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By Eileen Sheehan. 2019
O outro lado do espelho "O Outro Lado do Espelho" é um thriller hilário, paranormal, romance e mistério, e um…
dos livros da série Esmeralda Sleuth. Conheça Esmerelda Sleuth. Sleuth é o nome dela e investigar é o jogo dela. (Investigação Paranormal, é isso.) Esmerelda ganha a vida como investigadora em uma empresa bastante progressista. Ela vive uma vida estável e sensível até conhecer Lance; um milionário gostoso que trabalha uma empresa imobiliária ao lado de seu prédio. Depois de aceitar um convite para uma festa de fim de semana, ela rapidamente descobre que Lance tem um segredo. Ele é rico. Essa parte é verdadeira. E, sim, ele conseguiu um emprego como corretor de imóveis no prédio ao lado. Seu segredo é que ele pertence a uma sociedade secreta de humanos que não abandonou sua conexão com a magia séculos atrás, quando a religião a declarou má e ele viajou no tempo especificamente para encontrá-la e trazê-la de volta ao seu tempo para se casar com ele. Se isso não for suficiente para absorver um conto, ele informa que ela nasceu em sua época em uma família pertencente à mesma sociedade secreta e que foi prometida em casamento a ele quando criança. Quando inimigos que não queriam que a união de famílias acontecesse tentavam contra sua vida, seus pais a enviaram para o futuro e apagaram suas memórias deles por precaução. Não possuindo virtualmente nenhuma crença em magia, fantasmas, médiuns, viagens no tempo, etc., é necessário que Lance faça algumas coisas para convencê-la a acreditar na história dele e voltar com ele. Quando ela o faz, as mentiras, enganos e tentativas de sua vida começam de novo. Será que ela escapará incólume emocional e fisicamente?By Zach Abrams. 2020
Chegando ao trabalho para descobrir que ela perdeu mais de cinco dias e meio de sua vida, Briony não se…
lembra de onde esteve ou do que aconteceu. Ela esteve doente ou sofreu um colapso - ou poderia ter sido drogada e sequestrada? Duvidando de sua própria sanidade, Briony tem medo do que está além da superfície, mas é levada a descobrir a verdade. Revendo suas escassas lembranças, ela percebe que algo terrível pode ter acontecido com ela durante o tempo em que não se lembra. Assistidos por suas amigas Alesha e Jenny, eles se unem a um detetive aposentado para descobrir a verdade. Mas onde ela esteve por 133 horas ... e por quê?By Mary Frame. 2020
Una policía en fuga. Su vecino de toda la vida: un tonto que bromea por absolutamente todo. Cuando alguien trata…
de matarlos a ambos, tienen que trabajar juntos para sobrevivir. ¿Qué podría salir mal? Gemma McDougall está segura de tres cosas: Uno, nunca va a perder su vibra latina. Dos, su carrera es más importante que las relaciones terribles (e inexistentes) que ha tenido que soportar toda su vida adulta. Tres, va a conseguir el próximo ascenso a detective aunque le cueste la vida. Pero entonces su trabajo literalmente casi le cuesta la vida, y se ve forzada a una baja médica no deseada. Sam London está seguro de tres cosas: Uno, no tiene idea de cómo mantener una relación adulta normal y probablemente morirá frío y solo, asolado por perros salvajes. Dos, jugar a un juego de beber llamado Drinking Jenga, mientras te diviertes, también lleva a que por la noche te cueles en el patio del vecino y seas retenido a punta de pistola por su hija. Tres, no tiene ni idea de en qué clase de problemas se ha metido Gemma McDougall, pero va a ser parte de ellos, cueste lo que cueste. Te encantará este loco misterio romántico porque es dulce y alocado y te hará reir a carcajadas. Compra Practicamente Imperfecto para alegrar tu día con un poco de amor y risas.By Eileen Thornton. 2020
By Alison Gray. 2020
Dos mujeres en una isla griega descubren un cuerpo que ha llegado a la playa antes de la sesión matutina…
de yoga. Son requeridas para dar declaraciones como testigos a la policía local pero ambas están escondiendo algo. Invitada de vuelta por el Teniente Angelo Christophis, el jefe de la policía local en Scíathos, Abby Foulkes regresa a Grecia para seguir una pista en el asesinato de un conocido allí, a finales de los 90. Pero la pareja de Angelo tuvo recientemente un bebé y Abby siente que algo no está bien. Cuando no puede ponerse en contacto con él, ella se descubre sola en otra isla griega, siguiendo una pista, fuera de su jurisdicción. Ella debe de mantener su cordura mientras investiga crímenes viejos y nuevos al mismo tiempo.By Alison Gray. 2019
By Hannah Howe. 2020
Março 1945. Após seis anos sangrentos e manchados de lágrimas, a guerra estava quase a acabar. No entanto, para os…
prisioneiros de guerra alemães encarcerados no acampamento 198 Island Farm, o fim não chegou cedo o suficiente - e por isso decidiram fugir. Quandos os prisioneiros alemães fugiram por todos os pontos da bússola, um deles, Kurt Schneider, ficou com sangue nos dedos e uma arma na mão. Além disso, uma mulher morta estava aos seus pés. Acusado de assassinato. ele não teria como escapar. No entanto, Ann Morgan encontrara Kurt Schneider durante os seus períodos de trabalho supervisionados nas quintas locais. Ela passou a gostar do jovem e não conseguia acreditar que ele fosse capaz de matar. Ann poderia salvar Kurt e levar o verdadeiro assassino à justiça? Enquanto isso, com o marido Emrys ainda desaparecido, Ann viu-se atraída pelo belo viúvo detetive inspetor Max Deveraux. No calor do momento, Ann poderia controlar as suas emoções, ou enfrataria uma linha de remorso e arrependimento?By Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis. 2013
From the Nordic noir duo who brought you The New York Times bestseller The Boy in the Suitcase comes a…
chilling new thriller with a mystery seventy-years in the making.Nina. Natasha. Olga. Three women united by one terrifying secret. But only one of them has killed to keep it.Natasha Doroshenko, a Ukrainian woman who has been convicted of the attempted murder of her Danish fiancé, escapes police custody on her way to an interrogation in Copenhagen's police headquarters. That night, the frozen, tortured body of Michael, the ex-fiancé, is found in a car, and the manhunt for Natasha escalates. It isn't the first time the young Ukrainian woman has lost a partner to violent ends: her first husband was also murdered, three years earlier in Kiev, and in the same manner: tortured to death in a car. Danish Red Cross nurse Nina Borg has been following Natasha's case for several years now, since Natasha first took refuge at a crisis center where Nina works. Nina, who had tried to help Natasha leave her abusive fiancé more than once, just can't see the young Ukrainian mother as a vicious killer. But in her effort to protect Natasha's daughter and discover the truth, Nina realizes there is much she didn't know about this woman and her past. The mystery has long and bloody roots, going back to a terrible famine that devastated Stalinist Ukraine in 1934, when a ten-year-old girl with the voice of a nightingale sang her family into shallow graves.By Barbara Neely. 1998
From the dust jacket: From the dust jacket: Blanche is back! Blanche Whitefirst featured in Blanche on the Lam and…
Blanche Among the Talented Tenthis a very black, middle-aged woman who cleans white people's houses for a living. Tart-tongued and shrewd, with a keen nose for trouble, she's also a queen-sized snoopwho sees at a glance what people are really up toespecially if it's criminal. And heaven help you if Blanche has taken against you! Most of the people Blanche doesn't like are the "haves" of this world and in Blanche Cleans Up, this domestic-worker-bychoice will encounter some "haves" with a vengeance. The funny thing is, Blanche had just been thinking that her life had finally settled down. It's been three years since she had to grab the kids and scurry out of Farleigh, North Carolina. Now they've all settled into life in the Roxbury section of Boston, and Blanche herself is feeling like she may finally be free to enjoy lifeat least a little. But before Blanche can say,"Breakfast is ready," she gets suckered into standing in as cook-housekeeper to one Allister Brindle, a Boston Brahmin politician, and his do-gooder wife. Blanche is quickly enmeshed in a festering canker of a scandal that moves from the Bundles' house (a.k.a. Prozac House) to her own black community as she tries to figure out the truth behind the swimming-pool death of a young black man who knew a little too much With life suddenly getting just a bit too interesting on both the home and work fronts, Blanche finds herself dealing with a love triangle with bent angles, teen pregnancy, phony spirituality, environmental skulduggery, homophobia, a letter she wishes she hadn't read, a friend whose life she might have saved, and at least one person who doesn't mean her any good. To protect herself and safeguard her family, Blanche will have to rely on her own hard-to-beat intuitionand call on her community network for information, her Ancestors for guidance, and above all, her own well-established ability to listen at doors for the poop on who has what on whom. This time, Blanche sees more than she ever wanted to. but she also cleans upin more ways than oneand does so with humor, good sense, and her own sharp social commentary. ...By Nancy Bush. 2015
"Nancy Bush always delivers edge-of-your seat suspense!" --Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling authorThe Biggest MistakeThe branding iron glows in…
the moonlight as he presses the searing metal into his victim's flesh. She must wear the devil's sign, just like the others. He knows the curse that afflicts them--and he'll make sure they carry it to their graves...Is BelievingWhen investigative reporter Jay "Dance" Danziger is nearly killed in a bomb blast, journalist Jordanna Winters senses a career-making story. Together they can find out who's responsible. But as their investigation uncovers a string of unsolved murders, each body branded in the same way, Jordanna realizes that Dance isn't the only one in danger. You Could Ever Get Away...Small towns can hold big, dark secrets. Deep in Jordanna's troubled past is the key to a killer's terrifying mission--to purge the guilty one by one, burning their flesh to free their souls. And her turn is coming, as he prepares to make his mark once more...By Dorothy Cannell. 1992
Once Ellie Haskell's life was a fairy tale: the one about the overweight, underpaid interior designer who falls rapturously in…
love with a gorgeous prince and lives happily ever after. But now, four months after the birth of her twins, her worst nightmare has come true: the princess has turned into a frog and the bliss has gone out of the bedroom.Can a course in the sensual arts, featuring naughty nighties and Peach Melba Love Rub, rekindle the romance she and her adored Bentley once shared? It's a question that leads Ellie straight to an organization called Fully Female.But before she can say "Marriage Makeover," one fellow vamp becomes a sex-crazed zombie and another meets her end in a fatally frothy bubble bath. Then a third victim of amour turns up dead, and Ellie realizes it's more than ill luck. Can Ellie catch a crazed killer before love gets a bad name.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 KlausnerBy 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 HeraldBy 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-SentinelBy 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-SentinelBy 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 HeraldBy 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 TribuneBy 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 TribuneBy G. A. McKevett. 2004
When plus-sized model Cait Connor is found dead after months of extreme dieting to conform to a contract, everyone assumed…
her death resulted from the unhealthy diet and extreme exercise. Savannah Reid, a full-figured plus-sized private detective has long been a Cait Connor fan. Soon another plus-sized model dies, and Savannah must figure out who killed them before a third is murdered.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.