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McNally's Folly (The Archy McNally Series #9)
by Lawrence Sanders Vincent LardoWhen the husband of an actress sips a poisoned potable, Lawrence Sanders&’s beloved Palm Beach PI must stage an investigation from his director&’s chair. One of the most celebrated stars of Hollywood&’s Golden Age, Desdemona Darling, has come South for the season. She makes headlines when she agrees to star in the Palm Beach Community Theater&’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace. Archy McNally somehow gets roped into directing—and into discreetly investigating who could be blackmailing his star. Life tragically imitates art when Richard Holmes—Darling&’s Husband Number Seven—sips some elderberry wine laced with arsenic at the cast party. Holmes was a self-made millionaire with a genius for betting on pork bellies. But who&’d want him dead? As McNally tries to smoke out the culprit, he wonders if he&’s getting too close to a remorseless killer who&’s about to drop the curtain on another victim.
McNally's Folly: Mcnally's Gamble, Mcnally's Dilemma, Mcnally's Folly (The Archy McNally Series #9)
by Lawrence Sanders Vincent LardoWhen the husband of an actress sips a poisoned potable, Lawrence Sanders&’s beloved Palm Beach PI must stage an investigation from his director&’s chair. One of the most celebrated stars of Hollywood&’s Golden Age, Desdemona Darling, has come South for the season. She makes headlines when she agrees to star in the Palm Beach Community Theater&’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace. Archy McNally somehow gets roped into directing—and into discreetly investigating who could be blackmailing his star. Life tragically imitates art when Richard Holmes—Darling&’s Husband Number Seven—sips some elderberry wine laced with arsenic at the cast party. Holmes was a self-made millionaire with a genius for betting on pork bellies. But who&’d want him dead? As McNally tries to smoke out the culprit, he wonders if he&’s getting too close to a remorseless killer who&’s about to drop the curtain on another victim.
McNally's Gamble: Mcnally's Gamble, Mcnally's Dilemma, Mcnally's Folly (The Archy McNally Series #7)
by Lawrence SandersIs a Florida widow being conned out of a fortune? The debonair detective tries to find out in this novel in the #1 New York Times–bestselling series. At first, Archy McNally was unofficially enlisted to verify the bona fides of a deal for a rare Fabergé Imperial egg, created exclusively for the doomed Czar Nicholas in 1917. But when Edythe Westmore&’s son and daughter become convinced the trinket is a fake and their mother is being conned, McNally is asked to deep-six the whole deal. He gets more than he bargained for when Natalie Westmore and her brother&’s wife, Helen, both try to seduce him. The Palm Beach detective will need to employ some fancy footwork as he reveals a mess of lust, greed, and murder that smells worse than a rotten egg. Now it&’s his own neck McNally&’s risking to lay a trap for someone who&’s counting dividends before they hatch.
McNally's Luck: Mcnally's Secret, Mcnally's Luck, And Mcnally's Risk (The Archy McNally Series #2)
by Lawrence SandersFrom the #1 New York Times–bestselling author: Florida PI Archy McNally takes on a deceptively simply case of pet abduction, where bad luck can be deadly. Archy McNally enjoys sipping late-night port with his girlfriend of the moment and tooling across southern Florida in his red Miata sports car. In his off hours, he works as a part-time investigator for his father&’s venerable law firm. His latest assignment? Solve a simple catnapping. But, as McNally knows, things are rarely as simple as they seem. Soon, the case of the missing Peaches, a foul-tempered, overweight Persian, morphs into the murder of a prominent Palm Beach woman. Uncovering a chilling connection between the two cases sends McNally into a psychological game of cat and mouse. As he lays a trap that could be catnip for the killer, he is faced with the reality that felines may have nine lives but he has only one.
McNally's Luck (Archy McNally #2)
by Lawrence SandersLawrence Sanders’s perennially popular detective takes on a deceptively simple case of pet abduction, where bad luck can be deadly <P> Archy McNally enjoys sipping late-night port with his girlfriend of the moment and tooling across southern Florida in his red Miata sports car. In his off hours, he works as a part-time investigator for his father’s venerable law firm. His latest assignment? Solve a simple catnapping. But, as McNally knows, things are rarely as simple as they seem.<P> Soon, the case of the missing Peaches, a foul-tempered, overweight Persian, morphs into the murder of a prominent Palm Beach woman. Uncovering a chilling connection between the two cases sends McNally into a psychological game of cat and mouse. As he lays a trap that could be catnip for the killer, he is faced with the reality that felines may have nine lives but he has only one.
McNally's Puzzle: Mcnally's Caper, Mcnally's Trial, Mcnally's Puzzle (The Archy McNally Series #6)
by Lawrence SandersFrom the #1 New York Times–bestselling author: Palm Beach sleuth Archy McNally&’s feathers are ruffled when a bird store owner is killed. Hiram Gottschalk, owner of the Palm Beach shop Parrots Unlimited, fears for his life. First, he finds a photo of himself and his deceased wife slashed to ribbons; then, a Mass card with his name on it is taped inside of his closet door; now, someone has wrung the neck of his beloved pet bird. In desperation, he turns to McNally & Son for a private investigation. McNally meets with Gottschalk, along with his client&’s cursing parrot. McNally wisely ignores the bird&’s command to go to hell, but he can&’t ignore the fallout when his client is stabbed in his sleep and Gottschalk&’s unstable son, Peter, becomes the prime suspect. When more victims turn up, McNally has to puzzle out the motives of a murderer who has just killed two more birds with one stone . . . and is now targeting the dapper detective.
McNally's Puzzle (The Archy McNally Series #6)
by Lawrence SandersFrom the #1 New York Times–bestselling author: Palm Beach sleuth Archy McNally&’s feathers are ruffled when a bird store owner is killed. Hiram Gottschalk, owner of the Palm Beach shop Parrots Unlimited, fears for his life. First, he finds a photo of himself and his deceased wife slashed to ribbons; then, a Mass card with his name on it is taped inside of his closet door; now, someone has wrung the neck of his beloved pet bird. In desperation, he turns to McNally & Son for a private investigation. McNally meets with Gottschalk, along with his client&’s cursing parrot. McNally wisely ignores the bird&’s command to go to hell, but he can&’t ignore the fallout when his client is stabbed in his sleep and Gottschalk&’s unstable son, Peter, becomes the prime suspect. When more victims turn up, McNally has to puzzle out the motives of a murderer who has just killed two more birds with one stone . . . and is now targeting the dapper detective.
McNally's Risk
by Lawrence SandersFROM THE PUBLISHER The unbeatable master of suspense returns, in a wickedly wayward case of artists, models, and murder. If larceny is good for the soul, Palm Beach must be confidence heaven. - so discovers Lawrence Sanders's sleuth-about-town Archy McNally in his third boffo baffler, McNally's Risk. Hired by a formidable matron to investigate the shadowy bona fides of her bubble-headed son's beloved, Archy is wowed by the enigmatic innamorata's purity and pulchritude. But when the artist for whom she posed is killed, McNally's job takes on a decidedly dangerous turn, and he begins to suspect the demure damsel might be both a poser and a poseur. Fighting his way through copious deaths and fiendish scams, Archy pieces together elements of a strange and grisly puzzle, including: a sealed letter containing a horrifying secret; a nude dancer who knows more than she reveals; a missing portrait someone would kill for; and a butterfly tattoo in a very private place, which could be the key to the murder spree. Lawrence Sanders's latest Palm Beach thriller fairly sizzles with greed, glitz, gals, and gore. And it proves, once again, that Archy McNally is, as Cosmopolitan described him, "as amusing and rich as Dorothy Sayers' great creation, Lord Peter Wimsey."
McNally's Risk: Mcnally's Secret, Mcnally's Luck, And Mcnally's Risk (The Archy McNally Series #3)
by Lawrence SandersA seductive socialite entangles a Palm Beach sleuth in a viper&’s nest of lust and larceny in this New York Times bestseller. Checking out the background of a wealthy client&’s prospective daughter-in-law should be easy money for Palm Beach private investigator Archy McNally—until people around gorgeous socialite Theodosia Johnson start being killed off at an alarming rate. The first to die is Theodosia&’s portrait painter, who gets his throat slashed. Next, a blackmailing stripper ends up with a bullet in her head. McNally must expose the killer, but it&’s Theodosia, herself, who turns out to be the biggest mystery of all. When she sets out to seduce McNally, he isn&’t sure whether he&’s being played, so he orchestrates his own scam to uncover the truth. If his scheme backfires, it could cost the dapper detective his livelihood—and his life.
McNally's Secret
by Lawrence SandersThe book that introduced Sanders' sleuth, Archy McNally, a freewheeling playboy who specializes in "discreet enquiries" for the rich and not-so-discreet.
McNally's Secret (The Archy McNally Series #1)
by Lawrence SandersFirst in the series starring the sleuthing Palm Beach playboy from the #1 New York Times–bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author. Inveterate playboy Archy McNally gets paid to make discreet inquiries for Palm Beach&’s power elite. But keeping their dirty little secrets buried will take some fancy footwork in McNally&’s latest case. A block of priceless 1918 US airmail stamps has gone missing from a high-society matron&’s wall safe. Lady Cynthia Horowitz, now on her sixth husband, is a nasty piece of work who lives in a mansion that looks like Gone With the Wind&’s Tara transplanted to southern Florida. McNally&’s search takes him into a thickening maze of sex, lies, scandal, and blackmail. When passion erupts into murder and McNally must dig even deeper to uncover the truth, he unearths a shocking secret that could expose his own family&’s skeletons.
McNally's Secret: Mcnally's Secret, Mcnally's Luck, And Mcnally's Risk (The Archy McNally Series #1)
by Lawrence SandersFirst in the series starring the sleuthing Palm Beach playboy from the #1 New York Times–bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author. Inveterate playboy Archy McNally gets paid to make discreet inquiries for Palm Beach&’s power elite. But keeping their dirty little secrets buried will take some fancy footwork in McNally&’s latest case. A block of priceless 1918 US airmail stamps has gone missing from a high-society matron&’s wall safe. Lady Cynthia Horowitz, now on her sixth husband, is a nasty piece of work who lives in a mansion that looks like Gone With the Wind&’s Tara transplanted to southern Florida. McNally&’s search takes him into a thickening maze of sex, lies, scandal, and blackmail. When passion erupts into murder and McNally must dig even deeper to uncover the truth, he unearths a shocking secret that could expose his own family&’s skeletons.
McNally's Trial: Mcnally's Caper, Mcnally's Trial, Mcnally's Puzzle (The Archy McNally Series #5)
by Lawrence SandersThe Palm Beach PI is on the case of a corpse conspiracy. &“Lawrence Sanders has honed a voice for Archy McNally that is wonderfully infectious&” (The Washington Times). Business is booming at Whitcomb Funeral Homes in southern Florida. Called in to investigate this inexplicable uptick, Palm Beach private investigator Archy McNally finds himself in the middle of a most unusual case. In the past six months, Whitcomb has shipped out five hundred dead bodies. Why are so many caskets leaving the Sunshine State and being airlifted to New York, Boston, and Chicago? And why did Whitcomb&’s comely comptroller come to McNally & Son in the first place? Further complicating McNally&’s life are his air-headed buddy, Binky Watrous, who wants to be his private-eye assistant, and his faithful love, Connie Garcia, who&’s got her spies when it comes to McNally&’s weakness for the ladies. Murder worthy of the headline Death-styles of the Rich and Famous add to McNally&’s tribulations. And the next set of human remains could be his.
McNaughten: A Novel
by Sian BusbyThe winter of 1843 is one of bitter strife for England. The nation is on the brink of ruin and revolution, the government struggling to stand firm against the rising chaos.
McTeague: A Story of San Francisco: An Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions Series #0)
by Frank NorrisThe text of this edition presents, fully annotated, the 1899 First Edition text of McTeague, a significant example of American literary naturalism and a commentary on turn-of-the-century American cultural values. <p><p>Contexts focuses on the novel's sources and composition. Included are newspaper accounts of a San Francisco murder; a description of Norris' Polk Street neighborhood, which figures prominently in McTeague; an examination of the relationship between the novel and naturalism; and a discussion of the book's genesis, from its origin as a Harvard assignment to Norris's revision of it upon his return to San Francisco. Criticism has been revised to include major recent assessments of the novel. Two seminal pieces from the previous edition have been retained—Ernest Marchand's account of McTeague's 1899 reviews and Donald Pizer's essay on naturalism. Six essays and four stills from Erich von Stroheim's film version of McTeague are new. The new essays are by Don Graham, William E. Cain, Barbara Hochman, James L. Caron, Mary Lawlor, and Donna M. Campbell. A Chronology and an updated Selected Bibliography are included.
Me and Billy
by James Lincoln CollierAfter escaping the orphanage where they have spent their lives together, two boys become assistants to a con artist, and while Possum objects to the lying, stealing, and cheating, Billy only cares about making money and taking life easy.
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse
by Susan Vaught<P><P> Jesse is on the case when money goes missing from the library and her dad is looking like the #1 suspect in Edgar Award–winning author Susan Vaught’s latest middle grade mystery. <P><P>I could see the big inside of my Sam-Sam. I had been training him for 252 days with mini tennis balls and pieces of bacon, just to prove to Dad and Mom and Aunt Gus and the whole world that a tiny, fluffy dog could do big things if he wanted to. I think my little dog always knew he could be a hero. I just wonder if he knew about me. <P><P>When the cops show up at Jesse’s house and arrest her dad, she figures out in a hurry that he’s the #1 suspect in the missing library fund money case. With the help of her (first and only) friend Springer, she rounds up suspects (leading to a nasty confrontation with three notorious school bullies) and asks a lot of questions. But she can’t shake the feeling that she isn’t exactly cut out for being a crime-solving hero. <P><P>Jesse has a neuro-processing disorder, which means that she’s “on the spectrum or whatever.” As she explains it, “I get stuck on lots of stuff, like words and phrases and numbers and smells and pictures and song lines and what time stuff is supposed to happen.” <P><P>But when a tornado strikes her small town, Jesse is given the opportunity to show what she's really made of—and help her dad. <P><P>Told with the true-as-life voice Susan Vaught is known for, this mystery will have you rooting for Jesse and her trusty Pomeranian, Sam-Sam.
Me atrevo
by Ann R. BrightLa inesperada atracción entre una exitosa abogada y su colaborador, un veterano expolicía y actual detective privado, pondrá en jaque la defensa de un joven universitario acusado de ser un asesino en serie. Robert Wihtney, un atormentado exdetective de homicidios, fue expulsado diez años atrás del Departamento de Policía de Chicago por un error fatídico cometido en el ejercicio de sus funciones. Siendo abandonado por su esposa, sus amigos, y hundido, diez años después trabaja como detective privado en casos de bajo perfil y vive en un lúgubre apartamento de un barrio peligroso de la ciudad. Un asesino serial escoge a mujeres jóvenes y solteras como víctimas. Cuando los cuerpos aparecen, todo apunta que el autor es el universitario Mike Duch. La familia del joven contrata a la exitosa y famosa abogada Clear Neville para que ejerza su defensa. Pero el caso es complicado, parece perdido. Por eso la abogada decide contratar, para investigar los crímenes, al que fue el mejor detective de homicidios de la ciudad, el desprestigiado Robert A. Withney. Inesperadamente, surge una arrolladora atracción entre ellos, aunque se llevan quince años de diferencia de edad. Las dudas sobre los sentimientos reales de Clear y el futuro de ellos carcomen al veterano expolicía, y no sólo por la diferencia de la edad. Ella pertenece a la alta sociedad, él es un hombre sencillo. Ella es vivaz e intensa, y él es un hombre poco sociable, con amargos remordimientos. Se siente un tipo común que, además, gana en un año el dinero que ella gana en una semana. Su maltrecho corazón y su estabilidad se ven amenazados por la despampanante e inteligente mujer . Juntos se embarcan en encontrar una pista que ayude en la defensa del joven Mike, y terminan arrastrados por una pasión espontánea e inesperada que surge entre ellos.
Me Cheeta: My Story
by CheetaCheeta the Chimp was just a baby in 1932 when he was snatched from the jungle of Liberia by the great animal importer Henry Trefflich. That same year, Cheeta appeared in Tarzan the Ape Man, and in 1934 in Tarzan and His Mate, in which he famously stole clothes from a naked Maureen O'Sullivan, who was dripping wet from an underwater swimming scene with Johnny Weissmuller. Other Tarzan films followed, and later roles with Bela Lugosi in the 1950s. Cheeta finally retired from the big screen after the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle with Rex Harrison, whose finger he accidentally bit backstage while being offered a placatory banana. Cheeta now lives in Palm Springs, where, at age seventy-seven, he is by far the oldest living chimpanzee ever recorded.
Me desperté temprano y saqué al perro (Detective Jackson Brodie #Volumen)
by Kate AtkinsonCon esta nueva entrega de novela policíaca protagonizada por el detective Jackson Brodie, Kate Atkinson se revela una vez más como la espléndida heredera de una tradición que tiene en sus filas a mujeres de la talla de Patricia Highsmith y P.D. James. Hay días en que ciertas decisiones se imponen sin pedir permiso: Tracy Waterhouse, una mujer de mediana edad con unos kilos de más y muchas ilusiones de menos, paseaba distraída por un centro comercial de la ciudad de Leeds, intentando decidir qué galletas comprar para poner un poco de color a su cena solitaria, cuando vio a una niña corriendo, tirada de la mano de una prostituta conocida en el barrio. De repente, Tracy supo que compraría algo más que galletas... Al poco rato, la niña estaba en su coche y desde entonces la vida ha sido para ella un ir y venir de emociones desconocidas. Tracy confiaba en que no habría testigos de ese extraño negocio, pero Jackson Brodie, recién llegado a Inglaterra para resolver un caso de falsa identidad, entra de repente en escena: sus dotes de gran investigador y de hombre deliciosamente imperfecto van a convertir una trama policial en una historia donde las cuestiones morales son lo que importa. Reseña:«A Kate Atkinson la reconoces por su estilo... Es una gran novelista a secas.»The New York Times
The Me I Used to Be: A Novel
by Jennifer Ryan"Gripping and emotionally compelling...a beautiful story of losing yourself, starting over against all odds, and coming out triumphant. I was hooked from page one!"--Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author"Jennifer Ryan is at the height of her story-telling best. Page-turning, powerful, with high stakes drama and unforgettable romance, I couldn't put this novel down!"--Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling authorIf you like Jill Shalvis and Kristin Hannah, you’ll love Jennifer Ryan’s exciting new novel, where a young woman has the chance to rebuild her life and become the woman she was always meant to be…An inheritance she never expected… After serving time for a crime she didn’t commit, Evangeline returns home to discover her father left her solely responsible for the family’s failing ranch, her mother blames her for her father’s death, and her brothers want her out of their way. With her family’s future squarely on her shoulders, she desperately searches for ways to save their home—before they lose everything. A chance to right past mistakes…Her only ally, Chris Chambers. The cop who sent her away is positive she took the fall for someone else. And if she helps him track down the real criminals, he’ll clear her record. But the closer Evangeline and Chris get to exposing the truth—and to each other—the deeper Evangeline is drawn into a dangerous sting that will finally bring her justice and pave the way for a bright future.
Me llamo rojo
by Orhan PamukEn el Estambul de finales del siglo XVI, el Sultán encarga secretamente un gran libro que celebre su vida y su imperio. Los encargados de iluminar esa obra son los mejores artistas del momento, pero... deberán hacerlo al modo europeo. Cuando uno de esos miniaturistas desaparece y nacen las sospechas de asesinato, el maestro del taller deberá buscar ayuda.
Me & My Girls
by Leondrei PrinceTish, Rayon and Tasheena are about to show the world what friendship really means. Each living their own separate lives, they stumbled upon obstacles that would define who they are later in life... Tish- A high school mother learned early about responsibility by having a child by a small time drug dealer who later became a "King Pin" and victim of a quarrel... Rayon- One of Tish's best friend from the suburbs is more of a follower than anything else. She got caught up in a pregnancy and found comfort in her two best friends Tish and Tasheena who were from the projects... Tasheena- Is the direct opposite of the both of them... She was a woman scorned early by the love of her life who abandoned her for a heroin addiction. Unable to deal with the loneliness that overcame her, she sought out comfort from any and every man she could, only digging herself into a deeper depression. Until she discovered Allah (God).
Me, Myself and Them
by Dan MooneyWinner of the 2016 Luke Bitmead BursaryStruggling to cope with a tragic loss, Denis Murphy has learned to live a bit differently. Both his friends are used to it - the only problem is his monstrous housemates.When his enigmatic ex-girlfriend comes back into his life, she threatens to shatter the finely crafted world around him.As Denis begins to re-emerge from his sheltered existence and rediscover the person he used to be, things turn nasty, and he is forced to confront the demons that share not only his house, but also his head.