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Lethal in Old Lace: A Consignment Shop Mystery (A Consignment Shop Mystery #5)
by Duffy BrownReagan Summerside returns in national bestselling author Duffy Brown’s fifth Consignment Shop mystery, now for the first time in hardcover.There are two social functions in Savannah guaranteed to get people talking: weddings and funerals. And just as consignment shop owner Reagan Summerside agrees to marry the hunky Walker Boone, her neighbors, sisters Annie Fritz and Elsie Abbot, step up their business as professional mourners. They are so successful that the Sleepy Pines Retirement Center has hired them as a part of their retirement package. But the celebration over good business is cut short when the residents at Pines suddenly begin dying at an alarming rate. And the sisters are the first suspects.Reagan has her doubts, however, and begins to look into the strange phenomenon. But then something even stranger happens: a body winds up in the sisters’ pink Caddy. The evidence begins to pile up and the suspicious case of Willie Fishbine, who swindled the sisters out of a fortune and coincidentally died prior to the Pines case, is reopened.Not wanting Willie to be buried until they can find the killer responsible for the murders, Reagan must catch the culprit in time to walk down the aisle. Witty, fabulous, and full of charm, Lethal in Old Lace is perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Jenn McKinlay.
Lethally Blond (Bailey Weggins #5)
by Kate White"New York Times" bestselling author and "Cosmopolitan" editor-in-chief Kate White delivers a sizzling mystery that sends her sleuth Bailey Weggins behind the scenes of a hot new TV show.
Lethally Blonde (The It Girls #3)
by Nancy BartholomewSpoiled rotten heiress, Porsche Rothschild, wants to find herself. . . maybe. She just doesn't expect to find herself as an undercover bodyguard to a Hollywood bad boy who is more high maintainence than Porsche. She arrives in Hollywood thinking she'll make the best of it; maybe her training in clinical and animal psychology will finally payoff. She plans to use Jeremy Reins as a case study because he is obviously faking the threats on his life as a cry for attention. However, soon the danger becomes all too real and Porsche must put her life on the line to rescue the spoiled actor. With the help of her faithful ferret, Marlena, Jeremy's handsome manager, Sam, and a cast of wackos that surround the troubled star, Porsche manages to save the day.
Letras de un Mirlo: Un Misterio del Jazz Age
by Persia Walker"Un misterio de asesinato ambientado entre la burguesía negra, es también la historia embriagadora de una época pasada... intriga familiar y convincente y un retrato lleno y vibrante de esa era histórica cuando el pulso de Harlem era el ritmo de la América negra.” —El Boston Globe "Tanto una historia de mentiras, engaños y asesinatos como un comentario sobre raza y clase...” —Chicago Tribune Viejos amores, odios enconados y secretos familiares enterrados: un hombre regresa de la muerte en esta historia de la Nueva York de 1920. David McKay desapareció hace años mientras investigaba un linchamiento. Ahora está de vuelta, muy vivo y decidido a encontrar la verdad detrás de la brutal muerte de su hermana. Su búsqueda descubre el telón del reluciente mundo del renacimiento de Harlem para revelar un mundo de mentiras, hipocresía y traición trágica. Cada día que pasa en la ciudad lo acerca a la verdad, y más cerca de la ruina. ¿Qué tan pronto antes de que acabe el tiempo? ¿Qué tan pronto antes de que sus enemigos descubran su propia vergüenza secreta, el pecado que podría destruirlo? La letra de un mirlo es un absorbente y poderoso autónomo en la serie de misterios noir de 1920 de Persia Walker. Una historia tensa de no correspondido, evoca la mística de la era más fascinante de Harlem.
Letter From Home
by Carolyn HartWorld-renowned journalist G.G. Gilman does her best not to think of the past. But one day she gets a letter--sent from the small Oklahoma town where she grew up--that brings it all back. Memories of people she had once known and loved dearly--and of the sultry summer when her life changed forever.
Lettere Gialle
by Miriam MezaTutto iniziò con una bugia… Quando ti vidi per la prima volta, mi innamorai del tuo spirito selvaggio, del tuo essere libera e di come mi facevi sentire. Ma tutto era una bugia, non è vero? Una delle migliaia che abbiamo raccontato. Era più facile fingere e ignorare i segnali. Era più facile scriverci lettere e tenerci per mano. Ma quello è stato un mio errore, credo. Reggerti il gioco. Ora non ci sei… Un giorno semplicemente sei sparita mettendo il mio mondo sottosopra. Non c'è un solo posto in cui non ti abbiano cercata e nessuno sembra sapere dove tu sia. Ti sei dileguata senza lasciare traccia e ora tutti mi guardano con sospetto perché, secondo loro, nessuno ti conosce come me. La tua partenza è un mistero per tutti. Quello che non sanno, è che c'è un mistero ancora più grande. E sei tu. Ma non preoccuparti, Liv. Perché, costi quel che costi, io ti troverò.
Letters From a Murderer
by John MathewsNew York, 1891: a rapidly changing city, torn between lamplight and electric light, where the burgeoning steel and railway industries attract a flood of humanity from every corner of the globe, fuelling cut-throat gangs, corruption and vice.A prostitute is found brutally murdered. Immediately fear starts to spread. The victim bears the same hallmarks as Jack the Ripper's recent killing spree in England. Could it be that the Ripper has crossed the Atlantic to fresh killing grounds? Or is this simply a copycat murder?To solve the case, one of the original English Ripper pathologists, Finley Jameson, is teamed up with Joseph Argenti, one of the new 'untouchable' detectives, hand-picked by a New York Mayor eager to fight corruption.But Michael Tierney, the city's leading gangster, has his own ideas about how the city should be run. And as the body-count rises, and Jameson & Argenti are taunted by the killer in open letters, they find themselves fighting not just to save the next victim, but for the city's very soul.
Letters To My Daughter's Killer
by Cath StaincliffeSHORTLISTED FOR THE ITV3 CRIME THRILLER BOOK CLUBGrandmother Ruth Sutton writes to the man she hates more than anyone else on the planet: the man who she believes killed her daughter Lizzie in a brutal attack four years earlier. Ruth's burden of grief and hatred, has only grown heavier with the passing of time, her avid desire for vengeance ever stronger. In writing to him Ruth hopes to exorcise the corrosive emotions that are destroying her life, to find the truth and with it release and a way forward. Whether she can ever truly forgive him is another matter - but the letters are her last, best hope.Letters To My Daughter's Killer exposes the aftermath of violent crime for an ordinary family and explores fundamental questions of crime and punishment. How do we deal with the very human desire for revenge? If we get justice does reconciliation follow? Can we really forgive those who do us the gravest wrong? Could you?
Letters To My Daughter's Killer
by Cath StaincliffeSHORTLISTED FOR THE ITV3 CRIME THRILLER BOOK CLUBGrandmother Ruth Sutton writes to the man she hates more than anyone else on the planet: the man who she believes killed her daughter Lizzie in a brutal attack four years earlier. Ruth's burden of grief and hatred, has only grown heavier with the passing of time, her avid desire for vengeance ever stronger. In writing to him Ruth hopes to exorcise the corrosive emotions that are destroying her life, to find the truth and with it release and a way forward. Whether she can ever truly forgive him is another matter - but the letters are her last, best hope.Letters To My Daughter's Killer exposes the aftermath of violent crime for an ordinary family and explores fundamental questions of crime and punishment. How do we deal with the very human desire for revenge? If we get justice does reconciliation follow? Can we really forgive those who do us the gravest wrong? Could you?
Letters for a Spy
by Stephen BenatarA young German spy is sent to investigate the authenticity of something which may--or may not--be a stratagem perpetrated by the British.
Letters from Camp
by Kate KliseTo the parents of the warring siblings who attend Camp Happy Harmony, the camp seems a godsend. But after they've been there a while, the campers themselves think otherwise. To them, the six middle-aged Harmony siblings who run the camp seem a little "inharmonious." Soon the campers are deep into finding out just what the dastardly Harmonys have in store for them.
Letters from a Killer
by Peter ParkinPulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Bradley Crawford, and his wife, Kristy, are vacationing on an island off the west coast of Canada. But, their dreamy little escape quickly turns into a nightmare.When their ordeal is over, twenty letters from an infamous killer have changed hands, blazing a trail of cryptic clues that opens a Pandora’s Box.Once that box is opened, it can’t be closed.Bradley’s quest to win his third Pulitzer becomes an obsession, especially with a story that begins to take shape as the ‘scoop of the century.’But, there are others who are also interested in the outcome of his story. The dogged pursuit of a ‘scoop’ by a journalist who just can’t quit leads to a cavalcade of events that will change lives forever.
Letters from an Alien Schoolboy: Galactic Poodle
by Ros AsquithWhen Flowkwee goes to planet Earth on a mission, he has to stay disguised—as a small Earthling called Nigel, with only one head and four appendages! But that's not all: His personal mission is to go to a school every day to collect Earthlings to "improve." Nigel knows he has to act dumb around the Earthlings, so in math class he pretends he only knows his times table up until two million and six times nine, and in literacy class he pretends to read like a newborn Faathing baby. A lot of Earthling life is totally weird to Nigel—the odd removable skins Earthlings wear called "clothes" and the funny paint on his mom's face called "makeup"—but in some ways Earth is even better than planet Faa. Earth is full of cool sounds made up of all different pitches and noises called "music," and Earthlings get gifts every year on their birthdays, just for being alive! But while Nigel starts to embrace his Earthling self, in the background lurks a coming invasion that his dad keeps talking about. And why are they so interested in a substance called "spinach"?Letters from an Alien Schoolboy is sure to delight even the most reluctant readers as Earthling kids giggle their way through Nigel's gaffes and escapades. This is a fantastic gift for girls and boys eight and up!
Letters from the Dead: A Novel
by Isabella ValeriThis addictive debut novel takes us into an intoxicating world of old money, privilege, and family intrigue as a young heiress must return home from a decade-long exile to face the powerful enemies arrayed against her, including those within her own family. For the first eleven years of her life, the precocious daughter of a great European family tracing its roots back more than fifteen generations, never set foot on land that her family didn&’t own. Cloistered on a sprawling estate in the Alpine foothills, as the youngest sibling of her generation she has little knowledge of the dark forces gathering in the shadows to strike at her family. But, when her insatiable curiosity leads her to uncover a priceless text hidden hundreds of years before, she shines light into corners meant to be left in the dark and threatens to uncover secrets that could trigger an internecine battle for succession. Then, with no warning or explanation, she is whisked away on a private jet and exiled to an elite but isolated all-girls boarding school in the United States. More than a decade later, now in her twenties, she finds her bank accounts abruptly frozen by her family. She is recalled from her affluent but empty existence abroad. Little does she know that her family has plans for her, including an arranged marriage. Worse, as she draws closer to discovering the horrific act that sent her into exile a decade before, and shadowy enemies close in on her family, she must face her most dangerous and powerful foe: her own father.
Letters from the Dead: The Wanting And Letters From The Dead
by Campbell ArmstrongA summer vacation for two single mothers and their children turns into a terrifying rendezvous with the dead in international bestselling author Campbell Armstrong's suspenseful tale of the macabre Single mothers Rosie and Martha are thrilled to be taking their children, Lindy and Tommy, on a vacation to Cochrane Crossing, a quaint town on the Virginia shore. Their rental house is a bit of a fixer-upper, but it's miles away from anyone, with only the sound of crashing waves nearby. On their first night in the house, Lindy and Tommy feel a faint presence that seems to whisper a song of unearthly despair. Something terrible happened here long ago, and it is up to them to discover what it was, with the help of a battered old board game that threatens to drag them down into a living hell.
Letters from the Dead: The new stiflingly atmospheric, wonderfully dark Thomas Bexley mystery
by Sam Hurcom'Gothic, claustrophobic, and wonderfully dark' GUARDIAN on Sam Hurcom's Thomas Bexley novels...The next stifling, atmospheric gothic crime novel following one of the world's first forensic photographers - for fans of The Woman in Black, The Silent Companions and Little Strangers.* * * * * * * *1905. A year after 'the affair' in Dinas Powys, Thomas Bexley has become a drunkard and recluse, haunted by terrible visions of the dead. But when news of a spate of extraordinary kidnappings reaches him, Thomas is shocked to learn that his dear friend and former mentor, Professor Elijah Hawthorn, is the lead suspect.Discovering a plea for help from Hawthorn claiming to have unearthed a gruesome conspiracy at the heart of the Metropolitan Police, Thomas embarks on a journey to prove Hawthorn's innocence.But wherever Thomas goes, he is followed by the dead, and as the mystery of Hawthorn's disappearance deepens, so too does Thomas's apparent insanity...How can Thomas be certain of the truth when he can't trust anybody around him, not even himself...?* * * * * * * *Praise for Sam Hurcom:'An intriguing debut' THE TIMES'A promising debut - gothic, claustrophobic and wonderfully dark' GUARDIAN'A sparkling debut from a name to watch...You might as well be in another world. This is top notch historical crime fiction, with a dash of the supernatural. A gorgeous book and a riveting tale' David Young
Letters of James Agee to Father Flye: 1st Edition
by James Agee James Harold FlyeCollection of letters author, poet, screenwriter and film critic James Rufus Agee (1909 - 1955) and 1958 posthumous recipient of the Pulitzer for his autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), wrote to Episcopal priest Father James Harold Flye. Father Flye was both close friend and spiritual confidant. The letters span 30 years—from Agee's entrance to Phillips Exeter to his death in 1955.-Print ed.
Letters to Kelly
by Suzanne BrockmannSo here I sit, writing letters that have no hope of reaching you until I am free to deliver them myself. With luck, that will be soon. For your eighteenth birthday is coming, and I intend to be there, like I promised. . . . For years, a trumped-up charge--and a Central American prison cell--kept Jax Winchester from claiming the girl he loved. Now he was a free man. Or was he?For only the memory of Kelly O'Brien--and the letters he'd composed to her--had kept him going. But once he was released, he knew he was still a prisoner--in a jail of his own making. The way out this time? Keep that promise he'd made to Kelly all those years ago--and claim her for his own. . . .
Letters to Kelly: A Selection From Unstoppable (Silhouette Intimate Moments Ser. #No. 1213)
by Suzanne Brockmann“A touching story of love delayed . . . will have you smiling and laughing” —a fan-favorite tale from the New York Times–bestselling author (The Romance Readers Connection).For years, a trumped-up charge—and a Central American prison cell—has kept Jax Winchester from claiming the girl he loved. Now, he’s technically a free man, but lives in a jail of his own making. The only way out is to keep the promise he made to Kelly O’Brien all those years ago—and claim her for his own . . . “Brockmann’s writing style, endearing characters and storytelling skills go a long way for me . . . this will certainly be a nice snack while waiting for the next Troubleshooters or Team Ten book.” —All About Romance
Letting Go
by Sarah BourneA gripping tale of family secrets, betrayal, and the haunting grip of the past from the author of The Train. Elderly Walter Armstrong hires Hester Rose to guide his family through his final days, hoping to ease their grief. But as old wounds and hidden truths come to light, Hester finds herself entangled in a web of treachery and deception. A furious son disinherited. A daughter plagued by the possibility that she hastened her father&’s death. And a shadowy name in the will—all lead to a shocking revelation that threatens to destroy what&’s left of the family. Amidst it all, Hester&’s own history resurfaces. But Walter isn&’t entirely gone. He watches from the other side helplessly as the family he sought to protect unravels. As tensions spiral out of control, Hester must navigate this fractured family&’s darkest truths before they implode completely. Can she bring them together, or will the Shoebridge legacy be shattered forever?Perfect for fans of Imogen Clark, Letting Go is a suspenseful and deeply emotional story of love, grief, and the devastating power of secrets.
Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread: An exciting historical adventure
by Penny BoxallAnybody who found themselves in the rigging of the good ship Lotus very early that morning would have seen an unusual sight: a shy, plump girl with a magpie fidgeting on her shoulder, holding in her hand a glinting coin…We begin in LONDON, 1774.Twelve-year-old Lettice Breech is excited to visit Europe with her Pa, who is eternally fascinated by ancient objects. Together they’re going to admire breathtaking French art, astounding Roman ruins, and spectacular Greek carvings.But their plans are dashed when part of a famous statue is exposed as a forgery, and Pa is thrown in gaol for the crime.Pa has taught Letty how to tell a real antiquity from a fake, but she needs the other pieces of the statue to prove it. So she escapes to France with only a notebook of clues in her pocket, and her pet magpie for company.Soon Letty is whisked from her quiet life on an adventure to bustling cities, underground mazes, and misty mountains. But can she unravel the mystery of the statue, and prove Pa’s innocence before it’s too late?LETTY AND THE GOLDEN THREAD is an exciting, continent-traversing adventure from debut talent, Penny Boxall; perfect for fans of Netflix’s plucky ENOLA HOLMES, Hana Tooke's THE UNADOPTABLES, and the caper of Katherine Rundell's ROOFTOPPERS.
Leur dernière course
by Cristina OrigoneUne seule nuit peut-elle changer le cours de toute une vie ? Enzo est chauffeur de taxi. Il effectue sa dernière course de la nuit et la dernière course de sa vie : après plus de quarante années à parcourir les rues de Gênes, il s’apprête à prendre sa retraite pour se consacrer à Adeline, sa femme adorée. Mais l’imprévu guette : un inconnu surgit dans la nuit près de chez lui et traverse la rue. Enzo freine de toutes ses forces et réussit à éviter l’impact, mais lorsqu’il descend de son taxi et qu’il reconnaît le jeune homme, sa vie change pour toujours. « Leur dernière course » est un récit dramatique, où le destin fait se confronter un père et son fils délinquant, autant que l’espoir et le désespoir d’un homme impuissant à sauver ce qu’il a de plus cher au monde.
Leve um com você
by Oak Anderson Cynthia MenezesAssassinato agora é viral! Charlie e Sarah, dois adolescentes angustiados que lutam contra a depressão, encontram-se em uma sala de bate-papo online, e logo criam um plano para dar sentido às próprias vidas, incentivando outros indivíduos desiludidos a ajudar a erradicar a "escória da sociedade", como pedófilos e estupradores que escaparam da justiça. Qualquer pessoa determinada a cometer suicídio é estimulada a, primeiro, matar alguém que tenha "conseguido se safar" antes de tirar a própria vida. "Por que não", eles perguntam, "levar alguém com você"? A ideia se torna viral e as coisas rapidamente saem de controle. Enquanto eles desenvolvem sentimentos um pelo outro, seus seguidores em todo o mundo começam a propagar uma versão muito diferente de sua ideia, deturpando sua intenção original e ameaçando a linha tênue entre a sociedade civil e a anarquia criminal. Assim que encontram a esperança de serem felizes juntos, Charlie e Sarah precisam lidar com o monstro que eles mesmos criaram, uma epidemia global de assassinatos-suicídios, que ameaça a própria essência de sua humanidade. "Leve um com você" é uma história de amor única, um suspense milenar que propõe uma questão: se você soubesse que ia morrer amanhã, mataria alguém esta noite? Alguém que tenha feito algo horripilante. Alguém que mereceria morrer. Caso a resposta seja sim, quem seria essa pessoa? Se você não pudesse ir tão longe, que tal seu vizinho? Seu amigo? Seu inimigo? Quem estabelece o limite? Quem decide quem vive e quem morre? E se todos nós começássemos a fazer justiça com as próprias mãos?
Level 26
by Anthony E. Zuiker Duane SwierczynskiSteve Dark was once a lost soul, torn between his family and his one-of-a-kind talent for hunting down serial killers - especially those so-called 'Level 26' killers whose depravity exceeds law enforcement's official scale of evil. In his reluctant pursuit of justice Dark once crossed the ultimate line, a line that might cause a lesser man to lose himself completely. Not Dark. When the world took everything from him, when it destroyed the very thing Dark once lived for, it sparked a transformation that, three years later, is only just complete. Dark is now a man on a mission. A mission unbound by authorities. A mission that, at long last, allows him to embrace his destiny. Dark is finally ready - ready to take justice to the next level.
Leverage
by Janie CrouchHe'd been hired to transport precious cargo-and it put a beautiful twist in his solitary life Former operative turned pilot Dylan Branson has one mission: deliver vital codes to Omega Sector before millions of lives are lost. Surprisingly, the codes reside in the photographic memory of Shelby Keelan, a beautiful computer expert who's so far survived two murder attempts. Used to doing things solo, Dylan will get Shelby to Washington, DC, then walk away. So he's stunned to discover she's as much a loner as he is-and how much that appeals to him. Now, with both their lives in danger after his plane is sabotaged midair, Dylan no longer thinks of Shelby as just a job. Or that he'll be able to let her go once it's over.