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Mums and Mayhem: A Magic Garden Mystery (A Magic Garden Mystery #3)
by Amanda FlowerA famous fiddler has been kilt. A magic garden's left to wilt. Does Fiona Knox's father hold the guilt? Will florist Fiona's blood be spilt?World-famous fiddle player Barley McFee arrives in blustery Bellewick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, for a grand homecoming concert organized by jeweler Bernice Brennan. Fiona Knox, owner of the Climbing Rose Flower Shop, is starting to regret volunteering to help with the concert. Bernice is an exacting taskmaster, and Fiona has enough tension dealing with her parents, who have traveled from Tennessee to visit Fi and her younger sister, Isla, and to reveal a secret about Fi's birth. But when Barley is found dead in his trailer during the concert's intermission, and his death is shockingly tied to Fiona's father, Fiona discovers there are more secrets surrounding her family than she realized.Much to the chagrin of handsome Neil Craig, Chief Inspector of the County Aberdeen Police, Fiona delves into the case to clear her father's name. To make matters worse, Fiona learns that Duncreigan, the magical garden that she inherited from her godfather, is dying. At some point during the concert, someone broke into the garden and cut the centuries-old climbing rose--the source of the garden's magic--from the standing stone.The stakes are higher than ever and Fiona could lose all that she's grown unless she's able to dispel this terrible curse and dig up the truth--fast.
Mum's the Word (Ellie Haskell #3)
by Dorothy CannellSeveral pounds heavier--and gaining--blissful mother-to-be Ellie Haskell knows her days as a thin woman are numbered. Time to let out her clothes, put up her feet, and prepare to enjoy the next nine months as pampered wife. But the first pangs of morning sickness have barely passed when Ellie's handsome husband, Ben, is invited to compete for membership in the world's most exclusive secret society of chefs, and suddenly Ellie finds herself whisked off to America--to Mud Creek, Illinois--and to a gothic mansion straight out of a horror movie.
Mum's the Word: A Flower Shop Mystery
by Kate CollinsAbby Knight is the proud owner of her hometown flower shop, but a new low-cost competitor is killing her profits-and a black SUV just rammed her vintage Corvette in a hit-and-run. She's determined to track down the driver, but when the trail turns deadly, the next flower arrangement might be for her own funeral.
Mum's the Word for Murder
by Brett HallidayAn author and a cop chase a cunning serial murderer across El Paso Asa Baker stares at his typewriter, cursing the empty page. His publishers are clamoring for another Western novel, but Baker is fed up with cowboys. He needs a new kind of hero--and one is about to fall in his lap. His friend Jerry Burke is one of the top cops in El Paso, and he's about to drag Baker into a plot more outrageous--and more dangerous--than anything the Old West has to offer. A troubling personal ad has appeared in the local paper. Addressed to Burke, it warns that someone will die tonight at 11:41 p.m. And as promised, the body appears at 11:41 sharp--setting Burke and Baker on the hunt for an ingenious serial killer who advertises murder, but never leaves a trail.
Mundo maravilloso (Literatura Mondadori Ser. #Vol. 323)
by Javier Calvo PeralesLa vida de Lucas, su entorno, pueden no ser todo lo maravillosos que a primera vista parecieran. El año es 1978. El lugar es Camber Sands, Inglaterra. Lorenzo Giraut es un hombre que no se acerca a las ventanas. Que sabe muy bien que no debe acercarse a las ventanas. Pero ¿de qué sirven las precauciones cuando la vida de uno es un recuerdo sacado de los sueños de su hijo? Hay relámpagos en la noche. Sirenas de policía. Poco después estalla una bomba en una casa que se llama como un célebre disco de la banda Pink Floyd. Los culpables nunca serán encontrados. El año es 2006. El lugar son las oficinas barcelonesas de Lorenzo Giraut, S.L. En el despacho paterno, sin ventanas, Lucas Giraut recibe al señor Bocanegra. Propietario de la sala de fiestas El Lado Oscuro de la Luna. Propietario de abrigos inquietantemente femeninos. Y todo empieza otra vez. La historia de Camber Sands. Una historia de tres hermanos -el Club no nos gusta el Sol- que no eran hermanos. Una historia de hijos sin padres. De madres facialmente reconstruidas para no mostrar ninguna emoción. De niñas sin amigos que son las principales expertas europeas en la obra de Stephen King. Y, por supuesto, de traiciones y robos a medianoche. Una novela de acción y aventuras por el autor de El Dios Reflectante.
El mundo perdido (Los Jet De Plaza And Janes Ser.)
by Michael CrichtonIt is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived. . . .
Un mundo soñado
by Grace McCleenUna historia de suspense creciente que brindará al lector la posibilidad de asomarse al opaco universo del fundamentalismo religioso, donde la fe y la razón libran una batalla despiadada. Distinguida con el Desmond Elliott Prize 2012, esta audaz y conmovedora primera novela de la escritora galesa Grace McCleen fue recibida con ferviente entusiasmo por la crítica literaria del Reino Unido y sin duda permanecerá en el recuerdo del lector durante largo tiempo. El personaje central es una niña extraordinaria en una situación extraordinaria. Huérfana de madre desde su nacimiento, Judith vive atrapada entre dos mundos excluyentes. Por un lado su padre, un fundamentalista cristiano que recorre las calles predicando la verdadera fe y le impone una rigurosa disciplina anclada en el pasado. Y por otro la escuela, donde su carácter peculiar incita las burlas y agresiones de sus compañeros. Para evadirse, Judith ha construido en su habitación una réplica de su ciudad con figuritas de alambre, un cielo de gasa, un arco iris de brillante papel de caramelos y muchos otros elementos rescatados de la basura: un auténtico refugio donde dejar volar la imaginación. Así, cuando, al día siguiente de haber simulado que la nieve cubría su poblado en miniatura, una nevada verdadera cae prematuramente a comienzos del otoño, Judith se cree capaz de obrar milagros. A partir de ese momento, una serie de coincidencias entre los juegos de la niña y determinados hechos que ocurren a su alrededor refuerzan su misticismo y la aproximan peligrosamente a la delgada línea que separa la realidad de la ficción. La asombrosa voz de Judith, su mirada inocente y carente de prejuicios otorgan al relato una perspectiva fresca y diferente que emociona e invita a la reflexión. La crítica ha dicho...«Una novela intensamente conmovedora, escrita con maestría.»The Sunday Times «La escritura de Grace McCleen es profunda, imaginativa e imponente [...]. Retrata un fascinante microcosmos con generosidad, humor y capacidad para el asombro [...]. Una primera novela maravillosa.»The Independent «Un mundo soñado ofrece un retrato conmovedor y, al mismo tiempo, perturbador de lo que significa la fe.»Entertainment Weekly «Asombrosa, emotiva, profunda y compleja.»The Guardian «Apasionante [...] una indagación sobre la naturaleza de las creencias religiosas y su influencia en el desarrollo psicológico. Un mundo soñado coloca a una niña en esta encrucijada y nuestro corazón la sigue conmovido.»The New York Times
El Mundo Subterráneo
by Rebecca Cantrell Rafael E. Martínez y Danny LandaEl millonario excéntrico Joe Tesla y su perro de servicio, Edison, descubren una enfermedad oculta que amenaza el mundo al que Joe no puede entrar -el mundo de arriba.
El muñeco de nieve (Harry Hole #7)
by Jo NesboEl muñeco de nieve, séptima entrega de la serie de novela negra noruega protagonizada por el atormentado detective Harry Hole, es un combate cara a cara con el mal absoluto. La primera nevada cae en noviembre este año en Oslo. La mañana siguiente, al despertarse, un niño no encuentra a su madre en casa. Se le hace raro encontrar su bufanda favorita colgando del cuello de un muñeco de nieve que alguien ha hecho en el jardín. El detective Harry Hole empieza a sospechar que hay un psicópata suelto, desde hace demasiado tiempo, cuando descubre que un alarmante número de madres y esposas han desaparecido en circunstancias similares, tras caer la primera nieve. Nunca antes se ha enfrentado Harry, ni ningún otro policía, a un asesino en serie en suelo noruego. Va a verse obligado a seguir las reglas de un juego macabro que lo pueden llevar al límite de la locura. A la vez que disecciona conceptos como la paternidad, la vanidad y la muerte, El muñeco de nieve es un viaje definitivo y destructor al corazón del detective: las heridas que inflige su trabajo en Harry Hole no podrán ser más profundas. Con un sentido drástico del ritmo, una construcción de personajes infalible y un intercambio veloz de tramas, esta novela supuso la consagración internacional definitiva de Jo Nesbø. Críticas:«Una novela implacable. El modo en cómo transformó una bonita estampa infantil en algo terrorífico ha logrado perturbar mi sueño. Todos en mi banda leen ahora a Jo Nesbø.»Patti Smith «El muñeco de nieve es un libro tan insondable como la nieve, tan luminoso y abstracto como los cuartetos finales para cuerda de Beethoven, es una experiencia literaria única y perturbadora.»James Ellroy «Noruega podría muy bien presumir de que Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Munch y el exitoso escritor de thrillers Jo Nesbø sean sus hijos predilectos.»The New York Times «Muy de vez en cuando aparece una novela negra extraordinariamente buena. Jo Nesbø lo ha logrado con El muñeco de nieve.»The Sunday Times
Munich
by Robert HarrisFollowing the success of Conclave comes Robert Harris's new novel, bound for bestseller-dom as he returns to the historical terrain of his best-known book, Fatherland.September 1938Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there. Munich. As Chamberlain’s plane judders across the Channel and the Fürher’s train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of Chamberlain’s private secretaries, Paul Hartmann a German diplomat and member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Great friends at Oxford before Hitler came to power, they haven’t seen one another since they were last in Munich together six years earlier. Now, as the future of Europe hangs in the balance, their paths are destined to cross again. When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience?
Múnich
by Robert HarrisUna novela de espías en el marco del encuentro entre Hitler y el gobierno inglés para impedir la guerra en 1938, por el autor de Patria y Enigma. Adolf Hitler está decidido a invadir Checoslovaquia para devolver a Alemania un territorio que considera suyo. La guerra parece inevitable; en los parques de Londres se cavan trincheras mientras en las casas los niños aprenden a ponerse las máscaras antigás. Sin embargo el primer ministro inglés Neville Chamberlain está dispuesto a lo que sea para evitar la catástrofe y viaja a Múnich para negociar a la desesperada un acuerdo que garantice la paz. Europa entera contiene el aliento. Otros dos hombres llegan a la ciudad bávara con intenciones secretas. Hugh Legat es uno de los secretarios privados de Chamberlain y Paul Hartmann, un diplomático alemán, miembro de la resistencia opositora a Hitler. Grandes amigos en Oxford antes de que el nazismo llegara al poder, no se han visto desde hace seis años. Ahora, cuando el futuro de Europa pende de un hilo, sus caminos están destinados a cruzarse de nuevo. Cuando hay tanto en juego, ¿a quién estarías dispuesto a traicionar? ¿A tus amigos, a tu familia, a tu país o a tu conciencia? Reseñas:«Múnich es el escenario perfecto para otro electrizante thriller histórico de Robert Harris.»The Guardian «En su nueva novela, Robert Harris muestra una vez más las cualidades que han hecho de sus obras previas grandes éxitos: un estilo sencillo, un don para el suspense, una capacidad envidiable para crear personajes y situaciones interesantes, una enorme verosimilitud gracias a una cuidada y amplia investigación.»The Times Literary Supplement «Harris es un novelista con un enorme interés por la Historia, y un escritor de thrillers al que no le da miedo usar una trama cuyo final todo el mundo conoce.»The Spectator «Una brillante novela de espías sobre el trasfondo de los últimos intentos desesperados de Chamberlain por negociar con Hitler.»Observer «Es difícil no sentir un sudor frío al leerla. Los detalles de los vagones de tren, las habitaciones de hotel, el número 10 de Downing Street y el Führerbau en Múnich son impecables. Un thriller histórico totalmente convincente y lleno de tensión de un escritor en el cénit de su carrera.»Literary Review
Munich: A novel
by Robert HarrisFrom the internationally best-selling author of Fatherland and the Cicero Trilogy--a new spy thriller about treason and conscience, loyalty and betrayal, set against the backdrop of the fateful Munich Conference of September 1938.Hugh Legat is a rising star of the British diplomatic service, serving at 10 Downing Street as a private secretary to the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. Rikard von Holz is on the staff of the German Foreign Office--and secretly a member of the anti-Hitler resistance. The two men were friends at Oxford in the 1920s, but have not been in contact since. Now, when Hugh flies with Chamberlain from London to Munich, and Rikard travels on Hitler's train overnight from Berlin, their paths are set on a disastrous collision course. And once again, Robert Harris gives us actual events of historical importance--here are Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini, Daladier--at the heart of an electrifying, unputdownable novel.
The Municipalists: A Novel
by Seth FriedIn Metropolis, the gleaming city of tomorrow, the dream of the great American city has been achieved. But all that is about to change, unless a neurotic, rule-following bureaucrat and an irreverent, freewheeling artificial intelligence can save the city from a mysterious terrorist plot that threatens its very existence. <P><P>Henry Thompson has dedicated his life to improving America's infrastructure as a proud employee of the United States Municipal Survey. So when the agency comes under attack, he dutifully accepts his unexpected mission to visit Metropolis looking for answers. But his plans to investigate quietly, quickly, and carefully are interrupted by his new partner: a day-drinking know-it-all named OWEN, who also turns out to be the projected embodiment of the agency's supercomputer. Soon, Henry and OWEN are fighting to save not only their own lives and those of the city's millions of inhabitants, but also the soul of Metropolis. <P><P>The Municipalists is a thrilling, funny, and touching adventure story, a tour-de-force of imagination that trenchantly explores our relationships to the cities around us and the technologies guiding us into the future.
Munster's Case
by Hakan Nesser Laurie ThompsonFor Waldemar Leverkuhn the day could not have begun more auspiciously. He and three of his friends, all retirees, have just won the lottery. It's a modest sum when split four ways--certainly not enough to lift Waldemar out of the plain apartment he shares with his quiet, weary wife--but it's enough for the old men to toast their good luck with a blowout at their favorite bar. The celebration ends, however, with Waldemar drunk, stumbling, belligerent, and eventually dead in his own bed, stabbed twenty-eight times in the chest with a carving knife. Taking charge of the case is Intendent Münster, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren's longtime right-hand man, and his beguiling colleague Ewa Moreno. They seem to have a surefire lead with the disappearance of one of Waldemar's friends on the same night as the murder, but after a cursory look into his whereabouts produces more questions than answers, the investigation suddenly seems to solve itself when Marie-Louise Leverkuhn, Waldemar's wife, confesses to the crime and calmly resigns herself to her fate. The case is, but all accounts, closed. That is, until one of the Leverkuhns' neighbors in the same unassuming block of apartments goes missing and turns up--spectacularly, gruesomely--in pieces around the city. Thrown back into the fog and chasing after wisps of clues that tenuously but inextricably link the murders, Müenster and Moreno take center stage in Håkan Nesser's haunting new addition to his acclaimed series.
Muoio e torno
by Rafael Guerrero Corrado PastoreUn complicato caso nel 2011 in Nord Africa per poco non costa la vita al detective privato Rafael Guerrero. Per dimenticarsi dell'accaduto e per guarire dalle ferite, decide di recarsi qualche giorno in un paese dell'Est Europa a riposare ma, sempre attento ai fili che muovono gli equilibri, comincerà una nuova indagine che lo farà viaggiare per migliaia di chilometri alla ricerca di due fuggiaschi che si nascondono o forse per un'altra ragione. Tunisia, Madrid, Svizzera, Ungheria, Barcellona e infine Brasile saranno testimoni e a volte protagonisti delle ricerche, dei sospetti e delle vittorie di questo personaggio così genuino, proprio come le avventure che lo portano da un continente all'altro, romanzate nella misura in cui questo genere lo permette. E' abbastanza. anche se sembra troppo. E sì, alla fine Rafael Guerrero torna, vivo o morto.
The Muralist: A Novel
by B. A. Shapiro“Vibrant and suspenseful . . . Like The Art Forger, this new story takes us into the heart of what it means to be an artist.” —The Washington Post “B. A. Shapiro captivated us in 2012 with her ‘addictive’ novel The Art Forger. Now, she’s back with another thrilling tale from the art world.” —Entertainment Weekly When Alizée Benoit, an American painter working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), vanishes in New York City in 1940, no one knows what happened to her. Not her Jewish family living in German-occupied France. Not her artistic patron and political compatriot, Eleanor Roosevelt. Not her close-knit group of friends, including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Lee Krasner. And, some seventy years later, not her great-niece, Danielle Abrams, who while working at Christie’s auction house uncovers enigmatic paintings hidden behind works by those now-famous Abstract Expressionist artists. Do they hold answers to the questions surrounding her missing aunt?
Murcheston: The Wolf's Tale
by David HollandShrouded within the dark corners of imagination, the werewolf holds a supreme place in fable and folklore-the nightbeast, stalking its prey under the light of a full moon. Such is the popular conception. But what of the beast himself? In the novel The Wolf's Tale, a werewolf documents his own case of lycanthropy. Amid the gothic backdrop of Victorian London, the author presents three gentlemen and one woman as they share the telling of this tale-the tale of Edgar Lenoir, Duke of Darnley: aristocrat and werewolf.When Lord Darnley learns that Elizabeth is pregnant with Merry's baby, he plans a hunt in the Carpathian Mountains to escape the pain of his unrequited love. Darnely goes alone and returns a changed man . . . a man who will then change Merry's and Elizabeth's lives forever.The centerpiece of the novel is Lord Darnley's journal chronicling his months as a werewolf. He views his condition not with horror, but with a fascination he believes to be thoroughly modern. Unfortunately, he is also narcissistic, ruthless, and ultimately, seduced by his own misguided self-interest to justify as natural and healthy the bestial desires that eventually consume him.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
El murciélago (Harry Hole #Volumen 1)
by Jo NesboEl primer caso del detective Harry Hole. Mejor Novela Negra Extranjera 2014 según los lectores de El País.Jo Nesbø, omnipresente en las listas de más vendidos (RTVE). Harry Hole es enviado a Sydney desde Oslo para que investigue el asesinato de una mujer noruega, Inger Holter, cuyo cadáver ha sido encontrado entre oscuras rocas, al pie de un acantilado. La policía sospecha que fue violada antes de morir, pero no se ha hallado rastro alguno de ADN. Harry Hole tendrá como compañero de investigación a Andrew Kengsinton, detective aborigen australiano. Ambos sospechan del novio de Inger, Evans White, atractivo camello conocido por la policía. Sin embargo, Harry comienza a vislumbrar que el caso es más complejo de lo que a priori pudiera parecer, y poco después el equipo de investigación relaciona una serie de desapariciones y asesinatos sin resolver que sugieren queun asesino en serie anda suelto. Harry Hole es un joven y brillante detective, pero esconde un oscuro secreto. Durante su estancia en Sydney se enamorará perdidamente de Birgita Enquist, a quien le confesará lo que oculta su pasado y qué le aleja de su país... Jo Nesbø ha sido traducido a más de 40 lenguas y sus novelas llevan vendidos más de 25 millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo. Reconocidos autores opinan...«Estoy zampándome la novela de Nesbø. Pura destreza narrativa.»Lorenzo Silva «Jo Nesbø es mi nuevo escritor de thriller favorito, y Harry Hole mi nuevo héroe.»Michael Connelly Y la prensa ha dicho...«El murciélago desvela por fin a los fans de Hole por qué Harry se ha convertido en el alma torturada que es. Con una capacidad infalible para atraer la muerte, Hole da los primeros pasos para convertirse en el tipo de personaje que los lectores de thriller encuentran irresistible.»Evening Post «Su lectura es una auténtica delicia noir.»Elcultural.es «Un libro fascinante... Un impresionante inicio de la serie.»Sunday Times
Murder
by Sarah PinboroughJohn Connolly raved that "few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough, but there are none who do it better. Quite, quite brilliant." In this gripping sequel to the acclaimed Mayhem, author Sarah Pinborough continues the adventures of troubled Victorian forensics expert Dr. Thomas Bond. Haunted by the nerve-shattering events he endured during the Jack the Ripper and Thames Torso Killer investigations, Dr. Bond is trying to reestablish the normal routines of daily life. Aiding in his recovery is the growing possibility that his long-held affections for the recently widowed Juliana Harrington might finally be reciprocated. He begins to allow himself to dream of one day forming a family with her and her young boy. Soon, however, a new suitor arrives in London, challenging the doctor's claims on Juliana's happiness. Worse, it seems the evil creature that Dr. Bond had wrestled with during the Ripper and Torso Killer investigations is back and stronger than ever. As the corpses of murdered children begin to turn up in the Thames, the police surgeon finds himself once again in a life-and-death struggle with an uncanny, inexorable foe.he evil creature that Dr. Bond had wrestled with during the Ripper and Torso Killer investigations is back and stronger than ever. As the corpses of murdered children begin to turn up in the Thames, the police surgeon finds himself once again in a life-and-death struggle with an uncanny, inexorable foe.
Murder: Mayhem and Murder Book II (Mayhem and Murder #2)
by Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes: Jack the Ripper is vanished, but Dr Thomas Bond is back - and this time the trial of murders leads straight to his front door. Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is still recovering from the events of the previous year when Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible. 'A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller' Guardian But now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames . . . and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy.'Few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough. Quite, quite brilliant' says John Connolly
Murder: Mayhem and Murder Book II
by Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes: Jack the Ripper is vanished, but Dr Thomas Bond is back - and this time the trial of murders leads straight to his front door. Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is still recovering from the events of the previous year when Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible. 'A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller' Guardian But now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames . . . and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy.'Few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough. Quite, quite brilliant' says John Connolly
Murder 101 (The Murder 101 Mysteries #7)
by Maggie BarbieriSafely away from the chaos of Manhattan, St. Thomas, a small college on the banks of the Hudson River in the Bronx, is supposed to be tranquil, bucolic, and serene. Unfortunately, English professor Alison Bergeron has found it to be anything but. Recently divorced from a fellow professor and even more recently without a car---it was stolen---she has been hoofing it to school. One Friday evening, two NYPD homicide detectives drop by her office. The good news is that they found her beat-up Volvo; the bad news is that the body of one of the students in her Shakespeare seminar was in the trunk.Not only are Alison's chances of getting the car back bleak, but suddenly she's the primary suspect on a list that includes, among others, the murdered student's drug-dealing boyfriend, Vince, and the girl's father's business rivals (he's head of an old Italian family . . .).Accused of a crime that she didn't commit, Alison enlists her best friend, Max's, emotional support and services as an amateur sleuth. Their fumbling efforts to clear Alison's name could land her in even hotter water with Detective Bobby Crawford, the handsome investigating officer (and former altar boy)---not to mention the nuns at St. Thomas. . . .Maggie Barbieri's charming professor and down-to-earth detective make an unlikely but lovable team in her delightful debut mystery.
Murder 101
by Faye KellermanNew York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman's beloved Decker and Lazarus embark on a new life in upstate New York--and find themselves entangled in deception, intrigue, and murder in an elite, picturesque college townAs a detective lieutenant with the LAPD, Peter Decker witnessed enough ugliness and chaos for a lifetime. Now he and his spirited wife, Rina Lazarus, are ready to enjoy the quiet beauty of upstate New York, where they can be closer to their four adult children, grandchildren, and their foster son, Gabe.But working for the Greenbury Police Department isn't as fulfilling as Decker hoped. While Rina has adapted beautifully to their new surroundings, Decker is underwhelmed and frustrated by his new partner, Tyler McAdams, a former Harvard student and young buck with a bad attitude. Just when he thinks he's made a mistake, Decker is called to an actual crime--a possible break-in at the local cemetery.The call seems like a false alarm until it's discovered that a mausoleum's stunning Tiffany panels have been replaced by forgeries. Soon the case escalates into murder: a co-ed at an exclusive consortium of liberal-arts colleges is brutally slaughtered. Poking into the hallowed halls of academia to find a killer, Decker and McAdams are drawn deep into a web of nasty secrets, cold-case crimes, international intrigue, and ruthless people who kill for sport.Suddenly Decker's job is anything but boring, and the case might be too much to handle for a sleepy town that hasn't seen a murder for nearly a quarter century. Decker will need to use every bit of his keen mind, his thirty years of experience as a homicide cop, and much-appreciated help from family and old friends to stop a callous killer and uncover a cabal so bizarre that it defies logic.
Murder 101 (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Series #22)
by Faye KellermanNew York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman's beloved Decker and Lazarus embark on a new life in upstate New York--and find themselves entangled in deception, intrigue, and murder in an elite, picturesque college town <P><P>As a detective lieutenant with the LAPD, Peter Decker witnessed enough ugliness and chaos for a lifetime. Now he and his spirited wife, Rina Lazarus, are ready to enjoy the quiet beauty of upstate New York, where they can be closer to their four adult children, grandchildren, and their foster son, Gabe. <P>But working for the Greenbury Police Department isn't as fulfilling as Decker hoped. While Rina has adapted beautifully to their new surroundings, Decker is underwhelmed and frustrated by his new partner, Tyler McAdams, a former Harvard student and young buck with a bad attitude. Just when he thinks he's made a mistake, Decker is called to an actual crime--a possible break-in at the local cemetery. <P>The call seems like a false alarm until it's discovered that a mausoleum's stunning Tiffany panels have been replaced by forgeries. Soon the case escalates into murder: a co-ed at an exclusive consortium of liberal-arts colleges is brutally slaughtered. Poking into the hallowed halls of academia to find a killer, Decker and McAdams are drawn deep into a web of nasty secrets, cold-case crimes, international intrigue, and ruthless people who kill for sport. <P>Suddenly Decker's job is anything but boring, and the case might be too much to handle for a sleepy town that hasn't seen a murder for nearly a quarter century. Decker will need to use every bit of his keen mind, his thirty years of experience as a homicide cop, and much-appreciated help from family and old friends to stop a callous killer and uncover a cabal so bizarre that it defies logic.
Murder à la Mode (A\savannah Reid Mystery Ser. #10)
by G. A. McKevettVoluptuous P. I. Savannah Reids culinary cravings come second only to her appetite for adventure. Of course, every girl needs a little down time, and Savannah adores curling up with a box of chocolates, a steaming Irish coffee, and an even steamier romance novel--preferably one with sexy Lance Roman on the cover. But when she meets her dream hunk in person, things take a decidedly nightmarish turn. . . As a special birthday treat, Savannahs friends have arranged for her to compete for Lances affections on a reality TV show called Man of My Dreams. She and four other women will be living in a medieval "castle" with Lance, trying to win his heart. Unfortunately, the antics take a sinister turn when one of the shows producers, Tess Jarvis, turns up dead. It appears she was felled by a carton of Killer Fudge ice cream, but Savannahs convinced theres more to the story. Turns out shes right. It seems no one liked Tess. . . not her unhappy husband, or the scheming contestants, or all the disgruntled employees she so heinously wronged. This show is quickly turning into the worst kind of soap opera--with some footage thatll never make it on the air. . . "Added to a well-plotted mystery, the very funny depiction of a different side of reality television makes Murder á la Mode a delight. "--Mystery Scene "Savannah retains her buoyant good humor throughout. "--Publishers Weekly G. A. McKevett is the pseudonym of a well-known author. She is currently working on the next Savannah Reid mystery.