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Rogues
by Patrick Rothfuss Neil Gaiman Gardner Dozois Gillian Flynn George R. R. MartinNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors--including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If you're a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart--and yet leave you all the richer for it. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie * Daniel Abraham * David W. Ball * Paul Cornell * Bradley Denton * Phyllis Eisenstein * Gillian Flynn * Neil Gaiman * Matthew Hughes * Joe R. Lansdale * Scott Lynch * Garth Nix * Cherie Priest * Patrick Rothfuss * Steven Saylor * Michael Swanwick * Lisa Tuttle * Carrie Vaughn * Walter Jon Williams * Connie Willis And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin!Praise for Rogues "Not a single bad story in the bunch . . . The table of contents alone will make fans from all genre aisles salivate."--Library Journal
A Rogue's Company: A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery (Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery #3)
by Allison MontclairIn Allison Montclair's A Rogue's Company, business becomes personal for the Right Sort Marriage Bureau when a new client, a brutal murder, two kidnappings, and the recently returned from Africa Lord Bainbridge threatens everything that one of the principals holds dear.In London, 1946, the Right Sort Marriage Bureau is getting on its feet and expanding. Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge are making a go of it. That is until Lord Bainbridge—the widowed Gwen's father-in-law and legal guardian—returns from a business trip to Africa and threatens to undo everything important to her, even sending her six-year-old son away to a boarding school.But there's more going on than that. A new client shows up at the agency, one whom Sparks and Bainbridge begin to suspect really has a secret agenda, somehow involving the Bainbridge family. A murder and a subsequent kidnapping sends Sparks to seek help from a dangerous quarter—and now their very survival is at stake.
Rogues' Holiday
by Margery Allingham&“An ace high mystery, with unexpected situations and new methods used by old rogues&” from the Golden Age author of the Albert Campion series (Kirkus Reviews). An apparent suicide at a posh men&’s club in London doesn&’t fool Scotland Yard Insp. David Blest. There&’s something fishy about the old man who quarreled with the victim the night before. The doggedly determined Blest can&’t let the matter rest and uses a leave from work to follow his suspect to the coast. What Blest finds in Westbourne-on-Sea is sun, sand, and suspicious characters, including his elderly target acting as guardian to a sickly girl. But Miss Judy Wellington is only pretending to be ill. Unbeknownst to Blest, she&’s really an heiress with a secret inheritance—one that pays off big to her husband if she marries before she turns twenty-five. With only months to go before that deadline, vultures are circling around her. Her guardian&’s choice of a husband—a known conman—is killed. All Blest knows is that he&’s in too deep, and he&’ll protect Judy come hell or high water . . . &“By modern standards, where anything goes, this a bit of a cosy mix of villainy, romance, intrigue, and mystery. It&’s also a bit of a potboiler . . . This story, as much a thriller as mystery, is a fine example of its period and well worth the read, not only for the legions of Allingham fans.&” —Crime Review
A Rogue's Life
by Wilkie CollinsThe critical reader may possibly notice a tone of almost boisterous gayety in certain parts of these imaginary Confessions. I can only plead, in defense, that the story offers the faithful reflection of a very happy time in my past life. It was written at Paris, when I had Charles Dickens for a near neighbor and a daily companion, and when my leisure hours were joyously passed with many other friends, all associated with literature and art, of whom the admirable comedian, Regnier, is now the only survivor. The revising of these pages has been to me a melancholy task. I can only hope that they may cheer the sad moments of others. The Rogue may surely claim two merits, at least, in the eyes of the new generation--he is never serious for two moments together; and he "doesn't take long to read." W. C.
Rogues Rampant (The Patrick Dawlish Mysteries)
by John CreaseyAn amateur sleuth hunts for dirt on a murder and three missing maids in this classic English mystery by the author of the Department Z series.When not working at MI5, Patrick Dawlish frequently collaborates with the police to catch murderous criminals. Of course, many of the police, in turn, like to remind Dawlish that he isn’t one of them and he should keep his feet out of the murky waters of crime. Dawlish is all too happy to oblige, but Superintendent Trivett of Scotland Yard needs his help . . . Housekeepers are disappearing in the isolated town of Terne. Three to be precise—all young women and all employed by the same man. Mr. Clive Dickerson is suspiciously aloof about the matter, especially after a woman wearing the clothes of one of the missing is found dead in a river. To determine what is going on—and locate the remaining women—Dawlish must first find someone willing to go undercover and infiltrate Dickerson’s mansion. But who could be so daring? Or so foolish?
Rojo
by Ted DekkerEntre a la epopeya rociada de adrenalina donde seestrellan los sueños y la realidad. Nada es como parece, cuando Negro se convierte en Rojo.Hace menos de un mes, Thomas Hunter era un escritorfracasado vendiendo café en Java Hut enDenver. Ahora se encuentra en una búsqueda desesperada para evitar que dosmundos se desmoronen. En un mundo, él es un general devastado por la guerra almando de un ejército de guerreros primitivos. En el otro, está apresurado para derrotarel intento de terroristas sádicos de crear un caos global mediante un virusimparable.Dos mundos al borde de la destrucción. Una solucióninimaginable.
Role of Honour: A 007 Novel (James Bond Ser.)
by John GardnerOfficial, original James Bond from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'.'People notice things and word around Whitehall is that Commander Bond is living a shade dangerously - gambling, the new Bentley, er ... ladies, money changing hands ...'Following scandal and his shock resignation from Britain's Secret Intelligence Service James Bond becomes a gun for hire; able, and willing, to sell his lethal skills to the highest bidder. And SPECTRE, it seems, are eager to have the disgraced British super spy on their payroll. But before he can be fully embraced by his new employer - and deadliest enemy - 007 must first prove his loyalty. And in doing so he must threaten with nuclear annihilation everything he has fought his whole life to defend. Until honour is fully restored...Gardner's stunning reinvention of Bond secured critical acclaim and blockbusting sales around the world. Role of Honour, the fourth book in the series, kept 007 at No.1.
Role of Honour (James Bond #19)
by John GardnerOfficial, original James Bond from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'.'People notice things and word around Whitehall is that Commander Bond is living a shade dangerously - gambling, the new Bentley, er ... ladies, money changing hands ...'Following scandal and his shock resignation from Britain's Secret Intelligence Service James Bond becomes a gun for hire; able, and willing, to sell his lethal skills to the highest bidder. And SPECTRE, it seems, are eager to have the disgraced British super spy on their payroll. But before he can be fully embraced by his new employer - and deadliest enemy - 007 must first prove his loyalty. And in doing so he must threaten with nuclear annihilation everything he has fought his whole life to defend. Until honour is fully restored...Gardner's stunning reinvention of Bond secured critical acclaim and blockbusting sales around the world. Role of Honour, the fourth book in the series, kept 007 at No.1.
Roll Over and Play Dead
by Joan HessMURDER IS GOING TO THE DOGS... Bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy has donned another hat (or is that a collar?) as a petsitter extraordinaire. Her furry charges are Miss Emily Parchester's beloved basset hounds, Nick and Nora, and two very good dogs they are. Everything is just ducky...until Nick and Nora vanish. Other neighbors' pets have also disappeared, and no doubt a dognapper is on the prowl... Switching to her sleuthing chapeau, Claire quickly locates the shabby abode of Newton Churls, who runs a black market in stolen animals. But instead of a pen filled with purloined pooches, Claire finds one very dead Newton-and it appears his own pit bull terriers did him in. Or did they? Claire smells a human rat behind the brutal murder. And mysteriously, Nick and Nora are still missing. Now Claire is doggedly determined to find them...and run a killer to the ground.
The Roller Coaster Ghost
by Fran ManushkinWho is haunting the roller coaster? Your father runs the brand-new Zooper Dooper, the world's biggest roller coaster, and you can have all the free rides you want. Wow! But on your very first ride, on the very last hill, something TERRIBLE happens--you discover that something or someone is haunting the Zooper Dooper. Could it be a real ghost? Are you brave enough to find out?? Start reading on page 1 and keep going until you have to make a choice. You decide what happens next. There's no telling how a Pick-a-Path adventure will end!
Rolling Stone: A Frank Garrett Mystery (The Frank Garrett Mysteries #2)
by Patricia WentworthA Foreign Office agent assumes a dead man&’s identity to infiltrate an international ring of thieves, blackmailers, and murderers Peter Talbot is in Brussels tailing a dangerous con man when the opportunity of a lifetime falls in his lap. His quarry dies, leaving behind a suitcase filled with money, coded messages, a passport, and a cryptic letter about a woman named Maud Millicent Simpson. Reborn as Spike Reilly—a.k.a. James Peter Reilly—a.k.a. Pierre Riel—Talbot follows a twisting trail that leads the undercover operative to an English country estate and into a deadly conspiracy of robbery and murder. Meanwhile, in London, Talbot&’s uncle, Col. Frank Garrett, is probing a string of purloined masterpieces—the latest stolen from the Louvre. Scotland Yard flummoxed, it falls to the Foreign Office to bring the culprits to justice. As the parallel investigations converge, Garrett and his nephew match wits with a cunning and beautiful criminal who&’s a brilliant master of disguise. And soon an innocent woman&’s life is in danger. Patricia Wentworth, author of the Miss Silver Mysteries, combines &“adventure, romance, and mystery&” (Kirkus Reviews) in this stunning crime novel. Rolling Stone is the 2nd book in the Frank Garrett Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Rolling Thunder (Murder Most Gay Series #5)
by Robert Cummings John SimpsonSequel to Murder on a QueenMurder Most Gay: Book FiveBudget cuts shuffle the decks of the Prince George's County Police Department. Separated after years as partners, Hank Capstone and Patrick St. James find themselves having to make a new start. Assigned as a training officer, Hank takes on the tough task of showing hot, fit young rookie Jessie Morgan the ropes. Unfortunately, Jessie's beauty is only skin-deep as he seems to have a habit of spouting homophobic comments to anyone who will listen. Still, Hank watches closely, figuring his rookie hides a deeper secret. While Hank is distracted by his new partner, secrets from his past resurface. A former Iraqi general with a grudge against Hank arrives in the area seeking revenge. Does his appearance connect to a terrorist threat made against the local mall? Hank and Patrick must reunite to save the day.
Rolling Thunder (A "Hammerhead" Jed Mystery #2)
by A.J. DevlinFormer pro wrestler "Hammerhead" Jed Ounstead, now a fully-fledged private investigator, is riding high after his first successful case. In this second episode, Jed leaves the wrestling realm to enter a new arena: women's flat-track roller derby. When old acquaintance Stormy Daze seeks his help finding her team's missing coach, Jed discovers that the turnbuckle-and-metal-chair mayhem of the wrestling ring pales in comparison to roller derby's four-wheeled ferocity.As his search intensifies, Jed is drawn into the criminal orbit of a shady entrepreneur who doubles as a late-night TV personality, a high-class bookmaker with a yen for racing dachshunds, and a kinky painter with a special technique for producing art. When the thunder rolls, Jed finds he needs more than a few of his beloved banana milkshakes to solve this case.Rolling Thunder continues A.J. Devlin's hard-hitting, award-winning mystery series with its unbeatable one-two punch of over-the-top-rope humour and elbow-to-the-face adventure.
Rolling Thunder (John Ceepak Mysteries Ser. #0)
by Chris Grabenstein"Full of unpredictable twists and turns. There's plenty of fizz in the chemistry between the two protagonists to keep the novel and the reader spinning." —Boston GlobeThere&’s more fireworks down the Jersey shore in Chris Grabenstein&’s sixth fast-paced John Ceepak mystery Rolling Thunder. A prominent citizen suffers a heart attack on opening day of a brand new boardwalk roller coaster in the seedy seaside resort town Sea Haven, New Jersey. Initially ruled a tragic accident, it isn&’t long before there are suspicious hints of foul play—especially after another dead body is discovered: a stunning young beach beauty. Fortunately for mystery lovers, the straight-arrow cop John Ceepak and his wise-cracking young partner Danny Boyle are on the case, a detective/sidekick duo critics have compared to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
Rolling Thunder (The John Ceepak Mysteries #0)
by Chris GrabensteinThere's more fireworks down the Jersey Shore in Chris Grabenstein's sixth fast-paced John Ceepak mystery. A prominent citizen suffers a heart attack on the opening day of a brand-new boardwalk roller coaster in the seedy seaside resort town Sea Haven, New Jersey. Initially ruled a tragic accident, it isn't long before there are suspicious hints of foul play--especially after the corpse of a stunning young beach beauty is discovered. Fortunately for mystery lovers, the straight-arrow cop John Ceepak and his wisecracking young partner Danny Boyle are on the case, a detective/sidekick duo critics have compared to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
Rolling Thunder
by Mark MynheirLaw Enforcement Agents Can Do It All. But Forgive? John Russell is the Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent assigned to the missing Dylan Jacobs' case. But while he's tracking down clues in his professional life, a murderer is hot on his trail--his own flesh and blood. John's father relentlessly seeks something John refuses to offer: forgiveness. Forced to face the source of his paralyzing fear of thunder and his stolen childhood, can John find the missing boy without his personal life completely unraveling? Ten-year-old Dylan Jacobs is missing from state care. John Russell is the team leader of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement task force trying to find him. Although the governor has declared this a top priority, all the team is turning up are corruption and crime of a different sort. Could Dylan still be alive after disappearing from the system six years ago? Meanwhile, John's own long-buried nightmare is unearthed when a paroled killer shows up in his driveway. He struggles to leave old horrors where they belong--in the past. Determined to protect her children and help her husband, his wife, Marie, does some investigating of her own. Because she soon realizes, what you don't know can hurt you. Join the agents of the FDLE as they seek the truth behind the crime and grapple with Truth in their personal lives. Dealing with depravity all day, every day, it doesn't always seem like God is in control. Which just makes victory all that much sweeter when it comes. "Drawing upon his real-life experience as a police detective, Mark Mynheir has given us a realistic story and characters to care for. Mark presents us with a fresh new voice who writes from a unique perspective." Angela Hunt, bestselling author of Unspoken "A remarkable first novel, with strong action and a solid moral. Readers will eagerly await the next installment from Mark Mynheir." T. Davis Bunn, bestselling author "Rolling Thunder is a compelling story examining the struggles, importance, and power of forgiveness." Bill Myers, bestselling author of Soul Tracker Story Behind the BookMark Mynheir's experience as a homicide detective enables him to accurately expose, from an insider's view, the exciting world of law enforcement and crime investigation. It also sets an unassuming scene for the serious spiritual work that needs to be accomplished in Mynheir's main character. While the story unfolds, the reality becomes clear of how many Christians welcome God's grace and forgiveness for themselves but struggle to extend it to others. They harbor unresolved anger and resentment, often for years, against those who have hurt them. Mynheir challenges readers to identify with fictional characters and to initiate the process of forgiveness in their own lives.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Rolling Thunder (Stony Man #72)
by Don PendletonSTONY MAN The clandestine operations group known as Stony Man is unbound by rules of procedure and answers only to the Oval Office. Hal Brognola's team of cyberwarriors and battlefield commandos takes the most direct approach to stem the tide of global terrorism and high crime. As the court of last resort, they handle the dirty work no other department or agency can touch. ROLLING THUNDER The Basque Liberation Movement, a militant splinter cell of Spain's notorious ETA terrorist group, has seized a state-of-the-art new supertank equipped with nuclear firing capabilities. Intent on carrying their blood message to the world, the BLM has planned a devastating show of force at a NATO conference in Barcelona. As Stony Man's cybernetics team works feverishly to track the terrorists and the stolen warheads, the commandos of Able Team and Phoenix Force hit the ground running. But a clever, resourceful enemy remains one step ahead, in a race against the odds getting worse by the minute. ...
The Roma Plot: A Max O'Brien Mystery
by Mario Bolduc Jacob HomelMax O’Brien is in a race against time … and someone else’s past is catching up with him. Max O’Brien may be a professional con man, but that doesn’t mean you can’t count on him in a bind. So when he hears that his old friend Kevin Dandurand is a wanted man over a seemingly racially motivated killing spree, he heads to Bucharest to try to make sense of what looks like an impossible situation. The buried truths he uncovers reach back to the Second World War, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and an entanglement between a Roma man and a German woman whose echoes pursue O’Brien and Dandurand into the present day. But if they can’t escape the long shadows of the past, the two will find their present cut all too short.
Roman Blood: A Novel Of Ancient Rome (Roma Sub Rosa #1)
by Steven SaylorA thrilling puzzle from the ancient world with real historical characters and based on a case in Cicero's Orations - Roman Blood is a perfect blend of mystery and history by a brilliant storyteller.On an unseasonably warm spring morning in 80BC, Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate and orator preparing his first important case. His client is Umbrian landowner, Sextus Roscius, accused of the unforgivable: the murder of his own father.Gordianus agrees to investigate the crime - in a society fire with deceit, betrayl and conspiracy, where neither citizen nor slave can be trusted to speak the truth. But even Gordianus is not prepared for the spectacularly dangerous fireworks that attend the resolution of this ugly, delicate case...
Roman Count Down (Rick Montoya Italian Mysteries #6)
by David P. WagnerA prequel to the beloved Rick Montoya Italian mystery series, Roman Count Down brings the streets of Rome to life as translator Rick Montoya comes to grips with life as a resident of The Eternal City and investigates a brutal murder in an Italian adventure unlike any otherRick Montoya, eager to experience more of his Italian mother's culture, heads to Rome to start his own translation business. He's armed with curiosity and an appetite for local food and wine.Rick's maternal uncle is a Roman cop with one eye to his nephew's welfare and another to how Rick might be useful, perhaps widen his career choices. So Commissario Piero Fontana pulls Rick into an investigation: the murder of Count Umberto Zimbardi.The wealthy count enjoyed indulging a circle of convivial friends and a hobby collecting oral histories by interviewing residents in the city's centro storico. After heading home from such an afternoon, he was found dead on a bridge over the Tiber.As a newcomer and an investigator, Rick makes rookie mistakes. He's learning the ropes as an amateur sleuth and that living in Rome is different from visiting. Plus he's distracted by a woman pressing him into service as an Italy tour guide and the arrival of a college friend on a mission to sell Argentine wine to the Vatican. But there's a dangerous countdown at play, and Rick needs to solve the case before the unthinkable happens.Perfect for readers of Donna Leon and Martin Walker, Roman Count Down embodies David Wagner's "...usual deft mix of travel and suspense" (Kirkus Reviews). Like all the Rick Montoya mysteries, this suspenseful prequel is rich in food, drink, and local culture that will leave you feeling as if you've just taken a tour of Italy.
Roman e Julietta
by Jan SpringerA vida da pirata moderna Julietta Black sempre esteve imersa nas formas violentas e tradicionais da pirataria. Quando um prêmio é colocado pelas cabeças de sua família, Julietta sequestra o neto sexy do inimigo e força uma "união" entre as duas famílias em guerra. O que seu cativo pensará quando descobrir que foi sequestrado não por um resgate, mas por seu esperma? Noite após noite, envolta nos braços fortes de Roman, Julietta não pode negar a atração ardente entre eles. Nem ela pode negar que ele agora segura seu coração - assim como sua vida - em suas mãos. Quando o misterioso captor de Roman Prince oferece-lhe uma mulher luxuriosa para a cama, o feroz desejo se inflama, derretendo seu autocontrole geralmente rígido. A luxúria rapidamente se transforma em amor, pois ele gosta mais de seus encontros picantes do que deveria ...
ROMAN E JULIETTA
by Jan Springer Elena D'AmbrosioLa vita di Julietta Black è sempre stata segnata dalle situazioni più illegali della pirateria moderna. Quando viene a sapere di una taglia sulla testa della sua famiglia, decide con riluttanza di mettere in pratica l’idea della nonna e di fare rapire l’affascinante nipote del loro nemico giurato. Il piano? Costringerlo a una unione in vecchio stile – un bambino – per riportare per sempre la pace tra le due famiglie rivali. In attesa che suo nonno paghi il riscatto richiesto, Roman si ritrova imprigionato su uno yacht. Quando i suoi rapitori gli mettono a disposizione una affascinante donna da portarsi a letto, il suo consueto autocontrollo va in mille pezzi e la lussuria si trasforma presto in amore tra le pieghe lascive dei loro incontri. Notte dopo notte, stretta tra le forti braccia di Roman, Julietta sperimenta il violento desiderio che esplode tra loro due. Ma come reagirà il suo nemico giurato, quando scoprirà che lo scopo di quel rapimento non è un riscatto, ma qualcosa di più... permanente?
Roman Games: Roman Games, One For Sorrow, Wine Of Violence (Plinius Secundus Series #2)
by Bruce Macbain"Macbain's debut novel convincingly re-creates everyday life in ancient Rome, weaving real and fictional characters with aplomb."—Kirkus ReviewsWhen the body of Sextus Verpa, a notorious senatorial informer and libertine, is found stabbed to death in his bedroom, suspicion falls on his household slaves—a potential death sentence for all.The cruel emperor, Domitian, orders Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus—known to history as Pliny the Younger—to investigate. However, the Ludi Romani (the Roman Games) have just begun, and for the next fifteen days the law courts are in recess. If Pliny can't identify the murderer in that time, Verpa's entire slave household will be burned alive in the arena.Pliny teams up with Martial, a starving author of bawdy verses and hanger-on to the city's glitterati, to unravel a plot that involves Jewish and Christian "atheists," exotic Egyptian cultists, Rome's own pantheon of gods, and a missing horoscope that forecasts the emperor's death....
The Roman Hat Mystery
by Ellery QueenA murder in a crowded Broadway theater presents a full house of suspects—the first in this classic mystery series starring Ellery Queen! Despite the dismal Broadway season, Gunplay continues to draw crowds. A gangland spectacle, it&’s packed to the gills with action, explosions, and gunfire. In fact, Gunplay is so loud that no one notices the killing of Monte Field. In a sold-out theater, Field is found dead partway through the second act, surrounded by empty seats. The police hold the crowd and call for the one man who can untangle this daring murder: Inspector Richard Queen. With the help of his son Ellery, a bibliophile and novelist whose imagination can solve any crime, the Inspector attacks this seemingly impenetrable mystery. Anyone in the theater could have killed the unscrupulous lawyer, and several had the motive. Only Ellery Queen, in his debut novel, can decipher the clue of the dead man&’s missing top hat.
A Roman Holiday (Thea Stilton)
by Thea StiltonJoin Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship!The Thea Sisters spend the holidays in Rome!