Elle Drake ha desaparecido. Es una fuerte tel?pata pero ni siquiera sus seis hermanas m?gicas pueden encontrarla, aunque todas est?n de acuerdo en que est? viva. Algo terrible le ha sucedido o habr?a contactado con ellas y les habr?a hecho saber donde est?. Jackson Deveau, uno de los ayudantes del sheriff del peque?o pueblo de Sea Haven, al norte de la costa de California, ha sabido siempre que Elle est? destinada para ?l. Cu?ndo ?sta desaparece, se re?ne con sus amigos, Jonas Harrington e Ilya Prakenskii, y las hermanas de Elle para encontrarla y traerla de vuelta a la seguridad de la casa. Pero Sea Haven ya no es seguro para ninguno de ellos y har? falta cada gramo de la fuerza combinada de todas los Drake y sus hombres para sobrevivir a la tormenta que se avecina.
The UK debut of Karen Rose – an outstanding new talent for Headline.A young boy and his brother are abandoned by their mother and end up in the foster-care system. Let down by everyone who should have looked out for them, the boys fall prey to the abusers they meet. Is it any wonder one of them loses his mind and develops a taste for matches and revenge?Years later, Reed Solliday, of Chicago's Fire Department, is determined to find an arsonist whose actions have just escalated to murder. With the police now involved, Reed is paired with Detective Mia Mitchell, on her first assignment since her father's death and her partner's shooting.Solliday and Mitchell know the violence is escalating and the death toll is rising. With no apparent connection between the deaths, they are at a loss until their attention focuses on a young offenders institution and the misfits within…Take a breath. Count to ten. And watch their world explode.
Alexandra LaDuca is smart, tough, and cool under fire. But when she travels to Cairo to investigate a former mentor who was believed to be dead, Alex is caught in a bizarre game of double cross, and her life is more perilously on the line than ever.
FOE…OR FIANCE?Karen Hanson's oldest friends, the Calamity Janes, urged her to sell her struggling ranch and pursue her lifelong dreams of travel. But the only bidder for her land was brooding, enigmatic Grady Blackhawk – her late husband's worst enemy. How could she sell the land to him? Then Grady set out to prove that he wasn't the scoundrel Karen thought him. Spending time with her drop-dead handsome adversary might cost Karen a lot more than her ranch. Because Grady was becoming less interested in claiming her land…and more intent on claiming Karen herself!THE CALAMITY JANES: Five women. Five dreams. A lifetime of friendship.
`?Es que lo matar?a!` ?Qui?n no ha deseado matar a ese vendedor pesado, a ese conocido impertinente, al desconocido inoportuno, a la pareja que no te deja escuchar la pel?cula en el cine, al que no deja de pisarte o acosarte en el autob?s, a la se?ora cuyo perrito deja sus excrementos en el sitio inconveniente…?Max Aub nos da la oportunidad de liberar adrenalina en estos microrrelatos. Breves, directos, muchas veces sorprendentes, los cuentos se hacen eco de los deseos confesados o inconfesables que todos tenemos alguna vez
Pocos d?as despu?s de haber llegado a Oxford, un joven estudiante argentino encuentra el cad?ver de una anciana que ha sido asfixiada con un almohad?n. El asesinato resulta ser un desaf?o intelectual lanzado a uno de los l?gicos m?s eminentes del siglo, Arthur Seldom, y el primero de una serie de cr?menes. Mientras la polic?a investiga a una sucesi?n de sospechosos, maestro y disc?pulo llevan adelante su propia investigaci?n, amenazados por las derivaciones cada vez m?s riesgosas de sus conjeturas.Cr?menes imperceptibles, que conjuga a los sombr?os hospitales ingleses con los juegos de lenguaje de Wittgenstein, al teorema de Godel con los arrebatos de la pasi?n y a las sectas antiguas de matem?ticos con el arte de los viejos magos, es una novela policial de trama aparentemente cl?sica que, en el sorprendente desenlace, se revela como un magistral acto de prestidigitaci?n.
La isla de Wight, un palco en la ?pera de Viena, los cayos del Caribe… Del pasado de la subinspectora Martina de Santo regresa un atractivo fantasma: Maurizio Amandi, pianista c?lebre por su talento, su vida disipada y su obsesi?n por la obra Cuadros para una exposici?n, del compositor ruso Modest Mussorgsky. La ?ltima gira de Amandi est? coincidiendo con los asesinatos de una serie de anticuarios relacionados con ?l. Al reencontrarse con Martina de Santo, con quien vivi? un amor adolescente, un nuevo crimen har? que las sospechas vuelvan a recaer sobre el artista. Martina de Santo deber? apelar a sus facultades deductivas y a su valor para desvelar el misterio y desenmascarar y dar caza al asesino.
There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfriend help out with the investigation into a car sales fraud — nothing bad could happen. But by now Kate should know that with Richard you have to expect the unexpected.With the unexpected being Richard behind bars, Kate seems to be the obvious choice to look after his eight-year-old son — who proves even more troublesome than his father. Kate finds herself dragged into a world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, fraudsters and violent gangland enforcers… bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career.
The battle between good and evil has left the future of humanity in the hands of a reluctant savior and his band of fallen angels. Seven deadly sins that must be righted. Seven souls that must be saved.While his first task was success, Jim Heron is battling a demon that can take any form for the soul of someone he must identify on his own. If that weren't enough, his old boss Matthias wants Jim to assassinate an AWOL member of The Firm – Isaac, the man Jim is pretty sure he is supposed to save. Jim knows first hand that once you're in The Firm, there's no getting out. But when Jim finds Isaac to warn him, he has been picked up by the police for illegal street fighting, and it is clear that Isaac is falling for his gorgeous public defender. Is their love the redemption that will save Isaac's soul? Or has the demon Devina set an elaborate trap?
Lieutenant Eve Dallas keeps the streets of New York City safe in this extraordinary series. But even she makes mistakes, and is haunted by those she couldn't save – and the killers she couldn't capture. When the body of a young brunette is found in East River Park, artfully positioned and marked by signs of prolonged and painful torture, Eve is catapulted back to nine years ago. A man the media tagged "The Groom" – because he put silver rings on the fingers of his victims – had the city on edge with a killing spree that took the lives of four ...
A powerful high-tech company. A postcard-pretty company town. Families. Children. Sunshine. Happiness. A high school football team that never-ever loses. And something else. Something horrible… Now, there is a new family in town. A shy, nature-loving teenager. A new hometown. A new set of bullies. Maybe the team's sports clinic can help him. Rebuild him. They won't hurt him again. They won't dare.
Pulsing with the dark obsession of Radiohead’s song “Creep,” this taut thriller-Jennifer Hillier’s superb debut-rockets from its seductive opening to a heartpounding climax not easily forgotten.If he can’t have her…Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology. An expert in human behavior. And when she began an affair with sexy, charming graduate student Ethan Wolfe, she knew she was playing with fire. Consumed by lust when they were together, riddled with guilt when they weren’t, she knows the three-month fling with her teaching assistant has to end. After all, she’s ...
On a chilly October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and begin preparations to break into an abandoned hotel nearby. Built during the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire, the magnificent structure, which foreshadowed the beauties of Art Deco architecture, is now a decrepit, boarded up edifice marked for demolition.The five are "creepers", the slang term for urban explorers – city archaeologists of sorts who go into abandoned buildings to uncover their secrets. And, on this evening they are joined by a reporter who wants to profile them – anonymously, ...
An anthology of stories edited by Loren L Coleman and Martin H GreenbergSixteen original stories about magic-fueled crimes and those who investigate themWhen magic is used for criminal purposes, all sorts of ethical and logistical questions arise beyond the realm of everyday law and order.Now, sixteen top tale-tellers offer fascinating new stories of those who commit magic crimes, those who investigate them, and those who prosecute them. From a young woman who uses out-of-body excursions to research paranormal crimes to a bookie who's been paying for hex protection against magical interference to an artist who does divination through his sketched visions which may lead to a murderer's undoing, here are powerful tales of magical crimes and punishments.
Cuando el escritor de novela negra Drew Danner despierta en la cama de un hospital y es acusado de asesinar a su ex novia, todo su mundo se derrumba. Acaba de ser operado de un tumor cerebral, y no sabe si es culpable o inocente.A la vez protagonista y escritor, Danner «escribe» esta original?sima novela en un intento de reconstruir una trama en la que todo parece implicarle.Con la ayuda de Chic -un jugador de b?isbol fracasado-, Preston -su editor- y Lloyd -un perito criminalista que le asesoraba con sus novelas- tratar? de resolver el misterio.
La historia est? inspirada en un suceso real que ocurri? en Inglaterra en el a?o 1924.El t?tulo del libro puede explicarse por el nombre con el cual la prensa llam? al caso: "El asesinato de la granja av?cola".Y sin querer explicar mucho, podemos decir que se trata de un tri?ngulo amoroso.Chica seduce a chico, chico se deja pero se ve cada vez m?s y m?s atrapado en la relaci?n, chico conoce a otra chica y planea dejar a la primera, y hasta aqu? puedo leer.
An anthology of storiesAn all-new mystery anthology edited and featuring a new story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine HarrisNighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris edits and contributes an all-new story-set in her Sookie Stackhouse universe-to this anthology from the Mystery Writers of America. Other authors include:Steve BrewerDana CameronMax Allan Collins and Mickey SpillaneBarbara D'AmatoBrendan DuBoisTerrie Farley MoranJack FredricksonParnell HallCarolyn HartS. W. HubbardToni L. P. KelnerLou KempWilliam Kent KreugerHarley Jane KozakMargaret MahonMartin MeyersJeffrey SomersElaine VietsMike Wiecek
When California crook Robert Rivers sets his sights on a diamond necklace worth $250,000 belonging to socialite Evelyn Evermore in Thomas's entertaining second caper novel (after Criminal Paradise), Rivers soon learns he's not the only one with designs on it. After a rival thug foils Rivers's first attempt to steal the necklace, Rivers and his rough-hewn partner, Reggie England, regroup and learn that Evermore has become a follower of Baba Raba, a charismatic guru based in sunny Venice, Calif. From posh hotels to flop houses, from ashram meetings to complicated burglaries, Rivers keeps his eye on the prize, but not without an appealing touch of knight errantry. Baba Raba, charlatan or not, has impressive powers as well as his own agenda. Rivers is a cunning and resourceful thief capable of blending into his surroundings like a chameleon or meeting force with force when necessary. He does both with charm, wit and surprising decency.
"This is far from over."After being the target of a mob hit intended for his twin brother, Joe Saldana had settled in to his trauma-free life in Copper Lake. But when his brother's girlfriend, Liz Dalton, entered the coffee shop looking for his twin, Joe found his new life suddenly unraveling. The threat still existed – and so did the white-hot attraction between Joe and Liz.A U.S. Marshal, Liz had taken precautions to ensure her pretend boyfriend's safety. Now that he had escaped protective custody, she had to find him and bring him in to testify. She didn't count on needing Joe's help, on deceiving him yet again. She could only count on wanting him despite all the reasons she shouldn't…
"When a priest with radical ideas and a parish council with traditional values lock horns over the beliefs they hold most sacred, there's bound to be controversy – and consequences. But murder crosses the line between committing a sin and committing a crime, turning a battle over faith into a battle for justice. And smack in the middle of the explosive case is Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid." "Kincaid rescued Father Daniel Beale once before. When the priest's renegade views and violent temper nearly cost him his position as rector of St. Benedict's Church, Ben intervened and saved the day. Now ...
When Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medical malpractice, he's shocked, enraged, and more than a little humiliated. A devoted physician who works continuously in the service of others, he endured grueling years of training and is now a partner in an exclusive concierge medical practice. No longer forced to see more and more patients while spending less and less time with each one just to keep his office door open, he now provides the kind of medical care he is trained to do, lavishing twenty-four-hour availability and personalized attention on his handpicked patients. And at ...
Angela Dawson, M.D., appears to have it all: at the age of thirty-seven, she owns a fabulous New York City apartment, a stunning seaside house on Nantucket, and enjoys the perks of her prosperous lifestyle. But her climb to the top was rough, marked by a troubled childhood, a failed marriage, and the devastating blow of bankruptcy as a primary-care internist. Painfully aware of the role of economics in modern life, particularly in the health-care field, Angela returned to school to earn an MBA. Armed with a shiny new degree and blessed with determination, intelligence, and impeccable timing, ...
