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Manx Gold
by Agatha ChristiePreviously published in the print anthology The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories.Two cousins, Fenella Mylecharane and Juan Faraker, are engaged. When their eccentric uncle dies, they eagerly return to the Isle of Man for the reading of the will. Having grown up hearing tales of buried treasure on the island, they are excited when the will reveals that their uncle found it. But where?
Many Rivers to Cross: A Novel (Inspector Alan Banks #26)
by Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson a "master of the police procedural" (Mail on Sunday) returns with the twenty-sixth instalment of the #1 bestselling Inspector Banks series.A skinny young boy is found dead--his body carelessly stuffed into a wheelie bin. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called to investigate. Who is the boy, and where did he come from? Was his body discarded, or left as a warning to someone? He looks Middle Eastern, but no one on the Eastvale Estate has seen him before. As the local press seize upon an illegal immigrant angle, and the national media cover the story of another stabbing, there is a less newsworthy death: a middle-aged heroin addict found dead of an overdose in another estate, scheduled for redevelopment. Banks finds the threads of each case seem to be connected to the other, and to the dark side of organized crime in Eastvale. Does another thread link to his friend Zelda, who is coming to terms with her own dark past? The truth may be more complex--or much simpler--than it seems . . .
Many Rivers to Cross: A Novel (Inspector Banks Novels #26)
by Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson, the acclaimed author of the bestselling series Stephen King calls “the best now on the market,” returns with a gripping, emotionally charged mystery in which the revered detective Alan Banks must find the truth about a murder with possible racial overtones—and save a friend from ruin. In Eastvale, a young Middle Eastern boy is found dead, his body stuffed in a wheelbarrow on the East Side Estate. Detective Superintendent Banks and his team know they must tread carefully to solve this sensitive case. But tensions rise when they learn that the victim was stabbed somewhere else and dumped. Who is the boy, and where did he come from? Then, in a decayed area of Eastvale scheduled for redevelopment, a heroin addict is found dead. Was this just another tragic overdose or something darker? To prevent tensions from reaching a boiling point, Banks must find answers quickly. Yet just when he needs to be his sharpest, the seasoned detective finds himself distracted by a close friend’s increasingly precarious situation. He needs a break—and gets one when he finds a connection to a real estate developer that could be key to finding the truth.With so many loose ends dangling, there is one thing Banks is sure of—solving the case may come at a terrible cost.
Many Rivers to Cross: DCI Banks 26
by Peter RobinsonThe 26th instalment of the Number One bestselling series'The master of the police procedural' Mail on Sunday'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen King***A skinny young boy is found dead - his body carelessly stuffed into a wheelie bin. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called to investigate. Who is the boy, and where did he come from? Was he discarded as rubbish, or left as a warning to someone? He looks Middle Eastern, but no one on the East Side Estate has seen him before.As the local press seize upon an illegal immigrant angle, and the national media the story of another stabbing, the police are called to investigate a less newsworthy death: a middle-aged heroin addict found dead of an overdose in another estate, scheduled for redevelopment.Banks finds the threads of each case seem to be connected to the other, and to the dark side of organised crime in Eastvale. Does another thread link to his friend Zelda, who is facing her own dark side? The truth may be more complex - or much simpler - than it seems . . .
Many Rivers to Cross: The 26th DCI Banks Mystery
by Peter RobinsonThe 26th instalment of the Number One bestselling series'The master of the police procedural' Mail on Sunday'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen King***A skinny young boy is found dead - his body carelessly stuffed into wheelie bin. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called to investigate. Who is the boy, and where did he come from? Was he discarded as rubbish, or left as a warning to someone? He looks Middle Eastern, but no one on the East Side Estate has seen him before.As the local press seize upon an illegal immigrant angle, and the national media the story of another stabbing, the police are called to investigate a less newsworthy death: a middle-aged heroin addict found dead of an overdose in another estate, scheduled for redevelopment.Banks finds the threads of each case seem to be connected to the other, and to the dark side of organised crime in Eastvale. Does another thread link to his friend Zelda, who is facing her own dark side? The truth may be more complex - or much simpler - than it seems . . .(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Many a Twist: A Cork County Mystery (A Cork County Mystery #6)
by Sheila ConnollyHow far would you go to protect your family?Pub owner Maura Donovan hasn’t seen her mother for over twenty years, so when she suddenly shows up in Maura’s pub, Maura’s not sure what to expect. Her mother has moved back home and has taken a position working with the new owners of the Crann Mor hotel just outside Skibbereen. Creating a new lift for herself was working out fine—until her new boss is found dead in the gardens, dumped down the hillside behind the hotel.Now, Maura must leave no stone unturned to clear her mother’s name and rebuild their fragmented relationship. However, in County Cork, things are rarely as they seem. Longtime residents, including the employees of Maura’s pub and the deceased hotel owner, have dark, bottled-up family secrets that must never be uncorked. Worse, someone is willing to kill to keep them that way.Maura Donovan tests the bonds of love and family in Many a Twist, the charming and atmospheric sixth County Cork mystery from New York Times bestselling author Sheila Connolly.
Map Of My Escape
by Cheryl L ReedThe shooting of a homicide detective is captured on film by a mysterious figure from a second-floor window, implicating Riley Keane, an anti-gun activist and a school shooting survivor. Riley flees Chicago for a frozen island in Lake Superior. A race to find her ensues between her secret lover— Chicago politician Finn O' Farrell— a corrupt police lieutenant, and the mysterious cameraman who extorts Riley' s family and Finn. Finn' s entanglement with Riley and the extortionist threatens his ambitious political career. On the island, Riley ingratiates herself into the close-knit community, but when she witnesses both an islander' s murder and another death in a suspicious boating accident, the local sheriff starts asking questions that begin to unravel her true identity. As the sheriff and the FBI are closing in on Riley, Finn faces media pressure to reveal his mysterious role in that long ago school shooting. If the facts come out, Finn may go to prison, but his biggest fear is that the truth will forever sever his relationship with Riley.
Map of Bones (SIGMA FORCE)
by James RollinsThe horrific theft of a priceless relic...a secret society reaching back to the Middle Ages...and the top-flight US team who must stop them. A heart-stopping SIGMA Force thriller from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Rollins.When a group of parishioners is burned to death in a German cathedral, the US sends in SIGMA Force. For this tragedy is more than a case of arson - someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral's golden reliquary: the bones of the biblical Three Kings.Commander Gray Pierce leads a team on the hunt for the Royal Dragon Court, a clandestine aristocratic fraternity of alchemists that dates back to the Middle Ages and seeks to establish a new world order using the mystical bones. Pierce and his team follow a trail that leads from Europe's Gothic cathedrals through the remnants of the seven wonders of the ancient world to a mystical place where science and religion unite to unleash a threat not seen since the beginning of time itself...
Map of Bones: A Sigma Force Novel (Sigma Force #2)
by James RollinsIn this heart-stopping novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, an elite team of ex-Special Forces soldiers turned scientific specialists must uncover a secret society and the treasure that could destroy the world.When a group of parishioners are burned to death in a German cathedral, the U.S. sends in the Sigma force. The tragedy is more than a case of arson; someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral’s golden reliquary: the bones of the Biblical Magi, the legendary Three Kings.Commander Logan Pierce, new to Sigma, will lead a team on the hunt for the Royal Dragon Court, a clandestine aristocratic fraternity of alchemists dating back to the Middle Ages, who seek to establish a New World Order using the mystical bones. The Sigma team will follow a labyrinth of clues leading from Europe’s gothic cathedrals, through the remnants of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, to a mystical place where science and religion will unite to unleash a threat not seen since the beginning of time itself.
Map of Fates
by Maggie Hall"A Da Vinci Code-style thriller for teens? Yes please."--TeenVogue.comTwo weeks. That's how long it took for Avery West's ordinary life to change forever. In two weeks, she discovered she was heiress to a powerful secret society known as the Circle, learned her mother was taken hostage by the Circle's enemies, and fell for a boy she's not allowed to love, just as she found out another was her unwelcome destiny. Now Avery crosses oceans in private jets to hunt for clues that will uncover the truth about the Circle, setting her mom and herself free before it's too late. By her side are both the boys: Jack--steady, loyal, and determined to help her even at the expense of his own duty--and Stellan, whose connection to Avery grows stronger by the day, making her question what she believes at every turn. But at the end of a desperate hunt from the islands of Greece to the red carpet at Cannes comes a discovery that not only changes everything, but could bring the whole world to its knees. And now Avery is forced to face the truth: In the world of the Circle, no one is what they seem.From the Hardcover edition.
Mapa de los lugares sin nombre
by Tania JamesUn debut totalmente irresistible: la historia de dos hermanas, el anhelo de desaparecer en otro país y el poderoso deseo de regresar a un mundo conocido. Al cuidado de su padre, un cristiano poco convencido, y su abuela, una mujer de gran carácter que guarda la sabiduría de generaciones, las hermanas Linno y Anju Vallara se crían en un pequeño pueblo de Kerala, en el sudoeste de la India. Linno tiene un talento innato para el dibujo, y Anju, una de las mejores estudiantes de la región, sueña con ir a Estados Unidos. Así que, cuando le ofrecen una beca para estudiar en una exclusiva escuela de Nueva York, no duda un segundo en aceptar, pese a que ello suponga, de cierta forma, traicionar a su hermana. Acogida por una acomodada familia neoyorquina de origen indio, Anju descubrirá un mundo lleno de privilegios y desafíos que hasta entonces nunca había imaginado. Linno, por su parte, vivirá una extraordinaria transformación, apartándose del camino que su padre había dispuesto para ella y valiéndose de su talento artístico para iniciar su propia andadura por la vida. Pero cuando la familia pierde todo contacto con Anju, Linno traza un plan para descubrir el paradero de su hermana menor. Frente a un mapa de la inmensa y desconocida metrópoli, emprenderá un viaje apasionante, un itinerario que la guiará a través de su mundo interior hacia la revelación de un secreto familiar insospechado. Reseñas:«Regala esta novela a alguien; no te equivocarás. Mapa de los lugares sin nombre es condenadamente buena.»Junot Díaz «Una historia perfecta de amor, traición y secretos en dos continentes. [...] Tania James describe Kerala y el Nueva York de los inmigrantes con idéntica confianza y profundidad.»Publishers Weekly «La odisea de una estudiante desde India hasta Estados Unidos y de vuelta a India, un viaje que plantea preguntas esenciales, culturales y personales, sobre la familia, la inmigración y sobre cómo tomar las decisiones acertadas.»Kirkus Reviews «Preciosa [...] Tania James escribecon elegancia, humor y agudeza.»The New York Times Book Review «Deslumbrante y cautivadora [...] Uno de los debuts más brillantes desde Dientes blancos, de Zadie Smith.»San Francisco Chronicle
Maple Mayhem
by Jessie CrockettIn Sugar Grove, New Hampshire, people are serious about their maple syrup--especially Dani Greene, whose family owns the Greener Pastures sugarhouse. But when murder disrupts the small-town sweetness, Dani pores over clues to draw out a killer... Despite being a fourth-generation syrup maker, Dani isn't stuck in the past. She's starting a new agricultural cooperative that reduces costs for every syrup producer who joins. Everyone considers it a sweet deal except the die-hard curmudgeon Frank Lemieux--and when a saboteur starts targeting supporters, everyone suspects Frank. But it turns out they're barking up the wrong tree when Dani finds Frank murdered in his own sugarhouse. As the sabotage continues, she realizes that Frank was framed. With the help of her family, and a handsome official from the Fish and Game Department, Dani must catch the killer before another syrup maker kicks the bucket. Recipes Included!
Maple Nut Murder (Pies and Pages Cozy Mysteries #12)
by Carolyn Q. HunterIf there is one time of year Bert loves more than any other, it's Christmas! However, during the hot summer month of July in Culver's Hood, she has to get her wintry fix at her best friend's year round holiday shop: Christmas in July. Thankfully, this year Carla is hosting a week-long event, featuring sales on decorations, Bert's famous pies, and even a visit from Santa and his elves. Unfortunately, any semblance of holiday cheer is destroyed when a body is discovered. In order to keep the peace with her dear detective, Bert is determined to stay far away from the investigation, a resolution which lasts only until someone very close to her is implicated in the crime. A love triangle, tensions in the police ranks, and even organized crime put a definite damper on this mid-summer holiday. Will Bert be able to solve the case before she's the next victim of someone who is definitely on Santa's naughty list?
Mappa Mundi
by Justina RobsonA novel of hard SF exploring the nature of identity both inherited and engineered, from one of Britain's most acclaimed new talents. In the near future, when medical nanotechnology has made it possible to map a model of the living human brain, radical psychologist Natalie Armstrong sees her work suddenly become crucial to a cutting-edge military project for creating comprehensive mind-control. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Jude Westhorpe, FBI specialist, is tracking a cold war defector long involved in everything from gene sequencing to mind-mapping. But his investigation has begun to affect matters of national security--throwing Jude and Natalie together as partners in trouble--deep trouble from every direction. This fascinating novel explores the nature of humanity in the near future, when the power and potential of developing technologies demand that we adapt ourselves to their existence--whatever the price.
Mapping Murder (A\julie Williamson Murder Mystery Ser.)
by William AndrewsDanger has found museum director Julie Williamson once again when an annual convention of historical society directors puts her in the path of a troubled colleague. Precious artifacts are missing and landing in the hands of unscrupulous dealers to the south. Williamson immediately senses foul play. When the colleague mysteriously winds up dead, and more thefts occur, Ryland’s favorite puzzle-solving amateur detective can’t resist setting a trap. In his third Julie Williamson mystery, Andrews brings back a beloved cast of characters to help Williamson chase down the confounding clues. A case of historical whodunit and why, set against a backdrop of the rolling hills and picturesque towns of Western Maine that is sure to keep you up reading all night.
Maps of Hell (Matt Wells #3)
by Paul JohnstonI fell into the deepest of holes. I am no one.I awake in a windowless room--naked, filthy, bruised, robbed of my every memory. I feel inexplicably drowned in a sea of hatred and rage. I...don't know who I am. But I know I must escape.This is Matt Wells, hero of The Death List and The Soul Collector, as you've never seen him.Crime writer Matt Wells could never have conjured a plot this twisted--a secretive militia running sick brainwashing experiments in the Maine wilderness, himself a subject. He knows they've been subconsciously feeding him instructions...but for what?Taunted by maddening snatches of a life he can't trust as his own, Matt's piecing it together: three gruesome killings he's blamed for...and a woman...someone from his past he should remember.
Mapuche
by Caryl FéreyA Mapuche woman in Buenos Aires tries to solve a friend&’s murder in this Prix Landerneau–winning crime novel by the acclaimed French author of Zulu. Twenty-eight-year-old Jana is a Mapuche, one of those indigenous &“people of the earth&” who were dispossessed when the Argentinean constitution turned them into outlaws overnight. A survivor of the Dirty War, Jana is now sculptor of a rare talent. But to make ends meet, she must also prostitute herself down at the docks. Her best friend, Miguel, a.k.a. Paula, is a transvestite who also works the docks. Jana and Miguel are connected, as if by a blood bond—so when Miguel disappears, it shatters Jana&’s fragile world. Then the body of a transvestite is found emasculated at an abandoned port, La Boca. Jana turns to private investigator Rubén Calderón for help and protection. After serving time following the coup d&’état of March 24, 1976, Calderón has been searching for any trace of los desaparecidos—the disappeared—and their odious tormentors. Together, Jana and Rubén will plunge into the corrupt heart of the Argentinean political system on a hunt for a vicious murderer.
Mar Blanco
by Claudio GiuntaTres jóvenes italianos desaparecen durante un viaje a las islas Solovkí, en el Mar Blanco, donde el mal duerme, silenciosamente, debajo del hielo. La nueva revelación de la novela negra italiana. El Mar Blanco es de un negro aterrador, un negro que se mezcla al del cielo, al viento helado que entra en las grietas de los barcos, en los hogares y en los corazones de los hombres. Es un mar embravecido, hostil, en medio del cual las islas Solovkí permanecen sumergidas en la niebla. Los tres amigos florentinos que salieron rumbo a ese antiguo gulag soviético para restaurar un monasterio en una misión de la Unesco nunca regresaron. Mientras que la policía rusa e italiana favorecen la hipótesis de una muerte accidental, Alessandro Capace, periodista independiente o más bien escritor fracasado, viaja al lugar para intentar desvelar la verdad. ¿Huyeron los jóvenes o alguien los hizo desaparecer? ¿Eran realmente amigos? ¿Y qué relación guarda su muerte con el pasado de violencia e injusticia de las islas, donde durante décadas el mal se ha conservado, adormilado como un virus? «Una historia ejemplar, escrita con soltura, sentido del ritmo y rigor de estilo, un libro que exige y merece mucha atención, un verdadero regalo para cualquier lector.»Sergio Pent, La Stampa «Claudio Giunta utiliza con brío todos los resortes de una gran investigación criminal [...] y teje una trama policialde unestupendo clasicismo. Un verdadero talento, un punto devista muy contemporáneo de la absurda condición humana, un don para la sátira social y una bella ciencia de los sentimientos.»Élise Lépine, Transfuge «No es una historia al estilo Poirot, el elemento esencial no es la búsqueda del culpable, del posible asesino o del chivo expiatorio, es más bien la de los tres desaparecidos que enlaza directamente con la vida real. [...] Una novela de misterio que sirve como instrumento de introspección psicológica. [...]Mar Blanco es una bocanada de oxígeno.»Il Foglio «Un noir de precisión milimétrica que vuela hacia el efecto sorpresa final. Giunta reproduce la angustia que tuvo que atenazar a los trescientos mil deportados por orden del régimen soviético entre los muros del monasterio convertido en gulag. La oscuridad absoluta durante meses, las torturas, el hambre y la conciencia de que la única salida es la muerte.»Fabio Galati, La Repubblica «Un mar que nos fascina. En esta isla del Gran Frío todo cuadra, hasta el final.»Fabio Pozzo, La Stampa «Con la trama, se mueve otro "mar blanco": el malestar del hombre que tiene que ir más allá de las fronteras asfixiantes de la sociedad para encontrar un sentido.»Valeria Parrella, Grazia «Giunta demuestra de sobra que sabe escribir un noir. Un misterio sobretres personajes que no tienen más razón para sufrir que su insoportable y extremo civismo.»Stefano Feltri, Il Fatto Quotidiano
Mar de acero: Serie Mar de fuego - Nº2 (Mar de fuego #Volumen 2)
by Natalie C. ParkerSigue las aventuras de la capitana Caledonia Styx en esta trepidante aventura épica. Caledonia ha perdido a su tripulación, pero no se da por vencida. A punto de morir a manos de un poderoso enemigo, es rescatada del mar y salvada por un grupo de antiguos Balas que se hacen llamar Espadas. Los Espadas escaparon de las garras de Aric Athair, y ahora viven una existencia nómada, listos para desaparecer en cualquier momento si se presenta algún peligro. Pero Caledonia no pretende solo esconderse. Quiere encontrar la Mors Navis y a sus queridas hermanas. Quiere seguir enfrentándose a la flota de Aric y arrebatarle el control de los mares Bala, por lo que tendrá que hacer lo posible para convencer a los Espadas de que luchar es su única opción. Tiene que haber una vida mejor, lejos de los dominios de Aric Athair, y encontrar a las chicas de la Mors Navis sería... EL PRIMER PASO HACIA LA REVOLUCIÓN.
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
by Eloise Jarvis McGrawThis compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, was written by the three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author Eloise Jarvis McGraw. Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom in ancient Egypt, under the rule of Queen Hatshepsut. Mara is not like other slaves; she can read and write, as well as speak the language of Babylonian. So, to barter for her freedom, she finds herself playing the dangerous role of double spy for two arch enemies—each of whom supports a contender for the throne of Egypt. Against her will, Mara finds herself falling in love with one of her masters, the noble Sheftu, and she starts to believe in his plans of restoring Thutmose III to the throne. But just when Mara is ready to offer Sheftu her help and her heart, her duplicity is discovered, and a battle ensues in which both Mara’s life and the fate of Egypt are at stake. “Dangerous espionage, an unusual love story, and richly drawn background make this a book to capture quick and lasting interest.”—Horn Book “Thoroughly engrossing.”—Kirkus Reviews
Marabou Stork Nightmares
by Irvine Welsh"For anyone who gets high on language, this book is a fantastic trip...a real tour de force."—Madison Smartt Bell, Spin The acclaimed author of the cult classics Trainspotting and The Acid House, Irvine Welsh has been hailed as "the best thing that has happened to British writing in a decade" (London Sunday Times). This audacious novel is a brilliant (and literal) head trip of a book that brings us into the wildly active, albeit coma-beset, mind of Roy Strang, whose hallucinatory quest to eradicate the evil predator/scavenger marabou stork keeps being interrupted by grisly memories of the social and family dysfunction that brought him to this state. It is the sort of lethally funny cocktail of pathos, violence, and outrageous hilarity that only Irvine Welsh can pull off.
Marah Chase and the Conqueror's Tomb: A Novel (Marah Chase Ser. #1)
by Jay StringerRogue archeologist Marah Chase is approached by MI6 with an impossible mission: to help them recover a dangerous treasure lost after the death of Alexander the Great. Once a rising star in the field of archaeology, Marah Chase is now a black-market treasure hunter, her services available to the highest bidder. But when she’s caught “rescuing” relics in Syria before they’re destroyed by war, an MI6 officer named Joanna Mason approaches her with an offer she can’t refuse: help save the world or rot in prison. All Chase has to do is find Alexander the Great’s lost tomb, recover an ancient weapon of mass destruction he may have used to conquer the earth, and destroy it before the bad guys can get it. Among those adversaries are a powerful church that believes in a forgotten epoch of advanced alien technology, the white supremacist thugs in its employ, and the rival archaeologist who recently left Chase for dead. Chase can’t resist a challenge—or the British spy recruiting her. There’s just one problem. If Chase has any hope of unearthing Alexander’s tomb before the forces hot on her heels do, she’ll need the help of the one person she’s been afraid to see since her fall from grace: Zoe Forrester, the heir to a hidden journal that holds the key—and Chase’s ex-girlfriend. A contemporary homage to the best adventure stories of literature, television, and film, Marah Chase and the Conqueror’s Tomb is an action-packed, globe-trotting quest, perfect for anyone who’s ever thought Indy really ought to be Jewish, female, and gay.
Marah Chase and the Fountain of Youth: A Novel
by Jay StringerAdventurer Marah Chase can&’t resist one last globe-trotting quest to rescue a friend and discover a legendary locale.Marah Chase has everything she wanted. Her academic career is back on track, she&’s moved into a Manhattan apartment, and a dream job is waiting at the American Museum of Natural History. So why can&’t she seem to stop slipping into her old ways, traveling the world in search of lost relics and buried treasure? Back out in the field, Chase finds the lost Ark of the Covenant, a discovery that could trigger a holy war, as religions and nations argue over ownership of the sacred item. The Ark also brings Chase into conflict with another legendary relic runner, August Nash, a clash the entire underground smuggling community has been waiting for, and not one that will end anytime soon. Upon returning home, Chase is hired by US soda billionaire Lauren Stanford to find the Fountain of Youth. At first, Chase dismisses this idea. But then Stanford tells her that an old friend found some information on the Fountain&’s location and is now missing. Chase agrees to take the job—but only to find her friend—and enlists allies along the way on a trail from New York to London, and then on to Glasgow. Behind the myth, they find, lies a much older secret, and now they&’re in a race to find the Fountain ahead of Nash and his nefarious cohorts. Whoever gets there first will have control over the future of humanity. Marah Chase and the Fountain of Youth is a tense, exciting, and epic adventure novel, spanning three continents and broadening the world of the Marah Chase series, placing Chase in the unique position to confront questions of identity, faith, imperialism, and appropriation.