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Royally Dead (A Stitch in Time Mystery #3)
by Greta McKennanA seamstress who specializes in historical detail, Daria Dembrowski is happy to welcome the Highland Games to town—it’s all fun and games until someone gets “kilt.” Daria’s roommate, Aileen, plays guitar in a metal band, but one of her bandmates is branching out musically and asks Daria to craft a kilt for an upcoming bagpipe competition. The locals in Laurel Springs, Pennsylvania, are really looking forward to the Highland Games, and the Scottish regalia needs to be just right. Then one of the athletes collapses during the event, a victim of poisoned whiskey. As suspicion spreads and the police turn their attention to Aileen, Daria vows not to let the real killer get off scot-free . . .
Royal's Bride: Royal's Bride Reese's Bride Rule's Bride (The Bride Trilogy #1)
by Kat Martin“Set in 1854 England, this steamy trilogy opener” from a New York Times–bestselling author “is an enjoyable mixture of tension and romance” (Publishers Weekly).After years abroad, Royal has returned to Bransford Castle to find his father dying and the family treasury nearly empty. Then the old duke wrests a final promise from his guilt-ridden son: that Royal will marry heiress Jocelyn Caulfield and restore the estate to its former glory. However, it is not his fiancée who quickens Royal’s pulse, but rather her beautiful cousin Lily Moran.Penniless Lily knows that nothing can come of their undeniable attraction but there is a way she can help Royal. Enlisting some questionable characters from her past, Lily concocts an elaborate ruse to recover some of the Bransford fortune from a notorious confidence artist. As the dangerous scheme unfolds, Lily and Royal are thrown together in pursuit of the very thing—money—that keeps them apart.
Royal's Child
by Sharon SalaComing soon! Royal's Child by Sharon Sala will be available Dec 18, 2017.
The Royalty Box Set
by Naleighna KaiKING OF DEVONWhen a coma patient becomes pregnant under mysterious circumstances, Jai’s medical facility and employees come under intense government, media, and law enforcement scrutiny. Will Jai be able to fend off their enemies, fulfill his destiny at The Castle, and navigate a relationship with a woman that is marred by betrayal, mystery, and deadly attempts to silence her once and for all? KING OF DURABIANo good deed goes unpunished, or that’s how Ellena Kiley feels after she rescues a child and the former Crown Prince of Durabia offers to marry her. When Ellena is kidnapped, Kamran is forced to bring in the Kings. In the race against time to rescue this mysterious woman and defeat his enemies, the kingdom of Durabia will never be the same. LOVING ME FOR MEWill they survive her tragic past, his traditional family, and those who would rather see them dead than in love? The couple has more at stake, forcing them to confront their deepest fears, overcome unforeseen obstacles, and challenge the media as well as enemies who are closer to home. Devesh soon puts everyone on notice that he believes love is 'til death do us part--even if Devesh has to send someone to an early grave to protect her.
Royce Rolls
by Margaret StohlSixteen-year-old Bentley Royce seems to have it all: an actual Bentley, tuition to a fancy private school, lavish vacations, and everything else that comes along with being an LA starlet. But after five seasons on her family's reality show, Rolling with the Royces, and a lifetime of dealing with her narcissistic sister, Porsche, media-obsessed mother, Mercedes, and somewhat clueless brother, Maybach, Bentley wants out. Luckily for her, without a hook for season six, cancellation is looming and freedom is nigh. With their lifestyle on the brink, however, Bentley's family starts to crumble, and one thing becomes startlingly clear--without the show, there is no family. And since Bentley loves her family, she has to do the unthinkable--save the show. But when her future brother-in-law's car goes over a cliff with both Bentley and her sister's fiancé inside-on the day of the big made-for-TV wedding, no less-things get real. Really real. Like, not reality show real. Told in a tongue-in-cheek voice that takes a swipe at all things Hollywood, Royce Rolls is a laugh-out-loud funny romp with an LA noir twist about what it means to grow up with the cameras rolling and what really happens behind the scenes.
The Rozabal Line: दि रोझाबल लाइन
by Ashwin Sanghiदि रोझाबल लाइन ही रहस्यमय कादंबरी अनेक शतकांमधून आणि खंडांमधून उलगडत जाते. अश्विन सांघी गुंत्यांमधील वेटोळ्यांचा माग काढता काढता धर्माच्या रक्तरंजित जन्मापर्यंत पोचतात. लंडनमधील वाचनालयातील एका फळीवर पुठ्ठ्याचे एक खोके सापडते. गोंधळलेल्या ग्रंथपाल ते खोके उघडतात. ते खोके उघडताच त्यांच्या तोंडून किंकाळी फुटते आणि लगेचच त्या बेशुद्ध होऊन जमिनीवर कोसळतात. स्वतःला लष्कर-ए-तलतशार म्हणवणारं तेरा जणांचं सैन्य जगभर विखुरलेलं आहे. ख्रिस्त आणि त्याच्या शिष्यांचे दैव आणि या सैन्यातील सदस्यांचे दैव यांच्यात एक कुतूहलजनक साम्य आहे. त्यांचं ध्येय आहे आर्मागेडॉन. एका हिंदू ज्योतिष्याला आकाशातील विशिष्ट ग्रहांची युती जवळ आल्याचं लक्षात येतं. जगाचा अंत जवळ आल्याच्या जाणिवेने तो सुन्नपणे मान हलवतो. तिकडे तिबेटमध्ये एक बौद्ध भिक्खूंचा समूह ज्याप्रकारे त्यांच्या पूर्वजांनी ज्युदेआमध्ये ईश्वरपुत्राचा शोध घेतला होता त्याचप्रमाणे अवताराच्या शोधात निघतो. जेरुसलेममध्ये निर्माण झालेल्या या कोड्याची गुरूकिल्ली असते संघर्षाने ग्रस्त काश्मीरमधल्या रोझाबल नावाच्या एका कबरीत आणि ते कोडं सुटणार असतं वैष्णोदेवीत. एका अमेरिकन प्रिस्टला परिचित माणसांची अस्वस्थ करणारी दृश्यं दिसतात. फक्त ही दृश्यं आणि त्यातली लोकं कुठल्यातरी दुसऱ्याच काळात आहेत, असं त्याला वाटतं असतं.
Ruan
by BryherIn this remarkable novel, Bryher takes the reader into sixth century Britain—Cornwall, the Scillys, Ireland and Wales. Arthur is dead and the uneasy peace which he established is drawing to its close. Young Ruan, nephew of a high priest, is destined for the priesthood. Turbulent and restless for adventure, he feels caged and longs for the high seas. At last he breaks free and sets out on the quest for those islands which are to him both an image and reality. The sights, sounds, passions and ordeals of Celtic Britain filter through Bryher’s haunting prose. With Ruan’s eyes we see the throngs at the Cornish fair, the religious ritual, the burial of the king on the mysterious Scilly Isles. With him we experience the mariners’ winter camp in Ireland and with him we flee for life through an Irish bog.
Rub-A-Dub-Dub (The Carruthers, Simpson, and Briggs Mysteries #2)
by Robert L. FishOn a transatlantic cruise, three elderly gentlemen have the adventure of a lifetime When the captain of the SS Sunderland sees the three grey-haired passengers, he does not expect them to cause any trouble. He is mistaken. If he knew how much trouble they will cause, he'd likely leap over the railing and swim for shore. Carruthers, Simpson, and Briggs are three of the most dangerous men in the world. Founders of the British Mystery Writers Club, they were once well-known authors of detective fiction. But recently, their business has shifted from writing about murders to committing them. As members of the Murder League, the men are willing to kill any man on earth for the price of $1,000, and kill him in style. The Sunderland is in for a very blood crossing, and there will be plenty of work for the Murder League.
Rubbed Out
by Riley AdamsEven Lulu Taylor--proprietress of Aunt Pat's Barbeque Restaurant in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee--needs to get out of the kitchen now and then. But at the Rock and Ribs festival, she finds more than a taste of trouble... Reuben Shaw rubs a lot of people the wrong way--including Lulu's best friend, Cherry, who has the misfortune of being in the booth next to his at the festival. The pigheaded pit master thinks he's a shoo-in to win the barbeque competition, but he spends more time stirring up trouble than seasoning his spare ribs. Hours after she gets into a quarrel with him, Cherry finds Shaw dead with a butcher knife in his chest. Now it's her turn to get grilled--by the police. Lulu sets out to clear her friend's name and finds Shaw had more secrets than his BBQ recipe. She'll need to act fast, because the real killer will spare no one...including Lulu. Includes recipes!
Rubbed Out
by Barbara BlockRubbed OutRobin Light has had better days. Business at her pet store is painfully slow. Syracuse has had twenty-three consecutive days of snow. And she's trying to quit smoking. . .again. So when ex-cop Paul Santini calls, offering a cakewalk of a job finding some rich lawyer's runaway wife, Robin takes the case--without getting all the facts. She gets her first clue that something isn't right during a visit to the worried husband, Walter Wilcox. His story--that his wife's therapist is to blame for her disappearance--doesn't ring true, either. It isn't long before Wilcox is singing a different tune, one that includes his eighteen-year-old mistress, expensive trinkets, and Janet Wilcox taking off with a good chunk of their money.Only it isn't really Wilcox's money. It belongs to his employers, a couple of Russian wiseguys who don't take kindly to being swindled--and before Robin can tell Walter that she's found his wife in New York City, she finds him tortured to death. It's too bad for Walter. . .and even worse for Robin. Apparently, lawyers talk a lot under extreme pressure. They even mention names, like that of a certain part-time P.I. Now, with the Russian mob convinced she knows where the money is, Robin is on the run, desperate to find Janet, recover the stolen goods, and keep everyone she knows from becoming landfill. . .
The Rubber Band (Nero Wolfe #3)
by Rex StoutWhat do a Wild West lynching and a respected English nobleman have in common? On the surface, absolutely nothing. But when a young woman hires his services, it becomes Nero Wolfe's job to look deeper and find the connection. A forty-year-old pact, a five-thousand-mile search, and a million-dollar murder are all linked to an international scandal that could rebound on the great detective and his partner, Archie, with fatal abruptness.
The Rubber Band/The Red Box 2-in-1 (Nero Wolfe)
by Rex StoutA grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction's greatest detectives. Here, in Stout's third and fourth complete Wolfe mysteries, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, solve two of their most baffling cases. The Rubber Band What do a Wild West lynching and a respected English nobleman have in common? On the surface, absolutely nothing. But when a young woman hires his services, it becomes Nero Wolfe's job to look deeper and find the connection. A forty-year-old pact, a five-thousand-mile search, and a million-dollar murder are all linked to an international scandal that could rebound on the great detective and his partner, Archie, with fatal abruptness. The Red BoxMurder by chocolate? That's the premise Nero Wolfe must operate from when a beautiful woman is poisoned after indulging in a box of candy. It's a case that the great detective--no stranger himself to overindulgence--is loath to take for a variety of reasons, including that it may require that he leave his comfortable brownstone. But he and Archie are compelled by a mystery that mixes high fashion and low motives...and a killer who may have made the deadliest mistake.
Rubber Soul: A Novel (Dust Bin Bob #1)
by Greg Kihn1980s rock icon Greg Kihn spins a magical mystery tour headlined by the Beatles, who find themselves in jeopardy when murder rocks their world. For Bob &“Dust Bin&” Dingle, R&B is a passion his roughneck brothers don&’t understand. But when a mop-haired group of Liverpudlians named John, Paul, George, and Ringo stumble into Dust Bin Bob&’s secondhand shop on Penny Lane and gawk at his sparkling collection of 45s, everyone&’s in perfect harmony. Stirred by the thumping backbeats of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Bo Diddley, the Fab Four rocket to stardom. As Beatlemania catapults them from the Cavern Club to The Ed Sullivan Show in record time, the lads show they&’ve also got a talent for getting into trouble. Fortunately, Dust Bin Bob has a way of showing up just in time to lend them a hand. But when the world tour for Rubber Soul lands in the Philippines, trouble turns deadly. Exhausted from an eight-days-a-week schedule, the fab four snub a personal invite from Imelda Marcos, who just won&’t let it be. Suddenly, thousands of fans turn menacing, and murder is in the air. It&’s up to Dust Bin Bob to sort out the mess if they to get back on the plane alive . . .
Rubbernecker
by Belinda Bauer"Breathtaking. I read this and wished I’d written it.”-Val McDermidBelinda Bauer is a phenomenal voice in British crime fiction, whose work has won the CWA’s Gold Dagger Award for Crime Novel of the Year and garnered rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the 2014 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, Rubbernecker is a gripping thriller about a medical student who begins to suspect that something strange is going on in this cadaver lab."The dead can’t speak to us,” Professor Madoc had said. But that was a lie. The body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. But no one hears what he does, and no one understand when he tries to tell them.Life is already strange enough for Patrick-being a medical student with Asperger’s Syndrome doesn't come without its challenges. And that’s before he is faced with solving a possible murder, especially when no one believes a crime has even taken place. Now he must stay out of danger long enough to unravel the mystery. But as Patrick learns one truth from a dead man, he discovers there have been many other lies closer to home.A can’t-put-it-down page-turner from one of the finest voices in UK crime, Rubbernecker puts Belinda Bauer firmly on the map of world-class crime writers."An intelligent, disturbing read.”-The Guardian (UK)
Rubí (Rubí #1)
by Kerstin GierVivir en una familia cargada de secretos no es fácil, o al menos eso piensa Gwendolyn Sheperd. Y es que en su casa nada ni nadie es del todo normal: empezando por su excéntrica tía abuela Maddy, que tiene extrañas visiones, pasando por Lucy, que se escapó de casa hace 17 años sin dejar rastro alguno... Y para acabar, también está Charlotte, su encantadora y perfecta prima, quien, según parece, ha heredado un extraño gen familiar que le permitirá viajar en el tiempo. Todo parece indicar que su primer salto al pasado va a producirse de un momento a otro, por lo que toda la familia, especialmente su abuela, Lady Arista Montrose, anda más nerviosa que nunca.Pero en casa de Gwen también se esconden secretos que ni los propios Montrose conocen, y ahora uno de ellos está a punto de salir a la luz...
La rubia de ojos negros
by Benjamin BlackJOHN BANVILLE es BENJAMIN BLACK es RAYMOND CHANDLERUn acontecimiento literario internacional. Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras 2014 a John Banville por «su inteligente, honda y original creación novelesca» y a su «otro yo, Benjamin Black, autor de turbadoras y críticas novelas policíacas.» Arranca la década de los cincuenta. Philip Marlowe se siente tan inquieto y solo como siempre y el negocio vive sus horas bajas cuando irrumpe en su despacho una nueva clienta: joven, rubia, hermosa y elegante, Clare Cavendish, la rica heredera de un emporio de perfumes, pretende que Marlowe encuentre a un antiguo amante, un hombre llamado Nico Peterson. Sí: Banville/Black pone su pluma al servicio del espíritu de Raymond Chandler por encargo de sus herederos y resucita al legendario detective privado (ese hombre que no conoce a las mujeres, pero tampoco se conoce a sí mismo) paraembarcarlo en una nueva y peligrosa aventura en las calles de Bay City. La crítica ha dicho...«Allá donde se encuentre, Raymond Chandler sonríe ante la impecable factura de esta novela negra en la que resuenan perfectamente afinados los ecos de la melancolía del propio Chandler. La historia es fantástica, pero lo que me ha dejado boquiabierto es cómo John Banville ha captado el efecto acumulativo que la prosa de Chandler tenía sobre el lector... Me ha encantado esta obra. Ha sido como si entrase en la habitación de un viejo amigo, uno que ya tenías asumido que había muerto.»Stephen King «Banville ha encarnado a Chandler de manera irresistible: un doble golpe de misterio.»Richard Ford «Banville no solo es mejor escritor de lo que jamás lo fue Chandler, sino que, además, probablemente sea el más exquisito estilista del idioma inglés en actividad... Nada del heroico brillo de Marlowe se ha perdido aquí. Por el contrario: en La rubia de ojos negros se recupera todo aquello que jamás olvidamos.»Rodrigo Fresán «Banville es muy bueno siempre, con nombre propio o adoptado... No percibes la impostura en La rubia de ojos negros y la devoras de un tirón... Todo el rato tienes sensación de déjà vu, pero es algo grato, la antigua fascinación se renueva.»Carlos Boyero, Babelia «Una de las más originales experiencias literarias de estos últimos años... Un thriller magnífico y un homenaje a uno de los grandes escritores de todos los tiempos, Raymond Chandler, y a su personaje estrella: Marlowe, un detective muy privado.»Ramón Ventura, El Periódico de Catalunya «Y en este salto mortal el hombre que fue Banville antes que Black cae de pie para demostrar que también ha podido ser Chandler después de Black, tan sobrado además de talento que pronto descubrimos que se ha marcado, nada menos, que una suerte de secuela de El largo adiós, la obra maestra de la cepa original en este armónico baile de máscaras negras.»Antonio Lozano, Qué Leer «Hay pocos autores capaces de escribir con elegancia sobre asesinatos; Benjamin Black es uno de ellos.»Muriel Dobbin, The Washington Times «Los libros de Black son hipnóticos y deslumbrantes... Verdaderos placeres irresistibles.»Janet Maslin, The New York Times «Superar semejante reto, resucitando no ya al personaje sino la voz del escritor que lo creó, deja claro algo que ya veníamos sospechando: que Benjamin Black es probablemente lo mejor que le ha pasado a la novela negra desde el propio Chandler.»Laura Fernández, El Cultural de El Mundo «A las palabras, John Banville, autor insólito, sugerente, les saca brillo.»Jesús Ruiz Mantilla, El País
Rubicon: A Novel of Suspense
by Lawrence AlexanderIt could Happen . . .Bobby Hart, an idealistic young senator from California, thinks that he's escaped the political spotlight when he decides not to run for president. Then, on a secret mission to Germany, he discovers that there is going to be an assassination. He doesn't know who is the target, who is behind the plan, or where it will take place. All he knows is that it will happen before the election. And that it operates under the code name Rubicon.Rubicon, Hart remembers, is the river Caesar crossed with his army when he decided to seize power in Rome. For Caesar it meant that there was no turning back for a republic on its way to becoming an empire. But crossing the Rubicon meant the beginning of an era in Rome. Could it mean the end of something else today?As events pile up before the predicted attack, it becomes clear that Rubicon isn't just about the election. It's a plot to steal the country. Now Hart is in a race against time to find out who is behind the conspiracy and how to stop it before it's too late and democracy in America is changed forever.A blistering indictment of our current political climate, Rubicon is an intelligent, action-packed thriller that will change the way readers think about the next election.
Rubicon
by D. W. BuffaIt could happen... Bobby Hart, an idealistic young senator from California, thinks that he's escaped the political spotlight when he decides not to run for president. Then, on a secret mission to Germany, he discovers that there is going to be an assassination. He doesn't know who is the target, who is behind the plan, or where it will take place. All he knows is that it will happen before the election. And that it operates under the code name "Rubicon". Rubicon, Hart remembers, is the river Caesar crossed with his army when he decided to seize power in Rome. For Caesar it meant that there was no turning back for a republic on its way to becoming an empire. But crossing the Rubicon meant the beginning of an era in Rome. Could it mean the end of something else today? As events pile up before the predicted attack, it becomes clear that "Rubicon" isn't just about the election. It's a plot to steal the country. Now Hart is in a race against time to find out who is behind the conspiracy and how to stop it before it's too late and democracy in America is changed forever. A blistering indictment of our current political climate, Rubicon is an intelligent, action-packed thriller that will change the way readers think about the next election.
Rubicon
by Steven SaylorSteven Saylor's seventh installment in his Roma Sub Rosa series begins with a character saying, "Pompey will be mightily pissed." Scholars might argue that there is no evidence of this particular synonym for anger ever being used in 49 B.C." but the author would no doubt respond that poetic license includes doing whatever it takes to bridge the gap for modern audiences. And indeed, the head of the Roman Senate is mightily pissed. Rome is on the verge of another civil war, and the forces of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony have crossed the Rubicon River and are marching toward the capital. To top it all off, one of Pompey's favorite cousins has been garroted to death.
Rubies and Runaways: Book 2 (Rose Raventhorpe Investigates #2)
by Janine BeachamThe Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton AbbeyIt's a bitterly cold winter in Yorke and Rose Raventhorpe and her butler Heddsworth are stuck with Rose's unpleasant cousin Herbert, and his equally horrible butler, Bixby. When an orphan boy named Orpheus interrupts the Cathedral's Mistletoe Service, saying that his sister has been kidnapped, Rose vows to help. Solving the mystery will be a lot better than accompanying ghastly Herbert! But the investigation is more complicated than Rose has anticipated and will lead her and her butler friends through fancy tea-rooms, horrible factories, secret underground passages and more... Fireplace pokers are much more dangerous than you might imagine . . .
Rubout (A Francesca Vierling Mystery #2)
by Elaine VietsFrom Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Dead-End Job mysteries—a gritty series featuring a no-nonsense female journalist who follows her stories wherever they may lead…especially if they lead to big trouble.St. Louis City Gazette columnist Francesca Vierling has scored a ticket to the Leather and Lace Bikers’ Society Ball, one of the highlights of the social calendar. The organizers of the ball would prefer the event be considered a low-light, however, and have done everything they can to rough up the affair and deter the RUBs—Rich Urban Bikers who can’t tell a Harley Hog from a Holstein heifer—from showing up.A little grittiness can’t stop ultra-fashionable socialite Sydney Vander Venter from making an appearance. She’s the talk of the town thanks to an impending divorce from her ultra-wealthy husband. But after spending the evening making moves on a few too many married men, she’s told to hit the road.When Sydney’s body is found ditched in a back alley, Francesca finds herself on a hunt for a murderer that takes her into the lives of St. Louis’s hardcore biker gangs and the prim and powerful elite. But she soon learns that those very different worlds have one rule in common…If you don’t belong, you don’t survive for long.
Rubout
by Elaine VietsThe open road. The wind whipping in your face. For both serious riders and the wanna-bes called RUBs--Rich Urban Bikers--riding a Harley is only part of the thrill. Putting on leather and acting out is the rest. Even Francesca Vierling, a St. Louis reporter who is a little too tall, smart, and sexy for her own good, is dressed to kill--for a biker's ball that will lead straight ahead to murder.The victim is a woman who lived well, married bad, and divorced hard. For Sydney Vander Venter, going from high-society wife to tough-talking biker chick was only a phase. One she didn't survive. Now Francesca must find out who ruined the annual Leather and Lace Ball by killing Sydney. But with her career crashing, her love life sputtering, and another murder waiting down the road, Francesca finds out firsthand how dangerous it can be when you're born to be wild--and dare to live that way too. . . .From the Paperback edition.
Ruby: Heaven, Dawn, And Ruby (Landry #1)
by V.C. AndrewsAn innocent bayou girl lost to New Orleans. One of the most popular storytellers of all time, V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) layers psychological suspense with sheer terror in this provocative first book of the classic Landry Family series.Even in the heart of the bayou, innocence can’t last forever.... The only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving guardian Grandmere Catherine, a Cajun spiritual healer, and her drunken Grandpere Jack. Although thinking about her dead mother and mysterious father sometimes makes her feel as sad and solemn as the wind sighing through the Spanish moss, Ruby is grateful for what she has. Her life is filled with hope and promise, especially when her attraction to handsome Paul Tate blossoms into a wonderful love affair. But Paul’s wealthy parents forbid him to associate with a poor Landry, and Grandmere urges Ruby to focus on her dream of becoming a great painter. An uncertain future looms.... A shocking scheme of blackmail and deception comes to light when Ruby sees her father for the first time in a faded photograph. Stunned and devastated when Grandmere dies soon after, she is left to seek out an explanation on her own. Finding her father in his massive New Orleans mansion, Ruby is quickly subjected to his world of lies, torment...and madness. Still, she clings to her memories of Paul—for only true love might be able to save her now.
The Ruby Code
by Jessica KhouryFrom Jessica Khoury comes a high-action sci-fi adventure about a video game AI come to life. Warcross meets Ready Player One in this thriller set in a high-tech near future.Bullied at school and home, Ash finds respite from his unhappy life in virtual reality games. One night, he spends his meager savings to help a stranger, who thanks him with a copy of an old fantasy game called The Glass Realm.While exploring the game, Ash meets a seemingly humble shopkeeper named Ruby. But from the start, Ruby seems different than the other townsfolk—especially when she and Ash stumble across an in-game quest designed not for the player, but for Ruby to solve. When Ruby begins developing powerful abilities that can rewrite the very code of the game, they realize she is far more than a pre-programmed side character.Following the quest left for her in The Glass Realm, the pair discover that Ruby is actually a sentient AI who’s been hidden inside the game. Originally built as a weapon, her developer stole her from his employers and hid her away, hoping to keep her safe.That safety vanishes when Ash and Ruby are targeted by the powerful shadow organization who funded Ruby’s development, and who would use her to spark a world war to rack up huge profits. Caught in a deadly game that blurs the lines between real and virtual, Ash and Ruby must flee for their lives. If they lose this game—they might just doom the world.
Ruby Falls
by Ann NocentiKill Time Till Time Kills You. A neo-noir tale of love, memory and murder from legendary writer Ann Nocenti (The Seeds, Daredevil) and rising Italian artist Flavia Biondi (La Generazione) making her American comics debut.Ruby Falls is a sleepy town. But sleep brings nightmares, and 20-something Lana is about to wake up in the middle of her hometown's biggest secret: the "disappearance" of Betty Gallagher, who was infamous for her progressive ways during the mobster-ruled heyday of this old mining town. The dim details of this cold-case murder are trapped in the mind of her grandmother Clara, who suffers from dementia. When Clara starts to share these deeply-buried, violent memories with her, Lana is hooked. She becomes obsessed with cracking the case, even if it means snapping the minds of everyone involved, splintering the peaceful town--and putting herself in grave danger. Ruby Falls is a mystery woven through three generations of women, and hinging on their individual, intertwined fights for freedom. Collects Ruby Falls #1-#4.