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The Zolta Configuration
by David QuammenQuammen's second novel before he became a celebrated nature writer is a gripping nuclear espionage story.
The Zombie Project (Boxcar Children #128)
by Gertrude Chandler Warner Robert PappWhile at the Winding River Lodge, the Aldens hear about a zombie living in the surrounding forest! As the signs of zombie attacks start to mount, the Boxcar Children recruit the help of a reporter and some locals. But is someone hiding information? Or should the Boxcar Children really be afraid of things that go bump in the night?
The Zombie Who Visited New Orleans (Field Trip Mysteries)
by Steve BrezenoffOn a class trip to New Orleans, Catalina "Cat" Duran and her friends find themselves in the middle of a Voodoo mystery!
The Zoo Crew (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #14)
by Carolyn KeeneThis camp is WILD! Nancy, George, and Bess are attending a three-day overnight camp at the local zoo. They'll get to spend lots of time with all of the animals and learn about them too. The best part is, they will be helping the zookeeper make toys for the animals -- just like real staffers! But when the toys the girls make by day are disappearing at night, it looks like everyone is a suspect! Can Nancy tame this wild case, or will the zoo animals be without anything fun to do?
The Zoo: A gripping, dark and powerful psychological fiction novel
by Jamie MollartAn advertising executive walks the razor&’s edge between truth and illusion in this powerful novel that&’s &“a little Mad Men and a lot American Psycho&” (The Skinny).Of course it&’s a bloody lie. It&’s an advertising campaign . . . James Marlowe has a gift for selling people things they don&’t need. But as he strives to meet the demands of amoral clients, rival colleagues, and his young family, James must up his game. A cocktail of cocaine and alcohol keeps his conscience at bay and fuels his ambition as he works. But when body and mind can&’t take any more, he plunges into a surreal world darker than the one he&’s fallen from . . . From the award-winning author of Kings of a Dead World, The Zoo is &“a grippingly dark and ultimately moving story about exploitation, destruction and the possibility of redemption&” (Alison Moore, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of The Lighthouse).
The Zozobra Incident: A Bj Vinson Mystery (BJ Vinson Mystery #1)
by Don Travis2nd EditionA BJ Vinson MysteryB. J. Vinson is a former Marine and ex-Albuquerque PD detective turned confidential investigator. Against his better judgment, BJ agrees to find the gay gigolo who was responsible for his breakup with prominent Albuquerque lawyer Del Dahlman and recover some racy photographs from the handsome bastard. The assignment should be fast and simple. But it quickly becomes clear the hustler isn't the one making the anonymous demands, and things turn deadly with a high-profile murder at the burning of Zozobra on the first night of the Santa Fe Fiesta. BJ's search takes him through virtually every stratum of Albuquerque and Santa Fe society, both straight and gay. Before it is over, BJ is uncertain whether Paul Barton, the young man quickly insinuating himself in BJ's life, is friend or foe. But he knows he's stepped into something much more serious than a modest blackmail scheme. With Paul and BJ next on the killer's list, BJ must find a way to put a stop to the death threats once and for all.First Edition published as The Zozobra Incident & The Bisti Business by Martin Brown Publishers, LLC, 2012.
The Zurich Numbers (November Man #5)
by Bill GrangerThey are immigrants, working in American laboratories and universities. They are Soviet spies, forced into a network of terror, with their families dangling as hostages. When Devereaux--the November Man--uncovers the brutal scheme, the forces of both East and West mark him and the woman he loves for death. From California to Chicago to Switzerland, the November Man tracks the cold-blooded mastermind who controls the numbers. In a vicious maze of power, murder, and greed, every enemy may be a friend--and every friend, a sudden traitor.
The Zurich Numbers: The November Man Book 5 (The November Man #5)
by Bill GrangerWARNING: ADDICTIVE READING.WE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OF TIME, DRY EYES OR DISCONNECTION WITH REALITY FOLLOWING PROLONGED READING.'Granger has combined Ian Fleming, John Le Carré and Trevanian in one heady mix' New York TimesSTART READING THE NOVEMBER MAN SERIES NOW! Then go on to read the rest, you won't regret it.Devereaux has lived on the edge for long enough to know trouble when it comes his way. He has been out of action for a year, but he is still a target. The Opposition won't forget the November Man and won't make the same mistakes again. Even R Section can't offer him much protection but, as Devereaux said himself, all the king's horses and all the king's men won't stop the Russians getting what they want. So with a KGB issued contract on his life drawing Soviet hitmen onto US soil, Devereaux is out on his own. Precisely where he wants to be...'America's best spy novelist' - Ed McBainLoved this? Read Hemingway's Notebook next . . .
The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders
by Daniel Dafoe'Twelve Year a Whore, fives times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent'. This is how the title page of Daniel Defoe's classic novel describes the career of the woman known as Moll Flanders. Moll tells her own story, a racy tale of a woman's experience in the seamy side of life in late seventeenth-century and early eighteenth-century England and America. Born in Newgate prison, and seduced in the home of her adoptive family, she learns to live off her wits. First published in 1722, this account of opportunism and endurance is one of the earliest novels in the English language.
The girl with paper eyes
by Ilaria TutiA man wanders on the side of a mountain road, his clothes are stained with blood and inside his backpack a severed hand is found, along a ring ad a picture of a girl with two paper ellipses on her eyes. Teresa Battaglia, Police detective in Udine, throws herself body and soul on the case. Too many things don't add up: a delusional man that doesn't give any answer, the ghost of folly behind an homicide case. What if the girl wasn't already dead and they could save her? But for Teresa, devoured by diabetes that chews bits of memories day by day, time is the only thing that is lacking.
The king is dead
by Cristina OrigoneThe king is dead by Cristina Origone Towards what does insicurity inherent in the human existence and the fear of judgement of others push? Giovanni is fifty-eight years old, a simple man who lives in a small town from the Ligurian hinterland.When a morning he wakes up and doesn't find Alina, he's not worried; it's not the first time that, after a fight, she wakes up early to buy bread and warm buns to be forgiven. But, as soon as he finds out she disappeared with their savings, he's hit by vertigo: Alina has gone back to Russia and has left him? At first he hardly believes it but when he takes notice of the situation, he feels betrayed on his pride and tried to lie to everyone. But that lie will pull him into a vortex, where doubts start tormenting him: what has happened to Alina? From this moment his life changes, the paranoia of being judged by the townsfolk will make him doubt everyone, even his most close friends, and will drive him to hear things that don't exist. Until the truth will be revealed. Will Giovanni be able to accept it? The king is dead is a drammatic story that narrates the tale of a man that feels like the absolute owner of his woman and the disappearance of his companion will surface his limits and sterness which, since always, block his relationships, forcing him to deal with himself.
The last ride of the night
by Cristina OrigoneThe last ride of the night (spring) Can a single night change the rest of your life? Enzo is driving the cab, is the last ride of the night and last working day: after spending more than forty years throw Genoa’s alleys, he decided to retire and dedicate himself to Adelina, his loved wife. But unexpected is around the corner: when he is in the proximity of his home’s garage, all the sudden, a guy comes out in the night and crosses the road. Enzo brakes suddenly and avoids the impact but when he comes out the taxi, and recognizes the lad, his life will change forever. “The last ride of the night” is a dramatic short story, where the destiny confronts the father with his criminal son, and the hope with the desperation of a man that doesn’t know how to save what he loves most.
The man from Stalingrad
by Robert BlakeA vibrant suspense and mystery thriller that will capture you from the first page. During a vacation in Italy, Sam Carter, a photographer from New York, will see himself involved in a series of inexplicable events that will lead him to a fast-paced thriller full of adventure, espionage, intrigue, romance, suspense and mystery. Let yourself be seduced by this trip to the deepest heart of Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall where passion and revenge coexist with a dark secret from the past.
The man who killed God
by Juan Carlos Arjona Ollero"Father, I'm going to kill you in seven days." Father Dimitri prepares, as usual, to perform his Sunday duties, but the discovery of an anguishing note and the explosion of an artifact in his church will change everything. Gabriel, a young amnesiac whose life has been marked by misfortune, is stalked by mysterious individuals who torture his mind. An unexpected chain of events places him in the eye of the hurricane, trapping him between the sadistic revenge of a disturbed mind and serious accusations of terrorism. Both the priest and the young man are immersed in a mystery where faith and sanity will be taken to the limit by the twisted acts of a murderer. With the help of Elisa, a prominent psychiatrist, and Halloran, a policeman, Gabriel and Dimitri have seven days to dodge death and, at the same time, decipher the mystery that their minds harbor. Deception, symbolism, religion and mystery combine perfectly in one of the most audacious thrillers of the last decade.
The murder of Halland
by Pia JuulBess and Halland live in a small town, where everyone knows everyone else. When Halland is found murdered in the main square the police encounter only riddles. For Bess, bereavement marks the start of a journey that leads her to a reassessment of first friends and then family. Review: Just as Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose made crime fiction appear intellectual, so Pia Juul's The Murder of Halland dismantles the rules of an entire genre. Dagens Nyheter Pia Juul is a dazzling writer with natural, biting dialogue. And the descriptions of the sun's play on the fiord are so beautiful that they could have been lifted from Albert Camus' The Stranger. Extra Bladet This is good literature. Beautifully written. A rare and glittering stone on the beach. Ingvar Ambjornsen, Norway. Has won Denmark's most important literary prize, Den Danske Banks litteraturpris. "
The other light in the dark
by Rosemary Dawn Allison Cristina LattaroLorna Assi disappeared as she left the Nappa farm near Rieti where she worked as a home help. Her brother Fabrizio returned from Russia to investigate. His past, the jobs he’d carried out for years for a mafia boss from the former Soviet Union and Lorna’s reality fit together in an intricate puzzle that Rinaldi, a commissioner in the Highway Patrol, is also seeking to resolve. A thriller where exploration of the mental labyrinth intersects with the action until the epilogue illuminated by the other light in the dark.
The premiere
by Johnn A. EscobarAfter the mysterious disappearance of eight tourists and their experienced guide, in the Adirondacks located in the State of New York, United States. A journalist and his cameraman will seek to find the details and the hidden truth, in that fact that seems inexplicable and terrifying.
The price of your love
by Sandra GabrielJane Dupont. That's the name the police gave her five years ago, when she entered the hospital with a shot to the abdomen that killed the life of her unborn son. No one claimed her. No one identified her. Not even the man who took her to the hospital and disappeared without a trace. Jane has accepted that, in all probability, she will never recover her memory, until an unexpected encounter recovers her to discover who she really is.
The rage
by Gene KerriganVincent Naylor is a professional thief, as confident as he is reckless. Just ten days out of jail, and he's preparing his next robbery. But his plan is already unravelling. While investigating the murder of a crooked banker, Detective Sergeant Bob Tidey gets a call from an old acquaintance, Maura Coady. The retired nun believes there's something suspicious happening in the Dublin backstreet where she lives alone. Maura's call inadvertently unleashes a storm of violence that will engulf Vincent Naylor and force Tidey to make a deadly choice. The Rage is a masterpiece of suspense, told against the background of a country's shameful past and its troubled present.
The rip
by Andy Ben Yara Maria BravoA man and a woman engaged in the search for truth: one for thirst of revenge, the other for the will of justice and a pinch of ambition. Two destinies that will be forced to cross as in the past, joined by an invisible wire to a series of events apparently disconnected from one another. Will the murderer achieve his purpose or will the detective detain him? A intriguing novel with strong colors of blood and passion, featured in the subjective view of the protagonists in a sequel of action and flash-back, in which eroticism and death dance hand in hand, until the final shot.
The sign of Judas: The sign of Judas
by Carlos ReyesAn attack in the city of Paris will force the authorities to contact Peter Becks, a scenic millionaire criminologist who will begin to connect the crime with a conspiracy on US soil. Together with him, the journalist Noa Campbell will try to discover who murdered her brother and what objective all this movement of chips is looking for within the political board. The case will take you to several points of connection between three moments in the history that changed the world: the assassination of JFK, the arrival of man on the Moon and the 9/11 attacks. What connects everything?
The trace of the fire: The revelation
by Claudio CalzoniThe trace of the fire. The revelation by Claudio Calzoni The trace of the fire continues to claim its victims. The trace of the fire. The revelation There is a new trail in the trace of the fire and a group of men follows it, waiting for ... the Revelation.
Thea Stilton Special Edition: The Journey to Atlantis (Thea Stilton Special Edition)
by Thea StiltonAn all-new hardcover adventure featuring Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters!<P> At the beach by Mouseford Academy, one of the Thea Sisters discovers a mysterious boy with blue skin washed up on the shore. He speaks an unfamiliar language, so the Thea Sisters call Thea Stilton to help figure out how to communicate with him. She sets the mouselings on an exciting journey across the world to hunt for clues about the boy's origins. Could he be prince of the underwater world of Atlantis? It's up to the Thea Sisters to get him home!<P> Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.
Thea Stilton and the Chocolate Sabotage: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure (Thea Stilton #19)
by Thea StiltonJoin Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship!The Thea Sisters are visiting a friend in Ecuador who has a sweet job -- he runs a chocolate factory! His factory is in the running for a major award for its environmental methods. But suddenly, chocolate production starts to malfunction. Is it sabotage? It's up to the Thea Sisters to solve this mouthwatering mystery!
Thea Stilton and the Dancing Shadows: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure (Thea Stilton Graphic Novels #14)
by Geronimo StiltonGeronimo's sister Thea narrates this adventure packed with mystery and friendship! <P><P>The Thea Sisters are headed to Italy for a ballet competition! But the mouselets aren't just there to dance -- they are there to investigate. A group is plotting to rig the prestigious contest, and the future of the mouselets' new friend -- an aspiring ballerina -- is at stake! Can the Thea Sisters stop this scheme before it's too late? <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>