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Land of the Dead: A Stoker's Wilde Novel (Stoker's Wilde)
by Steven Hopstaken Melissa PrusiBram Stoker and Oscar Wilde unite once more to battle spirits and demons invading our world. Third book in the series. Grimdark Magazine called the first book an "addictive, clever and extremely fun horror adventure." Book 3 in the Stoker's Wilde series!Booklist on the first book in this series, Stoker's Wilde: "Pass this volume on to readers who are hungry for more historical stories with a supernatural frame." Science and the supernatural collide in this terrifying tale of witches, reanimated corpses and spirits invading our world from beyond the grave. Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde have returned to their lives in London after their adventures in the American West. Bram is managing a theatre and Oscar is rising to fame and planning his upcoming wedding when they are once again called upon to battle supernatural evil. Grief-crazed scientist Victor Mueller needs Bram&’s unusual blood for his mad quest to bring his dead wife back to life, and he&’ll resort to kidnapping to get it. Meanwhile, a young medium named Lorna Bow runs fake séances in London under the thumb of an abusive uncle. When her mother Endora returns, Lorna learns the truth: they come from a long line of witches, and soon Endora has awakened Lorna&’s dormant powers. When the scientist and the witches combine forces, all Hell breaks loose. Long-dead souls find themselves back in the land of the living, and some of them have scores to settle with our heroes. But as Mueller&’s ambition and her mother&’s desire for vengeance against the men who imprisoned her become clear, Lorna soon finds herself questioning the morality of their work.Bram and Oscar must team up with American secret agent Cora Chase to protect all they hold dear. Only a mission into the Land of the Dead can stop Mueller and Endora from bringing back more souls. Bram&’s wife Florence must call on the monster-fighting skills she honed in America, and even Oscar&’s bride Constance has to face new challenges as she learns how the supernatural has shaped her own history. In an adventure that spans continents – and even other worlds – they confront old enemies and unknown dangers. Teaming up with old friends Teddy Roosevelt and Richard Burton and new allies like Arthur Conan Doyle and Nicola Tesla, they too must harness both science and magic to protect our world from intruders from the Land of the Dead.FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
Land of the Living
by Nicci FrenchYou wake in the dark, gagged and bound. A man visits you, feeds you. And tells you that he will kill you - just like all the rest. Abbie Devereaux doesn't know where she is or how she got there. She's so terrified she can barely remember her own name - and she's sure of just one thing: that she will survive this nightmare. But even if she does make it back to the land of the living, Abbie knows that he'll still be out there, looking for her. And next time, there may be no escape...
Land of the Silver Dragon (Aelf Fen Mysteries #5)
by Alys ClareApprentice healer Lassair isn't too alarmed when a travelling peddler relates a grisly tale of a red-bearded giant breaking into a woman's home and caving in her skull like an eggshell; peddlers, she has observed, tend towards the dramatic. But her attitude changes when she learns that the dead woman is a distant relation. The incident makes Lassair's family uneasy, for the intruder seemed to be searching for something. What could it be? Lassair has no idea. But as the stranger grows increasingly desperate, his search brings violence to her very home.
Land of Unreason (Gateway Essentials #57)
by L. Sprague deCamp Fletcher PrattOn Midsummer's Eve, as everybody knows, you should leave a bowl of milk out for the fairies. Unfortunately - or fortunately - Fred Barber, an American diplomat convalescing in Yorkshire, didn't take the obligation with proper seriousness. He swapped the milk for a stiff dose of Scotch. So he had only himself to blame if the fairies got a bit muddled. Barber found himself in an Old English Fairyland. At the Court of King Oberon, to be precise. The natural - or supernatural - laws there were, to say the least of it, distinctly odd. Things kept changing. This made the mssion with which he was entrusted, as the price of his return to the normal world, even harder than he expected. He had to penetrate the Kobold Hills, where it was said that swords were being made, and discover if an ancient enemy had returned. He was given a magic wand - but not told how to use it. Through the fields and forests he went, meeting dryads and sprites, ogres and two-headed eagles, on the way. Danger, seduction and magic lay all around him. And, as the adventure continued, somehow it darkened and became more seriousness. At the end of Fred Barber's quest lay a shattering revelation.
Land of Wolves: A Longmire Mystery (A Longmire Mystery #15)
by Craig JohnsonThe new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.Attempting to recover from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, in Land of Wolves Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is neck deep in the investigation of what could or could not be the suicidal hanging of a shepherd. With unsettling connections to a Basque family with a reputation for removing the legs of Absaroka County sheriffs, matters become even more complicated with the appearance of an oversize wolf in the Big Horn Mountains to which Walt finds himself feeling more and more empathetic.
Land of Wolves: A suspenseful instalment of the best-selling, award-winning series - now a hit Netflix show! (A Walt Longmire Mystery #15)
by Craig JohnsonThe fifteenth novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.'The characters talk straight from the hip and the Wyoming landscape is its own kind of eloquence' New York Times*************Attempting to recover from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, in Land of Wolves Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is neck deep in the investigation of what could or could not be the suicidal hanging of a shepherd. With unsettling connections to a Basque family with a reputation for removing the legs of Absaroka County sheriffs, matters become even more complicated with the appearance of an oversize wolf in the Big Horn Mountains to which Walt finds himself feeling more and more empathetic.
Land of Wolves: The Return of Lincoln's Bodyguard (Lincoln's Bodyguard Series #2)
by Tj Turner"Perfect reading for fans of alternate-history adventures." —BooklistLand of Wolves finds Joseph Foster with Molly as they settle into a new-found life in the hills of Tennessee. But Abraham Lincoln's former bodyguard, the man who saved the President's life, cannot escape the Consortium as they come roaring back, killing his mother, abducting his daughter—all to coerce his Congressional testimony on their behalf.Instead, Joseph and Molly strike the Consortium in their own safe haven of New York City. In a Bonnie and Clyde-like twist, they rob from the Consortium to draw out their leader—General Dorsey. But the hidden plan reveals more than they counted on, exposing the true intention to steal the Black Hills and the gold underneath from the Lakota Sioux. Land of Wolves traverses the American landscape, where only a full reconciliation with Joseph's native heritage and a cast of characters ripped from history—including Lincoln—can bring true peace and stop General Dorsey and the evil Industrial Consortium.
Landed Gently (George Gently Ser.)
by Alan HunterHaving been invited to spend Christmas in the country, fishing for pike, Gently finds himself hunting a completely different predator when a guest at Merely Hall, a nearby stately home, is found dead at the foot of the grand staircase on Christmas morning. At first the tragedy is assumed to be a simple accident, but Gently is not one to jump to conclusions and is soon in no doubt whatsoever that this was murder. Merely produces the finest tapestries in England but the threads that Gently must unravel in his investigation are more complex than any weaver's design, with everyone from the lord of the manor to his most lowly servant falling under suspicion.
Landed Gently (The Inspector George Gently Case Files #4)
by Alan HunterHaving been invited to spend Christmas in the country, fishing for pike, Gently finds himself hunting a completely different predator when a guest at Merely Hall, a nearby stately home, is found dead at the foot of the grand staircase on Christmas morning. At first the tragedy is assumed to be a simple accident, but Gently is not one to jump to conclusions and is soon in no doubt whatsoever that this was murder. Merely produces the finest tapestries in England but the threads that Gently must unravel in his investigation are more complex than any weaver's design, with everyone from the lord of the manor to his most lowly servant falling under suspicion. Praise for Alan Hunter's Gently books:'It is always a pleasure to look forward to another Gently book by Alan Hunter ' Police Review
Landed Gently (George Gently)
by Mr Alan HunterHaving been invited to spend Christmas in the country, fishing for pike, Gently finds himself hunting a completely different predator when a guest at Merely Hall, a nearby stately home, is found dead at the foot of the grand staircase on Christmas morning.At first the tragedy is assumed to be a simple accident, but Gently is not one to jump to conclusions and is soon in no doubt whatsoever that this was murder. Merely produces the finest tapestries in England but the threads that Gently must unravel in his investigation are more complex than any weaver's design, with everyone from the lord of the manor to his most lowly servant falling under suspicion.Praise for Alan Hunter's Gently books:'It is always a pleasure to look forward to another Gently book by Alan Hunter ...' Police Review
Landen
by LAIA FABREGASUna historia sobre coincidencias y accidentes, sobre la adaptación a un país nuevo y sobre la nostalgia, la soledad y el amor incondicional. La palabra holandesa landen tiene dos significados a la vez: «países» y «aterrizar». «Murió durante el aterrizaje», dice Ella al principio de esta misteriosa novela. En un vuelo de Barcelona a Ámsterdam una joven holandesa y un abuelo extremeño se sientan en la misma fila y entablan conversación. Tras la repentina muerte del hombre, Ella, siguiendo un impulso, esconde la enigmática caja que Él iba a entregarle a su hijo y se marcha. Él emigró a Holanda en los años sesenta para trabajar, se casó con una artista holandesa y tuvieron tres hijos. Después de quince años, la familia se traslada a Figueres. Ella trabaja en la hacienda holandesa. Durante el fin de semana busca a las personas que aparecen en una lista de cien nombres, con la esperanza de que una de ellas pueda proporcionarle la información que necesita. La intrigante y obsesiva búsqueda que lleva a cabo la protagonista sumerge al lector en esas casualidades que marcan de forma irreversible nuestras vidas. La crítica ha dicho...«Después de su prometedor debut con La niña de los nueve dedos, Laia Fàbregas escribe de nuevo una novela bien construida y fascinante.»Daniëlle Serdijn, De Volkskrant «Una historia fascinante... Fàbregas no lo desvela todo y es justo ahí donde se esconde su fuerza, porque la sutil tensión del relato y la información bien dosificada hacen de Landen una novela que cautiva de principio a fin.»Marieke Dijkman, Nu.nl «Trauma e historia, magia y azar, concepto y relato. Las novelas de Laia Fàbregas se sitúan en un territorio ambiguo, de disolución de la identidad, de pérdida de la relación tradicional con el territorio, las creencias y las formas de vida de los padres.»Juliá Guillamon, La Vanguardia «Fàbregas sabe mantener las tensiones, dejarse llevar, confiar en los paralelismos, buscar nuevas maneras de plantear los significados que vamos dando a todo lo que nos pasa. El resultado es muy notable, conceptualmente relevante.»Melcior Comes, Avui
Landfall (The Fall Trilogy #3)
by Kate PavelleSequel to SwordfallThe Fall Trilogy: Book ThreeWhen Sean wins a powerboat in a mail-order sweepstakes, he and Asbjorn fly to the Bahamas to pick it up. They've been married for two years, slaving to finish school and to make ends meet. Instead of intimate quality time, they've been passing each other like two ships in the night. How far Sean and Asbjorn drifted apart becomes painfully clear as they're stuck on the boat together. Don and Adrian sail down to meet them for a relaxing get-together. Sean's mind drifts to an old invitation to swing with their best friends, while Asbjorn takes ill-advised risks on the sea. Nature intervenes. Marooned on a deserted island where cell service winks in and out, they have no way of knowing when help will arrive. Survival's at stake, and they have only each other to lean upon. The solitude and struggle against the elements forces these two stubborn, loving men to finally talk. And then a body washes up on the shore.
Landon
by Delores FossenThe Rylands of Silver Creek are back and hungry for justice in USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen's latest heart-stopping suspense! After returning home to investigate a brutal murder, Detective Landon Ryland is shocked to learn the body was discovered in the home of Tessa Sinclair, a woman he once knew intimately. Seeing Tessa again is like a jolt to his heart. Too bad the beautiful brunette has no idea who she is-or why she's cradling a newborn. With evidence pointing toward Tessa and the baby being next on the killer's hit list, Landon refuses to leave their safety in anyone else's hands. Or admit that losing them would permanently destroy the future he secretly envisioned. The Lawmen of Silver Creek Ranch
The Landry News: Frindle; The Landry News; The Janitor's Boy (Juvenile Ser.)
by Andrew ClementsNEW STUDENT GETS OLD TEACHERThe bad news is that Cara Landry is the new kid at Denton Elementary School. The worse news is that her teacher, Mr. Larson, would rather read the paper and drink coffee than teach his students anything. So Cara decides to give Mr. Larson something else to read—her own newspaper, The Landry News.Before she knows it, the whole fifth-grade class is in on the project. But then the principal finds a copy of The Landry News, with unexpected results. Tomorrow’s headline: Will Cara’s newspaper cost Mr. Larson his job?
Land's End
by Marta PerryConfused and angry, Dr. Sarah Wainwright returned to the Georgia island of St. James in search of answers to her husband's mysterious death--in an apparent lovers' tryst with the wife of wealthy industrialist Trent Donner. Anger seemed to be the only edge Sarah had--Trent's control of the island and his protectiveness for his young daughter were enough to drive even this scandal back into the shadows. A man whose life depended on keeping his secrets; a woman whose future depended on learning the truth--could her quest set them free, or would it destroy them all?
Landscape of Lies: An Art-World Mystery
by Peter WatsonA mysterious painting holds the clues to a cache of priceless relics in this treasure hunt of “deepening suspense” à la The Da Vinci Code (Library Journal). In financial trouble, Isobel Sadler considers selling a painting that’s been in her family for generations. She can’t imagine it’s worth much . . . until someone tries to steal it. Mystified, Isobel turns to art dealer Michael Whiting for advice. He identifies the painting as a sixteenth-century treasure map pointing the way to a series of lost religious artifacts hidden by monks when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. If he and Isobel can decipher the clues in the painting, Michael reasons, her money troubles will disappear. But if they can’t decode the painting quickly, Michael and Isobel could be history themselves. As they struggle to translate the arcane instructions—laced with references to everything from the Bible to Botticelli—they are stalked by a rival who will stop at nothing to get his hands on the treasure. Peter Watson’s stylish art-world thriller seamlessly mixes action with “sustained literariness, refinement, and polish” (Library Journal).
The Landscape Of Love
by Sally BeaumanIf I didn't spy, I'd be in the dark eternally. I live in a maze of unknowing -- Maisie's maze -- and I hate it. I need to be informed . . .'The summer of 1967, at a decaying house in the heart of Suffolk: an artist is painting a portrait of thirteen-year-old Maisie and her elder sisters, beautiful Julia and bookish Finn. Maisie embarks on a portrait of her own: she begins an account of her family and of her village friend Daniel Nunn, a young man she idolises, whom she watches over the chasm of a class divide. But is Maisie's description of a summer idyll all it seems? This is the summer when the three sisters' lives will irrevocably, and terribly, change. The winter of 1991, in London: the now-famous portrait of the three sisters features in a major retrospective. Daniel Nunn, haunted by the vanished England of his childhood, obsessed by the three sisters and newly determined to understand what happened that last summer, pursues the ghosts of his past.
The Landscape Of Love
by Sally BeaumanIf I didn't spy, I'd be in the dark eternally. I live in a maze of unknowing - Maisie's maze - and I hate it. I need to be informed . . .'The summer of 1967, at a decaying house in the heart of Suffolk: an artist is painting a portrait of thirteen-year-old Maisie and her elder sisters, beautiful Julia and bookish Finn. Maisie embarks on a portrait of her own: she begins an account of her family and of her village friend Daniel Nunn, a young man she idolises, whom she watches over the chasm of a class divide. But is Maisie's description of a summer idyll all it seems? This is the summer when the three sisters' lives will irrevocably, and terribly, change. The winter of 1991, in London: the now-famous portrait of the three sisters features in a major retrospective. Daniel Nunn, haunted by the vanished England of his childhood, obsessed by the three sisters and newly determined to understand what happened that last summer, pursues the ghosts of his past.
Landscape of Shadows
by Kevin DohertyThe Choice: One Killer? Or Ten Innocents?France, 1941. The small town of Dinon is under German occupation. Max Duval, its mayor, appears to have accepted the German presence and encourages his citizens to do the same. He owns the Hotel Picardie, whose most important resident is Major Egon Wolff— German commandant.Then, a Resistance team kills two German troopers, and the uneasy calm of Dinon is shattered. One of the assassins, the headstrong and beautiful Sophie Carriere, takes refuge in the Hotel Picardie. Despite his disapproval of the assassinations, Max keeps her safe. Sophie accuses Max of conspiring the attacks, but Max is no collaborator— he has his own secret methods of resistance, which Sophie has now jeopardized.Danger escalates when Sophie discovers the truth about Max' s resistance work, and she and Max are drawn to one another. Egon Wolff decrees that ten citizens will be executed unless the missing assassin is surrendered. Max faces a terrible choice: sacrifice Sophie and betray the cause of freedom for which they are both working— or let innocent citizens go to their deaths.Perfect for fans of Leon Uris and Alan Furst
Landslide (A Mason Hackett Espionage Thriller #1)
by Adam SikesInternational Arms—Private Military Companies—Corruption at Every Turn U.S. Marine veteran Mason Hackett moved to London to start his life over, and he's done his best to convince himself that what happened fifteen years ago doesn't matter—the people he killed, the men he lost, the lives he ruined. But when Mason sees the face of a dead friend flash on a television screen and then receives a mysterious email referencing a CIA operation gone bad, he can no longer ignore his inner demons. Driven by loyalty and a need to uncover the truth, Mason launches on a perilous journey from the Czech Republic to Romania toward the war-torn separatist region in eastern Ukraine to honor a fifteen-year-old promise. The answers he seeks—the fate of a friend and his connection to the underworld of international arms dealers and defense corporations—throw Mason into the cauldron of a covert war where no one can be trusted.Perfect for fans of Daniel Silva and Brad Thor
L'àngel de Munic
by Fabiano MassimiEl thriller històric de l'anyNúm. 1 en vendes a ItàliaQuè s'amaga rere la mort de Geli Raubal, neboda de Hitler i el seu únic i veritable amor? «Un thriller que podria haver escrit Ken Follett.»PAOLA SORGE, Il Venerdì «Precís, imaginatiu i brillant.»DONATO CARRISI, Il Corriere della Sera Munic, any 1931. Falten poques setmanes perquè unes eleccions històriques atorguin el poder als nazis. El comissari Siegfried Sauer i el seu adjunt Mutti Forster s'enfronten a un torn de dissabte avorrit quan el director de la policia els avisa d'un cas d'assassinat al número 16 de Prinzregentenplatz, on viu el secretari del partit nacionalsocialista Adolf Hitler. Han trobat morta la seva neboda, Geli Raubal. Tot sembla indicar que es tracta d'un suïcidi, però Sauer està convençut del contrari. Alguns testimonis es contradiuen i, a més, ha desaparegut un penjoll amb una esvàstica d'or que la jove sempre portava al coll. Les seves sospites es confirmen quan el mateix Hitler li demana que trobi el culpable i un antic llaç de confiança entre Sauer i el futur Führer reclama ser recompensat. Per què apareixen misterioses notes signades amb una H? Què hi ha darrere dels quadres que Hitler pintava i amb els quals decorava casa seva? El cas de la jove Geli és només la punta de l'iceberg d'aquesta novel·la, que anirà destapant una a una les personalitats històriques del règim i les seves vides Després d'anys de recerca en fonts inèdites, Fabiano Massimi segueix a L'àngel de Munic les recerques oficials d'aquells dies i els protagonistes inoblidables d'aquest cas real que va estar a punt de canviar el curs de la història. La crítica ha dit...«L'àngel de Munic es basa en una realitat històrica, però alhora la supera gràcies a allò que la història mai no podrà tenir: un narrador. I en aquest cas, un narrador precís, imaginatiu i brillant.»Donato Carrisi, Il Corriere della Sera «L'àngel de Munic té tots els números per convertir-se en un èxit, perquè conjuga una història oblidada per la Història amb un estil literari que evoca atmosferes cinematogràfiques amb el ritme voraç de les sèries de televisió.»Gian Paolo Serino, Il Giornale «Una novel·la que llança llum sobre l'escandalosa passió de Hitler per la seva neboda. En els judicis de Nuremberg de 1946, Hermann Göring va declarar que després de la mort de Geli tot rastre d'humanitat en Hitler va desaparèixer.»Igor Ruggeri, Gente «Un nou autor i una història amb un ritme trepidant.»Roselina Salemi, Io Donna «Un thriller emocionant que retorna a la vida un dels casos sense resoldre més foscos de la història.»Bruna Magi, Libero «La mort que podria haver aturat Hitler. [...] Un experiment social de l'autor: transformar el lector en un ciutadà alemany de l'època per viure i sentir els motius, d'una altra manera inexplicables, de l'ascens del dictador. [...] Un thriller que no deixa espai per a la fantasia.»Marcello Cocco, L'Unione Sarda «Una lectura absolutament fascinant.»Thrillernord.it
The Langoliers (Playaway Adult Fiction Ser.)
by Stephen KingStephen King&’s unforgettable novella—first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries—about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky.On a cross-country, redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken in Bangor, Maine, to find that the crew and most of their fellow passengers have disappeared. The airport shows no signs of life. Yet they hear &“radio static&” in the distance. Craig Toomey, an irritable investment banker on the verge of a breakdown, believes it is &“The Langoliers,&” monsters he was afraid of as a child who attack those who waste time. It&’s mystery author Bob Jenkins who first theorizes that they have flown through a time rip. Bob declares they have entered a place that forbids time travelers to observe or interfere with past events. It turns out that Craig is right, in a way. Two creatures, followed by hundreds more, emerge from the forest and head for the plane, consuming everything in their path. Can the survivors manage to fly the plane back to Los Angeles, back to the correct time, before The Langoliers succeed in their deadly mission to destroy the plane and the world? Dinah Bellman, the young blind girl whose aunt did not survive the time rip, has the greatest insight of all. A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant read from the masterful Stephen King.
The Language of Bees: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #9)
by Laurie R. KingBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Laurie R. King's The God of the Hive.For Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, returning to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad was especially sweet. There was even a mystery to solve--the unexplained disappearance of an entire colony of bees from one of Holmes's beloved hives.But the anticipated sweetness of their homecoming is quickly tempered by a galling memory from the past. Mary had met Damian Adler only once before, when the surrealist painter had been charged with--and exonerated from--murder. Now the troubled young man is enlisting the Holmeses' help again, this time in a desperate search for his missing wife and child.Mary has often observed that there are many kinds of madness, and before this case yields its shattering solution she'll come into dangerous contact with a fair number of them. From suicides at Stonehenge to the dark secrets of a young woman's past on the streets of Shanghai, Mary will find herself on the trail of a killer more dangerous than any she's ever faced--a killer Sherlock Holmes himself may be protecting for reasons near and dear to his heart.
The Language of Birds
by Jill DawsonDrawing on the infamous Lord Lucan affair, this compelling novel explores the roots of a shocking murder from a fresh perspective and brings to vivid life an era when women's voices all too often went unheard. In the summer of 1974, Mandy River arrives in London to make a fresh start and begins working as nanny to the children of one Lady Morven. She quickly finds herself in the midst of a bitter custody battle and the house under siege: Lord Morven is having his wife watched. According to Lady Morven, her estranged husband also has a violent streak, yet she doesn't seem the most reliable witness. Should Mandy believe her? As Mandy edges towards her tragic fate, her friend Rosemary watches from the wings - an odd girl with her own painful past and a rare gift. This time, though, she misreads the signs.
The Language of Birds
by Jill DawsonDrawing on the infamous Lord Lucan affair, this compelling novel explores the roots of a shocking murder from a fresh perspective and brings to vivid life an era when women's voices all too often went unheard. In the summer of 1974, Mandy River arrives in London to make a fresh start and begins working as nanny to the children of one Lady Morven. She quickly finds herself in the midst of a bitter custody battle and the house under siege: Lord Morven is having his wife watched. According to Lady Morven, her estranged husband also has a violent streak, yet she doesn't seem the most reliable witness. Should Mandy believe her? As Mandy edges towards her tragic fate, her friend Rosemary watches from the wings - an odd girl with her own painful past and a rare gift. This time, though, she misreads the signs.