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7941) Yule log murder
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this collection, three murder mysteries occur in coastal Maine during the holidays. A festive period film set becomes a murder scene; a man is found dead with traces of a signature Yule log cake on his body; and a woman must stop the disappearances and deaths of her eccentric neighbor's friends.
"Lucy Stone is thrilled to be cast as an extra in a festive period film--until the set becomes a murder scene decorated in blood and buttercream icing....
7942) The pint of no return
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"ELLIE ALEXANDER is a Pacific Northwest native who spends ample time testing pastry recipes in her home kitchen or at one of the many famed coffeehouses nearby. When she's not coated in flour, you'll find her outside exploring hiking trails and trying to burn off calories consumed in the name of "research". She is also the author of the Bakeshop Mysteries, which began with Meet Your Baker. Find her on Facebook to learn more!"--
"Amateur sleuth Sloan...
7943) The gift of darkness
Author
Series
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In Seattle's upscale Blueridge neighborhood, James Sinclair, his wife Anne, and their two small boys are found brutally murdered in their home. Their bodies are carefully laid out: blindfolded, hands tied, and crosses drawn in blood across their foreheads. Above the bedroom door, the words thirteen days are scratched into the frame. At the same time, a card with the words thirteen days written on it is delivered to the office of powerful lawyer Nathan...
7944) La última milla
Author
Series
Publisher
B, Grupo Zeta
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Melvin Mars, asesino convicto, está contando las últimas horas antes de su ejecución, impuesta por haber dado muerte a sus propios padres de forma violenta dos décadas antes, cuando recibe un inesperado indulto: otro hombre ha confesado el crimen. Amos Decker, que se acaba de incorporar a una fuerza especial del FBI, se interesa en el caso tras descubrir unas llamativas similitudes con su propia vida: ambos hombres eran talentosos jugadores de...
7945) The butterfly conspiracy
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Miss Merula Merriweather is not like other women her age: instead of hunting for a husband at balls and soirees she spends her time in a conservatory hatching exotic creatures. As the Royal Zoological Society won't accept a woman's accomplishments, she has her uncle Rupert take credit for her achievements. But at a zoological lecture, the guest of honor dies after contact with one of Merula's butterflies, and Merula's uncle is arrested for murder....
7946) Freedom of the mask
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1703, and Matthew Corbett, professional "problem solver," is missing. Last seen by his friends in New York before he departed on a lucrative, seemingly straightforward mission for the Herrald Agency in Charles Town, he's been too long absent. His comrade-in-arms Hudson Greathouse has an increasing sense the young friend he thinks of as a son must have met with some unexpected peril. Following his hunch, Greathouse retraces Matthew's steps...
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a treasure hunt at a Colorado mine turns deadly for some college students in the 1920s, a park ranger works with a lady friend who's employed by the FBI to suss out the root of the trouble. With a two-week vacation so close he can feel it, Rocky Mountain National Park Ranger Timothy Grayson McIntyre is torn away from fantasies about how much fly-fishing he can fit in when he's roped into using his free time for an informal investigation as a...
7948) The last campaign
Author
Series
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Brazilian investigator Rosalia Morais, and her husband, revered American spacer Nicolau Aames, are building a life together in Mars's Maxwell City, the fastest-growing settlement on the planet. Good news: there are no natural predators. Bad news: there are humans. That means the crime rate is growing, too. To ensure public safety, Rosie's appointed by the mayor as the Red Planet's first sheriff. No sooner does she build a law enforcement squad than...
7949) A gentleman's murder
Author
Publisher
Inkshares
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1924. The cobblestoned streets of St. James ring with jazz as Britain races forward into an age of peace and prosperity. London's back alleys, however, are filled with broken soldiers and still enshadowed by the lingering horrors of the Great War. Only a few years removed from the trenches of Flanders himself, Lieutenant Eric Peterkin has just been granted membership in the most prestigious soldiers-only club in London: The Britannia....
7950) Los crímenes de Alicia
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
Español
Description
"Oxford, 1994. La Hermandad Lewis Carroll decide publicar los diarios privados del autor de Alicia en el país de las maravillas. Kristen Hill, una joven becaria, viaja para reunir los cuadernos originales y descubre la clave de una página que fue misteriosamente arrancada. Pero Kristen no logra llegar con su descubrimiento a la reunión de la Hermandad. Una serie de crímenes se desencadena con el propósito aparente de impedir, una y otra vez,...
7952) Oshi no ko: 2
Author
Series
Oshi no ko ; 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ten years after the murder of pop idol Ai Hoshino, her young (and unusually mature) twins are now poised to enter high school. While her death has had a profound effect on the children, it's manifested in polar-opposite ways. Ruby is determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and become an idol, but Aqua has no desire to stand in the spotlight. Instead, he works behind the scenes in the entertainment industry, all while harboring an ulterior...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Hailed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as "one of the most addictive new series heroines," Keye Street is the brilliant, brash heart of a sizzling thriller full of fear and temptation, judgments and secrets, infidelity and murder. He likes them smart. In the woods of Whisper, Georgia, two bodies are found: one recently dead, the other decayed from a decade of exposure to the elements. The sheriff is going to need help to track down an experienced...
7954) Los señores del tiempo
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Vitoria, 2019. Los señores del tiempo, una novela ambientada en el Medievo, se publica bajo un misterioso seudónimo: Diego Veilaz. Victoria, 1192. Diago Vela retorna a su villa después de dos años en una peligrosa misión encomendada por el rey Sancho VI y se encuentra a su hermano Nagorno desposado con la que era su prometida, la intrigante Onneca de Maestu. Unai López de Ayala, Kraken, se enfrenta a unos deconcertantes muertes que son idénticas...
7955) Buenos samaritanos
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Seth Beauman sufre desde hace tiempo de insomnio, por eso tiene una rutina nocturna: apenas su esposa se va a dormir, toma el directorio y marca números al azar esperando hablar con alguien. Hadley, por su parte, es una joven con serios problemas emocionales y varios intentos de suicidio. Durante una de sus crisis llama a los Samaritanos, un grupo de ayuda telefónica para personas que quieran quitarse la vida, pero las líneas se cruzan en el preciso...
7956) La novia gitana
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Susana Macaya, a young gypsy girl raised as a paya, disappears after her bachelorette party. Her body is found two days later: the victim has been brutally tortured following an unusual and atrocious ritual. Her sister Lara suffered the same fate seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, but the murderer is serving a sentence in prison: has someone imitated his terrible methods or is an innocent person imprisoned? Inspector Elena Blanco, a veteran...
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This rediscovered gem of Czech literature, a crime novel by renowned Holocaust memoirist Heda Margolius Kovaly, depicts a chilling moment in history, redolent with the stifling atmosphere of political and personal oppression of the early days of Socialist Czechoslovakia. In 1985, Czech Holocaust memoirist, literary translator, and political exile Heda Margolius Kovaly turned her pen to fiction. Inspired by the stories of Raymond Chandler, Kovaly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Riverflow Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Book one. "Can a painting hold a secret safe in plain sight across seven centuries? The murder of the last member of an old Venetian family peels back the rug on a shocking truth that draws art historian and textile expert Phoebe McCabe into the fray. What she sees in the missing symbology will shake the foundations of religious and cultural assumptions across two continents and point the way to a priceless hoard. It's a secret potent enough to pitch...
7959) Infección
Author
Publisher
Plaza & Janés
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
George Wilson, residente de tercer año de radiología, despierta una mañana junto al cadáver de Kasey, su prometida. No tardará en averiguar que la joven, diabética desde niña, había participado en una serie de pruebas de una novísima aplicación que está a punto de salir al mercado. Bautizada como iDoc y destinada a revolucionar la medicina del futuro, dicha tecnología aportará al móvil la capacidad de diagnosticar y tratar cualquier...
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