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High School Bites (The Lucy Chronicles)
By Liza Conrad. 2006
LET VAMPIRES GET IN THE WAY OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR? YOU SLAY ME! Lucy Hellenberg is not your typical Pacific…
Cedar High student. In addition to hanging out with her friends, hating her hair and her math teacher, and deciding whether she should dump her on-again, off-again boyfriend, she has to deal with a father who refuses to go outside and a house that bears way too much resemblance to the set of The Munsters. And that's not all. Lucy has just discovered that she's a descendant of the lovely Lucy in Bram Stoker's Dracula and that vampires really do exist-right at home in Seattle. Now Lucy has to accessorize her homecoming dress with a necklace of garlic and learn how to drive while driving away vampires-without becoming their next victim. . . . FULL OF HISTORICAL TIDBITS ABOUT IRISH AUTHOR BRAM STOKER, PLUS FASCINATING MYTHS AND LEGENDS ABOUT VAMPIRES!Detectives in Togas
By Henry Winterfeld. 1956
In this mystery set in ancient Rome, a group of young friends, in an effort to save a wrongly accused…
boy, search for the real culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.Peace Like a River
By Leif Enger. 2001
Along with his sister and father, an 11-year-old goes on a journey, in this story which shows how family, love,…
and faith can stand up to terrifying enemies and tragic fates.Bloody Secrets: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano #3)
By Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. 1998
Bold and beautiful Miami PI Lupe Solano takes on a case that began long ago but is just about to…
end in a murder…In 1958, as Cuba’s revolution was underway, two wealthy men made a pact to sell all they had and flee the country from fear of a newly empowered Cuban population. One was able to escape with his fortune intact, while the other ended up dying in prison as an enemy of the state.Now, the dead man’s son, Luis Delgado, has arrived in Miami—and he aims to finally claim his family’s lost fortune from Miguel de la Torre. After being rebuffed by his father’s longtime friend, Luis asks Lupe Solano to investigate.At first, Lupe is unsure of the veracity of Luis Delgado’s claims. Yet the more she uncovers, the more she finds herself determined to seek justice for him. The problem is that the de la Torres clan is one of the oldest and most powerful Cubano families in the city. And they are quite willing to remove anyone who threatens to take them down. Even a fellow Cuban exile with excellent detective skills…Praise for Carolina Garcia-Aguilera“With sharp-edged characters and some profound probing of moral ambiguities, the latest Lupe Solano tale is suspenseful, provocative and satisfying.” —Publishers Weekly“The third Lupe Solano novel continues to have the freshness that made its two predecessors remarkably insightful and compelling novel.” —Harriet KlausnerBloody Waters: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano #1)
By Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. 1996
The debut mystery novel featuring the “strong, sexy, and funny” (Nelson DeMille) Miami PI Lupe Solano, who gets involved in…
a case that is literally a matter of life-or-death…Lupe Solano has succeeded as a female private eye by using her brains, bravado, and, occasionally, her beauty. And with the support of her eccentric, sometimes maddening family never in doubt, she knows she’ll always have a place to go when her life gets complicated. And it’s about to get more complicated than ever.Her newest clients are Lucia and Jose Marino, parents of an adopted four-year-old who has fallen deathly ill. The child’s only hope is a bone marrow transplant from the birth mother, whom the Marinos want Lupe to locate. But finding the woman proves far from simple after Lupe uncovers a black-market adoption ring being run by Elio Betancourt, a ruthless attorney willing to stop at nothing ensure his affairs remain secret.To save a child’s life, Lupe will have to do battle with Betancourt, deal with some very unsavory characters, and venture to the island of her dreams—Lupe’s ancestral home of Cuba. Getting into the country will be difficult… But getting out might be impossible.Praise for Carolina Garcia-Aguilera“A talent worth watching.” —Kirkus“Lupe and her eccentric family (a bodybuilding cousin; a dad who keeps a boat provisioned for the day when Castro falls; a sister who’s a nun) have a charm that bodes well for future outings.” —Publishers Weekly“Immediately engaging, written in a witty, straightforward style spiced by Lupe’s wry observations on Cuban-American family life.” —Miami HeraldBloody Shame: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano #2)
By Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. 1997
Sexy, sassy Miami private eye Lupe Solano returns in a “meticulously constructed mystery” (Boulder Planet) in which she must deal…
with a puzzling case and a personal tragedy that are dangerously intertwined.Lupe is about to do something completely out of character—put aside her work and worries for the first time in forever and take a vacation to the Florida Keys. But just as she’s packing her bags, defense attorney (and occasional bedmate) Tommy McDonald calls her up with a job.Tommy’s client is Alonso Arango, a jewelry store owner who shot a man in self-defense. Since no knife was found and no one actually witnessed the incident, he’s being charged with murder. And after interviewing Arango, both Lupe and Tommy know he’s lying. But why?Complicating things further is Lupe’s longtime friend, Margarita. After mentioning having information pertaining to the case, she perishes in a mysterious car accident before she can reveal all.As Lupe copes with her grief, she digs deeper into the mystery—and soon finds herself on the run from a killer plot to turn her planned vacation into a permanent retirement.Praise for Carolina Garcia-Aguilera“A free-spirited heroine, some wry humor, and an insider’s look at an unfamiliar milieu are pluses here.” —Kirkus“[Garcia-Aguilera] weaves in the nuances of the Hispanic community with finesse. Lupe often uses her understanding of her heritage into her work.” —Ft. Lauderdale Sun-SentinelBitter Sugar: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano #6)
By Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. 2001
“Strong, sexy, and funny” (Nelson DeMille) Miami PI Lupe Solano investigates a mystery involving big money, big business, and someone…
willing to kill over them both…Though Lupe Solano loves her work as a private investigator in Miami, family always takes precedent. So when her beloved Papi asks her to use her talents to help an old friend, she can hardly refuse.Papi’s compadre, Ramon Suarez, owned several profitable sugar mills in Cuba prior to the revolution. Now, after decades in exile, a secretive buyer from Spain is looking to officially purchase the mills from the Suarez family on the cheap. While Ramon wants to know the reason why before accepting the offer, his nephew Alexander wants the cash. So, when Alexander turns up dead, it appears that Ramon may have taken a family feud a step too far. But Lupe doesn’t believe the accusations against Ramon are fool-proof.When a mysterious figure tries to stop Lupe from investigating further, she becomes more determined to uncover the truth behind a conspiracy that threatens to destroy the Suarez family—and Lupe along with them.Praise for Carolina Garcia-Aguilera“Private eye Lupe Solano has developed a snappy style.” —New York Times“This is Garcia-Aguilera at her best. A former private investigator, she is expert at using Lupe’s questions, hunches and dogged pursuit of the case to keep the mystery unfolding and the plot driving forward.” —Miami Herald“In exploring the particulars of the exile community, the author especially makes Bitter Sugar a near-valentine to Miami.” —Ft. Lauderdale Sun-SentinelBloody Twist: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano #7)
By Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. 2010
Hot-blooded Miami PI Lupe Solano has become “one of the genre’s most formidable protagonists” (Chicago Tribune)—and her latest mystery proves…
that she’s only getting better at discovering the truth behind the most heinous of crimes.Lupe Solano is back at work after a lengthy recovery following a gunshot wound. Almost immediately, Lupe’s paramour—attorney Tommy MacDonald—drops a most unusual case in her lap.Tommy’s client is the blonde and beautiful Madeline Meadows, who is Miami’s most expensive call girl…and, somehow, also a medically-verified virgin. But now, several men have been murdered and Madeline’s involvement with all of them appears to be the only thing tying the cases together. Lupe is tasked with investigating the deaths before the authorities can pin them on Madeline.It’s not easy, since Lupe ends up having to contend with everything from Madeline’s lowlife pimps to her borderline-psychotic pet Chihuahuas. She slowly begins to suspect that the purportedly pure prostitute is not what—or who—she appears to be. Unfortunately, those suspicions may place Lupe right in the crosshairs of a killer…Praise for Carolina Garcia-Aguilera“Private eye Lupe Solano has developed a snappy style.” —New York Times“This is Garcia-Aguilera at her best. A former private investigator, she is expert at using Lupe’s questions, hunches and dogged pursuit of the case to keep the mystery unfolding and the plot driving forward.” —Miami HeraldA Miracle in Paradise: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano #4)
By Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. 1999
The Lupe Solano mystery series continues with a “gritty and witty” (San Francisco Examiner) case that will test Lupe’s faith…
in more ways than one…Miami PI Lupe Solano has always considered her sister Lourdes an easygoing free spirit—unusual attributes for a Catholic nun. But Lourdes is quite tense when asking for Lupe’s help looking into the Order of the Illumination of the Sacred Virgin.Over the years, the Order gained a reputation for predicting verified miracles. Their latest claim is that a revered statue of a Cuban religious icon—the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre—will weep real tears on Cuban Independence Day.But Lupe’s investigation into a possible religious hoax turns far from heavenly when people begins dying in eerily ritualistic ways. Someone is determined that the miracle of tears will go on without a hitch—and they’ll be damned if they’re going to let Lupe stop them.Praise for Carolina Garcia-Aguilera“A memorable tale of Cuban-American life, this novel boasts an engaging plot and a fiery heroine armed with sharp insights into Cuban and Catholic ways that will lead readers happily into the sultry heat of Little Havana.” —Publishers Weekly“Lupe Solano is intelligent, witty, and eloquently hard-boiled. The realistic Miami description radiates heat from the page.” —Booklist“Solano just happens to be one of the freshest protagonists to come along in the last few years… Garcia-Aguilera has built an interesting support team around her and Miami continues to be a terrific place to stage mayhem.” —Chicago TribuneHavana Heat: A Lupe Solano Mystery (Lupe Solano #5)
By Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. 2000
Miami PI Lupe Solano has been hailed as “one of the genre’s most formidable protagonists” (Chicago Tribune). And with all…
the danger in her latest mystery, she’ll need to be…A wedding is a time of celebration and joy. But for Lupe Solano, the jubilance is cut short by a chat after a chat with the unpleasant and incredibly wealthy Lucia Miranda—a member of a prominent Cuban exile family.She wants Lupe to travel to Cuba and recover a legendary tapestry that was originally given to Christopher Columbus by Queen Isabella. But fate placed it in the possession of one of Lucia Miranda’s ancestors, who passed it down through the centuries as a priceless family heirloom until the Mirandas exiled themselves to the United States. The tapestry remains in a locked vault at the old Miranda estate in Havana.Lupe has visited Cuba before. But this time, she’ll have to somehow enter the country, pull off a daring heist, and…somehow manage to survive.Praise for Carolina Garcia-Aguilera“Lupe Solano is an enjoyably hedonistic sleuth, and Garcia-Aguilera’s chatty, congenial style will beguile readers for several pleasing hours.” —Publishers Weekly“A stunning mixture of art history, Cuban—in—exile politics, a uniquely classy Miami heroine, and riveting plot make this highly recommended.” —Library Journal“Lupe Solano has blossomed into one of the genre’s most formidable protagonists.” —Chicago TribuneEl hielo
By Vladimir Sorokin. 2014
Una espeluznante combinación de thriller apocalíptico y alegoría contemporánea que arremete contra el fanatismo y la atonía social Una ola…
de brutales asesinatos sacude Moscú. Los cadáveres aparecen con el tórax destrozado y el corazón aplastado, y el único nexo aparente entre las víctimas es su aspecto físico: todos son rubios y de ojos azules. En una ciudad dominada por bandas criminales y empresarios sin escrúpulos, un grupo misterioso ha puesto en marcha un siniestro plan: su objetivo es encontrar a sus 23.000 hermanos perdidos. Necesitan dar con ellos para despertarlos y liberarlos. ¿Cómo? Con unos martillos de hielo, cuyas cabezas heladas son los restos del extraño meteorito caído en Tugunska en 1908. Solo una pequeña minoría consigue renacer después de que sus corazones extraídos del pecho pronuncien las palabras del «hielo». La crítica ha dicho...«Una ficción provocadora comparable a las de Philip K. Dick y Michel Houellebecq, y, por ahora, la más ambiciosa novela de Vladimir Sorokin, estilista virtuoso y maestro de la provocación.»The New York Review of Books «El hielo provee un placer intelectual y una engañosa velocidad similares a los que hallamos en las novelas de Haruki Murakami... Un thriller en el sentido más auténtico: su lectura proporciona la emoción de descubrir algo nuevo.»Los Angeles Times «Sorokin nos sacude como una tempestad.»The Guardian «Entre la fábula política y la ciencia ficción, un relato inclasificable, que hiela el espinazo, de Vladimir Sorokin, autor insoslayable.»L'Humanité «Un emocionante thriller posmoderno... El hielo triunfa brillantemente como thriller y como fábula aleccionadora acerca del totalitarismo, la intolerancia, el elitismo y el fundamentalismo.»Library Journal «El talento de Sorokin es único. Tiene un olfato fenomenal para detectar las llagas de la civilización en pleno proceso de putrefacción.»Ludmila Ulitskaya «El único autor ruso vivo al que se le puede considerar un clásico.»The Moscow Times «Una joya de ingenio y estilo.»The Boston Globe «Una dureza absoluta, una espeluznante aptitud para la transgresión.»Le Monde des LivresLos indeseados
By Yrsa Sigurdardóttir. 2015
Un thriller nórdico contundente que reúne lo mejor del género: misterio y ambientación. En la remota Islandia... Aldis trabaja en…
un centro de menores en la Islandia rural de los años setenta. Una noche, Aldis es testigo de algo profundamente perturbador. Poco después, dos chicos del centro aparecen muertos. Décadas más tarde, Odin, padre soltero, investiga un supuesto caso de abuso sexual siguiendo las pesquisas de su predecesor, que falleció de forma súbita y sospechosa. Remover el pasado tiene sus consecuencias. A medida que avanza en la investigación, Odin se da cuenta de que los terribles sucesos ocurridos en los setenta parecen estar relacionados con el accidente que se cobró la vida de su ex mujer: ¿fue su muerte un asesinato y no un accidente, como ha pensado durante años? La crítica ha dicho...«Como un soplo deaire fresco en el mundo de la novela negra, lo inquietante se mete bajo la piel y crea un intenso suspense de la primera a la última página de este thriller.»Verldens Gang «Necesitas nervios de acero para avanzar por esta novela de una sola pieza.»Dagbladet «Algunas novelas de terror consiguen transmitir un sentimiento de horror, algunas una sensación de disgusto, y otras de miedo. Esta consigue las tres cosas, y lo hace con tal convicción que se hace difícil recordar que no es real.»Press AssociationSunshine State (The Jake Longly Series #3)
By D. P. Lyle. 2019
Serial killer’s message to PI Jake Longly: Two of those seven murders I confessed to are not mine—but I won’t…
tell you which two.Jake Longly and Nicole Jamison are confronted with the most bizarre case yet. Serial killer Billy Wayne Baker now denies that two of his seven murders were actually his work. An anonymous benefactor, who believes Billy Wayne’s denials, has hired Longly Investigations to prove Billy Wayne right. Billy Wayne had confessed to all seven. Not only did the confessed serial killer have the motive, means, and opportunity for murder, but his DNA was found at each crime scene. Bizarre doesn’t quite cover it.Jake and Nicole travel to the small Gulf Coast town of Pine Key, Florida, where three of the murders occurred. The local police, FBI, state prosecutor, and crime lab each did their jobs, uncovered overwhelming evidence of Billy Wayne’s guilt—and even extracted a full confession. Is Billy Wayne simply trying to tweak the system to garner another fifteen minutes of fame? It’s likely all a game to him, but, if he’s being truthful—someone out there is getting away with multiple murders. How? Why? And most importantly, who?Dark clouds loom in the Sunshine State.Give Up the Dead: A Jay Porter Novel (The jay Porter Ser. #3)
By Joe Clifford. 2018
Three years have passed since estate-clearing handyman Jay Porter almost lost his life following a devastating accident on the thin…
ice of Echo Lake. His investigative work uncovering a kids-for-cash scandal may have made his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire, a safer place, but nothing comes without a price. The traumatic, uncredited events cost Jay his wife and his son, and left him with a permanent leg injury. Jay is just putting his life back together when a mysterious stranger stops by with an offer too good to be true: a large sum of cash in exchange for finding a missing teenage boy who may have been abducted by a radical recovery group in the northern New Hampshire wilds. Skeptical of gift horses and weary of reenlisting in the local drug war, Jay passes on the offer. The next day his boss is found beaten and left for dead, painting Jay the main suspect. As clues begin to tie the two cases together, Jay finds himself back on the job—and back in the line of fire.Cryptid Hunters
By Roland Smith. 2005
After their parents are lost in an accident, thirteen-year old twins Grace and Marty are whisked away to live with…
their Uncle Wolfe -- an uncle that they didn't even know they had! The intimidating Uncle Wolfe is an anthropologist who has dedicated his life to finding "cryptids", mysterious creatures believed to be long extinct.El intermediario
By John Grisham. 2015
Un hombre con una valiosísima información clasificada se convierte en el blanco de los enemigos de Estados Unidos, mientras la…
CIA está dispuesta a sacrificar su vida en su lucha por la seguridad nacional. Joel Backman, uno de los abogados más poderosos de Washington, es encarcelado en una prisión federal por haber tenido acceso a información militar clasificada relacionada con unos misteriosos satélites de los que nadie conocía la existencia. Seis años más tarde recibe el indulto del Presidente. Lo que no imagina es que detrás de esta decisión se ocultan intereses de la CIA. Con el pretexto de que la información que posee podría ganarle enemigos, el gobierno pone a su disposición un avión militar que le llevará hasta Bolonia, donde Backman tendrá que empezar a vivir bajo una nueva identidad... Al menos en teoría. En realidad, la CIA tiene intención de informar de su paradero a los servicios de inteligencia de Israel, Rusia, China y Arabia Saudí, entre otros. A partir de este momento, ya no se trata de si Backman consigue sobrevivir -esto es imposible- sino de quién le matará... La crítica ha dicho...«Grisham es excepcionalmente bueno.»The Washington Post «Ahí donde va Grisham, le siguen millones de lectores.»New York Daily NewsHéroes de polvo
By Beatriz Manjón. 2014
Una historia de amor y drogas. Una lírica y crítica visión de los ambientes más duros del narcotráfico. Dolores Velasco…
prefiere que la llamen Lola. Es una escritora frustrada que sobrevive como redactora en una revista del corazón, compensando su anodina vida laboral con una vida sentimental siempre al límite entre el querer y el deber, la libertad y la sumisión. Tras una relación sin futuro con un hombre casado, conoce a Juan, un niño que juega a cosas de hombres. Es un camello con ínfulas de narcotraficante con el que se introduce en el mundo de las drogas. Si la adicción es un estado de dependencia, Lola se hace adicta a Juan. El amor y el consumo de drogas van unidos y nacen del mismo arrebato en la relación entre ambos, llevando a Lola hasta límites que ella jamás pensó que sobrepasaría. Pero una vez dentro, renunciar a un estado de cosas tan magnético como peligrosamente frágil es complicado. Beatriz Manjón nos introduce en los complejos estados psicológicos y emocionales que genera la adicción, y lo hace de un modo ágil, natural, con una prosa llena de referencias literarias y mezclando registros e imágenes hiperrealistas con notas casi poéticas. Reseña:«Pertenece a esa clase de literatura que hoy abunda y que se ha apropiado del modo de narrar cinematográfico: muy visual, el personaje se define en la acción, buen ritmo. Sin necesidad de una meticulosa adaptación Héroes de polvo sería una película. [...] Mezcla con habilidad ingredientes que entretienen: la sordidez de la adicción, un lenguaje llano y mucho sexo, siempre tan difícil de narrar pero que aquí se describe con pausa y precisión meticulosa».ABC CulturalThe Wolf of the Baskervilles (The Adventures of Marisol Holmes #3)
By Majanka Verstraete. 2020
Marisol Holmes, great-great-granddaugther of Sherlock Holmes and jaguar shifter, is being held captive in a castle belonging to her mortal…
enemy Mannix, surrounded by people who want her dead. Meanwhile, Mannix's sidekick Indra is roaming around, pretending to be Marisol. The more Marisol learns about Mannix's plans, the more she realizes she has to stop him at all costs. Underneath the castle is an underground labyrinth filled with riddles that were once solved by her famous ancestor, Sherlock Holmes. The labyrinth holds the powers of ancient mythological creatures, similar to the power held by the Sigils. Mannix having access to the might of the legendary wolf Fenrir is bad enough, but to allow him access to other, similarly magnificent powers, is a recipe for disaster.Marisol will have to do whatever it takes to stop Mannix, even if it means risking her own life.Gone with the Whisker (A Bookmobile Cat Mystery #8)
By Laurie Cass. 2020
A friendly feline and a feisty librarian merrily roll along in the newest Bookmobile Cat mystery...until murder stops them in…
their tracks! It's the summer season in Chilson, Michigan, and the town is packed with tourists ready for a fabulous Fourth of July fireworks show. Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat, Eddie, have spent a busy day on the bookmobile, delivering good cheer and great reads to even the library's most far-flung patrons. But Minnie is still up for the nighttime festivities, eager to show off her little town to her visiting niece, Katrina. But then, during the grand finale of the fireworks display, Katrina discovers a body. Minnie recognizes the victim as one of the bookmobile's most loyal patrons. And she knows she—and Eddie—will have to get to the bottom of this purr-fect crime.Bears Behaving Badly (BeWere My Heart #1)
By MaryJanice Davidson. 2020
These social worker bear shifters give the term "mama bear" a whole new meaning! Bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson is back…
with this brand-new paranormal romance series featuring a foster care system for at-risk shifter babies and teens.Werebear shifter Annette Garsea is a caseworker for the Interspecies Placement Agency. When a selectively mute and freakishly strong teen werewolf is put in her custody, Annette has to uncover the young girl's secrets if she's to have any hopes of helping her. And not even the growling of a scruffy private investigator can distract her from her mission...Bear shifter David Auberon appreciates Annette's work with at-risk teen shifters, but he's not sure if her latest charge is so much a vulnerable teen as a predator who should be locked up. All that changes when he, Annette, and her motley band of juveniles find themselves dodging multiple murder attempts and uncovering a trafficking cartel that doesn't just threaten the kids, but risks discovery of the shifters by the wider world of homo sapiens.BeWere My Heart series:Bears Behaving Badly (Book 1)