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Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (Rabbi Small Book #3)
by Harry KemelmanOn Sunday. Rabbi David Small uncovers a Passover plot that: undeniably raises more than Four Questions--threatening to ruin not only his holiday Seder but his role as leader of Barnard's Crossing's Jewish community. But there's no time to appeal to higher sources when one of his temple board members, a businessman, is rumored to be pushing drugs and all the facts point to a group of teenagers as accessories--to murder.
Sunday's Child: A new unmissable psychological thriller full of twists
by C. L. JennisonA new thriller by the author of The Desperate Wife: Sometimes the ones closest to us are the ones with the most to hide . . . Thirteen-year-old Kaleb has gone missing—and Laney Atkinson and her sister are keeping a secret: their kids were the last to see Kaleb alive. With the neighborhood in a panic, they don&’t want their children traumatised by police interviews and pointing fingers. Instead, Laney devotes herself to trying to find Kaleb. But any lingering hope for a happy ending is lost when the boy&’s body is discovered days later. Sure enough, gossip and suspicion engulf the community. Laney, though, has her own suspicions about the tragedy, and they involve someone close to her. As tensions erupt within her family and a shocking secret is revealed, will the truth bring her relief—or shatter her world?
Sünder voller Unbestand
by Ned Hayes Nikki Mcclure Ute HüttenEin tragischer Verlust. Eine verzweifelte Reise. Eine Mutter sucht die Wahrheit. Im Dezember 1377 starben vier Kinder bei einem Hausbrand. Die Dörfler reisten hunderte Meilen quer durch England, um Gerechtigkeit für den Tod ihrer Kinder zu fordern. Sünder voller Unbestand ist die Geschichte dieser schrecklichen, im tiefsten Winter unternommenen Reise, erlebt durch die Augen von Mear, einer ehemaligen Nonne, die seit einem Jahrzehnt in der Verkleidung eines stummen Mannes gelebt und ihren Sohn in diesem isolierten Dorf großgebracht hat. Jahrelang hat sie sich und ihre Geschichte verborgen gehalten. Aber auf dieser Reise wird sie die Kraft finden, ein in der Vergangenheit gegebenes Versprechen einzulösen. Mear beginnt ihre Reise voller Angst und Schmerz und erfährt am Ende Triumph und Transzendenz. Der bemerkenswerte neue Roman Sünder voller Unbestand von Ned Hayes, illustriert von Nikki McClure, Bestsellerautorin und –illustratorin der New York Times, erhellt das Mittelalter mit profundem Verständnis und Mitgefühl. Er wurde nominiert für den "Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award" und erhielt sehr gute Rezensionen von den Beststellerautoren historischer Romane Karen Maitland, Brenda Vantrease, Kathryn Le Veque und Ella March Chase. “Eine Pilgersaga würdig eines Chaucer, stimmungsvoll, überzeugend … kunstvoll von einem meisterhaften Geschichtenerzähler erzählt.” – Brenda Rickman Vantrease, Beststellerautorin, New York Times "Brillant ... ein Kunstwerk … faszinierend und eindringlich. Sehr empfehlenswert." – Kathryn Le Veque, Bestsellerautorin, USA Today "Brillant geschrieben und wunderschön ausgeführt. Eine wahre Freude zu lesen." -- Booklist (hervorgehobene Rezension)
Sundial
by Catriona Ward*** FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK ***'A thrilling hall of mirrors filled with deeply disturbing twists' - ALEX MICHAELIDES'A desert-dust nightmare with a scorpion's sting, and I loved it' - EMMA STONEX________________________________________You can't escape the desert. You can't escape Sundial.Rob fears for her daughters. For Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. For Annie, because she fears what Callie might do to her. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her of the family she left behind. She decides to take Callie back to her childhood home, to Sundial, deep in the Mojave Desert. And there she will have to make a terrible choice.Callie is afraid of her mother. Rob has begun to look at her strangely. To tell her secrets about her past that both disturb and excite her. And Callie is beginning to wonder if only one of them will leave Sundial alive...From the bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street comes a stunning thriller exploring the toxicity of the mother-daughter bond, and the power of the past to twist the present.________________________________________'Ambitious, brutal and breathtakingly original' - TAMMY COHEN'A wild, twisted family gothic unlike any you've read before' - PAUL TREMBLAY'Dark and unsettling, creepy and enthralling' - LISA HALL'Evocative, lyrical and beautiful. I loved it' - ARAMINTA HALL
Sundial
by Catriona Ward“DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK. Authentically terrifying.” —Stephen KingA LibraryReads Top 10 Pick!STARRED review from Publishers Weekly!A Most-Anticipated Title in The Nerd Daily, LitReactor, GoodReads, CrimeReads, BookRiot, and more.Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street.You can't escape what's in your blood...All Rob wanted was a normal life. She almost got it, too: a husband, two kids, a nice house in the suburbs. But Rob fears for her oldest daughter, Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her too much of the family she left behind. She decides to take Callie back to her childhood home, to Sundial, deep in the Mojave Desert. And there she will have to make a terrible choice. Callie is worried about her mother. Rob has begun to look at her strangely, and speaks of past secrets. And Callie fears that only one of them will leave Sundial alive…The mother and daughter embark on a dark, desert journey to the past in the hopes of redeeming their future."A story where nothing is what it seems—a thrilling hall of mirrors full of deeply disturbing twists. This book will haunt you." —Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author“Sundial is a heart-in-the-throat smash.” —Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The FiremanAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Sundowners: The thrilling classic romance full of secrets, lies, crime and passion to read this year
by Lesley Lokko'A very 21st Century blockbuster, this has all the classic elements - nailbiting narrative, absorbing relationships, glamorous locations - with an extra shot of intelligence' COSMOPOLITANTake four friends... Rianne: beautiful, wealthy and thoroughly spoilt, she has the world at her feet but is about to risk everything. Gabrielle: intelligent, loyal and always worrying about everyone else, now it's time for her to start looking after No.1. Nathalie: petite, pretty and with a shrewd eye for business, she uses her work to help her forget the one man she can't have. Charmaine: flirty and outrageous, she knows all about the good life. She just needs someone to pay for it... Then a chance encounter changes everything - and for Rianne and her friends, nothing is going to be the same again...The perfect thrilling story for fans of Jilly Cooper, Jackie Collins, Tasmina Perry and Lauren Weisberger to escape with this summer!
Sunfail
by Steven Savile"From Akashic Books's Infamous imprint comes Steve Saville's Sunfail (Nov.) which stars New York City subway electrician and former Special Forces soldier Jake Quinn as he fights a conspiracy by the world's richest men to destroy the world."--Library Journal"Steven Savile's fear-inducing novel of apocalyptic proportions, Sunfail, will no doubt inspire the next generation of street-corner crazies wielding The End Is Nigh signs. Prepare yourself for a wild ride. Next stop, the end of the world."--Jeremy Robinson, author of Island 731 and Uprising"Darkly foreboding and all too plausible, Savile's writing explodes off the page like a shark hunting through deep water; by the time you can see it clearly, it is far too late to get away."--Joseph Nassise, New York Times best selling author of The Heretic"Sunfail is the most entertaining novel I've read in the last twelve months...by a mile. Beautifully written, well paced, but above all just a cracking story. A book you can get lost in. Sunfail delivers on every single page."--Sean Black, author of the Ryan Lock series"Savile has forged a world of shadow conspiracies that are all too real. Packed with hold-your-breath writing that pushes the characters into one tense cut-the-blue-wire scene after another, Savile lands raw punches that connect explosively. This is thriller writing at its grittiest, and finest."--Nick Cole, author of Soda Pop SoldierPraise for Steven Savile:"Savile has a flair for finding beauty in the macabre."--Guardian (UK)"Move over, Dan Brown!"--Stel Pavlou, best-selling author of DecipherDogs howl in the streets, running wild. Birds fall dead from the sky. Even the sun itself is failing. As darkness descends all hell breaks loose, terrorists strike hard and fast, taking out the army base at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn.Jake Carter, formerly Special Forces, is now an NYC subway electrician who finds himself dragged into a world of conspiracy and menace by a woman he hasn't spoken to in over a decade. When Carter finds two young men spraying graffiti across the subway station walls, he realizes these marks aren't gang tags or band names, they are a message, a call to arms spelled out in a lost language. The Hidden are communicating with each other.Carter must now answer some impossible questions: How do you fight an enemy you cannot see? How do you stop some of the richest and most powerful men in the world when they own the shadows? And most important of all, how do you stay alive when the world around you is dying?
Sunflower
by Martha PowersBook Description Someone is killing the young girls of River Oaks. He chooses them carefully, prizing golden blond hair that shimmers like the bright yellow sunflowers dotting the small Midwestern town. He taunts his pursuers by leaving sunflower seeds or blooms at each crime scene. But now the killer's hunger is growing more rapacious- the interval between victims becomes shorter with each life he takes. As the town prepares for its annual sunflower festival, the police are running out of time. Multiple murder was the last thing Lieutenant Sheila Brady expected when she left the Milwaukee P.D. for a quieter town. So was fearing for the life of her young daughter. As a lethal deadline draws near, Sheila is determined to find the killer's weakness and bring him down. But he is about to cast aside the rules of his own game, and set an ingenious trap using Sheila's daughter as a pawn. Now Sheila must use all of her instincts as a detective ... and a mother.
Sunflowers: A Novel of Vincent Van Gogh
by Sheramy BundrickSheramy Bundrick’s Sunflowers is the beautiful tale of a young French prostitute’s passionate, doomed relationship with troubled artist Vincent van Gogh.July 1888, Arlens, France. Seeking refuge from the pressure of Paris society and new visual inspiration for his paintings, Vincent van Gogh meets the perfect subject in Rachel Courteau. Reborn with creative vitality, the painter produces works at a feverish pace, keeping the darkness threatening to consume him at bay.Rachel, burdened with the shame of being the village pariah, finds solace in van Gogh’s company as she brings joy into his life. Their growing friendship blossoms into love but she is unsure whether she—or their love—is strong enough to save his tortured soul. “Lays bare in rich, compelling scenes the mystery of the turbulent and misunderstood final two years in van Gogh’s life.” —New York Times bestselling author Susan Vreeland“Conjures a poignant but ill-fated romance. . . . Fans of Girl With a Pearl Earring, take note.” —USA Today“While infusing well-known historical moments (like van Gogh’s infamous self-mutilation) with vivid details, humanizing van Gogh and putting his famous works in context, Bundrick generates an impressive volume of suspense, delight and heartbreak.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Sunken Pyramid
by Alex ArcherAt the bottom of a lake lies an ancient cache worth killing for... The note from her friend and colleague had read "I have quite the monster for you to chase, dear Annja." And then before she could speak to him, he'd been found dead in the hotel's stairwell. It didn't seemed possible. Annja Creed had been looking forward to three days of geeking out at the archaeology conference in Madison, Wisconsin, and then this tragedy strikes. And his is only the first death over the long weekend. Determined to investigate her friend's death-and find out why another colleague she trusts is arrested as the prime suspect-Annja starts gathering the pieces of a cryptic puzzle. A small collection of Mayan gold medallions. The death of a potter. The violent appearance of a teenaged girl with a strange green knife. And at the center of the puzzle, an ancient mound pyramid purportedly hidden at the bottom of a Wisconsin lake. That's a discovery that could completely rewrite Mesoamerican history. With each puzzle piece Annja Creed discovers, the mystery grows more dangerous. And what she knows can-and probably will-kill her.
The Sunken Sailor (Henry Tibbett #2)
by Patricia MoyesA nautical mystery turns Inspector Henry Tibbett&’s holiday into a working vacation—from &“the author who put the &‘who&’ back in whodunit&” (Chicago Daily News). Poor Inspector Tibbett! Once again, he is attempting to have a nice vacation. And once again, Crime has a different idea. This time, Tibbett and his cheerful wife, Emmy, are lazing on a friend&’s yacht, tacking from one little English sea-town to the next, and it should all be delicious indolence . . . except that Henry can&’t stop thinking about death. Well, one death in particular. The death of a local sailor. And he especially can&’t stop thinking about it when it starts looking as though the drowned sailor is somehow connected to the robbery at a nearby manor-house. As with so many of the books in this series, much of the pleasure lies in the setting&’s timelessness: It&’s officially 1961 for The Sunken Sailor, but in Berrybridge Haven, and on England&’s peaceful waterways, it is time out of mind.Praise for Patricia Moyes &“A new queen of crime . . . her name can be mentioned in the same breath as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh.&” —Daily Herald &“An excellent detective novel in the best British tradition. Superbly handled.&” —Columbus Dispatch&“Intricate plots, ingenious murders, and skillfully drawn, often hilarious, characters distinguish Patricia Moyes&’ writing.&” —Mystery Scene
Sunken Treasure: A Thrilling Suspense Novel
by Katy LeeHunting for treasure…while villains hunt themShipwreck diver Gage Fontaine is used to modern-day pirates chasing after his yacht and the buried treasure he salvages. But when a dangerous criminal follows him to the waters off Stepping Stones Island, he puts a beautiful fisherwoman in grave danger. Rachelle Thibodaux has spent the past year hiding on her boat to avoid the town&’s censure for her father&’s crimes—and now she becomes a new kind of target. To save her own life, she&’ll have to work with Gage to find the treasure before the pirates do.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Sunken Treasure
by Katy LeeDANGER ON THE HIGH SEAS Shipwreck diver Gage Fontaine is used to modern-day pirates chasing after his boat and the buried treasure he salvages. But when he unknowingly leads a dangerous criminal to the waters off Stepping Stones Island, he puts a beautiful fisherwoman in grave danger. Rachelle Thibodaux has spent the past year hiding on her boat to avoid the town's censure for her father's crimes. But when she comes face-to-face with a gun-wielding pirate, she becomes a new kind of target. To save her own life, she'll have to work with Gage to find the treasure before the pirates do.
A Sunless Sea: A gripping journey into the dark underbelly of Victorian London (William Monk Mystery #18)
by Anne PerryCan Monk uncover the truth behind a deadly opium conspiracy? Propelled into the darkest corners of the opium trade, New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry sends Inspector Monk on a thrilling adventure in A Sunless Sea, the eighteenth novel featuring the charismatic detective. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Sarah Perry.'Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries are marvels' - New York Times Book Review 1864 and on the bank of the Thames, Monk is appalled at the shocking mutilation visited upon the body of a woman found on Limehouse Pier. But when enquiries into the brutal killing unearth a connection between the victim and Dr Lambourn, a brilliant, recently deceased scientist and staunch supporter for a new pharmaceutical bill aimed to regulate the sale of opium, it becomes clear that not all is as it seems. Lambourn's widow refuses to believe the official verdict that her husband's death was suicide; she is convinced that he was murdered after the research he was conducting was discredited by government officials intent on keeping the lucrative trade of opium flowing. With pressure mounting for the river police to find the Limehouse killer, Monk is propelled headlong into an investigation that will delve into the darkest depths of the opium trade and threaten to expose corruption in the very highest echelons of society... What readers are saying about A Sunless Sea: 'Perry is an agile word painter - so perfectly describing the sights and sounds of Victorian London from the dark Limehouse area to the posh West End that one feels transported to a different time and place''The reader becomes immersed in the tension' 'The characters are believable, the storyline ingenious and the reader [is kept] guessing right to the end'
A Sunless Sea
by Anne PerryAnne Perry's spellbinding Victorian mysteries, especially those featuring William Monk, have enthralled readers for a generation. The Plain Dealer calls Monk "a marvelously dark, brooding creation"--and, true to form, this new Perry masterpiece is as deceptively deep and twisty as the Thames. As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim's name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little--only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but--described as quiet and kempt--she doesn't appear to be a fallen woman. What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monk's investigation? While the public cries out for blood, Monk, his spirited wife, Hester, and their brilliant barrister friend, Oliver Rathbone, search for answers. From dank waterfront alleys to London's fabulously wealthy West End, the three trail an ice-blooded murderer toward the unbelievable, possibly unprovable truth--and ultimately engage their adversaries in an electric courtroom duel. But unless they can work a miracle, a monumental evil will go unpunished and an innocent person will hang. Anne Perry has never worn her literary colors with greater distinction than in A Sunless Sea, a heart-pounding novel of intrigue and suspense in which Monk is driven to make the hardest decision of his life.
The Sunlight Dialogues
by John GardnerJohn Gardner&’s sweeping portrait of the collision of opposing philosophical perspectives in 1960s America, centering on the appearance of a mysterious stranger in a small upstate New York town One summer day, a countercultural drifter known only as the Sunlight Man appears in Batavia, New York. Jailed for painting the word &“LOVE&” across two lanes of traffic, the Sunlight Man encounters Fred Clumly, a sixty-four-year-old town sheriff. Throughout the course of this impressive narrative, the dialogue between these two men becomes a microcosm of the social unrest that epitomized America during this significant historical period—and culminates in an unforgettable ending. Beautifully expansive and imbued with exceptional social insight, The Sunlight Dialogues is John Gardner&’s most ambitious work andestablished him as one of the most important fiction writers in post–World War II America. This ebook features a new illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives.
The Sunlight Slayings (Oliver Nocturne #2)
by Kevin EmersonWhen a vampire&’s best friends are a human and a zombie, he&’s bound to feel like a freakTwo months after Dean&’s death, Oliver is a hero in the vampire world. But even though he wasn&’t responsible, he&’s having trouble sleeping and has never felt more alone. Surprisingly, Dean returns—as a zombie, no less—and though Oliver is glad to have his friend back, they need to hurry; someone has been slaying vampire children, and all the evidence points to Emalie. Can Oliver and Dean find her before the vampires do? Their search takes them deep into the underground black market and high into the Seattle night. As they discover the powerful forces behind the sunlight slayings, Oliver finds that it&’s all intricately tied to a future he doesn&’t want.
A Sunlit Weapon: A Novel (Maisie Dobbs #17)
by Jacqueline WinspearIn the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. <p><p>October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire—the fastest fighter aircraft in the world—to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing. <p><p>Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry pilot crashes in the same area where Jo’s plane was attacked. At the suggestion of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs. <p><p>Meanwhile, Maisie’s husband, a high-ranking political attaché based at the American embassy, is in the thick of ensuring security is tight for the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, during her visit to the Britain. There’s already evidence that German agents have been circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target. Mrs. Roosevelt is clearly in danger, and there may well be a direct connection to the death of the woman ferry pilot and the recent activities of two American servicemen. <p><p> To guarantee the safety of the First Lady—and of the soldier being held in police custody—Maisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Sunniland
by Stephen O SearsFaced with guilt and uncertainty, a young geologist travels to Florida in the spring of 1943 to monitor the development of a new oil well while facing a German U-boat rampage taking place in the nearby Gulf of Mexico.During 1942 and 1943, German U-boats sank over one hundred tankers in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, blocking the flow of crude oil to the refineries in the northeastern US. In response, the American government encouraged drilling in South Florida, resulting in the discovery of oil by a wildcat well in the Florida Everglades. And during this time, four German saboteurs landed by U-boat in Florida, and were caught and subsequently executed. These apparently unrelated and largely forgotten historical facts are the backdrop for the extraordinary adventure of Jerry MacDonald, a young geologist who travels south from Manhattan to Florida with his wife, Maria, in the spring of 1943. MacDonald has been dispatched to interpret the geological findings as a wildcat well is drilled in the wilderness of southwest Florida. Faced with constant questions about his civilian status while his contemporaries are joining the Armed Forces, guilt and uncertainty comingle with the pleasure of a trip to an exotic location. Jerry and his wife Maria arrive at the small town of Everglades City to find an isolated village that exemplifies the culture of the Deep South in the middle of the twentieth century. The challenges of setting up a drilling rig in the marshy terrain of the Everglades and spudding a wildcat well preoccupy Jerry, while Maria finds work as a bartender in the Turner Hotel. As the well is drilled, the German U-boat rampage taking place in the nearby Gulf of Mexico violently collides with the lives of the MacDonalds, the drilling crew, and the inhabitants of the Everglades.
The Sunningdale Mystery: A Short Story (Tommy & Tuppence Short Stories)
by Agatha ChristiePreviously published in the print anthology Partners in Crime.Captain Sessle is found stabbed through the heart with a hatpin, and the only clue is a bit of red wool in his hand. A pretty blonde is charged because she was wearing a bright red wool coat, but the Beresfords aren’t so sure. Was there more behind the killing than a cute girl and some red yarn?
Sunny: A Novel
by Colin O'SullivanSOON TO BE A MAJOR STREAMING SERIESA riveting technological thriller following a woman whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash and she is left alone with an unnerving home robot, only to get caught up in an AI-related conspiracy. In near-future Japan, Susie Sakamoto is mourning the loss of her husband and son to a plane crash. Alone in her big modern house, which feels like more of a prison, Susie spends her days drinking heavily and taking her anger out at the only “sentient” thing left in her life: Sunny, the annoying home robot her husband designed. Susie despises Sunny, and sometimes even gets a sinking feeling that Sunny is out to hurt her.To escape her paranoia and depression, Susie frequents the seedy, drug-fueled bars of the city, where she hears rumors of The Dark Manual, a set of guidelines that allow you to reprogram your robot for nefarious purposes. In the hopes of finding a way to turn off Sunny for good, Susie begins to search for the manual, only to learn it’s too late: the machines are becoming more sentient and dangerous. Thrust into the center of a dark, corporate war, Susie realizes there’s someone behind the code, pulling the strings. And they want her dead.With a darkly humorous yet propulsive and lyrical voice, O’Sullivan presents us with an unsettling look at a future that feels all too real. Gripping and thought-provoking, Sunny is a haunting character study of an anxious woman teetering in an anxious time.
The Sunny-Luna Travelling Oracle
by Warren PleeceEsta, a lonely, book-hungry, restless teen, must fight to save the planet in this eco-noir graphic novel thriller that&’s part Fahrenheit 451 and part Station Eleven.In the devastated dystopian dust bowl of what was once America, a mesmerizing stage show called The Sunny-Luna Travelling Oracle comes to Esta's town. When Sunny and Luna take an interest in her, it feels like her ticket out.But these mysterious proprietors are secretly members of a harsh authoritarian order, and they have a hidden agenda: scavenge for mythic texts that hold the last hope for reviving a natural world—and destroy them. Esta is the unwitting key to this strange magic, and she soon finds herself literally transported to a supernatural Wonderland—and the twisted plot of Sunny and Luna.From the acclaimed storyteller Warren Pleece (Incognegro, Hellraiser, Deadenders), perfect for fans of dystopian crime and mystery comics such as Sweet Tooth and Paper Girls.
Sunrise
by Ron CrouchOntario Police Department Homicide Detective Johnny Oliver reflects on retirement as he sits at his desk in North Bay, contemplating what he is going to do with his life after policing. A phone call puts his plans on hold. He and his partner, Detective Sakaë Sayo head north to Kapuskasing, following logging roads into the wilderness. It's hunting season, only this time someone is hunting the hunters. Homicide Detective Johnny Oliver reflects on retirement as he sits at his desk in North Bay, contemplating what he is going to do with his life after policing. A phone call puts his plans on hold. He and his partner, Detective Sakaë Sayo head north to Kapuskasing, following logging roads into the wilderness. It's hunting season, only this time someone is hunting the hunters.
Sunrise (Grace Livingston Hill #25)
by Grace Livingston HillJason Whitney was always being accused of things he didn’t do. So when the bank is robbed, most people are sure he has been involved. After all, Jason worked in the bank, he had a history of being in trouble, and his notebook was found outside the bank’s empty safe. Certain no one will listen to him, Jason flees. But at least two people stand by Jason: his sister and the minister’s beautiful daughter. Together they turn to wealthy Rowan Parsons, who agrees to help find Jason and prove his innocence. But several months pass with no word from Jason or Rowan. The two women know something has gone terribly wrong. Where could Jason be? Could the town be right--is Jason a criminal? And what has happened to Rowan? Will the women ever see the men they love again . . . ? Grace Livingston Hill is the beloved author of more than 100 books. Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love. Over 75 of the books by this author are in Bookshare's library. Among them are: #26 The Seventh Hour, #28 White Orchids, #29 Homing, #30 Matched Pearls, #32 Coming Through the Rye, #33 Happiness Hill, #34 The Patch of Blue, #36 Patricia, #37 Silver wings, #38. Spice Box, #39 The Search, #41. blue ruin, #42 A New Name, #46 Through These Fires, #47 The Street of the City and #50. The Finding of Jasper Holt.
Sunrise: Radiant Stories
by Erika Kobayashi"A knockout." —Publishers Weekly (Starred review)"A remarkable collection." —Kirkus ReviewsA collection of contemplative, lyrical stories examining the visible and invisible consequences of atomic power on Japanese societySunrise is a collection of interconnected stories continuing Erika Kobayashi&’s examination of the effects of nuclear power on generations of women. Connecting changes to everyday life to the development of the atomic bomb, Sunrise shows us how the discovery of radioactive power has shaped our history and continues to shape our future.In the opening, eponymous story &“Sunrise,&” Yoko, born exactly two years and one day after Nagasaki was decimated, mirrors her life to the development of nuclear power in Japan. In &“Precious Stones,&” four daughters take their elderly mother to the restorative waters of a radium spring, exchanging tales of immortality. In &“Hello My Baby, Hello My Honey,&” a woman goes into labor during the final days of WWII. And finally, &“The Forest of Wild Birds&” shows Erika visiting the site of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster, touring grounds that were once covered in green.Translator Brian Bergstrom returns in this collection, bringing to life Kobayashi&’s unsettling, lasting, and striking prose. The stories in Sunrise force a reckoning with the lasting effects of known and unknown histories and asks how much of modern life is influenced by forces outside of our control.