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An extract from Hurt: book extract + bonus DS Lucy Black Short Story
by Brian McGillowayRead a preview extract from Hurt before it's published in November 2013Danger Hides in Plain Sight ...Brian McGilloway's Little Girl Lost was a runaway bestseller, now DS Lucy Black returns in Hurt, a tense crime thriller about the abuse of power and how the young and vulnerable can fall prey to those they should be able to trust.A sixteen-year-old girl is found dead on a train line one freezing December night in Derry. Detective Sergent Lucy Black is called to identify the body of the murdered girl as Karen Hughes. As Lucy delves deeper in to the case, she discovers that Karen has been living in residential care the child of an alcoholic mother and a father behind bars. The only clue as to the girl's movements are her mobile phone and various social media sites - where her 'friends' are not all they seem ...Hurt is coming this Autumn.Also includes bonus DS Lucy Black short story - The Sacrifice.
Extraction
by Don PendletonDIPLOMATIC AMMUNITION Minutes after his arrival in Madagascar, the U.S. Secretary of State gets kidnapped by a terrorist organization, and the White House goes on red alert. Unable to stage a rescue without causing an international incident, the President turns to the one man who can get the politician out alive. But this time Mack Bolan won't be working alone.Dodging bullets at every turn and hunted by an assassin as dangerous as he is, Bolan partners with an operative from his past to help him track the captors. But nothing is what it seems in Madagascar. The lines between traitor and rogue are not only blurred, they make a deadly combination...especially when it comes to trust and betrayal. As the ransom clock counts down, the Executioner will need to employ every stealth move he knows to get the secretary-and himself-out of the island nation alive.
Extraction (Agent Pendergast Series)
by Douglas Preston Lincoln ChildFrom #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child, an all-new short story featuring Agent Pendergast, available only as an ebook and audio download. In New Orleans' French Quarter, the Tooth Fairy isn't a benevolent sprite who slips money under your pillow at night....he's a mysterious old recluse who must be appeased with teeth--lest he extract retribution. When young Diogenes Pendergast loses a tooth, however, his skeptical older brother Aloysius is determined to put the legend to the test...with dire consequences. *Includes a special preview chapter of Preston & Child's new full-length novel TWO GRAVES, available December 11, 2012.
The Extractors
by Gary PhillipsMcBleak enjoys hobnobbing with the upper crust. Yet McBleak is never more alive than when he's extracting wealth from the wealthy. He plans to take a greedy man's gain while wondering if his girlfriend sees through his façade. But nothing ever goes as planned, and McBleak has to think on his feet or his life might be extracted from him.
Extracurricular Activities (The Murder 101 Mysteries #2)
by Maggie BarbieriYou'd think, now that she's off the hook for murder, that Alison, an English professor at a cushy college campus just north of chaotic New York City, would be able to relax. But how can she, with a wedding in the works? A Ph.D can only go so far… The recently-divorced Alison couldn't be happier for her best friend, the bride Max. The problem is with the groom. Namely, his best man: the stunningly handsome yet technically married NYPD homicide detective Bobby Crawford. Alison just can't stop day-dreaming about him—until a new nightmare unfolds. Alison's ex-husband has just turned up dead. And now that's she's being dragged into another murder investigation—his time, involving the Mob-boss parent of a student—Bobby might be the only man she can trust with her life. But will he ever make Alison his wife? With a killer on the loose, the pursuit of happiness may just have to wait…
La extraña historia del doctor Philippe: Cinco relatos
by Matteo Magnani¿Dónde esta el mal? ¿En una persona, una circunstancia, una acción? ¿O bien es algo difuso e impalpable como una polvadera, tan fría y silenciosa que podrían pasar años antes de percatarnos de su presencia? Podríamos no ver cómo se acumula en torno a nosotros, sino encontrarla de improviso en nuestra mesa, murmurándonos tonterias al oído, observándonos burlona desde el espejo». ¿Es oportuno confesar mi interés por los relatos de homicidas seriales y otras siniestras perturbaciones del espíritu humano? ¿No sonará más bien como la confesión de haber cometido un crimen imperdonable de curiosidad? De hecho, la mayor parte de los asesinos seriales han empezado con nimiedades: exterminio de animales pequeños cuando niños, torturas psicológicas repentinas y luego desbordantes, cada vez más exageradas, en pos de fetiches de la propria rabia. ¿Entonces, escribir todo un libro sobre la historia de uno de esos asesinos inexplicables no será un primer paso, igualmente imperdonable, hacia ese mundo? Abiertamente inspirada en las vicisitudes de uno de los personajes más estrafalarios y enigmáticos de la crónica negra francesa del siglo XX, es una novela de formación articulada en cinco relatos
Un extraño acecha
by Mary Higgins ClarkLa trama se desarrolla a partir de que un extraño individuo viola y asesina brutalmente a Nina, una joven casada con Steve y madre de Neil, un chiquillo que es testigo del crimen. Ello desata un torbellino de acción, en la que subyace, con la fuerza narrativa que caracteriza a la autora, el debate sobre la eficacia de la pena de muerte.
Un extraño acecha
by Mary Higgins ClarkUna singular y sobrecogedora novela policíaca, llena de misterio y dramatismo. La trama se desarrolla a partir de que un extraño individuo viola y asesina brutalmente a Nina, una joven casada con Steve y madre de Neil, un chiquillo que es testigo del crimen. Ello desata un torbellino de acción, en la que subyace, con la fuerza narrativa que caracteriza a la autora, el debate sobre la eficacia de la pena de muerte.
Un extraño en casa
by Shari LapenaDe la autora del thriller revelación de 2017 La pareja de al lado, llega una nueva y adictiva novela repleta de giros y secretos. ¿Por qué huirías de un hogar feliz? Te encuentras en casa preparando la cena mientras esperas a que tu marido vuelva del trabajo. Estás deseando verle. Eso es lo último que recuerdas. Despiertas en el hospital sin saber cómo has llegado hasta allí. Te cuentan que has sufrido un accidente. Perdiste el control de tu coche mientras conducías a toda velocidad por uno de los peores barrios de la ciudad. La policía sospecha que ocultas algún secreto oscuro, pero tu marido se niega a creerlo. Tu mejor amiga no está tan segura. Y ni siquiera tú sabes qué creer... La crítica ha dicho...«Lapena no deja de ofrecer giros perfectamente construidos, cada uno una sorpresa mayor que la anterior, y mantiene su magistral narración hasta el deslumbrante giro final... Memorable.»Associated Press «Un thriller inteligente y lleno de tensión.»Heat «No verás venir el final.»PureWow «Plagado de giros (hasta la última página) que lo convierten en una lectura entretenida y adictiva.»Publishers Weekly «Un suspense extraordinario y lleno de sorpresas.»The Toronto Star «Realmente emocionante y absorbente. Te sorprenderán los giros de la historia.»Daily Mail «Shari Lapena nos enreda entre sospechosos y sus motivos. La tensión es muy alta y no decae hasta la última y asombrosa página.»The Times «Pensaba que eso de leer de una sentada era solo una frase. He comprobado que es cierto.»Linwood Barclay, autor superventas «Inteligente, adictivo, irresistible. El suspense y la sospecha se van acumulando sin cuartel, jugando contigo y con tus expectativas y tus emociones hasta llegar aun final completamente inesperado. No te lo pierdas y no desesperes si no puedes dejar de leerlo.»Gilly Macmillan, autora superventas
Un Extraño en mi Cama
by Eduardo Bracho M Kristen JamesMegan despierta de un coma a una vida que parece no ser suya y un marido que actúa como si la amara... pero ¿le está mintiendo? ¿Engañándola? ¿Qué está pasando realmente? Toda la evidencia dice que son felices y legalmente casados, y sin embargo, sus fragmentados recuerdos dicen lo contrario. Todas las personas que conoce parecen estar de acuerdo, a menos que ella esté sufriendo de paranoia debido a su lesión cerebral. Ellison es la clave de su pasado y futuro, incluso aunque no pueda confiar en él. Eso no evita su atracción hacia él. Megan interpreta a un agente doble, trabajando con "Eli" para reconstruir su vida mientras trata de descubrir la verdad. ¿Por qué haría él eso? ¿Sabe ella algo que no debería? Él tiene una explicación para todo, hasta que las respuestas nuevas conducen a una historia aún más retorcida. ¿Qué tendrá que hacer para descubrir la verdad y saber quién es realmente?
Extraños (Extraños #1)
by Kimberly MccreighEl nuevo fenómeno juvenil, con el ritmo de La chica del tren y la acción de la «Trilogía Divergente». Una novela trepidante de intrigas, traiciones y secretos en el que una pequeña decisión va a cambiarlo todo... «Conduce hacia el norte.» Cuando Cassie desaparece dejando tras de sí una serie de crípticos mensajes, Wylie tiene que superar sus miedos y hacer lo que mejor se le da: salvar a su amiga de sí misma. Acompañada de Jasper, el chico que las ha distanciado, Wylie se lanza a la desesperada a una misión de rescate, que pronto se revelará sumamente peligrosa. Cuanto más se adentran en los frondosos bosques de Maine, más tiene que esforzarse Wylie por apaciguar la creciente sensación de que algo va muy mal. ¿Y si Cassie les estuviera ocultando algún detalle? ¿Y si encontrarla fuera solo el principio de algo mucho más misterioso? Cuantas más preguntas se haga Wylie, más deseará no haber salido de su casa... Pero también descubrirá que es más fuerte de lo que jamás había imaginado. Cuando no puedes confiar en nadie, solo te queda tu instinto. Críticas y opinión de los lectores:«Un thriller fascinante que te tendrá intrigado hasta la última página.»Sara Shepard, autora de Pequeñas mentirosas «Una novela trepidante, conmovedora y profundamente irresistible, con un final de infarto.»Julianna Baggott, autora de la trilogía «La Cúpula» «La prosa de Kimberly McCreight es distinta y muy de ella, por eso me he deleitado mucho leyéndola, por la originalidad que aporta al libro. En definitiva, una buena elección».Marina Aimée en Viviendo en nuestro cuento «La forma de escribir de la autora no te deja indiferente en ningún momento y no te permite despegarte del libro, ya que quieres saber que está ocurriendo y qué va a ocurrir. El final te deja con muchísimas ganas de más».Mi tarde junto a un libro «Con una trama bastante interesante conseguirá que no puedas parar de leer ni un solo segundo y os encontraréis con algunos giros bastante interesantes. Un thriller bastante entretenido».Paula TB en Through Books « Es muy trepidante, engancha muchísimo, atrapa desde el principio. Un thriller muy bien escrito que os recomiendo de verdad».May R. Ayamonte en Youtube «Os lo recomiendo, si os gusta el misterio, los viajes sin saber mucho a que nos lleva dicho viaje, y los giros, pues este es vuestro libro, ¡¡¡no lo dejéis escapar!!!».Estoy entre páginas «Una novela impactante llena de intrigas, traiciones y secretos escondidos.» «Increíblemente bueno. Una trama original, con acción y suspense: este libro lo tiene todo.» «Imposible dejar de leerlo.» «Un inicio fantástico para una saga de misterio.» «Una apasionante historia cargada de misterio, tensión y superación».
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks
by Emily Kenny&“Has heart, soul and so much spirit.&” Lindsay Galvin, author of Darwin&’s Dragons &“Disappearing animals, twists and turns, and an amazing autistic protagonist.&” Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of Dosh &“Exciting, deftly plotted and full of surprises.&” Sinéad O'Hart, author of The Eye of the North &“It&’s not your chips I&’m after, Alice Tonks,&” the seagull said sternly. &“We&’ve got a job for you.&” After a rather strange encounter with a seagull on her first day of boarding school, Alice Tonks is left with a lot of questions. Why does the bird need her help? And WHY can she talk to seagulls? Alice is used to being by herself but she can&’t solve the mystery alone. With new friends behind her, can Alice harness her magic powers and become the hero she never imagined? A story about finding your voice, friendship and unlikely heroes, for fans of A Kind of Spark
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks: Longlisted for the Adrien Prize, 2022 (The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks #1)
by Emily Kenny&“Has heart, soul and so much spirit.&” Lindsay Galvin, author of Darwin&’s Dragons &“Disappearing animals, twists and turns, and an amazing autistic protagonist.&” Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of Dosh &“Exciting, deftly plotted and full of surprises.&” Sinéad O'Hart, author of The Eye of the North Alice Tonks would love to make friends at boarding school. And, being autistic, she just wants people to accept her for who she is. But after a rather strange encounter with a talking seagull on her first day, she suddenly has a new challenge and a lot of questions. Animals are going missing and Alice can&’t solve the mystery alone. With new friends behind her, can Alice harness her magic powers and become the hero she never imagined? A story about finding your voice, friendship and unlikely heroes, for fans of A Kind of Spark
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar: Stories
by Maurice LeblancA collection of stories by Maurice Leblanc featuring his famous protagonist Arsène Lupin. Created by Leblanc at the start of the twentieth century, Lupin is a witty confidence man and gentleman burgler—the Sherlock Holmes of crime. The poor and innocent have nothing to fear from him, often profiting from his spontaneous generosity. The rich and powerful, and the detective who tries to spoil his fun, however, must beware, for they are the target of Lupin&’s mischief and tomfoolery. Sparkling with amusing banter, these stories are outrageous, melodramatic, hilarious, and fun. Featuring nine stories: &“The Arrest of Arsène Lupin,&” &“Arsène Lupin in Prison,&” &“The Escape of Arsène Lupin,&” &“The Mysterious Traveller,&” &“The Queen's Necklace,&” &“The Seven of Hearts,&” &“Madame Imbert&’s Safe,&” &“The Black Pearl,&” and &“Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late.&” Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle‘On the contrary, my dear Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see’Herein lie the problems: a stolen jewel, the inexplicable death of a young woman, the disappearance of one of the most remarkable racehorses in England, a missing butler, the curious symbols of dancing men, a broken bust of Napoleon, a possible kidnapping and the bad business of a coachman shot through the heart.The solution? Elementary my dear friend. Call the super sleuth famed for his rapid deductions, his swift intuitions and ingenious solutions - Sherlock Holmes of 221b Baker Street. Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can test your powers of observation and deduction, learn about the author and brush up on your detective skills! Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes (Puffin Classics)
by Arthur Conan DoyleThrough the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction in eight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle'. With a captivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud.
Extraordinary People (The\enzo Files #1 Ser. #1)
by Peter MayHalf-Scottish, half-Italian Enzo MacLeod used to be one of the top forensics experts in Scotland, and now he lives in Toulouse, working as a university professor. Divorced in Scotland and widowed in France, he has an estranged Scottish daughter and a French daughter he has raised by himself. As if his life isn't complicated enough, he soon finds himself unexpectedly in the hunt for solutions to some vexing cold cases thanks to an ill-advised wager about the power of forensic science.Meanwhile, in Paris, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France. Deep in the catacombs below the City of Light, MacLeod unearths disturbing clues deliberately left behind by a killer. But as the retired forensics expert draws closer to the truth, he discovers he may just wind up the next victim for his troubles.
Extraordinary People: A stunning cold-case mystery from the bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy (The Enzo Files Book 1) (The Enzo Files #1)
by Peter May**#1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD****THE ENZO FILES: PETER MAY'S ADDICTIVE COLD-CASE SERIES****'Action-packed' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY****'Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusual crime solvers I have ever met' BOOKBROWSE**In the first book of the Enzo Files, ex forensic scientist Enzo Macleod makes a daring wager and attempts to solve the ten-year-old case of a vanished manPARIS.An old mystery. As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France. A new science. Forensic expert Enzo Macleod takes a wager to solve the seven most notorious French murders, armed with modern technology and a total disregard for the justice system. A fresh trail. Deep in the catacombs below the city, he unearths dark clues deliberately set - and as he draws closer to the killer, discovers that he is to be the next victim.LOVED EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE? Read book 2 in the series, THE CRITICLOVE PETER MAY? Order his new thriller, A SILENT DEATH(P)2019 Quercus Editions Limited
Extraordinary People: A stunning cold-case mystery from the bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy (The Enzo Files Book 1) (The Enzo Files #1)
by Peter MayIn the first book of the Enzo Files, ex forensic scientist Enzo Macleod makes a daring wager and attempts to solve the ten-year-old case of a vanished man.An old mystery.As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France.A new science.Forensic expert Enzo Macleod takes a wager to solve the seven most notorious French murders, armed with modern technology and a total disregard for the justice system.A fresh trail.Deep in the catacombs below the city, he unearths dark clues deliberately set - and as he draws closer to the killer, discovers that he is to be the next victim.LOVED EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE? Read book 2 in the series, THE CRITICLOVE PETER MAY? Order his new thriller, A WINTER GRAVE
Extraordinary People: A stunning cold-case mystery from the bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy (The Enzo Files Book 1) (The Enzo Files #1)
by Peter MayIn the first book of the Enzo Files, ex forensic scientist Enzo Macleod makes a daring wager and attempts to solve the ten-year-old case of a vanished man.An old mystery.As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France.A new science.Forensic expert Enzo Macleod takes a wager to solve the seven most notorious French murders, armed with modern technology and a total disregard for the justice system.A fresh trail.Deep in the catacombs below the city, he unearths dark clues deliberately set - and as he draws closer to the killer, discovers that he is to be the next victim.LOVED EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE? Read book 2 in the series, THE CRITICLOVE PETER MAY? Order his new thriller, A WINTER GRAVE
Extraordinary Powers
by Joseph FinderThe news is shattering: Harrison Sinclair, director of the CIA, has been killed in a car accident. His son-in-law, Ben Ellison--an attorney at an old-line Boston law firm and an ex agent himself--instantly hears rumors ... of sinister forces within the Agency ... of a possible assassination ... and that Harrison Sinclair may have been a traitor--or the Agency's last honest man.... The hunt for the truth will rush Ben headlong into a web of conspiracy beyond his control, where he is compelled by an artful, inescapable maneuver back into the employ of the CIA, and lured into a top-secret espionage project in telepathic ability that will endow him with "extraordinary powers".... From Rome to Zurich, through Germany and Paris, the chase will bring Ben face-to-face with his past and culminate in a crowded Washington hearing room where, behind high security barriers, a Senate investigating committee is about to call its secret witness ... as an assassin prepares to strike. Here, finally, with only seconds to act, Ben Ellison must call upon his extraordinary powers to stop a killer--or die trying.... "
Extraordinary Powers
by Joseph FinderA top-secret project empowers an ex-CIA operative to find who killed the Agency’s director in this thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author.The news is shattering: The director of the CIA, Harrison Sinclair, has been killed in a car accident. Sinclair may have been a traitor—or the Agency’s last honest man. Even his son-in-law, Ben Ellison, an attorney and ex-agent, has heard rumors of sinister forces within the Agency that could have ordered Sinclair’s assassination. Soon he is thrust into a web of intrigue and violence beyond his control back into the CIA, and lured into a top-secret espionage project in telepathic ability funded by American intelligence.As the project’s first success, Ben uses his “extraordinary powers” in the perilous search for Vladimir Orlov, the exiled former chairman of the KGB—and the only man who might unlock the secret of Sinclair’s death and the whereabouts of a multibillion-dollar fortune in gold spirited out of Russia in the last days of the Soviet Union. The hunt for the truth will bring Ben face to face with his past and culminate in a crowded Washington hearing room where, behind high security barriers, a Senate investigating committee is about to call its secret witness . . . as an assassin prepares to strike . . . in Joseph Finder’s Extraordinary Powers.“Spectacular . . . The action is unrelenting . . . Electrifying.” —Boston Sunday Herald“Gripping drama in which nothing is quite what it seems.” —Seattle Times“An extraordinary, powerful book . . . ingeniously plotted, fast-paced, and frighteningly credible.” —Nelson DeMille
Extraordinary Rendition
by Don PendletonOn the streets of a democratic Russia, espionage, civil war and Mafiya control dominate a new kind of battlefield. Bolan's mission: locate, extract and deliver a ruthless Russian arms dealer to a transport team ready to take him back to the United States to stand trial. But the Russian made friends in high places-CIA, FBI, KGB-during his career as both a player and a pawn. With compromising leaks high up in counterintelligence circles, and a hard force of specialized handlers keeping him alive and doing deals with rogue nations, the arms merchant is a hard man to get to, much less take alive. Bolan doesn't get hung up on odds, risk or the roll of the dice. He's focused on a mission gone sour in hostile territory-and his personal commitment to finishing by any means necessary.
Extraordinary Renditions
by Andrew ErvinSet in Budapest-a city marked by its rich cultural heritage, the scars of empire, the fresher wounds of industry, and the collateral damage of globalism-Extraordinary Renditions is the sweeping story of three equally tarnished expatriates. World-renowned composer and Holocaust survivor Lajos Harkályi has returned to Hungary to debut his final opera and share his mother's parting gift, the melody from a lullaby she sang as he was forced to leave his Hungarian home for the infamous Czech concentration camp Terezín. Private First Class Jonathan "Brutus" Gibson is being blackmailed by his commanding officer at the US Army base in Hungary, one of the infamous black-sites of the global War on Terror, and he must decide between going AWOL or risking his life to make an illegal firearms deal in Budapest. Aspiring musician Melanie Scholes is preparing for the most important performance of her career as a violinist in Harkályi's opera, but before she takes the stage she must extricate herself from a failing relationship and the inertia that threatens to consume her future. As their lives converge on Independence Day, they too will seek liberation-from the anguish of the Holocaust, the chains of blackmail, and the bonds of conformity.A formidable new voice in American fiction, Ervin tackles the big themes of war, prejudice, and art, lyrically examining the reverberations of unrest in today's central Europe, the United States' legacy abroad, and the resilience of the human spirit.
The Extraordinary & Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle: Number 1 in series
by Catherine WebbIn Victorian London at the height of the industrial revolution, Horatio Lyle is a former Special Constable with a passion for science and invention. He's also an occasional, but reluctant, sleuth. The truth is that he'd rather be in his lab tinkering with dangerous chemicals and odd machinery than running around the cobbled streets of London trying to track down stolen goods. But when Her Majesty's Government calls, Horatio swaps his microscope for a magnifying glass, fills his pockets with things that explode and sallies forth to unravel a mystery of a singularly extraordinary nature.Thrown together with a reformed (i.e. 'caught') pickpocket called Tess, and a rebellious (within reason) young gentleman called Thomas, Lyle and his faithful hound, Tate, find themselves pursuing an ancient Chinese plate, a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of polite society and a dangerous enemy who may not even be human. Solving the crime will be hard enough - surviving would be a bonus...