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Thieves Wit is a detective story. Aspiring Confidential Agent in search of a pearl necklace. The villain sets up her lover, but the detective foils the evil plot. A story that keeps you in suspense until the end.
A sharp and funny addition to Daniel Woodrell's collection of "country noir" novels, featuring anti-hero Sammy Barlach and Jamalee Merridew, her hair tomato red with rage and ambition. In the Ozarks, what you are is where you are born. If you're born in Venus Holler, you're not much. For Jamalee Merridew, Venus Holler just won't cut it. Jamalee sees her brother Jason, blessed with drop-dead gorgeous looks and the local object of female obsession, as her ticket out of town. But Jason may just be gay, and in the hills and hollows of the Ozarks that is the most dangerous and courageous thing a man could be. Enter Sammy Barlach, a loser ex-con passing through a tired nowhere on the way to a fresher nowhere. Jamalee thinks Sammy is just the kind of muscle she and Jason need.Mostra libro
Shipwrecked. Hunted. Forced to become prey—or die. When big-game hunter Rainsford falls from a yacht onto a remote island, he expects danger from wild animals. Instead, he encounters the chilling General Zaroff, a man who hunts the most dangerous quarry of all: humans. What follows is a relentless battle of wits, courage, and survival where every step could mean death. Acclaimed as "one of the greatest suspense stories ever written," this classic short story delivers nonstop tension, sharp moral questions, and a twist that has shocked readers for generations. Its lean pacing and psychological intensity make it impossible to put down. If you love survival thrillers, high-stakes mind games, and stories that test the limits of humanity, this unforgettable classic will keep your heart racing. Open the book—and enter a hunt where only the clever survive.Mostra libro
Charlie and Diesel must catch a killer before he strikes another deadly note in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks Mysteries. Charlie Harris remembers Wilfred "Wil" Threadgill as one of the outsiders during high school in Athena. Although Wil was a couple of years ahead of him and his friend Melba Gilley, Melba had a big crush on Wil who dropped out after his junior year. An aspiring musician, Wil hit the road for California and never looked back. Wil eventually became a star, fronting a band and writing award-winning songs. Coming back to Athena to work for two weeks with students in the college music department, Wil is now the big man on campus. Not everyone is happy to have him back, however. Some are protesting his music on moral grounds, and Wil and his entourage have been the target of several acts of petty harassment. At first they're easy for Wil to shrug off, but the incidents escalate and become more troubling. When one of the band members is killed Charlie worries that Melba, now deeply involved with the man at the center of the attacks, could be in deadly danger. It's up to Charlie and Diesel to find out who hates Wil Threadgill enough to silence his song . . . forever!Mostra libro
Shortlisted for the Sixth Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize - Literary Fiction Category! Niall Howell's Only Pretty Damned is a taut noir that takes you behind the big top, revealing rough and tumble characters, murderous plots, and crooked schemes designed to keep Rowland’s World Class Circus afloat for another season. When Toby, former trapeze artist turned disgruntled clown, begins seeing Gloria, a young and beautiful dancer longing for a bigger role under the spotlight, his hardboiled past resurfaces. Can he live without Genevieve, his ex-trapeze partner and lover? What ruthless actions will he take to regain his position as the headlining act? And will Toby’s past repeat itself as he tries to untangle the ropes that bind him and take a leap to roaring applause?Mostra libro
Description： Serena's love for Victor is a prison—his abuse masked as devotion, jealousy twisted into "love." To placate him, she agrees to let him meet her closely guarded "family" at North City's notorious haunted house. Her "family"? Two corpses, Lucien and Julian, reanimated by her pain, who cherish her and gift her grave jewels. As Victor's visit looms and a meddling live streamer crashes in, Serena must choose: the cruel living lover or the devoted dead? A chilling tale of toxic love and unexpected found family.Mostra libro
Settling in to her new life is easier said than done...especially with her grandmother's dark tales. Carly Ravenspell is still trying to piece her life together after the tragic death of her parents. While she's already warming to her grandmother, the spooky stories the woman shares with her both excite and frighten her, causing her to push the boundaries of her mind to search for the supernatural all around her. As she listens to the tale of Phoenix Hall, a hot spot for ghostly activity, she begins to wonder if there is more to the tales than meets the eye. Will Carly discover a family secret of her own as the tragic history of Phoenix Hall unfolds before her? If you love grandmother-granddaughter bonding, feisty women, and haunting mysteries, you'll love Mysterious Murmurs, book 2 of Nellie H. Steele's hauntingly good cozy mystery series, Whispers of Witchcraft. Buy now and hear the chilling tales today!Mostra libro
