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The Figure In the Shadows (Lewis Barnavelt #2)

Chubby Lewis, the timid but dauntless hero of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, returns in an even scarier tale of magic and mystery. Investigating the contents of Grandfather Barnavelt's ancient trunk, Lewis and Uncle Jonathan discover an old coin. Lewis hopes it's an amulet whose magic will protect him from bullies. Together with his new friend Rose Rita, he performs a test to find out the coin's power--but neither Lewis nor Rose Rita is prepared for the astonishing and sinister events that follow.

File M for Murder

Athena College's new writer in residence is native son and playwright Connor Lawton, known for his sharp writing-and sharper tongue. After an unpleasant encounter, librarian Charlie Harris heads home to a nice surprise: his daughter Laura is subbing for another Athena professor. Unfortunately her old flame Connor Lawton got her the job.But before Connor finishes his newest play, he's murdered-and Laura is the prime suspect. Charlie and his faithful cat, Diesel, follow Connor's cluttered trail to find the true killer before his daughter is forever catalogued under M...for murderer.

File No. 113

In the Paris evening papers of Tuesday, February 28, 1866, under the head of /Local Items/, the following announcement appeared: "A daring robbery, committed against one of our most eminent bankers, M. Andre Fauvel, caused great excitement this morning throughout the neighborhood of Rue de Provence. "The thieves, who were as skilful as they were bold, succeeded in making an entrance to the bank, in forcing the lock of a safe that has heretofore been considered impregnable, and in possessing themselves of the enormous sum of three hundred and fifty thousand francs in bank-notes.

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (Reports 1-6) (All the Wrong Questions)

The first volume in a two-part e-book series that invites you to match wits with Lemony Snicket and solve perplexing mini-mysteries. Paintings have been falling off of walls, a loud and loyal dog has gone missing, a gurgled message is being transmitted by walkie-talkie-strange things are happening all over the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea. Called upon to investigate these suspicious incidents, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case. Join the investigation and tackle the mysteries alongside Snicket, then click on the link at the end of each Report to see the solution revealed.Search for File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (Reports 7-13) to complete this mysterious series!

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (Reports 7-13) (All the Wrong Questions)

The second volume of the two-part e-book series that invites you to solve mini-mysteries alongside Lemony Snicket. An important postcard never reached its destination, three brothers have been apprehended for one crime, a specter has been seen walking on the pier at midnight-more peculiar events are unfolding all over the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea. Lemony Snicket is on the case! Join the investigation and tackle the mysteries alongside Snicket. Think you've cracked them? Click on the link at the end of each Report to the back of the book to see the solution revealed.Search for File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (Reports 1-6) to complete this mysterious series!

File Under Dead

Tenth Tom/Scott mystery.

File Under Dead: A Tom And Scott Mystery (Tom & Scott Mysteries #10)

After years of avoiding volunteer organizations, Chicago high school teacher Tom Mason is finally guilted into volunteering a few hours a week at a local gay services clinic. Since he finds the bitter in-fighting at the organization to be intolerable, and the head of the clinic to be downright poisonous, Tom does his hours on early Saturday morning before anyone else arrives and avoids most of the office politics. But his quiet Saturday goes quickly awry when two gay teens, in a particularly difficult situation, seek him out for counseling early to avoid being seen by anyone else. After they leave, Tom decides to tidy up the cramped, disordered office and file some of the tettering piles that are practically everywhere. Filing turns out to be a surprisingly gruesome task, however, when in one of the filing cabinet drawers Tom finds the severed head of the director of the clinic. The director, called Snarly Bitch behind his back because of his unpleasant demeanor, had a particularly long enemies' list and Tom himself is not particularly choked up about his untimely demise. But with a long suspect list, a fairly indifferent police force, and the welfare of some of the clinic's youthful charges on the line, Tom himself must sort out the murder before an innocent takes the fall for this very unusual crime.

A Filha Do Mumificador

Egito, 1233 a. CO sonho de Neti-Kerty é seguir os passos de seu pai e se tornar a primeira mulher mumificadora do Tebas.Shabaka, o comissário cheio de segredos, é o enviado especial do Faraó encarregado de combater o crime na capital do Império do Faraó, e frequentemente utiliza os talentos especiais de Neti Kerty. Com seus poderes de dedução e conhecimento dos mortos, ela já o ajudou a resolver muitos crimes.Mas o inimaginável aconteceu. Seus pais foram cruelmente assassinados, e o pequeno mundo ideal de Neti-Kerty é despedaçado. Ao lado de Shabaka, o comissário, ela inicia uma busca pelo assassino de seus pais. Sobrevivendo a muitas aventuras em conjunto, eles se veem diante de uma monstruosa conspiração...A Filha do Mumificador nos leva de volta à uma terra repleta de deuses, deus-reis, rituais e magias. Apresentando ao leitor uma imagem detalhada do Egito Faraónico em toda sua glória sombria. Recriando fielmente uma das mais marcantes eras na história do Egito, o autor de best-sellers Nathaniel Bruns tece um conto sinistro dos mistérios do Egito com um elenco de personagens que o leitor moderno irá reconhecer apesar dos milênios que se passaram.Então acenda o incenso, sente-se perto da luz, e abra as cortinas de um passado sombrio com este conto emocionante de amor e intriga entre os vivos e os mortos, em uma das civilizações mais intrigantes da história.

The Filigree Ball

The Filigree Ball

It is a story to be read with a rush, for no one can put it down until he has found the heart of the mystery. For originality of detail and cleverness of development this book is really unusual. This is something more than a mere detective story; it is a thrilling romance--a romance of mystery and crime where a shrewd detective helps to solve the mystery.

Fillet of Murder

FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!Talia Marby serves up delectable English deep fried fare in the heart of the Berkshires--but she soon discovers there's something fishy going on... Sometimes in this life, you have to fish or cut bait. After walking away from a miserable job and an even worse boyfriend, Talia Marby has no regrets. She's returned to her hometown and is happy to help her dear friend Bea Lambert by working at Lambert's Fish & Chips, a cornerstone of a charming shopping plaza designed to resemble an old English village. But not all the shop owners are charming. Phil Turnbull has been pestering Bea to sign a petition against a new store opening up, and his constant badgering is enough to make her want to boil him in oil. When Talia and Bea stumble upon Turnbull murdered in his shop, the police suspect Bea. Now it's up to Talia to fish around for clues and hook the real killer before her friend has to trade serving food for serving time... Includes delicious recipes!

The Film

The Film – fact-based novel in which facts and fictions are mingled – is about a young man who finds himself being interviewed as an actor. He feels that he is someone else, not an actor. However, there are things which prove that he is an actor: he knows everything about film. And there are things which confirm that he is someone else. He is not sure who and what he is. He is not sure where he is. He is not sure what is real and what is unreal. He doubts not only his own identity, but the identities of the others in the room. He cannot believe in what he experiences. He cannot believe in what he thinks and feels. He does not know on whom and on what he should rely. The Film is a novel which gives the reader not only intellectual pleasure, but things for meditating.

Film at Eleven

WHEN EVERYONE IS WATCHING...An impromptu appearance on Montana's favorite morning talk show to promote her new book turned Dr. Molly Jameson's quiet life upside down. And now the brainy beauty had become a media-savvy serial killer's next target. Even worse, Montana's golden boy, the infuriatingly handsome-and very off-limits-anchorman, Chandler Landry, was the only one she could turn to for protection.Though a string of suspicious accidents proved Molly was in terrible danger, forging an intensely passionate relationship with Chandler seemed more frightening than being found by the madman who wanted her dead. But would Molly's fleeting fifteen minutes of harrowing fame lead to a permanent future together with Chandler...or lead her straight to a killer?

Film Strip (Sierra Lavotini Mysteries)

Exotic dancer Sierra Lavotini's latest brainstorm to help the Tiffany Gentleman's Club turn a profit is a disaster. Sierra, headliner for the classiest strip joint in Panama City, Florida, and the club's owner, Vincent Gambuzzo, invited a gallery of porn actresses to guest star on the Tiffany stage. It's a gutsy plan, considering that most of these silicone-enhanced creatures don't have much in the way of true talent. As Sierra likes to say, at the Tiffany dancing consists of more than T&A working a pole. Still, under Sierra's firm guidance, the venture seems to be raking in the cash. At least until a sniper begins taking exception-starting with Venus, who is shot and killed. Sierra takes a bullet in the, ahem, posterior region during the attack, and would like nothing more than to forget about the whole thing and convalesce with the help of her on-again boyfriend, Homicide Detective John Nailor. But when the investigation hones in on Marla, another Tiffany girl, Sierra is forced to focus her energy on finding the real killer. No small task, considering the interest of the local "organization" in the situation, even once Sierra enlists the help of her landlady Pat; Raydean, her psychotic neighbor; and her oldest brother Francis. Steamy romance, intrigue, laugh-out-loud humor, mob bosses, and Sierra's overprotective Italian family-it's all here in Film Strip, Nancy Bartholomew's latest hilarious tale.

Un filo de luz (Salvo Montalbano #Volumen 23)

Con la nitidez con la que un filo de luz recorta la zona de sombra, un comisario Montalbano más vulnerable que nunca afronta su destino. «El Montalbano más hermoso de nuestra vida. ¿Es posible que, después de una veintena de novelas con el comisario, Camilleri aún consiga superarse? Sí, leedlo y veréis.»Corriere della Sera Al igual que otros libros de la serie de Montalbano, Un filo de luz comienza con una pesadilla. Esta vez, sin embargo, el comisario no consigue desprenderse de un malestar profundo, una aciaga sensación premonitoria que lo deja receloso y aprensivo. En Lampedusa se ha vuelto a producir un desembarco de inmigrantes clandestinos, y el ministro de Interior decide hacer una aparición estelar con parada en Vigàta. Para evitar a toda costa toparse con él, Montalbano se va a visitar una exposición de pintores italianos delsiglo XX en la nueva galería de arte de la localidad. Allí conoce a su propietaria, Marian di Rosa, una elegante milanesa que sabe lo que quiere, una auténtica femme fatale ante la que el comisario caerá rendido, sin oponer la menor resistencia. En su fuero interno, Montalbano sabe que su relación con Marian no es una aventura sin importancia, se siente presa de algo distinto, un enamoramiento que lo trastorna, y tiene que esforzarse para mantenerse lúcido y no perder la cabeza. Livia es sólo una voz al otro lado del teléfono, y Salvo es incapaz de sincerarse con ella. Confundido, posterga toda decisión recurriendo a tácticas y subterfugios. El siniestro sueño de las primeras páginas resultará, en efecto, premonitorio. En el desenlace de sus investigaciones, alguien muy querido para Montalbano reaparece trágicamente en su vida, y su relación con Livia adquiere una dimensión profunda y olvidada. Reseña:«Esta nueva novela avanza hacia su desenlace en un crescendo de tragedia griega. Vuelven los viejos fantasmas, se reabren cicatrices. [...] Ésta es la fuerza de las novelas de la saga Montalbano: un sentido de la humanidad que es el fruto de los deseos inconfesados y de las debilidades más inconfesables.»La Repubblica

Filth

With the Christmas season upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson of Edinburgh's finest is gearing up socially—kicking things off with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam. There are some sizable flies in the ointment, though: a missing wife and child, a nagging cocaine habit, some painful below-the-belt eczema, and a string of demanding extramarital affairs. The last thing Robertson needs is a messy, racially fraught murder, even if it means overtime—and the opportunity to clinch the promotion he craves. Then there's that nutritionally demanding (and psychologically acute) intestinal parasite in his gut. Yes, things are going badly for this utterly corrupt tribune of the law, but in an Irvine Welsh novel nothing is ever so bad that it can't get a whole lot worse. . . .In Bruce Robertson Welsh has created one of the most compellingly misanthropic characters in contemporary fiction, in a dark and disturbing and often scabrously funny novel about the abuse of everything and everybody. "Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius. He is the best thing that has happened to British writing in decades."—Sunday Times [London] "[O]ne of the most significant writers in Britain. He writes with style, imagination, wit, and force, and in a voice which those alienated by much current fiction clearly want to hear."—Times Literary Supplement "Welsh writes with such vile, relentless intensity that he makes Louis-Ferdinand Céline, the French master of defilement, look like Little Miss Muffet. "—Courtney Weaver, The New York Times Book Review "The corrupt Edinburgh cop-antihero of Irvine Welsh's best novel since Trainspotting is an addictive personality in another sense: so appallingly powerful is his character that it's hard to put the book down....[T]he rapid-fire rhythm and pungent dialect of the dialogue carry the reader relentlessly toward the literally filthy denouement. "—Village Voice Literary Supplement, "Our 25 Favorite Books of 1998" "Welsh excels at making his trash-spewing bluecoat peculiarly funny and vulnerable—and you will never think of the words 'Dame Judi Dench' in the same way ever again. [Grade:] A-. "—Charles Winecoff, Entertainment Weekly

The Filthy Few: A Steve Nastos Mystery (The Steve Nastos Mysteries #3)

Whether it&’s cops or criminals, every organization has its filthy few . . . No longer on the force, Karen Grant is now working as a journalist—and one of her two sources has just been murdered in what police have written off as a drug deal gone bad. When Grant and a witness become hunted themselves, she can think of only one person to turn to: her ex-partner, disgraced Toronto detective Steve Nastos. With help from his friend, lawyer Kevin Carscadden, Nastos is about to confront two ambitious rookie cops and some nasty outlaw bikers who have one thing in common: they&’ll do anything to serve their own interests . . .

Fin de guardia (Trilogía Bill Hodges #3)

Fin de guardia es el espectacular final de la «Trilogía Bill Hodges» que comenzó con Mr. Mercedes y continuó con Quien pierde paga. Hay asesinos que usan cuchillos,otros pistolas o incluso coches,pero todos ellos tienen un objetivo en mente:volverte loco. Al detective retirado Hodges, que dirige una agencia de investigación privada con Holly, le diagnostican un cáncer de páncreas: le quedan meses de vida. En ese momento Hodges investiga una serie de suicidios recientes con un punto en común: todos los fallecidos tuvieron relación con Brady Hartsfield, el tristemente famoso Mercedes, que hace años planeó volar una sala de conciertos de rock llena de adolescentes. Hodges y Holly dejaron al asesino en estado vegetativo del que no se ha recuperado. Sin embargo, el médico del hospital ha estado suministrando a Brady drogas experimentales que han supuesto que adquiera nuevos poderes, incluida la capacidad de mover objetos pequeños con la mente y de entrar en los cuerpos de ciertas personas vulnerables a su control. Desde su cama Brady ha ideado una aplicación del videojuego Zappit. En cuanto tiene al usuario bajo control, usa la aplicación para dominar su mente y arrastrarlo al suicidio. Sus objetivos son los mismos adolescentes que escaparon de la muerte, pero en realidad quiere atraer a Hodges al juego y vengarse. No sabe que está a punto de morir.

Fin de guardia / End of Watch

Fin de guardia es el espectacular final de la «Trilogía Bill Hodges» que comenzó con Mr. Mercedes y continuó con Quien pierde paga. Al detective retirado Hodges, que dirige una agencia de investigación privada con Holly, le diagnostican un cáncer de páncreas: le quedan meses de vida. En ese momento Hodges investiga una serie de suicidios recientes con un punto en común: todos los fallecidos tuvieron relación con Brady Hartsfield, el tristemente famoso Mercedes, que hace años planeó volar una sala de conciertos de rock llena de adolescentes. Hodges y Holly dejaron al asesino en estado vegetativo del que no se ha recuperado. Sin embargo, el médico del hospital ha estado suministrando a Brady drogas experimentales que han supuesto que adquiera nuevos poderes, incluida la capacidad de mover objetos pequeños con la mente y de entrar en los cuerpos de ciertas personas vulnerables a su control. Desde su cama Brady ha ideado una aplicación del videojuego Zappit. En cuanto tiene al usuario bajo control, usa la aplicación para dominar su mente y arrastrarlo al suicidio. Sus objetivos son los mismos adolescentes que escaparon de la muerte, pero en realidad quiere atraer a Hodges al juego y vengarse. No sabe que está a punto de morir.

El fin de la guerra de los Estados Unidos en Afganistán: Los Agentes Rusos: Libro 3 (Los Agentes Rusos #3)

Las tropas estadounidenses abandonaron Afganistán. Pero, al igual que en Irak, pronto se vieron obligadas a regresar. Tres agentes rusos intentan detener las armas nucleares robadas a Pakistán por los talibanes. Los talibanes quieren utilizar las armas robadas para obligar a Estados Unidos a abandonar Afganistán para siempre. ¿Les permitirán los ataques nucleares en múltiples lugares de Afganistán tener éxito? ¿O podrán los agentes rusos y las fuerzas especiales estadounidenses detener a los talibanes a tiempo? "El autor se ha esforzado mucho, más que la mayoría, en justificar las acciones de cada una de las naciones implicadas, especialmente Rusia. Al menos para mí, eso le da al libro mucho más realismo y lo convierte en una historia mucho más interesante. El desarrollo de los personajes también es estupendo. Uno se involucra en la historia. Por último, como veterano de la USAF, su uso del ejército y las descripciones de las personalidades implicadas son excepcionales".

El fin de la guerra rusa en Ucrania: Los Agentes Rusos: Libro 4 (Los Agentes Rusos #4)

Agentes rusos buscan en Ucrania una ojiva nuclear desaparecida. Estados Unidos sospecha que la ojiva no ha sido robada y que su detonación es un pretexto para que Rusia se apodere de Ucrania. ¿Encontrarán los agentes la cabeza nuclear antes de que sea utilizada y dé comienzo la Tercera Guerra Mundial? Publishers Weekly: "El impresionante cuarto thriller de los Agentes Rusos de Halstead evita las convenciones trilladas del género... Los fans de las novelas de espionaje se deleitarán".

El fin de los escribas (La biblioteca de los muertos #Volumen 3)

La fecha del fin del mundo se acerca. La población teme ver cumplida la profecía de la abadía de Vectis. Algunos, sin embargo, conservan la esperanza. ¿Es posible alterar el curso del destino? Año 2026. Mientras la humanidad se acerca a la fatídica fecha del fin del mundo, el hijo del ex agente del FBI Will Piper desaparece en pos de una joven que afirma tener una información que podría cambiar el destino: no todos los escribas habrían muerto en el suicidio colectivo de la abadía de Vectis... Glenn Cooper, el autor que revolucionó el género del thriller histórico con La biblioteca de los muertos y El libro de las almas, nos brinda ahora un espléndido y perturbador desenlace. El fin de los escribas es el broche de oro a una trilogía que ha fascinado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo. Reseñas:«GlennCooper se merece un éxito más sonado que el de Dan Brown.»Corriere della Sera «A medida que Cooper va tejiendo las distintas capas de la intriga uno comprende que no se trata de un thriller al uso, sino de una obra que nos plantea grandes preguntas. Apasionante.»Sunday Telegraph

Fin del juego (¡BÚ!)

A Arthur le encantan los videojuegos, ¡pero jamás se imaginó quedarse atrapado dentro de uno! Ahora le queda una sola vida, y tendrá que usar todo lo que sabe sobre los videojuegos para sobrevivir. Con capítulos cortos, texto fácil de leer y contenido especial al final de cada libro, la serie ¡BU! logra dar un nivel de susto justo a los lectores más pequeños (sin quitarles el sueño).

Final Account (Inspector Banks #7)

There's more than blood and bone beneath the skin ...The victim, a nondescript "numbers cruncher," died horriblyjust yards away from his terrified wife and daughter, murdered by men who clearly enjoyed their work. The crime scene is one that could chill the blood of even the most seasoned police officer. But the strange revelations about an ordinary accountant's extraordinary secret life are what truly set Chief Inspector Alan Banks off -- as lies breed further deceptions and blood begets blood, unleashing a policeman's dark passions ... and a violent rage that, when freed, might be impossible to control.

The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby: A Novel

The gripping follow up to the “smart, stylish, and savage” (People) New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick The Club—a twisty mystery involving a cursed wealthy family and a Surrealist painting which holds the key to three suspicious deaths over the course of a century. Some women won't be painted out of history . . .Everybody knows that in 1938, runaway heiress artist Juliette Willoughby perished in an accidental studio fire in Paris, alongside her masterpiece Self Portrait As Sphinx.Fifty years later, two Cambridge art history students are confounded when they stumble across proof that the fire was no accident but something more sinister. What they uncover threatens the very foundation of Juliette’s aristocratic family and revives rumors of the infamous curse that has haunted the Willoughbys for generations.But what does their discovery mean? And how is it connected to a brutal murder in present-day Dubai?A tale of love and madness, obsession and revenge, The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby unravels the riddle posed by a Sphinx who refuses to reveal her secrets . . .