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Lily and the Night Creatures
by Nick LakeA young girl sets out to defeat the evil spirits inhabiting her home in this &“thrilling…Coraline-like&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) illustrated middle grade adventure perfect for fans of The Beast and the Bethany and Margaret Peterson Haddix&’s The Strangers.Lily is used to hospitals—she&’s spent more time in them than out of them thanks to her recent health issues. But when her mother goes into labor, her parents drop her off at her grandmother&’s house and rush to the hospital without her. Lily doesn&’t want the new baby to replace her, and she certainly doesn&’t want to be sick anymore. Most frustrating of all, she forgot to pack Willo, her favorite toy. Under her grandma&’s not-so-watchful supervision, Lily sneaks back home to get Willo. Expecting to find an empty house, she is surprised to find her parents there. But something isn&’t right... They look just like her mom and dad until she gets closer and sees their coal black eyes. And they refuse to let her in—it&’s their house now. With the help of some surprising new friends that she meets in her garden, Lily is determined to beat these shadowy replacements and be reunited with her real parents. But is she strong enough to triumph?
Lily in the Mirror
by Paula HayesLily loves all things dark and mysterious, so when she discovers a magic mirror in a locked room it's like a dream come true. Or is it ... Lily now has a new friend who desperately needs her help. But she's also got an older brother who really needs to get a life. Lily will require all eleven fingers, plus a hefty slice of Grandad's chocolate ganache cake, to fix a long-forgotten tragedy that's very close to home.
Lily's House
by Cassandra ParkinA novel of psychological suspense and &“a beautiful story that carefully unravels the depth of love and lies in a family.&”—Heidi Perks, author of Her One Mistake When Jen goes to her grandmother&’s house for the last time, she's determined not to dwell on the past. As a child, Jen adored Lily. She suspected she might be a witch—but the spell was broken long ago, and now her death means there won't be any reconciliation. Lily&’s gone, but the enchantments she wove and the secrets she kept still remain. In Lily&’s house, Jen and her daughter reluctantly confront the secrets of the past and present—and discover how dangerous we become when we're trying to protect the ones we love.
Limassol
by Yishai SaridA high-ranking official in the Israeli secret service is handed a new brief: go undercover as an aspiring novelist to befriend Daphna, an Israeli writer, and her friend Hani, a renowned Palestinian poet. The target is Hani's son Yotam, a wanted terrorist leader. As the agent becomes ingrained in Daphna and Hani's lives, his own sense of right and wrong is clouded. The writers have awoken new feelings, yet his sense of duty remains. At the final moment he must choose between his professional loyalties and the long dormant feelings his new friendships have awoken.
Limbo: A Novel about Jamaica
by Esther FigueroaLimbo is a character driven environmental murder mystery set in the shifting sands of Jamaica's environmental policies. Flora is the dynamic leader of an environmental organization set to expose the corporate greed and political hypocrisy that has polluted so much of the Jamaica's once pristine coastal environment. Funding difficulties as well as personal crises loom as Flora attempts to take on the big business of the hotel industry despite threats to her life. Old friends and revelations from the past surface to reveal that all is not what it seems to be. A new lover tempts Flora to consider a life that she has pushed away for years, causing her to ask herself the fundamental questions: How does one change a life? How does one change a society?When a film-maker dies trying to document environmental degradation, the plot heats up as Flora races the clock to expose the culprits before she herself becomes a victim.With fantastic characters steeped in Jamaican culture and language, LIMBO is both a fluid, fun mystery and a seething condemnation of Jamaican's political and environmental turmoil.
Limbo: A Novel of Suspense
by Joseph P. DesarioA vicious, insatiable psychopathic rapist is pursued through the avenues and alleyways of East L.A. by a determined female cop in Joseph P. DeSario's suspenseful first novel. They call him El Castigo del Barrio, and Detective Brenda Collins goes undercover in fishnets and halter tops to serve as bait for the madman. Meanwhile, at the Church of St. John, former POW, Father Cedric Anselm dispenses brutal penance to his parishioners. Could there be a connection between the fanatical cleric and the madman haunting the barrio? "Extraordinary.... A magnetic new voice in thriller fiction. Uncompromising, explicit." --Publishers Weekly "Powerful, gripping and highly suspenseful.... A throat-catching thriller." --San Diego Union
Lime's Photograph
by Leif DavidsenPeter Lime is trained to hunt down his prey and catch them on film. But now he is the one being hunted. Whose prey has he become? And what is it that he has that these people will kill to get? Lime is a Danish paparazzo, living in Madrid. For more than 20 years he has stalked and captured the rich and famous on film, making vast sums of money from exposing their secrets - the more salacious the image, the bigger the fee. But lately he's been thinking of giving it up. His wife and child have changed his life, and now he dreams of doing a job that his daughter can be proud of. Then he goes on a routine assignment, snapping a Spanish minister out sailing with his mistress, and suddenly his world is turned upside down. When a fire destroys his home, but not all of his photographs, Lime sets out to discover a motive and finds himself drawn into the complex and terrifying web of international terrorism.
Limehouse Nights
by Thomas BurkeThomas Burke paints an enduring portrait of London’s East End At the beginning of the twentieth century, the East End of London was a filthy and violent neighborhood, a place where a man was more likely to get a knife in his stomach than a good dinner. It was worlds away from the fashionable district it has become more than a century later. In this gripping collection of stories, author Thomas Burke traverses the area and offers glimpses of life in Limehouse. One tale portrays the unusual friendship that develops between an immigrant and a girl who has recently been beaten by her father. Another follows a down-on-his-luck boxer looking for one last chance. In all of the pieces, Burke displays the beauty inherent in humanity, no matter the squalor in which it resides. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Limestone and Clay: A Novel
by Lesley GlaisterNadia has been here before, at this seeping-away of hope. The other times curl behind her like the petals of a rose, all the memories, all her babies - false alarms, real pregnancies lasting only until her body rejected them. Meanwhile her boyfriend Simon is underground caving. Nadia knows he risks his life, a decadent death among the limestone, his bones withering in the rock. Her work is to create, to mould leather-hard clay into something beautiful. But she has not the heart for it today.'Limestone and Clay shows a maturation and deepening of her considerable talents ... Lesley Glaister has produced a portrait of human relationships both disconcerting and haunting in its unflinching clarity' Sunday Telegraph
Limestone and Clay: A Novel (Murder Room #333)
by Lesley GlaisterNadia has been here before, at this seeping-away of hope. The other times curl behind her like the petals of a rose, all the memories, all her babies - false alarms, real pregnancies lasting only until her body rejected them. Meanwhile her boyfriend Simon is underground caving. Nadia knows he risks his life, a decadent death among the limestone, his bones withering in the rock. Her work is to create, to mould leather-hard clay into something beautiful. But she has not the heart for it today.'Limestone and Clay shows a maturation and deepening of her considerable talents ... Lesley Glaister has produced a portrait of human relationships both disconcerting and haunting in its unflinching clarity' Sunday Telegraph
Limetown: The Prequel to the #1 Podcast
by Cote Smith Zack Akers Skip BronkieFrom the creators of the #1 podcast Limetown, an explosive prequel about a teenager who learns of a mysterious research facility where over three hundred people have disappeared—including her uncle—with clues that become the key to discovering the secrets of this strange town.On a seemingly ordinary day, seventeen-year-old Lia Haddock hears news that will change her life forever: three hundred men, women, and children living at a research facility in Limetown, Tennessee, have disappeared without a trace. Among the missing is Emile Haddock, Lia’s uncle. What happened to the people of Limetown? It’s all anyone can talk about. Except Lia’s parents, who refuse to discuss what might have happened there. They refuse, even, to discuss anything to do with Emile. As a student journalist, Lia begins an investigation that will take her far from her home, discovering clues about Emile’s past that lead to a shocking secret—one with unimaginable implications not only for the people of Limetown, but for Lia and her family. The only problem is…she’s not the only one looking for answers. Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie are first-rate storytellers, in every medium. Critics called their podcast Limetown “creepy and otherworldly” (The New York Times) and “endlessly fun” (Vox), and their novel goes back to where it all began. Working with Cote Smith, a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Finalist, they’ve crafted an exhilarating mystery that asks big questions about what we owe to our families and what we owe to ourselves, about loss, discovery, and growth. Threaded throughout is Emile’s story—told in these pages for the first time ever.
Limitations
by Scott TurowFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent comes a compelling new legal mystery featuring George Mason from Personal Injuries. Originally commissioned and published in the New York Times Magazine, this edition contains additional material. Life would seem to have gone well for George Mason. His days as a criminal defense lawyer are long behind him. At fifty-nine, he has sat as a judge on the Court of Appeals in Kindle County for nearly a decade. Yet, when a disturbing rape case is brought before him, the judge begins to question the very nature of the law and his role within it. What is troubling George Mason so deeply? Is it his wife's recent diagnosis? Or the strange and threatening emails he has started to receive? And what is it about this horrific case of sexual assault, now on trial in his courtroom, that has led him to question his fitness to judge? In Limitations, Scott Turow, the master of the legal thriller, returns to Kindle County with a page-turning entertainment that asks the biggest questions of all. Ingeniously, and with great economy of style, Turow probes the limitations not only of the law but of human understanding itself.
Limited Partner
by Mike LupicaPETER FIMLEY CALLS IT MURDER] Bobby Wyman, a recovering addict and partner in a popular Manhattan watering hole, has been found dead of a cocaine overdose. Which is where Peter Finley comes in. He knew Bobby well and believes he was clean. He also has an idea that Bobby had something important to tell him--and now he's dead. When Bobby's girlfriend's body and suicide note are found, Peter refuses to accept the obvious. Zooming around town with his sharp-sighted cameraman and streetwise producer, Peter discovers Bobby's restaurant is a high-class home to a cast of unsavory characters. There's a washed-up pitcher who bends his elbow all day long, a sleazy agent with one too-happy client, and a dangerously cranky ex-cop who tries so hard to scare Peter, that he can't help but make himself a nuisance in the worst way...
Lincoln Rhyme: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
by Jeffery DeaverThe New York Times–bestselling author reflects on the life and career of his character, NYPD forensic scientist Lincoln Rhyme, in this short story.The line between the disabled and the non-disabled is shrinking. Computers, video cameras, high-definition monitors, biometric devices and voice recognition software have moved my life closer to that of somebody who’s fully able bodied, while the same technology is creating a more sedentary, house-bound life for those who have no disability whatsoever. From what I’ve read, I lead a more active life than a lot of people nowadays.Winner of multiple awards including the Edgar Grand Master, Jeffery Deaver presents a tale and a brief biography of the quadriplegic crime-scene expert who provides his services to the New York Police Department—as well as federal and international law enforcement—from his well-equipped home lab on Central Park West . . .“The master of ticking-bomb suspense.” —People“Rhyme is a great character.” —San Francisco Chronicle“The Lincoln Rhyme series is simply outstanding.” —San Jose Mercury News “[Rhyme] is among the most brilliant and vulnerable of crime fiction’s heroes.” —New York Post
Lincoln and the Golden Circle: The Pinkerton Files, Volume 1
by David LuchukThe Pinkerton Files is based on the new audio series starring Battlestar Galactica's Michael Hogan. It sets the real cases of America's first private detective in a world of radical inventions driving a bitterly divided nation toward civil war. Agency founder Allan Pinkerton senses a conspiracy mounting against him, his sons and his operatives. Every step they take toward solving three seemingly disconnected cases draws them further into a conflict that will be their downfall. If Allan allows them to become embroiled in the war, they will never find their way out. Lincoln and the Golden Circle launches as a simple assignment to protect a rail line from sabotage but explodes when one of Allan's agents is murdered, his son is arrested and his protege is wickedly assaulted. With police descending on his headquarters, Allan must choose whether to commit his detectives to a death defying sprint in a final attempt to save the President's life.
Lincoln's Bodyguard: In A Heroic Act Of Bravery Saves Our Beloved President! John Wilkes Booth Killed In Act Of Treason (Lincoln's Bodyguard Series #2)
by Tj Turner2016 International Book Award Winner Fiction: HistoricalIn Lincoln's Bodyguard, an alternative version of American history, President Lincoln is saved from assassination. Though he prophesied his own death the only way he believed the South would truly surrender Lincoln never accounted for the heroics of his bodyguard, Joseph Foster. A biracial mix of white and Miami Indian, Joseph makes an enemy of the South by killing John Wilkes Booth and preventing the death of the president. His wife is murdered and his daughter kidnapped, sending Joseph on a revenge-fueled rampage to recover his daughter. When his search fails, he disappears as the nation falls into a simmering insurgency instead of an end to the War. Years later, Joseph is still running from his past when he receives a letter from Lincoln pleading for help. The President has a secret mission. Pursued from the outset, Joseph turns to the only person who might help, the woman he abandoned years earlier. If he can win Molly over, he might just fulfill the President s urgent request, find his daughter, and maybe even hasten the end of the War.
Linda Fairstein Boxed Set
by Linda FairsteinNow available, a boxed eBook set of Linda Fairstein's first three Alex Cooper mysteries: Final Jeopardy, Likely to Die, and Cold Hit.Linda Fairstein's first novel, Final Jeopardy, introduces the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cooper, whose job description matched Fairstein's own as Manhattan's top sex crimes prosecutor. The author's "two decades as a prosecutor of sex crimes imbues Final Jeopardy with riveting authenticity" (Vanity Fair), and it was made into a television movie starring Dana Delaney. In Likely to Die, New York City's oldest medical center is the scene of a ghastly attack: top neurosurgeon Gemma Dogen is found in her office, where she has been sexually assaulted and designated by the cops as a "likely to die." By the time assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper has plunged into the case, it's a high-profile murder investigation. As Alex's passion to find the killer intensifies, she discovers that she is the next target for lethal violence. For readers who "like the science of Patricia Cornwell and the legal strategy of John Grisham, this one's for you" (The New Orleans Times-Picayune).In Cold Hit, the silk-clad body of a woman is pulled from the waters at Manhattan's northern tip. Alex races against the clock with the hope for a "cold hit" --a DNA match that would reveal the identity of the murderer by linking the crime to someone already in the police database. But as the case pulls her into the exclusive world of Eastside auction houses, Alex discovers she may be marked as an expendable commodity in a chilling and deadly scheme. "A skillfully executed plot, by a crime novelist whose powerful characters are drawn from her real life expertise. Absorbing, intricately woven--bring on the next" (Patricia Cornwell).
Linda, As in the Linda Murder
by Leif Gw PerssonThe irascible, obdurate, and very thirstyDetective Superintendent Evert Bäck-ström of the National Murder Squad returns in a new novel from the reigning master of Scandinavian fiction.It's the dead of summer in the sleepy town of Växjö when twenty-year-old police cadet Linda Wallin is found lying facedown in her mother's apartment, brutally murdered and raped. With no clear motive or suspect in sight, a series of bureaucratic mix-ups causes the National Crime Unit to send Bäckström and his team into the countryside to solve the case. The ever-irritable Bäckström leaves his beloved goldfish behind, checks intoa local hotel, and begins to reconstruct the night of Linda's murder. But with more than a few bottles in tow, and a constantly growling stomach to look after, things don't go so well, and Bäckström has to rely on the help of his colleagues to solve the crime--no matter how angry that makes him.
Linda, como en el asesinato de Linda
by Leif Gw PerssonEn mitad de un verano inusualmente caluroso, donde la mayor noticia está siendo las máximas de temperatura, una joven es asesinada en la apacible ciudad de Växjö. De inmediato la comisaría local alerta a la central de Estocolmo, cuyos principales efectivos están de vacaciones. Por razones que nadie logra explicarse, el jefe asigna el caso a Evert Bäckström, el hombre que «da tanta guerra como cien delincuentes», si no más.Mientras el asesinato de Linda pronto acapara las portadas de los diarios sensacionalistas y las tertulias de televisión, Bäckström lidera una investigación que amenaza con escapársele de las manos de no ser por la tenacidad de su esforzado equipo de colaboradores.Leif GW Persson ofrece una magnífica intriga policial, llena de suspense y absolutamente verosímil, en la que brilla su protagonista, alejado de todos los personajes habituales de la novela escandinava. Evert Bäckström no se deprime. Nada de lo que le cruza por la cabeza es, ni por asomo, políticamente correcto. Tiene claro que lo único que le importa (aparte de beber, comer, dormir y las señoras) es... él mismo, así que no duda en abusar de sus subordinados, engañar a sus superiores y manipular a todo el que se le ponga por delante. Bäckström es, sospechamos, lo genuino, y por eso acaba metiéndose al lector en el bolsillo.
Linda, como en el asesinato de Linda (Inspector Evert Bäckström #Volumen 1)
by Leif GW PerssonEl primer caso de Evert Bäckström, un inspector bajito, gordo, primitivo, irascible y ofensivo. O como han dicho algunos, un doctor Gregory House en versión policíaca. Una magnífica intriga policial. En mitad de un verano inusualmente caluroso, en el que la mayor noticia están siendo las altas temperaturas, una joven es asesinada en la apacible ciudad de Växjö. De inmediato la comisaría local alerta a la central de Estocolmo, cuyos principales efectivos están de vacaciones. Por razones que luego nadie logra explicarse, el jefe asigna el caso a Evert Bäckström, el hombre que "da tanta guerra como cien delincuentes", si no más. Leif GW Persson ofrece una magnífica intriga policial, llena de suspense y absolutamente verosímil, en la que brilla su protagonista, alejado de todos los personajes habituales de la novela escandinava. La crítica ha dicho... «Leí Linda, como en el asesinato de Linda y ya quiero leer las próximas peripecias de Evert Bäckström. [...] Hace mucho que no leo una trama policíaca tan exhaustiva, tan milimetrada en su desarrollo. Claro que Leif GW Persson es un excelente dibujante de caracteres humanos, pero prima sobre todo su capacidad para seguir con minuciosa precisión cada fase de su ardua investigación. [...] Lo dicho, muy, muy buena novela policíaca.» El Diario Montañés «Persson es el autor al que lee el protagonista de Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres. Justo homenaje de Larsson a su sabio compatriota, que aquí se luce con su ácido humor. Y con su poli "taimado y rencoroso" que investiga un asesinato a la vez que hace gala de todos sus defectos.» La Vanguardia «Tras fascinar a unos pocos -el tiempo hará justicia con el verdadero patriarca del noir sueco- con su trilogía "El declive del Estado del bienestar", Leif GW Persson pone en juego a su comisario Evert Bäckström. Sólida.» La Voz de Galicia «Uno de los protagonistas más atractivos y fascinantes de la literatura escandinava contemporánea y de la literatura criminal en términos generales.» Libros y Literatura «Con el mercado editorial saturado de suecos y suecas, hablar aquí de un tipo que se apellida Persson puede parecer más de lo mismo. Pero es que Persson no es un sueco más, Persson es el sueco atípico. Si te gusta la buena literatura criminal, disfrutarás a tope con este autor.» Calibre 38 «De entrada, el argumento no llama demasiado la atención. Un crimen como cualquier otro. Por eso la sorpresa es mayúscula cuando entra en escena Evert Bäckström. Y ahí, amigos, es cuando uno se da cuenta de que lo que tiene entre manos va a ser una lectura de esas que va a recomendarle a todo el mundo.» Athnecdotario Incoherente «Bäckström es bajito, gordo, primitivo, y algunasveces taimado y rencoroso. Tiene un pez de colores llamado Egon. No para de beber cervezas. Es machista y racista. Afana los periódicos del hotel donde se hospeda y pone pelis porno en la habitación de algún compañero ausente, con cargo a la policía sueca. [...] No es una novela negra al uso.» Mis queridos sabuesos «Balance final: Muy bueno.» Paraíso4
Linden on the Saugus Branch (American Autobiography Ser.)
by Elliot PaulThat you will be completely charmed by Elliot Paul’s recollections of his boyhood is a matter beyond speculation. The turn-of-the-century scenes are not only dear to his heart but clear to his mind—albeit sometimes suspiciously so. But who will quarrel with so elegant a storyteller as Mr. Paul? Out of the sow’s ear of common occurrence he makes a silken purse to hold the coins of our enchantment. Rare is the reader who will not delight in these fortified memories.Those who recall The Last Time I saw Paris know that Elliot Paul is incapable of being banal or tiresome. Thus there is nothing of the diary-like march of events in this record of his early years in the Boston suburb where he was born. Instead you will find a series of neatly dovetailed stories, anecdotes, character sketches, comedies, tragedies and singularly embellished observations all set out for your allurement like gems in a jeweler’s window.Some of Mr. Paul’s tales of the people who lived out their lives in Linden will make you laugh, some may even tempt a tear. There are a few—such as the story of Alice Townsend, the schoolteacher who found that her name had been written in snow with a stylus of strange origin—that may inspire the sincerest suggestion of a blush.Linden on the Saugus Branch, a volume complete in itself, is another segment in what will ultimately be Elliot Paul’s life story: Items on the Grand Account. Both The Last Time I Saw Paris and The Life and Death of a Spanish Town are other books in this group.
Lindsey Lost
by Suzanne PhillipsThe Bourne Identity meets I Am the Cheese in this taut thriller Even though Micah's a star pitcher, his older sister Lindsey is the real deal--a runner so good, she has a shot at the Olympics. The two of them urge each other on, and are each other's best support. Then the unthinkable happens: Lindsey is murdered, and Micah may have been the last person to see her. But he can't remember what happened, no matter what their parents tell him, no matter what the police say. Did he witness his sister's murder--or commit it? Can he recall the truth before his life is sentenced to end, too?
Line Of Fire
by Stephen WhiteNew York Times bestselling author Stephen White returns with a gripping thriller about the one devastating secret that could cost Alan Gregory everything—the first of the dramatic two-part conclusion to his acclaimed bestselling series. Clinical psychologist and Boulder resident Alan Gregory is finally beginning to feel settled, hopeful that a long period of upheaval in his private life is behind him. He refocuses his energy on his clinical psychology practice, where a beguiling new patient is challenging his values. The interlude of calm doesn’t last, of course: Alan’s dear friend Diane is showing signs of a long-simmering emotional collapse, and Alan’s greatest fear—the exposure of his most dangerous secret—has become something he can’t ignore. A new witness has surfaced, causing authorities to reopen their investigation into the suicide death of a woman named J. Winter Brown. When Alan and his equally culpable friend Sam Purdy inadvertently disclose details of their involvement in her death to a desperate drug dealer, any confidence they felt about riding out the new investigation evaporates. The trail that leads back to Alan and Sam, once cold, has turned white-hot. With his vulnerability mounting daily, Alan begins to fear that his mesmerizing new patient may be the catalyst that can cause everything he treasures—his marriage, family, friendship, and future—to implode. As the authorities close in, the story hurtles toward a conclusion that will set the stage for the most unexpected of outcomes: the final act of the Alan Gregory saga. .
Line of Control A Thriller on the Coming War in Asia: A Thriller On The Coming War In Asia
by Mainak DharIt is 2012, and the world is a more dangerous place than ever before. Revolutions have swept aside one Middle Eastern regime after another. A regime allied to Al Qaeda has swept to power in Saudi Arabia, and uses its oil wealth and modern arsenal to further spread Jihad around the world. Yet another military coup brings a fundamentalist regime to power in Pakistan, which initiates an audacious plan to strike the first blow in this new global Jihad. As unprecedented terror attacks stun India, the stage is set for a conflict that brings the Indian subcontinent to the brink of a nuclear annihilation.