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No one can know: A novel
By Kate Alice Marshall. 2024
"Narrator Karissa Vacker ... provides a pitch-perfect performance."- Booklist, on What Lies in the Woods Three sisters, two murders, and…
too many secrets to count. Fourteen years ago, the Palmer sisters—Emma, Juliette, and Daphne—left their home in Arden Hills and never returned. But when Emma discovers she's pregnant and her husband loses his job, she has no option but to return to the house that she and her estranged sisters still own . . . and where their parents were murdered. Emma has never told anyone what she saw the night her parents died, even when she became the prime suspect. But her presence in the house threatens to uncover secrets that have stayed hidden for years, and the sisters are drawn together once again. As they face their memories of the past, rivalries restart, connections are forged, and, for the first time, Emma starts to ask questions about what really happened that night. The more Emma learns, the more riddles emerge. And Emma begins to wonder just what her siblings will do to keep the past buried, and whether she did the right thing staying quiet about what was whispered that night: "No one can know." A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron BooksRandom in death: An eve dallas novel (In Death #58)
By J. D Robb. 2024
"Narrator Susan Ericksen's performance vibrates with energy, as she portrays old and new characters in this series." — AudioFile on…
Desperation in Death , an Earphones Award winner. In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times -bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd. Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It's the best night of her life. It's the last night of her life. Minutes later, Jake's in the alley getting some fresh air, and the girl from the dance floor comes stumbling out, sick and confused and deathly pale. He tries to help, but it's no use. He doesn't know that someone in the crowd has jabbed her with a needle—and when his girlfriend Nadine arrives, she knows the only thing left to do for the girl is call her friend, Lieutenant Eve Dallas. After everyone on the scene is interviewed, lab results show a toxic mix of substances in the victim's body—and for an extra touch of viciousness, the needle was teeming with infectious agents. Dallas searches for a pattern: Had any boys been harassing Jenna? Was she engaging in risky behavior or caught up in something shady? But there are no obvious clues why this levelheaded sixteen-year-old, passionate about her music, would be targeted. And that worries Dallas. Because if Jenna wasn't targeted, if she was just the random, unlucky victim of a madman consumed by hatred, there are likely more deaths to come. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's PressThe royal game: A novel
By Linda Keir. 2024
American pop singer Jennie Jensen is ready to marry the love of her life, England's Prince Hugh, but someone is…
determined to keep her from becoming a princess—any way they can. To give her fairy tale a happy ending, she'll have to play the royal game. Jennie Jensen is touring Europe, already living her dream, when Prince Hugh of Wales—the future King of England—appears at a gig and requests his favorite song. He's already smitten, and soon so is she. After a secretive, whirlwind romance, Hugh proposes, and when Jennie accepts, her world changes overnight. She's still learning to navigate the minefield of constant scrutiny, barbed social interactions, and royal protocol (there are rules about pantyhose), as she learns that not everyone in England is excited about the prospect of an American princess. When Jennie receives a threatening note, she can't help but see the parallels between herself and another young woman who struggled to adjust to royal life: Hugh's mother, Princess Penelope, who was killed in a mysterious plane crash. And as the threats to Jennie grow more serious, she digs into Penelope's past, discovering a woman who also suspected someone in the palace was out to get her. Was Penelope murdered? And is Jennie next? With the eyes of a nation on her as the royal wedding approaches, she's in a race against time to save her marriage ... and her own life. Both a charming love story and a thrilling mystery, The Royal Game reveals one woman's determination to find happily ever after—on her own termsThe framed women of ardemore house: A novel
By Brandy Schillace. 2024
"A must read for any mystery lover." – DEANNA RAYBOURN, New York Times bestselling author of KILLERS OF A CERTAIN…
AGE An abandoned English manor. A peculiar missing portrait. A cozy, deviously clever muder mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz. Jo Jones has always had a little trouble fitting in. As a neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor and divorced New Yorker transplanted into the English countryside, Jo doesn't know what stands out more: her Americanisms or her autism. After losing her job, her mother, and her marriage all in one year, she couldn't be happier to take possession of a possibly haunted (and clearly unwanted) family estate in North Yorkshire. But when the body of the moody town groundskeeper turns up on her rug with three bullets in his back, Jo finds herself in potential danger—and she's also a potential suspect. At the same time, a peculiar family portrait vanishes from a secret room in the manor, bearing a strange connection to both the dead body and Jo's mysterious family history. With the aid of a Welsh antiques dealer, the morose local detective, and the Irish innkeeper's wife, Jo embarks on a mission to clear herself of blame and find the missing painting, unearthing a slew of secrets about the town—and herself—along the way. And she'll have to do it all before the killer strikes againWinner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel A CBC Bookie Award: Mystery and Thriller, Finalist A Quill…
&Quire Book of the Year An Amazon.ca Editors’ Pick In the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Lisbeth Salandar.The Sultan of Sarawak: An Ava Lee Novel: The Triad Years (An Ava Lee Novel #14)
By Ian Hamilton. 2022
The Fury of Beijing: An Ava Lee Novel: The Triad Years (An Ava Lee Novel #16)
By Ian Hamilton. 2024
Murder in masquerade (A Lady of Letters Mystery #2)
By Mary Winters. 2024
Extra, extra, read all about it! Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury finds herself playing the role of sleuth when…
a night at the theatre turns deadly. Victorian Countess Amelia Amesbury’s secret hobby, writing an advice column for a London penny paper, has gotten her into hot water before. After all, Amelia will do whatever it takes to help a reader in need. But now, handsome marquis Simon Bainbridge desperately requires her assistance. His beloved younger sister, Marielle, has written Amelia's Lady Agony column seeking advice on her plans to elope with a man her family does not approve of. Determined to save his sister from a scoundrel and the family from scandal, Simon asks Amelia to dissuade Marielle from the ill-advised gambit. But when the scoundrel makes an untimely exit after a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Amelia realizes there’s much more at stake than saving a young woman’s reputation from ruin. It’s going to take more than her letter-writing skills to help the dashing marquis, mend the familial bond, and find the murderer. Luckily, solving problems is her specialty!Home at night (A Mercy Carr Mystery #5)
By Paula Munier. 2023
Beware the blackbirds... It's Halloween in Vermont, winter is coming, and five humans, two dogs, and a cat are a…
crowd in Mercy Carr's small cabin. She needs more room—and she knows just the place: Grackle Tree Farm, with thirty acres of woods and wetlands and a Victorian manor to die for. They say it's haunted by the ghosts of missing children and lost poets and a murderer or two, but Mercy loves it anyway. Even when Elvis finds a dead body in the library. There's something about Grackle Tree Farm that people are willing to kill for—and Mercy needs to figure out what before they move in. A coded letter found on the victim points to a hidden treasure that may be worth a fortune—if it's real. She and Captain Thrasher conduct a search of the old place—and end up at the wrong end of a Glock. A masked man shoots Thrasher, and she and Elvis must take him down before he murders them all. Under fire, she and Elvis manage to run the guy off, but not before they are wounded, leaving Thrasher fighting for his life in the hospital, Mercy on crutches, and Elvis on the mend. Now it's up to Mercy and Troy and the dogs to track down the masked murderer in a county overflowing with leaf peepers, Halloween revelers, and treasure hunters and bring him to justice before he strikes again and the treasure is lost forever, along with the good name of Grackle Tree Farm.... A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur BooksMurder, she wrote: Debonair in death (Murder She Wrote #54)
By Jessica Fletcher. 2021
When Nelson Penzell, co-owner of a local art and treasure store in Cabot Cove, is murdered, the nail tech from…
Jessica Fletcher's favorite beauty parlor is the main suspect. After all, she's the one who ran out of the store screaming, covered in blood, and holding the murder weapon. Jessica is positive that despite the circumstances, Coreen can't possibly be guilty, and she's determined to prove it. When Michael Haggerty, handsome MI-6 agent and Jessica's old friend, is caught snooping around the victim's home, it's quickly apparent to her that she was right. Nelson has always had a bit of a reputation for being a rake, but Haggerty is sure his sins go far beyond what anyone in town imagined. If she wants to clear Coreen's name, Jessica will have to work alongside Michael to find out who killed Nelson—and maybe help bust a crime ring in the processEnd of story: A novel
By A. J Finn. 2024
For fans of Knives Out comes a spellbinding thriller from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The…
Woman in the Window " I'll be dead in three months. Come tell my story." So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life "detective fever." "You and I might even solve an old mystery or two." Twenty years earlier—on New Year's Eve 1999—Sebastian's first wife and teenaged son vanished from different locations, never to be seen again. Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? And why has he emerged from seclusion, two decades later, to allow a stranger to dig into his past? "Life is hard. After all, it kills you." As Nicky attempts to weave together the strands of Sebastian's life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth . . . while Madeleine begins to question what her beloved father might actually know about that long-ago night. And when a corpse appears in the family's koi pond, both women are shocked to find that the past isn't gone—it's just waiting. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobookJessica Fletcher has had plenty to worry about over her storied career, but she never had any reason to worry…
about her longtime publisher, Lane Barfield. So when mounting evidence of financial malfeasance leads to an FBI investigation of Lane, Jessica can't believe what she's reading. When Lane turns up dead, Jessica takes on the task of proving her innocence—she can't fathom someone she's known and trusted for so long cheating her. Sure enough, Jessica's lone-wolf investigation turns up several oddities and inconsistencies in the murder. Jessica knows something is being covered up, but what exactly? At the heart of Jessica's investigation lies a manuscript that Lane had intended to publish after all other publishers had turned it down. The problem is that the manuscript has disappeared. With her own life now in jeopardy, Jessica refuses to back off and sets her sights on learning the contents of that manuscript and what about it may have led to several murdersSeñoras de armas tomar: Solo las mejores asesinas a sueldo llegan a jubilarse
By Deanna Raybourn. 2022
Un thriller divertidísimo sobre unas mujeres mayores que deciden dejar claro que las mejores asesinas a sueldo son, precisamente, las…
que llegan a jubilarse. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen y Natalie han trabajado durante cuatro décadas para el Museo, una exclusiva red de asesinos. Sin embargo, ahora las consideran «de la vieja escuela» y, como la tecnología importa más que la inteligencia, ya nadie valora su talento. Cuando las invitan a un crucero para celebrar su jubilación, estas no tardan en darse cuenta de que se han convertido en objetivo de la Junta del Museo, que ha ordenado eliminarlas. Es así como las cuatro integrantes del llamado «Proyecto Esfinge» deberán organizarse por su cuenta, confiar las unas en las otras y esperar que el trabajo en equipo sea la clave de su supervivencia. La Junta está a punto de descubrir de lo que es capaz una señora de armas tomar. Críticas:«Un thriller que mezcla Las chicas de oro con James Bond».Buzzfeed «Cómica, violenta e inesperadamente sensible. Es imposible no animar a estas damas peligrosas mientras se niegan a que las entierren… Una frase que, en este thriller, es literal».The Washington Post«Agudo e inteligente».PopSugar «La camaradería propia de las viejas amistades, mezclada con multitud de escenas de acción, te tendrá pasando las páginas hasta bien entrada la madrugada».CrimeReads «Los lectores de Richard Osman y Helen Turnsten disfrutarán viendo a estas mujeres implacables de sesenta años entrar en acción. Rayburn se ha superado».Publishers Weekly«Es una delicia tener un thriller protagonizado por cuatro mujeres habilidosas en un género tan dominado por los hombres».Library Journal «La escritura es hábil y original, y la trama es impredecible. Rayburn evoca de forma vívida multitud de escenarios remotos mientras mantiene a los lectores alerta e intentando adivinar qué va a pasar a continuación».KirkusHija de las cenizas
By Ilaria Tuti. 2021
La nueva entrega de la saga de Teresa Battaglia, «uno de los mejores personajes de la escena negra contemporánea» (La…
Stampa), por la «reina del thriller italiano» (Sandrone Dazieri), finalista del premio Edgar y del premio Scerbanenco, con más de 800.000 lectores. «Un noir oscuro y magnético».Corriere della SeraUn asesino en serie, detenido por la comisaria Battaglia hace veintisiete años, consigue escapar del módulo de alta seguridad de la cárcel en la que está preso. Sin embargo, tras diez días de fuga, él mismo se vuelve a entregar a la policía porque teme ser el blanco de otro peligroso criminal que quiere reproducir los antiguos y macabros escenarios de sus asesinatos. Para desvelar nuevos detalles sobre sus crímenes e información sobre su misterioso imitador, solo está dispuesto a hablar con Teresa Battaglia. Teresa debe interpretar las enigmáticas pistas que este deja tras de sí: unas refinadas piezas de mosaicos que construye con trozos de huesos humanos, al tiempo que intenta reconectar con la persona que fue hace casi tres décadas, aquella mujer brillante, atrapada en una turbulenta relación conyugal, que se convirtió en una pionera cazadora de asesinos en serie y en la primera especialista en perfiles criminales de la policía italiana. La crítica ha dicho:«Con su protagonista, Ilaria Tuti hace el mejor regalo que un escritor puede dar a sus lectores: alguien a quien querer».Donato Carrisi, Corriere della Sera «Teresa Battaglia es uno de los personajes más conseguidos y certeros de la escena negra contemporánea».La Stampa «Ilaria Tutisabe mantener en vilo a sus lectores. Una apuesta noir en femenino que ya es todo un fenómeno editorial».Claudia Morgoglione, La Repubblica «Una narradora que esculpe y pinta a partir de las profundidades del alma humana. [...] La compasión ilumina las páginas de este noir oscuro y magnético. [...] Hay una humanidad dolorosa que Ilaria Tuti observa y narra, descubriendo las múltiples caras de los monstruos».Corriere della Sera«Un thriller afilado como una daga e imbuido de elementos psicológicos. [...] Tenga valor, señor lector, y adéntrese en este magnífico libro. No se arrepentirá».Famiglia Cristiana «[...] Una investigación perfectamente ajustada, inquietante y tensa en cada página, que muchas veces nos obliga a retroceder en busca de la pista perdida. [...] Una trama in crescendo».Arianna Boria, Il Piccolo «A Ilaria Tuti se le da muy bien no entregarse a la sentimentalidad. Su meticulosidad con el lenguaje, la estructura de su prosa y su musicalidad son cautivadoras».Dacia Maraini «Ilaria Tuti conquista a sus lectores y los mantiene en vilo».Claudia Morgoglione, Robinson – La Repubblica«Una historia extraordinaria».Giovanna Pastega, Il Piccolo «Una prosa magnífica con emoción y empatía».Raffaella Silipo, TuttoLibriHavana Twist (The Willa Jansson Mysteries #7)
By Lia Matera. 1998
A California lawyer finds herself on the trail of a murderer while searching for her missing mother in Cuba in…
the final entry of this mystery series.Attorney Willa Jansson&’s mother is a lifelong activist. So it&’s no surprise when she and the Women&’s International League for Peace and Freedom disregard federal regulations and head to Cuba for a goodwill tour. The real shock occurs when the group returns . . . with one less member.Worried about her mother facing a lengthy prison sentence or a hefty fine, Willa springs to the rescue, jetting off to Havana, where nothing&’s as it seems. There, she befriends two suspiciously helpful reporters and follows leads from fancy hotels to dark, underground tunnels, finding ample danger along the way. Soon, both the American and Cuban governments get involved—as does Willa&’s handsome ex, Lt. Don Surgelato of the San Francisco Police Department.But things really heat up when Willa&’s efforts get her mixed up in a murder. Now she must track down her mom, get home safely, and stay one step ahead of a killer. Willa&’s bailed her mother out before, but never like this . . .&“With its page-turning plot, self-realized setting, and terrific characters, one could fairly call this the best Jansson adventure yet—and that&’s saying a great deal.&” —Booklist &“The beauty of Matera&’s writing is that the story, fun as it is, doesn&’t shortcut a shrewd social commentary on the current state of the Cuban Revolution and U.S. policy toward that country.&” —Houston ChronicleA Radical Departure (The Willa Jansson Mysteries #2)
By Lia Matera. 1988
A California lawyer&’s dream job becomes a nightmare when her boss is murdered in this mystery by the author of…
Where Lawyers Fear to Tread.Fresh out of law school, Willa Jansson nabs a first-year associate position at a family friend&’s law firm. Famous progressive attorney Julian Warneke has gotten Willa&’s hippie parents out of legal trouble on several occasions, though his reputation for grandstanding landed Willa in jail for two traumatic months after she was arrested during a protest march. Regardless, she&’s happy to be working for such an influential firm, even if it pays less than any other outfit in town and she&’s assigned to all the divorces, landlord-tenant cases, and drunk-driving defenses . . .Willa&’s caseload is the least of her worries when Julian&’s poisoned to death at a fancy work lunch. When the investigation begins, the authorities are drawn to Willa as a suspect in the &“law school murders.&” Then there&’s the matter of her mother being listed to inherit Julian&’s house. As Willa begins working to clear their names, she must dodge a terrible ex-boyfriend and a charming cop—not to mention a killer who&’s drawing ever closer . . .Praise for the Willa Jansson Mysteries &“Matera's wit, grace with language, irreverence toward the legal system, and wry dissection of being a child of the Sixties make this a standout.&” —Kirkus Reviews &“Intelligent and entertaining . . . Absorbing . . . With sharp descriptions and crisp dialogue . . . Admirably delivers the complex situations and memorable characters of a &‘real novel&’ while still managing to let the detective story have its day in court.&” —The Wall Street JournalThe Witch's House
By Charlotte Armstrong. 1963
A madwoman holds a professor prisoner in this frightening thriller by the Edgar Award–winning &“mistress of day-lit terror&” (The New…
York Times). California University mathematics instructor Pat O&’Shea is horrified to learn that a fellow faculty member is responsible for the theft of a valuable piece of lab equipment. But biology professor Everett Adams hasn&’t just turned thief; he&’s also become a stark raving madman. After a confrontation, Adams leaves his accuser for dead, badly beaten on the outside of town. Now, no one has seen either man in days. When O&’Shea awakens in a dilapidated old bungalow on a deserted stretch of nowhere, he&’s not in the hands of a rescuer, but rather at the mercy of a captor. The watchful old woman is demented, homicidal, and taking wicked delight in keeping a hostage. Her killer hound stands guard, and if all goes according to plan, the gravely injured O&’Shea will never be allowed to leave. Frustrated by the ineffective work of the authorities, O&’Shea&’s wife, Anabel, is committed to conducting her own investigation into her husband&’s disappearance. Amassing a trail of evidence, she follows a strange path of baffling clues, family skeletons, and fatal secrets. One by one, they will lead Anabel to a house on the dark side of a dead-end road.Captain Butterfly
By Bob Leuci. 1999
In the most vicious precinct in Brooklyn, a female detective wages war on corruption In the New York Police Department,…
Monty Adams is the prince of pain. An Old Testament officer, he believes that God is wrathful, and that the police are the Lord&’s favorite weapon. The toughest cop in South Brooklyn, Adams isn&’t above bending the laws to suit his own personal sense of justice. So when his partner&’s nephew is snatched off the streets of Red Hook and molested, Monty doesn&’t bother making an arrest. On a snowy night in the dead of winter, he kicks the man&’s door down—and takes vengeance himself. That&’s the way things are in the Brooklyn South Command Office, and it&’s up to Marjorie Butera to make a change. A crusading female cop in a department that prizes brutal secrecy over the truth, she sets her sights on the worst the borough has to offer: the men, like Adams, who never hesitate to take the law into their own hands.Baking Spirits Bright (A True Confections Mystery #2)
By Sarah Fox. 2023
In a cute new culinary cozy from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Fox, budding chocolatier Becca Ransom must solve a…
murder before she meets a sticky end.Winter has arrived in Larch Haven, Vermont, bringing with it holiday cheer, lots of snow, and freezing temperatures. Becca Ransom is squeezing in time to skate on the frozen canals and drink hot chocolate by a roaring fire while also whipping up new creations for her family&’s chocolate shop and experimenting with holiday flavors like eggnog, gingerbread, and peppermint. At the same time, Becca is preparing for the Baking Spirits Bright holiday baking competition, a popular annual event. She&’s planning to enter an edible model of Larch Haven, with a mountain backdrop made of cake, gingerbread cottages, and chocolate gondolas on sugar-glass canals.Professional bakers and a local food blogger are also participating in the event and they aren&’t about to go down without a fight. The competition quickly heats to a boiling point, with flaring tempers and mysterious happenings. When one of the entrants is found dead, stabbed with Becca&’s chocolate chipper, Becca tries to salvage the season by finding the killer. But the heat is on, and Becca is in danger of getting burned.Bookclubbed to Death (Mystery Bookshop #8)
By V. M. Burns. 2023
V.M. Burns returns with the latest book in her popular Mystery Bookstore mysteries set in a Michigan bookshop specializing in…
selling murder mysteries!When the bookshop she owns becomes a crime scene, mystery writer Samantha Washington discovers there is such a thing as bad publicity . . . After the local library in North Harbor, Michigan, is flooded in a storm, Sam offers her bookstore as a new venue for the Mystery Mavens Book Club. Unfortunately, she immediately runs afoul of the club leader, Delia Marshall, a book reviewer who can make or break careers—something Sam can ill afford with her debut historical mystery soon to be published. But the next morning, Sam opens her shop to find the unpleasant woman dead on the floor, bashed with a heavy—apparently lethal—tome: the Complete Works of Agatha Christie. While Sam is busy writing her latest British historical mystery in which the queen mother is suspected in the murder of a London Times correspondent, a pair of ambitious cops suspect Sam of the real-life crime. When she gathers Nano Jo and their friends from the Shady Acres Retirement Village to review the case, they discover every one of the Mavens had a motive. With her novel about to hit the stores, Sam must find out who clubbed Delia before a judge throws the book at her . . . Praise for KILLER WORDS &“Quirky characters are the heart of this cozy.&” —Kirkus Reviews &“Charming . . . Newcomers will have fun, while established fans will relish the evolution of the characters and welcome Samantha&’s bright new future.&” —Publishers Weekly