tudo. Ele persegue o segundo para garantir que terá ambos. Seu caminho para o sucesso inclui a CIA, os Chefões Colombianos do tráfico de drogas e desentendimentos com algumas das pessoas mais secretas e poderosas do mundo. Sua escalada para ficar rico está enraizada na traição. Quanto é o suficiente? Apenas ter dinheiro pode tornar uma pessoa rica? O amor desempenha algum papel? Tem alguma importância? Como ficar RICO é um suspense de ritmo acelerado sobre o profundo e complexo oceano dos desejos humanos.
Cómo Hacerse Rico: El Hombre en su Accionar. Volumen 2.
by Baron Alexander Deschauer Roberto Peña PáezNovela sobre un hombre que, con el corazón roto, decide hacerse rico para encontrar el amor. La vida te da la opción de escoger entre amor o dinero, rara vez ambos. George Anderson, un granjero de Illinois, lo quiere todo. Él busca asegurar ambos. Su camino hacia el éxito incluye a la CIA, los capos de la droga colombianos y los pleitos con algunas de las personas más poderosas y secretas del mundo. Su impulso para hacerse rico está enraizado en la traición. ¿Cuánto es suficiente? ¿El dinero solo hace a una persona rica? ¿El amor juega un papel? Cómo hacerse rico es un thriller vertiginoso sobre un océano profundo y complejo de deseos humanos.
Cómo matar a tu familia
by Bella MackieNo puedes elegir a tu familia... pero sí te la puedes cargar. El thriller que ha conquistado Reino Unido.Más de 500.000 ejemplares vendidos. Os presentamos a Grace Bernard: hija, hermana y asesina en serie. Grace lo ha perdido todo y no se detendrá ante nada para vengarse. Cuando Grace Bernard descubre que el padre millonario que la abandonó ha ignorado las llamadas de auxilio de su madre moribunda, jura venganza y se propone matar a todos los miembros de su acaudalada familia. Así que hace una lista de nombres y, decidida a tacharlos todos, se lanza en una misión despiadada para hacer justicia y, en el proceso, convertirse en la única heredera de la fortuna de los Artemis. Su plan es perfecto y confía en salirse con la suya sin mayores problemas, pero siempre hay variables que una no puede controlar... sobre todo cuando hablamos de matar. La crítica ha dicho:«Te engancharás a este libro... La frialdad de Grace hará que te estremezcas».Cosmopolitan «Desternillante y oscura».Elle «Una lectura original, divertida, única y sorprendente».Prima«Esta inteligente comedia sobre la venganza está contada a través de los ojos de la antiheroína Grace Bernard, una protagonista al más puro estilo Villanelle. Te provocará escalofríos, pero también te arrancará carcajadas. Un debut sensacional».Sunday Telegraph «Deliciosamente adictiva y ejecutada de una manera brillante».iPaper«Una sátira inteligente y punzante sobre una asesina sin remordimientos».Grazia «La primera novela de Bella Mackie es a ratos oscura como la boca de un lobo y a ratos desternillante, y tiene un giro final que es un escándalo».Daily Mail «Una lecturadivertida y compulsiva sobre la disfunción familiar y la obsesión que tiene la prensa por los asesinatos».Sunday Times Style «Es divertida, aguda, oscura y retorcida, y Grace es una protagonista a la que he animado incluso mientras llevaba a cabo auténticas maldades».Jojo Moyes «Me encantó esta novela».Richard Osman
Cómo matar a una ninfa: (Incluye el relato «La venganza de Ada») (Ada Levy #Volumen 1)
by Clara PeñalverLa joven reportera Ada Levy investiga el secuestro de una modelo. Todas las pistas apuntan a un peligroso psicópata que ha emprendido una particular caza de brujas en pleno siglo XXI. Una turbulenta novela en la que se entretejen amor, muerte, fantasía y locura. Ada Levy es frágil por dentro y fuerte por fuera. Apasionada por las motos, sensual, valiente y tenaz, aspira a encontrar un punto de serenidad y liberarse de los fantasmas del pasado. Por consejo de su psicóloga, Ada ha empezado a poner por escrito los sucesos que la llevaron a estar al borde de la muerte. Todo comenzó tiempo atrás, cuando trabajaba como fotógrafa para un detective privado y se vio involucrada en un caso que la marcó para siempre, la misteriosa desaparición de una modelo de origen italiano. Lo que parecía un procedimiento rutinario se convirtió en una arriesgada investigación que la enfrentó a un perturbado asesino en serie atrapado en un mundo de brujería, magia y delirios de grandeza. Reseñas:«Una trepidante historia de acción, romanticismo y superación en la que también hay pequeños guiños a la actualidad mediática.»La Vanguardia «Me ha acabado entusiasmando todo. Y es que esa fusión de romance/erótica, acción y misterio es increíble y si encima le añadimos una protagonista que es la leche pues tenemos una historia que atrapa y sobre todo gusta.»Letras, libros y más
Compagnie pericolose - Il primo caso di Kendra Clayton
by Angela Henry MauraPer quanto ci abbia provato, la ventottenne Kendra Clayton non è mai davvero riuscita ad allontanarsi dal suo paese natale Willow, in Ohio. Insegna inglese part-time in un programma di alfabetizzazione per adulti e arrotonda lo stipendio lavorando come direttrice di sala nel ristorante di suo zio, dove si tiene sempre aggiornata sul gossip locale. Kendra conduce una vita tranquilla, ma continua a sperare che un giorno il principe azzurro bussi alla sua porta. Nel frattempo, la cittadina addormentata di Willow subisce un brusco risveglio e Kendra dà finalmente uno scossone alla sua vita, sebbene non sia il genere di avventura che aveva in mente. Quando il fidanzato della sua amica Bernie viene brutalmente ucciso, Bernie e Kendra vengono coinvolte nell’omicidio. L’unico modo per salvare se stessa – e l’amica, di cui proclama strenuamente l’innocenza – è fare ricerche per conto proprio. E più a fondo indaga, più i sospettati aumentano. Jordan era un uomo che le donne amavano e odiavano allo stesso tempo. Una di loro ha superato quella linea sottile. Ma tra le conquiste passate e presenti di Jordan – e una serie di conti correnti svuotati e animi pieni di rancore – chi sarà il colpevole? Mentre la curiosità di Kendra l’avvicina sempre di più alla soluzione del caso, entra nella sua vita un uomo molto affascinante che potrebbe avere il tassello mancante del puzzle. Sempre che Kendra riesca a sopravvivere abbastanza a lungo da metterne assieme tutti i pezzi.
The Companion
by Katie AlenderThe other orphans say Margot is lucky. Lucky to survive the horrible accident that killed her family. Lucky to have her own room because she wakes up screaming every night. And finally, lucky to be chosen by a prestigious family to live at their remote country estate. But it wasn't luck that made the Suttons rescue Margot from her bleak existence at the group home. Margot was handpicked to be a companion to their silent, mysterious daughter, Agatha. At first, helping with Agatha--and getting to know her handsome older brother--seems much better than the group home. But soon, the isolated, gothic house begins playing tricks on Margot&’s mind, making her question everything she believes about the Suttons . . . and herself. Margot&’s bad dreams may have stopped when she came to live with Agatha – but the real nightmare has just begun.
The Companion
by Agatha ChristieA classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. When Miss Marple dines at the Bantrys the conversation always turns to murder. Whilst Dr Lloyd was in the Canary Islands, a woman drowned in the sea. To all it seems an accident, but one eyewitness says her paid companion deliberately drowned her…
The Companion
by Sarah DunnakeyThe Companion is a beautiful and powerfully-told story of buried secrets and unsolved murder, set between the 1930s and the present day, on the wild Yorkshire moors.'Utterly charming, wonderfully creepy and rich with mystery. The Companion is a rare treat.' CL Taylor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The EscapeBilly Shaw lives in a palace. Potter's Pleasure Palace, the best entertainment venue in Yorkshire, complete with dancing, swing-boats and a roller-skating rink.When it is arranged for him to become companion to the child at the big house above the valley, Billy leaves home to find a wild, peculiar boy in a curiously haphazard household where nothing that's meant is said and the air is thick with secrets. Before long, tragedy strikes and facts become entangled with fictions. It's left to Anna Sallis, almost a century later, to unravel the knots and find the truth.'An absorbing mystery story, really evocative of the Yorkshire Moors and the mill. I loved the character of Billy Shaw! The story kept me engrossed and flipping the pages right to the end' Katherine Webb, bestselling author of The Legacy 'The Companion is beautifully written and so evocative of time and place...If you thought the Brontes were the most intriguing literary family in Yorkshire, wait until you meet the Harpers' Linda Green, author of the No.1 bestseller, While My Eyes Were Closed 'Sarah writes with warmth, wit and wisdom AND she makes you want to turn the page. A rare combination' John Humphrys
The Companion
by Sarah DunnakeyThe Companion is a beautiful and powerfully-told story of buried secrets and unsolved murder, set between the 1930s and the present day, on the wild Yorkshire moors.'Utterly charming, wonderfully creepy and rich with mystery. The Companion is a rare treat.' CL Taylor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The EscapeBilly Shaw lives in a palace. Potter's Pleasure Palace, the best entertainment venue in Yorkshire, complete with dancing, swing-boats and a roller-skating rink.When it is arranged for him to become companion to the child at the big house above the valley, Billy leaves home to find a wild, peculiar boy in a curiously haphazard household where nothing that's meant is said and the air is thick with secrets. Before long, tragedy strikes and facts become entangled with fictions. It's left to Anna Sallis, almost a century later, to unravel the knots and find the truth.'An absorbing mystery story, really evocative of the Yorkshire Moors and the mill. I loved the character of Billy Shaw! The story kept me engrossed and flipping the pages right to the end' Katherine Webb, bestselling author of The Legacy 'The Companion is beautifully written and so evocative of time and place...If you thought the Brontes were the most intriguing literary family in Yorkshire, wait until you meet the Harpers' Linda Green, author of the No.1 bestseller, While My Eyes Were Closed 'Sarah writes with warmth, wit and wisdom AND she makes you want to turn the page. A rare combination' John Humphrys