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Fixing to Die (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper #9)
by Elaine VietsMystery shopper Josie Marcus unlocks a DIY murder case when her new house’s “good bones” takes on multiple meanings…Josie’s been busy with a personal shopping project—scouring suburban St. Louis for a starter home for her and her newlywed husband, Dr. Ted Scottsmeyer. So she’s thrilled when Ted’s veterinary partner, Dr. Christine Cormac, hooks them up with a beautiful house, which her flaky sister, Rain, inexplicably abandoned months earlier. But before they’ve even picked out the paint, Josie and Ted discover Rain’s body beneath their backyard gazebo and Christine is immediately boxed up for murder.Now, Josie’s new home is a crime scene and Christine is headed for the big house…unless Josie steps in. Good thing she’s handy around a murder investigation, because she’ll need all her sleuthing skills to unpack the clues, flip the case, and nail the real killer.
Fixing to Die
by Elaine VietsMystery shopper Josie Marcus has been happily married to veterinarian Ted Scottsmeyer for months. But her newly wedded bliss is about to be cut short. . . . Josie and Ted have finally tied the knot, and they’re ready for the next step: buying a house. Ted’s business partner, Christine, has one she’s willing to sell, but it needs a lot of love. Luckily, the newlyweds are up for the challenge. But when they tear down a rickety gazebo in the backyard, they find the body of Christine’s sister, a free spirit who supposedly took off six months before. The police arrest Christine for murder, leaving Ted to work overtime at the office to cover for his partner. With no time to work on the house or be with her husband, Josie will have to find the real killer quickly, before both her house and marriage are beyond repair. . . . Includes Shopping Tips! .
Fixit
by Joe IdeAs IQ plugs a mysterious USB into his laptop, he's horrified to see what flashes across the screen: his girlfriend Grace is sweaty and bedraggled - her wrists wrapped with duct tape. Grace has been kidnapped by the likes of Skip Hanson, a brutish hitman with a vendetta against Isaiah. As IQ and Dodson attempt to locate Grace based on scant evidence, (read: a Sonic burger wrapper in one grainy image) they must wend through the stark, unrelenting East California landscape in search of clues. Just as the case grows increasingly complicated, and Grace's situation more dire, another powerful enemy emerges from the woodwork. And all the while, watching them closely, is the newly minted LAPD detective assigned to Grace's case, Winnie Hando, a complicated woman with a complicated agenda of her own.
Fixit: An IQ Novel (An IQ Novel)
by Joe IdeIn the latest installment in Joe Ide's "superb" series (Washington Post), the relentless, hard-bitten PI, Isaiah Quintabe, is faced with a nightmarish scenario when the love of his life is kidnapped by a maniacal hitman who bears a grudge against him.**Named one of the Best Mystery Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal** Danger has always followed IQ, a reality he&’s keenly aware of as he&’s laid up in a hospital bed, recovering from injuries sustained in his last case. Isaiah cannot help himself from being the hero, and any misery he&’s suffered as a result—wounds from a knife fight, gnawing paranoia—he&’s suffered alone. Yet as IQ recovers, five hundred miles from East Long Beach, he&’s unaware that Grace has been abducted by his sworn enemy, the professional hitman Skip Hanson. Skip is savage and psychotic, determined to punish Isaiah for sending him to prison and destroying his life. Now, Isaiah and his sometimes partner, ex-hustler Juanell Dodson, must track scant clues through L.A.&’s perilous landscape as Grace&’s predicament grows more uncertain. A complication arises in the form of Winnie Hando, a homicide detective with something to prove. Stubborn and effective, Winnie sees Isaiah&’s efforts as an obstruction to the investigation and a possible embarrassment: an unlicensed PI can&’t be seen doing the department&’s job better than the department. Winnie tries to stop Isaiah while pursuing the case herself, their struggles clashing and slowing their progress. As the desperate hunt winds on, Isaiah fears that even if he can bring Grace home alive, things between them will never be the same. This latest series installment is an explosive collision of drug dealers, thieves, maniacs, shotguns, vicious dogs, stampeding horses, and Ide&’s signature energy, grit, and profundity
Flags on the Bayou
by James Lee BurkeIn the fall of 1863, the Union Army controls the Mississippi River and much of Louisiana, as the Civil War rolls on.Wade Lufkin is a man without a country or a cause - an idle spectator since New Orleans surrendered, he now paints at his uncle's plantation. That is until he finds an intriguing new subject...Hannah Laveau is an enslaved woman who stands accused of everything from adultery to insurrection, from magic to murder. But all she wants is to find her missing son - and she will risk her life for it.When Hannah goes on the run, she must dodge the calculating and merciless local constable and the slavecatchers that prowl the bayou as she flees through Louisiana, from the cottonmouth snakes and tree-lined swamps to the dingy saloons of New Orleans. From 'the king of Southern noir' (Daily Mirror) comes a powerful and deeply moving Civil War thriller - a story of tragic acts of war, lost and desperate people, and love enduring through it all.PRAISE FOR JAMES LEE BURKE, THE AWARD-WINNING KING OF SOUTHERN NOIR:'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed' Michael Connelly'A gorgeous prose stylist' Stephen King'No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists' Daily Mail
Flagstick (Alan Saxon Mysteries #4)
by Keith MilesA funeral in the family forces Alan Saxon to go home and confront the father he hates. Old wounds are reopened and he beats a hasty retreat. Though he flies off to the Far East, he cannot outrun his problems. His first port of call is Bangkok where he plays a round of golf with an old friend, Sam Limsong. Pleasure is soon overshadowed by some alarming developments, and he flies on to Tokyo with deep misgivings.Contracted to make an instructional video, Saxon falls foul of his host, the tyrannical Shoei Ogino, head of a giant corporation who is obsessed with the game of golf. In Ogino's relationship with his sons, Saxon sees parallels with his own father's attitudes. Those parallels are thrown into sharper relief when Ogino is murdered. Saxon is caught up in the family chaos and drawn into a relationship with the delectable Mitsu, bereaved daughter of Ogino. Problems multiply for the British golfer, but he continues to fly the flag bravely....
The Flame
by John DeBoerWhen twelve-year-old Craig Fletcher is first attracted to his classmate, Laura Forsythe, he has no idea that his unrequited puppy love will develop over the next twenty years into an addiction to the seductive woman Laura becomes, a siren whose call he can't resist. The Flame is the story of Craig's obsession for a femme fatale, threatening to destroy his reputation, his career, and jeopardizing his very survival. Finally, at the brink of disaster, he looks into the abyss and wonders if it is not too late to, if not save himself, then at least obtain some measure of redemption.
Flame: Flame, Bloodfire, And Hot (The Fred Carver Mysteries #4)
by John LutzWhen a client dies in a car explosion, Orlando detective Fred Carver learns the man may not have been who he said he wasFor Bert Renway, it starts out as a simple proposition: a fat bundle of money to spend a few weeks impersonating Frank Wesley, a local tycoon. But after a while Bert grows suspicious of the easy money, and seeks help in the shape of Fred Carver, an ex–Orlando policeman turned private investigator. Like Bert, Carver smells trouble, and agrees to help him find out who his employers are and why they want him to play Wesley. Neither of them is suspicious enough. A few minutes after Bert leaves, an explosion sounds in the parking lot—the new client&’s car gone up in a burst of flame. When they pull his body from the wreckage, dental records identify him not as Bert Renway, but as Frank Wesley. Carver doesn&’t care. He&’s on the case no matter who the man was. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.Flame is the 4th book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Flame-Colored Taffeta
by Rosemary SutcliffTwelve-year-old Damaris and her friends become involved with smugglers and a young man who may be a spy, in a rural community near the southern coast of England in the eighteenth century.
Flame Out: A Novel (The June Lyons Series #2)
by M. P. CooleyJune Lyons, the former FBI-agent-turned-small-town-cop introduced in the acclaimed Ice Shear must solve two connected cases whose roots stretch back decades in time—and dangerously touch the lives of those closest to her.As a police officer in the rust belt town of Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons keeps an eye on the abandoned factories that line the Mohawk River. Spotting a slick of gasoline running across the parking lot of an old apparel factory, she quickly heads inside the building, where she discovers an unconscious woman too close to the flame. The fire destroys the building down to its sub-basements, and the badly burned woman June rescued is in a coma. No one knows who she is or how she got there.Thirty years ago, June’s father made a name for himself when he arrested the factory’s owner, Bernie Mede, for killing his wife and child, though their bodies were never found. Sifting through the factory’s ruins, June and her partner Dave Batko discover a woman’s body sealed in a barrel. Surely, it’s Luisa Mede and the case file can be closed. But the body isn’t Bernie’s wife, it’s Dave’s mother, a troubled party-girl who disappeared when Dave was young.As June and her neighbors discover, beneath Hopewell Falls’ charming façade lies some unbearably ugly truths—secrets that are only beginning to surface. With the case growing more complex, she teams with FBI Special Agent Hale Bascom to find answers—before everyone she loves, and the town itself, spin dangerously out of control.
El Flamenco Blanco
by Naiara Pérez Pérez James A. NewmanFun City está gobernada por dirigentes corruptos y mafiosos respetables que llevan opulentas vidas en las mansiones de la colina, por encima del puerto, la playa, y la jungla de neón. Un día cualquiera aparece el cadáver de una chica por horas, TAMMY, mutilada encima de una mesa; su cadáver presenta indicios de haber muerto a manos de un asesino imitador de Jack el Destripador. La organización criminal local conocida como la POLICÍA arresta al conocido pervertido SEB BELL, hijo de la una famosa y bella pin-up de los setenta que solía ser conocida como EL FLAMENCO BLANCO. EL FLAMENCO contrata al detective JOE DYLAN para encontrar al ASESINO antes de que sea puesto en búsqueda y captura y más mujeres pasen a engrosar la lista de víctimas. EL FLAMENCO BLANCO es un auténtico y vertiginoso thriller de la nueva novela negra cada vez más importante dentro del género de la novela detectivesca.
Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities (A Happy Hoofers Mystery #2)
by Mary MchughMurder is nothing to tap at. . . The high-kicking Happy Hoofers--Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini--have been booked to flaunt their fabulous flamenco footwork on a luxury train ride through northern Spain. But when a blowhard talk show host is found deader than four-day-old flan--with Gini as suspect numero uno--the feisty friends waste no time stepping into their sleuthing shoes to protect one of their own. The dynamite dancers will have to step up their game before a clever killer brings the curtain down on one of them . . . for good! Includes Photo Tips And Tasty Recipes
Flamenco to Mischief: A QUIX Book (A Miss Mallard Mystery)
by Robert QuackenbushWorld-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard tracks down a stolen painting in Spain in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery.While on holiday in sunny Spain to attend a flamenco festival, Miss Mallard, the world-famous ducktective, and her nephew Willard Widgeon of the Swiss police become involved with intrigue. A painting by Miss Mallard&’s great friend, El Ducko, Spain&’s wealthiest artist, is stolen. Miss Mallard goes undercover as a flamenco dancer to &“quack&” the case.
Flames of Fury (Executioner #309, Org Crime Trilogy, Book II)
by Don Pendleton Mike NewtonHis brother Johnny's urgent summons draws Mack Bolan into a campaign to take down Maxwell Reed, an exiled Caribbean dictator using an army of mercenaries to stage a coup. Reed is financed by a consortium of international crime lords intent on claiming a stake in the corrupt and violent future of Isla de Victoria. DIRECT ASSAULT Bolan has Reed in his sights when his quarry and those who pay his way move the fight from its stateside beginnings to Panama City and the Bahamas. Along the way, many fall to the guns of the Bolan brothers, a rogue lady Fed and Stony Man's Jack Grimaldi. But the foursome is shattered when one of their own is captured, and all that may be left to fight for is the bittersweet taste of revenge.
Flamethrower (Ruby Murphy Mystery #3)
by Maggie EstepIn the newest Ruby Murphy mystery, New York's inadvertent sleuth discovers more about her shrink than she could have ever imagined as the doctor turns the tables, enlisting her help in the hunt for a one-legged man who's been kidnapped and hidden in the Rockaways. Life gets even stranger when Ruby is inexplicably fired from her job at the Coney Island Museum, her friend Violet's best racehorse is suddenly put up for sale, and a blue Honda begins shadowing Ruby's every move as she journeys into the wilds of Pennsylvania in search of the woman she always thought had all the answers.Between her apartment that is spitting distance from the Cyclone rollercoaster, the barn deep in a no-man's-land where she stables her horse, and the racetrack that is consuming her boyfriend, Ruby already knows her share of eccentric New York misfits. But in Flamethrower, she may have finally met her dangerous match.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Flaming Corsage (Albany Cycle #6)
by William KennedyThe sixth novel in Kennedy's Albany Cycle. In a Manhattan hotel room, a murder-suicide with four protagonists has occurred. But the mystery of who killed whom, and why, in the "Love Nest Killings of 1908", will not come fully unraveled until the lives of the principle characters are fully explored.
The Flaming Luau of Death
by Jerrilyn FarmerWhen Holly Nichols sets her wedding date, trendy L.A. party-planner Madeline Bean decides to throw her top assistant the hippest and most lavish bridal shower on the planet. The guests embark on a "destination" party to a fabulous and exclusive spa/resort in Hawaii. The salt-rubs! The paraffin pedicures! The dead body in the mud bath! Ew. It doesn't help matters when Holly confesses to Maddie that she can't really go through with the upcoming wedding after all. In her effort to smooth the matrimonial path for her dear friend, Madeline must track down the mystery man Holly may have married ten years earlier and never actually got around to divorcing. How hard can that be? Well, with the elusive gentleman in question running from a gang of rare vegetable smugglers, the bridal shower guests imbibing in one "Bridesmaid Mojito" too many, the current fiancÉ developing an allergy to scandal, and a murderer on the loose, it looks like anything but clear sailing down the aisle for one of Mad Bean's best employees.
The Flaming Sword: A Novel of the End
by Breck EnglandA Heart-Pounding International Thriller With a Shocking MysteryFor fans of Angels and Demons, Origin, The Da Vinci Code, and other books by Dan Brown, Brad Thor or Daniel Silva, comes a religious and political mystery that will have you guessing until the very end.An Incredible Weapon. In the beginning, the Lord sent mighty cherubim with a flaming sword to guard the holiest place on earth, the mount of Jerusalem, where the golden Dome of the Rock stands today. Now mysterious conspirators threaten to ignite a world war in the same place, with a “flaming sword” of a different kind.The Epicenter of Monotheistic Faiths. Anciently, Solomon’s Temple stood on this spot, making it holy to the Jewish faith. According to the gospels, Christ was crucified near this spot, making it holy to Christians. Finally, the prophet Mohammed took his flight to heaven from this spot, making it holy to Muslims. A threat to this epicenter of three contesting faiths could shake apart the delicate balance of peace and bring down global ruin.Secrets Upon Secrets. In this concluding volume of The Day of Atonement series, follow Israeli agent Ari and his companion, Interpol agent Maryse, as they race across multiple continents toward the mount of Jerusalem—and a shocking discovery that could mean the end of everything. The Flaming Sword is a fast-paced fiction that takes us right to the heart of Jerusalem. Can roiling religious wars end in time to save the world?
Flaming Tree
by Phyllis A. WhitneyOn the California coast, a physical therapist unlocks a young boy&’s terrible secrets, in this novel from &“the Grand Master of her craft&” (Barbara Michaels). In search of solitude in the wake of her son&’s tragic death, recently divorced physical therapist Kelsey Stewart accepts an invitation to stay at her aunt Elaine&’s seaside inn in Carmel, California. No sooner does Kelsey arrive than she becomes moved by another tragedy: On a bright sunny day, local boy Jody Hammond fell from the Point Lobos cliff into the pounding waves of the Pacific and was left with a devastating brain injury. He now stares into an empty void and hasn&’t spoken a single word since the accident. Compelled to aid in the boy&’s recovery, Kelsey visits the Hammonds&’ Flaming Tree ranch, where Jody&’s tyrannical father, Tyler, has given up hope. Kelsey can offer that, and the effort might revive her own crushed spirit as well. But as she falls in love with the mysterious Tyler, she also begins to unravel the family&’s secrets. When she begins to fear that Jody&’s silence is coming from a very dark place, her mission will become one of life and death—because what&’s buried in the boy&’s memories could be murder. Flaming Tree is a twisting tale of deception, danger, and discovery from an Edgar Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling master of suspense. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author&’s estate.
Flamingo Fatale (A Trailer Park Mystery #1)
by Jimmie Ruth EvansFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits and grits, double shifts…and murder!A Trailer Park Mystery (#1)Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included!Wanda Nell Cullpepper’s hectic life isn’t getting any easier. When she returns home from a long day of double shifts at her day job waitressing at the Kountry Kitchen diner and her night shifts at the Budget Mart, the last person she wants to see is her no-account ex-husband, Bobby Ray, talking big and flashing cash.Just when she thinks things can’t get worse, Wanda Nell wakes up the next day to find Bobby Ray just plain dead—killed with her favorite pink flamingo yard ornament! But things go from bad to worse: now the sheriff is eyeing Wanda Nell as the primary suspect…and the real murderers have her in their sights. But she’s come this far on wits and grits, so with the help of her trusty best friend, Wanda Nell sets out to fight back and catch the real culprits—or lose her life!“Wanda Nell and her shotgun-toting buddy Mayrene are wonderful people to get to know. A down-home treat!” – #1 New York Times bestseller, Charlaine Harris“FLAMINGO FATALE is the Southern cozy at its best.” – Lane Wright, revewingtheevidence.com“As down-home and appealing as fried green tomatoes, grits, and sweet tea. Heroine Wanda Nell Culpepper is a steel magnolia to cherish.” – Carolyn Hart
Flamingo Lane: A Novel of Southern Noir
by Tim ApplegateChance is a hitman with hippie roots and deep emotional wounds, disillusioned by life and stung by love—and his next target is the woman who rejected him. But taking on such a job is not without complications. As he closes in on his victim, Chance struggles to rediscover the competitive edge that normally makes him so deadly. Faye Lindstrom escaped a life of captivity and addiction in Quintana Roo, but she can’t flee the woman she has become. For now, she holes up in a house in Crooked River owned by an old friend, the reclusive novelist William Dieter. But that safe haven will only last until the end of the summer, assuming that the violence in her past doesn’t catch up to her first.For lovers of Southern noir, Flamingo Lane is a gritty cat-and-mouse pursuit that launches from an island off the Yucatan Peninsula through the cornfields of Indiana to a small town on the Florida panhandle. A standalone sequel, Flamingo Lane ventures even further into the haunted territories of revenge and redemption first chronicled in Fever Tree.
Flamingo Road: A Mystery (The Fia McKee Mysteries #1)
by Sasscer Hill“Knowledge of horses and the very real problems in horse racing . . . fill this sound mystery with thrills and hair-raising action from first to last.” —Kirkus ReviewsBaltimore police officer Fia McKee is put on leave for excessive use of force after interfering in a crime that turns deadly. Given a second chance, she is sent to work undercover for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB). Her assignment is to watch and report back on two racetrack workers who have been suspected of illegal activities and whose horses continue to outperform all expectations, winning their owners unseemly amounts of money in the races.To complete her cover story, Fia moves in with her semi-estranged brother, Patrick, who lives near the racetrack. The stakes of her investigation are suddenly higher when her niece, Jilly, disappears after a shadow gang takes Jilly’s beloved horse. Now Fia must go up against gangsters in order to bring the men preying on horses to justice, all while bringing down a cabal of gamblers who will do stop at nothing to ensure they win—at any cost.“Hill’s unique combination of sharp writing skills and racing knowledge puts the reader in the moment—and in the saddle.” —Fran Wood, NJ.com, True Jersey“This high-octane thriller delivers with a multi-layered plot . . . a surefire winner.” —Romantic Times“Hill proves that she can not only write a great mystery, she can also create a great character.” —Mystery Scene Magazine“Will appeal to fans of all things horse racing, strong female protagonists, and Florida noir.” —Booklist
Flamme d'argent
by Mark Williams Gouzée MarjorieL'auteur à succès international Mark Williams est fier de présenter le deuxième tome des adaptations courtes pour enfants, de la série Classiques pour enfants : Flamme d'argent. Rejoignez Holmes et Watson qui tentent de résoudre le mystère du cheval disparu, Flamme d'argent, dans un livre au langage moderne et accessible aux enfants, qui laisse de côté les aspects difficiles de la langue de l'époque. Idéal pour initier les enfants de tout âge au détective le plus célèbre du monde
The Flanders Panel
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte&“A sleek, sophisticated, madly clever chamber mystery&” from the international bestselling author—the basis for the film Uncovered starring Kate Beckinsale (The New York Times Book Review). A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in a corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for clues, several of her friends in the art world are brutally murdered in quick succession. Messages left with the bodies suggest a crucial connection between the chess game in the painting, the knight&’s murder, the sordid underside of the contemporary art world, and the latest deaths. Just when all of the players in the mystery seem to be pawns themselves, events race toward a shocking conclusion. A thriller like no other, The Flanders Panel presents a tantalizing puzzle for any connoisseur of mystery, chess, art, and history. &“A beguiling puzzle—a game within a game within a game—solved in perplexing but entertaining fashion.&”—The Philadelphia Inquirer &“For mystery fans who yearn for literate, intelligent, sophisticated whodunits, Spanish author Pérez-Reverte&’s highly acclaimed story fills the bill perfectly . . . An inventive plot, gripping suspense, fascinatingly complex characters, and innovative incorporation of art, literature, and music will enthrall readers looking for something a little different.&”—Booklist &“This intelligent mystery . . . comes up with a satisfying twist at the end.&”—Library Journal
Flanders Sky (The Henri Castang Mysteries)
by Nicolas FreelingThe Edgar award–winning British crime writer’s latest Inspector Castang mystery “takes the international policier to high ground . . . and does the genre proud” (The New York Times).For Detective Castang, being asked to serve as an aid to a British jurist feels more like being fired than promoted, but relocating to Brussels with his wife is a nice perk. When his employer is charged with murder, Castang’s investigative skills are brought to the forefront once again. But the more he digs into the darkness, the more unsettled he becomes by the nature of evil, which appears to have no borders—and for which there is no true escape.“An insightful look at the human condition. Freeling is a treasure.” —Publishers Weekly“One of the better Castang tales, journeying into the maze of European politics, national characteristics, and combustible emotion. Thought-provoking and well told.” —Kirkus Reviews