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Nobody's Hero (Inspector Carlyle #9)
by James CraigIn and out of prison for over 40 years, Seymour Eriksson is officially ‘London’s most unsuccessful criminal.’ So why can’t Carlyle keep him off the streets for more than five minutes – and how can he stop hack Bernie Gilmore naming and shaming him in his tabloid rag? Worried about his own personal profile, Carlyle is slow to notice several alarming cases involving missing schoolgirls. So can he get his act together and start solving crimes before Bernie brands him publicly as ‘London’s most unsuccessful cop’?Praise for James Craig: ‘A cracking read’ BBC Radio 4‘Fast paced and very easy to get quickly lost in’ Lovereading.com
Nobody's Hero: A Novel (Ben Koenig #2)
by M. W. Craven“Exhilarating and darkly comic. . . Craven effectively mixes the unvarnished brutality and high body count of Lee Child with the black humor of Mick Herron. . . A must read.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"This high-body-count romp is told with such verve and relish that even readers who shy from mayhem might find themselves on Koenig’s side as he hurtles from one impossible near-death experience to the next." —The New York Times Book ReviewA man who can't feel fear is in a race against time to find a woman who knows a secret that could take down the United StatesWhen a shocking murder and abduction on the streets of London leads investigators to open a safe in Langley for the first time in ten years, they find a note directing them to a few key individuals. Three of the people on the list are dead. The fourth is Ben Koenig.Koenig has no idea why his name is on the list. Then he realizes that he knows the woman who carried out the killings. Ten years earlier, without being told why, he was tasked with helping her disappear. Far from being a deranged killer, she is the gatekeeper of a secret that could take down America, and for the safety of the country, she has been in hiding for years—until now. And if she has resurfaced, the danger may be closer and more terrifying than anyone can imagine.Ben Koenig has to find her before it’s too late. But Ben suffers from a syndrome that means he can’t feel fear. He doesn’t always know when he should walk away . . . or when he’s leading others into danger. Fast, brutal, smart, and violent, Nobody’s Hero is an engrossing story of contract killers, international terrorism, hard choices, and the future of the country—and the world as we know it. “Craven has unleashed Ben Koenig into the thriller world. Long may he raise hell in the pages." —David Baldacci
Nobody's Heroes
by Marcou Dan"Variety is the spice of death" is the motto of William Ripp, a prolific serial killer. With more than twenty bodies buried all over the United States, Ripp considers himself to be the premier serial killer of all time because not only is he still free, killing on a whim, but his obsession as of yet has gone undetected. Ripp stumbles into the Midwestern city of La Claire, Wisconsin. As he is about to claim his twenty-third victim, he is thwarted suddenly and unexpectedly by Officer Dan McCarthy. Ripp watches in amazement as the potential victim is rescued from his clutches. This close call excites Ripp, and like a moth to the flame, he is drawn to La Claire by the thrill of a challenge as well as the sultry beauty of an exotic dancer. Can she escape his evil desires? This novel is a realistic, action-packed, can't-put-it-down police thriller. Officers Dave Compton, Dan McCarthy, Gary Carpenter, Madison Brown, Dooley, Randy Stammos and the incorrigible Stanley Brockman are "Nobody's Heroes." The best of the best are on a collision course with evil incarnate. Lives are at stake and the outcome undecided as the epic struggle continues between good and evil. Where is the place of battle? La Claire, Wisconsin. When? On Compton's Shift.
Nobody's Perfect (The Dortmunder Novels #4)
by Donald E. WestlakeAn inside-job art heist goes awry in this &“wildly funny&” crime novel by the Edgar Award–winning author (The New York Times Book Review). It would take a miracle to keep Dortmunder out of jail. Though he cased the electronics store perfectly, the cops surprised him, turning up in the alley just as he was walking out the back door, a television in each hand. Already a two-time loser, without divine intervention he faces a long stretch inside. Then God sends J. Radcliffe Stonewiler, a celebrity lawyer who gets Dortmunder off with hardly any effort at all. Stonewiler was sent by Arnold Chauncey, an art lover with a cash flow problem. He asks the thief to break into his house and make off with a valuable painting in exchange for a quarter of the insurance money. Chauncey has pulled the stunt twice before, so it must look real. He&’ll give Dortmunder no inside help—a shame since, when this caper spins out of control, he&’ll need all the help he can get.
Nobody's Princess (Man of the Month)
by Jennifer GreeneMR. AUGUSTPrince of a guy: Alex Brennan. Honest, loyal...a fairy-tale hero.Damsel in distress: Regan Stuart. Jaded, cynical...detests fairy tales.ONCE UPON A TIME...there was a free spirit named Regan who believed in Prince Charming and happily-ever-afters. Then she kissed one frog too many. So instead of searching for knights in shining armor, she armed herself with hard-edged realism to ward off would-be Romeos....Alex knew that love hurt, but he also knew Regan needed to be saved. And though he was nobody's hero, he wanted to prove to this stubborn beauty that she was his princess....MAN OF THE MONTH:This guy proves chivalry isn't dead!
Nobody's Safe
by Richard SteinbergThere are some secrets the government would kill to protect....No door is locked....Gregory Picaro lives in the shadows and works in the dark, finding his way into the most exclusive homes in the world and methodically taking away their treasures one precious item at a time. A man who has made safecracking an art form, who has never met a lock he couldn't pick, Picaro is at the top of his field. But he has just opened the wrong safe. No treasure is secure....Suddenly Picaro, in the company of a beautiful woman reporter, is on a harrowing cross-country odyssey in pursuit of a truth too extraordinary to guess, dodging enemies who want him dead--and want their evidence back. For over fifty years a mysterious organization has been guarding a secret that will change everything you have believed about our government. And the only person who can tell the truth is a master safecracker--holding the key to a mind-boggling revelation....Nobody's Safe.
Nobody's Secret: A Novel
by Michaela MacColl&“MacColl skillfully draws from Dickinson&’s life to create a vision of the young poet as sharp-thinking, nature-obsessed, and determinedly curious.&” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) One day, fifteen-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a mysterious, handsome young man. Surprisingly, he doesn&’t seem to know who she or her family is. And even more surprisingly, he playfully refuses to divulge his name. Emily enjoys her secret flirtation with Mr. &“Nobody&” until he turns up dead in her family&’s pond. She&’s stricken with guilt. Only Emily can discover who this enigmatic stranger was before he&’s condemned to be buried in an anonymous grave. Her investigation takes her deep into town secrets, blossoming romance, and deadly danger. Exquisitely written and meticulously researched, this novel celebrates Emily Dickinson&’s intellect and spunk in a page-turner of a book that will excite fans of mystery, romance, and poetry alike. Includes bonus material! Book Club Discussion Guide Sneak peek chapter from Always Emily by Michaela MacColl &“Life in 1845 small-town Massachusetts is painstakingly portrayed throughout this suspenseful tale . . . The fast-moving plot makes this a well-crafted page-turner.&” —School Library Journal (starred review) &“[An] imaginative take on the young poet.&” —Booklist &“MacColl takes a character that most people do not really know much about and brings her to life . . . Fun, interesting reading.&” —VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates &“Gracefully folds factual elements of Dickinson&’s life and work into the fiction.&” —The Horn Book Magazine
Nobody's Sweetheart Now: The First Lady Adelaide Mystery (Lady Adelaide Mysteries #1)
by Maggie Robinson&“A clever, charming mystery that perfectly captures 1920s society . . . sure to appeal to fans of Ashley Weaver or Rhys Bowen.&” —Shelf Awareness August 1924. Lady Adelaide Compton has recently (and satisfactorily) interred her husband, Major Rupert Charles Cressleigh Compton, hero of the Somme, in the family vault in the village churchyard. Rupert died by smashing his Hispano-Suiza on a Cotswold country road while carrying a French mademoiselle in the passenger seat. With the house now Addie's and a weekend house party underway, how inconvenient of Rupert to turn up! Not in the flesh, but in—actually, as a—spirit. Rupert has to perform a few good deeds before becoming welcomed to heaven—or, more likely, thinks Addie, to hell. Before Addie can convince herself she's not completely lost her mind, a murder disrupts her careful seating arrangement. Which of her twelve houseguests is a killer? Her mother, the formidable Dowager Marchioness of Broughton? Her sister Cecilia, the born-again vegetarian? Her childhood friend and potential lover, Lord Lucas Waring? Rupert has a solid alibi as a ghost and an urge to do some sleuthing. Addie knows she can't leave Rupert to solve the murders of her sweet old gardener and a naked neighbor by himself. Enter Inspector Devenand Hunter, an Anglo-Indian who is not going to let some society beauty who seems to talk to herself derail his investigation. Something very peculiar is afoot at Compton Court and he's going to get to the bottom of it. . . . &“A lively debut filled with local color, red herrings, both sprightly and spritely characters, a smidgen of social commentary, and a climactic surprise.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Nobody's There
by Joan Lowery NixonFurious at her father for breaking up their family, Abbie Thompson acted without thinking and got arrested for malicious mischief. Now the judge has assigned her to volunteer in a program that matches teens with the elderly. But Abbie doesn't get just any elderly person. She gets Edna Merkel: a cranky, difficult woman who's a member of the town's crime prevention group. In fact, Mrs. Merkel is too active a member, and after she brags that she's onto something big, she's attacked and ends up hospitalized. Suddenly the private investigator game is real, and only Abbie -- with the help of Mrs. Merkel's indecipherable notebook -- can figure out who did it. But will Abbie get to the assailant before the assailant gets to her?
Noche
by Bernard MinierDe ritmo trepidante y protagonizada por personajes aterradores. La novela que consagró a Bernard Minier como el maestro del thriller francés. De todos los criminales a los que se ha enfrentado a lo largo de su carrera, ninguno ha suscitado en el comandante Martin Servaz, miembro de la Policía Judicial de Toulouse, semejante grado de horror y aversión como el diabólico Julian Hirtmann. Pero el encono de Servaz no se debe sólo a que el antiguo fiscal del tribunal de Ginebra le arrebató a su adorada Marianne, sino también a que Hirtmann, con sus perversos métodos de tortura psicológica, parece haberse apropiado de su mente, exponiendo sus pasiones más íntimas, desde la música de Gustav Mahler hasta las zonas oscuras de su vida familiar. Inesperadamente, el homicidio de una joven en una iglesia en el norte de Noruega ofrece a Servaz la ocasión de reencontrarse con el aborrecible Hirtmann. El crimen ha movilizado a la agente Kirsten Nigaard, de la Policía de Oslo, cuyas pesquisas la conducen a una plataforma petrolífera del mar del Norte, donde descubre que uno de los operarios ha huido, dejando una serie de indicios que apuntan al comandante Servaz. ¿Golpe de azar o giro sospechoso del destino? Ajena a la historia solapada bajo el caso, Nigaard se traslada a Francia para unirse a Servaz en la búsqueda y captura de Hirtmann. Así pues, la implacable persecución culmina en los abismos de una noche de invierno, durante la cual, en un cara a cara definitivo, Martin Servaz debe jugarse la vida y el honor frente al más despiadado de sus enemigos. La crítica ha dicho...«Un thriller que te quitará el sueño.»RTL «Una novela maquiavélica y cautivadora.»Paris Match «Una trama de ritmo infernal, que deja al lector noqueado y sin aliento, y con la sensación de haber corrido un maratón por las nieves noruegas y las cimas pirenaicas.»Ouest France «Una obra tan sombría como una noche sin luna, en la que Bernard Minier despliega todo su talento.»Version Femina «Un thriller tenebroso y palpitante.»Téle 7 Jours «Bernard Minier es un as del suspense.»Onlalu «La muerte, el miedo y el terror se apoderan de todas las páginas de Noche. [...] Una novela imposible de abandonar. [...] Magistral.»La Dépêche du Midi
Noche de amor
by Mary BaloghCuando Neville Wyatt espera en el altar a su prometida, Lauren, se imagina una ceremonia tan perfecta como su novia. Pero justo cuando Lauren está a punto de iniciar el recorrido nupcial, aparece otra mujer, vestida con un traje raído. Neville se vuelve blanco como la cera, ya que se trata de Lily, su mujer, a quien daba por muerta desde hacía dos años, y de quien apenas conserva en el recuerdo y en la piel una gloriosa noche de amor. Ahora que ella ha vuelto, los problemas son numerosos. Neville debe solucionar la situación con la disgustada Lauren, que ha estado esperando esta boda desde hace años. Y es que en el recuerdo de Neville y Lily ha quedado algo más fuerte que el deseo, algo más que una simple noche de amor.
Noche de paz
by Mary Higgins ClarkUna historia navideña sobre el coraje de un niño ante un peligro fatal y sobre el poder del amor. Por la reina del suspense. Cuando a Tom le diagnostican leucemia, su mujer Catherine y sus dos hijos pequeños viajan con él a Nueva York durante la temporada de las vacaciones navideñas para que se someta a una urgente operación a vida o muerte. En la víspera de Navidad, con la esperanza de levantarles el ánimo a los muchachos, Catherine les lleva a ver el famoso árbol de Navidad del Rockefeller Center. Una vez allí, Brian, de siete años, ve como una mujer hurta el billetero de su madre, en el que guarda una medalla de San Cristóbal que salvó la vida de su abuelo en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Brian cree con todo su corazón que esa medalla servirá para proteger ahora a su padre. Impulsivamente, el chico se separa de su madre y de su hermano para perseguir a la ladrona... dando paso así al inicio de la aventura más peligrosa de su joven vida. Reseñas: «El cuento de Navidad más desgarrador que una madre pueda imaginar... Con un final poco menos que milagroso. Te garantizamos que te hará saltar las lágrimas.»Literary Guild «Genuinamente emocionante y repleto de suspense.»Detroit News
Noche de paz, noche de misterio (Serie Perrock Holmes #Volumen 20)
by Isaac PalmiolaPerrock Holmes es la serie de detectives juvenil con mucho suspense, aventura y grandes dosis de humor. Cuando el misterio llame a tu puerta, tú llama a Perrock, Perrock Holmes. Julia y Diego han encontrado el billete dorado que había escondido en una tableta de turrón. ¡Se van a Laponia a pasar las Navidades con el gran escritor David Cagallians! Pero cuando llegan, nada es tan perfecto...Estos son los HECHOS: David Cagallians está en un bloqueo creativo porque alguien le ha robado la cajita de música que le inspira a escribir. Estas son las PISTAS: solo las personas más cercanas conocían la existencia de su amuleto: familiares, trabajadores, Papá Noel... ESTAS NAVIDADES HUELEN A MISTERIO... ¿O NO?
Noche en vela
by Roberto SánchezA caballo entre la novela negra clásica y el thriller más actual,Noche en vela es una emocionante historia plagada de sorpresas. Gracias a su conocimiento íntimo del mundo de la radio, Roberto Sánchez, director del programa Si amanece nos vamosen Cadena SER, ha construido una trama de suspense magistral que se quedará grabada en la memoria de los lectores.La desaparición de Tomás Luzón, un actor que gozó de cierta fama en España, coincide con el asesinato de la actriz Cristina Corral. Ambos compartieron una historia de amor, por lo que Tomás se convierte en el principal sospechoso de su muerte.Años después, Luzón ha reunido pruebas que demuestran quién es el verdaderoasesino. Pero para revelarlo y vengarse se reserva una jugadamaestra: llamar a un programa nocturno de radio, Noche en vela, ycontaren directo lo que realmente sucedió la noche del crimen. ¿Conseguirá demostrar su inocencia antes de que sea demasiado tarde?
Noches de Bonanza
by Hugo BurelEn Noches de Bonanza, Hugo Burel concluye con maestría la primera trilogía de novela negra montevideana. Una historia apasionante que ha atrapado a miles de lectores, con un protagonista que ya se ha convertido en leyenda. Desde su fulgurante aparición en Montevideo noir, que inaugura la saga, Gabriel Keller ha recorrido un largo y arduo camino. En su intento por proteger a su joven vecina Beatriz de los obstáculos que se oponían a su felicidad, asesinó, ocultó y engañó. Por ella cambió el curso de su vida y se convirtió en otra persona. Pero, ¿quién es realmente Keller? En esta novela, el protagonista se verá envuelto en una sórdida trama de venganza y traición que involucra a una hermosa modelo y a un poderoso hombre de negocios que se aprovecha de ella. El implacable instinto asesino de Keller y su capacidad para la impostura encontrarán, esta vez, un sentido de justicia. No obstante, lo que Keller necesita es dar cierre a su historia con Beatriz, entender las razones que lo han llevado a hacer todo lo que ha hecho y poner una tregua a la irresistible pulsión de matar.
Noches de verano en Taipéi
by Abigail Hing WenEl libro en el que se basa la nueva película de Lionsgate. Un éxito viral en BookTok, Bestseller del NYT, recomendado por Cosmopolitan y Teen Vogue. El verano de estudio de Ever da un giro inesperado cuando el estricto programa educativo, por el que viaja a Taiwán, resulta ser otra cosa. Vivirá un verano de libertad donde abundan los ligues, los adultos hacen la vista gorda, el sake de sangre de serpiente fluye sin fin y la vida nocturna no se detiene.Ever estudia para ser en médico, pero en realidad adora bailar. Rick Woo es un niño prodigio destinado a Yale, pero su perfección oculta un secreto. Sophie Ha, loca por los chicos y obsesionada con la moda, resulta ser más de lo que parece. Y, bajo el caparazón del sexi Xavier Yeh, hay enterrada una vergonzosa verdad que nunca admitirá. Reseñas:«Una historia única de una nueva voz emocionante y auténtica».Sabaa Tahir, autora número uno en ventas del New York Times con Una llama entre cenizas «Sorprendente, original e inteligente a partes iguales. Una intensa ráfaga de rebelión y romance».Stephanie Garber, autora número uno en ventas del New York Times con Caraval
Nock Loose
by Patrick MarlboroughJoy is a gifted archer, a retired Olympian and a former stuntwoman on a cult Japanese tokusatsu show. Raised by a feckless grifter, her home is Bodkins Point. For 150 years, this small town has hosted an annual ultra-violent medieval festival called 'Agincourt'. During the festival, Bodkins Point transforms – assuming a parallel identity that plays tug-of-war with the way its townsfolk live for the rest of the year. In the aftermath of a terrible fire, Joy's past and the town's dark history are set on a collision course as she takes the furious road to revenge.
Nocturama I: Los demonios
by Sebastián PedrozoLos demonios es la primera entrega de la serie Nocturama, la misma que llevará al lector a vivir la intriga y, por supuesto, el horror. A Lucas le gustan la música y las películas de terror, y sufre de insomnio. Así, poco a poco, se aleja de la luz, escapando de su casa para ingresar en el mundo de la noche. Una joven salvaje, una decadente estrella de rock y un intrépido taxista son algunos de los personajes con los que se irá relacionando en sus recorridos nocturnos. Pero no será hasta que conozca a una horrorosa criatura que descubrirá la existencia del proyecto Nocturama, la siniestra invención de un misterioso director de cine.
Nocturna
by Guillermo Del ToroSiempre han estado aquÍ. Vampiros. En la oscuridad y en secreto. Esperando. Ahora ha llegado su momento. En una semana, tomarÁn Manhattan. En un mes, el paÍs entero. En dos meses, el mundo. El visionario creador de la pelÍcula ganadora del Oscar El laberinto del Fauno y un escritor ganador del Hammett Award, vuelcan sus imaginaciones en esta audaz novela Épica sobre una horrorosa batalla entre hombre y vampiro que amenaza a toda la humanidad. Es la primera entrega de una espeluznante trilogÍa y un evento editorial internacional extraordinario.
Nocturnal
by Scott SiglerScott Sigler reinvented the alien-invasion story in his bestselling novels Infected and Contagious... rebooted the biotech thriller in Ancestor...now, in his most ambitious, sweeping novel to date, he works his magic on the paranormal thriller, taking us inside a terrifying underworld of subterranean predators that only his twisted mind could invent. Homicide detective Bryan Clauser is losing his mind. How else to explain the dreams he keeps having--dreams that mirror, with impossible accuracy, the gruesome serial murders taking place all over San Francisco? How else to explain the feelings these dreams provoke in him--not disgust, not horror, but excitement? As Bryan and his longtime partner, Lawrence "Pookie" Chang, investigate the murders, they learn that things are even stranger than they at first seem. For the victims are all enemies of a seemingly ordinary young boy--a boy who is gripped by the same dreams that haunt Bryan. Meanwhile, a shadowy vigilante, seemingly armed with superhuman powers, is out there killing the killers. And Bryan and Pookie's superiors--from the mayor on down--seem strangely eager to keep the detectives from discovering the truth. Doubting his own sanity and stripped of his badge, Bryan begins to suspect that he's stumbled into the crosshairs of a shadow war that has gripped his city for more than a century--a war waged by a race of killers living in San Francisco's unknown, underground ruins, emerging at night to feed on those who will not be missed. And as Bryan learns the truth about his own intimate connections to the killings, he discovers that those who matter most to him are in mortal danger...and that he may be the only man gifted--or cursed--with the power to do battle with the nocturnals. Featuring a dazzlingly plotted mystery and a terrifying descent into a nightmarish underworld--along with some of the most incredible action scenes ever put to paper, and an explosive, gut-wrenching conclusion you won't soon forget--Nocturnal is the most spectacular outing to date from one of the genre's brightest stars.
Nocturnal
by Scott SiglerScott Sigler is the voice in modern horror - and NOCTURNAL will make certain that you never look at cities the same way again.For centuries, their race has lived beneath the earth, emerging only at night, to feed quietly on the dregs of society and slip back into the shadows. But now their time has come - their time to rise up from their hiding places and take back what is theirs.San Francisco homicide detective Bryan Klauser is supposed to be hunting a serial killer. But a serial killer couldn't be responsible for the seemingly impossible DNA evidence the crime-scene techs keep finding - or for the gory, strangely prophetic dreams Bryan keeps having. And what about the connections he keeps finding to a century-old cult - and his superiors' sudden reluctance to give him the answershe needs about cases that should be dead and buried?Ultimately, Klauser's investigations will reveal a race of killers who've long lurked beneath San Francisco's streets - and are preparing to take back the city. Klauser is the only man who can stop them, because . . . he might not be a man atall.
Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced
by R. J. GarciaMystery surrounds the town of Summertime, Indiana, where fifteen-year-old Tommy Walker and his little sister are sent to live with relatives they’ve never met. Tommy soon makes friends with Finn Wilds, a rebellious local who lives with his volatile and abusive stepfather, who also happens to be the town’s sheriff. Finn invites Tommy to late night meetings in the woods, where Tommy gets to know two girls. He forms a special and unique connection with both girls. The meetings become a place where the kids, who don’t fit in at school, or home can finally belong. As the group of friends begin to unravel clues to a cold case murder and kidnapping— they learn the truth is darker and closer than they ever imagined. Even if they live to tell, will anyone believe them?
Nocturne for the General
by John TrenhaileIn a Soviet prison camp near Murmansk is an old man, bowed but not broken, known only by a number. Were his name to be made known, his fellow inmates would kill him. For this old man with blackened teeth and arthritic legs is Stepan Ilyich Povin, former KGB general, now disgraced but kept alive for the sake of the secret which he has retained through two years of interrogation and beatings. Povin's secret is the final link in a chain whose completion would make his former masters very happy indeed - a secret which draws British Intelligence ever closer to the camp in the Artic Circle... NOCTURNE FOR THE GENERAL is the conclusion to the Stepan Povin trilogy which began with The Man Called Kyril.
Nocturne of Remembrance
by Shichiri NakayamaMove over, garden-variety anti-heroes, and make way for a villain-hero, darker than the darkest knight: a lawyer with a faulty conscience graces us with his unsolicited presence.Not only does Mikoshiba have no qualms about taking on guilty-as-hell clients provided they can pay his exorbitant fees, but his own past seems mired in inexpiable sin. Yet the cynical attorney, whose legal acumen, at least, is impeccable, mysteriously seeks to defend a thirtysomething woman with limited means and below-average looks who has murdered her deadbeat husband. A sordid case if there ever was one, it makes veteran prosecutor Misaki wonder what the bastard is really after.What unfolds is one of the best courtroom dramas ever to come out of Japan.
Nocturne with Bonus Material
by Deborah CrombieMeredith's murder may be connected to enemies within the heart of the Met itself, and together Duncan and Gemma must endanger their careers and their lives to bring the killer to justice.