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Fleeing the Past: A Layne Sheppard Novel (The Delta Tango Trilogy)
Par Christopher LaGrone. 2021
Delta Tango Trilogy Book One provides the intimate details of a border agent’s life, based on the author's own experience,…
tells the human story of two people who are trying to overcome their pasts and face the incredible, very plausible human dilemma of their love for each other.As Time Unfolds: A Novel
Par Barbara Zerfoss. 2022
Bethany Miller’s past, present and future collide when she inherits a generational family journal spanning three centuries, is drawn into…
solving mysteries about her biological family’s past, and witnesses a desperate, silent plea from a girl’s soul-piercing eyes…right before the girl disappears.Writ Reveal: A Clayton Haley Novel
Par Ethan Burroughs. 2021
The thrilling sequel to Messianic Reveal, Writ Reveal takes protagonist Clayton Haley deeper into Middle Eastern conspiracy and intrigue, figuratively…
ferrying him up the Tigris into modern and ancient Baghdad, and again, stirring a combustible mix of politics and religion with deadly consequences.Her Side of the Story: From the author of FORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK
Par Alba De Céspedes. 1949
"De Cespedes' work has lost none of its subversive force&”—The New York Times Book Review* "De Céspedes&’s melancholy testament to a…
hidden life feels timeless and vital." —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)From the author of Forbidden Notebook, Alba de Céspedes, a richly told novel she called &“the story of a great love and of a crime.&”As she looks back on her life, Alessandra Corteggiani recalls her youth during the rise of fascism in Italy, the resistance, and the fall of Mussolini, the lives of the women in her family and her working-class neighborhood, rigorously committed to telling &“her side of the story.&” Alessandra witnesses her mother, an aspiring concert pianist, suffer from the inability to escape her oppressive marriage. Later, she is sent away to live with her father's relatives in the country, in the hope she&’ll finally learn to submit herself to the patriarchal system and authority. But at the farm, Alessandra grows increasingly rebellious, conscious of the unjust treatment of generations of hardworking women in her family. When she refuses the marriage proposal from a neighboring farmer, she is sent back to Rome to tend to her ailing father.In Rome, Alessandra meets Francesco, a charismatic anti-fascist professor, who ostensibly admires and supports her sense of independence and justice. But she soon comes to recognize that even as she respects Francesco and is keen to participate in his struggle to reclaim their country from fascism, this respect is unrequited, and that her own beloved husband is ensnared by patriarchal conventions when it comes to their relationship. In these pages, De Céspedes delivers a breathtakingly accurate and timeless portrayal of the complexity of the female condition against the dramatic backdrop of WWII and the partisan uprising in Italy.The Rector of Justin: A Novel
Par Louis Auchincloss. 2002
&“[A] certifiable masterpiece&” from the acclaimed chronicler of New York City&’s old money elite (The New York Observer). Widely…
considered Louis Auchincloss&’s greatest novel, The Rector of Justin is an astute dissection of the social mores of the Northeast&’s privileged establishment. The story centers on Rev. Frank Prescott, the charismatic founder and rector of a prestigious Episcopal school for boys. With laser-sharp insight, Auchincloss delivers a prismatic portrait of this commanding and complicated man through the eyes of those who knew—or thought they knew—him best. Seamlessly interweaving multiple points of view—from an adoring teacher to that of a rebellious daughter—The Rector of Justin presents a social history of the eighty years of his life: the sources of his virtues and failings, his successes, his love, and his crises of faith. As Jonathan Yardley put it in the Washington Post, &“Auchincloss is one of the most accomplished and distinctive writers this country has known . . . [and] Frank Prescott is one of the great characters in American fiction.&” &“A daring and ambitious book . . . Its poise and taste and intelligence strike one on every page, as do its unerring knowledge and literary skill.&” —The New Yorker &“[The Rector of Justin] should sit on the shelf of any serious reader of American fiction.&” —Jay Parini, The New York Observer &“A taut and elegant study of a distinguished American whose closest friends cannot decide whether they like or detest him.&” —The Times Literary Supplement &“Fascinating . . . We do come to feel the reality, the complicated reality, of Francis Prescott.&” —Saturday Review &“My favorite of Auchincloss&’s novels. Both decadent and demanding, high-hat and frank . . . A subversive in lace-up oxfords and rep tie.&” —Amy BloomWe, the Drowned
Par Carsten Jensen. 2010
Explore the wondrous sea and the oddities of human nature in this international bestselling, thrilling epic novel of a Danish…
port town. Hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, Denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War. The novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of terror and violence that continue to lure each generation; there are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, and miraculous survivals. The result is a brilliant seafaring novel, a gripping saga encompassing industrial growth, the years of expansion and exploration, the crucible of the first half of the twentieth century, and most of all, the sea. Called &“one of the most exciting authors in Nordic literature&” by Henning Mankell, Carsten Jensen has worked as a literary critic and a journalist, reporting from China, Cambodia, Latin America, the Pacific Islands, and Afghanistan. He lives in Copenhagen and Marstal.&“We, the Drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches Tolstoy in its evocation of war&’s confusion, its power to stun victors and vanquished alike…A gorgeous, unsparing novel.&”—Washington Post &“A generational saga, a swashbuckling sailor&’s tale, and the account of a small town coming into modernity—both Melville and Steinbeck might have been pleased to read it.&”—New Republic&“Dozens of stories coalesce into an odyssey taut with action and drama and suffused with enough heart to satisfy readers who want more than the breakneck thrills of ships battling the elements.&”—Publishers Weekly (starred)The Winthrop Woman
Par Anya Seton. 1900
Colonial America holds friendship, hardship, and love for a bold woman in this classic historical romance from the bestselling author…
of Green Darkness.In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against a background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; dared to challenge a determined army captain bent on the massacre of her friends the Siwanoy Indians; and, above all, dared to love a man as her heart and her whole being commanded. And so, as a response to this almost unmatched courage and vitality, Governor John Winthrop came to refer to this woman in the historical records of the time as his &“unregenerate niece.&”Anya Seton&’s riveting historical novel portrays the fortitude, humiliation, and ultimate triumph of the Winthrop woman, who believed in a concept of happiness transcending that of her own day.&“The Winthrop Woman is that rare literary accomplishment—living history. Really good fictionalized history [like this] often gives closer reality to a period than do factual records.&”—Chicago Tribune &“A rich and panoramic narrative full of gusto, sentimentality and compassion. It is bound to give much enjoyment and a good many thrills.&”—Times Literary Supplement (UK) &“Abundant and juicy entertainment.&”—New York TimesQueen's Bounty (The Ursula Blanchard Mysteries #10)
Par Fiona Buckley. 2012
An aide to the Tudor queen faces treachery—and accusations of witchcraft—in this series of &“intelligent, historically accurate Elizabethan-era whodunits&” (Booklist).…
Ursula Blanchard is rudely shaken on receipt of a threatening letter from the exiled Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberland, whose treasonous plot against Elizabeth I Ursula helped foil a few months previously. Ursula dismisses the countess&’s letter as idle threats, but then a series of strange events rocks Ursula&’s household—and Ursula herself is accused of witchcraft. Could Anne Percy really be orchestrating a plot against Ursula from her exile in the Netherlands? And, if so, how can Ursula prove it before she is hanged as a witch? &“Ursula is the essence of iron cloaked in velvet—a heroine to reckon with.&” —Kirkus Reviews &“[A] sixteenth-century mystery series as complicated and charming as an Elizabethan knot garden.&” —The Tampa TribuneFlight #116 Is Down
Par Caroline Cooney. 1992
The bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton captures the courage of the survivors and first responders of…
a 747 crash in this emotional thriller. Patrick knows he has what it takes to be a full-time EMT; all he wants is the opportunity to prove it. But in the face of tragedy, Patrick will need to rely on his experience and conviction. While Heidi has all the advantages money can buy, she doesn&’t feel like she fits in. Not in school and not on her parents&’ estate in upstate New York. But when a plane crashes in the woods, Heidi is surprised to discover a hidden strength. These teenagers have something to prove: to their parents, to their town, to themselves. And they&’ll get the chance when Flight #116 goes down. Heartbreaking and hopeful, this captivating thriller from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Janie Johnson series will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.Strip (Playaway Adult Fiction Ser.)
Par Thomas Perry. 2011
&“An amazingly entertaining crime novel&” from the New York Times bestselling author of the Butcher&’s Boy thrillers (Chicago Sun-Times, Favorite Books…
of the Year). One of Stephen King&’s &“Must-Reads for Summer&” (Entertainment Weekly)A New York Times Notable Crime Book An aging but formidable strip club owner, Claudiu &“Manco&” Kapak, has been robbed by a masked gunman as he placed his cash receipts in a bank&’s night-deposit box. Enraged, he sends his half-dozen security men out to find a suspect who is spending lots of cash and is new enough to Los Angeles not to know he was robbing a gangster. Their search leads them to Joe Carver, an innocent but hardly defenseless newcomer who evades capture and sets out to make Kapak wish he&’d chosen someone else. Meanwhile, the real culprit, Jefferson Davis Falkins, and his new girlfriend Carrie seem to believe they&’ve found a whole new profession: robbing Manco Kapak. Lieutenant Nick Slosser, the police detective in charge of the puzzling and increasingly violent case, has his own troubles, including worries about how he&’s going to afford to send the oldest child of each of his two bigamous marriages to college without making their mothers suspicious. As this odd series of difficulties explodes into a triple killing, Carver finds himself in the middle of a brewing gang war over Kapak&’s little empire, while Falkins and Carrie journey into territory more strange and violent than either had imagined. &“Perry is at his wicked best in Strip.&”—The New York Times &“[A] rambunctiously entertaining L.A. crime novel . . . escapist reading at its best.&”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)Spinneret
Par Timothy Zahn. 1985
A &“brisk and entertaining&” novel of a barren, mysterious planet that may save humanity—or destroy it—by the author of Star…
Wars: Heir to the Empire (Publishers Weekly). Chasing a new frontier, humankind sends a manned starship into the universe and away from the overpopulated Earth in hopes of finding a new planet to colonize. But every Earthlike world they discover is already inhabited. As it turns out, the universe is a very crowded place. An alien council offers to lease the one remaining uninhabited world: Astra, a bleak and barren but serviceable planet. The new settlement, though, quickly experiences serious problems, from dying crops to the mysterious disappearance of anything and everything that is made of metal. And then Astra reveals a secret neither the aliens nor the human governments could ever have imagined.Bonegrinder
Par John Lutz. 1977
A suspense thriller set in the Ozarks from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Night Caller, who &“knows how…
to make you shiver&” (Harlan Coben). When the men find him, the boy&’s legs look like they were run through a wood-chipper. He&’s bleeding heavily and near death, but he still has strength to tell them of the monster that attacked him: a dark, massive creature that emerged from the bottom of the lake. The child dies before he can say more. Sheriff Billy Wintone has seen too much superstition, drunkenness, and rage in this small Ozarks town to believe the delirious boy&’s tale of a monster lurking under the lake&’s dark waters. Like it or not, however, Wintone must scour the woods for the man or beast who killed the child before the start of fishing season. When another body is found chewed to pieces, the Sheriff begins to wonder what evil lies at the bottom of Big Water Lake. From an Edgar Award winner who&’s been called &“one of the masters&” by Ridley Pearson and earned widespread praise from critics for his terrifyingly suspenseful novels, this is an unforgettable story of the darkness hidden in a small mountain town. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.Gun
Par Erick Gray. 2023
Reminiscent of Marvel&’s Luke Cage, Erick S. Gray&’s debut novel into the realm of the urban supernatural tells a gripping…
story of power, greed, and soul-sacrificial vengeance. Fans of S.A. Cosby&’s Razorblade Tears will be engrossed.Omar will soon take advantage of his right to bear arms—even though it might cost him his soul. Residing in one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in New York, Brownsville—Omar Richards has been the constant target of abuse and bullying. With his mother dying of cancer, his entire world seemingly falls apart, forcing Omar to question his sanity and religion. As if those terrors weren't enough, Omar's most feared adversary, Brice, is determined to make his life a living hell. When Omar makes a grim discovery left behind by murdered kingpin Sean Black, his life is forever changed. Especially once he realizes that his new secret weapon has supernatural abilities. Why settle for money, power, and respect when you can have justice!Give Me Your Heart: Tales of Mystery and Suspense
Par Joyce Oates. 2011
An Otto Penzler BookThe need for love—obsessive, self-destructive, unpredictable—takes us to forbidden places, as in the chilling world of Give…
Me Your Heart, a new collection of stories by the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates.In the suspenseful “Strip Poker,” a reckless adolescent girl must find a way of turning the tables on a gathering of increasingly threatening young men—Can she “outplay” them? In the award-winning “Smother!” a young woman’s nightmare memory of childhood brings trouble on her professor-mother—Which of them will “win”? In “Split/Brain” a woman who has blundered into a lethal situation confronts the possibility of saving herself—Will she take it? In “The First Husband,” a jealous man discovers that his wife seems to have lied about her first marriage, and exacts a cruel revenge, years after the fact. In these and other powerful tales, children veer beyond their parents’ control, wives and husbands wake up to find that they hardly know each other, haunted pasts intrude upon uncertain futures, and those who bring us the most harm may be the nearest at hand. In ten razor-sharp stories, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates shows that the most deadly mysteries often begin at home.Tom Clancy Command and Control (A Jack Ryan Novel #23)
Par Marc Cameron. 2023
A Russian plot to seize the Panama Canal plunges President Jack Ryan into a desperate fight for his life in…
the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.For a century, the Panama Canal has served as the path between the seas. Control of this vital waterway is the difference between free trade and chaos in world markets.So when Panamanian President Rafael Botero asks for a show of support against the socialist opposition, his old friend President Jack Ryan can&’t turn down an invitation to visit the country, but what seems like an ordinary opportunity to preach the values of democracy quickly turns into a nightmare when a full-blown coup d&’état erupts.President Ryan and his Secret Service team are cut off and out of communication. In Washington, the Vice President is coordinating a military response, but there's still one more obstacle.One of the main forces behind the coup is the ruthless criminal organization known as the Camarilla. They&’ve had their tentacles deep inside the plot to overthrow the government. All of their hard work has just presented them with an unexpected opportunity they can&’t resist—the chance to kill President Jack Ryan.The Other Half (Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp #1)
Par Charlotte Vassell. 2023
You know how they live. This is how they die... A STUNNING DEBUT FROM YOUR NEXT FAVORITE MYSTERY WRITER •…
Rupert's 30th birthday party is a black-tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's—catered with cocaine and expensive champagne. The morning after, his girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, a single stiletto heel jutting from under a bush. &“A perfectly modern whodunnit.&” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Will Find YouWho killed Clemmie? Was it the blithe, sociopathic boyfriend? His impossibly wealthy godmother? The gallery owner with whom Clemmie was having an affair? Or was it the result of something else entirely?All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally. This investigation is going to be about aristocrats and Classics degrees, Instagram influencers and whose father knows who.Or is it 'whom'? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, and thoroughly modern—he discovers Clemmie's body on his early morning jog. As he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxurious life of these London socialites, a wall of staggering wealth and privilege threatens to shut down his investigation before it's even begun. Can Caius peer through the tangled mess of connections in which the other half live—and die—before the case is wrenched from his hands? Bitingly funny, full of shocking twists, and all too familiar, The Other Half is a truly stunning debut.Mister Lullaby: A Novel
Par J. Markert. 2024
From J. H. Markert, the author Peter Farris calls the "clear heir to Stephen King," Mister Lullaby brings our darkest…
dreams and nightmares to life.In the vein of T. Kingfisher and Christopher Golden, the boundary protecting our world from the monsters on the other side is weakening—and Mister Lullaby is about to break through.The small town of Harrod&’s Reach has seen its fair share of the macabre, especially inside the decrepit old train tunnel around which the town was built. After a young boy, Sully Dupree, is injured in the abandoned tunnel and left in a coma, the townspeople are determined to wall it up. Deputy sheriff Beth Gardner is reluctant to buy into the superstitions until she finds two corpses at the tunnel&’s entrance, each left with strange calling cards inscribed with old lullabies. Soon after, Sully Dupree briefly awakens from his coma.Before falling back into his slumber, Sully manages to give his older brother a message. Sully's mind, since the accident, has been imprisoned on the other side of the tunnel in Lalaland, a grotesque and unfamiliar world inhabited by evil mythical creatures of sleep. Sully is trapped there with hundreds of other coma patients, all desperately fighting to keep the evils of the dream world from escaping into the waking world.Elsewhere, a man troubled by his painful youth has for years been hearing a voice in his head he calls Mr. Lullaby, and he has finally started to act on what that voice is telling him—to kill any coma patient he can find, quickly.Something is waking up in the tunnel—something is trying to get through. And Mr. Lullaby is coming.The Jazz Club Spy
Par Roberta Rich. 2023
A riveting historical thriller about a Jewish cigarette girl in 1930s New York who finds the soldier who burned down…
her Russian village years earlier only to be swept up in a political conspiracy on the eve of World War II—from the #1 bestselling author of The Midwife of Venice.New York, 1939 Giddy Brodsky knows she&’s lucky to have a job as a cigarette girl at a Manhattan jazz club, but she dreams of opening her own beauty shop and lifting her family out of poverty. The Brodskys have lived cheek to jowl in the Lower East Side tenements since they came to America nineteen years ago, fleeing a deadly pogrom in their Russian village. But they continue to face prejudice, especially with the rise of the fascist organization the American Bund. Yet Giddy is focused on the future—until she recognizes one of the Cossacks who irrevocably changed her life and the past comes flooding back. Determined to get justice, she enlists the help of Carter van der Zalm, a regular at the jazz club who also happens to be the director with the Department of Immigration at Ellis Island. When Carter discloses that the Cossack is an &“undesirable&” and may be of interest to the government, Giddy agrees to moonlight as a spy for him. Not everyone is who they appear to be, and after a shocking betrayal, Giddy finds herself embroiled in a political conspiracy that could bring America into the war in Europe. From the gritty tenements to the glittering jazz clubs of 1930s New York, The Jazz Club Spy is a thrilling historical novel about a brash young woman who must use all her wits to save the ones she loves.Enemies Among Us: A Nick Reagan Thriller
Par Jeffrey Stephens. 2023
As Nick Reagan hunts down the terrorist mastermind, The Handler, he uncovers corruption at the highest levels of government—perhaps even…
within his own CIA.Nick Reagan and his team of talented CIA operatives have managed to prevent three horrific attacks planned by the ruthless terrorist known worldwide as The Handler. Cunning and resourceful, The Handler has eluded capture, and now Reagan is determined to track him down. As he assembles clues to the possible whereabouts of his prey, Reagan&’s superiors in the CIA inexplicably order him to stand down. Accustomed to flouting authority, Reagan ignores the directive while seeking to identify the source of this obstruction. As he probes, it becomes increasingly evident that the evil he faces is corruption from within. His suspicions growing, Reagan expands his efforts beyond the dangerous hunt for The Handler to an active investigation of both his own government and those who possess the real influence in Washington. Collectively, these are the most formidable adversaries Reagan has ever faced: the rich and powerful who control our energy resources, including oil and lithium; Big Pharma; the media; and the funding of politicians for their personal beliefs and gains. Charting an unfamiliar course amidst the pervasive treachery and deadly secrets inside the nation&’s capital, Reagan is not sure who he can trust as he works to expose the worst of America&’s elite—those who believe in a New World Order. Violent confrontations intensify with each new act of treason he unearths, leaving Reagan to rely on his patriotic instincts as he and his team risk their lives to bring down these traitors and restore safety and freedom.Island Snow (Isla of Adventure #6)
Par Dela Costa. 2023
In the sixth Isla of Adventure chapter book, a chilly breeze comes to the island of Sol!Cool winds are sweeping…
through Sol, and everyone is loving the change in weather! Well, everyone except for Isla&’s friend and neighbor Tora. Being from La Ciudad, Tora is used to celebrating this time of year a bit differently, with steaming mugs of hot cocoa, fashionable scarves, and—most important of all—snow! Luckily, if there&’s one thing Isla knows, it&’s how to show off the unique wonders Sol has to offer! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Isla of Adventure chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.