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Cursed Contact: Division of Special Abilities II (Division of Special Abilities #2)
By Stefania Gil. 2020
Imagine that one day, you think you’re in a dream where you’re the killer and you’re stopped by the police…
right when the victim’s life is hanging by a thread, and all the evidence points to you. Imagine that, as they arrest you and you’re overcome with fear, you want to wake up but you can’t, because you’re not in a dream. You’re living it all in real time. From a very young age Dakota Grant understood that she had abilities distinguishing her from other people, making her the perfect target for rejection for being ‘different’. But Dakota uses this rejection to become stronger and reach the important position of Special Agent that she always dreamed of. She knew her entrance in the FBI could help her find more people like herself, with significant differences that made them special. She couldn’t be the only one, and she was convinced that once she found them, she would find a way for those different ones to save the world from evil. And everything seemed to be working out until Zaccaria Romano, one of the external consultants on her new team, starts to live between dreams and reality, committing acts that soon make him the most wanted killer in recent months. Will Dakota be able to get to the bottom of what’s going on? Will Zaccaria return to normal, free of all blame?Come, bebe, y envenénate... Cendrine West está ilusionada con la acogedora cena de Nochebuena cuando estalla una tormenta, trayendo consigo…
a varios comensales inesperados. Pero las brujas ebrias y la magia son la receta perfecta para el desastre, sobre todo cuando uno de los invitados muere. Las dotes detectivescas de Cen sacan a la luz un montón de problemas más hondos que el saco de Santa Claus y todos son sospechosos, incluido su atractivo novio, el sheriff. ¿Es un accidente mortal provocado por una bruja borracha o algo aún más siniestro? El asesinato entra en el menú y solo la magia será capaz de revelar la verdad en este emocionante y alocado relato navideño. Los misterios de las brujas de Westwick sono para amantes de la diversión y los libros de misterio con toques sobrenaturales. Si todavía no te has leído los tres primeros títulos de la colección (Caza de brujas, La bruja de la suerte y Bruja y famosa, puedes conseguirlos en un pack por un precio especial. «Un cruce entre Embruajda y Miss Marple» «Cinco estrellas para la perfecta combinación entre magia, muérdago y asesinato» «Un fascinante relato sobrenatural. Si te gustan los misterios te encantarán Cendrine West y su peculiar familia» «Uno de los mejores libros de misterio que he leído en mucho tiempo. Un imaginativo misterio detectivesco que combina la novela policíaca de Agatha Christie con un libro de fantasía de Harry Potter, ¡magia para adultos!»The Dirty Secrets Club
By Meg Gardiner. 2008
An ongoing string of high-profile and very public murder-suicides has San Francisco even more rattled than a string of recent…
earthquakes: A flamboyant fashion designer burns to death, clutching the body of his murdered lover. A superstar 49er jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge. And most shocking of all, a U.S. attorney launches her BMW off a highway overpass, killing herself and three others. Enter forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett, hired by the SFPD to cut open not the victim's body but the victim's life. Jo's job is to complete the psychological autopsy, shedding light on the circumstances of any equivocal death. Soon she makes a shocking discovery: All the suicides belonged to something called the Dirty Secrets Club, a group of A-listers with nothing but money and plenty to hide. As the deaths continue, Jo delves into the disturbing motives behind this shadowy group-- until she receives a letter containing a dark secret Jo thought she'd left deep in her past, and ending with the most chilling words of all: "Welcome to the Dirty Secrets Club."A Deception at Thornecrest: An Amory Ames Mystery (An Amory Ames Mystery #7)
By Ashley Weaver. 2020
The stylish, charming next novel in Ashley Weaver's Edgar-nominated Amory Ames mystery series, set in 1930s England, A Deception at…
Thornecrest."Thornecrest looked beautiful in the evening light. One would never imagine the turmoil that had just occurred within its walls."Amory Ames is alone at her country house Thornecrest, enjoying her last few weeks of peace and quiet as she prepares for the imminent arrival of her baby. Her husband, Milo, is in London on business, and Amory is content to catch up on her correspondence, organize the nursery, and avoid the well-meaning if rather overbearing company of the ladies in the village as they prepare for the Springtide Festival. But then a woman appears on her doorstep, claiming to be another Mrs. Ames, Milo’s wife.Amory's marriage has had its ups and downs in the past, but her faith in her husband has been restored, and Milo has been nothing but thrilled about becoming a father. Though the alleged second Mrs. Ames seems earnest, Amory is convinced she must be mistaken, a belief that Milo confirms upon his homecoming. However, when another unexpected visitor arrives at Thornecrest, secret identities and whirlwind romances appear to be becoming par for the course.It's not until the day of the festival, when Milo's stable hand Bertie is found dead, that the strange characters appearing in town begin to seem more sinister, and Amory is determined to uncover the killer in the crowd.In a Midnight Wood: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries #27)
By Ellen Hart. 2020
Beloved heroine Jane Lawless finds that some secrets don't stay buried forever in Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Ellen Hart's…
In a Midnight Wood, the 27th mystery in this cultishly popular series.Minnesota private investigator Jane Lawless is headed on a little getaway. She and her best friend, Cordelia Thorn, plan to visit their old friend Emma in her hometown of Castle Lake, while also participating in the small town's local art festival. Between the festival and an upcoming high school reunion for the class of 1999, no one in Castle Lake is quite sure who will make an appearance. But back in 1999, Emma's boyfriend and Castle Lake high school senior Sam Romilly went missing. Everyone thought he ran away, though the town rumor mill has always claimed his father murdered him. Today, within a week of his class's 20th reunion, Sam’s remains are found in someone else's burial plot. Suddenly the case is warming up fast. People who knew Sam—friends and enemies alike—will be in town for the much anticipated reunion. It’s up to Jane to sort the innocent from the guilty, before it's too late.Touch and Go
By Lisa Gardner. 2013
Bestseller Gardner, author of "Catch Me" and "Love You More," returns with a heart-thumping thriller about what lurks behind the…
facade of a perfect family. A family appears to have been abducted, with only a pile of their most personal possessions remaining behind.Shadows in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death #51)
By J. D. Robb. 2020
In the new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series, Lt. Eve Dallas is about to walk into the…
shadows of her husband’s dangerous past…While Eve examines a fresh body in Washington Square Park, her husband, Roarke, spots a man among the onlookers he’s known since his younger days on the streets of Dublin. A man who claims to be his half brother. A man who kills for a living—and who burns with hatred for him. Eve is quick to suspect that the victim’s spouse—resentful over his wife’s affair and poised to inherit her fortune—would have happily paid an assassin to do his dirty work. Roarke is just as quick to warn her that if Lorcan Cobbe is the hitman, she needs to be careful. Law enforcement agencies worldwide have pursued this cold-hearted killer for years, to no avail. And his lazy smirk when he looked Roarke’s way indicates that he will target anyone who matters to Roarke…and is confident he’ll get away with it. Eve is desperate to protect Roarke. Roarke is desperate to protect Eve. And together, they’re determined to find Cobbe before he finds them—even if it takes them across the Atlantic, far outside Eve’s usual jurisdiction…Deception by Gaslight: A Gilded Gotham Mystery (A Gilded Gotham Mystery #1)
By Kate Belli. 2020
Glittering Gilded-Age New York holds its lavish charms--and a litany of deadly sins--as intrepid reporter Genevieve Stewart uncovers a trail…
of corruption and murder.As a chill sets in on New York City in the winter of 1888, a jewel thief dubbed the "Robin Hood of the Lower East Side" has been stealing from the city's wealthiest and giving to the poor. Genevieve Stewart--a young woman whose family is part of Mrs. Astor's famed 400 but who has forged a life of her own as a reporter--decides to chase the story, but gets more than she bargained for: a murder victim sprawled in a dark alley in the dangerous Five Points neighborhood. A handsome neighborhood tough comes to her rescue--but when she encounters the same man at a glamorous ball a few nights later, she realizes he's society scion Daniel McCaffrey. Could this be her Robin Hood? When two more murders rock the Knickerbocker world, it becomes apparent that something much more sinister is afoot than a few stolen diamond necklaces. Genevieve is determined to prove that Daniel is Robin Hood--but she's loath to believe he is a killer as well. From the glittering lights of Fifth Avenue to the sordid back alleys of Five Points, the truth is just one murder away.The Secrets of Winter: A Josephine Tey Mystery (A Josephine Tey Mystery #9)
By Nicola Upson. 2020
A snowy Christmas gathering on an island off the Cornish coast goes murderously wrong in this festive Golden Age mystery.December…
1938, and storm clouds hover once again over Europe. Josephine Tey and Archie Penrose gather with friends for a Cornish Christmas, but two strange and brutal deaths on St. Michael's Mount--and the unexpected arrival of a world famous film star, in need of sanctuary--interrupt the festivities. Cut off by the sea and a relentless blizzard, the hunt for a murderer begins.Pivoting on a real moment in history, the ninth novel in the Josephine Tey series draws on all the much-loved conventions of the Golden Age Christmas mystery, while giving them the contemporary twist which has come to distinguish the books so far.A shoe-in read for fans of Ellery Adams and Kate Carlisle, On Borrowed Crime is the first in Kate Young's…
new Georgia-set, sweet tea filled, Jane Doe Book Club mysteries.The Jane Doe book club enjoys guessing whodunit, but when murder happens in their midst, they discover solving crimes isn't fun and games... Lyla Moody loves her sleepy little town of Sweet Mountain, Georgia. She likes her job as receptionist for her uncle's private investigative firm, her fellow true crime obsessed Jane Doe members are the friends she's always wanted, and her parents just celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. But recently, with her best friend Melanie on vacation, and her ex-boyfriend and horrible cousin becoming an item and moving in next door to her, her idyllic life is on the fritz. The cherry on top of it all is finding Carol, a member of the club, dead and shoved into a suitcase, left at Lyla's front door.Unusual circumstances notwithstanding, with Carol's heart condition, the coroner rules Carol's death undetermined. But when they discover the suitcase belongs to Melanie, who had returned from her vacation the following morning, Sweet Mountain police begin to suspect Lyla's best friend. Determined that police are following the wrong trail, to clear her friend's name, and to not allow Carol become one of the club's studied cold cases, Lyla begins to seek out the real killer. That is, until she becomes the one sought after. Now, finding the truth could turn her into the killer's next plot twist, unless she wins the game of cat and mouse.Return to a Victorian world of intrigue and danger in books 4 and 5 in the Lady Julia Grey mystery…
series by New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn.Dark Road to DarjeelingAfter eight idyllic months in the Mediterranean, Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband are ready to put their investigative talents to work once more. At the urging of Julia’s eccentric family, they hurry to India to aid an old friend, the newly widowed Jane Cavendish. Living on the Cavendish tea plantation with the remnants of her husband’s family, Jane is consumed with the impending birth of her child—and with discovering the truth about her husband’s death. Was he murdered for his estate? And if he was, could Jane and her unborn child be next?The Dark InquiryLady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane have finally returned from abroad to London. But merging their respective households leaves little room for the newlyweds themselves, let alone Brisbane’s private enquiry business. Among the more unlikely clients: Julia’s very proper brother, Lord Bellmont, who swears Brisbane to secrecy. Not about to be left out of anything concerning her family, Julia soon picks up the trail of the investigation. It leads to the exclusive Spirit Club, where the alluring Madame Séraphine holds evening séances…and not a few powerful gentlemen in thrall. From this eerie enclave unfolds a lurid tangle of murder, espionage and blackmail… Bristling at the tension it causes between them, the Brisbanes find they must unite or fall. For Bellmont’s sake—and more—they’ll face myriad dangers born of dark secrets: the kind men kill to keep…Don’t miss the complete Lady Julia Grey mystery series:Book # 1: Silent in the GraveBook # 2: Silent in the SanctuaryBook # 3: Silent on the MoorBook # 3.5: Midsummer Night (novella)Book # 4: Dark Road to DarjeelingBook # 5: The Dark EnquiryBook # 5.5: Silent Night (novella)Book # 5.6: Twelfth Night (novella)Book # 5.7: Bonfire Night (novella)A Dark and Twisting Path (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery #3)
By Julia Buckley. 2018
Writer's apprentice Lena London is happily working on a new collaboration with her idol and bestselling suspense novelist and friend…
Camilla Graham, but her joy is short-lived when a dark cloud descends upon the quaint town of Blue Lake, Indiana...Lena's best friend, Allison, is in a panic. On a walk in the woods by her home, Allison discovers the body of her mail carrier, an argumentative man who recently had a falling out with Allison's husband. Lena quickly realizes that Allison has nothing to worry about as the murder weapon points to a different suspect altogether: Lena's embattled boyfriend, Sam West. Sam was cleared of his wife's murder when she was found alive, and now someone is trying to make him look guilty again. Surveillance video of a break-in at his house shows a shadowy figure trying to incriminate him by stealing the weapon from his desk. Lena and Camilla work on a suspect list, but a threatening note and a violent intrusion at Graham House prove that the devious killer has decided to write them into the plot.Blanche on the Lam
By Barbara Neely. 1992
It's hard enough making ends meet on the pittaful Blanche White earns doing day work for the Southern families of…
North Carolina. But when her fourth bad check lands her a jail sentence, Blanche goes on the lam. Inadvertently, she finds work at the summer home of a well to do family, the members of which have plenty of secrets of their own And when a dead body is discovered, Blanche finds herself the prime suspect. Using her wit and intelligencenot to mention the remarkably efficient old-girl network among domestic workersshe gets to work uncovering the real duller before she lands in more hot water.This Side of Murder (A Verity Kent Mystery #1)
By Anna Lee Huber. 2017
The Great War is over, but in this captivating new mystery from award-winning author Anna Lee Huber, one young widow…
discovers the real intrigue has only just begun . . . England, 1919. Verity Kent’s grief over the loss of her husband pierces anew when she receives a cryptic letter, suggesting her beloved Sidney may have committed treason before his untimely death. Determined to dull her pain with revelry, Verity’s first impulse is to dismiss the derogatory claim. But the mystery sender knows too much—including the fact that during the war, Verity worked for the Secret Service, something not even Sidney knew. Lured to Umbersea Island to attend the engagement party of one of Sidney’s fellow officers, Verity mingles among the men her husband once fought beside, and discovers dark secrets—along with a murder clearly meant to conceal them. Relying on little more than a coded letter, the help of a dashing stranger, and her own sharp instincts, Verity is forced down a path she never imagined—and comes face to face with the shattering possibility that her husband may not have been the man she thought he was. It’s a truth that could set her free—or draw her ever deeper into his deception . . . “My favorite new mystery series!” – Alyssa Maxwell, USA Today bestselling author “Sure to please fans of classic whodunits and lovers of historical fiction alike.” –Jessie Crockett, author of Whispers Beyond the VeilIdentity
By Ingrid Thoft. 2014
Thoft s gripping sequel A quirky and empathetic heroine a fast-moving plot and a surprise ending…
make this a winner --Publishers Weekly Firecracker P I Fina Ludlow returns in the next hard-driving entry in the acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft It s been a couple months since Fina s last big case--the one that exposed dark family secrets and called Fina s family loyalty into question--but there s no rest for the weary especially when your boss is Carl Ludlow Renata Sanchez a single mother by choice wants to learn the identity of her daughter Rosie s sperm donor A confidentiality agreement and Rosie s reticence might deter other mothers but not Renata nor Carl who s convinced that lawsuits involving cryobanks and sperm donors will be the next big thing Fina uncovers the donor s identity but the solution to that mystery is just the beginning within hours of the case going public Rosie s donor turns up dead Fina didn t sign on for a murder investigation but she can t walk away from a death she may have set in motion She digs deeper and discovers that DNA doesn t tell the whole story and sometimes cracking that code can have deadly consequencesAlafair Burke/Ellie Hatcher Collection
By Alafair Burke. 2010
The Sensation: The Salvation Series, Book II
By Amanda Bridgeman. 2020
Last time she investigated the saints of the Solme Complex. This time it's the sinners of the Sensation... Presenting the…
second Salvi Brentt novel from award-winning author, Amanda Bridgeman.A series of brutal murders has the homicide division of San Francisco's Hub 9 working overtime. But as the bodies mount, they begin to question whether the attacks are random or somehow connected.When one of their own falls victim, Detective Salvi Brentt and the Hub 9 homicide team join forces with the narcotics and cyber divisions to track down those responsible. They soon discover a volatile new drug-tech experience, involving black market neural implants, has hit the streets, causing the epidemic of violence and missing persons.With the clock ticking and the bodies piling up, Salvi must go deep undercover in the seedy Sensation club scene to find out who is behind it. But in the secretive playgrounds of the rich and powerful, some will stop at nothing to protect their empire...File Under: Science Fiction [ Electrical High | Rich vs All | Deathly Addiction | If You Go Down to the Woods… ]Death Comes Knocking (The Thea Kozak Mystery Series #10)
By Kate Flora. 2020
A Secretive Neighbor's Disappearance Raises Questions in Death Comes Knocking, a Thea Kozak Murder Mystery from Kate Flora.--Maine, Present Day--Happy…
to finally be settling into her new home, a heavily pregnant Thea Kozak is rushing to get the baby’s room finished when she’s surprised by a visit from her new neighbor, Jessica, who is equally pregnant.Thrilled to meet another new mother in the neighborhood, Thea and Jessica bond over their mutual condition. But after many cups of herbal tea and cookies, Thea is puzzled by Jessica's unwillingness to talk about her past.A week later, Thea arrives at Jessica's house for a planned shopping trip to discover Jessica is gone, leaving only a trash bag of women's clothing at the end of the driveway.Returning home, there's a disturbing voice mail from Jessica: "Please, Thea. Don’t worry about me. If anyone comes looking for me, you don’t know me. You’ve never seen me. Don’t tell them anything."Thea’s resolve to avoid getting drawn into any more potentially dangerous adventures crumbles as she sets out to learn who Jessica is and who—or what—she’s running from.Publisher's Note: Kate Flora is known for taking readers on a near breathless experience with a surprise at every turn. Fans of Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly as well as Faith Martin and Chris Collett will not want to miss this series."...a terrific, in-your-face, stand-up gal...Stephanie Plum and Thea Kozak have a lot to say to each other." ~Janet Evanovich"Kate Flora does what all the great writers do: she takes you inside unfamiliar territory and makes you feel right at home; you climb in and are along for the whole ride." ~Michael Connelly"I'll follow Thea Kozak anywhere. She is simply one of the most refreshing and original heroines in mystery fiction today. And Kate Flora is the rare, graceful writer who pays close attention to how long it takes the body and the heart to heal." ~Laura LippmanTHE THEA KOZAK MYSTERY SERIES, in orderChosen for DeathDeath in a Funhouse MirrorDeath at the WheelAn Educated Death Death in ParadiseLiberty or DeathStalking DeathDeath Warmed OverSchooled in DeathDeath Comes KnockingDeath Sends a MessageMurder in the Margins (The Open Book Mysteries #1)
By Margaret Loudon. 2020
The plot thickens for American gothic writer Penelope Parish when a murder near her quaint British bookshop reveals a novel's…
worth of killer characters.Penelope Parish has hit a streak of bad luck, including a severe case of writer's block that is threatening her sophomore book. Hoping a writer in residence position at The Open Book bookstore in Upper Chumley-on-Stoke, England, will shake the cobwebs loose, Pen, as she's affectionately known, packs her typewriter and heads across the pond.Unfortunately, life in Chumley is far from quiet and when the chairwoman of the local Worthington Fest is found dead, fingers are pointed at Charlotte Davenport, an American romance novelist and the future Duchess of Worthington. Charlotte turns to the one person who might be her ally for help: fellow American Pen. Teaming up with bookstore owner Mabel Morris and her new friend Figgy, Pen sets out to learn the truth and find the tricks that will help her finish her novel.Murder Once Removed (Ancestry Detective #1)
By S. C. Perkins. 2019
S.C. Perkins' Murder Once Removed is the captivating first mystery in the Ancestry Detective series, in which Texas genealogist Lucy…
Lancaster uses her skills to solve murders in both the past and present.Except for a good taco, genealogist Lucy Lancaster loves nothing more than tracking down her clients’ long-dead ancestors, and her job has never been so exciting as when she discovers a daguerreotype photograph and a journal proving Austin, Texas, billionaire Gus Halloran’s great-great-grandfather was murdered back in 1849. What’s more, Lucy is able to tell Gus who was responsible for his ancestor’s death. Partly, at least. Using clues from the journal, Lucy narrows the suspects down to two nineteenth-century Texans, one of whom is the ancestor of present-day U.S. senator Daniel Applewhite. But when Gus publicly outs the senator as the descendant of a murderer—with the accidental help of Lucy herself—and her former co-worker is murdered protecting the daguerreotype, Lucy will find that shaking the branches of some family trees proves them to be more twisted and dangerous than she ever thought possible.