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The girl came into the room with a darting movement like a swallow, looked round her with the same birdlike quickness, and then ran across the polished floor to where a young man sat on a sofa with one leg laid along it. “I have saved you this dance, Quentin,” she said, pronouncing the name with a pretty staccato. “You must be so lonely not dancing, so I will sit with you. What shall we talk about?”
From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... Countdown to the Fourth of July… Just weeks before Independence Day, the President is targeted for assassination by a powerful financial cartel intent on stealing the American dream. Only two people stand between national disaster and a celebration—and time is running out. FBI Special Agent Nate Murtaugh has just ten days to find a missing Betsy Ross flag. His search leads him to the Philadelphia art world and Ellie Littlefield, the daughter of a notorious art forger. With her connections in the art underworld, Ellie becomes Nate's only hope. As the countdown to Independence Day ticks away, they must navigate a treacherous landscape where truth and lies blur, and murder is just a means to an end. With corporate power brokers willing to eliminate anyone who threatens their profits, will Nate and Ellie expose the conspiracy in time, or will they find themselves the next targets in a deadly game? The nation's fate hangs in the balance.Zum Buch
When Blake Moran starts his new story with, “My wife is HUGE!”, you have to wonder if everything is just going to be downhill after that. But nope, it’s not. Blake finds himself enmeshed in two wild situations—an expanding family and a dead United States Senator. It turns out that Senator Todd Ashford was one of the rare “good ones”, and his death has the strange stench of a political hitjob. But why was he murdered? Working for his favorite billionaire, Mr. Triplehorn, again, Blake heads to Washington, D.C. to try and discover what no one else can. His discovery of a worldwide conspiracy cabal that is attempting to overwhelm and overthrow the Representative Republic of the United States of America will put his life, and the lives of others in danger—but Blake won’t stop. After all, he is the investigator who “finds stuff”. But will the Cabal get him before he gets them?Zum Buch
"The Greek Interpreter", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally serialised in Strand Magazine in 1893. This story introduces Holmes's elder brother Mycroft. Doyle ranked "The Greek Interpreter" seventeenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. On a summer evening, while engaged in an aimless conversation that has come round to the topic of hereditary attributes, Doctor Watson learns that Sherlock Holmes, far from being a one-off in terms of his powers of observation and deductive reasoning, in fact has an elder brother whose skills, or so Holmes claims, outstrip even his own. As a consequence of this, Watson becomes acquainted with the Diogenes Club and his friend's brother, Mycroft.Zum Buch
‘Dark, deceptive and utterly delicious!’ Louise Douglas, author of the Richard and Judy Book Club pick The Secrets Between Us‘Secrets, lust, lies and murder – a heady combination which kept me reading this book late into the night, and a twist which made me gasp!’ Jackie Kabler Someone knows what they did… A laugh. A touch. A lingering look. A dead body. An affair. A crime years in the making. Alice knows she’s in too deep. But behind closed doors, no one is who they seem… ‘An engrossing, riveting, jaw-dropping psychological thriller that will leave you stunned and satisfied. Lark spins a superb, twisty, compelling tale that you won’t want to miss!’ Lisa Regan, USA Today-bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn seriesPraise for J.S. Lark: ‘A very different, enthralling read that I really didn't want to put down’ Eleine, Goodreads ‘I found myself turning pages late into the night to see what would happen … a unique story’ Jennifer, Netgalley ‘Wow, just as I thought I was right about the ending, I am proven wrong on the very last page’ Kimberley, Goodreads ‘The blurb describes this as creepy, disturbing and genuinely chilling which is spot on… A clever premise, a brilliant read’ Nikki’s Book Blog ‘Wow. Mind Blown. J.S. Lark is a wily wordsmith and not to be trusted’ DJ, NetGalley ‘My goodness, I don’t even know where to start with this one! … At times shocking, this book is an absolute must-read for anyone who likes a psychological thriller’ Emma, NetGalley ‘An original, gripping page turner and it had me guessing and shocked throughout’ Ceri, NetGalley ‘Started reading this Wednesday night and finished it by Friday morning … If you like physiological thrillers then you will love this’ Leanne, NetGalley ‘So many twists and turns that literally left me with my mouth hanging open’ Randi, NetGalley ‘Lots of twists and turns and I just had to read “one more chapter”’ Abbi, NetGalley ‘Wonderful well written plot that had me engaged from the start … Great suspense and found myself second guessing every thought I had’ Billie, NetGalley In The Secret Couple, J.S. Lark delivers a riveting tale of romance and suspense. The novel, which revolves around a husband and wife embroiled in a web of lies and deceit, is a testament to Lark's storytelling prowess. This latest work is a must-read for all fans of psychological thrillers. For fans of Daniel Hurst (The Perfect Nurse), Kathryn Croft (The Lie), Claire Mcgowan (Blood Tide), Shalini Boland (The Secret Mother), and K.L. Slater (The Girlfriend). HarperCollins 2025Zum Buch
A brutal slaying is the first move in a ritualistic killer's twisted game. Paths of the Dead is the ninth novel in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' – Daliy MailWhen Amy MacKenzie agrees to attend a meeting at a local spiritualist church, the last person she expects to hear calling to her from beyond the grave is her son. The son whom she'd only spoken to an hour before.Then the body of a young man is found inside a Neolithic stone circle high above the city of Glasgow – and forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is soon on the case. The hands have been severed and there is a stone in the victim's mouth with the number five scratched on it. DI Michael McNab is certain it's a gangland murder, but Rhona isn't convinced. When a second body is found in similar circumstances, a pattern begins to emerge – that of a killer intent on enacting a gruesome Druidic game. One that everyone will be forced to play . . .'The best Scottish crime series since Rebus' – Daily RecordPaths of the Dead is the ninth book in the Rhona MacLeod series by Lin Anderson. It is followed by The Special Dead.Readers love Paths of the Dead:'It is gruesome, gritty reading at times, full of twists and turns''I had to ration myself or I would have finished it in one sitting''I have read all the Rhona MacLeod books and each one is better than the last!'Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Martina Cole and Silent Witness.Zum Buch
As an elite assassin for the CIA, Helen Warwick was trained to keep a low profile. But now that she's retired, she's forced to take on a very different, and very public, role—as the proud mother of a rising young politician. At a DC press conference for her son's campaign, she sees the ominous green light of a gun laser fixed on her son's head—and her CIA training kicks in. She jumps into action, pushes her son down, and saves him from a sniper's bullet. In that moment, Helen realizes she will never escape the secrets of her past—or the deranged man she thought she killed. He is still alive—and coming for her family. His code name is Scorpius. A Russian mole embedded in the CIA, he recruits dangerous sociopaths ejected from the military and trains them to kill at command. None of his CIA colleagues—including Helen—know his true identity. But when members of his kill team begin to disappear, he realizes his operation may be at risk. His greatest threat, Helen Warwick, has agreed to rejoin the CIA to help expose Scorpius after the assassination attempt on her son. She suspects that Scorpius may be one of her colleagues, part of a vast conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government. And now that her family has been personally targeted, she's willing to break every rule to stop Scorpius and his trained killers. Unless, of course, they kill her first.Zum Buch
