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The Fen Murder Mysteries Boxset Books One to Three: The Sandringham Mystery, The Canal Murders, and The Heritage Murders (The Fen Murder Mysteries)
by Christina JamesThe first three novels in the gritty series featuring a police detective in England&’s East Midlands. Included in this compelling crime fiction collection are:The Sandringham Mystery Shocking evidence is unearthed in the cellar of a Victorian mansion belonging to a wealthy British couple. The owner knows nothing about a passport-forging operation—or about any human remains. But he does have something else to hide from DI Tim Yates and the police, and the crimes of the past may lead to tragedy in the present . . .Previously published as Sausage HallThe Canal Murders A decapitated body found in the Fossdyke Canal may be the first clue that finally connects a series of recent disappearances: a paper girl out on her rounds; a prostitute abducted off the street; an immigrant woman who vanished after stepping off a bus. But after frogmen find two more corpses and DI Yates learns about a similarity to a long-ago case, the situation starts becoming as murky as the canal itself . . .Previously published as Gentleman JackThe Heritage Murders A wealthy wanted man attempts to stay under the radar as he returns to England, driven by an obsessive need to solve a family mystery. But his presence may be stirring up trouble, and soon Yates and his partner, DS Juliet Armstrong, are looking into a vanished woman&’s possible murder, a Traveller child who may be at risk, and lingering questions surrounding a trafficking ring that could still be operating under their noses . . .Previously published as DeVries
Fence Jumpers
by Bob LeuciStraddling opposite sides of the law, three best friends try to keep their cool—and stay alive Jimmy Burns has always been the slickest guy around. On the streets of Queens, he struts like a king—until he crosses 101st Street. That&’s Paradiso territory, and Jimmy wouldn&’t go near it if it weren&’t for his best friend, JoJo, the half-crazed son of mob kingpin Salvatore Paradiso. Along with their buddy Dante O&’Donnell, Jimmy and JoJo are inseparable, but the world will conspire to test the threesome&’s unbreakable bond. As the years go by, Dante and Jimmy find themselves on track to become cops, while JoJo is groomed to inherit the family business. But when his father&’s prohibition of selling drugs threatens to drive the family into bankruptcy, JoJo goes behind his back to arrange a deal. Caught between two worlds, Jimmy tries to stay true. But in the back alleys of Queens, the only unforgiveable sin is betraying a friend.
The Fencing Master
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte&“A taut, elegant mystery&” set against the historical backdrop of nineteenth-century Madrid (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). It is 1868; Spain teeters on the brink of revolution. Jaime Astarloa is a master fencer of the old school, priding himself on the precision, dignity, and honor of his ancient art. His friends spend their days in cafes discussing plots at court, but Jaime&’s obsession is to perfect the irresistible sword thrust. Then Adela de Otero, violet-eyed and enigmatic, appears at his door. When Jaime takes her on as a pupil he finds himself embroiled in dark political intrigue against which his old-fashioned values are no protection. &“A delightful period whodunit&” (USA Today), The Fencing Master &“succeeds admirably as both a vivid picture of an unfamiliar culture and as high, sophisticated entertainment&” (Kirkus Reviews).
Fencing the Sky: A Novel
by James GalvinA cattleman flees the scene of an accidental murder in “the most ambitious and original novel about the modern West to have appeared in some time” (Kirkus Reviews).Stepping his horse through the lush, beaver-worked draw looking for stray cows, Mike Arans never imagined that, moments later, he’d find himself swinging a nylon loop around Merriweather Snipes and pulling until his neck snapped. Once Snipes was dead, Mike fished a notepad and a stub of pencil from his pocket, wrote “I did this,” signed his name, and stuffed the note into Snipes’s breast pocket. Then Mike rode to his house, stocked up on supplies, and rode due west.Fencing the Sky is the story of how circumstances spiral out of control, the story of gross indifference and avarice in the face of breathtaking beauty. Ultimately, James Galvin’s novel is a book about violence and how it destroys lives when the land is at stake. This long-awaited lyrical first novel is nothing less than the story of the disappearance of the American West.“A unique and extraordinary book, a mixture of novel and natural history wherein Galvin reinvents the form, the true mark of a genuine artist . . . I can’t recommend it too highly.” —Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall
A Fenda (D.I Johnston/Livro1 #1)
by Scot MacKenzie John FacinThriller Criminal Brutal - Crime induzido por drogas com um plano de fundo de realismo social Um funcionário de um Centro Esportivo da cidade fictícia de Whattle, no Nordeste da Inglaterra, observa um assassinato por uma fenda ilegal no vestiário das mulheres. A conclusão deste drama psicológico é extremamente incomum. Um Thriller Criminal de realismo arrojado é posto junto de uma atmosfera surreal. Cuidado: partes do livro contem material "adulto".
The Feng Shui Detective
by Nury VittachiMr. Wong is a feng shui consultant, but his cases tend to involve a lot more than just interior decoration. You see, Wong specializes in a certain type of problem premises: crime scenes. He and his brash teenage Aussie-American ex-pat intern (think an Asian Sherlock Holmes paired up with Kelly Osbourne) travel around Singapore solving crimes while trying to decipher each others language and behavior. His latest case involves a mysterious young woman who, according to a psychic reading, is doomed to die. Wong's desperate efforts to save her eventually lead him and his sidekick to Sydney where the story climaxes at the Opera House, a building known for its appalling feng shui. A delightful combination of crafty plotting, quirky humor, and Asian philosophy, the Feng Shui Detective is an investigator like no other!
The Fens: A Mystery (The Abby Endicott Novels #3)
by Pamela WechslerPamela Wechsler's enthralling series returns with The Fens, and promises to shock readers old and new.Boston’s chief homicide prosecutor Abby Endicott hasn't had the easiest adjustment to normal life. Her wealthy family cut her off because they don’t agree with her dangerous career choice, her new apartment with her musician boyfriend is not up to standards, and her impending position as godmother is overwhelming. Abby's personal life, however, is about to be put on hold when the star catcher for the Red Sox goes missing on opening day.Abby quickly realizes this is more than a case of one missing celebrity. Soon, another player turns up dead and the frantic search escalates. When Abby discovers greased baseballs and mysterious sums of cash, she knows that a lot more than the Red Sox's season is in danger.
Fer-de-Lance: The League Of Frightened Men (Nero Wolfe #1)
by Rex StoutAs any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda -- whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison in his heart.From the Paperback edition.
The Fer-de-Lance Contract (The Joe Gall Mysteries #11)
by Philip AtleeAn operative heads to the steamy Caribbean and brings some heat of his own: &“I admire Philip Atlee&’s writing tremendously.&” —Raymond Chandler Joe Gall is the kind of guy who gets called in when no one else can get the job done—a freelance operative with a CIA background who knows how to track down intel, hide in the shadows, find his quarry, and eliminate the threat. Now, a Caribbean island is having a problem with snakes—the kind only someone like Joe Gall can exterminate . . . From an Edgar Award finalist called &“the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction,&” this is a hard-hitting tale of action, danger, and international intrigue (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times).
Fer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened Men: The League Of Frightened Men (Nero Wolfe)
by Rex StoutA grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction's greatest detectives. Here, in Stout's first two complete Wolfe mysteries, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town Archie Goodwin solve their most baffling cases.Fer-de-lanceThe fer-de-lance is among the most deadly snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, his partner, Archie Goodwin, suspects it means Wolfe is getting close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. But this is a case with more twists than an angry rattler...and if Wolfe doesn't handle it with extreme care, he'll be the next one struck by a killer with poison in his heart.The League of Frightened MenPaul Chapin's Harvard cronies never forgave themselves for the hazing prank that left their friend a cripple. Yet they believed that Paul himself had forgiven them--until a class reunion ends in death and a series of poems promising more of the same. Now this league of frightened men is desperate for Nero Wolfe's help. But can even the great detective outwit a killer smart enough to commit an unseen murder...in plain sight?
Fera
by Sky CorganUm relato moderno da Bela e a Fera pelo autor best-seller do USA Today, Sky Corgan Meu trabalho é matar pessoas. Se elas tiverem sorte, eu apenas lhes dou uma surra. É raro que elas tenham sorte. Eu sei que eu trabalho para um tirano. Qualquer um que tenha o azar de tirar George Lynch do sério deve saber que está com os dias contados. Eu sou a arma em seu coldre, aquela que ele saca para resolver os ‘problemas’. Aquela que ele usa para não precisar sujar suas próprias mãos. Ele me salvou de uma vida de crimes que teria me levado para a cadeia. Agora, eu cometo crimes ainda piores que me levariam à pena de morte se eu for pego. George me tem na palma da mão. Acho que nós dois temos sorte de eu nunca me cansar de matar. Por isso eu não entendo o porquê dele ter me alocado a esse pequeno projeto. Sequestrar uma garota e mantê-la presa em uma de suas casas com todo conforto de um animalzinho de estimação mimado. Esse serviço deveria ser fácil. Kendall deveria ser um ratinho submisso. Eu achei que ela obedeceria todos os meus comandos. Eu estava errado. Agora estou envolvido em algo que poderia me custar tudo. Ter que escolher entre o amor e a minha própria vida. Será que vale a pena? Porque quem poderia amar uma fera? Esta é uma história independente, sem trapaças e um final feliz para sempre.
Feral
by B. K. Evenson James DemonacoFrom James DeMonaco, the writer/director of The Purge film franchise, comes the provocative and terrifying last stand of a lone outpost of women in the wake of a deadly pandemic. Allie Hilts was still in high school when a fire at a top-secret research facility released an air-borne pathogen that quickly spread to every male on the planet, killing most. Allie witnessed every man she ever knew be consumed by fearsome symptoms: scorching fevers and internal bleeding, madness and uncontrollable violence. The world crumbled around her. No man was spared, and the few survivors were irrevocably changed. They became disturbingly strong, aggressive, and ferocious. Feral. Three years later, Allie has joined a group of hardened survivors in an isolated, walled-in encampment. Outside the guarded walls the ferals roam free, and hunt. Allie has been noticing troubling patterns in the ferals' movements, and a disturbing number of new faces in the wild. Something catastrophic is brewing on the horizon, and time is running out. The ferals are coming, and there is no stopping them. With Feral, writer/director James DeMonaco and acclaimed novelist Brian Evenson have created a challenging and entertaining novel of timely horror and exhilarating suspense.
Feral
by Gabrielle Filteau-ChibaSet in the Canadian forest, Feral is a feminist eco-thriller, a passionate love story and an ode to nature's ferocious beauty.Raphaëlle, a forty-year-old forest warden, has been estranged from her family for many years. She lives with her beloved dog, Coyote, in a caravan deep in the Canadian woods. Fiercely independent and cut off from civilisation, she is always armed, protecting herself from bears, coyotes and lynxes who she in turn defends from sadistic, overzealous poachers.Soon after Raphaëlle discovers animal footprints outside her cabin, her dog vanishes and is eventually found severely injured. And then it is not long before Raphaëlle herself becomes the prey of the forest's ultimate predator, which is not animal, but man.
Feral
by Holly SchindlerThe Lovely Bones meets Black Swan in this haunting psychological thriller with twists and turns that will keep readers guessing until the very last page.It's too late for you. You're dead. Those words continue to haunt Claire Cain months after she barely survived a brutal beating in Chicago. So when her father is offered a job in another state, Claire is hopeful that getting out will offer her a new start. But when she arrives in Peculiar, Missouri, Claire feels an overwhelming sense of danger. Her fears are confirmed when she discovers the dead body of a popular high school student in the icy woods behind the school, surrounded by the town's feral cats. Claire knows there's more to this "accident" than meets the eye. But the closer she gets to finding out the truth, the closer she also gets to realizing a frightening reality about herself. . . .
Feral Attraction (A Cat Groomer Mystery #3)
by Eileen WatkinsCat groomer Cassie McGlone tails a killer gone wild over feral felines. . . Cassie's good friend Dawn is part of an organization that's trying to protect a colony of stray cats on the property of a condo community in Chadwick, New Jersey. The residents have got their backs up over the cat invasion, and Dawn has come to Cassie's grooming and boarding shop, Cassie's Comfy Cats, to ask her help in talking sense to them. Not everyone's against the cats. Eccentric Sabrina Ward feeds them and has even created makeshift shelters for them in the nearby woods, infuriating her neighbors. Following a heated community meeting—in which Cassie and Dawn come up with a proposal—Sabrina's body is found in the woods. The police are calling her death an accident, but Cassie smells a rat. Narrowing down the list of suspects may be tougher than herding cats, but Cassie is determined to collar the killer before another cat lover has a fatal accident . . .
The Feral Detective: A Novel
by Jonathan LethemJonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn“One of America’s greatest storytellers.” —Washington PostPhoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She’s looking for her friend’s missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist to help. A laconic loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawer, Heist intrigues the sarcastic and garrulous Phoebe. Reluctantly, he agrees to help. The unlikely pair navigate the enclaves of desert-dwelling vagabonds and find that Arabella is in serious trouble—caught in the middle of a violent standoff that only Heist, mysteriously, can end. Phoebe’s trip to the desert was always going to be strange, but it was never supposed to be dangerous. . . .Jonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers.
The Ferguson Affair
by Ross MacdonaldIt was a long way from the million-dollar Foothill Club to Pelly Street, where grudges were settled in blood and Spanish and a stolen diamond ring landed a girl in jail. Defense lawyer Bill Gunnarson was making the trip-fast. He already knew a kidnapping at the club was tied to the girl's hot rock, and he suspected that a missing Hollywood starlet was the key to a busy crime ring. But while Gunnarson made his way through a storm of deception, money, drugs, and passions, he couldn't guess how some big shots and small-timers would all end up with murder in common. . .
Fern Verdant & the Silver Rose
by Diana LeszczynskiFERN WISHES SHE had normal parents and a normal name. Instead, she has eccentric botanist parents who named herFern,after her father’s favorite plant. Lily, Fern’s mother, assures her one day she’ll understand their love of plants, but Fern can’t believe it. She hates plants and could do with less of them in her life. Then Lily disappears suddenly while attending to a mysterious and rare Silver Rose. Fern and her dad are heartbroken, but have no idea what could have happened, until one day, Fern learns she has a one-of-a-kind talent: she can communicate with plants, and so could her mother! Using her newfound skill, she learns that her mother is in terrible danger, and she is the only one who can save her. With a little help from her friends, the plants . . .
Ferocity: A Novel
by Antony Shugaar Nicola LagioiaWinner of the 2015 Strega Prize, Italy's preeminent prize for fiction, Ferocity is a cinematic suspense novel that also addresses vital social questions, a combination of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, filtered through the fierce Mediterranean vision of Elena Ferrante.Southern Italy, the 1980s. On a hot summer's night under a full moon, far from the outlying neighborhoods of a southern Italian metropolis, Clara stumbles naked, dazed, and bloodied down a major highway. When she dies no-one is able to say exactly how or why, but her brother cannot free himself from her memory or from the questions surrounding her death. The more he learns about her life and death, the more he uncovers the moral decay at the core of his family's ascent to social prominence.At once an intimate family saga, a history of an entire region, and a portrait of the moral and political corruption of a whole society, Ferocity is an exhilirating, ambitious, and vivid work of fiction by Italy's foremost literary novelist.
The Ferryman
by Justin Cronin'Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.' STEPHEN KING*****The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives, attended to by the support staff who live on a cramped neighbouring island, where whispers begin to grow into cries for revolution.Meanwhile, life for Prosperans is perfection - and when it's not, their bodies are sent to the mysterious third island: a facility named The Nursery, to be rebooted and restart life afresh.Proctor Bennett is a Ferryman, who shepherds the soon-to-be retired into the unknown. He never questioned his work until the day he is delivered a cryptic message:"The world is not the world..."These simple words unravel something that he has secretly suspected. They seep into strange dreams - of the stars and the sea - and the unshakeable feeling that someone is trying to tell him something important.Something greater than anyone could possibly imagine, which could change the fate of humanity itself...*****'A mind-bending novel full of big ideas and a rollercoaster's worth of twists and turns - so powerful and thrilling!' ANDY WEIR, author of The Martian
The Ferryman: A Novel
by Justin CroninFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems.Founded by a mysterious genius, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh.Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process--and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he's been dreaming--which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry.Meanwhile, something is stirring. The support staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group--known as Arrivalists--who may be fomenting revolution.Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than he realized--and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth.
The Ferryman: A Novel
by Justin CroninNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • &“Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.&”—STEPHEN KING From the author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia—where the truth isn&’t what it seems.A POLYGON BEST BOOK OF THE YEARThe islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean, in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity—or whatever remains of it.Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives. They are attended to by support staff who live on a cramped neighboring island, where whispers of revolt are brewing—but for the Prosperans, life is perfection. And when the end of life approaches, they&’re sent to a mysterious third island, where their bodies are refreshed, their memories are wiped away, and they return to start life anew.Proctor Bennett is a ferryman, whose job it is to enforce the retirement process when necessary. He never questions his work, until the day he receives a cryptic message:&“The world is not the world.&”These simple words unlock something he has secretly suspected. They seep into strange dreams of the stars and the sea. They give him the unshakable feeling that someone is trying to tell him something important.Something no one could possibly imagine, something that could change the fate of humanity itself.
The Ferryman's Beautiful Daughter
by Peter RobinsonWhen Mary Jane's body is found on the beach by a fisherman, everyone on the little island blames "the Newcomers."ove us to harm one another, from love and jealousy to greed and despair, are all explored with fascinating depth. Edgy and smart, thrilling and suspenseful, this remarkable collection is a must-have for Robinson fans-and any fan of compelling crime fiction.
Fertile Ground
by Charles WilsonA team of scientists explore an uncharted region of the Amazon, seeking exotic plants that may yield cures for the diseases afflicting humanity. But their mission goes horribly wrong when the party is attacked by the area's mysterious natives, and when they learn too late that they've landed in the cauldron of a deadly, unknown virus.
The Fervor
by Alma KatsuThe acclaimed author of the celebrated literary horror novels The Hunger and The Deep turns her psychological and supernatural eye on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II.1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meiko's husband's enlistment as an air force pilot in the Pacific months prior, Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest. It didn&’t matter that Aiko was American-born: They were Japanese, and therefore considered a threat by the American government. Mother and daughter attempt to hold on to elements of their old life in the camp when a mysterious disease begins to spread among those interned. What starts as a minor cold quickly becomes spontaneous fits of violence and aggression, even death. And when a disconcerting team of doctors arrive, nearly more threatening than the illness itself, Meiko and her daughter team up with a newspaper reporter and widowed missionary to investigate, and it becomes clear to them that something more sinister is afoot, a demon from the stories of Meiko&’s childhood, hell-bent on infiltrating their already strange world. Inspired by the Japanese yokai and the jorogumo spider demon, The Fervor explores the horrors of the supernatural beyond just the threat of the occult. With a keen and prescient eye, Katsu crafts a terrifying story about the danger of demonization, a mysterious contagion, and the search to stop its spread before it's too late. A sharp account of too-recent history, it's a deep excavation of how we decide who gets to be human when being human matters most.