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Acceleration
By Graham Mcnamee. 2003
It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is…
cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan's just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book. It's a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can't make himself stop reading.What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman?And what if time was running out. . . .From the Hardcover edition.Starlight Surprise (My Secret Unicorn)
By Linda Chapman. 2007
Lauren doesn't believe in ghosts, but there is definitely something spooky going on down by the creek. Then one night,…
as Lauren and Twilight fly over the woods near the scary tree house, they make a surprising discovery.Murder, She Wrote: Rum and Razors
By Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher. 1995
The USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series continues as Jessica Fletcher embarks on a murderous vacation...After a cold winter…
in Cabot Cove, Maine, and with another soon-to-be bestseller on the way to her publisher, mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is off to balmy St. Thomas with its aquamarine sea and white sand beaches.But from the moment Jessica arrives at a four-star inn nestled by a beautiful lagoon, she senses trouble in paradise. Yet the gourmet food and the beautiful sunsets chase away Jessica's concerns...until she finds the owner's body at the edge of the lagoon. The island police think that a hot-tempered ex-employee is the killer. But for cool-headed Jessica it's time to unpack her talent for sleuthing and find the real serpent in this Eden...From the Paperback edition.Dreams Come True (My Secret Unicorn)
By Linda Chapman. 2002
Unseen Witness
By Matthew Lewin. 1992
There had been nothing to suggest that Hampstead crime reporter Horatio T. Parker's day would be anything out of the…
ordinary. So when he discovers that he has just inherited £52 million, and that his old friend turned sultry film star Monique Karanekian has been murdered, things take a turn for the bizarre. Shattered by his wife's death, dashing Hampstead MP Malcolm Halifax offers the bewildered Parker a scoop: Monique's personal diaries. Despite being a gossip-fuelled Who's Who of the film world, they seem banal - but when Parker's home is ransacked, and murder is committed, he knows he must have something explosive in his hands. Parker's quest for the truth leads him into the murky depths of blackmail and deceit, and to a long list of people who all had reason to want Monique dead. Now someone's after Parker, someone capable of violence previously unheard of in genteel, leafy Hampstead . . . Originally published under the author name Lew Matthews.Supertwins and Tooth Trouble
By B. J. James. 2003
Someone is stealing the teeth underneath children's pillows! Who could it be? It's the Terrible Tooth Snatcher. He has captured…
the Tooth Fairy and is attempting to take over the world. The Supertwins to the rescue.The Tenth Power (Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy, Book #3)
By Kate Constable. 2006
Having lost her magical powers of chantment, eighteen-year-old Calwyn searches for the missing half of the broken Wheel of the…
Tenth Power with the hope of stopping the plague and endless winter that have fallen on her world.Edmund Mouse and the Assassin
By D. M. Campbell. 2012
It's 1938 and the world's mammal tribes teeter on the brink of war. In New York, a mysterious lodger takes…
up residence at the Explorers Club. Who is Edmund Mouse? What is it he knows about the peculiar Barrow stones in Times Square? Who is hunting him and why? As our narrator Mole confronts these questions, he is lured into a nocturnal web of intrigue and magic where nothing is what it seems.Enter an imaginative landscape that is at once hauntingly familiar and utterly alien. The journey begins here with the first installment of the Adventures of Edmund Mouse, a spellbinding multi-part fantasy serial that lends a new twist to the timeless story of good versus evil.I Shot the Buddha
By Colin Cotterill. 2016
A fiendishly clever mystery in which Dr. Siri and his friends investigate three interlocking murders--and the ungodly motives behind themLaos,…
1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, have never been able to turn away a misfit. As a result, they share their small Vientiane house with an assortment of homeless people, mendicants, and oddballs. One of these oddballs is Noo, a Buddhist monk, who rides out on his bicycle one day and never comes back, leaving only a cryptic note in the refrigerator: a plea to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekhong River to Thailand.Naturally, Siri can't turn down the adventure, and soon he and his friends find themselves running afoul of Lao secret service officers and famous spiritualists. Buddhism is a powerful influence on both morals and politics in Southeast Asia. In order to exonerate an innocent man, they will have to figure out who is cloaking terrible misdeeds in religiosity.The Secret Seven and the Mystery of the Empty House
By Enid Blyton. 1972
Death in Autumn
By Magdalen Nabb. 2002
The body of a woman, clad only in a fur coat and jewelry, is found floating in the Arno at…
dawn. Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florentine carabinieri identifies her as a missing hotel guest. But how and why did she die? Was it a bizarre suicide? Or murder?Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen: A Victorian Mystery (Mrs. Jeffries #32)
By Emily Brightwell. 2013
THE BUSINESS OF DEATH Orlando Edison is a stockbroker using London's infatuation with foreign mining ventures to make a fortune.…
He has curried favor with the nation's most respected aristocrats, even inviting three influential investors--known as the Merry Gentlemen--to be part of his latest enterprise. Edison is welcomed in the highest circles and moves with ease among the rich and powerful. But a few days before Christmas, he is found murdered.Inspector Witherspoon and his household are looking forward to the festive season. But they all know their duty, and led by the intrepid Mrs. Jeffries, they plan to see justice served for the holidays . . .Chosen of the Gods (DragonLance: Kingpriests Trilogy #1)
By Chris Pierson. 2001
Istar is the mightiest empire Krynn has ever known. The Kingpriests have reigned in the name of Paladine, the supreme…
god of good, for centuries. But danger lurks in the empire's heart. The Kingpriest has foreseen his own death, and dark forces converge on the Temple, vying to control the throne.Vanish in an Instant
By Margaret Millar. 1952
In this classic noir tale of blurred guilt and flawed innocence, a cynical lawyer uncovers the desperate lives of a…
group connected only by a gruesome murder. Eric Meecham is not an optimistic sort. An old-before-his-time lawyer, scratching out a living in courts and jail houses, he is no stranger to desperate cases and has little faith in anything or anyone. But his brand of existential nihilism isn't without curiosity, and when he gets a chance to represent a local society woman who's been arrested for murder under very scandalous circumstances, well, even he can't help but be engaged. Cold, austere, and used to having her way, Mrs. Hamilton is more than a little upset at having to travel 40 miles west of Detroit, in the dead of winter, to the small city of Arbana. But her careless daughter Virginia has landed herself in trouble again and Mrs. Hamilton will do anything to keep the family name out of a scandal. But she little understands the gravity of her daughter's arrest. Virginia was found drunk and underclad in the midst of a white-out snow storm. She was also covered in blood. In a cottage not too far away a married man, father of two, lay brutally stabbed to death. Earl Loftus is the definition of a hard luck case. Broke and terminally ill, Earl's life has been one tragedy after another. But the spark of a thoughtful intellect still gleams in his eyes and when Loftus comes forward to confess to the crime that Virginia is accused of, Eric Meecham is instantly skeptical. Could a man like Loftus actually commit such an act? The more Meecham interviews Loftus, the less he thinks it's possible.The World of Shannara
By Terry Brooks, Teresa Patterson. 2009
The beloved Shannara series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks is universally acclaimed as a towering achievement,…
an unquestioned masterpiece in fantasy literature. Now, for the first time, all the wonders of Shannara have been gathered into one single, indispensable volume in which Terry Brooks shares candid views on his creation. Lavishly illustrated with full-color paintings and black-and-white drawings, this comprehensive guide ventures behind the scenes to explore the history, the people, the places, the major events, and of course the magic, of one of the world's greatest fantasy epics.What sets Terry Brooks apart? Is it a knack for creating complex, unforgettable characters like Allanon the Druid, Shea Ohmsford, and Amberle the elven-maid--men and women, gnomes and wizards, who come alive on the page and in our hearts? Is it the haunting and utterly believable evil of his darker creations: the foul Dagda Mor, the insanely murderous Jachyra, the enigmatic Ilse Witch? Or is it the way his adventures effortlessly partake of the timeless quality of myth? Whatever the secret of Brooks's storytelling magic, generations of readers have fallen under its spell, returning again and again to the pages of beloved classics like The Elfstones of Shannara and The Druid of Shannara, and relishing his newest novels in the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara saga.Sure to tantalize and delight old fans and newcomers alike, The World of Shannara is the ultimate gateway into the fantasy realms of Terry Brooks--and the perfect companion to take along on the journey of a lifetime.From the Hardcover edition.Danger (Undercover Girl #4)
By Christine Harris. 2005
Jesse Sharpe, child prodigy and secret agent, must find a bomb in a crowded railway station... before the unthinkable happens.…
Time is running out. Thousands of people could die, and Jesse is the only one who can save them. But the situation is even more deadly than Jesse realizes...The Mystery of the Bad Luck Curse
By Laura E. Williams. 2001
A terrible crime committed long ago in Mystic, Maine, resulted in a ghost haunting the area. When a team of…
archaeologists arrive, things start to happen. Twins Jen and Zeke must uncover the secrets of the old legend before the curse turns deadly.Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries
By Melville Davisson Post. 2015
The adventures of a true American original—a detective who puts equal faith in his Bible and his brains In the…
backwoods of West Virginia, years before the Civil War, a man arrives with gold in his purse and evil on his mind. His land too barren for farming, Doomdorf builds a still and grows rich selling high-proof moonshine to anyone with a bit of change in his pocket. As drunkenness and debauchery run rampant across the countryside, the locals turn against him. They are preparing to exact frontier justice when the bootlegger is found dead, shot through the heart in a room locked from the inside. At the scene is Uncle Abner, a folksy sleuth who uses a keen eye and steadfast beliefs to solve the mysteries of Appalachia. In this landmark story collection, Abner contends with hunchbacks and drunkards, killers and thieves. In a time and a place beyond the rule of law, justice belongs to the Lord—and Uncle Abner is His instrument. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.Secrets (Undercover Girl #1)
By Christine Harris. 2004
Jesse Sharpe is no ordinary kid. She's an orphan, a genius, and a secret agent. Jesse has been assigned by…
C2 -- the mysterious organization that raised her and taught her to be a spy -- to protect another girl from a kidnap attempt. Jesse will have to trail suspects, plant listening devices, crack codes, and kick occasional bad guy butt. What Jesse doesn't know is whether she can trust C2 and the information she has been given -- or whether someone within the organization is trying to blow her cover.Dragon Ties: Legami di drago (le cronache di ombra e luce)
By Dejanira Marchesano, Dusty Lynn Holloway. 2016
Una scintilla può scatenare una fiamma. Una vita può alimentare il fuoco. Una luce può trafiggere l'oscurità. Nel luogo in…
cui l'oscurità regna sovrana. Dopo esser a stento sfuggita dalle Terre del Fuoco, Auri segue le richieste del padre e intraprende un viaggio nella conoscenza dei Maestri dei Draghi. Una volta arrivata, spera di immergersi negli allenamenti e diventa il fulcro decisivo per la salvezza di Terradin e la sconfitta definitiva di Obsidian e dei suoi Ribelli. Ma prima che il suo viaggio abbia davvero inizio, qualcuno a lei caro le viene strappato via. A pezzi dalla perdita, e con Terradin che cresce sempre più nell'oscurità, è costretta a prendere una decisione che avrà eterne ripercussioni. Rimarrà aggrappata alla vecchia Auri? O dimenticherà il suo passato e come la fenice leggendaria, rinascere dalle sue ceneri per risplendere come mai prima?