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Unwilling Accomplice (The Munch Mancini Novels #7)
by Barbara SeranellaNo one knows you like family. That’s what makes them dangerous . . . “One of the most engaging, complex characters in mystery fiction today” (Harlan Coben). Miranda “Munch” Mancini is finally feeling confident in the life she’s carved out for herself and her adopted daughter, Asia. With a good job as an auto mechanic, a house, and a dog, the pair are doing just fine. Until Asia’s aunt and two cousins suddenly reappear, on the run from the Witness Protection Program and in need of Munch’s help. When young cousin Charlotte goes missing after the death of a school friend, Munch turns to her sometime boyfriend and full-time cop, Rico Chacon, for help unraveling Charlotte’s complicated life, before it’s too late to save her from becoming one of Hollywood’s lost street kids . . . or worse. “Munch Mancini, the struggling heroine of this series, is so powerfully depicted, with such exquisitely telling detail, that she seems drawn directly from life. . . . Seranella does not cheapen her mysteries by giving her main character remarkable powers of detection; Munch is an intelligent yet ordinary woman forced to use every contact and every ounce of intelligence she has to figure out what’s going on . . . Beautifully written and harrowing.” —Booklist, starred review
An Unwilling Accomplice: A Bess Crawford Mystery (Bess Crawford Mysteries #6)
by Charles ToddWorld War I Battlefield nurse Bess Crawford’s career is in jeopardy when a murder is committed on her watch, in this absorbing and atmospheric historical mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd. Home on leave, Bess Crawford is asked to accompany a wounded soldier confined to a wheelchair to Buckingham Palace, where he’s to be decorated by the King. The next morning when Bess goes to collect Wilkins, he has vanished. Both the Army and the nursing service hold Bess negligent for losing the war hero, and there will be an inquiry.Then comes disturbing word from the Shropshire police, complicating the already difficult situation: Wilkins has been spotted, and he’s killed a man. If Bess is to save her own reputation, she must find Wilkins and uncover the truth. But the elusive soldier has disappeared again and even the Shropshire police have lost him. Suddenly, the moral implications of what has happened—that a patient in her charge has committed murder—become more important to Bess than her own future. She’s going to solve this mysterious puzzle, but righting an injustice and saving her honor may just cost Bess her life.
An Unwilling Thief
by Elaina HuntleyMaggie's father is in trouble. Unfortunately, the only way to help him is to join forces with the man who walked out of her life years ago. Maggie is determined to keep their relationship on a professional level, but old feelings are hard to fight, and with the attraction between them growing once again, Maggie has to learn to trust, or walk away from a second chance at love. Maggie McCleary's departure from her life as a cat burglar was a choice. Her return is not; yet even she can't deny the erotic thrill of the job at hand. But if the old thrill is back, so is the old flame.When a strong voice and steel grip from her past catches her red-handed, she can't fight the familiar surge of desire his touch ignites. Trevor Sinclair is the one who got away, or rather the one who deserted her and their life of crime.As lead detective charged with trapping the famed cat burglar, Sam McCleary, Trevor isn't expecting to find Maggie again. Now determined to keep her safe, he takes her into his own form of protective custody, vowing to protect her even if he has to keep her under lock and key. As they work together to find her father's kidnappers, Maggie fights the growing attraction between them, unwilling to give Trevor another chance to break her heart.Now she must decide if he can be trusted or if his professed love is just a ruse to nab her father.
Unwrap Me: A Stark Ever After Novella
by J. KennerFrom New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner comes an electrifying holiday eBook novella. In Unwrap Me, fan favorites Damien Stark and Nikki Fairchild get ready for Christmas--and this year they're both on the very naughty list. Includes a special preview of Dirtiest Secret, the provocative first novel in J. Kenner's highly anticipated new trilogy! Damien Stark is my greatest Christmas wish come true. Immensely powerful and devastatingly sexy, he can undo me with the slightest touch, and with just one glance, he can see straight into my soul. We both have dark secrets, twisted pieces of our pasts that only the other one understands. Though our fierce love and passion keeps me alive, sometimes I wonder what would've happened if Damien and I hadn't met in exactly the way we did. How would my life have been different? Would another man have laid claim to my body and my heart? Or were Damien and I destined to be together no matter the cost? Unwrap Me is intended for mature audiences. Praise for J. Kenner and The Stark Trilogy "Kenner may very well have cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them."--RT Book Reviews "J. Kenner has written a sensually seductive storyline that catches your imagination. . . . [Release Me] will suck you in from the very start."--The Reading Cafe "[A] sexy and exciting ride."--Fresh Fiction, on Claim Me "[An] immensely satisfying series . . . The roller coaster events of Complete Me give this novel a page-turning quality."--Heroes and Heartbreakers
Unwrapping the Innocent's Secret (Secret Heirs of Billionaires #30)
by Caitlin CrewsTheir desire haunts him…Will her revelation reunite them?Billionaire Pascal prides himself on his rigid control. So it infuriates him beyond belief that he can’t forget Cecilia, the sweet and innocent woman who saved his life…or the forbidden passion they shared. This Christmas, he’s determined to forget her—until they suddenly come face-to-face!Seeing Pascal again blindsides Cecilia. She gave him more than her innocence during their explosive encounter—she gave him a piece of her heart. Their still-searing chemistry is startling! As is Cecilia’s stunning baby secret…
Unwrapping the Rancher's Secret: Unwrapping The Rancher's Secret The Queen's Christmas Summons The Winterley Scandal
by Lauri RobinsonEnemies become lovers when a man and a woman are drawn together to settle a family estate in this historical set in the American West.Heiress Sara Johnson is shocked when the stepbrother she believed was dead returns to Colorado to claim his inheritance! It might be the season of goodwill, but Crofton Parks seems determined to destroy his late father’s empire.Sparks fly as Crofton and Sara are forced to work together, and soon she begins to uncover the secrets behind his disappearance and need for revenge. But a far more unsettling discovery is the desire he awakens in Sara. This roguish rancher might just claim her heart by Christmas!
Unzipped (Chrissy McMullen Mysteries #1)
by Lois GreimanANALYZE THIS. ... Chrissy McMullen has made a career leap, all the way from slinging drinks at Chicago's most notorious nightclub to dispensing psychotherapy from her sleek new practice in L. A. Even if she can't quite shed her too-loud, too-curvy alter ego-or the brawling family that insists on claiming kinship. So when her most famous client, buff football star "Bomber" Bomstad, starts chasing her around her desk and getting, well...unzipped...Christina gets just a little miffed-until Bomber has the bad manners to drop dead at her feet. Enter Jack Rivera, a no-nonsense detective with a grim attitude and a great butt, who's determined to prove this cocktail-waitress-turned-shrink was engaging in some very unethical behavior. Persuading Rivera that she's not a murderer isn't going to be easy. Plunging headfirst into a city full of people in need of some serious therapy, Chrissy will have to use all her street smarts, a good deal of sex appeal, and a little love to clear her name-and cancel an appointment with a killer. From the Paperback edition.
Up a Winding Stair
by H. Vernor Dixon"Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly. "'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things to show when you are there." "Oh, no," said the little Fly, "to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again."They walked in, the women, beautiful women, rich women - greedy women. And Clark Holt took them - for money, for laughs and for everything they had.Then Ione came, beautiful and willful, and it was the fly who trapped the spider in a web that was silken - and strangling, too.
Up a Winding Stair
by H. Vernor Dixon“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly. “’Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things to show when you are there.” “Oh, no,” said the little Fly, “to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair can ne’er come down again.”They walked in, the women, beautiful women, rich women - greedy women. And Clark Holt took them - for money, for laughs and for everything they had.Then Ione came, beautiful and willful, and it was the fly who trapped the spider in a web that was silken - and strangling, too.
Up a Winding Stair
by H. Vernor Dixon"Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly. "'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things to show when you are there." "Oh, no," said the little Fly, "to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again."They walked in, the women, beautiful women, rich women - greedy women. And Clark Holt took them - for money, for laughs and for everything they had.Then Ione came, beautiful and willful, and it was the fly who trapped the spider in a web that was silken - and strangling, too.
Up Against It
by Laura J. MixonGeoff and his friends live in Phocaea, a distant asteroid colony on the Solar System's frontier. They're your basic high-spirited young adults, enjoying such pastimes as hacking matter compilers to produce dancing skeletons that prance through the low-gee communal areas, using their rocket-bikes to salvage methane ice shrapnel that flies away when the colony brings in a big (and vital) rock of the stuff, and figuring out how to avoid the ubiquitous surveillance motes that are the million eyes of 'Stroiders, a reality-TV show whose Earthside producers have paid handsomely for the privilege of spying on every detail of the Phocaeans' lives. Life isn't as good as it seems, though. A mysterious act of sabotage kills Geoff's brother Carl and puts the entire colony at risk. And in short order, we discover that the whole thing may have been cooked up by the Martian mafia, as a means of executing a coup and turning Phocaea into a client-state. As if that wasn't bad enough, there's a rogue AI that was spawned during the industrial emergency and slipped through the distracted safeguards, and a giant x-factor in the form of the Viridians, a transhumanist cult that lives in Phocaea's bowels.In addition to Geoff, our story revolves around Jane, the colony's resource manager -- a bureaucrat engineer in charge of keeping the plumbing running on an artificial island of humanity poised on the knife-edge of hard vacuum and unforgiving space. She's more than a century old, and good at her job, but she is torn between the technical demands of the colony and the political realities of her situation, in which the fishbowl effect of 'Stroiders is compounded by a reputation economy that turns every person into a beauty contest competitor. Her manoeuverings to keep politics and engineering in harmony are the heart of the book.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Up Against the Wall (The Precinct: Vice Squad #1)
by Julie MillerHe was built like a tank, and he was undercover inKansas City's seediest district. Waist-deep in the troublethat came along with the Vice Squad, Seth Cartwright hadunwanted company.After several years, investigative reporter Rebecca Page wasfi nally getting her chance to uncover the truth behind herfather's death-if she could swing Seth to her side.There was no debating that Seth ignited her temper, alongwith something else at her core. He said he was no longera cop, though Rebecca suspected there was more to Seththan met the eye. And awaiting them was a deadly secretthat KC's most ruthless criminal minds will do anything tokeep buried deep forever.
Up All Night: Simon & Schuster Canada Thriller Sampler
by Dr Colin Harrison Liz Nugent Nathan Ripley Catherine McKenzie K. A. TuckerThink you’re going to finish that chapter and go to bed? Think again. The Up All Night: Simon & Schuster Canada Thriller Sampler features excerpts from some of our top-notch writers. With page-turning plots and edge-of-your-seat suspense, these reads come with an all-nighter guarantee.Tuck in with these heart-pounding, twisty reads from our Spring 2018 list. Follow along in an addictive thriller in the vein of Dexter and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Explore human behaviour and the nature of evil in a chilling and brilliantly written debut. Take in a riveting read that will make you wonder how far you’d go to hide your own secrets. Immerse yourself in a story of police corruption, family secrets, and illicit affairs. And dive into an action-packed thriller of money, power, and revenge. Still can’t get enough? Follow along with #ReadAllNight for more thrilling extras. With chapter excerpts from the following Spring 2018 new releases: Find You in the Dark, by Nathan Ripley Unraveling Oliver, by Liz Nugent The Good Liar, by Catherine McKenzie Keep Her Safe, by K.A. Tucker You Belong to Me, by Colin Harrison Sleep is for the weak. Happy Reading! The Team at Simon & Schuster Canada If you would like to learn more about any of our authors or the titles featured, please visit us at SimonandSchuster.ca, follow us on Twitter at @simonschusterCA, or like us at Facebook.com/SimonandSchusterCanada.
The Up and Comer
by Howard RoughanPhilip Randall has it all: youth, looks, wealth. He's got a successful career with a prestigious Manhattan law firm, a luxurious downtown loft, a filthy-rich wife, and a gorgeous mistress who also happens to be his best friend's wife. Self-satisfaction suddenly turns deadly, however, when a prep school classmate appears with an eye on Philip's bank account, and telling photographs of Philip and his mistress together.
The Up and Up: A Novel
by Lee IrbyMiami in the 1920’s . . . a teeming cauldron of giddy opportunity, swaggering gangsters, shady real estate sharks, crooked cops, and glamorous movie stars. In other words . . . the perfect spot for ex-bootlegger Frank Hearn to start a new life on the up-and-up. “Irby proves himself a master wordsmith as he throws all elements into an already teeming pot and waits for it to boil.” —Library JournalReturning to the boisterous, colorful world he created in his critically acclaimed crime novel, 7,000 Clams, Lee Irby opens a unique and exhilarating window on the Roaring Twenties. Charming yet ill-fated Frank Hearn is ready to leave behind his high-stakes lifestyle and finally stake his claim in the world—and no place promises a quicker route to the good life than Miami. With suckers aplenty looking for land in the Sunshine State, Frank and his partner, the well-connected son of a former mayor, plan to make a killing in the real estate biz. The first thing on Frank’s agenda, however, is repaying a loan from Seddon Howard, the father of his very classy fiancée, Irene. A bet on a fixed jai alai match puts the cash in his pocket—as well as a vengeful gambling kingpin hot on his trail. When a close acquaintance of Frank’s is discovered murdered the next day, his well-intentioned plan quickly turns upside-down and he is accused of the crime. Adding to his troubles, a federal investigator is digging into his real estate transactions, while a desperate outlaw takes him on a suicide mission into the Everglades to look for a stash of buried cash. To further complicate matters, Irene, whose suspicions are already mounting, is scheduled to arrive in Miami with her parents to attend Harvey Firestone’s party for President Calvin Coolidge. And on the side, Gloria Swanson begins a torrid affair with the powerful banker and movie mogul Joseph P. Kennedy . . . a liaison that threatens to bring down all involved.Miami during the Roaring Twenties is a place where the line between reality and fantasy, cop and criminal, barely exists—and Lee Irby intelligently recreates its sizzle in vibrant, authentic detail. Funny, suspenseful, and filled with one-of-a-kind characters, The Up and Up ranks up there with the best of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiassen.
The Up and Up
by Lee IrbyReturning to the boisterous, colorful world he created in his critically acclaimed crime novel,7,000 Clams,Lee Irby opens a unique and exhilarating window on the Roaring Twenties. Charming yet ill-fated Frank Hearn is ready to leave behind his high-stakes lifestyle and finally stake his claim in the world—and no place promises a quicker route to the good life than Miami. With suckers aplenty looking for land in the Sunshine State, Frank and his partner, the well-connected son of a former mayor, plan to...
Up Close
by Henriette GylandA woman’s return home to rural England yields chilling family secrets in an award-winning novel of romantic suspense. When Dr. Lia Thompson’s grandmother Ivy dies unexpectedly, Lia leaves her life in America and reluctantly returns to Norfolk to handle her estate. The homecoming stirs not only memories of old childhood fears but new suspicions, as well. When Lia discovers that her grandmother was considered a town gossip—and a woman with many secrets—Lia can’t help feeling that there’s more to her death than meets the eye. Lia finds an ally in her former teenage crush, ex-navy man Aidan Morrell, and a reignited attraction. But the emotionally scarred Aidan has secrets of his own, and his motives for helping Lia may be hidden in a very dark and personal place. In a world of increasing danger, is Aidan someone she can trust to help retrace her grandmother’s final steps? Or is Lia slowly being edged toward the same chilling fate? “A mystery as chilling as the wild Norfolk setting, with a passionate romance. A gripping read.” —Christina Courtenay
Up Close and Dangerous: A Novel (Bride Series)
by Linda HowardBailey Wingate's scheming adult stepchildren are surprised when their father's will leaves Bailey in control of their fortune, and war ensues. A year later, while flying from Seattle to Denver in a small plane, Bailey nearly dies herself when the engine sputters ? and then fails. Cam Justice, her sexy Texan pilot, manages to crash-land the aircraft. Stranded in the wilderness, and struggling to douse her feelings for the ruggedly handsome man by her side, Bailey begins to wonder whether this was a mere accident. Who tampered with their plane? Who's trying to reunite Bailey and her husband in the afterlife? Cut off from the world, and with little hope of rescue, Bailey must trust her life-and heart-to Cam, as they battle the harsh elements to find a way out of the unforgiving wilds and back to civilization where a killer may be waiting to finish the job.
Up Close and Personal
by Maureen ChildWhen brash Irish billionaire Ronan Connolly meets Laura Page, the connection is electric. He's danger. She's a safe haven. And the passion between them burns-too hot and too fast. So Ronan ends the affair before it can get serious.But he can't stay away.Six weeks later he's back, wanting to pick up where they left off. But Laura's having none of it. She's hurt, angry-and hiding something. Ronan vows to find out everything that happened while he was gone. But this time, getting up close and personal may mean giving Laura his heart.
Up Close and Personal!
by Sandra FieldIt was simply by chance that Morgan Cassidy had stumbled across Riley Hanrahan-lying injured in the desert after being shot. She couldn't leave him there-but after three days in his company, Morgan was beginning to have sympathy with his would-be assassin!Riley was overbearing, stubborn, utterly infuriating...and a walking temptation! If Morgan had been asked to describe the perfect man-he'd have looked like Riley! But getting close was easy, getting personal another matter-both of them had reasons for fearing intimacy. Only, Morgan had never felt so alive. And it wasn't fear of their situation that was making her feel that way. It was Riley....
Up Country
by Nelson DemilleNow in trade paperback for the first time, this sensational novel by #1 New York Times bestseller Nelson DeMille features the return of Army investigator Paul Brenner from Nelson DeMille's previous New York Times bestseller, The General's Daughter.
Up Country (Paul Brenner)
by Nelson DeMilleHaving taken to the lifestyle of a middle-aged civilian, the last thing Paul Brenner wanted to do was return to work for the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, the agency that thanked him for years of life-risking service by forcing him into early retirement. But when an old friend calls in a career's worth of favours, Paul finds himself moonlighting for the Army as he investigates a puzzling murder that took place thirty years before in the midst of the Vietnam war. Forced to return to the country that haunts him and work for the people who cast him aside, Paul must engage in the battle of his life as he attempts to find justice in a world of staggering corruption.
The Up-Down
by Barry GiffordA novel of violence, of love, and introspection, The Up-Down follows a man who leaves home and all that's familiar, finds true love, loses it, and finds it again. Pace's voyage is outward, among strangers, and inward into the fifth direction that is the up-down, in a sweeping, voracious human tale that takes no prisoners, witnesses extreme brutalities and expresses a childlike amazement. Here the route goes from New Orleans, to Chicago to Wyoming to Bay St. Clement, North Carolina, but the geography he is charting is always first and foremost unchartable.From the Hardcover edition.
Up for Grabs
by A. A. Fair Erle Stanley Gardner[from inside book] ""Okay, I'll do it on one condition." "What do you mean, one condition?" Bertha Cool snapped. "He's paying our rates." "What's the condition?" Breckinridge asked. "I'm not going to make a play for some girl and then put her in an embarrassing position. I'm not going to let some girl have her name dragged into court." "I don't think I like that," Breckinridge said. "Neither do I," Bertha chimed in. I kept silent. "You win," Breckinridge said at length. "Pack your bags and get a reservation on the earliest plane." And that's how Donald Lam happened to go to Tucson to get evidence on a malingerer in an insurance case and turn up one of the sweetest rackets ever devised--even including a corpse."
Up for Grabs (Cool & Lam)
by Erle Stanley GardnerBertha Cool was in a flap. The distinguished Mr Homer Breckinridge had been waiting twenty minutes for Donald Lam to make an appearance, and around Mr Breckinridge was the heady aroma of C-A-S-H.Then Donald appeared and in no time found himself hired to investigate an insurance claim. 'Such nice, safe, respectable work', purred Bertha, 'and it's up for grabs.'But it didn't take Donald long to find out he was anything but safe and that he was the one up for grabs ...