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Obsessions
by Marshall CookWhile on vacation in the northwoods of Wisconsin, Monona Quinn signs up for a mystery writer's workshop. But when the writer-in-residence is found dead, Mo has a real-life mystery to solve before the killer strikes again.
Obsessions
by Marshall CookMonona Quinn and her husband Doug are taking a relaxing vacation in the northwoods of Wisconsin. Mo's enrolled in a writing workshop, and Doug's resolved to learn to fish. Naturally, it's the perfect time to solve another murder...Pompous, self-important writer Fletcher Downs was supposed to be the writer-in-residence at the writing workshop; he was supposed to teach a classroom full of hopefuls how to write a great mystery--but he hadn't intended to teach by example. Now Fletcher's dead, and Mo (and the other students at the writing retreat) are faced with a real-life mystery. Who killed their teacher, and will the killer strike again?
Obsessions
by Marshall CookMonona Quinn and her husband Doug are taking a relaxing vacation in the northwoods of Wisconsin. Mo's enrolled in a writing workshop, and Doug's resolved to learn to fish. Naturally, it's the perfect time to solve another murder...Pompous, self-important writer Fletcher Downs was supposed to be the writer-in-residence at the writing workshop; he was supposed to teach a classroom full of hopefuls how to write a great mystery--but he hadn't intended to teach by example. Now Fletcher's dead, and Mo (and the other students at the writing retreat) are faced with a real-life mystery. Who killed their teacher, and will the killer strike again?
Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels)
by Laurell K. Hamilton'I was covered in blood, but it wasn't mine, so it was okay.' Edward is a hit man. He specialises in monsters. Vampires, shape-shifters, anything and everything. There are people like me, Anita Blake, who do it legally, but Edward doesn't sweat the legalities or, hell, the ethics. He is an equal opportunity killer. I may be one of the few friends that Edward has, but it's like being friends with a tame leopard. It may curl on the foot of your bed and let you pet its head, but it can still eat your throat out...
Obsidian and Blood
by Aliette De BodardA massive fantasy omnibus containing all three novels in the Obsidian and Blood series:SERVANT OF THE UNDERWORLDYear One-Knife, Tenochtitlan - the capital of the Aztecs. The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. Acatl, high priest, must find her, or break the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead.HARBINGER OF THE STORMThe year is Two House and the Mexica Empire teeters on the brink of destruction, lying vulnerable to the flesh-eating star-demons - and to the return of their creator, a malevolent goddess only held in check by the Protector God's power. The council is convening to choose a new emperor, but when a councilman is found dead, only Acatl, High Priest of the Dead, can solve the mystery.MASTER OF THE HOUSE OF DARTSThe year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming...The coronation war for the new Emperor has just ended in a failure, the armies retreating with a mere forty prisoners of war - not near enough sacrifices to ensure the favor of the gods. When one of those prisoners of war dies of a magical illness, ACATL, High Priest for the Dead, is summoned to investigate.
Obsidian: A DreadfulWater Mystery (DreadfulWater #5)
by Thomas KingFrom the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Back of the Turtle; Green Grass, Running Water and The Inconvenient IndianThumps DreadfulWater’s world is turned upside down when Nina Maslow, the producer of a true-crime reality-TV show, turns up dead after working on a cold case that Thumps has spent years trying to forget. What’s more, someone seems set on taunting Thumps, leaving reminders of the Obsidian murder case around town. Is it possible that the elusive serial killer who murdered his girlfriend and her daughter all those years ago has resurfaced in Chinook? Or is this the work of a copycat looking to mess with Thumps by stirring up memories from his past? Dragged back into a case that has haunted him for years, Thumps DreadfulWater is determined to solve the mystery of the Obsidian murders. But as he works the case, he begins to realize just how dangerous the person he is dealing with is—and that he might be the next target. Thumps DreadfulWater, the sly, wry, reluctant investigator of Cold Skies and A Matter of Malice, returns in another irresistible mystery that only Thomas King could create.
Obstruction of Justice (Nina Reilly #3)
by Perri O'ShaughnessyIn this riveting new legal thriller from the acclaimed author of the national bestsellers Motion to Suppress and Invasion of Privacy, Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly risks being charged with concealing evidence to save her young murder client. Two people have died in macabre accidents, one struck down by lightning on Tahoe's highest mountain and one mowed down by a hit-and-run driver. In the middle of a controversial procedure to exhume one of the bodies, powerful businessman Quentin de Beers is murdered. Charged with murder, Quentin's angry grandson Jason won't talk even to Nina, his defense attorney. To save her client, Nina must expose the truth about his troubled family and untangle the hidden connection that links all three deaths. As the trial draws to an end, both the D.A. and Nina are forced to make a harrowing decision to protect the innocent ...at the risk of letting the guilty go free. An electrifying legal thriller that grabs the reader from the opening page and doesn't let go, Obstruction of Justice puts Attorney Nina Reilly in the middle of a family struggle for survival where she must make a choice: be a party to a miscarriage of justice, or risk everything she has in order to see that justice is done.
Occam's Razor
by T. R. RydenWhen ancient artifacts discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza shed new light on a DNA pattern identified by a world-renowned molecular biologist, venture capitalist, James Anderson, is thrust into an action-packed road of scientific exploration and discovery. An unlikely participant in the events that begin to unfold, Anderson and his team, pursued by those who don’t want this new information out, realize they have stumbled upon the greatest and most terrifying cover-up in the history of the human race.Occam’s Razor is a chilling speculative fiction thriller which ties together several well-known, and some not so famous controversial theories concerning alien visitation, human evolution, ancient legends, and the cosmos. The novel explains how it could be very plausible to imagine that the powers that be may already know about an impending disaster and caught between all this are the novel’s unfortunate characters as they struggle to figure out what to do in the face of unstoppable catastrophe.
Occam's Razor (Joe Gunther #10)
by Archer MayorVermont police detective Joe Gunther faces a twisted and far-reaching case involving the murder of a trucker, the death of a blackmailing hooker, and the threat of deadly toxins. The man lies dead in the middle of the railroad tracks, head and hands amputated by an onrushing freight train. Dressed in tattered clothes, he looks like a vagrant. Yet Gunther is suspicious. Why would a bum in dirty rags wear crisp white underwear?
Occhi Innocenti
by Enrique Laso Rossella De LucaUn nuovo romanzo sulle avventure dell'agente speciale dell'FBI, Ethan Bush Più di 400.000 copie vendute in tutto il mondo Nº1 in inglese, francese e spagnolo Un avvincente romanzo poliziesco ricco di suspense Quattro bambini uccisi... Un'indagine scaltra... Il coinvolgimento di un agente speciale dell'FBI- sezione Analisi Comportamentale... Il Deserto Sonora ... Uno dei romanzi più notevoli degli ultimi tempi ... Best Seller a livello mondiale
Occhi Senza Anima
by Matthew W. HarrillLa scienziata forense Clare Rosser desidera solo due cose nella sua vita: diventare una detective e risolvere il mistero dell'omicidio dei suoi genitori. Quando una serie di macabri omicidi lascia dei corpi contorti e disidratati, simili a delle mummie, un fatto diventa evidente: il mostro che ha ucciso i suoi genitori dieci anni prima è tornato. Combattendo la burocrazia e i pregiudizi del suo stesso dipartimento di polizia e il suo corpo malato, Clare deve prendere in mano la situazione prima che altri innocenti subiscano la stessa sorte. Gli indizi sono là fuori. Le risposte sono dentro di lei. Ma riuscirà a trovarle prima che sia troppo tardi?
Occhio di gatto
by Catia Polverini Gemma Herrero VirtoBoschi oscuri, fenomeni paranormali, un'ondata di crimini che scuote un piccolo villaggio e una pietra in grado di connettersi con l'altro mondo. Avete il coraggio di avventurarsi a Erkiaga? Laura Ugalde, una giovane professoressa di antropologia, decide di lasciare la sua vita passata e trasferirsi nel villaggio di Erkiaga per eseguire processo di ricostruzione del viso di una giovane sconosciuta assassinata lì circa quindici anni prima. Tuttavia, dal suo arrivo iniziano ad accadere una serie di strani eventi: episodi di sonnambulismo in cui rompe il suo lavoro del giorno, fenomeni paranormali, minacce per farle abbandonare il caso... Tuttavia, Laura decide di continuare il suo lavoro, ma diversi uomini del villaggio cominciano ad apparire uccisi mentre il processo di ricostruzione progredisce. È lei a commettere i crimini durante il suo sonnambulismo? O lo spirito della ragazza è sempre abbastanza potente per vendicarsi attraverso il suo lavoro? O c'è qualcuno così interessato a che il crimine non si risolva che sta sistematicamente eliminando tutti i testimoni?
Occult and Battery
by Lena GregoryA murder mystery weekend becomes a little too real in the latest Bay Island Psychic Mystery from the author of Death at First Sight— Cass Donovan uses her skills as a former psychiatrist to get away with pretending to be psychic, but she’s not about to let anyone get away with murder... The outlook is not so good for Cass’s psychic shop, Mystical Musings. With winter winds discouraging tourists from riding the ferry from Long Island to Bay Island, Cass hopes to draw in more customers by hosting a murder mystery weekend, complete with a séance, in a supposedly haunted mansion. But Cass begins to lose her spirit when her ex-husband shows up, along with his fiancée—Cass’s ex-best friend. Then, after one of the guests is found dead, a blizzard blows in, trapping everyone inside with a murderer. Now Cass must divine who did the deed before her reputation and her livelihood fade away.
Occupied City: Book Two of the Tokyo Trilogy (Tokyo Trilogy #2)
by David Peace'We all know what this could be: we know it could be dysentery, we know it could be typhoid. In the Occupied City, we all know what this could mean -'Tokyo, January 26th, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank. He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities, to treat anyone who might have been exposed. Clear liquid is poured into sixteen teacups. Sixteen employees of the bank drink this liquid according to strict instructions. Within minutes twelve of them are dead, the other four unconscious. The man disappears along with some, but not all, of the bank's money. And so begins the biggest manhunt in Japanese history. In Occupied City, David Peace dramatises and explores the rumours of complicity, conspiracy and cover-up that surround the chilling case of the Teikoku Bank Massacre: of the man who was convicted of the crime, of the legacy of biological warfare programmes, and of the victims and survivors themselves. The second part of his acclaimed Tokyo Trilogy - and an extraordinary picture of a city in mourning - Occupied City is further evidence of a singular and formidable novelist.
Occupy Me
by Tricia SullivanTricia Sullivan returns to the genre with a page-turning, surreal high-concept science fiction that will define the conversation within the genre for years to come.Pearl is an angel. She works for the Resistance - an organization dedicated to improving the world by tiny, incremental acts of kindness. But Pearl also has wings. They blossom at moments of stress. And she is strong; an extraordinary, terrifying strength capable of breaking the fabric of reality. The Resistance can't account for that, nor for Pearl's mysterious origins. All anyone knows is that she appeared in a New York junkyard in the early 21st century. Truth is, Pearl doesn't really know what she is, let alone who she is. Now she is on a pell-mell chase across the world. In pursuit of a killer wearing another man's body. The killer carries a briefcase that is a ragged hole in the Universe. A global conspiracy revolves around it. The nature of reality is determined by it. Pearl's got to get the briefcase back - no matter how shocking its contents may turn out to be.
Ocean Prey (A Prey Novel #31)
by John SandfordFan-favorite heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces on a deadly maritime case in the remarkable new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author John Sandford. <P><P>An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family when he calls in some suspicious behavior from a nearby boat. <P><P>It's a snazzy craft, slick and outfitted with extra horsepower, and is zipping along until it slows to pick up a surfaced diver . . . a diver who was apparently alone, without his own boat, in the middle of the ocean. None of it makes sense unless there's something hinky going on, and his hunch is proved right when all three Guardsmen who come out to investigate are shot and killed. <P><P>They're federal officers killed on the job, which means the case is the FBI's turf. When the FBI's investigation stalls out, they call in Lucas Davenport. And when his case turns lethal, Davenport will need to bring in every asset he can claim, including a detective with a fundamentally criminal mind: Virgil Flowers. <P><P><b>A New York Times Best Seller</b>
Ocean Prey: A Lucas Davenport & Virgil Flowers novel (A\prey Novel Ser. #31)
by John SandfordLucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces on a deadly maritime case in the remarkable new novel from internationally bestselling author John Sandford. An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family when he calls in some suspicious behaviour from a nearby boat. The slick craft has stopped to pick up a surfaced diver, who was apparently alone, without his own boat, in the middle of the ocean. None of it makes sense, and his hunch is proved right when all three Guardsmen who come out to investigate are shot and killed. They're federal officers killed on the job, which means the case is the FBI's turf. And when the FBI's investigation stalls out, they call in Lucas Davenport. But when the case turns lethal, Davenport will need to bring in every asset he can claim, including a detective with a fundamentally criminal mind: Virgil Flowers.In a case like no other, Flowers and Davenport will need to work together to catch the killers – before they become targets themselves.***READERS LOVE THE PREY SERIES*** &‘One of the great novelists of all time&’ Stephen King &‘A series writer who reads like a breath of fresh air&’ Daily Mirror &‘John Sandford knows all there is to know about detonating the gut-level shocks of a good thriller&’ New York Times Book Review &‘John Sandford has the Midas touch&’ Huffington Post &‘Delivers twists to the very last sentence&’ Daily Mail &‘Crime writer John Sandford is one of the best around&’ Sun
Ocean: The Ocean Cycle Omnibus
by Brian Herbert Jan HerbertFrom a New York Times–bestselling author, an ecological thriller about human animal hybrids battling to rescue the ocean from environmental impact. In 2024, Earth is consumed by a great War of Ocean Liberation: a military force of sea creatures attacks naval installations, shuts down shipping lanes and fishing operations, and destroys offshore oil-drilling rigs. Huge blue whales, sharks, dolphins, and even monstrous creatures thought to be extinct—all strike with ferocity and surprising strength. The marine armada is led by hybrid, transformed humans who call themselves Sea Warriors, ocean-rights zealots who can swim to the deepest regions of the sea and live off the bounty of the waters. Their commander, Kimo Pohaku, announces his startling intention: The complete liberation of the seas from human control. Finally, the ocean is fighting back, but it might be too late . . .
Ocho millones de dioses
by David B. GilLa novela definitiva de David B. Gil mezcla viajes e investigación criminal con aventuras de batallas y espadas en el Japón feudal. Un hombre de fe obligado a desentrañar los más terribles crímenes, un joven samurái erigido en su protector, un viaje a través de un país castigado por siglos de guerra. Toledo, 1579. El padre Martín Ayala recibe la inesperada encomienda de regresar a Japón -el país donde se formó como sacerdote y misionero- diez años después de ser apartado de la misión por su relación ilícita con una joven japonesa. Alguien está asesinando con ritual crueldad a los padres cristianos en dichas costas. Ayala, considerado el máximo conocedor del idioma y las costumbres niponas en el seno de la Iglesia, deberá desentrañar las razones que se ocultan tras estas muertes. Japón, año 7 de la Era Tenshô. Kudô Kenjirô, hijo de un samurái rural, es elegido para una ingrata labor: proteger a un extranjero llegado con la intención de investigar unos crímenes inciertos. Kenjirô pronto descubrirá que fuerzas extrañas conspiran para que el visitante no lleve a buen puerto sus pesquisas. Juntos recorrerán un Japón devastado por la guerra y emponzoñado por las conspiraciones. A medida que el jesuita se reencuentra con su pasado, el curso de la investigación se desvelará fundamental no solo para la pervivencia de la cristiandad, sino para el propio futuro del país. Reseñas:«Una novela que entusiasmará a los lectores de El Guerrero a la sombra del cerezo y que servirá de puerta de entrada a aquellos que aún no han descubierto el Japón feudal de la mano de David B. Gil».Salvador García, Hislibris «Una magnífica novela de aventuras que aúna una gran recreación del Japón antiguo con un emocionante relato de amistad en tiempos de guerra».Jordi Noguera, Caja de Letras «David B. Gil da vida a una historia conmovedora en un mundo lejano que se nos hace cercano, con unos personajes a los que amamos y por los que sufrimos».Lluís Salart, Origen Cuántico «David B. Gil reinventa la novela histórica aproximándola a técnicas propias de otros géneros literarios».Salvador García, Hislibris «Una ambientación histórica soberbia y un estilo cuidado, de palabras precisas, casi poéticas».Goodreads «Volveré a David B. Gil, desde luego. Una vez descubres sus historias, no puedes dejarlas».Goodreads «David nos transporta a un Japón que describe con una increíble facilidad, en un viaje que no solo alimenta la mente, sino también el alma y el corazón a medida que avanzamos por la historia acompañando a sus protagonistas».Goodreads
Ocho millones de dioses
by David B. GilLa novela definitiva de David B. Gil mezcla viajes e investigación criminal con aventuras de batallas y espadas en el Japón feudal. X PREMIO HISLIBRIS DE NOVELA HISTÓRICA MEJOR FICCIÓN HISTÓRICA 2019. 20 Minutos Un hombre de fe obligado a desentrañar los más terribles crímenes, un joven samurái erigido en su protector, unviaje a través de un país castigado por siglos de guerra. Toledo, 1579. El padre Martín Ayala recibe la inesperada encomienda de regresar a Japón -el país donde se formó como sacerdote y misionero- diez años después de ser apartado de la misión por su relación ilícita con una joven japonesa. Alguien está asesinando con ritual crueldad a los padres cristianos en dichas costas. Ayala, considerado el máximo conocedor del idioma y las costumbres niponas en el seno de la Iglesia, deberá desentrañar las razones que se ocultan tras estas muertes. Japón, año 7 de la Era Tenshô. Kudô Kenjirô, hijo de un samurái rural, es elegido para una ingrata labor: proteger a un extranjero llegado con la intención de investigar unos crímenes inciertos. Kenjirô pronto descubrirá que fuerzas extrañas conspiran para que el visitante no lleve a buen puerto sus pesquisas. Juntos recorrerán un Japón devastado por la guerra y emponzoñado por las conspiraciones. A medida que el jesuita se reencuentra con su pasado, el curso de la investigación se desvelará fundamental no solo para la pervivencia de la cristiandad, sino para el propio futuro del país. Reseñas:«La mejor ficción histórica del 2019, para mí, fue Ocho millones de dioses (Suma de Letras), de David B. Gil ».David Yagüe, 20 Minutos «La novela es apasionante y de nuevo está plagada por una colección de personajes increíbles, perfectamente definidos.[...] Sin embargo, lo que hace única esta propuesta es su capacidad de nuevo para atraparnos, por devolvernos la lectura como placer íntimo, como viaje, como sueño».Público «David B. Gil es un claro ejemplo que suelo dejar encima de la mesa cuando alguien me comenta angustiado que no encuentra en la literatura actual nada bueno que leer ».Cuarto poder «Una novela que genera pasión a cada palabra y cada párrafo ».La colina de Raven «Hay novelas bien escritas, novelas muy bien escritas, novelas muy muy bien escritas... y luego está Ocho millones de dioses».Conversando entre libros «Interiorizas de tal modo a los personajes que es como si caminaras con ellos por un Japón tan fascinante como peligroso».El aguijón escarlata «Encontrarme con un novelista tan exquisito como David B. Gil ha sido descubrir un agradable tesoro literario».Serendipia«David B. Gil reinventa la novela histórica aproximándola a técnicas propias de otros géneros literarios».Salvador García, Hislibris «Una ambientación histórica soberbia y un estilo cuidado, de palabras precisas, casi poéticas».Goodreads «Si tienes ganas de una gran historia, no dudes en leer Ocho Millones de Dioses ».Espai WabiSabi «Me decía LJ Salart por Twitter que Ocho millones de dioses es una novela de género sin ser de género. Y la verdad es que esta es una frase que describe a la perfección la historia que hay entre las páginas de este libro: una novela de samuráis, de shoguns, de monjes, todo eso ambientado en un Japón que casi parece de fantasía».A través de otro espejo
October
by Gregory BastianelliA magician and a dark evil at Halloween come together in an intriguing coming-of-age thriller.Readers of Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes and All Hallows by Christopher Golden will love this. In 1970, four boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers notice strange events occurring in Maplewood, NH, timed with the late-night arrival of an old magician who has taken up residence in a boarding house in their neighborhood where one of the tenants is a reclusive pulp horror writer. The writer&’s fears have kept him from venturing outside in over forty years, fears linked to the magician&’s previous visit. As children go missing in town, the four boys try to piece together seemingly unrelated phenomena and realize dark forces are at work, but no one will believe them.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.
October Men
by Anthony PriceBy the CWA Gold Dagger award-winning author of Other Paths to GloryIn the fourth title of Anthony Price's gripping spy series, British Intelligence officer David Audley slips away to Italy without authorisation, taking his wife with him. Immediately the suspicion arises that he may have defected, and the head of Italian security is also interested in his arrival, particularly as it has flushed from cover a rogue communist. But Audley has his own reasons for leaving Britain, in an investigation that becomes a matter of life or death.
October Men (Murder Room #417)
by Anthony PriceBy the CWA Gold Dagger award-winning author of Other Paths to GloryIn the fourth title of Anthony Price's gripping spy series, British Intelligence officer David Audley slips away to Italy without authorisation, taking his wife with him. Immediately the suspicion arises that he may have defected, and the head of Italian security is also interested in his arrival, particularly as it has flushed from cover a rogue communist. But Audley has his own reasons for leaving Britain, in an investigation that becomes a matter of life or death.
October Mourning: A Song For Matthew Shepard
by Lesléa NewmanWINNER OF A 2013 STONEWALL HONOR! A masterful poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard's murder on the world. On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Lesléa Newman, discussing her book Heather Has Two Mommies. Shaken, the author addressed the large audience that gathered, but she remained haunted by Matthew's murder. October Mourning, a novel in verse, is her deeply felt response to the events of that tragic day. Using her poetic imagination, the author creates fictitious monologues from various points of view, including the fence Matthew was tied to, the stars that watched over him, the deer that kept him company, and Matthew himself. More than a decade later, this stunning cycle of sixty-eight poems serves as an illumination for readers too young to remember, and as a powerful, enduring tribute to Matthew Shepard's life.
October Skies
by Alex ScarrowThe stunning new thriller from one of the fastest-growing stars of the genre.2008: deep in the mountain forests of Wyoming, Julian Cooke stumbles across the rotting remains of a wooden wagon. He's discovered what's left of the Preston Group, a convoy of settlers that vanished in the winter of 1856. It's clear that something horrific happened here all those years ago, but Cooke can only find a few tantalising clues.1856: as early snows descend, the eclectic group of settlers that form the Preston wagon train are forced to dig in. Miles from any kind of civilisation, they see the group of Native Americans also trapped nearby as their greatest threat. But they soon realise what true danger is. When a woman is found murdered, one of the Indian party struggles wounded back to camp, whispering of unspeakable evil as he dies. United by fear, the settlers and the Indians must protect themselves against whatever is lurking in the woods. But as suspicion and panic grow, perhaps their own terror will be just as dangerous. Or maybe, whatever's out there is worse than anything they can imagine.Back in the present day, as Cooke unravels the mystery, he must question if the horror he is uncovering was in fact only the start of something much worse...